we ran out of time for the "ridicu-list" tonight. that does it for us. thanks for watching. "early start" begins now. have a great day. inside the massacre, our cameras take you to a town where the syrian government is believed to have poisoned their people. we're live. california on fire, one of the largest wildfire the state has ever seen. continuing to burn this morning. hundreds of miles charred, hopes destroyed. residents evacuated. we'll show you where the flames are heading. and the "the new york times" attacked. hackers take the newspaper offline. so could the syrian government be targeting american media. >> good morning, welcome to

"early start." i'm michaela pereira. >> and i'm pamela brown. >> we begin awaiting word from the obama administration on what it plans to do in the wake of deadly chemical attacks outside of damascus. the white house insisting there will be a response, but a decision has not yet been made. frederik pleitgen is the only western television journalist inside the capital. he's been to one area where he said chemical weapons were used. fred, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michaela. this is the zamalka district. is this the place where there was allegedly the highest death toll after that alleged attack. this is a devastating scene even several days since that attack. let's just have a look. a cloud over lot in the damascus suburb of zamalka, this is

actually a mass raid and the bodies of those killed. there's very little space left as one resident shows us, and even that space may be occupied with many unidentified bodies in the local field hospital. a lot of them children. the hospital staff said they're trying to find relatives so the corpses can be buried. others can be recovered this man said he was trying to help victims. i was helping a lot of young women and children and three men. i was also helping another. 31 was another explosion. i had cramps and i couldn't see. the doctors helped me. cnn has obtained this from one of the journalists. one man tells how he survived thanks to a homemade gas mask. when we came here, the people said we should make some gas masks. this is a plastic cup with cotton on the bottom, some coal and cotton again.

residents say the alleged chemical attack happened in the middle of the night, killing many in their sleep while others struggled to escape but 6-year-old abdul mani. after the chemicals hit. they told us to put masks on. i told my dad i couldn't breathe. my father fainted and i fainted after that. but we were found and taken to the emergency room. and michaela, it seems to me that many syrian officials are starting to realize it's probably not a matter if the u.s. will strike, but when it will strike. i was able to speak to the country's information minister who's quite a powerful image here. he's urging u.n. inspects are more time to do their work. and the chemical inspectors have gone out to try to get to some of he's sites but certainly, the syrian government is starting to realize how high the stakes are, michaela. >> we have to thank you for

getting that footage for people in america to see what is happening there. first hand accounts from people directly affected. fred pleitgen from inside syria, thank you so much for that. now to california where a massive fire continues to spread near yosemite national park. it's grown to 281 square miles and has destroyed more than 100 buildings, including some homes. thousands are more threatened. casey wian is on the fire lines. >> reporter: walking into the burning timber in yosemite national park, the loud crackling of burning trees and the crash of trees falling is unmistakable. although firefighters are gaining more control over the rim fire, you can see that there are places like this where it's largely burning out of control. just in the last couple of minutes, those trees have started to burn very, very quickly. and it moving now toward the main highway through this part of yosemite, so we need to get

out of here. >> one of the biggest concerns, obviously, you see these large trees out here. so, we have a lot of those trees that are dropping, they're falling in isolated areas. so our firefighters really have to be heads-up while they're out there putting water on the fire. here in one of several hot spots there's no water in sight. it's hard to describe how hot and smoky it is this close to the fire. these are the kind of conditions that firefighters have had to deal with for a couple weeks. and given what we're seeing here, this is going to be burn for a long time. it's not just fire, the smoke is so thick in areas surrounding yosemite that visibility is reduced to less than 100 yards. the good news, most of yosemite national park, famous for breathtaking scenery that attracted more than 4 million visitors last year remains untouched by the fire. >> park is safe. the park say large park. 800,000 acres we're about two

