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, according to the people whose car he hit, he got back into his own car and left the scene and he hit the same car again as he was leaving the

scene as he drove away. the people in the first car was two men and a 17-year-old young man, they followed him. as they followed him, he went and hit another car. police later found him unconscious behind the wheel of his car. bryson right now is in the hospital. police say preliminary alcohol tests came back negative but blood alcohol test results have not come back yet. this was in california. this was at 5:00 on saturday and he has been charged with felony hit and run. that happening in the hospital where we're told by police in san gabriel where he still is, guys. >> he was cited in the hospital. >> yes. >> at this point they don't think -- at this preliminary investigation they don't think drugs or alcohol are an issue. >> the preliminary investigation, early indications is that there were no drugs or alcohol involved here. they're trying to figure out what exactly happened. he has been charged with felony hit and run. this is very unusual.

someone who is the united states secretary of commerce. he's a long-time ceo. he was a ceo of etterson international. he's been hitting on boards of well known companies, a seasoned manager who helped push or pull california through its energy crisis in october 2011 became the commerce secretary of the unite and now a series of car accidents, along about five miles on saturday, still under investigation. >> unbelievable. all right. we'll continue to watch. christine, thank you. >> you're welcome. up first, campus in shock and an all-out manhunt for a killer in alabama. two of those killed were former auburn football players. one of the wounded is a current player. the suspect, 22-year-old desmonte leonard has been charged with three counts of capital murder.

auburn police say people are still trying to process the tragedy. >> this is a trying time because it's -- not only university students and athletes but it's young people. it's six young people that have been shot. we're, as you can tell, the community is shaken by this and grieving today. >> cnn's david mattingly is following all the developments for us. he's live in atlanta. anything new on the suspected killer? >> reporter: only thing that is new this morning is that that manhunt continues. you heard the auburn police chief talking about how senseless all of this was. everyone can't understand how an altercation at a party ended up in gunfire with so much tragedy following behind it. it started at an off-campus party saturday night. there was an argument over a woman. that argument turned into a

fight, gunshots were fired. when it was over, three people were dead and three wounded. among the dead are two former auburn football players, edward christian. he left the team with a back injury and ladaris phillips, a fullback. he had also left atlanta recent plans to play somewhere else. edward mack was treated and released after being shot in the hip. police are quick to point out this entire incident really was not precipitated by or had nothing to do with the fact that these three young men were part of the auburn football team, that they are all victims of just a senseless act of violence. of course, everyone at this hour, just as they were all day yesterday, are looking for 22-year-old desmonte leonard. there's a $15,000 reward out for him. they want to find this guy pretty fast. they've been putting out word that they would like him to turn

himself in. they know that there's a lot of witnesses to this. they feel pretty confident that this is exactly the guy they want. they're also looking for two other persons of interest in this. >> all right, david mattingly, live in atlanta for us. thank you. also happening right now, we're tracking extreme weather in the form of fire and rain. in colorado. an out-of-control wildfire near ft. collins is really growing. officials say there's no hope of containment for this. it's called the high park fire, growing from 2,000 acres to 20,000 acres just over the weekend. the firefighters are attacking it from the ground, from the air as well. you can see the overhead spraying. one official says this fire is just running crazy. it's forced runs of evacuations already. meanti meantime, more rain is expected in parts of the florida panhandle and coastal alabama. areas already under water after torrential rains over the

weekend. more than 20 inches of rain falling into the gulf coast and flash floods forcing people in pensacola, florida, to improvise. >> after we helped a couple guys in the front yard, we saw five or six cars in a trail culting through the gulf course. figure that's probably the safest way out of the neighborhood right now. >> there are warnings of dangerous rip currents today as well. we go to the weather center. so touch first if you would, alexandra on the hot, dry, windy conditions causing problems in colorado. >> fire and rain, a classic james taylor song. >> that's right. >> extreme weather. we'll show you pictures of the fire and what we've seen. it's really colorado and new mexico and some of the smoke making its way into denver, colorado. winds exacerbating these fires. yesterday gusting to about 40 miles per hour. today coming down a bit, between

10 and 20 miles per hour. humidity is low. at one point we were watching these fires spread about 11.5 miles an hour. so certainly rough to contain and also the terrain has really been very difficult and because of those strong winds, some of those aircraft had been forced actually to be grounded. that's story number one. here's story number two. just an inunizatidationinundati flooding. 10 inches in the last two days alone. between last saturday and next saturday, 20 to 30 inches expected. thus far, look at west pensacola, over 21 inches. mobile over 15.5 inches. you get the perspective. what we have, this tropical moisture coming up from the gulf, coupled with an upper level disturbance in the atmosphere. it's bringing this inundation of moisture. this is the next 48 hours. we watch the axis of the rain

move further north and northeast. this area not out of the woods and won't be until wednesday or thursday. >> thank you for that. i also want to note that the supreme court is in full swing this morning, orders and opinions are expected at about 10:00 eastern this morning. that means that we could finally got the rulings in the pivotal cases like obama care if you're against them, health care if you're not. and arizona's controversial new immigration law could be answered to today as well. >> the los angeles kings hoping the third time is the charm. they'll be trying to win the stanley cup for the first time ever when they take on the new jersey devils in game six tonight. well, they had a 3-0 lead in the series but the devils stormed back with two straight wins. who was that cheering on the kings in the studio? who was that? what a game on saturday night. mixed emotions if you're a kings fan. yes, bummer to see a loss but if you're a hockey fan, awesome to

