i'm zoraida sambolin. >> yes, you are. >> yeah! i'm so happy to be back. >> i'm the other guy. it is monday. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> we begin with an al qaeda message that left two dozen u.s. embassies closed for a second day. they will be closed for the week. they are being cautious after intelligence officials intercepted al qaeda. barbara starr has the latest for us. good morning barbara. >> good morning. it began with 22 embassies being closed for the weekend. the details are chilling. the cia and the national security agency had been secretly monitoring intelligence tips for weeks. indications of a possible terrorist attack in yemen. alarm bells went off across washington when a crucial message was intercepted involving communications in the last several days among senior al qaeda operatives. >> al qaeda is stronger than it was before 9/11. >> reporter: final planning for an attack may be complete. intelligenceage cysts are scouring data bases for clues. the u.s. response, going beyond worldwide travel warning and closing embassies across the middle east and africa

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i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm christine romans. it's monday, august 19th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we are going to begin with rain from the gulf coast to the southeastern united states. more rain to that area. indra is tracking this for us. it seems you have been tracking it for weeks, even months. >> the swath from the gulf of mexico to the southeast is impressive to see. they can't handle anymore of this rain. heavy rain and high winds battered much of the southeast this weekend bringing flash floods and record rainfall. check out what members of one church saw after sunday service. waist deep water covering their car doors. a foot of rain fell in less than an hour. business owners along highway 49 found water rushing into their stores. >> fire trucks are out there. >> it didn't get that much rain from katrina. >> reporter: these motor "rick's list"s were stuck. a swath of tropical moisture drenched the gulf coast to the carolinas. in miami beach, an elderly couple was killed while swimming. >> they were in cardiac arrest. we worked them to the hospital. they wer

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> am john berman, it is friday and i need it. it is august 16th. >>> a teenage girl kidnapped and taken on a 1,000 mile journey made her first public appearance. as we find out more about what was found inside the home of the man that took her captive. we have the story. >> hannah anderson's arrival at a family function was a surprise. >> this was an unexpected reunion. all our friends were here. itis like we haven't skipped a beat. >> they were invited to this restaurant, but not allowed inside during the reunion. >> hannah sends her love. she is doing good day by day. >> hearing hannah strong and pray for hannah t-shirts, neighbors, friends and the grandparents helped to raise money for the mother and brother's funeral. >> i wanted to say thank you all for coming. this is a small community that we are part of. the community came together, put on a great fund-raiser for hannah, her future and healing. >> what does it mean to go through this ordeal? >> it's horrifying he did what he did. it's sickening. >> reporter: alf ticket sa

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm christine romans.ments in egypt this morning. they have the nation on knife's edge. the arrest of the spirit chul leader, he is the latest in the party that backs morsi to be picked up by police and accused of insighting violence. that hours after the former ruler, hosni mubarak on one charge. he's been in custody followin i revolt two years ago. the death toll from nearly a week of violence is approaching 1,000 people. >>> there is late word this morning that the u.s. is temporarily holding up military aid to egypt. not all of it. the decision is not permanent. the u.s. gives more than $1 billion of aid to egypt every year. some u.s. companies have every reason to want that money to keep flowing. >> the obama administration could say enough is enough and cut aid to egypt. but some american companies want to keep that money flowing because they are the ones cashing in. >> you are buying u.s. equipment from u.s. contractors. >> the u.s. doesn't cut a check to egypt, it deposits aid into an account at th

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman.30 minutes after the hour. >>> we have more on the top story, a deadly shooting in pennsylvania. witnesses say a man opened fire during a monthly meeting of supervisors. poppy harlow is live for us. what is the latest here? >> good morning to you, zoraida. this is a town that is never in the newspapers. it is today because of the horror that unfolded here. last night, a gunman bursting into a meeting with 15 people. it was a town supervisors meeting. this gunman shooting through the windows outside before he got inside, then sprang bullets throughout the meeting killing three and injuring others. heroism prevailing. police say that two people tackled the gunman to the ground, preventing more deaths. listen. >> they absolutely would have saved lives. he was entering the building, again, with a handgun and certainly his intent had been shown he wanted to harm the people. certainly, if they would not have done that, he would have killed or injured other people. >> reporter: now, as you he

i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. the hour. >> the top story, the deadly, bloody, crackdown in egypt. it is quiet there this morning. this was the scene yesterday as they battled in the streets of cairo and beyond. 421 people are now dead, since yesterday. thousands more injured and the prospects for a resolution for the conflict, they seem murky at best. that may be an overstatement. reza is live in cairo. he's been in the middle of it all since yesterday. give us aceps of the feeling in the city today. quiet, but for how long? >> reporter: that's not clear, but it is quiet at the moment, john. of course, thursdays in egypt are the end of the workweek. usually cairo is buzzing with activity. it's calm and probably because of the state of emergency that was declared late last night after an awful day. it's difficult to describe the outrage, the grief, the widespread bloodshed we witnessed yesterday. many describing what happened yesterday as a massacre and considering the death toll, many will say it's a fitting descr

