Here is more on what is ahead. Seven are dead after an overnight shooting spree. The shooting is likely to control. We need to make sure mentally ill, young, old, middleaged people do not buy weapons. Too many have died. We should say to ourselves not one more. In slovyansk, the slighting is fierce. Prorussian rebels report heavy losses. Ukraines incoming president vows to bring piece. The election was held despite threats of violence. The turn out was impressive considering the circumstances. Its the longest u. S. Law. We had nearly 180,000 troops in harms way. 284,000 americans died there. We will no longer control african cities or towns. By the end of this year we have less than 10,000. We begin with an announcement on tuesday that president obama intend to withdraw troops from afghanistan by the end of 2016. Under the plan the u. S. Would reduce troop levels from 32,000 to 9800 by the end of the year. The remaining troops will be tasked with Training Forces and supporting Countert
Virginia, rest easy knowing your streets are safe. There is one place where there is the labralion, and that is the ridiculous list. Early start begins now. A flu epidemic sweeping through dozens of states. Hospitals are crowded from new england to the dakotas. Vice President Biden and the nra, their muchhyped gun control sitdown, hours away. And hollywoods best waiting with anticipation. We are counting down to the Academy Award nominations. I cant wait. Are you excited . I love the movies. Sure. So do i. I think argo is the only one i want to see that got a lot of nominations. Welcome to early start. Im zoraida sambolin. Im john berman. We will start with the flu. It is spreading with a vengeance across the u. S. Not only did the flu season get off to a really early start, cases are proving to be more severe than last year. The latest flu advisory says 41 states are dealing with widespread activity, more than 2,200 people are hospitalized. The hardesthit states, pennsylvania and sout
Release. It is the start of a new week and a new month on this june 1. We will begin with the latest developments of the last 24 hours. Our phone lines are open. ,his is the line for republican if arent independent you are an independent you can also send us a tweet or join us on facebook. Our email address is journal cspan. Org. With the l. A. Times. We will go to the home state newspapers in idaho. And from the idaho state journal, this picture from the print if there are some new details we found online with exactly what happened yesterday morning. Sergeant bergdahl was picked up at the afghanistan border. As you try to communicate with his rescuers over the roar of the rotors, he sprawled f f on a paper plate, asking if his rescuers were special forces. Yes, one of the men shouted. His parents, who lobbied continuously for his release, says he faces an arduous recovery. If his sonlear can even speak english, according to his father. Your is more from the president yesterday at the
Agree. We dont have time for distractions. We need to fix the problem. For now, the leader that will help move us forward is sloan gibson, who will take on the reins of acting secretary. Deputydebra gary secretary just three months ago, but he has devoted his life to serving our veterans. His grandfather fought on the front lines of world war i. His father was a tailgunner in world war ii. Sloane served in the infantry after graduating from west point. He has 20 years of private sector and nonprofit experience that he brings to bear on our ongoing work to build a 21stcentury v. A. And i am glad he is willing to take on this task. I met with him and made it clear that reforms should not wait. They need to proceed immediately. I have asked rob neighbors to stay temporarily to help sloan and the department through this transition and complete his own review of the vha. We will look diligently for a new permanent secretary and we hope to confirm that successor and feel that post as soon as
Optimism in this country. Theres a tremendous feeling of optimism. I think the Third Quarter is transitional. We are transiting into, its a very transitional period. I think its going to do good. I think the Fourth Quarter is going to be fantastic. I think next year all of the fruits of what weve all done together between the doctors and the Business People and yourself, thank you very much. Of course, your doctor. But all of the work from the task force, all of the people that have worked so hard, we are going to have a tremendous year next year. Youre going to start to see that in the Fourth Quarter. Maybe even pieces of the Third Quarter. But that is, again, very transitional. Harris the president of the United States in the oval office there, alongside a democratic governor from louisiana, john bel edwards, and many of his task force members, delivering some high notes of information today. Dr. Fauci, with information about drug trials that are going on, and the president theyre ta