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it is friday, june 7. 5:00 a.m. in the east. we begin with a looming rainmaker, the kind the east coast has not seen since hurricane sandy. in other words, forget those weekend plans. tropical storm andrea has already walloped florida seriously injuring one woman. it made its way through georgia overnight and today it's expected to churn up the eastern seaboard to bring with it rain, flooding and the possibility of heavy tornadoes. nick valencia is in south carolina. what do conditions look like right now? >> reporter: good morning, john. the wind is really starting to pick up here as you mentioned in the last few minutes. tropical storm andrea caused a mess in florida and now it's making its way up the eastern seaboard. rain, rain and more rain. the fast-moving tropical storm andrea is making her presence known up and down the eastern seaboard. the first storm of the hurricane season will dump rain through the weekend in every state from florida to maine. parts of the northeast seeing

rain totals they haven't seen since superstorm sandy last october. in roadways all across the south, downed trees and closed streets, making it challenging to get around. >> it's pretty bad. and the flooding around here is getting worse and worse. >> reporter: in florida andrea spawned multiple tornadoes. one twister near palm beach flipping a 28-foot boat, blowing cars off of driveways and snapping trees in half. >> i didn't hear it coming. >> reporter: another reported a tornado near this beach in florida tearing apart this roof. >> as soon as i put the phone down, a huge gush of wind and i looked out the window and it was literally like it was coming off the ocean. and i got so frightened i screamed. >> reporter: the sunshine state pummeled with rain for two days as the flood threat now spreads up the east coast. forecasters predict some areas could see as much as six inches of rain. and as you see in this picture taken in florida after andrea, brighter days will come after

this long wet weekend. and, john, there's no evacuation orders issued so far here for wrightsville beach, north carolina. in fact, some residents have gotten out of town ahead of the wet weather. but other residents i have spoken to aren't too excited about this wet weather. one man i spoke to went through hurricane hazel back in the 1950s. now that completely wiped out wrightsville beach and said this will be nothing compared to that. >> no, maybe not that dangerous but certainly exceedingly unpleasant. nick valencia for us in north carolina, appreciate it. we'll look at where tropical storm andrea is now and where it's headed. alexandra steele is here to track it for us this morning, good morning. >> it is racing northeast eastward at 28 miles per hour. here are the stats on it. it is moving incredibly quickly and will only pick up in speed, so that's the good news. maximum sustained winds near the core of the center, 45 miles per hour. some gusts to 60 miles per hour. and actually tropical storm

force winds extend from the center at 140 miles. here's the current radar, heaviest rain you can see here in eastern north carolina and in virginia. and that's for the threat of tornadoes today. coastal areas of north carolina and into virginia, although it's not a huge threat. biggest threat with this in the calling card will be the incredible amounts of rain. this is the rain we have seen in florida, three to five, four to six inches in southeast georgia. and what we'll see in the aggregate, two to four inches and a s.w.a.t. along the coastal areas of new england, two to four inches locally. could see more than that, even. that's why flood threats here in the green along the coast all the way from providence, even into maine with this thing. so it speeds and moves northeastward and drops rain as it goes. isolated tornadoes today, north carolina into virginia. but you can see by tonight, boston, new york, you're wet.

tomorrow morning you already clear out. there's the rain, guys, in maine. way into saturday morning and by saturday night the winds will settle as well. >> we have a friend from boulder spending the night in new york city and going to maine. so i told them, wear your slickers and bring your umbrellas. >> you're a great friend. >> alexandra steele, thanks. is national security here or a sinister case of snooping in there are new reports that the u.s. intelligence agency has been tapping into phone records for years. does this mean your facebook messages have been mined? nine internet giants are caught up in the government intelligence operation known as prism. microsoft, apple and facebook are all denying the reports claiming no one had direct access to their systems. let's get more now on this developing controversy from cnn's barbara starr.

>> reporter: a potentially explosive disclosure about how easily the government could collect information online. "the washington post" and the british newspaper "the guardian" are reporting that the nsa and the fbi are tapping directly into the servers of nine leading internet companies, including microsoft, yahoo! google, facebook, aol, skype, youtube and apple. that's according to a top secret nsa presentation. intercepting data like video, photographs and e-mails flowing online. >> what this program enables the national security agency to do is to reach directly into the servers of the largest internet companies in the world, things that put virtually every human being in the western world and what they use to communicate to one another. >> reporter: the program is trying to grab non-u.s. intercepts, many that flow through the robust internet.

one slide in the nsa presentation explains your targets communications could easily be flowing into and through the u.s. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents. several of the companies reportedly cooperating with the government issued denials of involvement. this follows the stunning news that a secret federal court order directed verizon to hand over phone records of millions of americans. former intelligence officials and privacy advocates say it's reasonable to presume other telephone companies got similar orders. >> if this is an open-ended and indiscriminate collection process as it seems to be, then logically one would expect it to be much bigger than verizon business. >> reporter: and it all leaves the administration needing to explain this exchange in march. >> does the nsa collect any type

of data at all and millions or on hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. >> reporter: that verizon program, lawmakers say, having access to that data helped law enforcement stop terrorist plots from being carried out. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. so late last night this statement from the director of national intelligence, james clay burn, he says the post and the guardian contain unauthorized disclosure of information about this important and entirely legal program is rep rehenceable and risks important protections for the security of americans. he also goes on to say this does not intentionally target any one u.s. citizen or person within the united states. the key word is intentionally.