i'm john ber man. >> i'm zoraida sambolin.0 minutes past the hour. >> it is water, water everywhere in the midwest. days of rain sending rivers cascading over the banks. in some places they are measuring the rainfall in feet, not inches. in tennessee, much of the nashville area is a mess. look at that. flash flooding washed out roads leaving cars and trucks frozen in place. more than seven inches of rain tell in davidson county in six hours. >> firefighters in that city had to rescue dozens of people. look at this picture, folks. they were trapped inside by the rising waters. this is one of the most dramatic rescues. they brought a 5-week-old baby to safety. >> this is arkansas i'm about to show you. that is a golf course, if you can believe it, under water after some ten inches of rain fell. it happened in the northwest part of the state. more than three dozen roads and bridges had to be closed. look how fast and fur rouse this is. serious stuff. >> normally a thunderstorm, a boom here and a boom there. this was boom after bo

i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin.t's 30 minutes after the hour. >> there has been hell to pay because we did not buy the winning ticket. zoraida is upset about that. >> yes. >> it is a good morning for people in new jersey and minnesota. someone there or groups there we don't know yet, they won or split the power ball jackpot. there were three winning tickets sold. >> ours was bought in new jersey. >> you are so bitter. let me tell you the numbers. 5, 25, 30, 58, 59 and the power ball number was the big 32. zain is in south brunswick, new jersey. not the place where we bought our tickets here at cnn. it is a supermarket where one was sold. >> reporter: there's so much we don't know whether they were an individual or group. we know there are three winning tickets across the country tworks in new jersey. new jersey only joined power ball in 2010. they have already had five winners, five winning tickets. one comes from where i'm standing, south brunswick, new jersey. population, 43,000. i spoke to one of the workers at t

i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> up first, we're learning more about the suspected gunman. 20-year-old michael brandon hill is in custody this morning. witnesses say the shooter told them he wasn't afraid to die. remarkably no one was injured in the shooting but as cnn's david mattingly telling us hundreds of students had the scare of their lives. >> reporter: hundreds of kids ages 4 to 10, running for safety as gunfire erupts inside the school. inside, the gunman tells them to call a tv station. >> i never discovered anything like this. he wanted to us start filming as police died. >> reporter: the gunman fired half a dozen times. officers returned fire when one office worker convinced him to surrender. >> i held him the whole time. because he actually wanted to go out and start shooting again. i just started telling him my life story. asked him to put the weapons down. >> reporter: police searched the suspect's car for explosives. children had to be escorted away from the school as a precaution bef

zoraida sambolin has the juicy details. >> reporter: never before have such details been heard aboutt john f. kennedy, marilyn monroe, and the first lady. in a new book "these few precious days, the final year of jack with jackie" the author claims that the hollywood star let actually called jaclyn kennedy on the white house phone con fetsifessing to an affair s rumored to be having. the first lady allegedly responded by saying, that's great. you'll move into the white house and you'll assume the responsibilities of first lady and i'll move out and you'll have all the problems. >> the claim that marilyn monroe actually called jackie o at the white house, it does seem farfetched, but then again with marilyn monroe, seemingly anything was possible. >> reporter: the book also claims the breathy sex symbol sipping here in "some like it hot" confided all of the intimate details to a friend, convinced the president would leave jackie for her, even fantasizing, quote, can't you just see me as first lady? >> the idea that president kennedy would leave his beloved wife who the nation adored f

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. it's been an interesting morning already. it's tuesday, august 13th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with the story of hannah anderson. the 16-year-old girl is home. we are piecing together the details of the ordeal she went through. we are finding out more about what happened on the 1,000 mile journey taken from her home by a family friend. miguel marquez has our report. >> reporter: more than a week after being kidnapped by a family friend, hannah anderson is waking up, released from her captor, the 16-year-old teen reunited with her father. >> i'm very proud of her and love her very much. >> reporter: the ordeal hardly from over. she is learning her mother and brother were murdered. they were found in a burned home east of san diego. >> the healing process will be slow. >> reporter: dimaggio is believed to have kidnapped hannah leading to an amber alert. the manhunt stretching up and down the west coast. she was found 1,000 miles from dimaggio's home. he had a rifle where he held hannah. >> the only way to access it is by

