resumes a couple of hours from now. remaining accusers, three of them expected to tell the jury who the former penn state football coach allegedly did to them when they were children. in court three men testified in disturbing detail and in one case threats from sandusky. the trial is moving at a brisk pace. the prosecution is expected to wrap its case by tomorrow. cnn's susan candiotti is covering the proceedings, live from pennsylvania. >> reporter: good morning, zoraida. we expect to hear system from the three alleged remaining victims along with others, starting today and tomorrow. among the alleged accusers we believe we'll start hearing from

includes someone who made allegations going back to 1998, that's the oldest case that we are aware of. in that case university police looked into the case but never filed charges. it involved a young boy at the time who accused jerry sandusky of molesting him in a shower. he went to his mother, the university police, looked into it, eavesdropped on jerry sandusky and according to the grand jury at that time, sandusky was heard to say that he was sorry, that he asked for forgiveness and he would never go in the shower again, while never acknowledging that he had molested the boy. so what really stood out about yesterday's testimony, zoraida, was one victim, victim number five who broke down on the stand as he was talking about jerry sandusky allegedly exposing himself to him in the sauna and chasing this youngster around the shower where he allegedly sexually assaulted the young

boy. his civil attorney spoke about the testimony yesterday. >> he was a young man who was asked to step forward by the government and cooperated, and today tearfully told you how a grown man lured him into a shower, after taking him into a sauna, disrobing, and then touching this young boy and scarring this young boy forever. >> reporter: and according to the civil attorney, this young man is still undergoing counseling but is working and is trying to make a life for himself. >> there are so many graphic details, allegations of abuse in showers, basements, bedrooms, locker rooms, but it's moving quickly at a brisk pace. when can we expect them to wrap it up? >> reporter: you know, it is moving very, very quickly, so quickly, in fact, that the judge wound up ending the testimony yesterday saying that between today and tomorrow, he expects

prosecutors could wrap up their case so very likely we'll begin hearing the defense case starting on monday and of course, that question everyone still wants to know, will we hear from jerry sandusky himself? we certainly have heard from him, in a way, it was during testimony yesterday they played an interview with him between jerry sandusky and bob costas that jurors really were forward in their seats to hear as well, in which he denied he had sexually abused any children but said he was attracted to young boys. it was chilling to hear that for jurors. >> susan, sandusky's lawyer has hinted that perhaps he will put him on the stand? >> reporter: it's unclear whether that will happen, by saying the jurors would hear from him as he said in his opening statements perhaps he was only talking about the interviews they're playing for the jurors. of course, ultimately that decision is up to jerry sandusky

but a lot of experts can't imagine him taking the stand but we've had a lot of surprises in this case so you never know. >> susan candiotti live in bellefont, pennsylvania, thank you. there may be a biohazard risk at a government lab. biosafety lab at the cdc headquarters in atlanta has repeatedly had trouble with air flow systems designed to prevent the release of infectious agents. the biosafety expert says the problems appear to be major violations of lab operating standards. the cdc issued a statement saying, "the work in cdc's high containment laboratory is done in an environment with highly skilled staff, technical equipment and safety systems that unfortunately at times experience challenges." it goes on to say "fortunately this unique facility has multiple systems in play place that provide appropriate redundancy so when there is an incident the public's as well as

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park wildfire swelling to 47,000 acres. more than 1,000 fire personnel are working nonstop in 24-hour shifts to slow it down. more than 1,000 new preevacuation alerts has just been issued to people living on the west side of the fire, a warning to get them ready to leave quickly. hear that? that's the sound of hail, folks, not your average hail either. people in dallas had to seriously run for cover. the city was pelted by hail, three intense thunderstorms hitting yesterday, the hail ranging from golf ball size to baseball size and even larger. >> it went for at least 20 minutes. it just pummeled. it was unbelievable, and the rain, there was so much rain. it was like being in a disaster movie. >> it sounded like the house was exploding. pow, pow, pow, pow, pow, over

