it's anyone's guess what tomorrow will bring. dawn is a couple hours from now. we'll continue to bring you the latest throughout the day. that does it for us. "early start" begins now. have a good day. fire after fire after fire. colorado burning. homes in flames. treacherous conditions. thousands of evacuated as the battle rages overnight. we are live. crackdown, tear gas, water cannons. an all-night battle. we're live in the middle of the chaos on the streets, as key u.s. allies erupt overnight. and who are these guys? the nba finals take an unlikely turn. the spurs pummel the heat. but you'll never guess the players giving lebron james a headache this morning. good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start." i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans.

it's 5:00 in the east. in colorado, crews are battling five separate fires across the state. the most troublesome, the black forest fire near colorado springs. it's consumed 7500 acres and forced the evacuation of some 5,000 homes. fire crews get no help from mother nature this morning. conditions are extremely hot and dry with gusty winds. dan simon high on the fire lines for us in colorado springs, colorado. good morning. >> reporter: hi, christine, we're about a mile or two away from the fire. i can tell you it's pretty smoky out here. not the easiest conditions to breathe. i'll tell you what, this fire shows absolutely no signs of letting up. we're expecting high temperatures today and high winds so this could be a very difficult day. raging wildfires across colorado are forcing thousands to get out of harm's way. >> get out now! >> reporter: the black forest fire south of denver multiplying

in size in just hours, and engulfing thousands of acres in its path. the thick billowing smoke visible for miles. massive flames consumes dozens of buildings in this heavily wooded area. >> we are still at zero containment. the fire is still pretty well scattered. it's not just one wall of fire. >> reporter: firefighters say record-high winds and high temperatures are fueling the fast-moving fires. >> with night fall, we hope that the wins have certainly died down since earlier today. >> reporter: the black forest fire, at least one of the fires ablaze in colorado, 150 firefighters aid in the battle. >> we have other fires around the state draining the resources but right now, i cannot be more pleased with the aid we've received >> reporter: this area is no stranger to fires. the waldo canyon fire killed

two. >> we're experienced with wildfires. >> reporter: and colorado was not alone. in northern california a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning was the cause of another fire near kingston, new mexico. and earlier, not showing any signs of slowing down. well, this fire has already taken out or damaged dozens of homes, no official count right now. one of the big challenges today is resources with several fires burning throughout the state. they have to get more folks in, i'm sure that will happen today. right now, christine, this fire has zero percent containment. >> whoa, that's not good. dan, not everyone heeded evacuation orders, right? some people are having trouble getting out. what are officials telling them to do now? >> reporter: well, i have to tell you, their experience with wildfires in this area, so people generally have a good sense of when to stay, when to

leave. at this point, they're telling folks, if you haven't left, now is the time to really -- stressing that people need to take this fire seriously. hopefully, more people do that today. we don't have a precise number in terms of the number of people who stayed in their homes but apparently there are a few who stayed so hopefully those people will heed those warnings, christine. >> can the fire crews count on any help from the weather today. good morning. >> good morning. unfortunately, it looks like the heat will still be on. the bigger problem is how dry it is out there. we see the red flag warnings around the area. there's a chance of thunderstorms later on in the week, it's so dry. it looks like the real threat could be more lightning. i want to show you the contrast here. look how warm it is. notice we see 90s and 70s on the other side. there's a big temperature difference there. with that, the bigger weather story should be the severe weather.

notice all the moist air. once again all of these ingredients. plain dry airlining up with the ridge. with that, we have that moderate risk out there today. what does that mean? we have the threat for tornadoes. big cities, we're talking about chicago, indianapolis, columbus. >> indra, thank you so much. the man behind one of the biggest security leaks in the u.s. on the run. a major development is expected today. the director of the national security agency testifies on capitol hill. there could be fireworks, there could be tough questions. he will be grilled on the comprehensive controversial data-mining operation that the nsa oversees. he might also be asked if anyone has any idea where the leaker is now. here's joe johns. >> >> reporter: investigators are asking where in the world is the man at the center of the scandal. former intelligence contract worker edward snowden. members of congress were told at

a briefing at the capital that the national security agency doesn't know a real irony says former justice department official andrew mcbride. >> on one hand, the nsa is collecting all of this information, and we have liberties on the other hand, they don't know where this guy is. >> reporter: chief both the national security agency and the u.s. cybercommander, heading to capitol hill hill and can expect a grilling this afternoon. at least one member said he was surprised by the scope of the surveillance program. >> i did not know one billion records a day were coming understand the control of the federal executive branch. >> reporter: it's part of the growing outcry for the government to make more information available to the public about its secret phone and internet tracking program. and it's not just politicians. internet giants, google, microsoft and facebook are calling for greater transparency, and permission to tell the public what they gave

out. and lawsuits are threatening including the aclu challenging the constitution nalt of the phone program. suspected leaker edward snowden said he wants that debate. >> the public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong. and i'm willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didn't change these. i didn't modify the story. this is the truth. this is what's happening. you should decide whether we need to be doing this. >> reporter: while a law enforcement official says there's no time frame for when charges will be filed, legal experts say the most likely charge is unauthorized disclosure of classified information under the epps upon 1/2 act. >> there's one felony that clearly applies and that's the disclosure felony which has a ten-year max. so you can stack those up any way you want, under the sentencing guidelines, basically, he's looking at ten years. >> with the alleged misconduct

