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one step further. now, all facebook needs is a picture of you and it will do the rest. from the cnn center this is your "cnn saturday morning" on june 11th. hello to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. thank you for spending your morning here with us. messages to a teenage girl from congressman anthony weiner. reports say she's just 17 years old. weiner, of course, has admitted to sending salacious pictures to a number of women on-line but his people say the teenage girl did not get any of those. despite all this, supporters are still rallying around the congressman. our jason carroll is in anthony weiner's district this morning in queens, new york. jason, good morning to you. i don't know if you've been able to get any reaction at all to the news that he maybe exchanged messages with this teenage girl but it seems like a lot of people want him to stay in the job. >> that's exactly what we're hearing out here in his district, t.j. despite even getting the latest

information about what happened with that 17-year-old girl, and let's very quickly sort of go over what happened there, police in delaware have interviewed a 17-year-old girl who did have on-line communications with congressman weiner. apparently what happened is, weiner came out to her school, spoke at the school, she began following him on twitter. apparently she told detectives, though, that there was no inappropriate contact between the two of them. also, in addition to that, a statement has been released from congressman weiner's office from his spokeswoman. that statement now saying according to congressman weiner, his communications with this person were neither explicit nor indecent. again, that is a statement coming from congressman weiner's office. and you talked about the recent poll. that recent poll, showing that the majority of people out here in his district, still support congressman weiner. that poll showing that if asked if whether or not congressman weiner should resign, 56% said

no. he should not resign. 33% saying yes, he should. and we've been out here in the morning, speaking to a number of the folks who live out here wanting to gauge their feelings at this point. want you to listen to what they have to say about their congressman. >> he can stay but he needs to be careful what he does. people are watching you. you really have to be careful. >> i think it would be kind of hard for him to gain people's trust after something like this, so, you know, that's probably his decision but i definitely wouldn't trust him on something like this. >> i don't know if he should resign. it's, you know, he's a human being. he made a mistake. but i think he's a pervert, yeah, for sure. >> reporter: also weighing in on the issue, congressman charles rangel. apparently he's saying that congressman weiner should not

resign, that this whole idea of resignation, t.j., is something that's being quoted hyped up in the press. for congressman weiner we are hearing reportedly he will be back in washington on monday ready for work. >> all right. jason carroll for us this morning, in anthony weiner's district in new york, good to have you with us on a cnn saturday morning. we turn to alabama where they are taking steps to slam the door on illegal immigrants with a tough new law. this new law considered one of the broadest and most stringent in the country. governor bentley signed it this week. it allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being an illegal immigrant if they are stopped for any reason. it requires public schools report the immigration status of students. it also makes it a crime for anyone who knowingly gives an illegal immigrant a ride or shelter. another provision, requires businesses to check the legal status of workers using a federal system known as e-varify. >> the sponsors of this bill

worked hard on that. they looked at laws across this country and they looked at the challenges across the country and they did an excellent job in evaluating those. you know that some of those have already been upheld. some of the arizona bills have been upheld. >> our raphael romo is in alabama, in a suburb outside of birmingham, getting reaction for us. good morning. tell us what you are finding? >> good morning, t.j. we are just south of birmingham. this is a supermarket that caters to the hispanic community and what people here are telling us is that the number of customers coming to places like this one has decreased because there's a lot of fear, a lot of this information. people really not knowing how this law that goes into effect on september 1st, is going to be impleme implemented. parents asking what's going to happen to their children. part of the law mandates school districts to inquire into the immigration status of children

so parents are wondering, are they going to be picked up if there's any sort of irregularity. many people are afraid if they give somebody a ride and they don't really know what the immigration status of that person is, they're going to get in trouble. so we've been talking to people and that's what we find. a lot of this information, a lot of fear and this what is some of those people told us last night. >> many are afraid. they're planning to go back to where they come from. >> you got a friend, a mexican, you never know if he is legal or illegal. you go and your car you never know. >> it's not good for nobody. i mean it's -- it's not good for the economy or the state. it's not good for nobody. >> for me i do think there is some cause for concern, so which is why i'm supportive of the bill because i want to make sure, you know, we just want to make sure that the people that are here, are coming here legally. >> reporter: and we were talking

to ray brido the owner of the supermarket. as you can see they sell here mexican products, stuff that you can only find at a store like this and he was telling me that he would like to very much comply with the law, but he has trouble trying to hire people who want to do this kind of job which is back breaking really, in this part of alabama. and the other thing, t.j., is that law enforcement agencies telling us that they're facing a budget crisis. we were talking to authorities in jefferson county and they tell us that they have a jail for 900 people. they already have 1200 and they're very worried, concerned about the added responsibilities that this law is going to cause. so, a lot of, again, worry and confusion, t.j. >> all right. raphael romo for us in alabaster, we appreciate you. we will check in with you again this morning. at seven minutes past the hour, we turn to some political news taking a look at our

political ticker, newt gingrich, if he is worried about his floundering presidential campaign, he's not showing it. the former house speaker says he'll be in california tomorrow night for a speech to a republican group. also in new hampshire on sunday, for a presidential debate. thursday 16 of his top aides and advisers resigned. rick santorum, another republican candidate, will appear at the new hampshire debate. tuesday he opened up an office in iowa to prepare for next year's all-important caucus. the former pennsylvania senator also becomes the first republican candidate to air a radio ad. we still don't know if sarah palin is running for president, but we do know more about her time as governor of alaska. 24,000 pages of her e-mails have been released. those cover the years of 2006 to 2008. almost 2300 other pages have not been disclosed. and remember, cnn is hosting a debate among republican presidential candidates. monday night, 8:00 eastern, sarah palin will not be there. newt gingrich as i just

