blankets when you need them? red sox did win the game, but after just five and a half innings due to the weather. for more, logon to bleacherreport.com. that's it for me. have a great afternoon. brooke baldwin takes it from here. a wildfire burning out of control, homes threatened, families evacuated. we'll take you live to the burn zone as firefighters are trying to battle these flames. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. chasing a storm. >> there are two tornadoes on the ground now. >> three storm researchers among the dead in the latest round of devastating twisters. >> this is the first time this has happened. i'm sure we're going to learn a lot from it. >> new questions surfacing about science versus safety. a swimmer swept away, a 19-year-old goes over a 600 foot waterfall in yosemite national park.

today, a massive search for the california teen. learning to dance on your dime. the irs spending $50 million of your money on conferences. agency's new commissioner gets grilled by congress today. plus -- >> our first appeal is to the american people and anyone out there who is just in the gut wrenching position of losing a loved one. ♪ little star >> a family says this 10-year-old girl is being, quote, left to die. they're making a final plea to americans after learning the government won't step in in time to help. good to see you on this monday afternoon. i'm brooke baldwin. we begin this hour with the deadly tornados that rocked the midwest this afternoon. the medical examiner increased the death toll now to 14 people killed in oklahoma.

three of the victims veteran storm chasers. they were tim samaras, his son paul samaras and their storm chasing partner carl young. they were all trying to do research and document the storm when they were killed. take a look what's left of this vehicle here. this is the truck they were in, tracking the tornado, just a mangled mess. here to talk more about the story is my colleague chad myers who is still in oklahoma. he joins me by phone and also joining us, professional storm chaser shawn casey. and, shawn, i want to begin with you, because i know you were close friends with tim. you knew him for ten years. so i am so sorry for your loss. if i can, just start with -- i have talked to so many people about tim, without a doubt everyone says he was the safe guy. he was the safe one. what was different this time? >> well, i think that this tornado took a lot of people by surprise. this tornado was a very large

tornado. and a very strong tornado. i think cswr, radar trucks measured wind speeds of about 240, 250 miles per hour and it had an erratic path. so the tornado was going east and then north, so i think that took people by surprise. >> let me -- chad, i want you to continue sort of part of that, i know you had met tim as well. and to sean's point about taking so many people by surprise, isn't that part of what i would imagine storm chasers love about, you know, the science of tornadoes that the unpredictability? >> yeah, but this, brooke, this thing made a 60 degree left-hand turn after traveling south due east for a few miles. it decided to turn left, pick up speed, get very wide, almost an entire mile wide in my estimation and i had not heard this, but sean just said, they picked up wind speeds within the doppler radar of 240 miles per

hour. that doesn't mean at the surface, could be a few hundred feet off the ground, but that probably tells us that this wasn't just what a normal run of the mill what we would consider ef-3, this could have been a significantly bigger tornado there, wind speeds. just not as much to hit out there. so no real homes got f-5 damage or 4 damage that we see so far. it was the erratic left turn that could the everyone by surprise. i'm still not convinced there wasn't an extenuating circumstance in tim's travel that he had to stop to help someone, turn around for some reason, someone else was stuck, just nothing adds up, which is where they were and how they were getting away. i went to the scene, it was devastating to look at the car getting pulled out. the engine of the car was three quarters of a mile from where the body of the car ended up. >> wow. wow. and we're looking at pieces of one of the cars, some of these men were driving in. sean, my question to you this is

the question so many of us nonweather experts have and that is why do you do it? >> for me, personally, you know, i'm a filmmaker. so i want to get exceptional foot footage, footage that really does justice to the subject matter i fell in love with in 1999. you know, these tornadoes are incredible. for me, you know, my mission is in part to kind of show the awe that i feel when we chase tornadoes. and, for me, that's getting as close as possible in an armored vehicle and shooting with an imax camera. >> but at some point, this is the final -- my final question to you, sean, is, you know, you cross the line from awe to life changing. and is there anything -- people continue chasing the awe as long as we see tornadoes like this in our lifetime. but is there anything people can learn from this? >> well, certainly.

i mean, tim was a part of, you know, the research community. and, you know, during that day he was running with the mission of placing pods in front of this tornado. so, yeah, the data he collects, you know, is something that benefits, you know, our larger community, and understanding, you know, what these tornadoes can do, their behavior, which storms produce them. as far as a chaser, you know, the whole chasing community is in utter shock over this because tim samaras was one of the top five guys out there. he was -- he was the best. and for him to -- for this to happen, i think everybody is going to take a long look at how we chase these storms. >> sean casey, thank you so much for your perspective. i'm sorry for your loss. chad myers, stay safe out there. thanks to both of you.

yosemite park just suspended their search for a teenager that went down this waterfall. high water levels below the raging falls put the search teams in danger. the accident happened saturday at the parks in nevada fall. this is it, right here. it is several miles east of yosemite falls, if you know the area. witnesses say aleh kalman was swimming above the falls when the current swept him toward the crest and then ove that crest. an all day search failed to find him yesterday. the search is to resume when that water level finally drops. a top white house official has just fired back at a member of congress for coming on cnn and calling him a liar to be exact, a paid liar. that is what republican darrell issa called white house spokesman jay carney. issa is now claiming that the extra scrutiny given to tax exempt requests from conservative groups was directed

by quote/unquote washington headquarters. that's issa's formulation. washington headquarters. carney has told that the targeting started with irs bureaucrats in cincinnati. so issa says carney is a liar. here is jay carney. >> i was referring to the findings of the independent inspector general, who, let's be clear, said that he both in testimony and in his report found no evidence that outsiders, those outside the irs influenced the behavior that took place there. that's the conclusion of the independent inspector general and we certainly have seen no other evidence to contradict that. >> stand by. the brand-new head of the irs is about to testify before darrell issa's committee. dana bash is there for us on the hill for that. a lot of folks are saying that republican darrell issa is dying to find a scandal here involving

the white house. do you think this hearing might help clear that up? >> reporter: help clear it up, probably not, because the now acting irs commissioner wasn't there. he was just put in place. but i think to kind of maybe, you know, explain some of the circle talking we have seen over the past 24 hours about who did what when, i think what is most noteworthy is when darrell issa told candy crowley he believes it was washington giving direct orders, he didn't say the white house. but it certainly left the impression for those who maybe were listening for it that it was -- that washington meant the white house. or the obama administration. at the same time, jay carney is saying, well, you know, the inspector general said nobody outside of the irs had an impact. that doesn't necessarily mean washington didn't because the irs does have a very critical department in washington. and cutting through all of it, just in talking to some others familiar with the investigation here on capitol hill, democrats,