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opening statements in the trial of jerry sandusky get under way in just a couple of hours from now. he's facing 52 counts of abuse tied to 10 different boys. at least one of those boys, now a man, could take the stand today. court has set up a special ten

to the shield the witnesses as they enter the courtroom. you can see it on your screen. but the judge has not shielded those witnesses from having their names read out in open court. sara ghannam is a reporter for the patriots news and a cnn contributor. on day one of any trial, one of the big questions is usually, is there any shot, any shot at all, that this trial will not get under way, perhaps there were last-minute plea arrangements. i know in this case that's an easy question to answer but maybe not always. >> well, ashleigh, of course, it's always a possibility, however, jerry sandusky's attorney has repeatedly said he is innocent of all these charges. this is joe y mandola. he said to me, i know i'm known

for getting a good deal but i am also known for trying a case. i do expect to be sitting in that courtroom for opening statements this morning. >> really, any plea deal that would be acceptable in this case because of jerry sandusky's age would be tantamount to a life sentence anyway. that's a tough one. let me talk about the potential for opening statements, getting to heart of it, getting to the evidence and witnesses. it's expected we could hear from one of the first witnesses, victim number four today. and there are some significant issues with regard to victim number four. a very powerfuwitness. 28 years old, this is the witness who apparently sandusky reportedly wrote love letters to. he's been involved apparently or alleges more than 50 incidents of abuse. he was the young man who allegedly shared a hotel room during a charity golf tournament and traveled to the alamo bowl in 1999.

the power of this particular witness leading off the parade of ten, can you speak to that? >> well, you know, he's one of just a few, maybe two or three witnesses, that we expect to take the stand and accuse jerry sandusky of prolonged amount of abuse. so almost like a relationship kind of abuse. he has said that jerry sandusky was like a surrogate father to him, who was also abusing him. there's really only one or two others, maybe three others like that. the rest of them allege one or two incidents of like grabbing a leg or a group shower with a hug. and really, these are the situations that -- victim four who we expect to take the stand first alleges much more severe abuse. that's the impact he would have if he takes the stand first. >> just quickly, something peculiar in pennsylvania state law, you can't have expert testimony. these expert witnesses that we usually see paraded in to try to

mitigate somehow some of the alleged behavior, that's not going to happen here. that's a pretty big deal. >> right. they can't talk about, for example, why an alleged victim of abuse would wait many years to come forward. there's no experts can take the stan and talk about that or why they might continue having a relationship with someone who is abusing them. that's an issue that advocates have been talking a lot about for years but especially with the high-profile nature of this case, they're bringing that up again, hoping to get some change in pennsylvania and there is actually a state commission now, a group of people are meeting, including judges, prosecutors, advocates and defense attorneys talking about possibly recommendations for changing laws. >> sarah ganim, interesting day ahead of you. thanks for that. appreciate it. 17 minutes past hour. let's get you up to date. here's christine romans. good morning, ladies.

u.s. secretary of commerce, john bryson, has been cited for a felony hit and run after a series of crashes saturday. police in san gabriel, california, say bryson hit a parked car twice, left the scene and hit a second car. the cops later found bryson unconscious behind the wheel of his own car. he's in the hospital. a preliminary alcohol test has come back negative. a police manhundred in the alabama for the suspect accused of fatally shooting three people and wounding three others at a poot pool party near the auburn university this weekend. the alleged shooter, 22-year-old desmonte leonard is charged with three counts of capital murder. a violent weekend in chalk, six people killed, more than three dozen others wounded in weekend shootings across the city. the youngest victim, a 16-year-old boy shot on his front porch. police say they believe that shooting was gang related.

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welcome back. 5:23 on the east coast, u.s. markets ready to kick off the week with a strong smart this morning, the stock futures up about 1% right now. u.s. stocks closing higher on friday, too.

the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 gained more than 0.75% or more. christine romans is here. the question why are the markets up worldwide? we were reading about spain on friday. >> yes, eu, eurozone finance ministers have agreed to $125 billion, that's a 100 billion euro bailout infusion into the spanish banks. that has investors around the world excited overnight. spain is a very important country. it's the fourth largest economy in europe. it's a country that, its banks have been healthy quite frankly. it has a big real estate bubble that burst there. this isn't a case of spain spending beyond its means, which is what greece's problem was, this is a banking problem because of bad real estate loans. you have spanish stocks up 4%, european stocks up 2% and futures in this country up 1%. we should see a pretty good -- we'll see a rally probably.