what he doesn't seem to cover is the possibility of other data about you getting swept up in an investigation about a foreign national. >> not wittingly comment to the senator there is interesting. >> part of the careful language diction being used. >> i have seen more careful language out of the white house on this in the last few days than i have for a long time. the white house is also dealing with the political fallout. dan is here with this part of the story. >> reporter: this morning president obama is waking up in california as a political firestorm over the government's collection of phone and internet data intensifies. >> the bottom line is that the united states government now has phone records and other records of tens of tens of millions of american who is have nothing, absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. >> reporter: the political fallout after news that the nsa

was collecting americans' phone records from verizon was quick. public privacy advocates are already taking a stand online. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, i can. >> reporter: they say the administration has now lost all credibility. and the letter to attorney general eric holder from the author of the patriot act, representative jim sensebrenner who says he's disturbed by what appears to be an overbroad interpretation of the fact. "the huffington post" ran a picture of president obama of himself morphing into president bush. >> this program was used to stop a program, excuse me, stop a terrorist attack in the united states. we know that. >> reporter: the white house says these types of orders include data, not phone call,

and have been a critical tool in protecting the nation from terror threats. but some lawmakers want more answers and attorney general holder already under pressure for snooping on reporters is on the hot seat zbagain. >> could you assure to us that no phones inside the capitol were monitored of members of congress? >> with all drew respect, i don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. >> reporter: dan lothian, cnn, washington. president obama is in california today for his highly-anticipated two-day meeting with china's new president. he arrived on the west coast last night and will meet this afternoon with the chinese preside president. the summit is designed to be informal so the two leaders can get to know each other. today the state department will respond to a subpoena for e-mails discussing the obama administration's talking points following the attacks in

benghazi, libya. they are demanding all the benghazi documents and e-mails from ten former and state officials. after two days of public and private tributes, the late new jersey senator frank lautenberg is being laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. chris christie is moving quickly to fill his seat. his time in the senate will be brief before the general election. the search for victims is over and the mayor of philadelphia is promising a wide-ranging investigation to find out the cause of a building collapse that killed six people wednesday on a busy market street. the first civil lawsuit in the case has been filed by a woman trapped in the rubble that survived. her attorney claims the demolition contractor working at the site violated safety

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about a 2010 irs conference that cost taxpayers more than $4 million. part of that money was spent on so-called training videos. here's chief congressional correspondent dana bash. >> reporter: the star witness was the star of this now infamous irs star trek video, spock. >> what were you thinking? >> those videos were, at the time they were made, were an attempt to in a well-intentioned way use humor, it's embarrass g embarrassing, and i apologize. >> reporter: faris fink is now commissioner of the division that held a lavish $4 million conference in california where parody videos estimated to cost $50,000 were played. >> i live in a block where most people don't even make $50,000 a year, but yet still we can produce a video that has no redeeming value. none! >> reporter: during the

conference, fink, a 32-year irs veteran stayed in an upgraded suite hotel like this. he doesn't know how many dollars were spent at this conference. >> you are totally ignorant of the expenses? >> i was not involved in the planning. >> who was? >> reporter: lawmakers repeatedly blasted irs hypocrisy requiring taxpayers to save receipts but not saving its own documents. that $4 million conference may have cost more. >> could it be $6 million? think carefully, you're under oath? could it be $6 million? >> there's no way i would know that. >> two irs employees were placed on administrative leave this week for accepting free food at the 2010 conference, but part of the problem was most of the lavish spending was allowed under irs rules then. since they have been changed. dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. could it be bachmann in 2006? she's not ruing it out.

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rain rampage. tropical storm andrea on the move this morning. tornadoes, torrential downpours and floods. we will tell you what is in its path. plus, diplomatic snub. did the first lady just offend more than a billion people? why is michelle obama skipping out on china's summit? and the top secret government man caves? your tax dollars at work here. employees at the epa filling warehouses with big screen tvs,

gym equipment and, of course, a piano. you have got to see it to believe it. you need a piano to sing show tunes after your workout. >> good morning, i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. people across parts of florida are cleaning up the storm andrea left behind. it spawned tornadoes including one to flip a 20-foot boat. it swepts cars off driveways and snapped trees in half. let's get an update on how much rain this is going to bring to our weekend in the northeast. meteorologist alexandra steele is tracking it for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. it is not shocking, but it is zooming like a train. it is moving 30 miles per hour northeast heading now from the center of circulation about 30 miles from areas in georgia. it is all pushing northeastward from savannah onward, and it

will get there. all the damage we are going to see tonight through tomorrow, and the biggest threat with this, not so much tornadoes, though there is a tornado threat in north carolina and virginia. but it's the threat of rain. this is how much we have seen so far in south florida already. three to five inches. four to six in southeast georgia. as we move north and east, on the whole, two to four inches really right along the coast. washington, to new york, to boston, believe it or not. we are also seeing some winds, winds not a huge factor, but as we head through this afternoon, you can see atlantic city, gusts to 20. so between 20 and 40-mile-per-hour gusts. later this afternoon and tonight, that's predominantly on the coast or offshore. that also is where the heaviest of rain is. so you can see by tonight, here's where the center is. here's where the bulk of the rain is. through tomorrow morning you can see it in maine and then it

pushes out. a fast mover, two to four inches will be the biggest threat with this for sure. >> all right. the good news is she's bringing up the weekend. it will move through quicker than we thought it would be. all right. it may be a little too much exposure for first lady michelle obama. first, she made news about her handling of a heckler. now there's lots of speculation why mrs. obama won't be by the president's side when he meets his chinese counterpart this weekend. erin mcpike is following the story. >> reporter: a chinese state visit is usually filled with pomp and circumstance, but when president obama travels all the way to california this weekend to meet with new chinese president jing ping, it is a sign of america's diplomacy. the chinese president is bringing along his wife.

