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i'm christine romans. >> it is 5:00 in the east. >> a gripping 12-minute interview, edward snowden opens up about why he decided to come forward saying the nsa gets intelligence however it can. it began narrowly. more and more is happening with the u.s. barbara starr unmass ks the man in this story. >> when you are in conditions of privileged access -- >> reporter: this is 29-year-old edward snowden. he worked his way into the computers of the u.s. intelligence community as a defense contractor and blew open the secrets by leaking details of top secret government programs. now, he risks never living in america as a free man again.

>> i had access of everyone working at the nsat entire intelligence community and undercover assets all over the world, locations of every station. >> reporter: snowden didn't leak that, but he reveals himself as the source of several documents leaked to journalist glenn gr n greenwald to monitor e-mail and internet traffic of virtually everyone. >> sitting at my desk, i have the authorities to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to the president, if i had a personal e-mail. >> reporter: he just wanted americans to know what the government was doing. >> if you are not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded. >> reporter: he wanted to be up front he was behind the leaks. >> i sit there day-to-day watching what's happening and

go, this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether the programs of policy are right or wrong. >> reporter: during the interview, he watched cnn's wolf blitzer ask who the leaker was. >> snowden did not react. he fled to hong kong telling his boss he needed to go away for medical care. before this, he says he had a comfortable life working for the nsa in hawaii with a $200,000 job and a girlfriend. he never completed high school. he joined the army in 2003 but was discharged after breaking both legs in an accident. he says he worked as a security guard for the nsa and moved to the cia in a computer security

job. in 2009, he left the cia, joining the contractor booth allen in hawaii. he began to see top secret documents on nsa surveillance including the government had data on americans. president obama insists his administration is not spying on u.s. citizens, only looking for information on u.s. terrorists. snowden believes hong kong will protect him but there's no guarantee he won't be arrested, taken to china or sent back to the u.s. it appears to be a risk he's willing to take. >> you are living in hawaii, a paradise making a ton of money. what would it take to make you leave everything behind? the fear i have regarding the outcome for america of these disclosures is that nothing will

change. >> reporter: barbara starr, cnn, washington. >> the justice department is launching an investigation into these unauthorized leaks with intelligence leaders saying snowden should be prosecutored. they and the nsa chief is calling for contact saying the leaks do not give an accurate picture of the work the nsa does. here is brianna. >> reporter: the administration intensified calls to hunt down the leaker of an nsa surveillance program. sunday night, the justice department announced they were launching an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of information. president obama returning from california after a meeting with the chinese president had no comment. he made it clear he's upset by the high profile leaks. >> i don't welcome leaks. there's a reason these programs are classified. >> reporter: making the sunday

talk show rounds, the chairman said the leaks don't give a full picture of the nsa program. >> he says he's got it all and is an expert on the program. he doesn't have a clue how this works. neither did the person who released just enough information to literally be dangerous. >> reporter: something the nsa chief agreed with. how the nsa gathers information and what it does remains a point of contention. >> i'm not convinced the collection of this vast trob of data led to the corruption plots. >> reporter: on capitol hill, the fight is just beginning. >> don't troll through a billion phone records every day. it invades our privacy. i'm going to see if i can challenge it. >> reporter: cnn, washington. breaking news from afghanistan this morning. a fierce battle between taliban

fighters and afghan security forces in kabul. the attack was intended to target americans. a reporter from the times of london is on the phone with us, live from kabul. jeremy, what can you tell us? >> caller: i can tell you about 4:30 local time this morning, seven insurgents made their way to two houses just on the perimeter of the kabul airport. commercial and military air. one suicide bomb. at least a four-hour battle before all seven were eventually killed. >> do we know if the intended targets were killed? anything about injuries? >> caller: the only reports of injuries are two civilians. the mission here indicated that none of its personnel is wanted. >> are we seeing an increase on

attacks on americans as the u.s. prepares to pull out? >> caller: on the contrary, we are seeing less. it's been a continuation of taliban for some time where they are preferring to target afghan security forces. they are a softer target and easier to attack. >> jeremy kelly on the phone from kabul, thank you. we are getting word from south africa, the condition of nelson mandela is unchanged. he has a recuring lung infection. it's his fourth trip to the hospital since december. he's in serious, but stable condition. >> he's calling on the country to pray for him. turkey's prime minister warning the government is running out of patience as protests continue for an 11th day. it's getting more like a dictatorship and demanding he step down.

