one town being described as an island. we ll talk with the mayor of duluth straight ahead. sandusky bombshell. an adopted son of the penn state coach claims he too was molested by his father, and he s offering to testify. will new charges be filed? we re live at the courthouse. plus oh, my god. you re so fat. karen, you re fat. southwest airlines reached out to us today. they d like to send you and nine people to disneyland in california. you ve got to be kidding me. the bullies who taunted and teased karen klein humbled today after the jokers fess up and say we re sorry. karen is stunned by all the support. happy friday. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. we begin this morning with your money. less than 30 minutes from now, wall street tries to rebound from a double whammy. one of its worst days in months. major american banks slammed by ratings agency moody s. bank of america, goldman sachs, jp morgan chase, morgan stanley,
to 6% in four years. we ll put his claim to the test. a new recording of george zimmerman surfaces and his relationship with police. we ve seen dash cam video before but nothing like this. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. we begin with breaking news on a mystery that focused national attention on child abductions a generation ago. after 33 years, we may finally have some answers in the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. the new york police department has man in custody and will release more details later today. mary snow is tracking the latest developments from new york. what did you find out? reporter: the new york city police commissioner is saying the man in custody made statements to detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of etan patz and here s what we re learning. cnn s susan candiotti spoke to two law enforcement source who is say the man was picked up in new jersey yesterday and that he worked in th
for ashton kutcher to apologize, but so far nothing. the controversy rages on over that commercial. mountains of flowers and condolences for junior seau and his family will allow his brain to be studied for signs of concussions. it s the biggest full moon of the year and it s almost upon us. what makes this moon so super? and we begin this morning with breaking news out of china. the diplomatic quagmire may be over. according to the state department, quote, mr. chen has been offered a fellowship from an american university where he can be accompanied by his wife and two children. the chinese government has indicated that it will accept mr. chen s applications for appropriate travel documents. that means mr. chen will soon be on his way to the united states with his family, but then again, you never know with china. stan grant is live in beijing. stan, tell us what happens now. reporter: yeah, we ve seen a lot of movement, haven t we, carol, on this, twists and turns e
the newt machine gets lean. gingrich cuts a third of his staff and turns back his schedule. he s still in it to win it. nationwide outrage over a florida teenager s killing may not have been so fever pitched if local police had charged the shooter the night it happened. they wanted to do just that. why didn t they? the rocky mountain wildfire that won t let up. more lives, homes and property lost. hundreds of firefighters from across the country are coming in to help get that fire under control. and from basketball legend to baseball owner, the l.a. dodgers might be calling magic johnson the boss. we begin this morning with much more information on about the captain who had a mid flight meltdown. we have more information on who the pilot is and the jetblue passengers who pounced on him when he unleashed this terrifying rant. a federal law enforcement official identified the jetblue pilot as clayton. he s flown with jetblue for just under a dozen years. it also shows o
morning? reporter: good morning to you, kyra. the body of whitney houston flew back yesterday to new jersey. left the airport here in the los angeles area and is now back in new jersey. the latest is that the investigation, according to the beverly hills police department who came out yesterday and gave a press conference saying the investigation at the beverly hilton hotel is over and they re saying it is not a criminal investigation, it is a death investigation. they re saying that as far as they re concerned, it is in the hands of the l.a. county coroners. the coroner gave a press conference yesterday as well saying downplaying the prescription drugs that were found in the room and they re also saying that whitney houston died in the bathtub and by the time that they got there and by the time rescue workers got there she had been removed and they tried to revive her but they couldn t. and they re saying that whitney houston had been seen alive and well in the room an h