Page 2 - Si Com News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

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...

roulette. straight to washington we go to lizzie o'leary. we're talking gas prices. they jumped 3 cents a gallon from yesterday to a national average of 6 cents a gallon. why have they gone up? >> i wish i could give you the political sound bite the politicians want, but it's just not that simple. the world is big. there are three things driving this, and that is essentially the price of oil that's influenced by iran and the middle east, supply and demand, you have a lot of people, certainly in india and china, who are getting richer than they've ever been before using more, and th...

important research, the cure for cancer, cure for many diseases, a lot of important things are being studied and researched there -- they're the highest paid employees in their own states, much more than the governor, any law enforcement official. it's really staggering had wh ih you look at the pure amount of money these coaches are making. >> what are the dangers of that kind of power? >> well, i think -- you know, penn state says it all. the fact that, you know, the institution was really made into what it is today because of football and because joe paterno built that university ...

victims and charges could be coming. this is moving far beyond sandusky and threatens to taint the golden legacy of head coach joe paterno. joe paterno's tenure as a coach will be over soon and penn state is planning his exit. the time cites two people briefed on conversations with penn state officials who says the board of trustees has yet to determine the timing. if this is a sign of anything, paterno was scheduled to hold his weekly news conference about an hour ago. reporters including our jason carroll were there ready to ask paterno about sandusky, the rape and abuse charges an...

anderson. >> he was giggle. >> that's the first time i have ever seen him completely lose it. it was funny. >> a lot to talk about this morning. we have breaking news. a suicide truck bomber targeting the u.s. military base in afghanistan. it happened in the city of gardez a few hours ago. officials say the truck ripped through the main security gate. killed two afghan guards. nine others were hurt. and the taliban is taking credit for the attack. >> less than two weeks after downgrading america's aaa credit rating standard and poor's is the target of a justice department investigati...