out of our misery and pick beth myers who is doing the vetting? >> take us out of our misery and unveil the mystery. >> pick the picker. >> thank you all for being with us. berman, thanks for sharing a desk with me. >> yeah, it was fun. nice meeting you. >> not too bad. i kind of like you. that's it for us. "cnn newsroom" begins right now. thanks, john. thanks, brooke. happening now in the "newsroom," a plane crash caught on camera. video taken by people inside the plane. they share their amazing video and close brush with death. goldman sachs off the hook. the company lost more than $1 billion peddling risky investments. but after months of investigating, the justice department says there is no crime. plus this. lightning strikes again. usain bolt, the fastest man at the olympic games, says he's not done yet. "newsroom" begins right now.

good morning, everyone. i'm in today for carol costello. we begin this morning with disturbing new attacks on american forces in afghanistan and the chilling effect they could have on brings the troops home. the latest ambush just hours ago. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shoots to death three americans in the volatile helmand province. according to reuters, the americans were killed by an afghan police commander and several of his officers. the afghan leader had invited the americans to dinner to discuss security. all three americans were members of special forces. the attack follows wednesday's suicide bombing that killed three u.s. soldiers and an american aid worker. the taliban is claiming reonsibility. chris warrens is at the pentagon. chris, these are troops that are helping in the transition. what are you learning? >> yeah, deb. our sources are now confirming that these three troops were part of a special forces mission to stabilize that village in

helmand ovince in afghanistan, and they were going to meet some of their afghan counterparts. now the u.s. forces are not confirming that it was one of those afghan policemen who turned and lured them there. that is what the taliban is claiming, that they were lured there in sort of a setup to kill them. but they are confirming that this gunman is still on the loose. that the one who shot these three troops is still on the loose and is being looked for and examined right now. deb? >> but, chris, whether they were lured there or not, it remains clear that in fact once again we see this, you know, what they call the green on blue crime, where you've got afghan troops or military personnel targeting u.s. forces. >> exactly. and this is now the third time this has happened in just this week alone. and in fact, we now have more of these green on blue attacks

already than we had all of last year. and we're only halfway through the summer. this is something that u.s. commanders tell us tremendously saps morale for the u.s. forces there, when they have to worry about whether they can seriously even trust the people that they are trying to train to take over very, very soon. in fact, some of the afghan intelligence agents have started going undercover at the recruit training to try to sniff out any recruits who may have extremist tendencies. also some u.s. units are now actually putting guardian angels sort on guard while the troops are sleeping. just some of the precautions being taken because of this lack of trust among many afghan and american units. >> because it is just seems nobody really knows who they should trust, and clearly that's going to be a tricky dynamic when you think about the fact that this country is about to be handed over to these folks.

>> exactly. you're talking about a very strict time line. the obama administration is sort of on the clock trying to get these troops out of there and stabilize the country. how difficult is that when nato troops, you know, have all of these -- have to take all of these precautions because some of the troops they are trying to train to take over are turning on them and actually trying to kim them. kill /* -- kill them. >> chris lawrence, thank you so much. this morning, a celebration of life at the sikh temple that has seen so much heartbreak in recent days. worshipers will wrestle the spotlight away from the hate spewing gunman and focus instead on the six people he killed and three others he critically wounded. cnn was given exclusive access to the temple where a lone bullet hole will be left intact as a reminder of the rampage and the acts of courage that saved lives.

ted rowlands is in oak creek, wisconsin, where services are getting underway this morning. and tell us about the mood there, the focus today. >> reporter: well, deb, as you said, this is about the victims. and as you can see, the hearses, each carrying one body, there are six hearses here. they just arrived about 10 minutes ago, and they are just about to transport the bodies from the hearses inside oak creek high school. and this is where they will all be out in the gymnasium, open casket. they are expecting upwards of 2,000 people to show up here from the community to pay their respects. and it is expected to be a very solemn ceremony, as you might imagine. there will be a two-hour visitation followed by about a 45-minute program with speakers including attorney general eric holder and family members, along with governor scott walker here, wisconsin governor scott walker. but as you just look at the six vehicles there, it brings it

home. the six people that lost their lives in this tragic shooting almost a week ago. it was a week ago this sunday. >> and, ted, you've been on the ground since that sunday. when we look at this sort of how they're going to pay their respects today, they really decided to open it up to the public. what was the thinking behind why they wanted folks to come, just to be part of this? >> reporter: well, they really do want to reach out to this community, and not just the community here in oak creek or the milwaukee community, but the international community. they say they want to make a statement. they don't want these lives as you see one of the bodies being brought in now, these lives to be given in vain. they really do want people to stop and see the ramifications of what happened in the shooting. and hopefully these deaths will prevent someone else who has hatred in them from acting on that. and because of that, they really have broken from tradition, and

they are allowing this public ceremony to take place and inviting the people to come to the high school here and they will also have a private ceremony later this afternoon at the temple. but as you can see, it's pretty powerful just seeing the vehicles outside of local high school. they are going to have all the bodies out, open casket, for the community to come in. it should be a very emotional day here. >> ted rowlands, thank you so much. we'll come back to you later with an exclusive look inside the sikh temple as well. thanks so much. goldman sachs off the hook this morning. the justice department finding no viable basis to bring charges. a congressionaleport had accused the big bank of misleading clits by selling mortgage related securities while at the same time betting that they'd lose value. think about the 2008 mortgage plunge. well, senators also said the bank misled congress during its investigation. the decision is turning many

heads. alison kosik is live at the new york stock exchange. break it down for us. no charges. >> no charges, deb. this comes at the end of a year-long review of this case after a two-year congressional investigation. senators carl levyn and tom coburn both allege that goldman made huge profits by marketing securities backed by subprime mortgages while betting against them, playing both sides of the fence to make sure the firm wouldn't lose money. we know now that the subprime mortgages were not safe, and in fact were at the core of the housing collapse that drove the u.s. economy into recession. the justice department, though, found that the burden of proof couldn't be met to charge goldman with anything. >> what's fascinating is that the justice department and the u.s. attorney in the southern district have been looking to bring chargesor really what plunged the country into this sort of economic turmoil. the securities and exchange commission, though, was also considering filing a case against goldman sachs. what's the status there? >> and the operative word there

