people pretty proud. dana, always nice to see you it s long way off from 2016 but it s always fascinating to talk about it and see how it unfolds. nice to see you. exactly. thanks, greta. as if tea partying line dancing are not enough, it s sparking outrage. what is it this time? the irs planned to pay $70 million in bonuses to its employees. washington wants a powerful irs. there are new questions about the irs as the agency is getting ready to pay out $70 million in bonuses. what e were seeing is the arrogance of big government. it s another reason we need to either abolish the irs or diminish it in size to the point where it won t really resemble what it is right now. now they re going to get $70 million in bonuses at a time when government agencies are getting cuts. when chuck grassley makes a letter against the bonuses,
get out to the scene, a place i haven t wanted to see today, plaza towers. this is some of the first video of where the elementary school was. we are told, jessica just arriving on the scene right there. i was trying to walk over and talk to emergency crews about the situation here at plaza towers elementary school. you can see all the destruction over my shoulder. you can see barely what is left of this elementary school. and sadly there have been search-and-rescue efforts under way here. not too long ago we saw firefighters working hard in one area over there with search dogs. now i m hearing from some of the men coming out of here that this may actually be a recovery effort at this point. i m hearing that perhaps 40 students may be unaccounted for and two janitors as well. just talking to some of the guys who have been going through the neighborhoods and came over here to this school, from what
promising results. it was back in march that leila valentine s husband first saw the signs. leila chalked it up to being tired. having too small kids will do that. but her husband james insisted something wasn t right. so he was, you know, asking me questions, and he goes, when s our kids birthday and i had no idea. and then he s like, no, something is wrong. so he s like no mother, you know, will forget their kids birthday. turns out james s instinct were spot on. leila s diagnosis. geoblass toe sis. ability to see, speak, move, remember, destroys the very essence of who we are. like me, dr. keith black is a neurosurgeon. he heads a department of neurosurgery at the medical center in los angeles sniet can grow within a matter of weeks. if from the time of diagnosis to death if one does not have any treatment, that time can be as short as, you know, as two to three months. even with the best standard of care, no one beats this. most patients die within 12 to 15 mo
we ll share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. we ll have the latest in just a few minutes. plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pop s mother now. you ll find out why coming up. but first, we ll talk about politics and mitt romney s rocky start in london. this was a trip intended to charm the brits, to show off romney s statesmanship and raise some cash along the way. plus he s facing some tough headlines across the pond. one in the sun this morning said mitt the twit. romney s been forced to explain a rogue comment by someone claiming to be an adviser, that he questioned security and british enthusiasm for the 2012 summer games which officially begin in a few hours. romney and also first lady michelle obama will both be on hand when the olympic torch is lit tonight. the first lady is leading the presidential delegati
where is 23-year-old army private kelli bordeaux. we re learning the agents will take lie detector tests in the secret service investigation. we re live in colombia with that story. ted nugent not backing down after his controversial comments about president obama. new reaction from the rocker himself now calling obama s appointments communist czars. the most influential. time magazine s big left of moguls, pioneers and leaders. brand you this morning. we re talking to the editor. and the new york knicks sensation possibly heading south to the college of women and mary not for basketball but for a date at the senior formal. newsroom begins right now. we begin with breaking news. a new scandal is erupting for the u.s. military in afghanistan. they are photos showing u.s. soldiers posing with and mocking the bodies of suicide bombers. first two disclaimers here. cnn has not independently authenticated the photos and they are graphic and we have blurred them for yo