4,300 people have been reported hurt over the week as riot police move in and crack down on the demonstrations. he challenged them to make their voices heard in the elections in a few months. a republican will be sworn in as an interim senator from new york. governor chris christie named him to replace the late frank lautenberg. he will serve until a special election in october. he will not be running in the special election. one person running is corey booker. he announced his decision to run on saturday. a big name republican is coming on in favor of the senate immigration bill speaking sunday on faith in asia. kelly ayotte called it a bipartisan solution to a tough problem. it's a way for immigrants in the u.s. to earn citizen zip. tomorrow, the bill will face a hurdle. a vote that will determine whether the senate debate will

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welcome back to "early start." investigators are searching for a motive in the shooting in santa monica, california. a fifth victim died.

he was a student at santa monica college. her father, carlos was killed in the rampage. the grief-stricken family spoke to reporters. >> the biggest decision today, after 48 hours, was that marcella, we took her off life support. she took her last breath this morning. we spent the last 48 hours like a cocoon. we wouldn't let anybody in there. it was just us. we were loving her and telling her how much we loved her and that we're going to miss her. we are going to miss her. and this world is going to miss the marcella franco and carlos franco, the world, who are decent, loving, committed people. >> senseless. police say the suspected gunman

murdered his father and brother and set their house on fire. we spoke with a woman who was wounded risking her life to save another. >> holy cow. >> you can't help but react to the holes in the bloody shirt where four bullets ripped into her body. she was in her silver sedan when found in the middle of a shooting spree. the gunman stopped a woman in the car right in front of her. >> i was so angry that he was pointing the gun at her and she was scared. i just wanted to stand-up for her. >> deborah saw the gunman standing on this side of the street. she saw him raise his rifle at a woman on this side of the street. she hit the gas and put her car in between the gunman and the woman. >> i'll never forget his eyes. they were so intense and so

cold. >> reporter: first shot went right into the center of her driver's side window. >> he's walking across. my front window was exploding, then i was falling into the passenger seat to try to stay down. i kept feeling bullets hitting my other shoulder. >> she struck both bullets. a bullet struck hur right ear where the ringing won't stop. >> i laid down just thinking please stop, please stop shooting, thinking if i just acted like i was dead, he might go away. >> reporter: he did leave, carjacking the woman he tried to save. he did not kill that woman. neighbored called 911, an early alert to the police about the gunman making his way through santa monica. >> i'm glad i did what i did. but, thank god i'm alive. my children need me.

>> just like a young woman who she didn't know, but needed to save. cnn, santa monica, california. a famous actor is facing charges this morning. legal advocate erin brockovich was arrested. she was having trouble docking her boat. her blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. she was released on 1,000 dlarls bond. a convicted child rapist was caught snapping pictures of children in washington state. the 54-year-old, randy smith, was taking photos of a 6-year-old girl as she tried on a bathing suit in the dressing room. they found him and wrestled him to the ground. he was convicted of rape for assaulting a 3-year-old child.

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at long last, the trial begins for the case that has captivated the nation. a man accused of killing trayvon martin in the street. extreme weather from coast-to-coast, is there any relief in sight? the forecast is ahead. lock the doors, hide the kids, bear theft auto. that's right, the bear that is breaking into vehicles. he's caught on camera and it's all coming up, just for you. >> welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. the nsa leaker is unmasked.

edward snowden. in an interview from hong kong, he discusses why he revealed secre secrets. that phone and internet surveillance began overseas but more and more is happening within the u.s. he says he could have wiretapped anyone, even the president, if he had the personal e-mail. the justice department launched an investigation into the unauthorized leaks. leaders in the house and senate say snowden should be prosecuted. george zimmerman is the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. it ignited a bitter fight over guns. george is here with us. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning. to give you a sense of the scope of this case, it will take some

500 people to narrow it down to a panel of six jurors and two alternates for the case. the challenge here is to find a group of people not heavily influenced by the coverage, more than a year of that on this controversial case. was it is case of murder or self-defense? they are the questions jurors will face in the case of george zimmerman. february 2006, they called police to report a teenager described as suspicious. the one thing that is clear, there was a confrontation. 911 calls record someone in the background screaming for help, then you hear the fatal shot. >> i don't know why. i think they are yelling help, but i don't know. >> you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> reporter: the victim was 17-year-old trayvon martin.

zimmerman, the admitted killer was taken in for questioning then released because they accepted the claim he fired the gun in self-defense. the days that followed left the community in an uproar. >> we don't understand why he's not arrested. investigations can go on forever. the family worries. i worry. the more time that passes, this is going to be swept under the rug. >> reporter: state attorney charged zimmerman with second degree murder. defense attorney got a judge to grant zimmerman a $1 million bond releasing him to house confinement with a curfew as he awaits trial. zimmerman has been in and out of court several times for pretrial hearings, in one case taking the stand to speak to his family. i want to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was younger than i

am. i did not know if he was armed or not. >>reporter: prosecutors ask that these pictures not be evidence released. the focus now is on jury selection. so this long awaited trial is about to get started today. we know from the defense team, just a week ago, over a week ago, they announced they were running out of money. defense attorney, mark o'mara tells us that they have raised $85,000. they are prepared to move forward with the trial. if a judge denies the delay of trial, it was filed this weekend. >> you mentioned jury selection begins today. how difficult it will be to find an impartial jury, one that may not know about the case. how are they approaching this? >> here is what we know. there are some things about the process that are unclear. we know this. at least today, they will bring in at least 200 potential

