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good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us. we start with the massive credit card settlement that could mean more fees for you at home. here s the deal. visa, mastercard and some of the biggest banks agreed to a $7.25 billion settlement with retailers. the lawsuit centers around credit card swipe fees. we all know about those. credit card companies were fixing the price on the fees. it drops bans on credit card surcharges charged by retailers. they are now allowed to charge more if you use plastic. it doesn t mean they will, but they can. we ll have much more on the impact to your bottom line later on in the show. we are keeping a close eye on egypt where two americans have been kidnapped along with their tour guide. the incident taking place in sinai peninsula, the sight of two previous kidnappings this year. in a twitter posting, u.s. embassy confirmed the abduction saying we are in close touch with ....
egypt with an iron fist for 30 years is now in a maximum security prison where he ll spend the rest of his life. earlier today an egyptian court found hosni mubarak guilty of making orders to shoot and kill civilians. the angry mubarak was taken by ambulance to the cairo police academy where the verdict and life sentence was handed down. he was wheeled in on a gurney under heavy guard. six of mubarak s former military men were acquitted. that sparked an uproar inside and outside the courtroom. [ chanting ] . furious protesters called it wrong and want to topple the regime. the security is very tight. 5,000 police have been deployed. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman joins us live from tahrir square. what s the scene like? reporter: well, we ve got more people coming in to tahrir square. just a short while ago we watched them bun posters of one of the presidential candidates. he was mubarak s prime minister. the anger seems to be going into the direc ....
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