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Koch brothers, of course, are the billionaire conservative brothers, charles and david koch. if they could somehow be a single person, they would be the richest person in america. mr. and mr. koch inherited a privately owned oil and chemical corporation from their dad. that's where they got their money. and collectively, the two of them have more money than basically the rest of the world. and it is this koch brothers affiliated network that has now wandered all the way from florida up to alaska to tell people in alaska that they should pledge, they should promise to the koch brothers that the...

But where the know the facts website tries to talk you out of signing up for health insurance, the other one, the other anti-health reform website, that one up at the exact same time also for alaska, it drops the subtlety altogether. the other site just flat out tells you to sign a pledge to not enroll in obama care. they want your promise, your signed promise that you will not get health insurance. a local website called alaska commons first noticed this, this chicago marketing firm flying into town and then the two websites starting up on the same day, then "the alaska dispatch" followed mor...

for you. good morning to you, welcome to "early start" on this monday morning. i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm ashlee. >> it's the kind of heat that makes it hard to breathe and it is still threatening millions of americans all the way from the midwest to the northeast this morning. >> about 16 people have now died from this heat since thursday when triple-digit temperatures unleashed killer storms that have now left millions of people without power this morning. it's incredible, but look how many states are now dealing with miserable conditions in ohio, 425,000 people are now witho...

mayor, corey booker speaking out about the bain private equity debate. hear what he had to say about his critics and the president. and a major slide in facebook's stock. a big deal, and a big drop. details, straight ahead. good morning, everyone and welcome to early start. i'm ashley banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. up first, boldly going where no private spacecraft has gone before. >> zero and launch of the spacex falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private secretary tore resupply the international space station. >> what a sight, huh? it happened not too long ago, a rock...

mattresses. some senators agree. they're ought to be a law. >> our current toxics law allows too many untested chemicals on the market. why should parents who would be left to wonder if the chemicals used in their baby's bottles, pacifiers, cribs are safe? the status quo is dangerous and unacceptable. >> cnn's dana bash joins me now with, dare i say, this rolling coverage. so what are these moms hoping to accomplish? >> reporter: what they want is basically information, and the backstory, the background, i should tell you, something that certainly i didn't realize as a new mom and ma...