away the southern vote from president obama. the president this morning struggling and refocusing. security scramble. new information this morning on that u.s. airways plane diverted. you would be surprised how often f-16s are sent up to follow passenger planes. nancy reagan now 90 resting after breaking a number of ribs in a fall. the former first lady recovering. newsroom begins right now. good morning. i m carol costello. high profile investors may have got an insider view of facebook s future before the social network s stock went public. if you didn t have big bucks, you were probably left in the dark. if that is true, it reinforces some of the worst stereotypes about wall street as time magazine put it, it means the entire game is a casino rigged for the house with a sucker played by the average investor. that s the controversy surrounding a name we all know. morgan stanley which served as facebook s lead underwriter and now investigators reportedly want to kn
colombia, it just got bigger. now it s spreading to the dea. the drug enforcement agency. what would you do if you got smacked with a $93,000 bill and what if that bill wasn t even for you? we ll talk to one man who is on the hook for his mother s nursing home bill and the obscure law that s being used to make sure families pay up. beam me up scotty. the first private space launch is in history books with some very special cargo. she s taking over. you are a man. you might as well stand up like a man. she knows how to jump-start a failing business and today tabatha takes over newsroom. we begin this morning on a launch pad at cape canaveral. remember scottie from star tre trek ? right now on his way to a final fro frontier. three, two, one, zero. and launch of the space x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. so cool. john zarrella is in florida. he s been watching this thing all morning. good morning
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
hour. is a stuck pedal to blame? the wife of former syracuse basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys goes public this morning addressing claims she knew what was going on with her husband. plus this i won t forget the men who died who gave that right to me lee greenwood making a plea for a better america. he s got a new book asking does god still bless the usa? we ll ask him when he stops by later this hour. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. your money front and center from capitol hill to the campaign trail. even a rare lunchtime meeting between president obama and congressional leaders from both parties. the rivals may break bread but don t expect them to make peace. john boehner is warning of another battle brewing over the debt ceiling. last year you remember that ugly standoff. the government flirted with shutdowns and the nation s bond rating was downgraded for the first time ever. now boehner says again that the