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>> reporter: no glitches, this is huge. you cannot understate how important this launch is. it paves the way for a whole new era in space flight. the white house releasing a statement saying it represents the potential for new era in american space flight. only four nations in the world have the capability and have ever actually rendezvoused and docked with the international space station. what spacex is attempting to do is to do pretty much just that. to send a spacecraft to the international space station and rendezvous, not dock in this case, but berth. the station's robotic arm will reach out, grab spacex's dragon capsule and pull it into the station. i talked with the ceo and founder of spacex about three weeks ago, and this is not just a test flight, his dragon capsule is actually carrying supplies. >> so we're going to be carrying about half a ton of supplies, it's going to be mostly, it will in fact almost entirely be supplies that are valuable once they're received at the space station. but it's okay if they get lost on the way there. so if the mission doesn't succeed, it's a small loss. >> so you know, they're taking dry goods, they've got a computer on board. and elon told me, he thinks they're taking some underwear, you know, those packages. i'm not kidding, it's the truth. you need them up there. just like you need a beer. >> i suppose so. so what happens next? are they thinking about taking humans up into space? >> that would be the next step for these commercial companies and spacex is vying along with four or five other companies to get the nasa contract to take humans. spacex has the contract, along with orbital, to take supplies. but there are four or five companies vying to take humans. nasa is going to pick one or two probably this summer, so spacex is in the mix for that as well. next step is the cruise stage with the dragon capsule and the next step will be the rendezvous and hopefully the birthing with the iss. >> how long does that take in. >> reporter: a couple of days. by tomorrow they'll have rendezvoused and will check out the systems, they'll have dragon do a fly-under of the international space station. if all of the systems check out, all of the software is working, then the following day they will go ahead and attempt the actual derthing. so we should know by thursday, friday, at the latest, if this all works. >> this is very exciting, we're so happy to have you there, john. >> reporter: sure. coming up at 5:20 eastern, we'll talk to the head of nasa, administrator charles bolden, about why there is such an historic day for space flight. a brand new poll showing president obama and mitt romney in a dead heat over who can fix the economy. overall, the president leads romney by just three percentage points in a new "washington post"/abc news poll. on issue number one, the voters, they're pretty knotted up at 47%. more than half of those asked said the economy is the number one issue going into the election. newark, new jersey mayor, corey booker, obama supporter and rising star in the democratic party is mad this morning and firing back after an ad from the mitt romney campaign used his own words against him. when he described as nauseating the obama campaign's attacks on mitt romney, the businessman. he went on msnbc last night and said -- the gop crossed the line. >> i am upset, i've been taken out of context, i've been used to support a cynicism. if there's any honor in what they're saying, in itny would have said you know like obama did, the citizens united decision is going to hurt our democracy. the negativity on our side, has got to stop. if he wanted to stand with me, he would say, i stand with corey booker, let's stop the super pac money, let's stop the negative campaigning and let's talk about the issues. >> president obama doubled database on the attacks by the romney camp. >> bain capital said the marian plant was a challenging situation in a business that was performing well overall, growing revenues and adding jobs, our control of ampad ended in 1996. fully four years before it encountered financial difficulties, due to overwhelming pressure from big box retailers, declines in paper demand and intense foreign price pressures. despite political attacks that emphasize a few companies that have struggled, the facts are that during bain capital's ownership, revenues grew in 80% of the more than 300 companies in which we have invested. a deadly tornado ripped through joplin, missouri, a year ago, killing 161 people and destroying 8,000 homes and businesses. president obama traveled to joplin, yesterday, to speak to the graduating class at joplin high school. he called students and their town, an inspiration, and reminded them that they are tough enough to overcome any obstacle. >> yes, you will encounter obstacles along the way. i guarantee you you will face setbacks and you will face disappointments. but you're from joplin, and you're from america and no matter how tough times get, you'll always be tougher. >> volunteers from all over the country are headed to joplin, this morning, to help with continued rebuilding efforts there. eight people were shot during an altercation that followed last night's nba playoff game in oklahoma city. police say one victim is now in critical condition. seven others suffered wounds that were nonlife-threatening. it happened around 11:35 central time. about two blocks from chesapeake energy arena. as crowds were leaving the lakers/thunder game. oklahoma city police say several people have been questioned, but so far, no arrests. a government task force says the tests to screen for prostate cancer is bad medicine. a panel of health experts is recommending that men no longer get the routine psa tests. the reason? 