good morning, we re happy you re with us this morning. welcome to early start , i m zoraida sambolin. we re bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legendary pitching career is not tainted. i hope those in the public that made up their mind before there was a trial will now back up and entertain the possibility of what he has always said, using steroid and hgh is cheating and totally contrary to his entire career. joe johns is live in washington and so, joe, long fight, four years, millions spent. big investigation. big prosecution and i suppose a big headline today a bad two weeks for the doj, first john edwards and now this. it has be
expected to ask for three arrest warrants in libya. they are said to be for those against crimes against humanity. a source says leader moammar gadhafi will be among those named. those living around the mississippi river, will leave for higher ground, as homes and farmland as residents have been ordered to evacuate. and two additional floodgates have been opened on the morganza spillway. the space shuttle endeavour has been cleared for launch today. and weather reports indicate a 70% chance of favorable conditions. world business today starts right now. good morning, from cnn london. good afternoon, from cnn hong kong. you re watching world business today. these are the stop stories on monday, may 16th. dominique strauss-khan in cuffs. it s crunch time for u.s. lawmakers, as the country s ballooning debt reaches its legal limits. and bankrolling bin laden. we ll investigate the terrorist networks money trail. pulled off a plane and arrested. that s how t