al qaeda has a new chief. i'm kieran chetry.morning, osama bin laden's successor has been chosen. he is the terror organization's long-time second in command. we're digging deeper this morning in the background of iman al zawarhi. a former porn actress goes before the cameras to say congressman anthony weiner to lie about their online communications. and welcome to "american morning" on this thursday, june

16th, glad you're with us. >> the new face of al qaeda, the story breaking right now. the terror organization announcing it has chosen a new leader to succeed osama bin laden. >> it is al qaeda's long time number two, iman al zawarhi. nick, how did we learn about this appointment? how does an appointment like this even happen? >> al qaeda put out a statement on various islamist websites. perhaps no surprise, he's been the heir apparent. he's driven the organization to where it is. kind of surprising it's taken them so long to come up with announcing this, ali. >> it's surprising it took them so long. but it's not surprising to you, who knows the structure of al qaeda, that it's him.

what should people expect? is al qaeda going to be more militant? is it going to go after new targets? are we in more or less danger? >> we're going to expect it to go after the same targets. and perhaps with a renewed energy. zawahri is going to want to put his stamp on the organization and going to want to counteract the arab spring uprising in the middle east. he doesn't want to lose supporters to the new movement of democracy overthrowing dictators of the middle east. which has been al qaeda's aim, as well as taking on the united states, europe, the west in general. we'll expect more. same and to see him try to expand influence across the middle east and take advantage where governments and situations are weakened across the middle east. >> thank you, nic. new questions about the military mission going on in

libya. nato is in charge of the mission, the alliance launching air strikes overnight. it comes as congress as the white house engage in a war of words over the u.s. involvement in libya. the obama administration defending the military action after a bipartisan group of lawmakers filed suit, claiming that the president violated the war powers resolution by failing to consult congress. cnn's brianna keilar is live at the who us with more. >> this is the report sent over from the white house yesterday, in the evening, to congress, really justifying the u.s. military involvement in libya and also giving a legal rationale for why the president says he doesn't need to seek congressional authorization. a couple of big headlines, one, the u.s. cost of involvement in libya. the price tag is about $715 billion, or pardon me, million.

so that's about three-quarters of $1 billion. that's how much it cost up until june 3rd. there's also a projected estimate for how much it would cost it take it through the end of september, that's about $1.1 billion. and the bigger headline is the president's legal rationale for why he doesn't need to seek congressional authorization. which says after 60 days, he has to pull troops out. and the rationale is this, that basically the president believes he doesn't need it because the u.s. military operations in the words of this reporter, distinct from the kinds of hostilities contemplated by the resolution 60-day termination provision so what you have here is the white house looking at the fine print of this law, saying this is a limited military operation, that they're involved in. and therefore, they don't need to comply without part of the war powers resolution. >> so will that be enough to

satisfy the congressmen and women who took issue with our involvement in libya? >> we're still waiting for reaction. you don't need to wait for it to know this will not be sufficient. the reasoning that you're hearing from the white house that they don't need congression congressional authorization. isn't going to fly. listen to what the house speaker for what john boehner said. he said they raise a number of questions that must be further explored. that's not as much of a hard knock of a response as you could get from the speaker's office. but what we do know, guys, is there are a number of rank-and-file republicans who are looking at the defense spending bill on the floor next week, talking about adding some sort of provision to defund this operation in libya. >> we'll see where it goes. brianna keilar for us this morning, thanks so much. a powerful reminder of the challenges still facing our economy and the world's economy. take a look at the streets of athens, greece, you saw the

riots breaking out at this time yesterday in our program. they continue this morning. we're told they're not as violent. the crowds furious over drastic cutbacks to social programs as that country struggles to get out from beneath its crippling debt. crippling debt because of years of living beyond its means. the country's prime minister is reshuffling his government and announcing he's seeking a vote of government to insure greece gets a second bailout. these fears, plus weak manufacturing data pushed stocks sharply loafer in this country. market on track to decline for the seventh straight week, the longest losing streak in a few years. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 were also done and oil prices fell by more than 4% because of fears the global economy is slowing down and therefore demand for oil would decline as prices went down. and as pressure mounts on

congressman anthony weiner, the house leadership, democratic leadership could begin the process of removing weiner from the energy and commerce committee. weiner's wife has just returned from an overseas trip, he was said to be waiting for her return before deciding on his career. this is just the latest strange chapter in this story. enter ginger lee. she's a former porn star, now stripper and she's involved, famed attorney gloria allred who was by her side yesterday. she said that anthony weiner coached her and told her to lie about the online exchange they'd be having since march. she said she started following on twitter because she was interested in health care, planned parenthood and wrote something on her blog about them. now after the scandal broke, lee claims she reached out to him for advice, on what to do. >> he asked me to lie about our

communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. i knew i couldn't lie for him. but i didn't want to be the one that kicked him under the bus. >> now she went on to say that weiner should resign. we did reach out to weiner's office for a response to the allegation. why she has a lawyer, why she went public at this time, still a big question. allred said she felt she needed to break her silence, to get on with her life, get back to work. lee said she contacted with allred, after she received threats. someone threatened to release a statement she didn't authorize. >> this is the second news conference that you've covered with respect to anthony weiner, the first one was weird because he was supposed to speak and then andrew breitbart showed up. >> this one was awkward. gloria allred didn't have answers to some of the questions

and also, she did not mention the word "porn" or stripper. and she kept calling her a feature dancer. being in new york, one of the reporters asked, well what exactly is a feature dancer. here's what she had to say. >> what is a feature dancer? can i ask you that? >> a feature dancer is a dancer who is featured. she dances at clubs. >> one of the lighter moments. >> even ginger lee got a laugh out of that one. >> even hours after that press conference, ginger lee said she had to go into hiding, she went back to work in atlanta last night, capitalizing on the whole weinergate. >> it doesn't appear she's hiding very much? >> what did the sign say in. >> weinergate. >> mary, glad we got you on this

beat, mary snow. >> thanks, mary. same-sex marriage, the bill is one step closer to passing this morning in the state of new york. the state assembly approved the marriage equality act by an 80-63 margin. now the measure goes before the state senate where it faces a closer vote. governor andrew cuomo supports the bill. if it becomes a law, new york will become the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. take a look at the former u.s. presidential candidate in his mug shot. he could face prison time for allegedly violating campaign finance laws. he was indicted for allegedly using $1 million in illegal campaign money to cover up an extra marital affair. a major milestone for u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords, she was discharged from the houston hospital where she's been undergoing rehab.

doctors say her cognitive abilities and her physical strength have improved to the point where she no longer needs to stay in the hospital. we're told that giffords is expected to start outpatient therapy right away. the stanley cup going back to boston for the first time in nearly four decades, i got the "boston globe" right here in my hand it says "raise the cup." >> they drove this to us. >> the beantown is so proud about it, they drove it to us. >> they haven't had a cup, they deserved to put the newspaper up here, the bruins won the cup with a 4-0 victory over the vancouver canucks, here it comes -- he scores! i'm working on that. home team, by the way, had each of the first six games. so each, every time a team was at home, they won the game. this was the tiebreaker, boston last won the cup in '72. bruins' goalie, tim thomas, won the trophy as the playoff mvp.

but that's not where the story ends. that was just part of it. >> talk about sore losers in canada. >> it was a rough day in canada. postal strike, air canada has a strike. they weren't feeling all that good. it didn't go over well with some fans. >> look at this. >> something you usually don't see in canada. >> you know what they say -- >> except they're not canadians, i think it's the g-20. they're people from somewhere else. setting cars on fire, overturning them. police tried to calm the angry and disappointed crowd. the events are reminiscent of what happened in 1994 when the canucks lost to the new york rangers in game seven of the stanley cup final. >> it's just hockey and he can't even respond when i say that. >> it's not just hockey. you know what, we're not going to be sore losers about that. congratulations, boston. raise the cup. first time since 1972. it is what it is. the prosecution wrapping up its case in the casey anthony murder trial. we'll give you the compelling details ahead.