is "was." the s.e.c. announced in february that it would take legal action, but earlier this week the s.e.c. told goldman they no longer plan to pursue similar claims against the bank. but there has been some action against goldman in the past. goldman settled a separate case with the s.e.c. last summer, paying $550 million to put to bed charges it defrauded investors. again, it was about subprime mortgage securities, and this was back in 2010. it happened to be the biggest penalty a wall street company has ever paid to the s.e.c. deb? >> alison, i think i read somewhere that a goldman spokesperson was quoted as saying they are happy they can put this behind them. but can they face potential future charges? >> yeah. i mean, the firm is safer now. but it's not completely out of the woods. the justice department does say that if any additional or new evidence comes out, it certainly doesn't prevent the department from making a different determination. deb? >> all right. alison kosik for us at the stock exchange. we'll come back to you a little later on. well, curiosity has only

been on mars a few days, and it's already getting an upgrade. nasa planning to update the rover's software, which will take about four days. meanwhile, we're getting a new look at the surface of the red planet. this 360-degree color image was created from smaller pictures taken by the mast camera on the rover. the dark gray patches you see there in the foreground a from the sky crane's rocket engines scorching the ground as the rover landed early monday morning. ok. well, curiosity worked, but some tests don't go exactly as planned. nasa's morpheus lander crashed after takeoff from the kennedy space center. the unmanned test model is designed to carry cargo on a future moon mission. they have to get it off the ground first. well, a sink hole swallowed

up hundred-foot trees in louisiana. and the mammoth hole is still growing. now officials may have an idea what's causing it. and if your neighbors threatened, sued, and protested against you, well, you might consider moving, but not this mosque in tennessee. it's opening today. when will members say their first prayers? humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans.

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well, checking our top stories, the syrian opposition says more than 80 people have been killed across syria today. and shelling by regime forces in some areas has been intense. meanwhile, the uk says it will send more nonlethal aid, including medical and communication supplies to syrian opposition groups. a public health emergency is in effect for dallas county, texas, due to the west nile virus. 175 people have gotten sick there with nine people dying. kxas tv reports the county will

reconsider aerial spraying for mosquitos to attack the virus. and in money news, you're paying more at the pump. aaa reports the nationwide average for a gallon of gas is now $3.67. that's a penny more than yesterday. gas prices have risen almost 19 cents in the last couple of weeks. and louisiana officials are looking into whether an underground salt cavern caused a massive sink hole. the sink hole has swallowed 100 foot tall cypress trees, and it's still growing. the sink hole appeared a couple of months after residents noticed water bubbling in a bayou. well, opening a new church probably might not take too long. but opening a new mosque, that took more than two years in murphysboro, tennessee. later today, after lawsuits, bomb threats, protests, and vandalism saying not welcome, the islamic center in murphysboro holds its first prayers.

anti-muslim sentiment has a national islamic group warning people to be very careful. on monday, a mosque in joplin, missouri, suspiciously caught fire and burned down. and to paint a picture of anti-muslim sentiment, listen to what people said about the murphysboro mosque during a protest in 2010. >> these people are coming here to take over the united states. >> start their own country overseas somewhere. this is a christian country. it was based on christianity. >> well, joining me now from murphysboro, tennessee, is a board member and spokesman for the islamic center. and the prayer is at 2:00 p.m. eastern. how does it feel to come to this point after so many years and so many obstacles? >> it is really gratifying. it is very exciting. we are so happy. the children, the women, the

elders, everybody is extremely excited about this day. yes, we have been for the last few years, you know, under the microscope, if you want to call it that way. but, you know, we have been in this community for over three decades. we have families who have been in this community for over 50 years. this community is a welcoming community. we know that the past two years were exceptional, and we know that our neighbors and friends and supporters are going to welcome us again. from now on, we are going to look for a brighter future. we are going to look for a united community, a prosperous community, and the negativity of the last few years will go away in no time. >> you know, it's amazing to look at this facility. 52,000 square feet. it took a lot of time, a lot of planning. critics of the mosque, however, are fearful of what they perceive as an extremist agenda. will the congregation, will the muslim community, try to reach out and invite others in?

>> let me clarify one thing. the facility behind us is only 12,000 square foot. the 52,000 square foot is the long-term vision of our community. we are going to hopefully have like a gym, swimming pool, classroom for the weend school. so it is not right now 52,000. and, yes, we have been in the past involved in so many outreach activities, interfaith dinners. we have open houses. we have done that for many, many years. as i say, the last two years were exceptional, as the sentiment of anti-islam and anti-muslim in this country was growing. and outside organizations basically pushing this issue on this community, a somehow, loving, and peaceful community. so it is kind of unusual for us. we were totally surprised and shocked actually by this

anti-muslim community sentiment over here. because we know this is not a reflective of the whole community. >> well, let's talk about in part the anti-muslim sentiment. we saw images just before of the mosque in joplin, missouri, that was recently targeted. are you concerned about the safety of your new mosque? >> yes, we are very concerned because we have been also the subject of vandalism, arson, bomb threats, intimidation, bullying. you call it. every single act of intimidation, you know, was actually inflicted upon us. we are concerned. the rutherford county sheriff's department really are trying their best to protect everybody, every citizen, in this community, including the muslim community. we have extra security measures as well. we are going to be vigilant. we are not going to let terrorists or radicals deter

u.s. citizens to practice their constitutional right. >> ok. >> nobody is -- >> all right. well, we end on that note. thank you very much, and congratulations on the opening there. i know the community has been waiting a very long time for that. >> thank you so much. well, usain bolt says i'm now a legend, right? who could argue? his 200 meter win puts him in the history books. we have the highlights from london. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny.

