of mexican origin. 14% puerto rico and 5% cuban. in florida, cubans are 32%. puerto ricans 28% and mexicans 9%. president obama speaks to latino officials here this hour. president has a wide lead over mitt romney among latino voters. what s he plan to do? shore up the support, bring in juan carlos lopez to talk a little bit about that and jessica yellin, inside where president obama will be speaking shortly. jessica, i want to start off with you. yesterday we heard from mitt romney. he highlighted the poor economic conditions among hispanics. 11% unemployment. 2 million hispanics living in poverty. how will the president address the concerns of latino community when it comes to the economy? i expect he will draw on the same message we heard recently from the president about the two different visions for the future economy of the nation talking about how he believes he will build on the middle class and fare fair shake, fair future, building on the middle class and mitt r
seriously. the national spelling bee champ wins with the word most of us have likely never used, maybe not even ever heard of. the answer to that is probably no, right? these kids are really bright nowadays. nothing surprises me anymore. every year they get smarter and smarter. good morning, everybody, welcome to early start. we re really happy to have you here this morning. we are bringing you the news from a to z 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. up first, john edwards likely off the legal hook for good after a jury acquitted him of one count of campaign finance fraud and was hopelessly deadlocked on five other counts. the judge declaring a mistrial on those charges. and many legal experts don t expect prosecutors to retry the former presidential candidate who was accused of misusing campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair during the 2008 election. here is our jeffrey toobin. i don t see any rationale for going forward with this case. jo
scheme. they re accused of taking money to allow drug couriers to pass through a los angeles international airport. they received as much as $2,400 for looking the other way as suitcases of cocaine and other drugs passed through the x-ray machines. thousands of postal workers around the country breathing a sigh of relief after the senate passed a plan to save the u.s. postal service as well as their jobs. the measure could keep 100 mail processing plants from being shut down or consolidated. also prevents the postal service from cutting saturday service at least for two years. the house is expected to vote on its own plan as well. shocking details of alleged sex abuse being revealed at the trial of two catholic priests. reverend james brennan is accused of attempting to rape a 14-year-old child and his boss, monseigneur william lynn agency aled helped cover it up. lynn is accused of shuffling predator priests from parish to parish. both have pleaded not guilty. an india