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>> wow. the city of san francisco plans to solve its panhandling problem with puppies. the city has launched a new program to get beggars off the streets, offering them $75 a week to foster puppies until they're ready for adoption. the ""san francisco chronicle"" says animal shelters are overflowing and many need to be socialized before they can be adopted. all foster program applicants will be screened and they will be trained. >> just where exactly are these puppies supposed to be house broken? that would be a tough one. i like the idea, i think it's got a nice approach but come on. it's not very safe out on the streets. >> they'll figure it out, i think it's a great idea. for an expanded look, head to our blog cnn.com/earlystart. 50 minutes past the hour here. did you feel it? if you were in california an earthquake shook southern california, rob marciano live in

the weather center, wasn't that big though? >> no, 4.0. i was out there for a shoot earlier this week and earthquakes are still on the top of everyone's mind. part of the daily conversation, when is the big one coming. 4.0, it was pretty close, about 28 miles southeast of l.a. and eight miles to the northeast of anaheim and shallow as well, six miles deep. enough for folks to feel certainly but not enough to do any sort of damage. what is doing damage are the fires out west, the hyde park fire near ft. collins. 10% containment, improvement over the past couple of days, $ million in damage and 73 square miles burned, one of the largest in history in colorado. no extreme fire danger today but we'll see a threat for thunderstorms today and tomorrow in the firestorm. some of the storms could get severe. cool front that pushed across the east coast. 6 degrees, you should see blue sky in new york, 80 degrees in

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you think something will go down and i own currencies and i own commodities. >> reporter: they say everyone should have a little bit of gold in their portfolio. >> i have a little bit of gold in my pocket, i hope i do. >> he sure does. i won't keep it but -- >> i know you won't keep it. i got witnesses. >> reporter: china, the answer here? china is slowing as well. >> china's been trying to slow its economy for three years, they got overheated, had a property bubble, they need to slow down. china cannot save us. they've done a great job. the american and european economies together are ten times as big as china, ten times so even if china booms, if the rest of us have problems, china cannot save us. >> reporter: a lot of people think we're looking at a chapter where the 19th century belonged to the uk to england, 20th century to the united states and 21st century belongs to china and the big rising asian nations. >> i have sold my house in new york and moved to asia and my

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a war of words between the united states and russia, at issue, who is arming who in syria. i need to stay around, i need to be alive for my kids. >> a woman who was set on fire lives to talk about her struggle to survive. and another milestone at new york's ground zero today, president obama plans to be there for that milestone. welcome back to "early start." we're happy you're with us this morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> good morning, everybody, i'm ashleigh banfield. it is 5:30 on the east coast. let's get you started with the top news of the day. new developments in syria where there is more evidence of the assad regime's alleged crimes, this evidence coming to light thanks to an international agency that has been declined the ability to go into that country for over a year and

decided instead to just sneak in and do the work themselves. ivan watson is following the developments from istanbul, turkey, this morning. we're talking about amnesty international, a well renowned global group finally coming up with independent answers to the accusations the assad regime says the violence is a bunch of thugs and terrorists out there. what's amnesty international saying? >> reporter: well, their report just adds to the trove of evidence that suggests the assad regime carried out systematic war crimes, crimes against humanity. it visited at least 23 towns and villages in the north of the country, in aleppo province, and it interviewed more than 200 people and had names of more than 10,000 people who had been killed since this began about 15 months ago, hundreds of people, evidence that they were killed, mostly men and boys, at short range, and also that more than 1,500 homes, shops and other

buildings in this area that they visited had been torched apparently by syrian security forces. they say this amounts to war crimes, crimes against humanity and amnesty is calling for an immediate arms embargo against the syrian government and assets free against bashar al assad and his associates and a referral of syria to the international criminal court for alleged war crimes and this is very important, we've seen charles taylor, the former dictator of liberia sentenced and prosecuted in the international criminal court, and now a lot of evidence being compiled against bashar al assad and he's got to be increasingly worried that the international community someday will drag him in front of that court. ashleigh? >> there has been just evidence upon evidence of atrocities there, the secretary of state in this country, hillary clinton making some pretty strong accusations about the russians and some of the arms that it's

