there's a lot going on on this friday morning. let's get you caught up. trying to decisively end the war in in libya, nato turning up the heat on moammar gadhafi. one senior official saying he is a targtsz. it's what you would call a campaign mutiny. i'm ali velshi. mass resignation's from newt gingrich's staff, including all of his top adviser. gingrich promises to start the campaign anew. >> i'm christine romans. alabama's governor signs what's considered one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. let's hear what thelibya is

killing the dictator since he's in charge of command and control in that country. >> new air strike shook tripoli overnight. the world may be getting ready for a libya without gadhafi. now with allied nations pledging more than a billion dollars to the rebels, we're going to ask a nato spokesperson if the target is on gadhafi's back in just a moment. first, nic robertson live in abu dhabi where he's watching the situation in libya. what's the latest? all right. doesn't seem like nic is hearing us. we'll check on that in a moment. the developments -- we're going to be talking about what is happening in nato now, but -- >> what is the end game, how can

they achieve that end game? >> can you do that with moammar gadhafi in office? >> it is really a change, is this really a change in what nato's goal and mission has been all along. we'll check with a nato spokesperson in a couple minutes. we're talking about national politics and the sudden mass exodus we started hearing about yesterday afternoon of the presidential campaign of candidate newt gingrich. 16 staff members in all, including his senior campaign staff, entire senior campaign staff, all resigning. citing a, quote, different vision of how to win the white house. gingrich is not backing down. he says his campaign will go on and he plans to take part in monday's gop debate in new hampshire. which you can see only here on cnn. joining us from washington, cnn senior political editor mark preston. put it in perspective for us. how rare is something like this to happen, this mass resignation of all of the senior staff of a newly declared candidate? >> it's very rare that you actually see the aides fire the

candidate. usually it's the candidate who fires the aides. we should go back to 2007, though, and note that john mccain had a similar problem back in the summer of 2007. john mccain, who eventually went on to win the republican nomination, saw his whole staff leave. kiran, you're right. the fact of the matter is, when you have these aides decide that they can no longer work for newt gingrich, for a couple of reasons, they say that they don't think he was committed to fund-raising and they don't think he was committed to doing the very hard work that's needed, kiran, to be out there in the campaign trail, especially in a state like iowa. he wasn't expected back in that early proving ground until july. the staff then decided after trying to get him to try to revigor, try to get back into his campaign, they decided that he wasn't going to do it. keeren. >> >> he's saying he's going to continue. how does this happen? does he have to scramble to get new people? >> no question about that. he has to scramble and figure out how to put his campaign staff together. as you said he will be at the

cnn debate on monday night. so we should see him there. he'll also restart his campaign on sunday evening. on sunday evening he will be out in los angeles for an event for the republican jewish coalition. but kiran, with newt campaign's right now, newt gingrich's campaign, in this implosion mode, it could give rise to another candidate by the name of rick per iry, the texas governor, somebody who said he's not interested in running. however he is now looking at the race and, in fact, two of newt gingrich's top aides who have left newt gingrich, are very close to rick perry. interesting to see if rick perry will decide to seek the republican nomination. >> stay tuned. a lot of changes going on. we have that debate monday night. thanks so much. as we said, seven gop candidates for president going head-to-head, monday, 8:00 eastern, live from new hampshire, only on cnn. >> you're going be there. >> that's right. i'm going to be there and we'll be talking about the field and whether the field will grow from

here on out and how the candidates are going to differentiate their positions and what influence the tea party politics and cut the deficit politics will have all in all that. new signs moammar gadhafi's days in power are numbered. senior nato officials hinting the end game in libya is killing the dictator since he's in charge of command and control. there were new air strikes shaking tripoli overnight. the world may be getting ready for life without gadhafi. libya without gadhafi. allied nations now pledging more than a billion dollars to the rebels. let's go to nic robertson in abu dhabi to talk about the latest developments in the libya saga. we know that the -- we know that the world leaders have said that they want him to go, but what about, you know, the nato mission for getting him out? that's what seems to be in play here. >> well, this senior military commander within nato with knowledge of the libyan bombing says that the u.n. resolution,

1973, allows for moammar gadhafi to be targeted or justified as a target, because he is the head of the military and is the head of the military, in charge of command and control and command and control is about killing civilians and the u.n. resolution is about saving civilians. we've seen his compound targeted since the early days and we were told it was targeted because there were command and control facilities there. and over the past few months, that sort of main palace system that gadhafi has in the center of tripoli has been absolutely reduced to rubble and decimated. but what the nato spokeswoman is saying is look, we're not targeting anyone specifically, we're not going to move out of the way if gadhafi happens to get in the cross hairs of the targeting but we are targeting command and control, specifically not gadhafi. you do have the sort of a difference of opinion, but listening to the libya contact group to the international diplomats, hillary clinton, her entourage, other people, listening to some of those

speaking on the margins of the conference here yesterday, in abu dhabi, the word is look, if gadhafi gets hit, that's good because this is all about regime change, all about him moving on, and the international community getting ready to help the national transitional council, the rebels, begin to take over control of libya. so it's unwritten, unscripted. that's what it's about at the moment, getting rid of gadhafi as the next step undoubtedly. >> all right. nic robertson, thanks. >> let's get more on this. joining us to respond live from brussels is nato spokesman juan al jesco. i guess we're trying to understand are we splitting hairs? the u.n. resolution says that the nato can target the command and control of libya and it does seem to be the world's understanding that the command and control in libya seems to be very, very heavily centered, not just on the apparatus but on moammar gadhafi. tell me what's your

interpretation of this is. >> ali, let me make this very clear. nato does not target any specific individuals. we do target critical military capabilities that could be used to organize, plan, and conduct attacks against civilians and civilian centers. and that is in full compliance with the u.n. security council resolution 1973 that you are referring to. which authorizes all necessary means to stop and prevent attacks in the threat of attacks against civilians and civil populated centers. >> yeah. to say that you can take all necessary measures and you don't target individuals, does this mean specifically that nato will not target moammar gadhafi? or does it mean specifically that nato is not specifically going after moammar gadhafi? i know it sounds like we're splitting hairs here but we're trying to understand. >> it means that we are not

targeting specific individuals. obviously i'm not going to go into operational details here. that is for our commanders on the ground. but nato is acting fully in compliance with all relevant united nations security council resolutions that is 1970 and 1973. and since we heard from nic robertson in abu dhabi there earlier, you may have seen the statement from the contact group, which welcomes the facts that nato has just extended its operation by 90 days and that it is making an effective contribution to protecting civilians in libya and also to implementing those u.n. security council resolutions. >> oana i may be asking you to go beyond the scope of what you're able to discuss, but in the case of a country where the command structure is so clearly centered around one person, how do you distinguish when that person may end up being in compounds that are targeted

because their command and control compounds and because their military installations? in other words, if moammar gadhafi is getting in the way or is shielding himself by being in the kinds of places that nato is going to target, will nato continue to target those places? >> obviously it's very hard for us to say what exactly is happening in any specific command and control bunker because we do not have troops on the ground. but we are targeting the critical military capabilities that are the nerve center of gadhafi's kill chain. the war machine that has been consistently attacking relentlessly attacking and systematically attacking civilians in libya, and we've seen just the other day in misrata that sort of indiscriminate shelling is still continuing. so the gadhafi regime still poses a threat to its own people.

but nato has made very clear it has three very clear military objectives and those are first an end to all attacks against civilians and civilian populated centers. secondly, the withdraw of all of the gadhafi regime troops and mercenaries to barics and bases -- bare racks and bases, and the humanitarian access to people who need it across libya. those are the three clear military objectives. there is, of course, a political track and that is what has been going on with the contact group in abu dhabi and the clear message from the contact group and from the g-8 previously has been that gadhafi must go. and, of course, it's very hard to imagine that sort of indiscriminate attacks against civilians can stop while gadhafi remains in power. >> understood. oana, thanks so much for joining us, the spokesperson for nato

joining us from brussels. new this morning the state of alaska getting set to release thousands and thousands of pages of e-mails from sarah palin's term as governor. this document dump includes palin's public and private correspondence dealing with state business from december 2006 to september of 2008 when palin was chosen as john mccain's running mate. palin says she is not concerned about anything the six boxes of e-mails may contain. new calls for congressman anthony weiner to resign over the sexting scandal. senator patrick leahy of vermont, the most senior democrat yet to say weiner should go. a poll of voters in his contradict shows most of them want him to stay in congress. according to a democratic source, so does his pregnant wife huma abedin. alabama's governor robert bentley signed a new immigration law, much like arizona's law. it requires police to check the status of anyone they suspect may be in the country illegally. >> it is a tough bill.

it is the toughest bill in the country, but we wanted a tough bill. >> civil rights group call the law unconstitutional and warn it will cost the state millions of dollars to enforce and then to defend in the courts. fire fighters in arizona working through the night trying to protect a number of mountain communities from the spreading wallow fire as it's called. officials say the fire could reach power lines today and that threatens electricity supplies as far away as texas. if the lines are damaged hundreds of thousands of customers in new mexico and texas would face rolling blackouts. rob marciano is in the extreme weather center for us right now. rob, what's it looking like if conditions for trying to get that fire under control? >> today is the first day in a long time where we've seen winds that are actually favorable or at least not damaging. we're not going to see the winds we've seen really for the past week. fire danger is not critical. it is still going to be hot, still going to be dry and winds will pick up i think tomorrow and over the next couple days. today is the day to get some work done on that fire. the heat and humidity certainly

continue across parts of the south and east. and where we're seeing the most significant heat, well that's acro across the northeast. where temperatures are cooling down a little bit today after the rough weather you saw last night. winds and hail and thunder and lightning and heavy rain from the -- across the i-95 corridor. and chicago seeing it yesterday and getting it again this morning. so heavy rains across chicago land right now and some flooding happening in some of the smaller rivers. we're keeping an eye on that. atlantic city got up and over 100 degrees yesterday and that is the earliest that we've ever seen that number hit in that station, so unusual for june to say the least. more comfortable i think for the northeast today. back to you guys. >> rob, thanks very much. we'll check in with you in a bit. the casey anthony trial taking a turn yesterday. a very emotional day as jurors viewed crime scene photos of 2-year-old casey anthony -- caylee anthony's remains. they had to call a recess after casey broke down.

