them, has apparently crashed. six peace-keeping troops were aboard and have died and the taliban is claiming responsibility by sending a text message to cnn. and last night s debate. newt gingrich calls out the media, specifically john king, and he calls his ex-wife a liar. we re going to play all sorts of stuff for you this morning, get all sorts of answers and let people weigh in. talk about political heat. unbelievable stuff. and, also, and the story we ve been watching, the italian cruise ship where the rescue operations have been on and off is teetering eight feet from an underwater ledge that could drop that ship 200 feet down. and rough weather is moving in, so this is a bad combination. the italian authorities are trying to stop any kind of environmental disaster because of the fuel that s on board. an anonymous strikes again. a notorious group is claiming responsibility for shutting down the internet or actually some web sites. what could be the largest coord
tonight is karen and the kids are going to be on piers morgan show tonight on cnn. so i would encourage you all to take a look at that. we did the interview yesterday from charleston and you ll get to see what at the end of the interview, piers morgan leaned over to me and said, you want my suggestion? less rick, more karen. thank you for the punt, mr. santorum. and sound and fury came in last night at the cnn-sponsored debate. gingrich seems to be the target of a new dirty trick. e-mails are being sent to republican activists and they claim and cnn did not send them out. it s not clear how many people received them. from dirty tricks to political mischief by a political odd couple. you re looking at pictures from stephen colbert who is teaming up with herman cain for a rally at this hour in charleston. what a scene there. colbert is calling the event the rock me like a herman cain primary rally. even though he s out of the race, he s entering the race himself and say
a look at these pictures coming in to cnn. helicopter has crashed into new york s east river and a dramatic rescue operation is now underway. we re told by the fire department of new york, a spokesman saying that at least two people were seriously injured in the crash. the chief coast guard petty officer eric swansen tells cnn there were at least three people on board when that helicopter crashed into the east river in new york. in an interview with a local affiliate, a former fdny commissioner says the water temperature right now is approximately 68 degrees. we re told it happened maybe 35 minutes ago in the east river at 34th street and 1st avenue on the east side of manhattan. chad myers is watching this unfold with us. what else are you pick iing up we seize these live images coming in. wolf, literally, we are listening to scanner traffic all the way back to how we used to do it in local tv. scanner traffic from fdny saying there were five, five on board. four are out o
helicopter down near mexico city. all crimes committed with guns sent to mexico with u.s. government consent. guns we saw these individuals buy would turn up at crime scenes in the united states and mexico. yet, we still did nothing. reporter: nothing while fast and furious guns showed up in the hands of cartels. it confirms what many mexicans believe that there s this conspiracy, from the united states, to sell guns to mexico. reporter: conspiracy or poor judgment in letting guns walk? fast and furious was unique. in the past a suspected straw buyer would be an ed in the parking lot or down the street. in fast and furious these stores were recruited by the atf and u.s. attorney s office, multiple sales approved. no arrests and no surveillance outside the store. reporter: a handful of young thugs known as straw buyers buy thousands of guns.
helicopter down near mexico city. all crimes committed with guns sent to mexico with u.s. government consent. guns we saw these individuals buy would turn up at crime scenes in the united states and mexico. yet, we still did nothing. reporter: nothing while fast and furious guns showed up in the hands of cartels. it confirms what many mexicans believe that there s this conspiracy, from the united states, to sell guns to mexico. reporter: conspiracy or poor judgment in letting guns walk? fast and furious was unique. in the past a suspected straw buyer would be an ed in the parking lot or down the street. in fast and furious these stores were recruited by the atf and u.s. attorney s office, multiple sales approved. no arrests and no surveillance outside the store. reporter: a handful of young thugs known as straw buyers buy thousands of guns.