had with syria particularly in the form of attack helicopters, those are her words and now we're hearing some mitigation from the department of defense on just whether or not the russians really did send or are sending attack helicopters or if there is some kind of a spin on this. can you explain what the controversy is over the attack helicopters at issue? >> reporter: sure. i mean, russia is the largest arms supplier to the syrian government, and the syrian government uses russian-made helicopters. russia has said that all it did was fulfill existing contracts to refurbish military helicopters used by the syrian military. there's increasing evidence that the syrian government is increasingly using helicopters against the rebels, against the opposition, especially because it's losing more and more tanks, it appears the rebels are getting their hands on anti-tank weapons. russia denies it has sent fresh helicopters, new helicopters to the syrian government, and

meanwhile hillary clinton denying accusations that the u.s. is arming the rebels. take a listen to what she had to say. >> i would emphasize that the united states has provided no military support to the syrian opposition, none. all of our support has been medical and humanitarian, to help relieve the suffering of the syrian people, a total of $52 million so far. >> reporter: ashleigh, basically the longer this conflict goes on, the more we're going to see foreign patrons smuggling weapons to different parties in the conflict. i've seen guns being run across the turkish border to the syrian rebels. we've heard of shipments of iranian weapons stopped by the turks going to the syrian government, russia has, there's evidence it sent boatloads of guns to the syrian government, and this is just going to get worse and worse the more this

conflict escalates. >> ivan watson reporting live in istanbul, turkey, this morning, thank you. coming up at 7:30, soledad o'brien will speak with former u.s. ambassador to iraq john negroponte about the deteriorating situation in syria. a texas murder stand your ground case. >> we find the defendant guilty of manslaughter. >> order in the court, no outbursts, please. >> raul rodriguez faces life in prison for a shooting two years ago that he recorded on video. his unarmed neighbor was shot in a confrontation over a noisy house party. rodriguez claimed self-defense citing texas version of a stand your ground law but the jury was not buying it, allowing the victim's family some closure. >> we still lost a piece of us, a piece that will not come back. >> i love my husband and i miss him so much and i just, i just

know that he's up there and he helped all of us get through this today. >> rodriguez will be sentenced later today. a florida woman who was caught on camera being doused with gasoline and then set on fire says she just kept thinking of her three sons, as she fought for her life. you can see the pictures, they are overwhelming. that's naomi bretton on your screen after she stopped at a boynton beach gas station early monday, there to pick up her 4-year-old son from the boy's father, but the father, did not bring that boy. he allegedly started to pour gasoline on bretton, pulled out a lighter and set her on fire. she removed her burning clothes and says she somehow managed to call 911. >> he set me on fire. okay? he set me on fire. >> female says the male set her on fire. >> hurry up, please, please, please. it burns. and i go up in flames and that's when i started screaming and the

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good morning, new york city. if you don't recognize that part of the skyline, you should or at least you will soon. that's freedom tower, folks, as the sun rises over manhattan. it is 66 degrees in the big apple, rising to 76 a little later on today. that's nice weather for the president. he's expected to make his fourth visit today to the world trade center construction site, that's later on this afternoon and there's been a lot of progress since the last time he came to town but it has been a long and tough road for the thousands of people who have been involved in the rebuilding of that world trade center. poppy harlow joins us from lower manhattan. we're at 104 floors and counting, poppy. >> reporter: we are, absolutely.

it's just an incredible view. we actually got access to nearly the top, the 94th floor so we'll show you what it is like that high up. they've been building one floor a week here, a very rapid clip. but it has been ten years and counting since the 9/11 terror attacks and not one of the buildings is complete yet, so completion, nearing completion, topping out is a very big deal here and it is a very big deal for all the workers that the president is going to come today. 1,300 feet tall and climbing, the world's most watched building is fast approaching its final height. >> for me, it's just two words sums it up, pride and honor. >> this is how we fit in, the final process of the rebuilding, you know, it signifies our resiliency as a nation. >> reporter: for the more than 3,000 men and women rebuilding the world trade center, today is big. president obama will tour the

site and sign a beam to be placed at the top of one world trade center. >> he's going to sign it, the first signature on the top. >> reporter: this falls right in line with the president's latest jobs push. >> this is a big job generator for new york city and for the new york/new jersey region. >> reporter: it was july 2004 when ground was broken for the freedom tower, but a year later those plans were scrapped due to security concerns. then in april 2006 a second groundbreaking and that brings us to where we are today. >> political situation as well as the architectural and engineering challenges were all unprecedented here. it stopped and started and changed directions several times. it's been very hesitant. there have been all these political battles and financial battles over it. >> reporter: what do you say to those that have criticized how long this has taken? >> my response to that comment is they're right. the project has taken longer. it's cost more.

