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The rich are getting richer. the top 400 taxpayers made $336 million on average each in 2012. compare to $221 million a year earlier. they paid $56 million in taxes. that comes out to 17% of their income. some paid taxes below 10%. that average tax rate is 16.7%. the war escalating in yemen. united states and iran taking sides, opposing sides. secretary of state john kerry has a new warning for iran this morning. we will tell you what it is after the break.

The president condemned the practice which is aimed at making gay people straight. the white house started a petition in honor of a young girl who killed herself in december. time for an early start on your money. european and asian shares are higher. hong kong, seven year-for hong kong stocks. the federal reserves interest hike may be put off until september or later. the rich are getting richer. the top 400 taxpayers made $337 million on average in 2012. compare that to 220 million a year ...

17 days of early voting in 2012. compare that to about 800,000 republicans, lets assume that a million of those democrats voted for president obama, that means early votes accounted for as much as a half of the 2 million votes obama got in north carolina in 2012. this is what republicans in north carolina are pushing for to get rid of that practice, now that they control both the state legislature and the governors mansion. joining me here at the table is ari berman and hurting donkeys, the figh...

>> warren buffett looks at companies that have a very solid balance sheet and a lot of cash on the books. he acquired this company for $22 billion. and he said how this fits into his portfolio perfectly. known for investing in iconic american brands like coca-cola, anheuser-busch and dairy queen. he has been eyeing this for 20 years as a potential takeover. >> interesting. how about apple dropping the prices of the macbook pro and the macbook air. >> 14 million, how many ipads apple sold in the ...

drugs. mike green berg and mike golic, thanks for being with me. >> thank you. >> why do you think the jury did not convict him? why not? >> ultimately i think the only real witness that mattered in all of this was brian mcnamee and in and as far as unimpressive witnesses he may go to the top. this is something mike golic could have torn apart on the witness stand. >> it worked out well for roger clemens that way. >> his reputation is permanently damaged, dont you think? >> theres no d...

good morning, were happy youre with us this morning. welcome to "early start", im zoraida sambolin. >> were bringing you the news a to z, get it? big story in d.c., roger clemens to be judged by a different group of people, baseball writers, the men and women who choose the hall of famers after he was acquitted on all of the charges in his perjury trial yesterday. the rocket denying all along he ever used performance enhancing drugs. yesterday his attorney insisted again that his legen...