where the ugly weather is going to be. new york city, almost all rain for you. the wind is going to be 40, so the airports are going to be a problem. it s never fun driving in the rain in new york city, anyway, but the real problem in the northeast is the wind and the airports are going to have that. we ll be talking all week long about the weather to make sure you re safe and have the heads up no matter where you re going. just in to us here at cnn, murder charges in the case of the building. remember this, this building collapse in the heart of philadelphia, killed six people. there s more to that story. we re getting these new details just in to us. we re on the case there. plus, live pictures, san francisco as we are awaiting president obama. he will be talking about his push for changes to america s immigration laws. you re watching cnn.
amendment and many have been before, of course, but now saying along with the press, wait a minute, you cannot do this. this has a chilling effect on the first amendment and the way reporters gather information. so it is a kind of topsy-turvy situation here, but the white house can t win. in two out of three of these cases, i would argue, on the irs, in particular, and on the ag subpoenas, the white house is really a step or two removed on benghazi. they are not removed. but on two or three out of these, the timing is completely unfortunate for them. gloria borger, thank you. and jessica yellin, thanks to you as well. from washington we go to harlem. it is not often i hear in my ear my executive producer telling me that prince harry is now playing baseball. but here you have it, live pictures, prince harry playing some ball with some underprivileged kids there in harlem. max foster is there.
electrified fences until they die. extreme words from a pastor yes, a pastor in north carolina. we re going to play the tape for you on cnn this hour. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. look who s here. i m christine romans. zoraida sambolin is on assignment today. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get you started. it could be a day that brings a brand new era in the middle east, but we re not sure what kind of era it s going to be because this is election day in egypt. millions of people going to the polls for a historic vote. their first chance to cast a free vote for a leader in that country in its 5,000 years of existence. this is what they fought for last year in tahrir square. remember these images, the people toppling their leader, hosni mubarak? there s so many unknown ins this story? will women have more freedom? will egypt go to the islamists? will the attitude toward israel change for the better or the worse? and one of t
after a wildfire in texas. take a look at these pictures from our friends at ktrk in houston, live pictures. you can see the smoke in the upper lefthand corner of your screen just behind the skid of the helicopter. bottled water is a real priority for these firefighters, they re asking for donations from the public, because it is just so hot, and such high winds have been not only drying out the landscape and leading to an increase in the flames, but drying out the firefighters as well. the firefighters need water and they re asking for donations. we ll keep you updated, get some information on our website as to how you can help if you re in that part of the country. jenna: from texas over to florida now, we re continuing to watch the casey anthony murder trial, now in recess until tomorrow morning. the defense is in the middle of presenting itscase to jurors. we have the chief justice there, judge perry, spending a large part of this morning verbally lashing both sides, specifically w
some shop. a couple days after joplin we had alabama, mississippi. then we have this today. what made this so dramatic was the coverage out of oklahoma. a storm chasers bringing us live pictures. the tornadoes form over the top of oklahoma. it looks like they were coming down from the sky one after another. a bunch were on the weaker side. there was çone, possibly two tt were strong, intense, probably e.f. 3, e f 4. the death toll is now getting to the point where it is astonishing. this graphic, we are now up to 488 fatalities for this year. this is off the charts for anyone that is alive. we have not done any numbers like this since 1952, also 1953. that is before the modern age and when we gave tornado warnings.