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 very long day. raging wildfires across colorado

are forcing thousands to get out of harm's way. >> get out, get out, go! get in your cars 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. >> 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 a little bit cooler air, hope the winds, they have certainly died down since earlier today. >> reporter: the black forest fires is one of five fires ablaze across colorado, some 150 firefighters and the national guard aiding in the battle. >> we have other fires around the state that are also draining resources but right now i could not be more pleased with the support we've 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 with wildfires. i tell you what, i won't underestimate it again. >> reporter: and colorado is not alone. in northern california a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning also the cause of another growing wildfire near kingston, new mexico. early a devastating fire season not showing any signs of slowing down. >> let's see where things stand now. mickey trost with the division of fire prevention control joining us live from colorado springs. give me a sense of what the situation there is this morning. we've been hearing overnight zero percent contained and some weather conditions that are perfect for fires. what are you seeing there right now? >> here at the black forest fire we are seeing smoke still coming up through the air, the state office of emergency management

is activating the state emergency operations center this morning to support the five fires that are occurring right now in the state of colorado. >> we're going to show these five active fires now. they multiplied in just hours on tuesday, the big meadows fire, the royal gorge, the black forest, in el paso county and a couple others, you can see where they are. so what is your biggest obstacle at this point? >> you know, there are a couple things they are working with, the fire weather so again today we have red flag warnings, fire weather watch so those high temperatures, low humidity, the winds and then again we have five fires in the state so coordinating those resources and getting them where they need to go. >> two things, coordinate the resources to fight the fire and you also have to move people out of the way. you've moved some prisoners and

ordering evacuation of some of the neighbors. talk to me as you fight the fires what you do to get people out including those prisoners. >> a lot of those evacuations are at the local level so supporting tloelz agencies to get the word out to make sure people know they need to leave, they need to leave now and they need to stay in touch with those local agencies to keep up to date on what the fires are doing. down at the royal gorge fire, yes, they have moved prisoners as a precaution and the smoke is affecting them down there. >> you've had at least nine fires since the middle of may. is that an unusually high number? >> unfortunately last year we saw a similar thing happened last year, we had several fires that occurred when we had the fire weather come through, the hot temperatures, the winds, low

humidity, so unfortunately we saw it last year and we're hoping that the number of fires is lower this year. >> we know that wildfires are actually over time over history they've been a natural way to cleanse the forest. now you have residents here, you've got populations to consider. what are you telling people, what is the best thing that residents in the area can do in this situation? >> you need to prepare. you need to look around your property, be ready no matter where you are in the state. if you have vegetation around you you're in the wildland urban interface areas to really work with your state foresters, work with your local fire departments to mitigate your properties and then to be ready to have your preparedness kits ready to go so that you can be out of your home for three days up to a week, if something like this strikes. >> be ready and then be ready to

run when you need to. micki trost best of luck battling those flames thanks. the man at the helm of the massive security agency and its data operation mining, keith al sander is sure to get grilled by senators, many commademanding m answers. our joe johns joins us live from washington this morning, a lot of questions for ooet alexander, joe. >> that's true. it's still early but we're starting to see indications one of the greatest intelligence gathering complexes in the world might be having a hard time finding its own guy. we know the fbi is helping out but the whereabouts of edward snowden are unclear this morning.

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 which has a ten-year max. so you can stack those up all you want but under the sentencing guidelines basically he's looking at ten years. >> a lot of legal authorities say that if and when charges against snowden have been presented before a magistrate,

and it could have already happened in a secret court doubt, the next step would be to cancel his passport. the question is how well prepared he is to be on the run. john? >> and on the run he will remain until apprehended by some u.s. authorities. joe thanks very much. more questions about the state department's handling of alleged misconduct in its rampgz. an internal mem row obtained by cnn claims high ranking officials stepped in to stop investigations including into a u.s. ambassador and member of then secretary of state's hillary clinton's security detail accused of assaulting a prostitute and an alleged drug ring operating near the embassy in iraq. the state department responded saying we hold all employees to the highest standards and take allegations of misconduct seriously. hillary clinton's spokesman says she was unaware of the