like michelle obama, hung li wung is considered a rock star, except she really is a rock star. but she won't be singing to michelle obama. he's going alone meaning there's no facetime for the first ladies. there are mixed reactions on chinese social media about mrs. obama's decision to stay home. one said because our first lady is to pretty that she was scared to show up? another, why disappointed? it is for sure and understandable that she put family and her kids in the first place. >> people in china think this may not be just a family manner. >> reporter: i should point out, if sasha obama's 12th birthday is monday, and they have not heard complaints about the

decision for her to stay home. erin mcpike, cnn. the two countries of north and south korea are resuming talks in the opening of an industrial complex. they resumed their talks on thursday. south korea responded today with talks next week in seoul. this is following months of tension in the region. turkey's prime minister is saying claims of excessive use of police force will be looked into. supporters cheered the president as he returned from a four-day visit to north africa, but protesters want him gone. what started as a small sit-in to protect the last green space in the temple has moved into widespread clashes with police over government policies. two people have been killed. 2300 others injured. the protests have also rattled turkey's economy. it's benchmark stock index has

dived 15% in a little over two weeks. that's not good. now to a developing story, at least three people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed into and elementary school parking lot in kentucky. this happened south of lexington. only the crew was on board. no word of a cause. an amazing rescue saves the life of a 6-year-old girl on the mississippi. she was on a field trip in greenfield, mississippi, when she fell into an old abandoned well. it took emergency workers three hours to finally free her from the well, which was 35 feet deep, and just 14 to 16 inches wide. incredibly, she suffered only a few cuts and bruises. her parents, however, i'm sure -- oh, my gosh. we have been telling you about 10-year-old sarah's struggle against cystic fibrosis, and the system that makes it hard for her to get a

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so it was a private playground. we are finding out more this morning about just what a group of contractors did to turn an epa warehouse into an elaborate man cave. cnn's brian todd has more. >> reporter: how's this for a man cave? a private space with a couch, chairs, tv, a weight set. this isn't your cousin's

basement, it's a u.s. government facility. a warehouse in landover, maryland, overseen by the environmental protection agency. leased and operated by a private contractor for $1.6 million of your tax dollars a year. >> when the auditors first saw it, it was overwhelming. >> reporter: robert adachi was the lead auditor for the lead i specter general who just issued a report on the facility. the document looks like a brochure of other man caves in the same warehouse. here's a space with a larger tv, chair, artwork on the wall. some had personal photos and pin-ups and -- >> they had put in a refrigerator, microwave ovens. >> reporter: that's black object is a hair trimmer. i spoke to aryan alexander. >> as far as we can tell the inspector general found, they didn't do any of that. >> reporter: these were hidden from security cameras by

partitions, curtains and piled up boxes. the epa says we can't have access inside this warehouse, but efa officials say as soon as they learned what the inspector general found, they had the building owners escorted out, prohibited them from coming back and began to take inventory of everything inside. it is not just the getaway space that is raised concerns, the little specks on the box, lower right. >> we did take pictures of where there was rat feces all throughout the building. >> reporter: one place the contractors kept emaculate, their 30 by 40 foot gym with updated equipment including -- >> pictures show a computer that was attached to some speakers. and it appeared to be used for music. >> reporter: there was a security breach, expired passports of epa employees with all their identity information lying there in open boxes. oh, and did we mention the seemingly inexplicable inventory? >> pardon my language, but what the hell do we need a piano in

the epa warehouse? >> that's exactly right. why do they have all this stuff that we weren't using? >> reporter: the epa spokesperson says the pianos were there for awards and other ceremonies and were quickly moved to the warehouses. the inspector general gives the epa for their fast response. we called in e-mail for the private contractor that operated the warehouse but we never heard back. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> your government work, i guess, that's what that is all about. this is national cpr week. any one of us, no matter how old, can save a life if we know what to do in an emergency. 11-year-old dylan stanley of overland park, kansas, is an excellent case. he saved his brother who was

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welcome back. 49 minutes after the hour. another twist in major league's baseball doping scandal. the associates press says the leaks lawyers have subpoenaed

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once known as christopher beck. he served as a s.e.a.l. for 20 years. but what he did after coming home required a different kind of courage. >> chris is now kristin and living the life of a woman he says was always trapped inside. here's anderson cooper. >> why did you want to be a s.e.a.l.? >> that's a tough question. i wanted to be a s.e.a.l. because it was like the toughest of the tough. >> so there was part of you that felt if you could become a s.e.a.l. and be in the toughest of the tough, that feminine side of you would disappear? >> yes. i could totally make it go away. if i could be at that top level and be -- maybe it would go away. maybe i could cure myself, but then it does kind of like, it gnaws at you. so it's always there.

>> so how would you -- how would you let off steam? let off pressure? >> i would go to victoria's secrets and buy something, because it's easy. close to valentine's day was the best day to buy something at victoria's secret because there were a lot of guys in there buying something for their gifts. so i would buy a couple things and bring them home and wear it, but then you can't expose yourself or take the chance that anybody else would ever see this or you can't let it be there too much because then you get too comfortable with it and then it spills out. i don't want you to love me. i don't want you to like me. but don't want you to beat me up and kill me. you don't have to like me, i don't care, but please don't kill me. >> where are you on this journey? >> the journey i'm on right now, i just recently came out. i'm starting to live my life as a full female. i live, this is my life. >> what do you hope happens? >> i want to have my life. i want to live in peace and

happiness. i fought for 20 years for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i want some happiness. >> such an interesting story here. he talks about the internal struggle going on for so long. 57 minutes after the hour. how does a 102-year-old celebrate a birthday? some might say just by getting up in the morning, but not dorothy coster. for her 102nd birthday, this grandmother jumped off the edge. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: if i make it to 102 years old, i would be happy just to be able to drive across this bridge, but jump off it? >> are you ready to go? >> ready. >> dorothy custer was ready all right to celebrate her 102nd by going airborne.