in its ranks an internal memo from the department's inspector general obtained by the cnn claims high-ranking officials stepped in to stop investigations including a u.s. ambassador and then secretary of state hillary clinton's security detail accused of soliciting prostitutes. accused of sexual assaulting foreign guards and an alleged drug ring in iraq. cnn obtained a statement from the ambassador whose name has not been made public calling the claims against him baseless. now, to the gripping intense situation in turkey. new developments this morning. protesters are scheduled to sit down face-to-face with the man they're rallying against, the prime minister. reaching a fever pitch in taksim square last night. protesters setting off water cannons, stun grenades, at

limes, celebrations also in protests. our correspondents have been on the ground in the thick of all of this, covering every flare-up, let's take a live look at taksim square. there has been cleanup there this morning. now we're seeing riot police out there. arwa damon joins us live from istanbul, overlooking taksim square. good morning, arwa. >> reporter: good morning, john, and the scene here quite different as to what it was 24 hours ago. but what we are seeing this morning is the gezi park demonstrators. they barricades themselves from the park to the front entrance. the entrance that is closest to where the riot police are lined up. there have been been any clashes so far this morning. but just take a look at some of the images that show what happened just last night. >> reporter: we've been watching all day, tear gas, fires, molotov cocktails, filling the

air in the heart of the city. >> reporter: we don't know what sparked this police move but some sort of altercation. they've been seeing that all day. there's no reason why that would trigger such a response by police. >> reporter: we're in the park right now, putting our gas tasks on once again because there's more tear gas. you can see -- people are trying to help us out, because of the tear gas. the entire front part of the park right now has been cleared out because of the intensity of what was just fired in. >> reporter: in the center of the city, fueling so much of the popular response. >> reporter: up to this point, it's kind of building up step-by-step. the government and prime minister is trying to get -- >> reporter: there doesn't seem to be a specific police plan to retain control over this part of the city. >> reporter: violence is just

evolving in the last few minutes. and riot police push their way forwards, down the side street, running on the park in that direction. there's now tear gas coming into the park. [ indiscernible yelling ] >> reporter: not tear gas, but instead, fireworks. lots of tear gas in the air. a substantial police presence. in the very center of the square itself. and, of course, the question remains what exactly is the ending here. >> now, the prime minister is supposed to be holding a meeting in the turkish capital in ankara in just a few hours. but what the government is saying, if individuals -- some of the people who have been part of the protests, but we spoke with one man who is a member of the taksim solidarity platform. that is the core umbrella group that is responsible for the gezi

park demonstrations. he said that they were not even formally invited. and that all those who would be attending this meeting were effectively people who allied themselves with the government. he was saying for those individuals, the protesters that have really been a part of this from the very beginning, they by and large believe that negotiating, speaking with the government at this point in time, would be completely fruitless, because of the government's heavy-handed attitude, use of force, towards these demonstrators. but also because of the government, the prime minister's rhetoric towards these demonstrators as well. >> and the prime minister's party calling for counterdemonstrations over the week. it's hard to see how the protesters will count them sitting down with the leaders today. arwa damon in that square. thank you for being with us today. president obama travels to boston to meet with ed markey running for senate.

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♪ the pictures tell the whole story. colorado on fire. homes destroyed. thousands evacuated including 800 prison inmates. this could be just the beginning. and tracking a killer over decades. one woman's heroic story helping to catch the man who killed her father 26 years after the murder. and brawl on the baseball field between the dodgers and diamondbacks. what ignited this all-out fight. whoa. >> i've got to tell you, i woke up, on twitter, all the baseball people i follow, said this was something. this was a crazy, crazy fight. a lot of bad blood involving big

time stars in this game. we're going to show you the whole, ugly messy thing. welcome back to "early start" everyone. i'm a very excited john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's only 5:30 in the east and berman's excited. >> crews battling five, count them, five wildfires in colorado. state emergency officials say the royal gorge fire has forced the evacuation of 800 inmates from a prison in canyon city. the worst of the fire is near colorado springs. that has burned at least 7500 acres, just throwing dozens of structures, forcing thousands to evacuate their homes. at this point, firefighters have zero containment. zero. and the weather this morning not their friend at all. conditioner dry, hot and wind. indra peterson is tracking that for us. not a lot of that in sight.

