hello everyone. i'm kate boldbolduan. thank you for joining me. happening right now these are live pictures from a memorial

service in oak creek, wisconsin we've been following this morning. this is a memorial service for the six people killed at a sikh temple on sunday. three others were shot during the rampage. thousands attending today's service to honor the victims. they range in age from 39 to 40 years old five men one woman each visiting the temple that morning to pray in peace. now families are left trying to cope with the senseless loss. >> he was an amazing man. he left this world protecting the church, protecting the people. >> today a memorial recognizing victims for their contributions. >> anything she did was for us. >> again you're looking live at pictures here of the service that is taking place in oak creek, wisconsin, where a huge crowd is gathered to honor sunday's shooting victims and

obviously pray for the entire community. i want to go now live to oak creek where ted rowlands has been reporting since the very beginning. people have come really from all around the world to attend. walk us through the program if you will. what is happening during the memorial service? >> reporter: well, right now what you're seeing is people filing through very slowly taking their time, walking by the open caskets, each casket has with it a large photograph of each victim with the casket. the victims are also portrayed on a large screen in the gymnasium. thousands of people here, kate. it's amazing the turn out. like you mentioned there are people not only from the community here in oak creek but the greater milwaukee area but from across the united states and around the world. many people have flown in from

india for this service. what has been happening is it is a two-hour period for the community to come in and take part by slowly filing by. some people are stopping and praying in the white sheets you see on the live feed in front of the caskets and near the chairs. at 11:00 local time they'll have a program where there will be several speakers including family members and also the governor of wisconsin scott walker is expected to speak along with eric holder. following that the families will have their own private ceremony at the temple. >> ted, while we are watching this very somber ceremony can you give us an update on the latest on the three people who are wounded and still in the hospital right now? >> yeah. the three injured people are -- two of them are progressing well. one, unfortunately, is not. one is still in very critical condition. the police officer, lieutenant

murphy, is getting much better. we had an update yesterday from the police chief. and the other victim shot in the temple is also doing much better. of course everybody is praying that the third victim can turn the corner here. but he is still in critical condition. >> absolutely. our thoughts to him and his family and all the victims who are suffering still rowlands in you very much. when all the hymns and prayers are done and the dignitaries stop speepg and tv cameras stop rolling family members and friends will return to the temple for a private gathering where they will begin an ancient right that is part of sikh funeral traditions. i want to go to the chairman of the sikh council on religion and education joining me now also from oak creek, wisconsin where he has been attending the services for the victims there. thank you so much for taking time to speak with me. first i want to just get your sense. give me your sense when you see the thousands who have gathered to honor the victims.

what goes through your mind? >> well, this seems like a family coming together. you know, the sikhs from all over the world, it feels like the bullets have hit their heart. every sikh in the world is feeling the pain and grieving and joining in prayers and like here in -- physically people are traveling thousands of miles to be here. it's like a family affair. >> and give us a bit of a better understanding. i know in brief if you will, a better understanding of the sikh traditions that will occur once the public service is complete. what takes place afterward for the family members of the victims? >> well, basically after today once the funeral is done, the cremation takes place where there will be prayers which are recited and then after the

cremation is completed then the reading of the six xr-- the sik scriptures will begin in the sikh temple. the 1430 pages of the sikh scriptures will be read allowed by different members of the sikh community as well as the priests and it will be completed on sunday and then there will be a final memorial service. >> and dr. singh, since this tragedy occurred we've heard from many that if there is anything that is gained from this tragedy it's a better understanding of the religion, the culture, and the people. what do you want people to take away from this horrific tragedy? >> well, first is that the sikh community is deeply touched by the outpouring of support from peop across states, across

ethnici ethnicitys and cultures and communities. and what we want people to understand, that we are part and parcel of the united states. and we have been here for the last 100 years. and our faith is the fifth largest religion and yet people don't know much about it. and that we are believers in one god and we -- our faith has three main pillars. believe in one god and having a direct, devoted life toward becoming one with god, and second is to work with honest means and live by honest means and don't be dependent on the society. don't, you know, be a parasite on society. the third is, really share your blessings with unfortunate and under privileged in society. it is a very, very engaged religion, engaged society.

