authorities, and also allowed to meet with mr. morsi, the former president. many eager to see if she can play the role of mediator in this conflict. erin? all right, reza, thank you. and now to france where a robber made off with close to $136 million in precious jewels, a number that, by the way, surged stratospherically, exponentially, algorithmically, whatever word you want to use, in cannes. erin, how is the thief able to pull this off? reporter: well, erin, it was 11:30 on sunday when people had gathered here at the carlton hotel to look at the diamond exhibition, when all of a sudden a man with a space-covered head in a cap walked into the hotel carrying a semiautomatic weapon and threatened to shoot both the exhibiters and the guests before walking out with what prosecutors now say is over $100 million worth of jewelry. now, there was security present at the time. prosecutors say that security
dampening the gun lovers of the nra today, is it? the mood here is very defiant. the motto is stand and fight and they are demonstrating that with their t-shirts, the stalls, the speeches. you saw senator ted cruz get up there, the filibuster he helped lead with senator mike lee and he got a standing ovation for that. so, not a single mention of after ar 15. that weapon of choice in these recent mass shootings. a form of the assault rifle and it s on pretty broad display here. the convention center is full of exhibiters, sellers, brands like smith & wesson and colt and other firearms manufacturers and that s a type of gun that is pretty popular. indeed, it is. wayne lapierre knows just how to set up the debate over gun
minivans and suvs. the reason safety issue, power problems, possible fires. i ll tell you if your family s vehicle is on the list. and a mother is fed up with her son s law breaking ways so she hands out some of her own justice mom style. not everyone is on board with her brand of tough love. at least three people confirmed dead, as many as 70 unaccounted after a cruise ship accident in italy. 4,000 people, passengers and crew, were on board. this italian-operated cruise liner when it scraped the sea floor and listed on to its side after dark last night. on the phone now from a port near the accident site is journalist barbie nadeau. barbie, first of all, update us on what you re seeing, who s there and what people are still missing. all right. right now we have got still between 50 and 70 people missing that were whose names were on the passenger manifest and who have not been accounted for. either coming through the port of porto santo stefano on the mainland wher
armstrong joins us now. mario, thank you very much for joining us. my pleasure. thanks for having me on. it s great to have you. i ve got a way fork you to work off the pecan pie. i ate a lot of dessert. but i eat salads, too. they make vegan desserts, by the way. we ll have to talk about that the next time. we have something interesting we want to talk about this time. you ll give us the heads up on the new health and fitness gadgets premiering at the consumer electronics show. first tell us what css is, how big of a show is? this is massive. it happens in vegas. you re talking close to 130 or more thousand people from over 100 different countries attend. over 2,400 exhibiters. and the space takes up about the length of 33 football fields. this is a massive conference. all of the latest technology that shows up in the stores, the services, all the things that could affect your life.
soil this morning. we ll tell you how the 15-year-old dallas girl ended up in colombia and how she was located. and what does slavery and math have to do with each other? a teacher gives a math test with word problems such as, if frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week? we ll tell you the full story, and we want your reaction. send your thoughts to gary tuchman cnn on twitter. he s on trial for murder. joran van der sloot sits in court yawning. hear what the judge had to say about his behavior. we start with the republican presidential race and the battle for the granite state, new hampshire. the candidates have two debates there this weekend. but that doesn t mean they re scaling back on the personal appearances. this is mitt romney holding a rally in dairy, new hampshire. he s been dominating the polls in new hampshire, but now rick santorum may have some momentum. paul steinhouser joins me from manchester, new hampshire, early in th