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don't mess with queen b. and live in the cnn newsroom. >> good morning, thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol cost tello. this morning's top story may be lurking in the skies above you. severe weather bearing down on half of the country. and there is concern, especially in the nation's midsection. tornado season spun from quiet to catastrophic since last week. a tornado ripping across central kansas last night. one of seven recorded across the state. cnn meteorologist indra peter so sons in the weather center. what's going on? >> absolutely unbelievable. the wild weather, not just in the middle of the country. it's literally coast to coast out there.

>> monster. >> reporter: late tuesday, a new round of tornadoes ripped through the heartland. this massive twister tore through kansas, leaving downed trees and power lines in its wake. and shawn casey, storm watcher, reported live on cnn there. >> shawn, you are chasing the tornado right now. what's going on? >> this is my first interview while looking at a tornado. so -- we were hoping it will come up on our road and we will drive right up to the center. >> reporter: just one day before, casey's team captured rare and frightening video of a tornado in smith county, kansas. supercell thunderstorms, damaging winds and hail threaten a number of states from texas to new england today. in the plains, strong damaging tornadoes are possible. an area like oklahoma, already

littered with damage, meteorologist warn of high wind gusts kicking up and carrying dangerous debris across the area. meanwhile, further north, severe weather in michigan and pennsylvania overnight. damage reported outside detroit and nearery, pennsylvania. and on the west coast, a different kind of weather danger. dry conditions fueling wildfires in santa barb wra, california. scorching over 1,800 acres. farther south in valencia, helicopters attack a blaze from above, as those near the magic mountain theme park burned 2,500 acres. and east of the fire this massive duststorm brings traffic to a standstill. in the northeast, weather whiplash from snow to four days ago, to what could be a record-breaking heat wave. temperatures rising double digits across most of the region. a lot of whacky weather out

there. but today, the severe threat remains. the low has ejected out of rockies, dry air banking up against the warm, moist air out of gulf. and with that, severe threat again. and, unfortunately, exactly where it was last week. oklahoma and kansas city. moderate risk. and 60 million, including new england, your honor a slight risk today. a better chance for tornadoes right here in this area. a quick check outside, and you can tell, generally calm, a couple storms starting to build and we'll see these thunderstorms build as we go to the evening hours. carol. >> all right. we'll be ready. indra petersons, thank you. michele bachmann, one-time tea party candidate is calling it quits. announcing overnight she will not run for a fifth term in congress. kin of surprising since bachmann once the face of big government rage. in fact, "nukes week" tagged her the queen of rage in 2008. no worries, bachmann insists she

will not fade away. >> looking forward, after the completion of my term, my future is full, it is limitless, and my passion for america will remain. and i want you to be assured that there is no future option or opportunities, be it directly in the political arena or otherwise, that i won't be giving serious consideration. if it can help save and protect our great nation for future generations. >> bachmann says her tough re-election battle last november has absolutely no role in her decision not to run again, nor did an investigation into her presidential campaign. a drone strike has killed the number two leader of the pakistani taliban, according to a local tribal leader and intelligence officer. happened in a tribal region of pakistan. the taliban leader, one of four people killed this is the first drone strike to hit pakistan since elections held two weeks

ago. >> an arizona mother of seven returns to a mexican courtroom trying to get her freedom. she's been sitting in a mexican jail for a week. mexican police owe sishls say she was smuggling 12 pounds of pot on a bus headed back to the united states. her family insists she was framed. maldonado is holding on. >> i think -- i don't know. i know she's scared. i know she really wants to be let free. i know she -- she's scared. >> we have more from casey wian. >> reporter: good morning, carol. it's heart wrenching talking to family members of yanira ma maldona maldonado, who say she is wrongly jailed in mexico.

yanira mall donaldo's family hoped she would be released on tuesday. but the mormon mother of seven will remain in a mexican jail at least another day. the family insists she has no involvement drugs and is being framed. >> whoever was the cause of this, that's who i am angry at. the people that took my mom. they put her in prison. without having evidence. >> reporter: maldonado arrested last week after mexican authorities said they found 12 pounds of marijuana under the seat of a commercial bus she was riding home with from a funeral with her husband gary. gary was asked to pay $5,000 bribe for his wife's freedom. as he was trying to raise the money, she was shipped off to jail. they are encouraged by the

evidence raised in court so far. they have a notoriously corrupt judicial system. >> the judicial system there is even more corrupt than the police. when are you brought into a judicial proceeding, you don't get to face your accuser no, automatic right for-to-a lawyer. may be held before you are brought to trial for some weeks. and u.s. a closed proceeding. >> the judge has the ability to hold maldonado in prison for four months before trial. that would likely bring more pressure from u.s. authorities. jeff glak says senator flake has been in contact with the family and officials in mexico and the u.s. regarding the case. he will continue to monitor the situation. that situation resumed in a mexican courtroom in morning.

a key day for maldonado and her family. attorneys are expected to cross-examine the mexican military officers who apprehended her. >> casey wian reporting from arizona this morning. we're hearing from passengers aboard the fiery royal caribbean cruise ship, and needless to say, they are not happy. investigators are trying to to fin out what cause the fire. many of them are happy to be back on dry land. >> reporter: three days before their vacation was scheduled to end, the first of 2,200 royal caribbean cruise ship passengers returned safely to the port of baltimore tuesday. the "grandeur of the seas" journey cut short by a fire on board at 3:00 a.m. monday morning. >> terrifying at first. >> in the water you could see the flow of the fire, we had no idea how big the fire was.

