The Belmont Stakes happen here in new york. It might make history. Okay. I have an hour of my life back or four hours of my life back. The American City with the fastest internet. Be surprised to which town is being compared to hong kong just because of its lightning speed service. Good morning. I am happy to be with you. I am Morgan Radford from candy magnate to head of state. Petro poroshenko was sworn in this morning as the countrys 5th president , becoming the youngest president since ukraine became independent from russia. Poroshenko won the may 25th election with more than half the vote, making him the very first candidate to do so since 1991. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued in the east as Government Forces stepped up their assault on prorussian fighters. Poroshenko is scheduled to hold peace talks with an envoy from Vladimir Putin today. Both men met briefly at fridays d day commenrations in france and pledged to Work Together to end the violence. Robin walker has more. Repo
Brace for the very real possibility of more. At least 18 people are dead. More than a dozen are still missing. And in houston, where the storms killed at least five people crews continue to rescue those trapped in their homes. At least 2500 waterlogged cars line houstons roads and highways. Look at that. They were just abandoned by people caught in the deluge despite the warnings. Listen to Texas Governor greg abbott. Dont drive in the rising water. You know the common phrase turn around dont drown. It has a sense of reality to it right now that we need everyone in the state of texas to heed. Well, the water rose so quickly, though some people were completely caught off guard. The governor called the flooding the worst texas has ever seen. He declared a diaster emergency in at least 40 counties. Now, in houston, some Officials Say the areas were badly damaged by the flooding while others were largely unaffected. Key to understanding the structure of many bayous that wind through the lo
Night into tuesday. A wall of water rising with frightening speed leaving thousands traveling in their vehicles racing to escape. Turn around dont drown. Reporter rows of vehicles left abandoned on a houston highway. Some cars almost completely sub murj merged under water. Emergency crews scrambling to pull feem from the flood waters. But for some it was too late. One woman says she witnessed the discovery of a body in a flooded truck. It was a woman. And it was dead by the time we got there. Thousands of people are now without power. The water, the force of the water is just moving on the power system on the grid. The flash floods rushing through thousands of homes. Houstons mayor says at least 4,000 residents may have suffered significant damage. We first were on the couches, then on the table, then on the counters. Reporter one houston resident, her family narrowly escaping the flood, shows me the devastation the rapidly rising tide left behind. The water got right up to this lip on
Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Christine romans is off today. And happening now, the Obama Administration is fine tuning its isis strategy in iraq. Pent goneagon officials are looking to bring sunni tribes into the fight. One possibly under consideration, the u. S. Could arm sunni fighters directly. That would supplement the Current System going through the shiite government in baghdad. This is happening as they are trying to exhume 499 bodies in tikrit which isis claim it is killed last year at a military base. Iraqi officials and foreigners stayed in a hotel where bombs hit. We have our correspondent arwa damon with us. The idea of arming the sunnis directly is not without controversy. Reporter it is not. Thats because of the ongoing secretarytarian issues here. They have yet to do that. Then of course you have the various different dynamics of the battle field where you end up with more unconventional forces armed fighting alongside each other in the battle against isis. At
The centers for Disease Control now investigating as officials reveal samples were shipped under less rigorous conditions since it was believed the bacteria was dead. Nbc news reporting fed ex transported the samples. Fed ex tells cnn theyre working with officials to gather information. No known risk to the general public and no suspected or confirmed cases of anthrax infection. This comes less than a year after a similar mishap at the centers for Disease Control. They shipped what they thought was dead agent so several locations and it was not. It was live anthrax. Alisyn. All right. They have got to figure that one out. Barbara, thanks so much for that update. We have some breaking news this morning. The new York City Police department and other Law Enforcement agencies across the country ramping up surveillance on suspected isis sympathizers in the u. S. Cnns justice reporter evan perez is here with all the developing details. What do we know evan . Good morning, alisyn. There are h