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Smuggling in drugs from vietnam. india. rescuers saved a 2-year-old boy trapped in a 25-foot pit in a northern province. a contractor reportedly dug the hole for a utility and left it uncovered. local villagers helped crews dig around the pit for three hours. emergency workers put the kit on life support and rushed him to a hospital. a relative reports the child is in good condition. russia. thousands of spectators watched a soap box race in moscow. more than 50 teams dressed in costumes and rac...

focus. and later -- >> you cant throw a generation of kids away. >> an icon speaking out on some alarming statistics. well tell you what has the grammy winner so fired up. good morning, everyone. im randi kaye. its 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start in colorado where firefighters are hoping for a little help from mother nature. the waldo canyon fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes so far and thousands more are threatened. firefighters have...

focus. later, shocking new details in the jerry sandusky case. e-mails reveal the truth about who knew what, when. it is saturday, june 30th. good morning. glad you are with us. im randi kaye. with temperatures soaring in greece, new york, tempers are cooling. that is because the four middle school students abusing karen klein, their bus monitor are going to be punished. you remember the video, im sure. they enjoyed hurling insults in a steady stream of profanity at this grand math...

treatments. a doctor got to choose the winner. good medicine or playing god? "newsroom" starts right now. good morning to you. happy friday. im carol costello. we begin this hour with two stories sharing a common theme. the inescapable and unrelenting force of nature. well the left, the wildfire gnawing at the edges of colorado springs. today, growing deadlier and bigger. on the right, a record-setting heat wave that will have millions of americans sweltering today. intense heat wi...

its 5:00 a.m. in the east. lets get started. first, its a super soaker. tropical storm hammering florida with extreme weather. the slow-moving snow sith off the coast of alabama and the florida panhandle. the outer bands whipping up dangerous surf and triggering this huge water spout off juneau beach. also spawn ag deadly tornado in florida as it drenches the coast. officials say a woman was found dead in a home in venus located in the middle of the state between port st. lucie and sar...

Care about this, there will be a good turnout. >> the manifestation of the passion has been waned. they are not protesting. but i expect the turnout to be huge -- record setting. >> i follow politics very closely. so i feel the same way i have for past year. but it could be that people are tired and summers coming and schools out and vacations are starts, there may be apathy. >> greta: griff jenkins is here, joining us. nice to see you. one of the best ways to find out how excited voters are -- ...

A part of the stratosphere where blood literally boils from lack of pressure. so why would you do that? phoenix bound tk-lgs gartner joins us live, ahead of his record setting jump from space. i kid you not. well talk to him. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day

20-year career. an amazing sight in the skies this weekend. a super moon. astronomer derrick pitts explains what it is and when is the best time to sight. first some things we thought you should know. >> you saw that there. in case thought he sank that on the first try, the "boston globe" that browns amazing half court shot was actually his fifth attempt. but it still impressed those kids. and george clooneys plans for what could be a record setting political fund-raiser. it is expected to r...

everything going round and round. >> the clean-up now beginning in the dallas/ft. worth area, and one of the busiest travel hubs in the country is now checking if the planes are fit to fly. new details this morning in the trayvon martin investigation and new questions about whether or not george zimmerman uttered a racial slur before pulling the trigger. we won them all. >> yes, indeed. it was a trifecta. mitt romney sweeps three more contests, moving closer to clinching the nomina...

2, 4, 23, 38, 46, and mega ball 23. lotto officials are confirming at these three winners across three states, the tickets sold in kansas, illinois and maryland. now, these folks and maybe more will split a record setting estimated jackpot of 640 million dollars, nationwide, americans spent nearly 1.5 billion for that chance to win, good luck. meanwhile, secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia discussing potential threats from iran. mrs. clinton posing for a photo with arab gulf st...