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did the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms ignore calls from agents to stop an operation that deliberately allowed weapons to get into the hands of mexican drug cartels? this was known as operation fast and furious. the goal was to track the flow of weapons across the border and eventually bring down an entire arms trafficking network. well, at a congressional hearing ha was looking into it, whistle-blowing atf agents said the tactic was a colossal mistake and it led to the death of a border patrol agent. >> we weren't given guns to people who were hunting bear, we were giving guns to people 0 who were killing other humans. >> rather than meet the wolf head-on, we sharpened his teeth and all the while we sat idly by

watching, tracking and noting as he became a more efficient and effective predator. >> more than 1,000 of the weapons that walked are still unaccounted for. congressman darrell asa operation fast and furious, felony stupid. the defense will begin presenting its side of the story of the casey anthony murder trial after the prosecution rested yesterday, anthony's attorneys tried to convince the judge to dismiss the case. insisting no proof has been presented that a murder even took place. the judge was not buying it. denying that motion. >> martin savidge joining us live this morning from orlando. what about the defense asking for acquittal? >> there's been no shortage of drama when it comes into this particular case. as you point out, the prosecution rested. and then the defense team jumped up and moved for acquittal. not that unusual in a case like this where what happens is the defense team going to make the argument that the prosecution

has laid out their whole case, put down all their witnesses and they have not proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that our client, casey anthony, is guilty. have not even proven that there's been a homicide. and that's exactly the argument that was made by one j. cheney mason of the defense team. listen to what he had to say. >> we have no evidence to exclude a reasonable hypothesis that there was no murder at all. that there was no premeditation. there's no history to suggest culpable negligence. there's no history in this case to establish any basis of aggravated abuse. and in counts one, two, and three are not just ripe for, but screaming loudly in demanding justice of acquittal. >> chief judge melvin perry listened patiently through all of that and then he ruled, he

said yes, there is enough evidence that this case needs to be decided by a jury. and the motion was basically denied. that was it. >> all right. now it seems like the defense is getting poised to call an unexpected witness. who is this? >> yeah. this is again, why this case is so fascinating, because there is one surprise after another. this is a clear example of new suspense that's been introduced as a result of the defense. the defense team said they recently discovered this fellow. who is identified as 52-year-old vasco degamma thompson. they say this man is a convicted felon who served time for kidnapping. and here's the point that the defense team makes in documents that filed to the court. it said that mr. thompson had contact with casey anthony's father, that's george anthony, the day before caylee anthony was reported missing. now here's the question -- well what is a convicted kidnapper

doing contacting george anthony? and that's exactly the question wants to plant in people's minds. the attorney for george anthony says, hey, this is easy to explain, it never happened. they say that george anthony does not know who mr. thompson is, and there was never any communication. although the defense team says we have cell phone records that prove it. now, in order for mr. thompson to testify, it has to be approved by the judge. and the judge has not ruled on that matter. but again, huge drama, more expense. >> vasco degamma thompson. >> and also there's talk that casey anthony may be taking the stand herself. that will be riveting. in new details on arizona's largest wildfire in recorded history. 200 people who were forced to leave their homes are now being allowed back. firefighters who have spent two weeks battling the fire, have gotten some control over it, it's still only 20% contained. let's check in with rob

marciano in our extreme weather center. >> winds are going to pick up across the southwest. so red flag warnings have been posted in the critical fire danger for the area that for the past couple of days, the winds have been laid down a little bit. that helped them a little bit. but today the winds cranked back up and even though we're officially getting into the monsoon season, we don't see much in the way of that happening any time soon. the heat is still on across not only the southwest, but the southeast. look at the numbers, 105, i believe it's an all-time record for tallahassee. austin, texas, 104. and birmingham, alabama, seeing 98 degrees. and miami, 96 degrees plus humidity. is this is what happened last night across the southeast. look at the storms rumbling through atlanta. we had 200,000 people without power. the number has been trimmed to 40,000. it was a rough go for sure. actually check out this lightning video from an atlanta tower camera. firsthand, i was at the braves game last night, they had two

rain delays and it was -- whoo, it was a rough go for sure. speaking of sporting events, the u.s. open first round gets kicked off, the bethesda country club in maryland. may see a couple of thunderstorms pop up in the afternoon. that may delay things as well. and you in new york may get some rain later on today, too. >> a nice cool day to start off with. thanks, rob. in a healthy job market, americans can quit their jobs and find a better one. this turnover is common, right? but this morning, bloomberg reports that fewer americans are willing to tell their boss, i quit. between january 2009 and this past april, it's reported that 28 million americans stuck with jobs that they would have ordinarily left, they would have left in ordinary times. >> this is our question of the day, would you change jobs if you could? send us an email, a tweet or tell us on facebook. up next on "american mornin morning", lawmakers want to give

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this hour. al qaeda has a new chief. the terror organization's long-time number two, ayman al zawahiri, the announcement posted on an al qaeda website. zawahiri is 59, he comes from an upper middle-class egyptian family. he is reportedly a qualified surgeon and joined forces with bin laden after meeting him in 1986, becoming his personal physician and adviser. new explosions reported overnight in tripoli as nato steps up assault on libyan leader, moammar gadhafi. the air strikes coming as a bipartisan group of u.s. lawmakers filed a lawsuit challenging america's military involvement in libya. it claims that the president violated the war powers resolution by failing to consult congress before committing troops to libya. hockey violence off the ice on the streets of vancouver -- after canucks fans went on a rampage following the game. game seven, the stanley cup final loss to the boston bruins last night. they were setting fires, overturning cars, police had to use tear gas and disburse the

crowd of angry fans. if you want to get a handle on how bad u.s. housing crisis is, one in every 65 homes received a foreclosure notice in may. with the banks seizing 67,000 homes and those depressing numbers are an improvement over the month before. believe it or not, there are fewer foreclosures every month. but still just a sea of them. poppy harlow is with us this morning. you've got a town that's literally foreclosure-built. >> we got reports this morning, folks that foreclosures were down 33% in may. you think that would be good news. it's actually not good news. what the experts say is it's a result of the robo signing scandal that a although of the banks didn't have the proper paperwork to foreclosure on these homes. so they say the housing market is not in recovery. you have to look past those numbers. we visited a town in central new jersey, plainfield, new jersey,

where one in ten homes is in foreclosure. what you're going to see is the devastating impact this is having on the entire town. take a look. at a bird's eye view, plainfield, new jersey may look like lots of small towns across america. but when you walk the streets and talk to the folks here, you start to realize something. the bank own as big chunk of this city. >> i moved in three houses and three of the houses that i've lived in have foreclosed and i was forced to move. >> of the roughly 9,000 homes in plainfield, nearly 900 are in foreclosure, that's almost three times the national average. >> it's terrible. i mean my kids have to walk past these empty houses. and -- i'm afraid for them. >> you won't find padlocks or boarded-up windows. but it's not tough to find people thousands of dollars in debt on their homes. right here on east front street alone, there are 25 homes in foreclosure. and just down the way, on

berkeley terrace, you'll find eight more. crime is now rampant in plainfield. the police spend their time breaking up gang activity. and determining which came first is a chicken-and-egg situation for mayor sharon robinson-briggs. >> do you feel that the amount of foerks really the foreclosure crisis, in this city, led to this increased gang violence? >> there may be a relationship in terms of certain areas in the city of plainfield where some of our residents have been laid off. who feel kind of hopeless at this point. >> the highest density of foreclosures is near the gang violence. 123, within a half-mile. but there are hundreds more. all over town. >> the town is going down. taxes are going up. we're suffering. >> today, home prices continue to fall. there are layoffs in the schools and the city has cut 50% of its workers since february. at rise and shine restaurant,

the owner says business is slumping. >> there are ups and downs. some days, better, some days are slow. it's tough. >> unless like something can turn around, we need a miracle. you know. >> a miracle? >> we need a miracle. >> they certainly do need a miracle. >> i have to tell you walking the streets, what you feel and what you hear from residents is the banks own so many homes, but here's the difference between a bank owning a home and a family owning a home. the banks don't fix chipped paint or broken windows. they don't go shopping, they don't eat at local restaurants. the mayor said we want and need more help from the banks. we reached out to the two biggest lenders in the plainfield, bank of america and wells fargo. wells fargo said they continue to work with borrowers, but neither would come on camera. >> now the banks have the homes sitting on their books and that's what they do. so people don't live in them, they're sitting on their books, it's a problem for the people who live mt town. it's a problem for the tax base

and it's a problem for the banks. >> and it's dangerous, parents are concerned about letting their kids walk by these empty homes and i said to the mayor, we focus a lot on detroit, how do you not let the city get as bad as detroit when this comes to foreclosures? at this point, she said people feel hopeless, they're trying, they're having these housing fairs, but to be honest, you need a lot more than that. >> poppie. thank you. ali? there are still some areas where it is far from cheap to buy a home. the top five most expensive housing markets notice country as determined by our friends at cnnmoney.com. not quite sure why we're using a green gummi to represent a house, but that's what that is. the new york city metro area. the median home price, half of all homes sold for more, half sold for less, $439,300. the new york market is down about 20% from its peak in 2007. compared to the national average, drop of more than 30%.

now new york has three things that have helped keep prices up, not a lot of land to develop, it's an island. a constant influx of people looking for a place to live and the low dollar makes this international city cheaper for foreign buyers. number four on the list, san francisco, the median home price, $465,900. it has lilted space, a diverse economy, including finance, tourism and technology. let's head down to california coast and you'll find market number three, anaheim, median home price, $511,800. during the housing bubble, price there is skyrocketed. these prices are down 40% from the peak. and it looks like they've stabilize the. it's just an expensive area. the number two market in the country for high prices is also california, san jose. median home price there, $545,000. why so expensive? >> silicon valley. have you noticed the tech boom lately? the most expensive housing

market in the united states is honolulu, the median home price is $579,300. the weather is great, setting is beautiful, but land is scarce, a lot of it set aside for preservation, military use or agriculture and all the materials needed to build a home have to be shipped in. you can read more about these markets online at cnnmoney.com. >> where are the most affordable homes? coldwell banker released its list of the cheapest places to live, niagara falls, new york, $60,000, riverdale, georgia, $61,000. coolidge, arizona, $69,000, so if you're looking for some affordable places and can you get a job in those places -- >> and then you go to niagara falls whenever you want. >> the housing prices are low, is because there isn't a lot of job opportunities. >> the correlation is always exactly that. if there's no work there, people are not flocking there.