>> it clearly shows how dry it is. a lot of red flag warnings out there. it looks like for the next several days, the forecast is not changing. the only thing we're seeing, a chance of thunderstorms, for the next two days, but dry, enhancing the effect for more wildfires. we saw the contrast of humidity on the east to the west. but the other contrast this morning, look at all of these warm temperatures and notice it's cooler to the north. all of this is actually setting up a big picture for severe weather again. the other ingredient we have, a low, actually in california, to cruise over the jet stream. and now notice, with all of this and all of these ingredients, we have a threat for severe weather. in fact, it's a heightened threat. awe moderate risk area. columbus, ohio, we're looking at the threat for not only tornadoes but especially very strong winds out there. what i want to point out, tomorrow, this shifts to the east. once again in the mid-atlantic states, we're talking about that threat for severe weather.

just what we saw a few days ago. the baltimore area has recovered from at least three confirmed tornadoes now all three classified as the weakest category with maximum wind speeds, 65 to 80 miles per hour. they packed a mean punch on monday. one of them demolished a homeowner's garage. scattered debris over half of this four-acre property. >> tornado came through the back here. right over the garage. went down through here and disappeared. it's just so intense and so quick. you couldn't really see anything. it was just like a dark white cloud full of rain and debris. >> the twister count could go up. the national earth weather service is checking possible tornado damage in five other spots in maryland. new york mayor michael bloomberg helping to develop plans for superstorms like sandy. bloomberg's plan calls for giant removable flood walls to be built around lower manhattan,

15-foot walls in areas of staten island. and new dunes will be constructed on beaches in staten island and queens. the price tag for this, not cheap at all. some $20 billion. all right. nobody seems to know the whereabouts of edward snowden this morning. the man who told the world about the nsa secret mining operations is staying in the shadows. so is his girlfriend lindsay mills. we don't know much about the woman he left behind, but she wants the world to know she's struggling. more from miguel marquez. >> reporter: the man at the center of the controversy left everything behind for his beliefs. >> you have to make a determination about what it is that's important to you. and if living unfreely but comfortably is something you're willing to accept -- >> reporter: snowden said he cut his ties cleanly with everyone he knew or was close to including his girlfriend lindsay mills who lived with him here in hawaii. mills father's said that his daughter dated snowden for five

years, but met him only a few times. >> he's head strong, convictions are right and wrong, it kind of makes sense, but still shocked. >> reporter: snowden prepared for that shock, telling "the guardian" my primary fear is that they will come after my family, my friends, my partner, anyone i have a relationship with. snowden told "the guardian," law enforce hunt had already been in touch with mills. in her blog adventures of a world traveling pole dancing superhero just days ago, june 10th, mills wrote, my world opened and closed all at once. leaving me lost at sea without a compass. she and snowden moved out of this rented home outside of honolulu on may 6th. he told "the guardian" he left the home may 20th telling mills, he'd be back in a few weeks. what's curious, she also packed everything up and left for the main land. as the story unfolds people in the neighborhood are cautious

about going on camera. one thing that several neighbors have told us that they found peculiar about the situation is that when they looked at this garage, they saw boxes all the way to the top of the windows here. the question is, where have those boxes gone. and the contents of the house. mills' father told cnn his daughter is now on the west coast visiting friends. just when she left hawaii still a question. so is whether she had any clue about her boyfriend's plans. on her blog, she said snowden's family was in town may 17th just three days before he left his life behind. her next post on june 3rd, she wrote, the past two weeks have been a cluster rumble of fun, disaster and adventure. six days later, her boyfriend revealed he was the source of the leaked security documents, triggering as many questions as answers. miguel marquez, cnn, honolulu. a showdown on the senate,

armed services committee chairman carl ledgen plans to remove a major championed by gillibrand. it calls for military prosecutors, not commanders to decide which assault cases to try. levin said he'll oppose said that senior officers who designed to pursue sexual assault cases. and opening statements get under way in the trial of confirmed mob boss james "whitey" bulger. he is charged with 19 murders, along with loan sharking, money laundering, shaking down book makers and drug dealers for protection money. prosecutors say from the late '70s through the mid-'90s, whitey bulger rose to the top. it took 26 years to find her father's killer. now justine martinez said she finally has justice. he tirelessly tracked social media for a decade.

she spent less than $300 to hunt down the man who killed her father. because of her, that man is in custody this morning. here is poppy harlow. >> reporter: it's like a dream for jocelyn martinez. what is your greatest memory of your father? >> those parties we had at the restaurant. >> reporter: after 26 years, her father's alleged killer arrested. his capture thanks in large part to her. >> my family told me you'll never get that man. >> reporter: jocelyn was just 9 when her father was murdered in 1996. jose martinez was shot and killed outside of the restaurant he and his wife owned. but the suspect fled to the dominican republic. the nypd said the murder case was closed in 1988. after receiving information that santos was jailed in the dominican republic. what the nypd didn't know that

just a year later, santos was released >> they should not have closed the case. >> reporter: in 2006, jocelyn started hunting online for her father's alleged killer delving into websites like background.com. >> reporter: what did you find? >> i didn't know i had so much stuff. i really didn't. >> reporter: but after years of searching -- >> let me look. oh, my god, i have this person at the background check right at the top. >> reporter: she took what she found here to the 34th precinct in november. >> because november's the anniversary of my father's death and i get upset. >> reporter: police say it's only because of her efforts they were able to capture santos. >> obviously, she made a concerted effort, and it paid off. >> reporter: a police source tells cnn after santos was arrested in miami thursday, he confessed to murdering jose martinez. >> what do you think your dad would say? >> i -- you know, i think he would just hug me and smile. he would smile a lot. >> reporter: nypd detectives are

now in miami and plan to bring santos back to new york friday. he will be arraigned next week and faces second degree murder charges. poppy harlow, cnn, new york. turkey's prime minister will meet today with leaders of the protests now taking place in istanbul. you're looking right now at live pictures from taksim square. riot police are in place. so far, there's been no violence this morning. prime minister erdogan said he'd listen to what protesters say but he's not promising any changes. 3200 demonstrators have been hurt in the last week. the party says they will hold a series of counterdemonstrations in ankara and istanbul. some amazing video you have to see here. a group of fishermen off the coast of alaska, they were reeling in their catch when they got much more than just halibut. this is what they got.