24,000 acres burnt. so a large area of the park that's still accessible. >> reporter: what's not accessible by vehicle or on foot, a large portion of the fire which has spread to 180,000 acres and now is the seventh largest fire in california history. and firefighters are relying on aircraft dropping water and retardant, casey wian, yosemite national park. >> and it's to be said the guys that work those aircraft, the fixed width and helicopters, it's amazing the work they do in dangerous and dire circumstances. they have to get down, they can't see anything because of smoke. they're everyday heroes. >> they're tireless and they could really use some help from mother nature. >> they certainly could. indira petersons is keeping an eye on that. is mother nature going to help us out? >> with the very steep peaks of

steep terrain, winds are generally light. now, there say chance of rain but again is this always a mixed bag. i want to show you the terrain again. this is actually a view from space where you see the white patches that's the monsoonal moisture picking up by the afternoon. you think rain, that's a good thing, but you get gusty winds, and then the threat of lightning which could actually cause more fire. that's going to be a concern, especially for those in the afternoon. as far as the fire itself, we have that dome of high pressure. behind it, we pull up the monsoonal moisture. we're hoping to get enough to see more moisture in the area to give them more relief. what we're actually watching, all the remnants of ferdinand scooping into that area. the downside of this, remember what happened a few days ago, you get all of that patrol moisture and it's so try out

there all of this produces flooding especially for the southwest especially into the weekend and tail end of the weekend. rain totals in the northeast not expected too high but enough to dampen your plan. otherwise, of course, the big story being the midwest, temperatures still 20, 25 degrees above normal. tomorrow, expect it to be hotter than today. >> can't catch a break. >> i think it's popsicles for dinner again. >> i would. looking back to our headlines now, the defense has rested without doing much in the sentencing phase of army major nidal hasan's ft. hood court-martial. when it came time to present his case, hasan himself did not call witnesses and did not testify himself. the judge telling him, you are the captain of your ship. the military jury could begin deliberating on a possible death sentence of hasan convicted of killing 13 people at the base in 2009. and we're seeing more photos of the takedown of suspected

boston bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. publishing 48 additional photos taken by a massachusetts state police officer. among them a bloody tsarnaev slumped over the edge of the boat, falling off. and then being treated for a reported gunshot wound. the photographer who took the pictures is facing disciplinary action for giving them to the magazine. the irs is issuing final rules and finalizing the penalty for people who do not get care under obama's individual mandate. here are the basics for you. for the first year, the charge for not having health insurance is $95 or 1% of household income. the penalty increases to $695 per person, or 2.5% of household income in 2016. well, it was 50 years ago today that hundreds of thousands gathered in the nation's capital for what would be become a watershed moment in the civil rights movement. the march on washington, of

course. and that's when martin luther king jr. delivered his famous "i have a dream" speech today president obama and former presidents carter and clinton will deliver their own speeches at the lincoln memorial to mark the anniversary. john lewis will be there. former presidents, george w. and george h.w. bush will not be attending due to health issues. already a big player in politics, but what about this, could it become the center the sports world in 2020? organizers pushing the city as a potential host for the summer olympics. touting its infrastructure and support as big pluses. the d.c. area already has a stadium, a big arena for basketball and plenty of hotel space. >> washington, d.c. is the only global capital that has never hosted the olympic games yet. and it's our turn. >> but there is plenty of competition, the u.s. olympic

committee is said to be considering about 35 other places in the nation to be the choice for the ioc. and then international cities that are likely to be in the running. and it gets highly competitive. the competition is steep. >> i lived in d.c. for nearly seven years, seeing with the inauguration and large crowds -- >> do you think it's a good choice? >> yeah, i don't think it's a bad choice. not that my opinion matters. coming up here on "early start," "the new york times" taking offline. syrian hackers claiming responsibility. cot assad regime be doing that jp and following the life of aaron hernandez. too big.

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welcome back to "early start" as the u.s. considers its options in dealing with syria, supporters of the assad regime are thought to be behind an electronic attack on "the new york times" and twitter.