>> people were just in shock. early, and wondering what was going on. >> reporter: sam passengers said when they saw lifeboats lowered, they thought the grandeur of the seas was sinking. the latest scare in what is a string of debacles for the cruise industry. last year, 32 people died when the costa concordia capsized off the coast italy. carnival triumph stranded passengers in the gulf of mexico on february, and the "dream" left others without power in march. executive director richard burke says the incident doesn't spell out a pattern for the industry. >> they are among the safest ships afloat. >> reporter: the latest black eye intensifies a public relations problem they face, but attorney john hickey says passengers have little recourse in might marchish vacations. >> if passengers don't have physical injuries or the threat of physical injury, they are basically your honor the terms of the ticket, and they are not able to sue.

>> reporter: full refunds and vouchers to "grandeur of the sea" passengers. and some will cruise again. >> we are joined from washington. i'm still wondering, what caused the fire? >> you know, carol. royal caribbean doesn't yet know what caused the the fire. i have heard people say it happened in a strange area of the ship. usually they happen in the engine rooms or in the kitchen, but the ship right now is being dry docked in the bahamas and will undergo repairs while the royal caribbean investigates what happens, as well as the national transportation safety board and the coast guard. but, carol, i had say in talking to passengers yesterday as cnn did they were all very happy with royal caribbean's prompt response. >> well, i guess that's good. i'm sure you will continue investigating. thank you so much. a huge fire at the site of a train derailment in baltimore

under control. it was caused by a garbage truck slamming into a csx train, and the crash set off a huge explosion. >> backup! oh, my gosh! >> oh, yeah, seven cars skidding off the track this man working nearby. >> are you always in a state of shock. hear the trains go by every day and just trying to get used to the sound of the train going by, and after a while, you realizith a whole lot louder than usually. and you see train cards often the side sliding off the track and almost in disbelief. we kind of walked out to the front door and as soon as you cracked the door, you could feel the heat, it hit you in the face. >> officials don't think there is any danger from toxins, but public shelters are open for people, and about 70 homes nearby.

amazingly, only the truck's driver hurt. in the hospital, in serious, but stable condition. strong reports on housing confidence drew big games in the market yesterday, another record slow for the dow. will the market continue with the joyride. alison kosik, good morning. >> carol, talked about the record high closing for the dow. 23 for the year. as far as the day goes, may be tough to get to 24. stocks will open lower when the opening bell rings in 20 minutes. funny thing for the rally for the dow. central bankers around the world continue with the stimulus to prop up global economic growth. xhek indicators here in the u.s. were positive, housing numbers and housing price numbers and consumer confidence numbers were higher, so you are going to see wall street get back to a huge line of thinking that good news is bad news, because the worry now is that the fed will pull back its stimulus.

something creating the wealth effect here on wall street. shows you the kind of balancing act that the fed is facing right now. everybody wants the u.s. economy to stand on its own. they don't want the fed to pull the rug right out under from the u.s. economy too fast and that continues to be the worry. carol. >> alison kosik, reporting live from the new york stock exchange. it's hard to believe, but justin bieber's need for speed is getting him into a whole lot of trouble. the beebes accused of burning rubber through his neighbor, and some are coming after him. eric dickerson tweeting "i live in calabasas too. and justin bieber needs to slow his ass down." end quote. pamela brown in new york. what's going on, pamela? >> carol, apparently justin bieber not being a good neighborhood according to the bieb report. he's angry his neighbors in his gated community and drawing the

ire of a former nfl player, two nfl players, and bieber is refusing to talk with sheriff's deputies about the second speeding incident in two months. justin bieber is known for wowing crowds all over the world. but he has his neighbors upset. they accuse the singer of speeding through the neighborhood at breakneck speed. the los angeles county sheriff's department is investigating the latest incident. >> we got a couple of calls from two witnesses that say they saw justin bieber driving recklessly in his white ferrari inside the gated community known as the oaks. this kind of behavior, if, in fact, it did happen. it cannot be done by anybody at any time, anywhere.

>> reporter: the sheriff's department says bieber refused to speak with deputies sent to investigate. prompting this plea. >> please talk to us, tell us what you believe occurred. >> reporter: tmz reports that bieber shut the door on someone else who wanted to ring his bell. key shon johnson, former nfl star. he was sitting in his car with his child when bieber sped by. he later reportedly confronted the young popstar outside his house, but bieber fled inside. possibly showing better judgment than he did while driving his ferrari, in calabasas, neighbors are mostly concerned about the damage he could do behind the wheel. and the d.a.'s office in los angeles is still investigating an incident in march, where he was accused of spitting on a neighbor who confronted him for speeding and it looks like the latest incident turned over to the d.a.'s office as well. so far no comment from bieber's camp. and i checked out the twitter

feed before i came on. no mentioned of the latest incident. >> i got a picture in my mind of key shon johnson chasing the biebs into his house. >> and keyshon johnson was driving a prius chasing bieber in his ferrari. >> thank you so much. just ahead in the newsroom," bidding wars. unbelievable prices on unbelievable homes. there are not enough houses to go around. is it 2007 all over again? ♪

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i'm going on break! the more you bundle, the more you save. now, that's progressive. 20 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. the happiest place on earth became a ghost town on tuesday. a plastic bottle with dry ice exploded inside a trash can at mickey's tuoon town. there was no damage, and the area is back open and happy again today. a former standout college quarterback has been found dead in northern michigan. that's according to officials at grand valley state university. colin finnerty hadn't been heard

from since he went fishing on sunday. his former teammates and police launched an intensive search. foul play not suspected right now. after college, finnerty spent time with the baltimore ravens, he was 30 years old and no sign of apparent injury on his body when it was found in the michigan woods. we'll keep you posted. > kellogg's has reached a proposed settlementory frosted mini what's. they falsed claimed that it helped with kid attentiveness. kellogg's denies it did anything wrong but will make changes to its marketing. bidding wars. so many willing to buy, there are not enough houses to go around. but people are still trying. sounds like 2007 all over again? scary, right? so we must know, are all these sold signs, a sign real estate is rebounding? or is it another sign the housing bubble is about to

burst? cnn business guru christine romans in new york. sounds kind of scary to me. >> it is a rebound, carol. what a rebound looks like, pretty hot and bubbly in certain zip codes, and you are getting talk about here we are in 2007. some zip codes that look like bubble time once again. look at san francisco. altruia says san francisco overvalued, so is l.a., san antonio, san antonio, portland, austin, houston. all of those look overvalued. what's happening in some places, some tony neighborhoods like greenwich, connecticut, doing pocket listings. that means they are not even advertising publicly what homes are for sale. privately letting people know to outbid each other and something else called flash sales, where suddenly almost having an auction for a property to see how high they could get the price to go one example of that. i want you to watch.

