Thats it for us. Early start begins now. Hostage standoff happening right now. A gun man storms a school bus, shoots the driver, and kidnaps a child. We have a live report straight ahead. And Tornado Warning near a major city. A possible twister in the nashville area. And a baseball superstar named in connection with a major cheating scandal. Alex rodriguez in a new report on performance enhancing drugs. Good morning. As we said, a lot going on. Welcome to early staearly sta. It is wednesday, january 30, 5 00 a. M. Happening right now, police in alabama involved in an all night standoff with a suspected gunman after they say he shot a School Bus Driver and then took a child. It is happening in midland city. Wfsa says the bus driver is dead. Police say the suspect described as a man in his late 60s, grabbed a 6yearold off the bus, took him to his nearby home. Theyve been hold up in some kind of underground bunker ever since this all began and a reporter is live in midland city with the
We only have time for one end point. I see you guys a lot. Michael what have you got . My first time on the show was about Trayvon Martin and this week he would have been 18 years old and on sunday hopefully ill be able to go to miami, the family is having the first annual Trayvon Martin Foundation Dinner in miami honoring his life and his birth and hopefully be there this weekend with the family. As we continue to watch how the case is going. I want to thank you for joining us. Good luck with the weather coming, everybody stay safe as well. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. See everybody back here monday morning. Lets get to the other show. Happening now in the newsroom, manhunt in the mountains. We dont know what hes going to do. We know what hes capable of doing. New twists in the search for an excop accused of going on a murder spree in l. A. , emailing a bulletridden disc to cnn. The suspect mailed a parcel to my office that arrived on the first of this month. Bli
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We ran out of time for the ridiculist this evening. Thanks for watching. Early start begins now. A dramatic rescue, fbi agents storm an armed kidnapers bunker. His 5yearold hostage is safe and sound this morning. Great news. All of those smears are absolutely false. A cnn exclusive, new jersey senator bob menendez fights back against allegations of partying with prostitutes. And solving the super bowl blackout this morning. At least we know whos not to blame. Good morning, almost to early start this tuesday morning. Im Christine Romans. John berman will join us later on starting point. Lets get started here. A 5yearold boy held captive for six days in an underground bunker in alabama is back in the arms of his farmly this morning. We are so happy to report that. Were told that hes thrilled to be reunited with his favorite toy which is a dinosaur. Little ethans kidnaper is dead, 65yearold jimmy lee dykes killed yesterday in the fbi raid that freed that little boy. Victor blackwell, live
In the future. This cable thing youll get to see cnn because you like cnn. You all two stop it, were trying to get paid, this is a cable network. Future. 30 seconds. Its truck day in baseball. Baseball teams loading up for spring training heading down to florida and arizona, annual raising for hope. Ladies and gentlemen you can believe in america once again. Seriously, john . Boston red sox, go my goodness. Cnn newsroom with Carol Costello begins right now. Carol, good morning. Happening now in the newsroom, safe and sound. Hes been through a lot. Hes endured a lot. Reporter relief and hope this morning as 5yearold ethan is recovering after being held hostage in an underground bunker. By the grace of god, hes okay. Reporter this hour, find out how the boy was saved from storming the bunker to reports of secret cameras, even the u. S. Military was involved. All right, weve lost lights. All right, were going to a manual override. Reporter new reports the lastminute electrical upgrades ca