winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to early start, i m sor ride da sam lynn. i m ashley banfield. we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. we re just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airline s director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeria s president declaring three days of national mourning and ordering a full investigation. all 153 people on board were killed in yesterday s disaster, and at least ten people on the ground died as well. firefighters and police struggled to put out all of the flames. there wasn t any water left more than three hours after that crash. residents helped carry fire hoses and plastic buckets of water to the burning wreckage. into s going to be a rough day pretty much in the financial markets a
exploding blaze this morning. two states under the gun. could be the $100 million tax dodged. did facebook s co-founder give up u.s. citizenship to escape paying his taxes? he s now in singapore driving a bentley and living it up appearing in high society magazines. why did he unfriend america? block the press. reporters at a mitt romney event blockeded from asking the candidate question. cnn the only network getting the moment on tape. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. this morning police are escorting some school buses in metro atlanta after a terrifying scene unfolded for several students on their way to school. a gunman took aim at the children while they boarded a school bus. it happened in clayton county south of atlanta s airport where police have now found the rifle, ammunition and a note with school bus numbers and pickup and arrival times. here s what one witness told tom jones of our affiliate wsb. he is shooting at that sc
and then, israel, iran and the u.s. with mike rogers. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. a gallup/ usa today poll of 12 key swing states shows president obama beating every republican comer except one, mitt romney. after months of pounding by republican rivals and the president s re-election team, romney is up by a point over the president, a statistical dead heat. 35% of swing state republicans say they re extremely enthusiastic to vote this year. that s compared to 23% of democrats. 20% of independents. that s called an enthusiasm gap. also, troublesome for the president s prospects, 4 of the 12 swing states have jobless rates over 9% and four are in the top ten for highest foreclosure rates. joining, bob mcdonnell and his counterpart at the democratic governors association, martin o malley. thank you both for joining us. before we get to the swing states and i ll start with you, governor o malley do you think put on your analyst s hat now is th
he has three words of advice today for the obama white house to try to salvage the party s chances of victory in 2012. those words, fire, indict and fight. james carville is joining us now. james, you created quite a stir in this article you ve written for cnn.com. let me read a couple of lines. among other things you say, what should the white house do now? one word came to mind, panic. this is what i would say to president barack obama. the time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction you are headed. what are you talking about? well, simply this. we lost two elections tuesday night. we lost 65 elections in november. it s sliding back. macroeconomics say there is 1/3 chance we are going into recession. you look how crazy the opposition party is cheering death. this is not working, not politically, economically or anything. bring in a new team and indicate to people you get it, they understand you were dealt a tough hand, b