i would expect that the entire will be in the $15 billion range. >> reporter: security is priority number one. >> this will be in an unintrusive way the safest commercial space anyplace in the world. it will ultimately be 1,776 feet. >> reporter: very symbolic number. >> very symbolic number. not accidental. >> reporter: and of course that number representing america's declaration of independence, ashleigh, now the highest point on manhattan's skyline, very, very important for everyone here. i am told that the president has not yet been up in one world trade center. they're planning to take him up and he will also sign a beam, he'll be the first signature on a beam placed atop one world trade center. i asked if they were going to take the president to the top, they said we're not sure secret service would want to us tell you that. i'm sure if the president asks

they would take him as far as he wants to go. this is the first stop of two fund-raisers in manhattan, one at the home of sarah jessica parker and matthew broderick. this is a political move for the president. we heard last friday a big jobs push focusing on construction workers in this country, what better place to talk about construction workers and jobs than here, where you have about 3,500 men and women, all union workers, building the world trade center. back to you. >> i've been on presidential campaigns before and the advanced teams would not take too kindly to the assignment going 1,000 feet up in the air so that will be fascinating to watch. the topping out signature on that beam is going to be very cool so stay on that for us. nice work, good job, poppy harlow joining us from downtown, lower manhattan this morning. it's 46 minutes past the hour. here is christine romans with this morning's top stories. >> good morning again. the child sex abuse trial former

penn state football coach jerry sandusky entering its fourth day. jurors are expected to hear more graphic testimony from three of sandusky's accusers. five of the ten alleged victims have already testified for the prosecution which could finish presenting its case by tomorrow. federal prosecutors are dropping the remaining charges against former presidential candidate john edwards and don't want to retry him. the justice department accused edwards are using close to $1 million in illegal campaign contributions to hide an extramarital affair. earlier this month a jury acquitted edwards on six counts and was deadlocked on the remaining five. it's about to get easier for president obama and mitt romney to raise campaign cash. the election commission approved a measure that allows campaigns to get donations by text. this there would be a $50 limit per phone number. say hello to niagara falls, new york, and so long to your student loans.

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more disturbing tales of abuse and even threats in the jerry sandusky trial and today we'll hear from the accuser who first blew the lid off the case. devastating hail pounding texas and we're not just talking about little, itty bit ty hail.

we're talking hail the size of baseballs. the pitcher here giants matt cain pulled off one of baseball's ultimate feats in the history books now, good morning to you welcome to "early start." thanks for being with us. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> good morning, i'm ashleigh banfield, bringing you the news from a to z. it is a wee bit before 6:00 a.m. base story developing throughout the weaning. in a few hours testimony is going to resume in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. it's expected to be another day filled with graphic details about alleged abuse from the former penn state football coach. three more accusers are set to take the stand if. in court yesterday three witnesses described molestation and in one case threats, threats from jerry sandusky. cnn's susan candiotti has been covering the trial, joining us live from through this.

the prosecution has been laying out a pattern of behavior, whether abuse or grooming. have we been hearing at all outside the court from representatives, at least, of these accusers? >> reporter: we have, in some cases. they are universally drawing the same kind of comparisons a lot of people are as observers in court, the patterns you talked about in each of these cases. a grooming technique that jerry sandusky eventually wound up assaulting these boys either in the basement of his home or locker room or shower or other locations. but the pattern always seems to be the same. in each case, the testimony has pretty much stayed exactly as what they had told the grand ju jury. the defense has not been able to shake the stories they've been telling so far, their testimony,

