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Background comment from an inaugural pfigure who said thei concert cost them $25 million. five times as much as the obama one. that seems not credible. have you been able to track down any of those other comparisons or explanations for what stuff might have cost? >> no, no, that's one of the things. the $25 million figure emerged in an associated press story and one of the questions is whether you can compare the two concerts because the obama concert had tons of a-list acts and so it was very easy to get it on television and it appears there may have been some broadcast costs for this inaugur...

Both in public and private before. also, the massive sinnism that came out. looking the president is looking out for us, he was the president of the united states. i mean that's essentially acknowledging he did it. the one that set me off was the background comment and anonymous source to caitlin collins cnn's zone. hey look this is good for our political base. i think there are things that have to go beyond politics. simone and terra and me and everybody else can say you know what, we have an all men are created equal thing. lets live by that and particularly the president of the united state...

we'll share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. >> happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. we'll have the latest in just a few minutes. plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pop's mother now. you'll find out why coming up. but first, we'll talk about politics and mitt romney's rocky start in london. this was a trip intended to charm the brits, to show off romney's statesmanship and raise some cash along the way. plus he's facing some tough headlines across the pond. on...

Finding as i have told them that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work. they only understand one thing. a couple of points there. the confirmation from the president that the white house does believe this was a nuclear test of some kind is notable given north korea sometimes boasts about things that haven't actually happened or boasts to talk up their claims here. again, the president tieing the north korea issue to china, trying to get china to weigh in and respond more forcefully to north korea. finally, the pointed criticism for south korea and south korea's strategy in d...