they say that what they have uncovered so far is that there was a lot of back and forth in trying to understand the law, trying to understand at the line level these irs agents are trying to figure out how to give -- whether to give tax exempt status to tea party groups, how to determine the law. that's the back and forth and at least so far i'm told what they found out is that washington, meaning the tax attorneys or the experts, did have impact on that. who came up with the targeting, everybody thinks was inappropriate. we still don't know that answer. >> we know the hearing that starts next hour on the hill, you'll be covering that, we'll be listening in and dipping in for anything that could percolate out of that. i have to ask you about the stuff you, dana bash, helped uncover. the $50 million for irs conferences including team building exercises, we have video of some dancing. is this over? >> no. because we are going to get the formal inspector general report that talks about excess spending

at the irs. this is dating back a few years back to 2010. i think the lesson here from this and the gsa controversy is you work for the government and you go to a conference, don't make a tape. don't make a tape. don't dance. and don't -- if there is another tape where they do an entire scene from star trek and one from gilligan's island. don't do that either, especially when it is going to cost tens of thousands of dollars. so what we're going to see in this inspector general report, which i'm sure the acting irs commissioner will also be asked about today is spending really out of control and the millions of dollars that a specific conference in anaheim where even some irs officials were spending 1500 or more dollars a night it seems for presidential suites in a hotel. they're saying the irs, this is a practice that has been stopped, they have rules and regulations so this won't happen again. but it is certainly going to be yet another example of tax dollars not being spent well, ironically, from the agency that takes in our tax dollars. >> we're talking this morning,

one thing when you work for a private company and they use all kinds of money and you want to play out gilligan's island. it is another thing when it is your money and my money going to that. dana bash, thank you. the last surviving world war ii veteran has died. senator frank lautenberg of new jersey was 89 years old. the democrat had announced back in february that he was not going to seek re-election next year. lautenberg was a strong advocate for tougher gun laws. he is associated with some major, major achievements including the ban on smoking in airplanes, and the crackdown on drunk driving. republican governor chris christie kind of points someone to serve and tell a special election in november or fill the rest of lautenberg's term. up next, this desperate plea from the family of this 10-year-old little girl. we have been following her story so closely for you. hoping for a happy ending. but now the family says the girl has been, quote, left to die. we're going to talk to the

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the measure couldn't be any heavier, the stakes couldn't be any higher for the family of sarah murnaghan. she needs a lung transplant and needs it now. she has weeks to live, according to her parents, after cystic fibrosis has nearly wiped out her little lungs. >> i used to go to school before i got oxygen. i got to go to school and i used to play and act like all the normal children. >> as sarah runs out of time, her parents are running out of options. the latest blow they say came from kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, the department that oversees organizen donations. the murnaghans hoped that sebelius would change the policy what is keeping sarah from getting a pair of adult lungs. according to the rules, every adult including those who are not as sick as sarah must turn down a pair of lungs before sarah could get them. but instead of making that

change, secretary sebelius ordered a review of the process, telling the family that it isn't in her power to alter the policy. let me quote the secretary now, saying this, i know this is not the answer you were hoping to receive and i can't begin to imagine how difficult this situation is. my prayers are with you. sarah's father, fran murnaghan, joins me live outside of that philadelphia hospital where sarah has been under care in the pediatric icu. fran, welcome back. we just wanted to continue to update everyone on your story and your fight. and, first, with regard to secretary sebelius and this response, this was not the answer you wanted. what was your reaction? >> we were devastated. we had the opportunity last thursday to speak to her on the phone, and she seemed to understand the situation we and other children, our families are in. and friday with our statement,

when she decided not to take any action and then even stated she did not have the authority, where clearly we do believe she does. we were devastated because now we're left with very few options to save sarah's life. >> so i remember the news on friday was the fact that i guess the action, which is not good enough for your situation is that now the organ group is reviewing the policy but that could take up to two years and your daughter doesn't at all have that kind of time. you, fran, you hired this attorney to fight this. i have this letter, i printed it, it is a long letter, 22 pages, and part of it, your attorney -- this is the point i think you're making here, we're not seeking preferential treatment. we only want her, your daughter, and the other children to be treated equally persons over 12. this should not cause any significant disruption to this organ transplantation group because there are very few children under 12 seeking adult lungs. so remind us all again, with all

of this, 22 pages, bottom line, what do you want? >> we're looking for equality. all that we have ever asked from the very beginning is that children under 12 have the opportunity as adults do to be -- have the opportunity to receive lungs. to receive treatment based on severity of conditions. not based on age. and based on secretary's statement on friday, which is devastating, we had been forced to obtain counsel and they have delivered a letter to her saying she does have the authority to do something. >> what if she comes back to you and says she's issued a review of this whole policy, i mean i know that's not good enough for you. what is your next option using your lawyer? >> so the position that unfortunately the secretary has placed us in is our best option

at this point may be a direct donation from a family. so what we have asked people, if they do find themselves in the most unfortunate position where they are offering to give a loved one's organs as a gift of life to others that they designate sarah as recipient of those lungs. >> that's one possibility for folks who find themselves in that horrible situation. final question to you, fran, how is sarah? last time we spoke, you and your wife had chosen not to let her know that she is dying. at what point through all of this will you decide, if at all, to tell her about her situation? >> she knows she's in a serious situation. and over the last few days she has asked us questions. a few evenings ago, we were holding her in our arms and she was tired and clearly wanted to go to sleep.

and she point directly asked us, can i go sleep? we said, if you're tired, of course. then she followed up and asked us, if i go to sleep, will i wake up tomorrow? as a parent, i mean, there is nothing more devastating to have a child look in your eyes and ask that type of question. she is very aware that this is a serious situation. >> how did you answer? >> we, of course, we confirmed that, yes, she will and that we're doing everything and her doctors are doing everything to keep her healthy until we can find a pair of lungs for her. >> we want to help you to that, fran murnaghan. give our best to sarah and we will stay on this right along with you. we appreciate it so much. and we wanted to know how many other families, how many other sarah murnaghan cases are out there that perhaps aren't, you know, getting the media attentionsarah's is.

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the man who left boston's fire department during the terrorist bombing announced today he's stepping down after taking heat from his own deputy chiefs. the deputy sent letters to city leaders saying chief steve abraira didn't show leadership and they had no confidence in him. the fire chief said a minority of the firefighters were making seless attacks against him. he was hired less than two years ago to modernize boston's fire department. one action hero taking a different role if you will to try to find out more about the boston bombings. you will recognize this guy.

