Cnn. Com sanjay and follow me on twitter. Top stories in the cnn newsroom start right now. From cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, this is cnn sunday morning. Ive been coming to the show for years. One of the biggest crowds ive ever seen. Gun dealers ignore protesters as they continue with an arms expo in connecticut. Is a confession imminent . Why Lance Armstrong may come clean, but is the damage hes done to his organization irreparable. The fashion mogul who dresses the hollywood elite missing. Now a desperate search for his plane. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. Its 8 00 on the east coast. 5 00 a. M. Out west. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us. We begin with a small town in crisis as residents there try to come to grips with a horrible crime and national notoriety. Allegations of scandalous coverups in steubenville, ohio have forced city officials to launch a website to keep the community updated. This comes amid social media pressure involving rape allegations
Morning which starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Im randi kaye. It is 7 00 on the east coast, 4 00 out west. Thanks so much for starting your morning with us. Take a listen to this. That is an audience in syria cheering for their president assad. He made a rare speech in damascus and at one point the crowd was cheering blood ask sacrifice must be for you, assad. Tens of thousands of syrians have been killed and even more have fled their homeland. Cnns Mohammed Jamjoon is watching things from beirut. Break down for us what he had to say. Well, randi, assad remained defiant and he gave a rambling speech in which he blamed a conspiracy for what was going on in syria and he denied his military was the cause of the violence that has engulfed the country for 21 months. He called the opposition there terrorists and traitors. Any solution for any kind of peace or political solution in syria must come from within syria and must be the solution that he delivers. He stood firm against call
Bigger than this, the championship game, notre dame against bama. Our josh elliott is in miami covering the hope, the hype and the runup to tomorrow nights game. And you know what . Dont confuse the red for being a bama fan. Because im not. Im going for the irish. Mid western girl, have to stick to my roots. Going with the irish. By the way, josh looks pretty happy being on the beach as opposed to the frigid northeast. A lot of news breaking overnight, and, of course, for that we turn to mr. Ron claiborne. Dan and paula, faris and harris, good morning to everyone. We begin with that deadly standoff in aurora, colorado, a town still reeling from that movie massacre. Four People Killed including an armed suspect killed in a shootout with the police s. W. A. T. Team. Abcs Clayton Sandell has the story. Reporter the first shots rang out in the dead of night. At 3 00 a. M. , a woman came running from this town home telling police three people inside were shot. Police told neighbors to stay
Dame against bama. Our josh elliott is in miami covering the hope up to tomorrow nights game. Dont confuse the red for being an bama fan. Going with the irish. Josh looks happy being on the beach as opposed to in the frigid northeast. A lot of news breaking overnight, and, of course, for that we turn to mr. Ron claiborne. Faris and harris. Aurora, colorado, still reeling. Four People Killed including an armed suspect killed in a shootout with the police s. W. A. T. Team. Clayton sandell has the story. Reporter the first shots rang out in the dead of night at 3 00 a. M. , a woman came running from this town home telling people three people inside were shot. Police told neighbors to stay down. Six times total we heard firing. Never been so scared in my life. Reporter as officered evacuated the neighborhood a man began shooting hitting a police vehicle. We kept persisting on him coming out. Reporter hours passed but there was no talking him out. He fired upon us a second time, this time s
Worries about harrys safety in afghanistan. It comes in brandnew interview. Cant wait for that. Also on the show, americas most famous reality star. Yep, honey booboo is back. But its honey booboos mother and her big moneymaking move thats making headlines this morning. Is she the shrewdest reality star ever . But well begin with that breaking news out of the white house. The president will nominate his picks for the pentagon and cia later today. Already stirring up some controversy. Abcs Martha Raddatz is in washington. Reporter lets start with the defense secretary. You might think a republican, vietnam veteran, former senator, with all kinds of clout would be the perfect choice. But chuck hagel will have to fight for confirmation. Republican chuck hagel has one very important democrat on his side ive served with chuck hagel. I know him. Hes a patriot. Reporter but when news broke that hed be the pick for secretary of defense, prominent republicans, who would be a part of the confirm