>> christine romans here to talk more about this. christine, what do we know who's behind this? >> well a group calling itself the syrian electronic army or someone try to come that has put the site down. very interesting. this has happened just at a time with a lot of criticism about syria and the actions of the assad regime. the site down for "the new york times" down many hours yesterday. we're still having trouble getting on there today. the company finding other ways to sort of post some of its stories online. but this is the second time in less than a month that "the new york times" website has been down it's also interesting that earlier, they were a victim of attack that was hacked by chinese hackers or hackers that were based and routed through china. so you can tell that the major media companies have been targets of hackers. and "the new york times" going down yesterday. and it looks as though, at this point, it's assad supporters

that have targeted both twitter and "the new york times." this is what the syrian electronic army says in this statement, but let me tell what you "the times" said. our website was unable to use for a time on tuesday. the result was an attack on the domain registrar. we're at work and fully regret if this caused you any inconvenience. still seems to be having problems this morning, by the way. >> we'll keep an eye on both of these? >> yes. >> twitter back up and running or just aspects of twitter affected? >> for some of us, they were not affected. this is the new era. hacking, especially hacking for political purposes or to make a statement. >> absolutely. >> something that all the major companies, not just media companies, but everybody who's got a business. and they've got a business, percepti perception online, spending an awful lot of money trying to protect their computers and access.

>> christine, thank you for the update. new revelations about aaron hernandez, the former nfl star facing a murder charge. an investigative piece in "rolling stone" magazine claims that hernandez was a heavy drug user and that paranoia caused him to carry a gun everywhere he went. he surrounded himself with gang members and cutting off family members. teammates may have helped cover up failed drug tests and other violent incidents. well, joe francis of "girls gone wild" fame is going to jail. francis is facing 278 days behind bars for assaulting a woman july 11th. a judge said he has serious concerns over what he calls francis' explosive temper. the u.s. is tops when it comes to asking facebook for personal information about its

users. the social media network said the feds have made more than 11,000 requests for personal user data during the first six months of this year. that's more than the next three countries combined. facebook said it honored 79% of those requests. well, walmart is extending health insurance coverage to domestic partners whether they're in a legal relationship or not. the company plans to allow people who are in long-term relationships to sign their partners up for that. walmart is the nation's largest private employer with some 1.3 million workers. in today's "road warriors" there was a time when people signed up for time and got perks. a survey by deloitte found that 72% of business travelers who fly a lot belong to more than one loyalty program. and two-thirds could switch even if they had elite status.

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welcome back, everyone. 5:22. in the east, here on "early start" on this wednesday morning. >> still dark out. >> i would say it's still dark out. not a whole lot to say about this picture here. >> good morning, welcome back to "early start." it is money time. christine romans is here, obviously. market having a really tough day yesterday. >> the markets we call it geopolitical concerns. you hear taking the real action. that's what we sue yesterday. the worst day for stocks since june. the dow and s&p closed down 1%. and the nasdaq down 1%. there's concern that the u.s. could have military action in syria that could be destabilized for the region, a region enflamed in controversy. syria doesn't produce a huge amount of oil. just the fear that of disruption, the region spent

$109 a barrel. eight-month high. that means you will likely feel that count line in your own gas prices. very closely watching oil. it could crimp, you know what i would call a careful recovery. and the gold prices, gold prices went up, too. it's a safe haven, right? people fly out of stocks and fly into things like gold. they fly into things like government bonds, of course, oil prices go up. and the transportation of oil in that region. we're closely watching again, oil prices, ladies. we have disclosures, meanwhile from federal reserve members. many of them millionaires, ben bernanke has assets up to $2.3 million. janet yellen, up to $12 million. jerome powell, $47 million. jeremy stein, $11 million. people who sit on the u.s. reserve.

put the foot on the gas, all this money into the economic system, just to let you know, when you talk about recovery of jobs, the people making these decisions, have an awful lot of money. >> that doesn't mean anything? >> it may not sit well with some folks, though. >> it might not sit well with some folks when they say the federal reserve isn't attached. the policymakers, they're trying to keep the economy going and have jobs come back box you need some spill into the economy. here's an interesting story for you, self-driving cars could be coming to the market in just a few years if nissan sticks to its plan. >> i don't know. >> the japanese automaker said it's going to begin selling these autonomous cars by 2020. m.i.t., carnegie melon to perfect this. the automakers say the will have

self-driving models on the market in seven years and automated by two generations. >> i don't know -- >> i actually like it because there's a lot of bad drivers. >> interesting some of the technology, google into it, a lot of big technology companies. for example, the farm equipment manufacturers, they like this idea. this technology. imagine self-driving tractors. imagine if you had a line of self-driving cars say, like in l.a., if you wanted a train of cars, l.a., self-driving cars. >> it will be something. >> technology is there, companies pushing forward. >> now, if it's a vacuum cleaner, i'm down with the car. >> good to have you here. >> you might have a great idea there. >> i'm after the fact, come right back, we'll take a short break, still ahead in the news, police say he killed his long