>> are you like some special force guys or something? >> no. >> steven seagal has been helping members of the united states congress, visiting russia. in fact, seagal arranged for the delegation to meet with russian officials. russia had warned the u.s. about boston bombing suspect tamerlan tsarnaev and our own phil black picks up the story from moscow. phil. >> reporter: the u.s. congressional delegation met with russian officials trying to determine what lessons can be learned about intelligence cooperation in the aftermath of the boston marathon attack. the delegation was led by republican dana rohrabacher, a chairman of the house foreign affairs subcommittee. his conclusion, there was no one specific failure that prevented the authorities from identifying these threats sooner. but he believes there was a chance the attack could have been averted. if russia and the united states had worked more closely together. >> that's specific, we didn't pay attention to this detail or

that detail, but instead didn't pay attention to the big picture. and the big picture was all screwed up. and then in that our people were not cooperating as they should have and vice versa. >> reporter: republican steve king said the delegation received new analysis on the boston bombing suspect, tamerlan tsarnaev and his mother in a briefing with russia's federal security service, the fsb. >> their opinion that tamerlan and his mother were both radical attitude before they came to the united states. and i think that adjusts much of the conventional thinking within the united states. >> reporter: members of the delegation thanked an unusual voice for the access they received during their visit. action movie star steven seagal. >> i asked him for that meeting and i knew about that meeting before they did. that's the truth. >> reporter: the last 18 months

has been a very difficult time in russian u.s. relations. members of this delegation say they'll return to washington, arguing these two countries must not let other differences deter greater cooperation in dealing with the mutual threat of terrorism. phil black, cnn, moscow. >> thank you, phil. up next, in southern california, a scorching wildfire here, thousands of acres destroyed, forcing people to evacuate. and we're hearing it could be another week before this thing is brought under control. we're live from the fire zone next. [ male announcer ] with wells fargo advisors envision planning process, it's easy to follow the progress you're making toward all your financial goals. a quick glance, and you can see if you're on track. when the conversation turns to knowing where you stand, turn to us. wells fargo advisors.

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thousands of families were told get out, get out before the flames close in on you. take a look at this black smoke pouring from a 25,000 acre wildfire in southern california. the powerhouse fire, so it is

called, destroyed six homes and threatened many, many more. stephanie elam joins us from lake hughes. and, stephanie, i hear where you're standing there was once a home. >> reporter: right, exactly, brooke. we're here on lake hughes. we do know now this powerhouse fire burned about 29,000 acres. but they're saying they got a 40% containment. that is not necessarily the news that makes you feel much better when you look at this house and this is where you lived. you can see that right now they're out here cordoning it off because it is completely destroyed. only the chimney is still standing. and this area wasn't even supposed to be burned but saturday afternoon, the fire just took off in three different directions and raced through the canyon and, in fact, if we just went down the street, just a little bit from here, we came across a family that was picking through what was left of their parents' home, which was a different position than what they're used to since they're used to being on the fire line. so your family is made up of

firefighters. >> right, correct. >> reporter: doesn't it feel a little ironic that your parents' house has burned down like this? >> it does. it does. it is surreal, i would say is a good word for it. i spent so much -- after i retired, my last four years, i helped my dad clean up this place. and a lot of cleanup. we had hundreds of trees down in there that we cleaned up. so it is -- it hurts. little bit. >> and he was a firefighter. father was a firefighter. brother was a firefighter. nephews, the entire family, sister was married to a firefighter. the entire family all involved in fighting fires and protecting other people's homes, now sifting through what is left of their parent's house, the parents have been in this place since the '70s. a lot of memories destroyed and they're going through it and happy they were able to get their elderly mother out of the house in time, brooke. >> thank goodness. stephanie, i'm seeing these two people walking out of your shot behind you. are those the family members and what, if anything, were they able to salvage from the charred

remains that we're looking at? >> reporter: no, these people just showed up. they're from public works. they're here cordoning off any place that could be dangerous they don't want people going into. these are people's personal artifacts, if there is anything in there, they want to go through this. this is one house here. the other house where you saw the gentleman i was speaking to, patrick, it is a little bit down the road from here. and his brother lives about 300 yards away from the parents' home. he lost his garage but he's fine. so the whole family just dealing with a lot. and even though they know how to deal with it, they know what to do, they're still looking at something that they have known all their lives just about completely changed. this used to be all lush with flowers, everywhere. now it doesn't look like there is anything there, just completely decimated. >> so much loss. tornados in the middle of the country, fire in california. stephanie elam, thank you very much. coming up next, what started as a sit-in to protect a park in istanbul, turkey, turned into a countrywide protest against the government.

could this be the beginning of a turkish spring?

even more anger is erupting on the streets of turkey today as protesters demand change. look at that. what began as a peaceful sit-in over government plans to demolish a park in istanbul has

snowballed into a nationwide protest against turkey's prime minister. in the capital ankara, police fired tear gas and water cannons at protesters while demonstrators threw rocks. just beginning with the fact that turkey, an important u.s. ally in the muslim world, has turkey ever seen anything like this? >> carol, let me interrupt -- no, it hasn't. this is -- this is another one of those days where we have never seen anything like this before in the city. and right now there is a police helicopter circling over this square where the demonstrators have gathered. we'll try to show you, it is shining a spotlight on the park where the protests first began. and the crowd of thousands, if not tens of thousands, has erupted into a giant boo and jeer, hissing, the police helicopter that is circling and shining the spotlight on the

crowd. it goes almost without saying that so much of the anger has been generated here in turkey, against the riot police, who have been firing tear gas and water cannons and pepper spray at unarmed demonstrators for a week now, within the last hour there was a cloud of tear gas that actually came over this crowd of people out here, sending thousands of people running. i saw parents dragging their children, running very afraid, we're trying to show you right now, the police helicopter that is shining its spotlight into this park that had, i would estimate, more than 10,000 people in it when we were there about two hours ago in daylight. that's the park where this protest first erupted. about 40, 50 people, last monday, seven days ago, and the police brutality and the rhetoric of the turkish prime minister is what triggered

unprecedented street protests and violence in this country, a nato ally of the u.s. and nato military alliance and one of the u.s.' closest allies in the middle east. carol? >> ivan, it is brooke. let me ask you this as we're looking at pictures and this is reminiscent as we -- >> reporter: sorry. >> -- no worries. what happened in egypt. is it even a fair assessment to call this a possible turkish spring? >> reporter: some people are calling it that. and some people very much bristle at that. they don't want to be compared to the dictatorships and the despots in the arab world. turkey is not an arab country. it speaks a different language, an entirely different ethnic group. and, yes, erdogan has won elections. he is democratically elected. the frustrations we're hearing from the crowd is that he seems

to be taking away some democratic freedoms that turks have enjoyed, freedoms in some cases that he opened up during his ten years in power. and one of the complaints here is that these people, many of them say we didn't vote for erdogan, and he seems to be persecuting us because we didn't vote for him. he should represent not only his base, which largely consists of conservative, more pious muslims, but also urban cosmopolitan more secular turks like the crowds we see here in istanbul. i have to say, the police helicopter is still circling overhead and now we see a cloud of smoke over the park. i'm sorry we can't show it to you with our camera right now, but within the last two hours there was tear gas over this crowd and the only people who have had tear gas are the turkish security forces themselves who used it so much, brooke, that i've had to on

multiple occasions wear my gas mask indoors in this very office with the windows closed, if that can give you some context. >> i can see. we were pushing into the crowds over your shoulder, it is 20 minutes until 10:00 your time, ivan. how large are those crowds behind you? are we talking hundreds? >> reporter: it is difficult for me to estimate from a distance like this, but certainly the main part of this square that hasn't become part of a construction site is packed full and the park that triggered this is also packed full. it is important to note this is not justice just istanbul, at 2:00 in the morning, i've never seen this before in the city, there will be housewives out banging pots and pans in protest against the government. the protests have erupted in more than 30 other provinces of turkey's 81 provinces within the

last four days. brooke? >> ivan watson, we'll keep watching this with you. ivan, thank you. in chicago, it is a way of life for some families. we're talking about generation after generation of gangs, the effort to change that culture next. with angie's list, i save time, money, and i avoid frustration. you'll find reviews on home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. you want to be sure the money you're about to spend is money well spent. angie's list -- reviews you can trust.

