hospital, but we re told he s doing okay. he thinks the hot weather combined with the heavy road triggered that explosion, scary. thunderstorms forcing this unusual balloon flight back to the ground. the gas station owner, ted couch, iraqi adventurer, strapping hundreds of balloons to law chairs in an attempt to fly from oregon to montana. they flew about six hours before having to abort their mission, his fourth lawn char trip and first time with a partner and the two hope to fly in iraq. you remember that movie, a terrible movie a few years ago. alisyn: no. clayton it was larry no not up , a movie like larry lawn chair . dave: sounds good, i ll have to netflix that. could the headlines be over here in new york for jeremy li
later after i cook, i ll put my dishes in the tub. would you pay $2,000 a month for 300 square feet? that s what new york city is hoping. we ll explain. it is sunday, july 15. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. glad you re with us. we start this morning in egypt and the developments in the kidnapping of two americans. one is reverend michelle lewis, the reverend of the free pentecostal church of god in dorchester. his family says he was on a missionary trip when his tour bus was stopped in the sinai peninsula. his family as well as a member of his congregation spoke about the incident and their wishes for his safe return. we don t hear any more information than what we hear in the news and what you guys are hearing. we re in good spirits because we know the god that we serve is in control of the matter. the only concern that we have at the moment is that he is diabetic. the longer they hold him, i want to assume that it s not going to work in his favor. there
totalaryn regime and all orders come from president assad. translator: in 2003 after the american invasion of iraq and the toppling of the regime the syrian regime felt threatened so they coordinate would al qaeda and had an agreement to keep the road open to iraq so militants started coming all over the world through syrian. al qaeda was an ally of assad after 2003 and built safe havens for al qaeda to hide in. i remember one of those safe havens. the americans raided it in 2008 and captured prisoners. this was a hiding place for al qaeda on the border with iraq. it was under the control of a brother-in-law of the president. who is making the decisions in damascus right now? who is directing the syrian government policy facing this uprising translator: the regime in syria is a totaltar yn regime and a dictatorship. there is only one person who gives the orders, one person who is the president. the rest of the regime personnel are people who only obey. does the syrian