experience in that rock n roll world, and that to me is the best comedy. the comedy that connects with real experience. people said, oh, this is so new and then you say, well, no, you could take that back to woody allen s take the money and run. . woody allen was a precursor but spinal tap was the one that really became a huge, critical success. now mchugh mentory is a style that has infiltrated not just cinema but television. that herky-jerky camera motion on modern family. christopher guest s whoa trajectory has been mocumentary. hey, judge. look at me. his stuff is very specific. it s in the crate. where is it? it s in the crate. the fact it was improvised, that became a style of story telling. midnight at the oasis any time you introduce something that is effective and nothing like everything else
you know what i didn t like about man of steel ? not enough slavery. look at that. put a little bow on it. have you seen active killing. yes, i did. that s my favorite. i heard it was. i have questions about it. i do too. do you think all of it is true? i think none of it is real. it is fake. you do? it is a mocumentary. so i was taken in? who is in it? it is a film co produced by vernon herzog and he does nothing but trickery. this is going to be great. the fact that you don t agree i want to see the movie now. you were naming it.
this was the shocking footage that kicked off the discovery channel s ratings winner, shark week. meglodon, the biggest shark, i m talking 67 neat length. huge, yes. a killer? yes. but also very extinct. that is not the way the discovery channel spun it up front. they used footage just like the footage you re looking at to convince the audience that this whale washed up with a giant bite taken out of it. guess what? it was all fake. the so-called experts, actors. discovery channel is defending this mocumentary that scored record ratings saying we wanted to explore the possibilities of magalodon. it is one of the most debated shark discussions of all time, can magalodon exist today?
welcome, everybody. our starting point is this breaking news. two american tourists have been kidnapped in dahab, egypt, in the sinai region. the kidnappers, it appears, are trying to negotiate some sort of prisoner exchange. jill daugherty joins us. what do we know? the state department is in touch with the families of these two people. names have not been given. they re 31 years old. the state department is providing counselor services and they are in touch and working very closely with egyptian authorities to try to resolve this. essentially, what happened, these two people, two americans in a car on their way to a resort at dahab. you mentioned that name. it s a former fishing village. apparently really a lovely site, place for snorkeling and diving. and so they were on their way. their car is stopped. they re yanked out of the car and taken away. it appears that the people who did that want the release the demand is for the release of an egyptian man who was arrest
good morning everyone. welcome to early start. nice to have you with us. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you the news from a to z. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with breaking news this morning. two american tourists kidnapped by gunmen in egypt. it happened in the town of dahab in the region of egypt. the report says that two americans were forced out of a car and taken away. the alleged kidnappers demanding the release of a man who was arrested a day before for drug possession. cnn s ben wedeman is live in cairo. i know these are late-breaking details. what can you tell us? reporter: the embassy is in close contact with the egyptian authorities. they say to resolve this situation. now, it s not unusual, the not the first time that tourists, including americans, have been kidnapped here. since the revolution at the beginning of last year, state authority in that part of egypt has really