five cia informants arrested in pakistan. i'm christine romans. they helped the u.s. find osama bin laden. now they're in the custody of the pakistani government, a development that's driving a deeper wedge between two countries with an already troubled relationship. i'm kiran chetry. there's a showdown brewing this morning between the president and the speaker of the house. the issue is the u.s. military operation in libya. speaker john boehner sending a letter to the white house warning president obama he may be breaking the law. i'm ali velshi.

ignoring the pleas of the gop, new jersey governor chris christie puts speculation to rest once and for all, he will not run for president, we'll tell you why on this "american morning." and welcome to "american morning." it is wednesday, june 15th. i'm christine romans. good morning, you guys. >> good morning. >> nice to see you. >> an awful lot of news. we begin with breaking news, another deep fracture in the relationship between the united states and pakistan. pakistan's top military spy agency has arrested five informants who helped the cia locate osama bin laden. among those taken into custody a major who reportedly wrote down license plate numbers of people who visited bin laden's compound and then turned them over to american intelligence officials. res res ressa seya, what are they saying ability these arrests? >> ali, pakistani security officials confirmed to cnn that

the isi, pakistan's top spy agencies have arrested several suspected informants for the cia. these are pakistani men who allegedly help the cia, fed it information before the big raid on the bin laden compound last month. "the new york times" is reporting one of these individuals is an army major who, as you mentioned, was apparently writing down license plates of cars going in and out of the compound. one of our sources, a pakistani security official, flatly denies among the men arrested is an army officer. we also know that among the men arrested were men staying at a safe house near the bin laden compound. this was a safe house rented by the cia that served as a lookout for the compound. the details are minimal but when you look at these developments, lots of questions first and foremost, what's the isi, pakistan's top spy agency, doing arresting informants when they're supposed to be on board

with efforts to look for bin laden and capture them. you would think they would be applauding these individuals, commending them, not arresting them. the fact that they've arrested them, suggests that they're not happy with them and this certainly muddies the big questions, ali, is pakistan on board, helping the u.s. in the fight against militants or are they playing this deceptive double game. >> we know you're digging for more information on this to get more detail about it. reza, thanks very much, live in islamabad. this morning we're getting a rare first look inside of syria and the humanitarian crisis caused there by a brutal crackdown. the regime does not want us there. the government has refused to give cnn and other news organizations permission to enter the country, but our arwa damon found a way inside and uncovered a camp filled with people who fled the advanced syrian military. now back in turkey that's where she joins us today. what was it like when you made

it across the border to see what these people were going through, arwa? >> kiran, the conditions that they're living in are absolutely miserable, especially one when takes into consideration the fact other than today, it has been raining for the last few days. these are refugees who fled with little more than the clothing on their backs and for protection against mother nature, they basically have a plastic tarp strung between two trees. the rains have turned the ground into mud. the children were covered in it. mothers were trying to do whatever they could to comfort their kids but there really wasn't a lot. when it comes to that, to bathe themselves, there's a muddy, filthy nearby. a pharmacist was telling about his concerns of disease and illnesses spreading for food, they're relying on the charity of the turkish villagers who have been ferrying bread and other basics back and forth and the horror stories they tell, it is absolutely chilling to hear them speak about how they say

syrian security forces indiscriminately opened fire on unarmed demonstrators in their neighborhoods, how the syrian military advanced, brought with it -- killing the livestock, their homes, many fleeing for their lives and even though they say they feel relatively safe in the camp site against the border with turkey, there are numerous reports that the syrian militarily is barreling down on them. >> is there any hope for any type of international intervention, at least on a humanitarian level, or are they completely cut off with the exception of the goodwill of the turkish military? >> well, at this stage, kiran, any sort of international organization has, in fact, been banned by the syrian government from entering syria along with the international media, which is why we do end up having to report the way that we do now. some of these refugees along this camp site are choosing to

enter into turkey into the various refugee camps set up on this side of the border. the others are choosing to stay. it's in some cases they've been separated from their loved ones and the chaos of having it to flee and other cases because they're still hoping they're going to be able to go back home. at this point in time they are pretty much at the mercy of this regime that they have been trying to flee from. the syrian government, remember, it has been claiming that this military offensive and all the measures that it has been taking in trying to tamp down this uprising have been aimed at targeting armed gangs and that's how it's justifying this crackdown. ref if yougys say that's not the case, they are unarmed civilians asking for their basic freedoms. >> that's why it's vital you were able to get these pictures amazing work and we'll see what happens now that they're out there. arwa damen in turkey, thanks so much. a showdown looming over

libya between house speaker john boehner and president obama because the president failed to get consent from congress. warning he will be in violation of the 1973 war powers act by this weekend, that law requires the president to inform congress when an over seas operation begins and get congressional approval within 60 days. this weekend the operation in libya will reach its 90th day. the speaker sending a letter to the president saying, quote, it would appear in five days the administration will be in violation of the war powers resolution unless it asks for and receives authorization from congress or withdraws all u.s. troops and resources from the mission. what is the war powers act is the president violating it and what happens if he does? at 7:30 we'll ask matthew waxman an associate professor at columbia university and fellow on koun of foreign relations. this drumbeat for congressman anthony weiner to quit is growing louder. house democrats met yesterday for the first time since weiner

admitted sending lewd messages to women. kate baldwin is covering this for us in washington. >> we have carolyn mccarthy saying she's hearing weiner might choose to resign in a couple days. what's changed? >> she did not elab bait on that and did pique everyone's interest. along with democratic leadership and their coordinated public call we've been talking about for congressman weiner to resign, you can see as lawmakers return to work yesterday that the other democratic colleagues of his are clearly frustrated this distraction as we've heard so many times and so many people call it has continued into a third week. here's a little bit from one of his fellow new york democrats who you talked about, carol lin mccarthy. she says she's confident weiner will, quote, make the right decision. listen here. >> we're going to find out. we're hearing he might resign in a couple days. >> those of us who have been friends of anthony weiner for a very long time, feel his

wrongful behavior is distressing, saddened, it's heartbreaking. now it's clear he needs professional help. >> that's senator chuck schumer's weiner's political mentor, stopped short of calling weiner to resign. he called it heartbreaking. you can sense the sadness in his voice with this situation. the question remains, what can democrats do? what more can democrats do here if they want him to resign? it seems at this point not much. they were kind of waiting to see what move anthony weiner makes. congressman steve israel, one of the members of leadership that has called for weiner's resignation says weiner is waiting for his wife to return from an overseas trip with her boss hillary clinton before he decides his feature and that could be as earlies a this morning. we'll see how things develop today. >> we'll continue to follow this with you. a federal court in california upholds a ruling from a gay judge that overturns a ban on same-sex marriage. former judge von walker revealed he was gay after ruling

proposition 8 was unconstitutional. supporters of the same-sex marriage ban questioned whether walker was capable of being impartial in the case. yesterday a federal judge found no evidence of prejudice from judge walker and ruled not to throw out his ruling. and same-sex marriage could soon be legal in the state of new york if governor andrew cuomo gets his way. governor cuomo proposed a marriage equality bill yesterday. he said it's a matter of fairness and legal security. if passed new york will be the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. and former utah governor jon huntsman thinks he has what it takes to take on president obama in 2012. he'll formally announce his bid on tuesday at liberty state park in new jersey. it may be tough for huntman to gain gop support, a former ambassador to china for the obama administration. chris christie ruling out, folks, a presidential run in 2012. he's been seen as a potential top contender for the gop. you keep hearing his name come up.

in an interview with cnn's piers morgan he put an end to months of speculation. he said he's not ready for the white house and standing firm in that decision. >> you're a straight talker, right? >> we're 18 months away. it's a long time in politics. >> it is. >> it's a long time in life. i don't believe this is 100% closed to you and i don't think you could look me in the eye, given everything that's going on, and say, piers, i'm 100% certain i'm not going to run. >> you're wrong. i'm 100% certain i'm not going to run. >> there you go when asked who's the best choice for the gop bid christi said they don't have a best option yet. >> that's a great way -- >> that's why his name keeps coming up. >> he actually got in trouble if you recall for the way he said it. he was strong about how he's not going to run, got in trouble for using less than measured words in doing that. >> christi less than measured? >> less than measured. that's why they love him. >> he does not -- he shut the door and yet he says they don't

have a candidate. somebody else they're talking about is texas governor rick perry. he's offering his stronger hint he may run for president. >> maybe this is what chris christie was talking about. >> exactly. he says he's giving it appropriate thought in a speech to the new york county republican committee yesterday perry said the country needs a conservative vision to solve its problems and blasted the obama administration's handling of the economy and perry listed some of texas's success including its job creation, but the governor is not making any concrete decisions just yet. listen. >> governor perry, few words for cnn? >> we'll catch you tonight. >> how did it go? >> going to run? >> i may run in central park this afternoon. >> perry's fueling that speculation he's going to run in central park, with high-profile trips to big cities that have big political donors. the federal reserve has put out a report that says 37% of all

the jobs created since the recession, have been in texas. >> yeah. >> texas is booming. >> it's about the economy. he's got some good ammunition. >> people move from the rust belt in the northeast to texas looking for jobs and industries growing. especially if the republican mantra will be blame the president for the economy, here's somebody that they can look at. >> got a solution. the missouri river is still rising and farms under water. thousands threatened by flooding in four midwest states. a progress coming up. >> the wallow fire, the largest ever in arizona's history gobbling up hundreds of square miles. the latest on that. >> 13 minutes after the hour. ♪ hello sunshine, sweet as you can be ♪