investigation. the ambassador calls the claims against him baseless. new developments this morning, protest leaders are scheduled to sit down face to face with the prime minister and right now a strained calm. protesters are trickling back into taksim square with riot police on standby. >> protests reached a fever pitch last night, demonstrators fended off tear gas, water cannons, stun grenades and at times they set off fireworks in celebration of the protests. arwa damon joins us this morning from istanbul. arwa, they claim calm behind you but people are gathering today. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you both. what you see behind me in taksim square itself is pretty much almost normal traffic, riot police still only have one road blocked off, otherwise there's

been cars flowing through, normal human traffic you'd see as well. taksim is at this point in time clear of demonstrators, they're all congregating in gezi park right off of the square itself but a starkly different situation than what we were seeing a few short hours ago. >> we've been watching all day, tear gas, fires, molotov cocktails filling the air in the heart of the city. >> we don't know what sparked this police move. i think there was some sort of altercation, they've been seeing that all day so no specific reason why that would be cause to trigger such an enormous response by police. >> we're putting our gas masks on once again because there's more tear gas being fired. you can see people trying to help us out because of the tear gas. the entire front part of the park has been cleared out

because of the intensity just fired in. >> the center of the city has been fueled up to the spot. >> this is building up step by step. the governments and the prime minister is trying to get involved in my life. >> reporter: there doesn't seem to be a specific release plan to retain authoritative control over this vital part of the city. >> reporter: all of this is just evolving in the last few minutes and riot police pushed their way forward. they're on the side street running in that direction, there's now tear gas coming into the park. zblirngtsds fireworks. lots of tear gas in the air, a substantial police presence in the very center of the square

itself and of course that question that remains what exactly is the end game here? >> there is that meeting you were talking about supposed to be taking place in just a few hours in the turkish capital ankara. protest leaders we've been speaking to are saying they're not going to be attending. they believe talks and neshss with the government would be fruitless. it's difficult to see how that meeting could lead to any break-through when it comes to ending this current standoff. >> arwa damon thank you, live the attack is imsquare in istanbul. a closer look inside the home of the man accused of kidnapping and raping three women over the last ten years. an all-out brawl on the field after that, dodgers young star gets hit in the face and then more players get hit.

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new developments in cleveland. ariel castro is scheduled to be arraigned in just about two hours. >> he's the cleveland man accused of kidnapping and holding three young women captive for close to ten years. pamela brown has new images for us. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: that's right, christine, good morning to you. we are getting a closer look inside ariel castro's home with some new video this morning. ariel castro will be appearing in the courthouse behind me at 9:00 p.m. eastern time making the appearance in person and expected to plead not guilty to the hundreds of charges he faces. it's our first glimpse inside the so-called house of horrors where ariel castro held gina dejesus, amanda berry and

michelle knight. this video for our affiliate woio shows a disco ball and silver garland hanging in astro's front room. this morning castro is making his second court appearance facing an astounding 329 charges including aggravated murder. >> the vast number of charges is the prosecutoprosecutor's way o signaling this is a very important and heinous case. >> his defense attorney told cnn castro will plead not guilty to all of the charges, accused of using vacuum cords, chains and tape to restrain the girls in his basement and did cause the unlawful termination of michelle knight's unborn baby but the indictment covers half the time the women were held. legal experts say the prosecutor's office is playing a balancing act.

