>> if you are looking for a boost in brain power the curry spice turmeric may be one to try. it's a staple in most curry dishes. it's what gives it the mellow yellow color. the active ingredient is known as curcumin which may protect against tissue damage in the brain as we age. it reduces inflammation. in fact, other studies showed it may fight infection, digestive problems and cancer. i love the stuff. you don't have to be a fan of indian food to try it. it is sold in grocery stores as a powder. you can add it to any chicken or rice dish. all of it can help you chase life. that will wrap things up for us today. stay connected with me at cnn.com/sanjay. let's keep the conversation going on twitter @drsanjay gupta. time for a check of the top stories making news now. i'm don lemon.

a lot going on in the news now. we are tracking four major crime stories now. any one of them could be the lead story. crime stories from philadelphia, florida, louisiana and california. police identified the suspect in the santa monica mass shooting. his next of kin are believed to be out of the down oh tri so they are not releasing the name. he was born 24 years ago today. detectives say the bloody mass shooting was almost certainly planned. >> i would pree sum any time someone puts on a vest, comes out with a bag of loaded magazines, has an extra receiver, a handgun and a semi-automatic rifle, carjacks folks, goes to a college, kills more people and has to be neutralized at the hands of the police, i would say that's premeditated. >> we have new information on the suspect's criminal record. santa monica police dealt with the suspect in 2006 when he was a juvenile.

more details on his mental health moments away. plus this. stunning developments in philadelphia's deadly building collapse this week. a heavy equipment operator wanted in connection with the collapse has turned himself in to police. hi will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. he reportedly tested positive for marijuana and pain medication. and this -- in louisiana, authorities found a car belonging to missing teacher terrilyn monette. she was last seen in march after leaving a new orleans bar. coming up, we'll talk with her mother to get her reaction. in florida george zimmerman was in court hours ago. experts testified about screams heard on the tape after george zimmerman shot 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman pleaded not guilty saying he killed the teen in self-defense. we'll begin with the latest on the deadly shooting in california though. we are live outside the santa

monica police station where police held a news conference a short time ago. what new information are we learning? >> reporter: police would not release his name, don. they are characterizing him as a cowardly murderer. they will say they believe he was armed and ready for a fight. the reason why they are saying that, take a look at this table. this is some of the ammunition, some of the weaponry he was carrying with him in a bag. this is just a small portion of the weaponry, some of the weapons as well as the ammunition that he was carrying on him. if you look at this, you are looking at a number, a large number of magazine clips. you can see some of the gold bullets poking out from the magazine clips. he was also carrying in that bag a handgun, a .44-caliber handgun as well as an upper receiver to the rifle. police say on his body they also

recovered something they didn't display, a full a.r.-style semi-automatic rifle. he also had additional bullets, a potential of firing off an additional 1,300 rounds. so police again saying he was certainly ready for battle. they would say they did have contact with him in 2006, but he was a juvenile then. they can't release details of that particular contact. they will say he and another family member were, in 2010 enrolled at santa monica city college. the last thing we have learned is that police are also saying he would have turned 24, don, had he survived yesterday. don? >> also, more about his mental health issues. that's what law enforcement are saying now, that he had some mental health issues. >> reporter: they wouldn't comment further than what we have actually from the law enforcement sources. what they will say is that they did have contact. what we are getting from outside

the santa monica police department that we are learning he did have a history of mental health issues. so the big question will be how did he obtain those weapons? how did he obtain the bullets. how did all of this happen that he was able to be so heavily armed and hurt so many people in a very short period of time here in santa monica. >> all right. thank you very much. we appreciate your reporting. big news from the scene of the building collapse just a few days ago. that killed six people. police have been combing the city, looking for this man who was operating heavy equipment at the time of the tragic accident. he's now in custody. police say he turned himself in. we want to get to susan candiotti who will tell us who this guy is and why this may have happened and why police were so eager to get him. >> a lot of area to cover here. of course, don. the man is sean benshop. he's 42 years old. as you said he was operating a crane at the time when the

