very good friday morning to you. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started here. some developments overnight be want to tell you about, very unusual. a shoot-out? a federal building and ice agent killing another and another ice agent injured. how and why this happened. new details on whitney houston s funeral. we know who will sing, who will speak and who will simply witness it all. your car may be getting smarter as you get a little dumber. you see these images all the time, don t you? distracted drivers endangering you and me. the d.o.t. department of transportation is going to crack down on this. no facebook until you park, folks. it s a huge mystery. have you been following this, it s all over twitter. the stephen colbert show mysteriously canceled some shows. we re going to try to dig deep and figure out what happened for you. we want to b
and you know, we are witnessing a massacre. cnn is now inside syria. our arwa damon is there. she is taking shelter in a safe house and she is saying the country is headed toward a full-blown war. that s what the folks that are living there are thinking is going to happen. and on the election front, some trouble on home surf for mitt romney. he s from michigan and seems to be losing it at this point. in the meantime, his super pac is funneling a ton of money into that state, but is it going to the right place? associatiso, parents out th would you feel if your child was forced to pay for something like not looking a teacher in the key? chicago charter schools are under fire this morning for fining children, many from low-income homes, for that and many other things as well. one minute after the top of the hour. exclusive details into cnn about whitney houston s funeral plans, how her family s coping with her death at this time, all at the same time that her body was flo
defeat. also bishop eddie long is no stranger to controversy, but his latest move has jewish leaders outraged. we will try to get an ex-explanation in our faces of faith segment. are you ready for the party? these people don t even care who is playing in the super bowl. we start with the nevada caucuses, it was the first western contest of the republican presidential race. here are the results so far cnn has projected mitt romney as the winner, newt gingrich, ron paul pretty close to each other in second and third, rick santorum in fourth. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in las vegas, bright and early this morning. not so bright yet. paul it was a good night for mitt romney, right? reporter: it sure was. susan it s 5:00 in the morning right now and the lights are pretty bright here in vegas and for mitt romney his odds of winning the republican nomination are getting brighter by the day. romney! romney! romney! romney! reporter: mitt romney does wh
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gentlemen up here to a 25-mile bike ride in the heat of texas. he s already changing the face of the republican party. if you have an irate minority you do well in the caucus state. ron paul answers my questions and yours from twirt tonight. piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. tonight the piers morgan interview comes from las vegas on the eve of the nevada caucuses. i m talking to ron paul, running fourth but his influence to young people is greater than that. his supporters are making him a force to be recognized. tonight his formula for keeping america great. right now, ron paul. welcome. thank you. nice to be with you. this will sound like name dropping but last time i dined in this restaurant was with sylvester stallone and the parallel to me is clear. you are the rocky balboa of the campaign. how do you feel about that? i have no idea how to respond to that. i hope that s very positive. it sounds like it could be. americans love an underdog.