Live Breaking News & Updates on Cnn Com Starting Point
Stay updated with breaking news from Cnn com starting point. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
killing three soldiers in the country s southern helmand province. cnn s chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to kill them for some time. u.s. military officials are now confirming that part of the detail. but again, it speaks to a larger issue, which is trust in the fact that if this is a so-called green on blue attack, where afghan troops turn on their american allies, it would be the third time just this week. in fact, in the big picture, there have been more attacks already this year of that kind than all of last year, john. all right, chris lawrence at the pentagon. the story developing at this ....
that. a packed show ahead. take a look at the photo, we have joe lieberman and christine todd whitman, olympic gold medalist dan o brien and the infamous, is that the appropriate word? honey boo boo from toddlers and tiaras. starting point begins right now. good morning, happy tuesday to you and thank you so much for being with us. in our starting point, disturbing revelations about the man police say is behind the deadly wisconsin sikh temple shooting, including word that an organization that tracks hate groups had been monitoring him for 12 years. police looking into the 40-year-old s ties to white supremacists, these photos of a page in front of a swastika are from facebook and myspace page that has since been taken down. he was the front man for a white power rock band. neighbors say he was antisocial. like a recluse almost. didn t talk to us. i would say hi and he would go she was nice and when he moved in, she just changed. you could tell he was ru ....
ins priebus and dominique dawes and ryan beatty. starting point begins right now. our starting poirnt this morning, america s new golden girl is gabby douglas making history last night. 16 years old, first african-american to women the all-around gold medal. amanda davies, it was so z exciting to watch her. just perfection, out did herself each and every time. how was the feeling while everyone was watching her? reporter: it was incredible. it was probably written in the stars, did you know if you rearrange the letters of gabby douglas s sir name, what does it spell, but usa gold. and this really is where the next chapter of her life begins. she is now up in the a list of superstars as the morning after, night before, media commitments have started. she s been retweeting the incredible tweets these had from people like oprah nicki minaj and michael phelps. she finished with that fantastic floor performance with that techno music. it became like club gabby. we can st ....
gene louis and daniel louis. thanks for talking with us. gene, i m going to start with you if i can. what do you know is the latest about your dad, his condition and how he s being held? good morning, soledad. i thank you for having us on this morning. and soledad, we re going to tell you what we ve been telling all of the news media outlet s that has been interviewing us and we thank them also. the information that we re getting is trickling down and is information that people are getting from the internet. we do have people that are working on our behalves via the u.s. state department and office of senator scott brown, but again, information is we re getting as quick as you guys are getting it as other people are getting it. so actually the family has four people in it. we re just got some news so that s the reason why there s two of us that are not here. and the problem with hearing things from everywhere else, you re getting news that is not really true and y ....
morning. good morning, soledad, new video into cnn, homes entirely up in flames overnight in colorado, colorado springs. 32,000 people are on the run. the fire now roaring and unchecked and spread to 6200 acres and only 5% contained. the largest of the fires in that state is the high park fire, burning since june 9th. that fire has destroyed 257 homes, just epic fires in colorado. the only way back home by boat, debby now downgraded to a tropical depression, but still dumping a dangerous amount of rain over florida. 25 inches has come down in some areas around the coast. people are starting to come back to homes that are a total loss. the water was up this high. on the doors, everything inside the garage was floating. everything there was a walkway in the center and everything was stacked on the side. the water came up to crash down in on itself. the storm is expected to bring rains for another day as it heads to the atlantic. rob marciano has the latest on the ....