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the second generation? and the next? so it is just gone through the family. >> yeah. >> what do you think about that? >> i ain't proud of that. >> reporter: jetty williams is hard to understand now since his stroke, but at one time no voice carried more weight in chicago's gang world, a leader of the vice lords gang. williams spent most of his life awaiting trial on probation or in prison. he's since given up gang life -- >> i don't like my kids. but i can't tell them you don't do this when your daddy done it. i'm not going to be no hypocrite. >> reporter: but his legacy continued. >> i did robberies. that was my specialty. we didn't go around hurting innocent people like the kids do these days. it was more about money, power

and respect and who could get to the top of the hill first. but doing that, we still had loyalty to who started this. >> through this generation, it bled down to them. when it got to them, the blood was running in the streets. and they had no guidance. a lot of us was locked up. so they had no -- they just became like renegades. >> reporter: that's one of the problems plaguing chicago's streets today. >> it is just everybody out there for themselves. just like whatever happens just happens. >> shots fired. >> reporter: chicago police spent years cracking down on gang leaders who operated in large parts of the city, but according to the cook county state attorney, the gang lifestyle has become entrenched. >> what we have seen now is these gangs are generational. so you have, you know, grandpa, father, son, all part of the gang. so it is just kind of been the culture that kids have been brought up into.

>> reporter: and anita alvarez says gan says gangs have fractured into many different factions. rival gang members fighting each other, block by block, with deadly consequences. it is a problem these former gang members are trying to turn around, starting with their own family. >> now i'm out there trying to teach the young people to look at me. i'm 46. i've been to the penitentiary ten times. but now i'm -- i have got married. and i see a different way in life. >> reporter: and their influence seems to be paying off. >> it made me look up to them now, you know, like i'm changing. i don't need none of that old violence, none of that stuff. >> reporter: fountain's namesake says he recently dropped out of the gang. a small sign of hope in a city struggling with a big problem trying to make the streets safe again. you heard there jettie williams, his voice, hard to understand. we learned from his family that

he recently passed away due to some health issues. but before his death, brooke, fair to say he took great satisfaction in knowing that his own sons decided to make different choices. and, you know, brooke, this really was an opportunity for us to look past the headlines to look at the actual problem to see how it continues. and what people continue to say is that it will take new programs for people to get involved in other things aside from the gang lifestyle. >> george howell, thanks for the interviews, appreciate it. coming up, an update on a story we told you about in february. a little bit kidnapped and held captive in the underground bunker. remember that? he was rescued. his abductor was killed. we're getting a first look inside the secret bunker. the chilling photos are next. we had never used a contractor before and didn't know where to start. at angie's list, you'll find reviews on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like having thousands of close neighbors

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cnn received chilling images from inside a kidnapper's bunker. the story absolutely horrified the country earlier this year when a 5-year-old boy was snatched off his school bus in alabama and held captive in this underground bunker for nearly a week. cnn's ailelina machado gives us inside look at the bunker. >> reporter: this is an inside look at the underground bunker where jimmy lee dikes held a 5-year-old boy hostage for six days, just released photos show alabama and federal investigators processing the scene. here is a picture showing one of two beds. small flashlights hang on the wall. water bottles are within reach. a notebook and an animal calendar sit on the bed. the fbi released the photos along with audio of a

profanity-laced phone call between hostage negotiators and dikes. >> you just go ahead and send s somebody down that [ bleep ]. >> reporter: negotiations deteriorated. >> if that sorry [ bleep ] above you doesn't respond to me by 5:30 this afternoon, or whatever time it is, by god i will not be talking to [ bleep ]. >> reporter: authorities say dikes stormed a school bus in midland city, alabama, on january 29th. a boy on the bus told dispatchers how a man shot the driver and snatched one of the children. >> okay, is he on the bus? did he take the kid off the bus? >> he took the kid off the bus. >> reporter: the us about driver, charles poland, was later hailed a hero, for trying to protect his young passengers. >> was the bus driver the only person shot? >> yes, ma'am. >> hang in there, honey. you're doing so good. i'm so proud of you, okay?

>> reporter: neighbors told cnn dikes was a paranoid anti-government loner. >> people are going to be standing up to this [ bleep ], incompetent, self-righteous, bunch of sorry [ bleep ] in government that tell nothing but [ bleep ] lies. >> reporter: law enforcement sources told cnn authorities used a camera to monitor what was going on inside the bunker while fbi hostage rescue teams trained on a model of the structure nearby. agents reportedly saw dikes holding a gun, prompting the rescue operation. dikes, they say, was armed and managed to fire at agents before he was killed. authorities found two explosive devices. the boy named ethan was alive and returned to his family. he celebrated his 6th birthday after his rescue. alina machado, cnn, atlanta. coming up, they are sucking the life out of other fish. they are known as -- gives me the creeps.

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explain. they're about to -- >> i'm going to suck your blood right now, brooke, and what it is, its mouth is this disc-like object with teeth. it gets into a local fish, sucks all their insides out, essentially killing them or certainly maiming them. so what they want to do is save the local fish and they have been doing this here in the great lakes for a long time. you're looking at it. it is just a sucker of a fish. it is killing all the locals and it has been doing it since the '40s. >> they're going to this creek near the big lake, you can't kill the actual thing -- >> right. look at this thing. they're going to mitchell creek, which feeds lake michigan. and that's where the larva are. every three to five years they go in, they have been doing it, killing the larva. you can't kill the adult ones. every three to five years and essentially it is working, getting rid of 90% of them. it got -- it is from the atlantic ocean, it got here from shipping canals. that's how it got to the great lakes. they're going to get rid of them. >> you're an encyclopedia of

vampire fish. >> this is its little mouth. big mouth. >> thank you. now this. a wildfire burning out of control. homes threatened. families evacuated. we're going to take you live inside this burn zone as firefighters are battling these flames. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. learning to dance on your dime. the irs spends $50 million of your money on conferences. agency's new commissioner getting grilled by congress right now. from action hero to celebrity diplomat. steven seagal helps set up high level meetings in russia to investigate the boston bombings. an ex-cop on trial accused of murdering his wife and setting their home on fire. prosecutors say a certain something happened two weeks before the crime could be the motive.