>> we literally in line to go in the house and a line waiting for us to get out of house this market is by far the craziest that i've seen. >> carol, let me be very clear, most of the real stores say it's not a bubble again. in a few areas, have you low inventory, cash buyers, international investors coming in buying five, six, seven, eight, nine properties, that's where are you seeing the action. the average joe or jane like you or i, it's not a bubble. still having a little trouble getting out from under our other house still underwater. >> have most americans, average joes as you say, have they gotten away from the idea that your house is your major investment? has that totally disappeared? >> i wouldn't say totally disappeared. home ownership rates have fallen and a lot of people say, you know what? i'm going to rent. i might have to move for my job or get a better job and i want

to be able to move to california or texas or someplace elsewhere jobs are growing and they don't want to be saddled with a mortgage, and a lot of people -- millions of people still underwater on their loans. they can't sell their house and buy a new one right now. it's still underwater. look, mortgage rates declining for several years. ticked up a little bit, but still very low as you know. people are really -- the number one easiest way for people to play the real estate market, is to make sure you refinance the mortgage have you now to put money in your pocket. no question, a recovering housing market, putting money in the economy, adding to consumer confidence and the housing market recovery is real. in a few places, might be a bubble. but i wouldn't call it a bubble overall. >> i don't want to go through that again! christine romans, thank you so much. still ahead in the "newsroom," jurors in the jodi arias case breaking their silence. why they say they won't be disappointed if arias doesn't

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and the house oversight committee pushing forward into the benghazi talking points. lawmakers subpoenaed the state department to get unreleased e-mails and paperwork that is beneficial, including communication from then state-department spokesperson vick norra nuland. 100 e-mails have been released about those talking point. but there are more questions. they accused administration of trying to mislead the public for political gain, a claim democrats denied. and the ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans were killed. the republican controlled house committee investigating attorney general eric holder to see if he lied under noth. he signed off in 2010 to obtain e-mails from a fox news reporter with classified information on north korea. we found out about that last week. but holder denied ever trying to prosecute thes press for obtaining lease information.

>> we need to protect the ability of the press to engage in its first amendment responsibility. i would suggest with regard to the potential prosecution of the press for the disclosure material that is not something that i have ever been involved in or heard of or think would be a wise policy. >> the department of justice did label the fox reporter james rosen as the possible coconspirator in the north korea lake, but never filed charges. after sitting through five months of gory testimony in the jodi arias trial, some jurors are stipilling the beans on the inner workers. alternate juror would have voted for the death penalty. the jury deadlocked 8-4. but we were told that they won't be disappointed if arias does not get the death penalty. >> we have to make sure she is treated within our criminal

justice system fairly. and inside my own personal, a little bit of disappoint. >> again, what diane said, i would be disappointed. but i'm not going to be upset. and i feel that if it comes to the judge having to decide, i'm not worried about what she would decide either. >> arias will get the death penalty by lethal injection, a new penalty phase set for july. up next in "the newsroom," an eye for an eye, that's what the police chief in bardstown, kentucky, calling for following the death, the murder of ambushed officer jason ellis. we'll talk to the chief as the community comes together to pay for final respects. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] just when you thought you had experienced performance, a new ride comes along and changes everything. ♪ the 2013 lexus gs,

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"newsroom," 33 minute past the hour. big gam big gains yesterday, the markets opening lower. alison kosik, good morning. >> count them up, 23 record closes for the dow this year. number 24, yes, it may have to wait. stocks are beginning in the red. dow down 95 points. not much new information to trade on today, you may see this profit taking happen throughout the session today. plus, yesterday's good news, yeah, it could turn into today's bad news. here is why. an improving u.s. economy makes some investors worried that the federal reserve will pull back its financial support of the economy too early. that support, it's been a huge factor in this year's big rally. as we head into today, though, the dow up more than 17% from the year and every time it feels like stocks will be headed for a pullback, they end up yet another record high. not sure that will happen again, we said this before, still in the loss we see holds, it will be the third loss in five

sessions. carol. >> all right. alison kosik reporting live from the new york stock exchange. about to look at a tornado ripping across central kansas lass night. more than half the country facing the threat of severe weather today. tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds and flooding, every state east of the rockies, on alert this morning. a kentucky community begins to say their final good-byes to a fallen police officer. visitation for jason ellis takes place this afternoon, in partstown, kentucky. miles from the scene where the officer was gunned down early saturday morning. he'll be buried tomorrow. vest gators say ellis was ambushed. shot multiple times, while removing debris from the road. his wife remembers him as a dedicated man. >> he was an amazing man, and i want everyone to know what an amazing man that he was. he was a dedicated family man, he loved our family. loved our boys, he loved me.

