cleveland animal control was called to castro s home to take in three dogs. cleveland animal control john baer talked to outfront today and said two are poodle/ter yri mix, and one was a chihuahua. they had matted hair, but other than that, he said they were perfectly healthy. they were spayed and neutered two days ago. the fbi wants to keep the dogs, until the three young women who were allegedly kidnapped by castro, decide whether they want to keep them. the pound is looking for someone to foster those dogs in the meantime. steven miller today admitted the irs targeted tea party groups. repeatedly he said it wasn t politically motivated. he said there were, quote, foolish mistakes for people looking to lighten their work load. an inspector general notified obama officials at the treasury
0 the fire department vehicles. i guess they re just sort of assessing the situation. nobody s near the actual impact point, as far as any of the people who were riding on the commuter train. because they re trying, i guess, probably just to see who s there, who s all right. they were standing through the trains trying to see if people were inside. chris martin, helping us see what s going on. brian alvarez as well. we ll continue to watch what s going on here on cnn. i m wolf blitzer in washington. erin burnett out front starts right now. breaking news in the boston marathon terror attack investigation. tonight, a judge s decision could mean something significant for the case going forward. plus, a russian speaking terror suspect made an appearance in an ohio courtroom today. why it might be time for us to rethink where the biggest threat is coming from. the cia s top man in moscow outed by russian authorities. is there something seriously wrong at the cia? wrong at the cia?
christine romans joining us with a look at what is ahead on starting point. the surviving boston bombing suspect sits in a 10x10 foot cell, investigators are looking at the life of his late brother tammer lab. u.s. and russian officials working together to figure out what he was doing in russia in 2011 and how an overnight raid there could be connected. former cia officer gary berntsen weighs in on that. then it s six months to the day superstorm sandy slammed into the east coast. we ll talk with a woman who lost her family and her home in that storm. and the president shows off his sense of humor taking shots at himself, the media and republicans at the white house correspondents dinner. john baer who served under president clinton and attended this big event johns us live. thank you very much, christine. michael jackson s life and death will be back in the spotlight today. opening statements in a wrongful
0 reliable sources. i m howard kurtz. if you missed any part of the program, you go to itunes and search for reliable sources to get our podcast. we are back here next sunday morning 11:00 a.m. early start begins right now. the surviving boston bombing suspect locked in a 10x10 cell this morning, talking less about the attack now that he s been read his miranda rights. plus tracking the terror trail in russia with secret recordings traced to the suspect s mother. and new heights for new york and actually for the nation. a live look at the skyscraper rising from the site of the fallen twin towers about to become the tallest in the western hemisphere. good morning to you. welcome to early start. happy you re with us this morning. i m zoraida sambolin in new york. and i m john berman live in boston. it s monday, april 29th. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we re back in boston this monday morning following all the latest developments in the boston marathon bombing investigation
good morning to you. welcome to early start, we re happy you re with us. i m zoraida sambolin in new york. i m john berman, live at the cnn grill in charlotte, north carolina for the democratic national convention. zoraida, this was a tour deforce last night, bill clinton, big dog, showing he might be out of office but not out of tricks. he was part accomplish, part preacher, part lawyer with a comprehensive and exhaustive defense of president obama s record and on offense, making the case for four more years. this was all the more remarkable. remember, their relationship is complicated to say the least. cnn s dana bash joins me now. dana, this was long, 45 points. you got the sense of the people in the audience would have taken even more. 48 minutes and 30 seconds by the producers of this program s count. he went offscript as he does do, it was bill clinton after all. they certainly did eat it up. it was aspaech that the democratic party certainly was waiting for. re