nancy grace joins me live in studio. plus -- >> our first appeal is to the american people and to anyone out there who is in just the gut wrenching position of losing a loved one. ♪ little star >> a family says this 10-year-old is being, quote, left to die. they're making a final plea to americans after learning the government will not step in in time to help. and here we go. hour two. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. want to start this hour in yosemite park where the search for that teenager who was hurled down this raging waterfall has now been suspended. that accident happened saturday. cnn's miguel marquez has been in the park covering that for us today. while he's been there, now we're being told we have more breaking news out of yosemite as a

climber has fallen to his death. miguel marquez standing by for us live. miguel, what are you learning? >> reporter: yeah, we do have it, it is the fourth death, fourth accidental death in t park this season this climber was killed yesterday. i want to bring in scott getman with the park service here. scott, this climber, come in a little more here, this climber was killed on el capitan. how exactly was he killed? >> this was a tragic accident that he killed -- that he was killed on el capitan yesterday. there were two climbers and one particular climber was climbing, saw a piece of rock, stepped on the piece of rock, it accidentally dislodged it, struck his climbing partner and he was killed instantly. >> reporter: this is the fourth accidental death this year. how many deaths do you typically get here at the park? >> between accidental deaths and natural, we get about 12 to 15 per year. so unfortunately we're on a bad curve for the year. so we're hoping we slow down. >> reporter: i understand this

man was on the cliff, you had to call in a helicopter to extract him off of the cliff because he remained hanging to the cliff while they were both basically dangling off el capitan. >> el capitan is a 3,000 plus feet vertical wall. once he was there, pronounced deceased by the rangers, that climbed up to get to him, we had to bring in california highway patrol helicopter and park helicopter to hoist him up. >> reporter: my goodness. thank you for joining us. very, very tough start to the year. it is absolutely stunning the physical beauty here, but it is also very dangerous. people from around the world, this guy happened to be from london in the uk. and, you know, people come from around the world to enjoy it here, but there are dangers. as we saw with the swimmer who died on saturday, they are almost certain he is dead. the search has been suspended in the area where they believe he went down. wasn't to show you one thing. this is yosemite falls. that's 1400 feet there, the falls where the young man died

was way off to the right of the screen, where you are, about three-hour walk in. it was nevada falls. he went up there, swam out into a stream just above the falls, and then got caught in a current and was -- the last witnesses saw of him, he was going over the precipice. those falls are very, very treacherous. they don't expect to find him alive. >> miguel marquez for us, two tragic stories out of yosemite. it is stunning but dangerous nonetheless. miguel, thank you. to oklahoma we go now. the search resumed today for six people still missing after last friday's outbreak of tornadoes, the death toll now stands at 14. here's why. storm chasers caught this terrifying video as the video was ripping up piece by piece by piece, this is the oklahoma country side, near union city. another storm chaser was nearby on i-40, about the same time he was stopped when an 18-wheeler

hit him from behind. the wind was so strong, it knocked the truck over and even pushed it backwards. nick valencia joins us now from el reno, oklahoma. and, nick, i know that it was a school behind you took a direct hit. tell me what is happening there now. >> reporter: hey, brooke. we just got back from taking a tour inside the canadian valley technology center. it did take a direct hit. larry fisher, the teacher whose quick thinking probably saved the lives of about 15 students, they took shelter underground. he gave us a tour inside. as you can see, the cleanup and damage assessment is still ongoing. officials estimate about $40 million of damage because of the tornado. but initially larry told me, brooke, that they didn't think the tornado was coming towards them. thought this would stay south of interstate 40, changed directions, was a very unpredictable storm, which led to the death toll that we're looking at now. at least 14 dead.

we asked officials if they expect that death toll to climb. of course, they are still searching for at least six people who are still missing. brooke? >> nick, i'm curious, as you're there and what is so tragically unique about this particular tornado from over the weekend is the fact that it claimed the lives of three storm chasers, two adults, one son, chasing with his father. and, you know, just talking to different storm chasers, this is what they do, what they love. have you had a chance to speak with anyone out there about this tremendous loss? >> yeah, absolutely. it is a tremendous loss for everyone. all the family members, not just the storm chasers, but everybody is particularly shocked about their deaths, you know, friend of chad myers, friend of so many storm chasers in this area, and the thing that is most surprising, brooke, is that these were experienced, very safe, known for their safety, one of them was a scientist who was trying to predict the -- the dangers of tornadoes, throwing out probes, trying to help

people in this area that is now, you know, just being devastated. it seems like they can't catch a break when it comes to severe weather here in the state of oklahoma. >> they need a break, don't he? nick valencia in el reno, oklahoma. appreciate it. coming up, 11 young people kidnapped in mexico. all at once. in broad daylight. and there has been no sign yet of any of those 11 victims. how could something like this happen? we'll take you live to mexico city for that. [ female announcer ] everything that goes into a lennox system

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culture research eli portny. you worked as a consultant for disney for years. why would the parks raise prices now? >> since the recession recovery has occurred, the attendance at the parks has gone back up. and when there is greater demand, they feel they can get away with a little bit more of a price increase in the tickets. it is also the bigger story, disney, disney brand, disney experience is still unparalleled anywhere else of anything in the united states or the world for that matter. and kids love it. their parents love doing it with them. and there is still a great value in that experience. we haven't reached the point of elasticity at which consumers say it is too much to go to disney. >> i'm not a parent, but, listen, i love my space mountain and my haunted house when i was a kid and i remember the experiences fondly. this is what a disney spokesperson told the orlando sentinel, a ticket to our theme park represents a great value, particularly when you look at

the breadth and quality of attractions and entertainment we offer and special moments guests experience with our cast. for most families, i suppose who have the pennies, nickels and dimes, is it worth it to spend the money? >> it is. and here's the point. a couple of years ago it would take two to three years of savings for most family of four to go to disney world. now it is probably four or five, maybe six years of savings. the demand is still there. disney does a great job of reaching out to kids when they're young, to create the interest and the desire to go to disney world, to experience the characters, the rides, the whole ambience, the whole experience. so they definitely still have it. they still have a brand that has value. still very american to do this. and i don't see it stopping. not in the near future. i think when tickets are more like 125, 130, there will be a downswing in attendance. it is still a great value relative to other values for other kinds of venues for

families. >> let's talk about ways people could save a little bit of money, eli. i know some people can creatively throw some water bottles and some food in diaper bags which i'm sure people do skirt the costs in the park, but what else? are there any ways to get around the cost? discounts, deals, et cetera? there have to be. >> there are, of course. disney wants the family to stay on disney property to eat disney food to do nothing but disney everything. so there are offers always to encourage that. and so if you're staying at a disney hotel or in some proximity on the property, there are deals for you. the ticket prices, i think, most hurt the families who stay off property to save money on accommodations and then don't have access to the same discounts. but disney is very good to their loyal families who stay on the property, spend all their money there. that's disney's objective, to capture every dollar you spend on your disney vacation at

disney and not see it filtered off to the side properties or even to the other entertainment venues. >> you're saying stay loyal to disney and maybe you can save some money along the way? >> there are definitely deals. deals out there. >> thank you so much. i'm sure people are looking all the time. eli portny, i appreciate it, talking about disney world and disney land. the new head of the irs being drilled. live pictures on capitol hill right now. we'll take you live there, see what's happening next. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d to support strong bones. and the brand most recommended by... my doctor. my gynecologist. my pharmacist. citracal. citracal. [ female announcer ] you trust your doctor. doctors trust citracal.