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and farms in iowa, kansas, missouri, and nebraska. also have been a lot of damage already done in northwest missouri where the river ruptured two levees sending floodwaters spilling over farmland and straight for the resort town of big lake. >> see that corn under water. that tells you how hard it's been for farmers trying to plant this. they can't. that's a lot of lost money right there. >> it really is. could turn into higher food prices for us down the road. casey wian joins us from omaha, nebraska. fema wants everybody along the missouri river basin to be prepared for more flooding? >> and you can see why. look behind me. you can see the missouri river and how high the water is here in omaha, nebraska. those sculptures behind me, clearly under water and you can see how quickly the water in the missouri river is rising this morning. it's expected to begin cresting today. the national guard has been patrolling the levees all up and down the river here in nebraska

and on the other side in iowa. they've been asking for volunteers over the last couple days to fill sandbags. 250,000 sand bags they're trying to get filled to prevent the river from overflowing these banks. across the river is council bluff, iowa, that's where a lot of folks are worried because it's lot flatter over there. businesses saying if any of these levees break, they could be under 10 feet of water any time in the next several days. they're hoping, of course, that's not going to happen. here in omaha, the major concern is actually something that's coming up this weekend, which is the college world series. they've got a brand new ballpark here that they're opening. the games start on saturday and they are very, very concerned about people being able to get to that game. >> the roads here, i-80 is open, of course. there are some other roads that are closed, but i-80 is east/west shouldn't be a problem getting here.

we've -- all of our hotels in the downtown area have a preparation plan, emergency preparation plan. we're checking with them today and continue to do that daily. they'll have excess sandbags if they need them. so we're very conscientious about what could happen, we're planning for the worst. obvious obviously praying for the best. >> reporter: obviously praying for the best. the worst case scenario they're talking about is if there is a big rainstorm that comes in in the next several days. the forecasts are predicting that is not going to happen but if that does happen they're very worried about the flooding and this river overflowing. back to you. >> it was a brutal spring and winter in that part of the country, too, across the country, made hard to decide whether to plant beans or plant corn. you look at those pictures, the corn under water. an old phrase farmers like to say knee high by the fourth of july where you want your corn to be, now it's higher than fourth of july because of the technology and that, it's going to be knee deep by the fourth of july. they have a lot of water there.

some of these fields are just -- that's it for the year. >> and give what's happened north of here, the fact that there's still snow in some of the mountains and states north of here they're very concerned that even if they get through this weekend, no significant flooding here, this water is going to remain high for a couple of months. so it's an issue they're going to have to deal with throughout the summer. thanks so much, casey wian. state of arizona battling the largest wildfire in the state's history. firefighters making progress on the wallow fire. 20% contained. we've been telling you it was 0% contained. the wallow fire has burned more than 730 square miles in arizona and now new mexico, destroying homes and forcing entire communities to evacuate. rob marciano in the extreme weather center for us. the weather has given them a little break in the southwest. >> yeah. another day today, christine, that's good news there. we have fire issues elsewhere across parts of the southeast. this is a nasa imagery showing smoke coming out of the swamp

and here's some of the pictures we have here. this is a much smaller fire but it's engulfed already about 4,000 feet of the board walk tourists use to go through there and check out the wild life press teen tough and burning rapidly now and this expected to continue. dry weather here and extreme heat. that's the other deal that these firefighters are dealing with. they're dealing with extreme heat. imagine the kind of critters in that swamp including dangerous snakes and gators and there are a number of obstacles these firefighters have to contend with. we have a red flag watch or warning in effect for the panhandle to jacksonville, doesn't include officially parts of georgia but all that heat helping. tallahassee 103 yesterday, saint simons island 99 degrees. folks probably dipping into the atlantic ocean there. we are seeing intense thunderstorms right now moving through chicago. that's going to create a problem as far as seeing delays there across chicagoland through

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act for failing to get congressional authorization for the military operation in libya. meanwhile, nato air strikes overnight hit moammar gadhafi's tripoli compound again. no word on possible injuries there. a federal court in california upholds a ruling by a gay judge that overturns pop progs 8. former judge vaughn walker ruled the same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional last year and later revealed he is gay. prop 8 supporters questioned his ability to remain impartial. it will not throw out that ruling. arnold schwarzenegger's former housekeeper telling her side of the story for the first time since it was revealed that arnold fathered her son. in an interview with "hello" magazine, mildred baena said as her son joe tef got older he began to resemble california's governor and that's when maria shriver began to suspect and asked baena if schwarzenegger was the father.

baena says, quote, she cried with me, we held each other and i told her it wasn't arnie's father, that it takes two. the prosecution in the casey anthony murder trial is expected to wrap up today. the defense begins its case tomorrow. cnn's gary tuchman was in court to hear from the final prosecution witnesses including crucial testimony from an orlando tattoo artist. >> reporter: on july 2nd, 2008 two weeks and two days after caylee anthony disappeared, never to be seen alive again, her mother casey walked into this man's shop. >> she came in to get tattooed. >> reporter: this tattoo shop in orlando. bobby williams tattoo artist is a crucial prosecution witness because of this testimony. >> did you ask her what she wanted done? >> yes, sir. bela vitae and a feminine nin type font. >> means beautiful life in it tan yap a beautiful life tattoo is what casey asked for 16 days after she says her daughter

accidentally drowned. she's pleaded not guilty to what the prosecution calls a cold, calculated murder. was she sad, solemn or serious when she got the tattoo? >> how would you describe her demeanor? >> normal. >> what does that mean? >> didn't seem upset about anything. >> did she immediately leave the store some. >> no, sir. we ended up ordering pizza and she had a couple slices. >> reporter: the prosecution is hoping to paint a picture of a callus young woman, using examples like the tattoo and this picture already shown to the jury. it shows casey in a hot body contest just four days after caylee disappeared. how does the defense plan to explain away the beautiful life tattoo? trying to convince the jury that it was done to honor her dead daughter. >> is it customary in your business that people get tattoos to remember their loved ones that are passed? >> they do, yes. >> reporter: potential problem with that defense, though, is that the tattoo artist testified

that later, casey anthony said she wanted another tattoo, and made an appointment to do so, saying this time, she would bring caylee with her. >> cynthia anthony. >> reporter: casey's mother took the stand for a second time and testified she had not seen caylee's winnie the pooh blanket for weeks before the disappearance. the blanket found with caylee's body. casey anthony looked at her mother vacantly during the testimony. and when cenedy anthony walked off the stand it appeared she mouthed the words i love you to her daughter who looked away. gary tuchman, cnn, orlando, florida. >> in the next hour, more details on the casey anthony murder trial with cnn legal contributor and former federal prosecutor sunny hostin, joining us to what we can talk about once the defense begins its case. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke is chiming in on this business about the debt ceiling. he's warning lawmakers not to play chicken when it comes to dealing with the nation's addiction to borrowing or

spending money. bernanke said republicans refusal to raise the debt ceiling unless there are deep spending cuts is the wrong approach. >> i fully understand the desire to use the debt limit to force some necessary and difficult fiscal policy adjustments, but the debt limit is the wrong tool for that important job. >> bernanke went on to say failing to raise the debt ceiling would cause severe disruptions in financial markets and slow down the markets. >> it was important he did say the spending cuts are necessary, this is the wrong tool to achieve them. >> republicans will say congress doesn't ever make these necessary cuts on their own. this is the leverage they have. how do you curb drinking among college students? one university president thinks he may have the answer. get rid of the coed dorms. catholic university president john garvey announced he is separating the men and women on the campus starting with the freshmen class this fall. garvey says several recent

studies found coed housing fuels binge drinking and casual hookups among students. >> because that doesn't happen in separated dorms. >> it's interesting in the study, i lived in -- i lived in all girl housing. >> right. >> but -- >> me too. >> a lot of my friends lived -- >> did you have coed housing? >> yeah. >> no parties at the female dorms. >> the not being in a coed dormg i didn't think was the deciding factor. if your wife isn't getting enough sleep it could be wrecking your message. according to a study by the university of pittsburgh school of medicine, in many cases it suffers the same day. when a man isn't getting quality sleep there is no impact at all. >> another weird study. >> they claim women are the emotional drivers of the marriage on a day-to-day basis. >> not in a good mood you're in trouble. >> if mom ain't happy no one is happy. >> let's see what you think. leads us to our question of the day. is the lack of sleep hurting your marriage, send us an

e-mail, tweet, tell us on facebook, we'll read your thoughts later in this hour. if you're not married how your lack of sleep affecting who -- >> or the dorms or single sex dorms. an australian anchorman gets a one on one with the dalai lama. except he decides he's going to tell him a dalai lama joke that begins, so the dalai lama walks into a pizza shop. we'll tell you how it ended after this. deep in the woods of upstate new york, a strange spherical object is confusing residents. >> every time that people show up here, they're like, what is this structure in the woods? >> it looks like a ufo, but it could be a sign of a new wave of home design. >> it took us a couple years in research and development to come up with a truly innovative concept. >> reporter: which is breaking down the four walls and instead giving homes a dome-like shape.

it's not just for looks. the aerodynamics and off the ground build help protect the structure from hurricane strength winds and earthquakes and allows homeowners like this family to take full advantage of the sun's energy. >> economically, it's also very profitable because we use so much less, you know, energy. >> reporter: in the summer when the sun changes its position, with the push of a button the house follows along. >> three days more to go. >> reporter: allowing it to capture heat in the winter and keep cool in the summer. >> okay. stop. >> reporter: while the exterior protects it from nature's elements the interior is inspired by it mimicking a seashell. something designers think homeowners find more welcoming. >> people are adamant about going to something that's truly innovative, doing something positive for the environment and themselves. >> reporter: putting a new spin on living green. gary tuchman, cnn. ♪

