And then a rally for answers in the death of a man mysteriously injured during his arrest. We have dramatic moments on the streets coming up this morning. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. It is friday april 24th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Christine romans is off this morning. We have breaking news from indiana. About two dozen students at Westfield High School were injured when the stage collapsed during a rock show. This is the video. Nd those who jumped in to rescue the performers relayed what they saw. What pieces of wood and a falling of faces. I just saw this shock and look of shock and moan of silence after collapse. Confusion and screaming from parents and faculty and staff with a rush to the stage. I was in shock because i just watched 20 to 30 people fall into a pit. It is still hitting me. There was one girl who had nails in her leg and taken out on a stretcher. There was another girl with a dislocated leg. It was bad. One woman, about my age, she had a lot
Hill today as he and other top intel chiefs held a classified briefing with lawmakers on russian hacking. Democrats angry over comeys actions not holding back moments after that meeting. All i can tell you is the fbi director has no credibility. Obamacare, will it stay or go . The senate the senate has laid the groundwork and in 45 minutes the house will have its turn with one question still unanswered. What will replace it . Lets start with the intense scrutiny surrounding the fbi and its director. James comey was on the hill today amidrevelations hes the subject of a major Justice Department review. The Inspector General announced thursday it would investigate broad allegations of misconduct in the fbis handling of a probe into Hillary Clintons emails. Today comey joined top intelligence officials for a closed door briefing from members of the house on russian hacking. Some of those lawmakers emerged from that meeting expressing a lack of confidence in the fbi leader, as you saw with
houthis rebels in yemen has reversed course. the pentagon confirms it is heading back in the direction of iran. for the time being, this averts a showdown in the arabian sea. the uss roosevelt is monitoring the seas. attorney general eric holder can finally clean out his desk. the senate on thursday voted to confirm loretta lynch. the vote clear. this ended a process that began nearly six months ago. mitch mcconnell and nine republicans joined with democrats. lynch will be sworn in on monday. she will become the first african-american woman to lead the justice department. the house committee investigating the benghazi attacks wants to hear from hillary clinton twice. the republican chairman is asking the former secretary of
elaine weinstein called for an independent investigation into the hostage deaths. breaking overnight. a convoy of nine iranian ships believed to be carrying weapons to houthis rebels in yemen reversed course for now. the pentagon confirms the ships are headed back to iran. for the time being, this averts a showdown with the u.s. ships off the arabian sea. the aircraft carrier, roosevelt with some 5,000 personnel on board with 60 war planes. eric holder can clean out his desk. 56-43 confirmation for lowretta lynch was nominated. lynch will be sworn in on monday becoming the first african-american woman to lead the justice department.
eric holder is still attorney general and his potential or nominated successor loretta lynch is still waiting. her nomination is tied to a human trafficking bill delaying her nomination for months. now senate minority leader harry reid will force a vote on lynch if it does not happen soon if it is not on the floor. and jeb bush is breaking with some fellow republicans calling for lynch to be confirmed as soon as possible. let s get more from jim acosta. reporter: the white house is lashing out at republicans over the tactics in stalling the nomination of the attorney general pick lowretta lynch. at the white house, thursday