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17 minutes past the hour. it was an emotional day in the casey anthony murder trial. casey wiped away tears as jurors were shown gruesome pictures of her daughter caylee's remains. >> anthony got so sick during the testimony that the judge ended the session early. cnn's gary tuchman has the details on yesterday's very intense proceedings. >> reporter: casey anthony spent much of the day tearful and emotional. or appearing to be tearful and emotional. this day, much different than any other day of the trial. >> did the office of the medical examiner with you present, ultimately recover a skull from this area? >> yes, we did. >> is the skull shown in this photograph? >> yes, it is. >> reporter: this was the day the disturbing, devastating and horrifying images of caylee anthony's remains were displayed to the jury. we are blurring the photos because of the graphic nature.

this one showing little caylee's skull. this one showing a close-up of her skull with duct tape on her nose and mouth areas. this one showing a medical examiner picking up her skull to take it to the lab. >> yes. this is orange county utility emergency dispatch. we've got a human skull. >> reporter: this was a 911 call when caylee's remains were found in these woods in orlando, nearly half a year after she disappeared. casey anthony is now claiming her daughter actually accidentally drowned in the pool at her house and that she lied about it and kept her death secret because of family turmoil. but listen to what the jury heard today from a sheriff's deputy who examined the little girl's skull. >> what are we looking at in 196 in evidence? >> this is a close-up photograph of duct tape that was on the front of the skull. >> reporter: the prosecution is trying to show the jury that the duct tape on caylee's face was likely used to suffocate the little girl. and if she drowned, why would there be tape at all?

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30 minutes past the hour. a look at our top stories this morning. new air strikes shaking tripoli overnight. we had a chance to speak to a nato spokesperson this morning to clear up some of the reports that nato would, perhaps, be targeting gadhafi. well, she told us that they are not looking to assassinate moammar gadhafi, but they will do everything to take out libya's command and control. newt gingrich's presidential campaign now in disarray after 16 members of his staff all resigned in one day. that includes his campaign manager, his press secretary, top strategists and all of the early primary states. the staffers questioning gingrich's commitment to the campaign. gingrich says he's still in the gop race and plans to reboot his campaign this weekend. alabama's governor signing what's being called the nation's toughest law against illegal

immigration. it requires police to check the immigration status of anyone who can't immediately prove they're here legally. also a crime, knowingly providing transportation or housing to illegal immigrants. the law is set to take effect september 1st. ali? >> the alabama law is similar to the one in arizona. arizona was the first state to pass a law requiring police to question people if there is reason to suspect that they're in the united states illegally. now, arizona's law also allows police -- allows people to sue cities and towns if they believe the law is not being enforced. the department of justice sued the state of arizona calling parts of its law unconstitutional and last month, the supreme court upheld a portion of the law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers in the country illegally. now, just last month, governors -- georgia's governor signed a controversial immigration bill into law and allows police to check a person's immigration status and give them the authority to

charge a suspected offender with a state crime if the offender can't prove their citizenship. it makes it a crime for anyone to use false identification to get a job in georgia. the american civil liberties union has already filed a lawsuit against georgia to stop this law from taking effect. and in march, utah's governor signed four bills tightening that state's immigration laws, but allowing for needed legal immigration into utah. one of the laws allows police officers to check a person's immigration status. another one, however, creates a guest worker program which allows illegal immigrants to pay a fine and stay in the country and work. a lot of other states are considering immigration laws similar to these various ones so the debate here is far from over. >> all right. before his sudden fall from grace, congressman anthony weiner was considered by many as a leading candidate to become new york city's next mayor in 2013. now weiner's scandal could be an opportunity for another democrat, actor and political activist alec baldwin. so would he consider a move from

"30 rock" to city hall? cnn's mary snow is following that. >> reporter: he plays an conservative tv executive. >> i really resent the congresswoman's accusations. i've long been an advocate tore diversity. it's made this nation great. the chinese built the railroads the irish built and filled the jails. >> reporter: in real life, alec baldwin is a long-time democrat who may be considering moving from "30 rock" to city hall. a spokesman for the actor says he wouldn't rule out bad wynn making a run for new york city mayor in 2013 and there's an opening in the democratic field. up until last week congressman anthony weiner was seen as the leading contender. chances of him becoming mayor are now limb slim to none. baldwin has been eyeing an opening for a while. two years ago he told "playboy" magazine. people misstep, an opportunity for me may mean bad things for someone else.

i don't wish that. "new york" magazine writing about baldwin the potential candidate as far back as 1997. this january on cnn eliot spitzer asked him if he was interested in running for political office. >> the answer is yes, it's something i'm very, very interested in. because, you know, people would say to me all the time, why would you want to do that? and sometimes i don't want to do it because to leave what i'm doing now would be extremely painful because i like what i'm doing. >> you love -- >> reporter: baldwin's contract with "30 rock" runs out in 2012. could he really be a mayor? cnn contributor john afterlon reports to al franken, arnold schwarzenegger. >> he is associated with new york, if he were to show he was serious and really take the time to learn the issues, you get him in a democratic primary he could get enough percentage to make a runoff and make a run as an independent. no one should count this one out.

>> alec baldwin is filming in florida but has taken to his twitter account, weighing in onnant my weiner writing he should not resign. it's a long way until november 2013. >> this is someone who friends have said he's really into politics, always been into issue, he's the kind of celebrity who likes to argue politics at dinner parties. john said he would have to learn the issues but something that's -- alixer to him. >> wouldn't be out of realm for new york. >> a lot of places people would say why does this make sense, but in new york -- >> there you go. >> he has had issues in the past with his temper. i would assume if you're going to be the mayor of new york for any kind of politician in new york, you have to be able to deal with a lot of people. did that come up in discussions? >> and also personal baggage. well publicized with his family. >> phone calls. >> huge advocate for divorced fathers and their rights and on and on. yeah -- >> lots to say. >> i think a temper works for you in new york city.

>> might do. >> a little of that anger is good for you. >> it's an interesting topic, nonetheless. good to see you. >> jury deliberations begin in the political corruption retrial now of former illinois governor rod blagojevich. blagojevich was thrown out of office back in 2009 accused of trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. last august the jury was deadlocked on all but one of the 24 charges he faced. closing arguments in trial number two wrapped up yesterday with blagojevich at times wiping away tears. >> just got back from chicago. that's all everybody was talking about while i was there. while everybody else is talking about anthony weiner they were focused on blago. >> rod blagojevich. and his hair. these things are thrilling for some people to watch, but they are extremely dangerous for police and for fellow drivers. the supreme court is now weighing in on car chases. saying that fleeing police is a violent felony. i kind of thought it was. the justices heard an appeal from an indiana man given a

stricter sentence after he took off in a car, blew through yards with people in them, drove through a fence and crashed into a house. i'm not sure where the mystery is on this one. i think it's serious when you flee a cop trying to arrest you. president obama got some personal finance advice and he was sharing that with others when asked about it. he was speaking to reporters yesterday and shared a piece of advice his beloved grandmother told him. quote, don't spend all your money. save a little bit of whatever you're earning. >> and people do not know this, but the president and his wife have almost $500,000 saved in 529 plans. but they racked up good debt to put themselves through schools. a case of being really in debt to turning it around. our question of the day, what's the best financial advice you ever received and from home, let us know what you think, tell us on facebook, we'll read some of your thoughts a little bit later and, you know, advice i always got, don't spend it all in one place. certainly save money for

yourself first, right? >> i guess the best question for me, because i think we've all had similar advice, whether you take it or not. example of somebody who's taken good financial advice. >> we always live below our means and you do the same. >> my mother is going to out me for all the bad financial things i do. >> the president said that he didn't always take his grandmother's advice. times during their ascension he couldn't always take that advice. interesting. >> coming up next on "american morning," we are really expecting serious stuff to be happening in syria. the country has launched a new offensive against anti-government protesters. civilians are fleeing to a turkish border. a look at what's going on in syria and what is expected to happen next right after this. it's 38 minutes after the hour.

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there are reports this morning of a new advance by syrian troops on a border town where dozens of security forces were killed earlier this week. residents are fleeing to safety over the turkish border. turkey's prime minister is accusing the regime of an atrocity against anti-government protesters. joining us from bay rauts, director of the middle east center at the london school of economics. i want to talk about syria but can we start with libya, because we just spoke with a nato spokesman sort of giving us exactly what the nato mission is. the world wants moammar gadhafi out, but nato's clear it is not specifically targeting moammar gadhafi. do you think after all these weeks of bombing, he can still survive? >> i doubt it very much. but nato is taking a big gamble. i think as you said, nato has been relentless in its campaign against gadhafi. they're trying to kill gadhafi

and the inner circle. but i would go further and say even if gadhafi is killed, this would not be the end of the libyan situation. libya is already in the thick of civil war and i fear it's going to take many months, if not a year or two, before we see the end of the libyan situation. final point, gadhafi is not going to go anywhere. his back is to the wall and unless he's killed i don't think there will be a resolution to the current crisis in libya. >> so let's turn to syria where things seem to be escalating today. it is a friday, the muslim brotherhood has called for protests in the streets as well. we're watching closely to see what develops today. another teen was reportedlier to toured and killed, reports overnight that the military has launched operations to retake that border town. has assad's regime doubled down here on holding on to power, or is there -- is there any chance that he'll listen to the rest of the world and stop this?

