good morning. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. we ve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we re hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we ll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. they re protesting anti-piracy bills. that s google right there. if you thought that all s fair in love and war and even the fringes of war, the u.s. and pakistan are having trouble right now. pakistan has said to the united states, you know that special envoy you sent us? send them back. we don t want them. weem get to the details. mitt romney reports that he pays about a 15% tax rate. how do you fe
braking news on this american morning, imf chief dominique strauss-kahn resigns just hours before his bail hearing. he insists he didn t commit a crime and is stepping down because he needs more time to defend himself. we ll tell you what he s prepared to promise the judge just to get out of prison. and al qaeda releasing a new audio tape claiming it was recorded by osama bin laden before he died. when and what does it say? new details this morning. plus, the first pictures of the other woman, the mother of arnold schwarzenegger s secret son. she s a former house keeper for the ex-governor and there s news this morning about a legal move made by maria schriever. plus the three ways you are about to waste money today. coming up next on this american morning. there s only three? you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don t you?
syria s president and his cronies. new sanctions as the u.s. calls for an end to the security crackdown. waiting for water levels to fall, for thousands of people forced out of their homes by the mississippi floods, life becomes a waiting game. and the disaster that rocked an economy to its foundations, japan sinks back into its third recession in a decade. dominique strauss-kahn has resigned as head of the international monetary fund to focus on clearing his name. his decision follows charges he tried to rape a hotel maid in new york. strauss-kahn denies the allegations but since he was arrested on saturday, he s come under increasing pressure to step down. one european minister said he should reflect on whether he was damaging the imf. just a few hours ago, strauss-kahn said this in a letter to the imf board, quote, i deny with the greatest possible firmness all the allegations against me. i want to protect the institution i have served with honor and devotion. and i
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they also downgraded next year s forecast as well. they are pumping more money into the economy. the problem is, we are buying this based on them telling us these growth rates are going to come back and they are fraintsly not. megyn: you can get more of eric on follow the money at 9:00 p.m. on the fox business network. braking news on the military showdown in the koreas. 20,000 u.s. troops are in the region. the north koreans turned this into a shooting war. drug smugglers are going under the bored. coming up i ll take you inside a sophisticated drug tunnel near san diego. i ll show you how this was built and thousand they got caught.