sorry, i had my eyes closed. can we see that again? >> whoo! >> reporter: that's the snake river almost 500 feet below the bridge in twin falls, idaho. dorothy's family gave her this jump as a gift. she was attached to a professional from an outfit called tandem base. at age 102 a soft landing is crucial. >> oh, boy, that was a thrill. like it was so quick! >> reporter: a mere 30 seconds. before taking the leap off of the bridge, dorothy had already taken the leap into late night comedy. she had been a guest on "leno" twice talking about the past century. >> the worst invention? >> the credit card. >> reporter: and joking about the time she was holding her hat in a gusty wind when a boy suggested she better hold her billowing skirt. >> and i said, i don't care.

what they see down there is 100 years old. this is a brand new hat! >> reporter: they showed photos of dorothy in the bloom of youth. she played the harmonica. on valentine's day she sang so jay. ♪ let me call you sweetheart >> reporter: and now she's listening to the sweet sound of air in her chute. >> i heard you laughing after the parachute opened. >> reporter: seems dorothy's always laughing. >> that's a good one. >> reporter: her birthday jump was a good one, except for that one thing. >> it was too short. >> reporter: she may be so short her feet dangle. she sure seems to like dangling in midair. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> whoo! >> i can't get enough of her. she's awesome! >> happy birthday to her..

heading up the coast, tropical storm andrea delivering rain, rain and more rain along with tornadoes and floods. we are tracking the storm. >> scandal growing. new reports this morning that it's not just your phone calls, the nsa is tracking. >> courtroom showdown. george zimmerman's defense team accusing the prosecution of hiding evidence. what they say the jury needs to know about trayvon martin. >> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. >> it is. >> friday. >> june 7th, 6:00 a.m. on the east. >> live on the east coast, prepare to keep getting wet. tropical storm andrea is the rainmaker the east coast hasn't seen since hurricane sandy. you might want to rethink your weekend plans. tropical storm andrea walloped florida, seriously injuring one woman. made its way through georgia overnight and tonight expected to churn up the east coast, bringing heavy rain, flooding and isolated tornadoes. nick valencia is on wrightsville

beach. >> hey, christine. the water is starting to come up since the last hour we spoke and the winds are steadily increasing. tropical storm andrea has caused a mess in florida as you know and now it's moving its way towards north carolina. >> reporter: rain, rain and more rain. fast-moving tropical storm andrea is making her presence known up and down the eastern seaboard. the first storm of the hurricane season will dump rain through the weekend in every state from florida to maine. parts of the northeast seeing rain totals that they haven't seen since superstorm sandy last october. in roadways all across the south, downed trees and closed streets, making it challenging to get around. >> it's pretty bad and the flooding around here is getting worse and worse. >> reporter: in florida, andrea spawned multiple tornadoes. one twister near palm beach. flipping a 28-foot boat, blowing cars off of driveways and snapping trees in half. >> i didn't hear it coming. >> reporter: another reported

tornado near fer nan dina beach, florida, tearing apart this roof. >> as soon as i puts the phone down, a huge gush of wind and i looked out the window and it was literally like it was coming off the ocean and i got so frightened i screamed. >> reporter: the sunshine state pummelled with rain for two days as the flood threat now spreads up the east coast. forecasters predict some areas could see as much as six inches of rain. and as you see in this picture taken in florida after andrea, brighter days will come after this long, wet weekend. >> reporter: there have been no evacuations ordered for this beach so far. some residents have gotten out ahead of the wet weather while others say they're going to ride it on out. >> stay safe and try to stay dry. nick valencia in north carolina. >> so where is that storm headed now when it's done with nick? let's ask meteorologist al exan

dra steele. >> let me tell you on some days, new york to washington, is partly sunny skies and 81 degrees. it's a fast mover rocketing the northeast at 28 miles per hour. its center of circulation, northeast of sa van na, georgia, by about 30 miles. you can barely see on the satellite but two threats with this. one will be the heavy rain and thus the flood threat and second are the tornadoes. we do have a tornado warning already right now. i'll show you where that is. the heaviest rain, maximum sustained winds at 45 miles per hour but off the coast here where the heaviest rain bands are. that's where the strongest winds are right off the coast. here's our tornado warning. it's an eastern north carolina until 6:30 this morning. so the threats for tornadoes are there through today and through tonight. what we've seen rain wise, you can see, 3 to 5 inches, 4 to 6 in southeast georgia. that threat, the heaviest rain

in the next day, moving into the northeast, 2 to 4 inches. you can see from new york to boston. and then it all moves out of here by the time we head towards sunday. we'll have more on where the biggest threats are right along the coast coming up in just a bit. >> i guess the fact that it's going fast is good. that means it's going to rush through and not going to linger too long. >> save a little bit of the weekend. first phone records and now data mining, a raging controversy unfolding this morning on capitol hill with new reports that united states intelligence agencies are tapping into the central servers of the country's biggest internet firms and this has been happening for years. that makes things like your g mail messages and facebook posts, they may have been mined. according to the "washington post" and "the guardian" newspaper, nine internet giants are involved in the operation known as prism. the program reportedly began in 2007 but has expanded under the obama administration. barbara starr live at the pentagon to give us a sense of what we know about the extent of

