Im christine romans. It is friday may 8th. We have breaking news from the United Kingdom. Forecast as a close election but returns show solid gains for the conservative party. Prime minister David Cameron will keep his job. This as the Scottish National party makes big gains at the labour party. We have the latest with Erin Mclaughlin. Reporter good morning, christine. Shocking and unprecedented. All words used to describe the election. You know going into this many thought british Prime Minister David Cameron would struggle to hold on to downing street. The map simply did not look like it was in his favor. The polls showing people thought a hung parliament. Those polls seeming to be wrong this morning. His conservative party on track according to some projections to win an outright majority in parliament and if not that then enough seats to at the very least, form a workable government. Prime minister cameron could not be more pleased. Take a listen. Some people say, in fact i often s
Photos. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im john berman. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. We start with breaking news. Rescuers scrambleing to save survivors after the boat capsized in the storm. Crews report hearing sounds through the hull and trying to reach passengers they believe could be trapped inside. Chinese state media reports just 14 survivors have been rescued. More than 400 people on board. Among the rescued, the captain and chief engineer in police custody. Lets get the latest from ana coren. Reporter crews are desperate to save 450 people when the boat Julian Assange on the on the Yangtze River. The cruise ship was traveling to chongqing. It was hit by a cyclone and capsized in less than a minute. It took authorities just hours to raise the alarm. The captain and chief engineer who survived have been taken into police custody. Premier lee on the scene said the rescuers have every resource at their disposal and ordered an investigation. John and christine. Thank y
Peaceful and quiet. In 1988, Debbie Loveless and her two daughters from a previous marriage, amy and april, moved in with john miller. He, too, was divorced and worked in the construction industry. My marriage with john was good. He was a very good man. Took care of me and the kids real well, and we had a happy home life. We had a lot of fun together, the children. We did a lot of things with the children. We didnt leave them home when we went somewheres. We took them with us. And had a family a very closeknit family, really. John, debbie, and the two girls moved onto a five acre farm just a few miles outside of town. It was complete with a house, barn, horses, and family pets. And for the children, freedom to roam and play among the beauties of nature. 4yearold april loved living on a farm. She loved to play outside. She loved, you know, being outside. And she liked to climb trees a lot. So i had a time keeping her out of trees. She was just bubbly. I mean, she was just full of life.
Just days after he was reelected. So why the United States what happened in the last few days that sent sepp blatter running. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im Christine Romans its wednesday, june 3rd. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. Police have searched a home in rhode island. Law enforcement says both are connected to a home the fbi thinks was radicalized by isis. A man shot and killed by Boston Police on tuesday. Police say the 26yearold lunged at officers with a footlong knife. His family tells a different story. Deborah feyerick has the latest. Reporter john and christine, investigators from the task force have this man on surveillance because of what they describe as an alarming uptick in his activity. Now, he was being investigated for possible threats against police officers. Two members of the joint Terrorism Task force approached him only tuesday morning. They did not have their guns drawn. And were surprised when he turned and brandished a militarystyle kn
Breaking overnight. What a night across the midwest and great plains and oklahoma. Severe storms spawned dozens of tornadoes. Flattening homes and injuring at least 13 people. Heavy, heavy rains in flash flooding that followed these storms. This morning, people picking up the pieces in oklahoma. Dozens of homes torn apart in the Oklahoma City area. A flash flood emergency declared in the metro area. A flash flood emergency for the first time in history. The main airport cancelling all flights for the rest of the night. Look at the scene in norman. This is 20 miles from Oklahoma City. Cars doing their best to navigate roads. The areas of amber and bridge creek, south and west of the metro area reporting heavy damage. The storms with nine confirmed tornadoes. Officials in the state are assessing the damage. A lot of people are figuring out what happened when the storms moved through. Two homes were severely damaged in sedgwick county. One lifted off the foundation. Winds so powerful they