ashley. >> victim number five had very specific comments to make on the stand. as i understand it, we didn't expect to hear from any of them. the judge, while allowing the names be made public, didn't let the media broadcast and set up a tent and one of the attorneys did decide to speak publicly. >> reporter: that's right, he did although he did not, of course, disclose the name of his client. the news media, including cnn has not revealed the names of anyone. he did talk very frankly about how compelling the testimony was, this alleged victim number 5, who said he was sexually assaulted in a shower and as well that jerry sandusky allegedly exposed himself in a sauna. he broke down as he told the story and one moment hard to forget as well in this case, unlike other alleged victims, this was a young man who didn't come from a broken home and his

parent were in court yesterday and cried as their son cried, as he testified before these jurors to say what happened to him. this is how the civil attorney summed up that testimony. >> he was a young man who was asked to step forward by the government and cooperated and today tearfully told you how a grown man lured him into a shower after taking him into a sauna, disrobing, and then touching this young boy and scarring this young boy forever. >> reporter: and this young man, still undergoing counseling. the lawyers said he felt very good about what he did and to show what kind of conscientious person he is, after the testimony was over, he got right in the car, drove back to the town where he lives so he wouldn't miss another day of work and intended to be back at work this morning, ashleigh. >> hard to believe it's expected

to wrap up, the testimony of the prosecution's case. we've only been in this case three days, day four and they're expecting to wrap up by friday. thanks very much. it is three minutes past the hour. there may be a potential b biohazard risk at a government lab. the cdc lab has had repeated trouble with airflow systems designed to prevent the release of an infectious agent. the expert says it violates lab operating standards. the work in cdc's high containment laboratory is done in an environment with highly skilled staff, technical equipment and safety systems that unfortunately at times experience challenges. fortunately, this unique facility has multiple systems in place that provide appropriate redundancy. when there is an incident, the public as well as worker safety is not compromised. a specialized flight suit

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the alerts are a warning to get ready to leave in a hurry. in dallas, texas, hail has people running for cover. three intense thunderstorms hitting. listen up, liston the hail. it's just remarkable. it sounds like drums on a tin. that hail is ranging in size from golf ball to baseball and even larger. have a listen. >> it went for at least 20 minutes. it just pummeled. it was unbelievable. the rain, there was so much rain, it was like being in a disaster movie. >> it sounded like the house was exploding. just bshhhh, over and over again. you can look at the roof and see a thousand explosions. >> the pictures certainly do tell the story. look at that. the majority of the damage was to roofs and car windows. the biggest casualties obviously, insurance adjustors hard at work today. here's the great part of this

story, could have been worse. nobody at this point was injured. lance armstrong telling his story after the u.s. anti-doping agency charged him with doping. on his website he said these charges are baseless motivated by spite, advance promise testimony bought for by promises of anonymity and immunity. although the usada alleges a wide ranging conspiracy extended over more than 16 years, i am the only athlete it has chosen to charge. i have never doped and unlike many of my accusers, i have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance and passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one. giants pitcher matt cain

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western parts of mexico and eastern pacific. a tropical storm, carlotta, 40 miles an hour, moving northwesterly. 10 miles an hour, forecast to become a hurricane later on today and eventually make landfall potentially tomorrow night and make landfall 600 miles south-southeast of acapulco and heading in that direction. we'll be tracking that. across much of the u.s. severe storms across the upper midwest and beautiful day across the east coast as that little front passes offshore. temps in the 70s in new york city. and mid-80s in atlanta which had rough storms last night as did dallas. pretty striking stuff and huge hail storms. >> the size of baseballs. >> and in some cases golf balls. pretty serious damage. >> good morning. day four testimony of the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial in pennsylvania. three more of his alleged

victims are expected to take the stand today. half have already testified now. he is charged with sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15 year period. he denies these charges. the prosecution could rest its case by tomorrow. the fbi now joining the search for a deadly serial rapist in cleveland, ohio, believed to have raped four women and killed one of his victims. crimes date back to 1996, the latest occurring in 2010. the fbi is putting up a $10,000 reward for information. agents say the suspect is a black male in his late 30s or early 40s, who's about 5'8", 150 pounds. first, it was those big sodas, now, milkshakes and giant buckets of popcorn, they could be the next items to make their way on to new york city michael bloomberg's hit list. the board of health is showing support for the ban on drinks larger than 16 ounceses and

