Coverup that the white house has been hiding evidence and coaching major players, including former u. N. Ambassador, now National Security adviser susan rice, coaching them really to mislead the american people, even lie about what happened. House Speaker John Boehner has offered democrats five spots on this committee. The republicans will have seven spots, something he says is fair, given what former House Speaker nancy pelosi did when she was in charge. This is a Serious Investigation that we wanted to Work Together to get to the truth. I think the 75 split is eminently fair, frankly, fairer than her Global Warming committee that she set up. Instead of debating the minimum wage, were getting maximum partisanship. Instead of creating a select committee on job creation, were voting to create a select committee on benghazi, shamefully playing politics with a terrible tragedy. Now, there had been talk that the democrats would simply boycott this select committee. Now, however, several pr
Coming today, and yes, throughout the weekend. Oh, my. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. Its friday the 13th, june 13th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl back on american soil this morning. Bergdahl arriving just hours ago at Brooke Army Medical center in san antonio, texas. He spent the past week and a half in a u. S. Military hospital in germany after his release from taliban activity. This stop in texas is the final phase of bergdahls reintegration after five years as a prisoner of war. Cnns Martin Savidge live in san antonio for us. So, now we know hes back on american soil for the first time in five years. Tell us what you know. Reporter yeah, good morning, christine. Quite a remarkable moment. Bowe bergdahl landed in the middle of the night, according to the u. S. Military. He would have flown from Ramstein Air Force base in germany to Lackland Air Force base here in san antonio. Once his military
This morning, president obama striving for a balance with the battle against violent extremism and mainstream respect for muslims around the world. The president carefully avoided the label islamic extremism. It is a controversial choice by the white house. Critics say islamist militants should be dealt head on. The president says he doesnt want to give religious legitimacy. They are not religious. Theyre terrorists. And we are not at war with islam. We are at war with people who perverted islam. Senior White House Correspondent jim acosta has the latest. Reporter john and christine president obama defended decision to stay away from islamic terrorism because he doesnt want to give groups like isis and al qaeda any street credibility. The president pointed out muslims are the victims of isis more often than people from other religious groups. He noted the other muslims killed in chapel hill North Carolina. The president said people of islamic faith, we offer our love and support. His b
heels of an epic hurricane. it s bringing the northeast once again to its knees. thousands of superstorm sandy victims in new york and in new jersey enduring damaging winds and driving snow and bitter cold temperatures, all in the dark. as of 3:00 this morning, there are close to 700,000 customers in new york and new jersey, who don t have power. that number s rising. more than 1,500 flights have already been canceled, and just when service on the long island rail road was returning to normal, it was again suspended last night. team coverage of this early winter storm. susan candiotti is with us live from asbury park in new jersey. rob marciano is live in staten island, where they are reeling from last week s hurricane. so much damage there, rob. good morning. reporter: good morning, soledad. boy, they didn t need this. and we didn t actually expect to be this much snow. we knew there would be some snow, but not to the point where it was piling up. so this is an area where