>> christine, several points about syria. the situation is very confusing. we don't have independent sources of information. but we know several points about syria. first there is escalation, there is military escalation. the second point is that protests in syria continue, even though the protests are not as large as other protests in tunisia and egypt and yemen. thirdly, we know that assad regime has a social base of support that is it's a -- you have a sizable number of syrians, millions of syrians, who support the assad regime. we also know that the assad regime has used massive force in order to silence the opposition and we also know in the last few weeks that hundreds of security personnel have been killed. what this tells us, is that there is a limited interaction in syria and this tells me we should expect more escalation in the next few hours and next few

days. >> let me ask you about the arab spring in the next move for the arab spring. it was seen as really changing, sweeping change, over the middle east. it's something that has turned into a long, hot summer in syria. is there a chance that the arab spring could not bring real change to syria? are we at a tipping point on that? >> well, i think, christine, we need to revive the arab states into three parts. you have what we call the regime change, we have seen an ideal, wonderful situation in tunisia and egypt. both were gone. now you have the second type, what we call regime confrontation. you have it in libya, syria, you have it in yemen. they are fighting to the bitter end. i would argue at the end of the day, for example, i think the sal lay regime in yemen will be gone in the next few days and next few weeks and so is the libyan regime in the next few weeks. the assad regime is a difficult situation because there is no

daylight between the army and political leadership and the assad regime has a solid social base of support. a third type regime what we call regime adjustment like in jordan, like in morocco and algeria. i would argue at the end of the day we have witnessed historic change in the arab world. it will take a while and there will be setbacks in the process but there is no return. a psychological rupture has taken place in the arab world. the psychology and the mood of the arab world has changed and what you are seeing in syria, despite the massive force, despite everything else, is a major awakening on the part of many people, including the arab citizen, whether it's in libya, yemen, morocco, jordan, syria, bahrain, and tunisia and egypt. historic change. the situations in libya and yemen are of significant historical moment that has

occurred in the arab world in the last six months. >> joining us from our beirut bureau, thank you so much, fawaz. it's 46 minutes after the hour. a guy named his own price, wants a room tonight for 65 dollars. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, persuade him. is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily covers operating costs. 65 dollars is better than no dollars.

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he wants to reboot his campaign over the weekend. officials in alaska today responding to a freedom of information organization request releasing more than 24,000 pages of e-mails from sarah palin's term as governor. they were requested by cnn and other news organizations when palin was running for vice president. fire crews in arizona stepping up efforts to control a massive wildfire that's burning dangerously close to electrical transmission lines. if these lines are damaged there could be possible power interruptions for hundreds of thousands of customers in southern new mexico and west texas. german health officials now say they've traced the deadly strand of e. coli to bean sprouts but they still are not certain which farm is the source of that outbreak. so far, 27 people have died. the dallas mavericks bringing the miami heat to the brink of elimination in the finals. the mavs beat the heat 112-103 in game five last night. dallas is now just one win away

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questioning his commitment to the campaign. but gingrich says he's staying in the race and plans to relaunch his campaign on this "american morning." welcome to "american morning." good morning. it is friday, friday, june 10th. >> i know. it will be interesting to see, by the way, when we talk more about the gingrich story, if they're left to jump on board with another candidate. >> that's right. >> or potential candidate. up first the road to 2012 and got a whole lot bumpier for newt gingrich. 16 of his top campaign aides have jumped ship questioning the candidate's commitment to the campaign strategy to win the white house. >> he plans to relaunch his

campaign this weekend. joining us from washington, cnn's senior political editor mark preston. mark, just skip all the stuff that you guys in washington know, because i've seen this story for 24 whatever -- 12 hours. what's behind this? >> it comes down to this. there was a disagreement, ali, between the senior campaign aides who didn't think that newt gingrich was spending enough time raising money, nor was he going out and doing the retail politics, the shaking of hands in the trying to woo of voters. especially voters in the state of iowa. i spoke to one of his campaign aides out there, they were very frustrated he wasn't out there on the ground. now i will tell you what, ali, newt gingrich just came back from a mediterranean cruise and there was a lot of thought of what was newt gingrich thinking, by going on a cruise at this very critical time when he needed to be raising money, when he needed to be trying to get voters on his side. >> mark, does this leave an opening for anybody else? there are people eyeing rick perry. do some of these top former aides move over to a potential

perry camp? >> we're certainly looking at that right now. newt gingrich's campaign manager and top strategist are close to rick perry. the question is, will rick perry run for president? let's look at a cnn poll. rick perry, the tgs governor right now, would have a lot of work to do to try to get republican voters on his side. however, what's good for rick perry, is that he's very well liked by social conservatives, very well liked by the tea party. these are folks who are very important in a republican presidential primary. so it's unclear if rick perry is going to run. if he does run, though, there's no question that he would benefit by having these two top gingrich aides come back to him if he does decide to run for president. >> this is a veteran politician, newt gingrich. the first week out, all -- so many stumbles from criticizing paul ryan's plan, calling it right wing social, the revolving tiffany jewelry account, on and on, off the bat it seems odd.

>> it does seem odd. for someone like newt gingrich who's very smart and some cases someone like that is difficult to lun as a candidate for president because as a candidate you have to turn to your aides and trust your aides. someone like -- in terms thinks he's always right can be difficult to get them in the mode of a presidential candidate, willing to give in, willing to take advice. i think that's what we saw happening. >> thanks so much. mark is going to be up with us in new hampshire for the big cnn debate, that's monday night. >> seven gop candidates for president will have that debate. it's 8:00 p.m. eastern time. christine will be there. only watch it here on cnn. >> all right. new air strikes shook tripoli overnight. a nato official hinting the end game in libya is killing dict e dictator moammar gadhafi. since he's in charge of command and control in that country. we spoke to a nato spokesperson earlier who says the alliance isn't out to assassinate the dictator specifically.

>> let me make this very clear. nato does not target any specific individuals. we do target critical military capabilities that could be used to organize, plan, and conduct attacks against civilians and civilian centers. and that is in full compliance with the u.n. security council resolution 1973, that you are referring to, which authorizes all necessary means to stop and prevent attacks and the threat of attacks against civilians and civilian populated centers. >> all right. gadhafi is still vowing he will fight to the death. he will not leave libya. sony, you have citi and now defense contractor lockheed martin, falling victim to hackers over the past few weeks. the man in line to be the next defense secretary is talking about cyber security and how we would protect ourselves against a potential knockout blow. barbara starr is live at the

pentagon this morning with more. hi, barbara. >> good morning, kiran. you know we might get annoyed or upset if our e-mail or twitter accounts are hacked. the pentagon is way beyond that. now the pentagon's been considering the use of military force, military force, to retaliate against a cyber attack from another country. that's why yesterday when leon panetta testifying to become the next secretary of defense, talked about all of it, it caught our ear here at "american morning." have a listen. >> said that there's a strong likelihood that the next pearl harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack, that cripples our power systems, our grid, our security systems, our financial systems, our governmental systems. this is a real possibility in today's world. >> so if panetta gets confirmed, as is expected as secretary of defense, what's on the table is

the possibility of cyber attacks being considered an act of war by the pentagon. pretty heavy stuff if they decide to go down that route. of course the big problem is, if they are cyber attacked they have to figure out exactly where it comes from to stage some type of retaliation. kiran? >> all right. barbara starr for us at the pentagon, thanks so much. assuming he's confirmed by the senate leon panetta will find himself dealing with several hot spots throughout the muslim world with the u.s. military involved in varying degrees. let's take a look at the region we're talking about. we're actively involved in iraq and afghanistan. we also have military forces on the ground in pakistan. you know, most recently, they were used to take out osama bin laden. there is an ongoing, unmanned drone campaign there as well. now the other countries where our presence is a little more hazy, yemen, for example. this is one place that we've talked about many, many times. the u.s. military is not directly involved, but we know

yemen is some place -- move up for me just a second. yemen is some place we've learned recently there is a u.s. presence there, very clearly conducting air strikes there, to try to fill this void left by the president there who is in saudi arabia after attack on him. beyond that, there are several other countries where the u.s. could be involved with future conflict. among them, you have syria, there you go, hold on a second. grab that again. syria, iran and somalia. this gives you a scope, you guys, of the eight muslim countries where the u.s. military is involved on the ground or in the air in some capacity. it's showing the scope of u.s. military involvement in some way, shape, or form. something that leon panetta will very certainly be asked more about, you guys. >> christine, thanks. alabama's governor robert bentley signing a controversial new immigration law, much like arizona's law, it requires police to check the status of anyone they suspect might be in the country illegally. >> it is a tough bill. it is the toughest bill in the

country, but we wanted a tough bill. >> civil rights group call the law unconstitutional, they warn it will cost the state millions of dollars in attempted enforcement. fire fighters in arizona working through the night, trying to protect a number of mountain communities from the so-called wallow fire. officials say the fire is spreading and could reach power lines today, threatening electricity supplies in new mexico and texas. if the lines are damaged, hundreds of thousands of customers would face rolling blackouts. let's go to the extreme weather center, rob marciano is there. rob, what's the situation there? >> bad news today at least for the time being. this is the first day we're going to see winds that will lay down and that will give the fire fighters a little upper hand at least for the time being. tomorrow we go back to windy conditions. it will remain hot and dry. we're not going to get the monsoonal rains we typically get in july and aushgs not until july or august. speaking of heat, check out these numbers. atlantic city yesterday, 102.

