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that. >> that is very bold. very bold. cant wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to "early start." im zoraida sambolin. >> im john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandelas 94th birthday. well hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. thats com...

counties across 26 states. the bone dry conditions are destroying farm crops and one analyst estimates that 75% of the corn crop in the drought region is now wiped out. that could drive up food and fuel prices across the entire country and brings us to rob marciano live in bu. >> we have corn that should be taller than it is right now because of the drought and because of the heat. this stalk should be well up and over my head. theres a couple of examples of ears of corn. this was toug...

along with 25 others across the country. look at this map. you can see how widespread the bone dry conditions are. last time it was this bad, 1956. rob marciano is in the middle of the hardest hit area in indiana. the corn crop is hit especially hard. >> yeah. the corn belt getting hit with not only drought but heat. obviously the heat exacerbates the drought a little bit. you get the string of 100-plus days like they have had in the past month it makes things so much worse. just yeste...

now. he also attends a private fund-raiser in pittsburgh. president, hes going to be speaking at a fund-raiser in san antonio. we expect to hear from him any minute. were going to take you there live when he starts his remarks. were going to have live coverage from the romney rally. that is also happening later this hour. relatives of two missing girls in iowa say they are now bracing for the worst but hoping, hoping for the best. 8-year-old elizabeth collins and 10-year-old lera coo...

attack by government forces on the besieged city. one of the single most horrifying moments in syria occurred late last month. scores of people died in a town called douma as a result of government shelling. nearly three weeks later, we have our hands on video documenting this tragedy. shes live with us. take us back to what happened in douma on june 29th. >> reporter: the reason why its taken three weeks to get our hands on that video is because the activists that wanted to shoot it...

going to talk about in the next hour. the presidents holding a town hall meeting in cincinnati. hes going to tell the crowd that mitt romneys corporate tax policies would create jobs in other countries. this is the presidents eighth trip to ohio this year. recent polling there shows him leading romney, 47% to 38%. ohio, of course, a crucial state in november election. want to bring in dan lothian. more on what we can expect from the president as well as jim acosta, hes got latest react...

fact that the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting americas economy. >> the romney pushback with senior adviser ed gillespie, then obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod. and the states brace for federal cuts. the view from the governors office with virginia republican bob mcdonnell and massachusetts democrat deval patrick. plus, floods, fires, and drought. what it means for farmers and your grocery bill with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. im candy crow...

federal cuts. the view from the governors office with virginia republican bob mcdonnell and massachusetts democrat deval patrick. plus, floods, fires, and drought. what it means for farmers and your grocery bill with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. im candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." in an election about the economy, the obama campaign has made it a mission to discredit mitt romneys business credentials. recently it zeroed in on filings to the s.e.c. from bain ca...

>> brooke, because they feel that history is on their side and that any time the discussions about tax cuts or more specifically tax hikes, any time they can paint democrats as wanting to raise taxes its bad for democrats. and i just want to show you a quote from one of the top republicans to give you an illustration of how theyre framing it on the republican side. this is from the number two republican jon kyl who said president obamas push to raise taxes on those earning more than $2...

what may have caused this shocking end to a life seemingly spinning out of control? and great white shark spottings heightened. fears along the cape cod area. our own brian todd is on a boat with experts trying to track them down. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." right now a disappointing jobs report kicks off day two of president obamas bus tour into overdrive and arms his opponent, mitt romney, with new political ammunition to use against him. look at this. unemplo...