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well, the fastest man in the world adds to his titles. usain bolt won the 200 meters last night, and with that achieved something no olympic sprinter has ever done. zain verjee is in london with the latest from the track and field events. zain, what's going on there? >> reporter: hi, deb. i think we can safely say that usain bolt got a double double. pretty incredible. 80,000 people in the stadium behind me went completely nuts for him. he came onto the track and was just as cool as a cucumber. he wore his hat backwards and even did a little wave like the queen does to the crowd. he just loved it.

and then he took off. and you can see, you know, he was a little bit worried about yohan blake. a couple of times he stole a look to see where he was. and then as he was crossing the tape at the finish line, he probably even slowed down just a little bit. he said he looked at the world record time and knew he didn't beat it, but he was still number one. and he raised his fingers to his lips like this, basically meaning, be quiet, if you ever criticized me, shut up now. i am number one, right? >> exactly. >> and he said i am the greatest athlete to live. and then, you know, just because he is so charismatic and fun and just wanted to rub it in everyone's faces, he gave a little pushups. >> he is royalty. and zain, you must be so exciting because a kenyan breaking his own world record, right? >> that was amazing. yes, he is kenyan royalty. david rudesha. and that's swahili for return.

he returned the world record to us. he just pretty much sprinted around two laps there. and a lot of people were talking about him and saying he is going to be able to clinch this title. and he did. it was amazing. and he actually even said that he talked to usain bolt a little bit before, that they both ran in the stadium, and he was pitching the idea, why don't we run a 400 meters against each other. i do 800. you do 100 and 200. let's do the 400. but he is phenomenal, and all of kenya is celebrating. they are saying kenya ju, which means in swahili kenya up. >> as if that weren't interesting enough, an american breaks a bone in his leg and keeps running. that to me is remarkable. >> i know. i think you can say usa ju to that too. that's amazing. mon-teo mitchell was running the four by 400 relay. and he felt his leg snapped, and he continued to run on the

broken leg. he gave the baton to the next person, and the u.s. ended up being in the final. d he ended up being the fifth fastest in the field with a broken leg. wow. >> that's remarkable. i couldn't even run -- really, i -- anyway, i don't even know where to go with that. i'm thinking about a broken leg. i can barely get up some morning. zain verjee, thank you so much. we'll be back next hour with a look at the game's gold rush by none other than the u.s. women. well, when it comes to who mitt romney is going to pick for his running mate, you're probably thinking the same thing we all are. tell us already. our political panel will break down the latest names competing in the veep stakes. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream.

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well, stories we're watching right now in the newsroom, a man in an afghan uniform today shot and killed three u.s. troops in

afghanistan's helmand province. that's according to an international coalition official. this follows wednesday's suicide bombing in another province that called four americans. a sh temple in wisconsin that was the scene of a deadly shooting sunday reopens following repairs and cleaning. and a public memorial service at a school begins in about 30 minutes for the six temple members who were killed. well, to politics now. and while mitt romney may be keeping us all guessing about who he will pick to be his running mate, the same cannot be said for republican voters. a new cnn/orc poll shows they are very clear about who they want on the ticket. florida senator marco rubio tops the vp wish list, followed by new jersey governor chris christie and wisconsin congressman paul ryan. joining me now are cnn political analyst roland martin and republican political consultant and former senior strategist for the rick santorum campaign john

brayvendor. let's start with you. the drum beat for paul ryan is growing. and here's what a fellow strategist, ari fleischer, told our anderson cooper. take a listen. >> well, i have always been a paul ryan guy. i would have supported either mitch daniels or paul ryan for the presidency if they had been in it earlier because i believe this nation needs so badly a jolt of economic adrenalin. we are heading towards greece with the debt we have, and we need somebody who can take that seriously. >> well, john, paul ryan's budget plan was widely praised by republicans. the "wall street journal" says he is a gutsy choice who could, quote, electrify the base. wouldn't you advise romney to pick ryan in order to shore up conservative support? >> i probably would be against it for this reason. i think a presidential race is very much about a narrative. and the narrative that mitt romney has to drive is that we have a president who we all blinked and tried to change this country with big government, and

has failed economically. if he picks paul ryan, who i think is a great congressman, should play a major role in the administration, if he picks him, however, we might be changing the narrative for entire fall to nothing more than entitlement reform, and i think that actually gets us off our message. i think that the pick should be somebody who does not become the main issue in the campaign. this has to be mitt romney versus barack obama, mano-a-mano in my opinion. >> which likely will happen after they pick the vp candidate and everybody can focus on the presidential candidates. but roland, ari fleischer also said that the problem with paul ryan is that democrats are salivating at the prospect that he'll be vice president. they think his tough stance on the budget entitlements might reshape the debate. would paul ryan be a gift to the obama team? >> well, first of all, there's always pros and cons. alys keep in mind that if you choose congressman ryan, then all of a sudden mitt romney has

to defend his past proposals as opposed to vice versa. the last thing that you want is for the vp choice to be getting far more attention and focus than the presidential candidate. and so i think that's what they'll actually use. also, we're all excited about saying let's hurry up and pick somebody. remember last time they picked a week before the convention. so i don't think romney has to pick somebody this weekend. he has a lot more time. but the key is you don't want your vp choice having more scrutiny than the top of the ticket. that's the most important thing in the pick. >> so playing off that point, john, let me ask you. we've heard republicans urging romney to go bold with his vp choice. could he go too bold and potentially alienate voters s e some? who do you think should be the pick? >> i think there are still some good picks. i think chris christie is a possible good pick. i am fine with pawlenty or portman. end of the day what i look at are two things.

first of all, do no harm. no one is going to vote for a vice presidential pick. they'll only vote against one. second of all, i do think that you want to do something where this is not where you're trying to say how bold you are by a vp pick. romney needs to be bold by what he is saying. and at he is out there fighting for. so i think you have to be very, very careful. i also think you have to understand who the target audience here is. it's not republican voters who are going to vote overwhelmingly for mitt romney. it's for independent voters and some conservative democrat voters sprinkled in the midwest and the south and the west. >> go ahead, roland. final point. >> and we saw what happened when congressman ryan put his budget proposal out. the republicans were running as fast as possible away from it. and so you're right. if you have an entitlement conversation, the last thing you want is to have those seniors out there, you know, protesting and saying, we don't like this. you don't want that conversation if you're mitt romney. >> absolutely. you need a unifier or potentially somebody who can get

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well, it's good to be on top, whether you're one-half of a high profile celebrity couple or the person who tells the world about each and every move that those celebrity couples make. nischelle turner is joining me now from los angeles. forbes covers everything from top colleges to the best cities for singles. now they are ranking the world's highest paid celebrity couples. the first two as the hit song goes are crazy in love and apparently rolling in the dough. nischelle? >> yeah, deb. yeah. you know, i don't know about you, but i love these listings. i kind of look forward to seeing who's on the lists and who makes what. but you said, you know, it's good to be on top. it is good to be beyonce and jay-z, because they are on top. according to forbes and their newest list of celebrity money makers, they are the world's highest paid celebrity couple earning $78 million last year.

even with beyonce taking time off to have a baby, forbes says she made $40 million between her endorsements and her new album. jay-z took in $38 million between his business endeavors and h collaboration with kanye west. the second couple on the list was number one last year, and they are gisele bundchen and tom brady. forbes says just like th first couple, female is the primary breadwinner here. to quote beyonce, who runs the world, girls. now with gisele's endorsements, they brought in around $45 million. when you add that to the $27 million that tom brady brought in, that gives them $72 million. hopefully that eases the sting of losing the super bowl just a little bit. >> in third place, posh spice and david beckham, $54 million. brad pitt and angel lena jolie, $42 million. and will smith and jada pinkett smith, $40 million. not too bad.