>> 28 million people say they feel like they can't leave their jobs. so the mobility is gone. there's a really wide disparity between a place like anaheim and niagara falls. >> i would pick honolulu, sorry. can't afford it. if you own a citigroup credit card, you should listen to our next story. turns out that hackers did gain access to more accounts than originally thought. isn't this often the case? the company now says 360,000 cards were affected. during last month's security breach. hackers got access to customers contact information, but citigroup says they were not able to access customer social security numbers, or security codes. >> does that make you feel better? >> they didn't even tell us about this breach for weeks. >> it was only 200,000. >> oh, wait, it's 380,000. >> they needed time to cancel and reissue new credit cards for people.

coming you up, the crisis in turkey, refugees fleeing across the border, how the sides are coming together to find a solution.

the obama administration cracking down on companies that hire illegal immigrants. notices were sent to 1,000 companies yesterday, alerting them that government auditors plan to inspect their hiring records. now officials say they plan to focus their inspections on industries that are key to u.s. security, like energy, banking and technology. >> without releasing the actual names of the companies yet? >> no, chipotle, the restaurant

chain was snared up in this and said they were changing policies to make sure they prevented hiring people who weren't legally in the country. butt obama administration trying to step up its enforcement employers, so they can prove if there's immigration reform that they believe in american laws. we're continuing to follow the latest in the growing refugee crisis along syria's border with turkey. the prime minister of turkey plans to meet with a special envoy representing the syrian president. >> the issue, what to do with 8400 refugees who have fled violence in syria. and how to stop thousands more. zain verjee with more. >> the meet something going to be important, because turkey is so worried about the situation with the refugees and they continue to spill over the syrian border into turkey. the message is likely to be stop the bloody crackdown, because that is what is forcing about

8,500 refugees into camps into turkey. it's a difficult situation. aid agencies don't necessarily have access to them. the stories they are telling are horrific. stories about the army coming in, killing people, burning livestock, burning crops. the syrian government is saying come back to your villages, everyone, things are okay. we have it all under control, it is safe. but with our reporting and our conversations with refugees, there's no way they say, they're going back. >> we'll have to continue to follow the latest on that. they're getting two different stories. the syrian government is saying it's okay. we were just clearing out people we were worried were radicals. >> gangs. >> people do not trust their government this he don't believe their government. and they're not likely to want to go back. >> a tough situation, we will continue to follow it. and on a lighter note, you guys are enjoying across the pond,

the total lunar eclipse, we're not seeing it here. >> absolutely spectacular, guys, let me just show you how beautiful the moon looked over bahrain. this lunar eclipse went on in different parts of the world. you could see it amazingly for about 100 minutes, the langest for in about a decade. look at that time closely, it's actually red. and in some parts of it, and that's because it's light coming from the sun that's refractured through the atmosphere and because of the ash, remember the volcano in chile? the ash is in the atmosphere and it's giving it this kind of a tinge and it's very cool. if you want to see how it unfolded. go to google doodle. you can see it happen in real-time. they managed to tap into telescopes all over the world and that's how it happened. >> that's very cool.

>> zane zane, thank you so much. you can watch zain every morning on "world one." still ahead on "american morning," fashion out why fashion icon, anna wintour is apparently out of fashion when it comes to the internet. w come from any faucet anywhere. introducing the brita bottle with the filter inside. and my dog bailey and i love to hang out in the kitchen. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired. down the hill? man: all right. we were actually thinking, maybe... we're going to hike up here, so we'll catch up with you guys. [ indistinct talking and laughter ]

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osama bin laden. it's the terror organization's long-time number two, ayman al zawahiri. 59 years old, joined forces with bin laden after meeting him in 1986, becoming his personal physician and adviser. nato war planes carrying out another round of raids near moammar gadhafi's presidential compound in tripoli. the latest air strikes come as members of congress challenge the u.s. involvement in libya in court. later this morning, the defense will begin presenting its side of the story. on the casey anthony murder trial. after the prosecution rested yesterday. the defense tried unsuccessfully to convince the judge to dismiss the case. a same-sex marriage bill a step closer to becoming law in new york. the state assembly approved the marriage equality act last night. now it goes to the senate. in it passes, new york would be sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. it was an ugly scene on the streets of vancouver after the canucks lost the stanley cup final. angry fans threw bottles, turned

over cars and set fires. vancouver's mayor blames the chaosen a quote small number of hooligans. and the boston bruins are the stanley cup champs, they shut out the canucks, 4-0 to win their first cup in 39 years. well you're caught up on the day's headlines, "american morning" will be back after a quick break.

she said to be one of the most powerful women in fashion, anna wintour, the famed and feared editor of "vogue" magazine. >> she's also one of the last to embrace the internet. >> that's about to change now. our felicia taylor sat down with anna wintour.

intimidating to talk to her? >> sure, yeah, absolutely. when she walks into the room, she certainly kpands a presence and she comes with a bit of an entourage. but let's face it -- >> would you expect anything less? >> no, i would have been disappointed. but they say, she, you can't make it in the world of fashion unless you get the nod of approval from anna wintour. and you're right, she has come to the end of the party a little bit late. but now she admits there's room for collaboration. >> i mean, one is sort of very sort of fantastic visual experience, where you look at the kind of photography and read the kind of articles that you really can't see anywhere else. and it's something that you can carry around with you and enjoy for months at a time. and i think you go to the website for a very different experience. instant information. access, i mean who is wearing what at the tonys last night. >> so that's what sets vogue.com apart from any of the other websites out there that

concentrate on fashion. but when it comes to her, she says that vogue is going to be the leader, even though she admits she came to the party late, as i said. and even her boss, cy newhouse put pressure on her to make number one. she has a funny story recalling what it used to be like when it came to the internet. >> the internet people were put into the 20th row if they were lucky at a chanel show. and you fast-forward to today, and if for whatever reason we don't put a collection on the website, they're calling us up to complain. so obviously we learned with the internet explosion. >> she has been called fearless by her peers, i have no doubt that when it comes to vogue.com it will surpass style.com, which at the moment i think has about double the numbers of viewers that "vogue" has. but she has also said when she makes a phone call, everybody answers. and it's true, she's got the cache that nobody else does in the world of fashion. >> she's in the stratosphere of fashion. >> is she going to tweet now?

>> no. >> you know what, she's done that's really interesting and fairly frankly pretty innovative. she has editors at vogue.com who do tweet. you can access them, talk to them about whatever shows they're doing and they get them online faster than anybody else does. i think vogue.com is going to definitely transcend what other websites have started, even if she came late. >> that's the benefit of being late in anything to do with technology or the internet these days, you can leap-frog, you don't have to start again. >> i spoke to a friend of mine who worked for her for ten years, he said if she were a man, she would have a different reputation. which is interesting. we all know what people say and think about her. cool is an understatement, right? but you wonder, if she were a man, what she would have really been thought of. and these days, frankly, give her a lot of credit. she has kept that reputation and has been the industry leader for well over two decades. >> she's been a brand before it was cool to be a brand.

and she hasn't changed her brand. she's maintained the sunglasses, the hair. >> it will be interesting, a there will are a lot of very young, new, not "vogue"-like names that are doing well in fashion on the internet. so she has some interesting competition. >> speaking of brands before they were brands, hugh hefner is another one of those. but he's had some issues. >> yeah, he had, he had a really sad situation. his soon-to-be wife, who he thought was going to be mrs. hefner. actually called off the wedding. however the cover of "playboy" was already off the presses. that was supposed to be, that's crystal, right, she's supposed to be crystal hefner. >> she put a sticker on it that says "runaway bride" on the issue. and it appears that fewer americans are quitting their jobs during these tough economic times. 28 million americans stuck with jobs they would have otherwise