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>> no. >> the "washington post" reporting americans are not only driving less, ashley but fewer are buying cars at all. a quarter of adults in washington, d.c. don't each have a scar. while high gas prices and unemployment are partly to blame, new social technology has created a world, people can connect with friends and family without leaving the house. fewer young people are bothering to get a driver's license, instead they're moving to cities with strong public transportation and the services like the zip car and the apps like bike share have introduced new ways for people to get around without having to own a car. >> something tells me there's some ferraris for sale in palo alto, and a lot of people snapping them up. but after the price drop, maybe not so much. speaking of cars and maybe not getting in your car, it turns out traffic congestion is easing up in a lot of american cities. according to a new report out in "u.s.a. today." congestion dropped 30% just between 2010 and 2011 in 100 of america's largest cities. the plunge no surprise, has a lot to do with higher gas prices and our economy that was somewhat sluggish. the recovery has been slow and that's reflected your gas pedal. the cities with the biggest drops in gridlock, minneapolis, akron and honolulu. the cities that saw the biggest increase in traffic congestion, were tampa, miami, houston. those are the cities that also saw the biggest increases in job growth. so folks who got the job -- >> correlation there. >> had to get to work somehow. an historic day in space flight. the first commercial spacecraft is headed to the international space station right now. we're going to talk live one-on-one to the head of nasa after this quick break. 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>> that's the hope. you know this is the first step, the commercial resupply services contract. that spacex will be entering into once they complete these two demonstrations that are going to happen on this flight. for us, down the road is private provision of access to low earth orbit. to companies similar to spacex or boeing or many others that are competing right now to get a contract. >> as we look at these fabulous pictures from an hour and a half or so ago, it looks like everything was successful. if all goes according to plan, this will actually link up with the space station and the astronauts on board will start off-loading all the gear. what are you spending up? >> that's absolutely right. it's, i'm not exactly certain what all the payloads are the ones that i'm the most excited about are a group of student experiments, because i had an opportunity to meet with some of them both saturday and this morning. but the astronauts as you said, a couple of days from now will, when spacex manages to close dragon, close to the international space station, they'll reach out, grab with a remote manipulator, the mechanical arm and attach it to the international space station. then open the hatch. and the astronauts will begin to go in and get things like clothing and some of the student experiments out. >> let me ask you about the safety issues, if we're looking ahead to the manned flights, right now we're relying on the russians. is this commercial effort safer than say dealing with the russians, who we don't have a whole lot of control over? >> you know, we, ashley, to be quite honest, we have a significant amount of control over the russians, they're part of the partnership. but what's really important is not control as much as it is, the fact that the united states will once again be in the lead, will be providing our own vehicles to take our own astronauts and cargo to the international space station. it's fine to rely on partners, but that's not where the greatest nation in the world wants to be. we want to be taking astronauts and cargo on our own vehicles. today was a huge day in the step to getting there. so we're on the way and people should hang with us. >> what can you tell me about the remains on board. i'm hearing the remains of about 300 people, including one of the, one of the actors from "star trek" sent into space today? >> ashley, i really can't tell you very much about it at all. i just learned about it myself friday night. as you know, this is a private launch and spacex as a private company can contract with other, with other customers and that is what they did there. so i will let you talk to elon musk and his team about some of the other cargo that's aboard. i don't want to guess and i don't know very much about it other than the fact that i think you're right. >> i think it's a crazy, wild story. abc news reporting that james duhan who played scottie on the original "star trek," along with 306 others. charles bolden, nice work, i look forward to speaking with you in many more conversations in the future. >> thanks so very much and thanks for giving us the time. hello america and world and you know, welcome to the future. >> it's america, isn't it? 