barbecue and heading to the pool this morning. why? snow. snow in vermont. more than two feet in new york. ear going to track this extreme weather. >> and history seems to be repeating itself at rutgers university as another scandal hits that school. we'll explain why some are alleging the school is continuing a cycle of abuse. >> plus one woman's labor and delivery story that begins and ends at the hospital doorstep. no further. her incredible story with pictures this hour. >> wow. >> i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. welcome to "starting point." it is memorial day. we have dangerous and deadly weather -- great to see you this morning. we have dangerous and deadly weather slamming much of the country this holiday weekend. in texas at least three people died in historic flash floods that inundated the san antonio area. and texas was not alone in this.

more floods in the central plains, and in the northeast, a pair of late spring snowstorms. cnn's indra peterson is following all of this for us this morning. what the heck is going on here? when i was talking about this on friday, everyone was like no. let me show you what happened this weekend. the unofficial start of summer looking nothing like it's supposed to. torrential rain and historic flooding blamed for at least three deaths in the san antonio area. the body of an 18-year-old missing since saturday was recovered from floodwaters on sunday night. >> whether it's the floods of '98, 2002 or again this year in 2013, powerful force of water comes down that creek, and it takes out homes, disrupts lives, in this case, took a life of a young man. >> reporter: drivers had to be rescued from floodwaters.

submerged in more than nine inches of rain that fell in less than seven hours. even this bus was no match for flooded roads. riders escaped the bus through the hatch in the roof. drenching rains and flooding washed away any outdoor plans in the central plains. in iowa, residents breaking out their shovels, instead of their grills, to make sandbags to protect from rising waters. the final week of may looking more like a winter wonderland in parts of the northeast. the memorial day weekend storm brought chilly temps and dumped nearly three feet of snow on a new york ski mountain in the adirondacks. and in stow, vermont, more than a foot of snow recorded on sunday. the latest in the season it's ever had that much snow. brrr. cold just looking at that. today we're still looking for that soggy weather especially in the midwest. heavy thunderstorms, if you notice all the instability, currently around des moines. half an inch of rain still possible in the forecast. stronger winds with that, as

well. in the northeast, kind of like that soggy weekend today finally warming up. look at these temperatures, vermont warm up 30 degrees in pairson to yesterday. and new york about 10 degrees warmer so some 70s today. gorgeous. no longer is everyone going to be walking around with scarves and boots and umbrellas. texas also going to be drying out. seeing a lot more sunshine. unfortunately still a slight risk is out there. anywhere from dakotas through texas and even through illinois are going to be looking for the threat. not really for tornadoes. pretty minimal. of course we can't rule it out. really just the heavier thunderstorms and large hail in the forecast. again you guys, looks like by wednesday the threat for severe weather still back in the forecast. looking for potential for even another tornado outbreak for the middle of the country. >> several more days of stress. indra, thank you so much. this just in, fire on board a cruise ship. this one on a royal caribbean vessel called "grandeur of the seas" headed to cocoa bay in the bahamas. the company says the fire is

out. no reports of injuries to passengers or crew. the ship is in calm seas right now and running with full power. you are not alone. president obama delivering that message to the people of moore, oklahoma, after getting a firsthand look at the tornado devastation. last night during his emotion emotional -- an emotional memorial the president sent a message of his own, we are down but we are were not out. here's nick valencia. ♪ jesus loves me >> reporter: thousands gathered at the first baptist church in moore sunday night to remember the 24 lives lost. last monday's tornado was the strongest and deadliest to strike oklahoma in years. >> our spirits have been shaken this week. our hearts have been broken. but our resolve is strong. and we will rise again. >> reporter: president obama saw the devastation left by the powerful tornado. >> obviously the damage here is pretty hard to comprehend. our hearts go out to the

families who've been impacted. including those who've had loved ones who were lost. >> reporter: the president offered solace and aid to those hard-hit by the tornado. >> it's going to take a long time for this community to rebuild. so, i want to urge every american to step up. >> reporter: this weekend, the parents of bethany paine joined her at what was once her house. the cleanup has just begun. >> we're just getting real and starting to clean up. starting to take the next steps. >> reporter: but by bit, piece by piece, the residents of moore, shawnee and other cities impacted by the recent outbreak of tornadoes, are beginning to put their lives back together. and they're not doing it alone. oklahoma governor mary fallin offer her help to residents of this moore neighborhood. >> for those that are just overwhelmed and it's just too much to do, get their personal belongings out, and then we'll come in and then we'll take care

of it as a state. >> reporter: a bittersweet yet familiar sound of pomp and circumstance provided a needed respite from the devastation as seniors from three area high schools graduated. >> i mean, it kind of seems we're ending our senior year like this but then again it brings us all a lot closer and more together. so that's always a good thing, too. >> reporter: it's a closeness that will bring renewal to a community ravaged by the storm and provide them the courage to rebuild. and you see behind me, christine, this devastation stretches block after block, mile after mile. the good thing is since we've gotten here, since the start of the tornado, things have gotten better. but the governor told me yesterday that it could take weeks, if not months, for things to get back to normal. >> all right nick valencia, thank you, nick. today, president obama will mark memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns in arlington national cemetery followed by a remembrance ceremony at the memorial amphitheater.

let's go to barbara starr. she's at section 60 at arlington national cemetery where service members killed in iraq and afghanistan have been laid to rest. good morning, barbara. >> good morning, john. it is a beautiful still morning here at arlington. the cemetery doesn't actually open to the public on this memorial day for another hour. this is section 60 some of the most hallowed ground in the country. this is where so many nearly 1,000 of those who served and fell on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan are buried. and i just want to show you what we will see throughout the day. an example of battle buddies coming, visiting their friends, leaving memories that we can't really imagine what this may represent. but it is friends remembering friends. what we will see throughout the day here at section 60 are family members, relatives, friends, other members of the united states military, and of course the president coming here to section 60 to pay respects to those who have fallen.