building came crashing down these four stories. we understand at the time he was wearing a soft arm cast on one of his arms. we can tell you as well that police did a preliminary blood test on him after the collapse and discovered at the time he had traces of marijuana and prescription pain medication in his system. he is going to be charged now with six counts of involuntary manslaughter. that is because of the six people who died. 13 counts of recklessly endangering the lives of another person. that covering the 13 people who were injured as a result of this. and one count of risking a catastrophe. so, don, a lot of work ahead on this investigation. >> susan candiotti in new york following this for us. thank you very much. we have movement on another major story we are watching this weekend. a new orleans woman, a teacher who is missing and hasn't been seen since march. today police divers found

terrilyn monette's car and we are told they found a body. on the phone with me now is her mother toni enclave. we spoke with you earlier. >> yes. >> what are police telling you now? >> to be honest with you, we only know that her car has been found. i don't know yet the content of the vehicle. >> they don't know the contents of the vehicle. >> no. >> we are looking now at video of the family members and people who know your daughter in the median. it appears everyone is just stunned and devastated. how are you dealing with this? >> yes. >> it's very hard. very difficult. i have been coming down here

every month since my daughter has gone missing. i can't believe that it has taken them this long to find this car. i'm in shock right now. i'm in shock. >> how far is it? this is bayou st. john. this is slidell. how far away is this? >> what? >> from where she went missing to where they found the car. it's a city park where we are looking at people gathering in the median here. how far from where she went missing to where they found the car? >> that was from her apartment or from -- which location? where she was last seen at? >> yes, ma'am. >> i would say it's about, what, maybe no more than five minutes. >> mm-hmm. >> no more than five minutes from where she left from.

>> why are you surprised it took so long to find the car? >> i'm surprised. they have had several departments that have been out there searching. i just don't see why it took them three months to locate this car. i just don't. the more frustrating thing is to know she was there -- possibly in there for three months. >> did police say when you can expect more in terms of identification? >> they haven't told me when i can hear more. >> i asked you this question last time and i have to ask you again. have you prepared yourself for the worst? >> to be honest with you, i can't even begin to go there

now. i can't believe this. i can't believe this. i can't believe this. if i have to, i will. until i see something in black and white i can't believe it. i still can't believe it. >> i hate to ask you that question. thank you so much. we'll get back to you. >> she was my baby. >> she was your baby. we appreciate it. if you hear anything, please get back with us. we are hoping for the best for you. >> thank you. >> again, terrilyn monette went missing march 2. she was nominated for teacher of the year in new orleans and was out celebrating. they found this car just a short time ago, bayou st. john near city park. the exception here, the bit of

confusi confusion, a diver from slidell found the body. she said it was five minutes from where her daughter went missing is where they found the car with the body it in. we will stay on top of the story and bring you the latest here on cnn. moving on to talk about a critical hearing that just wrapped up in the george zimmerman murder trial in florida. at the center of it the screams for help heard in the 911 call the night trayvon martin was killed. martin savidge is in sanford, florida. hello to you. judge nelson didn't make a ruling on the evidence today. what does this mean for the trial? >> reporter: no, she didn't rule. this is a hearing that had gone on for three days listening to expert testimony from the defense and prosecution. it means that the trial is still going to go forward. jury selection will begin on monday. at least that according to judge nelson. i had a conversation with the defense attorney mark oma are a. he said he's put in for a last

minute motion to try to delay the trial. he believes they still have other material that needs to be worked through. they need to go through before they are ready to begin. the judge seems adamant the trial will begin on monday. i asked mark o' mara what type of jurors he wants seated for the trial. here's what he said? >> i want open minds. people who have not made up their minds and people who are strong enough to di side the case on the facts and law and not external public pressure. my concern is we have so much pressure that any verdict, whatever it might be, might not be accepted as the proper one.

>> the belief is that the jury selection could take a week or weeks according to the defense team. nelson mandela hospitalized. we'll go to south africa for the latest next. ♪ this is the tempur-pedic innovation lab. it's like a front row seat to our latest technologies. here is where our engineers do their constant improving. we have helped over 7 million people fall in love with their tempur-pedic.