>> what makes this case unusual as much as prosecutors want to throw the book at castro they have to consider the needs of the victims who may not want to testify, who may not want to relive this experience. >> reporter: the survivors continue to have confidence in the survivor's office and hope for a swift and just result. denations are nearly at $is million. >> there she is. >> reporter: since returning home amont ago the women continue to improve. they're visiting nail salons and going to the park. >> they're exceptional human beings having to go through this ordeal and coming out of it and starting to heal and move forward so quickly is amazing. >> reporter: today his arraignment at 9:00 a.m. eastern time, said to be very quick. he'll appear in person, plead not guilty to the charges, he is

expected to waive a full reading of the charges. today a frail judge will be appointed, from there the schedule will be set, you'll see pretrail motions, potential negotiations for a plea deal. the other charges from a grand jury are expected to be filed sometime this summer. the big question, will castro face a death penalty for the aggravated murder charge he cases? we'll have to wait and see. >> pamela brown in cleveland where you'll be covering that hearing just under two hours. >> interesting to see his demeanor, first court appearance he barelized his eyes. opening statements begin in the trying of james "whitey" bulger. the 83-year-old spent 16 years on the run.

he's charged with lone sharking, money laundering and shaking down bookmakers and drug dealers. >> it's an interesting trial. the gloves came off at dodgers stadium last night bad blood when the dodgers and diamo diamondbacks. that was rookie sensation yasiel puig with a punch that bounced off his nose, that led to a bench clearing brawls. this one was plain ugly. it's been a long time since we've seen a brawl on this. much more later. interns, not you, not anchors, interns at google might be making money, more money than you. you will not believe how much google interns are making and i suspect we are not qualified to be google engineers. you're watching "starting point". investor.

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welcome back to "starting point". i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. crews are battling five separate blazes in colorado right now. officials say the smoke and the flames near canyon city are forcing a prison to evacuate 800 inmates as a precaution, this fire, there is zero containment of the black forest fire near colorado springs, it's consumed more than 7,500 acres, displaced 5,000 people. the weather is no help at all. conditions are hot, dry and

windy. >> let's get to indra petersons who is tracking the weather for us. >> as we go through the afternoon conditions get worse, hotter, drier and windier. we're looking at the low relative humidities. the nation is so easy to tell where it's driest and why we continue to see wildfires and why it's so difficult to get any recovery as you go through the afternoon the relative humidity drops down to single digits. low in california, a dry low picked up moisture and made its way to the midwest. what we're watching is also notice the jet stream, the strongest winds here notice the location talking about illinois, indiana, ohio, that same location today is right where that boundary is with the warm, moist air and the cold, dry air. notice the stationary front and the threat for severe weather. we're not only talking about tornadoes but something we don't see as often, long-lived straight line winds could be out there as damaging as tornadoes and the potential is high today.

places like chicago, indianapolis and columbus today unfortunately that threat moves in towards the atlantic region and mid-atlantic tomorrow. >> millions of people should be paying attention. >> at least everyone in the quad cities that's right there. thanks, indra. a lot of people would like to know where edward snowden is hiding. he's laying low for now and so is his girlfriend, lindsay mills is her name. we don't know much about the woman snowed. left behind but she wants the world to know she's hurting. miguel marquez is live in honolulu where they used to live. >> reporter: we're learning more about that girlfriend lindsay mills but we also know that, there were questions what she knew and when and where she is now. when mr. snowden left for hawaii he left for good. 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. mills' father says his daughter dated snowden for some five years but met him only a few times. >> he's always had strong convictions of right and wrong and it kind of makes sense, but still shocking. >> 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. on her blog snowed be's family was in town may 17th just three

days before he left his life behind. 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 revealed he was the source of the leaked security documents. triggering as many questions as answers. now there are so many, many questions out there. one thing investigators would like to know is where are the contents of the house. it is not clear whether or not any warrants have been served here in hawaii or anywhere in the mainland and where all the contents of their house have gone. christine, john, back to you guys. >> thank you so much. after 26 years a daughter's tireless search for her father's killer is finally paying off. jocelyn martinez was 9 when her father was shot and killed. she spent the last decade tracking down the man police say killed her father. now that suspect is behind bars and the nypd the case is solved

