Its unfortunate that the egyptian ambassador had to go, so we will see, but that should not be a reason to stop any kind of that we have to face. Israeli defense minister ehud barack joining us live from tel aviv. Do stay safe, and we wish the best for not only the people of israel, but the palestinians, and we hope that you can somehow come to some kind of a consensus to stop this violence between your two parties. Thank you for being with us and for answering. Our apologies for the difficult connection, but we have been struggling throughout the hour to make that connection with the defense minister, and now we know why. The air raids going in israel. Particularly in tel aviv. Thank you for watching us in this hour. Please stay tuned now for my colleague Suzanne Malveaux who takes over with newsroom international. Welcome to newsroom international. Im Suzanne Malveaux. Were taking you aron the world in 60 minutes. Former cia director David Petraeus is breaking his silence with the me
Weekend. New activity on syrias chemical weapons and the heightened fear they may fall into the wrong hands. Aurora, penn state and, of course, newtown. We countdown the top ten biggest crimes of 2012. Time magazine named president obama person of the year, but do you know who their Readers Choice was . You might be surprised. It is sunday, december 23rd, good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. We begin with breaking news. The brutal gang rape of a woman is sparking protests in india. Protesters chanting we want justice in new delhi. The 23yearold was attacked on a bus last weekend. Cnn has learned that a journalist has been killed in demen strags today and well bring you much more on this as soon as we get it. Now, to a tearful ending and a new beginning in connecticut. Flags will be raised to full staff today for the First Time Since the shooting at sandy hook elementary school. This comes just after the final three funerals for the victims of that tragedy. Emilie parker, josephine ga
A drivers seat costume. Who would ever think of that . Its pretty funny. Thanks for starting your morning with us. A whole lot more ahead on c cnns saturday morning, which starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Im victor blackwell. 8 00 here on the east coast. Thank you for starting your day with us. We start with the Lance Armstrong bombshell, usa today reporting that he will admit to doping monday in an interview with oprah. Oprah will go to armstrongs home in texas to get the details. He has denied using drugs in the past. So his admission could have serious consequences. This morning i spoke with the man who broke the story, brent strattenborg. Hes supposed to make this admission monday when the show tapes. Oprah winfrey is coming to his home in austin, texas, taping an interview monday. And that is supposed to air next thursday as to why is he doing this now, the evidence came out against him, a massive file of evidence came out against him in october. In the thr
Storm, but again, they are talking about the wind, the rain and Power Outages. And victor, thats really what people are bracing for as the storm gets to us. Im wondering, george, i saw an analyst yesterday saying this is going to be a lot worse than irene. Are people sticking around for it, or are they boarding up and getting out of town . Reporter you know, when you walk around, when you take a look at how people are preparing for this storm, everyones keeping a very close eye on us, as we report whats happening. Theyre watching the track of the storm system. Right now it looks like it will move in a little further north than where we are. But we will feel the first brunt of the storm. We will see a lot of the winds that come through, the winds that could get up 40, 50 Miles Per Hour in some places. A lot of rain that will come through later today. So the storm will definitely impact this area. But the concern right now is definitely a little further north than us. All righty. Hey, ge
The stock market hovering just below that 14,000 level. Take a look at where we are now. 14,000. Thats a number we havent seen since before the recession. Lets head to the New York Stock Exchange and check in with alison kosik. Yesterday, we had bad news about the gdp. And today, we may hit 14,000, whats going on . Well, not to throw cold water on this whole dow 14,000, but ill go ahead and do nap because i talked with one trader, carol, who says hes not optimistic that well hit that 14,000 mark anytime soon. He actually thinks stocks are going to pull back even more. Remember, thats one opinion. Tomorrow could be one deciding factor. Thats where were getting the monthly jobs report for january. If the gain is whats expected or more, you could see it catapult to 14,000. Cnn newsroom starts right now with ashleigh banfield. Thank you very much, carol costello. Nice for having you with us today. Hi, everybody, im ashleigh banfield. Its 11 00 on the east coast. Weve got a very busy hour.