he was dedicated to his job. he loved his job, he loved the people that he worked with. and i just want -- you know, i want everybody to know what an amazing man he was. >> chief rick mccubbin from the bartstown police department joins us this morning. >> good morning. >> anything new in the investigation at all? >> unfortunately not. we have nonstop been following up tips and leads, even as we speak, we're out following more leads, more tips. trying to develop a suspect or suspects in this case. >> so the only thing we know so far is that someone, as the officer got out of his cruiser to remove that debris for the road for the protection of other drivers, someone from on top of a hill nearby fired off a shotgun blast is that all we

know? >> unfortunately, yes, ma'am. that is. and that's, of course -- extremely frustrating part of the case is that we don't have a suspect, we don't have a motive. you know, we're kin of starting at ground zero. >> and there must be some fear that this kind of thing could happen again? >> it is. obviously, the officers in this area are on edge. our community is on edge. because we know -- we certainly have a person who is still at large with the capabilities and obviously the ability to commit murder in this style, so our community is -- is very much obviously supporting us to catch this person as badly as we want to catch this person. >> in a previous interview, you promised an eye for an eye. you said you will not rest until you have the suspect in cuffs or on the front side of a weapon.

you don't often hear police officers put it quite that way. why did you? >> well, i meant what i said. i have never been a politically correct person. i've been known to tell people what they need to hear, not necessarily what they want to hear. obviously, we want these people arrested, and we want them convicted. by my statement, i'm letting these people know that obviously the way they did this, they were cowards to hide and ambush, and i want this person to know that if that's the way they want to continue this, we are more than prepared. more than prepared to do whatever -- use whatever force is necessary, whatever resources i have availability le to take into custody. we absolutely don't want more violence. but we as police will certainly do what we have to do to -- to

close this case. >> chief rick mccub you know, thank you for being with us this morning. >> thank you, ma'am. still ahead on "newsroom" being back from scandal, a anth weiner is making a run for new york city mayor and the latest polls show he has a chance. we'll be right back. it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we're going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. cisco. tomorrow starts here. just like a tablet. so easy to use, it won a best of ces award from cnet.

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what's a political scandal worth? maybe a win. a second act for anthony weiner. weiner running for new york city mayor, and guess what? gaining ground in the polls. more from cnn's jim acosta. >> reporter: to the political pundits writing off

weiner for new york city mayor, don't say forget about it yet. the former congressman who resigned in disgrace after posting lewd photos online is getting a serious look from the voters, latest marist poll is gaining fast. five points behind the front-runner, new york city council speaker christine quinn. what's more, 53% of voters say weiner deserves a second chance and 39% say he lacks the character to be mayor. are you getting a second chance, is that what this means? >> from the moment i got in this race, i honor the idea people will have questions of me. for the most part, the questions people are asking have been about the things that affect families. >> reporter: citing a sedlichedg conference, quinn dropped out of a debate at the last minute, saying that she had a scheduling conflict, even though she helped

set the debate. >> i can't speak about any other candidate. >> reporter: the subject of tabloid punchlines talks about the lessons he's learned the hard way. almost the same approach that mark sanford used. at the debate, weiner joked he can handle the governor. >> honestly, he started it. >> reporter: weiner has reasons to be encouraged by the latest poll numbers. if no candidate receives 40% of the vote in the primary this fall there, would be a runoff and head-to-head matchup, according to the latest poll,

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in an area north of detroit this is morris township, that's north of flint as you can see, lots of widespread damage. there was a tornado warning issued right before this hit. we don't know if a tornado hit down. it could be straight line winds, very strong winds. can you see uprooted trees. some buildings are destroyed, officials have set up a command center in a church. when we know more about how this damage was caused and if there are injuries or if these people need help, we'll take back to southeast michigan, but, wow, be careful today. tonight. country singer blake shelton will hold an all star concert to raise money for people in oklahoma. he will appear with his wife, miranda gilbert, oklahoma city seen as michelle turner is live there now with a preview.

good morning, michelle. >> reporter: hey, good morning, carol. well, first of all, we should say you just talked about that severe weather in michigan. we are on severe weather watch once again here in oklahoma city. i'll tell you, the skies are getting dark. the wind is picking up here. we are looking out to see what will happen today t. people here don't want a repeat of what happened nine days ago when a tornado came through here, created that path of destruction. more than 300 people were injured and so many people are still trying to pick up the pieces. so tonight's concert is appropriately dubbed healing in the heartland. when this happened, so many people wanted to help, including country music superstar blake shelton. shed i have to do something. he said, listen, i'm an entertainer. that's what i do, that he decided to put on this concert. he lives about two hours south of here. he does have strong ties to one

of the hardest hit communities in moore, oklahoma. >> i spent three christmass at my sister's house in moore, oklahoma and some of those helicopter views of the destruction, you could see her house a quart ore after mile away from there, going with my nieces and nephews would have gone to that school. when you start putting in that sort of perspective and you start, oh my god, i'm so glad they recently moved away from that area. and you go, what about all those people that didn't. it's hard to put into words, honestly. >> reporter: so the proceeds for tonight's concert will go toward the may relief fund, carol. the tickets were the concerts sold out in less than five minutes. in about an hour, 10:00 a.m. central time, a new allotment of tickets will be released to the public. you can get them on ticket

master.com only $25. there is a lot of opportunity for people to come. >> tanks, michelle. we appreciate it. >> let's talk about beyonce now. beyonce may have helped coined the term bootylicious. in case you weren't clear. it's not an invitation t. queen b was wowed up in copenhagen, a fan reached up and patted her derrier. she didn't take it sitting down. good four, queen b. bus that probably wasn't the kind of attention the guy was trying to grab. but, oh, nasty. some heros from the boston bombing share a fight to remember at fenway. bleacher report coming your way next.

the san antonio spurs are going to have to wait a little longer to find out who they will face in the finals the pacers taking on the heat last night to even them at two games apiece. andy schultz has more in the bleacher report. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. carol. the pacers, once again, show last night they aren't going to go down without a fight. last night's game was another knock down opening battle. indiana used their size and

interior strength. lebron led with 24 points the heat down 4 with 58 seconds to go, he fouled out on this moving screen. this is the second time ever lebron is fouled out. the heat failed to score without lebron the rest of the way t. pacers when the game 99-92 to even the series. after the game, lebron is clearly not happy. he refused to blame the officials for the loss. >> it was a couple, you know, calls that i didn't feel like, you know, were fouls, personal fouls on me, that's how the game goes, sometimes. >> in action last night at fenway, what a great moment before the game. jeff bowman who lost both legs in the boston marathon bombings was on hand to throw out the first pitch. along with the man that came to his help that day. one of the people helped law

enforcement identify the boston suspects. check this out. they both fired at the same time. just an awesome moment for both of these heros. over the years, shaquille o'neil had his own logo and tv show, now, shaq has his own drink. he tweeted out his own new dream so la called soda shaq. it comes in four flavgs strawberry, orange, have a nine la and blueberry. >> blueberry cream soda sounds good to me. >> very intriguing. >> dlishts. we'll drimpth together, thank you, andy. the next hour of cnn "newsroom." after a break.

