American forces are waiting on the word to attack Syria, we mark the 50th anniversary of the "I Have...

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American forces are waiting on the word to attack Syria, we mark the 50th anniversary of the "I
Have a Dream" speech, and a high school teacher in Montana gets a one-month sentence for raping
a student - while the student kills herself.
It's Wednesday, and here are "5 Things to Know for Your New Day."
Every weekday morning around 6, we'll hit the top five stories of the day, clue you in on a few other
buzzy items, and let you know about some of the must-watch stories coming up on CNN's new
morning show, "New Day."
1. SYRIA CIVIL WAR
"We are ready to go": Warships armed with cruise missiles plow the waters of the Mediterranean.
Cabinet-level officials hold a National Security Council meeting at the White House on Tuesday
night. And U.S. officials all but tell U.N. inspectors in Syria to get out of the way. A flurry of
comments and activity seem to be laying the groundwork for a military strike. A Defense Department
official says a strike could be completed "within several days." Moscow's telling the U.S. to stand
down. President Bashar Al-Assad's regime says there's no evidence that it was behind last week's
chemical attack. But the U.S. says the Syrian government forces are "the only ones that have the
weapons."
New Day will have extensive coverage of the situation in Syria. Frederick Pleitgen is in Damascus,
Matthew Chance is in London, Arwa Damon is in Beirut, and Chris Lawrence is at the Pentagon.
CNN national security analyst Fran Townsend will be our guest at 7, and chief international
correspondent Christiane Amanpour joins us at 8. Over at CNN.com, we'll have a primer on how we
got to where we are regarding Syria, and a piece on the risks of intervening.
2. 'I HAVE A DREAM' SPEECH
The dream lives on: It was a half-century ago today when our nation changed forever as a Southern
pastor told America, "I have a dream." The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech came at a
time when "there was so much fear, people were afraid to be afraid," says John Lewis, the Georgia
congressman who was a civil rights figure. Lewis says that 50 years later, we're a better nation, but
there's still progress to be made. America's first black president, Barack Obama, has similar words.
Obama will speak at the big event in Washington marking the anniversary. Former presidents Bill
Clinton and Jimmy Carter will be there, too, as will members of King's family.
CNN political commentator Donna Brazile joins us at 7.
3. CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE
The threat keeps growing: Thousands of firefighters continue to duke it out with a huge wildfire that
looks like it'll continue to burn for days. The numbers - 184,000 acres, 4,000 firefighters, thousands
of structures threatened - are staggering, and the prospects are scary as the still-growing California
wildfire menaces Yosemite National Park and San Francisco's water supply. But fortunately, the

2. tourist hotspot Yosemite Valley and its iconic attractions, including the El Capitan rock formation,
are safe for now, miles from the nearly two-week-old Rim Fire's reach.
Casey Wian has been on the front lines with firefighters and will update us on what they are facing.
4. MONTANA RAPE CASE
Say what? A 49-year-old teacher has sex with a 14-year-old student. The man is charged with rape,
and as the case inches its way through the legal system, the girl commits suicide. This week, the
man learned his sentence: 15 years - with 14 years, 11 months suspended. That's right, one month.
The girl's mother is furious with the judge, whose choice of words about the case was interesting:
"She seemed older than her chronological age." Here's another: "It's not probably the kind of rape
most people think about. It was not a violent, forcible, beat-the-victim rape, like you see in the
movies."
5. HANNAH ANDERSON
Sister says 'She's trouble': Lora free online dubstep maker no download DiMaggio doesn't buy it.
Her brother just couldn't have lived four decades as a great guy, as her closest friend, then suddenly
turn into a monster one day. Instead, she's critical of Hannah Anderson, who disappeared earlier this
month, reportedly kidnapped by James DiMaggio. In an interview with Piers Morgan, Lora DiMaggio
says she told her brother well before his death that Anderson was bad news. "I said, 'You need to
watch out for that one.' " DiMaggio added that her brother might have been trying to get the 16-
year-old out of a jam - and "gave his life to protect her."
Psychotherapist Robi Ludwig will be with us at 8 to analyze Lora DiMaggio's interview.
Those are your five biggies for the day. Here are a couple of others that are brewing and have the
Internet buzzing.
- Ununpenti-what? When we were kids, there were nine planets, and the periodic table only had 117
elements. And we liked it that way. Well, now Pluto's no longer a planet - and there's one more thing
to remember for that dreaded chemistry table. Swedish researchers made it in a lab by slamming
calcium into americium. This confirms the work done by researchers in Russia who created the same
thing years ago. They called the new element Ununpentium.
- Right there before twerp: "Twerk," congratulations. You are now official. The Oxford University
Press people, the ones who make the big dictionaries they keep in libraries, say you are an honest-
to-goodness word. Word nerds, take note, among the 40-plus entries joining "twerk" in the club are
digital detox, fauxhawk, jorts, selfie and srsly. Yes, seriously.
- Posing is for after the racing: We would suggest - and mind you this is just a suggestion - that you
wait until you actually cross the finish line before you start celebrating your half-Ironman win. We
kind of feel bad that Jeremy Jurkiewicz of France still won this race. We really wanted Igor Amorelli
to depose the poser at the finish.
- He plays from the heart: He goes to auditions, and band members can't believe their eyes. Dean
Zimmer is a rock drummer, and he uses a wheelchair. He has a birth defect called arthrogryposis.
And even after nine surgeries, he doesn't have full use of his arms and can't walk well. But man, can
that guy rock the drums.

3. - Dude, Dubstep is not for me: This orange tabby was nice enough to leave this guy's arms intact. But
from the looks of it, this cat ain't cool with the drumming help.
There you go. All you need to know to get an early start to your morning.
Be sure to tune in to "New Day," from 6 to 9 a.m. ET, join us at NewDayCNN.com and go and have a
GREAT NEW DAY!