good good morning. it is wednesday, june 22nd, this is your a.m. wake-up call. here's a quick run down of the news that you'll hear about today. let's start in athens, greece. this is day two of a strike that has brought greece to a standstill. parliament meets in less than two hours to consider a harsh but necessary package of tax hikes and government budget cuts. thousands have rallied sending a message that they won't accept the proposed austerity measures.

parliament won't get its bailout if it doesn't do it. in afghanistan overnight, smoke is seen rising at dawn from the hotel intercontinental in kabul after taliban killed ten. this morning all eight gunmen and guests are dead. >> i just said if anything happens, i want all my property to be donated according to islamic law. so will is the extent of what i'm sure everybody was thinking. especially when the last explosion went off on my floor right under me. in orlando, florida, the judge in casey anthony's capital murder trial will decide today whether her former fiance can testify in the presence of the

jury. the judge will also hear arguments on a motion related to florida's death penalty. casey's father, george, was back on the stand yesterday and questioned about an alleged affair with a search volunteer. jurors also heard from the meter reader who found caylee, the little girl's body. the defense is trying to prove that he disturbed the crime scene enough to contaminate the evidence. >> i was standing behind it, so i was looking at it from behind and i still didn't think it was real. so i very gently took it and put it into the right eye socket and i gently pivoted it up and i looked down and realized what it was and i set it down as gently as i could and went up and called my area supervisor. >> a hearing scheduled today in california to determine whether tucson shooting suspect jared lee loughner can be forced to take mind altering drugs make him mentally felt to stand trial. his lawyers say that violates

his right. it raises medical and ethical issues. >> the duality of it is that you obviously want to treat the person and help them get better, but it is the possibility that them getting better could lead them to stand trial and possibly face death. i think the medical community as a whole, it's a hot button issue. >> loughner is charged in the january shootings that killed six people and wounded 13 others, including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. and they're closing the los alamos national laboratory because of a wildfire. the fire has raised concerns about the safety of nuclear materials on the site. the lab's director, however, says everything there is secure. president obama holding a news conference at the white house this morning, reporters will throw questions at him about the economy, about debt reduction negotiations, the unrest in libya, afghanistan and more. cnn will carry that news

conference live from the east room of the white house beginning at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. now live to athens where it is day two of this strike. diane narks the crucial parliamentary vote set to take place in less than two hours from now. >> reporter: yes, it will probably be a little later than that, but you can see from the pictures, it there are thousands of glonv demonstrators already n the square. the mood a lot more relaxed than it was yesterday when of course we saw violence going on really quite late into the night. today, it is regular demonstrc e tors and i expect their numbers to grow. inside the parliament, they're very much aware of the pressure from the street, also aware of the comments that european politicians have been making.

for example the affairs commissioner, will is commissioner, there is no plan b. either they vote it through or they go bankrupt. so there is so much at stake. >> we'll keep an eye on the situation with you. of course this will develop over the course of the next two hours. let's get a quick check of world markets. we'll go around to hong kong where anna is standing by live. >> very good morning to you. all eyes are on greece and gauging from the markets, there's an expectation that the greek parliament will pass those tough austerity measures. and this must happen for greece to get that $17 billion international bailout and avoid default. let's look at the european markets which have just opened. they're all up over 1%. similar story on wall street. here in the asia pacific, majority of the markets were up.

shanghai composite the only one to buck the trend. but all will be revealed when the greek parliament votes on those tough austerity measures. >> we'll check in with you later in the show. new this morning, tiger woods may have lost gatorade and at&t, but he's picked up a new endorsement deal in japan to pitch a creamy gel and adhesive patch for muscle pain. let's take you down to rob live in atlanta for us. rob, folks heading to the airports this morning, any delays in sight? >> probably some in new york. not so much because of moisture or thunderstorms today. but the winds will be an issue. that can be a problem especially at lga. tampa, miami, afternoon thunderstorms will be a problem, as well. and low clouds and some rain in

san francisco. actually some late season rain for northern california. so that's certainly unusual. as far as the outlook today, the heat will be building, as well from pretty mice weather from chicago to detroit if you're traveling through those cities and the front pestering the east coast, at least the northern part of it will be pushing off to the east. guess what? first tropical storm of the season. and as you know, we typically start with the name with the letter a and it's not ali, it's arlene. there you go. it's rolling towards the eastern shores of mexico. at this point not expected to become a hurricane, but it will affect places to the south as it rumbles across the bay of campeche. the folks in mexico will certainly see heavy rains from it this, maybe flooding, because for the most part, this will stay away from the u.s. if we can get some of the moisture from this to stream up in to texas, that would be a good thing because they're