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new rounds of raids on libyan leader, moammar gadhafi's compound and new questions about nato's role and whether president obama broke the law by committing u.s. troops to a military mission on this "american morning." and good morning to you, it is thursday, june 16th, welcome to "american morning." >> up first, breaking news, a

new assault overnight on libyan leader moammar gadhafi, a series of explosions rocking tripoli. plumes of smoke seen rising from the area of gadhafi's presidential compound in libya's capital. cnn's david mckenzie is live with the latest. a new assault on the entrenched leader, david? >> well that's right. christine. this morning before 5:00 a.m., a few minutes before 5:00, we were woken by a series of blasts. two of them significant, loud, rattling the windows at our location. that was believed to be about a kilometer away, less than a mile, at the compound of moammar gadhafi. we just got word from the ministry of defense in the uk, saying this was a raf tornado and typhoon jet fighter strike on this area. what they call vehicle storage facility. but certainly, nato strikes continuing on the daily and nightly basis here in libya against the regime. >> david mckenzie, thank you so

much. more breaking news this morning, we know the successor to osama bin laden. he's the terror organization's long-time second in command, ayman al zawahiri. the announcement coming on an al qaeda website. zawahiri is 59 years old, turning 60 next week. the son of an egyptian family. he met osama bin laden back in 1986. he released this video after bin laden's death. paying tribute to the fallen terrorist. ranting against the united states. and pledging his allegiance to the taliban. cnn terror analyst, paul krukshank said he was already positioning himself to take over. >> he wants to show to the al qaeda membership around the world that he's the power leader and he's the one delivering the eulogy for osama bin laden. >> zawahiri was bin laden's top adviser and his personal physician. it's not clear what process was used by al qaeda to elevate him to the top spot in the organization. house democratic leaders could take action today, against their embattled clean, anthony

weiner. the new york congressman stands to lose his seat on the house energy and commerce committee. wiener eh's wife just returned from an overseas trip with her boss, secretary of state hillary clinton. weiner was waiting for her to return before making a decision on his immediate political future. former porn star named ginger lee is talking publicly for the first time about her online exchange with congressman wiener. at a news conference yesterday, she said weiner asked her to lie about their communications and not long after her news conference, ginger lee was headlining at an atlanta strip club, the pink pony. flyers spread the word of an all-new gig at the pink pony. >> is that different enter what they normally do at the pink pony? >> i'm not sure. >> we have more of what ginger lee revealed at the news conference, not the pink pony. you drew the short straw on the

story. >> what i did in my past life, i'm not sure. but ginger lee was wearing a lot more clothes when she was at the news conference. she said she felt the need to go public to get on with her life. she said that she turned to him for advice and he told her to lie. she's a former porn star, whose path collided with congressman anthony weiner online. ginger lee and famed attorney, gloria allred, held a press conference to speak out about lee's online communications with weiner. she claims he coached her about dealing with the press, after questions first surfaced about a lewd picture he sent someone else. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put a a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven't met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by his political opponents, but that is not changed my view of him and

what he fights for. >> while she says they never met, lee claims she followed him on twitter and after writing something positive about him on her blog, he started following her on twitter. it eventually led to emails. >> although discussions at first were about politics, sometimes he would try to take it to another level. mentioning his quote, package. >> allred said lee didn't respond to alleged sexual advances but in a blog post in march, she wrote she wanted to have sex with him. by june 1, wiener eh was asked about her. >> do you have any idea who this woman is? >> i think what this is about a a farmly pro forma thing that goes out, that i send out to people as i follow them. thank you for following me. please check in at anthony weiner.com. >> in fact yale red says the two exchanged about 100 messages and on june 2, one day after that interview, lee claims that weiner called her and on his

advice, she stayed in her house and avoided cameras. as to why she's speaking now, allred says it was time to break her silence and that someone had threatened to release a statement from her that she didn't authorize. and lee added one final message. >> i think that anthony weiner should resign because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week. it might have never turned into this if he had told the truth, but he kept lying. >> now he did reach out to weiner's office about lee's allegations, but got no response. as to the threats mentioned, there weren't many answers, gloria allred didn't elaborate and gave no details about the statement she mentioned yesterday. >> is there a potential for making money about this? besides the dancing at the pink pony. >> that's her job. >> for gloria allred, what's the point of representing this young woman? >> that's an insightful question. the other part i was wondering -- please go ahead.

feel free to answer. >> it's just so early to be talking about strippers. >> feature dancers. feature dancers. >> the story has just taken one weird turn after another. and it just for three weeks, it just hasn't gone away. i'm sure, i guess i'm not sure -- >> i don't know what's crazier or that mary gets to cover these very unusual -- >> i would go for the latter. >> you're on top of it for us, thanks, mary. a same-sex marriage bill is one step closer to passing in new york state. the state assembly approving the marriage equality act last night it gives same-sex partners the same rights and benefits of marriage that heterosexual couples have. the measure now goes before the state senate where it faces a close vote. the bill's sponsor has a lot riding on its passage. >> this passage feels very different than in previous years. obviously we now have more senators than ever publicly committed to equality. we have a full complement of 31,

we need just one more vote and we have a governor who has been very conscientiously trying to do this. my partner and i have been together for 31 years and we would like to have the right to get a marriage license. >> if the measure becomes law, new york would become the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. the defense will begin presenting its side of the story in the casey anthony murder trial this morning. anthony's attorneys tried to convince the judge to dismiss the case after the prosecution rested yesterday. they insisted there was no proof that had been presented that 2-year-old caylee anthony was even murdered. the judge wasn't buying it. today the defense will attempt to question a convicted felon named vasco thompson, it's not clear if the judge will allow it. thompson served time for kidnapping. and casey martin's lawyers are trying to link him to their father through cell phone records. george anthony's attorney released a statement saying his client doesn't know thompson.

the jury in the casey anthony murder trial could begin deliberations as early as next week. martin savidge is covering the trial in orlando. it happens in the trials where the defense move to get the charges dismissed. to get her acquitted. >> right. pretty much a standard tactic, ali and the who eggs was denied by the judge. the case is moving forward. say what you will about this case and it definitely is a tragic case, but it's also fascinating to watch all the developments. four weeks in, the prosecution comes to a rest here. but not until we've seen a number of dramatic instances take place on the witness stand. one of them took place when you had dr. jan keravaglia, the medical examiner for the state of florida. celebrity status, she has her own television show, "dr. g" she summarized the case for the state, maintaining it was a homicide. >> the fact that it's tossed in a field to rot in bags.

is a clear indication that the body was trying to be hidden. those are even being put in a bag is a very big red flag for homicide. >> we have no evidence to exclude a reasonable hypothesis that there was no murder at all. that there was no premeditation. >> and of course what you were listening to there is the defense team, that is arguing, no, this was not a homicide. in fact as we know from their opening statement, the defense team is maintaining that this was a horrible accident. an accident by the way, which occurred exactly three years ago today. june 16th, 2008, when the defense claims, the body of caylee anthony, two years old, found floating in the family's swimming pool. and at that point, casey anthony, apparently in cahoots with her father, george anthony, concoct a cover-up. tragic? yes, murder? absolutely not. to that end the defense is expected to provide a whole host

of witnesses, some of whom we've seen before, family members and a team of experts that will try to refute the team of prosecution experts. the real question now, will casey anthony take the stand herself. back to you. >> martin savidge, that is the big question. thank you. new this morning, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is now out of the hospital. she was discharged yesterday. five months after she was shot in the head in tucson. she'll now begin outpatient treatment while staying at her husband's home in texas. i think she looked great. that's a picture that's been released. we saw a couple of pictures of her. hair is very short, smiling -- >> the key now is to help with the speech and to try, and moblt also, as sanjay told us a lot of difficulties on the right side. the government said notices were sent to 1,000 companies yesterday, alerting them that government auditors plan to inspect their hiring records. key to u.s. security.

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breaking news overnight, a new round of nato air strikes near moammar gadhafi's presidential compound in tripoli. we hear the sounds and we can see thick black smoke rising after a series of explosions in the area of gadhafi's compound in libya's capital. the latest nato assault comes as a bipartisan group of u.s. congressmen are suing president obama. they're claiming he exceeded his powers in authorizing the military operation in libya. an operation that's costing about $10 million a day. cnn's brianna keilar is following this part of the story and is live at the white house. >> well this is the report right here that the white house sent over to congress. amid many calls to have questions answered by democratic and republican lawmakers. the big headlines in here, the price tag. it says so far, u.s. military involvement in libya has cost about $715 billion. that's a figure that goes

through june 3rd. so closer to $ 800 million. you know, that's about three-quarters of $1 billion. and there's an estimate for the projected cost of taking this operation through the end of september, that is about $1.1 billion. now the other headline here was the president's legal rationale for why he hasn't sought congressional authorization for having troops committed in a conflict abroad. as the war powers resolution, a law says he has to do within 60 days, or he would have to pull troops out within 30. what you have is the white house looking to the fine print of the war powers resolution, saying this is a limited role that we're serving, we don't have boots on the ground, we not engaged in hostile exchange of fire. and because of that, we're able to not seek congressional authorization and feel that we're on good ground, not doing that. so very interesting to hear that legal rationale. this was the most detailed explanation so far we've heard of that.

>> brianna keilar for us this morning. we'll see whether it's enough to satisfy congress. thanks so much. it is 17 minutes after the hour. that means it's time for rob in atlanta. hi, rob. >> looking at the fire danger across the southwest. we have some containment on the big fire we had a couple of days where the winds were dying down. but now the winds are going to pick up again. we've got conditions critical again across parts of arizona and most of new mexico. we are getting into the monsoon flow of season. usually july and august we start to get pop-up thunderstorms as winds come out of the south. what has kicked in, it's been sticking around for a couple of weeks is the heat. look at the record-breaking stuff, all-timer in tallahassee, florida, 105 degrees. northeast florida and southeast georgia, a smaller fire burning there, these temperatures aren't helping much, austin, 104. birmingham and 98 degrees and thunderstorms.

