winner this hour on cnn. good morning and welcome to early start, i m sor ride da sam lynn. i m ashley banfield. we re bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. we re just learning brand new information on that nigerian plane that crashed into a residential neighborhood in lagos. the airline s director of flight operations confirming the pilot was american. we have no idea how long that pilot worked for the airline. nigeria s president declaring three days of national mourning and ordering a full investigation. all 153 people on board were killed in yesterday s disaster, and at least ten people on the ground died as well. firefighters and police struggled to put out all of the flames. there wasn t any water left more than three hours after that crash. residents helped carry fire hoses and plastic buckets of water to the burning wreckage. into s going to be a rough day pretty much in the financial markets a
days, but this is all simply a precautionary measure, they say. an arrest in a gruesome international murder mystery. german police have captured luca rocco magnotta, a self-described porn star accused of killing and dismembering a student in canada. body parts were mailed to canadian police and to politicians. canadian authorities confirmed the arrest a short time ago. george zimmerman s lawyer says he will file for a new bond hearing. the man accused of murdering trayvon martin had his bail revoked by the judge in the case and was sent back to jail over the weekend. the judge said zimmerman lied about his finances in order to get a lower bond. so right now let s bring in christiane amanpour, host of cnn s international. she has scored a rare interview. that visit by maria castro outraged people. was she trying to make inroads and does she speak at all for her father s regime? reporter: well, two interesting questions. i don t think she was trying to make inroads exc
do believe right now is him but they are waiting for fingerprint tests to come back and confirm it. this man himself says he is the suspect. he says he is luca magnata. he was caught in an internet cafe and there were reports that they had seen activity on his account. he still had his own personal mobile phone. they figured this gi sooner or later would give himself up in a sense. because he want doing a good job of trying to cover his tracks. let s bring viewers back it last week when you and i were talking about this case. it plays out like a slasher movie. absolutely chilling, the allegations against this man, and what he s done. and he actually put things on the internet that only helped police lead the investigation toward him and toward these gruesome acts, right? it was quite an internet trail from the beginning. so if we recap according to canadian police and this is what they have put certainly in their document and prosecution documents, that he had a person he
category 2 hurricane. we re going to have the latest track of the storm for you. and for the first time in history, a commercial spacecraft linking up with the international space station. let your geek flag fly, folks. we are going to take you live to outer space in just a moment. hi, everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. look who s here! good morning. nice to have you here. i m alina cho. zoraida has the day off today. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. on this friday before memorial, we ve got lots of news. we do, so let s get right to it. this is a big story. for the first time in 33 years in fact, the anniversary today new york police may finally have their man in the murder of etan patz 33 years ago. he is 51-year-old pedro hernandez. he is under arrest and is expected to be charged with second-degree murder. he was 19 at the time that 16-year-old the etan patz disappeared while walking on his bus stop in 1969. hernandez was working in a
accused of murdering the mother joann bain and daughter 14-year-old adrienne. the two girls, 12-year-old alexandria and sister khaliah are safe and unharmed. authorities say adam mayes believed he was the father of those two little girls. george holland is live in atlanta. if you could go over exactly xa what happened last night. let s talk about the two girls. both girls from what we ve read from these affidavits very likely knew their mother and older sister were killed. we know that they were found alive. we know they were sent to a memphis hospital where they are being treated. in fact, we heard from a federal investigator who tells us they are suffering from the experience of being out in the woods, from being kidnapped, they are suffering from dehydration and exhaustion but appear to be okay. that is first and foremost the condition of those girls. let s talk about adam mayes. he was found in a wooded area in union county, mississippi, in that guntown area that inve