>> why was spain freaking out so much about not wanting it could be called an infusion or bailout. >> it's money into the spanish banks. everyone, like me, who's been covering this kind of stuff for a long time say -- >> take it. >> it's a bailout. there are 12 countries, all those in yellow are countries that are in recession. >> wow. >> the eurozone is the largest destination for american exports. when 12 european countries are in recession, that's why all of us are watching so carefully what's happening with the banks and the governments of these countries, spain is one of those countries that is in recession. so is belgium, cypress, denmark, greece, italy, the netherlands, et cetera, et cetera. greek elections are next weekend. we start the week with spain and end the week with greece. i want to talk about facebook quickly. even as the company has been reeling from its botched ipo. it is still expanding globally.

this is a company globally that is doing quite well. i want to show you where some of the biggest customers are. look at this. this sun believable. these are countries where -- wow. >> you can see the map there. >> the biggest customer is europe, 232 million users, asia, 219 million users. facebook is by far the leader around the world. not in russia, china. facebook is in blue. not in china, iran, because of censorship, really. >> don't you think they're underground in china and russia? >> no. >> the censorship is very strong. i'm sure there is some sort of a -- in china in particular, there's a couple of different ones that are very -- qzone has 560 million users. it has more users than america

has people. >> in one country. >> i'll be back in the next hour to tell you more about what we're expecting for u.s. stocks and your 401(k). >> good morning to you. 26 minutes past the hour. the news broke overnight of what could be big legal trouble for a member of president obama's cabinet. commerce secretary john bryson accused of hit and run. more details coming up. copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure.

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breaking news this morning. the u.s. commerce secretary john bryson accused of felony hit and run in california. >> the race for president could not get any closer. president obama and mitt romney

locked in a dead heat with five months to go. a mega church pastor arrested and accused of punching and choking his own daughter. see him tell his side of the story from the pulpit. and beaver fever. watch as a serious news reporter, our own miguel marquez is swept up in the screams and hysteria. oh, miguel. >> he looks excited. >> they just shove him aside. >> bieber! >> nice to have you with us. i'm ashleigh banfield. this is "early start." >> i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 31 minutes past the hour here. let's get you caught up on the top stories of the day. brand new this morning, this is a big one. united states commerce secretary john bryson has been accused of felony hit and run in california. this is all breaking right now. police in san gabriel say bryson was involved in a series of wrecks on saturday. police say he hit a stopped car

twice before leaving the scene and then hitting a second car. police found bryson unconscious behind the wheel. he remains in the hospital this morning. police say a preliminary alcohol and drug test has come back negative. when president obama and mitt romney trying to recover from their friday follies. the race for the white house couldn't possibly get any tighter right now. brand new for you this morning, a fresh cnn poll of polls, showing the two candidates locked in an absolute dead heat. cnn political editor, paul steinhauser is live in washington this morning. we're always talking about statistical ties. this is the first time it's a dead heat, paul? >> a dead heat and five months to go, it can't get any tighter, zoraida, you said that. which one stepped in it worse on friday? maybe the president, capping a tough week for him politically. you know the comments, you saw

the news conference, the private sector doing just fine. obviously it didn't take long for mitt romney to respond. did he on the campaign trail. his campaign also putting out a web video over the weekend. take a look at it. >> the private sector is doin doing fine. where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. >> we've seen layoffs, cutbacks. >> when it's all said and done, i'm making $200 a month. >> i've been looking for a job for two years. haven't found any. >> my guess is it won't take long for what you saw there to become a tv campaign commercial on cable, on broadcast. this is part of romney campaign message, president obama just doesn't get it when it comes to the economy. he wants another stimulus and wants to grow the government and not the private sector. you'll see more of that from now until november 6th.

john mccain four years ago said the fundamentals of the economy were sound as wss wiall street crashing. that was damaging. could this be damaging for president obama as well. it didn't take long for the obama campaign to capitalize on romney saying do we need more teachers, more cops? check this out. >> he says we need more firemen, more policemen, nmore teachers. it's time for us to cut back on government and help the american people. >> you know, we get what mitt romney is trying to do, trying to say the president is trying

to push big government but don't mention firemen. don't single out first responders, cops, teachers. that's a no-no. i think romney did step in it there as well. guess what, that could soon become a tv commercial. both gentlemen having a problem there. what do the polls show? guess what, like the first number you showed me, they're divided. they think each man would equally help or hurt the economy. >> how about notable stuff for both campaigns this week? >> a busy week. you'll see president obama in two crucial battleground states, pennsylvania and ohio. and on the day he's in ohio, guess who will be there as well? mitt romney. he reaches out to conservative voters romney does at a faith and freedom forum. he struggled in the primaries. on friday he'll kick off what we believe will be a week-long bus tour. that kicks off in new hampshire. no slowdown this summer for these two men. zoraida. >> paul steinhauser, live in washington, d.c.

thank you. 35 minutes past 5:00 on the east coast. happening right now, a raging wildfire in colorado. take a look at your screen. the officials there say this one, quote, has a mind of its own. it's called the high park fire, it grew from 2,000 acres to 20,000 acres just this weekend. about 250 firefighters are battling the flames from the ground and the air. so far, bad news. it is 0% contained. and happening now, three of britain's most powerful men are scheduled to testify this week about their relationship with rupert murdoch. former british prime minister gordon brown testifying before the levison inquiry. brown has accused news corp. of being a criminal media nexus that engaged in law breaking on an industrial scale. prime minister david cameron is on the stand later this week and another former prime minister, john major, testifies tomorrow.

