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charlie's father and brother breaks their silence. and prince harry's plans for his brother's last laugh as a single man. hello, everyone. robin, on assignment this morning. juju slid over from the newsdesk. >> glad to be here. >> we have a lot of news this morning. >> absolutely. >> in addition to the stories out of new zealand and libya, we're learning more about the four americans captured by somali pirates. most situations end with ransom paid. this time, negotiations to secure the release had been going smoothly until one of the pirates fired a rocket at the u.s. warship. th...

and look at these falls. they may look really painful. but authorities say these folks are faking them. we'll tell you why the schemes are on the rise. and big health news about your cell phone. new research reveals they may have an impact on your brain. we start with the hunt for survivors in new zealand. search and rescue teams from the u.s. and around the world have rushed to the scene of that deadly earthquake in christchurch, new zealand. officials are warning people to stay away from the rubble. 75 are dead. and ron claiborne has been tracking this overnight. >> christchurc...

is simply stunning. you might even find it funny if it wasn't costing you serious money. you're about to see people caught shamelessly staging phony accidents to collect insurance money. the insurance industry estimates fraud involving property and casualty claims cost consumers $30 billion a year. investigative correspondent sharyl attkisson shows you the slip-and-fall scam. >> reporter: in phoenix, arizona a horrible fall, a 39-year-old woman slips on a hot dog in a store. paramedics rush in to help. it's a cost of doing business-- a customer falls, the business has to pay. but mar...

a grocery, but rewind the tape, and see he fiddles with a wet floor cone, takes the juice from the cart, and pors it on the floor. all that's left to do is stash the bottle, walk back, and slide down into the puddle he made. he hoped the act was worth $8,000. all he got was a trip to jail. often the scammers work with partners. meet the "hair pair," 72-year-old johnella howard and her caretaker susan snow. howard appears to suffer a frightening fall, but rewind, and watch as she first smears water around with her foot. snow, her partner in crime, looks on from a grocery cart, and tha...

good to see you on this wednesday. i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen this morning. investigators still don't know exactly what prompted that deadly shooting in tucson. we're learning, more, though, about the events following the attack. mark kelly, the husband of wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords is now speaking publicly about the ordeal. scott goldberg is in washington with the details. good morning to you. >> good morning, terrell. we are learning more details about what happened immediately before and after congresswoman giffords was shot. investigators say surveillance...