we're about to show you. it's coming. it's coming. that, that right there is a killer whale. listen to the reaction. look at that. it was quite a reaction we just heard. one of the fishermen posted the footage on his facebook page. >> that is something. that is really something. all right. coming up, baseball brawl. we'll tell you what brought the dodgers and the diamondbacks out of the dugouts -- whoa! to express their frustration. gentlemen, that's not the way. >> this is ugly. one for the ages. all business purchases.

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what's so far been a dismal season for the dodgers. here's casey wian. >> reporter: tuesday night began with more smiles from dodgers rookie sensation puig who entered the game against the diamondbacks patting .500 as the national reigning player of the week. his first week in the majors. a cuban defector who signed a $42 million seven-year contract has become a favorite of teammates and fans. >> i'm so excited. >> reporter: puig was mihit in e face with a 92-mile-an-hour fastball. the next homer tied the game. and the first major league bench-clearing brawl and his first ejection from the game. that's not likely to change the feelings of experts who give him the compliment who runs for

average and power, running fast and can field a throw. >> we have seen all five tools in the first three games in which he played. it's just been truly remarkable to see smudge talent. and to see it immediately. >> reporter: legendary dodger scout mike prieto helped sign puig. >> he's on top of the game. >> reporter: he is not just help ought dodgers on the feel. he's also helping out their bottom line. >> what a reckless and crazy

buy. i'm bonkers over watching the kid play baseball. >> reporter: it's too far to say however some are calling the cuban missile will fly, but his rise so far has been nothing short of spectacular. casey wian, cnn, los angeles. >> so to review here, puig, awesome. that brawl at dodgers stadium, not awesome at all. a woman accused of scaring kids with a chain saw and a ski mask. >> ooh. >> why police said she did. >> she faces jail time. >> i would hope. he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes

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>> whoa! >> reporter: here at yo sushi in london this waitress has four propellers and tends to drop food upon liftoff. the flying tray is equipped with cameras so the controller can steer it using an ipad. but don't be surprised if dinner lands in your lap. >> whoo! >> well, it's in test. so we work on something that is pushing boundaries, using conveyer belts to bring dinner to places is going to work. >> reporter: conveyor belt developed by the japanese is yo sushi's claim to fame. off of hovering plates. ceo says the flying tray service may be in place by late summer. but we're not holding our breath. what's next? delivering room service via drone? the domino's pizza in the uk is already experimenting. the delivers pizza by drone

pizza tunt. what is it with the food gym incorporates lately. do you see what oscar mayer is doing with bacon? it's billed as the perfect father's day present. >> when words just aren't enough, say it with bacon. >> reporter: oscar mayer selling bacon collections. the commander, the matador, the woodsman. which includes boxed bacon in a utility tool. the matador sells for 28 bucks. select a card with matey message. "you're the second best reason to wake up in the morning." >> give a gift from the oscar mayer original collection. >> reporter: from frying to flying, maybe it's okay for r. kelly to think he can fly. i believe i fly ♪ >> reporter: on a rice bun and teriyaki chicken burger -- ♪ spread my wings and fly away ♪ >> reporter: now, that's a crash

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exploding overnight in the rocky mountains. >> we're talking five separate fires raging out of control this month in colorado. the biggest is the black destroyed dozens of structures, and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and state emergency management says the royal gorge fire forced the evacuation of some 800 inmates from a prison, they say it's a precaution, weather conditions not friendly for firefighters this morning. hot, dry, gusty winds. cnn's dan simon live in colorado springs this morning. what is the situation right now, dan? >> reporter: hi, john. this is a very destructive fire as you said it's taken out or damaged dozens of structures. don't have an official count and with record-breaking temperatures and very windy conditions this fire apparently shows no sign of letting up. raging wildfires across colorado are forcing thousands to get out of harm's way.

>> get out, go! get in your cars! >> reporter: the black forest fire south of denver multiplying in size in just hours and engulfing thousands of acres in its path. massive flames consuming dozens of buildings in this heavily wooded area. >> we are still at zero containment. the fire is still pretty well scattered. it's not just one wall of fire. >> reporter: firefighters say strong winds and record high temperatures are fueling the fast-moving fires. >> with nightfall, cooler air, hopefully the winds have died down. >> reporter: the black forest fires one of at least five fires ablaze across colorado. some 150 firefighters and the national guard aiding in the battle. >> we have other firefighters draining resources but i could not be more pleased with the support we received. >> reporter: this area is no stranger to devastating fires. last summer the waldo canyon