that's the earliest we've seen atlantic city get up and over 100 degrees since we've been keeping records. newark, new jersey, 102 as well. d.c., these measured in the shade, don't include humidity. unbearable heat. little bit of a break in the heat expected today. at least north of the baltimore area. 86 degrees, little less humid in new york city. in the 70s in boston and lower to mid 90s elsewhere. no relief from the heat across the southeast, but enjoy a little respite. we have rough weather and some thunderstorms, but i'm sure you weren't getting hit with hail or heavy winds last night it must have felt good. ali, back to you guys in new york. >> thank you. we'll check in with you in a bit. we talked about the surprising news came out yesterday afternoon about gingrich's massive desertion, i guess you could say, about 16 staffers, including senior campaign staff, how does he go on and does this open the door for a widening gop field? we're going to be joined by john avalon, robert zimmerman and john mclaufr lin weighing in this morning. >> our question of the day after

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13 minutes past the hour. newt gingrich getting a crash course in crisis management today. several of his top presidential campaign aides resigned on mass yesterday. gingrich, though, says he's still in it and will relaunch his 2012 campaign this weekend. joining us to talk more about this development and also the state of the gop race, cnn contributor john avalon, with us democratic strategist robert zimmerman and john mclaughlin. great to talk to all of you this morning. >> good morning. >> is newt done, can he survive this? >> it would be very tough. he has to perform really well in

the debate on monday, but at the same time, we've never seen a primary like this on the republican side. we usually have a big front runner who closes, almost loses it and somebody pulls it out, and wins the nomination. it's wide open. only a handful of candidates in double digitdigits, whole bunch single digits. the vote is fluid. he would have to do well in a debate. >> unless he puts the tiffany jewelry on ebay he's toast. >> you're talking about having trouble raising money, one of the concerns of the staffers. >> they were concerned about getting paid. talk about having a crash course in crisis management, he's basically getting a course now in how to do his own advance, how to order the car to get from the airport to the events. >> how do you logistically -- he's set to appear in the debate and the debate is monday in new hampshire. how does he logistically pull this together. >> he can carry his own bags.

this is a problem. he can continue to go on. denial isn't just a river in egypt. the people who knew him best, basically uniformly said, he is not ready to run for president. that is a devastating indictment by your campaign staff. >> it's also newt gingrich's record. since the moment he declared on may 11th he's traveled all over the country except in the key primary states. he's gone to greece for a tour of the greek islands with his wife. so, you know -- >> key constituent. >> not in iowa, south carolina, new hampshire. that's the issue, he's not shown the focus, discipline or for that matter, really the desire to run for president. >> some of the focus has been on governor rick perry. he's a popular texas governor, winning a third term. he has previously said he's not going to run. is he taking a look at the field now and saying maybe i'll get in? >> he had meetings last week he was organizing campaigns, talking about the people praying for him, whether he should get in or not. part of the reason these

advisers left newt gingrich is some of them also work for governor perry and that train was getting ready to leave the station. and because it's so wide open, perry can get in. he would be a very strong candidate. texas is like the new ohio of the republican party, the 19, 20th century. >> wait. >> we -- >> except that it's not a question who's going to win it. it's not a swing state. i think speaks to the misdirection of the republican party. >> you have to win the nomination first. texas has a huge influence ever since they converted with ronald reagan in '76 -- >> the reality -- >> i'm sorry. >> i want to know from a democrat perspective, rick perry somebody you would be concerned about? >> we're concerned about any republican candidate -- >> more so than sarah palin or michelle bachmann. >> any candidate that can reach independent voters. thanks to rush limbaugh all of these candidates are terrified of reaching out to mainstream voters. >> you're an independent analyst. what is -- what's going to trip up rick perry potentially among independents? >> i think the fact that he's a check the box candidate for the conservatives, fills all the

democratics and policy positions, his ability to convert to broad basted appeal does not appeal in texas. that is a real problem in the process today. everyone is focused on playing the right and ignore the center. >> one candidate that can beat barack obama and that's barack obama. he's doing great job for the republicans. >> you know that -- >> he's running so far under 50% of the vote. we can get that vote. >> it makes me feel better as a democrat when i hear a republican say we don't have the qualified candidate. we're hoping you will trip up. the bigger issue to me is that rick perry is a great candidate for political pundits and beltway chattering class. you get to real politics. who's going to succeed? iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. the republican who wins two out of three goes on to the nomination. >> that's mitt romney. announced he is not going to be participating in the aims straw poll in iowa but came in second in 2008. he's going to win new hampshire, iowa. >> let's not get too ahead of

ourselves. new hampshire is the big test. it's an open primary, in a state where independents outnumber democrats and republicans. romney is going tock strong there, jon huntsman, pawlenty gathering steam and movements for candidates that could do well. who can win independent voters and the republican party needs to balance its base with an ability to convert. >> the republican primary coming up, who can play to the social conservatives? they define the constituency of iowa. >> i don't get that because how are they -- that is going to be split. if you have michelle bachmann jumping in and then you have ron paul on one side, i mean i'm just wondering how -- >> that's where the republican party needs to be in group therapy. >> no. i'll tell you the big difference is, barack obama is doing so poorly now among republican activists and leaders. >> he's relentless. >> they are saying, the one that they want to get in is jeb bush. >> sure. >> jeb bush in florida, which is a swing state, can astrakts the independent vote. >> absolutely. jeb bush. >> he would be the one that

coalesce the party. >> he's the best to beat on paper. he has one small problem, his last name. >> no. by the way, that is -- >> can you sign up to get a name change in time? >> by the way, the way barack obama is headed that name will be an asset in the next election. >> may become -- >> talking points. obama will be the liability. >> this early in the morning. >> thanks to all of you, by the way. john, robert, john, great to see you. it's monday night, seven gop candidates or maybe more, we have an extra podium in case, monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern live from new hampshire. we'll be right back. was an archer drawing his bow. ♪ could that have also inspired its 556 horsepower supercharged engine? ♪

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we're all kind of wondering whether there's going to be some slowdown on teens who usual social media all the time. for some people, encouraging kids to use social media brings them out of their shell if they're shy. >> it's almost like counterintuitive argument that to get kids away from it, you sort of embrace it. dan simon has a look. >> reporter: the distractions are seemingly everywhere. eighth graders with their electronic devices, busy sending

text messages during history class. >> i had an uh-huh moment. i said to myself, wow, this is what is going to really engage my students. >> reporter: the teacher is talking about when he attended a seminar in san francisco last february, about incorporating twitter in the classroom. ever since, he's told his students to byot, bring your own technology, whatever connects them to the internet. if not they can use one of the classroom computers. >> we want three tweets that must be 140 characters. >> reporter: the class is studying world war i. if he asks a question. >> does anybody know from the book how many people did go to prison? >> reporter: students tweet the answer, complete with those twitter hashtags. >> member damon make sure you have a pound in front of the wwi. >> reporter: if he shows a video they tweet their feedback. >> many men died because of the terrible conditions they were living in. that's a pretty good sentence.

>> reporter: it gets projected on the digital chalkboard. >> a lot of them what it did help them with is finding their voice. i do have many students that do not participate in my class discussions or share what's on their mind so twitter became that vehicle. >> for shy students would you say this has had the biggest impact? >> yes. my shy students they have really impressed me. i know more about what they're into, how to help them, differentiate my instruction, and really be an effective teacher. >> reporter: the primary goal for this project is to have greater class participation, and he feels like he's got than. for some of these students, it's had a positive impact even outside of the classroom. >> i'm like a shy person. i'm like terrified right now speaking to you. >> reporter: 14-year-old oscar says students used to tease him, but he feels like his tweets are making him stand out, and getting him noticed for the first time. >> people talk to me now. no more teasing. they see me as somebody now. like an equal. >> reporter: most here at

holland beck middle school in east los angeles come from low-income families. he says it proves any school can incorporate social networking into the krushg lum. >> twitter did become this paperless way of sharing what's on their mind. >> reporter: and it's shaping how these students learn, 140 characters at a time. dan simon, cnn, los angeles. >> i love this. i am -- i am concerned that we don't solve the problem of introverted or shy kids because we don't actually force them out into society, but at 8:25, eastern this morning, about an hour from now, we're going to have -- talk to enrique lagaspi about how twitter has helped his students and i'm curious whether it helps the kids overcome their interversion. >> if you can't beat them join them. teachers are trying to get this stuff out of the classroom. >> he's trying to say let's use it. >> they have to learn it. top stories, four hot spots

in japan. the country headed new areas to the list of places facing a radiation threat from the daiichi nuclear power plant that affects more than 180 homes and they are outside of the area where the government ordered evacuations initially. new video of syrian soldiers gunning down refugees. the army carrying out what's described by witnesses as revenge attacks on a town near the turkish border. thousands fleeing as tanks and troops roll in. a syrian government announced it would, quote, punish the town of jisr al shugur after it claimed armed groups massacred at least 120 forces there. a wildfire in eastern arizona is now threatening power transmission lines which supply electricity to nearly 400,000 people. the fire is now just a half mile from the border with new mexico in some places. about 360,000 acres have been scorched. 22 homes destroyed. fire crews are expecting calmer winds today to help fight the flames.