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she returns it. >> got to love that. she's going to join us live this hour to tell us how she is so awesome. welcome back to "early start, i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm ashley banfield. if you're thinking about getting screened for prostate cancer, you may want to reconsider. the u.s. preventive services task force is recommending men do not undergo regular prostate cancer screening, saying it does more harm than good. cnn's elena cho is here with more. >> a the although of people were surprised about this. unless you think it affects only a small slice of the population. this will affect by some estimates, 44 million men. a lot of people should listen to. it's something that for many people, is simply hard to understand. now why wouldn't you get tested for prostate cancer? an influential federal panel says it's not always best to catch cancer as early as possible. now we're going to explain that in a second. stay with me here, it is why the united states preventive services task force is now recommending against what's commonly referred to as the psa test. the task force is saying that at best, the psa screening, a simple blood test, may help only one in 1,000 men avoid death from prostate cancer and may do harm, bus most cancers found by process state screening are slow-growing, not life-threatening and will not do anyone any harm. most men who are in the words of some, over-diagnosed, may suffer unnecessary side effects like impotence, incontinence and sometimes even death. the risks far outweigh the benefits. >> this is going to be highly controversial. if you have a history of cancer in your family, you should still get screened? >> the jury is still out on that some doctors are saying yes. i mean listen, use your best judgment. but if you're not a doctor as you can imagine, a lot of men are going to be confused. do i get tested or is it not going to be the best thing for me. it's interesting, the fallout was swift on this. and remember, this is not the first time that this panel has weighed in with something controversial. the same panel made waves when it recommended that women in their 40s should skip routine mammogr mammograms, remember that story? as for the psa test, a simple blood test, the american cancer society has not recommended routine psa screenings since the late '90s. but the american urological association still recommends that men get baseline screenings at age 40 if they wish to be tested. the bottom line for the task force, the benefits in the words of some, outweigh, the risks outweigh the benefits on this one. >> this smell as little bit of money, right? you start to wonder if this is a final recommendation, does that mean insurance companies will not cover the test? >> that's a good question. some states have the mandate to cover these routine psa tests. you have to wonder with the new recommendation, which will officially be out on monday, what will happen next. will states go back, who badly need the money, go back and say, should we be covering this. so you're absolutely right. you're right. >> it reminds me of the old mammogram -- >> that's not even that old. >> mammogram recommendation. >> the same panel. >> scary. >> very scary. >> a lot of women sat up and took notice. and a lot of men will pay attention to this. >> i would like to remind people to go to their doctors before they make any decisions on their own. >> interestingly, you know, one of the recommendations is that instead of telling men, not to get tested, maybe the best course of advice is to actually educate primary care physicians a little bit better about how to read these tests more accurately and give people treatment only the people who need the treatment the treatment. you know, so we'll have to wait to see. >> alina cho, thank you very much. it is now 35 minutes past 5:00. this one is harrowing, they call him el loco, aka, the crazy one, a fierce mexican drug lord is behind bars after he dumped 49 decapitated dead bodies near the mexican border. police say he tried to get away by throwing grenades and shooting at them. so far, noon of the bodies has been identified. it's been difficult to do that. well it could marr a magical run. the trainer of the horse that run the first two legs of the triple crown, facing new questions about giving horses performance-enhancing substances, trainer dougo neil has been accused by the california horse racing board, of giving horses something called a milkshake, an illegal blend of baking soda, and electrolytes. it's supposed to fight fatigue. let's be clear, the winner of the kentucky derby and the preakness, i'll have another, has never tested positive and the trainer's brother insists they play by the rules. >> originally, the thought was, you had to to milkshake a horse, we had to google it to find out what it's meant. nobody has been caught milkshaking a horse. we have never milkshaked a horse, we wouldn't know how to do it it's never been done by us or anybody in the barn. >> i'll have another is trying to become the first thoroughbred since affirmed in 1978 to claim horse racing's most famous prize. we're minding your business, the u.s. stock futures up ahead of the opening bell after closing higher yesterday across the board. baunsing back from the worst week, i want to say the worst week ever. but it wasn't the worst week ever, the worst week of the year. the tech-heavy nasdaq closing up 2.5%. higher to start the week. >> one of those stocks we've been talking about for a while, facebook having a bit of a rough start since its ipo. that's an understatement. i was telling people earlier to check their retirement accounts for it. >> i don't think -- this probably isn't in your 401(k) yet. portfolio managers some of them are not going to be allowed to buy a risky ipo for you know, a plain vanilla mutual fund for some time and it won't enter into the big stock averages or indices for a month and a quarter at least. but 25% of the offering went to individual investors. the facebook founder and his team wanted to make sure that the little guy could get a piece of this, and if the little guy did, the little guy is down 11%. mark zuckerberg, 2.13 billion he's lost in his stock holdings. every time the stock drops $1, he loses $431,000. you're looking at it and saying 11% off the value of facebook? what kind of ipo start was