mentioned, says he will. our paul steinhauser is there in new hampshire for us this morning. we're going to join him live here with a preview? just about 20 minutes. we turn to weather now and our reynolds wolf keeping an eye all important weather going on in arizona. it helped for a little while now the weather is about to hurt them again with these wildfires. >> it does indeed. what they want is a humid day with very light winds, but unfortunately we're expecting the opposite to take place. what i mean by that is we're going to see the relative humidity begin to drop quite a bit. in fact, it's going to be just around 15% or lower. winds also expected to increase anywhere from 15 to 20 miles per hour. this is the latest forecast and quite frankly, i think that may be a little too optimistic. i think we may have stronger winds. the gusts around 35 miles an hour, but when you get into the mountain passes, the southern end of the rockies, more specific, the mountains, you could have easily, pardon me, have some gusts higher which could fan the flames in parts of northeastern arizona.

we'll take more in depth look at the forecast for the four corners and also let you know you can expect around the rest of the nation for the weekend including our recent heat wave. >> ren nods, appreciate you buddy. also ahead, comedian tracy morgan says he's sorry for a recent rant at a nashville performance that got some folks pretty upset. >> i knew that i was going to see a comedian that does push the envelope and was expecting to hear, you know, all sorts of different probably inappropriate humor but i didn't expect to hear an attack on the gay community. >> we'll tell you how the gay community is now reacting to tracy morgan's apology. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... for greater access to all the things you want,

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13 minutes past the hour. firefighters battling the huge fire in eastern arizona could face stronger winds and lower humidity today. despite the forecast for worsening conditions, though, cnn's jim spellman tells us firefighters have made progress. plus he tells us how fire crews are battling the flames from the ground and the air. >> reporter: t.j., finally a bit of good news here from the massive wallow fire. the 3,000 or so fire fighters on scene fighting this fire have taken advantage of two days of lower winds, better weather for them to fight and they've managed to get a small amount of containment on this fire. they still are protecting the evacuated cities of springerville and eagar. unfortunately the day before

yesterday, 22 homes were lost in nearby greer. they hope to do what they can here with this brief break in the high winds. by saturday afternoon the high winds will be back and those will ground likely some of their aircraft that are up in the air. they're using super tanker dc-10s to drop retardant and water on the fire while using what they call aerial ignitions, helicopters that drop ping-pong ball size plastic balls full of chemicals that start fires. they start these intentional fires to create a barrier between the inhabited town to the front of the fire so when the active head of the fire get to the line there's no more fuel for it to get into town and hurt people. no word yet on when these evacuated people will be able to come back to home. likely not before at least some time next week. t.j., back to you. >> all right. thanks to our jim spellman. we turn to another extreme, take a look at this, folks. it is june, this is in massachusetts where it's been 70, 8090 degrees and they have

this mound of snow still sitting there. reynolds, i ask you, how this is possible? >> it's magic, t.j. >> it really is. that's exactly what it is, yeah. no basically what happens, looks like a frozen crust so to speak. this will melt away but it's a sheer testament to how much snowfall we had in the northeast and parts of the northern plains and upper midwest which hence caused so much of the flooding. that will eventually be gone. it's not going to happen instantaneously. >> insulated, has that dirt on top. >> this dirt they are doing sandbagging along the missouri river. as reynolds has been keeping us up to date, the missouri like you said kind of the baby brother to the mississippi river. but a lot of folks north and south dakota, nebraska, iowa, kansas, missouri under flood watch and we could see historic stuff coming their way. how long will they be under the gun. >> for quite a while. possibly the next couple days,

next couple weeks. it's going to be an issue. the missouri is the longest river in north america but the mississippi has the most sheer volume and if you combine the whole complex, the missouri and mississippi, it's the fourth longest river system in the world. it looks like today, last thing we need in that part of the world will be rain. check it out. chance of strong storms developing across parts of the central, northern plains into parts of the northeast and south of the eastern half of the great lakes. could get pretty rough, especially by the late afternoon hours. we've had pretty strong storms. the finger lakes this morning. not severe at this time. still a rumble of thunder is a possibility. any small flights from your airports in new york to the region airports in western new york expect a few delays or at least a few bumpy spots here and there. for the southeast, very warm, very muggy for you. maybe a stray shower or two into the afternoon. very warm for you in texas. as we mentioned earlier the four corners, very low humidity, strong winds today. it's going to be tough for the firefighters. they're going to have their work cut out for them. they always do. they always do it with just the

most heroic efforts. a tough time no question today. the heat is not going to be easy for them in parts of the southwest. in fact, highs expected for places like el paso, 99 degrees. 91 albuquerque. over in dallas, 97. when you head southward along parts of 35 into austin, san antonio and back over to houston, not only do you have temperatures in the mid to maybe even low 90s but the high humidity which will make it feel warmer. 64 in chicago, 62 boston, 93 in atlanta. back over to albuquerque, 91. 77 in salt lake city. something else that's been kind of active, the tropics. a look at adrian, right now, still a hurricane, moving deeper into the pacific. not expected to have any threat on the main land, the u.s. or mexico for that matter. purely a storm for this time being. testament things are starting to warm up, starting to percolate in the tropics. both in the pacific and atlantic. it's time to stay, again, pretty active and keep your eyes on the tropics. the season, t.j., lasts through

november 30th. we have a ways to go. >> just getting started. appreciate you as always. check in plenty throughout this morning. talking about the hurricane season. we've seen the flooding, tornadoes, so much happening and a lot of people will need your help for quite some time. a lot of these disaster victims. if you would like to make donations to help them out, go to cnn.com/impact you will find a list of charities you can donate to. how far is too far? facebook tagging your pictures for you. whether you like it or not. it's called facial recognition. and some people are pretty upset about it. also a georgia weight lifter carries a debate over dress code and religion to the u.s. olympic committee. i'll tell you how she could force a change in international rules.

