what s coming up at 11:00? hi, chris. we have a lot coming up in the next hour. breaks news. president obama saying the federal government will soon give work permits to illegal immigrants who came to the u.s. as kids. how does this political power play impact the president s re-election bid? we ll examine that. also minutes from now mitt romney launches his every town counts bus tour. might be a misleading title. which towns and states really count? we break it all down starting in new hampshire. and then a break in the trial of jerry sandusky after a week of very emotional victim testimony as the prosecution gets ready to rest its case and we speak to the lawyer for victim number six. that and much more coming up the next hour. blast of cold feels nice. why don t you use bengay zero degrees? it s the one you store in the freezer. same medicated pain reliever used by physical therapists. that s chilly. [ male announcer ] new bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on.
walk but a walk across niagara falls on a really, really skinny wire? good gracious. you betcha. got that story and a whole lot more, coming up this hour on cnn. oh, that s a beautiful shot, isn t it? hopefully he ll do it when there s broad daylight. do you think he s awake right now doing one of these? calm the jitters. especially because he will be tethered and he s not used to being tethered. the advice might be lay off the caffeine this morning. good advice. welcome to early start, nice to have you with us, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin, bringing you the news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. here in the east. let s get started. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with this this morning. bran new details on the two american men arrested in japan after a nicki minaj concert. police are holding one of them, a 19-year-old on suspicion of murder in the death of a 21-year-old irish exchange student, a woman who disappeared after that conce
japan, one arresuspected of mur reporter: we are learning more about the case. tokyo police were holding him on different charges but now holding him on murder charges, looking to advance their case against this unidentified man, unidentified because he s still considered a minor under japanese law. for the minor of fur dg long, an irish exchange student found dead in a tokyo hotel room, strangled to death. the tokyo police say the only other person in the room was the 19-year-old. they are moving forward on a case against another american, blackston, an l.a. native. we spoke to his attorney and he says the tokyo prosecutor s office has officially charged him with groping furlong s friend on the night of her murder. the attorney says that these charges are not valid, that he intends to fight on behalf of his client trying to get his client off. he does not feel there s any sort of validity to this. the attorney also says that at this point he could face, if found guilty, an
candidates moving through this sort of merry go round, as it were. kelly ayotte, the senator from new hampshire was there at the start of what they re calling the every town counts bus tour. following that, we had visits with tim pawlenty, the former minnesota governor, who seems to get along really well with governor romney and his family. he was fired up when we saw him. and yesterday leaving the bus tour was senator rob portman from ohio who many people say is a very likely potential vice president candidate in this situation, as well. although some people have acknowledged his past history as the bush budget director could haunt him. one name you didn t hear was senator marco rubio. even if we haven t heard that during the course of this or seen him during the course of this tour, governor romney would have walked out of his hotel room today in this headline in usa today, marco rubio, the fast-rising american son. and a lot of people we have spoken to, luke, have said rubio is th