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straight ahead on "american morning," riots in greece and its impact on the rest of the world, now emergency measures to keep that country afloat. and gates gets grilled over pakistan. the question posed to him -- how long do we support governments who lie to us?

it's 28 minutes after the hour, time for this morning's top stories. al qaeda has a new chief, the terror organization's long-time number two, ayman al zawahiri. the announcement was posted on

an al qaeda website. he's 59, comes if an upper midden-class egyptian family. he's reportedly a qualified surgeon and met bin laden back in 1986, becoming his personal physician and adviser. nato stepping up an assault against libyan dictator, moammar gadhafi. more explosions reported overnight in tripoli. the air strikes come as a bipartisan group of u.s. lawmakers file suit against president obama here at home, challenging the legality of america's military involvement in libya. and thousands rioting in the streets of vancouver after their canucks lost game seven of the stanley cup finals to the boston bruins. they set fires, overturned cars. police firing tear gas trying to to disperse the crowd. a fiery exchange on capitol hill between defense secretary robert gates and vermont senator, patrick leahy. it had to do with pakistan and reports that the pakistani government arrested c.i.a. informants, including an army major who wrote down license plate numbers of visitors to

osama bin laden's compound and passed them to u.s. intelligence officers. secretary gates was attending a meeting of the senate's defense appropriations committee when senator leahy asked him for his evaluation of pakistan as an ally. >> how long do we support governments that lie to us? when do we say enough is enough? secretary gates, i'll start with you. >> well, first of all, i would say based on 27 years in the c.i.a. and four and a half years in this job, most governments lie to each other. that's the way business gets done. >> do they also arrest the people that help us when they say they're allies? >> sometimes. >> not often. >> and sometimes they send people to spy on us and there are close allies. >> and we give aid to them? >> and that's the real world that we deal with. >> that was the final appearance on capitol hill for gates as america's top military officer.

he's retiring at the end of the month. >> that's a fascinating exchange and it highlights the relations strained between the u.s. and pakistan. going from bad to worse since osama bin laden was killed, especially since islamabad's crackdown on the informants who helped us find the terror chief seeing more scrutiny. reports that the most powerful man in pakistan is fighting for his job because he's seen as too friendly towards the united states. joining us from washington is chad sweet, a former c.i.a. official and now a founder of the chertoff group, a consulting firm. that was quite an interesting exchange between the senator from vermont and secretary gates when it comes to these c.i.a. informants that have allegedly been arrested by pakistan. how much pull do we have at all when it comes to getting them released. is that a goal even of ours in the united states? >> it's absolutely a goal. these people worked to help us achieve one of the greatest accomplishmentses in intelligence history, the takedown of osama bin laden.

so i think the answer is we've got do everything we can to help those who helped us. right now it's a very delicate time in the relationship as you noted. the tensions between the pakistan and the u.s. are extremely high. this needs to be done behind the scenes four of the five detainees have been released. the fifth detainee, the one individual who reportedly had previously been in the army, is the one who may have had the closest relationship to the c.i.a. so the answer is we have various forms of leverage to help there. what we need to do right now is take the public eye off this, move behind the scenes, as defense secretary gates said, he's former director of c.i.a., let's do this in a quiet, diplomatic way so we don't force general kaini, the head of the army, to have an embarrassing moment. >> this is the guy who has led the pakistan army since 2007. and while we here in the united states are grumbling and some of our lawmakers are grumbling about this relationship.

perhaps there's even more intense pressure in pakistan, viewed as being pro american and there's a sort of a move under way to get rid of him. what happens if indeed our relationship that is now strained, takes another hit? >> well, general kaini is in a very difficult position. and any successor to him at this juncture would likely be far more anti-american than general kaini. we need to basically give him the space to, if he needs to, publicly do certain optical moves to show that he's tough. and defending the pride of the army, as well as the pride of pakistan. in the background, what we do need to do is have various confidence-building measures. we've got to stop seeing certain activities. they're right now just canceled the training where we have our special forces helping to train them on how to do special force organizations. >> some of these joint exercises. >> this is the other question, there are people on the other side who say wait a minute, how

much worse can it get? how much worse can the relationship get? osama bin laden was essentially hiding in plain sight in pakistan. >> let me tell you how much worse it could get. they sit on the world's most unsecure nuclear arsenal. they're surrounded by al qaeda within their own country. imagine if the government, who right now is the most fragile this is a perfect storm. they have a huge economic decline at the same time they've got the military and the intelligence community morale at an all-time low and they feel threatened by india. so this could get a lot worse and i think it's imperative that we remember that success in afghanistan depends on pakistan. when i was in the c.i.a., the way we worked to support the mujahedin, to oust the soviets was through cooperation with the isi to get the stinger missiles into afghanistan. we need pakistan to be successful in afghanistan with the taliban. this is not the time, despite the tensions up on the hill and washington here, to saber rattle. we need cooler heads to prevail. >> all of it sounds like bad

news for us. but is there -- do we have any leverage? what's in it for pakistan to maintain good u.s. relations? >> well, what's in it for pakistan is $2 billion in foreign aid a year. what's in it for pakistan is a counter-balance to their arch enemy, india. what's in it for pakistan is assistance in defeating a shared enemy, which is al qaeda and radical islamists in their own country that have actually killed more pakistanis than anyone else. so we have a tremendously aligned shared interest in afghanistan. >> some question whether the focus is fighting al qaeda or whether it's fighting india in pakistan. >> well, that's you put your finger on something which is the ultimate extension threat for threat is pakistan is india from their perspective. that's the tension where we on the other hand, one of our top priorities is al qaeda. so sometimes they view the fight against al qaeda as america's war. it's a shared war and we need to be careful in terms of trying to

strike the right balance with the pakistanis to insure their cooperation in one of our most important strategic priorities, which is to defeat al qaeda. >> chad sweet, former c.i.a. official, great to get your take this morning. new numbers out this morning about america's foreclosure situation. in may, compared to a year ago, foreclosures are down, foreclosure filings, that's the beginning of the process. all the way to the lend are down by 33%. one-third. that is good news, in the foreclosure activity in may itself. was the lowest in 42 months. >> and that certainly is good news, but not necessarily good news, because the banks are full of foreclosed properties and they have this big robo signing scandal where they were just signing foreclosures. >> so they've got to slow the process down. >> even with the declines, nearly 215,000 homes in this country were foreclosed on last month. poppy harlow is here with more. >> all the experts when we got the foreclosure number that we're down 33% from a year ago,

people were saying great, the market is getting better. but the experts say we're attributing most of it to the robo signing scandal. the banks are holding off on future foreclosures, getting paperwork in order and more pain is to come. when you look at certain towns across this country, where you know there's a huge housing crisis, i'm talking about a town that's going to look a lot probably like where you're sitting right now. foreclosure city, usa, is what you could call plainfield, new jersey, a town where one in ten homes, one in ten, is in foreclosure and it's taking a major toll on the entire town. take a look. at a bird's eye view, plainfield, new jersey may look like lots of small towns across america. but when you walk the streets and talk to the folks here, you start to realize something. the bank owns a big chunk of this city. >> i moved in three houses, and three of the houses that i've lived in have foreclosed and i was forced to move. >> of the roughly 9,000 homes in

plainfield, nearly 900 are in foreclosure. that's almost three times the national average. >> it's terrible. i mean my kids have to walk past these empty houses. and i'm afraid for them. >> you won't find padlocks or boarded-up windows, but it's not tough to find people thousands of dollars in debt on their homes. >> right here on east front street alone, there are 25 homes in foreclosure. and just down the way, on berkeley terrace, you'll find eight more. crime is now rampant in plainfield. the police spend their time breaking up gang activity and determining which came first is a chicken-and-egg situation for mayor sharon robinson-briggs. >> do you feel as though the amount of foreclosures really, the foreclosure crisis in this city led to this increased gang violence? >> there may be a relationship in terms of certain areas in the city of plainfield where some of our residents have been laid off. who feel kind of hopeless at this point.

