hello. thanks for being with us. lots to get to today including new technology that can help you separate the real from the fake when it comes to photos. we want to see if you can spot the difference. also we ll meet the first ever blind olympic athlete now helping visually impaired children to get in the game. but first, a look at something i find fascinating under the microscope. a new vaccine used to treat brain cancer is showing promising results. it was back in march that layla valentine s husband first saw the signs. layla chalked it up to being tired, having two small kids will do that. but her husband james insisted something wasn t right. so he was, you know, asking me questions and he goes, when is our kids birthday? i had no idea. and then he s like, no. something is wrong. so he s like, no mother will forget their kids birthday. turns out james instincts were spot on. layla s diagnosis? gleoblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor. i
reporter: good morning, soledad, negotiations under way in the parliament building behind me here in athens to try to forge some type of coalition. the party that won the election yesterday, new democracy led by samaras, didn t get an absolute majority, only got 129 seats and needs 151 in the parliament to have a majority. so negotiations are continuing. he s got three days to try to bring together some of the other parties as well into a coalition. it s going to get greece out of this political and economic stalemate. the big point from the u.s. point of view and global point of view, samaras, the new democracy, supports the aus t austerity measured imposed on greece and not going to turn its back on its financial commitments and will for the most continue in the european single currency. big sigh of relief because of that. very big deadlines looming. matthew, thank you very much. still ahead, i ll talk to ken rogoff, the former head of the international monetary fund.
on cnn. good monday morning to you, everyone. it s good to have you with us, welcome to early start. i m ashley banfield. we re bringing you the news from a to z. big developments in greece that are sure to have a ripple effect. winning yesterday s parliamentary election in a vote seen by many as an endorsement for the survival of the euro. i will make sure that the sacrifices of the greek people will bring the country back to prosperity. so now it s up to samaras to form a coalition government to quickly keep greece afloat. something that other euro nations are hopes that we can do. christine romans is monitoring markets. as we started, we said, ah, good news here. features have turned lower. and i saw this described as a stay of execution for greece. others have called it the status quo. what is the status quo? relying on other monies from other countries to stay afloat, to basically not go broke and it still has an awful lot of work to do here. but voters dec
the french first lady s see let was revealed by her father-in-law. people are gossiping on the web about what the baby might be named. and number two in a galaxy far, far away, scientists have found a new planet that might be able to support human life. it is the first planet outside of our solar system that may have clouds, oceans, even rainfall. people are chatting online about how it could one day host a human colony. and number one, may 21st is judgment day? one man certainly thinks so. he predicted this is the day the world comes to an end. the president of the christian radio station in the united states claims that giant earthquakes will consume the planet at around 6:00 p.m. on may 21st. people are searching online for this and chatting about how they would spend their last day. wasn t that a film, a movie or something? now it s an experience most drivers are all too familiar with, you arrive at your
couple uncoupled. we look behind the breakup of maria shriver and arnold schwarzenegger. the road to nowhere. the mississippi s rising water levels turned river side communities into ghost towns as thousands are forced to get out. and meet a real hamburger fan with an appetite for big macs that is undiminished after 39 years. to heal the past, queen elizabeth s visit to ireland moves into what could be the most significant day with a visit to the site of a british massacre. hours from now all of ireland will be watching as the queen visits a stadium where in 1920 british troops opened fire on a crowd watching a football match. 14 people were killed. it was a key moment for the irish independence struggle and came to be known as bloody sunday. for many, the sight of a british monarch walking on to the pitch will be a deeply symbolic moment. mr. cameron is due to talk business and politics with irish prime minister. on such a big day, the queen might light some dutch courage.