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0 sofia. i m thinking he already has the best-elected official in these united states. so maybe mayor tufts could continue to serve, i don t know, at least until kindergarten starts, anyway. that s it for us. thanks for watching. early start begins now. on the hot seat, the head of the irs faces questions on why military sex scandals, a danger to national security. surreal and extensive damage. people in the areas hardest hit by tornadoes in texas, not allowed back home this morning. and powerful frenzy. will you turn your $2 into more than half a billion dollars. this is the second-biggest pot in powerball history. are we playing? we re playing. good morning, everyone, welcome to early start, i m john bermen. i m zoraida sambolin, it s friday, may 17th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. developing this morning, the man fired from the irs over a scandal targeting conservatives will be on the hot seat today, steven miller, the acting head of the irs was forced out this weekend, today a house committee will grill him about why he did not tell congress about the political targeting, here s cnn with the very latest. reporter: three days after the white house counsel s office was first notified of the irs targeting conservative groups, the man forced to resign sat before the house ways and means committee. let me report on this year s filing season. it was a friendly encounter. a routine update on the agency s proposed budget. my testimony outlines recent accomplishments. today he returns to the full committee to a different atmosphere, miller will be pressed by lawmakers on the information his agency gathered, not the tax checks. it s important that appear and come forward truthfully, openly and give us the real answers. president obama has tried to put out this fire. expressing outrage. vowing to hold people at the irs accountable. and quickly appointing a new acting commissioner who starts on the job next week. we ve got to make sure that it is doing its job scrupulously and without even a hint of bias. his top aides are all appearing on news shows, doing damage control. the president took swift decisive action. the fact of the matter is that this administration has a record on transparency. while the president is trying to shift attention to his other priorities. a trip to baltimore will focus on middle class jobs. it follows thursday s meeting on sexual abuse in the military and a visit with the turkish prime minister where syria was at the top of the agenda. but a dark cloud hangs over this white house and critics at a tea party rally are keeping up the pressure. this is run-away government at its worst. who knows who they ll target next. dan lothian, cnn, washington. this question, are we at a crisis point for sexual assault in the military? in pretty blunt language, the president called the growing number of sexual assaults, shameful and disgraceful and a danger to national security and he ordered a pentagon official to somehow crack down. it comes amid a series of high-profile cases of alleged sexual abuse. here s pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. another embarrassment for the u.s. military. this time, at fort campbell, kentucky, home of the 101st airborne division. lieutenant colonel, darren hoss, the officer in charge of sexual assault prevention, was removed from his job after being arrested for violating a protective order to stay away from his estranged wife. hi, this is major darren hoss, from bag ram, afghanistan. he had sent greetings to his wife while serving in afghanistan in 2010. the incident came to light just hours after president obama met with top brass about sexual assaults in the military. there s no silver bullet to solving this problem. this is going to require a sustained effort. over a long period of time. the fort campbell firing was the third in two weeks of peerm assigned to military sexual assault prevention jobs. at fort hood, texas, a sergeant first class is under criminal investigation by the army by pandering. a pentagon official says he may have forced someone into prostitution. other allegations, abuse of sexual contact, and maltreatment of subordinates and last week, an air force colonel was arrested on sexual battery charges for allegedly groping a woman near the pentagon where he worked in sexual assault prevention. on capitol hill, pressure is mounting for historic changes in military law. senator kirsten gillenbrand is introducing legislation, so in sex assault cases where there may be jail time, the decision to prosecute is taken away from commanders, and given to military attorneys. many feel prosecutors from outside a unit will be more vigorous. we believe enough is enough. it s time to change this system that has been held over since george washington. that is simply not working today for the men and women who are serving. defense secretary chuck hagel has ordered the retraining of key personnel involved in sexual assault prevention programs. but with a number of cases of sexual assaults and rapes on the rise in the military, key commanders are acknowledging they just are not sure what to do to solve the problem. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. our thanks to barbara. it is six minutes past the hour. people in the neighborhoods hardest hit by the tornados in texas aren t even be allowed back to survey damage in their homes this morning. the national weather service says at least 16 tornadoes touched down. and those who have seen the scope of the damage firsthand say it is surreal and it is extensive. among them is victor blackwell, live from granbury texas and i was reading there are seven people missing this morning? still seven people missing this morning. zoraida and the search, we re told by the sheriff here in hood county continued overnight. a recovery effort, not especially any more a rescue effort. i was in the rancho brazos neighborhood yesterday. and our job is to relay what is happening on the ground. and when you re standing there, it doesn t matter how wide the lens is, hd or 3-d, when you see what you re seeing behind me multiplied by 100, 110, 120, it s difficult to relay and i think what really is striking is the mix of the industrial and the common. the christmas lights entangled with aluminium siding and the children s teddy bears covered by shingles from roofs. some of these houses have been swept right off of the foundation. i spoke with a commissioner here who says many of the questions he s received and you asked me yesterday at this time, how much warning was there for people. there was some warning, and they ran to their hallways, but if the entire house is blown away, then standing in the hallway is just as good as standing by a window. we know that the number of people who have been killed, that number still at six. but with this now going into a recovery mission to found the seven unaccounted for, that number could rise, zoraida. and victor you just mentioned the six people who died. and we want to remember them. do we know anything about them? their names have been released. we know that two of them have the same last name. but we have not been confirmed for us at least that they were married or their specific relation to one another. but their ages range from the early 30s, to the early 80s. most of them over the age of 60. zoraida? victor blackwell live on the ground, thank you very much. to find out how you can help the victims of the texas storms, you can visit our impact your world page at cnn.com/impact. russia is sending advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to syria. a sign u.s. officials say that illustrates moscow s support for president bashar al assad s regime. the new york times reports that the missiles have advanced radar capabilities that can help the syrian regime stop foreign forces from establishing no-fly zones or carrying out limited air strikes. the surviving boston marathon bombing suspect left a note about his motive. law enforcement found that note from dzhokhar tsarnaev on the boat where he was discovered hiding. they say he wrote that the bombings were retribution for u.s. attacks on muslims in afghanistan and iraq. and he referred to the boston victims as collateral damage. tsarnaev told police that an attack on one muslim was an attack on all muslims. and be sure to watch anderson cooper s special report back to boston tonight right here on cnn at 10:00 p.m. eastern. cnn has learned that u.s. marshals lost track of the two members of the federal witness security program who were identified as known or suspected terrorists. according to the report, one of the former witnesses is known to be living outside of the u.s. the report says the marshals failed to inform the authorities who run the no-fly watch list about suspected terrorists within the witness program. potentially giving them access to commercial flights across the united states. police in new orleans have arrested a second suspect at a shooting in a parade on mother s day, it s believed he and the first suspect were involved in gang activities. scott was charged with 20 accounts of attempted second degree murder during his first court appearance on thursday. he s being held on $10 million bail. three people who, who were injured are still in critical condition this morning. do you feel lucky? 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