on one hand it believes in the spirituality of having your direct and personal relationship with god but at the same time it enjoins the followers to engage and be connected with fellow beings and serve them in love and service and human rights and justice are the core principles of this faith. so this turban which is now so much misunderstood because of the events leading up to 9/11 and afterwards and it is a symbol of freedom and justice and love and human rights and the equality. so the symbol of turban which is seen in a negative term really should be seen in a positive light, how this community and people who wear turbans are normal people and they are contributing for the betterment of society. >> dr. rajwat singh we talk about love and community being pillars of the faith and you can see that and feel that today throughout this memorial service. thank you so much for joining

me. thank you for your insights. the families will hold a final memorial service for the six victims on sunday after the read elian gonzalez of the hoin reading of the holy scriptures is complete. copd makes it hard to breathe,

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as if the taliban weren't dangerous enough allied troops in afghanistan face a growing threat from their own comrades. green on blue is the name given attacks on nato forces by afghan forces or insurgents wearing afghan uniforms. this happened again. three u.s. troops killed today in helmand province and chris lawrence is joining us now live with more details. what more are you learning about this? >> reporter: sources are now confirming that these three troops were part of a special operations mission to stablize the village in helmand province. they were going to meet some local contacts when they were shot and killed. the taliban is claiming the man who shot them is actually an afghan police officer who was working for the taliban who

lured these troops there for dinner and then planned to kill them. we haven't confirmed that part from u.s. officials but they do say they have been hunting for this gunman. big picture, this would be the third so-called green on blue attack just this week. in fact, there have been more attacks of afghan forces attacking american troops this year than there were all of last year and, kate, we're only half way through e summer so far. >> absolutely. i mean, it's shocking. when you talk about that how we're already further along this year than all of last year, is the pentagon doing anything, advising troops to do anything differently to protect themselves? >> there have been some measures on both sides actually. you don't want to give the impression this is happening at every single level and every single base. many afghans and americans work quite well together but these incidents have really a disproportionate effect on

morale for the troops. in some cases the afghan intelligence services have been putting their agents into afghan police recruit training to try to sniff out if anyone has extremist tendencies. on the american side, some commanders have been authorizing so-called guardian angels that troops that would look out for sleeping troops just to be on the safe side, kate. >> chris lawrence at the pentagon, thanks so much. turning to the civil war in syria, the obama administration is imposing new sanctions aimed at the syrian government of president assad. the target? lebanese based terrorist group hezbollah for supporting assad. today's actions by the treasury department will freeze any assets hezbollah may have under u.s. jurisdiction. it also bans americans and u.s. companies from dealing with the group. u.s. officials say hezbollah has been providing training, advice, and legitimate support to the

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a little olympic update for you. the u.s. men's 4 x 400 relay team goes for gold today because of a special effort by one of its runners. he broke his leg while running in the semifinal but still found some way to finish. truly amazing. let's go to london and bring in zain verjee. i couldn't believe this when i first heard about it. >> i know. >> i can -- i'm speechless when you think of running a race on a broken leg. clearly, a hero of the track yesterday. >> yes. not only that, he was the fifth fastest of everyone on the track. he ran with that broken leg. he said i felt it break and he went on to say it felt like someone had just snapped him in

half and he continued running. he passed the baton and the u.s. team qualified for the 4 x 400 final that is a little bit later today. it is absolutely an incredible story. what a great hero. >> what an absolute hero. another story that we've obviously been watching is the jamaican sprinter usain bolt breaking a huge record with his win in the 200. he is definitely not shy and bragging about it. >> sorry. who is that? yes. it was basically the bolt show. okay? i mean, he was such a showman but he matched it with an incredible prowess on the track. it was amazing to watch. you know, he had all his antics, looked comfortable at the beginning, was wearing a hat backwards. he did a queen's wave. when he went across the finish line he put his fing tower to h lips, silencing everyone who dared to criticize him to think he may not win the 200 meters.

afterwards a few push-ups and grabbing the camera and taking a few pictures. they weren't bad. but he did get the coveted double double, hundred meters, 200 meters gold in two consecutive olympics. >> i know we're out of time. i haven't seen this photo yet but i hope we can pull it up. if there is a photo of you. >> yes. >> there you go. >> i actually did get -- i got two tickets to the 200 meter finals yesterday. i gave them away and thought i would just slum it with everyone else at hyde park. actually it was really fun. that was me with my mates doing the bolt. >> you look beautiful as always. good to see you can have a little fun since i know you're hard at work alt the time covering the olympics. >> all the time. constant. >> have a good weekend. also today coming up the u.s. men's basketball team takes on argentina in the semifinals.

