including that an organization that tracks hate groups has been monitoring wayne michael page for more than ten years now. police are looking into the 40-year-old page s ties to white supremicist. this photo of page in front of a swastika is front of a facebook page that s been taken down. he was the front man for a white power rock band whose music was promoted on a neo-nazi website. i would not have known that was wade. what has changed him i have no idea. and obviously we re never going to know. i m totally devastated. his father is devastated. we re in pretty much in shock. david mattingly is live with us in oak creek, wisconsin. it s the southern poverty law center who said they ve been tracking page since 2000. was law enforcement involved at all? reporter: this man han talking about his believes for quite some time. he may have been off the radar when it comes to law enforcement. but for the people who knew him, they say that his thoughts about racial ideas wer
look at the arsenal that holmes he massed. he was a very tense weekend in the middle east with the u.s. stepping up its presence around syria providing more help to the rebels. how far will our government go? we ll have a live report from the middle east. but first, of course, our top story here. the man accused of one of the worst shooting massacres in u.s. history will make his first court appearance in a few hours. police say it could take months before we know why he carried out this senseless act of violence during a midnight movie premier. 24-year-old james holmes accused of killing 12 people, wounding 58 people including mothers, fathers, members of the military, even a 6-year-old girl. eight are still in critical condition this morning. we are learning that budding scientist allegedly was planning this for months. his apartment was rigged with trip wires, gas canisters that a gun range owner was so scared by him that he rejected him a month ago. and it could 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
long. welcome everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. good morning. i m alina cho bringing the news from a to c. so weird. we have the alphabet all mixed up. anger, sadness and overwhelming shame at penn state. a scathing report conducted by a former director of the fbi, leaving the school and its legendary coaches shattered. saying joe paterno and top university officials not only hid but empowered a child predator in jerry sandusky. the outrage is spreading so quickly there are calls to tear down a statue of paterno that stands youds of beaver stadium. will more criminal charges be coming? susan candiotti is live in philadelphia this morning. susan, good morning to you. reporter: good morning. yes, you re right. former fbi director lewis freeh laid the blame at the feet of four top penn state officials leaving jerry sandusky free rein to abuse children over the course of almost 15 years. our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disreg
take years to fix. and sanjay gupta joining us live this hour in cambodia where children are dying after 24 hours of hell. how will they fix this? where is the solution? hi, everybody. we start with house republicans renewing their efforts to overturn the affordable care act. you know the thing they call obamacare which was upheld by the supreme court but there s always tomorrow. you re looking at one of the hearings on capitol hill dealing with health care. a whole lot of debate going on tomorrow, because that will set the stage for a vote tomorrow. what you re looking at now, the house ways and means committee. not long from now the house oversight committee is going to tackle the very same subject. our senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in washington live. it s hard to believe that there have been 31 attempts to either tweak, yank, pull, dissect or destroy this thing all together. what is the point of tomorrow s vote? reporter: well, they obviously have fr