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happening now a mass general strike under way in greece. offices are closed, reports that public transportation on land

and sea have been seriously disrupted. protesters are angry over the country's economic crisis and the government's plan to raise taxes and cut wages so that they can get the loans they need to try to get out of the mess. >> you think we've gone through this before we have. it's a second round going through this. zain verjee tracking these live from london this morning. zain, what's going on in greece? >> here we go again, ali. they need a bailout. before they can get that they've got to fulfill pretty tough austerity measures. this is the scene right now on the streets just outside of parliament in athens. thousands of people are out demonstrating and they are really mad. they do not want to lose jobs, wage cuts, higher taxes. that's all what is in their future. they're saying you know what, go tax the millionaires, don't give us more pain. but you know the government has to do this because there's a danger they could default on their loans. it will be bad for the euro. there are 16 other countries

that will be dragged down. look. there appears to be a scene breaking out here. i heard shots being fired. police are there. there could be just warning shots or tear gas. there is a lot of anger in greece right now that this situation is coming to a head and they have to deal with it. they're waiting for the lawmakers to come in. >> are you watching this, zain? >> i am. >> i am. >> something just went off on the left side of the screen there. tear gas. >> the tear gas canisters and hear -- i can't see any water rockets or water cannons. >> but there's a big boom. >> right. >> and the crowd is starting to disperse. you can see, there appears to be police moving in in the middle of the screen there. they're pushing some people out to the sides. >> we have seen this before. you remember what initially people were very concerned about was they would have to work

longer in retirement, which is something that after the age of 50 which really in this country, people couldn't quite understand because you work much longer than that before you get requirement. taxation, people don't pay their taxes, a lot of companies don't pay their taxes as well. to qualify for bailout loans to help the economy, they had to sort of fix a lot of these structural problems in the economy and that's something that the people say directly affects their day-to-day living and that's what they're angry about, right, zain? >> right. that's exactly right. because not only did they get a blow once before, when they had to go through a round of austerity measures, but here we go again. the government needs another bailout and there's going to be a debate today in parliament which is why they've surrounded parliament today and the lawmakers are essentially going to be talking about a five-year austerity plan that will hurt the citizens of this country, but they have to do it in order to get the bailout they want. we're looking at something like

$170 billion and they're going hand in hand to europe and the imf to try to help them out. the scenes that we're looking at right now is something that is really representative of a lot of the anger. there are about 7,000 people out on the streets and millions more in greece that are furious they have to bear the brunt and the pain. they're saying go tax the rich billionaires, why do they have to suffer? but the problem is, over the years, that greece has really lived above its means. when it joined the european union years ago and became part of the euro zone, they did not undertake some of the reforms that needed to be done which is why they're in this situation and you can just see it, playing out on the streets now in athens. tear gas canisters being fired. thousands of people have ringed the parliament there. they refused the lawmakers to go in and debate the issue of austerity. they want to stop the cuts. >> all right.

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>> here's what you need to start your day happening right now, a mass general strike under way in greece. offices are closed. you're looking at live pictures of scenes in the street.

reports of public transportation on land and sea have been disrupted. protesters are angry over the country's economic crisis and the government's plan to raise taxes and cut wages, to fix it and qualify for another bailout. pakistani officials have arrested five cia informants who helped the u.s. find osama bin laden. among them, a pakistani army major who copied license plates of visitors to bin laden's compound and then turned those numbers over to american officials. house speaker john boehner warning president obama he is violating the 1973 war powers act for failing to get congressional authorization for the military operation in libya. he wants a response by friday. the missouri river keeps rising. floodwaters threatening thousands of homes and farms in iowa, kansas, missouri, nebraska. fema warns the worst flooding is yet to come. a federal court in california upholds a ruling by a gay judge that overturns proposition 8. the judge ruled the same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional. prop 8 supporters question his

ability to remain impartial but a federal court found no evidence of prejudice. john huntsman will launch his presidential bid next week. we will we're told he will make the formal announcement on tuesday. he is the former ambassador to china for the obama administration. you're caught up on the day's headlines. "american morning" back right after this.

spidy is back, "spiderman turn off the dark" had its share of problems during its extended preview period, much longer than a play is normally in previews. it had injuries, technical issues, it was way over budget and got poor critic reviews. >> in previews as long as "cats"

was on broadway. >> about 183 preview shows. they tweaked. >> 183. >> that's what i said. 183. >> wow. >> no joke. finally it opened for real and the show revamped, rewritten, alina cho was there last night. talk about hype, did it live up to the hype for you? >> you know, let me just say, it's hard for me to be objective because i didn't see the old musical before they made all of the changes. having said that, there was a standing ovation as my friend said, it was cirque de spiderman. it was a spectacle. the most memorable moment for me was the first time that you saw spiderman fly through the air, that definitely took your breath away. you know, he didn't just fly, he landed on the second balcony, not once, but several times. you know, there were definitely moments in the show when i ducked, i was craning my neck. the music, the song writers, of course, were u2's bono and the edge. some of the songs were quite memorable. looking at the curtain call

there. you know, some not so much. the sets, some were a bit cartoonish, some that very were high tech using audio visuals and so forth. i mean you look at that video there and you can see the crowd went wild. the story line, i spoke to some people who had seen the show several times and they said, the story was definitely easier to follow, definitely that classic story of spiderman, you know, with great power comes great responsibility. i mean during the preview performances there was a lot of talk about beefing up that love story between peter parker and mj, his love interest. you definitely could feel that in the show. as i said, with bono and the edge there as songwriters, we caught up with them on the red carpet, especially bono, and he talked about all of the obstacles this production has had to overcome. >> if people were let in to our studio, when u2 makes albums,

when u2 prepares for a tour, you would see all of both calamities. what we weren't expecting here was the level of scrutiny. >> level of scrutiny. that's an understatement. remember this is a show that was roundly panned by the critics, slammed on all fronts. you know the most expensive broadway show in history, $80 million. >> wow. >> nearly. in fact, the green goblin at one point made a joke during the show, he said i'm a $65 million circus tragedy. make that $75 million. >> right. >> 183 previews. they had six scheduled opening nights including last night. they pushed it back and pushed it back and pushed it back. a lot of people thought there would never be an opening night. bono said listen, they're still tweaking the show. there's, you know, there's never -- >> which they do on broadway. >> they do. it's never finished, he says. it only opens. >> do they think they're going to get that money back, make

that kind of money on the show? >> only a small percentage of broadway shows ever turn a profit. this show is extremely expensive. it's mind numbing to think about it. more than a million dollars to produce a week and they're making a million dollars a week. >> you have a little souvenir? >> i do. yes. what's a broadway opening without gifts for the anchors. >> cute. >> so nice. >> adorable. >> you know. >> 5 and over, ali, you're safe. >> looks like me a little bit. >> like e.t. meets spiderman. >> little spidy. >> this is a good example, alina, these are marvel comics, they're making money off the memorabilia too. >> the souvenir shop was packed, let me say that. >> can't leave the show without getting something for the kiddies. >> it's good for the kids. >> thanks. earlier in the hour we told you about a study at the university of pittsburgh school of medicine. >> found that when women or wives in the relationship are sleep deprived, it actually affects the marriage. when a man isn't getting enough quality sleep, according to the study it doesn't impact the

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breaking news this morning. they helped track down osama bin laden. this morning they're under arrest. why pakistan is targeting the cia informants on this "american morning." good morning. it's wednesday, june 15th. welcome to "american morning." >> let's begin this hour with breaking news that's deepening the divide between the u.s. and pakistan. >> pakistan's top military spy agency is arresting informants who helped the cia locate osama bin laden. among those taken into custody a pakistani army major who wrote down license plate numbers of

visitors to bin laden's compound and turned them over to american intelligence officials. news of those arrests further fracturing a relationship that's already on thin ice. our reza sayah is live in pakistan this morning. you had a chance to talk to pakistani intelligence officials about this. what are they saying? >> yeah. you know what, just when you thought this relationship between pakistan and the u.s. couldn't get more twisted and tangled and complicated, we find that the isi, pakistan's top spy agency, has arrested several informants for the cia. these are individuals who allegedly fed information to the cia, helped the cia right before the big raid on the bin laden compound. all of this according to pakistani security officials. we're not sure why these men were arrested, where they are, and what they're going to be charged with, if anything. "the new york times" reporting one of these men is an army major who apparently wrote down license plates of cars going in and out of the compound. one of our sources says that's

not true. he flatly rejects that one of the individuals is, indeed, an army officer. we also know according to security officials that some of the individuals arrested were staying at a safe house rented by the cia that was serving as a lookout on to the bin laden compound. all of these developments raise a lot of questions first and foremost, why is the isi arresting the cia informants, if, indeed, they were on board and part of efforts to find bin laden. you would think they would applaud these men, commend them. the fact that they're arresting them suggests they're not happy with them and that adds to the big question, the most pressing question, is pakistan a u.s. friend or are they on board in the fight against militants or are they playing a double game? >> tough questions especially with this news this morning, reza sayah, thank you so much. breaking news from athens, greece, police using tear gas and water cannons on tens of thousands of protesters outside the greek parliament. these are live pictures here of

angry demonstrators. they are furious about budget cuts and tax hikes being proposed by the government. lawmakers are set to begin debate on a five-year austerity campaign to keep greece from defaulting on its debt. calls for congressman anthony weiner's resignation are getting louder. a fellow democratic lawmaker says he might resign in a couple days and he's waiting for his wife to come home. kate baldwin live in washington following the latest developments. good morning, kate. >> hey there, ali. along with democratic leadership we've been talking about and their coordinated public call for congressman weiner to resign you could see as lawmakers returned to work yesterday that other democratic colleagues of anthony weiner's are frustrated this distraction, as we've heard many people say, many times at this point, that this distraction has continued now into a third week. listen here to one of his fellow democrats, carolyn mccarthy, she says she's confident weiner will, quote, make the right decision. >> we're going to find out.