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i'm standing on the exposed bottom of the mississippi river. that's how dramatic the drought impact is felt here. hard to believe a year ago we were talking about record flooding. now they're worried about a new kind of record. a record low. the river was three miles wide here. it's now down to 0.3 of a mile. that's causing all kinds of problems. there are some benefits. i mean, take a look over here. new beach front. in fact, some have quipped the mississippi river has more beaches than florida. which would be funny if it didn't impact trade. a lot of stuff we use goes up and down the mississippi river, talking steel, coal, othere, gr. the barges have had to lighten their loads and are still running aground. there could be a possibility of closinthe mississippi river is a real fear. if that happens all the product will be carried more expensively

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mourning their senseless deaths and honoring their lives. today the community and families say good-bye to the six victims

killed during sunday's temple massacre. each of them a devout believer of their faith. they were sikh priests, grandfathers, fathers, husbands, and one mother. this is a live picture of the public service being held to honor the victims. live pictures here right now from oak creek, wisconsin. just yesterday members reopened the temple and our cnn's ted rowlands was given exclusive access inside. >> reporter: a bullet hole is still in the door of the main prayer room inside the oak creek temple. the plan is not to fix it but to keep it forever as a reminder of what happened. everything else was quickly cleaned by volunteers who showed up almost immediately after the crime scene was cleared. >> it takes a toll and you're thinking of the lives that are lost and how our temple is never going to be the same again. >> reporter: of the four people killed inside the only female victim died here near the back wall of the prayer room. the three others were all shot and killed in the room down this

hall where, as you can see, the carpet has been replaced. this tiny pantry just off the kitchen area is where more than 15 women and children hid for more than two hours some of them injured, none of them knowing if the gunman would return to kill them. several of the victims' family members were there to help clean and pray. some of them joined reverend jesse jackson on the floor. >> simply put, our families, his mother who left behind two beautiful boys and was the only mother, imagine losing your mother, our father, the four other victims, the people who were shot and are in the hospital, the police officer that did his job, they are heroes. they are living the american dream. the other person was a coward. and at the end of the day he should always be remembered as a coward. >> reporter: the hope here is that these six lives will be

remembered as a reason to change the way people treat each other. >> i think that's really what this message is. we're all god's creation no matter how we look, no matter where we come from. no matter what we believe. we're all joined together. >> ted rowlands is joining me once again from oak creek, wisconsin, where thousands have gathered. you're looking at live pictures here. for the service that is under way right now. ted, as we've talked about people have traveled from across the u.s. and the world to honor these victims. many of whom may be strangers to these victims. you pointed out this tragedy has touched so many lives and united so many people. give us some perspective on the crowd, on the people who are attending this service. >> well, kate, you're right. you were talking thousands of people. clearly they didn't all know these victims and they did come from around the world. a lot of people did come from india but many came from the united states as well. we've seen a lot of sikh people and we've seen others as well

coming that are not in the sikh community that are local here or have come, a lot of them from the midwest just to take part in this ceremony and this memorial. they've been going up looking at the victims who are in open caskets and there's been a couple pointed moments where we've seen people break down. at one point there were several law enforcement officers that came in and it was very, very emotional. they gave hugs to family members here and there were, a couple broke down in tears. it really has been, and this is their hope, that what happened here, this tragedy will be used as a building block to try to bring the sikh community closer to everybody else. they really do truly hope that if any good can come of it, that'll be it. >> ted rowlands in wisconsin doing great reporting. thank you so much. sikhs in this country aren't the only ones who are the target of apparent intolerance. a long battle that included bomb

threats, protests, and vandalism has ended in victory for members of a tennessee mosque. the islamic center of murfreesboro is opened today after antimuslim opponents fought for two years to keep the doors closed. at the center of the conflict arguments that the mosque posed a risk of terrorism. we'll go to george howell joining me from murfreesboro for more on this. first remind our viewers. this has been a long-fought battle. remind our viewers how the dispute first started. >> kate, it first started when this mosque, the members here decided they needed to expand. keep in mind this group has been in murfreesboro for several decades now and some in the community felt there wasn't enough public notice to know what was going to be built on this site. there were some in the community who simply did not want it here from the start. but, kate, you see this building is now here. we got an exclusive look inside. really the first visitors inside to see this mosque. a 12,000 square foot facility, much larger, kate, than the old mosque that members here have

out grown. >> george, now that the mosque is opening, how do leaders -- what are the plans for the community to try to heal and ease the tensions between the members of the mosque and those who oppose the expansion of the mosque? >> kate, the first thing, and they're making this very clear, they believe they are welcomed in this community. they believe that a lot of the resistance has come from people outside this community. take listen to what one member had to say. >> we know that we are going to have a much brighter and much more prosperous future. we know that for sure because we have lived here for a long time. so it's not something that is like wishful thinking. it is a reality that we know that this community is going to overcome this hurdle. they're going to come again and unite against forces that are preaching fear and hate.