jurors, tuesday, 100 jurors, wednesday 100 jurors and thursday 100 jurors. the challenge is this, we don't know whether they will answer the questionnaire, come back a day later, whether it will all happen today. keep this in mind, there are pretrial motion that is have to be wrapped up. the plan is to get it said and done this week. clearly, john, it could take longer. >> it's a start, but may not be a fast start. great to see you this morning, george. a trial for boston mob boss james whitey bulger. we are expecting him to be in the court for the proceedings. 150 potential jurors will be further evaluated today. he faces 32 criminal charges, including 19 for murder. >> one of the most amazing cases you will see. a man holding three women hostage inside his home is

getting ready to plead not guilty. they were released may 6th. he was ep dieted on 329 criminal counts of rape and murder. he's held on $8 million bail will plead not guilty to all the charges when he's arraigned next week. the clean up continues in the northeast after tropical storm andrea made it a wet weekend. wet basements were in abundance. some areas received more rain in three weeks than they usually receive in three months. i emptied the dehumidifier three times. >> we are keeping an eye on that. great to see you andrea. >> great to see you. now we are looking at another low in iowa bringing a cold front. a threat for severe weather from maryland down to the krar lcaro

and wet weather. we are talking enough rain to produce enough moisture for the entire eastern sea board. it's producing out toward new england. the water vapor shows the moisture kicking in from the south. all the stuff we don't like is what's pooling in over the next several days. in contrast, it's high pressure, fire danger out there in really those temperatures soaring. there's the water vapor loop. look how dry it is. that's why we are talking about the fire danger. temperatures are well above normal, some places 20 degrees above normal. gusts up to 50 miles per hour. definitely the fire conditions are out there. look at these. the computer is slow. salt lake city is looking at 100 degrees and the average is 81. the heat is spreading to the east. first, hot and muggy, then hot. >> hot and hot. >> thanks.

>> thank you so much. weather is not only an issue here, thousands of german's forced out of their homes buzz rushing salt water. rain is assaulting the eastern part of that country for days. the river is about four times the normal levels. 23,000 people have evacuated the area. another dam is reportedly on the verge of breaking. this could get worse. flooding across central europe claimed at least 15 lives. the damage could cost billions of dollars. itis money they don't want to be spending. possible signs of a thaw between north and south korea. they are holding talks. the agreement to hold talks came after a marathon 17-hour session of haggling over the agenda. the two sides will talk about reversing the -- the obama administration is considering a plan to allow thousands of refugees.

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there has been another horrifying limmo fire in california. this time, everyone got out alive. look at what is left of this limmo. ten women, most of them in their 90s were on the way to celebrate a friend's 95th birthday when the limmo burst into flames. they escaped with seconds to spare. >> it's very fresh because when i looked out there were red flames all over the place and black smoke. you can see the result. >> police are investigating the cause of this fire. the limmo's owner thinks he already knows. >> i'm speechless because this is a new car. brand-new tires, i keep great records of the cars. this is a fire that happened between. it's a manufacture defect. >> five weeks ago, another limmo

burst into flames on a bridge. five women were killed in that accident. a doctor is accused of trying to poison her lover. she tried to poison another doctor in january putting ethylene gliocol in his coffee. it's used to make antifreeze. >> it's a killer. it doesn't have any odor. it's a sweet taste. it could be very dangerous depending on how much the person took. >> he was admitted to the emergency room with kidney failure after drinking the coffee. he ingested enough poison to kill an adult. both doctors work as oncologists. the doctor is currently on paid administrative leave. >> apple's worldwide conference gets under way in san francisco. there's speculation about what

the company may have up its sleeve. this year, there are questions about apple's future. dan simons with more on that. >> we are calling it iphone. >> when steve jobs unveiled the original iphone, it was years ahead of what anyone else was doing. six years later, the landscape changed. can they be as dominant as they once were? >> i'm not sure they can. i don't think anybody can be as dominant as apple once was. the pie is spreading. >> reporter: today is so important for the company to show apple is just as important as ever. in the highlight of the event, they will show off the latest operating system that powers your i devices. some that have become stale. >> the things they have innovated on are standard and common place. the trick is, can they come up

with new things or continue to evolve in way that is set them apart? >> reporter: apple is expected to start a music streaming service. also expect updated laptops. a new phone and tablet are not expected until later in the year, products they need to regain steam. >> wow. can i share, too? >> no, yours doesn't do that. >> reporter: samsung stole a lot of the buzz with clever commercials. wall street hasn't been kind. the stock is trading 35% lower from the 52-week high. apple ceo tim cook was recently pressed about the company's fortunes. >> there's a sense that you may have lost your cool. somebody else has the cool that samsung has the cool. is apple in trouble? >> is apple in trouble? absolutely not. >> dan simon, cnn, san

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welcome back, everyone. the pontiff telling school kids he never wanted to be pope and joking only someone who hates himself would want the job. he said he's not living in the papal apartments because it's not good for him. he is living in a hotel.