mega church pastor creflo dollar is defending himself after being accused of simple battery, family violence and child cruelty and after spending 12 hours in a jail cell. the victim, his own 15-year-old daughter. she called 911 saying she felt threatened in the home, claiming he slammed her to the ground, choked her, punch her in the face and hit her with a shoe. dollar is denying those allegations in a sermon on sunday. >> i should have never been arrested. the truth is, she was not choked. she was not punched. there were not any scratches on her neck. but the only thing on her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. >> pastor dollar is claiming

that the incident escalated from an argument but he says he never intended to harm anyone. >> 37 minutes past the hour. in what is a truly amazing accomplishment, 100% of this jesuit high school are going to college. all have been accepted to a two or four-year college. what does the school think is the reason for the students' success? >> i think it's about belief. it's that the students believe they can achieve, we as a school community believe they can achieve and their families believe it. >> cristo rey is a network of schools across the country. they say their studzy program helped them understand what it takes to be successful. >> a salute to broadway's best. the 66th tony awards, actor neil

patrick harris hosting for a third time in a row. "once," the bitter sweet irish love story was the big winner taking home eight tonys, including the biggest tony of them all. and the tony award goes to "once." >> best musical. how about that? some of the other major winners during broadway's big night, clyburn park named best play, porgy and bess won for best musical and mike nichols won best director for "death of a salesman." bieber fever gripping mexico. he's putting on a free concert in mexico city. over 150,000 fans are expected to fill or surround the capital's central plaza. teenage girls are traveling hundreds of miles, camping out

just to get close to the biebs. check out miguel marquez trying to get through a standup. >> there's a big happening down the street. the last debate of the presidential election is happening down there. tens of thousands of people are gathering here but there's something bigger happening. i have to tell you about it. justin bieber -- [ screaming ] >> justin -- ladies, ladies. what you're looking at right now is the central square in mexico city. one minute there is a very big event happening there tonight but there is a bigger event happening tomorrow. justin bieber will be playing in that square. [ speaking foreign language ] >> he gave up. >> the enthusiasm is not for the

presidential debate. miguel did make it out alive. there will be 6,000 police officers to keep that crowd under control. good luck with that. >> miguel is such a hard-working -- this guy has covered war, been in the toughest assignments. miguel marquez, a great guy. what is this? this is ridiculous, i've never had such working conditions. i can see him. anyway, what will apple think of next? coming up, we're live as software developers are flocking to california today to see what new ceo tim cook just might have up his sleeve. tom chipped in 10,000 points. karen kicked in 20,000. and by pooling more thankyou points from folks all over town, we were able to watch team usa... [ cheering ] in true london fashion. [ male announcer ] now citi thankyou visa card holders can combine the thankyou points they've earned

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the future. dan simon is live from the city by the bay. a note to our viewers here, dan, it is 2,45 in the morning where you are. it is dark and yet if i can peek behind you, there are people waiting in line like overnight waiting to get into this thing. >> reporter: well, that's exactly right. these are the true apple die hards. not only did these people start getting in line last night, these are the folks who make their money, earn their living off of designing those cool apps we see on the iphone or ipad. some of these guys are from canada who got here last night in line. what's the most important thing you want to see today? >> definitely new iphone hardware own the software that goes along with it. >> how about you? >> hopefully an apple tv. >> the apple tv. i tell you what, ashleigh, i don't think we'll see an apple tv today. let me tell you what i think we'll see tim cook deliver on

the stage. according to all the rumors and the blogs we've been watching and our knowledge of the industry, we think they're going to update the operating system that powers the iphone and the ip ipad, the ios, that's number one. number two, we are going to see some hardware in the way of max. we think they're going to up date the entire line of mcintosh computers. the guy, like he said, wants to see an apple tv. maybe we see something in that regard? we don't know. apple is known for its secrecy. >> i'm a big google maps fan. i've been hearing rumors that it's possible apple may be coming out with software to rival and compete with google maps. is that what they're talking about this morning? >> yes, in terms of the operating system, we believe apple's going to drop google as being the default application for its maps. it's been gobbling up mapping

companies with some of its billions of dollars. look for apple to unveil something pretty interesting with maps today. >> i have the name, mapple. i'm kidding. i'm kidding. let's not get that out there. dan simon, thank you for getting oregon did you go to bed is really the question. we'll check in with you later. >> he's thinking to think. >> mapple? >> no, he was trying to figure out the whole bed thing. >> 47 minutes past the hour. time to get you up to date. here's christine romans with this week's top stories. >> u.s. secretary of commerce john bryson has been cited for a felony hit and run after a series of crashes saturday. police in san gabriel, california, say bryson hit a stopped car twice, left the scene and then hit a second car a few miles away. copes later found bryson unconscious behind the wheel of his lexus. he's now in the hospital. preliminary alcohol test has come back negative.

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welcome back to "early start." let's take a look at what's trending on the web. >> this is either the best or worst commercement speech of all time. a teacher telling grads you are not special. >> you're not special. you're not exceptional. yes, you've been pampered, doted upon, helmeted, bubble wrapped, yes, capable adults with other things to do have held you, kissed you, fed you, wiped your mouth, wiped your bottom, trained you, taught you, tutored you, coached you, listened to you, counselled you, encouraged you, consoled you and encouraged you again. and now you've conquered high school and indisputably here we have gathered for you, the pride and joy of this fine community, the first to emerge from that magnificent new building. but do not get the idea that you're anything special because you're not. >> holy cow. >> local reports say no parents

have complained to the school district about the graduation address. and i was reading that the kids actually liked it. maybe that's what they need, tough love. >> you know, there's a whole argument over a generation of praise and what praise has done, it's had the opposite affect, they think i am so special, i have to run from anything challenging lest i mess it up. >> can you imagine the kids sitting there? what? who chose you? >> everybody tells me i'm special. i can see parents say, that's right, you have to work for that special thing. i've been dying to see that, though. thank you. the super soaker. >> super soaked and smiling. vice president joe biden, the annual media picnic that he has. look at this. how adorable. turned into a total water war. kevin quofter in. the kids turned the water guns on the vice president and just totally doused him. he was drenched but he was not the only one.