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film maker spike lee is really synonymous with new york movie making. in his latest film releasing in new york today only he is telling a very thought provoking story. our don lemon had a chance to sit down with him earlier to talk about the film. it's called "red hook sit down with him earlier to talk about the film. it is called "red hook summer." nice to see you. don is in atlanta. >> good to see you. >> and what is this movie about? >> you said it is touching or provocati provocative, and it is moving. i was so surprised by some of the parts of the movie, because it sort of veered from what you usually expect of spike lee, but the movie is about a young boy who is growing up just by chance here in atlanta, and then he goes to brooklyn to red hook which is a neighborhood in brooklyn to spend the summer with his grandfather, and you think it is a movie about a kid nothing outf of the ordinary and the grand father is a preacher

and so on, and so forth,ed a it is a comiing of age story, kate >> well, if you look at spike lee's work, they have a social commentary and viewpoint and message to send, so what is the message he is trying to send in this one? >> well, i can't really talk about what happens -- no, i can't talk about what happened in the plot twist, because i'll give it away, but i said it was so, it moved me so much, and i know it will the people who are watching and i said, are you sure that you wanted to include this in the movie? are you okay with that? and he said, yes, he's okay, but the co-writer didn't want it in, because he thought it was too much. listen. >> the twist, he didn't want to have in it. he didn't wab that in there. >> really, why? >> it's touchy. what we did is touch and go. that's a very, one of the

hardest scenes and i don't want to give too much, but what we did is that it is not easy. >> i think that, yeah. without giving it away, i don't think that you will give it away by saying that was some crazy -- >> well, it is one tof the hardest he has had to film. if he don't include that scene, why even make that film? i have been a punk move not to include that. if you are going to go that way, and do this film, you would be a punk move not the include it. and we are not punks. >> so why do it? and he said, well, he is a story teller and this is just his evolution, and even though the subject that we are talking about, kate, it has been in the news lately and it is drawn controversy and he said it didn't have anything to do with it, but his evolution as a fi filmmaker. >> that twist is quite a tease.

the movie is "red hook summer" and don sat down with spike lee obviously and the full interview will air this weekend on cnn saturday at 10:00 p.m. eastern. don lemon, thank you. great to see you. >> you, too. >> see you soon. if you thought that gas stations were only for gassing up your car, well, think again. our ed lavandara tells us about his favorite gas station in texas where you get fuel for the car and as well for the tummy. here is the travel insider. >> reporter: what if i told you that some of the best tacos that you will find not just in dallas, texas, but the entire state of texas are hidden in this gas stati? fuel city. you're not going to find tis place in some fancy photo spread with the dallas chamber of commerce and it is off of the beaten path and you are to drive past bail bondsman stores and a couple of strip joints, but it

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grocery shopping, and we all do it of course, and even presidential candidates do it, a and to save some money, many of us cut out the newspaper coupons every weekend or so, and those days may soon be a thing of the past. "the new york times" reports that grocers like safeway and kroger are customizing cheap prices just for you. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange looking into

this. a alison, i found this fascinating, but how does it work? >> well, talking about the the shopping habits, but most of us buy the same things week after week and when we go to the grocery store and sometimes we get it on sale and not, and wouldn't it be nice to save money on the things that we always buy? well, the new york times did something interesting that more of the grocery chains are offering personal discounts to the shoppers and safeway is doing it for one giving people certain offers based on the shopping history and according to the "times" the offers can be different from person to person. one person is buying a different types of yogurt would get a deeper discount than someone who buys it every few months. kroger is rolling out something similar and people are worried about the privacy, but the general sentiment is that people are willing to take the tradeoff and get that price and let the supermarket know what they are buying, because they are getting the lower price and willing to be tracked with the loyalty cards. kate? >> and alison, right now, is it considered a pilot program