early saturdtart. you know, you come back from vacation, you have a new anchor. thanks for joining us, everyone. i m zoraida sambo will i n. up first, authorities in egypt trying to negotiate the release of two kidnapped victims. one of the victims is diabetic. and his family is not here he has his medication with him. mohammed sami joins us on the phone in sinai, egypt, right now. where do the negotiations stand right now with the kidnapper? they are trying to negotiate with the hostages. the kidnapper insists that his uncle be released from prison and he s saying his uncle is not guilty. but the authorities are keen on making sure that they do not switch their arms. so this is a complicated situation. we know in fact past that six attempts have been kidnapped attempts in sinai d none of the hostages were ever harmed. so we are positive that the situation might be resolved soon. let s talk about that. as you mentioned, this is the third time that we ve had american
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long. welcome everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. good morning. i m alina cho bringing the news from a to c. so weird. we have the alphabet all mixed up. anger, sadness and overwhelming shame at penn state. a scathing report conducted by a former director of the fbi, leaving the school and its legendary coaches shattered. saying joe paterno and top university officials not only hid but empowered a child predator in jerry sandusky. the outrage is spreading so quickly there are calls to tear down a statue of paterno that stands youds of beaver stadium. will more criminal charges be coming? susan candiotti is live in philadelphia this morning. susan, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. yes, you re right. former fbi director lewis freeh laid the blame at the feet of four top penn state officials leaving jerry sandusky free rein to abuse children over the course of almost 15 years. our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disreg
i m suzanne malveaux. america s largest bank opens its books. it ain t pretty. also the late joe paterno speaking out in the wake of the penn state sex scandal. the outcry over teen usa s olympic uniforms. why one lawmaker wants them burned. let s get straight to it. in london soccer star john kerry has been found not guilty of racially abusing an opponent. the two had an exchange of words in a match last october. ter dion eyed they were racially motivated. the world needs airline pilots believe it or not. one of the biggest commercial jet companies says in the next 20 years the air travel industry will need almost a half million more trained up pilots. boeing sums it up this way. the global economy is growing fast and airlines are expanding just as fast to support it. here is the problem. analysts are afraid the pilot shortage will mean trains will suffer and less qualified pilots will be hired. condoleezza rice has said over and over she has no interest in being mitt
state and behind. susan candiotti is in philadelphia like with sara ganim. her pulitzer prize-winning reports helped bring much of this to life. we will take you through the legal fallout from today s developments with legal analyst jeffrey toobin and paul calum. has the report been posted yet, susan? well, i just been emailed the opening remarks of former fbi director louis freeh. haven t had a chance to read it, but i can give you just a couple of bullet points. we know this report is supposed to be around 200 pages long. and louis freeh reveals in his opening remarks that are prepared that during the course of his investigation, that started last november, we has reviewed 3.5 million emails and documents and has interviewed more than 400 people during the course of his investigation. now remember this is not a criminal investigation. he was hired by penn state s board of trustees to look at penn state s role in the sandusky scandal. to find out exactly what penn state ma