dream of doing and he's accomplished so much that i was not aware of when i was younger. >> piers: i certainly would second that. it's been a great pleasure to interview you. >> my pleasure poise good luck with the wedding. cooper, good luck with your duties on the day. >> thank you very much. >> is it your testimony that the medical examiners who took this photograph at the scene took the hair and draped it over the skull for purposes of this picture? >> it is my opinion that somebody did. i don't know if it's medical examiner or not medical examiner. i cannot tell you that. >> expert and the prosecution at issue? skeletal evidence from the body of caylee and the manner and the cause of her death. also tonight, the battle for same-sex marriage in new york state. a crucial vote on the issue is expected next week.

i'm going to talk to both sides. >> i think we're sending a loud and clear message about whether our families and our life and choice and who we are and our love is legitimate or not. >> the violence escalates in the sudan. including this bombing near a united nations compound from earlier this week. hello, i'm don lemon at the newsroom in new york. there's a lot of news to get you caught up on. so why don't we do it. we start tonight with the breaking news. and it's sad news from the music world to report it out. clarence clemons, saxophonist for bruce springsteen's e street band has died at the age of 69. ♪ clemons affectionately known as

big man suffered a stroke just a few days ago. signature sound would be heard on many of the boss's biggest hits. he gave one of his last interviews with joy behar back in 2009. we want to replay part of it for you now. >> from the first time we saw each other, we stayed together for two weeks, we were just inseparable. >> you were in love. >> i was, you know. i still am in love with him. you know, it's a masculine kind of love. it's not a sexual love. it's beyond sex. you know. >> what do you love most? is it his eyes? what is it? >> his dedication to what he does. >> that's right. >> and his belief in what he's doing and the energy that he creates stimulates in the whole band. >> he, would very hard. >> he, would hard. >> i'm sure you did all those years. >> we still do. >> in the book, talk about your love life a lot, you know? i mean, how many exact women

have you had over the years with the e street band? >> you mean marriages or -- >> no, just having them for one night. >> well, i don't know. i don't know how many he had. >> no, you. we don't want to say anything about him because he's married. >> well, i'm married, too. >> yeah, okay. >> i'm married, too. >> you do talk about the women in the book. >> yes, i do. i've had my share of good times and it was fun, but now i really found the person i want to spend the rest of my life with. >> you do. >> yeah. >> what's she like? >> she's young and she's. >> how young, clarence. >> she's younger than me? >> how much younger. >> i think i'm older than her parents. >> you're older than her parents? >> yeah. >> that's got to be hairy when you go for thanksgiving. >> we talk about it, you know. we laugh about it, but they're russian so they don't speak english. that makes it a lot easier. >> they don't even know what's going on probably. >> she's very mature for her age

and velma tour woman and helped me through so much and with me through the hard times, went through this whole operation. >> tell me about that. >> i had both of my knees replaced and they cut off my legs to shave my legs. it was a very painful thing and she was with me from the day i went into the hospital every day, she was by my side. >> that's nice. >> she slept every night with me. they put -- because i knew i couldn't do without her. she was there for me, you know. >> clarence clemons on the joy behar show" back in 2009 on our sister network hln. joining me is crate cott, a critic for the chicago tribune. i understand you are writing the obit tritt now for clarence clemons. it's a great loss, isn't it? >> well is, absolutely. he was you know as sideman go, evers probably one of the most famous sidemen in rock history. anybody who is a spring will steen fan recognizes the cover

of the born to run album as springsteen's most iconic album. and it's telling that clemons shares that cover with springsteen. it's one of the most powerful images in rock. springsteen leaning on clemons' shoulder. they were literally joined at the hip before day one, before springsteen was famous, clemons was in his band and you know, he was as much a part of that stage presentation as springsteen was in many ways. >> you know, people have written about it and they have -- he's talked about it as well, clarence clemons and bruce springsteen about the night they met in asbury park in new jersey. they said it seemed like destiny that they sort of fulfilled each other's destiny when they met in the late '60s is, early '70s. >> well, it's a crucial part of the springsteen story. there's a lot of the myth attached to it, you know, the big storm, the door blows off the hinges. there's this is 6'4", 250 pound guy standing in the doorway and walks up on stage and