largely because of her. poppy harlow joins us with this amazing story. >> i asked her how did you get the perseverance to search for the alleged killer of your father, she aid "i'm a new yorker." jocelyn martinez is the only child of her father jose. less than $300 to track down the man police say killed her father. >> this was his last birthday. >> 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 don't ever forget that name. >> reporter: jocelyn was just 9 when her father was murdered in 1986. jose martinez was shot and killed outside the new york city restaurant he and his wife owned, but the suspect, justos

santos fled to the dominican republic. the nypd says the murder case was closed in 1988 after receiving information that santos was jailed in the dominican republic. what the nypd didn't know, 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 background.com. what did you find? >> i didn't know i had so much stuff, i really didn't. >> reporter: after years of searching -- >> i'm like i think i have something. oh my god, but i had this person in the background check at the top. >> reporter: she took what she found to the 34th precinct in november. >> because november is 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 mart yes's. what do you think your dad would say? >> i think he would just hug me and smile, he would smile a lot. >> i think he certainly would smile. detectives in miami with santos, plan to bring him back to new york on friday, he will be arraigned next week, facing second-degree murder charges. what i found so interesting i asked her why in 2006 did you really delve into this? she said it never sat with me well that my father's killer wasn't jailed in the u.s.. "coach to your success" the book drove her to dive in and try to find him. >> when he is in the courtroom does she plan to face him in. >> she doesn't. look, i checked this off my list and i want to move on with my life. i'm 26 years old, a singer an

actress, she has no te sire to confront him. interestingly she does not use his name ever and found it ironic this happens just before father's day. >> what perseverance and bravery. the court marshal for major nidal hasan is facing further delays. jury selection was supposed to get under way but hasan's decision to represent himself has left more questions. he's asking for a three-month delay to prepare his case. look in the live pictures at the karp value cruise ship "triumph" docking in gallon veryton, s texas. it was stranded with no power and no working toilets. the ship set thursday on a four-day cruise, a cruise that

is completely sold out. >> unbelievable. >> some video you have to see. naked man terrorizes people at a san francisco p.a.r.t. rail station and it's all caught on camera. >> police is on their way. ma'am run, run. >> this happened last month but the video is only now being released. that man, 24-year-old einal perez is seen doing a lot of things, lunging at people doing a backwards bicycle. that is some hand spring back flip all while naked. friends describe his behavior at completely out of character. he turnedered was taken to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. police charged him with misdemeanor battery. >> that's berman's favorite video of the morning. >> i'm who are fired and i can't even say the words naked acrobat. makes me squirm. check out this amazing

video. >> oh my god! are you kidding me? >> are you kidding me? a group of fishermen off the coates of alaska thought they were reeling in a halibut. one posted the footage on his faith book page, it's fun to watch. just ahead the dodgers, diamond backs benches cleared after three got nailed by pichds including that fastball to the face of a new england star. we'll show you the brawl that enjoyed. a new study looks at why women continue to wear painful high heels no matter the cost. you're watching "starting point".

it was a wild scene at dodgers stadium last night, an ugly brawl between the dodgers and diamondbacks. andy scholes joins us with more on "the bleacher report." >> good morning guys, what a crazy scene this was.

it started in the bottom of the sixth, the rookie fee namm yasiel puig took a fastball right to the face. the ball goes right off his nose. pa reeg was down for a while but amazingly stayed in the game. zach grienke retaliates and that changed at the bottom half, grienke first pitch from ian kennedy comes right at him. the bull pens run in, punchds start to fly and half of the brawl looked like it was taking place in the early '90s as mark mcgwire, done mattingly and kirk gibson were all in the middle of the fighting. >> old men fighting. >> three dodgers and three diamondbacks were suspended. when the nba finals has been tied 1-1, the team that win

games three wins 90% of the time. that's god for the san antonio spurs. james finished with just 15 points and spurs were red hot from beyond the arc all night set an nba finals record hitting 16 three-pointers. danny green led the way with 27 points and gary neal had 24 points in the game. the spurs end one the third largest victory taking a 2-1 lead in the series. game four is tomorrow night. tiger woods and sergio garcia shook hands monday morning but no verbal apology for the fried chicken comment he made last month toward tiger. tiger says he's ready to move on. >> no we didn't discuss anything. just came up, said hi and that was it. it's already done, we've already

gone through it all. it's time for the u.s. open and we tee up in two days. >> i did leave him a handwritten note and hopefully he can take a look at it. tebow mania has arrived in new england. he practiced with the mini camp yesterday. 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.