>> the highest density of foreclosures is near the gang violence. 123 within a half-mile. but there are hundreds more, all over town. >> the town is going down. taxes are going up. we're suffering. >> today, home prices continue to fall. there are layoffs in the schools and the city has cut 50% of its workers since february. at rise and shine restaurant, the owner says business is slumping. >> there are ups and downs. some days are better, some days are slow. it's tough. >> unless like something can turn around, we need a miracle. >> a miracle? >> we need a miracle. >> andrea, who you just heard from right there, she told me she feels trapped. she pays her taxes, she pays her mortgage, but she couldn't sell her home, even if she wanted to. the mayor told me, we need more help from the banks.

the wells fargo said they continue to work with borrowers to find an alternative to foreclosure, neither, though, would agree to come on camera to talk about the situation in plainfield. >> and the mayor told you in very simple math for the town. the money coming in, isn't coming in, because they're not getting tax revenue. >> the loss in revenue for the city, staggering, already hundreds of thousands of dollars she's predicting in losses, she thinks it's going to get worse, all the gang violence there. how do you pay for the police, the city employees to patrol that. and as you also heard, they have already cut since february, half of their city's workers. so this is a crisis that america is facing right now, not just in plainfield. this is emblematic of the epidemic across this country. the situation until it gets better with housing does not get better for the municipalities and for people paying taxes bear more and more of the burden on their shoulders. >> poppy harlow, thanks, poppy. ahead on american morning, a

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cutbacks to school programs. >> our zain verjee is live in london. zain, this is about working longer, having less for retirement. >> vacation. >> having to pay taxes. this is what people are upset about there? >> yes. that is exactly right. they are furious and as you have seen in that dramatic video, they've taken to the streets. they've had to deal with round one of cuts, now they're going to be having to brace themselves for round two of cuts. it will be painful. because the bottom line is, they're going to get poorer, faster. the story is bigger than what you're seeing in these pictures, it's now bigger than the streets of greece and the anger of these people. because financial markets are being hit as well. every single european market today has opened lower, london, paris, frankfurt, asia was down as well. the big fear now is that of a ripple effect. the euro zone, european banks, even the u.s. financial markets.

the central thing here, guys, is the euro currency. that is what is at stake. there are 16 other countries other than greece that use the euro as a currency. so if greece defaults on its loan and it tanks, it's going to drag down the other currencies with it. now the upen union, they're not going to let that happen. they're trying to do a restructuring of the debt and organize a bailout package. they're not going to give any money unless greece basically does those austerity cuts that will hurt its own people. that's what's going on. >> all right, zain verjee, thank you so much. wait, there's another really great international story in switzerland we wanted it ask you about. >> zain, i'm sorry to turn from the riots to snow leopards, but they're so cute. the pictures are creating quite a buzz. >> they are. >> awwww. >> they're trending very high around the world. i want to show them to you. these are very rare snow leopard, what's also rare is that there were triplets that were born in a zoo in

switzerland. they're eight weeks old. this is a very endangered species. there are only like 4,000 left around the world. they don't have names yet, guys. but the important thing here is that the europeans have this project where they breed endangered species at zoos and this is something that's grabbing people's attention around the world as well. >> so cute. >> just gorgeous. with paws like that, you know how big they're going to get? >> they're so cute right now. >> you can watch zain verjee at 5:00 a.m. on "world one." hockey's stanley cup showca showcase marred by violence, on the streets of vancouver after the fans rioted. fires were set, cars were overturned. streets near the arena resembled a battle zone. nick price is live in vancouver for us. nick, this is highly unusual. it's happened before in vancouver when they've lost a

stanley cup. but it wasn't expected. >> it happened before in '94, there was a lot of resolution that it not happen again. but it did. very disappointed people. it got so violent here in downtown vancouver last night that our night side crew had to move away from this parking lot where i'm standing now because they were concerned for their safety. take a look at your screen. can you see why, seconds after the game ended, chaos began as rioters overturned cars, as the anger over the loss heated up, rioters set fire to overturned cars. police had closed the major bridges into downtown vancouver during the height of the riot. the bridges were reopened by about 2:30 when we arrived in town. as we were walking around town, we did manage to see an awful lot of the destruction. we saw broken glass everywhere. lots and lots of glass repair trucks. and a lot of the cars that were turned over or burned are still

on the streets this morning. this city really, really has got a big job of clean-up ahead of it. >> any serious injuries or anybody killed in this? >> we understand that there were about 50 people injured. we don't know the seriousness of those injuries. we also hear that about four people were stabbed. we have not yet heard any confirmed reports of fatalities. but certainly there were a number of people who were fairly badly hurt in this riot. >> wow. >> sad. >> what a thing, thanks so much for that. when it comes to mug shots guys, there's this unwritten rule, you don't smile. someone forgot to tell john edwards, or maybe they did and he didn't care. take a look at the former senator and presidential hopeful. he's smiling. even though he could face prison time for allegedly violating campaign finance laws. that got us thinking about some other notable defendants who failed to assume the traditional poker face for their police

photos. >> there was actor mel gibson when he was busted in 2006. country singer, winona judd, charged with d.u.i. in 2003 in nashville. and paris hilton's pose. >> she gave her good side. >> she came right from a party to the booking. to getting booked. that was in vegas on drug charges. and actor nick nolte, he was stopped in california in 2002 charged with driving drunk. >> that is probably the most famous mug shot. his hair is so great there. we put him on the list anyway of the mugs we love. we started looking at that hair and thinking, wow. what would velshi look like with that hair? here is ali velshi's mug shot if he had that same hair and hawaiian shirt. >> this is my mug shot. i would smile. >> you would smile? >> why not? >> you look less like a criminal. >> when you see a mug shot that

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president obama sued. sued over the war in libya by a group of congressmen. i'm christine romans. the white house answers with a report justifying the president's position. >> i'm kiran chetry. al qaeda choosing a successor to osama bin laden. not much a surprise. he was the terror organization long time second in command but this morning, more about what we know about ayman al zawahiri. >> i'm ali velshi. a confession in the 1994 shooting of shakur. an inmate says he was involved

and paid to do it. details ahead on this "american morning." ♪ good morning. it is thursday, june 16th. welcome to "american morning." we have new information this morning out of libya. a new assault early in the morning on moammar gadhafi and we have it on tape. take a look. series of explosions rocking tripo tripoli. black smoke rising from the presidential compound in libya's capital. david mckenzie is live with the datest details. do we know any of the targets hit or what the damage is, david? >> reporter: what we do know is that these were around six strikes -- location. two very large strikes close to

the windows. before 5:00 a.m. local, we know that they were jets from nato striking. moammar gadhafi's compound is away from hee mere. it was struck a number of times. they were striking a storage facility. the term they use. what the real target was or if it was the target, we just don't know. >> what diplomatic moves are in the works to try to resolve this crisis? >> obviously, day in and day out, these nato air strikes, christine, and right now, we have an envoy of the russian government is touring the bomb site as i just mentioned with the deputy foreign minister of libya. the russians are trying to bring

in a move that wouldn't guarantee gadhafi stepping down from power before there are any talks to resolve this crisis. the rebels out in the east have said absolutely not. they can't negotiate if moammar gadhafi, 41 years in power. but this side they are open to talks potentially but that can't be a precondition. him stepping down cannot be a condition. certainly a sticking point there on the diplomatic front and the russian envoy is trying to find to part through that in a way to end the daily strikes that three months have yet to unseed the long time dictator of libya. >> david mckenzckenzie, thank y congressmen taking the president to court asking a federal judge in a lawsuit to rule the mission illegal and to stop it. the white house responded with a report laying out the legal basis for the president's action and it says, in part, the president is of the view that

the current u.s. military operations in libya are consistent with the war powers resolution and do not, under that law, require further congressional authorization because u.s. military operations are distinct from the kind of hostile its contemplated by the resolutions 60-day termination provision. house speaker john boehner isn't buying it. he says, quote, the creative arguments made by the white house raise a number of questions that must be further splor explor explored. >> number two, second in command in charge of al qaeda this morning. here is what we know about him. he is 59 and turning 60 next week. son of an upper middle class egyption family. his father was a professor at cairo university's medical school and zawahiri is reportedly a qualified surgeon himself. he joined forces with bin laden after meeting him in 1986 and became his personal physician and close adviser. it's not clear what process was used to select him as bin

laden's successor but the announcement was posted on an al qaeda website. a cia spokesman tells cnn they are looking into reports of the public's website has been hacked. a group of wikileaks claim they took down the site but this morning, the agency's site appears to be operating normally. >> in private industry as well. citigroup, if you own a credit card, hackers gaped more access to more accounts than originally released. the company announced 360,000 cards were affected during last month's security breach and they say hackers got the contacted information and they were not able to access the customers' social security numbers or security codes. >> they said it was 210,000 people and now -- >> all of these big companies

can secure your data. hackers are sophisticated but our data should be the most important thing that they have. >> they held this information back for two weeks, didn't tell people. i'm not happy about it but not blaming them for being hacked. i'm saying you should have told us the trunel in the first place. >> i'm concerned about a major international push to hack all kinds of different things and the companies and governments are worried about it, really worried about it because they can't control it. >> they seem to be one step behind. >> sure do. a powerful indicator of the challenges facing the global economy. take a look at the streets of athens, greece. you saw the riots break out during our show yesterday. they continue this morning. we are told they are not as violent. greece struggles to get out from underneath its crippling debt. greece got an international bailout and now it's trying to get a second detailout but not