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22 minutes past the hour on cnn saturday morning. for many of you social media users out there, facebook that's the spot to share personal photos. the site lets you link your friends pages to your photos so they can be seen and shared. tagging in those photos can take a while. it's kind of a slow process. facebook came up with a shortcut. facial recognition. a lot of people not happy about this. mario armstrong here to break this down. mar mario, you know i need my handheld to walk through this

process. >> right. >> keep this as simple as possible here. what is facebook doing now that has people upset with this facial recognition? how does this work? >> so here's how it works. i go to your -- let's say i go to your wedding or i was at your wedding and i took several photos of you and the bridal party. maybe 50 or so pictures. nowadays what i would have to do normally is if i wanted to let you know i put those pictures on facebook, i could tag your name and associate your name with that photo and then you would be alerted that your photo, you know, that i took is up on facebook. >> okay. >> now what -- with facial recognition says, you don't have time to do all 50 of photos, do it once, we recognize that's t.j. holmes' face and in all these photos we'll apply that tag to it. >> wow. the way they're doing this, do they have to essentially build a database of all these names and these faces? >> you're hitting at the heart of it. this is why you're good, right. this is a great question.

because they do have to scan all of the images in the database. you say how are they doing that? 100 million photos are being tagged every day on facebook. so all they have to do is run the facial recognition software to start looking at all of these images and the next thing you know they have a library of the images that say that's susan, or that's mario and instantly tag those photos. >> they probably got a good database working right now. mine might be in there and don't realize it. is there anything you can do about it and why wouldn't you want to be a part of something like this? >> people are upset for a couple reasons. number one, because facebook didn't tell us. this is a -- a mode that they always do and facebook, i need you guys to listen to us and the consumers saying, let us opt into this. we find out about it after the fact. so what's happening, t.j., in some cases, photos are being tagged of you that you wouldn't want publicized. even though you can be notified and you can take that tag down,

the fact is, it's already been published. people are saying at least let us opt in. don't make it an opt in by default. >> okay. can you opt out? how can you? >> you can disable this. that is a great point. i do think -- i don't want people think i'm facebook bashing. i think there are benefits but i think people should have the choice. and so to disable it go into your account settings and then click on your -- excuse me, privacy settings and click on customized settings and click on suggest photos of me to friends. uncheck that. >> can you do me a favor and e-mail that to me when we get down because i can send that out. i know it's hard to navigate and privacy and this and that. send that so i can get that out. give me 15 seconds on this. why is facebook beefing up their lobbying effort in washington, d.c.? >> because of these types of issues, because of privacy, children on-line and security and the bottom line is they went from one d.c. staff member just a few years ago to now having 12 d.c. staff members, four of

which are ex-white house aides from both sides of the aisles. so they are beefing up quickly to be prepared for any type of issues that they may have going forward. >> good information this morning. mar jo armstrong, good to see you. enjoy the rest of your weekend. join us every saturday this time and our digital expert mario armstrong giving us the latest scoop on the latest technology out there. thanks to him once again. we turn to politics where newt gingrich says he's in it for the long haul but two of his key campaign staffers had some other ideas. they may be hitching their wagons to another horse, not yet in the race. we'll check the political pulse in a moment. plus, no laughing matter for comedian tracy morgan under fire for this morning despite his apology for anti-gay rant during a comedy routine last week. we'll tell you what gay rights advocates want him to do now. your own complete four-course seafood feast for $15. start with soup, like our hearty new england clam chowder.

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missouri. health officials are saying eight people injured in last month's tornado there in joplin have contracted a rare type of fungus. three of these people have died. one of the deaths directly attributed to the infection which can occur when dirt becomes lodged under the skin. also cia director and defense nominee leon panetta in pakistan today. his first visit since the successful raid that killed osama bin laden. panetta is expected to reaffirm a u.s. commitment to cooperation with pakistan against al qaeda. police in new castle, delaware, say they're investigating whether new york congressman anthony weiner had inappropriate communications with a teenage girl. weiner is under growing pressure to resign after revelations he send lewd photos of himself and exchanged met messages with several women on-line. cnn is hosting a republican presidential debate monday night in new hampshire. it's the first opportunity for

voters to hear from the seven declared candidates at once. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser looking at how one of those candidates may have a little more on the line. >> reporter: of the seven people on the stage at the cnn wmur new hampshire leader union debate, newt gingrich probably has the most on the line. the former house speaker remains defiant one day after many of his top presidential campaign officials and advisers quit. in an e-mail to supporters gingrich says i know full well the riggers of campaigning for a public office and i will endure them. a republican strategist who used to work for gingrich has doubts. >> the kind of skill set you need to do the things he did to bring republicans into majority in the congress, are completely different set of skills than what you need when you're running for president and i think that's been glaringly obvious. >> our paul steinhauser joins me now from manchester, new hampshire. hello to you. gingrich, does he need to have a good day on monday? is this early on things can