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we have been awaiting the start of a hearing on capitol hill. want to show you live pictures here and tell you what is happening. so, the new head of the irs, man by the name of daniel werfel, tapped to get over there and clean up the mess. you heard about the extra scrutiny given by the irs to tax exempt tea party groups and now it turns out we had the tax collecting group paying taxpayer dollars on junkets. that included such antics as this. sophomoric team building exercise to the tune of some $50 million. gilligan's island. get it? these are the folks that collect the taxes. dana bash, it looks as though

werfel has a big job ahead of him. >> reporter: we're expecting him to begin his opening statement at any minute. as you would expect, brooke, you would advise him to look ahead, not backward. he is the guy, as you said, the president put in charge after he effectively fired the acting irs commissioner steven miller. he's probably going to argue, we understand from sources, that he thinks of change with the irs with regard to making sure policies are in place and regulations that would prevent that kind of junket from going on now. and this is about an irs inspector general report. another one that we're going to see likely tomorrow, which details really kind of lavish spending, $4 million for convention in anaheim, and $1500 a night suites spent -- used by irs employees, and it looks like that money was spent without any kind of question by them. so that's the kind of thing

we're going to see him questioned on. and, of course, of course the whole issue of the targeting of tea party groups that is another thing he's going to have to deal with. and probably will be questioned here. this specifically is a hearing about the irs funding. appropriations bill and already mentioned that the irs does get tens of millions of dollars from the taxpayers every year. so they're hoping that the irs uses it andpends it wisely in the future. >> i know you're there on the hill. you're watching. we're awaiting for that daniel werfel opening statement. if there are fireworks, dana bash, we're coming back to you. appreciate it. 11 young people kidnapped from a nightclub in broad daylight. this happened in mexico city in an upscale part of town, just blocks actually from the u.s. embassy. this mass abduction took place eight days ago and police still haven't found the victims. nick parker joins us live from mexico city. and, nick, just walk me through the details. what happened?

>> reporter: well, it is really a crime that shocked mexico city. as you say, eight days on, still no closer to really getting close to culprits or any other kind of further progression on the investigation. the crime took place just behind me here, about 50 meters from where i'm standing now. you can see this is a very vibra vibrant, griz pa busy part of m city. it is a popular area for tourists. a lot of hotels. and also one of the main financial districts in mexico city. so the fact that it took place here, i think certainly surprised a lot of people. but what i think the nature of what happened is perhaps the most shocking thing. and basically getti inting acco coming in now from families of the missing people and they say that at about 10:00 a.m. in the morning, in broad daylight, the missing loved ones were in a bar in an after hours place and they were told that the police had arrived and were told by bar

staff to leave the bar and go into the street. at that stage, apparently there were several suvs which arrived, which were driven by men with guns and masks and basically the relatives say they still are no clearer to finding out what happened to these people. here's what one relative had to say. >> translator: this supposedly happened on a sunday in broad daylight. this couldn't have happened during the day. only a few steps from the reforma avenue without anybody noticing. there should be surveillance cameras that can show us exactly what happened. >> reporter: and, brooke, that's very key, there have been no reports of surveillance cameras either inside the bar or in the street that were working at the time. it is a mystery about what exactly happened that morning. and the police at this stage are still saying people are missing as opposed to kidnapped. >> that's incredible it was so close to reforma, that's like

the broadway, you know, broadway of mexico city. nick parker for us in mexico city, thank you so much. we'll follow that case. we're also following this tragic just gut wrenching story about this 10-year-old girl fighting for her life. she needs lungs to live. she needs a lung transplant. but because of her age, she might not be able to get a pair of lungs in time. that little girl's parents pleading for a last minute rule change. but who makes the rules that ultimately have these life or death consequences? and can they be changed? should they be changed in circumstances like this? we'll talk to an expert in medical ethics coming up. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can use walmart's education benefits to get a degree, maybe work in it, or be an engineer, helping walmart conserve energy. even today, when our store does well, i earn quarterly bonuses. when people look at me, i hope they see someone working their way

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the pressure could not be more intense. stakes could not be higher for the family of sarah murnaghan. she needs a lung transplant now. the 10-year-old pennsylvania girl has weeks to live. that's what her parents told us. cystic fibrosis nearly wiped out her lungs. her father who i talked to last hour says that sarah does know

how close to death she is. >> we were holding her in our arms and she was tired and clearly wanted to go to sleep. and she point directly asked us, can i go to sleep? and of course, we said, if you're tired, of course. then she followed up and asked us, if i go to sleep, will i wake up tomorrow? as a parent, i mean, there is nothing more devastating to have a child look in your eyes and ask that type of question. >> as sarah runs out of time, her parents are running out of options. the latest blow they say came from kathleen sebelius, the secretary of health and human services. the department that oversees organ donations. the murnaghans have been hoping that sebelius would change the policy that is keeping sarah from receiving a transplant with adult lungs and now the family has sent a very lengthy letter to -- from their attorney to the secretary asking her to make those changes. but i want to broaden this out, talk to kenneth goodman, the

co-director of the ethics programs at the university of miami. so, kenneth, welcome to you. it is a tough -- it is an incredibly just gut wrenching situation for parents here. what i want to know, tell me how many sarah murnaghans, your child, you need an organ transplant like this. how many are out there? >> thousands, actually. it is a great question. and for those people, those viewers, those citizens who have anguish and distress over this case, it is a reminder you need to be an organ donor that -- if you're not an organ donor and feel any discomfort over the case, you've actually -- you're gaming the system. this is a problem that caused for children and adults quite a number of available organs. a lot the cases that bubble up in interesting and distinctive ways as you see here wouldn't be cases if we had a bunch more organs. easy enough to get them if more