getting that bailout until it changes the way things are done in greece. the fear now is that a default on greece's loans could drag other european economies under and, of course, could set the stage for a global credit freeze again. >> these fears, plus weak manufacturing data, pushed stocks sharply lower yesterday. in fact, the markets right on track for, gosh, a seventh straight week of declines. this morning, the dow and nasdaq and s&p 500 futures are again all lower. coming up. about 20 minutes with the markets on edge, what should you do with money? we will talk with one of the country's most successful and shall we say outspoken investors. you'll want to hear this one. >> hopefully, we will learn a few things. >> yes. police in new york plan to talk to a plivrison inmate who administration in participating in the 1994 robbing and killing of rapper shakur. he said he was paid by a music mogul to do it identified as

dexter isaac and currently serving life sentence for unrelated murder and robbery. this was a robbery and shooting that happened two years before the fatal shooting of shakur. stanley cup going back to boston in nearly four decades. the bruins won the cup last night with 4-0 shutout of the canucks. here it comes. here it comes! he scores! canucks in the seventh and deciding game lose the stanley cup. >> i think you hear a little bit of your canadian accent there. >> first sport you need to learn in canadian english. >> it's a boy, here, it's a girl! there, they say, he scores! the defeat didn't go over well in vancouver. fires were set and overturned cars. reports of dozens of injuries, including four people being stabbed. >> i'm getting a lot of tweets from people saying these weren't

fans, they were other people doing this. you never know who is involved in these things. >> you can tell a lot of cell phone video being taken and digital pictures so, obviously, people will get arrested. >> i'm sure they will be busy looking over the video to find out who to charge. >> yeah. still ahead, a porn star and stripper says congressman anthony weiner told her to lie about their online communications. she held a press conference with a new attorney. we will have more on her big reveal. barney frank has interesting advice for mitt romney. i can't wait to hear what he is telling mitt romney about fashion. tell you on the other side. fran dressler is happy divorced and sharing it in a new show. after finding after her husband of 18 years is gay. she is hear live next hour.

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mitt romney continues to lead the pack of presidential hopefuls according to a new poll. romney is favored by 30% of registered republicans. >> this is before our debate. this is before our debate so interesting. >> followed by sarah palin at 14%. the poll was taken, as you said, before cnn's monday night debate. remember, in monday night's debate, sarah palin wasn't in it and michele bachmann was and only 45% of the respondents said they were happy with the current crop of candidates. >> barney frank is not happy with the current crop of candidates. he is a democrat, of course. he has fashion advice for mitt romney. in an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer frank seemed to be concerned about the casual look romney is sporting lately. >> he spends so much of his money he no longer can afford a tie. he has never been seen in a tie for several months. i will put up a collection to

buy ties for mr. romney. i would like to see if we can get him a tie to put around his neck. he is going around without any tie. he looks a little bit underdressed. >> the nicest thing he said about him. nicest thing he said about him. >> i do like that look on a guy, though. the nice crisp shirt on and you have -- >> he carries it well and well-built guy but a guy tied to the business and political world he has not been seen with a tie or a jacket. >> if i were mitt, i'd take him up on it and see what tie barney frank would pick for him. >> he said the only consistent political policy he has is his own personal ambition. >> take a look at former u.s. senator and onetime presidential candidate posing for the cameras. a mug shot. this is john edwards. edwards was indicted on federal charges earlier this month for allegedly using a million dollars in illegal campaign money to help cover up an

extramarital affair. >> some people not so happy about that shot. doesn't bother me. a smiling -- i would smile for my mug shot. >> you know what? >> when the i.r.a. comes calling? >> i will not have a mug shot. why do i say stuff like that? charlie rangel has sold his property. the information was revealed in a financial disclosure report. rangel was censures by the house last year, among other things, failing to pay taxes on that rental income from the resort property over 17 years so he was required to repay those taxes and forced to relending wish his chairmanship of the powerful ways and means cometee. >> we could see if anthony weiner plans to resign. he stands to lose his seat on the house energy and commerce committee today. a former porn star, ginger lee, is talking publicly, for the first time, about her online

exchanges with congressman weiner. a news conference yesterday, she said weiner asked her to lie about their communications. >> not long after her news conference, ginger lee was headlining at an atlanta strip club, the pink pon yip. you can see it there. the marquee says something about pea n weiner gate. cnn's mary snow had the rare privilege of attending that news conference to tell us a little more about what was going on. >> you just saw a picket of her last night on that poster. she was dressed a little differently yesterday at this news conference. ginger lee claims when anthony weiner first came under scrutiny, she turned to him for advice and she claims he told her to lie. >> reporter: she's a former porn star whose path collided with congressman anthony weiner online. ginger lee and gloria allread held a press conference to talk about it. she claims he coached her about dealing with the press after

questions first surfaced about a lewd picture he sent someone else. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three sentence communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said, quote, i haven't met representative weiner. i follow him on twitter because i support him and what he stands for. i have been hounded by his political opponents, but that has not changed my view of him and what he fights for. >> reporter: while she says they never met, lee claims she followed him on twitter and after writing something positive about him on her blog, he started following her on twitter. it eventually led to e-mails. >> although discussions at first were about politics, sometimes he would try to take it to another level, menging his, quote, package. >> reporter: allred says lee didn't respond to alleged sexual advances but in a blog post in march she wrote she wanted to have sex with him. by june 1st, weiner was asked

about her. >> do you have any idea who this woman is? >> another -- >> direct messages? >> i think what this is about is a fairly proforma thing that goes out i send out to people as i follow them. thank you for following me and please check in at and the kn anthonyweiner.com. >> reporter: he claims weiner called her and on her advice, she said she stayed in her house and avoiding cameras hoping the scandal would die down. as to why she is speaking now, allred said it was time to break her silence and someone threatened to release a statement from her she didn't authorize and lee added one final message. >> i think anthony weiner should resign because he lied to the public and the press for more than a week. it might never have turned into this if he had told the truth, but he kept lying. >> we did reach out to anthony weiner's office will lee's

allegations but got no response. bottom line one more thing keeping the story in the headlines adding to the pressure building on capitol hill for anthony weiner to resign. >> what do you think the end game is there? >> here she is capitalizing as you saw last night at that club, you know, got her name in the spotlight would have covered as much had he resigned? probably not. >> thanks, mary. >> sure. still ahead, we will be joined by fran drescher. based on her own life after finding out her husband was gay after years of them being married. >> 18 years. >> they are great friends today. legendary investor jim rogers is one of this country's most successful investors. he is looking at the pictures of greece we are all seeing and he is seeing some something very dangerous for us in the united states. he is telling us about your 401(k), what you need to do about it. [ male announcer ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we know it's intimidating.

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ayman al zzawahiri. reportedly a surgeon and becoming personal physician and adviser for bin laden. more explosions reported overnight in tripoli. the air strikes targeting ga taftaf gadhafi's compound. lawmakers are challenging the legality of america's challenge in libya. the white house drew up a response defending the president's decision to commit u.s. troops to libya. one thing became crystal clear after this week's gop presidential debate. all of them plan to attack president obama's record. an economic growth is not enough to create new jobs. we measure economic growth in

gdp. gross domestic product, you can see growth has climbed out of the gutter since 2009 when the economy was shrinking at a rate of 2.6%. it is now growing but not as strongly as it was last summer. 2.9% when stimulus measures were in full effect. it's not growing right now meaningfully enough to lower the unemployment rate. for most people, what matters most is their job. in 2009 in obama took office, 820,000 americans lost their jobs just in that month. overall, 3.3 million jobs are gone since the president took office. but the white house is right when it points out that job growth over just the past year is 1.4 million jobs have been added back. you can check out more of this analysis of the economy by going to cnnmoney.com. what people want to know really is what is happening next? where is the economy headed? what should you do with your money in the meantime? we have got the man to ask about this.

for people in the know, he is a legend. one of this country's most successful investors ever. when jim rogers talks, people listen. or they read about it. he has written a book with some great advice that you can understand if you're not a professional investor called "a gift to my children a father's lessons for life and investing." jim rogers joins us now. he has enjoyed the spoils of his success when he retired and hit the road. before we talk about the stuff you know a lot about, i have to tell you i'm a motorcycle rider. you have logged a quarter million miles or more on your motorcycle? >> yes, i have. i went around the world in a motorcycle and it was great fun and i hope you do it, too. >> maybe we will go riding someday as if you're as good at riding as you have investing and teach me a few things. we're in a situation where it sounds like turmoil. greece worrying about sending the world into another credit crisis and the situation christine was talking about about the lack of robust job

creation. when you look at the world and the world of investing, what do you see? >> i see continued turmoil for the next few years. we're overdue. we will have another recession in 2012 or 2013 so be prepared this is a debt problem. this is america has too much debt. consumers still have too much debt and greece is trying to get out of his et cetera problems. to you is that the bottom line here? >> christine, yes. the idea that washington can solve a problem of too much debt and too much consumption with more debt and too much consumption defies comprehension. we're getting deeper into debt and america is getting deeper and further behind. we have serious problems facing us and washington does not seem to understand. they only worry about the next election. i have two little girls. i worry about them and i worry

about me. >> you have written a book, what are the lessons of investing. you said a moment ago things will get bad again, be prepared. is there a way for our viewers to be prepared or do you have to be an expert like you? >> no, ali, you don't have to be an expert like me. the most important advice is for everybody to own and invest in what they know a lot about themselves. if you don't know a lot about something, please don't invest in it. you're going to lose money. if you want to give your money to somebody else, to invest in a mutual fund, say, make sure they know what they are doing. otherwise, ali, just keep your money in the bank and earn interest until, yourself, find something you know a lot about and then invest. everybody wants a hot tip. i'm telling you, that is fast way to the poor house. >> you're not making much money if you don't have money in the bank. sad part about it. ten-year yields are just 3%. people on a fixed income, not a good time. >> christine, no, you're right. it's terrible what washington is doing to us.