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happening now in the newsroom, wild weather. >> we are watching a tornado this to our northwest. it is rain-wrapped. >> oklahoma in the bulls eye again. in the northeast, heat wave. good-bye chilly, hello 100 degrees. also, trapped in a mexican prison. an american mom in court accused of drug smuggling. >> the bars they had like a diamond pattern metal bars.

>> innocent or graimd framed by mexican police? plus, oh, no, beyonce, a fan dares to slap her there. don't mess with queen b. are you live in the cnn newsroom. good morning. thank you so much for being with me, ooichl i'm carol costello. we begin with an arizona mother of seven accused of trying to smuggle drugs in mexico. she sits in a jail cell in mexico as he and her family try to get her released. the mexican military says she had 12-pounds of pot under a bus seat while headed back to the united states. her family doesn't believe it. they insist she was framed and a short time ago, maldonado's

daughter told cnn how she's holding up. >> i think -- i don't know, i know she's scared. i know she really wants to be let free. i know she, she's scared. >> cnn's rafael romo has more on this situation from mexico. >> reporter: this is the prison in mexico where yanira maldonado has been held since saturday. the american citizen is being held in a temporary cell, isolated from the temporary population in the prison. >> the family is very sad. they know these incident. she is a mother of seven an a decent woman. she is a christian. this is injustice. >> reporter: she and her husband were stopped by soldiers as they traveled by bus in the mexican

state of sonara. authorities say they found 12-pound of marijuana under her seat. the family says they were returning from a relative's funeral and suspect they were framed. >> it's not true. she didn't do that. i know my mother. she goes to church regularly. i know her. she's a good woman. >> reporter: mald na do's trial started tuesday at this courthouse. since there is no trial by jury in mexico, her fate is in the hands of a judge who will ultimately issue a verdict based on the evidence presented by both the prosecution and the defense. >> it's been tough, but yanira seems to be strong and holding up. she's not happy where she's at. she has high hope she will be free. she is falsely accused of this accusation against her. i got here yesterday. >> reporter: an official with knowledge of the case told cnn it was highly unlikely that

anybody can board a bus with almost 6 kilos of marijuana completely unnoticed. the official who spoke on condition of anonymity suggests maldonado might have been framed. >> all right. rafael romo joins us by phone. so she is expected to appear in a mexican court. how discuss that work in mexico and how is the family encouraged? >> first of all in mexico, in her case, this has not been a trial by jury. so what essentially happens is that a number of members of the prosecution and defense attorneys stand in front of the judge. yanira mauled nau do is -- maldonado is not in the courthouse, she's at the jail. the problem with the way it's done is everything is written

up, it's typed up in a typewriter. so this makes the process excruciatingly slow. there was testimony on tuesday afternoon. they hit it again yesterday for several hours. they're going to do it again today, one of the soldiers who made the detention last wednesday is supposed to appear before the judge, but, again, ultimately, it will be a federal judge here in the city who is going to decide whether yanira maldonado is guilty or not. >> rafael romo, you will continue to follow it for us. thanks so much. royal caribbean must have been taking notes from the infamous cruise from hell this year. the company is getting praise on the grandeur of the seas. erin mcpike is in washington this morning. erin, what are passengers saying?

>> reporter: carol, you might be a little surprised to hear so many of these passenger were fully staffed with their -- staffed with their experience. listen to what larry hayden who was on that ship had to say about it. >> the crew was wonderful. if i can say something, they were on spot, they were well enformed. they kept us well informed and they were looking out for our safety all the time. >> reporter: it was like that from passenger after passenger, yesterday, carol, back in baltimore, all wine and roses for the crew. everyone thought they did a really good job. >> maybe carnival should like talk to the people at royal caribbean and get some pointers, because those people were not happy. although, they were adrift for a number of days unlike the passengers on board the royal caribbean. a question for you, for those of us who would like to take cruise some day, when you look at these

incidents, it looks like there are too many to take the chance. >> reporter: you know, from a public relations standpoint, there might be some concern about it. listen to what richard burke had to say to us. he is the executive director of the global maritime institute. he actually says these cruises are some of the safest ships on the water. >> i don't see a pattern necessarily in these activities, these incidents aboard cruiseships. you know, fire is an ever present danger on a ship and, you know, just as in any large city at a given evening, are you going to have a number of fires around the city. if you have enough ships out there, inevitably, you are going to have a few incidents of fire. >> reporter: so, in other words, carol, he is saying that these things happen. don't worry, if you want to take

a cruise, are you more than welcome to do so. things are orck it seems. >> okay. roll the dice, you are likely to win. erin mcpierks thanks so much. millions of americans may want to keep their eyes on the skies today. severe weather on nearly half the country. always a concern, especially the mid-section. the tornado season there went from quiet to catastrophic last week. here's a tornado, one of several reported across the state. today, there could be an outbreak of tornadoes from central texas all the way north to nebraska. that includes parts of central oklahoma, which is still covered with the ruins of last week's deadly tornado. part of the happiest place on earth became a ghost town for a few hours on tuesday. a plastic bought him with dry ice exploded in a trash can in california. no one was hurt. the area is back opened and

