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we've got the highlights this hour on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." nice to have you with us. i'm ashleigh banfield. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. we begin with the shocking and sometimes sickening testimony in the child sex abuse trial of former penn state football defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. we have heard from two alleged victims already, and a third could take the stand later this morning. yesterday former assistant football coach mike mcqueary also testified, describing what he thought appeared to be sandusky molesting a young boy in a shower. and th...

The self-described tortoise. can the gop re-gop itself in time? the republicans' messaging problem. how do they get their brand back on track if they really want the white house back in the fall? >> thank you so much, thomas. once again, apple has tech junkies worked up into a fevered pitch. there's just a little more than two hours to go until unveiling of the new ipad. coming just about a year after the late steve jobs took the wraps off the ipad 2. >> we've got something great to announce today. we're going to introduce today ipad 2. the second generation ipad. >> i'm joined by john able,...

happy, happy, happy friday! my favorite day. >> i know. >> besides saturday and sunday. it's october 28th. welcome to "american morning." christine has the morning off. >> that game you know, i was so sad, because the yankees were out so early, but, boy, these guy, the rangers and cardinals have really kept this going. good. good baseball. up first, bernie madoff victims are saying don't buy this scam. saying they're having trouble finding sympathy after madoff's wife -- madoff said he's happier in prison and his wife told "60 minutes" the couple tried to kill themselves. the story...

officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nation's debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is just 12 days away. somalia's president is asking the world for immediate help to feed his country...

And baskets. that would be an increase of almost 1.8% over last year and it would be the first spending increase in three years. well, consumers will get their hands on apple's ipipad f the first time this morning. it was overhyped? we'll see. is it a must buy? even though apple allowed buyers to preorder the latest invention, lines have still formed around stores. there's no substitute for being first to apple birsz. >> it's like unicorns or gold. it's just naj magical and hard explain. i'm obsessed with apple. i want to be the first person in the greater chicago area to get my ipad. >> the...