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infects in cambodia. and it's a special day for us and for ringo starr. the beatles legend joins us this hour on his birthday to celebrate, of course, with us, and to talk about his new album and the motivation behind his continued success. slow and steady is proving to be a losing combination for hundreds of thousands of people across the mid-atlantic and northeast who have been without power now for a full week. and it will be getting even hotter in many cities today. the record-breaking temperatures are blamed for several deaths and catastrophes for many businesses. emily schm...

emily, this hasn't been just a weather vaent. it has been an economic event. businesses haven't been able to operate. >> reporter: hi, gary. it has been such a long week for people. when you see trees like this that toppled and the power lines that came down more than a week ago, it set off a chain reaction so big that the experts, the government and even small businesses say they just haven't been able to add up the total costs yet. what is clear is that as the power comes back on, people are beginning to see just how much they lost. though it only takes an instant for the lights to...

410,000 customers in west virginia didn't have power as of last night. ohio, 400,000 folks in ohio without. 340,000 in virginia, same deal there. power authorities and local governments say many of those people might be in the dark until this weekend. those people are going to have to deal with more soaring temperatures, 12 states under heat advisories this morning and the heat wave is forecast to last all week long. sandra endo is live in arlington, virginia, looks a bit of a mess behind you there. do people there have electricity? i'm guessing not. >> reporter: not in this neighbor...

new developments overnight in the case involving secretary of commerce john bryson. and his two car crashes. he went back to work yesterday but not today. find out why, coming up in this hour of cnn. welcome to "early start," i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm ashleigh banfield. we're bringing you the news from "a" to "z." it is 5:00 on the dot in the east. let's start with this, shall we? victim number one ready to take the stand today in jerry sandusky child abuse sex trial. today's witness was just 11 or 12 years old when he first met the penn state assistant football coach. it was his ...

accident. police finding key evidence in the instructor's stomach? and also caught on tape. a scary armed robbery at a dunkin' donuts, a customer trying to be a hero but ends up unconscious. how this all went down, all in matter of seconds. up first this morning, big new developments with the chinese activist smack-dab in the middle of a political firestorm. hillary clinton is scheduled to speak about chen guangcheng in about an hour. we learned that chen can apply to study abroad according to a chinese state-run news agency. u.s. officials also say they just spoke by phone today...