still 0% contained in that fire. >> they need good weather. >> today is the first day they might get a weather break. >> and need it. casey anthony is receiving medical treatment following an emotional day in her murder trial. she wiped away tears as jurors were shown graphic photos of little caylee's remains. >> apparently anthony got so sick during the testimony that the judge ended the session 90 minutes early. listen to it. >> miss anthony is ill. we are recessing for the day. neither the state or defense has any comments concerning her illness nor do they want to be interviewed. i would ask that you preserve their privacy as they leave the courthouse today. >> sunny hostin joins us, a legal contributor for our sister network trutv's "in session" and former prosecutor. it was a tough day. it was a tough day of testimony but you say it could have been a game changer for the prosecution, why? >> i thought so. i've been covering this trial from the very beginning and as a

former prosecutor with my prosecutor hat i kept thinking what have they shown beyond a reasonable doubt, she had a smelly car, she was a liar, she did some chloroform searches, now they showed that little caylee anthony, the pictures we had seen for so long of a beautiful, alive, very much alive little girl, is a victim. they showed pictures of her skull. they showed pictures of her remains to this jury, a sobering moment for any prosecutors in a murder case, but a sobering movement for a jury. at that time the jury thinks i want justice, who did this. >> this is the key thing. we've talked about whether or not certain gruesome photos should be shown in a trial. in nis case what you're saying is until now to some people, that girl has been an abstraction and those pictures changed that forever. >> it's a game changer. it changed it forever. we saw these pictures and she's such a beautiful little girl, and now all of a sudden we see pictures of a small skull wrapped in duct tape, wrapped in

garbage bags, thrown away like trash. i mean i went home -- >> vines growing through the remains. >> i went home and hugged my girl a little stronger yesterday because of it. i think any juror that had a family, we know there are jurors that are parents, are going to think, who did this? >> casey anthony is the parent and she is listening to this testimony all at the same time and overcome. she becomes ill. we don't know what this illness is, if she was overwhelmed by what she was seeing and hearing. how did that play with the jury? does it make her look more human because she's overwhelmed or guilty? >> statistically they've done studies and usually jurors think the defendant is guilty when they show emotion like that. judge perry did a good job of not telling the jury that casey anthony was allegedly ill. he just said we're going to end early due to an event. they've been watching her and she was dry heaving. she almost folded into herself. she was looking down.

her face was very red. she refused to look at the photos. >> here's the question. >> in addition to it being extremely emotional this will be pivotal testimony because the argument was all along, for the defense they have to defend, if the claim is that caylee anthony drowned now you have remains that were clearly in place long enough for brush and vines to grow through the bones, not to be gross, but their whole argument is hanging on the fact that they're claiming a random meter reader did something with this body. >> that roy kronk had it, had the body, and staged the body and placed it there a couple months later. that doesn't make a lot of sense when you look at the forensic evidence. it's a circumstantial case. so it's a very difficult case for the prosecutors because no one is going to say i saw casey anthony place the remains here. >> why would you have duct tape on a skull? >> why would you have the duct tape? that is the answer that's going to be crucial for the jury because the prosecution is alleging things was an intentional murder she suffocated her with duct tape. and now, when you look at the

remains, kiran, sort of the duct tape was placed around the mouth and the nose all the way around. there was hair stuck to the duct tape on the remains. i think a picture like that in the jury's mind, they're going to have that question, you know, who did this and was this intentional? >> good to see you. thank you so much for that. we'll continue. sunny and her team will continue to cover this case. coming up, newt gingrich's campaign is in trouble. several key members of his campaign all jumping ship together. what does this mean for him? what does it mean for other candidates in the race who might stand to benefit from all those desserters? >> who may try to be the next mayor of new york city? could it be alec baldwin leaving "30 rock" for a shot at the governor's mansion? more on that as well. 36 minutes past the hour.

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it's washington, d.c., you're looking at, 77 and thunderstorms later today. 92. happy birthday is in order to a little sasha obama. >> really? >> she turns 10. later this afternoon hopefully before the thunderstorms, the president and his family will leave to go to camp david for a birthday weekend for sasha. >> do you think that's what she wants? i guess she has limitations, being the president's daughter. >> you say i want a pony. where do you put the pony. >> president obama has other work to do. he's got to fill a key post on his re-election team and named katherine archuleta as political director, the first latina to hold the position on a major presidential campaign and currently the chief of staff for little da sew his. >> back to square one for newt gingrich. 16 aides resigned yesterday

citing questions about the candidate's commitment to the presidential race. gingrich says that he is still in it to win it and that his campaign will begin anew this weekend. >> don't forget monday night on cnn, the republican presidential debate from new hampshire, seven candidates including newt gingrich wil take part monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. we'll get a look today at sarah palin's e-mails while she was governor of alaska. officials in alaska are releasing more than 24,000 pages of e-mails from palin's first two years in office. they were requested by cnn and other news organizations when palin was running for vice president. some of them have been deleted or redacted because they have information that's -- that's not for public consumption. >> better late than never. jury deliberations begin in the political corruption retrial of former governor rod blagojevich. blagojevich was thrown out of office back in 2009. accused of trying to sell president obama's old senate seat. a jury deadlocked last august on all but one of the 24 charges he

faces. new calls this morning for xwun congressman anthony weiner to resign. senator patrick leahy of vermont, the most senior democrat yet says weiner has to go. a new poll of voters in weiner's district shows that most of them want him to stay in congress. and according to a democratic source, so does his pregnant wife huma abedin. >> the idea his voters want him to stay does speak to the fact that new york is different when it comes to politics. it might be obvious to other people he should go, but some of his constituents don't think so. before his sudden fall from grace he was considered by many to be a leading candidate to become new york city's mayer in 2013. that apparently is in doubt. >> that's right. this scandal could open an opportunity for another democrat, actor and political activist alec baldwin. would he consider a move from "30 rock" to the mayor's mansion? >> cnn's mary snow is following that for us and joins us now. hi. >> you know, new york politics

never a dull moment. this is a long shot but it's on the table. alec baldwin has been politically active for a long time and it's no secret he's been interested in seeking office. >> reporter: he plays an un-pc conservative tv executive. >> i really resent the congresswoman's accusations. i've long been an advocate for diversity. it's made this nation great. the chinese built the railroads the irish built and filled the jails. >> a guy named juan built my armoire. >> reporter: in real life, alec baldwin is a long-time democrat who may be considering moving from "30 rock" to city hall. a spokesman for the actor says he wouldn't rule out baldwin making a run for new york city mayor in 2013 and there's an opening in the democratic field. up until last week congressman anthony weiner was seen as the leading contender. but chances of him becoming mayor are now slim to none. baldwin has been eyeing openings for a while. two years ago he told "playboy" magazine, people misstep, unfortunately an opportunity for me, may mean bad things for

someone else. i don't wish that. "new york" magazine writing about baldwin the potential candidate as far back as 1997. this january on cnn eliot spitzer asked him if he was interested in running for political office. >> the answer is yes, it's something i'm very, very interested in. because, you know, people would say to me all the time, why would you want to do that? and sometimes i don't want to do it because to leave what i'm doing now would be extremely painful because i like what i'm doing. >> you love to act? >> reporter: baldwin's contract with "30 rock" runs out in 2012. but could he really be a mayor? cnn contributor john avalon points to celebrities turned politicians like jesse venturve al franken and arnold schwarzenegger. >> the fact he has high name i.d. associated with new york, if he were to show he was serious and really take the time to learn the issues, you get him in a democratic primary he could get enough percentage to make a runoff and make a run as an independent. no one should count this one out. >> alec baldwin is currently

filming in florida but he has taken to his twitter account and weighed in on anthony weiner, writing that he should not resign. as far as any hints about his political am businesses, he writes, it's a long way until november 2013. one of our colleagues pointed out yesterday, if this doesn't work out it could be a plot for "30 rock." >> of all of us here, mary is the true new yorker, a real new yorker. >> yep. >> for real new yorkers, of which you know many and you are related to many, does this even surprise you? >> it doesn't. i mean -- >> mary is like nothing surprises me. >> new york politics over the last couple years, not much surprises us, right? john avalon was joking yesterday about baggage because we're talking about alec baldwin. >> he has some. >> and these days it's almost a prerequisite to be a new york politici politician. >> normal folks don't -- people who come in and have ideas doesn't work for new york all that much. >> he would really have to do a lot of work. >> right. fund-raising, it's easy to say

2013 is a long way off and there's a lot of -- sort of moves have to be put into place if he's going to do it. >> study up on issues which he knows. >> the anthony weiner thing if he doesn't run that's a big vacuum in new york because he was the one sort of talked about. he was a key candidate. >> already raised $5 million. >> yeah. >> for that race. great story. thank you. >> sure. some savings advice from the president of the united states speaking to reporters yesterday. president obama shared a piece of advice that his grandmother had told him. his late grandmother. don't spend all your money, save a little bit of whatever you're earning. >> the president also said that there are times when you have to borrow money, for instance, when he and the first lady graduated from harvard law, they were $125,000 in debt. >> christine will tell you that's good debt. >> and the president will say so too. now they have almost $500,000 saved in a 529 for sasha and malia for their college savings. gone from being deeply in debt to having a lot of savings. book deals help. what's the best financial advice

you've received and from whom? here are some of your responses. >> vernon sm writes -- >> all right. on facebook, terry says -- in a quote go to hell fund. if your boss asks you to do something that conflicts with your moral standards you will not be an economic slave. you can say go to hell. quit and still be able to survive for a while. luckily i haven't been put in that position. >> the same case in this day and age, used to be you thought you lad to save six months. when you look at long-term unemployment for people to get a job. >> average length is 39 weeks. that's more than six months. it's nice to have that, way more than most people have. >> twitter, you need only 80 cents from each dollar. mike on facebook says, doesn't seem like obama listed on to his grandma. >> he did in his personal life.

i think that might be a political criticism. >> i think that is a political criticism. doesn't have to talk about money and financial advice without getting into political criticisms quickly. >> a check of futures next. >> poor shania twain, every girl's nightmare. walking in heel, the big gown on for a big night and you fall. >> oh, no. >> it happened at the cmt awards. 48 minutes past the hour. boy, i'm glad we got aflac huh.