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charges are baseless motivated by spate and advanced through testimony and bought and paid for by promises of immunity. although the usada alleged a wide running conspiracy extended over 16 years, aim the only athlete it has ever charged. i have never doped and unlike my accusers i have competed for 25 years with no spike in performance and passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one of them. the world triathlon corporation said the rules are the rules according to the professional athlete agreement and waiver, they dictate an athlete is ineligible to compete during an open investigation. they go further to say that they determined that there is sufficient evidence of doping during his cycling career to bring forward charges of a non-analytical nature. i'm sure we will hear much more about this.

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welcome back to early start this morning. nice to have you. >> it is 30 minutes past the hour. let's get started. as people endure yet another night of violence in war ravaged syria, we're getting another look at the amnesty report of bloodshed. an agency had to sneak into the country to try to uncover the truth. ivan is there in istanbul. let's start with that report from amnesty international. what did they confirm? >> reporter: they visited more than 20 towns and interviewed more than 200 people and basically, they are filling out this horrific picture of the atrocities and crimes against humanity the syrian government is accused of, that hundreds of people, they con chewed, were killed at short range, mostly men and boys. they got the names of more than 10,000 people who were killed over the course of this 15 month

crisis. and they saw, just in the two provinces they visited, at least 1500 houses and shops and homes that appeared to have been torched by syrian security forces. amnesty is calling for an immediate arms embargo against syrian government forces, calling for an assets freeze against syrian president assad and his associates and calling for a referral of syria to the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes. one very important point, unlike the 1990s and wars we saw in ball cans around ser aseriabo ae siege, they're compiling names of individual war criminals, battalions and so on. they will have that information which we didn't have in the '90s and it will make it much easier to prosecute suspects than it was in previous conflicts like

the balkans. back to you. >> there's controversy surrounding secretary clinton's comments about russia sending helicopters into syria and allegations from russia that the united states is helping the opposition. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: that's right. the u.s. secretary of state denying claims the u.s. was arming the syrian rebels. take a listen what hillary clinton had to say. >> i would emphasize that the united states has provided no military support to the syrian opposition, none. all of our support has been medical and humanitarian, to help relieve the suffering of the syrian people. a total of $52 million, so far. >> reporter: hillary clinton accused the russians of sending

attack helicopters to the syrian army. syria, most of its weapons come from russia. and there have been calls to impose sanctions on russia's arms exporter. moscow has responded saying we were just fulfilling previous orders for military helicopters. we're not rushing in new helicopters. the disturb iing d. we're seein on the ground is that the syrian government is increasingliy usig helicopters against the population as it sees more and more of its tanks destroyed. it does appear the turks along with saudis and qatarryies are rushing anti-tank weapons to the syrian rebels. >> live from istanbul, turkey. thank you very much. it's now 34 minutes past 6:00 on the east coast, a texas man convicted in a murder in a stand your ground case. >> we the jury find the

defendant guilty. >> order in court. no outbursts, please. >> raul rodriquez is now facing life in prison for shooting that happened two years ago, that he recorded on video. his unarmed neighbor was shot in a confrontation over a noisy house party. rodriquez had claimed self-defense citing texas' version of a stand your ground law. the jury was having no part of it. this allows the family some closure on this crime. >> we still lost a piece of us, a piece that will not come back. >> i love my husband and miss him so much. i know he's up there and helped all of us get through this today. >> raul rodriquez will be sentenced later today and no word yet if there will be an appeal. the prosecution nearing the end of its case in any jerry sandusky trial. half of the accusers have now testified. three more expected to take the stand today. jurors yesterday heard more

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its 39 minutes past the hour. breaking news right now in the scandal over lance armstrong and doping allegations.

