torrential rains leave parts of the gulf coast flooded with more wet weather expected later on today. good morning, everybody. welcome to the monday edition of early start, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. the united states secretary of commerce, john bryson cited for felony hit and run after a series of crashes this weekend. christine romans has been working this story. she joins us with the live latest. this is shocking news. it s not very often you hear the commerce secretary involved in a felony hit and run investigation. according to the police and the l.a. times and the pasadena star this all happened in california, around 5:00 p.m. he rear-ended a car that was stopped waiting for a crossing train. bryson in his lexus pulled over, told the driver the other car something to the effect of let s exchange our information, but then instead, accordin
to why he thinks it was okay. but guess what? there are four killers who are already out and there is no hope for getting them back in but we may have changes in the other ones who are set to be released. that is right. several bombshells in the casey anthony case as well. how she thinks she got pregnant, who killed her and why. there are reports this morning that her attorney has quit. quit or fired? always want to know. they both have something to say on this. new this morning as well, if you are in north carolina, our hearts go out to you. you re dealing with very ugly weather. apparently check out that funnel cloud. remarkable. look at this damage. overnight some severe storms really wreaking havoc in that area. a mobile home park apparently was completely wiped out. there are families trapped, apparent apparently. we ll get an update. there s an o.j. ban because of fungicide fears. there are shipments that are being stopped, headed in from brazil. the state attor
for wednesday, december 7th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. a new accuser saying former penn state coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12 and gave him booze. these demonstrators attempting to take back the capital. they re staging sit-ins in front of congressional offices and camping out on the national mall. it s decision day for seniors. it s the last time you can change your medicare part d prescription drug plan. let s get a check of today s weather. rob marciano with a seat in atlanta. good morning. we re looking at an active weather pattern, topsy-turvy, that seems to be the theme of the early season winter that s been crazy so far. rain stretching into the northeast. the heaviest stuff is across the ohio river valley. look at memphis, arkansas, little rock included. seeing some accumulation snow overnight, even as far south as louisiana. that s what we re watching care