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it's almost 12 after the hour before before the break, i read you a quote from a news make ir. who was it? sarah palin. here's what she had to say a few hours after her daughter hinted that mama grizzly had made up her mind with a 2012 presidential run.

>> i said what we say on the fishing boat stays on the fishing boat. you don't need to be announcing anything. >> what we say on the fishing boat stays on the fishing boat. the former alaska governor says she has not made up her mind yet. you saw her working the crowd at the premiere of a film that takes a sympathetic look at her political career. after michele bachmann's oops calling waterloo, iowa, the home of john wayne, comedy's best had some things to say. here's your punch line. >> michele bachmann defended herself and said within silly gaffe should in no way disqualify her from becoming america's next prime minister. >> tomorrow she's mis take ted kennedy for ted gundy. >> but that's semantics. you say potato, i say mass mush murderer. >> tim farley is the host.

what's the most important thing our viewers have to look for? >> you're killing me with all this comedy. actually, you mentioned the press conference at the top of the show. but there is a big meeting at the white house today with senate democratic leadership, including harry reid, chuck schumer, patty murray and dick durbin and this is to get down into the democratic message what is going to be happening with these debt and deficit agreements. this is serious stuff at the white house today. >> yeah, it's so serious and we're about a month away from this deadline where we start having to stop paying bills. the clinton global initiative begins. what gunk we'll see there? >> well, it's fascinating to see who is at this because you have republican governors like haley barbour and mitch daniels taking part. this in the context of the latest mcclasp which i poll

which shows that 58% don't way the way the president is handling the deficit and the economy, and yet president clinton is saying that he believes even with 9% unemployment, that barack obama could be reelected. he'd be surprised if he were not. >> that's got something to do with who is in the republican field at the hospital. >> i guess that's a big part of it. it depends on who is pitching when you're hitting. >> we'll keep an eye out for those things. good to see you. tim farley from xm sirius radio. deny ghis could ynis kucini directly involved in the uprising in syria. the anti-war democrat says he's on a fact finding mission at the request p some of his air ran american constituents. he says they're concerned about conditions on the ground. kucinich's trip is pot without critics who see as legit miding

al assad's regime. >> i met with the opposition and the government. i think it's really important that people were involved in making policy hear from both sides. a state department spokesman says kucinich did not carry any messages from the obama administration. the new york sometimes "wall street journal" report that bank of america is close to paying out $8.5 billion with a b to a group of high profile investors. this stems from mortgage securities that the investors bought from countrywide financial. countrywide was bought by bank of america back in 2008. three of twitter's co-creators are ready to try their hands at a new startup. they're relaunching the company that helped spawn twitter, the obvious corporation. its mission is to develop systems that help people work together to improve the world.

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the other half are doing and i'm not sure those half are telling the truth. three pairs for a search day trip. take a look at this guy, he's on a pole in the middle of times square rapping. he flat out shut down times square. turns out he's a rapper trying to get publicity. turns out it worked. ♪ coney island joe. he rapped and chatted on his cell phone up will for nearly two hours. eventually did come down. no word yet on whether he's facing any charges. it is 20 after the hour. here are two things that you need to have on your radar today. number one, president obama is holding a news conference this morning at 11:30 eastern from the white house. you'll see it live on cnn and on our website, as well. and those pesky debit card swipe fees are on the agenda at the