>> and forbes isn't the only publication checking out big name bank accounts. "tv guide" has unveiled its list of the highest paid news anchors, include be one person who is a familiar face to cnn viewers. what have you got? >> well, i'm about to ask anderson for a loan, first of all. but second of all, we'll run down who's on the list. and by the way, deb, you and i are not on the list. >> no, not quite. >> but at the top of the list is mattlauer, who's earning a reported $21.5 million. he's followed by bill o'reilly at $15 million. brian williams, $13 million. diane sawyer, $12 million. and then our very own anderson cooper at $11 million. good lord. that's a lot of money. and right down at the bottom, i saw deb and nischelle at $3 and a box of paper clips. >> pretty much. yeah. nischelle, thank you.

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well, checking our top stories, the justice department says it will not prosecute goldman sachs on fraud allegations from a congressional report. investigators say the big bank bet against mortge securities it was selling to clients and misled congress. prosecutors say they don't have a strong enough case to go to court. in money news, google death benefits are getting a lot of attention. they include paying dead employee's families 50% of their salary for 10 years, and each child gets $1,000 a month up to age 23. google says the benefit improves retention and performance. now to new mexico, where a bear was seen sniffing around a

hotel lobby. it was caught on the angel fire resort surveillance camera monday night. probably looking for room service. it wandered in an open door and stayed for about 10 minutes. police were called but the bear did leave before they arrived. and much of the country is experiencing the worst drought since the 1950s. and it's dramatically changing what our country looks like. we've seen what it's going to the nation's farmland. but we wanted to know what it was doing to one of this country's most important waterways, the mississippi river. cnn's martin savidge travelled to memphis, tennessee, to find out. >> we were on the bridge of the joseph era jones as the captain feeds a string of barges up the shrunken mississippi river. >> i think it's a little bit shallow so i'm not going to go my normal route. >> reporter: his 28 years of piloting tow boats, he has never seen the mississippi drop so far, so fast.

what's the biggest thing that worries you? >> unexpectedly hitting a shallow spot. >> reporter: running into the bottom? >> right. >> reporter: just ahead, he's heard the river is only nine feet deep. he sits nine feet, three inches in the water. you're deeper in the water than that water is deep. >> right. >> reporter: how often do you find yourself looking at that depth gauge? >> all the time. >> reporter: he's got reason to be nervous. over the last two weeks, boats and barges have been running aground nearly every day. >> we have probably had on the order of 15 to 20 different small incidents or groundings, some in the channel and some outside of the channel. >> reporter: how does that compare to normal? >> that's certainly an increase there from what we normally see. >> reporter: and there are other problems. this boat has to let passengers off at a levee because the water is too shallow where it normally docks. huge areas of river beds exposed and looking like deserts, causing one politician to quip it has more beaches than florida, which would be funny if

it wasn't about to cost us all. you see, the mississippi moves all sorts of things we use a lot of, like grain, oil, coal, and steel. >> everybody's having to lighten the loads up, and knock the size of the barge down. >> reporter: here is the map. you want to raise the average barge one inch in the water, you have to take off 17 tons of cargo. to raise it a foot, 200 tons. and since according to the american waterways operators, moving cargo by river is $11 a ton cheaper than by train or truck, the more that now has to be moved on land, well, the more the costs go up. >> eventually the consumer is going to pay that price somewhere along the line. >> reporter: that's steven berry with the army corps of engineers. i asked him the question that's on many people's minds. they're worried the river could close. what would you say? >> well, i think with the pro active stance the corps is taking, i don't see the river actually taking. >> reporter: that proactive stance including building thousands of rock dikes like these that jut into the water all along the river.

and this is what they do. the water comes downstream, and during the drought, it's redirected, deflected, into the center of the river. it makes the channel deeper, and it scours out the silt. but engineering can only do so much. the rest is up to nature. just how much rain would it take to make the river right? >> 20 inches. >> right. and that would be at a regular and recurring basis. >> reporter: that's not in the forecast. long-range predictions actually show the river dropping another two to three feet. which is why captain wall waller and others on the mississippi fear life could be about to hit bottom. >> well, we just keep going until she quits moving. >> and martin savidge is joining us live from memphis. marty, with the river expected to drop two to three more feet, what is the outlook for getting it better? >> reporter: yeah. it's not good. it's not good at all. in fact, a record low which was set back in 1988, maybe not that

long ago in the minds of many people, is in danger of falling at least here in memphis. they anticipate that could do that in a month or so. because we are heading into the fall, and fall is the traditional dry season. so it's not going to get any better. it's only going to get worse, deb. >> and when we hear about the rivers running more slowly, are they going to have to run more barges but with lighter cargo basically? >> reporter: here is the problem with the river running slowly. we call it the mighty mississippi. it's also known as the muddy mississippi. it carries a lot of silt and dirt all the way from up north. and the problem is, when that river slows, which it's down to about maybe one to two miles per hour down from five right now, all that mud and stuff drops out of the water, literally falls to the bottom like snow. that silt builds up, meaning that the center channel here is just constantly filling up. every time a barge goes by it is less deep than when it went by, say, a week before. >> just amazing. >> reporter: they are trying to keep up with the dredging, but

it's just not that easy. >> martin, thank you so much. >> reporter: you bet. it started off as a wonderful plane ride. father and son and two friends onboard. then the plane crashes, and the whole thing is caught on camera. you'll never believe who recorded it.

it's not every day we see video of a plane crashing as it happens. what makes this next story so incredible is the video was shot by the people onboard as it went down. cnn's sandra endo picks up the story from there. >> reporter: it started out all smiles during take off. four men onboard a 1947 stinson single engine plane taking a short flight across the picturesque idaho mountains and capturing nature's beauty with their video cameras. but just minutes after takeoff things went terribly wrong. the plane is struggling to climb. then it drops, flying so low it started skimming tree tops. yet no panic from those onboard. then the footage goes black.