hopefully we're hearing he might resign in a couple days. >> those of us who have been friends of anthony weiner for a very long time, feel his wrongful behavior is distressing, saddening, it's heartbreaking. now it's clear he needs professional help. >> that's senator chuck schumer, weiner's political mentor, close friend of his, he stopped short of calling for weiner to resign. he called it heartbreaking you could sense the sadness in his voice. the big question remains what is anthony weiner do, what more can house democrats do at this point? it seems not much. congressman steve israel, one of the members of the leadership that are calling for weiner's resignation, says that anthony weiner is now waiting for his wife to return from an overseas trip with her boss, hillary clinton, before he decides what to do with his future. her return could be as early as this morning. many democrats hoping that means that we'll have a resolution to this whole saga soon. ali? >> kate, thanks very much.

also new this morning, wisconsin's top court overruling a lower court and reinstating now that law that wiped out most collective bargaining rights for public workers in wisconsin. after the ruling, angry protesters crowded the halls of the capital in madison that the state's governor says the court's decision allows wisconsin to move forward with the state's afl-cio called it a, quote, unbridaled assault on working people, teachers in particular furious by this ruling and by this governor there. same-sex marriage could be legal in the state of new york if governor andrew cuomo gets his way. governor cuomo proposed a marriage equality bill yesterday. he said it's a matter of fairness and legal security. if passed new york will be the sixth u.s. state to legalize same-sex marriage. $55 million settlement is in the works for thousands of homeowners who had toxic drywall from china installed in their homes. almost 4,000 home owners 42 states, puerto rico and american samoa have filed complaint bs

about severe health issues caused by the drywall which was provided by the miami based company banner supply. crucial testimony in the casey anthony murder trial as the prosecution prepares to wrap its case. final witnesses were called yesterday, including casey anthony's mother. she burst into tears as she talked about her granddaughter caylee. there was a dramatic moment when she left the stand, you can see or hear, she's mouthing "i love you" to her daughter casey and casey's reaction, is sort of just look away. >> one of the big questions now is will casey anthony take the stand in her own defense. her team is expected to begin its case tomorrow. sunny hostin joins us now, she's a legal contributor for our sister network trutv's "in session" and a former federal prosecutor. good morning. they've been able to portray her as cold and calculating, showing motive. >> i don't think they showed motive. >> until -- well -- >> i don't know. i feel they did in some ways

showing that she continued to, for 30 days, appear to live a very normal life, or happy life, but also, i personally -- i mean you're a prosecutor so you know better than i do, the jailhouse back and forth where she seems far more concerned about herself than where her daughter is seemed to be damaging. perhaps they'll bring her to the stand so show she is human and did care and love her daughter. >> i think the defense those. i mean remember in opening statements they said that caylee anthony died of accidental drowning, that george anthony abused casey anthony, sexually abused her since she was 8 years old and that is why she acted so dissociated for 31 days. they gave explanations to the behavior the prosecutors are saying is motive or certainly are saying it's evidence she killed her daughter. i think she has to take the stand to prove the defense's theory. but prosecutors don't have to prove motive. that's sort of one of the things that's always floating out there. it's not ever an element of the crime. but i think every smart

prosecutor does put in motive because it's the question that every jury has. isn't it the question you have, why would you do something like that? i don't think they answered that question and i think that could be fatal to at least the premeditated count, the first top count. >> did they prove there was a body in the trunk of the car and what does that do with the prosecution's case? >> there is no question they proved that. that is the strongest evidence that came in. talk about smell of death in the car, caylee's hair in the car. >> what will that mean for the jury? >> i think the jury is going to know that something terrible happened to this little girl. that she was tossed in a trunk, that she died, perhaps, in the trunk or before then. and i think they'll want justice for caylee anthony but they're still going to have that why would a mother do that? especially given all the evidence that came in about how she loved her daughter, about how they had an amazing relationship. i think the prosecutors, perhaps, are waiting for rebuttal to give them the why. they said she wanted to live the

good life. but i don't know that really came across. >> so if you were summing this up, what would you say has been established? this little girl died. her mother knew she died. >> yes. >> and she was in the trunk of that car. >> she was in the trunk of the car. >> and there were chloroform searches. >> the google searches are key. the prosecution's theory is she died by suffocating. right. suffocation. duct tape over her mouth. there was the heart sticker or the heart sticker residue on the duct tape and then they tied those stickers to casey anthony's room. there was a box, i suppose, of some stickers. i think that could show that inferences there was a conflicted killer. you sort of kiss of death type thing. i still think that the prosecution has a little bit of a ways to go to show why. why would she plan her daughter's death. her parents clearly loved the girl work take care of her. >> will she take the stand. >> she has to take the stand. how is she going to explain -- how will the defense explain the drowning, explain the sexual

abuse, how will they explain as kiran mentioned the 31 days. any parent is going to be affected by that. my kid missing 31 seconds you're looking for her. >> you were impressed by the defense's opening statement. we'll see how impressed you are -- we have a long way to go. a new snapshot showing how much we're paying for necessities. when it comes to food department of labor reports steep declines in the fruits and vegetables though it may take six months to wake it to your grocery store. according to aaa, the national average is $3.61, what money we have we're being cautious about spending it. retail sales fell last month the first decline in 11 months and we're not buying that many cars, sales down almost 3%, the sharpest drop in 15 months. >> in fairness there has been a lack of availability of some cars because of what happened in japan. we were expecting to see the sales drop in cars. >> and spike in gas prices one

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welcome back to "american morning." actress angelina jolie is hoping to visit some of the thousands of syrians who fled the violence and are now camped out in turkey. a spokesman for the foreign ministry there tells cnn they've received and are now evaluating an application for jolie to visit the refugee camps. this morning, we're getting a rare first look inside syria and at the humanitarian crisis caused by a brutal crackdown. the regime doesn't want us there. they've refused to give cnn and other news organizations permission to enter that country. but our arwa damon found a way

inside and uncovered a camp of people who fled the advancing military. she joins us live from turkey. tell us what was it like there and what were the refugees telling you about the situation for them at this time? >> well, the conditions inside this camp were utterly miserable. if it can, in fact, be called a camp. these refugees are living under nothing more than a tarp or piece of cloth that is strung between two trees. they have a filthy river in which they are bathing and washing their clothes. water is being accessed from a a well but we are told it is not clean. we are concerned disease and illnesses are spreading. for food they are relying on the turkish villagerses on the other side of the border who are sneaking bread and basic across. they speak of how the syrian military advanced on their villages and towns, killing their live stocks, driving tank

rounds into their buildings. many of them prior to having fled their respective hometowns were saying how during the demonstrations, they were witnessing security forces indiscriminately firing on people, simply calling for basic freedoms and democracy. these people are choosing for the time being to remain on the syrian side of the turkish border. some of them, they say, are choosing to do so because they were separated from one loved ones during the chaos while they were fleeing and others are hoping against hope that they're going to be able to go home soon. >> arwa, what's next for these people? if they can't go home because the crops have been burned and homes have been shelled but they don't want to go into turkey because they're hoping to be reunited with their families, they're in the state of paralysis here? >> they most certainly are in a state of paralysis. a lot are concerned about crossing into syria because -- crossing into turkey, that is, because of the psychological finality of all of it and they're worried if they do go

into a turn i refugee camp they're going to be completely cut off from any sort of information coming from the various villages they are from inside syria. some of them, though, realize at this stage they can't go home. we met a young man who tried to return to his village a few days ago and he was saying that as he was approaching, he saw the syrian military advancing through the olive grove and they shot at him, ran away, fled back to this camp. his story and other reports that the military is slowly advancing towards the syrian/turkish border is terrifying these residents and some say, yes at the end of the day, they might be forced to cross into turkey but certainly at this stage they're really in such a state of limbo and this we are being told is especially impacting the children and the women. we see them living in these conditions, they're covered with mud because it has been raining, other than today, for the last few days and they have very little access to anything that would even begin to remotely

define a normal life. no one knows when the situation in syria is going to stabilize. >> arwa damen in turkey, thank you so much. amazing pictures, video and story getting back into syria to report to us about the pressure that bashar al assad is putting on his own people after the people have been putting pressure on him to reform or step down. thank you so much. top stories now, another blow to the already shaky relationship between the united states and pakistan. pakistan's top intelligence agency arrested a few cia informants. they funneled information to the u.s. which helped track osama bin laden. a pakistani army major was among those arrested. he wrote down license plates numbers of people visiting bin laden's compound. a fellow democrat says congressman anthony weiner may resign in a couple days but he's waiting for his wife to come home to make a decision. he admitted to sexting several women. his wife returns from an overseas trip with secretary of state hillary clinton this morning. house speaker john boehner

