react tomorrow. the center right party got the most votes today. that s the party that pushed for a european bailout and to stay in the eurozone. it is complicated, but you need to know why this election has big impact on our economy right here in the united states. we ll go live in athens in a moment as well. election results not so clear in egypt. polls are now closed there after two days of voting for president. voting wrapped up today in a runoff that will elect the first post-revolution president of egypt and the first leader other than hosni mubarak in nearly 30 years. official results are to be announced on thursday. jerry sandusky s defense will present its case this week possibly starting tomorrow. his attorney is expected to argue the former penn state defensive coordinator suffers from a disorder called histrionic personality disorder involving low self-esteem that requires approval from other people. sandusky is charged a 52 counts of molesting 10 boys for mor
now to the other big story we re following today, the death of singer whitney houston. we re learning more about the circumstances surrounding her death and we re getting reaction from her family as well. that in a moment. but first, to the investigation, cnn s casey wians is following all the developments, joining us now live from los angeles. what can you tell us? it looks like it may be quite a while before we actually get any results as to what actually killed whitney houston. according to producer stan wilson, he spoke with the los angeles coroner s office and they say the beverly hills police department has asked that a security hold be put on the autopsy results of whitney houston. that autopsy is expected to take place either this afternoon or tomorrow and there was some initial thought there could be some preliminary results released right after it happened. apparently that is not the case. the beverly hills police department again asking for a security hold on tho
police say they may have detained a person of interest in that california arson story that we ve been following. cnn s casey wian is in california for us. this is a big deal, casey. we are talking about dozens of fires at this point. right? reporter: absolutely. and there have been about a dozen more so far tonight, just in the last couple of hours, and we ve been hearing traffic over the radio scanner, the los angeles fire department uses, and they mentioned they had a person in custody, and my colleague producer stan wilson went to that area very near here and he saw a white male with a ponytail in the back of a sheriff s department vehicle. we asked a captain with the los angeles fire department here s at the command center, and he said they are speaking with a person of interest. that s all they would tell us. we don t know if police or the fire department believe that this is the same individual who was shown in that surveillance video. it does seem to match in terms
and good morning to you. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s early start. we re coming to you from the cnn election center this morning. very excited to be here with you. our giant flag in the background. feeling very american, and you know what? it s a good thing. 30 hours or so until things get opened up and iowa caucuses get underway. and incredible coverage headed your way as well. it is 6:01 in the east. new surveillance tape identifies a person of interest in the california arson fires. the new fires may be a part of an arson spree. eight of them they re looking into now. also another very strange story going on in washington state. this man is apparently a suspect in a killing of a ranger in mount rainier national park. apparently supposed to be a routine traffic stop, but if the allegations are true, the man in the picture took off and when a road block was set up decided to shoot a 32-year-old mother of two who was a park ranger. that stor
mt. rainier. there s been a murder of a park ranger and they re looking for this person. they feel like he s escaped on foot at this point and have had to actually rescue some of the people that have been camping. we ll tell you more details about that. the fat weather service says blizzard condition in the great lakes could make the travel you re trying to execute impossible. isn t this like one of the busiest days of the year for travel. a lot got used to the warmer weather, you know, the nice conditions and snap out of it. bam, wake up. hey, guess what you ll have to snap out of that pre-election lull. we re down to 36 hours before vote time in iowa. talk about shaking hands. i wish they had a shake-oh-meter to know how many hands had been shaken buffett the polls started opening in the iowa caucuses. we have numbers for you. some are surprising. the new york times says it is the worst los angeles has seen the 1992 riots in arson fires. police are releasing