federal reserve. they're meeting at 3:30 on vote on final rules about how to deal with debit card charges. let's take a look at what's going on in greece. we're an hour and a half away from a scheduled important vote on austerity measures, tax increases, more public service job cuts. this is day two of a strike. zain verjee watching this very closely from london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. let's take you to the newspapers around the world and see what they're saying. sydney morning herald has this headline, west heads to a greek tragedy 2. it goes on to say the reason greece is in so many trouble is that every greek wanted a government that did all the expensive things governments do but none wanted it pay tax. politicians did not have the courage to tell the people that in the end you cannot have one without the other. take a look at the international herald tribune. its headline, greece on the

edge. it says is greece coordinated with europe getting down to the job of serious long term reform? that should be the focus of the elusive confidence the market seeks. at stake here is the future of the euro zone, the currency. there are 16 other member countries in the euro zone, so if greece were to tank, it would affect everyone else. so you know how they said lehman was too big to fail? greek is too intertwined to fail. and the u.s. financial system hasslings with european banks. >> a lot of people don't realize hear when you buy money market funds, you think of them as secure, but they are tied to this. here's an interesting story. hugo chavez apparently been in cuba for a long time and we're now seeing pictures of him for the first time. tell us about that. >> reporter: you can see him

looking relaxed in his track suit. there he is in the garden and they're just chatting it up. he had gone for some emergency surgery cuba. we understand according to reports that it was a pelvic abscess, but no one really knows anymore detail. but there was all this speculation that he was really sick. so here he is chatting with his good friend, fidel castro. the two of them are buddies. cuban and venezuela are close. economic and political ally. the other reason it's important is because venezuela is a big oil producer, so they're wonder whog ing who is running the show in cuba. >> i need to ask you about the survey about how people change their underwear. men take three pairs for a seven day trip. take a look at this. >> are you asking me? >> i'm not asking you anything. i'm just putting it out there for people to think about.

way too early in the morning to be talking about this. i know you tweet. pope benedict is now on twitter. he sent out miss first tweet yesterday to announce the launch of a new website that will bring together all the vatican news in one place. it coincides with today's 60th anniversary of the pontiff's ordinary nation as a priest of 24 years old. i can't really read the tweet on the screen, but i will bring it to you later on. i guess not much point putting it on the screen if we can't see it. >> it says something along the lines of he's launching the new aggregate website and he says may the lord bless you. along those lines. so the pope is getting social there. and his twitter handle is not @pope. it's actually @news underscore vian. he likes writing in longhand.

>> if you had to put a blessing at the he said of your tweets, it eats up a lot of your oofl content space. >> well, he is the pope, so -- >> i suppose. all right. i guess he has to do that, right? all right. later we'll talk about that underwear survey when everybody's had their coffee. >> okay. republican presidential candidate herman cain plans to unveil his jobs plan today. eliot spitzer sat down with the tea party favorite hoping to find out more specifics. >> i want to talk about any -- wall street, anything, any one regulation that you think is stifling innovation. >> i can't give you one innovation. i'm speaking generally and you're trying to pin me down on one. now, i'll tell you what -- >> you're running for president. i think it's fair to do. >> the next time i come, i will have a specific one for you. >> that's a deal. >> cain finished third behind romney and bachmann.

but another poll puts herman cain right at the top. his supporters really like him. an airline is banning babies from first class. i'll tell which you one on the other side because you may want to not fly that airline or you may want to book exclusively on that airline. and in today's businessman special where the deal of the day is my space. you can buy it for cheap. trs

good morning. it is 30 after the hour on wednesday, june 29th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. it is now midafternoon in kabul

and police are still combing through the intercontinental hotel making sure there are no more would be attackers lurking and no victims left. at least eight taliban and ten other people including two policemen died in a brazen six hour firefight last night. we talked to one guest who thought maybe just maybe his time was up. >> actually i wrote my little will according to islamic law. i put it in my pocket just in case. >> he wrote his will. the intercontinental is it popular among westerner, but there is no indication any american personnel were there at the time. the judge in the casey anthony murder trial will decide today whether her former fiance will testify before jurors. the defense wants the jury to hear what he has to say. the state says it's noted a misk because it's here say. yesterday the meter reader who discovered the body was on the stand. >> i was looking at it from

behind and i still didn't think it was real. so i very gently took it and put it into the right sieye socket d i realized what it was and i set it down as gently as i could and called my area supervisor. facebook has hired a hacker. this guy. george host gained note rightry to unlocking the iphone. he's also known for cracking seasoony see playstation 3. and no babies in first class on malaysia airlines for some planes anyway. they had already banned babies on shall 747s. now they're extending to airbuses. they say a lot of customers were complaining about crying infants. i'm not bothered by crying kids. it's what they do. the company's ceo tweeted this, to be clear, we do take babieses in business and economy.

