christian south. and of course, here in the capital of abuja five weeks ago, it killed more than 100 people. it seems to be able to just attack at will. and that s a big problem for nigeria s government. thank you so much, bill neely. and to our viewers, this story is so important, that we powered through despite the satellite interruptions. it s really important for us to keep on this and know what bill is reporting from this very dangerous part of the world. which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours, that s next on andrea mitchell reports. could save them money on car insurance, right? you see the thing is geico, well, could help them save on boat insurance too. hey! okay.i m ready to come in now. hello? i m trying my best. seriously, i m.i m serious. request to come ashore. geico. saving people money on more than just car insurance.
everyone. this is early start. i m ashleigh banfield. r i i m r i i zoraida sa. it p it is 5:00 a.m. in th. let s get started. there athere are new satellite showip showishowing irantr site. thp this this is the same asked barbara starr will update the story for us. get out your best sunglasses because that, while pretty, ain t great. it s a solar storm and it s actually slamming us here on earth right now. the pictures are terrific, but you know what, this could affect your satellite, maybe your tv. not sure if the power grids are going to get zapped by this either. the worst of it is still just two hours away. we ve got an eye. and a bank reaching into your pocket once again. there is a brand new fee that is going to make you furious. he s the king of the underworld. recognize that face? james cameron of titanic fame and many other fabulous films. now he s getting in that teeny, tiny sub, and he s going a long way down to the bottom of the world, folks. the d
pass if that diplomacy fails. according to israeli media reports. prime minister benjamin netanyahu s visit to america this week included a request for one of america s most sensitive bombing systems, bunker bombs. it sounds like the administration is inclined to say yes. at the white house today a very careful response. in meetings the president had there was no such agreement proposed or reached. note the meetings with the president. from the spokesman there. prime minister netanyahu made the request in talks with the pentagon. this would be used if israel were to launch strikes against the suspected iranian nuclear facilities. let s look at what we re talking about using recent satellite imagery. these are the reported iranian nuclear sites. let s focus on two, one at quom we talked about before. as you pull it out here s why the bunker busting bombs would be so important. look at these openings captured in the satellite images. these go down to some sort of undergroun
inconveniences over the next 12 to potentially 24 hours. we ve been talking about the sun here for a good couple of months because we re entering the cycle or part of an 11-year cycle where we re in the solar maximum. the next 18 to 24 months really we ll see a lot of this stuff. what do we mean by that? a lot of this stuff. black areas on the sun. sun spots. a lot of geomagnetic energy there. these are areas that throw out solar flares. we love looking at these puppies. this stuff coming to us. this is as measured in the x-ray part of the wave lengths. that just looks cool. this is the solar flare that happened a day and a half ago. you see it kind of bubbling up and then, boom. there it goes. all those x-rays and radio wave lengths immediately get to the earth. the radio blackout happened about 1.5 days ago. it also emits coronal mass of plasma that s highly charged stuff. that eventually gets to the earth as well. when it does so, boy, we start to see some things happen. t
and one wife blames the other for giving up a hiding spot in pakistan. also today we hear the government has charged all three of bin laden s widows with illegally entering the country. the head of the un emergency relief mission finally got to see for herself the shattered neighborhood in the syrian homes. that s where 47 people were killed just today. one argument on capitol hill today, should the united states get involved in syria militarily? i understand the strain on american military. i understand the sacrifices made by american families. but i also understand the proudest part of americans history is when we have tried to help other people achieve the same goal that we so passiona passionately articulated when we declared our independence. the united states can t jump up and say let s go drop some bombs on the syrian tanks. stay right here. fran townsend will be here in a couple of minutes. she s the national security contributor. we ll talk more about military op