fire killed two and destroyed 346 homes. >> i'm not experienced wildfires. i won't underestimate it again. >> reporter: in northern california a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning the cause of another fire growing near kingston, new mexico and early a devastating fire season not showing any signs of slowing down. this black forest fire is not contained at all, zero percent. one of the big challenges is getting enough resources in place, several fires raging throughout the state. the big priority will be to get more firefighters on the front lines. >> dan simon our thanks to you. will they get any help with the weather? we're joined by indra petersons tracking the storm -- the weather for us. wish there was a storm, dry weather. >> you're talking about how dry

it is. the relative humidity, 22% in denver so all of colorado notice how dry it is really in the western half and this is the early morning hours when you typically see some recovery. by the afternoon single digit relative humidity and they have the high fire danger. the low that rode over the jet stream. you saw the moisture on the east coast, all of the moisture banking up against the dry air. warm air to the south and cold air to the north, all of this producing a severe weather threat, talking about a moderate risk area today. we're talking about big cities, chicago, indianapolis, cincinnati and all of this dealing with the threat of straight line winds, strong winds, 90-mile-per-hour winds that could could be long-lived and isolated threat for tornadoes. remember what we saw a few days ago looking at a moderate risk already a day ahead of time expected in the new england area so severe weather definitely on all of our minds today. >> more severe weather headed

this way, thanks a lot. get ready for fireworks on capitol hill, keith alexander is set to testify before senator this is afternoon. many of them are demanding greater transparency from the agency and one lingering question the director will have to face, a question no one seems able to answer. here's joe johns. >> reporter: investigators are asking where in the world is the man at the center of the scandal? former intelligence contract worker eric snowden. members of congress were told in a briefing at the capitol that the national security agency doesn't know, a real irony, says former justice department official andrew mcbride. >> on the one hand the nsa is collecting all this information and we have no liberties and on the other hand they don't know where this guy is. >> reporter: chief of the national security agency and cyber command keith alexander is heading to capitol hill and can expect a grilling this afternoon. at least one member says he was

surprised by the scope of the surveillance program. >> i did not know a billion records a day were coming under the control of the federal executive branch. >> reporter: it's part of the growing outcry for the government to make more information available to the public about its secret phone and internet tracking programs, and it's not just politicians, internet giants, google, microsoft and facebook are calling for permission to tell the public what they gave out and lawsuits are threatening, including the aclu challenging the constitutionality of the phone program. suspected leaker edward snowden says he wants that debate. >> the public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong and i'm willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didn't change these. i didn't modify the story. this is the truth. this is what's happening. you should decide whether we

need to be doing this. >> reporter: while a law enforcement official says there's no time frame for when charges will be filed legal experts the most likely charge is unauthorized disclosure of classified information under the espionage act. >> there's one felony that clearly applies the disclosure felony, so you can stack those up all you want but under the sentencing guidelines basically he's looking at ten years. >> the state department defending it self against claims it tried to stop investigations of its own people, in an internal memo obtained by cnn the inspector general alleges high ranking officials thwarted probes into a number of incidents including a u.s. ambassador and member of hillary clinton's security detail accused of soliciting prostitutes. and an alleged drug ring operating near the u.s. embassy in iraq. the state department responded

saying we hold all employees to the highest standards. we take allegations of misconduct seriously and we investigate thoroughly. ariel castro scheduled to be arraigned in ohio. he's been indicted on 329 counts, kidnapping, rape, murder and holding three women captive. he held them for over a decade, restraining them with cords and tape. the women are free and healing privately adjusting to their new lives. more delays in the jury selection of nidal hasan. he could face the death penalty if convicted in the november 2009 shootings. he's asking for a three month delay to prepare his case. in sanford, florida, jury selection continues in the george zimmerman murder trial. on tuesday prosecutors and

defense attorneys questioned ten potential jurors. the high profile nature of the case very much coming into place. all of the jurors say they have heard something about the shooting of trayvon martin. none have been seated yet. now to the gripping tense situation in turkey, new developments this morning, live pictures from taksim square, protest leaders are scheduled to sit down face-to-face with the prime minister, the very man they've been rallying against. no active protests but as you can also see riot police are in place waiting just in case. you can also see the square cleaned up just a little bit. this is quite a difference compared to last night when protests reached a fever pitch, demonstrators fending off tear gas, water cannons and stun grenades. our correspondents have been on

the ground. arwa damon joins us from istanbul, overlooking taksim square. arwa at this point now it looks like a different situation from last night when we saw you walking around in a gas mask. >> reporter: it most certainly is a completely different situation here this morning. what you see behind me, the traffic in taksim square, it is almost back to normal. lot of people are filing through the square going about their daily business. many of the roads that were blocked off have been opened except for the road that is underneath the opera house, that's the building that has the turkish flags draped down from it. underneath there, there are still riot police that are waiting on standby but a lot of the gezi park protesters remaining inside the park, managed to barricade themselves in front of one of the entrances that leads from the park down a

set of steps into taksim square, a substantial barricade that even includes the burnt out carcass of a vehicle that they managed to drag up there but a very, very different situation than what we were seeing even just some 12, 8 hours ago. one also has to remember when we look back at the demonstrations, there have been lulls taking place, moments of calm and seems it erupts at any given moment. >> we know there's this meeting scheduled today between the prime minister and what his people are calling protest leaders. what's going on with this? >> well, look, a lot of the protesters, a lot of the leaders of these various different groups that have been involved in the gezi park protests since the beginning are not attending that meeting. one member of the main umbrella coalition responsible for the

demonstrations has said they were not even officially invited and he and others have been telling us to sit down and try to negotiate with the government at this point in time would be effectively fruitless because of what happened yesterday, because of the government's ongoing use of excessive force against these demonstrators who are by and large peaceful but also because of the prime ministers as they describe it condescending rhetoric toward the demonstrat r demonstrators, calling them marginal, going so far as to call them extremists. they say those people attending the meeting are mostly allied with the government to begin with so it's the government effectively speaking to itself to try to bring about resolution to what has become an incredibly complex issue that is about so much more than just the protection of gezi park. >> arwa damon in istanbul overlooking taksim square, calm

