his service in iraq and what his friends are saying. he has a big heart. he was in the financial world as an adviser. he couldn t handle that, losing people s money when the market went down. how bank of america plans to give homeowners a break on mortgages by 30%. who is hollywood hunk george clooney doing in handcuffs in d.c.? we ll tell you. announcer: from cnns world headquarters bringing you news and analysis from across the nation and around the globe. live from stud owe 7, this is cnn saturday morning. new developments surround ing the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians on a shooting spree. he is back in the u.s. and we know his name. it s staff sergeant robert bales. sources spoke citing a policy that waits until he is charged d before releasing a name. bales arrived in kansas last night. he s being held in his own cell in pretrial confinement. we have reaction from those who knew him before the controversy. good morning. good morning. we are
when you are considering the financial crisis we find ourselves in, in this country. you know, you think back, it was just a few years ago that mr. obama canceled constellation our path to the moon by 2020, and terminated the space shuttle, and here we are, today, and ironically, this happens to be the 45th anniversary of the apollo one tragedy, the fire where we lost three of our colleagues before we got our first steps to the noon moon, and we are without the capability of putting an american in space on american hardware probably until close to the end of the decade. so, how can we go to the moon by 2020? i d love to be the person to take us there but it is out of the question. captain, a gentleman said one small step for man and a giant
scholar to reporter. this is your am: wakeup call. and good morning to you. this is your am: wakeup call for thursday, december 8th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are the top stories. one of bernie fine s accusers is expected to announce he s filing a lawsuit in civil court. zam tom selly accused the former basketball coach of sexually abusing him in a pittsburgh hotel room in 2002. the fda hearing evidence about whether the birth control pill is dangerous. the government looking at side effects including claims about an increased risk of blood clots. there are allegations the drugmaker bayer hid evident of risk. heavy rain and wet snow coming down in the eastern united states. check on your flights to. let s get a check on today s weather. jacqui jeras is in atlanta. good morning, jacqui. good morning, carol. the good news is, things are looking a lot better in about five hours. so as we progress throughout the day things will
we ll let you hear what they all had to say. and a major league baseball player pulled from him home in the middle of the night by armed men, but now we re told he s been found alive and safe. [ chanting ] and have you ever seen kids this excited about taking a test? not just any test. we re talking about the a.c.t. or s.a.t. equivalent. an entire country shuts down to do everything they can to help these students ace the tests. we re taking you to south korea this morning in our passport. let s start on the campus of penn state university. you remember, it was just a couple of days ago thousands of students were getting together on the campus, and they were rioting. well, last night, thousands of students got together at state college, pennsylvania, for this. a candlelight vigil to support the victims of the sexual abuse scandal. now, this is the same place, the same spot, where this vigil is taking place, is exactly where students were rioting in support of fired foot
hello, everybody. i am randi kaye. we re glad you are with us. we start off with the victims of irene. for those of you who think irene was a dud, well, tell that to the families of the 21 people who died in that storm and the people that lost their homes and the estimated $10 billion price tag is nothing to sneeze at either. irene may not have been as bad as expected in some areas, but worst in others. vermont, much of the state is under water. a short time ago president obama declared a state of emergency making vermont elvauable for disaster relieve. it will take time to recover from the storm of this magnitude. the affects are being felt across much of the country. in new england and states like vermont where there has been an enormous amount of flooding. the responses continues and i want to make sure fema and other agencies are doing everything they can to help people on the ground. check out the video of vermont. it shows the power of irene destroying one of the st