our flights to north america have no first class, so no impact there. so this is only on malaysia airline flights where they actually have a first class. i've been pretty vocal about the fact that i'm not troubled at all by babies. but i have no babies in my life. christine romans takes a harder line. you think sometimes babies should be kept separate? >> i would love it if the babies could be taken care of by somebody else in coach while we're in first class. how is that? are they providing a baby-sitter? that's what i want to know. you can't a your baby in first class. i don't think they're providing a baby-sitter. >> take a look at these pictures. this is greece, second day now that vote expected to take place in an hour and a half. >> that's right. so we'll be watching today to see if this is going to be a third day in a row of greece being an influence in u.s. markets. we have futures this morning that are up, but they're below pair value. and you know what that means. it's not really giving us an

indication from the asian markets. and you're seeing some of the gains in other stock indices because of what happened in the u.s. yesterday, 140 point valley because of u.s. housing data. one stock i'm watching today and a lot of other people will be, too, bank of america. it's up more than 2% in pre-market trading. just above $11 a share. $8.5 billion deal is said to be near according to the wall"wall street journal" for b of a to settle very expensive disputes about the garbage mortgages that were packaged up and sold to investors before the height of the housing bubble. of course mortgages that turned out to be packaged into mortgage backed securities that were very, very bad. this all stems from its purchase of countrywide financial back in 2008. it totally beefed up its loan portfolio just before the housing market crashed. it will be a business first test

of brian moynihan. bank of america is down 18%, but up in pre-market. >> we will follow that all day. and the minute we have this confirmed, we'll deal with. chris christine, i'll see in you half an hour. geeks rule the world and this is why. now forbes pushed mark zuckerberg ahead of the google guy. according to forbes, zuckerberg now worth $18 billion, with a b, dollars. that after wall street maneuvers. google is now only worth about $17 billion. yeah. just worth $17 billion. and i had take second prize in that contest any day. back to our businessman's special. my space, you can get it for a deal if you want to buy it.

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it is 38 after the hour. i want to get right to our plit ticker. what's top of mind for you? >> mitt romney and michele bachmann, new poll from suffolk

university of likely republican voters. and take a listen at this. it says mitt romney holding steady. he has 36% in the new pole. but michele bachmann is right on his heels. she's at 11% in this new poll. that's triple from just in may. that's a real eye opener that mitt romney is holding steady, but michelle bachmann is getting support. voters were asked who do you think won the debate. romney at 33%, bachmann at 31%. >> thanks very much for that. he'll keep his eye on politics for you all day as we will here.

cnn.com/politics. 39 after the hour. three things on your radar today. first of all, greece. we're keeping an eye on the markets for you. we'll tell you what goes down. plus at 10:00 eastern, we'll get pending home sale numbers for may. economists surveyed expect a decline. and president obama holding a news conference thorns atat 11:. wul s you'll see it live here on cnn. let's talk sports. pablo, tiger woods signing his first endorsement deal since the scandal with a company nobody's heard about. tell us about this. >> he has a little bit of a bill murray lost in translation feel. but the company is kowa. he'll be airing tv spots for them starting friday for a creamy gel and patch for muscle pain. and this is part of siger wood's

rejuvenation strategy. they left ing and trying to expand to the asian and european markets where his image they think isn't as tarnished. so we'll be seeing tiger woods popping up in japan where his golfing is as strong as ever even about if his personal life may not be. >> and what about this story about the u.s. beating north korea at the world cup? >> the former axis of evil isn't necessarily known for its women's soccer prowess, but the united states winning its first game of the women's world cup, winning 2-0. they struggled in the first half, but dominated in the second. and this is a game the united states needed to win to set the stone. they're the number one world ranked women's soccer team in the country, but the favorite in this tournament is determigerma. this is a game they needed to set the stone. we all remember 12 years ago when 40 million americans watched the united states beat china and they're hoping that

