welcome to american morning. good morning to you, and to you. it is a busy week. breaking news. freedom coming for two u.s. hikers held priter in in iran. they could be out with the half hour. right to mohammed jamjoon covering this. what s the latest? reporter: well, ali, we ve heard from a lawyer from the the two detained hikers tells us a second judge in iran has signed the paperwork, the bail paperwork for josh fattal and shane bauer. the lawyer says now he can take that paperwork and start the procedures to free them. he expects they will be free with the half hour. also, iranian news agency saying they will be handed over to swiss embassy officials in about half an hour from now. ali? we ve had false starts on this the last couple of weeks. the idea here, of course, it s through the judiciaries, any likely to stop this as far as you can see? reporter: ali, i apologize. having a little problem hearing you. we ve heard in the last few weeks, wrangling going on b
looters actually made it on to the premises, but they didn t go into the museum. instead, they went into the souvenir shop and looted souvenirs thinking they were taking egyptian artifacts. the egyptian army has taken over security for the museum. soldiers kept an eye on us as we got our tour, and tanks are in place outside after a close call for some of the world s most famous ancient treasures. that survived thanks to the courage of the museum staff and perhaps some hebb from the gods. fred pleitgen, cnn, cairo, egypt. the republicans are divided on how president obama is handling the crisis in egypt. that s going to be coming up in our strategy session. plus, a crackdown at a major fast food chain. we ll explain what s going on. purina tidy cats scoop helps neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. keeping your house smelling like it should. purina tidy cats scoop. keep your home smelling like home.