March 20th, 2013
07:38 AM ET

Wednesday's live events

The murder trial of Jodi Arias has gripped the nation.  Watch CNN.com Live for gavel-to-gavel coverage of the trial.

Today's programming highlights...

9:45 am ET - Syria crisis hearing - With new allegations of chemical weapons being used in the conflict, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will look at how the United States should respond to the fighting in Syria.

10:00 am ET - Space threats hearing - Concerns are growing over whether the Earth can defend itself from potential threats from space, such as asteroids.  A Senate science subcommittee will look into the matter.

10:50 am ET - Obama in Israel - President Obama is in Israel for his visit to the country as president.  He meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres, then holds a briefing with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 2:05 pm ET.

2:30 pm ET - Bernanke briefing - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discusses the Fed's decision on interest rates and the state of the U.S. economy when he speaks with reporters.

4:00 pm ET - Jodi Arias murder trial - Trial resumes in Phoenix in the case of Jodi Arias, who's accused of killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008.

CNN.com Live is your home for breaking news as it happens.

 


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soundoff (5 Responses)
  1. Pockets

    Jodi Arias is now mimicking her lawyer,she is extremely frightening ,a true psycho. Give her a trip down the rabbit hole for good . Her time on the planet is done, waste her.

    March 20, 2013 at 11:35 am | Report abuse |
  2. saywhat

    Why should the US invade Syria? I researched couldn't come up with one reason.
    WE declare that there is a civil war on. 'Rebels" (including AlQaeda & other criminals) vs the regime. So we attack to do what?

    March 20, 2013 at 12:42 pm | Report abuse |
  3. saywhat

    Bomb the regime killing unpredictable civilians in the process & let the rebels take over? Then what?

    March 20, 2013 at 12:52 pm | Report abuse |
  4. saywhat

    Enter & occupy? Or leave a horribly devastated country & the elemnts of AlQaeda & such to their devices?

    March 20, 2013 at 12:53 pm | Report abuse |
  5. Cnn SvcksBigTIme

    CNN and HLN svucks!!! Most of their content is propaganda to dumbdown the masses

    April 1, 2013 at 1:48 pm | Report abuse |