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world leaders choosing sighs after the syrian government is accused of a chemical weapons massacre. i said, you need to watch out for that one, she's trouble. >> well, police say he killed her friend, her son, but

kidnapped her daughter. but some questions for the 16-year-old who survived the bloodshed. i could feel him ripping into my head. >> a teenager suddenly attacked by a wolf. his tremendous story coming up. welcome back, everyone, i'm pamela brown. >> and i'm michaela pereira. 30 minutes past the hour. the u.s. responds to a deadly chemical attack in syria. the obama administration insists the assad regime is responsible for the attack. and plans apparently in the works for a u.s. response but the white house said nothing has yet been decided. meantime, cnn has learned that the national security council met last night at the white house to discuss syria. the president did thought take part in that meeting. >> and there's late word that the u.n. has adopted a resolution condemning the attack. still a very much developing

story there. among those defending the syria government, no price here, russia, a longtime benefactor for the assad regime. and defensive action against syria is only provoking more attention of the country and vladimir putin. jill dougherty has that. >> reporter: there's no love affair between russian president and vladimir putin and syrian president bashar al assad. but their countries have been in a tight embrace since soviet times. >> translator: the russian/syrian relationship is an historical relationship that goes back decades and is still continuing in the same momentum to this day. >> reporter: syria has been buying its military weapons from russia since assad's father fatah al assad ruled the country. russia's naval facility in

syria's port is russia's only military spot remaining. at least 25,000 russian women are married to syrians according to russian media. and ties of religion. the largest christian denomination in syria, as in russia, is the orthodox church. and muslims fear if they win, they will be decimated. but the deepest reason the kremlin sticks with assad is russia's anger over any military unilateral action or the regime change. it started with nato's 1999 air campaign against russia's ally serbia. it got worse when the west launched air strikes against libya's moammar gadhafi in 2011. >> mr. putin basically came to the conclusion that never again. this will never happen again, that they will stick by mr. assad and syria.

not because they particularly like mr. assad but because they see him as the legitimate leader of syria. >> reporter: they predict if assad falls, what coming after him could be even worse. jill dougherty, cnn, washington. startling comments from the sister of a man accused of killing a family friend and son and kidnapping her daughter, laura dimaggio tells piers morgan in a cnn exclusive that her brother james was quiet and dependable and incapable of the crimes police says he committed, including the murders of christina anderson and 8-year-old jason anderson. >> i looked at the hanna anderson that i saw three nights ago on the tv. it's certainly not the girl who

sayed at my home three nights prior to them disappearing. >> what do you mean? what do you mean? >> i remember very vividly telling my brother, she's trouble. she's going to -- she's -- i said, you need to watch out for that one, she's trouble. >> laura dimaggio said her brother was a father figure to the anderson children, she believes what happened simply does not add up. a former high school teacher in billings, montana, will serve just 30 days for raping a 14-year-old student who later committed suicide. stacey rambold was sentenced to 61 days in jail with 30 days of that. the girl's mother was in court and could not believe her ears. >> i was floored. i thought there was a minimum sentence.

