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twitter at sanjay gupta cnn. time now to get you a check of your top stories in the cnn newsroom. here in the cnn newsroom im debra feyerick in today for don lemon. lets get you up to speed on the stories making headlines this hour. there he is. the republican candidate for vice president of the united states. mitt romney announced today wisconsin congressman paul ryan running along side him for the white house. the two are making their next official stop as ticket mates right now in...

>> you are watching cnn breaking news. im colleen mcedwards. we received confirmation a short time ago that the republican white house candidate mitt romney is going to reveal his vice presidential candidate. this is going to happen at a major campaign stop on saturday. in the u.s. state of virginia a few hours from now. a little over eight hours from now. we are expecting that announcement to be made after weeks and weeks of speculation. wolf blitzer is with us in d.c. and john kin...

>> it is 5:00 a.m. here in the east. we begin this morning with breaking news. a deadly past 48 hours in afghanistan. new details of two attacks. an effort to derail the transition of power there. the taliban is claiming responsibility for an attack wednesday that left four americans dead, including senior members of an army brigade after an in-ssurgent detonated a suice vest. thomas kennedy and kevin griffin and walter gray were killed along with an american aid worker and afghan in...

Was killed, nine others injured after a lightning strike during a nascar race. severe weather forced officials to stop the pennsylvania 400 at the pocono raceway yesterday, and moments later, lightning hit the parking lot behind the grandstand. one person died, one is in critical condition, three others were hospitalized with moderate injuries. five others injured were treated at the scene. and now for a look at the national weather, we turn to nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather ch...

Happened. the storm remained weak and went further to the south. the odds of this coming up into the gulf to anywhere near texas is very slim to remote right now. but it looks like its beginning to intensify and heading for honduras and belize over the next two days. the forecast track of this storm. again, has a very slight chance of becoming a hurricane right before landfall as we go into wednesday and then it should travel over the ukattan affecting mexico primarily. the odds of heading to so...

Tid tizing. highlight the 18 million in charitable giving hes done. that will lower your tax rate by donating to charity. >> oh man. well, im still waiting for the editorial in "the times" and "the washington post" on harry reid. still ahead, senator chuck schumer will join us right here. also, "the new york times" elizabeth bumiller on new details of the u.s. drone program. plus, outgoing congressman steve latourette why he is comparing congress to an alcoholic heading for rock bottom. but firs...

fi five. >> >> we have to get on the ground pretty quick. >> everybody stand by. we have a couple of opposite direction arrivals. it is going to be a little delay on your departures. >> according to the "washington post" the federal official who reviewed the incident blamed a basic communication breakdown, blamed sloppy procedures and said it was a big screw up for a big airport. lets get right to athena jones live in washington, d.c. this morning. walk me through exactly what happened...

nathan adrian beating the aussie missile in the 100 meter freestyle finish. youve just got to see it. when is gold actually green? olympians being taxed for their gold, silver, and bronze. does first place really mean a $9,000 tax bill? skipping, pirouettes, the extended trot. a 15-year-old mayor enters the olympic sport of dressage today. why is this news, you ask? rafalka is ann romneys horse. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. good morning to you. im carol costello. thank you so...

Instead of heading toward a fiscal cliff? >> steve: stuart varney joins us live. fresno, hadnt seen this on the bankruptcy radar until now. >> look, citigroup, the big bank here, says the harsh spotlight of potential bankruptcy has been shifted to fresno. the mayor of fresno, ashley swearingen, says, look, i got a new budget. i can balance the budget if i get big millions of dollars worth of concessions from the police. the police say no deal. were not even talkiking. so fresno is looking to mak...

>> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. were going to chat about that this morning. >> were going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. mens gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in th...