contain their frustration and can move forward in a peaceful way. she lifted the curfew that has kept the streets of baltimore mostly empty for the past several nights. cnn s athena jones is in the middle of what is just a huge celebration of this city. athena what are you seeing? reporter: hi poppy. that s exactly what i call it. forgive me i can t hear very well. there is a lot going on behind me. let me move out of the way. you can she these are marching bands from across baltimore. i ve seen all ages, i ve seen children practically knee high 3 feet high. they re not just high school students out demonstrating in a positive way. as the curfew has been lifted. it s a positive scene here. you can hear the drumming. they ve been marching. they ve been chanting. we ve got no problems we come in peace. there have been smaller demonstrations going on around this city hall area earlier in
resolution of their cases. the majority of them were arrested on the tough streets of the county s largest city, oakland. and it s not unusual to discover friends, family, or neighbors here. everybody knows everybody here. we know each other from the streets. we re like family. vincent del judas has known his cell mate, john martinez, since childhood. we grew up from since knee high, went to elementary together, juvenile hall together. now we re here. a lot of time. we know it s kind of crazy, because we re going to see each other in the pen. they grew up in a part of oakland known as murder dubs, do due to its history of drug trafficking and gang violence. now both face charges that reflect the neighborhood s nickname. martinez is accused of murder and four counts of attempted murder, to which he s pled not guilty. in an unrelated case, del judas is also charged with four counts of attempted murder. he too has pled not guilty. right now i ve been down for two and a half ye
arrested on the tough streets of the county s largest city, oakland. and it s not unusual to discover friends, family, or neighbors here. everybody knows everybody here. we know each other from the streets. we re like family. vincent del judas has known his cell mate, john martinez, since childhood. we grew up from since knee high, went to elementary together, juvenile hall together. now we re here. we know it s kind of crazy, because we re going to see each other in the pen. they grew up in a part of oakland known as murder dubs, because of its history of drug trafficking and gang violence. martinez is accused of murder and four counts of attempted murder, to which he s pled not guilty. in an unrelated case, del judas is also charged with four counts of attempted murder. he too has pled not guilty. right now i ve been down for two and a half years.
resolution of their cases. the majority of them were arrested on the tough streets of the county s largest city, oakland. and it s not unusual to discover friends, family, or neighbors here. everybody knows everybody here. we know each other from the streets. we re like family. vincent del judas has known his cell mate, john martinez, since childhood. we grew up from since knee high, went to elementary together, juvenile hall together. now we re here. we know it s kind of crazy, because we re going to see each other in the pen. they grew up in a part of oakland known as murder dubs, because of its history of drug trafficking and gang violence. now both face charges that reflect their neighborhood s nickname. martinez is accused of murder and four counts of attempted murder, to which he s pled not guilty. in an unrelated case, del judas is also charged with four counts of attempted murder. he too has pled not guilty. right now i ve been down for two and a half years.
that. that is very bold. very bold. can t wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to early start. i m zoraida sambolin. i m john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. parade? coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandela s 94th birthday. we ll hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. that s coming up. first, zoraidzoraida, the b story affecting so much of the country, the weather and the devastating drought conditions that have turned half of the u.s. into a disaster zone. the department of agriculture is declaring natural disasters in 1,000 counties across 26 states. blistering temperatures are making conditions even worse. across the midwest temperatures have topped more than 100 degrees. and heat advisories are reaching up into the mid-atlantic regions. the bone dry conditions