career for brian banks who was exonerated of all charges just last week and set free. and take a look at this unbelievable video from a happy hour that took a horrifying turn. a truck, you ll see shortly, plows into the middle of this bar pinning customers in a heap of rubble. amazingly no one was killed. newsroom starts right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. two american tourists on their way to a luxury resort in egypt kidnapped. gunmen pulled them from a car in the sinai sprinkle demanding egyptian officials release a man from jail. authorities have been working feverishly to free those americans and we have good news this morning. just about a half hour ago we learned those tourists were released. our ben wedeman is in cairo to tell us how this went down. hi, ben. reporter: hello, carol. according to the southern sinai governor and senior official there, two americans have been released. they are now in police custody and they are on their way to a ho
tribute to the fallen on this memorial day. we remember the sacrifices of our troops and their families. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. it s going to be a wet and soggy memorial day across parts of the north florida and southeast georgia. tropical storm beryl is to blame. you re looking at a live picture from jekyll island, georgia. the storm moves up the coast. we learned a short time ago beryl caused major damage at the jacksonville airport after making landfall and canceling 12 outgoing flights and forced jacksonville officials to cancel holiday activities and thousands are without power this morning. meteorologist rob marciano is tracking beryl. oh, darn! bad timing. but good news to this and get to that in a second. the damage in jacksonville is where it made landfall last night shortly after midnight and came on shore with near hurricane force winds. it was almost classified a hurricane and some folks may argue that. 73-mile-an
zuckerberg will become one of the richest men in the world. would you want to leave the results of an election up to a coin toss? doesn t sound like a viable option, does it? turns out it is. we ll take you down to texas. a flick of the wrist will decide an election there. it may look like your grandfather s 1960s rocket but it ain t. an insider look at the next frontier at intergalactic travel. are you ready to friend facebook? in the next hour investors will get their first chance to buy a piece of the social media empire. the most talked about initial public offering in years. alison kosik is at the nasdaq market site where the buzz is building. hi, alison. yes. consider this the super bowl of market events. facebook will open up its shares to the public for the public to buy today. in the next couple of hours. there s been a lot of hype with this. the question is will facebook live up to the hype? i m going to talk about all of this in a bit with you. can t wait
exploding blaze this morning. two states under the gun. could be the $100 million tax dodged. did facebook s co-founder give up u.s. citizenship to escape paying his taxes? he s now in singapore driving a bentley and living it up appearing in high society magazines. why did he unfriend america? block the press. reporters at a mitt romney event blockeded from asking the candidate question. cnn the only network getting the moment on tape. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. this morning police are escorting some school buses in metro atlanta after a terrifying scene unfolded for several students on their way to school. a gunman took aim at the children while they boarded a school bus. it happened in clayton county south of atlanta s airport where police have now found the rifle, ammunition and a note with school bus numbers and pickup and arrival times. here s what one witness told tom jones of our affiliate wsb. he is shooting at that sc
happening off the court that s getting attention. are you mom enough? time magazine wants to know. this cover spurring shock and talk about attachment parenting and it s really the way you should raise your child. good morning to you. i m carol costello. they are alive. alexandria and kyliyah bain are safe and sound and they have now been released from the hospital. the two tennessee girls turned up in a wooded area in mississippi after a nationwide manhunt. the fbi says their kidnapper adam mayes is dead. he shot and killed himself as police closed in. mayes is suspected of killing the girls mother and their older sister in a bizarre case of violence and obsession that first exploded three weeks ago. martin savidge is in alpine, mississippi with the latest. good morning, martin. reporter: good morning, carol. it good news in an otherwise bittersweet tale that two younger girls have been found alive. this played out a hundred yards down the road in a wooded area beginn