egyptian desert. a world war ii fighter plane almost perfectly preserved. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re getting new details from a news conference that has just begun. a dramatic case in mississippi and let s go live to jackson, mississippi. the department of wild life, fisheries and parks and special agents response team conducting searches of the area, thoroughly combing heavily wooded areas. it was the diligent effort of these men working in conjunction with the fbi. today we have special agent in charge dan mullens from the fbi that has concentrated efforts to help mississippi and tennessee law enforcement officers. the highway special ops, the department of public safety, bureau of narcotics, guntown police department, union countier is sheriff s department, desorto, and mississippi highway patrol, troopers who have to take up the responsibility when these members of the team are off doing this important w
this hour. joining me on the phone, cnn s martin savage and sunny hostin and on the phone, adam mayes sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? well, this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. what we know is that they were members of a mississippi highway patrol special operations s.w.a.t. team as well as members of the mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear, there was sections of a wooded area in the county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12, alive and well. that s the most important information and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he says of the girls, quote, they are suffering from the experience of being out in the woods and from being kidnapped. they are
for the nuts and bolts on this fias fiasco, it s the impact on the markets and your own investments. alison kosik joins us now. just what was this massive trading bet all about? before it went south? reporter: fredricka, what jpmorgan essentially did was made a big game am. they made risky bets and lost. the bets they made were to protect against possible losses on jpmorgan s other investments, but clearly they backfired and the bets produced losses of their own. how did this come out? it came out in a surprise conference call that ceo jamie diamond called for lamon called. shares are down almost 8% right now. shares of others are getting hit hard right now. wall veit is worried about other banks wondering, you know what, if jpmorgan can do this and it s considered the stronger of the banks or the strongest of the banks, what kind of bets are the other banks making especially, once again, that aren t as strong as jpmorgan? fredricka? so the ceo, jamie dimon, had quite the
president obama s $40,000 a plate dinner at george clooney s house last night appears to be the single biggest fund raiser ever, more than mitt romney raised in an entire month. democrats say donations are pouring in since the president announced his support for same-sex marriage. making sure that everybody, regardless of sexual orientation, is treated fairly. reporter: vice president biden is now apologized for forcing the president s hand by announcing his support days earlier. republicans say they ll use this as a key difference between mr. obama and romney. but for now, romney s apologizing after washington post report says he bullied a gay student in high school. pinning him down and cutting his hair. romney says he doesn t remember. i did some stupid things when i was in high school, and obviously if i hurt anyone by virtue of that i would be very sorry for it and apologize for it. reporter: voters had mixed reaction. it s the kind of guy who bullied back th
sister-in-law, bobbi booth. martin, what do you know? well, this drama played out right in the same area where it took place. what we know is that they were members of a mississippi highway patrol special operations s.w.a.t. team as well as members of the mississippi game and fish. for reasons unclear, there was sections of a wooded area in the county where they were closing in on today and as they began to move in they say that they heard a single gunshot and when they came upon the scene they found that adam mayes was laying on the ground with the self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. but they found the two girls, ages 8 and 12, alive and well. that s the most important information and we have this quote from a federal source on the scene. he says of the girls, quote, they are suffering from the experience of being out in the woods and from being kidnapped. they are suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. but they appear to be okay and they are right now undergoing