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the gunman was killed. in a separate attack an italian soldier was killed and three wounded in an attack on a convoy of military advisers in western afghanistan. many south africans are on the edge this hour waiting for an update on their beloved former president. nelson mandela was rushed to the hospital for a recurring lung infection. it is the fourth time in less than a year he's been hospitalized. this time the government is being unusually frank about his condition. >> i think people should think about him. i think we should celebrate his life. while he's with us so that we are able to celebrate it even when he's not with us. because there is a simple message in his life for all of us. he tells us that our humanity is derived from what we e do for others rather than what we do for ourselves. this is what madiba has done. this makes us better people.

i think the adoration we see is a simple desire for people to be better. we can be better if we serve and make other people's lives better. >> robin kerrnow joins us live now. it sounds like mandela's condition is dire. is that the case? >> absolutely. sounds like he's talking about his legacy. perhaps this is the emphasis the government and south african authorities want to give. even if mandela isn't here remember the message he gave and what his life meant to you. very much the tone of the language coming out of today's hospitalization, i think very different, particularly the use of the word "serious." in a statement coming out from the government 18 hours ago, i must say, that's the last time we heard any official comment. they say he was in a serious but stable condition. as you said earlier this is

definitely more frank. this is a government that's traditionally trying to downplay any health concerns, any health problems when it comes to president mandela. the fact they are saying he's serious has many people worried just how grave he e is, i don't know. >> we appreciate your reporting. just how much is big brother watching you? the government admits gathering personal data without warrants or charges. well, how deep does the government dig? that's next. we went out and asked people a simple question:

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cory booker announced his candidacy for the u.s. senate today. >> it's hard to pick up a daily newspaper and not feel skeptical about washington, d.c. and our federal government. i tell you today that i reject that attitude. >> the 44-year-old democrat is running to finish the term of the late democratic senator frank lautenberg. right now he's running against congressman rush holt. but others are expected to hop into the race. a special election set for october. president obama and his chinese counterpart xi jinping have ended their two-day summit in southern california. during a walk around the sunnylands estate in palm springs mr. obama said his meeting with president xi has been terrific. the two men discussed a wide range of topics including the contentious issue of

cybersecurity. this was his last stop after a lengthy trip through the americas. the chinese president took office back in march. millions of americans now know their government is collecting a wide variety of information on them. all of this after reports in the guardian and the washington post newspapers. now we are learning about a possible criminal investigation as a result of media leaks. renee march joins us from washington with that. what can you tell us about it? >> that's right, don. today the director of national intelligence james clapper who oversees all u.s. intelligence agencies sent out this letter, essentially lashing out at the media attempting to set the record straight on a how the agency acquires and uses intelligence information. he also told nbc that he's asking the justice department for a criminal investigation into these leaks to the media. the intelligence leaks. clapper also says the leaks have hurt american intelligence. he says as all of this is being

aired out on our public air waves, others are learning exactly how america defends itself. also for the first time, clapper named the internet monitoring program that the agency uses. it's called prism. but until now the program had only been named in media reports. clapper also emphasized that the government is monitoring internet activity of foreign nationals only. it's a practice, he says, that's been ok'd by congress. they only collect data from tech companies with a court order and knowledge of the tech company. he also says that the government cannot -- cannot -- arbitrarily target anyone to collect their data without foreign intelligence cause. but of course we have seen and heard a lot of pushback. of course the president defending this program. here's what he had to say about the revelation it is federal government collected phone numbers as well as the duration

and location of phone calls. take a listen. >> nobody's listening to the content of people's phone calls. my assessment and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. >> critics are concerned this practice could pull americans into a dragnet based on associations. don? >> thank you. later we'll look at ways to protect information you want kept secret. just when you thought you had heard it all a defense team representing a young man accused of taking part in a heinous crime is arguing the dna was spread to a condom by the wind. yes, wind. will that defense hold up? we'll talk with criminal defense attorney next. alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone.