springsteen is saying whatever you want, man. come and join my band. and they hit it off musically. they hit it off karma i cannily, they hit it off as friends. it was a true friendship beyond being a musical relationship. and it can't be stated enough, springsteen was such a showman, so much about the, the relationship with the fan base, clemons was right there with him. he was literally the sidekick, the partner throughout all of this. and it was a big part of it. >> greg kot from the chicago tribune. thank you so much. we appreciate it. you've been covering clarence clemons for decades now, and we really appreciate it. we're efforting other reaction on the death of clarence clemons and we'll bring it to you in this hour if we get it here on cnn. in the meantime is, more to tell you about. we want to get you caught up on some of the days other headlines including a

potentially serious breach of airline security. police say this man joe fan porter, porter is a native of guyana. immigration authorities plan to deport him but the spokesman wouldn't comment on his residency status. american eagle says this case does not involve any customer information. a defense witness in the trial of casey anthony says someone put duct tape on her daughter caylee after her body had decomposed, a key counter point since is the prosecution says anthony used duct tape to suffocate caylee after drug her. the witness, a pathologist, speculated the tape may have been used to keep the jaw together as the decomposing body was moved. testimony resumes monday in orlando. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is back home in tucson, arizona, for the first time since being shot in january. giffords and her husband,

astronaut mark kelly are spending the weekend with family. giffords was shot in the head in a supermarket parking lot in january. she was release this had week and will continue her outpatient treatment in houston. here's what kelly said. "we've been dreaming of had trip for some time. gabby misses tucson very much and her doctors have said that returning to her hometown could play an important role in her recovery." a wildfire has burned more than half a million acres so far in eastern arizona, but tonight, crews of the wallow fire under enough control to allow many to start returning to their homes. right now the fire is about 38% contained. senator john mccain surveyed the damage in his home state. another wildfire is burning in the southern part of arizona. that one is only 158 percent contained. new york could become the nation's sixth state to the legalize same-sex marriage. tuck imagine it is causing a very heated debate. system debates, as a matter of fact.

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this just in to cnn. it's a statement from bruce springsteen. our breaking news at the top of this show was the death of legendary saxophonist clarence clemons died at the able of 69. here is what -- this is into cnn and posted on springsteen's website. it says "it is with overwhelming sadness that we inform our friends and fans that at 7:00 tonight, saturday, june 18th, our beloved friend and band mate clarence clemons passed away. the cause was complications from his stroke of last sunday is, june 12th. bruce springsteen said clarence lived a wonderful life. he carried within him a love of people that will made them love him. he created a won drus and extended family. he loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage.

his loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and to have had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years. he was my great friend, my partner, and with clarence at my side, my band and i were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. his life, his memory, his love will live on in that story and in our band." that is from bruce springsteen. on the death of his partner, clarence clemons. on now to other developing news. new york soon may become is the most populace state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. a state senate vote could happen in days and supporters say they're closer than ever to making that happen, but opponents insist they are not giving up. earlier i spoke with daniel o'donnell, a key sponsor of the

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>> listen to this though. you said the voters will decide. but 58%, this is a recent poll, 58% of new yorkers support same-sex marriage while more than one-quarter of voters say the measure along with extending regulation laws, it's a big deal in new york is one of their top two priorities. 58%. are you sure you want to take it to the voters? >> absolutely sure. we saw polls just like this in california and in maine. polls that were worded in a very biased way. have i absolutely no doubt if the voters of new york had a free and fair vote and they could vote on the issue of marriage, they would vote to protect it. >> okay, all right. let's give daniel o'donnell a chance to talk here. daniel, what do you think? it's going to be gay pride in new york next weekend on sunday is the big parade. do you think that people will be celebrating then? >> absolutely, i'm confident with the governor's leadership, we're going to get this done. no one ever asked me in 2009 if it would pass. this time it's going to be passed and i'm proud of the process expanding the rights of

new yorkers. >> there was a letter published by three of the greatest legal scholars of our time. robbie george at princeton and a number of other folks who support same-sex marriage. none of them deny that there are major unintended consequences of same-sex marriage. in illinois, we heard these same arguments. it's not going to affect anyone other than the couples getting maerds. in illinois right now, there are three lawsuits because the catholic church, its adoption agencies are being told they had have to shut down if they will not adopt children to same-sex couples. >> you don't look at this as a civil rights issue, right? >> it's not a civil rights issue to redefine our most basic institution. >> daniel, i cut you off there. >> the supreme court has ruled that marriage is one of our fundamental rights. in the end, this is not a question about anything other than equality. the state issues licenses. and they issue licenses to people and they're called marriage licenses. i'm not seeking a marriage to

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yesterday, congressman weiner contacted nancy pelosi to let her know that he was resigning. now, weiner let her know by texting her a picture of him cleaning out his desk. >> oh, that's conan o'brien taking advantage of some of the best political fodder in years, quite frankly. anthony weiner's sexting is scandal. many laughed as the fall of the new york politician played out. but some say the lowest point of his career marked a new depth of tastelessness. it came when a staffer from the howard stern show heckled weiner as he was resigning. here it is. >> continue. >> the people demand to know.