i don't know. i'm -- my faith in the justice system is gone. >> teen took her own life back in 2010, while the case was pending in the courts. the family of an 18-year-old who died after piece tased is now suing the miami beach police. israel hernandez's family said police used unnecessary force and had no reason to shock the young man. he died all the 6th after police say he ran from him after he caught him spray painting a wall. they resist that he was resisting arrest. state officials are now conducting an independent review of that incident. former nba all-star scotty pippen won't be charged in an incident early this month. a man said pippen spit on him after the former chicago bulls player refused to pose for a picture. the u.s. storn says there isn't enough evidence to show pippen

committed a crime. another came forward against san diego mayor bob filner who claims filner kissed and groped her at an elementary school. her lawyer has asked the city for $125,000. she's now the 19th women who claims filner harassed her. it was a joyous day after some new mexico couples legally wed. hundreds gathered in albuquerque to witness the nuptials. >> for 20 year, it feels like we've been married. but this makes it feel real. >> after 40 years, we feel really good. just to know that all these people around us are here for the same reason. and that love conquers all. >> clerks in six new mexico counties will now be giving out marriage licenses to same-sex couples. a group of state lawmakers plan

to contest the move in court. special morning for 11-year-old sarah murnaghan because she's waking up at home for the first time in months. the lung transplant patient returned to home near philadelphia tuesday. you'll recall she was initially denied a lung translate list until her family filed a lawsuit. her mother says sarah is looking forward to being a regular kid. i have to tell you, we heard some sound from her yesterday. she's an old soul. she has an interesting perspective that belies her 11 years on earth. >> look how much she's been through. >> whole family has been. >> yeah, absolutely. that's great news. meantime, we want to go over to california near yosemite national park. a massive fire continues to grow this morning. but there's some progress being reported. crews say spot fires are being put out and the main attraction in the park remain open. right now, the fire has burned

upwards of 180,000 acres that's an area of more than 280 square miles. and 111 buildings have been destroyed include something homes. another 4600 are threatened. the fire is only 20% contained. >> it's an important thing to watch, 20% containment. while the numbers fluctuate a little bit. indira petersons is watching the forecast this morning. firefighters really need some help. the wind, has it been an issue? >> big equivalent is the fire creek in a way, no. we do not have temperatures there it's pretty mild. 10 to 15 miles per hour. some of those gusts 20 to 25 miles per hour. again, it is the terrain. it's the location of where this fire is you can actually see how steep the terrain is in some of these areas. you see the white spots, that's what we're watching for, the thunderstorms that pop up in the afternoon. it seems like a good thing, although you have lightning

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a leak of toxic water at japan's fake sheech ma nuclear plant has now been classified as a level three serious incident. a plant's operator revealed earlier this month that some 80,000 gallons of radioactive liquid escaped from steel tanks around the damaged plant and it's still not clear where it went. level three is the gravest warning about the plant since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused three reactors to break down. a building collapse in sao paulo, brazil. the building was under construction at the time. those injured were workers at the site, however, several people still remain missing. in western india, at least seven people are dead and ten

believed traps after buildings collapsed there. no word on what caused the buildings to come down but they stood for 13 years. quite an amazing story of survival out of minnesota involving a 81 man who escaped mostly okay from an attack from a wolf. noah graham was sitting lake side with his girlfriend when it happened. he was attacked out of nowhere. >> i was leaning back, kind of on my elbows, we were talking, i was looking her right in the eye, out of the blue it came, bit me crossways on the back of the head. i was immediately jumpy to get it off. i had to jerk my head out. >> that is just incredible. it took 17 staples to close the gash in the back of teen's head. he has a few puncture wounds behind his ear. you can tell he's okay. but he is being treated protectively for rabies. the wolf has been captured and

killed. most humans they say wolves are afraid of people will not do something unprovoked. they will test that animal for rabies and go from there. >> he's just sitting there and the wolf attacks him from behind. >> in new york city, different kind of wolves here, right? >> i think so. we have chris cuomo to protect us from that. >> and kate >> that's why i'm here. >> morning, guys. >> good morning. all right, obviously, syria's on everybody's mind. it's very interesting the u.s. administration has gone from not being sure what to say to now saying they know what they're going to do. the u.s., we're hearing, out of the white house narrowing down the options for possible retaliation over assad's suspected attack it's not so suspected right now. the u.s. saying they know what happened.

