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pitching a rare perfect game. boy, i ll bet he s a happy one waking up this morning. welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east, let s get started. we can expect more graphic testimony when the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial resumes a couple of hours from now. remaining accusers, three of them expected to tell the jury who the former penn state football coach allegedly did to them when they were children. in court three men testified in disturbing detail and in one case threats from sandusky. the trial is moving at a brisk pace. the prosecution is expected to wrap its case by tomorrow. cnn s susan candiotti is covering the proceedings, live from pennsylvania. reporter: good morning, zoraida. we expect to hear system from the three alleged remaining victims along with others, starting today and tomorrow. among the alleged accusers we believe we ll start hearing from includes someone who made allegations goin
sarah jessica parker and anna wintour take on roles as obama s fundraisers tonight. the price, $40,000 a plate. is hgtv s house hunters a fraud? a blogger on the show claims reality show was anything but. fake houses, made-up storylines. today, the network tells its side of the story. perfect game. a shining moment for matt cain. the pitcher throwing a rare perfect game, retiring all 27 hitters he faced. this morning, the giant is a gem. cnn newsroom begins right now. and good morning to you. i m carol costello. at one time, lance armstrong towered over the cycling world the way babe ruth was adored by baseball fans. but today, armstrong may be better compared to barry bonds. controversial, polarizing, and tainted anew by doping allegations. the new charges filed by the u.s. anti-doping agency could strip armstrong of one of his seven tour de france victories. and already they are forcing him to the sidelines at his new love, competing in ironman triathal triathalon
in a presidential election run thauf weekend. we should tell you that riot police, military personnel have taken up positions outside the court. ben wedeman joins us in just a few moments with the latest on this. as soon as we get ben wedeman, we ll bring it to you. back to the u.s. you know the old saying, when it rains it pours. for the obama campaign it appears to be a gully washer. lately the president has had some bad poll number, some bad headlines, some democrats are expressing doubt about his message and his chances come november. big donors are sitting tight with their money. for mitt romney, several things appear to be going right. he is raising a lot of money and his poll numbers have been getting better. a little more than two hours from now, both men take to the stump in the battleground state of ohio with dueling key economic speeches. they won t be face to face, but you can bet that they won t mince words about each other either. so, cnn s jim acosta joins us