0 political here. two trooo troops in pendleton. thank you so very much for watching. we ll see you back here in washington. we go to washington the lead with jake tapper starts right now. so why did we have to wait for jay leno to ask the president about this terror threat for him to finally say something public about it. i m jake tapper, this is the lead. p.m. addressing the troops while yemen sell it foiled an al qaeda terror plot, but apparently not the went that let to a worldwide alert? we ll get answers straight from the state department in just a few moments. the national league, her husband was one of the 19 elite firefighters killed together in arizona. now she says she s not getting the full death benefits she desperately needs to raise their four children on her own. we ll talk to her momentarily. the sports lead, a braves pitcher tries to teach the nationals bryce harper some human milt. needless to say the these deals bench-clearing brawls don t end, they jus
0 well, that s it for us here on new day cnn newsroom with anna begins right now. thank you, nice it see you guys. happening now in newsroom. president obama sitting on jay leno s couch for 45 minutes talking about terror, lunch with hillary, the olympics and trayvon martin. there are some things that we can do to foster better understanding and to make sure that we don t have laws in place that encourage the kind of violent encounter. plus, an emotional plea and a massive manhunt. a father and a personal message to his kidnapped daughter. hannah, we all love you very much. if you have a chance, you take it. you run. you ll be found. also, help wanted. hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs coming to tennessee. the best business story you will hear all day. plus, this my father spent three years restoring this car. it is his love. it is his passion. it s his fault he didn t lock the garage. for sale. the house that made it famous from ferris bu
0 for now, however, i ll settle for fixing my headache. that hurt. deadly flash floods, torrential downpours, parts of texas under water. people trying to clean up the mess this morning. a history of abuse. the woman that rutgers said could clean up the university s athletic department after a coach was caught abusing his players, she s now accused of doing the same thing herself. and caught on camera. a california man beaten to death by police. what sparked this violent attack? good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, i m john berman. i m christine romans. it s memorial day. we re going to start with the dangerous and deadly weather in too many parts of the country this holiday weekend. starting in texas where at least three people died in historic flash flooding. one woman swept away as rescue workers tried to desperately to pull her from her vehicle. and texas, not alone in this unseasonable weather stretching across the united states. let s bring in cnn s iger
0 the defense may call its own witnesses and offer the jury reason to spare jodi s life. stay tuned to cnn for the latest developments. i m randi kaye, thanks for watching. the monster is a goner. a cnn exclusive. ariel castro s brothers speak out for the very first time. what it was like to be implicated in the rape and kidnappings of three women. and behind the scenes of their time behind bars with their brother, as well. multiple gunmen open fire at a mother s day parade. this morning the manhunt is under way. shocking new developments in the case of the 8-year-old girl found stabbed to death in her california home. why police have arrested her 12-year-old brother. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. a big, big morning here. i m john berman. and i m zoraida sambolin. it is monday, may 13th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. dramatic new video of the moment cleveland police rushed into ariel castro s home ending a decade of torture and abuse for three women in c
0 by these revisions. david, let me ask you this question, because you would know these david, you would know these facts better than i, perhaps. to an outsider, to a layperson, to hear there were 12 revisions to the talking points, that sounds ominous. in the normal in the normal course of events, how often is something like this edited, revised? i mean, if you look at some of the revisions, if you go through them, and i salute jonathan for putting this online. you can see in some of these revisions, some forms, one or two words were taken out that had no real substantive meaning. but it s not unusual for an interagency thing that involves multiple agencies to bounce around again and again and again and again and before it s all resolved. that s not unusual at all. hang on. hang on a second david. hang on just one second. the process here? the e-mails that were released by the weekly standard of david petraeus reaction to this were not, oh, this was fine with me, i wa