arlington, of course, a remarkable place in the nation's history, nearly 300,000, 300,000 of the nation's veterans buried here. as you look back up the hills of arlington, these are those who have served in vietnam, korea, world war two. this is a cemetery that dates all the way back, of course, to the civil war. but this area here today, section 60, very special. everyone will come here to pay their respects to those who have fallen, and we will see this, of course, across the country, in cemeteries, parades and memorial day remembrances. john? >> barbara starr in arlington national cemetery standing amongst the heroes there on this day to remember the sacrifice of so many. thanks, barbara. >> it's been a rough couple of weeks for president obama. he's been dealing with the irs targeting controversy but it's not the only problem ease facing. cnn's dan lothian live for us this morning at the white house with more. good morning, dan. >> good morning, christine. the president would much rather be talking about his

accomplishments, how ended the war -- or winding down the war in afghanistan, ended the war in iraq, how he got osama bin laden. he likes to highlight how he believes the economy is a much better place under his watch. but there are some big domestic and foreign policy challenges that remain, even as the president tries to move beyond the scandals. >> reporter: after weeks of dealing with scandals, the president is struggling to reset his agenda. and with congress off this week, he has a chance to do so. but even as he tries to limit damage from the irs uproar, republicans are demanding a broader investigation. >> there's clearly an organized effort within the irs to target political opponents of the president. that's undeniable. how does such a culture come about? how vast was it? who was involved? this really does call for a special counsel. >> reporter: the president wants his attorney general to review whether his own justice department has gone too far

pursuing those leak investigations targeting reporters. >> and i've raised these issues with the attorney general who shares my concerns. >> reporter: but republicans are pressing for a special counsel for that, as well. noting eric holder was involved in seeking a search warrant against fox reporter james rosen. >> you cannot investigate yourself, and i think it's a total conflict of interest. >> we have to be determined to stop these problems. >> reporter: mr. obama is also dealing with a sexual assault scandal in the military, giving republicans a new line of attack. >> i think the constellation of these three scandals ongoing really takes away from the president's moral authority to lead the nation. nobody questions his legal authority. but i think he's really losing the moral authority to lead this nation. >> it passes. >> reporter: immigration reform, a top priority for the president, is headed to the senate floor after winning committee approval. but it's not clear there are 60 votes to stop a republican filibuster. and his new push to close the guantanamo facility is facing

stiff opposition on capitol hill. >> i once again call on congress to lift the restrictions on detainee transfers from gitmo. >> of course there's also syria on the global front. the president under pressure to get more involved there. you see him trying to strike this balance with those big domestic and foreign policy issues. at the same time the president in that role as consoler in chief. you saw him yesterday in oklahoma touring the devastation there. tomorrow he heads to new jersey to take a look firsthand on how the recovery efforts are going there. seven months after hurricane sandy. christine? >> all right. very, very busy agenda. no question. dan lothian, thanks, dan. >> ahead on "starting point," another controversy hitting rutgers university. the person hired to clean up the alleged abuse caused by the former basketball coach there, the one supposed to clean it up is now embroiled in her own abuse allegations. we're going to examine what's going on at rutgers and why people are calling for more heads to roll. you're watching "starting point." is you've known?rson

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welcome back to "starting point" everyone. developing this morning so the scarlet knights of rutgers red in the face again. rutgers university engulfed in another fire storm over its athletic program. so it turns out that the school's newly hired athletic director, the one hired to clean up the scandal-starved program may have been guilty of the same type of abuses that got the rutgers men's head basketball coach fired in the first place. rutgers university faced tough criticism in the days after a video surfaced of its head basketball coach being abusive towards players. [ bleep ] the video captured former coach mike rice's aggressive behavior, hurling basketballs at players and yelling homophobic slurs. the university fired rice after a public outcry, and the athletic director was also forced to resign. >> i was deeply disturbed by the behavior the video revealed. >> reporter: this time the university's president will have to answer to governor chris

christie, after reports surfaced that the new athletic director, hired to turn the university's image around, is herself accused of being an abusive coach. the governor's spokesperson said in a statement he's not going to be making any judgments at this time but he expects to be talking with the rutgers administration this week to get the details. it has emerged that back in 1996, all 15 members of julie hermann's volleyball team at the university of tennessee wrote her a letter. the players wrote, in part, the mental cruelty that we as a team have suffered is unbearable. we have been lied to, publicly humiliated, and ripped apart as both players and people. they said the coach had called them whores, alcoholics and learning disabled. one of the players provided the star ledger with a copy of the letter. the paper says hermann responded, quote, i never heard any of this. never name calling them or anything like that whatsoever.

hermann has promised she will bring a new era to rutgers. >> it is a new day. it is already fixed. and there's no one that doesn't agree about how we treat young people with respect and dignity and build trust. >> reporter: but at that news conference, hermann was asked about a jury award of $150,000 to former assistant coach ginger heinline back in 1987. she claimed she was fired because she was pregnant. in 1994, hermann was a bridesmaid at her wedding and in the video the coach said this about her becoming pregnant. >> i hope it's good tonight. i hope it's not too good because i don't want you to come back in february with any surprises, you know. the office and call it would be hard to have a baby in there. hermann responded. >> there's a video? you said there's a video? there's no video, trust me. >> reporter: hermann is even seen here catching the bouquet. the university says its attorneys had investigated that case before hermann was appointed.

but as it prepares for the big ten, rutgers has another big headache. big headache, indeed. kim played volleyball under julie hermann for two years at the university of tennessee. she's a member of the team that wrote the letter to hermann in 1997 and recently gave it to "the star ledger" in newark and she joins us from savannah, georgia. thank you so much for being with us. i really appreciate it. >> no problem. >> so, i don't think i've ever seen a letter quite like that written by all the members of a team before to the athletic department and coach complaining about this coach. the newark "star ledger" has a description of a very dramatic confrontation where you're face to face laying out the complaints about this coach. what led you to that point? >> i think once it went off the court, and became a personal attack on us, we all came together and felt it was time to take a stand, and it was no longer about volleyball. because as athletes we put up with the physical thing.

we can do the push-ups. we can do the suicides. that's not a problem. but when it started mentally attacking us, and affecting us in that way, we decided it was time to take a stand, and come together as a team and it was great that all of us came together. it was a moment that we had waited on. >> a big-time college athlete, you no doubt have come in contact with all kinds of coaches. a lot of people wonder where is the line between a tough coach, just someone who is, you know, as tough as nails, and someone who is inappropriate? is it easy to draw that line somewhere? >> absolutely. you have to keep it on the court. once you attack someone's outside the court where you're attacking their personality, who they are as a person, that's where you've crossed the line. i mean, there's no reason for that, and i've definitely had some tough coaches that have pushed me beyond my physical limits, but this was more mental, and psychological. >> so the big question then is,

kim, you see that julie hermann is hired to clean up rutgers university, after the scandal there with their men's basketball coach. you see that she's brought in. this woman that you complained about years ago, brought in to clean up that program. what was your first reaction when you heard that? >> i think my first reaction was like, hey, isn't that ironic of all the people that they can hire, you know, someone who's actually done that kind of thing, to me, you know, and to others, but, i mean, over the years she might have changed and learned her lesson. so back then, she was a similar coach. >> has she ever apologized to you over all these years? >> no. and i think we -- we -- we've moved on from it. once the lady vol department acknowledged our letter and gave us the opportunity to speak to her, and she chose not to coach for us anymore, we all accepted it, and that we said our piece. we've med on, we're moms, we're career women, and we're