he actually tweeted a photo of president obama running around the pool with his water gun as well. >> i heard they got wolf blitzer as well. that's what i was hoping to see. >> i think he would be target number one. >> he was. >> right after the president. >> wolf first, then the vice president. all right. stunning new images of vesta. nasa added color images to a model of vesta based on observations. the complexity of the surface is too subtle for the human eye to see. they believe green shows an abundance of iron. vesta is classified as a protoplanet, the second largest planet in the main asteroid belt. >> that looks like a science experiment, their science fair project. that is so spectacular. good lord. >> that's not going to make a space fan out of kids, i don't

know what will. five minutes to the top of the hour. we're following breaking news, a pair of car accidents for john bryson. he's being accused of felony hit and run. the details coming up in a moment. from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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breaking news. u.s. commerce secretary john bryson accused of felony hit and run after two car crashes in california. manhundrt in alabama. swamped in the deep south,

torrential rains leave parts of the gulf coast flooded with more wet weather expected today. good morning to expected today. good morning, thanks for being with. >> we're bringing you the news from a to z, it is 6:00 on the dot in the east. >> we'll start with breaking news, united states commerce secretary john bryson has been cited for a felony hit-and-run. police say bryson was involved in a series of wrecks on saturday. remains in the hospital. this is just shocking. >> it's not often you hear a commerce secretary it involved in something that is a felony, felony hit-and-run. here's what happened, according to police and l.a. times and pasadena star, this happened saturday in san gabriel, california. bryson is accused of rear ending a car that was stopped waiting for a crossing train. bryson pulled over, told the driver i guess we have to exchange information but he seemed to have been a little confused and instead got back in

his car and he left the scene. as he was leaving the scene, he hit the same car again. he drove away. moments later he hit a second car. police later found him unconscious behind the wheel of his car. bryson is still in the hospital where he was charged with this felony hit-and-run. police say the preliminary alcohol tests came back negative but blood alcohol tests have not come back yet. he's been the commerce secretary since october of 2011. he is a long time resident of southern california because he worked for -- he was ceo of edison international and helped lead the state through an energy crisis. he has sat on the boards of very big companies so he's a seasoned well known manager in business. but as commerce secretary now, he's probably more well known for many americans by this headline than anything else. we have calls into the commerce department and police there and

we have the official report still waiting to hear from him about what happened there. ladies. >> christine, i know you'll continue to follow that for us. thank you very much. >> one minute past 6:00, to alabama and the manhunt for a gunman who open fire at an off campus party near auburn university, killing three people and wounding three others. two of those who were killed were former auburn football players. one of the wounded is a current football player. the suspect, 22-year-old des mont leonard. the close knit community is in shock. >> this is a trying time because it's -- it's not only university students and athletes, but it's -- it's young people. it's six young people that have been shot and we're -- as you can tell, the community is shaken by this and grieving

today. >> cnn's david mattingly joins us live this morning from atlanta. david, he has been charged with these three capital murders, but he is nowhere that they know of at this point, right? >> that's right, plenty of witnesses say he is the man responsible for this and for 24 hours police haven't been able to find out where he might be. this happened on saturday night, witnesses say it started with an argument over a girl. and from there it just turned into a fight and then the fight ended with gunfire with three dead, including two former auburn football players, ed christian and la darius phillips, christian had left the team with a back injury and phillips had been a reserve fulllback and planning to transfer to another school. both were off the team. there were three wounded as well, including the current player, offensive lineman eric mac.

he is already out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. the police chief saying in auburn saying this has nothing to do with these young men being part of the football team, that they and the others who were either shot or killed in this incident are all just victims of what he described as a brutal, brutal shooting. we heard from the statement from the auburn head football coach yesterday, said nobody should ever have to endure such unimaginable grief and we love and support the families during this terrible team. we have a lot of people on our football team that are hurting right now and we'll do everything we can to help them get through this. while the grief is just beginning, that manhunt still going on for desmonte leonard. he lives in montgomery, alabama, an hour away from auburn. they found his car abandoned not too far away from auburn after the shooting.

they are thinking somebody has to be helping him here stay out of sight or go to some other location. they are giving him the opportunity to turn himself in. there's a reward out for him for people to keep an eye out for him. also they are looking for two other persons of interest but police aren't naming who those people are. ashley? >> unbelievable. six people shot, three dead. david mattingly, thank you. in colorado, an out of control wildfire near fort collins driving hundreds of families from their homes. the high park fire has grown from 2,000 acres to 20,000 acres. this just happened in a couple of days. fire officials say it has a mind of its own. >> no hope for containment at this point, mother nature is really driving this fire. and once again, what we're doing is getting people out of its way. >> the fire has destroyed nearly two dozen structures and firefighters are attacking the

flames from the ground and from the air. along the gulf coast it is a whole other extreme, hurricane force rain without the actual hurricane. parts of the florida panhandle and coastal alabama under water this morning. more than 20 inches of rain, 20 inches falling in pensacola over the weekend turning streets into shallow lakes. >> alexandria steel is at the weather center. i saw pictures of a girl in a kayak laughing, but this is no laughing matter. >> it is historic rain, no question about that. between last saturday and next saturday, we could see between 20 and 30 inches of rain. here's a look at the picture. this is the last 48 hours. this is the legend, the white where we've seen 10 inches. i can see where it is, this is the gulf coast and southeast louisiana and into mississippi the hardest hit areas, but what we'll see so far is what we'll

