buick stopped at a train crossing in san gabriel, california. the cabinet secretary got out of his car and spoke briefly with the three men in the buick. then he got back in the lexus and promptly fled the scene driving around the buick, backing into it again, and speeding off. the other driver chased him. that first accident happened shortly after 5:00 p.m. on saturday. immediately after bryson drove down this road about a mile and a half, where he was involved in a second accident. after that authorities found him unconscious behind the wheel of his lexus. police say bryson took and passed a breathalyzer and submitted to a blood test. they re still awaiting the toxicology results. the commerce department said bryson had suffered a seizure. one can have what is called partial complex seizures. but can have ability to carry on a conversation. can have the ability to operate a motor vehicle. and then have subsequent smaller seizures. reporter: authorities say if it was a seizure it
home and at his own high school when he was also interrupted once by a wrestling coach. and also belonged to the second mile. we expect this to be dramatic testimony just as it was yesterday when we heard from alleged victim number four, who took the stand to talk about being assaulted, raped and fondled allegedly by sandusky over many years. he s now 28 years old. they played shower games, for example, in which sandusky got soap all over him and then assaulted him. we also he faced some tough cross-examination and at one point asked by sandusky s lawyer, why didn t you stop this? he said, i was afraid. besides, i was getting gifts. then he turned the question around and said, i wish i had, perhaps i could have saved other children. back to you, christine. susan, a very dramatic first day in the courtroom. we know you ll be there all day today too. thank you, sue an. i ll talk to a former child abuse and sex crimes prosecutor, wendy murphy, about what s next in the sandus
a member of president obama s cabinet is under investigation now for hit and run. after allegedly leaving the scene of one collision, then causing another. the white house says health issues were a factor. but there are so many unanswered questions. brian todd has been investigating the story for us. what are you finding out? there are a lot of unanswered questions, wolf. commerce secretary john bryson is now back in washington after the accident over the weekend. the information is still murky. we re told the secretary did have some kind of seizure at some point. the commerce secretary allegedly caused traffic accidents at two different scenes within about five minutes. the sequence started just north of los angeles. at 5:00 p.m. local time on saturday, police say he was driving his lexus southbound and rear ended a car waiting at a rail crossing. at some point after that he got out of the vehicle, made contact with the individuals. for some reason got back in the vehi
torrential rains leave parts of the gulf coast flooded with more wet weather expected later on today. good morning, everybody. welcome to the monday edition of early start, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. it s 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. the united states secretary of commerce, john bryson cited for felony hit and run after a series of crashes this weekend. christine romans has been working this story. she joins us with the live latest. this is shocking news. it s not very often you hear the commerce secretary involved in a felony hit and run investigation. according to the police and the l.a. times and the pasadena star this all happened in california, around 5:00 p.m. he rear-ended a car that was stopped waiting for a crossing train. bryson in his lexus pulled over, told the driver the other car something to the effect of let s exchange our information, but then instead, accordin
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