happy. >> i don't know if you've had a chance to talk to some of your former teammates since this news at rutgers, since she's been hired to run the athletic department at rutgers but what do you all want to see how? do you want her to stay on at rutgers? would you like to see the university now say that she's not the right person to head their athletic department? >> no. i mean, we have all discussed, you know, what happened in the past, and it wasn't about any kind of, you know, causing any drama. we were just asked a question, you know, how was julie as a coach? and we told the truth. it was nothing more than that. we were just telling our side of the story, we weren't trying to cause any waves, honestly i don't think any of us expected it to get to this point. you know, hopefully at this point julie's changed and she's realized what a program needs, but, it -- we -- we've moved on and we're very happy in our lives. >> quick last question, do you know if anyone at rutgers contacted you or anyone else on your team in tennessee before

hiring julie? >> as far as i know from the teammates i've talked to, no. >> all right, kim obiela, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate your time this morning. >> no problem. >> so remarkable the whole team wrote that letter, presented it to the university, and after that julie hermann went into administration. >> what's really remarkable is that rutgers didn't ask any questions about it apparently when they hired her to be the athletic director. >> ahead, police foil an alleged bomb plot of an oregon high school. the suspect a junior who was reportedly building his bombs in his own home, and planning a columbine stooil attack. we've got the straightening details. >> and a death row inmate convicted of killing her 4-year-old child may soon be a free woman. the details behind death row debbie's bizarre case. you're watching "starting point." i turned 65 last week.

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country. she was convicted of killing her 4-year-old son after sending him off to the mall to see santa claus. she could walk free after a federal court overturned her conviction. a death row inmate convicted of killing her 4-year-old son could walk free next month. debra milke had her conviction overturned by a federal appeals court after arguing for years that she was the victim of a crooked cop. known locally as death row debbie, milke has been sitting on arizona's death row for nearly 23 years. for the murder of her son christopher, in phoenix. >> he was my pride and joy. i mean he was so much more brighter than me. and stronger. >> reporter: in december 1989, according to the prosecution, christopher was told he was going to see santa claus at a local mall. two male friends of debra milke drove him instead to a desert, where one of them shot the young boy three times in the back of the head, allegedly on her instructions. the two men told police the boy disappeared at the mall. but a day later one of them confessed to police and led them to the boy's body.

prosecutors argued that the boy was killed to collect on a $5,000 life insurance policy. she has always maintained her innocence. but the key witness, detective armando saldate jr. said she confessed to the plot to him and him alone. >> she then manipulated two other gentlemen to get rid of the child, and they got rid of the child, and made up a story that he had gotten lost at a mall. >> reporter: the appeals court said prosecutors should have revealed detective saldate's history of misconduct which included lying under oath in other cases. because milke's guilty verdict was based largely on saldate's testimony the appeals court overturned her conviction. joining me from phoenix, arizona, is debra milke's lawyer lori voepel. she's been on death row for 23 long years. i know you were the one who called her on march 14th to say that the, that the conviction had been overturned. what did she say to you? >> she said, lori, oh, my gosh,

are you kidding me? this is wonderful. she was thrilled. >> how long would it have been before she would be put to death if this hadn't been overturned? >> well, this was the habeas stage, the ninth circuit. if we would have lost here, and if we would have then lost before the u.s. supreme court, absent some new issue, or new argument that we were able to get the court to take notice of, she could have been executed properly within the next two or three years. >> so the two men who took her little boy to the mall, where they originally said that he, he, he was missing, or he, he was lost at the mall, and then they were later convicted, they never pointed the finger at her, did they? >> no, they did not. one has always very much maintained her innocence, that she had nothing to do with this whatsoever. the other one very early, vaguely said that the mother was

somehow involved. but he refused to testify against her, even in exchange for a plea offer to save his own life. he said that he could say what his lawyer wanted him to say, but that it wouldn't be what was the truth. >> so that early suggestion, sort of vague suggestion that maybe the mother was involved, that's where this detective took that suggestion, and ran with it, you say. now you are still asking for the personnel records now of this detective, armando saldate, to look at his past accusations in the past. he has lied under oath. tell me a little bit about that and how that testimony is what was really the nail in the coffin for your client. >> yeah, this detective has a history of misconduct, lying to grand juries under oath to secure grand jury indictments. he has falsified and coerced confessions of severely vulnerable suspects.

he has tainted photo lineups, and even early on, when he was a patrol officer, it basically extorted a woman who he had pulled over who had an arrest warrant for sex. and that was later discovered by the phoenix police department. he was suspended for five days, and they indicated that that called his credibility, and his integrity into question. and not withstands that, he was later made a detective. now, most of this debbie's trial attorneys did not know about. they knew about one case and a little bit more. and they tried from the very beginning to get the detectives' personnel file and we've tried all the way through to get his personnel file. finally, in post-conviction proceedings years ago in the state court, a team of researchers was able to uncover

all -- or quite a bit about saldate's misconduct in other cases. >> so that's what's proving to be so critical here, as this whole conviction overturned. lori voepel, attorney for debra milke there in phoenix. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. 35 minutes after the hour right now. president obama wishing americans a happy monday with their families, but also reminding everyone what this day is supposed to be about. respect for the men and women who gave their lives in service to the nation. >> they are heroes. each and every one. they gave america the most precious thing they had, the last full measure of devotion. and because they did we are who we are today, a free and prosperous nation, the greatest in the world. >> the president will mark this memorial day by laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. that happens later today. this is a live picture of the cemetery, and the tomb of the unknowns. you'll be able to see it as it happens live today. the wreath laying at 11:00 a.m.

eastern right here on cnn. >> the death toll now stands at three in san antonio as the result of severe flooding in south texas. yesterday the body of an 18-year-old was found one day after he was reported missing near a local creek and two women died saturday. a 30-year-old and a woman believed to be in her late 60s. cnn's weather center says the worst of that rain fall is now over and the national weather service is expecting flood levels to quickly fall. good news for commuters in washington state. authorities say temporary steel girders could restore traffic over that collapsed bridge by mid-june. three people were injured in the collapse thursday after a truck slammed into an overhead support. an accident closed a big portion of a crucial artery between the u.s. and canada. a permanent new bridge is expected to be finished sometime in september. weatherwise it's been a wild weekend so far. that's an understatement to say the least. flash flooding killing several people in texas. storms dumping snow in vermont. and upstate new york. cnn's indra peterson joins us

