excursion in the desert there. i spoke with the sheriff who says the area is a hot bed of drug trafficking. listen to this. it s very likely, we re not jumping to conclusions at this point, because we have to deal with fact, the bodies, five of which will be sent to the medical examiner. it s likely either the people were killed, brought to the scene and the vehicle torched. or the people were brought there, killed and then the vehicle torched, or they were burnt in the vehicle alive. now, a clue is nobody was in the driver s seat, no one was in the front passenger. one person in the second row and four bodies were laying down flat in the cargo area. the sheriff says last year his deputies were involved in 350 high-speed chases in the same rural area. now to the other stories we have for you, where most shows dare not go. from disoriented and paranoid where are you? i don t know. to cannibalism. the guy kept eating the other guy away. even super human strength
killing of anti-government protesters last year. the protesters got loud after two of his sons were acquitted on corruption charges. six of his former aides were also acquitted. i want to bring in samir shehadda from georgetown university. good to see you. first off, reaction of what we re seeing unfold in tahrir square as a decision of the court. what does that signal to you? clearly, many millions of egyptians are unhappy because they feel the sentencing was light. that this was not just. remember, 846 people were killed during those 18 days. that was the figure produced by the official egyptian committee that invest gated the killings during the revolution. 6,000 were injured. they feel that mr. mubarak is minister of interior and the six other high-ranking individuals were directly responsible for those deaths. remember, those six high-ranking officials were acquitted. as were ga. he and his older brother mubarak. they feel this was not justice. the sentence should ha
who created family guy. seth mcfar lain. no one could create a show about a teddy bear. i try. we all try. also tonight, cycling legend seven time tour defrance winner and a man who s battled cancer and won, lance armstrong, he s here to talk about his life after cycling. have you ever been in bad shape your whole life? yeah, i ve been in bad shape. never as unfit as some people. just kidding. oh, yeah. i take that as a shot. plus only in america, an eternity with elvis for a price. bill maher tonight starts now. good evening. piers morgan is off. i m your guest host vg bill maher. tonight i m talking to two guys who know no boundaries. first a take on family values. family guy s seth mcfarlane. lance armstrong winning the tour defrance seven times, beading cancer, but he s just getting started. how he s making a comeback as an ironman. that s coming up. we begin with a man who turned a foul mouth cartoon into a tv sensation. seth, i ve never met you, have i? no
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo
politics now dirty from a fraud trial. he walks free and is now seeking redemption. i don t think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there s still some good things i can do. this morning what s next for john edwards. graduation scare. a bear on the loose in bakersfield. this 120-pound bear startling students and stopping the ceremony. plus we have a champion of the 2012 national spelling bee. queen bee. spelling ace. 14-year-old girl from san diego capturing the national title with the word guetapens. what does it mean? i m not going to tell you right now. newsroom starts right now. good morning. happy friday to you. let s get straight to the jobs report. not such great news because it is shaping up to be another brutal day on wall street. stock futures point to a huge negative open after disappointing news on the job market. just 69,000 jobs were created last month missing expectations of more than twice that number. the unemployment rate, well,