BERMAN: Welcome back to STARTING POINT, everyone. Quick look at some of the top news this morning, jury deliberations begin today in the corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Prosecutors have accused the former mayor, his father and a city contractor of turning the office into, quote, "Kilpatrick Incorporated" allegedly extorting bribes from contractors wanting to get or keep city contracts. New York City news anchor Rob Morrison will appear in a Connecticut courtroom today to face domestic charges. Morrison an anchor at WCBS TV was arrested early Sunday morning at his home in Darien, Connecticut after allegedly choking his wife, CBS business anchor, Ashley Morrison. The U.S. Coast Guard says the engine fire that crippled the Carnival cruise ship "Triumph" was caused by a leak in a fuel oil return line. The leaking oil hit a hot surface and ignited the fire in one of the ship's two engine rooms. There is no indication that this blaze was set intentionally. So it turns out that Michelle Obama's much talked about new haircut, the bangs, was the result of a mid-life crisis on her 49th birthday. The first lady telling talk show host, Rachel Ray, that she can't buy a sports car. She won't be allowed to bungee bump so instead she got bangs.</s>O'BRIEN: A good fashion choice.</s>HUNTSMAN: And looks just like you.</s>O'BRIEN: Still ahead on our next hour, we're going to be talking about what happens in this bail hearing for Oscar Pistorius, speaking out about those accusations that he planned to kill his girlfriend, the premeditated murder charges. We'll take you live to South Africa for the latest on what he has been telling the court. Also hacker headquarters? That building right there, there are some new reports say secret Chinese military hackers are carrying out attacks against the United States from that building there in Shanghai. We're back in just a moment.
Detroit Corruption Trial; NYC Anchorman Arrested; Fuel Leak Sparked Cruise Ship Fire