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welcome back, everyone. 56 minutes after the hour. taking a look at the top cnn trend this morning. a small budget shocker at the box office despite bad reviews from critics. "the purge" beat out other movies. it stole the thunder from "fast and furious 6" and "the internship." it cost $3 million to make. that's nothing. the latest "furious" film fell. third was "the internship." broadway took center stage as the tony awards were handed out. k neal patrick harris.

>> as for the awards, kinky boots, remember? we had her on the show recently featuring songs by cyndi lauper. it took home best musical and choreograp choreography. >> christopher, a long time player had a great one. take a look at how far bears have evolved. they can now, apparently open car doors. danger. at least this bear can. look at this. a couple in british columbia recorded the scene. of course it is now viral. this bear -- are we sure it's not someone in a bear suit? >> it looks like a monkey. >> it's like skip from down the block opening a door. no, they claim it's a real-life bear going in and out of the car. apparently, bear proofing their house includes locking the

pick-up truck. i don't know if the bear can pick locks but it can open the doors. >> unbelievable. >> it's weeks until world domination from bears. >> "early start" continues right now. stunning admission. the man behind the biggest security leak in history comes forward. he says he had the power to spy on anyone, even the president. why he told the world about america's cyber spying secrets. breaking news overnight. an all-night battle against terrorists near a crucial airport. americans the clear target. we are live with the latest. >> one of the most amazing plays you will see on a basketball court. the heat stuff the spurs and even up the series. >> look at this, i can't do this. can you do it? >> no. but

good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. we begin this morning with the nsa leaker. edward snowden is coming out of the shadows, talking about why he gave a british newspaper about nsa programs that, he says, spy on americans. pentagon correspondent barbara starr joins us now from the pentagon. a lot of new information, barbara? >> reporter: absolutely right. leaker? idealist? you're about to meet the man who set the u.s. intelligence community on its ear. >> when you're in positions of privileged access. >> reporter: this is 29-year-old edward snowden, the high school dropout who worked his way into the most secretive computers of the u.s. intelligence community as a defense contractor and then blew open those secrets by leaking unprecedented details of top secret government surveillance programs. now he risks never living in america as a free man again.

>> i had access to the full rosters of everyone working at the nsa, the entire intelligence community, and undercover assets all around the world, the locations of every station we have. >> reporter: snowden didn't leak that, but in an interview with the british newspaper "the guardian," snowden reveals himself as the source of several documents leaked to journalist glen greenwald, outlining a massive effort by the national security agency to track cell phone calls and monitor e-mail and internet traffic of virtually everyone. >> i sitting in my desk certainly had the authorities to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge or even the president, if i had a personal e-mail. >> reporter: snowden said he just wanted americans to know what the government was doing. >> even if you're not doing anything wrong, you're being watched and recordeded. >> reporter: and he wanted to be up front that he was behind the leaks. >> i'm just another guy who sits

there day to day in the office, watches what's happening, and goes, this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong. >> reporter: "the guardian" says during the interview snowden watched cnn's wolf blitzer ask a panel who the leaker was. >> do you have any idea who's leaking this information? >> reporter: snowden, who's watching, did not react. snowden fled to hong kong three weeks ago after copying a last set of documents and telling his boss he needed to go away for medical care. before all this, snowden says he had a comfortable life working for the nsa in hawaii with a $200,000 salary and a girlfriend. he told "the guardian" he never got a high school diploma, attending community college, but not completing his computer studies. he joined the army in 2003 but was discharged after breaking both legs in an accident. he says he worked as a security guard for the nsa and then moved

to the cia in a computer security job. in 2009 he left the cia, eventually joining the contractor booz allen in hawaii. he began to see top secret documents on the extent of nsa surveillance, including details that the u.s. government also had details on americans. president obama insists his administration is not spying on u.s. citizens, only looking for information from terrorists. for now snowden believes hong kong's climate of free speech will protect him, but there's no guarantee he won't be arrested, taken to main land china, or sent back to the u.s. it appears to be a risk he's willing to take. >> you're living in hawaii in paradise and making a ton of money. what would it take to make you leave everything behind? >> the greatest fear that i have regarding the outcome for

america of these disclosures is that nothing will change. >> reporter: let's just review a couple of facts here. these programs were notified to the relevant members of congress. these surveillance programs. they were not a secret to those in the know. snowden says he's got the names of all u.s. operatives. that may be something that puts him at serious risk with the chinese because, of course, they might decide that they want to talk to him. full blown u.s. justice department investigation now under way. john? >> this man could be in a lot of trouble. barbara starr at the pentagon for us this morning. thanks so much, barbara. >> the obama administration is looking into the leaks now with the justice department officially launching a probe, top lawmakers in the house and senate say snowden should be prosecuted. they and the nsa's former chief also insist the leaks do not give an accurate picture of the work the nsa does. brianna keilar has that part of the story for us this morning. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning to you, christine. the white house is not commenting since we've heard the identity of snowden revealed. obviously, the administration is considering its options right now for prosecuting snowden and for extraditing him, but above all, this has forced president obama off message. this comes on top of three other recent controversies. so president obama is talking about this instead of his priorities in these key early months of his second term. as edward snowden stunned the world with his admission, the administration ip tensified calls to hunt down the leaker of an nsa surveillance program. sunday night the justice department formally announced they were launching an investigation into the unauthorized disclosure of classified information. president obama, returning from california after a two-day mini summit with the chinese president, had no comment, but he recently made clear he's upset by the spate of high profile leaks. >> i don't welcome leaks because there's a reason why these