>> to heal from the damage i have caused. >> hey, hey. >> are you serious? >> he's not with us. >> he's not with us. >> to repeat, most importantly, they're all patriots, and i will miss them all. >> are you more than seven inches. >> thank you. >> did you find this funny or was it going too far to talk about it are two standup comics, pete dominick is the host of the daily show" of a daily show on sirius xm satellite radio and dean obeidallah cofounded the comedy festival. all right, guys. you support this heckler, right? >> i do. i mean, to me, this was the cherry on the weiner sundae. after what we have gone through, he raised the discourse of this whole discussion. it's not like i'm without sthit

for weiner. it built to a porn star having a press conference calling for his resignation. the senior citizens are sitting there at is the senior center going why is he yelling about the penis. i felt bad for them more than anthony weiner. >> listen, pete, did you find it funny? what was your reaction to this? >> well, it was inappropriate. it was the wrong place. it was bad timing. but it's what bengie does of the howard stern show". the jokes, i mean, i would be lying if i said i didn't laugh at those jokes. is the whole situation, don lemon, was so absurd from start to finish. and why on earth did congressman weiner have to make that speech in front of a camera? why not just write a letter. bengie was at the first press conference, he yelled out there.

did no one from congressman weiner's office or from the media recognize this guy? i feel bad for the serious journalists that were covering this event that was made a mockery of. that's what bengie does and the howard stern show does, live cameras, man. >> if any of us is on air long enough, you're going to have a baba-booey moment. so dean, i think the thing that bothers a lot of folks is when people want to laugh, they go to a club or watch a specific channel. they will go to a comedy channel. this heckler just put himself in it forcing everyone really to hear him. you know what pete makes a good point because he was at the first press conference. what were they thinking? >> absolutely, he was there on june 6th yelling out similar questions. bengie walks in, all these other reserved reporters are coming in, one after the other, i'm from time magazine, from cnn. i'm from the howard stern show. hello.

either remove his press credentials. it is funny. it's stupid, sophomoric, but it's funny. this is not like the tracy morgan thinging from last week but a guy making fun of someone who caused his own down fall sending pictures of himself in his underwear to women on the internet. >> pete is, i want to ask you about something that happened today at the republican leadership conference in new orleans. the organizers printed this obama impersonator and then pulled him from the stage because they thought his jokes were getting "inappropriate." that's according to the "washington post." here's what some of the impersonator said. listen. >> black history month, you see, michelle, she celebrates the full month and you know, i celebrate half. >> my father was a black man

from kenya. and my mother was a white woman from kansas. so yes, my mother loved a black man and no, she was not a kardashian. >> okay. so quickly here, pete, would you think the organizers were too sensitive? should they have kept the fake obama on stage? >> they should have. they put him on there, the jokes are funny. the performance is excellent. but it's is the place, don. it's the place. a republican leadership conference. there's a reason why over 80% of black people vote democrat. we have a statement from the former republican national committee. doug high tweeted out and says wonder why many minorities have problems with gop? hiring obama impersonator to tell black jokes at the republican leadership for starters. it's our own fault. that's the former spokesman for the republican national committee. >> guys -- >> when he made fun of michele bachma

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we are following breaking news this hour and it's from the music world. clarence clemons, saxophonist for bruce springsteen's e street band has died at the age of 69. ♪ >> clemons suffered a stroke a few days ago and died today from complications. i want to bring in a.j. hammer, the host of "showbiz tonight" and lauren anke from the rock 'n' roll hall of fame. a.j., it is your beat to the cover entertainment every single day. this man was a true icon, a

giant of the entertainment world and music world. >> yeah, and it's usually sad even hearing right now you're hearing the hook from born to run" with bruce springsteen and the e street band. it's hard to imagine the e street band without clarence clemons who joined the band early in 1972 in a famed story when he jumped on stage with bruce springsteen in asbury park during a lightning storm. really just an extraordinary man, an extraordinary talent and somebody who was inseparable from his saxophone. he called his instrument a vehicle to move my spirit around. you think of those saxophone so lose in songs like born to run and blinded by the light and thunder road and jungle land and it wouldn't be the same were it not for the touch and the magic of clarence clemons. i remember very distinctly, don, seeing clarence clemons playing with the e street band and bruce springsteen back in the 1980s. and bruce plays incredibly long shows full of energy. he totally gives you your