see in the next couple of days. west pensacola, look what you've seen, over 21 inches, mobile, pensacola, 14, 15, some places don't even see that in a year. as we move this feared, the next 48 hours, the axis of the heaviest rain not where it's been. it will move slightly north and east getting into atlanta and charlotte. and we'll see the rain here for at least next two days. in terms of the picture in what we've seen with the west. we've talked about the fires, colorado and also into new mexico. spreading on really the weather exacerbating a lot of these. wind gusts 40 miles per hour, today they are coming down 50 to 20 or so. that smoke getting into denver, colorado. a scary scenario and the weather not helping but it's getting better than what it was. >> alexandria, thank you for that. it is seven minutes past 6:00. opening statements expected in the trial of jerry sandusky.

he could be confronted by some of his alleged victims today. he's charged with sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. up to eight alleged victims expected to testify during a trial that's expected to take three weeks. happening now, former british prime minister gordon brown testifying before the inquiry. we have live pictures here for you. he is facing questions about his past ties to rupert murdoch and media empire. brown has accused news corporation as being as criminal media nexus that engaged in law breaking in an industrial scale. here's some of his testimony. >> the whole weight of the coverage was not what we have done and whether we have done the right thing. it was that i personally did not care about our troops in afghanistan. and that's where you conflat factored opinion and desend into

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campaigns. >> both men kind of stepped in it so to speak. a tough week politically, you remember what he said friday morning, talk about the private sector and said things are fine. and obviously mitt romney didn't take long to react, slamming the president over the comments. check out this campaign video from over the weekend. >> the private sector is doing fine. where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government. >> we've seen layoffs, cut backs. >> all said and done making $200 a month. >> i've been looking for a job for two years, haven't found any. >> i guess what the romney campaign, using the president's comments and followed by real americans struggling, trying to make the point it's anything but fine. i bet the romney campaign uses that video in a paid tv ad.

it's part of the theme that the president wants too improve the economy by building up government, maybe another stimulus. what they are trying to do with the president -- what senator obama tried to do to john mccain, he said the fundamentals of our economy are sound. >> romney also getting into trouble with his own comments about the economy. tell us about that. >> he sure did. reaction to the president on friday, he talked about maybe not needing more teachers and first responders. here's the obama campaign's video. >> he says we need more firemen, more teachers, did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people did. it's time to cut back on

government and help the american people. >> romney's comments part of the theme that the president wants to grow government. that's fine, we get that. you shouldn't bring up teachers and firefighters, who are struggling to keep their jobs right now. this is part of the theme that mitt romney is a guy who doesn't get it and out of touch with average americans. that one may be showing up on commercial breaks pretty soon as a paid spot. five more months of this to go. the economy remains by far the top issue with americans, unless something else happens, it's going to be the economy who decides who wins in november. >> thank you very much. it is 16 minutes past 6:00. time to get you up to date with the top news stories. >> good morning, ladies, new and developing, the united states commerce secretary john bryson has been cited for a felony

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23 minutes past 6:00 in the a.m. on the east coast. u.s. markets ready to kick off the week with a strong start this morning. stock features are up 1% right now and if you're wondering about how they finished off, u.s. stocks closed higher on friday. >> that's cause for celebration, the dow and nasdaq gained 3/4 of a percent or more. >> forget the rest of may when they were all down. this morning is all spain, you're absolutely right. and spanish banks were able to secure a big bank rescue package. it's about $125 billion, that's 100 billion euros and it's important because for months people who have been watching the crises unfolding in europe, they were saying spain is a big economy, spanish banks are saddled with real estate debt and spain is so much bigger and so much more integ ral that greece is.

spain is the fourth largest economy in urp. bigger than greece and portugal and ireland combined. when you look at spain, they are in recession like 11 other countries in the euro zone. the european union, 12 of those countries are in or very close to recession. you look at the map of europe, that orange yellow, those are the countries whose economies are not growing. when an economy is not growing, it's not buying new products. when an economy is not growing, people are spending less money like in the u.s., u.s. goods and the like. so the recessions there are clearly a concern. spain is one of 12 european countries in recession, a lot of concerns about its banks. at least for today there's optimism. i know, you're always like, why is this happy one day about europe and next day worried about europe? that's the kind -- >> we're worried about greece, right? >> that's right. that's the other top headline to know about. greece will have another

