they are americans in their heart, in their minds, in every single way but one. it s a dream come true for more than 1 million undocumented immigrants in the u.s. the dramatic shift in policy as a humanitarian moment in history. critics called it arrogant. we put it in focus. later families so devastated by the economy, they are abandoning their children in orphanages. where it s a crisis tearing families apart. it is it is saturdays, june 16th. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. we ll get to the headlines in a minute. on this father s day weekend, i wanted to make sure you knew what one texas father did to protect his daughter. it s captured the attention of ours. i visited a neighborhood ranch that is now a crime scene. here is what we know. a 23-year-old father was working his horses and getting a barbecue started when he heard his 5-year-old daughter screaming in the barn. he ran toward her and found a 47-year-old man, an acquaintance of the family trying
good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us this morning. mitt romney is standing by his decision to attend a vegas fund-raiser with donald trump today even though the real estate mogul won t let go of the birther issue. trump is again questioning where president obama was born. he first raised the issue a year ago. you know, back when he was running for president. barack obama should end this. he should provide the public with a birth certificate. if he doesn t do it, he s doing a tremendous disservice to the public. trump harped on the issue for such a long time that for the first time in american history, an american president produced his long form birth certificate. trump still hasn t put the issue to arrest but romney welcomes his support. joining me now is cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. hi, ron. good morning. the obama campaign is hitting back with a new campaign ad going after romney about this controversy. let s watch a bit
16-year-olds on this show. good morning, welcome to early start on this monday. i m ashleigh banfield. happy to have you this morning. i m zoraida sambolin. let s get started. tropical storm beryl making landfall in northeastern florida near jacksonville beach. it s packing a wallop, 70-mile-per-hour winds, torrential rain, more than 24,000 people without power this morning in the area. take a look at the pictures on your screen. that shows you the wind. the wind warnings, storm warnings all up along the atlantic coast from florida to georgia to the carolinas, putting a severe dent in a lot of the memorial day festivities. rob marciano has been pretty much up all night in the severe weather center watching all of this. things getting better tleels for now? well, the wind has died down but the rain is still coming. this event is far from over. at one point winds at 70 miles an hour, almost a hurricane. and some could argue that it was a minimal category 1 hurricane whe
pulling this graduation stunt on stage. wait until you hear the whole thing. i have a mixed reaction. good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, . we re bringing you the news from a to z, it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. so let s get started. we re following breaking news out of maine. firefighters battling a fire on a nuclear submarine for close to 12 hours. the uss miami was in dry dock when a fire broke out in the forward compartment. six people suffered minor injuries. the attack sub is capable of carrying tomahawk cruise missiles but no weapons were on board at the time and the ship s reactor is not affected by the fire. we ll bring you developments as warranted. making top news, a promise from mitt romney. the former massachusetts governor has been hammering president obama for months over the high unemployment rate. right now it stands at 8.1%. mr. romney is pledging if he s elected president, eel bring that number way down. i can tell you that over a peri
colombia, it just got bigger. now it s spreading to the dea. the drug enforcement agency. what would you do if you got smacked with a $93,000 bill and what if that bill wasn t even for you? we ll talk to one man who is on the hook for his mother s nursing home bill and the obscure law that s being used to make sure families pay up. beam me up scotty. the first private space launch is in history books with some very special cargo. she s taking over. you are a man. you might as well stand up like a man. she knows how to jump-start a failing business and today tabatha takes over newsroom. we begin this morning on a launch pad at cape canaveral. remember scottie from star tre trek ? right now on his way to a final fro frontier. three, two, one, zero. and launch of the space x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. so cool. john zarrella is in florida. he s been watching this thing all morning. good morning