this and what the administration is saying. good morning. >> good morning, christine. the government likes to use that phrase mining your data, but for most americans there's really only one question, is the government listening to your phone calls and watching you on the internet. >> reporter: a potentially explosive disclosure about how easily the government can collect information on-line. "the washington post" and the british newspaper "the guardian" are reporting the national security agency, the nsa, and the fbi, are tapping directly into the servers of nine leading internet companies, including microsoft, yahoo! google, facebook, aol, skype, youtube, and apple. that's according to a top secret nsa presentation. intercepting data like video, photographs, and e-mails, flowing on-line. >> what this program enables the national security agency to do is to reach directly into the servers of the largest internet companies in the world, things

that virtually every human being in the western world now uses, to communicate with one another. >> reporter: the program appears to be intended to grab non-u.s. intercepts, many of which flow through the robust u.s. internet. one slide in the nsa presentation explains, your targets communications could easily be flowing into and through the u.s. cnn has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents. several of the companies reportedly cooperating with the government issued denials of involvement. this follows the stunning news that a secret federal court order directed verizon to hand over phone records of millions of americans. former intelligence officials and privacy advocates say, it's reasonable to presume other telephone companies got similar orders. >> if this is an open-ended and indiscriminate collection process as it seems to be, then

logically one would expect it to be much bigger than verizon business. >> reporter: and it all leaves the administration needing to explain this exchange in march. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not willingly. >> reporter: that verizon program, lawmakers say having access to that data helped law enforcement stopped terrorist plots from being carried out. >> now, james clapper, the director of national intelligence overnight, issued a statement very unusual, going public and clarifying in his view the program. i want to read some of it to you. clapper says, quote, the unauthorized disclosure of information about this important and entirely legal program is reprehensible and risks

important protections for the security of americans. the program cannot be used to intentionally target any u.s. citizen or other u.s. person or anyone located within the united states. so a defense from the intelligence community. a lot of questions from americans and from congress. >> you know, barbara, the program reportedly aimed at targeting nonamericans only, with the focus on suspected spies and terrorists. is it likely some american citizens have also had their data pulled? >> well, i think you have to assume they do. because i mean what we all acknowledge is the internet, telephone networks, they really do not have anything to do with international boundaries, do they? it's a global entity. so the chances are, absolutely, yes. what the government is saying, they don't intentionally do that and that they are not spying on american citizens. they are looking for information about terrorism. that's their defense. >> i mean, is there any evidence that the program has stopped any terrorist or other criminal

activity? does it work for them? >> well, i mean members of congress have come out and said that it has stopped terrorist plots and, of course, they're not telling us which ones, they're not going public with any of that. not aimed at criminal activity. very much they say aimed at terrorist and they say that it is working. >> all right. barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you, barbara. so this morning the white house is dealing with backlash, the political backlashings over the nsa's secret programs. the obama administration says it is key to fighting terrorism. you heard barbara talk about that. reaction from congress is both strong but very much mixed. cnn's dan lothian is tracking all the politics of this. he is live at the white house. good morning, dan. >> good morning, john. you know the white house has really been trying to move beyond a lot of these controversies, to focus on the economy, to push the president's second term agenda. it seems every day there are new revelations and while some here in washington think that all of this is needed in order to protect americans, others believe that this kind of information gathering is going a

little too far. >> reporter: this morning, president obama is waking up in california, as a political firestorm over the government's collection of phone and internet data intentisifies. >> the bottom line is that the united states government now has phone records and other records of tens and tens and tens of millions of americans who have nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with terrorism. >> reporter: the political fallout after news that the nsa was collecting american's phone records from verizon was quick, public outrage over privacy rights already taking form on-line. >> can you hear me now? >> yes, we can. >> can you hear me now. >> yes, we can. >> reporter: a singing editorial in "the new york times" proclaims, president obama's drag net and says the administration has now lost all credibility and the letter to attorney general eric holder from the author of the patriot

act representative jim sense brenner who writes he's extremely disturbed by what appears to be an overbroad interpretation of the act. even the president's liberal base piled on. ""the huffington post"" ran a photo on its cover page showing obama morphing into george w. bush. the program has its defenders. >> this program was used to stop a program osh excuse me to stop a terrorist attack in the united states. we know that. >> reporter: the white house says these types of orders include data, not phone calls, and have been a critical tool in protecting the nation from terror threats. but some lawmakers want more answers and attorney general holder, already under pressure for snooping on reporters, is on the hot seat again. >> could you assure to us that no phones inside the capitol were monitored, members of congress? >> with all due respect, senator, i don't think this is an appropriate setting for me to discuss that issue. >> reporter: so some senators

have asked for a full briefing from the attorney general. also from other agencies. the nsa, they want to find out just how far these programs have gone and why. jo? >> range of opinions in washington, dan, over this simply fascinating. some republicans for it, some against it. some democrats for it, some against it. everyone seems to have a different opinion. dan lothian at the white house. >> i learned this week that the government does not have the ability to compel a company to recall cars but it does have the ability to mine all of this data and you might not know about it. interesting. new this morning at least three people are dead after a medical helicopter crashed into an elementary school parking lot in kentucky. it happened southeast of lexington. officials say the chopper was on its way back to base after transporting a patient. only the crew was on board. no word on a cause. arlington national cemetery will be the final resting place for frank lautenberg, the late new jersey senator will be buried there this morning. meantime governor chris christie moving quickly to fill

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welcome back, everyone. pretrial hearings continue today in florida for the man who shot trayvon martin. george zimmerman's defense team has been sparring with prosecutors about potential pieces of evidence for his upcoming murder trial set to get under way next week. as cnn's martin savidge reports, things got a little bit heated inside the florida courtroom.