programs are classified. >> reporter: making the sunday talk show rounds, the chairman of the house intelligence committee said the leaks don't give a full picture of the nsa program. >> i know your reporter that you interviewed, greenwald, says that he's got it all and now he's an expert on the program. he doesn't have a clue how this thing works, nor did the person who released just enough information to literally be dangerous. >> reporter: something the former nsa chief agreed with. >> there are no records of abuse, not under president bush, not under president obama. >> reporter: but how the white house gathers information and what it does with the data remains a point of contention. >> i'm not convinced this vast trove of data has resulted in di rupgs of plots. >> reporter: and on capitol hill, the fight is just beginning. >> don't troll through billions of phone records every day. that is constitutional. it invades our privacy, and i'm going to be seeing if i can challenge this at the supreme court level. >> reporter: christine, i had heard the argument earlier from

some observers that some of the controversies president obama has been facing allows some of the scrutiny on, say, congress to sort of be taken off the table as they tackle a really high stakes issue, immigration reform, and there is actually a very important key test vote tomorrow on immigration, but the problem for president obama here is that this is just another issue that runs smack up against that narrative that his administration has so carefully crafted, that they're very transparent, and that obviously was something that he wanted for his legacy. >> that's interesting. the last time they were approaching immigration reform, there was much more scrutiny on every single issue. in the past, congress has voted against requiring transparency, against requiring transparency from the administration. is it your sense the tide is turning and that congress might have to act differently on these issues? >> reporter: i think it's a little early to tell at this point, but you do notice you're making strange bedfellows, i

would say, from the administration's point of view, in terms of those opposed to this, some republicans and some democrats raising serious concerns about this. we'll be seeing how the debate takes shape and exactly how big the debate on this issue becomes. there's certainly a lot of scrutiny coming from democrats and republicans raising questions on this, christine. >> thanks, brianna. breaking news from afghanistan this morning. seven militants are dead after a bloody battle between afghan security forces and taliban fighters at the airport in kabul. it looks like americans were the target there. times of london reporter jeremy kelly is on the phone live from kabul. jeremy, what's the latest from there? >> reporter: john, i can tell you this is some six hours after this rather fierce battle ended, and the afghan security forces that pretty much could have handled this matter on their own have been receiving a fair deal of praise from president karzai to the u.s.-led military coalition, and probably most

appropriately from the afghan public, they're being applauded from the battle that went on for four hours with only two civilians receiving minor injuries. >> this is a brazen attack on a civilian population. are we seeing an increase of attacks on american targets in afghanistan as the military really prepares to pull out. >> reporter: since march, 17 u.s. soldiers have died, including one who died in an unrelated bomb attack in the east of the country. however, it bucks the trend of what we've been seeing since 2003, which is the taliban preferring to target afghan security forces who they concede as being softer and easier to hit. >> jeremy kelly on the ground for us in kabul, where there was this all night gun fight with explosions on the ground there. apparently, security forces

killing seven taliban terrorists. there is growing concern about south african president nelson mandela. right now his condition is said to remain unchanged. the 94-year-old was rushed to the hospital over the weekend, suffering from a recurring lung infection. this is the fourth time he has been hospitalized since december. turkey's prime minister warning the government is running out of patience as protests enter an 11th day there. demonstrators complain the government is getting more like a dictatorship, and they're demanding he step down. more than 4,300 people hurt over the last week. erdogan challenged the protesters to make their voices heard in the country's elections in a few months, not in the protests they're now staging. republican jeffrey kiessa will be sworn in as the new u.s. senator from new jersey. he's new jersey's attorney general right now. he was elected to serve as interim senator by republican chris christie following the death of senator frank

lautenberg. he will serve in the senate in the the special election in october. chiesa will not be running. cory booker, newark mayor, did announce his intent to run on saturday. speaking sunday on cbs' "face the nation," republican snorkenato senator kelly ayotte called the bill fair. tomorrow an important vote to determine whether the bill will continue. no charges for the crane operator in philadelphia. law enforcement sources tell cnn that benschop had marijuana and pain medication in his system following the collapse. prosecutors say he was operating the crane used to tear down the building that collapsed onto a salvation army thrift store.