change, but does he need something pretty special to happen in this debate for him to try to get the momentum back and survive this? >> you're absolutely right. you know, things can change. remember four years ago john mccain was almost down and out the year before he won the nomination. he does need a big night at our debate. the jury is still out on whether he can survive because you need a strong campaign staff to run a successful campaign. he doesn't have that right now. newt gingrich doesn't. and also, he needs to raise a lot of money. we will see very soon whether he will be able to do that as well. t.j. >> did the folks his staffers and a number of them, did she jump ship to jump ship or are they hitching their sales to another boat here if you will? >> yeah, that other boat, may be rick perry, the republican governor, long-time republican governor of texas, who just recently for the first time said he was considering a run for the republican nomination. but you know what he needed to do that? he needed two very important political advisers who were with him for his last re-election in 2010 for governor.

they were with newt gingrich. they were two of the top people who resigned from gingrich's staff the other day. let's see if they now go to perry and perry decides to run for the white house. >> for a lot of our viewers and around the country who may not be familiar with governor rick perry why do a lot of republicans like this guy, want him to get in? >> well, this is an interesting one. perry seems to have some kind of support among tea party activists, he's well liked in texas. a fiscal conservative, social conservative. check this out. this is our recent number from our cnn opinion research corporation poll. among republicans we asked would you like to see rick perry make a bid for the republican nomination. 40% yes, but 50% no. >> besides perry, anybody else we're keeping an eye on who's thinking about getting in the race? >> yeah. we're keeping our eyes out, jon huntsman, former utah governor, also the u.s. ambassador to china, president barack obama named him he resigned from that post. he spoke to candy crowley for

"state of the union" see that interview on sunday morning, he said in a week and a half i will pretty much be announcing for president. keep your eyes on him. >> paul steinhauser, we'll check in with you live in new hampshire later this morning. thanks so much. to our viewers tune in right here, the republican debate in new hampshire starts 8:00 eastern time, monday night, right here on cnn. a lot of people, lot of kids in particular, dealing with asthma around the world. we have a remedy. gulping down a live fish might sound crazy to you, but that's one of a number of unusual remedies around the world. we are looking at next in our morning passport. ties. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites...

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conventional medicine. many of these remedies are taken seriously around other parts of the world but we might see them or hear about them -- explain this to me first. >> this is happening in india in southern india. it's the annual fish med festival. now, t.j., hundreds of thousands of people line up to get a live sardine, two inch live sardine, and it's coated in special spices. the secret recipe apparently is around 170 years old, and comes from a hindu saint. and the hindu saint told the gold family they were allowed to administer but this couldn't make a profit from it. there's no profit. what you're seeing now is children being fed the live fish, asthma and other respiratory problems, and the indian government ships literally busses these people to the place where the festival took place this week. >> this is supposed to treat asthma? >> supposed to treat asthma and other respiratory problems and being criticized by certain people and the gold family says

its pharmaceutical companies who are criticizing them because it cures asthma and other respiratory diseases so well. >> it cures allegedly cures? does this really work? >> well, i haven't personally experienced it. >> it turns out to be allergies. >> let's go to czechoslovakia for a moment. let's go to west bohemia where the first beer spa has been -- >> now you're talking. >> exactly. not only do you bathe in this very warm beer, it's a mixture of warm beer and mineral water and apparently the hops and the vitamin b infuses the skin and you glow and then you drink beer while you're doing it. the only criticism for this has come from certain people who are concerned about the alcohol consumption in czechoslovakia. >> the alcohol consumption while sitting up doing this stuff. >> generally czechoslovakia has the highest beer drinking per capita in the world.

>> the stuff that you're actually bathing in, that's not the stuff they're drinking, though, right? >> it's a different quality of beer, but the water that you're bathing in, is beer plus warm mineral water and the beer you're drinking is cold. >> okay. does that work? >> apparently extremely well. you feel better. whether it's the vitamins, the hops, or the alcohol, who knows. one more cure, apparently you want to have a highly intelligent baby you should let it talk to a dolphin. shouldn't swim with dolphins if you're pregnant but because they can communicate at a high frequency, it stimulates the brain of the baby in vitro. >> talk while you're pregnant, not before you get pregnant. >> while you're pregnant you get a dolphin to speak to your pregnant -- >> who does this? >> it's done all over the world. look up dolphin practices. they don't recommend you swim with dolphins. finally cow urine apparently is the cure for, making into a

drink for everything, from digestion to heart problems, that is the thing i would rather do, the beer. >> we should have stopped with the dolphin. went too far with the cow urine, nadya bill clek, good stuff in our morning passport, thank you as always. 40 minutes past the hour. when we come back we're going to be talking to our legal analyst and friend of our show on cnn saturday and sunday morning, sunny hostin. talking about the case the country seems to be talking about right now, the courtroom drama in the casey anthony trial. but the drama is not just inside. it's outside as well. crowds are turning nasty, running, even fighting to get inside. why? sunny hostin discussing what's inside and outside the courtroom in the casey anthony case.