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edward markey has a shrinking lead in the polls, a scenario eerily similar to three years ago. here's jim acosta. >> reporter: at the second debate in the race to fill an open senate seat in massachusetts it didn't take long for the gloves to come off. gabriel gomez tried to tie ed markey to the four decades in washington. >> you are in washington, d.c., then you own the national. >> reporter: he's arguing more conservative. >> i've had a job it is to fight the taet party republicans. >> reporter: it's feisty for weeks. ever since markey's campaign launched this web video slamming gomez for his links to a group that accused president obama of taking too much credit for the killing of osama bin laden.

gomez hit back, some in his own party winced. >> to be as dirty and low pond scum. >> reporter: do you really think ed markey is pond scum? >> should i have said it, probably not. >> reporter: the latest polls have markey up by seven points, roughly the same position mar y ly coakley was in facing scott brown. president obama flew in for a rally but it was too late. guess who is coming in for markey with less than two weeks to go. does this mean that your lead is not a comfortable one? >> just the opposite. my opponent, gabriel gomez, he had john mccain in. >> i guess i'm the reason he's coming up here, going to try to prop up congressman markey. >> reporter: the biggest political event will be president obama's rally with ed markey later today.

republicans know all too well it will be tough to have lightning strike twice which is which one gop operative they're hoping markly will "coakley it up soon." >> thanks to jim for that. one thing overshadowing the senate race a key trial and later today a boston jury will hear opening statements in the federal murder and racketeering trial of james "whitey" bulger. he's charged with 19 murders, lonesharking, money laundering and shaking down boston bookmakers and drug dealers for protection money. prosecutors say from the late '70s through the mid '90s that james "whitey" bulger rose to the top of the notorious winter hill gang. in kansas a jury convicted a former police officer of murdering his wife. jurors deliberated for only six hours before reaching a verdict against brett seacat.

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for us. >> unfortunately we do not have any good news. we're talking about warm conditions but notice the difference where you see the green, that's all the moisture out there and that bull's eye of dry air currently on the western states where we continue to see the wildfires popping up. in the morning hours humidities in the teens and 20s but as we go through the afternoon we see those drop down to single digits. we're watching a dry low, picked up moisture going over the ridge. remember the moisture down here, the cold dry up here and notice where the core of the jet stream winds are so there's strong winds right there, those exact same states will have the threat for severe weather. today is a moderate risk, much higher and narrowing on large cities, not just the threat for tornadoes but straight line winds that could be long-lived as damaging as tornadoes themselves, we're talking about chicago, indianapolis and cincinnati and columbus, ohio,

all that moves toward new england. >> thank you so much. baltimore recovering from three confirmed tornadoes, all three classified as ef0, maximum speeds 65 to 85 miles per hour but they packed a mean punch. one demolished a homeowner's garage and scattered debris across more than half of his four-acre property. >> tornado came right through the back here, right over the garage, went down through here and disappeared. it's just so intense and so quick. you couldn't really see anything. it was just like a dark white cloud full of rain and debris. >> the twister count could go up. the national weather service is checking possible damage in five other spots this morning. mayor bloomberg is rolling out a plan to protect his city from global warming.

he's calling for 15 to 20-foot levees constructed in parts of staten island to protect brooklyn from storm surges and new dunes constructed on beaches in staten island and queens. not even the nsa knows the whereabouts of ed snowden this morning, if you believe them the man who told the world about the agency's secret data mining operation remains in hiding, so does his girlfriend of five years, lindsay mills. we don't know a lot about the woman snowden left behind but she's making it clear that she's struggling. here's miguel marquez. >> reporter: the man at the center of the controversy left everything behind for his beliefs. >> you have to make a determination about what it is that's important to you and if living unfreely but comfortably is something you're willing to accept. >> reporter: snowden says he cut his ties cleanly with everyone he knew or was close to including his girlfriend lindsay

mills who lived with him in hawaii. they dated for five years but met him only a few times, her father. >> it kind of makes sense but still shock. >> reporter: snowden prepared for that shock telling "the guardian" my primary fear is they will come after my family, my friends, my partner, anyone i have a relationship with. snowden told "the guardian" law enforcement had already been in touch with mills. in her blog adventures of a world traveling pole dancing superhero just days ago june 10th, mills wrote my world opened and closed all at once, leaving me lost at sea without a compass. she and snowden moved out of this rented home on may 6th. he told "the guardian" he left her hong kong may 20th telling mills he'd be back in a few weeks but leaving the reason vague. what's curious she packed