people agreed. >> what about in addition to that glad you made that point, there is rules and you have rules for a reason, i realize. the murnaghans, we know, first, asked this organ donation network to change the rules for sarah. they declined. secretary sebelius asking for a policy review. that could take up to two years. there must be a reason that the rules for organ donation are so tough to change. >> well, they're tough to change because they were long in the making. these are rules designed to save as many lives as possible with a very, very scarce resource. urgency and severity matter, so does length of time on the list, there are a number of different factors that go into this. any tweak on one part causes a tweak on another. these rules which by the way served us very well for generations and caused great trust in the system of organ donation ought not to be changed lightly and are always subject to review. doing the review under the gun and under the lights might not

be the best way to undertake it, though. >> you study the cases each and every day. this is what you do. as familiar as you are with this sarah murnaghan story, do you think there should be an exception here made? i know it is a toughy. >> the subsidiary issue is people like me going on television like this and passing judgment in cases with which we have peripheral familiarity. the answer may be yes, it may be no. i don't think it is my place to second guess secretary sebelius. she's on the case. i have no doubt whatsoever that she and everybody else in the organ procurement system and nih are anguished by this as much as anybody else. but a change in the law, a change in the rules ought not to be undertaken lightly. >> okay. kenneth goodman, thank you so much. again to underscore your point, become an organ donor. if this case frustrates you, check that box. thank you so much. i appreciate it.

a former sheriff's deputy on trial, accused of first degree murder in the death of his wife. >> told a friend a week and a half prior to this incident happening that you threatened to kill her. >> what? >> you threatened to burn the house down. you threatened to make it look like she did it. >> that is bull [ bleep ]. >> so what really happened that night? a lot of fascinating details on the case. we'll go live to kingman, kansas, where the trial is happening today. and, nancy grace will join me right here, live, in studio to walk us through this case, this trial. do not miss this. back in a moment. uh-oguess what day it is!is?? huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what today is? it's hump day. whoot whoot! ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico?

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a kansas man who once took an oath to uphold the law now stands accused of violating it

in the worst way. former sheriff deputy brett seacat is on trial, charged with murder. the victim, his wife who was shot to death. but seacat says his wife was a victim of suicide, not murder and she was the one that set their home on fire. look at the pictures. he denied any wrongdoing to investigators. watch this. >> did you murder her? >> no. >> did you pull the trigger? >> no. >> did you kill her? >> no. >> she told a friend a week and a half prior to this incident happening that you threatened to kill her. >> what? >> you threatened to burn the house down and you threatened to make it look like she did it. >> that is -- that is bull [ bleep ]. >> but a stunning statement came from the wife's friend on the stand, the friend said, the wife here predicted the way she would die. let's go to cnn's ted rowlands live in kingman, kansas, covering the trial for us. ted what exactly did this friend say on the stand?

>> reporter: well, we had a couple of friends now come to the stand here and testify. the first one was last week and this was a co-worker, a woman by the name of joy trotnic. she said out of the blue, she's talking with vashty and says do you think brett would burn the house down with me in it? joy was floored and asked her to repeat it, what are you talking about? do you think brett would burn the house down with me in it? this is the first indication to the jury that she was predicting her demise in exactly this fashion. and then within the last $40 minutes we heard another co-wr com up more descriptive w sd she flat out heard vashty say to her and another co-worker that brett had threatened her. fa if anything happened with their marriage, he would, quote, ite it look like a with her in suicide. very damming evidence within the last hour here as the

prosecution conties itscase they have been at it for eight days now. we're expecting the defense will get its turn in the next few days, possibly as early as wednesday. >> ted rowlands, thank you for covering the trial for us. nancy grace from our sister network hln has been all over this case and the trial. she joins me live in studio. good to see you. >> likewise. >> let's just begin with some of what ted was talking about. so he was saying that some of the friends, friends of vashty were on the stand saying she predicted her demise. what do you make of that? >> i make of that the same thing i made as when o.j. had a dream that he killed nicole brown. we so that over and over in criminal law, where people have premonitions. in the cases that i've tried where the woman was a victim of domestic violence, that turned into homicide, very often they had a safety plan, and you can call it that they predicted it or they were clairvoyant, but that's not it.

they have been given signals throughout the course of the marriage. they know what is about to befall them. so obviously had left hints or suggestions that he could burn the house down. and i would like to point out that when police did find him, his pants were covered in gasoline. this is an accelerant fire. there was a trail of what i believe to be gasoline, but they'll refer to it as accelerant going from a storage room to her bedroom. it is very, very rare that a female in this age category will shoot herself and set the house on fire. it just is very un -- hard to predict that. >> what he's saying is he was downstairs, right, he says he was asleep, heard the pops, the loud noises upstairs where his wife was, he went upstairs, sees the flachl flames in the hallw the bed, rushes to her, grabs her limp body in his arms. and he was barely singed. >> yeah there are also blisters

on his feet and legs. so he was close to the fire. a fire was set. but if you look at, for instance, the method of homicide and suicide, the likelihood that a female of her age is going to shoot herself -- >> you say that's rare. >> it is statistically impossible almost. and also i would like to point out that after studying the medical examiner's report myself, she was shot actually under the ear at a downward angle front to back right to left. which means he more likely than not stood over her in bed, as she slept, and fired, just like that. and, in fact, there was tattooing. sometimes called stippling, around the entrance wound which means it was either close range or contact wound. >> that do you make of -- there was a note that was found -- >> it is ridiculous. >> in the pocket with ramblings that he said -- he talked to his

therapist, right? it said, calm, died, accident, her parents. >> yeah, no suicide. yeah. the therapist was helping him come up with what he was going to tell their little boys. it is ridiculous. did you know, this has just come out, recently in the last hours that co-workers actually saw him forging documents at work the day before all of this went down. there is an entry in her journal where she says something like i can't go on anymore, blah, blah, blah. it is obviously forgery. >> okay. nancy grace, i want to move off this. i hear star jones -- we'll take a break. i hear star jones personally reached out to you to help her friend in a murder case. >> right. >> we'll talk about that. i know this is an exclusive on your show later tonight. we'll talk about that. stay with me. be right back. my eye on her...kept but with so much health care noise, i didn't always watch out for myself. with unitedhealthcare, i get personalized information

