It's the story that stopped cable news in its tracks late Thursday afternoon - reports of a 6 year old boy floating out of control in his father's experimental weather balloon. Within hours of the story breaking, and an empty balloon crashing in rural Denver, the boy was found safe and well in the family's attic.

CNN's Wolf Blitzer - sitting in for Larry King - scored an exclusive primetime interview with the family of "balloon boy" on Thursday evening. Below is the clip that you will see making headlines today.