sent sending a letter to president obama about violating the war powers act for failing to get congressional authorization for the military operation in libya. boehner is calling on the president to respond by the end of the week. again, the military operation in libya will be 90 days old later this week and that 1973 war powers act requires the president to inform congress when an overseas operation begins and then get congressional approval within 60 days to continue those operations. let's just look back on what the president said, how he explained the u.s. role in libya back in march. >> after consulting the bipartisan leadership of congress, i authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce u.n. security council resolution 1973. >> joining us this morning to take a closer look at the war powers act and how it fits into what's going on in libya right now and whether the president is violating it is matthew waxman, associate professor at columbia

law school and fellow on the council of foreign relations you served in the defense and state departments. >> that's right. >> thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> when we talk about the war powers resolution, what is the speaker of the house saying that the president is not complying with as it relates to libya? in the wake of the vietnam war the congress passed the war powers resolution to try to prevent the president from engaging in unilateral wars abroad without congressional consent. and among other things, it requires that after 60 days of hostilities, the president is supposed to withdraw forces unless congress has explicitly authorized that operation. >> and in this case, what would -- if they, indeed, find that he is not in compliance, or that there isn't -- there wasn't an authorization, what actually happens? what teeth does congress actually have to change this? >> that's a big question and other presidents have sort of blown through this deadline. i mean there are a couple of

options. one possibility is congress could sue. that's not really a viable option. courts tend not to get involved in these situations. more likely, what congress is trying to do, is use this war powers resolution argument as a bit of a political stick to score some political points, to force the president to go up to capitol hill, spend political capital in defending the war, and try to get a stronger voice, congressional voice, in shaping libya operations. >> the other option congress does have, is they could vote to deauthorize funding. >> that's right. congress always has this sort of trump card of the power of the purse. they could pull funding from libya operations. that's i think very unlikely because it's politically very difficult to do so while our forces are engaged. >> and the president has argued first of all this is not unilateral. we're in a support role. this is a nato operation. none of the this applies. how viable is that? >> we don't yet know exactly what the president's argument is

going to be. the white house has said it's in compliance with the war powers resolution. what we'll see it's probably going to argue that these operations don't rise to the level of armed hostilities that the war powers resolution was talking about because u.s. forces are largely in a support role, we don't have boots on the ground, we're really sort of -- in a support role of a nato and large coalition operation. >> politically speaking, it is interesting to see speaker boehner, a republican, sort of making this a battle cry, if you will, after eight years of an administration viewed as much more hawkish and one that was pushing for some more military foreign intervention as it relates to iraq and afghanistan. politically speaking because you've been in, you know, on that side of it as well, what do they have to gain here? >> well, i think the politics on this issue cut in all kinds of different directions. for one thing, i think if you look at polling, public support for libya operations is not

really that strong. i think it's also a time at which the american public members of the congress are really focused on domestic issues, and so perhaps this is a way of really trying to put the president in a tough position of, like i say, spending his political capital, defending yet another foreign military operation abroad. >> and this is on top of the drone strikes, you know, some people very outraged by the situation in yemen, some of the drone strikes in yemen that the presence we have in pakistan, as evidenced by the cia raid, many other things that it seems that this president didn't necessarily sign up for or support when he was a candidate. >> yeah. i think what one thing presidents always find when it comes to foreign affairs is they don't get to really decide their own agenda. i think the bush administration ended up finding that it was dealing with some wars that didn't expect to deal with and now the obama administration is finding the same thing. >> all right. we'll see what happens with this war powers resolution. very interesting.

matthew waxman, great to get your take. >> while matthew makes some remarkably good points this could be a conversation that has happened so many times. >> that's right. >> in american history. there's an issue about whether or not we have the right authorization and right laws to go to war. >> sometimes congress likes to sit back and have this fight because it lets the president be the one that has to be out there and congress can take a back seat. maybe the president and john boehner can talk about this when they play golf on saturday if they don't resolve it. >> they have a lot to talk about. wonder if they would get any golf done. >> new jersey governor chris christie talks about 2012. he says he will not run for president. >> in an entire with piers morgan christi says he's not ready for the white house and is standing firm in his decision. >> i'm making this decision based on whether i believe in my heart that i'm ready to be president of the united states and that i want to be president of the united states right now. >> you're a straight talker, right? >> yeah. >> i don't believe this is 100% closed to you and i don't think

you can look me in the eye, given everything that's going on, and say, piers, i'm 100% certain i'm not going to run. >> you're wrong. i'm 100% certain i'm not going to run. >> given your not running this time, who do you think right now, is the best option for your party to take on barack obama? >> i don't think we have a best option yet. >> hypothetically, if you were in the game, three top issues for you? what would they be, what would you run on? >> the three top issues have to be restoring job and private sector job growth to our country, getting the entitlement mess under control, and restoring back to our country a sense of self-confidence that americans can achieve whatever we want to achieve. >> so did he just say that they don't have the right candidate? >> he said they don't have the right candidate. he's 100% sure he's not going to run, even support erls, after he puts it to rest, maybe he'll change his mind. >> a lot of hope for chris christie, maybe it's not 2012. >> rick perry and you hear rudy

giuliani and sarah palin. there are a lot of people -- >> piers morgan saying there's 18 months to go. >> 18 months to go. >> tonight on "piers morgan" comedian and tv host jimmy fallon brings light night to prime time. catch it at k9s eastern. i never get to watch it. >> jimmy fallon is hilarious and doing well. >> i watch him in the cabs. >> or in the clips that you get to pull up later. got to go to bed. up next on "american morning," prince william and his bride heading to california as the royal couple will be making their big trip to -- >> dressed like that? >> i think she's going to leave that wedding dress behind. it's a little warm in santa barbara for that. >> he'll look out a place in that -- >> i heard they took it away from her right away. they put it in a museum or something. also new rules about sunscreen. >> yeah. they can't put certain things on the bottle anymore like waterproof, sweatproof, spf 100. does that really make you any more protected than spf 50 or 30? sanjay gupta is going to tell us about that. >> lady gaga's meat dress has a

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welcome back. prince william and his new bride catherine headed to california next month and just this hour buckingham palace released new information about what their travel plans will be. zain verjee is live in london. for catherine she has never been to the u.s., right? >> no. this is her first time and she's going with a pretty small entourage. she has -- is not taking a stylist. she's taking a hairdresser with her, though, and a personal

assistant. let me tell you what they'll be doing, july 8th to 10th, a world wind tour. they're going to be staying at this amazing place the pink palace hotel in beverly hills. they're going to be staying in the presidential suite. it's only $10,800 a night. hosting some v.i.p.s later at a reception. prince william is going to be playing polo at a chairedy match the day in santa barbara and they will be heading to downtown l.a. they've got the party to go to and it's a black tie. it's being hosted by the british academy of film and tv arts and that's basically to promote british talent and put them in the spotlight there. it's off to skid row one day. they're going to visit the inner city arts school. and then finally, they're going to go to a jobs fair for war vets. that's going to be at the sony studios and prince william is going to give a speech. now kate is not going to be

giving a speech, but you know what, she's going to have great hair. back to you. >> i'm fascinated. they're doing all that in two days, july 8th to 10th. >> yes. >> that sounds gruelling. >> the royals' role. >> are they going anywhere else? >> tough being a royal. >> they're flying to the u.s. for two days and that's it? >> they're going to be in canada before that. >> okay. >> it's going to be canada. they're going to spend a few days in your country, ali, before heading to l.a. it's the first official visit. their schedule is so jam packed in the u.s. they don't get to see their buddy, the beckhams. >> she's well traveled, but hasn't been to the u.s. >> she is well traveled. >> whenever there's a state visit or the president goes somewhere, it's amazing how fast they, you know, flip, flip, flip through all the citys. >> i'm never going to be a royal. >> no worries there. >> good to see you. >> watch zain every morning at -- on "world one" at 5:00 eastern time.

>> a commoner just like us. all right. 28 years, 5,000 women later, shannon tweed is pushed over the edge. >> it happened on tv. >> yep. >> on "the joy behar show." tweed and long-time boyfriend kissinger gene simmons got into a tif. she stormed off the set after simmons made a joke about his cheating ways with thousands of women. >> how is your back, gene? >> my back is good. my [ inaudible ] not so much. >> that's very nice of you to joke about it. >> it's a joke. [ bleep ] off. so sued. >> she's done with you. >> so rude for you to joke about it. don't you think it's really funny. >> i was joking because she's a comedian. >> here. >> thanks for the question. >> i'm sorry. blaming it on me? don't put this on me. >> i love how neither one of them look at her at all as she's leaving. they continue the conversation as she's walking out in the background. >> he's made comments about this in the past that he's had fill lan derring ways and it came up.

they have a tv show together. unclear whether this was -- >> how long have they been together? >> 28 years. >> they have children together? >> yeah. she says -- >> they're a family pretty much. >> the kids are in college and she's had it. >> she also said, there was a time she was interviewed and said in every relationship one person has to take -- be the long suffering person that takes the abuse. >> they have more episodes to go in their show. who knows. >> i think this is the end of shannon tweed and gene simmons -- >> you can catch the full interview on "the joy behar show" on hln. >> a new study says when wives are -- maybe she was sleepy. when wives are sleep deprived the marriage suffers. that's not the question with men. the question of the day, is the lack of sleep hurting your marriage? we'll read your thoughts later on in the program.