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particular issue because this all started with star jones. and did she -- she reached out to you saying, basically, help. >> she did. a lot of people don't remember, but i started at court tv, courtroom television network, in 1997. and much later than that star joined us and my last years there. and star reached out to me, over the weekend. i didn't even know about this case. but now that i do know about it, i'm on it. and what concerns me about this case is that it has been basically put on a back burner. whenever there is a woman -- >> why? >> -- found murdered, very often the first thing people think is, oh, some type of domestic abuse and they tend to discount it. here in this case rosalynn ran som l ranson lee, 32 years old, she is

found partially clothed, clothed only from the waist up, which leads investigators to believe that she was sexually abused. she was found floating in a lake. here is the tricky thing about the lake. it is not a lake as you would envision it. it is right in the middle of a residential area. you know those little subdivisions often built around -- only 12 acres. and it is the focal point for residential community. so it is not like a lake that a public is going boating on or skiing on or fishing, it is not like that. very private lake. surrounded by homes. it is only about one mile from where she lived with her mother. her car was parked about three-fourths of a mile away from the lake. but she didn't drown to death. she was manually strangled by hand. you know, you can look at a body and tell if it is -- it leaves a different mark, it is a

ligature, like panty hose or a jump rope or rope, versus manual strangulation. what that leads me to believe is a spur of the moment crime. what does that mean? who would know a mother of three who would not only sexually assault her, but then murder her and dispose of the body? disposing of the body suggests it is not random. somebody comes up to you, god forbid, and kills you. if they don't know you, they're not going to drag your body, they're going to kill you and leave you. >> it takes extra effort. >> who wants to be caught with a dead body? of course. so it is someone that wants to hide the body, typically when a body is hidden or obscured in some way, that means it is not random, it is someone the victim knows. >> and in cases of potential sexual assault, isn't that so often someone you know as well? >> yes. that's true. now, typically as in every homicide you start with boyfriends, lovers, exes, the

father of children, and so forth. she did have a 9-month-old. she has three children. there are three fathers. one lives in arizona. he's out of the picture. i don't know where the other two are. >> okay. tomorrow night. >> god willing. >> you're on it. >> god willing. >> nancy grace, thank you for coming in. appreciate it so much. >> thank you for having me. before we go, want to remind viewers of your special interview, star jones speaking about her friend's murder, exclusively tomorrow night hln 8:00 p.m. tonight, game seven of the nba eastern conference finals, the miami heat taking on the indiana pacers. the spotlight may be on this one play and some comments he made that led to a $75,000 fine. rachel nichols is live in miami. we'll talk about this next. the kyocera torque lets you hear and be heard

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an apology is not enough. the nba is making indiana pacers center roy hibbard pay up. hibbe hibbert's comments just ahead of tonight's key game seven against the miami heat.

>> i really felt that i let paul down in terms of having his back when lebron was scoring in the post or getting to the paint because they stretched me out so much. t the homo. >> he said it quickly but said it. he apologized for the remark but the nba still slapped the pacer for $75,000 for using inappropriate and vulgar language. rachel nicholls cnn sports joins me ahead of the big game tonight in miami. rachel, talk to me first about just the fallout from that comment. and i know some cursing as well. >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. i've been texting with a acouple of nba players over the past 24 hours and they made it clear, even to a millionaire athlete 75 grand is a lot of money. they notice that. couple that with the fact that the nba fined kobe bryant $100,000 for making a homophobic

slang comment last year. guys are going to be scared straight here. they don't want that money coming out of their pockets. that's the idea. the nba wants a zero tolerance policy. i covered the nfl, the major league baseball. they're not fine iing the playe like nba. jason collins became the first player to come out saying he's gay. he's felt comfort ofabable in t environment. roy hibbert did reach out to jason collins in the past 24 hours and i can tell you jason has reached back to him. so he is legitimately trying to atone for what he realizes is a serious error, he says. >> finally, game seven, a lot of people, rachel nichols are lovers of the heat cannot believe this thing has gone to

game seven. what's at staking here? >> well, for lebron james, this is really one of those prove it moments. we know he's one of the most talented athletes in the world, but it's moments like this when things look the darkest that players need to come up in the clutch with a great performance, with a great series, that kind of thing. this is one of those moments where he's going to have to do that. we've seen he's a guy who can win a ring, but he's going to have to be a guy who wins multiple rings to be the kind of athlete he wants to be remembered by. he has to win tonight to do that, brooke. >> rachel nichols in miami. rachel, thank you. up next, angelina jolie on the red carpet for the very first time since her double mastectomy. her very public opinion piece in the new york times about her decision to go through with it. we will hear from her from the red carpet, next. 0

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. we are mere minutes away from the closing bell, the dow up 128 points on this monday. let's go to alison kosik for a quick check. >> the stocks are beginning june on a high note for what was a marvelous may. investors look like they still want to buy in, don't want to miss out on this rally despite a weaker than expected manufacturing report that came out earlier today. it looks like we could be getting back to the bad news is good news mentality, meaning weaker economic numbers mean the fed is less likely to ease up on

its bond buying anytime soon, that it would keep pumping stimulus money into the financial markets, pushing interest rates lower and making stocks the best place for investors to go. i guess you can see it the way wall street sees the bad economic data as glass half-full. >> alison, thank you. now rapid fire. roll it. one of the executive o aeg live, the concert promotion company being sued by michael jackson's mother and children, returns for day five of testimony. today paul gogoor testified he never saw any indication that jackson used drugs. his testimony is a key issue as a wrongful death trial enters its sixth week. jackson family says aeg live is liable in jackson's death, contending it negligently hired dr. conrad murray who you know was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop superstar. jury selection begins tomorrow for reputed mob boss

whitey bulger, the head of a notorious boston gang is facing 19 murder charges, he is also accused of extortion, money laundering and narcotics distribution. he was arrested two years ago on the beach in santa monica after being on the run for 16 years. before he left boston he cooperated as an informant with a disgraced ex-fbi agent. check your tickets. we know somebody won the 590 million powerball almost two weeks ago but still don't know who. >> there's a rumor that it's a young girl. >> works at walmart. >> that's the rumor going around zephyrhills, florida, where the winning ticket was sold. the winner has to come forward before november. if you're smart, get expert financial advice before claiming the dough. are dna samples the new

fingerprint? that is basically what the u.s. supreme court ruled today in a 5-4 decision. the high court decided that it's okay for officials to take dna samples of criminal suspects after an arrest. the case brought up all kinds of privacy issues. in his dissenting opinion, justice anton scalia disagreed. finally, angelina jolie has made her first red carpet aappearance after undergoing a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. jolie was in london sunday for the premiere of her husband brad pitt's new zombie thriller "world war z." she told reporters she feels great. she also says brad pitt has within extraordinary. >> i've been very happy just to see the discussion about women's health expand, and that means the world to me. after losing my mom to these issues, i'm very grateful for it and i've been very moved by the kind of support from people. really very grateful for it.

>> the actor's revealed just last month in an op-ed in "new york times" that she had the surgery. that does it for me today. i'm brooke baldwin. see you back here tomorrow. in the meantime, "the lead" with jack tapper starts right now. they're still counting the dead from the latest oklahoma tornado. i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead. another rash of killer storms so powerful and unpredictable, even expert storm chasers are caught off guard. while the rest of us seek shelter, these men and women run right into danger. three were killed just this last weekend. we'll ask a friend and fellow storm chaser why do you do it. the world lead. it started small, and it erupted into this. thousands injured in antigovernment protests in turkey. authorities cracking down with force. remind anyone of the arab spring? what the unrest in key u.s.