now with a look at what's ahead. this is nuts. >> unbelievable. especially the snow part. we were talking about that over the weekend. hard to believe, they got three feet of snow in vermont. the good news is temperatures are slowly changing. in vermont quickly changing. 30 degrees warmer today. it's going to feel so much better out there. in the midwest, all this soggy, wet weather. look at all the instability. a lot of lightning and thunder around the des moines area. that's going to remain with you throughout the day. look for another half an inch, inch of rain, heavier amounts within the thunderstorms themselves. on top of that the gusty winds, plus here's the good news. for everyone, soggy, wet and cold. that was us here in new york. things are improving. temperatures anywhere from 5, 10, 20, 30 degrees up towards vermont. the warmer air really starting to kick on through and it feels so much better. 70s and sunshine after that cold, soggy weekend. texas also good news. things are drying out there. we are now monitoring a slight risk. we're talking about not really a tornado threat. very minimal there but definitely some isolated

thunderstorms, with large hail and strong winds. that's going to be stretching from the dakotas down through texas and even in through illinois. we talked about middle of the week, the threat does enhance for oklahoma by wednesday. >> let's hope they make it through that. thanks so much. >> memorial day marks the unofficial start to summer. that means sun and time to break out the sunscreen. you may find ourself confused when you head to the store asking which is best. >> the answer according to a new report may really surprise you. a lot of money does not necessarily get you the best protection. cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us to break it all down for us. elizabeth, who won? what's the best sunscreen? >> all right. i have the list of the top three sunscreens according to consumer reports. and i must say when i was at the store before going to the pool with my kids yesterday i brought it with me because you're confronted by this huge array. you don't know what to get. here are the top three according to consumer reports. up and up sport spf 50 that's a spray from target. equate ultraprotection spf 50 from walmart.

and copper tone water babies spf 50. you'll notice walmart, target, not necessarily the most expensive ones. and actually we have some examples here that i'll show you that show you these price differences. and for example, here's one kiss my face, $3.96 an ounce. $3.96 an ounce. versus this hawaiian tropic which is $1.5 an ounce. now there's nothing wrong with the kiss my face. they just said that it gives actually less protection for more money. we reached out to the kiss my face folks and they said the active ingredients in our minerals sunscreens form a physical block against the sun's broad spectrum rays. we are proud of our 100% natural products. again, less protection for more mon know. >> i was at the beach yesterday and everyone was talking about this study. walmart, target, cheaper, cheaper, may be better. really interesting to hear. thank you so much elizabeth cohen. >> sometimes all that packaging looks really neat, really shiny

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marathon runners never got a chance to cross the finish line. yesterday at the indianapolis 500 several of them had the opportunity to finally cross a line of a different sort. andy scholes joins us now with more in the "bleacher report." >> good morning, guys. the best part of a marathon has to be crossing the finish line. the officials at the indianapolis motor speedway wanted to help give that feeling back to those boston marathon runners who were robbed of it after the bombings. nonfinishers from indiana and surrounding states were invited to come to the track and finish the marathon before yesterday's indianapolis 500. now about 35 people took them up on the offer, and they ran the half mile stretch from turn four to the yard of bricks as the crowd of over 250,000 chanted usa. once the race got going it was a good one. there was a record 68 lead changes and with three laps to go, tony kanaan took the lead and shortly after that dario franchitti crashed and that would be it. kanaan takes the checkered flag under caution to finally get his first win at the indy 500. and afterwards he thanked his fans for sticking with him.

>> in a way they spoiled for me because every year they did the same, me winning or not. so this is just is a lot better, for all the support they gave me all these years, i couldn't do it, you know, i couldn't do a better race for them. >> it was a bizarre afternoon for everyone involved at the coca-cola 600 yesterday in charlotte. a tv cable above the track snapped during the race, and kyle busch, he ran right into it. his car was damaged, along with a few others. during the 27 minute delay busch would get his phone, take some picks of his damaged car for facebook or instagram. don't know. ten fans were also injured by the cable. luckily no one was seriously hurt. last night in l.a., 26-year-old robbie rogers made mls history as he became the first openly gay athlete in the u.s. to compete in a professional game. rogers had retired from pro soccer back in february when he made his sexual orientation public. after a few months rogers decided to make a comeback and he says he hopes he can be a role model for gay teens.

a pretty cool moment, guys. he came into the game last night in the 77th minute with the galaxy up 4-0 and he got a nice ovation. >> a lot of hugs from his teammates as well. great to see the support that he got. all right, andy, thanks so much. >> ahead on "starting point," a woman in labor makes it to the doorsteps of her hospital before time runs out. she tells us her amazing story live. next. oh, acoverable. you're watching strt stt. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pass the land and water back to future generations. people should make up their own mind what's best for them. all i can say is it has worked well for us.

. so it's something some people do, they take pictures of t the birth of their baby.

and it 's what amy and her husband, joe, planned on doing. what they did not anticipate was that the pictures would go way viral. why? because amy gave birth on the doorstep of the hospital. not inside the hospital, on the doorstep in a wheelchair. >> yeah, she was barely able to walk the six steps from the hospital -- from the hospital curb there into the front door after she went into labor. she went into labor, delivered her child, john, two hours after the first contraction right there. she was clutching the hospital exterior for support. two hours, first contraction. she was holding her daughter in her arms. amy and her friend, emily, join us. first of all, your baby is gorgeous and we're so happy tha she had a healthy delivery at the doorstep of the hospital.

what were you thinking? at the very last moment, you just -- the baby was coming. couldn't even get into the hospital. tell me what happened. >> as i was leaning up against the wall of the hospital, it just was really obvious that it was going to happen right there. and i had the most fantastic midwife and i said to lori, you know, the baby's head is out. and she just was all business and she just dropped down and kind of grabbed her head between my legs achd hend held her ther said to joe that rattled off the phone number to call to get a wheelchair. and he actually was able to just run inside and grab one. and i never ever made it into the wheelchair ever. i just leaned on it for supts. a support. >> one of the great pictures we have is of your husband with the utter look of jubilation. unusual that it's happening outside the hospital, but the look that many fathers have when they first see their child.

emily, we're in the business, all about getting pictures, but this is a rather unique thing that went on there. so when you see that this is all going to go on right there, you're not getting in that building, what are you thinking? >> i just was completely overjoyed with the moment. everything was happening really quickly and it was so amazing. and joe and i just kept looking at each other and grinning just in complete shock. and it was so happy and fast and wonderful and amazing. i just kept clicking and kept taking shots and in between looking at joe and looking at amy and looking at the midwife and it was just such an incredible moment that i couldn't really think about it while i was shooting. >> amy, you said that your first birth was pretty quick, too. one of the things they tell pregnant mothers, they say spend as much time as you can at home. don't spend all the time in the hospital.

just wait at home as long as you can before you go to the hospital. two hours is so quick. you must have had no idea that this one would come so quickly. >> no, you know, i knew because sophie was only six hours that this one would be queke erquicki was thinking four, four and a half. and i wasn't in any particular rush. and then once my water broke, it became really obvious that, you know, it was going to happen right away. so unlike with sophie where we didn't leave for the hospital right away when my water broke, this time i was definitely getting my husband the let's go now. >> see ienna had to leave there. she wanted to be the star of the interview. >> apparently she had her own version of events but we don't speak her version of events.