the people who saved did the right things all their lives. suddenly they are finding out that washington is paying them virtually no interest to bail out people who did the wrong things. no, it's out rageus what outrag happening. christine, i want to say to you. it's better to earn a very little bit of interest than lose money year after year. >> true. >> you made this point if it's stuff you don't understand, do it through somebody who does understand it like a mutual fund. when you say make sure the people you give your money to understand what they are doing, how would you say our viewers should figure that out? >> it's very simple. you ask the mutual fund for information about the person managing the money and if you cannot get enough information from the mutual fund, don't give it to them, ali! if somebody knocked on your door tonight and said, give me your money, i want to invest it, you would tell them to go away or call the police until you knew a lot about him.

>> people say buy gold and gold is the only safe thing in these uncertain times. you talk about uncertain times. something you like and something people should learn more about to invest in? >> i and my family are learning a lot about real assets, whether it's silver or rice or natural gas. the government is debasing the currency and trying to drive down the value of the money. we have inflation in the world. so my family and i are putting a lot of our money into real assets because that always is the way to protect yourself from inflation. but don't do it, christine, unless you've done a lot of homework. >> that is the take-away. you're an expert at this, jim, and no simple answers. appreciate that. jim, great to see you. one of these days, let's go for a motorcycle ride. jim rogers is the author of "a gift to my children." a book with his own investing advice. >> thanks, jim. >> thank you. the defense will start presenting their side in the

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it's the same road signs, the same everything but you feel like -- last night's "daily show" jon stewart had a little fun of our president's trip there. check it out. >> seven hours on a plane to spend four hours in puerto rico! the president must be really driven to fulfill all of his old campaign promises. or? >> the 11 states with the highest puerto rican population have almost all of the electoral votes he would need to be reelected. >> florida would be the biggest prize the president has his eye on the battleground 847,000 puerto ricans. new jersey, pennsylvania and other key battleground, 366,000 puerto ricans. >> anyone else weirded out how rainman ed henry puerto rico an

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aren't you gay, too? >> me? no! >> i just assumed. you're over 30. you've never been married. there's no man in your life. >> oh, honey, i'm not gay. i'm just pathetic. >> a popular scene from "the nanny." it launched fran drescher's career. she is back in action. >> happy divorced is a comedy after 18 years of marriage, a woman finds out her husband is gay. >> wait a minute here before you jump off of this cliff! how do you know this isn't some mid-life crisis thing? i mean, you've never even been with a man! trust me! it's not that great! >> the whole thing is take that funny. joining us is fran fredrescher.

you're happily doing "happily divorced." tell us what was the inspiration for this project? >> excuse me. i'm losing my voice from all of the talk shows i'm doing. actually, i was inspired by my own life because my ex-husband came out. >> were you just as shocked as your tv version of yourself? >> no. he didn't come out until after we were divorced. i had already survived cancer. it was like, you know, what could you possibly say. >> you two are still friends today? >> oo that is one of the silver linings of my cancer survival. he did not want the divorce and was upset with me. after the show ended he moved to new york and then he got a call from our manager that i had cancer and in that moment, all of the anger melted away and all that was left was love and we have been building our friendship ever since. and our manager, in fact, was

the one that very wisely advised us to not throw away all those years that we had built together, all that time that we had invested and all of that love that we had shared. sometimes, people maybe weren't meant to be married but they were meant to be something else with each other. we put as much work into having a successful divorce as we did in trying to have a successful marriage. it takes that kind of dedication, but as a result of that, we're now the best of friends. we have reinvented the relationship. it sits on another shelf in our life. >> that's great. >> we thought this was a very fresh relationship to explore for a new television series. >> has anybody coming to you said and this happened to me? is this at all common? >> when the spouse comes out is becoming quite phenomenally common now. and i think it's because we're living in a time where people

feel like they want to live an authentic life, they want to be true to themselves and they want to be happy. so that is very positive cultural shift. and i think that coupled with that, the couple in the show, which, of course, didn't happen with us, but they, because of the tough economic times, can't seem to sell the house and can't afford to live separately until they do. so they are living as roommates. >> that really happens to people. >> i know at least three couples that's happened to. >> one of the things that is interesting. you clearly were able to find the humor in it. you were telling the story anecdotally and people were saying we want this as asy com. you were just 21 when you got married? >> 21. >> there are people who say how did you not know? did you know or did you not know your husband was gay? >> well, hypedsight is 20/20 and

the character on the show is saying, how did i not know? then you start to connect the dots. but at the time, you have to take into consideration, a, we met when we were 15, so there wasn't a lot of experience preceding that. we were the best of friends. creatively, we always have been very symbiotic and i thought he was metro sexual which was coming into vogue when we were together. and, also, you know, he did have a very controlling personality. so when he would tell me what to wear or as stuff, you know, i just kind of chalked it off to that. but, you know, in hindsight, he did, i guess -- i mean, if you met him, he doesn't seem gay in a way that's very noticeable. but a lot of his interests are, you know, kind of -- >> this is fodder for the show? >> yes, absolutely.

and also the journey we both took. having been with each other since we were 15. i never had been a woman single dating. >> right. >> for him to integrate into the gay community as a middle aged man who basically knew how to be a married man better than anything else. >> fascinating. >> that is the interesting journey that two of us take in the series, but while we're still forced to live together. so falling into old patterns of being like a married couple comes very natural to the couple on the show. and so that is going to be the arc that the series takes for the characters and the global message for the show is love is love. >> a great message. >> you wrote a book also. you're active in your cancer surviving. is it eight years now? >> tuesday, it will be 11 years. >> congratulations. >> that's great. >> amazing. >> and i -- we have a big event

in east hamptons this sunday. people can find out more about it on our website. we are doing fantastic things. we are all about early detection and transforming from being a patient to a medical consumer. >> because you were misdiagno d misdiagnosed. >> two years and eight doctors, i was misdiagnosed before, ultimately, being diagnosed with uterine cancer. i got in the -- more times than roy rogers. >> okay. that will be a perfect opportunity. fran drescher, thanks for being here and thanks for telling the great story. "happily divorced" is the name of the comedy. new neutrogena® wet skin kids with helioplex. the first sunblock designed to be applied directly to wet skin. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin kids instantly cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum protective barrier. with wet skin kids, your kids have full strength sun protection.

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♪ that is beautiful, atlanta. cloudy and 68 degrees, which is that fakeout you get in atlanta in june because it's going to be 91 later on today. >> oops. no more flavored milk for kids in los angeles. the los angeles unified school district banning chocolate and strawberry milk on its people. >> the mean people. >> no. it's because they want to decrease childhood obesity. approximately 1 in 3 kids in the area are overweight and they are serious to get this under control. parents are happy saying it kans unnecessary amount of sugar. >> chocolate milk is out and sushi is in. they are not serving oklahothat

>> i think they are doing california rolls. that looks good to me. i can't picture a bunch of middle school students chomping down on octopus. california rolls officials say future menus will be designed to appeal the kids, yet still be healthy. >> i buy that. check this out. a hungry lion has her eye on a 1-year-old visiting the exhibit! >> this was shot in cheyenne, wyoming, zoo. the good thing, of course, for the glass barrier in between them. the mom was watching the whole thing. didn't like it and scooped up the little guy. he started to cry so she put him back and so you see. >> that lion is licking its chops. he just wants to eat that kid and that would just be a snack. >> look at that! oh, geez! >> trying so hard! >> i think it's cute. everybody is going, ah.

>> the poor lion has been tortured. it appears fewer americans are quitting their jobs during, you know, what is a recovery, but doesn't feel like it if you're at work. according to a bloomberg business week between january 2009 and this past april, 2,000 americans stuck with jobs that they would have left during ordinary times. >> we asked you today if you would change your job if you could. here are some of your responses. marie says. boy, it's so risky to cash in your 401(k). but nursing school, nursing is a job in demand. >> it's difficult. people having to make difficult choices. bob writes. >> here is one from twitter. yes, but it seems i have better

prospects for work in china or india. seems all of those jobs are going there yeah anyway. the average person can pick up. >> all of those years i didn't pay attention to my grandma talking to me. >> going back to india? >> yeah. >> we will be right back. [ waves crashing ] ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here.

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