>> reporter: the exchanges were heated and testy. >> you have problems with memory? or do you have a vivid recollection of things. >> after 33 years you learn to sort of box off things that need to be remembered and others that sort of you can let go. >> unpleasant things you kind of want to put to the side? >> not necessarily unpleasant things, sir. >> okay. >> i remember you. >> reporter: emotions ran even higher when zimmerman's defense team accused the prosecutor of deliberately withholding key evidence from trayvon martin's cell phone. >> we caught you hiding the information and confronted you about it and you never gave it to us. >> reporter: at issue, images in the teen's phone of a handgun and marijuana and texts seemingly about a gun deal. prosecutor says the defense was given everything. but a tech expert from the state attorney's own office testified he, too, was concerned not all of the phone's contents had been handed over. and now fears speaking out will

cost him his job. >> do you think that potential was worth the risk you took in disclosing it? >> yes, i do. >> why is that? >> i think all of the information being shared is important in the process to make sure that it's a fair trial. >> reporter: judge debra nelson postponed any decision on the matter until after trial. next came the debate over the infamous 191 call that captured the screams and gunshot the night martin died. >> there was just someone screaming outside. >> reporter: the defense wants to block one expert's analysis that martin is the one pleading for help and begging for his life. a senior audio engineer with the fbi testified the recording's quality is too poor to make an interpretation and warns against any attempt to do so. >> from my experience what's going to happen to the output of the -- it never comes out, but

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good morning. welcome back to "early start." minding your business, the countdown to the biggest economic report of all, the monthly jobs report. it's about two hours away. wall street expecti ing 158,000 net new jobs added in may. the unemployment rate likely held steady at 7.5%. >> the mother of all economic reports. >> we'll know for sure in two hours what the number is and it could influence stocks. the jobless rate, that jobless rate has been falling steadily since hitting 10% in 2009, but it still has a ways to go. most states have unemployment rates below the national

average. in green those are the states that have an unemployment rate that's less than the national average. their job markets are a little better than the rest of the country. analysts are worried, looking at the employment rate a little known number that shows how many americans are working. it's at 58%. the lowest since the 1980s. it hasn't budged in three years. fed chief ben bernanke has pointed to this, this is a percentage of the population with a job. it's called the employment population ratio. it's a really important number that economists look at. it shows people are discouraged, leaving the job market. companies are hiring, but they're not hiring enough and there are too few -- you need more people involved in the american labor market. that's what that chart shows you. even if you see strong jobs reports we need to see the other number continue to improve. dow futures down about 20 points right now. >> where can people watch that jobs report come out? >> right here on cnn at 8:30. >> it will be live and awesome. >> it will be awesome. >> besides that what's the one thing we need to know about our money? >> mortgage rates. say good-bye to ultralow rates.

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can help you do what you do... even better. weekend washout. opical storm andrea barreling up the east coast. torrential rains, we will tell you if it's coming for you. officially on the market, russia's often bare chested president announcing he's getting a divorce. >> the often bare chested leader. >> a very special guest this morning. zoraida sambolin, looking great and on the mend. we will speak to her live. can't wait to talk to zoraida. welcome back to "early start. i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 30 minutes past the hour. we're going to start with the major rainmaker named andrea. the tropical storm is weakening

as it makes its way up the eastern seaboard but forget those weekend plans because this thing is dumping serious rain. the rain totals the region hasn't seen since hurricane sandy. tropical storm has already walloped florida. seriously injuring one woman and made its way through georgia overnight. >> the latest on where the storm is and where andrea is headed next and we hear the keyword here is fast. meteorologist alexandria steele tracking it for us. it's moving quickly, isn't it? >> that's the good news. it's moving quickly, 28 miles per hour. just speeding. and also, of course, when the center of circulation comes ashore, it weakens. two big threats with this. flooding from heavy rain between 2 and 4 inches of rain, and also there is the threat for tornadoes. especially in coastal north carolina and virginia. here's the current radar, heaviest rain, see in eastern north carolina and virginia and that's where the tornado threat is. coastal areas. we have maximum sustained winds with this thing of 45 miles per hour but for the most part those

are right offshore where the heaviest rain bands are. we did have a tornado warning. it expired. it was in eastern north carolina, e pirds a couple minutes ago. all eyes looking at that for the day today. by tonight you can see, center of circulation south of washington but the balk of the access of all the rain overnight tonight, new york to boston, watch the overnight. look at saturday by noon. clear out of the northeast. not new england. but then by sunday the center of circulation well offshore. so you guys in new york and washington, sunday, partly sunny skies, 81 degrees. so conditions only getting better. tomorrow -- tonight into tomorrow the worst of it and then it's over. >> get it over with fast. thank you so much. >> sure. the mayor of philadelphia is promising a wide ranging investigation two days after a building collapsed on market street that killed six people. the search for victims is over and the first civil lawsuit in the case has been filed by a

woman who was trapped in the rubble but survived. her attorney claims demolition contractor at the work site violated federal safety regulations. fears that michael jackson would sabotage his comeback, so says the head of concert promoter aeg live, testifying in the singer's wrongful death trial, now in its sixth week. randy phillips said jackson had been missing rehearsals and feared he wouldn't be ready for the first show in london and refused to advance jackson money days before his death thinking he was breaching his contract. jackson's family says phillips and aeg pressured jackson to attend rehearsals despite his poor health. prince philip is expected to undergo exploratory abdominal surgery today at a london hospital. queen elizabeth's 91-year-old husband was admitted yesterday and could remain there up to two weeks according to a statement from buckingham palace. max foster now live in london with more on the prince's condition. good morning, max. >> yeah, hi, john. there is a degree of concern here. it is an invasive surgery and

he's going to have to go under he's in hospital again today. we talked in the past, john, about prince philip's illnesses but this isn't related to anything that's happened before. >> what are the queen's plans in terms of visitation or being with him near or around the surgery? >> well, it's a bit of an unusual family in that sense. they don't necessarily go in and visit family members who are ill because it heightens concern. in fact, the queen is currently carrying on with her public engagements. literally down the road she's at the new head quarters of the bbc, opening that big, grand, new building and she's been listening to a band play and she's smiling and talking to people, of course, as she goes about that visit, saying they're wishing her husband well. >> different family considerations than the most of us. max foster in london with the news on prince philip. the tensions between north korea and south korea appear to be easing some.

