>> i am. i don't use it very often. >> did you change your password? >> a lot of people did overnight. >> drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. >> you're a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it's 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i'm ashleigh banfield. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. i'm 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew members aboard. we're live in kabul. mohammed, defense secretary panetta wants to find out if the allied forces are prepared to -- is it troops that they're questioning here? do we have enough in. >> reporter: well, that has been one of the key questions zoraida. there's grave concern, especially in light of the attacks yesterday about the escalation and violence in the last few weeks and months. yesterday was the deadliest day for civilians in afghanistan this year. take that suicide attack you sfoek about a minute ago. this was coordinated to maximize casualties. a sophisticated kind of attack. kandahar, which was a former stronghold of the taliban, where there have been the last few years. you had suicide bomber on a motorcycle go outside a crowded restaurant blow himself up. then when residents in the area flooded that area, another suicide bomber detonated his explosive. more cash umts after that. over 20 people killed, 50 injured just there alone. today you had defense secretary panetta meeting with ambassador ryan crocker, meeting with general john a.m. en, the nato -- trying to find out what more can be done because there is so much concern about the deterioration in the security level here at the last few days. zoraida it. >> and the taliban getting more organized. troops are set to leave afghanistan by the end of september. are officials concerned about maintaining security in light of that? >> reporter: they're extremely concerned. right now, you have sort of an internal struggle going on because depending on which province or city you're talking about in afghanistan, you could be talking about different types of afghan security forces. you have the ana in some areas, then you have the alp, the afghan local police. it's a militia that's been armed and supported by the u.s. forces. they come under the auspices of the minister of interior. there is concern that they're not really going to work out to maintain security in the long-term. there's worry about what will happen there. there's worry not just from the taliban but also the armed militias working with the government here. what's going to happen to them if they're disbanded. whether they be folded into another unit. zoraida in. >> as we await the answers. mohammed jam joon in kabul for us. four minutes past 5:00. an f-16 fighter jet intercept aig small private plane after it entered airspace that was restricted for president obama's fundraising trip to los angeles last night. the jet followed the single engine cessna until it landed without incident at an airfield in california. the pilot being interviewed. president obama was at the beverly hilton at the time. was later taken to the beverly wilshire. it was held by gay and lesbian supporters there. the fbi launching an investigation into possible white house leaks of classified intelligence. white house officials say allegations that intem was leaked intentionally to score political points is "grossly irresponsible." still, there's bipartisan concern and a demand for answers in congress. >> people just talk too much. this didn't used to be the case. but suddenly, it's like it's a spreadable disease. it's just happening. >> you're talking about conversations amongst very small numbers of people in the oval office or in the national security council in the situation room. we're talking about the people closest to the president. this isn't a big political gathering. we're talking about people with top secret clearances and it should be easy enough to find out who was at these meetings. >> lawmakers say the leaks threaten national security and put american lives in danger. >> popular networking site linked-in is confirming that some of the stolen passwords released this week by russian hackers match up with linked-in accounts. the company is not saying how those passwords were stolen or the extent of the damage, but it is saying that it's investigating the security breach. 6 and a half million passwords were posted online on monday in a russian forum. so far, no user names have been spotted on this list, which is good news. but the experts are saying it is a good idea to changed your linked-in password just in case. state police report no life-threatening injuries after a bus carrying 55 people, including 34 children, flipped over last night. this in south central kentucky. take a look at that. the group was heading to washington, d.c. on a trip to organized by parents and world strides. that's a student travel company. the private bus had just left an elementary school when it veered off the right shoulder while negotiating a curve. flipping on to its passenger side. a romantic marriage proposal inside a hot air balloon ended up with a trip to the emergency room instead. the bride-to-be an the pilot of that balloon. the newly engaged couple was about to land in indiana last night when the balloon hit a power line and knocked out the pilot. he was unconscious. also gave the bride-to-be a jolt as well. the future groom performed cpr on the pilot who ended up being conscious just in time when helped arrived. both the bride-to-be and the pilot were treated for burns at the scene and taken to the hospital. what a story they have to tell. >> oh, boy. new york city police searching for clues at the home of the man who confessed to killing etan patz in 1979. 