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Four americans by pirates in the indian ocean. it tops our weekend wheel. a quick look at other stories were following today. the four being held aboard their yacht, the "sv quest" by somali pirates. its owned by jean and scott adam. on the round the world trip. on their website, they say their mission is to spread christianity. their pastor talked to affiliate kbac. >> they wanted to take the scriptures, the bible, to places across the world. they felt that call to do that. and thats what they ...

Friday. here is part of the report from arwood damon on the streets shortly after the shots were fired. >> translator: covered in blood, i told everyone to put their hands up as a sign of peace. then i saw the military crouch down like this. a man standing next to him was shot in the head, he tells us. our conversation ends abruptly when the military opens fire, once again. using steel pellets and live ammunition. >> well have a live report coming up in just around 15 minutes. time for our wee...

Only looter into the building was caught. were getting more information as it comes in, randi. >> thank you for that. fred pleitgen in cairo. and now time for "the weekend wheel." we start in pasco county, florida. a dramatic rescue and a sheriffs deputy being hailed a hero. no doubt. the deputy able to pull the dryer out of the fiery wreck in the nick of time. the driver hit a telephone pole which brought live lines down on top of it. >> i wanted to get whoever in the car out, that was my mai...

More military came out. they put up barbed wire so the demonstrators calling for regime change couldnt reach the presidential palace. the protesters actually turned away. first they were chanting things like down with ali. they were saying first mubarak in egypt, now ali in yemen. >> mohammed said shortly after that, protesters surrounded him and the crew taking the camera. ali able dull la salei has been in power even longer than mubarak was, 32 years. hes already said he wont run for re-electi...

Developments out of egypt this morning. protesters gathering again in the nane square, the same place theyve been now for 12 days. also there one the most recognizable names in the opposition. mohammed el bay ded elbaradei. part of a group that represents anti-government protesters. a report of an assassination attempt on the new egyptian vice president. several people were killed in that attempt, were told, but no word the vp was injured. vice president suleiman is supposed to meet with opposit...

Clarification, they want this. and theyre encouraging the egyptians to do it as quickly as possible. but that said, there are things that have to happen, hurdles, constitutional, legal, et cetera, that have to be taken care of before president mubarak steps down. so they want an orderly process. and from the sidelines and actually directly in talks and meetings with a number of officials in both egypt and european, et cetera, the u.s. is working very hard to try to encourage them to do this corr...

Wasting any time announcing his intentions. nouri al maliki will not run for a third term. he says he will back a term limit amendment to iraqs constitution. time for our weekend wheel. time for other news you need to know as you get started sunday morning. check out a police stop of a suspected drunk driver in frankfort, kentucky. thats officer brian redman. you can see him trying to get the driver to stop, but thats not exactly happening. the officer was injured, the driver later found and w...

Feet of snowfall. randi, back to you. >> all right, karen. thank you. time now for the "weekend wheel" stories we want you to know as you get your day started. astronaut mark kelly is a go for launch. some speculation kelly would skip his scheduled space in addition to be with his wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, recovering from last months shooting in tucson. >> i started to think about sds-134. about the mission, my crew. the fact ive been training for it nearly a year and a half, and...