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neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing a teenager. george zimmerman says it was self defense, prosecutors say it was murder, and today at long last jury selection begins. cnn's george howell live for us in florida this morning. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning, john. it will take a pool of 500 potential jurors, narrowing that down to at least six jurors and two alternates. the goal in all this is to find a group of people who have not been heavily influenced by more than a year of intense coverage of this controversial case here in florida. was it a case of murder or self-defense? those are the questions jurors will face in the case against george zimmerman. february 6th, 2012, the then neighborhood watch captain called police to report a teenager who he described as suspicious. what's in question is whether zimmerman pursued after a dispatcher told him not to. the one thing that is clear, there was a confrontation.

911 calls record someone in the background screaming for help. then you hear the fatal shot. >> i don't know why i think they're yelling help, but i don't know. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right. what is your -- >> reporter: the victim was 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman, his admitted killer, was taken into custody for questioning but then released because the police decided he fired in self defense. the decision left this community in an uproar. >> we don't understand why he's not arrested. investigations can go on forever, and the family worries, i worry, the more time that passes, this is going to be swept under the rug. >> state attorney angela cory charged zimmerman with second degree murder. defense attorney mark o'meara eventually got a judge to grant zimmerman $100,000 bond with a

curfew before he attends trail. zimmerman has been in court several times for pretrial hearings, at one time taking the stand himself. >> i want to say i'm sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little younger than i am, and i did not know if he was armed or not. >> reporter: in the days leading up to trial, prosecutors asked that certain evidence, like these pictures of trayvon martin, not be added as evidence released. the focus now is on jury selection. so the latest update we know is from defense attorney mark o'meara. you remember just over a week ago he publicly announced he was running out of money to represent george zimmerman. we know now he's raised at least $85,000 to move forward with this trial. >> george, you mentioned the difficulty in the jury selection, how hard it will be to find an impartial jury here. what's the process? how will this unfold?

>> reporter: we do know that at least 200 jurors will be called today, then 100 on tuesday, 100 wednesday, and then 100 thursday. the plan right now, john, is to basically wrap up jury selection this week. keep that in mind, though, we're not exactly sure of the process. will the come in and fill out the questionnaire today and come back another day? that's not clear. we also know over the weekend there were some pretrial motions the judge hoped to wrap up before today. they didn't do that. so that will continue today along with jury selection. >> just the beginning. george howell, always great to see new sanford, florida, this morning. the man accused of holding three women inside his cleveland home for over a decade is getting ready to plead not guilty to dozens of charges. gina dejesus, amanda berry were rescued from ariel castro's case.

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welcome back to "early start," minding your business this monday morning. we're shaping up to have a rally. dow futures up 50 points. this follows the first gain in two weeks in a nearly 5% rally in japan's main stock index. they're hoping friday's ho hum jobs report means the federal reserve will keep propping up the economy.

this is a big day for apple. the company kicks off its annual worldwide developers conference in san francisco today. it's apple's first major product event in more than nine months. for apple, that's an eternity. apple has said it will unveil an update to its ios mobile operating system, its i-radio streaming service and an update to macbook. many analysts are starting to wonder if apple can come up with innovative products on a regular basis. apple shares down 20% over the past year. apple phones are losing market share. but at least one analyst, andy hargraves, he is still hopeful. >> this is still an incredibly innovative company in my mind. it's got a massive engine of internal software and hardware development and really loyal customers. yeah, they could do it again. >> apple's conference is all week. the big thing, tim cook's keynote speech, that is today.

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five people murdered in a santa monica shooting spree that ended on a college campus. the woman that tried to stop the gunman shares her story. extreme weather from coast to coast turning deadly this weekend. honestly, there were moments when i thought it couldn't possibly rain anymore. is there relief in sight? full forecast ahead. a reality show contestant getting revenge against one of the meanest judges on television. did simon cowell finally get what was coming to him? >> i think a lot of people are supposedly okay with this, including maybe me allegedly perhaps. >> sources say.

welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman, 30 minutes after the hour now. the death toll from friday's shooting rampage in santa monica, california, the death toll is now five. 23-year-old marcela franco, has now died. her father carlos franco was also a victim. her cousin spoke to reporters. >> the biggest decision today after 48 hours was that marcela, we took her off life support, and she took her last breath this morning. we spent the last 48 hours like a cocoon. we wouldn't let anybody in there. it was just us, and we were loving her and telling her how much we loved her and that we're going to miss her and we're going to miss her, and this world is going to miss the

marcela franco and carlos franco in the world who were decent, loving, committed people. >> it breaks your heart. just not fair. authorities say the gunman murdered his father and brother and set their house on fire before taking his rampage to the streets in the santa monica college campus. cnn's kyung lah spoke with the shooting survivor who risked her life to save another. >> reporter: holy cow. you can't help but react to the holes in deborah fine's bloody shirt, where four bullets ripped into her body. she was in her silver sedan when she found herself in the middle of the shooting spree. fine saw the gunman, 23-year-old john zawahri pointing a gun at the woman in front of her.