i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin.es past the hour. >>> we're hearing from president obama in shutting down the government in embassies and consulates overseas. this was on "the tonight show" the president said it was not the action to shut the embassies and consulates but he said the threat was significant enough that the administration felt it had to take precautions. >> it's a reminder through all the progress we've made, getting bin laden, putting al qaeda between afghanistan and pakistan back on its heels that, you know, this radical, you know, violent extremism is still out there. and we've got to stay on top of it. >> the president said americans should still go ahead and travel overseas, but use common sense. and heed the warnings. the president also defended the nsa's surveillance programs, insisting the sags not spying, just keeping track of phone numbers and e-mail addresses associated with terrorists. >>> now to a big development into the investigation into last year's deadly attack on the u.s. diplomatic c

zoraida sambolin, cnn, new york. >>> a u.s. senator born in canada says i don't need dual citizenship. ted cruz says he's always been an american and he's getting his paperwork in order just in case he runs for president. we're going to weigh the legal ins and outs and those who said not so fast coming up next. over 20 million drivers are insured with geico. so get a free rate quote today. i love it! how much do you love it? animation is hot...and i think it makes geico's 20 million drivers message very compelling, very compelling. this is some really strong stuff! so you turned me into a cartoon...lovely. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. but it might just be my favorite. [ female announcer ] welcome to the new aarp. we're ready to help you rediscover purpose and passion with programs like life reimagined to inspire you and connect you, resources to help turn your goals and dreams into real possibilities. aarp, an ally for real possibilities. find new tools and ideas for work, mone

i'm john berman. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. it's wednesday, august 14th, 35k a.m. in the east. we're going to begin with a tense 12-hour standoff at a bank in louisiana. it is now over, and this morning with the hostage-taker dead and two of the hostages shot. it happened in st. joseph, that's near louisiana's northeast border near mississippi. alina, what you can tell us? >> reporter: zoraida, this is still a very active scene. we're going to zoom into the bank so you can see the police remain here. investigators continue to comb the bank for vefd. now louisiana state police have identified the alleged hostage-taker as 20-year-old fuaed abdo ahmed. authorities say ahmed walked into this tensas state bank with a gun and took three employees hostage-over the course of 12 you hours, ahmed made several demands, even leased a female hostage. just before midnight, local time, a s.w.a.t. team stormed the bank because the gunman, according to police, threatened to kill the hostages. ahmed was shot dead. police say he shot dead both ho

zoraida sambolin shares some of the details. >> reporter:"never before have such details been heard aboutnt john f. kennedy, marilyn monroe *and the first lady. >> reporter:in a new book "these few precious days: the final year of jack with jackie >> reporter:author christopher anderson claims that the hollywood starlet actually called jacqueline kennedy on the white house phoneconfessing to an affair she was rumored to be having with the president. >> reporter:the first lady allegedly responded by saying >> reporter:"that's great." "you'll move into the white house and you'll assume the responsibilities of first lady, and i'll move out and you'll have all the problems." >>"the claim that marilyn monroe actually called jackie o at the whitehouse does seem slightly farfetched but then again with marilyn monroe seemingly anything was possible. >> reporter:the book also claims the breathy sex symbol singing here in some like it hot, confided her most intimate details of the alleged affair to a friendconvinced the president would leave jackie for *her , even fantasizing >> reporter:"can't you

tough enough being diagnosed with cancer, but for zoraida sambolin, how do you tell your kids? share her emotional story with us. >> so great. that story i can't wait for. also, you might want to stick around for this one, as well. one-on-one with matt damon. i had to pull it away when michaela was around. this hollywood star decided to take a big gamble in taking his new role in "elysium" a lot going on with his family, as well. >> he seems charming. >> very charming and, i would tell you, normal as can be. which is a huge compliment. >> look forward to that. not jealous at all. if i could boil a day down to five things -- >> what would you do? >> i would turn to you and say, what are these five things. >> i just saw an image of michaela when she was 7. would you turn to me? >> here are the five things you need to know for your "new day." a worldwide terror alert. the u.s. shutting down 19 u.s. consulates and embassies in the middle east and africa through saturday. raising fears of a possible terror attack. >>> sources telling cnn that the yankee slugger alex rodriguez will li

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman.morning, a sign of relief for protesters after egyptian police postponed their plans to stop to sit ins against morsi. the goal was to cut off access to food. it appears it's not happening, not yet. in cairo, what is the latest on this? >> reporter: things are calm at this hour, john. you get the impression a lot of people are anticipating what's to come. a lot of people went to sleep last night thinking they might wake up and a crackdown would be under way against two pro-morsi rallies taking place for six weeks now. morning came, however, the crackdowns did not. no sign of security forces, no sign of police. the demonstrations continue as we speak. what we have is this high stakes waiting game and this political conflict where on one size you have the military backed government. on the other side, supporters of morsi and the muslim brotherhood. they say they won't leave the sit-ins until more si is reinstated again. it's a scenario that seems unlikely at this point. there was a ten-d