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about sunscreen, forget it. for the first time in 30 years, the fda releasing new guidelines to all sunscreen products. >> the bottles will be very differently and apparently you won't see sunblock, waterproof or sweatproof any more. dr. sanjay gupta, joins us. >> this is really unregulated industry the whole sunscreen industry up until now. the rules we talk about don't take effect until next year. fda is diving into this saying what do the numbers mean and how do we label them to make the numbers relevant for consumers? a couple of things to point out right away. you mentioned this idea of what is not going to be on the labels. a couple of things that are going to be on the labels, broad spectrum, first of all, what does that mean? we are talking about two different types of uv light. most people generally know this. but uva, remember this, is the primary cause of damage to the skin. it's what causes premature

aging. uvb is what primarily causes sunburn. sunblocks broad spectrum they protect against both things and has been tested to show that one of the things you are now going to see. what i think is most interesting unless a sunscreen shows it is broad spectrum and/or has an spf protection factor less than 15 it has a warning label on there as you can see there and say it may not necessarily protect against skin cancer. if it has broad spectrum and spf level is higher it's going to say may protect against skin cancer. that is the big thing a lot of sunscreens, popular one sold right now that will have that warning label saying may not protect against skin cancer and i think change the way people view this. >> i protect my kids from head-to-toe. >> she described when cher kids

go to the beach they dress like lawrence of arabia. >> a lot of australian kids are covered. other moms think i'm nuts but i put sunscreen wherever their skin is coming in contact with the sun. do i have to do anything differently instead of assuming sun is getting to my children's skin somewhere? >> a couple of things. children under six months of age the ama says avoid the sun as much as. their skin is too fragile and too thin at that age. after that, a certain amount of sun is good. certainly a few minutes a day. i think the biggest thing, christine, for you, when you go and buy sunscreen right now, i don't know what criteria you're using. we know spfs greater than 30 make no difference and save your money instead of buying though spfs. you won't see the water resistant thing and take close comfort in that. you have to buy spf 15 or higher and look for the broad spectrum

and the thing to prevent the things people want to prevent when using sunscreen. >> sounds like it's no fun to be christine's kids. >> i feel bad for them! >> i insist on using the physical barrier like the zinc which is harder to rub in. >> the ghost! >> kiran's kids also walk around with a helmet. sanjay, good to see you. >> only on the bike and scooter! earlier we told you about the study at pittsburgh school of medicine about the sleep deprivation. not equal when it comes to the sexes. >> i'm not bothered by it apparently. snoring doesn't bodgtdger me. when a man is not getting enough sleep -- >> that leads to our question of the day. is a lack of sleep hurting your marriage? >> we will just say, you know, for us, no. we're never there! >> right. >> one for the blog. it did once. having to do everything around the house with no time for

myself. no conversation, no excitement left in our life. i never realized this was because of a lack of sleep and now i try to sleep seven to eight hours. >> that is very -- yeah. >> robin writes on facebook. recalling my vows. lack of sleep definitely falls under bad times. i disagree with the study. if lack of sleep is sole reason for a divorce the couple shouldn't have been married in the first place. grumpy, yes. divorce, no! >> melissa writes lack of sleep does affect men, too. my husband is a grouch when he doesn't get enough sleep and marital strike increases when he is is not a hundred percent. >> keep your e-mails coming or tweet us or comments on facebook. students are struggling with history. what does it mean for the fults of our school system and are there any solutions? we will talk to steve perry about it. >> we are back after a break

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the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan on the ropes this morning. i'm christine romans. the cia informance who helped the u.s. track down bin laden, they have been arrested by pakistan military spy agency. the showdown with the president. i kiran chetry. the u.s. could be breaking the law with its military operation in libya. we're live at the white house with reaction. anchorman lands an interview with the dalai lama and decides to tell a dalai lama joke. dalai lama didn't get the joke. we will see if you do on this "american morning." ♪

good morning! it is wednesday, june 15th. good morning, everyone. >> nice to see you guys. we have been following developments in greece. massive protests because of the austerity measures and turned violent this morning. police using tear gas and water cannons on thousands of demonstrators. they are angry about budget cuts and proposed tax hikes by the government. lawmakers set to begin debate on a five-year austerity campaign. they don't have much choice to keep greece from defaulting on its debt. >> the folks in greece don't like it too much as you see the action playing out in the streets of athens right now. a drone strike has killed four suspected militants according to intelligence officials. the attacks took place in a main city in wothe south waziristan

area. >> pakistan as top military spy agency arresting informants who helped the cia track down bin laden. among those taken into custody, pakistani army major who wrote down license plate numbers to visitors to bin laden's compound and turned them over to american intelligence officials. following other news right now as well this morning. nato air strikes targeting the libyan capital of tripoli overnight. it is not clear this morning what was targeted or whether there were any casualties but there are reports nato aircraft are dropping leaflets intended for moammar gadhafi forces, warning them to leave their posts near the post city of misrata. a showdown between house speaker boehner and president obama. >> we are live at the white house with brianna keilar. explain this for us. john boehner saying you only got

a couple of days to get permission. >> reporter: that's right. all along, guys, you have seen congress -- and we are talking some republicans, some democrats -- who have posed a number of questions to the white house and what we're going to have is the white house essentially defending u.s. military involvement in libya. the white house says this is probably going to happen today, that they will answer a number of questions that congress has asked. this really comes amid sort of a fever pitch over tension between congress and the white house. yesterday, we saw a vote in the house of representatives to cut off funding for the military operation there. mind you, that's not going to clear the senate or not expected to. we saw house speaker john boehner send a letter to president obama saying, come friday, you will be in violation of the war powers resolution. that, of course, is that law that says the president can have u.s. military involvement abroad for 60 days and if he hasn't gotten congressional authorization by then, he has 30

days to pull troops out. sunday is going to be day 90 and that was sort of the warning that speaker boehner sent to the president yesterday, guys. >> all right. so a big source of tension as wuf said between the white house and congress is really what the goal is in libya. at first, the administration said it was a humanitarian mission to protect libyan civilians. we also heard back and forth whether it meant gadhafi would be a target and whether gadhafi would go. >> the white house has said it will answer the questions that congress has posed and in the resolution, specifically that the house passed not too long ago, there were 21 questions, i believe, and some of the big ones had to do with this idea of authorization, why hasn't the president sought congressional authorization. as you mentioned, kiran, what is the goal in libya? how does the president expect to achieve it? and also something very important in this day and age to a number of members in congress,

what is the cost going to be. i talked to senator bob corker of tennessee, on the senate foreign relations committee, the author of a resolution that asks a number of these questions and here is what he said they need to be answered. >> it's really easy to enter thee conflicts, especially when you have no stated goal, which is kind of where we are right now. and, all of a sudden, you know, the ante is up. i'd like the president to articulate what our national interest is there and what our goals are on the ground. >> reporter: all along, this is what is interesting. the white house has said it's not in violation of the war powers resolution, that it's acting in accordance with it. a number of members of congress, democrats and republicans, disagree with that. but we are expecting to get probably today the president's justification for that. so, guys, while we know that some of these answers may be coming here today, it's not for sure that congress is necessarily going to like what it hears, i guess is fair to

say. >> brianna keilar, we will be listening. thanks. same-sex marriage could soon be legal in new york. governor andrew cuomo proposed a marry equality bill yesterday and, if passed, new york will join five states, plus the district of columbia, in legalizing same-sex marriage. the governor says the bill is a matter of fairness and legal security. anthony weiner may be days away from calling it quits as the calls for his resignation continues to grow. new york congresswoman carolyn mckarnly is hearing weiner might resign in a couple of days and that he was, quote, waiting for his wife to come home. arnold schwarzenegger former housekeeper telling her story for the first time. in an interview mildred baena said when maria shriver flat out

asked her if schwarzenegger was the father. buy enthat says, she cried with me. we held each other and i told her, it wasn't her fault, it takes two. carl stephonevich, listen to him as he decides to tell a dalai lama joke to the dalai lama. >> i don't mean to be disrespectful in any way shape, or form, but i have a joke for you that my son told me that he said you would laugh at, even though it's about you. could i tell you the joke? >> yes. >> i don't want you to feel like i'm disrespecting you. >> no, no, no. >> so the dalai lama walks into a pizza shop. pizza. yeah, pizza shop. and says can you make me one with everything?

>> hhm. what is that? [ speaking in foreign language ] >> do you know what i mean? can you make me one with everything? >> ah! [ speaking in foreign language ] >> i knew that wouldn't work! now i'm embarrassed in front of you, a world figure. >> no problem, no problem. don't feel like that way. whenever i met people, i want to look -- look at them as another human being. no differences. >> there you go! that's what you call making lemonade our lemons. >> i always loved the dalai lama but that makes me love him any more. he turned it around. anyone else, he could have slapped the ball and bapped him

on top of the head but he did the -- >> you have to know what the nuance means, one with everything. >> he had to explain pizza. pizza shop. >> can you imagine? >> also, if you already are one with everything, that's not a joke to you. you just are. >> can you imagine having an appearance with the pope and you start, hey, pope, i got a joke for you! >> that was -- anyway. looks like everybody left relatively unharmed but that was a little painful. this is a story that we have been meaning to bring you this morning about airport screeners specifically targeting mexicans and dominicans. tell you what airport and why possibly they were doing this profiling. the latest on the casey anthony murder trial. the prosecutor's last day is today before the defense tries to put its case out there. one of the things they talked about is the meaning of her beautiful life bella vita at that time took when she got it. what did her mother say in court and how did casey react?

