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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 ....
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 r ....
new england area, the first circuit court of appeals, and they cover basically, you know, maine, vermont, new hampshire, puerto rico, believe it or not, and massachusetts. so this ruling is binding only on that area of the united states, the federal courts that cover that area of the united states. it s a very, very important precedent that will be looked at by courts around the united states and there are at least seven other lawsuits pending, challenging the doma act. this is a very important precedent. this also makes it more likely that it could move its way up to the supreme court, yes? absolutely yes. because what the supreme court likes to do, especially when dealing with controversial issues, is to basically allow the lower courts to resolve it and come up with different solutions and then the supreme court, you know, hands down a decision for the entire country. and now you mentioned seven other existing cases? yes. i was just as i was reading the dec ....
career for brian banks who was exonerated of all charges just last week and set free. and take a look at this unbelievable video from a happy hour that took a horrifying turn. a truck, you ll see shortly, plows into the middle of this bar pinning customers in a heap of rubble. amazingly no one was killed. newsroom starts right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. two american tourists on their way to a luxury resort in egypt kidnapped. gunmen pulled them from a car in the sinai sprinkle demanding egyptian officials release a man from jail. authorities have been working feverishly to free those americans and we have good news this morning. just about a half hour ago we learned those tourists were released. our ben wedeman is in cairo to tell us how this went down. hi, ben. reporter: hello, carol. according to the southern sinai governor and senior official there, two americans have been released. they are now in police custody and they are on their way t ....