happy again today. the nation's largest retailer admits it broke anti-pollution laws in two states. we're talking about walmart. it will have to pay $82 million for violating the clean water act in california and for illegally dumping pesticides in missouri. let's bring allison dock sick to explain. >> reporter: all of these violations happened before 2006. since then, walmart implemed a full compliance plan that includes having an actual staff dedicated to its compliance office. it has employee training, clear labels on hazardous products and a hazardous waste management system that walmart called it a program. the $82 million fine settles six violation of the clean water act. in california, separate charges

in kansas city. what these employees did was improperly throwing away things like fertilizer, bleach, deodorant. they either tossed them in municipal trash benefits or into the sewer system, something that isn't legal and isn't safe either. carol. >> all right. thank you, carol. rutgers university is on the defense again with new allegations about the athletic director julie hermann. court documents say she was named in a 2008 sex discriminary nation lawsuit while she was working at the university of lawful. on saturday the new jersey "star allergy" reported the university of tennessee women's volleyball players accused hermann of abuse in 1997. not exactly a good start for a woman brought in to clean up the athletic program at rutgers. joining me on the phone is new jersey state assemblyman tom goodliman.

good morning, tom. >> good morning, carol. >> as these latest revelations come into light, what is going through your mind? >> it's disheartening as far as the issues of the coach and the athletic director at rutgers. >> of course, she was brought in to clean up after you mentioned the coach here, mike rice. we are looking at him. he was the basketball player calling basketball players homonobody ec names and be -- homophobic names. didn't they do a background check? >> what concerns me, they initially hired a search committee, you know, organization to seek out candidates for the athletic director's position and, in fact, at the last moment, one of the rutgers officials threw the name of julie hermann in there. i'm not sure this search organization did an extensive

background check. the question is, did they pay this organization and why was the name thrown in there at the last minute? >> what would you like to see happen? >> first of all, we would like to see what was the procedure for recruiting an athletic director. when you look at her background, i know as far as koich coaches are concerned. i was raised in newark, new jersey. you know, we talked a little of that language years ago within i was youngerment now, you are looking for a standard with our youngsters and our athletes about role molds, so i think we have to look at that, the other thing is, i'm not sure if a signed contract has really been consummated here as far as her future is concerned. i'm not sure if it's an economic issue that we also have to deal with. when you look at her background and some of the things she might have said or done as compared to the previous athletic director,

there were perhaps he should have been dealt with slight discipline. so that's something that has to be evaluated. >> all right. assemblyman tom giblin, rutgers is standing behind its new athletic director. on to world of politic, michelle bachman, a one-time candidate, announcing overnight she not run for a fifth term in congress. >> looking forward after the completion of my term, my future is full, it is limitless, my passion forces have america will remain. i want you to be assured there is no future option or opportunity be it directly in the political arena or otherwise that i won't be giving serious consideration if it can help save and progressive conservative our great nation for future generations. >> kind of surprising since bachmann became the faith of big government rage.

in fa in fact, "newsweek" became all the rage. she became the butt of a lot of jokes. >> i am looking forward to resting, to spending some time at home and, most of all to blinking for the first time since this all started. >> didn't every politician become the butt of a joke in 2008? don't worry, bachmann says she won't fade away. she insists it played for the role in her decision not to run again, nor did an investigation into her presidential campaign. as i said, she says, she will be back. still ahead in the newsroom, forget the ipad, it's all about a computer. you could actually wear on your body. wait until you hear what apple head tim cook is stay saying about the next gem of technology. ouncer ] it's intuitive and customizable,

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17 minutes past the hour. time to check our top stories. a drone strike killed the number two leader of the pakistan,

that's according to an intelligent oemplts it happened in a tribal region of pakistan. that drone strike killed four people, including akman and an aid. an election was held there two weeks ago. pakistan's government said they have consistently maintained the drone strikes are counter-productive, entail the loss of innocent civilian lives, have human rights violations and violate the principles of national sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law. they say it was an american drone. president obama and governor chris christie the duo met to celebrate the recovery from superstorm sandy. last year, christie took flack for touring the storm damage. the time around it's christie the republican, who is up for

re-election. apple ceo tim cook is joining other high-tech leaders after this years all things digital conference. he spoke about wearable technology on faces such as google glasses. >> i wear glasses because i have to. i can't see without them. so i kind of have that problem. i don't know a lot of people that wear them that don't have to. people that do wear them generally want them to be light, they want them to be on obtrusive. they probably want them to reflect their fashion, you know, their style and so forth and so i think from a main stream point of view this is difficult. >> without being specific, cook suggested apple could enter the wearables market some day.

hey, why don't we just implant the computer into our bodies? it would be a lot easier, wouldn't it? images of storm damage coming from present in, michigan, can you see a home that's been destroyed after what people there believe was a tornado passed through late last night. a neighbor mount morris took out power lines and damaged homes in the area. as i told you early, there was a lot of wild weather in the atmosphere all over the country. so please, be careful today. also, this morning, there is a death linked to the u.s. marine who went on a killing spree over the weekend. police say a body found in a hotel room near camp le jeune in north carolina is confirmed as his wife. she appears to have been stabbed to death. just hours earlier, smith, himself, was shot in a police shootout in texas. it was the violation cull min nation of a shooting rampage in which the combat veteran killed one and wounded five others.