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breaking news, the u.s. commerce secretary john bryson, accused of felony hit-and-run in california. >> a megachurch pastor arrested and accused of punching and choking his own teenage daughter. see him tell his side from the pulpit. what will apple come up with next? software developers flock to san francisco to find out what tim cook may have up his sleeve. welcome back. >> good morning, it's 31 minutes past 6:00 on the east coast. let's get you started with the top story, u.s. commerce secretary, john bryson, cited for felony hit-and-run after two car crashes on saturday. he remains in the hospital this morning after police found him unconscious behind the wheel of his car. brianna keeler joins us live from the white house. we should add right away, the

first thing that comes to mind, was he drunk? and some of the preliminary reports have come back that don't indicate that drugs or alcohol were involved here. >> reporter: that's right. according to the l.a. sheriff's office, they are saying at least preliminarily there do not appear to be indications that drugs or alcohol were involved. but at the same time, there are a lot of questions here surrounding these two accidents that happened within minutes of each other in the l.a. area. according to the l.a. sheriff's department, bryson was driving a lexus early in the day, around 5:00 p.m. and he hit a buick that had three men in it. the buick was stopped at a railroad crossing waiting for a train to pass. according to the sheriff's office, he got out of his car and talked to these three guys and back in his car and on his way. as he did so, he hit the car again. at this point the three men got on the phone with the police and they followed bryson. and when the police found

bryson, it was after a second accident that happened in rose meade, california, he had hit a honda accord with a couple in it. and when police found him, he was unconscious at the wheel of his car. but again, according to the sheriff's department, early indications they say no alcohol or drugs involved in this, but certainly we're -- there are a lot of unanswered questions and we're waiting at this point, the white house, ashley, i should till you is aware of this. we're awaiting some reaction which we expect to come pretty soon here. >> he's 68 years old and found slumped behind the wheel of his vehicle. do we have any indication of his health leading up to this? has he suffered any kinds of incidents in the past? anything that might give some indication of what happened? >> reporter: honestly, at this

early hour, we're not aware of his health history. we don't know if that's playing a role in this. as you said, 68 years old, been the commerce secretary since october when he replaced gary locke who went on to be the u.s. ambassador to china. we're trying to figure out why he might have been in los angeles. it stands to reason that he may have a residence in the area, we're not sure. but he was for many years at the helm of edison international, which is the parent company of southern california edison, head quartered in rosemeade, the cite of the second accident. we're wondering if perhaps he was in the area, maybe for personal reasons. we don't know. we're still checking on that. >> just looking at this really quickly, on thursday he was giving a commencement address at pasadena technical school. perhaps that's the reason for

the california trip this team. keep on it. let us know what the white house says about this if anything. >> reporter: we will. >> thank you, appreciate it. >> happening now, former british prime minister facing the leveson inquiry. brown has accused news corporation of being a criminal media nexus that engaged in law breaking on an industrial scale and continued that theme this morning. >> general comment i'm going to ask you -- how do you rec fi the imbalance without i am pinking on the freedoms of the media. >> the starting point of all of this has been the complaint that has been made by a family like the dolor family and they would support the press -- >> prime minister david cameron testifies thursday. another former president john major faces questioning

tomorrow. also happening right now, a wildfire growing in colorado and now forcing people to flee their homes, it's called the high park fire near fort collins, colorado and already has destroyed two dozen structures and forced hundreds of families to run for it. officials say right now, there is no hope of containment. it's grown from 2,000 acres to 20,000 acres in a couple of days. megachurch pastor creflo defending himself against charges he attacked his 15-year-old daughter. he has been charged with battery and child cruelty. his daughter said he slammed her to the ground and choked her and punched her in the face and hit her with a shoe. dollar denied those allegations in a sermon on sunday. >> never been arrested. the truth is she was not choked.

she was not punched. there were not any scratches on her neck, but the only thing on her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. >> that's pastor creflo dollar. he claims the incident escalated from an argument, but he never intended to harm anyone he says. a truly amazing accomplishment, 100% of high school seniors have been accepted to two or four-year colleges. 51 students graduated over the weekend. so what does the school think is is the reason for the students' success? >> i think it's about belief. it's that the students believe they can achieve we as a school community believe they can achieve and their families believe it. >> students say the school is one of a kind higher for ed work

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it is 42 minutes past the hour. a quick check on today's we will with alexandria steele. gray skies? >> not the easiest travel day. over 20 inches of rain has fallen in some places in the last few days. big hubs could be affected, atlanta, charlotte, even towards chicago, especially in kc, later tonight, hail and strong winds the biggest threat. severe storms arkansas,

oklahoma, in towards missouri, here in the southeast there's heavy rain. of course it is steamy hot here in the southwest where we do have of course in new mexico and colorado those strong winds, fanning those flames, of course, it's the heat and winds there. northwest pretty quiet. from new york city into the northeast today will be pretty quiet in new england. mid-atlantic, soggy day, a slow go, no question about it, especially for the eastern side of the u.s. if you're traveling. >> 43 minutes past 6:00 and we have been very busy compiling a number of top stories for you today. christine romans doing the job. >> good morning, following this breaking news, u.s. secretary of commerce, john bryson, has been cited for a felony hit-and-run after a series of crashes on saturday. police in san gabriel, california say bryson hit a stopped car twice and left the scene and then hit a second car.