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ten minutes to the top of the hour. here are your morning headlines. just in to cnn, a major power outage across downtown detroit. these are live pictures right now from detroit. several public buildings and schools have had to be closed now. traffic lights are not working and that's making traffic a bear. city . . city officials are blaming the outage on the heat wave. increased demand for air-conditioning knocked out power. officials say it could take at least 24 hours to fix the problem. we will continue to follow it. a wild fire in arizona that has burned more than 380,000 acres and destroyed month are than 22 homes is threatening crucial transmission lines. it could leave nearly 400,000 people without power. german health officials say they have traced a deadly strand of e. coli to bean sprouts. so far, 27 people have died. casey anthony received

medical attention after she got sick in the middle of her trial. the judge ended yesterday's emotional proceedings 90 minutes early. jurors were shown graphic photos of her dautd ter, caylee's remains. newt gingrich, after 16 top campaign aides have resigned. he says he is still in this. wall street stocks athe six-day losing streak. the dow, nasdaq and s&p futures are all pointing down as investors remain nervous about the market an the economic recovery. you are caught up on the day's headlines.

buffalo, new york, a city i grew up knowing so well. i grew up in toronto. on a clear day, you could see across sometimes to niagara falls. buffalo, great place. 58 degrees going up to 71 and sunny. that's kind of to me perfect weather. >> it is. buffalo, right now, living in that northeastern upstate part of the country is probably the best place to be. >> a lot of kids going up to camp. a nice place to be. have you ever spent any time in upstate western new york. >> i have been to buffalo across the bridge. it is all beautiful country. the great lakes are a cool, refreshing dip. >> yes, in fact. >> a lot of people are seeking refuge from the heat. check out some of these numbers. in atlantic city, a lot of folks jumping off the boardwalk. 102 degrees for a high temperature that shattered the

record. the earliest in the season atlantic city has ever been over 100. 102, newark. 102, d.c. these are as measured in the shade. they don't include humidity. we are to keep the heat and humidity across the southeast. a little bit of a break across the northeast today. stormy conditions continue across chicagoland with a ground stop at o'hare right now. if you are traveling through chicago, there are going to be some delays for the next couple of hours and then we will start to see some calming of the skies. a little bit calmer today after the heavy rain and thunderstorms last night. some were severe. temperatures will be a little bit cooler today. but i think the big thing is going to be the amount of humidity, which will be a lot less. that's for sure. as far as daytime highs are concerned, 86 degrees for a high temperature in new york city, 92, d.c., 93, expected in atlanta. 96 in memphis. this is day 13 for atlanta to be 90 degrees or higher. let's talk about the tropics. this is hurricane adrian,

heading to the west fairly quickly. it is about 300 miles south/southwest of mexico heading out to sea. this is an amazing and gorgeous category four storms. these are the kind we love. they look fantastic meteorologically. they are not bothering anybody. some big swells up through california. if your serving out that way. any of you guys going to southern cal to do some surfing? >> i didn't want to say it on tv. now, you have outed me for my surfing trip this weekend. >> paparazzi alert. >> i have a new surfing vest. >> that is the one time it would make sense to wear a vest for you. >> i'm not surfing in answer to your question. thanks for rolling it all together. we started off with buffalo and you closed it off with some surfing. rob marciano in the severe weather center. one of country music's biggest stars. she ace it is one of her most embarrassing moments. the singer took a tumble.

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tanks and troops going in. i'm christine romans. launching a brutal attack refugees fearing for their lifrs. the man in line to be the next pentagon chief warns the next could be on a matrix. will casey anthony show up today in court on this "american morning." good morning, everyone.

welcome to the program. it is friday, june 10th. >> busy morning for us right now. we are following some developments both here in the united states on the newt gingrich trial and overseas. >> also, some of the bloodest days in syria since the people started rising up there. the government sending tanks and troops into a border town apparently with revenge on their mind. residents have evacuated children and women. the syrian government announcing they would punish the town of jash alshugur after they massacred 120 security forces there. residents say they are the ones being mass akacred. >> a video of refugees, they claim, being gunned down by the syrian army. take a look at this.

>> wow. this alleged military crackdown is now spreading panic through the area. the opposition says more than 2400 syrian refugees have fled to turkey. humanitarian workers fear that many more are on way. new this hour in libya. heavy fighting in misrata. new signs that moammar gadhafi's days in power are numbered. senior nato official now hinting that the end game in libya is killing the dictator, since he is in charge of command nd acontrol in the country. we spoke to a nato spokesperson earlier who says the alliance isn't out to specifically target the dictator. >> let me make this very clear. nato does not target any specific individuals. we do target critical military capabilities that could be used to organize a plan and conduct attacks against civilians and

civilian centers. that is in full compliance with the u.n. security council resolution 1973 which you were referring to which has all necessary means to stop and prevent attacks and the threat of attacks against civilians and civilian-populated centers. >> new air strikes hammered the capital of tripoli overnight and rare daytime strikes hit gadhafi's compound. he is still vowing to fight to the death. a chicago businessman is cleared of having a roll in a deadly terror attack in mumbai, india in 2008. a juror found him not guilty of helping to owe cord nate the attacks. he was accused of making several trips to india before the three-day seize that left 160 people dead. he was convicted of providing support for a plot that was never realized to bomb the offices of the danish newspaper that published cartoons of the profit mohammed. war on the matrix. the man in line to be the next pentagon chief is warning that

the u.s. is now facing a blizzard of threats, including a possible cyberpearl harbor. >> barbara starr is live at pentagon. for several years, people at the pentagon have been concerned about how vulnerable the u.s. economy, infrastructure and the military are to potential attacks against it in cyberspace. >> absolutely, christine. we have seen a number of u.s. companies recently suffer cyberattacks. people like us get annoyed if our twitter or e-mail gets attacked. the pentagon is moving beyond getting concerned. they are considering making a cyberattack an act of war considering under what circumstances it would use military force to retaliate. that's why it caught our ear when at his confirmation hearings to be the next secretary of defense, the c.i.a. director, lee on panetta, talke about how concerned he is about this threat.

have a listen. >> there is a strong likelihood that the next pearl harbor we confront could very well be a cyberattack attack that cripples our power, our grids, our security systems, our governmental sis stipystems hav this is a real possibility in today's world. >> so how do you fight a cyberwar with the u.s. military? >> here at the pentagon they have long publicly said one of their biggest concern was cyberattacks originating in china. where in china? that cyber attack may be coming from or anywhere around the world. that's a very tough business in the world of cyber attacks. talking about retaliation, using military force takes it to a whole different level. newt gingrich says he is not abandoning his presidential

campaign despite having 16 members of his campaign jump chip. she questioned his commitment to this race. gingrich says he will relaunch his campaign at an event this weekend. two of the senior aides leaving gingrich have close ties to texas governor, rick perry. that is fueling speculation that the popular republican may be getting into the wide-open gop race. governor perry says he plans to consider a presidential bid after the texas legislative session concludes. be sure to join cnn on monday night. seven gop candidates that are in the race now and some expected to be in the race will participate monday night 8:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn it christine will be there. >> one of those gingrich defectors will be advising tim pawlenty. new calls for anthony weiner to resign over a sexting scandal.

a new poll of voters in his district shows that most of them want him to stay in congress. according to a democratic source, so does his wife, who is pregnant. alabama's governor, robert bentley, signing a controversial new immigration bill into law. it requires police to check the status of anyone they suspect may be in the country illegally. >> it is a tough bill. it is the toughest bill in the country. we wanted a tough bill. >> equal rights group call the law unconstitutional. we have a major power outage in downtown detroit, several public buildings and skoolgs are closed. city officials are blaming it on the heat wave. they say increased demand for air-conditioning knocked the pour out. officials say it could take at least 24 hours to fix the problem there. cooler weather across the country. still, pretty hot in many places. a reminder, a lot of cities say set your thermostat at 78 or

higher. if you are blowing it at 74 or less, that's a real strain on the system. officials say that could cut vital communications, including cell phone are service. the fire has already burned 380,000 acres. calmer winds are expected to help firefighters today. boy, do they need it. >> they sure do. rob marciano is in the extreme weather center. what are they looking for a high in detroit if they are 24 hours before they can get power back on, that is going to be quite sticky. >> it will be cooler than what they have seen. the heat for the most part is breaking across the northeast. the winds have died down across the southwest. today is going to be the day if they are going to make some progress, they will get it done this morning and through afternoon. across the deep south, hazy and hot conditions. across chicago, still looking at thunderstorms with heavier rain, localized flooding in some of the smaller rivers, illinois,

kankakee. travel through o'hare and midway is going to be a slow go. then, we will start to see things taper off a little bit. detroit, you will see some thunderstorms heading your way in about an hour and a half. be prepared for that. new york city, you won't see thunderstorms at least for the next few hours and you will see more dry weather and cooler weather. 86 degrees expected for the high temperature in new york today. that's definitely cooler from yesterday. spots in new york and jersey saw temperatures soar above 100 yesterday. with humidity, it felt like 105, 110 in some cases. dangerously hot. we will take the break. looking ahead towards tomorrow, 68 degrees in chicago. that's nice. 81, new york city. compared to yesterday, that's nice as well. the southeast continues to sizzle. today will be the 13th day on the road, guys. atlanta sees 90 degrees or better. we don't see that trend stopping any time soon. we are not even into juliet. >> wow, rob, i am driving the

mini-van and my son said, mommy, that says 99. even a 5-year-old knew that was unusual and hot. >> thanks, rob. turning now to a rewar. $100,000 reward offered for information in the indiana college student missing for a week. her family desperate to find out what happened to her. we will bring you the latest. talk about paying it forward. new york jets star, braylon edwards, is going to be joining us live in this hour. he is sending 100 students to college. earlier, we told you a story about a teacher using twitter in the classroom to sort of draw kids out of their shells. does it really help or are you now convinced kids who are intro verts to stay intro verts. i will talk to the teacher who does this right there. i love that my daughter's part fish.