well, 41 minutes past the hour on this cnn saturday morning now. the testimony was pretty gruesome in casey anthony's trial this week. jurors were shown pictures of her 2-year-old daughter's skull, the courtroom was full of people who wanted to see the trial. the judge had a message for them. >> the next witness that will testify will testify concerning certain crime scene photographs for those of you who may have queasiness or uneasiness, about viewing these type of photographs where you may have facial reactions or cannot control your emotions, i ask you

to leave. >> let's bring in our legal analyst and friend of our show on cnn saturday and sunday morning, sunny hostin from "in session" on trutv. hello to you, good morning, and he was kind of giving a warning to people in the courtroom but apparently we got some kind of reaction from casey anthony when they started showing these photographs as well? >> that's right. i mean she started crying immediately. she wouldn't look at the monitors. the photos are being put on monitors, t.j. it was an extremely emotional day for her. i mean she almost started hyperventilating and folding into herself. ultimately, on that day, the judge had to cancel court, 90 minutes early. this is a judge trying to keep time and doesn't want to do things like that. he told the jury there had been an event and then basically told the media and told the spectators that casey anthony was ill. she was seen by the jailhouse

doctors and we never really found out what the illness was, but most people are speculating that it was really the graphic nature of those pictures combined with the testimony which was also very graphic testimony about bones having eaten little caylee anthony's remains that may have caused her reaction. >> we talk about emotional reactions and dramatic pictures and testimony, but at the end of the day is this having the impact of at least proving the case, the prosecution's case, are they moving forward with some powerful evidence here or just having an emotional impact on the jurors? >> no. i think that this week, which i've been calling the csi week because of all the forensic evidence that came in including caylee anthony's remains, was a game changer, t.j., for this prosecution. there was no question there's been sort of a shift, i think, in popular opinion from wow, casey anthony could not have done this, to, i want justice

for caylee anthony, how could she have done this to her. so there has been a shift. i've seen it on my facebook page. people have stopped me on the street to ask questions about this case. this week, i think in large part, that's because the prosecution is coming very, very close to putting the pieces together of the circumstantial case. >> something else i want to ask you about here, and i asked you about this week, just what this case has turned into. i mean it's been a lot of media coverage, but some of what we've been seeing outside of the courtroom, i don't know what to call it. if this is just what we have to deal with now and some of these high-profile cases, some of it seemed a little strange, some of it seemed a little sad. but people running, running over each other, fighting for places in line, to make sure they get in and get a seat. about 150 seats inside the courtroom. you've covered a lot of cases. is this just what it is when it comes to the high-profile cases? q. it seems odd people would fight

to get in to see some of these graphic images. we're talking about the death of a little girl in a murder trial and people treating this like they're going to see a big movie. >> i've never seen anything like this, t.j., before. as you mentioned i've covered a lot of trials. i've tried a lot of cases. i have never seen anything like this. there are 50 public seats available to the public. people are lining up as early as 1:00 a.m., the morning of the trial, they can't get in to line until 8:30 and then once the doors are open at 5:30, they are racing to get to the front of the line. people have been trampled, they have been sent to the hospital because of this. yet and still, people are still showing up, just this morning because trial is held on saturday mornings in this case, same thing is happening. many, many people are lining up, people are trying to bring sharpies and put their number in place onin line on their hands. it has been unbelievable. i think bigger than o.j., bigger

than any case i've ever covered, ever seen. >> that is something to hear. this is bigger as far as the interest than the o.j. trial was and that was considered one of the biggest media spectacles trial wise we have seen in quite some time. appreciate you being here. you had ripping and running around to do this morning to get back in front of that computer for us this morning, but we always appreciate you and good to have you. >> it's my pleasure, t.j. >> enjoy the rest of your weekend. as sunny and i were talking about, mentioning there, trial has attracted and almost cult-like interest among spectators. we're trying to g-- trying to g those limited courtroom seats. friday morning got so tense in line, a scuffle broke out, a woman had to be taken away in an ambulance. what is the fascination? we asked someone, i spoke to her yesterday, a trial watcher by the name of kelly. listen to this. >> being in there just makes everything so much more real,

just seeing casey in person, same with george and cindy and lee, just puts everything into perspective for me and makes it all come into place rather than just watching it on tv. >> now is that just the part of our culture now where we're fascinated by and maybe you can admit this, this story has gotten a lot of media coverage for a while now, is it just that almost celebrity culture and nature in you that you just want to -- you just want to see it and be a part of this reality television? >> i think so. i mean, it's very interesting this whole case. you don't hear about this on an every day basis. the whole thing is just very strange to me. so it's -- that's why it makes it so fascinating to be in there. >> what is it like as well, you said you lined up at 3:00 a.m. and we're showing video here i believe, can't make out which one you are, but i believe we have a shot of you, just how difficult is it? how crazy is it even because we have seen scuffles even break

out? what is it like down there trying to fight for a spot? >> oh, yes. when i got there i was the fifth person in line and once they started getting past 50 we all started counting on our own and writing on our hands which number we were but the people in the back of the line did not care at all and said that they were going to be running in front of us. i took off my shoes and gave my bags to my friend and sprinted as fast as i could and i got number nine. >> she says she plans on attending the trial at least once a week from now on. she does work there and she says she has been going to the trial on her days off. at about ten minutes to the top of the hour now. a move to change the international weight lifting athletic dress code. carried on the shoulders of one weight lifter. her defiance could become an olympic victory for islam pick women. also at the top of the hour, a lot of members of congress are turning their backs on representative anthony weiner but there's one colleague who is standing by the law mmaker at t top of the hour. les.

