politics now dirty from a fraud trial. he walks free and is now seeking redemption. i don t think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks there s still some good things i can do. this morning what s next for john edwards. graduation scare. a bear on the loose in bakersfield. this 120-pound bear startling students and stopping the ceremony. plus we have a champion of the 2012 national spelling bee. queen bee. spelling ace. 14-year-old girl from san diego capturing the national title with the word guetapens. what does it mean? i m not going to tell you right now. newsroom starts right now. good morning. happy friday to you. let s get straight to the jobs report. not such great news because it is shaping up to be another brutal day on wall street. stock futures point to a huge negative open after disappointing news on the job market. just 69,000 jobs were created last month missing expectations of more than twice that number. the unemployment rate, well,
tribute to the fallen on this memorial day. we remember the sacrifices of our troops and their families. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. it s going to be a wet and soggy memorial day across parts of the north florida and southeast georgia. tropical storm beryl is to blame. you re looking at a live picture from jekyll island, georgia. the storm moves up the coast. we learned a short time ago beryl caused major damage at the jacksonville airport after making landfall and canceling 12 outgoing flights and forced jacksonville officials to cancel holiday activities and thousands are without power this morning. meteorologist rob marciano is tracking beryl. oh, darn! bad timing. but good news to this and get to that in a second. the damage in jacksonville is where it made landfall last night shortly after midnight and came on shore with near hurricane force winds. it was almost classified a hurricane and some folks may argue that. 73-mile-an
in a country where people go hungry, north korea remains defiant. [ speaking in foreign language ] we are live in pea pyongyang. jury selection is today. will they find 12 people who won t be swayed by hudson s celebrity? secretary of state shown with a wicked sense of humor. this morning the hip side of hillary. god s quarterback tim tebow pulling in tens of thousands for an easter service in texas. the pastor joking in krive christianity right now, it s the pope and tebow. masters green. bubba watson winning his first major championship title. slipping on the green jacket and a spot in golf history for the south african. in oklahoma, we are waiting on the court appearance of two men accused of a deadly shooting spree in tulsa, oklahoma. 19-year-old jake england and 33-year-old alvin watts accused of four separate shooting attacks that left three people dead and two others were wounded. the victims appeared to have been targeted at random. now investigators are tryin
i would buy me a house and retire tomorrow. not tomorrow. saturday. i feel lucky today. i m going to spend it. buy a house. what would you do with that mountain of cash? some legal and financial advice straight ahead. and remember this image of a tornado slamming into a bus? now we re seeing exactly what happened just minutes before and hearing from the heroic bus driver who saved nearly a dozen children that day. i stopped the bus for a second. put high hands down. i said, dear lord, what do i do? a pilot s meltdown forced tuesday s emergency landing of a jetblue flight. investigators are reviewing flight data recorders to try to figure out exactly what happened. we ll dig in and see what can he wi we can learn from these tickets. down to the final four in college basketball. the battle in new orleans tomorrow with the championship game on monday night. but first this morning, are you just hours away from becoming filthy rich? if you have bought a megamilli
that s more than economists actually predicted. the unemployment rate dipped to 8.3%. more of the numbers, including a look at what kinds of jobs were added. president obama has a plan to put veterans back to work as police officers and firefighters. he is going to outline his plan in his speech this hour, 11:25 eastern t would give grants to communities that hire vet traps of iraq and afghanistan. fire departments would get grants to hire and train these veterans. the map would also put veterans to work in the nation s parks. we expect that there is going to be strong opposition from congress over the plan because $5 billion price tag. just one day away from nevada caucuses, most presidential candidates campaigning there today, all on the trail in nevada, trying to pick up any last-minute support. rick santorum is campaigning in missouri. its primary is on tuesday. we have just learned two american tourists have been released now in egypt. authorities say the gunmen sn