>> sienna wanted to get fed. >> she's on her own schedule as she has been from the very beginning apparently. so you give birth outside the hospital. usually when an expectant mother arrives, she arrives with the baby still inside. you walk into that hospital holding the child. what was the reaction? >> well, at that point i was sitting in the wheelchair and i was holding her and i said to the midwife before we went through the door, do we have to go in, can i go home? we're done, right? and she convinced me that, no, it's probably better if we go upstairs. so we went in and i think that the most freaked out person of all was probably the security guard as we went past. he looked pretty shaken. but other than that, i mean, the reaction was just, you know, we have a happy healthy baby. let's go enjoy her. >> i think that security guard may have been surprised to see me pop out with my camera while this was all happening. >> what is going on here, that's

what he thought. >> we don't do anything normally. >> achl amy, so nice to meet yo your beautiful daughter. and emily, nice job getting all those and you zchl pictuwesome . i love birth stories and that one really stops it. ahead on "starting point," we'll show issue pictures here you will not believe t. this is not a picture from the winter. this is from memorial day weekend. the end of may. we'll have more on this extreme weather we're seeing across the country. >> as we go to break, a live picture from arlington cemetery. there you see a soldier laying roses on each headstone. with the spark cash card from capital one... boris earns unlimited rewards for his small business. can i get the smith contract, please? thank you. that's three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put 'em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris' small business earns 2% cash back

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honoring the fallen. we remember those who gave everything for this country. >> and while many today will be doing that, also hitting the beach our host a barbecue, folks in vermont are not welcoming the

unofficial start to summer thanks to snow. and for those who may actually find a beach, check your bottle of sunscreen. a new report on why they're not all created equal. >> good morning, everyone. it's monday, may 27, memorial day. welcome to "starting point". >> we'll get right to the deadly weather slamming so much of the country. historic flash floods claime several lives in southern texas. in one case a woman was swept away just as responders were trying to free her from her vehicle. the southwest not alone. unseasonable weather dumped feet of snow in new york and vermont. indra petersons is following all of this for us. >> i thought i was complaining about having to wear a little bit of a scar of, some boots. they had highs in the 30s over holiday weekend. unbelievable. let's show what you it really looked like there this weekend in case you missed it. the unofficial start of summer

looking nothing like it's supposed to. torrential rain and historic flooding blamed for at least three deaths in the san antonio area. the body of an 1-year-old missing since saturday was recovered from floodwaters on sunday night. >> the floods of '98, 2002 or again this year in 2013, powerful force of water comes down that creek and takes out homes, disrupts lives. in this case took a life of a young man. >> reporter: drivers had to be rescued from floodwaters. submerged in more than 9 inches of rain that fell in less than 7 hours. even this bus was no match for flooded roads. riders escaped the bus through the hatch in the roof. drenching rains and flooding washed away any outdoor plans in the central plains. in iowa, residents breaking out their shovels instead of their grills to make sand bags to protect from rising waters.

the final week of may looking more like a winter one ter land in parts of the northeast. memorial day weekend storm brought chilly temps and dumped nearly 3 feet of snow in the adirondacks. and in stowe, vermont, more than a foot of snow recorded on sunday. the latest in the season it's ever had that much snow. turn around, don't drawn. t drown. only six inches remember sweeps you off your feet. two feet of water moving water can take away a large vehicle. look at the lightning and thunder in des moines. we'll be looking at unsettled weather throughout the afternoon. but it does look better somewhere and one of the places is northeast. finally temperatures are rebounding. 10, 15 degrees 30 degrees warmer in vermont. starting to see the 70s. gorgeous out there. 74 degrees today. also currently drying out in texas. so that's the between news.

slight risk still with us, dakotas, montana, texas and illinois. and unfortunately, we'll see the weather enhanced as we go through the middle of the week. oklahoma looks like potentially by wednesday more severe weather in the forecast for them again. >> certainly hope the best for them as they still have digging out from last week. thanks. we remember those brave americans who died fighting for our freedom. in a few hours, president obama will lay a wreath at the too many of the unknowns in arlington cemetery. barbara starr live at arlington this morning. good morning, barbara. >> reporter: good morning. we are the at section 60 in arlington. the cemetery opened to the public just a few moments ago on this memorial day. and i think you can already see people are beginning to arrive to pay their respects. family members, friends, we will see people coming here throughout the day as we do on every memorial day. as you mentioned, the president will be at arlington in just a

few hours offering his respects for all of those who have served over the years. but section 60 really such a special place. in this area, nearly 1,000 troops have fallen on the battlefields of iraq and afghanistan are buried here. this is the place where cities, towns, names like fallujah, kandahar, all the places in iraq and afghanistan are so deeply remembered by the friends and family of those who have served. so we'll be here throughout the day, we'll be talking to some of the people who come here, we'll be seeing what is happening. we'll see the mementos left here. teddy bears, flowers, pictures p. and occasionally maybe just a nice frosty bottle of beer left by a young soldier who comes to visit a friend who is here. >> all right, barbara starr, thank you. this morning fire on board a cruise ship, royal caribbean

vessel headed to cocoa bay in t bahamas. there are no reports of injuries to passengers or crew. the ship is running with full you spoke r. p power headed to freeport. british government targeted extremist groups in connection with the killing of the soldier last week. david cameron says he will personally head up a new anti-terror task force looking into extremist activity in the uk. the body of a missing teenager has been found in san antonio, the third reported fay ality as a result of that severe flooding in south texas. the 18-year-old's body was discovered one day after he was reported missing near a local creek. two women died on saturday, a 30-year-old and a woman believed to be in her late 60s. the worst of the rainfall is now over and the national weather service expecting those flood levels to quickly fall.

a new scandal facing rutgers university. the new athletic director, the one hired to clean up the program after basketball coach mike rice was fired for abusive behavior, the new athletic director is herself accused of being an abusive coach. 1996, all 15 members of julie harm herman's team submitted a letter claiming she ruled through emotional abuse and fear. so earlier we talked to kim, one of hermann's players on that team. >> i think once it went off the court and became a personal attack on us, we all came together. >> new jersey governor chris christie says he wants to talk to the rutgers university president about this new issue. ten fans were injured sunday at the nascar race in north carolina when an overhead tv camera fell from the grand stand and on to the track. according to charlotte motor speedway, three people were taken to the hospital, seven treated for minor cuts and

scrapes. the incident happened in lap 121 of a 400 lap race delaying the race by 27 minutes. three drivers reported damage to their cars. so the hangover disappointed. fast and furious not at all. the sixth film in the popular cars and crime franchise ruling the memorial day weekend box office. it's estimated four day gross more than $122 million. the hangover part three a constant second, $51 million, less than half of the hangover part two opening. in third place, star trek into darkness expected to earn $48 million. when all is said and done, this is expected to be a record setting memorial holiday at the movies. ahead supreme court preparing decisions that could affect the lives of every american. we'll run through the cases for you you. and another child star on a downward spiral. the difference here, amanda bines antics playing out in real

