why? >> escort you off the property. >> and i'm staying here? >> not anymore. >> allegations of racial bias at an oregon hotel. his lawyer says the only thing he's guilty of is calling his brother while black. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm joe johns. it is friday, december 28th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. i looked in the sky. it looked like "independence day" or "ghostbusters." was it an alien invasion? it wasn't. the skies over new york city lit up with an eerie blue glow. a transformer explosion blew. a power plant in queens. a substation experienced a brief electrical fire after a couple of transformers tripped offline. it did not seem routine to folks