Prince Harry Naked In Vegas
ROMANS: Good morning, Washington, D.C. You know, it's still a little dark there, but it's 68, mostly cloudy. Later, though, it will be 87 and partly cloudy in the nation's capital. Welcome back to</s>EARLY START.  55: 41 in the east. Forty-one minutes past the hour. I'm Christine Romans.</s>BERMAN: And I'm John Berman. And a storm is growing in the Atlantic, and you better believe it's one that Florida is keeping an eye on. Tropical storm Isaac could become a Category 1 hurricane by Thursday, and it could turn north toward the Sunshine State. If that happens, this could be a serious issue for the Republican National Convention in Tampa next week. Fifty thousand people are expected in that city during the event. So, organizers are keeping a close watch. So, we want to get the latest on this storm. Let's go straight to Rob Marciano in Atlanta. Rob, where did it --</s>ROB MARCIANO, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Well, this far out, John, to get to Tampa, that would be day six or seven. Odds are minuscule for it to make a direct hit, but if it were to, I mean, that city is as vulnerable as New Orleans when it comes to getting a storm surge. So, very concerned about that, but we're talking about odds of about one percent at this point this far out, but there is a chance. Westerly movement at 18 miles an hour right now. It's just to the east of the Leeward Islands. Tropical storm warnings have been posted for the Northern Leeward Islands. U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the island of Hispaniola have hurricane watches out now, because this is gaining strength, and we do anticipate it becoming a hurricane over the next couple of days. It is going to likely interact with the Northern Caribbean Islands. That will knock down the intensity. Not good news, obviously, for Hispaniola and Eastern Cuba. The way of heavy rains here, potentially, even some mud slides, but notice the last day of the forecast period here, South Florida under the gun, including Miami. But note the cone of uncertainty or the margin of vary here, either side of this, a couple of hundred miles. So, could get into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of our computer models say that. That would make Tampa in play, but it also could miss Florida and head up to east coast towards the Carolinas. So, this is a tough forecast. No doubt about that. Here are some of our computer models. Each one of these lines indicates one computer, and this is just a handful. We have several others as well. But you notice, they're in pretty good agreement to bring it across these islands. So, that'll keep the intensity of the wind down. Obviously, the rain is going to be a factor here. But, at the very least, Tampa may get some rain out of this. Forecast warnings and watches that are posted for the islands that I mentioned. And also, we've got another system out here that has a 90 percent chance of becoming our next tropical storm. And it's almost doing that, but it's way out there. By the way, Florida has been getting hammered with rainfall the past couple of days, and it will do it again today. Stalled front down there. And then an ongoing flow off the ocean is going to keep things rather moist. So, in preparations for the convention, they'll be getting a decent amount of rain right now. So, we'll keep an eye on Isaac as well.</s>ROMANS: All right, Rob. Thanks so much, Rob. A look now at the top stories.</s>ROMANS (voice-over): Missouri Senate candidate, Todd Akin, says he's pressing on alone if necessary after rejecting numerous calls from Republicans to drop out of that race. Akin believes he can still unseat Democratic incumbent, Claire McCaskill, despite the political firestorm over his comments about legitimate rape and abortion.</s>BERMAN (voice-over): A lost piece of history uncovered in a dusty attic in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 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City officials are now inspecting surrounding buildings for structural issues. A source told a local station a protective covering meant to trap debris that wasn't positioned properly.</s>ROMANS: Our big other story today, Prince Harry learning that what happens in Vegas ends up on the web. Clarence House (ph) now confirming to CNN that photos posted on TMZ of a nude Prince Harry are, indeed, Prince Harry. TMZ said they show Harry naked, playing a game of drunk strip pool with an unidentified naked woman in a Vegas hotel suite, a private hotel suite, and he's covering up in one of the photos. Dan rivers is live in London with the latest.</s>ROMANS (on-camera): Certainly embarrassing, I would assume, for -- what is the reaction from the royal family this morning, shall I ask?</s>DAN RIVERS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, there's been no reaction from Clarence House, which speaks on behalf of the princes other than to confirm it is Prince Harry. There was a lot of kind of speculation this morning on Twitter here that these may have been spoof, fake photos with a look-alike, but Clarence House telling us that they are genuine but making no further comments. It's clearly pretty embarrassing for the royal family. Just the contrast between Prince Harry's behavior and his brother, Prince William, who's a search and rescue pilot who's on duty in Wales and Anglesey. Reports that he was just last week out saving a young girl in trouble in Wales, and then his brother pictured naked in L.A, clearly, having a bit of a party. Prince Harry had his first kind of outing, really, taking place with the queen at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, and he looked kind of slightly shell shocked there. Very nervous looking Prince Harry appearing at the closing ceremony. Now, obviously, he's gone away with his friends, letting off some steam by the looks of things. There's been also stories around of him having a kind of, you know, playful swimming race with Ryan Lochte as well. So, having some fun. But looks like this may have just gone a bit too far.</s>ROMANS: He was wearing slightly more clothing in that swimming race with Ryan Lochte. That made all of the American tabloids as well. And, you know, while we're having a little fun with the headline this morning, some of us, you know, it does say something about the security, of course, of the third in line to the throne, I would say.</s>RIVERS: It does, yes. I mean, you know, how these pictures were allowed to get out, there's been a sort of convention when he's been out socially that, you know, phones will be checked or taken off people if they're worried that they can't be trusted.</s>ROMANS: Clearly, someone had a pocket. Someone was still clothed, because there was a phone in someone's pocket.</s>RIVERS: Right. Exactly. There's also a serious point here as well. The British papers here haven't really -- haven't -- well, they've talked about it, but they haven't published the photos, because they're all very worried in the wake of all the phone hacking scandal here. You know, this is the last thing they want to be seen to be doing is to be going out on a limb and publishing these photos. They were taken, we gather, in a private hotel suite. And the agreement here is that, you know, that they're not allowed to publish photos of the royals in this manner when they're clearly in private circumstances. So, none of the UK papers have published them whereas they've gone round the world on the internet, of course.</s>ROMANS: It's interesting that Harry seems so private in his public duties, but -- so, I guess,</s>BERMAN: I didn't realize what Dan was saying. The British papers haven't published the photos yet.</s>ROMANS: Right.</s>BERMAN: Very interesting.</s>ROMANS: That is interesting, and the hacking scandal -- all right. Think (ph) gotten so much. Shame, shame, Fido. If your dog choose your shoes,