this? there were no technical problems at the nasdaq, you can't blame that. this was a rough start by any stretch of the imagination, that's what facebook shares look like, down 19% since their ipo. that top light line you can see, that's what the nasdaq has done, the dark black line is what facebook shares have done. and just to give you insight, ned most of the competitors of facebook were all up 1% to 4% on the nasdaq. when we say ipos are risky. this is an extreme example of why ipos are risky. they don't always go up. there's still egg on the face of morgan stanley, of the nasdaq as people are sorting out what was the drama on friday. >> isn't facebook a little angry over this and taking some action or investigating? >> i mean -- look, they're hurting in the pocket book, right? and you have all of these paper millionaires who in 90 days are going to have a lockout period that's going to expire. he i keep talking about that. if you want to buy a house, buy a big car, monetize your facebook investment there are people who are doing that in 90 days, sell pressure on the stock. >> it's hype versus reality. now we're in the reality part. >> thank you, christine. it is 40 minutes past the hour. more than year after japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster, parts of the u.s. could now be looking at a big environmental problem. a live look from the alaska shoreline is coming up. active naturals wheat formulas restore strength for up to 90% less breakage in three washes. for strong, healthy hair with life, new aveeno nourish+ strengthen. for strong, healthy hair with life, homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? 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these villagers in this area say they can't afford to do it. they say they want some help from the federal government to try to clean up this mess. >> casey, you got to figure this is affecting the marine life quite a bit as well. we appreciate that report. >> absolutely. things like this, when it breaks down -- >> go ahead and tell me. >> these things break up when they break up into small little bits, the birds eat it sea life eats it, they think they're full and so they don't grow, they're easier targets for predators, some people are saying they're seeing birds dying off at a greater rate than they've seen before. always a big problem for the animals. >> do they have a plan for that as well? >> they are still formulating those plans. the big priority is to get it cleaned up and they don't know what they're dealing with completely yet. because they don't know how much toxic chemicals are out in the water. one thing they are saying is there were some initial concerns about radiation and they've done geiger counter tests on a lot of this stuff and none of it has shown any abnormal levels of radiation. that's being downplayed as a concern, but they don't know what's out there. in some ways they're waiting to see what it's going to be and then try to react to it as best they can. >> casey wian live for news yukitat, alaska. it's 47 minutes paf 5695:00 on the east coast. >> the first private space capsule in history on its way to the international space station this morning. a rocket built by the commercial space flight company known as spacex, blasting off at 3:44 a.m. eastern this morning. launching the unmanned dragon capsule to resupply the space station. new this morning, tragedy in india, right now, at least 14 people there killed in a train accident. 35 people injured, officials believe the driver of a paeng train, missed a red light and crashed into cargo train, three coaches of that passenger train were involved in the wreck. california prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 24-year-old former marine. charged in a serial thrill kill spree. charged of brutally stabbing four homeless men. he's expected to be tried on six counts of murder. >> it is 48 minutes past 5:00. talk about temptation, a florida woman goes to the atm, just finds a nice $1800 wad of bills. waiting for her there. >> i had the money in my hand, i just looked around, there was no cars. >> doing the right thing is not always easy. find out what she did after the break. kiwi. soy milk. impulse buy. gift horse. king crab. rhubarb pie. lettuce shower. made by bees. toucan sam. that's not cheese. grass fed. curry. gingersnaps. soup can tower. 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at grocery stores. it pays to discover. er is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company by continuing to help you do more and focus on the things that matter to you. what would you do if you pulled up to an atm and sitting there was $1800 just sitting there. would you keep it? would you call the police? would you go to vegas? this is the exact scenario that a florida woman came aross when she went to her atm, she did what you hope everybody would do -- she turned it in. joining me on phone is the good samaritan who found and returned the cash, adriana allen. can you hear me? >> yes, i do. how are you? >> that's a terrific thing you did, it's cash, nobody would know. can you explain what happened when you drove up to that atm? >> well i was driving in just to make a transaction and to my surprise, i found $1800 just in the deposit slot. i had to pull the money in order to make the transaction. so when i had the money in my hand, right away i said, oh my god, what am i going to do with this money. i got in my car, dialed 911, got assistance from the operator, called a police officer and i had to wait like 15 minutes until he came and i gave the money to hill. we made a report that was the end. >> did you, did you ever have that fleeting moment where you thought -- it's cash. it's just sitting