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electrified fences until they die. extreme words from a pastor -- yes, a pastor in north carolina. we're going to play the tape for you on cnn this hour. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm ashleigh banfield. look who's here. >> i'm christine romans. zoraida sambolin is on assignment today. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get you started. it could be a day that brings a brand new era in the middle east, but we're not sure what kind of era it's going to be because this is election day in egypt. millions of people going to the polls for a historic vote. their firs...

the cdc estimates more than half a trillion dollars in additional health care costs. we get the problem, but what are the solutions? david kirkoff is a ceo of weight watchers and author of the new book "weight loss boss" and lisa young is author of the book. welcome to both of you. lisa, only 4% of our elementary schools require daily physical education, a lack of sidewalks discourages walking. huge parts of the population don't have access to nutritious food. when we attempt to legislate solutions, americans say don't tell me what to eat, don't tell my kid what to eat. is this a nan...

should be able to get married. >> pretty strong words. pretty clear, too. dan lothian is live in washington, d.c. with us this morning. it took a long time for the president to evolve to this position. but why now? and why this way? >> that's right. well, the president had been under a lot of pressure to really state his position on this. and some top members of his administration over the last few days had come out and made their positions clear. and so the president finally came around on this after almost two years. he said after talking to his friends, his daughters and the first...

it will make things more difficult. it is very important that you act quickly, and i'm now waiting for your response. >> cnn's elise lapin joins us from the white house. before we get to reaction, let's talk about the demands. what are they demanding? >> well, soledad, a range of demands starting from releasing all al qaeda and taliban prisoners and in particular those responsible for the 1993 bombing of the world trade center, the attempted attack on the world trade center, and also a halt to all air strikes in yemen, somalia, afghanistan and pakistan and the list goes on. more good...

getting a grip on a come pli indicated on u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and former director of intelligence dennis player. then, the push to november. anita dunn and former republican committee chairman ed gilespi. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." rick santorum has a sharper edge to him. he understands he needs to change the dynamic. >> the problem is, the republicans in this country are thinking about putting somebody with the same positions as president up. if this is about tweedle dee and dweedl dumb, we will lose. >> santorum's real weakness is his plan econ...