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seven minutes to the top of the hour. joined by our friend joe carter for hln sports. how are you doing? good how are you? >> i'm good this morning. enjoying the nba finals? >> absolutely. got me very confused. >> i'm flip flopping. one day i want miami, next day i want dallas. >> a lot of people are rooting against lebron james. >> oh, yeah. >> because it's lebron james. all right. series is 3-2, going back to miami for the last two games. so dallas can end this thing, but game five, right before game five, a little something happened that people are not going to like. if you didn't like lebron james before you're not going to like him now. >> great point. you're the news anchor the leader on the team. >> okay. >> say you have a fever, a sinus infection hours before you have to be on the desk. you're going to come in to work because you're the leader. we wouldn't have the news. >> dirk nowitzki plays that role with the mavericks. he is the team leader. tuesday for game four, guy

played with a 101 degree temperature, sinus infection, sick as a dog, holding his mouth when covering, played okay, good enough to help them win the game. before game five, his biggest rival, dwyane wade, lebron james, seen on camera, mocking dirk for overplaying his sickness. here's that video. take a look. >> did you hear me cough? i think i'm sick. man. this weather, man. weather is -- >> hard to go from 85 degree weather and then go to 90. >> all right. so, is this a big deal? >> yes. >> i think it is too. >> yes. >> i think it is. >> and again, this -- the guy was sick. he was bad off. and then they did this right before game five in which they went out and dirk handed it to them again. >> and got punked. >> he goes out that night, scores 29 points, has a great

game, they go on to win game five, now they stand just one win away from their first nba title and as you said, it shifts back to miami but i don't know, i think the team's got to feel a little embarrassed. here's their two leaders, super stars, looking like kids. we forget because these guys are millionaires, super stars, they're only in their 20s. >> young guys. >> and acting like a couple 20-year-olds. >> what do you do? but hey, anybody looking for another reason to pounce on lebron, has another opportunity. >> fuel to the fire. >> all right. let's move on to another, a more uplifting story here. this is a cool story here. an atlanta woman, i believe now, she could be setting new standards when it comes to international weight lifting competition. >> not only is she going to be setting new standards but believed to be one of the only muslim woman in the world trying to compete in olympic weightlifting. she's trying to get the uniform policy changed for olympic sanctioned events because now the -- you know, the rule is you to wear the unitard, shoulders

that shows the legs and she wants to wear the hijab which covers most of her body. the olympic federation is considering it. she'll find out her fate at the end of the month. that could change. really change a lot for the standard and how people dress for olympic events. >> more power to her and good luck to her. taking it up. we don't know when we might hear back. >> the end of the month. >> there we go. all right. good to see you as always. thanks so much. we're getting close to the top of the hour. usually when the president meets with college football's national champions it's the team star that often greets him. not necessarily this time. we'll tell you why one of auburn university's unsung heros was chosen for the honor on wednesday. a teenage girl is the latest player in the anthony weiner drama. he's not denying making contact, but police want to know exactly what he sense to her. at bayer, we've been relieving pain for over 100 years.

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>> some practical things and fun toy type things. >> it's a mix of things that are really fun and playful like toys and puzzles and then really practical things like things you're going to use in the house. >> reporter: you can create your own designs yor download other creations and print them out. >> a practical item, chess pieces. >> you print them out, you have a chess set and you're ready to play cles. >> so many times in my life where i have lost one single chess piece. now i can print it out. >> reporter: if you can imagine it you can create it. >> once you have a maker bot you get maker bot goggles and start looking at things as if the whole world could be made with a maker bot. >> reporter: joe carter, cnn, new york. good saturday morning. congressman anthony weiner sexting investigation dominated headlines this week and now we are learning that a teenage girl got messages from him as well and police are investigating.

plus, he's getting a friend to defend him. hear what congressman charlie rangel has to say about weiner's investigation. also, pretty good highlight from the week, the bcs champions, auburn tigers visit the white house and we have in studio one of the players who presented president obama with a special gift just a couple days ago. good morning to you all. i'm t.j. holmes. this is your cnn saturday morning for june 11th. 9:00 a.m. in atlanta. thank you for spending part of your weekend right here with us. messages to a teenage girl from congressman anthony weiner, reports say she is only 17 years old. the congressman has admitted sending salacious pictures to a number of women on-line but his people say the teenage girl did not get any of the salacious pictures. despite all of this supporters are still rallying around the congressman. our jason carroll is in congressman weiner's district in queens. good morning to you. what do we know about this latest investigation police are

looking into about these messages he may have sent to this teenager? >> well, police in delaware have interviewed this 17-year-old girl in delaware. apparently what happened, t.j., she began following the congressman on twitter after the congressman came to her high school and spoke there. she began following him and there was some messages that were exchanged between the two of them. apparently she told detectives that none of the contact, the on-line contact, between the two of them, none of it she told them, was inappropriate. a spokeswoman for the congressman also coming out and releasing a statement with regards to this basically saying that according to congressman weiner his communications with this person were neither explicit or nor indecent. also, obviously we are out here we've been speaking to folks in his particular area here and a recent poll sort of reflects what we've been hearing. a poll showing that some 56% of registered voters here in weiner's district do not believe

