age. two issues weighing on the public s view of his presidency. new poll numbers to add to the mix there and to add to the issue that they re concerned about no doubt at the white house. first to wisconsin where we have just learned more about the suspect in the christmas parade tragedy. police say that darrell brooks had been involved in a domestic disturbance minutes before the crash. take a look at his rap sheet. it s nearly 50 pages long. he was released on bail ten days before the parade last night. some of this is very hard to watch. police say brooks intentionally slammed his s.u.v. into the christmas parade in waukesha outside of milwaukee. the woman that shot this video, she was looking out her apartment over her balcony to
mu poll numbers from two key battle ground states. let s check the hardball score board. first to wisconsin and a new cnn poll taken since ryan was put on the ticket finds president obama ahead by four. 49-45. own to my home state of pennsylvania, a new franklin and marshall poll gives the president a five-point lead. 47-42. we ll be right back.
focus. and later you can t throw a generation of kids away. an icon speaking out on some alarming statistics. we ll tell you what has the grammy winner so fired up. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it s 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start in colorado where firefighters are hoping for a little help from mother nature. the waldo canyon fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes so far and thousands more are threatened. firefighters have been working around the clock to protect those homes. we ll have a live report later this hour. moving to egypt now, an historic day for people there. last hour mohamed morsi was sworn in as the new president. during the inauguration he offered a salute to the people of egypt and promised to promote unity. back in the u.s., newly released e-mails showed penn state knew they had a problem with jerry sandusky long before he was ever charged with a crime. concerns date back to an incident in
focus. later, shocking new details in the jerry sandusky case. e-mails reveal the truth about who knew what, when. it is saturday, june 30th. good morning. glad you are with us. i m randi kaye. with temperatures soaring in greece, new york, tempers are cooling. that is because the four middle school students abusing karen klein, their bus monitor are going to be punished. you remember the video, i m sure. they enjoyed hurling insults in a steady stream of profanity at this grand mather of eight. one boy said her family would rather kill themselves than live with her. her son took his life a decade ago. the bullying continued for ten minutes. the school suspended the students for one year, they have to complete 50 hours of community service with senior citizens, complete a program with bullying, respect and responsibility. some good did come out of it. a man out of toronto was so moved, he set up an online vacation fund for the bus monitor. that fund reached more than $500