hurricanes. we see a will the lot of people lingerment people here in this part of florida are gone. this town is a boating community, a fishing community, a tourist community. people of t the people are gone. back when hurricane dennis came through, it was the last major hurricane to hit this part of florida. caused heavy damage, destroyed many houses here. this is a stronger storm. that s really important to note. never before recorded weather history has a category four storm hit the panhandle in the state of florida. but this is the first time and people don t know what to expect. earlier this morning we talked to someone who lived in this town. you can see the homes here. the homes are built tallahassee to offer protection. people here know that when they come back it likely won t look the same. we don t know how long we will be able to stay here because the
walk but a walk across niagara falls on a really, really skinny wire? good gracious. you betcha. got that story and a whole lot more, coming up this hour on cnn. oh, that s a beautiful shot, isn t it? hopefully he ll do it when there s broad daylight. do you think he s awake right now doing one of these? calm the jitters. especially because he will be tethered and he s not used to being tethered. the advice might be lay off the caffeine this morning. good advice. welcome to early start, nice to have you with us, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin, bringing you the news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with this this morning. bran new details on the two american men arrested in japan after a nicki minaj concert. police are holding one of them, a 19-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a 21-year-old irish exchange student, a woman who disappeared after that conce
murders did not get the attention of the men. and a lot of constant reinforcement that this is not a racist community, and you understand that we don t have a race problem, and a different sense of the racial dynamic and also a lot of fear that the community would suffer as a tourist community, and sanford depends on the tourism, and you talk about the shopkeepers in downtown sanford and lovely people and friendly with empty shops and so the sthaens people were there and so i did get a
i m in front of an apartment complex where six people lost their lives. i ll bring you the whole story from here and from the whole area in the south and midwest that was hit by these deadly storms. and winner take some. mitt romney wins michigan but splits the delegates with rick santorum. romney also picking up another state. this all happening right before super tuesday. and after three days at sea without power means no lights, no toilets, no showers and infested waters, a cruise ship arrives in port finally. and people, boy, they have some stories to tell. but first, we re going to get right over to harrisburg. i was reading that it looks like a bomb went off. i was looking at the aerial pictures. just total devastation where you are. it definitely looks like a bomb went off. just look behind me at the garden heights apartments. it s hard to believe this was an apartment. you can see the car in the smashed garage. then when you look threw the wreckage, you can see re
we ll be going live to las vegas to catch up with jim in just a second. all right, meanwhile, let s go to senior political editor mark preston, also in vegas while we re waiting to hear from our jim acosta. mark, we have just been talking about these new polls that were released a few moments ago as we are preparing for the presidential debate tonight. okay. this is live television, folks. it s like a juggling act when you have about three live shots to get to in las vegas. jim acosta, are you in place? there we go. we got you. this is a, this is of no fault of my own, kyra. i promise you. did you have a late night in vegas, jim? listen, what happens in vegas, kyra. that s all i have to say. no. the lovely carol costello, carol had to move off and mark preston and i had to move in. this is live tv. we have to roll with the punches here. we got a little debate tonight, what do you think, kyra? yes, we do. we have been talking about, you know, just who, i guess the