i hate when people pack up on the 26th, what are you celebrating? don t put up a tree then. when i lived out in connecticut we left we had an artificial tree that was like white, silver, it was intentionally tacky. it was great because you could see it from the road. that tree one year stayed up until july. all right. goodness. that s extending. i am not exaggerating. of course, it was artificial, 0 problem with it. has to be down by super bowl? i m with dagen. if left up to me, christmas lights in july. i m the eyesore of the neighborhood. i got married, so my husband is a lot more
now lawmakers are trying to change that. it s our 10:30 talker. we start this hour with the weather. we are all hoping for a break from this oppressive heat. well, sorry, not today. i hate to see all that red on these maps we re about to show you, but those are the heat warnings. and as you can see, it is going to be pretty bad today. the record triple-digit temperatures are being blamed for at least five deaths. and don t forget about the 350,000 people still without power after storms tore through the atlantic states last week. it has been a week with no power and no air conditioning, but in many of those places, cooling centers have opened up to help try to cool people down. now to afghanistan and a commitment from the united states. secretary of state hillary clinton spelled out the partnership that will take the two countries beyond the planned troop withdrawal in 2014. afghanistan is now designated a major non-nato ally. that means the u.s. will keep up defense, s
category 2 hurricane. we re going to have the latest track of the storm for you. and for the first time in history, a commercial spacecraft linking up with the international space station. let your geek flag fly, folks. we are going to take you live to outer space in just a moment. hi, everybody. welcome to early start. i m ashleigh banfield. look who s here! good morning. nice to have you here. i m alina cho. zoraida has the day off today. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. on this friday before memorial, we ve got lots of news. we do, so let s get right to it. this is a big story. for the first time in 33 years in fact, the anniversary today new york police may finally have their man in the murder of etan patz 33 years ago. he is 51-year-old pedro hernandez. he is under arrest and is expected to be charged with second-degree murder. he was 19 at the time that 16-year-old the etan patz disappeared while walking on his bus stop in 1969. hernandez was working in a
the mountaintop. an all-star cast. a controversial play. god don t like to be laughed at. how a 30-year-old playwright is challenging the way we remember the last day of dr. martin luther king jr. s life. plastic wars. why is this man wearing 500 plastic bags and hanging off the side of a boat? and why is the plastic industry out to get him? hunting down sharks. they re the most feared predators in the ocean. but we reveal how sharks have more to fear from us. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with your hosts tonight, soledad o brien and sanjay gupta. we begin this evening with a cnn presents special investigation. it s a story that sounds all too familiar. catholic priests accused of abusing children. church leaders accused of covering it up. but this familiar story has a disturbing new chapter. hundreds of these priests live unmonitored in unsuspecting communities. as we learned in some cases, t
god don t like to be laughed at. how a 30-year-old playwright is challenging the way we remember the last day of dr. martin luther king jr. s life. plastic wars. why is this man wearing 500 plastic bags and hanging off the side of a boat? and why is the plastic industry out to get him? hunting down sharks. they re the most feared predators in the ocean. but we reveal how sharks have more to fear from us. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents with your hosts tonight, soledad o brien and sanjay gupta. we begin this evening with a cnn presents special investigation. it s a story that sounds all too familiar. catholic priests accused of abusing children. church leaders accused of covering it up. but this familiar story has a disturbing new chapter. hundreds of these priests live unmonitored in unsuspecting communities. as we learned in some cases, they live next to schools and they live next to parks. gary