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>> i will confirm at this point the police department did have contact with the individual in 2006. however, because the individual was a juvenile at the time, i'm not at liberty to discuss the circumstances of the contact. >> he left a bloody trail on saturday in santa monica. police shot and killed him in the library at santa monica college. it looks like a new orleans mystery has been solved now. new orleans police found a car in a bayou today. the car belongs to a teacher, terrilyn monette, who has been missing more than three months. police say a body was found in the car. a few minutes ago i talked with terrilyn's mother who said she hasn't been told officially if the body is her daughter. but she fears the worst. we'll continue to update you on that story. a grand jury has indicted kidnapping suspect ariel castro on 329 charges. the former cleveland school bus driver is accused of holding three women hostage in his home for ten years. the indictment describes brutal

treatment. one charge accuses him of aggravated murder for punching one of his hostages in the stomach until she miscarried. the bulk of the charges, rape, 139 counts. kidnapping, 177 counts. it was a crime that left a northern california community in shock. now more than two years after the brutal gang rape of a 16-year-old girl outside richmond high school's homecoming dance, two men are on trial for their alleged participation. they were among a group of six men and teenagers charged with attacking the heavily intoxicated girl. police say she was beaten, robbed and sexually abused over two hours while as many as 20 other people watched and did nothing. criminal defense attorney holly hughes is here. the attorney for the defendant marcellus peters claims the defendant's dna from a beer can used to -- and a condom found at

the crime scene that the wind -- what happened? what's going on with the wind? >> what he's alleging is the wind carried the suspect's dna from the beer can to the condom. >> okay. >> the problem is they probably typed it and found out whether it's saliva or another bodily fluid. you're going to get blown out of the water with that if the dna analyst was able to determine what type of bodily fluid it was. secondarily, the other problem the defense faces is that some of the co-defendants are going to testify and say, yes, they did participate in the rape. this young man was part of the rape. the whole transferring the dna isn't going to carry weight when co-defendants say, yeah, he was there and did it. furthermore, those co-defendants testifying got 25 years apiece. it's not like they got a sweetheart deal to turn on the guy. >> let's stick with the wind thing. this is the most unusual thing most of us have heard when it comes to a trial for a rape case. possible, but --

>> improbable. there is cross contamination. it's possible. >> the wind. >> it's creative. maybe somebody on the jury will think, that could happen. >> two other defendants took plea deals. do you think these two will? >> well, if they are in trial, i don't foresee them giving up now. they are basically telling the judge and jury we want to fight this. we want our day in court. we want the attorney to put up the evidence and let a jury decide if it's persuasive or not as to guilt or innocence. >> let's go to the george zimmerman trial in florida. it gets under way on monday. the judge in this case, debra nelson didn't make a ruling on the evidence hearing today. >> there were witnesses she expected to hear from that were not available. she'll wait to see if she hears from everybody. then she e eel make her ruling when she has the evidence in front of her. >> jury selection set to begin. >> on monday. >> what are the challenges? >> there are a lot of challenges. the defense needs to just find somebody who is willing to keep an open mind, not get too

emotionally upset. you have a tragic circumstance here. you have a young teenager who has been shot and killed. he was unarmed. that's an incendiary accusation the state is bringing. the defense is looking for people to say i haven't made up my mind based on what's in the press. i will wait, hear the evidence and decide whether or not george zimmerman was justified. >> yeah. >> on the other side, the prosecution, they don't want people looking to coopt it and make it their cause. like we are sick of crime in the neighborhood. this guy did what a vigilant should do. be careful of people who won't keep an open mind from both perspectives. >> this has been talked about in a public arena with racial tones. >> absolutely. >> will it be brought up in the courtroom? i heard somebody say something simple and profound. do you mean where the kid, the adult who shot the kid down in florida? >> right. george zimmerman has been

accused of profiling. the defense filed motions to block the prosecution from using that word. they said, judge, we don't want the word "profile" in here. it's not about profiling as much as it's about racial profiling. george zimmerman's own words on the tape when he said these blankety blanks always get away. he's using racially charged language. >> it will be about race. >> to a certain extent. the defense is fighting it saying, no, no, no. george's words will come back to bite him. the defense will have to come up with a plausible explanation for why he was speaking like that. >> another trial we'll pay close attention to. thank you, holly hughes. >> absolutely. nelson mandela is rushed to the hospital in the middle of the night after his health deteriorates. next we'll speak with someone who knows the former south african president and his family and found out what they are asking the public to do. first, as the stock market rises, investors are dumping

