Good morning, everyone. We do begin with that breaking news. An extremely powerful earthquake striking one of the most remote areas on earth. It happened overnight in the south pacific. The magnitude 8. 0 quake struck near the Solomon Islands, which lie near the active ring of fire. Five villages in the Tropical Island chain were impacted by tsunami waves. Dozens of homes in one of them were damaged. And theres reports that several people have been killed. The quake was so big, there were tsunami concerns as far away as japan. Most tsunami warnings now, though, have been canceled. Well have the latest on the quake and its aftermath in a little while on good morning america. Back here at home, now. New details about the rescue of that little boy from an underground bunker in alabama. Ethan turns 6 years old today. Safe and sound at home, his mother is saying how wonderful it is to be able to hold him again. But the story couldnt have ended much differently, as investigators are finding
Crisis, so to be over 14,000 right now is a big deal. So well see whats next. Right. Lets get this going. Federal prosecutors are going after the huge Ratings Agency standards and poors with connection to the mortgage meltdown. The Justice Department claims that s p kept giving top ratings to investments its own analysts warned were two risky. While big bankers and lenders built mortgaged backed bombs, it was s ps faulty ratings that detonated them. Standards and poors accuses the government of conducting a witch hunt. A Ground Breaking law maker from illinois has passed away. She became the first africanamerican woman to represent illinois on capitol hill. Collins originally was elected when he husband George Collins was killed in a plane crash in 1971. She died sunday night at the age of 81. Members of Congress Tomorrow will be debating the use of drones to take our terror targets. In Many Congress are expressing concerns about the obama administrations use of drones. And its expecte
News. An extremely powerful earthquake striking one of the most remote areas on earth. It happened overnight in the south pacific. The magnitude 8. 0 quake struck near the Solomon Islands, which lie near the active ring of fire. Five villages in the Tropical Island chain were impacted by tsunami waves. Dozens of homes in one of them were damaged. And theres reports that several people have been killed. The quake was so big, there were tsunami concerns as far away as japan. Most tsunami warnings now, though, have been canceled. Well have the latest on the quake and its aftermath in a little while on good morning america. Back here at home, now. New details about the rescue of that little boy from an underground bunker in alabama. Ethan turns 6 years old today. Safe and sound at home, his mother is saying how wonderful it is to be able to hold him again. But the story couldnt have ended much differently, as investigators are finding out. Tahman bradley has the latest. Reporter little eth
So well see whats next. Right. Lets get this going. Federal prosecutors are going after the huge Ratings Agency standards and poors with connection to the mortgage meltdown. The Justice Department claims that s p kept giving top ratings to investments its own analysts warned were two risky. While big bankers and lenders built mortgaged backed bombs, it was s ps faulty ratings that detonated them. Standards and poors accuses the government of conducting a witch hunt. A Ground Breaking law maker from illinois has passed away. She became the first africanamerican woman to represent illinois on capitol hill. Collins originally was elected when he husband George Collins was killed in a plane crash in 1971. She died sunday night at the age of 81. Members of Congress Tomorrow will be debating the use of drones to take our terror targets. In Many Congress are expressing concerns about the obama administrations use of drones. And its expected to be debated tomorrow. Concerns are intensifying af
You can practice breaching the door. You can practice how to get a camera inside. And ultimately design how youre going to assault this bunker. Reporter as authorities swarmed the ground above, hostage negotiators remained in contact with dykes, speaking through a ventilation pipe. Authorities were able to sneak a small camera inside the six by eight foot bunker to monitor dykes movements. Then, when authorities saw dykes becoming increasingly agitated and holding a gun, they put their plan into action. Now ethan is recuperating from his ordeal. And just moments ago, we received a letter from ethans mom. She says that for the first time in almost a week, she woke up to a beautiful sight this morning her sweet little boy. Diane . And we love looking at his face and his smile. But gio, let me go back for a moment. The man with the gun, do i understand correctly . He had a television, he could see all of you reporting and what was behind you, he had no idea, right out of frame, were comma