he should resign. 33% saying he should resign. want you to listen to how conflicted one voter was when we spoke to her this morning. >> should he resign? yeah, i guess he should. everybody else is resigning. i mean i don't think he did anything so awful but he's taking aa way from the party. he's just causing so much furor we shouldn't be talking about him. that's the only reason. i feel sorry for him as a person because to see a man's life fall apart right in front of your eyes is very depressing. >> reporter: also speaking out on the issue, congressman charlie rangel who himself has experienced congressional scandal in the past and weathered that particular issue. he also speaking out on this issue saying that congressman weiner should not resign, basically saying the whole idea of resignation is a bit of media hype. >> he wasn't going with

prostitutes, he wasn't going out with little boys, he wasn't going into men's room with broad stances. >> reporter: it was also interesting to hear from house minority leader nancy pelosi to get her perspective on this. she also called for a congressional investigation into this particular issue with weiner. she basically came out and said i believe that is up to the individual member and to his constituents as to who represents them in congress. but again, when you look at some of the polls, at least what registered voters here say, again 56% or so basically saying he should not resign. t.j.? >> all right. jason carroll for us this morning, good to have you as always. thanks so much. we want to turn to alabama now where they are taking steps to slam the door on illegal immigrants with a new, tough law. the new law considered one of the broadest and most stringent in the country. governor robert bentley signed it this week. it allows police to arrest anyone suspected of being an

illegal immigrant if they're stopped for any reason. it requires public schools to report the immigration status of students and makes it a crime for anyone who knowingly gives an illegal immigrant a ride or shelter. another requires businesses to check the legal status of workers using a federal called e-varify. >> the sponsors of this bill really worked hard on that. they looked at laws across this country and they looked at the challenges across the country and they did an excellent job in evaluating those. you know that some of those have already been upheld. some of the arizona bills have been upheld. also this morning, in what may become the largest mass firing in the agency's history, the transportation security administration is working to remove as many as 36 people at honolulu international airport. screeners and managers among them. the move follows a tsa investigation to claim screeners routinely allowed luggage to go

on flights without being screened for explosives. at least 12 tsa workers face suspension. he was facing 35 years in prison. charged with espionage. but he probably won't serve any jail time at all. the government changed its mind on how to punish former national security agency official thomas drake. he was accused of passing classified information to a newspaper reporter supposedly documenting mismanagement at nsa. the government dropped those charges saying they didn't want to present classified material in court. so, drake accepted a plea deal that will likely keep him out of jail. he's only pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of exceeding authorized use of a computer. when the president meets with the national champions at the white house it's usually the team's biggest star that greets him. a bit of a twist this time, though. when we come back we'll tell you why one of auburn university's unsung heros was chosen for that honor on wednesday. cody burns was at the white house on wednesday. he's here in our studio today.

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united states. this is an amazing thing. for the auburn tigers football team they had to put the trip to the white house on hold and here is why. when one of the most devastating tornados in history ravaged the state they stayed behind to help out and on wednesday, on wednesday they finally made it to washington, d.c., to the white house, to meet the president. >> on behalf of auburn football, want to present you with this helmet. >> that's a nice looking helmet there. >> as well as your exclusive auburn national football championship. >> exclusive. >> isn't that incredible. cody burns handing the jersey to the president of the united states. cody graduated and the wide receiver for the team. what's it like meeting the president of the united states? >> it's amazing. i'm at a loss of worsdss because i felt like as i was talking to him, i felt like i was watching through a tv at the same time. >> everybody that knows auburn

and what you went through, an amazing year, everybody knows cam newton, the heisman trophy winner, number one pick in the draft, how did you get the honor? people might think he's the one that gets to hold the jersey to the president. how did you get the honor? >> i have no idea. >> you don't? >> i've been through a lot since i've been at auburn but it was fitting to be able to do that. the thing about it, a lot of people don't realize we had a lot of seniors that did good for us as well. i was one of those. just so happy that i got to do the honors. >> cody, we often talk about the rivalry in the state of alabama, one of the biggest rivalries between alabama and auburn. when we had a tornado that struck the state of alabama, it really was a moment for both teams, for both families of each school, to get together, wasn't it? >> yeah. exactly. i mean, the rivalry only goes so far, but when you look at its people and when people are in need, whether it's rivals or anything like that, you have to help somebody out.

that's what we did, as an auburn family, we opened our arms out to tuscaloosa and tried to help them in any way we could. >> help people put this in perspective. i tried to do this when somebody poisoned the trees at auburn, don't get me wrong, i had to walk past that tree after you beat arkansas, i don't have any love for auburn, it hurt my heart these trees were poisoned like that. that's part of a 100 year tradition at that school. help people understand how crazy auburn versus alabama and how crazy just alabama just football in that state really is and that experience what it's been like the past several years for you? >> it's really something that you just, you know, embrace. i had no idea when i came to auburn what that was about. i was like what is that? and, you know, after being there for four years, like, you really get it. and you understand what these people are about. you understand how auburn people love their football, how alabama loves their football and that's what makes the rivalry so good.