here. what do i do? or did you immediately know, i got to call 911? >> no, you know i immediately no, i come from a cuban family with a very strong belief. that you are what you earn. so the only money you keep is what you earn. and that's the way to do things. i mean i did with my heart told me to do. >> i understand your mom was in the car with you. did that have any effect on you? >> no, not really. i knew i had to do that. in the area that we were, i mean there was a lot of hard-working people. you know, this time and ij, everybody needs their money. right thing to do was to call the authorities and give the money back. >> adriana, i understand it was 18 $100 bills in an envelope that you couldn't get back into deposit slot. 18 $100 bills. it was not in an envelope and i tried to push it back in, it would in the go in. >> any idea of the status of the money at this point. because sometimes it's finders keepers, if the person doesn't know show up. what have they told you? >> they haven't say anything. so i don't know what they're going to do with the money. i know through their reporters yesterday, they were trying to find through the bank, who it belongs to. but i have no idea what's going to happen with the money. >> i hope the rightful owner does come forward. if the rightful owner doesn't come forward, adriana, i sure hope you get that money. because you're a great person and a great american, thanks for being with us this morning. >> i'm proud to be an american. everybody should do the same. >> amen, thank you for being on our show today, take care. >> you're very welcome. >> say hi to your mom for me. >> i love her. raised to believe you are what you earn. 55 minutes past the hour. historic day for space flight this as the first private launch to the international space station. up next, we'll hear from the head of nasa and the head of spacex, the company that launched today's rocket. ] did u know the average person smiles more than 50 times a day? 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>> astronauts probably three or four years. people like you and me, that's another story entirely but the astronauts certainly in about three or four years. nasa this summer is expected to go ahead and make a decision on which commercial companies will get the contracts to take astronauts, the manned missions, spacex is one of about four or five in the running for the human-rated flights and probably 2016 before we see that. lots of glad handing and slaps on the back, pats on the back, handshakes today from all of people at nasa and spacex ceo speaking from hawthorne, california, where they have the mission control headquarters, talked about the excitement out there at the moment of liftoff. >> most of the company gathered around mission control, so and really seeing the fruit of, they're suing the fruit of their labors and wondering whether it's going to work, and there's so much hope riding on that rocket so when it worked, and people saw their handie work in space and operating as it should, it's like yes, for us it's like winning the super bowl. >> there's still a long way to go. maybe they through the first touchdown in the super bowl but to win the super bowl in this flight they've still got to rendezvous at the space station, go through a whole bunch of test maneuvers to make sure everything is working, all the autonomous on board dragon are talking to the international space station, and then early friday morning, they will attempt to berth with the international space station. still a long way to go before they can say they won the super bowl, but i think we get the point. >> it's going to make some great pictures when that actually happens. >> when ian musk was talking what did he say about the 300-plus human remains including scottie the astronaut? >> he said "i am not aware of any human remains on board." now maybe somebody else put them. that could be his plausible deniability saying he's not aware of it, and but he clearly said "i am not aware of any human remains." >> 300, you'd think the guy who puts $100 million into the company might have an inkling. zarrella you look like a kid in a candy store on this story. >> i asked him if there were any surprises on board because he has in the past, he took a wheel of cheese up on the last flight they made when they orbitted the earth successfully and told me, we'll have to wait and see. you can bet there's something on board that's a surprise. >> exciting work. thanks, john, nice to see you. >> bye, ashleigh. >> it is five minutes past the hour. first the secret service and now the drug enforcement administration. congressional source telling cnn three dea agents are accused of hiring prostitutes in cartagena, clolombi colombia. a new poll is showing president obama and mitt romney are in a dead heat over who can fix the economy. overall the president leads mr. romney by just three percentage points in a new "the washington post"/abc news poll. on issue number one to the voters anyway they're knotted up at 47%. more than half asked said the economy was the number one issue being into this flex novembenov. one year ago today a deadly tornado ripped through joplin, missouri. president obama spoke to the graduating class at joplin high school. he called the students and the town an inspiration and reminded them they're tough yourself to overcome any obstacle. >> yes, will you encounter obstacles along the way. i guarantee you, you will face setbacks and will you face disappointments. but you're from joplin, and you're from america. no matter how tough times get, you'll always be tougher. >> volunteers are headed to joplin this morning to help with the continued rebuilding efforts. there's a plane in the front yard of this