>> reporter: deborah fine saw him raise his gun on this side of the street. she saw him raise his rifle at a woman on this side of the street. she hit the gas and put her car in between the gunman and the woman. >> i'll never forget his eyes. they were just so intense and so cold. >> reporter: the first shot went right into the center of her driver's side window. >> as he was walking across, my front window was exploding. >> reporter: and that's when you fell down? >> then i was falling into the passenger seat to try to stay down. that's when i kept feeling bullets hitting into my other shoulder. >> reporter: he struck both shoulders, her arms, shrapnel lodging two inches beneath her skin. the bullet struck her right ear, where she says the ringing won't stop. >> i laid down and thought please stop shooting, thinking if i acted like i was dead, he might go away. >> reporter: zawahri did leave,

carjacking the woman that fine was trying to save. but neighbors called 911, an early alert to police on the gunman making his way through santa monica. >> i'm glad i did what i did, but thank god i'm alive, and my children need me. >> reporter: just like a young woman who deborah fine didn't know but needed to save. kyung lah, cnn, santa monica, california. >> hero amongst all that sadness there. this morning the nsa leaker is unmasked. it is 29-year-old edward snowden, the defense contractor who once worked undercover for the cia. in a 12-minute interview from hong kong, he explains why he revealed u.s. government secrets, saying the nsa gets intelligence however it can, wherever possible. that phone and internet surveillance began nearly focused overseas, but more and more is happening within the u.s., he says. he says he could have wiretapped anyone, even the president, he claims, if he had the personal

e-mail. the justice department has launched an official investigation into the unauthorized leaks, and intelligence committee leaders both in the house and senate say that snowden should be prosecuted. if you spent the weekend cleaning up your basement after andrea, you're not alone because the tropical storm left some homes very, very wet. administration officials say they received as much rain in three weeks as they usually get in three months. please some good news for the forecast. i agree with john. i could not believe it would rain any harder than that. it rained steady, hard rain. >> funny. i thought you guys said you wanted more rain. that's what i threw right in the forecast. here's the low hanging out in the midwest straight for the eastern seaboard today with more rain. yeah, you guessed it. even a threat for severe weather. >> boo. >> a big boo here, maryland down to the carolinas. pretty much the entire eastern seaboard. take a look at this rain.

heavy rain at times, especially in the thunderstorms. it's going to line up just enough to produce heavier showers, and look at the water vapor. this shoeds us the moisture and where it's coming from. all this humid, muggy air coming out of the gulf, and the entire eastern seaboard seeing the humid air. meanwhile, on the west coast, complete opposite problem. look at all the dry air in place. there they're dealing with warm conditions, fire danger. well above normal. salt lake city 20 degrees above average this time of year. of course we know that fire threat remains with them. here's the problem. all this warm air is going to start filtering to the east. look at the above average temperatures expected to push all the way to the east coast. if it's too rainy for you, maybe you want the hot stuff. i got it for you guys. >> so hot and muggy then just hot. indra, thank you. a broken dam, rising waters forcing thousands of germans out of their homes. rain has been pounding the eastern part of the country for

days now. the river elbe is at its highest levels. another dam reportedly on the verge of breaking. flooding across central europe has claimed at least 15 lives. analysts think the damage in central europe could cost billions of dollars. refugees may soon have a new home here in the united states. the obama administration is considering a resettlement plan to ease the burden on other middle eastern countries. 1.6 million syrians have fled their homeland during a bloody two-year civil war. this week diplomats and nongovernment relief groups will meet to discuss resettlement options. the germans have already agreed to take in 5,000 refugees out of the 1.5 million. the parents of desperate lung transplant victims are

asking the committee to review the rules. one boy's mother says time is running out. >> if javier does not receive the transplant, he will die. he's 11, and he's very sick. i don't think i have to remind you guys his brother was 11 and passed away waiting. so i think he would definitely benefit from receiving a transplant right now. >> the other child in a philadelphia hospital who needs a lung transplant is 10-year-old sar sar sar say merg murgahan. building goes boom, and christine cheers. that is building number 877 reduced to nothing. that building was on governor's island in new york harbor. used to be an apartment for government coast guard and their families. it was time for a date with dynamite. the island is being turned into

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welcome back. for the second time in five weeks, a terrifying limo fire in northern california.

this time everyone managed to escape. ten women, most of them in their 90s, they were on their way to celebrate a friend's 96th birthday sunday in a limo. god love them. the 2009 lincoln town car limo burst into flames in walnut creek. care taker mary chapman was in the limo, and she helped the ladies escape with only seconds to spare. >> i'm speechless because this is a new car. you can see, look at my tires, brand new cars. i keep great records of the cars. this was an electrical fire that happened right there between. it's a manufacturer defect. >> police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire. the limo's owner thinks he knows. >> it's very fresh because, when i looked out, there were red flames all over the place and black smoke. now you can see the result. >> five weeks ago another limo burst into flames on the smat

san mateo bridge. five women, including a new bride, were killed in the fire. look at a man in hawaii who clearly had too much to drink. he drove his ford pickup truck into the ocean. that's the big wet blue thing in there. you can't miss it. the driver managed to escape without injury. he couldn't escape the law, really no joke here. he was arrested for driving under the influence. he's lucky he did not hurt anyone besides the beach, or the fish. have you always wanted to slim down? not your body, your life. sanjay gupta introduces us to a man who argues we should all live with less. >> this week on the next list, we talk to graham hill, an architect and designer who says living with less can lead to happier, more compelling lives. >> this main space transforms into five different rooms. >> hill is building microhousing that is anything but meager, starting with this 420 square foot apartment in manhattan. >> new york city, you can have