we have just learned armstrong is now banned from the ironman competition, that is according to the ironman organizers. he was supposed to compete for the ironman france 2012 on june 24th. armstrong is also telling his side of the story after the u.s. anti-doping agency formally charged him with doping. it's on his website, armstrong says quote these charges are baseless, motivated by spite and advanced through testimony, bought and paid for by promises of anonymity and immunity. although usada alleges a wide ranging conspiracy extended over more than 16 years, i am the only athlete it has chosen to charge. i have never doped and unlike many of my accusers, i have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed once. so the world triathlon corporation says they're doing this because they have to follow

the rules. i want to read you a little more about the statement they put out. the wtc has been notified usda has initiated its anti-doping review process against lance armstrong to determine if there is sufficient evidence of doping during his cycling career. our rules as stated in the wtc professional athlete agreement and waiver dictate an athlete is ineligible to compete during an open investigation. that's why they have taken the stand. we are going to continue to follow the developments here. as a result, lance armstrong is not going to compete for the ironman france 2012 on june 24th. ashlei ashleigh, back to you. 41 minutes past 6:00 and president obama an mitt romney are going head to head today in ohio. a swing state, you say? yep. the president is delivering a speech on the economy at 1:45 p.m. eastern time in cleveland and just five minutes later and 250 miles south in cincinnati, mr. romney will be taking to the

stage as well. of course, ohio is key to winning the general election. oftentimes, it's called ohio, ohio, ohio. by the way, the economy in ohio has been improving. unemployment in the buckeye state is about 7.4%, below the national average of 8.2%. the president has made good on some campaign promises in the 2008 speeches, too, to the ohio ohioans despite this, the president does continue to blame the lagging economy on who else? george w. bush. >> it's like somebody goes to a restaura restaurant, orders a big steak dinner, martini, all that stuff, and then just as you're sitting down, they leave and accuse you of running up the tab. >> they accuse you of running up the tab. perfect fodder for dean, a political comedian and frequent contributor to cnn.com.

that's the kind of sound bite we immediately call you and say, wow, your week has been set for a comedy routine, right? >> this is great. these guys are providing us with the jokes already, martini, steak, they're in ohio. these guys will be getting their mail forwarded to ohio. the key state. everyone talks about ohio. >> there's a stats showing independents in ohio are not too pleased with the performance of either of these candidates in terms of their economic line. let me throw the board up so you have something to work with, not that you need anything to work with. president obama is getting 54% unfavorable rating from independents in ohio with regard to the economy. i think this is ohio, overall numbers, i apologize, this isn't ohio. we had the overall numbers. mitt romney, 57% unfavorable economic plan overall for voters. >> these guys should run together. they're exactly the same.

people lock at them, they're neck and neck, national polls, state by state polls and economic plan. although most americans on obama they don't like the plan because the one in place, i don't like what's going on. romney, i'm not sure how much they're following the details of it, like austerity plan similar to europe, similar idea, a struggle for these guys. they willful each other around like on a reality show, couple cities away, trading cities type situation. interesting for us that follow politics. >> and probably enjoy gaffefest, a couple gaffes the president saying we're all okay, the private sector doing fine and mitt romney following up, we don't need teachers and cops and firefighters? they should one up each other in gaffes like i've never seen. i'm not sure whose turn it will be. as a comedian, you look for those moments because i think they're insight what they're thinking and saying. sometimes a mistake and sometimes their view on an issue. >> they say satire is often the

most effective form of journalism. you must feel pretty strong right now, five months away from the election. >> i can only dream who knows romney will pick as vp, maybe someone like a sarah palin. we dream of the glory days of george bush. we will never get back to the golden days of comedy george bush gave us as a president. >> wait a minute. what about bill clinton. >> bill clinton was funny but specific to the sex scandal. that was easy for all of us. bush was more not about politics, since al qaeda, elqeada, like a mexican restaurant. he kept giving and giving. >> i have 15 seconds left. you will get your 16 ounce soda before you can't? >> i will try. i'm proposing we do things at fast food restaurants like amusement parks, order certain items not to be rude, look, buddy, you just qualify for a salad and glass of air, thanks

for coming, we're trying to help you, don't be rude to people. >> me thinks you will have a funny segment next week the kinds of words the candidates are using these days. a little teaser, all i can give you. nice to see you. >> thank you very much. sold da soledad o'brien is . she's destroying the set. >> we will talk to a young man who used to be part of jerry sandusky's second mile foundation, part of the foundation as a kid and he became a mentor for the foundation and he also went on to attend penn state as did many of his family members. we will talk to him, following the case closely about any red flags he saw, what does he think about the trial so far? what does he think about the culture of penn state that might have led to a cover-up. one of the ugliest fights in atlantic city was between donald trump and las vegas legend, see