house. take a good look at your screen. don't blink. it's true. more than 1,600 people without power after the plane crash landed in the front yard of a house in glendale, california. the pilot was able to get himself out of the wreckage and expected to be okay. faa tells us the pilot reported engine trouble and was trying to make it to the nearby van nuys airport. a controversial recommendation from a government task to, that says men should no longer get routine psa tests to screen for prostate cancer. the tests may lead to unnecessary treatments that do more harm than good. 33,000 american men die of prostate cancer each year. urologists insist the psa test saves lives. new work, new jersey, mayor cory booker, an obama supporter and rising star in the democratic party is hoppin' mad this morning and firing back after an ad from the mitt romney campaign used him and his own words against him. when he described as nauseating the president's campaign attacks on mitt romney, that was used in the commercial so he went on mess nbc and said the gop crossed the line with this one. >> i am upset. i've been taken out of context. i've been used to support a cynicism. if there was any honor, mitt romney would have said like obama did, citizens united decision is going to hurt our democracy and would have come out and said the negativity on our side has got to stop, if he wanted to stand with me he would say i stand with cory booker, let's stop the superpac money and negative campaigning and talk about the issues. >> it's politics playing out. president obama doubled down on the attacks on bain capital saying this is what the campaign is all about. >> this whole issue brings into question what is private ek with isn't it christine romans is here to explain that this morning. >> good morning. if this is what the campaign is all about, what is private equity? here is the definition and we've got a full screen, finance equity in a business raised from private sources as opposed to shares that could be traded publicly. that's what private equity is in the dictionary. translation, it's rich investors like pension funds, university endowments, wealthy people who pool their money together to invest in companies, new technology, anything that can make them money. it's about making money. often they zero in on failing companies like steel mills and paper mills, right? the private money comes in, restructures sales divisions, closes the bad parts and reaps the good parts. that's what this is all about, whether mitt romney just tried to make money, mitt romney says making money makes jobs. it's impossible to know how many jobs were created or lost. private equity is private but mitt romney's entire career is built on the private equity business. i want you to listen to what newt gingrich told piers morgan last night. newt gingrich was the first one to go after, to go after mitt romney about his career in private equity saying that he was the king of bain, remember, that he was looting some of these failing companies. listen to what he said last night. >> how can you be the president with the worst unemployment record since the great depressi depression, the longest period of deep unemployment since the 190s and pick a fight over job creation? there's a point where this becomes ludicrous and in effect what obama is saying is government investment is smarter than private equity. >> that's what the election is going to be about, who is better at creating jobs, the capitalism of president obama and the capitalism of mitt romney. both campaigns have rows and rows of dvds or maybe they're on a hard drive somewhere that show every single company that mitt romney has had his hands in one way, shape or form and whether it created jobs or lost jobs. there's going to be soaring music or scary music and all trying to appeal to people who have lost their jobs. i want to give the response from bain capital about the recent attacks from the obama administration about this company's record in creating money and losing jobs. "despite political attacks that emphasize the few companies that have struggled, the facts are that during bain capital's ownership, revenues grew in 80% of the more than 350 companies in which we have invested." the president will try to show revenues are different than jobs. if you are creating revenue at the expense of jobs, that's not good for america so the very way we've done business over the past 20 years is an existential drama unfolding this uhmer is, political drama about what kind of america do you believe in. >> there have been plenty of "wall street journal," "new york times" have done an assessment of bain capital, across-the-board successes of jobs it creates and positive reporting about mitt romney's tenure there. >> staples, dominos, this week, amc, the big movie chain sold to the chinese, that had a big investor, bain capital. you talk about failing companies it's private equity that takes this risk, not just bain, lots of different companies like this, but is it bain's fault that a paper company failed or did bain come in and take advantage of a failing paper company but grow the business somewhere else? that's what this is all about. >> thank you for clearing that up. at the end of the day when you try to understand the arguments when you decide which person you're going to support. >> a lot of dramatic music, don't buy the politics, on both sides. >> drama, drama. thank you. 12 minutes past 6:00. "oceans 11" this ain't. how two men tried to take down a las vegas casino using the sophisticated method of sunglasses and a bad wig. i kid you not. i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units ross the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. or creates another