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well, some might say there might not be a more prominent, outspoken, and direct film maker than spike lee. the man behind the movies like malcolm x, do the right thing, and now his new release, red hook summer, which opens today in new york. and of course he's got an opinion on everything. and don lemon recently sat down with him and he jos me now. he is a fascinating interview. >> fascinating. listen, when you sit down to talk movies with spike lee, you never know what you're going to

get. my interview with him yesterday was a testament to that. we're supposed to be talking about his new film red hook summer. we did. we talked about it. as you said it opens in new york today and then wide the 24th. so i said, you've been very critical recently of stereotypes and the state of cinema and especially black figures in media. but you have a character that some might think is stereotypical in this movie. he starts to talk about that and then he goes off on this latest controversy about gymnast gabby douglas. listen to what happened. >> okay. >> why are people slamming gabby today? the first african-american woman to ever win the gymnastics. what are people focusing on? >> in the overall yeah. >> i'm asking you a question. >> her hair. >> when does school days come out? '88. what year is this? >> yeah. >> what year is this?

>> 2012. >> we're still talking about this stuff? come on. tlnchts were people -- >> so, he says there are things that need to be talked about. he said, in his film making especially in "do the right thing" and other films he is being accused of airing dirty laundry. and he says, this is an important story that we should be talking about because it says a lot about us culturally. >> right. >> he doesn't understand it but it's something that should be talked about. then he goes on and talks about the election and many other things and whether president barack obama has lived up to his promises and on and on. >> that is going to be fascinating too. >> fascinating interview. >> it looks like a fascinating movie. not only that but i'll tell you, gabby douglas, i look at her and i see just an incredible american, incredible gymnast. that's where the conversation ends for me. i respect her talent. it is unfortunate that it is happening but, anyway. we look forward to your whole interview. don lemon thanks so much. >> see him on saturday. i agree with you with gabby

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we'll show you how we're able to see the red planet from 155 million miles away. and it's the year of the woman in london. female american athletes getting two-thirds of all the gold medals won by the u.s. this year. "newsroom" begins right now. good morning. i'm deborah feyerick sitting in for carol costello. we begin at the site of the sikh temple that has seen so much pain in recent days. worshipers will focus on the six people killed and the three others critically wounded. a lone bullet hole will be left intact as a reminder of the rampage and the acts of courage that saved lives. we'll go to oak creek, wisconsin, where a memorial service is getting under way this morning. ted? >> reporter: good morning,

deborah. it is a very emotional service inside the oak creek high school here. hundreds of people have shown up and they're filing by very slowly in front of the six open caskets of the victims of last sunday's shooting. there are photographs of the victims being displayed on a large screen inside the gymnasium and there are photographs adorning each casket as well. people are going in, taking their time, walking by. we've seen some very emotional scenes as you can imagine. people breaking down in tears. many people from the community here who didn't know the victims have come out to pay their respects as well. following what is a two-hour period of viewing there will be a small ceremony, about 45 minutes in length. the governor here, scott walker, will address the people along with some family members. after that the family members will have a private ceremony at the temple which they have been cleaning for the last day after the crime scene was released

back to them. they have it back, ready to go, except as you mentioned that one bullet hole remains at the temple and they plan to keep that there forever as a reminder of what happened. >> you know, ted, you were inside. you were inside of that temple. what were your impressions? because this community came back to rebuild it, almost wipe away the signs of what happened therthere just this past sunday. >> yes. we were given unique access to come in and watch as they rebuilt, covered up the bullet holes, fixed drywall that was broken, some windows that were shattered by the gunfire. that was fixed. we were also able to see the exact spot where all four of the victims that died inside the temple died. one the only woman who died, died in the prayer area. the three men that died were over in an adjacent room. we also saw a pantry where 16 women and children hid for two hours. this was an incredibly small

space for all of them to be crammed in there, fearful for their lives. a couple of the women had been shot and injured and were bleeding. they thought there were multiple gunmen inside the temple. they stayed there for two hours fearing for their lives. it was very emotional and a very emotional experience to watch inside the temple as people there yesterday broke down in tears because of what happened obviously. >> yeah. all right. thank you so much. we know that they'll be reading the prayer book cover to cover and there will be a ten-day mourning period. thanks so much. we'll check back in with you. well, some members of the sikh temple believe they were attacked because the gunman mistakenly thought they were husband limbs. evidence of the antiislam violence has been on full display in another small town. murfreesboro, tennessee, some members of the community have fought plans to build a mosque for two years.

there has been vandalism, protests, and others filed a lawsuit. today the mosque opens. george, why did mosque leaders really push ahead and decide to open this despite all the local resistance? >> deb, good morning. quite to the contrary here, we've learned that members of this mosque feel that they are welcome here in murfreesboro. they believe a lot of the resistance is from groups outside of the community. today there is relief and a lot of excitement that this mosque is now complete. we were actually the first visitors allowed inside. cnn got exclusive access inside this mosque to see this big spa space, 12,000 square feet, much larger than the smaller mosque members had already outgrown. when you think about the timeline of events we're talking two years of hostility in some cases. this mosque was the focus of vandalism, the focus of arson. even the target of a bomb

threat. one member i spoke with tells me that he believes people outside the community are trying to mischaracterize the religion. >> there is an issue nationwide unfortunately that they believe islam and muslims to be not what they are but because of the act of a few people they are labeling the whole religion to be that way. it is unfortunate but it is untrue and it's unamerican as well. >> reporter: so he tells me that at 1:10 central time is when they're supposed to have the first prayer service, though some people may come in earlier, some may come in afterward. 1:10 central time is the moment that many people here have been waiting for for sometime, deb. >> all right. and interesting, george, looking at the pictures inside of the mosque it really sort of opens it up and shows people exactly what it is and what is there.