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>> its now 50 minutes past the top of the hour. let's get you to date with christine romans. >> good morning. we're heading into the fourth day of the sex abuse trial. expecting to hear graphic details of three of his accusers. half of the victims have already testified and the case could rest tomorrow. heavy metal metallica is helping the fbi as they search for a killer. >> back in 2010, our band offered $50,000 to help catch the person responsible for murdering morgan herrington. >> the singer issued a public service announcement for the search for the suspect wanted after an october 2009 metallica

concert in virginia and her remains found in a hay field 10 miles from the venue. he hasn't taken a snap yet but tim tebow taking a formal shot from analyst tedy bruschi. tebow should know his place as the jets' backup qb and seriously lower his profile. >> knowing this is mark sanchez' team, he is the quarterback of the team. tim tebow is the backup quarterback, stop talking to the media so much. okay? you need to disappear, okay, tim tebow. you're not the starting quarterback, mark sanchez' team. i want my voice to come from my head coach and quarterback. >> tebow taking part in the jets' minicamp said this in response. >> to be honest, i just do what i'm told. i'm told on this day to talk to you. i'm going to talk to you. to be honest, i go about it

however the jets set it up, the rules they want us to do, who they want us to talk to and who they don't want us to talk to. i don't have to get -- i don't get paid enough to make those decisions, i just do what i'm told and try to do it as best i can. >> tim tebow towing the company line. when asked why he's talking so much to the media, he responded to the media, responding to the media about why he responds to the media. >> classy, though, right? i think that is a classy respectful comment. that bru ski is pretty aggressive. he's right, mark sanchez is the qb. president obama make his fourth visit to the world ground zero construction site. it's been a tough road for the thousands of people involved in the rebuilding. p poppy joins us now. i did a sneak peek of you going to the top. not quite 1,776 feet yet, right?

>> reporter: not yet. that is a very meaning fful heit on purpose, america's declaration of independence. the president has been invited by the governors of new york and new jersey and will meet some of the 3,000 union construction workers down here and sign a beam to go atop the world trade center, a meaningful day for all the workers and a very political stop for the president. his latest jobs push, touting the need for more construction jobs. these are union men and women down here so this is very political as well. take a listen. >> for me, it's two words sums it up, pride and honor. >> this is how we fit in. we're in the final process of the rebuilding. it signifyings our resiliency as a nation. >> what do you say to those who have criticized how long this has taken? >> my response to that comment is they're right. the project has taken longer. it's cost more. i would expect the entire site

will be in the $15 billion ra e range. >> reporter: as you can see, 104 stories, almost to the topping out. we'll get that in a few weeks. the president, for the first time, will go inside one world trade center, i'm told. he'll be taken up, not sure if he will go to the top of one world trade center, ahead of two fund-raisers in new york this evening. >> live from lower manhattan, poppy, thank you. 55 minutes past on the east coast. if you can't know it all, how about this? try failure. believe it or not, today's best advice from a comedian? which comedian? coming up next.

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we like to wrap things as always with best advice. >> we ask magician and author, penn jilette his best advice. >> my best advice was from phil proctor when i wanted to get in comedy. he said his advice was know anything. he knows four or five languages, studies all the time. says if you want to be funny, try to know everything. i try to know everything and fail miserably. >> the common theme in best advice, be ready to fail. >> i love margaret hoover in the background. >> i was listening for his super focus glasses. >> nice to have you here. starting point wit soledad o'brien starts this morning.

good morning. our "starting point" with startling details of jerry sandusky trial, graphic details and even threats and the second mile charity as a child and the new sandusky. and lance armstrong suspended from ironman after being charged with doping. and he fires back. and questions surround helicopters arriving in syria. plus, baseball history in san francisco as giants pitcher, matt cain pitchs a perfect game. "starting point" begins right now. >> good morning, welcome, everybody. our "stastarting point this mor is day four of the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial with three victims set to take the