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jon: right now new info in some legal stories we re keeping an eye on. in iowa, the father of one of two missing cousins is expected to appear in court. he will learn whether he will have to stand trial on drug or domestic abuse charges. daniel morrissey, the father of lyric cook, and the girl and her cousin elizabeth collins vanished two weeks ago today. lawyers for a man who claims to be unknown number two in penn state child sex abuse scandal says he intends to sue the university. it was discovery of the boy in the showers with coach jerry sandusky that ultimately led to sandusky s boss, legendary joe paterno to be fired. lawyer for catherine jackson says she is doing
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ferocious flame, firefighters are starting to get an upper hand. that s the good news. we have reporters, as always, all over the country covering these major stories for you. i want to start out with sandrasandra endo and let s begin with athena. athena, nearly 4 million homes are without power from indiana to player land from the brutal storms, the death toll is climbing. what can you tell us? what are you seeing? reporter: well, we know that there are six confirmed deaths in virginia, poppy. that s coming from the governor s office, governor rob mcdonald. at least 1 million customers are without power in west virginia and that s a large chunk of the nearly 4 million. the governor has declared a state of emergency due to the severe storms and we note two other deaths and an official said a man was electrocuted after he left his house and a woman in maryland, a 71-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. this is proof of how dangerous the storms can be. you
intensified. the army shelling its own people as the arab world steps in to try to end the slaughter of civilians. and an all-out brawl at the mall. police with guns drawn, shoppers scrambling for exits. chaos after christmas on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, december 27th. this is american morning. i m alina cho along with ali velshi. good morning. good morning to you. we re so glad you re with us today. there s a lot going on. let s get right to it. starting in iowa. it s the place to be this morning. five top republicans plan to visits hawkeye state today. not going for the corn. seven day rees main until the iowa caucuses. the first in the nation, a nomination is up for grabs. cnn political director mark preston is live in des moines this morning. mark, the week begins with newt gingrich trying to distance himself once again, not from someone else, but from his own past. reporter: yeah. from his own p