laptop bag or hires another employee, it's not just good for business, it's good for the entire community. at bank of america, we know the impact that local businesses have on communities. that's why we extended $6.4 billion in new credit to small businesses across the country last year. because the more we help them, the more we help make opportunity possible. it is 16 minutes past the hour. welcome back to "early start." christine romans? >> ladies, it's liftoff of the first private mission to the international space station, a rocket built by the commercial space flight company known as spacex blasting off at 3:44 this morning, launching the unmanned dragon capsule to resupply the iss. was it exactly the perfect crime? far from "oceans 11" just a dumb guy in a wig, a man scheduled to appear in court after police say he tried to pepper spray a black jack dealer and grab some $115,000 in chips at the bellagio. the eye-in-the-sky is always watching in sin city. casino staff wrestled him down quickly. his wig and sunglasses fell off in the struggle while a suspected apolice got away. beer all over the place in daytona beach. tractor trailer hauling 55,000 pounds of bottled beer overturned early monday morning on interstate 95. took workers seven hours to clear up the beer and glass. the tractor trailer driver said another driver swerved and caused him to go off the road but there were no skid marks. rob marciano is here to give us an update, this has a name and i thought that was unusual, i've covered wildfires before but are they always named? >> lately, yes. it usually has to do with some sort of local geography, air river or mountain nearby. is called the gladiator fire and honestly, i don't know why. here is the video and for the past week and a half they've been struggling to contain this and it's grown to almost 15,000 acres at this point. they have over 1,000 personnel trying to beat the flames back. still only 19% containment and the weather is expected unfortunately to get, too. they have air assets on there, too. first off the temperatures the last three days, 108 to 112 degrees the expected high temperature going through today and possibly through tomorrow as well and the winds will pick up as well. when you get the winds cranking that's going to be the biggest problem fighting the fires, i think tomorrow the extreme fire danger will be the call. they would love to get rain, that's not in the cards. if you live in the northeast it is. you saw some yesterday and you'll see some today and for the next several days on and off. it's not a washout but maybe light on your feet or keep the rain gear handy in case. behind us a stalled front is dry air. chicago south toward as well. memphis 80 degrees there. tropical storm alberto is now a depression so it's weakening and it will continue to move out to sea, just waves along the coastline. tropical depression bud in the eastern pacific has formed. here is the forecast from the national hurricane center potentially bringing it to the western shores of mexico closer this weekend so we'll be tracking bud throughout the week. >> i still can't believe you said it would be 108 to 112 where the fires are. it's may. >> yeah but you know it's arizona and the sun gets strong but they're in a warm pattern now obviously and it gets hot and they're deserts. >> unbelievable. thanks, rob. 20 minutes past 6:00. nobody likes to wait in line at the airport. the right luggage can make a difference. how you can be part of the solution and not part of the problem, coming up. 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>> they're taking a little bit of heat over that ad and this morning you'll probably see another video from the obama camp or from a super pac tied to the obama camp that is supportive of the obama camp on bain capital and decided attacking bain capital is a key issue for them. mitt romney makes it obvious when he runs for president. he's going to say i can do a better job creating jobs than president barack obama and points to his time at bain and corporate world. >> what really matters is what the american public thinks and do you have a recent poll for us on that and how they feel both candidates are doing? >> i got a poll probably a few hours old. abc/"the washington post," while i was sleeping but you were probably awake. >> love it. >> the economy, 47%, the president 47%, for mitt romney on who can best fix or jump-start the economy. the poll indicated the economy by far still remains the top issue and every other poll shows the same thing. the economy, the economy, the economy. i know same-sex marriage was big in the news over the last week or two but that's the top issue. another surrogate gone wild, newt gingrich last night right on cnn. i'll leave it with that. >>i thought you were going to play it again for us. >> but we did enjoy it. thank you for mentioning it in. paul steinhauser live in washington. >> i thought the pregnant pause was just as effective as the sound bite itself. >> you were missing the ba-doom-boom. this might be just what the doctor ordered but the new guidelines say the routine prostate cancer screenings may not be worth the risk. find out how this could impact your health. first a quick check of today's weather with rob marciano. >> the threat for rainfall will continue across the northeast. you had it yesterday, have it today and probably continue through tomorrow. here is the radar showing that, most of it is just light. this is not from tropical storm alberto. as a matter of fact alberto decreased in intensity and gone out to city. we're tracking another something in the eastern pacific and this complex of thunderstorms is weakening headed across alabama and georgia and later on with the stalled frontal boundary which will create the threat for severe weather across the southeast. lovely weather in places like kansas city, st. louis, chicago, 70 the high temperature there, 63 in boston. keep the rain gear handy. 