this tournament can be another episode, another impact upon women's soccer culture in the united states. and this is the first step towards that long road. >> good to see you, pablo. 42 after the hour. let's take a look at some of the headlines you'll see this morning. the "new york times" has the 8. 5 bank of america mortgage story. and the "post" is leading with the attack in kabul. and the wall street journal also the bank of america lawsuit story. we'll have all of those for you on cnn.com. it's really early in the morning. but have you noticed anything unusual with this news week cover of princess diana and her daughter-in-law kate middleton? there are a lot of things unusual about this. i'll tell you why it's creating criticism. on this day in history, the apple i phone went on sale. i remember it very well. what did did we do before that

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it is wednesday, june 29th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. 45 after the hour. let's have a look at some pictures from greece. we're expecting an important vote in parliament there within the next couple of hours. a vote that has a lot of people very upset as you can see, this

is the second day of a two day strike. zain verjee is watching this carefully from london. the issue here is that clearly this matters a lot to the greek people, in a very different way to everybody else in europe and the rest of the world. >> exactly. i mean, we're talking confidence in markets, it affects the u.s. financial system, the u.s. financial system has links to european banks that hold greek debt. perhaps that has something like $56 billion of exposure to greek debt. so it really does matter to the u.s. also today is such an important day. the greek government is between a rock and a hard place. they have to pass this us a tear itity plan so they can get all this bailout money. billions of dollars so they do not default on their debt. so it's a really crucial moment. and as you can see, thousands of people are out on the streets. they're really mad. the greeks are getting poorer.

they're not gets pensions, workers are not being paid and they're being asked to take a major cut here. we're talking $40 billion over a period of five years. greece is being asked to take out 10% to 15% of its economy. and this kind of pain the question is, is it worth it for people. where is the growth going to come foreign policy about. >> between a rock and a hard place is right because if they don't pass that bill, they don't get the bailout from europe and if they do, they have tons of people outside angry at them ready to throw them out of office at the first opportunity. let's talk about this news week cover that has kate middleton and princess diana, commemorates what would have been diana's 50th birthday on friday. for obvious reason this is is generating a buzz because these two have never been together, but more importantly, the photo of diana has been digitally altered to try to depict what shall he wo she would have looked like today. >> the general consensus is that

this is creepy. people don't like this. they think it's kind of disgusting. just look at it closely. you've got -- this is what diana would have look like if she was alive today and it's superimposed next 20 kate middle ton. and inside news week, they have a slide show that compares their fashion sense and then there's this fake facebook page of diana and they've also digitally altered another picture to show her holding a white iphone. they say if she was alive today, she would have been remarried twice and she would have more $10 million twitter followers. emergency like prince william or prince harry looking at something like this. >> i wonder, we've seen pictures of people and how they would have aged, people who died prematurely. i don't know what's creepier, maybe the fact that they've done it is interesting, but that super imposition of her and kate middleton seems weird to me. but we'll be hearing about it a lot. good to see you. >> you, too. in afghanistan, smoke seen

rising at dawn from the hotel entintercontinental after talib killed ten in a brazen attack. this morning all eighth gun machine and suicide bombers are dead. hotel guests called it terrifying. >> actually i wrote my little will according to islamic law from the little that i know. i put it in my pocket just in case. i said if anything happens, i want all my property to be donated according to islamic law to any charity. so this is the extent of what i'm sure everybody was thinking. especially when the last explosion went off on my floor right under me. >> a hearing is scheduled today in california to determine whether jared lee loughner can be forced to take mind allering drugs to make him mentally fit enough to stand trial. his lawyers say it violates his rights. the question raises all soerts of legal, medical and ethical

issues. >> the duality of it is that you obviously want to treat the person and help them get better, but it is the possibility that them getting better could lead them to stand trial and possibly face death. i think the medical community as a whole, it's a hot button issue. >> love per is charged in the january shootings that killed six and wounded 13 others including gabrielle giffordss. a disturbing story out of springfield, massachusetts today. nine teenagers accused of a hate crime assault on a gay man. the oldest 1is 19, the younger 12, the victim 30. he told police he was taunltded and knocked to the ground, punched in the hid and kicked over and over. police who live in -- people who live in the area are stunned. >> it's shocking. it's bad to hear because you think, you know, this has been something that people have been aware of for quite some time and

