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"early saturdtart." >> you know, you come back from vacation, you have a new anchor. >> thanks for joining us, everyone. i'm zoraida sambo will i n. up first, authorities in egypt trying to negotiate the release of two kidnapped victims. one of the victims is diabetic. and his family is not here he has his medication with him. mohammed sami joins us on the phone in sinai, egypt, right now. where do the negotiations stand right now with the kidnapper? >> they are trying to negotiate with the hostages. the kidnapper insists that his uncle be released from prison and he's saying his uncle is not guilty. but the authorities are keen on making sure that they do not switch their arms. so this is a complicated situation. we know in fact past that six attempts have been kidnapped attempts in sinai d none of the hostages were ever harmed. so we are positive that the situation might be resolved soon. >> let's talk about that. as you mentioned, this is the third time that we've had american hostages. there is no demand for money, but there is a demand for somebody being released from jail, perhaps. i was just in the area and security is of concern here. and tourists traveling into the area. i was in luck, and i was traveling through upper egypt. is there an area there that is not safe for americans to travel? >> well, if sinai is known to be a -- and there's a lot of religious sites. there has been a security vacuum after the uprising of mu bar ra. but security forces here blame the travel agency for not informing them that the buzz was coming through because they would have provided security. lately, egyptian security have been trying to increase patrolling, but there's a restriction by the camp david accord signed by israel and egypt that the amount of soldiers would be deployed in that area. the last kidnap that happened in may where citizens were involved, the authorities oblige to the kidnappers and release the prisoner and the hostages were released without any damage. >> all right, thank you very much. we'll check in with you a little later. and in the next hour of "early start" we'll be joined live by reverend louis's four children, as well. secretary of state hillary clinton had her own tense moments in egypt, protesters throwing shoes at mrs. clinton's motorcade yesterday after she spoke in alexandria. a tomato hit an egyptian official in the face and several shoes. the secretary of state is now in israel where she just met with the israeli president. she's making only her second visit to israel in the last 22 months. the unrest in egypt, palestinian relations and iran's nuclear program are all on the agenda. >> incidentally, clinton was there in alexandria, which is exactly where that prisoner is that she wants released. it's interesting to see how those negotiations happen and was she able to have conversations about that sfp. here at home, storms are moving through houston, texas, and they have turned deadly. two people were killed in a lightning strike at a soccer complex on sunday. authorities say the three players had taken cover under a tree when the sudden storm just rolled in. police say the lightning strike sounded like a bomb going off. >> they were fierce storms here in new york yesterday. my wife brought the kids to the basement the lightning was so strong overnight. in london, there's a scramble to make sure there's enough security personnel. british government ministers announced over the weekend that 3,500 military personnel are being brought in at the last minute. the move comes in after a private contractor admitted it was not able to hire the 10,000 plus workers it had promised would be in place. a $15,000 reward now being offered for the search for two missing girls in iowa. they were last seen going on a bike ride near a lake in evansda evansdale, iowa. and you have to check this out. the tour de france turning into the tour detacks after someone placed a series of tacks along the race route. this is not a good idea. around 30 competitors drew flats. race officials are asking police to investigate who placed the tacks along the court. so everyone wants to know this morning who is it going to be? 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and there's been a time of talk of running mates hately, including a condoleezza rice balloon. first off, full disclosure, i should tell everyone i've been a huge fan of peter's for years. peter, you've been talking to republican governors, hill insiders all weekend. what do they make of this balloon? >> yeah, it's interesting. a little bit of a mix, like you said, of a trial balloon, but also maybe an attempt to change the subject from the bain capital remarks last week. but if it was a trial balloon, it had its own consequences. many conservatives erupted because condoleezza rice described herself as mildly pro choice. a lot of conservatives said absolutely not. and george will, the conservative columnists put a fine point on it yesterday on abc's this week. take a listen. >> condoleezza rice would inject tremendous excitement into the campaign and remove all suspension from the outcome. you would have such an up roarus convention, you'd have a challenge to her on the floor, walkouts and delegations and he would lose 40 states. >> and it isn't just the elite political class talking about this. i was talking to one republican senate staffer this weekend who told me that her office was blowing up with phone calles from constituents calling in to see if condoleezza rice is romney's vice presidential pick i'm not voting for romney. so the fact that this pen straighted so deeply down to voters in the states, it shows you that this might be a problem for romney if he does go through it. >> took the air out of that balloon in a hurry. now condoleezza rice, who else might romney be considering? >> if you talk to senior republicans, we keep going back to these top two names. rob portman and tim pawlenty. neither of these guys are super exciting, but they are in keeping with romney's competent brand. they have guys that have been loyal to mitt romney. also bobby jindal, he's going to be with mitt romney this week. and paul ryan, the house budget chairman is also sort of in the mix, too. there are lots of other names, kelly ayot, marco rubio, but the top two still seems to be rob portman and tim pawlenty. we'll see if we get a pick in the nmgs next few weeks. >> great talking to you. thanks so much for being here. >> thanks. here is christine romans with this morning's top