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a desperate search continues for missing student, lauren spier. divers are searching a lake nearby indiana university where she went to school. her family is now offering a $100,000 reward. the 20-year-old girl vanished last friday. it shows her walking into her apartment building with another unidentified person. they do not believe she was involved in any type of fight. >> she just disappeared. her family is desperate to fight more about it. casey anthony is getting medical attention after breaking down in the middle of her murder trial. a judge cut court proceedings 90 minutes early after she got sick. >> it came after a particularly emotional day of testimony and court proceedings. jurors were shown photos of 2-year-old, caylee's remains, while her mother wiped away her tears. cnn gary tuchman has the

details. >> reporter: casey anthony spent much of the day tearful and emotional or appearing to be tearful and emotional. this day much different than any other day of this trial. >> did the office of the medical examiner with you present ultimately recover a skull from this area? >> yes, it did. >> is the skull shown in this photograph? >> yes, it is. >> this was the day of the disturbing, devastating and horrifying images of caylee anthony's remains were displayed to the juror? we are blurring the photos because of their graphic nature. this showing her skull and this one a close-up of her skull with duct tape on her nose and mouth areas. this one showing a medical examiner picking up her skull to take it to the lab. >> this was a 911 call when caylee's remains were found in these woods in orlando nearly half a year after she

disappeared. casey anthony is now claiming her daughter accidentally drowned in the pool at her house and she lied about it, kept her death secret because of family turmoil. listen to what the jury heard from a sheriff's deputy. >> what is this? >> a close-up photograph of duct tape that was on the front of the skull. >> the pros cougs is trying to show the jury that the duct tape on caylee's face was likely used to suffocate the little girl. if she drowned, why would there be tape the aall. the defense will attempt to convince the jury that the man that discovered the body, a meter reader, did some tampering with the body and brought it to the scene in an attempt to gain fame and fortune. >> if there is a body or remains that have been tampered with, that would affect everybody's ability to do their job, correct? >> yes. >> in addition to caylee's

clothes that were found at the scene, other remains were found in bags near the skull. the prosecution is expected to link those bags to casey anthony. >> reporter: it appeared to us in court that casey anthony never looked at any of the graphic images of her daughter but she did hear the very graphic descriptions and she did not look good. >> reporter: 90 minutes before the court was supposed to end for the day. >> ladies and gentlemen of the media, miss anthony is ill. we are recessing for the day. neither the state nor the defense has any comments concerning her illness nor do they want to be interviewed. >> reporter: with that, this emotional day was over. gary tuchman cnn, orlando, florida. >> talk about the drama inside the courtroom. there was also madness outside of the courthouse early this morning. take a look. >> reporter: the local station,

wesh says that paramedics, firefighters and security were called in at 5:30 in the morning. >> this mob of people trying to get a ticket into the trial. what they were chanting was "get out of line." several of them were booted out. >> it is kind of something to think about. >> this has captured people's attention who don't typically follow trials of this nature. it is quite something. a kid born today, no, in 2010, last year, will cost how much money to raise? it is 18 minutes after the hour. but, it is priceless. >> good point. with arthritis pain. that's a coffee and two pills. the afternoon tour begins with more pain and more pills. the evening guests arrive. back to sore knees. back to more pills. the day is done but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. just 2 pills can keep arthritis pain away all day

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so schools are all struggling to keep texts and tweets and smart phones out of the classroom. one teacher has found that encouraging kids to use social media in the classroom can help bring some of them out of their shell if they are shy. joining me from los angeles,

enrique lagalas. you were at mac world in san francisco and something hit you. you had this eureka moment and said, why don't you bring twitter and social media into my classroom. >> when i was in san francisco, i was very excited to hear about this twitter chorus. i knew i needed to go back to los angeles and share this with the kids. i knew it would be exciting for all of us. >> all i am hearing is how this is distracting, not good for kids to be tweeting. they are not going to have the discipline to do what they are supposed to be doing. tell me what your kids do that helps them in terms of social media. >> when you use social media in the curriculum, the best way to use it is really to make an interactive student notebook. this is not an old idea in education. we want our students to interact with their learning to be engaged and be excited and take ownership. >> what do your kids use social

media that makes it better? >> when we prepare for testing, a way to review. for academic competitions. to enhance our imagination and warm-up activities, political cartoons, analyzing quote of the days, to collaborate with each other. >> how is it a tool? you said collaborate. are they tweeting each other? are the kids all following each other, follow you, you are following them? is it a closed environment? >> three quick example. a tool for an esl student, a student learning english. it helps them build their content vocabulary and at the same time, master english. another story, i have a student who the only time they will take to me is say, hey, mister, can i use the restroom. now, i have a tool to check if they are understanding the depth and the complexity of my lessons. third example, i can use forms an polls to find out if they

need to review something. so i mean as a teacher, it is a powerful assessment tool. it is a powerful tool to do other cool things, to activate old learning that they may have. it gives me a sense of where i need to take my lessons to to take it to the next level. >> let me ask you this. so you discuss the fact that it brings some shy kids out of their shell a little bit. don't we at that point sort of encourage those kids to not learn the actual face to face interaction eye to eye stuff that they really do have to learn. you can't just get through life on social media. >> i totally agree with you. i mean, leadership, communicating, using your voice, being an advocate is all important. i think twitter is just one vehicle. i mean, i think people need to understand that twitter is not the only technique that needs to be used in a classroom. it is one of 100 plus that really is to engage students and get them to be using these futuristic tools. you have other things like

quizlet. twitter happens to be very powerful, very relevant. who knows what the next cool tool will be? >> are you getting pushed back from parents, saying, you got to be kidding. you want my kids to do this in class. >> i knew right away when i came back in february, i would have tom nay sayers. i was very lucky to have support of administration. parents were tentative. they were saying to themselves, i don't get, people are going to follow my kid. that doesn't sit right with me. i think after i reached out to the parents and i put a letter out. at the very beginning of the year, they did know we were going to run a high-tech curriculum. it took a little bit more explanation. i think they understand and they are starting to see how twitter is that tool for their shy kid or for their student to get them launched into high school. >> enrique, good to see you. you are possibly a pioneer.

using twitter to help his kids learn more and come out of their shells. good to see you, enray okay. >> likewise. new this morning in libya. heavy fighting reported in the city of misrata. a doctor says at least 17 people were killed and more than 60 others heard as gadhafi's forces tried to fight their way back into the city. misrata has seen some of the bloodest fighting since the war began. we also have some new video out of syria showing soldiers gunning down refugees. syrian army carrying out revenge attacks on a town near the turkish border. thousands fleeing as tanks and troops roll in. syrian government has announced it would punish the towns people claiming armed groups massacred at least 120 security forces there. newt gingrich picking up the pieces of his presidential campaign after 16 of his top campaign staffers abruptly resigned.

they didn't believe he was taking the campaign seriously enough according to sources. gingrich says he is still in the race. he will reboot his campaign over the weekend. all this week, we are talking about the polls of the people in our cnn listening tour. we have crisscrossed the country hearing what really matters to americans. don lemon with us live from new hampshire. >> reporter: what really matters is a cup of coffee and a good breakfast. here is our first live shot from saint ann's other sait. a. let's go to the red arrow diner and get a pulse of the people. let's see how people start their day in manchester, new hampshire. union lead, got the paper. lel let's go to the red arrow diner, voted one of the top ten diners in the country. >> we need to clean house out

there. >> reporter: out of all the candidates who are declared so far, who do you like? >> santorum. >> reporter: what are you talking about over breakfast? >> probably graduation. >> reporter: no politics? no debate. >> i am not interested in that stuff. i can't vote yet. >> reporter: what are you talking about over breakfast? >> business, finding business, opportunities. >> the economy is very stagnant right now. how do you grow in a very down ward economy? how do you stay stable? how do you keep the lights on? that's really the issues. >> about jobs and stop spending. >> i want to see what they are going to do. i mean, for us younger people. we are what's going to be supporting the rest of the people after everyone else retires an everything. >> wgir, manchester.

nobody else is talking in this town except for us. >> reporter: people why the outside looking in, what should they know about new hampshire? >> we like the voters to speak to us. if you air politician and you are running for president and you make a big national speech, it doesn't play well here. we like it when the candidate will go to the pancake breakfast that only 15 people will show up for. we like to see what you are made up of. if you can handle stuff like that. >> reporter: that's what the folks say they want to hear. they want realness, realness from the candidates. our political brain truss is in the cnn express. besides politics, what people are talking about here, ali, you know this -- >> they are talking about the bruins. >> reporter: they beat the canucks. >> i know, i know. we are not talking about that. >> reporter: they are talking

about money, ali. you are exactly right. one interesting thing i have to say, these candidates, all the people that are going to be in this debate, they are social conservatives. they talk about that. that's what they are running on. the people hearsay that's taking -- that's a second to what people care about, jobs and the economy. you hear it over and over. it is the economy. by the way, i got you guys a little treat at the red arrow diner. these are called dinah fingers. >> what are they? >> reporter: basically, i am going to open it up. they are basically glorified twinkies without all the preservatives. so they actually healthy. >> we reported before that twinkies can last for a century. >> reporter: these don't last a century. there are no preservatives. they are healthy.

