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it's a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning london's readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, what's happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this overseas trip. but his campaign is confident he can clear the next hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the re...

and you can see the folks poured out there. bec becky, give us a preview of what is happening with the countdown being on at least for the u.s. and other parts of the world to get a chance to see the opening ceremonies. >> that is right. we are what for hours away and counting now. you can really feel the buzz in london. i'm at hyde park, and one of the big zones and one of the four acts that will connect into the opening ceremony which is at the olympic park of course in the east side of london. we have duran duran, and stereophonics and aptly named scot paola paccini who will be pl...

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...

involving the colorado theater massacre. a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells cnn police and the fbi have discovered a package in the university of colorado mail room that appears to have been mailed by the suspected shooter, james holmes. cnn's ed lavandera is in aurora for us. ed, what do we know about this package? >> reporter: well, we're still trying to gather information on what exactly is inside that package, wolf. but as you mentioned that law enforcement official telling cnn that on monday police and fbi discovered a package that was apparent apparen...

and pulled the driver to safety. others in china not so fortunate. at least 37 people have been fouled dead. late-night attacks in iraq pushed yesterday's death toll to 103, making it the deadliest day this year. bombs and bullets ripping across several cities mostly targeting shiite muslims. no group has claimed responsibility, but they claim days after al qaeda announced it was making a comeback against iraq's weakened government. as the violence in syria escalates, the european union is calling for tightening sanctions. in may last year, member nations will now be required to ...