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it's decision time not supreme court. 30 cases a wait final opinions, some of them on major controversial issues from affirmative action to same-sex marriage. and the answers to these cases could have a big impact on the lives of millions of americans. athena jones takes a look. >> reporter: from now until the end of june, the supreme court is expected to rule on big issues. affirmative action and same-sex marriage. >> it's almost unimaginable the number of things the supreme court will decide that affect all americans in the next month. >> reporter: first up could be whether public schools can consider race when admitting students. an about abagail fisher argued she was

rejected because she was white. the school says race is one of many factors it uses to achieve diversity on campus. court watchers say anthony kennedy could side with conservative justices to overturn or limit a major supreme court decision from ten years ago that allowed affirmative action. the justices are also dealing with another hot button issue, same-sex marriage. >> marriage between one man and one woman. you guys won't accept it. >> reporter: considering whether california's proposition 8 ban is constitutional, and in a second case, if the defense of marriage act can deny same-sex couples the same federal benefits as heterosexual ones. >> i think it will be good. >> reporter: that case was brought by edith, a new york woman who had to pay higher estate taxes of a her ter wife died than someone in a heterosexual marriage would have. >> i think it's likely in the defense of marriage act case that the supreme court will invalidate the federal law that says we won't recognize state

same sex marriages. but in the california proposition 8 case, the justices seem unlikely to require under the constitution every state to recognize same-sex marriage. the ruling may not be a huge gay rights victory at all, but i doubt it will be a significant loss either. >> reporter: another case involves the kind of genetic testing that led angelina joe lie to undergo a double mastectomy. the court is considering whether human genes can be patented. athena jones, cnn, washington. want to talk about theup coming decisions plus the week ahead in washington because it is a busy one for the president. ron brownstein cnn senior political analyst joining us. great to see you. let's talk about the supreme court first. you heard that story. affirmative action, gay rights issues coming up, also the voting rights act. which of these decisions do you think has the most potential to kind of cause a little bit of an

earthquake and perhaps push the administration off message? >> first of all, happy memorial day, everyone. if they rule in the most expansive way possible, gay marriage would probably be that as is on which the case, the most explosive supreme court decisions are those that are about aligning the law to the changing demography of the country. since most are expecting a fairly narrow ruling on the underlying issue of the california gay marriage initiative, i think it's the affirmative action questions. we are in a country that is going to be majority nonwhite in our under 18 population, not in 2040, not in 2030, but in this decade. and in that reality where most of the k to 12 students are nonwhite, the question of how we use race and apportions opportunity particularly to our elite institutions of higher education i think is an increasingly pointed and urgent issue. so i think that may have the biggest ramifications. and they have been dealing with

this since the 1970s. so it has taken a long time to try to get it right and maybe be one of the issues that we maybe never entirely resolve. >> had to rewrite all the school rules and could have to do it again. on the issue of gay rights, if it is a limited ruling as many people suggest it might be, where then do you see the evolution of gay rights, the right to marry, how do you see that progressing around the country? >> gay marriage in some ways we're running the experiment we did not run with abortion because of the roe decision in 1973 which established the nationwide right to abortion. instead we are seeing states moving in very different directions. the overall public opinion clearly moving toward greater acceptance of particularly among the millennial generation. we've seen two more blue states legalize gay marriage just this month. by 2016 of the 18 states that

have voted democratic in the last six elections, 14 of them could have either gay marriage or civil unions. on the other hand, you dofrn't y movement in red states. there really is no political pressure to do it there. so unless the court establishes a nationwide right, we could see a very divergent system for quite a while. >> let's talk about immigration reform. you wrote a column about how the gangs in congress that have mixed results so far, what do you think about the gang of eight proposal and whether they will have to trade around major parts of their proposal to get actually something done? >> well, i know that the gang of eight in the senate, the bill has passed the senate judiciary committee. i think in the end it will pass the senate. people forget as recently as 2006 the senate with 62 votes, including 23 republicans, did pass comprehensive immigration reform. and i do think despite some near death experiences likely they will get through the senate again and then the issue will be

what will the house do. i think the house initially will pass a more conservative bill and the real question will be will they go to conference and in the end will john boehner let a bill pass that a majority of house republicans oppose. to me that has always been the critical question on whether immigration happens or not because it's hard to see a majority of house republicans voting for a bill that could pass the senate and president obama could sign. >> this is a major piece of legislation, could be the hallmark or only significant piece of legislation the obama administration gets through in the second term. how do you think it will be affected by all these controversies that are going on right now? >> a controversy -- what scandal does is send each party to their opposing corner. makes it harder for president obama to make deals if he needs them to defend him against republican investigations. on the other hand, it strengthens the portions of the republican party that don't want to make any deals. the argument becomes the president is drowning, don't throw him a lifeline. but you so many republican

strategists consider immigration it inconceivable to go into 2016 without this issue resolved and despite all the opposition in the house, the argument that if you don't do this you may not work with a republican president again for quite some time could prove persuasive, could be the exception to what may be as you point out a very dismal legislative year in washington. >> all right, ron, great to see you. appreciate it. ahead, will and carlton back together showing off their moves and bringing in the next generation. it's a fresh prince reunion you don't want to miss. day. there was this and this. she got a parking ticket... ♪ and she forgot to pay her credit card bill on time. good thing she's got the citi simplicity card. it doesn't charge late fees or a penalty rate. ever. as in never ever. now about that parking ticket. [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] the citi simplicity card is the only card that never has late fees, a penalty rate, or an annual fee, ever.