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nelson mandela is in serious but stable condition this hour with a recurring lung infection. a spokesman for the south african president's office says the 94-year-old icon was rushed to a pretoria hospital this morning. a friend of the family just got back from south africa and joins us now. you spoke with the family at length e. what are they saying? >> i spoke to the family earlier this year. they called me when he was hospitalized the last time. i want to let you hear what they said early in the year about the press attention and rumors about his failing health. this was earlier this year. let's go and listen to the granddaughters of nelson mandela. >> he has every right to his privacy. as the family we call on people and urge people to give us the privacy to be able to deal with

whatever we are going through as a family in private. i think many people reported, you know, that simple right to just, you know, if their family members are in the hospital they can deal with it privately. it just boils down to the fact that it's a private matter. whatever goes on with him, especially when it comes to his health should be dealt with privately as a family. >> they keep saying "privately." although he's no longer officially a public figure he is still a public icon. there is nothing about privacy because he's a state figure. don, that's why they there is so much privacy around his health. >> i remember the interview. beautiful granddaughters. >> aren't they? >> i remember speaking to you about them and how gorgeous they are. nice people to boot. the interesting thing is you heard what the press secretary

said about him. >> yes. >> we would like him to live forever, but he's 94. >> 95 july 18th. the first time they said serious but stable. i did reach out to the grandchildren. they said, we can't comment at this point. my feeling is the government of oh south africa is keeping this very private. they don't want any misinformation to get out. they don't want there to be panic. i was in south africa and spoke to south africans across the board. what happens when mandela is no longer physically with us. people say there may be a lot of unrest. it's going to be again, he's frail as you said. he's slightly incapacitated. but he's still in so many ways this icon and unifies the country, we are human through the humanity of others. let's hope nelson mandela does make his 95th birthday on july 18. >> we hope so. the father of anti-apartheid and

freedom of peace all over the world. thank you very much. >> thank you, don. we love you in atlanta. >> thank you. good to be here. the u.s. spy chief released a statement saying america is not illegally looking into your activity online. and more on the program known as prism next. ó? ??çó

revelations this week about secret spy tactics. a visually uncomfortable president obama was asked to change topics and explain what the nsa was doing with the something called -- something called the prism. what is prism? laurie seagal explains what we know. >> what we learned is there is a program and the program is basically designed to get information from silicon valley companies. >> reporter: major tech companies including google, facebook and microsoft deny knowledge of prism run by the national security agency. according to classified documents on oh taned by the washington post, prism collected data from nine major tech companies. at the heart of the matter, data mining. >> it's the process of taking huge sets of data, information about what you have done, what you bought, all of this information that by itself would

be hard for a person to make sense of. applying computer algorithms to it to pull out information. you can see that would be useful for national security agency, for example. >> reporter: it's a common practice, but one users were shocked to hear about when the leaked slides give a look at how far the nsa was able to go. >> the slides mention e-mail, photos, for example, you upload or took on your phone and were uploaded to, for example, apple servers. >> all of the companies mentioned denied granting the government sweeping access saying they took user privacy seriously and will only share information when there is a court order. how could the nsa gather the information without the company's knowledge? >> one of the conjectures people are making is they are tapping into the data that goes over the wire. >> reporter: the director of national intelligence, james clapper, says the law covering such surveillance, quote, cannot be used to intentionally target any u.s. citizen, any other u.s. person, or anyone located within the united states.

>> okay. so prism. laurie seagal is here with us now. the government just released a statement to clarify some of this. so what does the statement say? >> let me read it to you. this was released a couple of hours ago by james clapper. you saw him in the piece. under section 702 of fiza the u.s. government doesn't unilaterally obtain information from internet service providers. the information is obtained with court approval with the knowledge of the provider. don, what they are trying to make apparent here, and they also say they can't intentionally target any u.s. citizen, another u.s. person or any person known to be in the united states. a lot of people thought, hey, when the washington post initially came out with the report they thought, hey, there might be direct access that the government has to internet service providers which is a scary thought, as you can imagine. what they are saying is you