everything up and left for the mainland. as the story unfolds and people in the neighborhood here are more cautious about going on camera. one thing several neighbors have told us they found peculiar about this situation is that when they looked at this garage, they saw boxes all the way to the top of the windows here. the question is, where have those boxes gone and the contents of the house? mills' father told cnn his daughter is now on the west coast visiting friends, just when she left hawaii still a question, so is whether she had any clue about her boyfriend's plans. her family was in town three days before he left. "the past few weeks have been a cluster jumble of fun, disaster and adventure." six days later her boyfriend released that he was the source of the leaked security documents. now to a gruesome murder in

texas a woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death, his bloody body discovered with more than 30 puncture wounds to the head and upper body, the alleged murder weapon a high heel stiletto shoe. cnn's victor blackwell has the details. >> reporter: anna trujillo shuffled into court wearing an orange jumpsuit and flat vinyl sandals but it's the stiletto heel that led to a murder charge in the death of dr. stefan anderson. >> officer rang the doorbell and the defendant answered the door with blood on her clothes and hands. >> reporter: after a night of partying police say the two went to anderson's apartment inside this houston high-rise. an argument about a man who wanted to buy her a drink earlier in the night turned physical. the 44-year-old one-time massage

therapist says she hit anderson repeatedly with the heel of her shoe. >> he appeared to have ten puncture wounds to the head, some one to one and a half inches deep. he also had 15 to 20 other puncture wounds along his face and arms and neck. >> she had talked to the police and given them an initial statement involving self-defense so we're going to start there and work our way through. >> reporter: joey jackson is a cnn legal analyst. >> the first thing that you have to look at is the proportionality of the force. what do i mean? you have a right to defend yourself but the issue becomes that the force used has to be proportionate to the threat that's posed. >> reporter: according to court records police found anderson lying in the hallway face up and the face of a stiletto shoe in his head. jim carroll is the manager at the hotel where she once lived.

>> twice she told me if anybody ever messed with her she pulled her shoe off and said i'll get him with this. >> reporter: victor blackwell, cnn, atlanta. turkey's prime minister is set to meet today with leaders of the ongoing protests in istanbul. live pictures from taksim square. prime minister erdogan is not were promising any major changes. 4,300 have been injured and two killed. in the last week supporters of the akp political party say they'll hold a series of counter demonstration this is weekend in ankara and istanbul. no change in the condition of nelson mandela, he remains in serious but stable condition. the 94-year-old former south african president is battling recurring lung infection, this is his fourth stay in the hospital since december, a massive police presence now reported around the pretoria

hospital. 23,000 forced to flee when a dam gives way in northeastern germany along the swollen elba river. flooding rivers forcing some 1,200 people in hungary to clear out but good defenses along the danube river appear to have held in budapest. at least 19 people have died in the flooding. in switzerland heavy rains caused mud flows including one that washed over train tracks as a train was passing by. we're told the tracks are now out of commission for at least a week. a group of mishermen off the coast of alaska got more than they bargained for. >> oh, oh! oh my god! are you kidding me? >> are you kidding me? >> no. >> that's a killer whale going after the halibut they were trying to reel in. you don't see that every day. no doubt they'll have fish stories to tale. >> they're mammals, whales are not fish. >> my 7-year-old would correct

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welcome back to "early start". have you been driven to distracti distraction? the thing that was supposed to keep us safely connected may be dangerous. chris lawrence is in washington with that story. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, christine. we used to think as long as i'm not fumbling around with the phone making calls or shooting texts i'm okay, but a new study by aaa and the university of

utah measure actual brain activity and it shows you could be just as distracted with your eyes on the road and your hands on the wheel. we all thought hands free would allow us to combine the morning commute with the demands of staying connected. >> making the decision to talk hands free and interact with this technology does pose a considerable risk. >> reporter: but i wanted to get a firsthand look. >> let's drive. >> reporter: so researchers wired me up to see if i could still drive. >> so this is measuring your background mental workload. >> reporter: making hands three calls and using newise to-to-text technology. >> we should get together sometime soon. okay. what would you like to say? >> how about sunday? >> reporter: one message seems simple enough. next message. >> text from courtney. >> reporter: until you realize they just keep coming.

>> your next message is loading. message from psychology survey, text from victoria. are you busy tonight? >> does 8:00 work for you? >> reporter: and the more i tried to multitask the less my brain could do. >> how your driving performance deteriorated, your brain activity really was reduced and transformed, during the process of trying to perform tasks behind the wheel. >> reporter: it's hard to disconnect. i get it. my daughter's in day care and catches every cold known to man, my wife works ten hours a day and nine months pregnant and my bosses at cnn they want what they want when they want it so when can i put this down? >> we also collected your brain waves while you were driving. >> reporter: and those prove that even when i wasn't using my hands, my brain was still engaged in conversation. >> siri, do i have any text messages?