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zoraida sambolin is following the story in new york. >> reporter: brianna, they certainly are juicy detailshese explosive new allegations claim that jackie kennedy told marilyn monroe, if you want him, you can have him. never before have such details been heard about the relationship between president john f. kennedy, marilyn monroe, and the first lady. in a new book, "these few precious days: the final year of jack with jackie," author christopher anderson claims that the hollywood starlet actually called jacqueline kennedy on the white house phone, confessing to an affair she was rumored to be having with the president. the first lady allegedly responded by saying, "that's great. you'll move into the white house and you'll assume the responsibilities of first lady and i'll move out and you'll have all the problems." >> the claim that marilyn monroe actually called jackie at the white house, it does seem far fetched, but then again with marilyn monroe, seemingly anything was possible. ♪ i want to be loved by you >> reporter: the book also claims that the breathy sex symbol singing here in

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zoraida sambolin is tracking the latest for us. >> lots of bizarre twists.re than $110,000 in life insurance money to the grandmother of hannah and ethan anderson. he made it known that he wanted the cash to go to the anderson children as well and now his family is asking for paternity tests to find out for sure if he was more than just their uncle jim. overnight a painful twist to an already tragic story, laura dimaggio, cyster to jim dimaggio the man accused of kidnapping 16-year-old hannah anderson and murdering her mother and younger brother now requesting dna samples from both hannah and her brother. the reason, according to a family spokesman, she wants to know if dimaggio was actually the children's biological father. >> there's been a lot of rumors about whether or not jim might be the father of either or both children. we find it strange he's left all this money without any explanation. >> that money is from a life insurance policy that named hannah's paternal grandmother. it reportedly is worth around $110,000. jim's sister was reportedly the benef

cnn's zoraida sambolin is tracking the story and she's in new york and this is insane. >> it is.taking a lot of twists and turns. so, here's the deal. james dimaggio left $110,000 in life insurance money to the paternal grandmother of hannah and ethan anderson. he made it clear he wanted the cash to go to the anderson children and now dimaggio's family is asking for paternity tests to rule out his sister's suspicion that he was the children's father. overnight, a painful twist to an already tragic story. laura dimaggio, sister to jim dimaggio, the man accused of kidnapping 16-year-old hannah anderson and murdering her mother and younger brother, now requesting dna samples from both hannah and her brother. the reason, according to a family spokesman, she wants to know if dimaggio was actually the children's biological father. >> there's been a lot of rumors about whether or not jim might be the father of either or both children. we find it very strange that he left all this money without any explanation. >> reporter: that money is from a life insurance policy that named hannah's p

zoraida sambolin is here with the story. >> for the record, it is, indeed, crazy.ing and exciting to plummet almost 15,000 feet to what most of us would think is certain death. chained inside of this ply wood box and shoved out of a plane. it's a 14,000-foot death drop over illinois. and inside is escape artist and dare devil, tony martin. >> it's traveling like a rocket. >> the pressure is on with fascinated spectators below. right there. two other sky divers hold the box held the coffin steady enough for him to work his magic inside. bound by chains and handcuffs 30 seconds is all it took for this expert escape artist to pick the locks and break free and perfect landing. a wave to the crowd signals he's all right. he first performed the stunt 25 years ago and now proving that at age 47 he's still got it. >> i definitely knew when i was falling because i was getting flown around in the box. praise god it all went good and it's good to be here and it's good to be alive. >> so, clearly, anthony martin is an experienced escape artist and his passion started at a youn

cnn's zoraida sambolin is joining us with the latest.t. it's just tragic and difficult to cover as well. random and senseless act of violence has left a promising 22-year-old baseball player dead. family devastated and two countries across the world rattled. christopher lane was gunned down allegedly by three teenagers while he was out jogging. new details reveal the suspects' chilling motive as well. they say they just wanted to kill someone. shock and grief spread across two continents over the death of christopher lane. the 22-year-old from melbourne, australia, was in the u.s. attending oklahoma's east central university on a baseball sk scholarship in the typically quiet town of duncan, oklahoma, three teenagers allegedly shot lane in the back for fun and sped away in their car. >> there was people that saw him stagger across the road, go to a kneeling position and collapse on the side of the road. >> reporter: nearly 10,000 miles away where the shoot something making front page news lane's family is struggling to cope with what hap