money's worth and every member in the band does the same. at the end of the show, i remember as bruce is sort of running down everybody who's up there on stage with him and he refers to clarence as the biggest man you've ever seen. and there was something just so so true about that. and this is just shocking news, of course. he suffered a stroke last week and to hear that he has passed away tonight at the age of 69, a huge loss in the music industry. >> when you said the big, big man and the giant, i want to read this and i want you to respond to it, lauren. here's what is bruce springsteen had to say talking about the night they were inducted into the hall of fame. that night we stood together during his induction speech in 1999. i looked over at c and it looked like his head reached into the clouds and i felt like a mere mortal scurrying upon the earth. he was really looked up to in that band and was the big brother. >> you know, when bruce and clarence came together, it

wasn't just two guys that came together and played. there was something musical and historical that came together. clarence walked on and he represented king curtis and junior walker and all of these great sax players in the history of rock 'n' roll. and there was also a way in which when bruce and clarence, when bruce did that schtick and it was stirchtick it was about black and white people meeting and playing together in a business that has been fraught with segregation, harmony, all the ways that we fight together as a culture. clarence and bruce in some ways not intentionally but when the two of them walked on stage, that's what they brought together. and clarence you know, at the brought the styles of those players with lim. and you know, also, he was just the coolest guy on stage. >> uh-huh. >> he was the coolest guy on

stage. i mean as bruce used to say, you want to be like him. but you can't. >> yeah. >> you know? he just, he walked out i think if we all want to remember him tonight, we should play jungle land. >> yeah. >> that solo in jungle land, you know, that's who he was. but coalso you know walk out there and play all kinds of crazy stuff. gimme that wine. paradise by the sea, you know? he was just -- he was trying to figure out you know, the guy could improvise and play. he also worked as a young man as a social worker. he had a guy -- evers a guy with a big heart and he had a rock 'n' roll heart and he loved this music and lived in it. when he and bruce walked up together, they knew what they were spring bringing together up there on stage and my heart goes out and the rock 'n' roll hall of fame museum's heart goes out to his family and to bruce and the e street band because we

know what he represented when he walked on that stage. >> lauren, very well put. i'm going to let a.j. sum it up since this is your beat, a.j. this is a story really of not only just only just uber talented people but it was really a true story of diversity because they were good friends and would come out and play together and they would draw people from all backgrounds together. those two men and the rest of the e street band. >> sure, and that's something we may be very accustomed to now. but you know, think back 35, 40 years ago when the e street band was first coming together, that wasn't the case. and i think clemons himself you know, sums it up as far as his talent and as far as his calling when he called his instrument, that's tenor saxophone, a vehicle to move my spirit around. that's what it did. he had every intention, despite his ailing health over the past couple years and spinal surgeries, had he every intention of getting out on tour

with the band in 2012, because that was his life blood. and how terrific for a new generation to see him right now in the lady gaga video, "the edge of glory." this is the simplest most minimalistic video that lady gaga that we know for over the top antics, instead of doing something so over the top, she did this very, i would just call it a simplistic minimalist video and clarence clemons appears in this thing playing his sax. what a fitting ending because he was part of so many generations and will continue to be a part of so many generations to come. >> as one tribute put it tonight when lady gaga attempted to resurrect the glory of the '80s stadium rock on her recent album "born this way," she call the in clarence clemons. our thanks to lauren onkey of the rock 'n' roll hall of fame

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the way he wanted but if you ask miami heat superstar dwyane wade, he actually claimed his biggest prize ever just in time for father's day. the six-time nba all-star and 2006 finals mvp recently gained full custody of his two sons, zaire and zion. i had the chance to talk to him about his boys, being a single father and special honor from president obama. >> you recently gained custody of your two sons. i mean, you do very well financially. so i'm sure that's not an issue. it's tough i'm sure spending time with them as a single parent. do you take them on the road? do you -- how are you going to deal with that with you traveling so much and being a single dad? >> first of all, it takes a great support system. my mom, my sister, you know, my

family, all my loved ones are very important in everything i do in life and especially with my kids. so it takes a great support system for you to be able to parent. and you know, especially me being a single dad. >> i'm sure you know it's important. you grew up in a single family household living with your mom and dad separately. are you trying to incorporate your ex-wife into the fact here and have her spend time with your sons? >> no question, i mean, obviously, both my kids love both their parents very dearly. and you know, it's not their fault that we're not together. i always ves that to them. just because we don't live in the same household doesn't mean we can't both parent our kids together and part at times. >> the 2011 fatherhood award from the national fatherhood initiative, that was given to you earlier this week. i want to talk about president obama pointed you to a new parenting group which is geared toward encouraging fathers to become more involved in their