you'd think we'd be over it by now, but it's still a problem. >> all nine suspects have been charged with robbery and civil rights violations with injury. and in new mexico, they're closing the los alamos national lab at least through tomorrow because of a wildfire burning nearby. it's brushing up against the south border of the 40 square mile facility. it's raised concerns about the safety of nuclear materials. but the director says everything is secure. let's go rob in atlanta. any flight delays this morning? >> right now we don't have any, but we do expect some across new york metros because of wind. a front slowly making it way to the northeast will finally go through. afternoon thunderstorms in tampa, miami. it's been a wet month for miami. and wind expected across part of the salt lake city and vegas. arlene is our first tropical storm of the season across the gulf of mexico. it will spin towards mexico and stay away from the u.s. and it will remain a tropical storm. hopefully some of that moisture will stream up into maybe new mexico and arizona to alleviate some of the fire threat, but

today it will continue to be a hot and dry day there. a little cooler and more comfortable in new york city, 81 there. 80 expected in chicago. and still very, very hot across parts of the mid south and the south central plains. it's day three now of wake-up call and i've noticed a trend here. >> what's that? >> well, you start off with just a shirt and tie. and then it seems like the second half hour, you throw the vest on. and then you're fully clothed for the big show at 6:00. >> it's a reverse stripease. 5:00 is too early for a real one. >> we all appreciate that. >> yeah. i'm sure we do. >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> that's right. in less than ten minutes. good to see you. after might chele bachmann' oops, comedy's best had things to say. >> bachmann said one silly gaffe

should no n. no way disqualify her from becoming america's next prime minister. >> tomorrow she will mistake charles bronson for charles manson. thursday she will mistake ted kennedy for ted bundy. and friday she will mistake james earl jones for james earl ray. >> but that's semantics. you say potato, i say mass murderer and pay totato. today's word of the day austerity.

the definition of austerity, sternness or severity of manner

or attitude. you want to know the word because of the protests in greece. here's what it means right now to greece. greece is cutting corners anyway it can to climb out of its debt crisis, so for greece it means $40 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts. their parliament has a vote in the next few hours and because the world markets are all intertwined, austerity there affects wallets here. let's take it across to hopping kong with a quick check on world markets. >> all eyes are firmly on greece. there is an expectation that the greek parliament will pass hose tough austerity measures you were just talking about, raising taxes an cutting spending. and these measures must get through for greece to get that $17 billion international bailout and avoid default. european markets are all in positive territory up over 1%. similar story on wall street.

u.s. markets closing above 1% overnight tonight. here in asia, the majority of markets were up, the shapg high composite was the only one to buck the trend. but we will know all, all will be revealed in just a few hours when the great parliament votes on those measures. >> something else that has been revealed to us, it was a british travel agent survey about underwear. they asked more than 1,000 people that question. i would have lied if i didn't have the right answer. women say that for a week long vacation, seven days, they need ten pairs of underwear. how many pairs do men say they need? three. now, 50% of those men said it's because they have like -- they wear swim trunks sometimes and that they plan to wash them. the other 50% of men had no reason as to why they only needed three pairs for seven days. >> i think they're just a bit dirty. how many pairs would you take? >> i'm a numbers guy.

so i generally plan it out very well. and a couple extra pairs in casey lose one along the way. so i'm usually more pairs of underwear than the number of days you're traveling. >> and you would lose them because -- >> no particular reason. just saying you should always have spares of everything. that's a good way to think about life. >> very good point. >> back to the other stuff that you're covering for us. so right now, you've got things going on in asia. you've also got the brand new deal with tigered woods where he has signed on with this company to have lotions and creams, his first sponsorship deal since his scandal. how is is that going over in az year? >> well, you know, tiger woods despite everything that's happened, he's still very, very pop and you uular over here and his ailments, he has problems with his knees, but i think that it wil