lots to cover. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, former fbi special agent in charge and jim cavanaugh and georgia state representative. great to have all three of you with us. what do we know about the victims and how did law enforcement catch and identify the suspect so quickly? well, ayman, it really is a painful day here in atlanta in the wake of this massive shooting spree. we know eight people were killed. six of the victims were of asian descent. one person was also injured. this took place in about an hour or so yesterday around the 5:00 hour. initially, the first shooting location was in the cherokee county area of georgia, about 45 minutes from where we are right now. officials have just released some of the victims names. they include delaina ashley yaun, 33 years old, paul andre michels, 54, xiaojie yan, 49 and daoyuo feng, 44. they range in age from 54 to 33. how were they able to capture the suspect so quickly? apparently his parents alerted officials
walk but a walk across niagara falls on a really, really skinny wire? good gracious. you betcha. got that story and a whole lot more, coming up this hour on cnn. oh, that s a beautiful shot, isn t it? hopefully he ll do it when there s broad daylight. do you think he s awake right now doing one of these? calm the jitters. especially because he will be tethered and he s not used to being tethered. the advice might be lay off the caffeine this morning. good advice. welcome to early start, nice to have you with us, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin, bringing you the news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with this this morning. bran new details on the two american men arrested in japan after a nicki minaj concert. police are holding one of them, a 19-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a 21-year-old irish exchange student, a woman who disappeared after that conce
supermarket. lots of injuries, but amazingly, no one killed. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s begin with breaking news just coming into the situation room right now out of afghanistan. word of a military crash. let s go straight to our pentagon correspondent barbara starr. i know there are casualties. what are you hearing? wolf, a u.s. official tells us a u.s. army black hawk helicopter has crashed in southern afghanistan. at this point they believe it crashed during bad weather, but the official tells us they cannot yet rule out enemy action in this incident. sadly, they do believe all four crew members onboard perished in this helicopter crash. there were a number of soldiers on the ground at a combat outpost waiting to be picked up by the helicopter, transported to another area and they report seeing the helicopter go down. so it could have been significantly worse, but the m
however, it s impossible to deny that visiting ohio, rather, will have political implications. when the president is there tomorrow, he will be talking about the economy and likely reiterating some similar themes that we heard during that speech that he gave in osawatomie, kansas, when he talked about the fact that it s really a make-or-break moment for the middle class. he s really trying to paint himself as a warrior for the middle class. the president s s ee s has been striking a bit of a populist tone, lately, martin, and i believe the administration thinks that it s really resonating with people. we ve seen his approval ratings increase in the past month, so this is likely something that we ll continue to hear as the president will undoubtedly continue to visit states like ohio and other important battleground states. martin? kristen welker at the white house, thanks so much. thanks. and it s time now to clear the air. in this season of republican primaries, which begins wit
however, it s impossible to deny that visiting ohio, rather, will have political implications. when the president is there tomorrow, he will be talking about the economy and likely reiterating some similar themes that we heard during that speech that he gave in osawatomie, kansas, when he talked about the fact that it s really a make-or-break moment for the middle class. he s really trying to paint himself as a warrior for the middle class. the president s s ee s has been striking a bit of a populist tone, lately, martin, and i believe the administration thinks that it s really resonating with people. we ve seen his approval ratings increase in the past month, so this is likely something that we ll continue to hear as the president will undoubtedly continue to visit states like ohio and other important battleground states. martin? kristen welker at the white house, thanks so much. thanks. and it s time now to clear the air. in this season of republican primaries, which begins wit