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something that i want to see ♪ ♪ >> 90% of your screen is the sky above des moines. >> we always do this. our cameras seem to have -- somebody must have heard that and panned down a little bit. 66 degrees and cloudy in des moines. they are going to get showers later on and it will be 82 degrees. >> the missouri river which is three hours due west of des moines, maybe two and a half hours, it keeps rising. right now, it's threatening thousands of homes and farms in iowa, kansas, missouri, nebraska. a lot of flooding already being seen in places like south sioux city, nebraska, where houses are taking on water with more flooding on the way there. also still a big problem in arizona right now. the largest wildfire in the state's history. firefighters are making progress, though.

it's 20% contained now. burned more than 730 square miles in arizona and new mexico, destroying homes, forcing entire communities to evacuate. >> rob marciano is in the extreme weather center for us. good morning. >> good morning. another day where the weather will cooperate with fires across the southwest. although we're not going to see any rain for quite sometime. at least the winds will die down once again. it's a massive fire and kicking out so much smoke. smoke and air advisories and air quality issues across parts of new mexico and pressing back through parts of phoenix as well. hot and dry across the southeast, too. and we have a decent fire that is burning across a swamp in through here and a red flag warning posted for parts of northern florida for more on the way of low level humidity and a lot of heat. temperatures across tallahassee, yesterday, 103 degrees. monroe, louisiana, 102 and st. simons island, 99. some with humidity and some without. humidity in the way in heavy

rains falling across parts of the midwest and upper midwest. tracy, minnesota, yesterday, seeing over 5 inches of rainfall and parts of iowa seeing 2 to 3 inches of rainfall and that is not what they need to do considering the flooding issues there. another batch of heavy rain moving through parts of chicago and indianapolis. you're about to get peppered with heavy thunderstorms. these aren't severe technically but winds gusting to 40 to 50 miles an hour and isolated and spots of hail through indianapolis. that is where the bull's-eye for storms will be and sink to the south and east through time today. memphis and nashville under the gun as this presses off towards the north and east which also continues to be rather comfortable to temperatures. 82 in new york city for a daytime high and 67 with the rain-cooled air in chicago and continued steamy across the south with a high of 91 degrees expected in atlanta. back up to you. >> thank you, rob. bruce springsteen is speaking out this morning about saxophonist clarence clemmons.

we all know him. he suffered a stroke last weekend. in a 125i789 springsteen says initial signs are encouraging but he needs much care to have a full recovery. he has been playing with e. street band since 1972. >> very talented man. >> poor hugh hefner. his 25-year-old fiancee crystal called off the wedding. i think they were supposed to get married on saturday. hefner tweeted crystal harris had a quote, change of heart. they will remain friends, though, they say. >> nice. >> i'm not quite sure. i heard one report part of the problem she wanted some kind of a music career and that was -- >> that was the problem? >> that had something to do with it. >> that is the problem? >> it's a boyfriend! >> so sweet! so sweet. natalie portman and her fiance, the couple's first child is born. other than that, not much is known about this little guy.

they met on the set "the black swan." >> creepiest movie i've ever seen! i hated it. i was confused and conflicted about myself. i didn't like my mother! very upsetting. >> very hard. you found yourself looking in the mirror and not knowing if you had the body of a ballerina. lady gaga's meat dress, this confuses me. this is the dress she wore to the 2010 mtv music awards and it will be unveiled tomorrow. wear a mask if you're going to see it! >> this is the perfect thing to preserve. it's jerky now! do you know what i mean? >> chew on a bit of it! >> she pour salt on it and smoke it and now in a glass cage and if you get hungry, you know where to go -- in a museum. >> oh, lordy! that brings us to the question of the day. a happy marriage. >> how does that bring us to happy marriage? >> it's not meat.

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♪ actress angelina jolie hoping to visit thousands of syrians. she is a goodwill ambassador for the united nations. they are received an application for jolie to visit these refugee camps. >> this is, i believe, on the turkish side. >> yes. >> so they won't be -- i can't imagine they will be that happy on the syrian side to have her around. this morning, a rare first look inside syria and at the humanitarian crisis that has been caused by a brutal crackdown from that country's administration. regime does not want us there and refused to give cnn and other news organizations permission to enter the country. >> our arwa damon found a way to

get inside anyway. she joins us live now from turkey. she has safely returned to turkey. you say it's not so much a camp, as more a group of desperate people fleeing a desperate situation and attacks from their own government inside syria? >> reporter: most certainly that is the case. one describes how terrible the conditions are for these individuals, having already fled what they describe as being terrifying violence. they are living underneath nothing more than plastic tarp that is strung across trees. it had been raining for the last few days that had made the conditions incredibly unbearable. one woman telling us that she and her 30 family members had to spend the entire night standing up because the ground had just turned to mud. to wash themselves, they have a dirty refer and they have to clean their clothes and drawing water from a well but that is also not clean.

food. they are having to rely on the turkish on the other side border to it bring across things like bread and other basic supplies. they continue to live in sheer horror because there have been numerous reports that the syrian military is slowly making its way towards the turkish border. one young man we met said he tried to get back to his village to assess the situation a few days ago and he came face-to-face with the syrian military, he says, was creeping its way through the olive groves and he managed to get away and get to safety. reports like that that are causing even graereater fear fo the people who have been through so much. in fact, when you ask them about their experience, the first thing they will say is that it was simply too horrific to put into words. >> what are we hearing from the government about this, arwa? you got in there. we are not allowed in the country. they are being very, very strict about not letting outside eyes seeing what is happening inside

of that country. does the government acknowledge that people are fleeing? >> reporter: well, yes. the govevent does acknowledge that people are fleeing, however, it says that is because armed gangs of syrian government has been calling them are the ones that have been causing this unrest and that they are the reason why the syrian military had to enter these various villages and towns in the first place. interestingly, the syrian government is now also urging these refugees to return back home, saying that calm and security had been restored. now, all of the refugees and the residents in other areas in the northwestern part of the country have been saying there is absolutely no armed gang members but there were civilians asking for their basic freedoms who were then fired on by syrian security forces indiscriminately and that caused the situation to then spiral into even greater violence. when it comes to the syrian

government urging them to return back home, that, most certainly, is going to be met with a lot of skepticism. there have been tales circulating inside this but circulating about handful of families who did try to go back home who were then slaughtered. so what you have is this scenario that has repeatedly been upholding since the uprising began where we hear one thing from the syrian government blaming it, again, on the terrorist elements it says has been brought in from the outside and terrified residents who say they are being indiscriminately targeted by their own government. >> thank you, arwa. thank you for that exclusive and very in-depth reporting. thanks. >> shining the light on the situation there. treacherous for those people. other top stories. another blow to the shaky relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. pakistan's top intelligence agency arresting cia informants who funneled information to the

u.s. and information that then led to the killing of osama bin laden. pakistani army major was among those arrests and he wrote down license plate numbers of people visiting bin laden's compound. house speaker john boehner sending a letter to president obama warning him about violenting the 1973 war powers resolution for failing to get congressional authorization for the military operation in libya. boehner is calling on the president to respond by the end of this week. security screeners at newark, liberty, international airport reportedly profiled mexican and dominican passengers for two years. according to a federal report obtained by the new york star ledger, the profiling was so out of hand, tsa employees actually referred to each other as, quote, mexican hunters. the tsa calls the profiling isolated and insists it's already taken measures to fix the problem. >> i'd like to know what the measures are. like were people fired? >> curious to know why they decided to, you know, choose

mexicans and what is it it. >> dominicans. a string of final witnesses in the case ni anthony trial took the stand yesterday. >> gary tuchman heard all of this in court and here now with the latest details. another, another just very compelling day in the courtroom there, wasn't it, gary? >> reporter: it definitely was, christine. 30 minutes from this very moment, prosecutors will enter the courtroom on the 23rd floor behind me and utter seven words. the state of florida rests its case. yesterday, prosecutors called their last witness. he was a man whose testimony at the very least will make jurors think what the heck was this mother thinking? a july 2nd, 2008, two weeks and two days after caylee anthony disappeared, never to be seen alive again, her mother casey walked into this man's shop. >> she came in to get tattooed.

>> this tattoo shop in orlando. bobby williams, tattoo artist, is a crucial prosecution witness because of this testimony. >> did you ask her what she wanted done? >> yes. bella vita in a feminine type font. >> reporter: it believes beautiful woman and a beautiful life at that time took is what casey anthony wanted 16 days after she said her daughter allegedly drowned. was she sad, solemn or serious when she got the tattoo? >> how would you describe her demeanor? >> normal. >> what do you mean? >> pretty happy for the most part. didn't seem upset. >> did she leave the store? >> no, sir. we ordered a pizza and we had a couple of slices. >> reporter: they are using examples like the ctattoo and

this picture showing casey in a hot body contest four days after caylee disappeared. how does the defense plan to explain away the beautiful life tattoo? by trying to convince the jury that it was done to honor her dead daughter. >> is it customary in your business that people get tattoos to remember their loved ones that have passed? >> they do, yes. >> reporter: potential problem with that defense, though, the tattoo artist testified that casey anthony said she wanted another tattoo and made an poimt to do so and said this time she would bring caylee with her. meanwhile, casey's mother took the stand for the second timeme and testified had not seen caylee's winnie the pooh blanket weeks before her disappear ns. the blanket was found with her body. casey anthod the add if apped s mouthed the words i love you to her daughter as she looked away

tomorrow, the defense will call its witnesses. the big question, will the defense call casey anthony? i asked one of the defense attorneys yesterday, came up to him after court and asked him that question, will you call casey anthony? and i said have you made a decision about whether you're call casey anthony? he said if we make that decision, i won't be telling you. one, they don't want to show their poker hand or, two, they haven't made their decision yet. it's crucial, critical. her testimony could save her life and also cost her her life. >> we were talking to sonny earlier. the one question that was really going to stick with jurors why. >> motive. sonny seemed to say she didn't think that the prosecution necessarily proved motive. it will be interesting to see whether -- what others think, gary. >> reporter: yeah. they may not have proven a motive but they have done a very workmanlike solid case.

