coming right up. sandra: begin america reports with the supreme court striking down a new york gun law that could have far-reaching implications for the nation s largest cities. hello, welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york. great to be with you, john. john: john roberts in washington, welcome to the thursday edition of america reports. justices ruling 6-3, harder to carry a concealed handgun in public if you live in new york and similar laws in other big states will likely be challenged as a result of today s decision. this as the nation awaits another major ruling on abortion, sparked protests outside the home of conservative justices and attacks on pro life centers across the country. sandra: the latest incident in jackson, michigan, 80 miles west of detroit. congressman says several windows were broken and the front door smashed at the building he shares with a pro life group and the vandals left their calling card in a spray painted message on a sign outsid
Countries to Work Together to confront some of the Biggest Challenges theyre facing. But in addition to that large meeting, the president also will be holding oneonone meetings with various World Leaders throughout the week. Some of the most closely watched meetings will include a meeting on wednesday with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. There had been a lot of questions about whether such a meeting would take place since netanyahu came into power last year. The white house has expressed criticism about netanyahus governments plans to overhaul their judicial system. So there had been questions about whether the two leaders would meet at the white house or at unga. It does turn out that that meeting will happen in New York City on wednesday. The president also will be meeting with brazilian president Lula Da Silva for the first time as well. Then after the president wraps things up in New York City, he comes back here to washington for perhaps the most consequential meeting o
gene louis and daniel louis. thanks for talking with us. gene, i m going to start with you if i can. what do you know is the latest about your dad, his condition and how he s being held? good morning, soledad. i thank you for having us on this morning. and soledad, we re going to tell you what we ve been telling all of the news media outlet s that has been interviewing us and we thank them also. the information that we re getting is trickling down and is information that people are getting from the internet. we do have people that are working on our behalves via the u.s. state department and office of senator scott brown, but again, information is we re getting as quick as you guys are getting it as other people are getting it. so actually the family has four people in it. we re just got some news so that s the reason why there s two of us that are not here. and the problem with hearing things from everywhere else, you re getting news that is not really true and you hav
early saturdtart. you know, you come back from vacation, you have a new anchor. thanks for joining us, everyone. i m zoraida sambo will i n. up first, authorities in egypt trying to negotiate the release of two kidnapped victims. one of the victims is diabetic. and his family is not here he has his medication with him. mohammed sami joins us on the phone in sinai, egypt, right now. where do the negotiations stand right now with the kidnapper? they are trying to negotiate with the hostages. the kidnapper insists that his uncle be released from prison and he s saying his uncle is not guilty. but the authorities are keen on making sure that they do not switch their arms. so this is a complicated situation. we know in fact past that six attempts have been kidnapped attempts in sinai d none of the hostages were ever harmed. so we are positive that the situation might be resolved soon. let s talk about that. as you mentioned, this is the third time that we ve had american
early start. and it is very early, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. we re happy you re joining us this morning. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. the taliban claiming they poisoned food at a base in afghanistan. we have explosions and car bombs and the u.s. is pulling out more americans working in afghanistan. and it s one of those questions you have when you wake up. did gas prices go up again while you were sleeping? well, guess what? $6 gas is already a reality and is it in the place where you live? we ll let you know. and the political roller coaster continues. first the surge, now the slip. a new poll shows rick santorum falling behind mitt romney again. one day now before michigan and arizona, the primaries there. the candidate says he is tweaking his strategy on the trail now. if you watch any kind of red carpet, this was a moment to behold. oh, my lord, you didn t. the whole quest