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treated for cancer. a representative for the oscar-winning actor whoepbt say what kind of won t say what kind of cancer it was but did tell us he will have preventive treatments to minimize the chance the cancer will come back. hoffman plans to keep working. he is set to begin filming a new movie in the fall. clayton: an american family on vacation in switzerland in a hot air balloon tragedy. the family from california was on a tour when the balloon hit a power line and plunged to the ground. the father was killed, wife and two daughters airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the pilot of the balloon also hurt. gretchen? gretchen: another scary story. the son of r&b singer usher in the hospital after nearly drowning. his aunt who tried to rescue him made this 911 call. what is the status of the emergency? my nephew was in the
meanwhile, justice department officials would not comments about the case. they released a statement saying simply, quote, the department s investigation is ongoing. it has been and remains a top priority. we have no further comment at this time. the news of it leaked by somebody. clayton: shocking. an american family on vacation in switzerland in a hot air balloon tragedy. the family of four from cal al was on a tour when the balloon hit a power line. it plunged 165 feet straight to the ground. the father was killed. his wife and two daughters air lifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. the pilot of that balloon also hurt. steve: meanwhile, oscar winning actor, that guy there, dustin hoffman n good health this morning after being successfully treated for cancer. a rep for him won t say what kind of cancer it was, but did say the 75-year-old will have preventive treatments to minimize the chances of the cancer coming back. he plans to keep working and start flipping
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew
four men a, robert bales was brought to the u.s. and speaks to his lawyer for the first time. here s his attorney, john brown. i think flfs an effort to paint him as someone who, rather than having a serious brain injury and shouldn t have been there to begin with, had some other factors. the financial situation for all of us is stressful, i think. but, you know, nobody goes and kills women and children because they had financial stresses. bales is kbg held now at fort leavenworth military prison in kansas. that s where we have ted rollins standing by. do we even know if sergeant bales has met with that attorney yet ted? are we expecting the attorney to come on and speak? well, we are expecting him to come out and speak. we reached out to him via e-mail and he said he likely would. he said possibly right afterwards. we do know talking to people that they have met, they are meeting at this hour and they apparently met for three hours this morning and are on a lunch break