winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to early start, i m sor ride da sam lynn. i m ashley banfield. we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. we re just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airline s director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeria s president declaring three days of national mourning and ordering a full investigation. all 153 people on board were killed in yesterday s disaster, and at least ten people on the ground died as well. firefighters and police struggled to put out all of the flames. there wasn t any water left more than three hours after that crash. residents helped carry fire hoses and plastic buckets of water to the burning wreckage. into s going to be a rough day pretty much in the financial markets a
then pakistan which had its own mini-scandal a year ago leading to the ouster of its famous ambassador to washington. we have the first exclusive interview with ambassador akani since then. he will tell us what happened to him and what s happening in pakistan. also, why in the world has immigration from mexico to the united states stopped in its tracks? we ll take a look. next up, the american elder statesman brent scowcroft on syria, iran, and the middle east, and how he feels today about the republican party which he served for decades. do you prost krast nature, waste money, over indulge. what to do with your bad hakts and how transforming them could help you, your company, your country. first, here s my take. after months of meander,ing it seems that president barack obama s re-election campaign has settled on a theme. the problem is it s the wrong one. the buffett rule tax on millionaires has become obama s bumper sticker. the proposal is reasonable, but it does not de
landing today at the big apple. if you re flying into jfk today, you could get an interesting look. i just gave it away. you can watch those pictures over and over again. a piggybacking 747 and a shuttle? sweet stuff. let s get started off the top of the hour here. up first, a six-figure shocker in the trayvon martin case. legal experts say it s something that could land trayvon martin s killer george zimmerman back in jail. zimmerman s attorney mark o mara told anderson cooper that he just found out his client has over $200,000 in online donations, but the judge was told zimmerman had very little money when the bail was set this wee week. he asked me what do with his paypal accounts. i asked him what he was talking about. and he said those are the accounts that had the money from the website he had and that there was about $200,000, $204,000 that had come in to date. i don t think judge lester will believe i misled him. i told him what i knew at the time which is exact
house issues a veto threat. also bill clinton making the case for president obama by invoking the ghost of osama bin laden. plus, space shuttle enterprise arrives with a bang in its new hometown, new york city. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a sharp battle is unfolding here in washington over a bill to extend lower interest rates on student loans. millions of students are involved in this. it s a bipartisan goal, but there s partisan bickering over how to pay for it and now the white house is upping the ante with a veto threat. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is watching this unfold. what are you seeing on capitol hill, kate? this fight against student loans is about much more than student loans but it s drawn familiar battle lines. house republicans versus president obama and congressional democrats. reporter: defying a veto threat from president obama house republicans push ahead friday to pass a bill
john fugelson and john cain. a lot to talk about this morning. that was in unison, i like it. we ll ask the congresswoman about it. this morning mitt romney turning his full attention to the general election after sweeping yesterday s gop primaries in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island. a better america begins tonight. tonight is the start of a new campaign to unite every american who knows in their heart that we can do better. the last few years have been the best that barack obama can do. but it s not the best america can do. tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointments of the obama year. but romney hasn t quite clinched the number of nominations just yet. right now he has 764 of the 1,144 needed. newt gingrich 141 and ron paul 75. romney supporter congresswoman mary bono mach. nice to see you this morning. you, too. rick santorum was holding on for a long time and the cultural conservative kind of vote for so long now and h