>> don and paul steinhauser, i don't think they will last. >> we won't see them. >> see you guys, have fun. seven republican candidates for president will be at the debate, monday night, 8:00 p.m. eastern, live from new hampshire. >> i will be heading out there to fight don for his dinah fingers. >> will be you working off the bus? >> i have to see if i can get in with the cool kids. savings advice from the president. speaking to reporters yesterday, president obama shared a piece of advice his grandmother had given him about money. don't spend all are money. save a little bit of whatever you are earning. the president also said there are times when you have to borough money, for instance, when he and the first lady graduated from harvard law, they were $125,000 in debt.

if you think you really want something, sleep on it for two days, you will be shocked at how much you don't need it. >> if you can go three days, then you really don't need it. my mom always told me, one fourth of your take-home pay is a good guide for the home mortgage. never buy what the bank says you can afford. >> if only your mother was writing the bank underwriting standards.

>> we were talking about patio furniture for the longest time. you were looking to buy this patio furniture. you talked about it, slept on it. it was weeks, not days. you were asking everybody their advice. did you buy it in the end? >> i bought it in the end but i convinced you one way and then around the block about it again. it is on sale but i enjoy one summer of enjoying it. >> i don't know what we were going to talk about for the rest of the year after you bought that. >> i am sorry to bring you all in on it. >> she is debating adirondack chairs for the front of the house. >> braylon edwards is helping to send 100 kids to college. a great story of how he is paying it forward. >> you are going to love this. this is great.

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♪ 42 minutes past the hour. proathletes often talk about how important it is to give back to the community. new york jets, wide receiver, braylon edwards, is living proof. he is keeping a promise that he made to high school students four years ago. >> edwards told them if they met certain academic and community service requirements, he would help put them through college. >> part of his advanced 100 education initiative. braylon edwards is with us from southfield, michigan, this morning. braylon, good morning. tell me about this. tell us about this. you gave them some conditions. they met it and now you are paying up. >> good morning. yes, my mom and my father and i came up with this initiative in 2006, end of 2007, trying to help education, which seems to be a lacking point in detroit and cleveland. it just made sense to do.

we went with it and got a lot of help in the cleveland municipal school system. we helped the kids, whatever they needed, laptops, calculators, whatever they needed. we got them college credits at cuyahoga community college. they each get to go to college with seven credits. this was a great program. >> that is smart having them going to college. you are going to give them each $10,000, a scholarship toward their tuition from here on out. what was the tuition? they had to do 15 hours a week of community service. tell us what you wanted these young people to do for you or for their community. >> exactly, do for the community and themselves and their family, more importantly. 2.5 was the gpa requirement. we felt like that was very fair. 15 hours community service within each month as well as workshops that we had slated for them twice a month. basically, what the workshops were, different things, not all

of those school or educationally based. some was etiquette classes, teach them how to tie a tie, how to shake hands, how to sit at the dinner table, conduct a speech, talk to people, keep people's interest. i am proud of my foundation team for doing this the last four years. >> that's an important point. it is not just money. obviously, $10,000 times 100 kids, $1 million. that's nothing to sneeze at. that's a good chunk of money for them. describe how you are trying to help guide them. this mentoring aspect so they sort of have somewhere to turn. it is a scary world out there if this is not what you are used to and then trying to find your way in this world. >> growing up in detroit, i went to public high school for three years. a lot of the kids that you saw on these programs, they didn't have support at all. they didn't have the parents. they didn't have the grand mothers, the guardians, whatever. they had a lot of talent, a lot of ability, a lot of smarts but

no guidance. they weren't making the right decisions. they ended up on the lower end of the totem pole. i saw that growing up. i wanted to help if i could. with this program, we gave them more than education. it was just guidance, support, whatever they needed. just be there for them. talk to them. take them to the side and crack jokes, things of that nature. to show that somebody actually cared for them. somebody supported them and they could do the things that teachers talk about in the classroom. >> they have to like you. first of all, you know what it is like growing up in detroit. you left cleveland. you still keep your word. but to some degree, you are talking about tying a tie property and conducting themselves properly. they are not dumb kids. they know a lot about you. you got yourself into a little bit of trouble yourself back in 2010. how do you relate to them on that? what do you do that? do you just sort of gloss over that or do you tell them, how about you? >> we don't gloss over anything.

we are very straight and direct. over the past four years, we have adopted these kids as our often. a lot of them, i have watched them grow up. when i got into my situation, i i talked to them about it. i had no problems opening up and answering questions. in life, you make mistakes. the best thing you can do is learn from them. everybody is not going to be 100% fer effeperfect. sometimes we choose to go in a different direction. i talked to the kids about it and asked questions. they feel better or more comfortable because i do answer these questions. like you say, i don't gloss over them. >> quick football question. i know you are a free agent this year. this labor dispute hopefully will get settled. where do you want to go? >> i would like to stay with the jets. the organization has been very good to me. i think we are building something special, two afc championship appearances in a row. i feel like they are putting the pieces in place each year. they have done a good job. i really like what the new york jets stand for.

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the sear ran army carrying out revenge attacks on a town near the turkish border. german health officials say they have traced the deadly spread of e. coli to bean sprouts. so far, 27 people have died. a major power outage in downtown detroit, several public buildings are closed. they blame the out average on the heat wave saying increased demand for air-conditioning knocked the pour out. it could take 24 hours to fix the problem. a wild fire in arizona that has burned more than 380,000 acres and burned homes. it could leave nearly 400,000 people without power. >> the market opens in 45 minutes. the dow, nasdaq and s&p are down slightly. they need a gain to avoid a sixsi sixth straight weekly low.

there is a shot of pittsburgh this morning. >> 69, 82 for a high. hopefully, the thunderstorms will move through quickly. >> washington, d.c. is nice right now. it could be thunderstorms later. it means, get out in the converse i believe while you can and put the top up later on. >> not if you are in atlanta. it is not convertible weather. >> you have a convertible

mini-van? >> i have a hard top. >> roll down peach tree on one of those bad day boys it will pull them out. no convertibles unless you ride at night. hazy and humid for the southeast. for you, things are going to be a little bit more tranquil, a little more cool. i do want to touch on what's going on in chicago, back to the lower hand of michigan, rough thunderstorms that are rolling through this area again. you will hit detroit which has some power outage issues because of the heat. this will help cool things down a little bit and bring in a hair more humidity. we are looking at temperatures that are going to be much, much cooler today and dryer, above this front. it will be hot, dry but less windy across the southwest today. it will give the firefighters a little bit of time to get a handle on that fire. there is not going to be any rain for a month and a half. it will be 96 degrees in memphis. 82 in chicago. 86 degrees in new york.

still, kind of warm in d.c. remember, yesterday, in atlanta city, hit 102. a similar number in d.c. and newark. record-shattering temperatures, the earliest in atlantic city we have touched 100. cooler today and tomorrow. the weekend doesn't look too shabby. a little bit unsettled. here is what this is looking like. hurricane adrian, category 4 storm. that's a gorgeous one. here is some enhanced infrared emmanliry from noaa. we get excited because it is far away from land. it will not cause any problems. it will go out to sea and die. it will cause some nice as well as across the west coast of california and mexico. roll down the top. today should be a good one in new york city. point south, not as much. rob, good to see you my friend. have a great friday.

britain's prince philip turns 90 today. he has been married to queen elizabeth for more than 60 years. >> he looks great, he really does. >> he is reportedly going to spend the day, quote, performing official duties in his role as queen elizabeth's husband. >> ali had to explain to me why kate can be queen. he could not be king. i am a classic american. >> a man who marries the queen doesn't become a king. they attended a star-studded charity that funds projects for disadvantaged children. >> she knows how to dress for her body type and she has great hair. >> so do i. that's why i have several layers. >> 54 minutes after the hour.

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ali has a great story about this week's cnn hero. it is a woman that pulls children up from the dumps literally. take a look. >> reporter: currently, in argentina, there are a lot of children work. most children work recovering waste in the garbage dump to sell for a small profit. very small children, three, four, five years old. all parents want a better life for their children than what they had. there are times when the whole family has to work and try to make ends meet. my name is elena duron miranda.

i founded an organization to help the boys and girls get out. when i arrived in argentina, it hurt to see so many children picking through garbage. many of these boys and girls have dropped out of school. i decided i had to do something for them. we tried to be as fully integrated as possible. there is a school tracking group of psychologists and a social worker. we work with the family on the value of putting them in school. any time we get a child close to school, it is a seed we are planting. you hope not to see the child on the street again. if he returns, with he go after him. education is how we start to break vicious cycles to give children a better future.