afghan president meeting overnight in kabul. they were trying to diffuse tensions over the mass killings of those afghan civilian, allegedly by an american army soldier who has now been moved out of afghanistan. >> a deadly school bus crash in southern pennsylvania. the bus driver was killed when the packed bus collided with a semitruck on the highway. 28 students were injured. 6 had to be air lifted to a hospital. >> two inmates pardoned got driver's licenses and cars while they were still behind bars. all of this courtesy of the governor, his wife and his staff. ed lavendera with a cnn exclusive coming up. >> up first, with tensions rising in afghanistan meeting in kabul overnight. the u.s. soldier accused in a mass killing of afghan civilians has been moved out of the country to a military base in kuwait. that's angered lawmakers who want the american to be tried on afghan soil. and, this morning, there's word of new protests, as well. there are so many new developments overnight, let's get right to sarah live in kabul. can we first start talking about this conversation that happened between pinetta and karzai and what the outcome was of that? >> reporter: at this point in time, they haven't released exactly what the two talked about. but no doubt, the situation that happened on sunday, the mass killing of 16 civilians in the dead of night allegedly by a u.s. soldier, that certainly came up. and, also, we're talking about i'm sure the transition that you will see in 2014 with nato troops leaving this country. or at least that is the plan. so i'm sure those two issues came up. we are now seeing protests very near to where this mass a car happened. the protest actually happening after religious leaders called on people to denounce the u.s. and to call for justice. these protests happening in another area in another place called zabul. they want the justice to be right here on afghan soil. we also heard that from afghan lawmakers. there's sure to be some pushback on this, but that obviously is not going to happen because as we reported overnight, this soldier has been taken out of here, transferred out of afghanistan, taken to kuwait. the reasoning behind that seems to be legal. that they didn't have any real place, they said, to hold him here for much longer nor sort of the legal framework, militarily, to deal with him. so they moved him out to kuwait where they do have that in place. >> and we also understand that there was an explosion of a vehicle. and perhaps it wasn't an explosion. i think it was set on fire when pinetta was arriving in that country. can you tell us about that? >> yeah, there's been a lot of conflicting information. but, finally, we got to the bottom of it. there is still an investigation going on. apparently, an employee, a civilian employee, stole a car, drove it on to the runway as pinetta's plane was taxing in. the car ended up on fire, the driver ended up on fire and he has died actually. he injured someone. there's still no word on what his motive may have been. but a lot of concern there, though. they said at no time was mr. pinetta in any danger. he was able to talk to them about really what the mission is going forward, saying that the mission is a transitional one now where afghan soldiers need to be trained by nato soldiers so that, you know, the u.s. and nato allies can leave the country in the hands of afghan forces. >> sarah, thank you very much. >> four minutes passed 5:00 a.m. a new wave of out rage in a mississippi pardon's case is triggered by a cnn exclusive. documents show that two of the inmates may have received some pretty preferential treatment, not only by the governor, but by his wife and his staff, as well. here's ed lavendera. >> reporter: just days before these two mississippi killers were pardoned, cnn has learned david and charles were issued brand new driver's licenses even though they were still technically incarcerated working as trustees at the governor's mansion, which begs the question how do two inmates get licenses while they're still in custody of the prison season. >> he personally drove both men from the governor's mansion here over to the driver's license office himself. >> reporter: barber's security chief suggests the licenses would help them find jobs. why else would they need a driver's license? to drive their newly-purchased cars, of course. cnn has a report which detail how they also had cars ready for them the day they were pardoned. according to the report, barber's wife called a salesman at this car dealership. it says marshal barber contacted him for purchases. the salesman told investigators that the inmates had been brought to the dealership on january 6th, 2012 to complete paperwork for the sale. january 6th is the very day that their pardons were signed, but two days before the men were officially released. the sales man also state that had he delivered both vehicles to the governor's mansion. >> and the governor has refused to comment on ed lavendero's report. the case has been reviewed and no policies were broken. >> six minutes passed the hour here. here's a look at the story making news today. former illinois governor reports to prison today in colorado. he was sentenced to 14 years on corruption charges including the attempted sale and the atrekkeded extortion of a children's hospital in chicago. the highlights of his good-bye are straight ahead. >> and you can't miss them, honestly, a new documentary about president obama is going online today. and got a hollywood touch tipping. the road we've traveled is narrated by tom hanks and directed by davis gugenheim. here is a quick sneak peek. >> when will we understand this president and his time in office? do we look at the day's headlines? or do we remember what we, as a country, have been through. >> pardon the pun here, but it could be a game changer in the way the campaigns use social media. the film is being launched on a new youtube platform that gives anyone viewing the page a number of options to share content or to donate to the campaign. >> federal health officials unvailing a graphic antismoking campaign featuring tips from former smokers. take a look. >> it began with my big toe. that was my first amputation i had. >> it was a vascular disease brought on by smoking. