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on cnn. good monday morning to you, everyone. its good to have you with us, welcome to "early start." im ashley banfield. >> were bringing you the news from "a" to "z." big developments in greece that are sure to have a ripple effect. winning yesterdays parliamentary election in a vote seen by many as an endorsement for the survival of the euro. >> i will make sure that the sacrifices of the greek people will bring the country back to prosperity. >> so now its up to samaras to form a c...

>> reporter: well, we did talk to police here in rialto. by all accounts this was an accidental drowning. there were no signs of foul play. basically this morning around 5:00 p.m. a 11 call came in from rodney kings fiancee. she heard a splash, went out and rodney king was at the bottom of the pool. police responded. they were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead later at a local hospital. rodney king made swimming a daily part of his life. it was a ritual. as weve been told...

$10 million check is the same as someone with $21,000 in the bank giving $10. in some ways, i think we have now -- the post citizens united era seems to be hitting a rock bottom. our democratic commitments as a society are going to rebel against. >> out of the belt way conservatives look at the system and they think its corrupt. principal libertarians, a great new boork called "capitalism for the people" talks about the way that money in this system has can -- this is a system that every side sh...

Its really the last to administrations that have gotten the partisan juices fl s flowin. under president bush, testimonies shifted more to the left, under president obama, republicans have shifted more to the right. what about the middle? ironically, a larger chunk of folks claim to be independent, but that number may be misleading. andrew cohyde is the founder of pew research center. lets talk about that independent number. a lot more people are claiming to be independent, but are they really? ...

Unions, collective bargaining were on the ballot, we won. so i think that shows when people are able to debate policy in policy arenas, not via a procedural maneuver, that we are in good shape. >> i wonder if that ends up being -- i guess, mike, to press you on this seven to one margin, ends up being exculpatory or an excuse in wisconsin or allows people to not look -- well, directly -- here is paul begala, this is his tweet about the lessons of wisconsin, which is one wisconsin lesson, dems mus...

And to protect the community. and the way we do that is to keep commitments from superior court and parole violators and such in our custody and not to let any of them get out until its time. so, its a very, very serious deal. ive seen at least four units so far go out of the prison and do a triangle search. they check out spots like the bus depot, the strip malls, apartment complexes, the ferry terminal. we are following 26 right now. officer is doing a really good job. hes hitting everything. ...

After a phone call from a local citizen about a possible escaped inmate, the c.o.s of san quentin have snapped into action. >> take your ass upstairs. >> inside the prison, all inmates have been locked up and the officers have done a prison-wide recount. prison officials have also been dispatched to canvass the area around san quentin. >> its possible that the citizen saw what they saw, could have maybe been two teenagers or something that live on grounds, prison grounds that were hopping the fe...

Fortunately they understand the seriousness of the situation and urgent need to act. ive been in frequent contact with them over the past several weeks and we know there are specific steps they can take right now to prevent the situation there from getting worse. in the short term, theyve got to stabilize their financial system. and part of that is taking clear action, as soon as possible, to inject capital into weak banks. just as important, leaders can lay out a framework and a vision for a st...

secret talks happen all the time, and 99% of them fail. but we are rooting for the 1% chance that these finally succeed. because america needs a grand bargain to prevent our debt rising to twice the size of our economy and to prevent a recession really, really soon. today fed chief ben bernanke, the man who has twisted and turned to get interest rates to zero to try to help this country said now congress must act. >> i urge congress to come to agreement on that well in advance so as no...

right now. outfront next, secret talks to save america from economic disaster going on tonight. and bill clinton says im very sorry. but does his apology add up? and reports of a growing problem with american soldiers using a drug linked to the zombie-like attack in miami. lets go outfront. im erin burnett. outfront tonight, secret talks. secret talks in congress to save america from fiscal implosion. secret talks happen all the time, and 99% of them fail. but we are rooting fo...