all that and more, early this saturday morning, may 28th, all that and more, early this saturday morning, may 28th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs there s a sunny start to the holiday weekend. good morning, welcome to the early show. i m rebecca jarvis. and i m russ mitchell. hope you re having a great holiday weekend so far. hope it s off to a great start. it promises to be a very busy memorial day weekend, aaa says more americans will hit the road this year compared to last. despite those gas prices averaging $3.80 a gallon nationwide. joining us from the new jersey turnpike is the national spokesperson for aaa, troy green. good morning to you. good morning, russ. in terms of numbers, troy, how many folks are expect the to be out on the roads this weekend? we re projecting 34.9 million americans will travel this weekend. that s up only 0.2% or 100,000 more travelers this year compared to last year. that number would be significantly greater if not for th
trip. earlier he met with the president of poland and discussed the close ties between the two nations. i think the relationship between our countries has never been stronger. i am very proud to come here in order to say thank you to the polish people for their friendship. kristen welker is joining me from warsaw. good morning. reporter: president obama is meeting with the polish president and prime minister in warsaw today. one of the main themes of these discussions, the strong ties between the united states and poleonds. another main topic of conversation, the arab spring. president obama is hoping that poland which has demised itself cana democratized itself is help those areas in the middle east. the arab spring a big topic at the g-8 summit in france this week. leaders expressing their strong support for those pro-democracy movements, and also announcing that international investment banks will be looking to provide aid to some countries, particularly tunisia an
there s a sunny start to the holiday weekend. good morning, welcome to the early show. i m rebecca jarvis. and i m russ mitchell. hope you re having a great holiday weekend so far. hope it s off to a great start. it promises to be a very busy memorial day weekend, aaa says more americans will hit the road this year compared to last. despite those gas prices averaging $3.80 a gallon nationwide. joining us from the new jersey turnpike is the national spokesperson for aaa, troy green. good morning to you. good morning, russ. in terms of numbers, troy, how many folks are expect the to be out on the roads this weekend? we re projecting 34.9 million americans will travel this weekend. that s up only 0.2% or 100,000 more travelers this year compared to last year. that number would be significantly greater if not for the headwinds created by some very expensive gasoline prices. yes, those gas prices obviously a big factor there. compared to last memorial day, where ar
special bond. did it appear genuine to you? it did. and did caylee ever go without food as far as you know? no. did she ever appear neglected to you? no. did you ever see casey strike or torture or punish caylee in any harmful way? no, sir. and the best way that you can describe their relationship would be amazing? amazing. all right. nancy grace, we just saw both casey anthony and we saw mallory parker, both of them wiping away tears in the courtroom. what were your thoughts as you were watching that? well, i have to say it was a poignant moment. it was. because this witness is convinced that tot mom had a
and did it appear genuine to you, mallory? it did. and did caylee ever go without food as far as you know? no. did she ever appear neglected to you? no. did you ever see casey strike or torture or punish caylee in any harmful way? norse. no, sir. and the best way that you could describe their relationship would be amazing. amazing. all right. nancy grace, we saw both casey anthony and we saw it was mallory parker both of them wiping away tearing in the courtroom and what were your thoughts as you were watching that? well, i have to say it was a poignant moment. it was, because this witness is convinced that tot mom had a loving and genuine relationship with her daughter.