secretary john bryson is in the hospital after being cited for a felony hit-and-run. he crashed into a stopped car over the weekend twice and left the scene and hit a second car. they found him unconscious behind his wheel. brianna keeler is live at the white house this morning. what exactly happened? reporter: well, this happened in the los angeles area in about the 5:00 local hour on saturday. according to the l.a. sheriff s department, secretary bryson, behind the wheel of a lexus, allegedly hit a car, a buick that was stopped at a railroad crossing. there were three guys in the car. according to this press release, he got out and talked to them and then went on his way. as he did so, hit the buick yet again. at that point the buick tailed him and called 911 and the next time when police did find bryson, he was in his car, this pregs release alleged and unconscious and apparently hit another car, a honda accord. the first accident happening in san gabriel and second in
torrential rains leave parts of the gulf coast flooded with more wet weather expected later on today. good morning, everybody. welcome to the monday edition of early start, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. the united states secretary of commerce, john bryson cited for felony hit and run after a series of crashes this weekend. christine romans has been working this story. she joins us with the live latest. this is shocking news. it s not very often you hear the commerce secretary involved in a felony hit and run investigation. according to the police and the l.a. times and the pasadena star this all happened in california, around 5:00 p.m. he rear-ended a car that was stopped waiting for a crossing train. bryson in his lexus pulled over, told the driver the other car something to the effect of let s exchange our information, but then instead, accordin
course. opening statements are under way as we speak in central pennsylvania. let s get straight to susan candiotti on the ground at the courthouse in pennsylvania. now, you were just in court, susan. what did you see and hear just now? reporter: hala, the prosecutors just wrapped up their opening statements, and clearly the most powerful moment we have seen and heard so far involved them showing individual photographs of eight of the ten alleged victims in this case. single shots of each one of them. smiling as young boys who were, as the state alleges, as young as 8 years old when this alleged abuse occurred. all of them smiling. and in each case, jerry sandusky looked up at the photographs, and looked back down as the prosecutors introduced each one. and for the first time, we heard the first names of the victim it s, which we at cnn will not reveal because, as policy, we do not identify alleged victims of sexual abuse. now, the other key part of this is when prosecutors
take a look again. out of nowhere, an acura sedan swerves right into the cyclists, sending them tumbling. the bikes were damaged, the cyclists bruised, but that driver kept going, never stopping to help. that driver might have gotten away with it, but the small camera like this one mounted on the handlebars provided a critical clue. as one rider s helmet smacks the asphalt, you can just see the car s license plate. police enhance the video and trace the acura to its owner. michael medaglia claims the car was stolen, that this wasn t him behind the wheel. the cops didn t buy it. he has been charged with felony hit-and-run as cyclists now armed with cameras put dangerous drivers on notice. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. shameful that someone would hit a cyclist and just drive on. keep on rolling. this guy is clearly not a winner, he was arrested in oakland on heroin possession charges, possession of ammunition, violation of probation, and of course, based on the video felony hit-
i m shepard smith this is the fox report in los angeles, the mother home of car chases police say a woman swiped a tow truck and went on quite a ride. she weaved in and out of traffic and tossed papers from that truck. she rolled on to the shoulder of the road and her hood popped up. she wasn t finished. look at this, she jumped out the window, look, takeoff running, you go! despite that well crafted plan she did not last she did not alas, get away. charged with grand theft auto, felony evading, felony hit-and-run, resisting arrest and obstructing a police officer. court hearing scheduled for october 2011. in our next story, a couple in florida were stopped after the police chased them down for a possible hit-and-run. when they got out of the car, the police wondered if they