kids' lives which i think is very important. that's an honor to have the president appoint you to that. how do you think you're going to make a difference? what's your message with this? >> first of all i'm honored and humbled by the ward that was given me from the fatherhood initiative award. i just feel like that's something that i'm supposed to do. i'm supposed to be a father. this is my job to be a role model to my kids. so i'm humbled and honored by it but this is something i'm supposed to be doing. when i got an opportunity with president obama to be able to be on this great committee on this great board, for me it's just about letting my voice be heard, about setting an example and being a role model for other fathers and dads out there that don't believe that they can be in their kids' lives. we'll be right back. [ female announcer ] you've never had

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an actual tie that my dad wore. and every time i show a piece to my kids, it reminds me of when i saw my dad wearing it. it's an easy thing to have in my house. my kids are young. seeing something that's tangible makes my dad a little bit more real. >> you've done research about why people have a rough time during father's day and mother's day. >> yeah. >> i know i lost my real dad and step dad and i kind of know why. >> 50% of all parents i interviewed for the book feel this tug on father's day. you want to be the dad celebrated but you also mourn the father that you've lost. it's not atypical. these are very normal emotions to want to connect with your dad even though he's not there. and so doing things that really honor his memory is really important. >> i just -- this is so cool. this is your idea. >> yeah, it was my idea. it was easy to do. i think what happens when people how love pass away, whether or not you have extra t-shirts or jeans in the house, you can make stuff out of it.

i don't know if you can see this ring. this was a ring that i actually made out of my grandfather's cuff link. you can repurpose things that you have into something that's more meaningful for you today. and it brings joy as opposed to something that's kind of sad, you can make it something that makes you happy. >> i inherited my dad's rings and i wear his wedding band and his rings if i go a special occasion or black tie. i was thinking of having them redone. i thought i'm going to have them classic and refitted to my finger. it's not a wedding band. it is, but it's my dads. tell us about the facebook pain you created. >> the book came out a few months ago. what was really surprising to me is how much people felt alone prior to reading the book. they felt these feelings of parenting without your own parents was somewhat atypical. of course, it's very usual. so for people to get connected on facebook all over the country and around the world to share some of the challenges has been

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>> the windows are dark and the town child. the whales huddle down in the deep. i'll read you one very last book if you swear you'll go the [ bleep ] to sleep. >> samuel l. jackson reading the audio version of the funniest children's book that's not really a children's book. it's called "go the f to sleep," for every parent who's dealt with the frustration of a kid who won't go to bed. it's already a huge hit. it's also you know, a great last minute father's day gift as well depending on your dad's tolerance for four-letter words. i talked to the author adam mansbach whether he is concerned the book might end up in younger hands than he intended. >> i don't not if parents are doing their job well. in any household there are a number of things that shouldn't end up in the hands of children,

steak knifes. this is another one. we trust parents will be able to exercise some judgment, keep this on a high shelf just as they would any other object that is for them and not for their children. >> how did you get samuel l. jackson who is something of a poet when it comes to the f word to do the audio book for you? >> yeah, it's amazing. i think it's the best possible person in the world to do it. it may be his best work since pulp fiction." audible.com hooked that up. he was super high on my list personally of people to do it. so it's great ta her him do it. >> listen, i'm serious, how are you going to tell your kids how not to curse after you make a mint off the "f" word here? >> you know, i'm a writer by trade. when i'm not doing this, i'm writing novels. so i'm somebody who believes in the power of language. i believe in the power of

judiciously placed and expertly executed pro fanity. so there is a place for it, it's not in the mouths of 3-year-old or 8-year-olds. when my daughter is old enough, i'll explain to her that this book is the reason we're living in a house and not in a dempster outside of an abandoned taco bell. >> that is hilarious. you don't have the book with you, do you? >> i don't have the book in front of me, no. >> do you remember anything from the book? i wanted you-to-do a reading for us if there's something you can remember from the book because i want people to know how funny it is if you can recount something. >> sure, i think i can bring to mind a sample verse. i can't promise i'll doing it as well as samuel jackson or werner hertz zog but i'll do my best. all the kids from daycare are in dreamland. the froggy has made his last leap. hell, no, you cat go to the bathroom. you know where you can go? had the [ bleep ] to sleep