george howell for us, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> well, now disturbing new attacks on american forces in afghanistan. the latest ambush just hours ago. a man wearing an afghan military uniform shoots to death three americans in the volatile helmand province. according to reuters the americans were killed by an afghan police commander and several of his officers. the afghan leader had invited the americans to dinner to discuss security. all three americans were members of special forces. the attack follows wednesday's suicide bombing that killed three u.s. soldiers and an american aid worker. the taliban is claiming responsibility. in money news you are paying more at the pump. i guess those of you who pump know that. triple-a reports the nationwide average for a gallon of gas is now $3.67, a penny more than

yesterday. gas prices have risen almost 19 cents in the last couple weeks. the u.s. postal service posted a massive $5.2 billion loss in the latest quarter. almost double what it lost at the same time last year. if things continue the way they have been it could run out of money completely in just a couple months. why the massive decline for the post office? when i go the lines are as long as ever. >> this massive loss is mainly because there is this congressional mandate that says it has to prefund retiree health care benefits and that means billions of dollars toward these benefits each and every year. last week the postal service already missed paying a $5.5 billion bill it towowed the government. it expects to default on another payment at the end of september and could run out of cash as early as october. there could be some help on the way to make up for some of the

shortfall. the usp. is expecting mail volume could climb because of the presidential election and holiday season but even then the postal service is almost $12 billion in the hole this year and if those mailing peris aren't as strong as expected it could put the postal service even deeper in the hole. keep in mind congress is the only one that can ste approve any major structural change at the postal service. it's been very slow to do anything. guess what? it's not expected to take up the issue again until after the election. that is a common theme we're seeing play out in this country. that's for sure. >> you know, we see a number of post offices closing. what does this mean for our daily mail service? are they going to start to limit routes? what's going to happen? >> at this point what the post office has been saying for a while is it would like to cut saturday service to save money. it's already in the process of consolidating or closing 48 processing plants. these are actually where your mail gets sorted. it's offering incentives for some workers to retire by the end of the year. 8,000 people are expected to

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football hall of fame will now put the hat she wore on display in canton, ohio. okay. it went up and then it kind of went straight down. some tests do not go exactly as planned. nasa's lander crashed after takeoff from kennedy space center. the unmanned vehicle is designed to carry cargo on a future moon mission. right now in a suburb of milwaukee a remarkable gathering is under way. take a listen. nearly 2,000 people are in a public memorial service for the victims of a shooting rampage at a sikh temple. it is the latest outpouring of support for the sikh community and the latest condemnation of hatred that fueled the killing spree. joining me now is goldberg singbazi original vice president for the world sikh council.

the sikh community witnessed such horror at the hands of one man and so much support from the world in the days since. is there a feeling good will come from this tragedy? even just to see all the people who were there? >> in my opinion the good is already coming and hopefully it'll continue. we have seen such a sport from ameri america -- all the citizens -- governmental, nongovernmental. we are continuing to see the kind of coverage we've seen with the media, especially cnn, it is totally helping that all of this will have an educational impact on everybody and everybody will come together. >> really through this tragedy we get a deeper sense of understanding of what the sikh community is, what their beliefs are. we're looking at the service now. we're looking at this -- that they're honoring and we can hear some music playing. this is really a ten-day mourning period, correct?

once the funerals are finished? it could be up to ten days but sometimes it is only three. from what i know they are going to start reading -- >> the holy book? >> well holy is different. they'll start reading so we can now learn more, get deeper into the philosophy and live our life more in line. >> okay. when we think about this people are walking past the caskets. that is not usual in the tradition, right? the bodies are ritually prepared and it's sort of a celebration of the completion of life. is that an accurate way to describe it? >> some degree, yes. other degree i think there is a misunderstanding. bodies are washed. there is no ritual abt it. then cleaned and taken for

cremation, normally, but the body can be disposed of respectfully but in any fashion. it could be just simply taken to the waters. >> okay. >> just disposed of there or in any fashion, respectfully. once the body is essentially disposed of then we have a special word and then we go on and begin to read which then essentially gives us peace, also gives us the knowledge of the creator, the virtues of the creator. then we begin to live our life back to normal. >> so. closing the circle to move on. when we think of the mosque, and this is what is so fascinating, a lot of people felt they just wanted to get back into the

mosque. they wanted to go. they wanted to pray again. and just the effort of the community to get in there and clean everything up as if, you know what? this was just one thing that happened. we're now moving on. we're going to the next phase. i found that rather remarkable. >> that is normal for the sikh community. we accept the will of god regardless of how horrific this act is, regardless of how hurt we are by the act. we will move on. and then definitely with the support we've had from the u.s. community, i can't thank everybody enough. and i can't thank law enforcement enough that they prevented this massacre being any worse than what it is. >> all right. gulbar singh basi thank you very much. we really appreciate your coming today to explain some of the things going on. thank you so much. >> you're very welcome.

and while many eyes have been on the recent shootings in wisconsin and colorado, philadelphia and its gun violence have not gotten much attention. what's being done to stop it?

philadelphia has already seen 210 murders this year coming dangerously close to a level last seen in 2007 five years ago when some called the city kill-adelphia. some veteran photo journalists are hoping to reverse the trend. they're taking aim with their cameras.

>> reporter: joe's police scanner crack ls to life just before midnight. moments later, cass as his friends call him is rushing to the scene of a robbery gone bad. along for the ride is a veteran photo journalist jim mcmillan. the 20-year-old victim has been taken to the hospital with a gun shot in the back. police have two men in handcuffs. >> i want to put the audience out there in the streets. i want them to see what i'm seeing every night in the city. the children watching crime scene investigations night after night, day after day. anything to disrupt this, marginally disrupt it i would consider it a success. >> since the shooting rampage in aurora, colorado, gun cris estimates at least 55 gun shot victims in philadelphia alone. so far this year more than 210 murders, a rate approaching 2007 when the city saw more than a

murder a day and earned its nickname kill-adelphia. >> turning around the gun violence epidemic is a tall order and will take heroic action. our cities are full of heroes. we've done this before and can do it again. it is not going to go on forever and the harder we work the sooner we'll end the violence. >> the small volunteer team wants to shake things up by chronicling the daily gun fire. another radio call and the pair races across town. on this residential block a man was shot at least 12 times. police rushed him to the hospital where he died moments later. the crime lab is documenting the evidence. at least four people were shot in separate incidents in just two hours. >> this is a project that i believe in. the city gives us no break. there is an abundance of opportunities to report, unfortunately. >> philadelphia had 324 homicides last year with blacks making up 85% of the victims. >> it's costing all of us,