good morning. >> good morning, carol, finding this ruby stefania smith's body in this hotel room just neighbor camp le jeune is really, lick you said, another tragic turn in a case going on since sunday. sunday morning is when this rampage started at 4:30 a.m. in eden, texas. a woman was shot in her vehicle, injured. about ten minutes later, two more people shot in their vehicles in brady, texas. the police allege that lance corporeal smith went back to eden, injured another person the same way, shooting that person inside his vehicle. then around 6:00 a.m., a fourth person, 41-year-old alicia torres shot and killed inside her vehicle. at this point police say smith fleeing, driving on the interstate when he got in a shootout with the sheriff of

consho county texas. that's where the investigation stood still until they were a able to find evidence that linked him to that hotel room. they make this tragic dicovery finding his wife, ruby. >> so no motive for the killingings of the other people. >> yeah. unfortunately, it seems like all were random acts. i want you to take a listen to one man, who actually, his cousin was one of the victims. >> as i got out of bed and walked in the living room, somebody had taken off. i looked out. there was no one around except for the vehicle had been shot at and it wasn't until i came out and stood on my neighbor's porch that i realized it was my cousin who had been shot. >> another man and his wife who were actually shot in their car in brady said the shooter just looked at them with a blank

face. police are not talking about a motive. really, what's difficult here is that the evidence is about 1,500 miles apart. it takes 24 hour hours straight through to drive from jacksonville, north carolina, which is where that hotel room to contro county, texas, where the shootings happened. so it's not clear when ruby smith was killed. the medical examiner's office is still completing their investigation. they don't have a time frame at this point, but police, all they really are saying is this was random. he was going after people. they don't know why texas, you know, estefan smith is from dachlt. >> keep following it, thanks so much. still in the newsroom, some of the jurors in the jodi arias is keeping their silence. hear why text messages may have convinced some jurors save arias' life. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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after sitting through five months of gory testimony in the jodi arias trial, some jurors

are spilling the beans. they voted for the death penalty, but the jury was dead locked 8-4. they told hln's dr. drew why jurors couldn't agree. >> there was a big factor on she had been abused. that as a child and in her relationship with travis. and that was key to many of the people. those were some of the mitigating factors. then remember that all of the evidence presented before us in the actual criminal case. that evidence could be used as mitigating factors. so some of those feel looked at text message itself and voice mail, et cetera, that had been left and felt there was some abuse there. that was their personal decision. and it was up to each person to assess that and weigh it how much it meant to them. >> when stephen and i gets samantha, too, was giving tear testimonial, you were maybe a few feet away from them. what was that like?

>> that was absolutely, when they call them an impact statement. let me tell you, it had an impact that was unreal. stephen and samantha were probably about 5-feet directly in front of me. i wanted to reach out and hold them. i saw how angry and upset stephen was, but so emotionally distraught. i think that that, you know, we never knew what their family was really all about until that day. because i did not know that there were eight siblings in that family. we kind of surmised that was the family as we walked out. we really didn't know until they stood before us that day. i think that's what precipitate node say i'm sorry, i was so distraught over not being able to reach a unanimous verdict. >> arias could still get the death penalty. she'll die by lethal injection if she does, her conviction for

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finnerty spent time with the baltimore ravens after reaching three division 2 championships. a late night fire disabled their cruiseship, but the company is getting praise for quick response. travelers gave the crew high marks as well as the author of a bold refund. more images of storm damage coming in this morning from present in, michigan. you can see a home has been absolutely destroyed of what is believed to be a tornado passed through late last night in neighbor mount morris, michigan. you can see knocked down trees took out power lines and damaged other homes in the area. it's been more than two months since a young baby girl became the face for gun violence in chicago. police say the little girl was shot over a sony playstation. her father was actually the intended target. now, a career criminal sits in jail charged with her murder, ted rollins is in chicago with more.

good morning, ted. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this case really hit home here in chicago. so tragic on many levels. first off, a six months old little girl dies in a shooting and then we find out the core of this may be tied to a video game. the killing of six month old joan law watt sins -- joan law watkins, the tiny casket a new low. jonylah was shot in her father's arms sitting in this mini van. >> this man ruffled me and my wife rochester jonathan watt kens says he pulled over to change the diaper and was kissing his daughter when the gunfire erupted. >> she was crikey when they were shooting of the noise, so i called out on my chest. she was looking at me eye to eye. >> jonylah was not the intend

target of this assault. her father, jonathan was. >> police say the suspected killer koman willis was trying to kill jonathan watt kens over a sony playstation and drugs stolen from his home. they say he admitted to a shooting and cell phone and under surveillance evidence links him to the crime. investigators say willis was an early suspect. while it took nearly three months to hear the case, they were determined to solve it. >> it was disheartening, everybody up here, almost without a doubt. we all have our own kids, especially when it's a young child like this. >> reporter: and koman willis, 33-year-old gang member, who is in jail now is being held without bail at this point. carol, they post-poped his bail hearing which took place yesterday until next week. his side said they want more time to develop some mitigating circumstances here. his lawyer says he is not guilty

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it's one big idea to help cash-strapped states. if people want pot, sell it to them. that's what colorado ras getting ready to do. last fall voters approved it in retail stores. but it is also now legal to grow your own weed. cnn is putting colorado in the spotlight this week. as jim spellman found out, that gives urban farmer a whole new meaning. >> reporter: a long-time marijuana advocate voted along

with 55% of colorado voters to legalize pot in last year's election. >> who is this? >> reporter: rudy. >> he has a pot leaf collar? >> yes. >> made out of kemp. what do you like about smoking cannabis? >> i like this way it makes me feel as far as pain. >> reporter: colorado is in a sort of holding pattern. the state law allows possession of small amounts of marijuana. it is available for dispensarys. but it won't be sold if retail stores until next year. it is, however, now legal to grow your own cannabis. that is exactly what chlo sze doing. >> reporter: let's see your grow. >> okay. let's go. >> reporter: this is not a big apartment. can you grow marijuana in here? >> yes, you have to control the smell. >> reporter: even here in your bedroom. >> yes this huge ten is the full of 12 plants. >> reporter: let's have a look.

wow! you are growing these 12 marijuana plants right here in your one bedroom apartment in denver? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: she works as a consultant for the medical marijuana industry and as a patient, she is allowed to grow up to 12 plants. nonpatients can grow six. >> i'm definitely what i would call a cannabis connoiseur. so, you know, as a patient and as somebody who enjoys the plant, i definitely know good cannabis and i grow some of the best cannabis. >> people like her are flocking to the grow store, where they help people set up and maintain home marijuana grows. they say it's not just new growers, but a different kind of grower. what are the demographics? >> we have a lot of married couples. we have a lot of 40 and up, 50 and up, 60 and up individuals coming in. some enjoy for a hobby. some for the sake of discretion.