cops later found bryson unconscious behind the wheel of his own car. he's now in the hospital. preliminary alcohol tests have come back negative but this is still an ongoing story. >> in alabama, a manhunt continues for the suspect in a shooting that has the auburn university area in mourning. desmonte leonard is accuseed of shooting six people, killing three of them. two of those killed former auburn football players, $15 thourksz re,0ward is being offered. supreme court watch shall we say in full swing in morning. orders and opinions are expected at 10:00 eastern. that means we could get rules on cases such as the constitutionality of the president's health care reforms and arizona's controversial new immigration law. check this out. you can see lady gaga during a concert in new zealand getting hit in the head with a pole. she was clocked by a backup performer mid show. you can see her stagger backward

and rub her head before leaving the stage. she did come back and finish the night. the show must go on for the little monsters, despite having a concussion. we hope she's resting well. >> that's unreal, you know, a concussion from that and still comes back to sing? >> amazing amount of equipment and all kinds of things. the french open men's tennis champion, have to wait to be crowned until this afternoon. yesterday's finals halted by rain with spain's rafael nadal, to djokovic two sets to one. tennis fans? >> when those two are playing, yeah. >> you watch tennis players not tennis. >> thank you. soledad o'brien has a look at

what's head on "starting point". >> this morning we'll follow up on comments president obama was saying the private sector is doing fine and mitt romney says we need to cut back own hiring teachers and firefighters. both of those comments causing lots of controversy. the obama and romney campaigns will give us a representative to chat with them this morning and respond. the new york giants couldn't afford to keep brandon jacobs so a 6-year-old decided to take action. we'll introduce you to the fan who emptied his piggy bank and said brandon jacobs, here, now stay with the giants. here's an extra three bucks. we'll tell you what happened after that. how are you smelling this morning? did you know how you smell could help you land a date? we'll talk to the creator of pheromone parties, where you sniff out your potential party.

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welcome back to "early start." we will find out today if new apple ceo tim cook can fill the

big shows of the late steve jobs. as thousands of the world's leading software developers embark on a pilgrimage to san francisco for apple's annual developers conference. for many it's a chance to partner with the tech giant and find out firsthand what the future holds. dan simon is live from the city by the bay. i was reading perhaps we are going to have plans for a full blown tv, apple tv, is that true? >> reporter: you know, i don't know about that. apple is very secretive, there have been rumors about an apple coming out with a tv set. i don't think we're going to see that today but you never know. let me set the scene for you. thousands of people in line for the worldwide developers conference. these are the true die-hards and people who make their livings designing apps for apple. we're going to talk to a gentleman here from sydney

australia. why did you make the trek in from australia. >> it's my job to come to the developer conference and learn about everything that's new. >> reporter: that's what the developers conference is all about, an opportunity to hear from the apple folks about how you design these apps and also learn about the latest technologies. what are we expecting today? well, we think they are going to release the new operating system that powers both the iphone and ipad. they may not release it but show a preview of it. and also in terms of hardware, we're expecting a whole new slate mcintosh computers from laptops to the desk tops. we'll see that later this morning, 10:00 a.m. local time. this event sold out we should tell you in less than two hours, $1600 a pop, 5,000 people in from all over the world. >> we also understand it's a big debut for tim cook as well.

>> reporter: right. this is the first time that tim cook has addressed this crowd at the worldwide developers conference. we did see him appear a few weeks ago at another technology conference, but certainly people are going to be watching him to see how he does inhe have itably, there will be comparisons to steve jobs. he's expected to deliver the key note in terms of delivering technology and differing the products, probably pass the batonto the other folks. >> dan simon, thank you very much. >> it's 53 minutes past 6:00. best advice, this is great, coming from somebody who is known for pulling off an absolute miracle, advice from a guy who can perform miracles? how could you want anything more than that. >> if you're leaving the house right now, you can watch us any time, go to cnn.com/tv. ♪

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we like to wrap things up the best way possible, to give up the best advice someone ever got and christine romans collects these for us on a regular basis. >> you said this was a miracle worker. >> a miracle worker. who can we be talking about? captain suly sullenberger. >> don't get so busy living your life that you don't live your life. many of us go through the motions and go through a routine, go to work, we eat, play, sleep. take a look around once a while.

take a mental inventory and make sure you're living the life you want to live and going the direction you want to go and doing something that matters. >> here's somebody living his life but very into his job and routine day at the office turned into something very big in january of 2009. saved all of those lives when he landed that plane on the hudson river. take a mental inventory and make sure you're not just living your life but living your life. >> stop and smell the roses or stop and smell the hudson, one of the two. >> we get to meet and interview such interesting people here at cnn. and people who are getting ready to go to work and start their day, it's pretty interesting to take that advice or leave it. it's up to you. take some, leave it. >> has anyone ever said to you, i don't got -- i don't have anything for you. >> we have stumped a few people who were like, i have to -- we've stumped a few people who wanted to get back to their people before they would give

us -- then i decided if you have to talk to your people about your advice, i don't want your advice. i don't bring you those. >> one person was asked here and came on soledad's show who shall remain nameless. give me a minute to ponder this. >> if you're not giving or listening to advice on a daily basis then maybe -- >> or maybe someone who has so much great advice wanted to balance who is best and who they should feature? >> maybe. >> it is 59 minutes past the hour. the "early start" news. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. >> our starting point this morning, two controversial comments, one from each side of the presidential race, president obama says the private sector is doing fine. mitt romney says hiring more teachers and cops and firefighters is a mistake. who's more in touch with the american people? why the candidate who wins that

battle will likely win the white house too. and breaking news, the u.s. commerce secretary accused of felony hit-and-run, his name is done bryson, found unconscious in his car. >> our get real, forget hop scotch and four square, one community wants to ban sidewalk chalk. you will not believe it when we tell you why. it's monday june 11th and "starting point" begins right now. and welcome, everybody, we begin with breaking news this morning, the u.s. commerce secretary john bryson is in the hospital after being cited for a felony hit-and-run. he crashed into a stopped car over the weekend twice and left the scene and hit a second car. they found him unconscious behiis