51-year-old pedro hernandez told police he strangled the 6-year-old and dumped his body in the trash. meantime, his wife says she believes her husband's confession is unreliable because he suffers from mental illness. the jury is now seated in the jerry sandusky trial. now, it's their job to decide whether the former penn state assistant football coach is dpaelt or not guilty of sexually abusing ten boys for at least 15 years. the rile is expected to begin in earnest on monday. took just two days to select seven women and five men along with four alternates. the makeup of the jury, kind of shows that the school motto rings true. that motto, we are penn state. half the 16 jurors and alternates have ties to penn state, including one retired professor, one current professor, three graduates, two employees and one current student. >> we have pretty cool time lapse video of space shuttle enterprise on its final voyage up the hudson river by barge before it was lifted in the air one final time by a crane on to its final resting place on the deck of the intrepid sea, air and space museum. that is very cool. the spacecraft exhibit expected to open to the public in mid-july. people lining the shores of new york and new jersey to catch a glimpse of it yesterday as it sailed past landmarks like the new world trade center and the statue of liberty. >> i don't know if it's going to stay on that deck, though. it would be great if it did. they might build something permanent on shore. it's a great place to see it if you're visiting new york. >> i have friends and family in from chicago and they were watching it taking picture after picture. >> you could take a live picture right now. there it is as the sunrises over manhattan. you're getting a look at all of the machinations surrounding that effort. notice the position of the shuttle. it's facing out into the hudson. that's nice. if you get a boat tour, you go right bit nose of the shuttle, which is terrific. that's history, baby. >> it will not be taking off. >> heck no. never did. >> it never flew in space. that's how the shuttle program was started by that prototype. >> very cool. >> staying alive. get it? new jersey devils beating the kings last night 3-1. how sweet it is for them, right? >> they forced a fifth game in the stanley cup finals. that could have been it. that could have been the end of the series. kings trying for their first stanley cup ever. they have to wait at least another day. they lead the series 3-1. game 5 is coming saturday in jersey. >> the oklahoma city thunder heading to the nba finals for the first time ever, folks. 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>> no. that's like you and me dropping an ounce. >> thanks, christine. rob marciano joining us now. i would have thought i would be talking to you this morning about something to do with hurricane season and instead, we're going out to the mountains. >> yeah. listen, we had an early start there. let's take a little bit of -- we've got six months to play with hurricane season. don't worry about that. we'll start you off in denver. these are storm reports much we had seven reports of tornadoes yesterday. not a whole lot of damage thankfully. most of the action was east of denver. one was spotted north of the airport. dallas had rough weather. still seeing showers and thunderstorms right now. approximate you're traveling through there, there may be delays the next couple of hours. all the other stuff is down to the south and east. florida can't catch a break. on and off unsettled weather there. thunderstorms popping up north of tampa this morning. new york, yesterday was pretty nice day. today it should be okay as well. still the threat of seeing a shower pop up kind of in this unsettled and cool weather pattern. just doesn't want to move owl that rapidly. otherwise, the map today shows the sweet spot had the country is the western great lakes. big blue h over chicago. desert southwest continues to be hot and southern cal, not shabby. another storm heading towards the pacific northwest. the storms from denver yesterday will push just to the east again today. pretty much the same spots that we saw severe weather will be in the center of the country and no threat for hurricanes at the moment. >> that's good news. >> much better than last week's news. thanks, rob. it is 18 minutes past the hour. we're getting an early read on local news making national headlines. i want to ask you about this one. pay attention. an officer uses a stun gun on an 8 months pregnant woman. the chicago tribune saying tiffany was ticketed for parking in the handicapped spot. she tore up the ticket and tried to take off. that's when the officer used the stun gun to stop her. she is charged with resisting arrest and simple assault. rent's boyfriend and father of the baby was also arrested after he tried to intervene. so a little bit more back story here. the officer was trying to write another ticket because when she tore it up, thee threw it and was littering. it's not a crime to tear up a ticket, right? >> i think the more concerning issue is did the officer know that she was pregnant at the time of doing the stunning? >> the chief of police gary mccarthy says he does not know. he says you can't always tell when they're eight months pregnant. they're doing a full investigation. why would you attempt to arrest her for tearing up april ticket? that seemed unusual. >> probably the resisting of the -- >> when she tore up the ticket and threw it, he was trying to give her another one for littering, she's trying to leave. >> i didn't understand that concept. >> i certainly hope that the officer didn't know that she was pregnant when tasing her or stun gunning her. that's a grave concern or did she even let that be known as well. did she say, hey, i'm pregnant, back off? >> they're doing a whole investigation. >> i hate littering, by the way. i think it's awful. come on. rest easy, new yorkers. big gulp drinks, safe from mayor bloomberg's ban on large sugary drinks. the ban is only going to affect delis, restaurants and movie theaters. it won't affect grocery stores and convenience stores like 7-eleven. that original 30-ounce big gulp is one of 7-eleven's most popular items, bringing in 10% of the store chain's income. the biggest drink is the double gulp. you would think that's 60 ounces. used to be 64 ounces. it's like double -- >> the double gulp at 64 ounces was too big to hold on to. so they were moving to 50 ounces. the double gulp is not quite double but at least you can hold on to it. >> back story on that. when you yelled up, how many ounces in a big gulp, everybody knew. >> everybody knew. i bought them before. it's so that i can keep them in my fridge to have them for a week. >> for an expanded look at all of our top stories, head to our blog, cnn.com/early start. >> if you have a profile on linked in, you might want to change your password. more on the security breach and how you can protect yourself coming up. 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