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Two sports where two teams have already advanced in the ncaa tournament. nc state qualifying for the first round of 64 by beating xavier last night in the first round. it was a pretty tight game. nc state pulled away to take the 74-59 win. they'll match up with st. louis come thursday. earlier in the evening albany taking on mount st. mary's. this one would go down to the wire with albany's peter houle giving them a three-point lead. the last chance down three. less than 25 seconds to play. julian norfleet with a chance to tie hits the back iron. yeah, albany gets its first ncaa tournament w...

The morning. i'm john roberts. >> i'm kiran chetry. thanks you're joining us. here are the big stories we'll be telling you. first, a major blow to the taliban. its top military commander and close associate of osama bin laden is said to be in u.s. custody -- or in the custody of u.s. and pakistani intelligence officials. they say that interrogations are underway. we're live in afghanistan with why his arrest matters. right now there's a man trapped in the mouth of mount st. helen's, a volcano that's still active. rescue crews in washington state are waiting for the sun to come up and for th...

Go. it's -- you know, if we have to do it, we'll do it. >> thousands of people climb to the crater's rim every year, although a warning on the u.s. forest service web site says it's "unstable and can be hazardous at any time." well, that hiker has reportedly climbed mount st. helen's before, 65 times s. the coast guard, though, says it has lowered survival equipment into the crater in the meantime near the area. they're not sure if it reached the hiker. again, as we said, they will try again at sunrise today when it gets lighter and the winds die down to rescue him. other stories at six minu...

Like this. >> if you've paid for them, yes, you can eat your peanuts. >> i still get free peanuts. >> you do? they must really like you. maybe you have the gold card. >> i fly a lot. 30 minutes past the hour. other stories new this morning, the taliban is denying it, but u.s. officials tell cnn they've captured the taliban's number two and he's talking to investigators. mullah addul ghani baradar is said to have been nabbed several days ago in karachi, pakistan. officials are hoping that the capture will lead them to the taliban's spiritual leader, mullah omar or even give them clues as to t...

Thus also what information they get, how credible that information is, and how well that information can then later be used, john. >> all right. inevitably that information, you know, whatever they get from him may only be realized when we hear of major operations underway. frederick pleitgen, thank you very much. it's four minutes past the hour. right now a man is trapped in the mouth of an active volcano. rescue crews in washington state are going to try to go back again this morning to reach the hiker who fell into mount st. helen's during a climb. his partner says the man was literally o...