obtained legally, according to the mayor of highland. whether it s buffalo, new york, uvalde, texas, whether it s highland park, illinois, this is unbelievable to me that this is an acceptable part of who we are as a nation. in philadelphia last night, more americans running for their lives during another shooting at a skrul 4th celebration. a concert near the city s iconic art museum. two police officers were injured and another mayor then speaking out about gun violence in center city. we re the most armed country in world history, and we are one of the least safest. until americans decide that they want to give up the guns and give up the opportunity to get guns, we re going to have this problem. joining me now from highland park, illinois, shaquille brewster and with me nbc s ken dilanian. shaq, what s the latest as we are awaiting this press conference, which is expected in about 10 or 15 minutes? reporter: that s right, andrea. it will begin any minute now. th
shaq brewster, when you are talking to people there, we heard from the mayor that there are prayer services in churches, i believe in the synagogue later tonight. someone else may have mentioned that. the mayor said there s a prayer service at noon. that s 15 minutes away. they are on central time. a number of churches. there s counseling available until 2:00 local time. for anyone who wants to come in in the high school. the community is trying to come together as best they can. reporter: that s for sure. they are paying attention. we saw members of the community who have been gathering around, who have gone to take pictures of the street. we are a block away from where it occurred. they were listening. they were paying attention. i saw one woman watching the press conference on her phone, reacting as she was listening to what she heard. one thing that one piece of information that we got, it pieced together what we saw yesterday. we saw three different crime
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo
tonight and tomorrow morning elsewhere. in new hampshire. he s also back to attacking president obama. this time, comparing him to marie antoinette. cnn s jim acosta at romney s early stops in iowa today. jim? reporter: candy, there are several reasons for mitt romney s growing confidence, one is the fact that we ve been talking about this for several days, newt gingrich has been staying positive, not going after mitt romney. ron paul, romney s chief rival in the state is leaving the state and going back to texas to spend new year s eve with his wife and family. michele bachmann, a former campaign manager, ed rollins, tell me via e-mail today, that michele bachmann has basically been laying off of mitt romney in the hopes of being his vice presidential running mate. no surprise romney on the campaign earlier with chris christie going after president obama, comparing him, as you said, to french royalty. the other day president obama said that you know it could be worse. th
conversation she reportedly had with one of her husband s sex abuse victim. and pakistan s prime minister re-evaluating his country s relationship with the u.s. after a nato air strike killed two dozen pakistani soldiers. the state department ramping up the damage control, on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. itis tuesday, november 29th. ali is still working off the turkey. i m carol costello along with christine romans on this american morning. good morning. and the new bombshell rocking herman cain s presidential campaign. the woman claiming a 13-year affair that ended just eight months, just as cain launched his presidential bid. the accuser, an atlanta businesswoman, told waga about the alleged affair. it was pretty simple. it was uncomplicated, and i was aware that he was married, and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship. i m not proud. i didn t want to come ou