whether it is immediately in front of your face or several miles away in another community. we are all connected and it's affectinall of us and it's costing all of us. >> while the mayor and other city officials introduced new measures cash rewards for tips and more police on the streets, the mayhem didn't slow down. mayor michael nutter more than frustrated. >> you want to act like an idiot, if you want to be a low life in this town, we will track you down like the dog that you are. >> mcmillan who works with the city officials says they are committed because lives depend on finding a solution. >> what happens next? you know, we elevate the discourse and bring people together and build a movement. we stop the killing. >> reporter: a major challenge for a city where murder has become routine. cnn, philadelphia. >> when you make a comparison it's clear just how major this

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soccer moms, dads, and kids are still on a high after team usa's gold medal victory over japan. the american women are celebrating wins beyond wembley stadium. our zain verjee is in london and if you add up the gold the u.s. women are twice as good as the men. >> yes. i spent the last few moments just counting the gold medals again to make sure. here's what i got. basically the u.s. women rule. okay? you've got 26 out of 39 u.s. golds go to the women. they have been performing

absolutely incredibly. well done to the women of the team usa. also, you know, the soccer was amazing to watch. we mentioned that. it was really all a day about revenge because the u.s. had lost to japan during the world cup back in 2011 and they won, 2-1. a couple really amazing goals and the star of the match so many people are saying, also, is hope solo, who is the goalkeeper who had some incredible saves and just did such a fantastic job for the team usa. so the u.s. women are really bringing it home. >> i have to say after the nuclear power plant melted down i was kind of happy japan won in 2011. >> it was a feel good thing yes. >> to get back ontrack. this is the first year though of women's boxing at the olympics. and incredibly a 17-year-old from michigan takes the gold. >> yes.

clarissa shields is the name on everyone's lips today. she is only 17, so young as you say. she actually dedicated her gold medal to flint, michigan. there are so many poor communities living in flint as well. she had to battle so many challenges and odds to get to where she was. she just did an absolutely super job in women's boxing. she competed in the middleweight category. i just want to show you, also, speaking of boxing and women, you've got the daily mail here which is one of the newspapers here. and the headline is three more girls, three more golds. so it is kind of the same thing for the uk as well. here is a woman, nikola adams, very young, a teenager. she got a boxing title. you have someone who won in dressage and also tae kwon do. they're really doing a great job both here and across the pond. >> remarkable. just great. it's always nice to see when they work so hard they do so well. zain verjee, thanks so much. >> thank you.

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we have mar veld at their skill on the track and yes on the uneven bars but now some members of the team usa are taking those skills to a television set near you. we go to entertainment correspondent michelle turner in los angeles. one gold medalist has already signed a deal. who is she? >> reporter: yeah. looks like that. you know, deb, let me just say, olympic gold medals are great. they really are. but the reality is they don't pay the rent. so the stars from these games are aiming for endorsement deals. some are trying to leverage their new found career into fame on reality tv. we all heard about lolo jones, the track story of the olympics. i kind of fell in love with sonia richards ross and

apparently so did the networks. the track star with the million dollar smile has reportedly already sold a reality show pilot to the we network. it was filmed in austin before she left for london and is supposed to start with a look at her rigorous training regimen as well as her personal life. she is married to aaron ross, nfl super bowl champion now with the jacksonville jaguars. the gold medal winning gymnast gabby douglas we all heard so much about her, she's also gotten an offer to appear in a scripted tv show. she is a huge fan of the vampire diaries and has been tweeting back and forth with the executive producer and he has invited her on. here come the good times. they win a gold medal and they translate into little cash. >> the best way to make a business deal is of course by twitter. you just tweet each other back and forth. okay. swimmer ryan lochte, any one of these guys by the way, any one of these girls, could ultimately doc

dominate the scene. ryan lochte has been on a mission to be in pictures. what is his next move post london? >> you know, he's ready to ride the fame train. he really is. he could actually be the biggest reality star in the making of these olympics. he's already in a funnier video where he encourages people to pee in the pool because remember he said he peed in the olympic pool. his agent is telling "the hollywood reporter" he has been contacted by two different reality shows and they are discussing a third. he has publicly talked about joining "dancing with the stars" which has a history of olympic athletes, past medalists like skater apollo ohno, misty mae treanor and several others have been on the show. lochte has publicly suggested he should face off on the show against his teammate michael phelps which would be a lot of fun. now of course the new buzz though is that he could be the newest star of the bachelor. he has publicly said he would prefer dancing with the stars since it is a competition.

i don't know. the ladies love him. >> i think he would do incredibly well. we would see heart break of profound proportion if ryan lochte were to be on the bachelor. they clearly have to think very carefully about their next move because the next move is going to define sort of what they do obviously as they move on in their career. thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> all right. >> of course you can see michelle and a.j. hammer, "showbiz tonight", 11:00 eastern on hln. >> thanks, guys. well, a woman gets a second chance in life after she is rescued from a burning apartment building. we'll show you more of the rescue from the firefighters' point of view and let you hear from the men who saved her. you t to pay, and we give you a range of coverages to choose from. who is she? that's flobot. she's this new robot we're trying out, mostly for, like, small stuff. wow! look at her go! she's pretty good. she's pretty good. hey, flobot, great job.