stories. >> good morning. good morning. police are working to release two kidnapped americans. there are concerns about the health of one of them. 61-year-old pastor louis. he's a diabetic and no one knows if he has his medication with him. a difficult wildfire is a canyon is threatening dozens of homes in north carolina. the fire has destroyed two homes and another 170 homes are in danger. the fire is just 20% contained. the california national guard and nearly 2,000 firefighters trying to put it out right now. >> the estranged wife of mary kennedy was moved and has been buried on a hellside in cape cod. the kennedy family bought 50 plots around her grave to be reserved for his children and their spouses. officials in san bernardino, california, are considering a drastic plane to rescue mortgages for people that are upside down on their mortgages. the city would buy them, cut those mortgages to the value of the home bere selling them to a firm. a 15 minutes past the hour. we're getting another one early read on your local news making national headlines. >> we're going to start with this newspaper. the tacoma news tribune. what do you like to do for fun, do you like to go hiking? >> on my couch. anywhere i can hike as long as it's on my couch. >> four injured hikers were rescued. they were working overtime in that area. the north cascades national park in washington state. on friday, two climbers hit a campsite on the mountain and on saturday two climbers goes into trouble. friday's incident, the climbers were injured by falling snow. that was natural, right? no big deal. but on saturday, you know wh they did? they inadvertently pulled loose a large boulder. how do you do that? so they got into a lot of trouble. the rangers had to go and rescue them. one woman is actually in critical condition now. she has multiple fractures. the other injuries were not serious, but over the weekend, two times a rescue crew had to come out. >> i'm glad they're already. let me just say i have never had to be rescued from my couch. lin-sanity appears to be over. now newspapers are saying he may be headed to houston. the lin star update. what's happened is the houston rockets have made a $25 million bid on a contract right there, including a $15 million third year that the knicks might not be able to match. so here in new york, the lin-sanity might be lin-over. >> how is that possible? 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>> this often happens when you have a big move up. also, there's a lot ahead of this us this week. fed chairman ben bernanke will be testifying on capitol hill. we're going get another gauge of the health of banks. on friday, everyone was talking about jp morgan chase. they weren't talking about the health of the banks. also going to be looking for comments from these banks about libor and this big scandal on a very important interest rate. i don't know if a lot of you have been following this, but this is something that shakes the banking industry to its core. starts with barclay's. barclay's is, of course, settled with regulators over a huge rate ratings scandal. and out this week with an ad in newspapers saying, we're sorry. and the company is really trying to figure out how it's going to go about, you know, getting its brand and its brand back to something that's good and not necessarily bad. reuters, bbc, reporting that barclay's put out a memo regarding this saying that it needs to be put into perspective. but maybe there could be other, perhaps, banks that are going to be pulled into here. look, i want to tell you about the banks that help libor, barclay's, jp morgan chase, affects everything from mortgages, students loans, car loans. it's as if someone were saying the temperature were off by a few degrees. >> it's the foundation of the industry. >> absolutely. so the allegation here, the investigation in all of these big banks, the investigation is that the these banks were colluding or setting this libor interest rate at a level that was going to give them more profit to make them look better during the heart of the financial crisis. it's a very, very big deal. it's another black eye for the banking industry. we'll watch to see what happens here next. >> i wonder if these early mea culpas come out next. >> we'll see how that works out. >> get to the heart of credibility, not a good day for the banks right now. >> in the banking industry but regulators and prosecutors are interested in this because they have been criticized for moss being able to hold the banks accountable for the mortgage crisis. they say maybe this will be easier. >> it's the target they have been looking for. >> exactly. >> in a few minutes, bel be back with a mysterious death of a hollywood icon's son. that's coming up, what investigators know about so far with sage. watch us anytime, go to cnn.com/tv. she loves to shop onh her debit card, and so doesp onh bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts and stole her hard-earned money. now meet jack. after 40 years, he finally saved enough to enjoy retirement. angie, the waitress at jack's favorite diner, is also enjoying his retirement. with just a little information, she's opened up a credit line, draining the equity in jack's home. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft, and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. see, ordinary credit monitoring services tell you after your identity has been stolen. they may take up to 60 days to alert you-- too late for jack. lifelock has the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. if mary had lifelock's bank account alerts, she may have been notified in time to help stop it. if jack had lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection, he could have been alerted by phone or e-mail as soon as they noticed an attack on their network, before it was too late. lifelock has the most comprehensive identity theft protection available, guarding your social security number, your money, your credit, even the equity in your home. while identity theft can't be completely stopped, no one works harder to protect you than lifelock. you even get a $1 million service guarantee. that's security no one can beat. you have so much to protect and nothing to lose when you call lifelock right now and get 60 days of identity theft protection risk free-- that's right, 60 days risk free-- use promo code "not me". order now and get this document shredder to keep sensitive documents out of the wrong hands-- a $29 value, free. 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