>> reporter: the automakers and app designers are not making it easier adding facebook and twitter to our dashboards. >> this really is a serious looming public safety crisis for us. >> when i'm trying to look out for the red and the green light and listen to the message and keep my eye on the pylons, it was tougher than i thought it was. there doesn't seem to be any real agreement on what to do about it. one, part of the government says we should ban all electronic devices inside the car. another says it's up to the individual states and meanwhile the app makers like apple are introducing entire operating systems into our vehicles so this doesn't seem to be slowing down any time soon. >> first of all the breaking news is your wife is expecting a baby congratulations, at any moment. >> reporter: thank you very much. i'm enjoying my last few weeks of sleep. >> and good luck with that. i thought the hat you were

wearing was smashing, looked very good on you and thank you for pointing out your cnn bosses are the ones making you drive not safely. well done on that. >> thanks, chris. a showdown in the senate over sexual assaults in the military. carl levin plans to move a measure calling for military prosecutor, not commanders to decide which assault cases to try. levin will propose that senior officers review decisions by commanders who decline to pursue charges of sexual assault. authorities in south carolina are considering switching to new high tech license plates, these new fangled plates are called e-tags and made of electronic paper and give authorities an interesting new option if your license is suspended or car stolen state officials can alter your e-tag and the message would warn the

car is stolen. it would help lower insurance rates, even better reduce the amount of trips to the dmv. >> an interesting idea. you think about how digital we are and it's really interesting. you could think about it for all kinds of things. tiger woods and sergio garcia shook his hand to say hi. he did not verbally apologize for a remark when asked if they'd dine at the u.s. open outside of philadelphia garcia said they'd eat fried chicken. he sent woods a note of apoll gee. coming up the heat quenched, the spurs roll over miami to take the upper hand in the nba finals, all the details, another thrilling game. where was lebron? details in "the bleacher report" next.

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more details about paris jackson's apparent suicide attempt. the l.a. fire department released audio of a dispatcher asking for paramedics. >> female [ bleep ] o.d.'d on 20 motrin and cuts her arm with a kitchen knife. >> the 15-year-old daughter of michael jackson is later described as being conscious and breathing. she was taken to the hospital and a lawyer for the family says she's physically fine and receiving medical treatment. we wish her the best. what a wild scene at dponlgers stadium a bench

clearing brawl between the dodgers and diamondbacks. andy scholes joining us with "the bleacher report." >> bottom of the sixth, and yasiel puig took a fastball right to the face. the ball goes right off his nose. puig was down for a while but stayed in the game, top of the seventh grienke retaliates and first pitch he sees from ian kennedy comes at him. after that, it was on. the bull pen runs in, punches start to fly. half of the fight looked like it was taking place in the early '90s as mark maguire, don mattingly, matt williams and kirk gibson were in the middle of the brawl. three dodgers and three diamondbacks were ejected, suspensions likely on the way for many involved in this one. the nba finals tied at 1-1, the team that won game three has

gone on to win the championship 93% of the time, good news for the spurs because they absolutely crushed the heat last night in game three. lebron james continued to struggle, he missed 11 of his first 13 shots. the spurs on the other hand were red hot from beyond the arc, set an nba finals record hitting 16 three-pointers, danny green led the way with 27 points, reserve gary neil hit six threes, added 24 points off the bench and the spurs end one the third largest victory in a finals game to take a 2-1 lead in the series, game four is tomorrow night. tebow mania has arrived in new england. he was signed as a quarterback and he's expected to compete with ryan mallett for the backup job behind tom brady. after yesterday's practice, tebow did not take any questions but he did talk about joining

the patriots. >> i'm very thankful. it's such an honor to be a patriot and play for coach belichick and for coach mcdaniels and learn under tom and be a part of this great franchise and part of a very successful franchise and i found that out firsthand, i've lost to him several times so it will be a lot of fun i'm looking forward to learning under great people so that's all i got but thank you all so much and god bless. >> for now it looks like tebow will be playing quarterback. he's throwing passes right next to tom brady so we'll have to see if bill belichick has anything up his sleeve. >> he's be on the roster as a quarterback but probably not playing so much as a quarterback. that is all for "early start". i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. "starting point" begins right after the break. ♪ i'm your venus [ female announcer ] what does beauty feel like?

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our starting point this morning, thousands running from the flames as wildfires in colorado force evacuations, destroys homes, and charring acres of land right now. we are live on the ground with the latest. riot police on standby this morning after a night of tear gas and water cannons in turkey to fight violent and chaotic protests from demonstrators and the prime minister can they reach a peace? the director of the nsa testifies on private security, some say spying. what will he have to say about the controversial data mining program and the man who leaked the top secret information. and this is not what a group of fishermen were expecting at

the end of their line, incredible video of a killer whale trying to steal their catch just for the halibut. good morning, i'm christine romans. >> it's not a good morning when you start like that. i'm john berman, it is wednesday, june 12th. welcome to "starting point". we're following developments from colorado where hot, dry conditions are fueling wildfires, five of them. crews are battling all the different fires. emergency management officials say 100 prison inmates are being evacuated as a precaution. some 5,000 people threatened by the biggest of the fires have been told to leave their homes. cnn's dan simon live in colorado springs last night, not a good night for firefighters, dan. >> reporter: definitely not, john. this is a destructive wildfire that has already taken out or damaged dozens of homes and with powerful winds and record temperatures, this could be a rary long day.