>> the rivalry itself is insane, but your career at auburn has been nuts. when you came into forth smith, highly recruited not wide receiver but a quarterback. over four years you've had two head coaches, four offensive coordinators. >> exactly. >> and had to reinvent yourself from a quarterback to a wide receiver. tell us about that. >> it's been tough. whenever you commit to a college say somebody goes to ou, you expect bob seuss to be there. i expect tommy to be there at auburn. things didn't work out that way. god saw it differently. i rode with the cards i was dealt. could have transferred. could have took a lot of ways out. i just hung through there, stayed tough and tried to make the best of the situation. >> what are you going to do now? what's next for you? >> oh, man. i'm one of these victims of the lockout, waiting on free agency to open up. it's tough because you work out once a day, really can't make any money, can't get a job. waiting around for a call for,

you know, several months. i'm just praying about it and going to see what happens next. >> you're going to be playing nfl, whenever they open up for business again. >> let's hope so. >> kodi, still upset you're an arkansas guy who didn't end up at the university of arkansas. he went to auburn but that's an arkansas boy sitting there. >> i might be an arkansas boy but you can call me an auburn guy. >> that's all right. reynolds i didn't realize you wore your tie, the appropriate colors today. >> absolutely. i have orange blood on the inside too. >> congratulations on your success, national championship and a great honor to be at the white house with the president. that's good stuff. good luck. we're at 16 minutes past the hour here now. we're going to have to turn next to a story everybody was talking about, tracy morgan, up close and uncensored, some thought he should have censored himself a little bit. it didn't end well. >> i knew that i was going to see a comedian that said -- does

push the envelope and was expecting to hear, you know, all sorts of different probably inappropriate humor but i didn't expect to hear an attack on the gay community. >> if you don't know what he said, we'll tell you coming up next. also, his apology and why some say that apology is not enough. ♪

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20 minutes past the hour now on this cnn saturday morning. tracy morgan is apologizing for his comedy show last week in nashville. parts of that show described by a lot of folks in the audience as a vile rant against homosexuals. just part of it, at one point,

he joked that if he had a gay son, he would pull out a knife and stab him. cnn entertainment kareen wynter with the story. >> reporter: from "saturday night live" to nbc's hit comedy "30 rock" actor and comedian tracy morgan knows how to deliver a punch line. >> if you've learned anything from me it's how to do a bad job. >> reporter: a recent stand-up comedy show in nashville is drawing more jeers than cheers. morgan's homophobic rant during an onstage performance last week stunned some audience members like kevin rodgers, who says he cringed at the hateful comments. >> i was absolutely shocked and amazed at what i was hearing. >> reporter: rodgers says morgan lashed out at lesbians and gays saying gay was something kids learned from the media. that victims of anti-gay bullying should stop whining. rodgers says the comic even took a shot at lady gaga. ♪ i'm on the right track baby ♪ i was born this way >> reporter: bashing her chart

smashing gay themed song "born this way." >> i knew i was going to see a comedian that does push the envelope and was expecting to hear all sorts of different probably inappropriate humor but i didn't expect to hear an attack on the gay community. >> reporter: rodgers says morgan also joked about stabbing his own son to death if he were gay. >> the entire thing really did hurt me. the violent aspect of that comment. it seemed to go from a joking demeanor to this is a point in my show to where i'm very serious about what i'm saying. >> reporter: while we don't know for sure how serious morgan's remarks were, he just released a statement to cnn saying -- i want to apologize to my fans and the gay and lesbian community for my choice of words at my recent stand-up act in nashville. i'm not a hateful person and don't condone any kind of violence against others. while i am an equal opportunity jokester and my friends know what is in my heart, even in a comedy club this clearly went

too far and was not funny in any context. but glaad, the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation, says the apology doesn't go far enough and morgan should meet with youth and families affected by anti-gay violence and, quote, jokes that make light of violence directed at gay and lesbian youth aren't only offensive, they put our kids in harm's way. tracy morgan must not only apologize but assure us this won't happen again and send a clear message to americans that anti-gay violence is no joke. kareen wynter, cnn, hollywood. here's more reaction now from the head of nbc entertainment who is saying that, quote, tracy's comments reflect negatively on both "30 rock" and nbc to very all inclusive and diverse organizations and we have made it clear to him that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated. >> also in a statement to tmz tina fey says she's glad morgan

apologized but explained, quote, the violent imagery of tracy's rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life threatening issue for the glbt community. we turn to cross country now. time for us to look at stories our affiliates are covering. the swollen missouri river forcing people in entire towns to higher ground. the river expected to crest five to seven feet above flood stage in iowa and nebraska next week and that is causing some folks to literally uproot their homes. >> we didn't think we were going to be able to move it, but we got to move it otherwise we lose it. >> the u.s. army corps of engineers releasing water from at least six reservoirs. also, one north carolina kindergartner, look at this surprise. >> i knew it. i knew it! >> she knew it. that's 5-year-old madison. she opened the massive birthday president. it was pops.

daniel the dad, working as a contractor in afghanistan since october. he said he wants his daughter to remember the milestones not the miles. also north carolina the final destination for the miracle on the hudson plane. you know this plane well. don't you? you remember captain sully. he safely set the air bus down on the hudson river two years ago after it lost power. many of the crew and passengers will reunite in charlotte where the plane will be on permanent display at the carolina aviation museum beginning in january. a deadly new worry in tornado wrecked joplin, misso i missouri. a rare fun gal infection that affects more than just storm victims. that's next. ll right. we were actually thinking, maybe... we're going to hike up here, so we'll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ]

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taking a look at some of the stories making headlines. cia director and defense nominee leon panetta is in pakistan. his first visit since the u.s. raid killed osama bin laden. he's expected to reaffirm a u.s. commitment to cooperation with pakistan against al qaeda. also in orlando, florida, the murder trial of casey anthony reassumes this hour. -- resumes this hour. a day after the prosecution used a graphic video that features a smiling casey anthony with a skull and duct tape superimposed over her face. health officials in missouri say eight people injured in last month's tornado in joplin have contracted