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the heat was on in south beach as lebron and company routed the san antonio spurs to pull even in the nba finals. andy joins us with the bleacher report.

>> good morning, guys. the series shifting back to san antonio for the next three games. last night's game in miami was one the heat had to have. this was close for three quarters as lebron struggled offensively early on. only four points at the half, but he came alive late in the third quarter. check out this incredible block of thiago splitter, one of the best blocks you'll ever see, absolutely amazing. that was during a 33-5 run by the heat. miami would go on to win the game easily, 103-84 to even the series. lebron finished with only 17 points but was dominant on the defensive end of the floor. >> that's just part of my game. when i'm not scoring or not as efficient offensively where i feel like i'm missing some shots, i just figure out ways that i can still help the team even if it's not scoring as much. >> pretty scary moment yesterday during the french open final between rafael nadal and david ferrer as a protester wielding a

flare came onto the court. he was immediately taken away by security. nadal said he was scared at first, but it didn't keep him from dominating the match. nadal won straight sets to capture his eighth french open title. when you drive the nascar circuit, you have to do things unconventionally, like getting married on a tuesday and spending your honeymoon in iowa. that's what daytona 500 winner trevor bayne did. he and his wife honeymooned in iowa. bayne won the race. it was his first win of the year and his first chance to celebrate with his wife on victory lane. >> we proudly and humbly select, redraft i.d. number 9577 on cory, centerfielder arizona state university. >> the arizona diamondbacks selected cory hahn in the 34th

round. he wore number 34 at arizona state. in just his second game, he slid into second base and broke his neck and is paralyzed from the waist down. he issued a statement. "so humbled to be a diamondback." he's back on the field helping his former team as assistant coach and getting a business degree. congratulations to him for living out his dream and getting drafted by the diamondbacks. >> what a wonderful gesture by the diamondbacks. simon cowell, not a particularly nice guy on the reality tv thing, known as the king of mean, a title he certainly earned that label. but now he may have received the ultimate reckoning, the ultimate come comeuppance for simon cowell.

the finale of "america's got talent," a woman hurls an egg at simon cowell. contestants were many froing "the impossible dream." when suddenly from behind them the woman races to the front of the stage and starts pelting the judging panel. a stunned cowell takes off his jacket after rubbing the egg off. the egg thrower was quickly rushed offstage, and the performance continued without a hitch, prompting a standing ovation by the judges and crowd. >> apologies for that. that is not part of the act. >> the egg tosser has been identified as natalie holt. she played viola as part of the orchestra accompanying the performers. holt was also a contestant on "britain's got talent" one year ago with her band raven quartet, but it seems they didn't have a great experience. take a look at what her band

mate wrote back then as quoted in the daily mail online. "honestly, if you think watching those talent shows is gut wrenching, you should try being a contestant in one." her band mates said they had nothing to do with this prank, but the egg throwing incident begs the question, are contestants fighting back because tv judges are just too mean? tough critique has become a staple l on many of the talent competition shows. >> if you're a sex machine, i'm america's next top model, i'm telling you. >> you give me your best or go home! >> this job is too rough for me. i don't really want to do it anymore. i don't want to make you cry. >> cowell created the nasty judge trend on "american idol," and he wound up doused with water by an angry contestant. >> terrible. >> holt says she targeted cowell for his dreadful influence on the music industry and apologized for the prank.

"i've never done anything like this before, and in hindsight i have realized it was a silly thing to do." even with egg on his face, cowell managed to get the last word, tweeting, "i don't think eggs should be allowed on talent shows. discuss?" >> the show's producers will not pursue charges against the egg thrower, who may have been throwing on behalf of millions out there. >> she had a big smile on her face. >> she was throwing again and again and again. >> no stage fright for that viola player.

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our starting point, the nsa leak. one of the biggest leaks in u.s. history of key intelligence. edward snowden claims he had the authority to wiretap anyone, even the president of the united states. he has fled the u.s. for hong kong, and this morning we hear from the reporter who interviewed him overseas to find out why he did what he did. was itself defense, or was it murder? the george zimmerman trial begins today. will the man who admitted to shooting and killing trayvon martin be cleared of murder? we're going live to sanford, florida. and is apple still cool? the company's worldwide developers conference gets under way, and there are serious questions this morning about its future. good morning, everyone. i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's monday, june 10th. wee