>> reporter: everything happening in the privacy of their own holes, others trying to grow the highest grade weed they can. >> in today's culture, they want the finest quality product with the least of, you know, inconsistencys. >> reporter: so between 150 and $500 the grow store will set them up with a pound every 12 weeks. it's illegal to grow cannabis outdoor in the view of others, growers need a light sourks ventilation, soil and nutrients for the soil. some of the soil are the same used to grow more conventional plants. some have a distinctly attorney vibe. so this product is called cushy cush. and it is a blossom booster. >> reporter: growing marijuana in your basement or bedroom may be legal but it's fought exactly easy. >> i tell our customers if you are just getting into the fray, if you will, they will be a macgyver within six months,

because you will have so many different hurdles you have never considered. >> reporter: chloe says her maczbiefr worth it. she hopes it will continue to grow and when retail stores open, she says she will keep growing and smoking her home grown weed is it comfortable waking up every morning? >> awesome. we go to bed towing, we wake up towing. >> reporter: jim spellman, cnn, denver. we have some tragic news out of afghanistan in the city of jalalabad. we got word at a red cross tlofs has been some sort of explosion there. in fact, we just got word insurgents in jalalabad attacked that red cross building. there was a tweak, we put the tweet that came out. we confirm that an incident just took place in our office in jalalabad, afghanistan.

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. when you think of hillary clinton you don't think of scarlet johanneson, they report johanneson is reportedly playing hillary clinton in her law school years in the 1970s. we decided it would be kind of a fun topic to talk about. so we have invited david gurgen, a cnn analyst and former adviser to clinton and michelle, our show corner. welcome to both of you. >> reporter: hi, guys. >> we basically invited david to torture him with questions of do you know who scarlet johanneson is? >> i will defer to michelle

unless we talk about meryl streep. >> first of all, michelle, it is interesting this movie is being made, no. 1, no. 2, that would come out in 2016, hmm, the timing of the next presidential election? >> reporter: yes. that's pretty ironic timing there, right, carol. 2016 for a release date on a biopick about hillary rodham clinton. now, the interesting thing is david talked and meryl streep. this movie is going to if cuss on the years 1974 when hillary was 26-years-old and was an attorney for the house judiciary committee. so they're looking at hollywood actresss around that kairnlg age. you talked about scarlet johanneson, there are a couple a-list actresss considered for this movie. you got scarlet johanneson, also, reese witherspoon who was an oscar winner. jessica chastain who we all know

was nominated this year for "zero dark 30" playing maya and amanda sievert, who was in les miserables, all being considered to play this role. >> so david gehring gergen. you think they're sexy bombshell, i'm not saying hillary isn't an attractive woman. when you think of hillary, you think of intelligence and savvy and smarts. >> yes, yes, that's what you think of. but you got to remember in the '70s, she was in the watergate hearings, is a on the other side, she had a reputation, she was tough as nails and she was washington it as well as smart. that might suggest jessica chastain. if you can be in "zero dark 30." as she was, there is a lot of hillary in there. the amazing thing is how much

she has changed. i think the actress who played to those years will be different from the actress today. she is more of a different person and grown enormously in maturity and her grace, but back then, she was a fire brand. >> and does it introeg intrigue you, that this movie, number one, is being made and that this is supposed to come out in 2016, david? >> reporter: no the smell of green is very strong in california when it comes to movies. if she declares an there is a reasonable chance she will be a candidate, this will be a very hot movie. if she doesn't declare it, it will be an interesting question. you have to take your risks in life. i think it's a smart move. i'm looking forward to it. i think a lot of us don't know about her, her roots, where she came from. she had a complex life, she had a complex family life and early days with clinton, that can be very, let us say, pretty

scorching movie. >> who is behind the movie, michelle? >> reporter: well the director's name is james constel, he directed a movie at sundance called "spectacular now." it was a hit he is an indy film miami maker, i have to say the film at the daily beast, they say it's a very good script and they say that there could be an award winning role for whoever plays hillary rodham clinton and plays her well. i have to say, carol, you talked about hillary being known for being smart and intelligent. all four of these actresss are very, very good actresses. amanda sievert played linda lovelace and transformed into that role. so that's what an actress does, you know, all of these ladies i

think will be very kaif cape able to play the role of a young hillary. >> about the movie's supposed time the movie will come out, they will suspect this will be this big hollywood movie with these huge giant stars in it portraying hillary carolinlinto. let's assume she is running forrun fun. >> reporter: i think it will be sympathetic to hillary and bill. there will be some advantages. hollywood has naturally gravitated towards the clintons for some time now. i think the issue becomes whether, in fact, the film truly captures who she was. she was tough on the outside. she was a rebel. but hillary also, as you know, has a very feminine side. there is a vulnerability to hillary we saw for a moment in new hampshire when she ran this last time that was very fetching to voters.

i think that they can capture the complexity of hillary, it will be, indeed, and it doesn't show that softer side, it could backfire on her, let's wait to say. >> david gergen ischelle turner. >> reporter: thank you. i cass going to say quickly the movie does chronicle the early relationship between bill and hillary and there are some indications that there is a couple of love scenes in there. so it definitely could show a different side of hillary. >> all righty then. thanks so much. we'll be right back. ideas, goals, appetite for risk. you can't say 'one size fits all'. it doesn't. that's crazy. we're all totally different. ishares core. etf building blocks for your personalized portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock.

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