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basically an existing terrorist executive order that started earlier in the complex des ig mountainadoed hezbollah under this order. now really it's just a kind of symbolic designation because i think what it really does is tries to show the links between iran, how iran is helping president bashar al assad crack down on his people in syria through the use of its proxy hezbollah. this executive order we just received moments ago tal about this support, the support iran gives to hezbollah, which in turn gives it to syria, training, equipment, there have been hezbollah operatives traveling inside of syria. syrian army generals and members of the military and armed forces have gone to syria, to lebanon, and iran for training. so really what it does is kind of heighten these connections between iran, hezbollah, and the syrian crisis. what it's going to do and the practical effect is really kind

of unclear and in my opinion negatiligible because syria hasd a lot of sanctions under u.s. law even before the conflict began hezbollah was designated a terrorist organization by the united states many years ago. a lot of these assets are frozen and it is more of a symbolic gesture at this point. >> om some levels when you're defining who is sort of in bed with the syrians, is this showing that president bashar al assad is getting more support from the various grps that he's not going to back down because you do have iran, you do have hezbollah, you do have sort of a base of support for him? is this -- are the sanctions, this executive order, is the u.s. treasury going to have any effect? >> i don't think it is really going to have an effect in terms of being able to freeze the assets of hezbollah or iran. if you go back not just on this conflict but many years we talked about sanctions on iran. if you look at the nuclear

program, iran's nuclear program the u.s. has been tightening the squeeze against iran. this executive order talks about the iranian revolutionary guard command which is one of the main security arms and let me quote from this order. it says with actions such as today's designation the treasury department will continue to expose iran's provision of support so it is kind of like naming and shaming iran for the international community and how its security services working with hezbollah are trying to aid the crackdown in syria. >> all right. it will be very interesting to see what comes of this. thank you so much. well, checking our top stories, later today a controversial mosque in murfreesboro, tennessee will hold its first prayers. for more than two years it has faced protests, bomb threats, vandalism, even lawsuits trying to stop it from opening. the first prayers at the mosque will take place this afternoon. and a public health emergency is in effect for dallas county,

texas due to the west nile virus. 175 people have gotten sick there with nine people dying. kxas tv reports the county will reconsider aerial spraying for mosquitos hoping to attack the virus they carry. and in weather, government forecasters are calling for a more active atlantic hurricane season. noaa now predicts between 12 and 17 named storms before the season wraps up november 30th. the agency originally predicted between 9 and 15 named storms. well, they saved my life. those are the grateful words from a woman named jackie hamilton who was rescued from this fiery ordeal. watch this. >> oh, god.

>> joining me now are the men who jackie says got there in just in time, aaron burlingame andette t ettjeff. did you know anyone was inside the building when you got there? >> yeah. we had indications from dispatch that there was a possibility of multiple people trapped and as soon as we got on the scene we were given instructions by the battalion chief that there was a possibility of multiple people and that we were going to have to be attempting a rescue at that time. >> watching that is amazing. you hear the energy and fear in this woman's voice. the woman you rescued revisited the site of the fire and talked about what happened. >> got out in the hallway and it was filled with smoke and i couldn't see and i started

coughing. i was disoriented. and i was trying to find the stairs. found me clear over against the wall over here. i missed the stairs completely. i feel like i'm being watched over. >> now what is so amazing is that this amazing rescue was caught on a camera in your helmet. is that standard equipment for firefighters not just in your department but nationwide? >> i wouldn't say it's standard. our department a couple years got these cameras. here's the camera here. they're relatively cheap. i think they paid $50 for them. we use them just for training. typically when we have a fire or have it on film like that we have a post incident critique and we sit around and watch the videos and see that we did good and also we identify with improvements we need to make so that's why we've got the cameras in the first place is for just a good training opportunity.

we had no idea we'd catch something like this on our camera. >> remarkable. when you look at the video was it standard operating procedure basically reaching out to jackie trying to find wrt she was and frankly contain the fear, the panic? when we got in there on the inside of the apartment fire we had used a thermal imaging camera as well. there is zero visibility on entering the apartment complex. once we start sending up to the second floor i was able to use the thermal imaging camera at that time and low case where she was at and also she was making audible requests for help at that time, too. >> so you basically can follow where she was and hear her voice. now you did meet with her after the fire and clearly saved her life. she is calling you heroes. do you see yourself as heroes or

firefighters just doing your job? >> it's what we get paid to do and what we train to do. a lot of things were going on at the same time. this was just our vantage point of what we were faced with. there were two other people removed from the building as well. i think there is a lot of credit to be shared on this. the medics that took care of the patients and, you know, even the doctors and nurses at the hospital. they all had a hand in this. >> remarkable. >> job well done. thank you so much. >> appreciate it. thanks. >> your papa john's pizza may cost you more and the company ceo blames obama care. we did the math and something doesn't quite add up.

pizza, health care, and

controversy. things that don't normally go hand in hand. but papa john's ceo made headlines this week saying that for his company to comply with the new health care law and be profitable it would have to raise prices. cnn's tom foreman explains. >> like restaurant chains all over the country papa john's does not want to pick up the extra cost of obama care. unlike others, papa is putting a price tag on the extra pepperoni. our best estimate is that obama care will cost 11 to 14 cents per pizza. that's what they say. how did papa come up with that number? well, let's open the pizza oven and pull out the map. this is complicated. but suffice to say we ran all these numbers and if papa john's ran up against the worst case scenario, having to pay a penalty for not providing medical coverage for all 14,000 of its restaurant employees, that could add up to $28 million. taking the company's own estimate that obama care would cost at least 11 cents a pizza, papa would have to sell about a quarter billion pizzas a year to

reach that $28 total. we calculated all of this based on s.e.c. filings and public information because papa john's would not tell us how many pizzas they sell or explain their math or tell us how many of their employees are part-time or how much providing health care currently costs the company. how can we tell if the oranigin statement is true? oddly enough, the math in this case really does not matter. a treasury official gave us some background and pointed out that the worst case scenario is impossible for papa john's. employers have no obligation to provide health care to part-time workers. those working fewer than 30 hours a week. papa john's certainly has plenty of them even if they won't tell us how many so that would reduce their burden. the great bulk of the operations are through franchise operators not the parent company. and many of these would be too small to be penalized. remember the exemptions for businesses with fewer than 50 workers? and the regulations about how

and when and who will pay the penalties are still being sorted out. we received a statement from papa john's that said in part the vast majority of papa john's restaurants are owned by small business people each of whom will be impacted in different ways by costs associated with the protection, the patient protection and affordable care act as it is officially known but our bottom line this estimate is really coming out of the oven a little bit before it is fully baked. since papa won't deliver the documents, to support the claim, we're going to have to say at this point it is false. >> okay. tom foreman, thank you. in oak creek, wisconsin right now prayers for the six people who were gunned down in a sikh temple. earlier when we had the guest on i clearly misspoke calling it a mosque. for that i apologize. that of course was accidental. thanks for joining us today. cnn newsroom continues with kate

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