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welcome back to "starting point". >> it's been anything but summer like on this first unofficial day of summer. deadly flash floods in texas, storms dumping feet of snow in new york and vermont.

indra petersons joins with a look at this wild weather. >> it feels absolutely nothing like june in so many places. snow out there. unbelievable. and still seeing the thunderstorms this morning throughout the midwest. flood watches are in effect for portions of iowa and even through illinois and look at all the instability. thunder, lightning still in the picture today unfortunately for a soggy memorial day. where is it getting better? finally we're warming up in the northeast. temperatures are rebounding. in fact we will see some 70s out there and in vermont where they had the snow, it will quickly melt. we'll be seeing 60s. texas will be drying out, so we're not looking for the flood threat much once that starts to recede. but unfortunately severe weather slight risk today once again stretching really in montana all the way down through texas, even through portions of illinois. we're talking thunderstorms will be popping up. the threat isn't too high for

tornadoes. can't rule them out, but looking for the large hail, gusty winds. in fact moore, oklahoma has potential for 50 miles per hour miles per hour gusty winds. showers currently on the west coast. the reason for that it's a cold low. once that makes its way across the plains, we have the potential for severe breath outbreak again by the middle of the week and that is tough news considering they're still trying to recover. >> all right, thank you so much. so memorial day is here. and the jersey shore is open for business. seven months after super storm sandy demolished so much of the shore, beach front communities that rely on tourist dollars have been frantically trying to get ready for the start of the summer tourist season. and seaside heights is hoping for a strong start to the season. they have a gorgeous day today. and poppy harlow is live to tell us how it's going. >> reporter: if i have to work on memorial day, i'm glad i'm working here on the jersey

shore. it is gorgeous as you said. a beautiful day. they need this weather. they need the people to come. this is the centennial for seaside heights if you can believe it. and this may just be the biggest memorial day weekend ever for the jersey shore because it is when they will find out if people are going to come back and spend money here on the jersey shore where tourism is so critical. i want to show you you some video of what this place looked like just seven months ago right after super storm sandy struck and now we'll show you how it looks today. the games are back on in seaside heights. >> it's back. >> it's back. >> we're back. 100%. >> reporter: and the people who came back liked what they saw. >> it's great. really good to see everything back to where it used to be. almost close to where it used to be. >> reporter: almost because the rebuilding continues. nearly seven months after sandy

tore up much of the jersey shore. vincent's family owns casino pier. before sandy, it held 38 rides. now this. how much progress have you made? >> we've made tremendous progress. in three months, we've done what should take three years. >> reporter: it hasn't come cheap. millions? >> it's millions. >> reporter: tens of millions? >> i would say tens of millions. >> reporter: the new boardwalk alone cost nearly $8 million. >> we did what we had to do to get the doors open, to let people know seaside heights is open. >> reporter: but they need more benches and lights. but the mayor is satisfied. >> you can walk the boardwalk north to south and seems like we have a few people up here today enjoying it. >> reporter: a few people less than a typical memorial day weekend. >> i would say we're doing about half what we did last year. >> reporter: but you that hapsnt dampened spirits.

>> you couldn't ask for better weather. this is great. >> this is the golden goose. we knew it was going to be slow, but just the idea that we're here, that's the remarkable thing. >> reporter: what is way to ring in 100 years. >> i guess we're doing the same thing they did back 100 years a ago. >> reporter: they absolutely are working around the clock here. a lot of grit and perseverance here. just to give you some perspective of how important it is that people come here, tourism on the jersey shore makes up about $19 billion in total revenue every summer. and most of that comes in the 14 weeks between memorial day and labor day. last year they had about $7.5 million visitors. of course they're hoping to reach that or get anywhere close to this year. and on a typical memorial day weekend, you'll have about 65,000 people here. but because of things like that you just saw behind me, the big tractor, a lot of repairs here, they don't expect to see that

this memorial day weekend. >> still so much work to do. but it is great to see that people out there. and of course the jersey shore tomorrow is getting an extra special visitor. >> reporter: a lot of security will be here. president obama is coming to see the progress, see what still needs to be repaired. he'll be touring with governor chris christie. we're told they will meet with business owners, homeowners, really focus on the middle class here. a lot of these businesses are all small businesses. this is a blue collar town. they will be up and down the jersey shore talking to business owners about what they need to get back on their feet and to see the progress. but remember right after sandy before the election when president obama toured the area with governor chris christie, chris christie's warm embrace of the president, his welcome, that certainly made headlines. so it will be interesting to watch the chemistry between the two of them this time. >> interesting indeed. and now it's chris christie who is up for re-election.

so we'll see if the president returns the favor. poppy harlow, thanks so much. of course memorial day is also a time to remember our fallen heros. carry the load is a charitable organization walking some 2,000 miles throughout the month raising money for families of fallen service members and raising awareness about this holiday's true meaning. >> tom actually took his own laugh on camp lejeune may 10th, 2010. i think a lot of people think of memorial day as the start of summer and we don't really remember what the actual meaning is. so i think that it's really great to get out there and show everybody and be like, look, there are people who are dying for your freedom. >> he was a wonderful father and a good husband to his wife. and i miss him. so this is my way of saying, hey, tom, i'm still here. >> the group's national relay concludes today with an event in dallas. president obama will mark

memorial day by laying a wreath at the too many of tf t uof tho unknowns. >> they are heros each and every one. they gave america the most precious thing they have. and because they did, we are who we are today, a free and prosperous nation, the greatest in the world. >> yesterday the president was in moore, oklahoma where he surveyed the damage caused by last week's tornado. a 17-year-old was planning a school massacre deadlier than column bine. grant acord is accused of making bombs. they got a tip and found bombs in a secret compartment under the floor in his bedroom. cnn trying to reach the teen's attorney for comment. police will search the school now. a paralegal found dead in the home of hers with boss.

possible evidence was collected. so far, though, this case has far more questions than answers. >> the body of 26-year-old julia law was removed by police from the home of prominent philadelphia criminal defense lawyer a. charles paruto jr.. a maintenance worker found her unresponse sif just after 10:00 a.m. on saturday. police sources say she was found naked, face town in a bathtub. investigators have combed through the home, removing brown bags of possible evidence. he says he was on the jersey shore when law's body was discovered. police sources say they have no suspects in the case. the medical examiner's office has carried out an autopsy, but the cause of law's death has not been disclosed. according to her facebook and linked in profiles, law worked as a paralegal in peruto's law firm and she was dating the 58-year-old attorney. in a statement to cnn, peruto said she was my girl flend and i

loved her more than anyone can imagine. the people at my firm know that. this is god's theft of a perfect human. the news of law's death shocked neighbors in this quiet neighborhood. >> certainly bizarre. >> that's shocking. >> reporter: peruto was visibly upset. when cnn affiliate asked him how he felt. >> who was this girl? >> did you ever lose somebody? are you serious? >> reporter: for now just how julia law died remains a mystery. >> she had been working for him two years. police are still investigating the circumstances. 38 after the hour. you might want to take this news standing up. doctors say growing research points to a hidden health hazard, sitting down. sitting they say is like the new smoking. americans now sit for more than half their waking hours which raises the risk of diabetes, heart disease and could lead to an early grave. but reversing its effects is not

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welcome back. british prime minister david cameron launching a new government terror task force to crack down on extremist elements in that country. the move follows the murder of a soldier in broad daylight on a lon ddon street last week. at least nine have been arrested. three other suspects have been released on bail. the death toll stands at three in san antonio the result of severe flooding. yesterday the body of an 18-year-old was found one day after being reported missing near a local creek and two women died saturday, a 30-year-old woman and woman believed to be in her late 60s. the weather center says the worth of that rainfall is now over and the national weather service is expecting flood levels to quickly recede. a temporary solution is in the works for that bridge collapse that injured three people in washington state last week.