we are the only ones broadcasting live from within syria. we'll take you through it. also here at home, today marks the 50th anniversary of martin luther king jr.'s "i have a dream" speech in washington today. today, a major event at the lincoln memorial in d.c. to honor the momentous occasion and to take a look at the progress that has been made. and the progress that's still and also we're looking for a much anticipated speech by president obama. we'll be be marking that in the show as well. >> amazing. coming up here on "early start," an american teenager pulling off a huge upset did you see this? >> an incredible story this young lady has. >> wow. we'll have that story in the "bleacher report" coming up after this break. ♪

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welcome back, everyone. 17-year-old american victoria duval pulled off a shocking upset yesterday in the first round of the u.s. open beating a former champion to win her first ever grand slam match. she has an incredible story and andy shoals joins us with this morning's "bleacher report" to tell us more about that. unbelievable, andy. >> sure is. victoria duval, she's gone through quite a bit to where she is now. growing up in haiti, at gunpoint, and then three years

ago, her father was nearly killed. last night, duval outlasted former u.s. open champion sam stosur in three sets. her family and friends went nuts in the stands after the match was over. afterwards, duval certainly seemed like a 17-year-old. >> i'm very busy off the court. i'm very much of a child at heart. on the court, you have to be a warrior. you know, off the court, i think it's important to be a good role model for other people. >> well, last night was scheduled to be marlon byrd t-shirt night at citifield in new york. one problem, the team traded byrd earlier in the game. they led byrd fly off to be a contender in the pittsburgh pirates. mets gave fans an additional t-shirt of the player of their choice and tickets to a september game. on bleacherreport.com, you can check out one of the moat impressive runs you'll ever see

on a football field. jabil peppers breaks down touchdown runs. looks like out of a video game. he was initially a cornerback, but they might want to think about using him as a running back. the social media blowup during the mtv music awards, miley cyrus has followed up this performance with this. starter, miley turned the most sacred jersey in all of basketball, the michael jordan jersey, and cyrus looks to be in midtwerk. you can definitely say that the days of hannah montana are gone. >> she definitely knows how to stay in the spotlight. andy shoals, thank you. we'll right back. i love it! how much do you love it?

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♪ and welcome back, everybody. 57 minutes after the hour on this wednesday. taking a look at the top cnn tren it trends on the web this morning. you may have heard her name this week, miley cyrus making headlines, she couldn't stop doing it at the vmas. twerking. it's getting an entry. the american oxford dictionary is adding the word "twerk ""as a word. twerk is not a re-creation but dates back decades. one lexographer may have gotten the start from one telling the dancer to work it.

to dance in a sexually provocative manner involves thrusting movements and a low squatting stance. actor alec baldwin in the news for apparently shoving a photographer in new york's greenwich village. witnesses say baldwin snapped when he saw photographers snapping them when they tried to snap hill lara. hill lay hill she gave birth last week. thank you for joining us it's time for "new day." chris and kate take it away. >> thanks. look at your clocks, everybody, all top of the hour. that means here on "new day." time for your top news. there's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use

of chemical weapons in syria. the syrian regime. >> ready to go. the u.s. military now set to strike syria. but big questions remain about how and why. we're the only network live from inside syria as their foreign minister says they'll retaliate. the fallout. "the new york times" weapon side hacked, crashed for hours. a group supporting syria claiming responsibility, while financial markets take a dive. and the price of gas could spike. we're tracking it all this morning. celebrating the dream. 50 years since the historic march on washington. thousands of people set to gather, including three presidents, to celebrate martin luther king jr. and his unending mission. >> your "new day" starts right now. ♪ goornlg, well come good morning, welcome to "new day."

it's 6:00 in the east. strike on syria looking more likely, a move that could come with serious fallout. just word of the plan caused a sell-off on wall street. gas prices may spike and fear of retaliation. iran and the terrorist group hezbollah warning of dangerous consequences. we'll have all this covered for you as only cnn can. we're also going to have the latest on the extreme weather across the nation that wildfire in yosemite nowhere near contained. it may have a direct line to some of the park's most famous sights. when will the relief come? we'll follow that. also a dramatic car chase caught on tape, alleged criminals in georgia had no interest in surrendering, recklessly speeding through traffic. we have the daring moment police were finally able to stop them, ahead. first the white house seems ready for possible military action against syria. what a difference a