both sides working towards talks aimed at reopening a shuttered industrial complex on the boarder. the north also promising to reinstate a line of communication between the two countries. it shut that link down and forced south koreans out of that industrial complex in april. that is when the kim junge un regime stepped up its rhetoric. with syria where there's been intense fighting between syrian forces and rebels. the 45-mile-long fortification has razor wire, touch sensors, ground radar and an israeli official tells "the washington post" fences like this are a way to keep nearby fighting from crossing over into the jewish state. big news from moscow this morning. vladimir putin is now available, sort of. not for parties or cooperate events. putin is back on the market. again. sort of. in one of the more bizarre divorce announcements the russian president and his rarely seen wife lyudmila revealed on state television they were

splitting up after nearly 30 years of marriage. cnn's phil black live in moscow with the details. good morning, phil. this was a strange one, even for vladimir putin. >> yeah, indeed, john. the timing, the method of this announcement, certainly quite surprising, but the substance, the news itself not so much. a lot of people ins this country have been wondering a long time about the true nature of this marriage. largely because in recent years, lyudmila putin had all but completely disappeared from public view. now they have stood side by side, confirming what they describe as a civilized divorce. lyudmila said one of the big issues, one of the big problems in their relationship, was the fact that she doesn't like publicity and you can imagine that would be something of a problem if your husband is vladimir putin. >> reporter: it started as a pretty ordinary russian version of date night. going to the ballet. but there's never been anything ordinary about russia's first

couple. during a break they walked into an empty room to stand in front of a camera and review the show. excellent, they said. then the reporter asked a question, many russians have been wondering about for a long time. is it true you no longer live together? >> translator: this is true. all my activities and work are related with the publicity. with the total publicity. some like it. some don't. >> reporter: not the clearest answer, so lyudmila putin had to spell it out. >> translator: our marriage is over because we barely see each other. vladimir is completely engaged with his work. our children have grown up. they're living their own lives. so it just happened we both have our own lives. >> reporter: this breakup appearance was the first time they've been seen together since putin's inauguration as president over a year ago. over the 13 years he has dominated political life in this country, sightings of his wife have become increasingly rare.

in 2008, a moscow newspaper reported he was planning to divorce her and marry the russian olympic gymnast. putin angrily denied that and the newspaper shut down soon after. this time, as lyudmila putin confirmed the divorce, she explained, she doesn't like flying or publicity. that had to be a big problem if you're married to a plan famous for traveling across the world's largest country attracting lots of attention with highly publicized, tough guy stunts. despite those differences, their marriage lasted just short of 30 years. they have two adult daughters, lyudmila putin says her soon-to-be ex-husband is a loving father and someone she'll always be close to. >> you heard lyudmila putin there say she doesn't like air travel. when they first met more than 30 years ago through a friend, she was working as a flight attendant on a domestic airline at that time. president putin's spokesman has

said the divorce itself is not yet final, not yet confirmed and they will not discuss a time frame publicly. he's also said that the timing of the announcement was in no way orchestrated. insists it was just a spontaneous response to the journalist's question. if true, then that's a very different behavior from the president putin we've known so long now, because over the course of his time in power here, he has been very reluctant to discuss any details of his personal life whatsoever, john. >> although he's been perfectly happy to take his shirt off for any camera that's snapping photos. as you said the russian people have been talking about this marriage for a long time. there have been a lot of whispers for a long time. what are they saying now? >> there are and have been, you're right, a lot of rumors, speculation, gossip about what goes on in the president's private life. largely because lyudmila had disappeared from view and president putin himself refused to talk so within the vacuum, it then filled with all of this rumor and gossip mill and so forth that has spread around

linking to him other women supposedly and that sort of thing. i've heard a lot of russians talking about it in my time here but it is largely, as far as we know, rumor and gossip. never heard anything to substantiate it whatsoever. >> phil black in moscow. steven see segal in, mrs. putin out. coming up we have something really special. zoraida sambolin, there she is, on skype. she figured it out. boy, am i impressed with that to begin with. we will speak with zoraida about her recovery in a few minutes. >> look at her smile. can't wait to talk to her. >> taking on a champion, how a 2-year-old took down the big man. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.