new steel girders could help. on thursday a truck slammed in to an overhead support knocking out a portion. a permanent new bridge is expected to be finished sometime in september. so it's time to break out the sunscreen if the weather is cooperating for you where you are. >> and the speedos. but the answer which is the best sun screen and that answer may surprise a lot of you. a lot of money does not necessarily get you the best protection. elizabeth cohen skrojoins us. so what is the best? >> according to consumer reports, some of the best ones are some of the cheapest ones. so there i was standing in the store yesterday, we didn't have anyspeedos and have a swim. i thought maybe if you spend more money, you get something better. but it's not true. consumer reports say the number one brand according to their testing is actually the walmart brand -- sorry, the target

brand, up and up sport spf 50 and number two is walmart equate ultra protection spf 50. so again, very inexpensive, really kind of surprising in many ways. i thought it would have been something that cost more money. >> the good news is you can save money and be safe. >> what about the spf? there is such a huge range. some have extremely high numbers. what spf is best? >> what experts say is 30 is perfectly fine. anything more than 30, knock yourself out, but you don't need it. so when you are looking for sunscreen, go for 30 or higher. use a shotglass full of lotion. and look for something that says uva/uvb, and look look for water resistant. you may also see something that say broad spectrum, that's supposed to mean uva and uvb together. so look for all of those things. and put it on a lot. look every two hours and certainly if you're swimming when you get out of the water,

put it on again. >> i haven't ever heard elizabeth cohen recommend a shotglass full of anything before. and of course it would be sun screen. >> sorry. right. it is a lot of sunscreen, though. you really have to dump the stuff on and frequently. >> but items he intere it's int. the kids just put their arms out and weight to wait to be all loon lubed up. coming up, victor beating out his opponents by less than a second. we'll talk with peter dempsey live about his unbelievable win. we'll talk to you in a second. you're watching "starting point". la's known definitely for its traffic,

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it was a huge race, tony kanaan winning the indy 500 finally, but another race still has people talking. friday's freedom 100. some are calling it one of the greatest finishes in motorsports history. you have to take a look at this. >> remaining three wide. a three wide shoot-out at the line. it's a drag race. here comes dempsey. four wide. it will be dempsey! dempsey won it. >> a four wide finish. >> unbelievable. >> oh, my gosh. peter dempsey edged out three drivers in the closest finish of the indianapolis motor speedway ever. he won by only 0.0026 seconds. joining me now is the winner

himself. did you know you won? and you said all you could hear on the radio was screaming. >> yeah, it was an incredible finish. huge thanks to the team. 0.0026 good enough to win the race. but i have a feeling i looked to left and right and couldn't see any cars in front of me. stha thankfully i got it because it would have looked stupid if i had finished second. >> so you're coming toward the finish line. four wide. what are you thinking? >> originally i was just really thinking that i hoped they don't crash in front of me. we came off turn four and i said i'll try to get a podium for high team. but closer to the finish, i really felt i had a run. and i had to squeeze between chavez and the wall. just enough room there for me to

squeeze past. and fortunately the red bricks at indianapolis speed way are pretty far down the front straight and for me couldn't have been in a better place. >> the picture says it all. it really says it all. and happening so fast. for you as a driver, you're going like 190 miles per hour, right? i mean, what did that feel like that moment when you knew you won? >> it was undescribable. there are hugely talented young drivers in the field. for me to beat them in the style that we did is just incredible. i put my face in the air. i wasn't really sure i got enough to win. and i radioed my team and i said it we get it and i just heard them screaming in my ear. and it was a very emotional moment. we all have worked extremely hard to try to get my first win and the team's first win. and no more better or special place to do it than indianapolis motor speedway about th.

so a huge moment for us and the series. the finish has gone worldwide. even made to japan. so pretty incredible. >> so how do you celebrate? and remember this is a family program. >> unfortunately, i wasn't able to get out too long. i was working with the race team straight after the race. so 3:00 came and i was over there working coaching some drivers and there both friday night and saturday night. so it's been quite quiet. but tonight we got an invitation to head down to indianapolis for the indianapolis 500 banquet. so very excited to spend some time there. my girlfriend and my team other than will go enjoy the night. >> cow from a racing family in ireland. and you decided to move here, take a gamble, and race in the united states. what are you hearing from back home? >> the amount of support is incredible. my facebook page has gone way up. a lot of irish names have hit the like button. so that makes me very proud.

hopefully will get on some radio interviews and tv interview. i'm going home on june 2nd. so definitely going to try to milk the moment. but you can't beat the support from home. especially when you're so far away. i know they were definite definitely watching the race and know they're very proud of me. >> i think you will get a chances to milk that moment even though the moment was 0.0026 seconds. i'm sure your family will be thrilled to see you. that is unbelievable pictures, too. can't get enough of it. peter dempsey, thank you and congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> lesson for the kids at home, never give up. >> never give up. next, a special thank you to our service members and their families. these live pictures of the too many too many oifg tmb of the u. remember what this day is about.

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this memorial day. >> this is secretary of defense chuck hagel's first memorial day since taking office. and today hagel, a vietnam veteran, is also paying tribute to our fallen warriors. >> these are not easy times for our country, for the world. and certainly these are not easy times to be part of our armed forces. memorial day is a uniquely american day. it is the one day of the year we set aside completely to remember, to honor, and thank those who give so much and have given so much for this country. memorials are not built to honor war. they are built to remember great

causes and great actions and the people who helped shape the world for the better. i would like to thank the men and women who serve this country, their families. i especially want to thank their families for their tremendous sacrifices and what they give. and i appreciate that. we all do. i took the oath of office to become the 24th secretary of defense. it's a great honor. it's a privilege. to be part of your team, who you are is the honor. that's the great privilege. i'm proud of my background, i'm proud of my career, like you all are. but nothing makes me prouder than my association with the military and the veterans. our country will never forget those who fell in battle and those who have yet to return home. their dedication and selfless service resonates deeply across the country and their legacy is

carried forward proudly by those who wear the nation's uniform today. thank you for your service and god bless you and your families. >> that's it for "starting point". >> cnn newsroom with carol costello begins right now. happening now, ambush. a kentucky police officer killed in the middle of the night. >> it wasn't a traffic stop that went bad. it wasn't an arrest that went bad. >> shot and killed from a hilltop as he was removing debris from the road. also, snow, flooding. >> we received nearly 200 calls for high water rescue. >> memorial day is the unofficial start of summer. so where is the sun? and fans injured at the charlotte motor speedway as an overhead television camera cable plunges to the grand stands. plus,