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Medical emergency behind the wheel. new york city mayor michael bloomberg is proposing a ban on large suggestry drinks. the proposal would prohibit sales of 16-ounce drinks or larger in restaurant, theaters, food carts, and kochb session stands. the mayor says the maneuver will help battle obesity. meanwhile they say high fructose corn sewer rupp cannot change their name to syrup. the term does not racketly describe the product. coming up at 1:00 p.m. andrea mitchell will talk with mayor michael bloomberg to talk about the city's obesity problem. tune in for that. >> we're told never to look...

welcome, everybody. our "starting point" is this breaking news. two american tourists have been kidnapped in dahab, egypt, in the sinai region. the kidnappers, it appears, are trying to negotiate some sort of prisoner exchange. jill daugherty joins us. what do we know? >> the state department is in touch with the families of these two people. names have not been given. they're 31 years old. the state department is providing counselor services and they are in touch and working very closely with egyptian authorities to try to resolve this. essentially, what happened, these two people, ...

trayvon martin was shot and killed, could be a key piece of evidence. he had a closed fracture of his nose, two black eyes, two cuts to the back of his head in a minor back injury. i want to go to martin savidge covering the story for us. with all these new details and developments does it help zimmerman's argument he was in fact standing his ground they killed trayvon martin in self-defense? >> reporter: it depends on who you talk to. here's the way it breaks down. this information coming from the prosecution, the special prosecutor angela corey, they had to provide the basics of th...

hour. is a stuck pedal to blame? the wife of former syracuse basketball coach accused of molesting ball boys goes public this morning addressing claims she knew what was going on with her husband. plus this -- ♪ i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me ♪ >> lee greenwood making a plea for a better america. he's got a new book asking does god still bless the usa? we'll ask him when he stops by later this hour. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. i'm carol costello. your money front and center from capitol hill to the campaign trail. even a rare...

The first flavor hitting stores this month. fan that sugar free mango. researchers at oxford university in england want the government there to pass a big tax on soda. a tax of up to 20%. they say that could curve the united kingdom's obesity problem. some critics are warning a tax would target working class families during tough economic times. according to one nutritionist taxing soda might miss the point entirely and drive people to buy other drinks high in calories and sugar like fruit juice. here we go again, new showdown over raising the nation's debt limit. you think lawmakers can do it...