good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 8:00. thanks for waking up with us. let s get you caught up on some of the news. 33 years to the day etan patz disappeared, someone has finally been charged with his murder. pedro hernandez was arraigned yesterday on a second degree murder charge. this was a man identified as hernandez. he confessed this week to strangling the boy and putting his body in the trash. in the years following etan s disappearance, hernandez had told a family member and others that he had, quote, done a bad thing and killed a child in new york. he seemed like an all right guy. he had a wife and there was a young daughter. and they were, you know, they said hello and everything. they were always smiling. well if this guy, like they say confessed to it, 33 years he s been living in his own personal hell. pedro hernandez is being held without bail. ukraine s parliament may be dissolved because of a fight. it was a real knockdown, dragout fight on t
keep us posted throughout the afternoon. the battle for election delegates kicking into high gear today in the state of maine. republican voters have been kaw cu caucusing there for weeks and tonight we find out the winner. let s go to shannon travis where mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning today. so what s the feeling as to how these caucuses just might turn out? yeah, i mean the feeling about how they might turn out, ron paul seems to have a bit of an edge there. you remember, fred, that while the other candidates a few weeks ago were campaigning in florida, ron paul packed up his v-neck sweaters, packed up and headed north. he s got a lot of young supporters here and libertarian supporters here. not so fast. mitt romney is saying obviously he s a favorite son of new england, former massachusetts governor, and he came here with an 11th hour appeal. today he did something for the first time appearing at a caucus site and has been very involved in republican circl
this is a big day for republicans running for president. one of the most conservative groups in the country is about to announce results of its straw poll. dana bash will join us live in a moment. in maine, republican voters are finishing their caucuses. mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning in the state trying to break their string of losses. overseas now. the besieged syrian town of homs endures a seventh straight day of bombardment there. opposition activists say hundreds of people have been killed there in the past week. the death toll across syria today climbed to at least 30. the u.s. conference of catholic bishops issued a statement on president obama s compromise over contraception funding. it says the plan raises serious moral concerns. the government s new health policy originally wanted hospitals and schools with religious ties to offer full coverage for contraceptives. after days of opposition from the catholic church, the white house dropped that requireme
which the arab league should continue to use in its efforts to make active. mr. president, we are feeling terrible pain because of the horrible events we are all aware of, and we ask that god bless all those victims so that bloodshed might end and that the various factions of the syrian people might be able to reach a democratic state in order to create a single open-ended society which would enjoy understanding and concord. we hope that the security council will not have to deal once again with this situation whereas it is getting worse. of course you love your family, but can you really picture this? grandparents, mom and dad, kids we hope that all those who have and grandkids all in the same household? influence on all the parties a lot of people are in fact doing just that. christine romans finds out why and how it s actually working. spare no effort whereas the reporter: meet the laflers. security council has not been able to arrive at a decision so i m dad. i m
wikileaks. bradley manning is charged with handing over thousands of classified military documents. it s considered the biggest intelligence leak in american history. the army will put manning on trial for aiding the enemy and transmitting defense information. he could get life in prison. friends and colleagues of don cornelius are paying tribute to the founder of the ground breaking television show soul train. they are making that tribute unfold today in harlem. cornelius was the legendary deep voice, host and founder of that show. al sharpton, aretha franklin and others paid tribute today. he died wednesday of a self-inflicted gun shot wound. at the capitol now police are removing tents. u.s. park police service officers are in hazmat suits taking away tents that contain camping gear. earlier police clashed with protestors and six people were arrested. a federal judge tuesday upheld the ban on camping in mcpherson square and another park a couple of blocks away from t