there is overwhelming evidence in this case that something terrible happened to this little girl. keep this in mind. what the defense said in the going she accidentally drowned and casey anthony decided to say nothing about it. the defense has to prove nothing but because of that defense they have to prove that this woman did not have her daughter drown and that means she may have to take the stand and testify. >> gary tuchman, thank you. another emotional and compelling day in court and i'm sure today, as well. >> people have been waiting in lines. you can expect the defense is going to be as compelling for all of those people who have been waiting to see this. today's students don't know much about history. we are going to give you a pop quiz next. talking to montel williams also, the talk show host, who opens up about his struggles with ms and his plan to open a marijuana dispensary. he is an advocate about legalizing marijuana. he will talk to us next. . and with its virtualinstrument, sensuous leather interior and modern design,

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♪ >> a beautiful picture this morning of loichl.a., californi. 73 later on. good morning, l.a. pop quiz tile. who is this? and why is he an important figure in history? that was one of the questions on the 2010 national assessment of education progress u.s. history test. guess what? only 9% of fourth graders knew the answer. disturbing, right? now raising questions about the effectiveness of the no child left behind law. dr. steve perry is a cofounder of a magnet school and joins us live from hartford, connecticut. i asked a teacher that very question. the teacher said i got to teach kids how to read and write and i got no input from the parents. the last thing i need it them

memorizing a mickepicture of ab lincoln. >> why not teach them to read history? we often blame no child left behind for everything that goes wrong in education. listen. i know that george bush is not a popular figure among many people. he wasn't my favorite either. however, even a stopped clock is right twice and in case of education, he and many of the republicans were dead right. what they said is there needs to be standard. all no child left behind said there need to be standards and each state got to set their own standards and you get to decide in those standards how you want your children measured. this is another example of how we, as americans, have our heads in the sand. because this is not a test of just test poor minority students in urban centers. this is 30,000 of america's students. 30,000 of american students so poorly on this examination the best of them only got 20%. >> let's talk about that. this is not just given to fourth graders but eighth graders and 12th graders as well and you can

see the statistics. it tells a dismal story about u.s. history. how do we fix it? >> there are solutions. one of the problems that we have in america is that we have a generalist approach to primary education, meaning we expect one fourth grade teacher to teach children all subjects. that is unreasonable. we need to specialize in the primary grades. you need marge and science and social studies and english teacher and creates an opportunity to be a specialist like the rest of the academic experience. in addition to that, we asked parents have to have higher expectations -- i'm not letting parents off the hook here. >> no, go on. >> yeah. >> i have heard too many parents, especially parents of elementary aged children talk about too much homework. do you see how poorly we are doing? i think we could use a little more homework. parents are so concerned about children having down time and play time. their kids, they will find a way to play even in class.

>> sometimes it's more than just homework and what kind of play your child is doing but the expectations you're sitting -- setting in the home is a place that it all starts. the expectations you're setting for your child in the home. dr. steve perry, thank you so much. great to see you this morning. as always, excellent segment. morning headlines is next. 42 minutes after the hour. nothing helped me beat arthritis pain.

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greek police are using tear gas and water cannons on thousands of protests that have gathered outside of the parliament buildings in athens. demonstrators are trying to keep lawmakers from passing budget cuts and tax hikes to prevent the country from defaulting its debts. pakistan's top intelligence agency have arrested a handful of cia informants who gave information to the united states who led american troops to bin laden. one pakistani army major was arrested for writing down license plates numbers of people visiting bin laden's compound and passing that information on to u.s. intelligence officers. house speaker john boehner is warning president obama about violating a 1973 war powers

resolution for failing to get congressional authorization for the military operations in libya. boehner is calling on the president to respond to by the end of this week. congressman and the weiner's wife returns home today who is traveling with secretary hillary clinton and has been for the past week. fellow new york congresswoman carolyn mccarthy suggested that weiner might resign in a couple of days. markets open in 45 minutes. right now, dow futures are down more than a hundred points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 futures also lower after reports show consumer prices rose 3.6% over the past year. new royal couple's california eye tinary has been revealed. during their day next month, the prince will play golf. "american morning" is back after a short break. we will talk with montel williams ahead. ♪

>> i can't get enough of the weather in new york city. 63 degrees right now. it's not even 9:00 yet. up to 83. i take it at 63. >> if your wife is not getting enough sleep, it could be wrecking your marriage. >> according to a new study. >> they need a study for that? >> yeah, right. when a woman is sleep deprived, the marriage suffers but when a man is not getting enough sleep there is no impact on the relationship. >> is a lack of sleep hurting your marriage? our question of the day. great responses from you.

on our blog, todd says. >> that's not a bad thing. highgate cross writes. >> i found i am the emotional compass in my marriage. if i am less than sparkly from lack of sleep that affects my hubby and children. proof in the age old adage if mommy isn't happy, no one is happy. >> that makes sense. >> i think so, too. >> my wife is grumpy yesterday. it affects everybody's mood. well known tv personality at emmy award winner and former talk show host. these days, montel williams wants less talk and more action

when it comes to medical marijuana. he has openly admitted to using marijuana to treating his m.s. and now involved with a medical marijuana company. you have two things going on. you've had m.s. for ten years now. >> i had it probably 30. i got diagnosed ten years ago. i have been on a pretty steady, you know -- the disease has done what it's going to do and i'm trying my best to do everything i can to slow it down and mitigate some of the effects and live like everybody else in this room does, a pretty relatively normal life. >> what is day like with you with m.s.? >> it's crazy. a lot of people say this to me. you look so good. let me explain to you. i have to get up in the morning. this morning at 5:00 to get on the treadmill to get my legs out so i can walk.

if i don't do that i'm not walking this morning. my day is characterized 24 hours with neuropathic pain. with pain in my shins and body. >> you describe the feeling like it's on fire? >> it's almost like you liken it to like when you strike your funny bone. it hurts. to have that continuously and multiple that by about ten. >> it was damaging your kidneys and a doctor recommended that maybe you should try marijuana to ease some of the chronic pain here. >> absolutely. what we're finding right now this is a recommendation that a lot of people think is absurd but let me make sure you get it finally on cnn. the last 36 years, this federal government has agreed with this as a viable medicinal agent. every month on the 17th of the month canisters go out that is grown at the university of mississippi. started out with 20 patients and now down to 4 because 16 have

died. the other four every month our federal government gives them marijuana as a medication. >> why don't they make it legal? >> how about this? in 2003, the federal government gave itself a patent on marijuana right now. the u.s. government has a patent on marijuana claiming that in its abstract it's one of the most efficacy drugs in the path of pain. >> i think it is known for a social reason group has gone on the trend and that hurts the real efficieacy case of marijua. >> i last ten years, i have been involved in every state that has passed legislation, 16 now, to allow patients medical access to medical marijuana. unfortunately, hijacked by people who want to make a lot of money. patients need to be taken off the battlefield and taken first. i am associated in everything that been done so far in this

country when it comes to the 16 states that allow medicinal marijuana. what the shift means an opportunity for us to really truly do what should have been done the last 90 years, and that is medical as a product that is available and helping people. first, let's understand.d. 90% of our medication are plant-based medicines. you can walk out of here today and walk across the street, your child can walk across the street and buy a medication not a scheduled 1 to 5 drug and they will be dead on the living room floor if you don't get home in time. now we call it aspirin. why can't we do the same thing to medical cmarijuana and turn t into medication. >> people say montel williams admits he smokes marijuana as if there is something wrong with it. >> how about this? >> but why -- go ahead. >> i didn't mean to cut you off there. >> no. i was wondering what is it about marijuana i understand it's

illegal but people wouldn't blink an eye if you taking a large amount of opiat painkillers for your pain. >> i use fmorphine. i use heroin-based products. morphine, i get from a doctor. i have prescriptions for opium-based products. seven different drugs because when the pain gets so bad, i have to do that. >> i think people also have a problem with the whole smoking notion of it. we know smoking elements can hurt your body, carcinogen. how do you take medical marijuana? >> if we paid attention to the studies, even the studies the federal government has done themselves, you recognize that part of the reason why they continue to dispense it for 36 years, some of the damage we believe is happening isn't. there is edible. there are -- there are vaporized.

>> how do you do it? >> i use it in every direction i can. i try to eat it at night so i don't have the cramp is at night and during the day, vi try so scra to vaporize. >> we wish you continued new health. we issue you good luck. we know you have a procedure coming up. good luck. >> thank you. >> we will be right back. car connection calls the xf,

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treasure. the case for a wisconsin businessman. >> here is tom foreman with today's "building up america." >> reporter: on an old farm outside of oshkosh. >> we have a number of of unusual items. >> reporter: a wonder land is growing. >> i call it a collection of art. >> reporter: it catches mel's

interest. he has rescued these items from old restaurants, theme parks, even movie sets for 30 years. now, they are rescuing him. >> well, those items are actually helping us make it through the tough times. >> reporter: mel's main business is building materials but as construction has stumbled, he has found himself relying more on the foot traffic and trade brought by -- well, this. >> this is a reproduction of a rodeo type bull. this is eagle fabricated out of all steel. this is a fairly popular piece. some people might think it's unusual. i don't. >> my daughter wanted us to stop here and i'm glad we stopped. >> reporter: many people come just to look, but plenty end up buying. >> do you know how much it is? >> neon porch sign is $650. a lot of individuals will buy it for yard art, interior art,

other businesses use it for interior and exterior artwork to get attention, the same as