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we have something super special for you right now. really the highlight of my week, to joke at all. "early start" co-anchor zoraida sambolin had a double mastectomy last week after discovering she had breast cancer. she was inspired to share her diagnosis and the incredibly brave decision to get the surgery after reading angelina jolie's op-ed revealing she had

undergone the surgery for preventive reasons. >> she has been keeping us updated on facebook and twitter and joins us via skype from her home in chicago and we're thrilled to see her. how are you feeling this morning, z? >> i'm feeling really good and thrilled to be seen this morning. >> you look great. you look really great. i know that today is date that your son nikko is going to graduate, right? graduating from middle school, am i right? >> yeah. he graduates from eighth grade. he got on a plane yesterday and he's been with me through this whole process which has been fantastic to have limb here. this is one of the reasons i had the surgery, because i don't want to miss milestones, yet i have tos miss this one. he's totally okay with it. he told me, i don'tp want you there, i want you recuperating and getting stronger and better. i will be there via skype also because this is an important moment for him. >> so it's been about a week and a half since the surgery. i know a lot of us here, including me, have wanted to basically write or call you every minute of every day to

call and see how you're doing. we don't want to bug you. tell us about the process and how things are going. >> things are going well. you know, this is -- i've been discussing this on facebook a lot with a lot of the women there who have gone through this procedure already and they warned me that the drains are probably going to be the hardest part and it has been. you have these -- you come out of surgery and you have four drains and tubes attached to you when you go home, and, you know, it's not only uncomfortable, but you've got to also, you know, keep track of how you're draining in order for them to decide when ta eventually comes out. that's been a pretty tough process. i'm not as mobile as i'm used to being. that's been a little tough for me as well. i did get my final results back in. that's a picture, i don't know if you're showing it right now, that's a picture of my ex-husband and my two kids and, you know, one of the things that was really tough for nikko as he walked into the hospital here in chicago is that his dad almost died a few months ago and when he walked into the hospital, he

just said, you know, enough already. i can't go through this anymore. i'm really grateful that, you know, my prognosis is good now. so what they found was, what i went in for was this dcis, duck tall carcinoma inside on my right breast and my right breast had a bunch of things that looked odd and weren't sure what they were and didn't want any more biopsies. i got my final pathology report back and in my left breast i have breast cancer stage 1, grade 1 invasive. the good news is that my lymph nodes are free and clear, so -- >> great. >> i'm good. i guess the next stage now is that i have to meet with an oncologist and find out if i want to go on any drugs like tamoxifen because i have a higher risk for developing more cancers in the future. so that conversation needs to happen, but, you know, all of the breast tissue is gone and all of the cancer in my breast is gone. my right breast actually ended up having lop pew lar carcinoma

2 headed in the same direction as my left breast. the good news, i made a good decision and, you know, now everything has been taken care of. >> i know that you had kind of -- i think it's fair to say, agonized over what exactly to do and whether to take both breasts and there is conflicting recommendations from the medical community. in the end your gut feeling was right, wasn't it, z? >> yeah. not only was my gut feeling right, i read a lot of what these other women have written and there's other women who have made the same decision kind of a gut decision. i always say whatever decision you make it's right for you as long as you have all the information, met with all the doctors, you understand the process. whatever decision you make is right for you. because even if this had not come out the way it did on my right breast i really couldn't sleep at night. all i could think about is what if and what does the future hold. for me it made sense to make the decision to take them both based

on what i had seen in my past mris and mammograms but i strongly encourage women to, you know, stay on top of it, talk to your doctors, and that way you can feel really confident that you're making the right decision for you and your family. >> we showed the picture you posted on facebook, my favorite, there's kenny right there, your fianc fianc fiancen helping you with the drain. we are so happy you are surrounded by people taking care of you. i have to say, you know, i haven't taken off my super z shirt since you went in. still wearing it. >> he needs to wash it, zoraida. >> we're all behind you, glad you're getting the support and love you need. check back in with us soon and congratulations to nikko today on his graduation. >> thank you very much. i will continue to check in. thanks for checking in on me, guys. love you all. >> have a great weekend, zoraida. coming up, a baby versus an all-star. find out what happens when a

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so it was thanks to a wild circus shot by tony parker that the spurs beat the heat last night in game one of the nba finals. >> andy scholes joins us with more in the bleacher report. good morning. >> good morning, guys. the veteran san antonio spurs continue to just find ways to win games. last night's nailbiter was the team's seventh straight win in the playoff and they have taken the home court advantage from the heat. lebron james picked up where he left off in last year's nba finals, 18 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for a second straight finals triple-double

but his effort wasn't enough thanks to tony parker. the spurs' star point guard scored ten points in the fourth and this is the play everyone is talking about. with the spurs up two, parker dribbles around, falls down, barely beats the shot clock, what a play. that puts san antonio up by four with 5 seconds to go and the spurs hold on to win game one 92-88. >> made me go back to that play. i mean, tony did everything wrong and did everything right in the same possession. i mean, that was the longest 24 seconds that i've been a part of. >> it felt forever too. i was like, it was a crazy play. i thought i lost the ball like three or four times and it didn't work out like i wanted to, but at the end i was just trying to get a shot up and felt good when it left my hand and i was happy it went in. >> game two of the finals is sunday fight. in an effort to gain more evidence against players suspected of using performance

enhancing drugs major league baseball has issued subpoenas to fedex, at&t and t-mobile. lawyers for mlb are looking for records that could link players to the florida clinic biogenesis of america and clinic head tony bosch. the yankees alex rodriguez is one of the players that's named appeared in biogenesis' documents. a-rod commented for the first time saying in a statement myself and others are being mentioned in a media report before the process is even concluded. i will monitor the situation and comment when appropriate. all right, guys. you may have seen this little boy before. 2-year-old titus ashby became a youtube sensation earlier this year with his incredible shotmaking abilities. last night jimmy kimmel had him taking on shaq in a shoot-out. check this out. titus there, he made 8 shots in 30 seconds. and guys, shaq still working on that free throw right there. he failed to even make a shot. so titus, your winner of the

shoot-out. >> not really a fair contest, andy. shaq is so bad from the line. >> they measured it perfectly in titus' advantage. >> andy scholes, appreciate it. thanks so much. that's ul for "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. "starting point" begins right after the break. as your life changes, fidelity is there for your personal economy, helping you readjust along the way,

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