have -- they only can gain access to certain entities with legal approval. with fisa's stamp of approval. there is still tons of questions. they are trying to be a little bit more transparent when it comes down to it, don. >> okay. the idea that the government might think your information is up for grabs isn't limited to just this story. recently there was a concern that the irs may read any e-mail it wants to. >> look, at the end of the day this is just showing us there is not much transparency. recently disclosed documents by the irs lawyers show they might be able to obtain information from our social network. you are looking at a post from the aclu there talking a little bit about it. i think at the end of the day i spoke e to a form ohher government source who says this is a watershed moment where the power of surveillance is revealed to society. it's something to look at. >> laurie seagal, thank you very much.

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a multi million dollar marijuana operation run out of an unlikely spot, the alleged ring leader, even more unlikely, a suburban mother of two. alina cho has the story. >> reporter: in the quiet town, this single mom is learning to deal. the story straight out of "weeds" a showtime tv series, but this story line is real. a suburban mom by day, alleged pot grower by night. look at what drug enforcements agents found in a warehouse in the queens area of new york city. more than one thousand plants, large amounts of dry marijuana, street value, $3 million.

state of the art lighting, irrigation, and ventilation systems, and the most incredible part is that authorities say the woman heading up the pot growing farm is a 45-year-old mother of two from upscale scarsdale, new york. >> pot growing is not something i have on the radar screen, certainly not from a neighbor. >> you wouldn't expect it in this community, safe community, good school district and marijuana, someone busted for marijuana? >> reporter: the woman busted is andrea, arrested may 20th. >> saw her drove by, she didn't stop usually how she stops. she stopped and pulled in there, all the guys came out. it was get down, open the door, just nuts. >> reporter: she's charged with narcotics trafficking. the lawyer said she pleaded not guilty. still it is not what you would expect from a mother of two girls 3 and 13. a woman who until recently took

her teenage daughter riding at twin lakes farm. the owner says she told him she worked in interior design. >> she was like the rest of the moms. we have 45 borders here, she was like the rest, had two daughters, very nice. never stood out of place. i have no inclination this would even be a possibility. >> reporter: federal agents raided her home, found $6,000 in cash as well as books how to grow marijuana and launder money. she's in jail, pending a bail hearing. if convicted, she could face up to ten years in prison. alina cho, cnn, new york. >> never know. thank you, alina. it is one of the military sacred sayings, never leave a fallen come rad behind. immediate a soldier taking that to a whole new level. so easy to use, it won a best of ces award from cnet.

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time to meet this week's cnn hero, she's a soldier on a new mission, committed to helping homeless female veterans. not only does jasmine booth inspire but follows a sacred rule among soldiers, never leave a fallen comrade. >> when americans think of veterans, they're only thinking about the men. >> my name is chiquita, i am an operation enduring freedom veteran. >> my name is sandra, i am an army veteran. >> women veterans are forgotten heroes of america. a lot of them have fallen on hard times. >> my name is ann marie, i am a

reservist in the air force and i was homeless. >> my name is jasmine booth. i am a captain in the army national guard and it is my mission to get homeless female veterans and their children back on their feet. in 2005, i was called to serve in iraq. during my mobilization, i lost everything in hurricane katrina, and the next month i was diagnosed with cancer. i was a single mother and 28 at the time. the va didn't have any programs available. when i left the va and went to social services, you were not a soldier, you were treated basically as a baby's mama or a crack head. it wasn't until i relocated to d.c. that i started to hearing about homeless female veterans. that's when i decided to found an organization that would house them and their children. >> let us know what you need. i am like a procurement whisperer. we offer wrap around support, child care assistance,

unemployment placement. we give you the tools that you need, but your success in this program is up to you. >> i have a job now. this is my space to prepare myself to be better. jas set me up for success. >> why do i do what i do? it is the right thing to do as an american and it is the right thing to do as a soldier. >> i am don lemon. see you back here one hour from now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com many americans want to know if the u.s. is spying on their e-mails and phones. and a cnn exclusive, joint interview with mitt and ann romney on the heart breaking loss of the white house and the grieving that they've been doing ever since.