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> oh, wow. well, according to the cdc, the toe bbacco industry spends $27 million a day on cigarette marketing. >> u.s. markets losing some steam after that big ole rally on tuesday. markets closed mixed yesterday. the dough and nasdaq closing higher, while the s&p, the one you need to follow for your 401 k is down. >> we are still in a bull market? >> we are. it's been about three, three and a half years now it's been a bull market. so stocks have been going up. it's been good for your 401 k even as you've been screaming at the banks. also, yesterday, i want to talk about goldman sachs. that's a stock that was down 3.5%. $2.2 billion of market cap of value of goldman sachs was gone yesterday after this surprise dear john letter from an employee of the company who sent his resignation to his bosses and then put a new york times out saying that goldman sachs was deteriorating, it was a toxic place and he didn't want to work there anymore. this, of course, went viral. goldman sachs surrounded by camera crews yesterday in its lower manhattan headquarters. this is what a goldman sachs internal memo to its employees sent out yesterday. everyone is entitled to his or her opinion. but it's unfortunate that it's amplified in a newspaper and speaks louter than the regular detailed and intensive feedback you have provided the firm. they are talking to their own employees. they are looking into whether this greg smith had ever complained about this kind of behavior before -- before -- >> the big outing? >> before he put it in the new york times. whether he brought this up, you know, whether it would have been ignored, all of that kind of stuff. >> do we know anything about him? >> we know he went to stanford. he's probably 32, 33 years old. >> so the big thing about him being a big ole executive, he's a kid. >> it depends how old you are. he's been there 12 years. he started as an intern. he went through the program. he's someone called an executive director. that's why everyone was calling him an executive yesterday. the executive director is a vice president in the london office. there's about 12,000 in the business. he made a lot more money than the average american makes. hundreds of thousands of dollars. but he didn't make the big money by wall street standards. a couple of years ago, i talked to the c.e.o. when senator levin was tearing apart goldman sachs. greg smith has done more to hit the reputation of goldman. >> i want you to listen to what weinfein told me about how they were going to get it together and how wall street was going to get it together and the culture was going to change. listen. >> we'll survive only by putting our clients first in the interest of the board of community first. but there certainly is a rise in the suspicion that something is broken here and that we just don't have the standards and we have the industry and goldman sachs have a lot of work ahead of themselves to make the kinds of changes not just to convince people, but to make the kinds of changes that the -- that are warranted from the lessons of the last several years. >> so the lessons of the last several years. and now here they are again trying to kind of fix the public image in here. you know, it's always been -- public image has always been secondary to clients. this whole greg smith, new york times, now, 24 hours old? still is just buzzing -- >> well, is the culture so broken that the clients will suffer, too. >> and he will commit career suicide. >> or it's a champ letrampolinee new kind of career. >> big story there. i know everybody is trying to book that guy. >> i know, you never heard of the guy. >> thank you, christy. 12 minutes passed the hour, let's get a check of the weather now. rob marciano is in atlanta. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys, the heat continues for at least a good chunk of the country. check out these numbers. in some cases, 30 degrees above average. nashville seeing 83. these are all records. 82 degrees. we have some hundreds of records fall in the last three or four days and we'll probably see another couple of hundred or so in the next two days. chicago, 81 degrees. if this trend continues, come saint patrick's day, it will be the warmest saint patrick's day chicago has ever seen. this is more of a may or june pattern. we've got some weakness in there. so from time to time, there will be pockets of thunderstorms, some of which will be severe, rolling through the area. and we're seeing that right now across parts of ohio, eastern columbus, some of these have had some quarter-sized hail. back door front, though, for the northeast. you'll be a little bit cooler today. the other thing this time of year, all you need to do is have the winds come across the ocean. it keeps the top two-thirds fairly cool and stormy for the west coast. >> thank you, rob. so this just in, the average price of unleaded now, $3.82 per gallon. >> sorry about