35 minutes after the hour. 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>> it was swift as you might imagine and pretty forceful. the urological association condemned the finding, no surprise there, standing by the psa test. the statement "it is inappropriate and irresponsible to issue a blanket statement against psa testing particularly for at-risk populations." they go on to say that what could happen as a result is many men will no longer get tested because they think they don't need to and prostate cancer a psa could have caught early may go unnoticed. obviously people on the other side have a different point of view and one doctor said, it's so interesting, ashleigh, i'm quoting "we've been told for decades to be terrified of cancer and the only hope is early detection and treatment. the reality is," she said "we don't need to detect all cancers. we want to screen for the ones that are going to be aggressive, manage those early and leave everyone else alone. she has a point but it is scary. >> no matter how you slice it, talk to your doctor and do what's right for you and your doctor will help guide you. alina, that's weird stuff and i don't think that's the end of it. thank you. appreciate it. zoraida? >> soledad o'brien joins with us a look at what is ahead on "starting point." >> oh, so much. good morning to you. ahead on "starting point," taxpayers are picking up roughly $1 million tab for a group of judges to go to a conference in lovely hawaii. don't you wish you were going on the trip? we'll talk with senator chuck grassley, outraged about the cost of the trip and why it might be time to end conferences like these all together. plus we'll look at what's happening in joplin, missouri, a year after a tornado wiped out a third of that town. we'll meet the photographer behind a powerful new project that features photos of survivors who write messages on their bodies, illustrating the struggles and their hopes. absolutely beautiful work. the potential threat to america's security, how did fake military parts from china get into the hands of our troops? senator carl levin is launching an legislation into counterfeit items and talk about why every american should be outraged about that and much more coming up when we start at 7:00 a.m. eastern on "starting point." see you at the top of the hour. clear, huh? 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>> you know, i think after the first couple of days where everything was just crazy and things started dying down, everyone was kind of across the nation and especially the people from joplin were what can i do, what can i do and i didn't know what the answer to that question was and my producing partner at the time, bernard paruhm was like get cameras and a crew together and go back there and let your friends and family and your neighbors you've known your whole life tell you their stories. >> it must have been a difficult journey for you because it was personal. >> absolutely. i mean, you know, we started out to make this disaster documentary and over the past year have kind of turned into this story about the human spirit and how you heal from a tragedy that is just so massive as this. so i mean, it's kind of been two-sided, on one hand been an extremely amazing healing process for me but it has also been super difficult to be thinking about it and in the middle of it, every single day. >> there's one person in particular that you talked to in your documentary, name is mrs. mcpherson. she took you on a tour of her destroyed home. i want to play you a little bit of this and talk you about it. >> you find random pictures. this isn't even mine. i try to pick them up and send them all to abbey, that's doing the film photos. i don't know where all our pictures went. i don't know. i need to stop. >> really difficult moments to watch there, but some really beautiful things that came out of this. she mentioned this joplins found photos project that surfaced because of this. can you tell us about that? >> one thing that gets lost in the whole tragedy is you think about the loss of life and that's the first thing and obviously that is something that's very hard to deal with, but the thing that kind of gets lost is the actual loss of, you know, poems and photographs and heirlooms and that sort of thing. we wanted to showcase that part of the tragedy as well, if that's even the right term. abbey all-mendinger took thousands and thousands of misplaced photos and putting them online so people could recover those and in some cases they were the only photos they got back. >> there was one story here of a man the only photo he had of his mother. i teased this earlier so quickly if you could tell me about luke leonard you interviewed in the film, he helped storm victims and made a promise. tell us about that. >> luke is just such a wonderful kid. he graduated last night from joplin high school. throughout the film or throughout the days after the tornado, he was helping rescue people. he was pulling bodies out from the rubble at 17 years old. from this whole process and from the past year and dealing with the tornado, he had made a promise he was going to become a firefighter when he graduated and he has been hired on as a firefighter and will start working for the fire department in the next couple of months so we're super proud of luke and congratulations to him for graduating last night. >> congratulations to you as well. erica tremblay, the film is "heartland." thank you. >> thank you for having me. >>