go once it warmed up a little bit. somebody would know a lot about this place is the next person we talk to. she joins us from cnn international. so let s start with the tourist bus crash, though, in egypt. very serious story there. serious story. it happened several times this year in egypt. roads there are notoriously dangerous. eight american tourists were killed. 21 injured. we understand that the bus rammed into a parked truck. they re looking to causes. but as i said before, there are fatalities on these roads in egypt involving tourists. excessive speed might have been an issue in this particular case. terrific. let s move on. we heard about the suspects in this terror plot. we found out they re alleged targets now. what are we learning snood. uk course rules are very strict to what we can or cannot report.
we have breaking news to share this morning. eight american tourists are dead, 21 injured after a tourist bus crash in egypt. the accident happened in the southern egyptian town of aswan. the bus slammed right into a truck that was parked on the side of the road. an official at the tour company said the bus that crashed was one of three buses all traveling together carrying 116 american tourists in total. the u.s. embassy says they re not releasing any of the names involved in this terrible crash. crews working frantically on the detroit river to free a barge stuck in the mud. the coast guard extended efforts because none of the crew members were available on christmas day. workers are using tug boats to dislodge the coal-carrying freighter. and a sad end to one christmas celebration in maryland. a family s home was destroyed when a christmas tree caught fire. they were using candles as o ornamen ornaments. four people escaped the flames.