that. that's a one-cent jump from yesterday. gas now rising for the sixth day in a row. i wish we could give you some better news there. >> that's a lot more than our average jump, which is somewhere around a half a cent or so. but that's a full cent, folks. love fest on the south lawn of the white house last night. president obama paying tribute to british prime minister david cameron and called him a "trusted partner." >> so i'd like to propose a toast. to her majesty, the queen on her diamond jubilee. to our dear friends, david and samantha and to the great purpose and design of our lives. may we remain now and always his faithful servants. cheers, everyone. >> there were 360 people who were on the guest list, making that the biggest state dinner of the obama presidency. and, by the way, that list, star-studded, including corporate heavyweight warren buffet. and look who's here, george clooney. it looks like he's arriving single. >> wow. >> there's a story. >> there's a big story. you and a.j. hammer does with that one. mr. george clooney, solo. >> still ahead, fear and chaos on board a pane. >> the flight attendance's mental break down. did you hear, threatening to kill passengers. and, also, you might say dude picked the wrong deli. a thief macing the owner of a deli and the deli owner picking up a baseball bat. wait until you see what happens after this freeze opens up. let me say this. one hit ain't enough. >> and blagoyovich says good-bye in a very big way. he's going out more like a rock star. you're watching "early start." we want to protect the house. right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? 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finally, keep your shoes on. >> it's about time, right? holy cow. all right, christine, thank you so much. it's 21 minutes now passed 5:00. there was a deadly shooting in front of a courthouse in texas and they are calling it a classic shoot out. here's how it went down. a man inside the courthouse was on trial for child sex assault and left the courthouse during a lunch break because he wasn't under any kind of bond or bail. instead, he went over to his truck and he picked up a gun and then opened fire. and just kept on shooting as he was driving. in the end, four people ended up hit by the bullets. one person died. police did actually apprehend him at one point. it all went down at the courthouse in beoumont texas. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. what a remarkable story. your police chief called this a real classic shoot out. can you run me down a little bit of what happened from the perspective of you and your fellow officers yesterday? >> well, it was a very extensive scene. the suspect was a 41-year-old black male from houston. he was on trial for aggravated sexual assault to his 20-year-old daughter. and during the trial, the daughter had already testified and was coming back as a rebuttal witness. and he layed wait in the parking lot, opened fire on the daughter. her mother -- and shot innocent bystanders and ended up killing a 79-year-old female. >> and that 79-year-old female has been named as minnie ray siebel. was she connected to this trial in anyway? or was she in the wrong place at the wrong time? >> she was there with a friend bringing her to court and had nothing to do with the case. >> what about the 20-year-old daughter who allegedly was the target of her father. i had heard something along the lines of her not only being shot, but also hit by his car? >> yes, he originally got out of the vehicle, shot her. he tried to shoot at the mother. he jumped in his truck, ran over the daughter in the parking lot as she went to try and sit up. and then just took off in the area in the vehicle and began shooting. >> randomly at that point? i mean, after that targeted or alleged targeted incident, did it seem as though the other victims were just completely random? >> that's what witnesses were saying they felt like. at that point, he was trying to flee the scene and was just shooting randomly. officers in the area responded and engaged him in gunfire. the gunfire, i heard -- this was 25 minutes of gunfire, i heard. it went on for quite some time. there were seven officers that engaged and two deputies that engaged in the gunfire. they were able to stable his vehicle and he fled into a nearby building where the hostages were actually able to take his gun from him. he had been shot in the gunfire in front of the courthouse. >> but it was the hostages who ultimately disarmed him and paved the way for him to be apprehended? >> yes, it was. he had entered the building during business hours and the hostages were able to get his gun from him. >> are they all okay? >> and open the doors. >> they are okay. no one was injured. and the team was able to make injury when they got the gun. >> one last quick question, the 20-year-old daughter who was not only shot but hit by the car, do we know her condition? >> she's in critical condition. >> officer carol reilly, thanks very much for joining us and lending your perspective on this. good luck to all of you and your fellow officers. >> all right, 25 minutes passed the hour. still ahead, a guy who hid his lottery win from his co-workers who were part of a pool. >> that's nasty. >> guess what? he has now been ordered to pay up. and a dog lover makes a disturbing discovery that leads to the rescue of close to one hundred puppies. that's a happy ending here. you're watching "early start." t. i like yoplait. it is yoplait. but you said it was greek. mmhmm. so is it greek or is it yoplait? 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