>> say tebow wins the backup job and tom brady goes down this season, how confident are you tebow can win games for your patriots? >> i can't even think of a scenario. i'm mad at you for thinking or even suggesting tom brady goes down. lot of jets fans think the patriots will figure it out and make them look worse. looking forward to that, andy. >> we'll see what happens. >> thanks, andy. denny hamlin is in need for speed and also crusades or cystic fibrosis. check out this edition of "impact your world." >> i'm denny hamlin. we can make an impact on finding a cure for cystic fibrosis, a respiratory disease that affects breathing, the lungs don't function the way they should and eventually you'll need a lung

transplant. my first experience was with my cousin. i never understood why he had to take so much medicine every day until i got older and realized he had we started doing different events and started the short track showdown a couple years after that and really have just grown the foundation over the last few years and contributed to cystic fibrosis as well as children's hospitals in the richmond area. we hope that cf is something that people will recognize as cystic fibrosis, but we eventually hope cf means cure found. join the movement, impact your world at cnn.com/impact. >> so nice to see. ahead on "starting point" they say beauty is pain. that's what they always tell me. the exact moment women feel pain

in their high heels and why they keep wearing them anyway. you're watching "starting point." (girl) what does that say?

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so, it's no secret that many women have a long-standing love affair with shoes, but oft aen more love/hate than we admit. a new study is providing some answers about why women offer choose couture over comfort. ♪ j.lo's are expensive and designer. ♪ kelly pickler seeks revenge in hers. when it comes to women and heels, most say the higher the better, but not all boots are made for walking.

♪ a new survey conducted by england's college of podiatry the average woman feels pain after one hour and six minutes. 43% of women say they have continued to wear uncomfortable shoes. >> i'm 32 and i'm bunion free and wearing heels my whole life. i'm going to still rock them. >> reporter: 36% of women say they'd wear shoes that don't fit in the name of fashion. >> you can't go to a party without heels. >> high heels can cause stress fractures and tendonitis and all types of bone spurs and also encourage bunion and hammer toe formation. it hap aens every day. >> women should know that a sexy pair of shoes may be causing some not so sexy problems for your feet. >> they do develop over time, but even younger girls are

having problem with their feet due to high heel use. >> mary janes. i thought these were an urban shoe myth. >> sarah jessica parker who glamourized couture shoes. all that time in stilettos ruined her feet. still, most women can't give up their shoe lust, the best solution may be to pack a pair of flats. >> flip-flops aren't a good choice to wear all the time. a well rounded shoe with a heel about one inch high. >> thank you for telling me about the flip-flops. that's where i was going to go. >> sarah jessica parker said my feet are done, i have to wear flats. all those years of wearing high heels, you have to pay. >> beauty is pain. ahead on "starting point" thousands evacuated as wildfires spread across colorado. we are live on the ground

tracking the very real danger at the top of the hour. this could just be the beginning.

our "starting point" this morning. thousands evacuating the flames as wildfires in colorado destroy homes and burn acres of land. we're live on the ground with the latest on this danger. as the director of the nsa prepares to testify in washington, what will he say about the agency's leaked surveillance program? plus, why there is a new focus on the journalist involved. getting into an accident in one state could require you to hand over your cell phone. does a new law go too far to prevent distracted driving. >> this is really interesting. i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. welcome to "starting point." colorado crews are battling five wildfires in the state. one forced a prison to evacuate inmates. the largest of the fire, the black forest fire near colorado springs has burned 8,000 acres and triggered thousands of evacuations. the hot, dry conditions now hampering firefighters.

cnn dan simon live in colorado springs for us. good morning. >> good morning, christine. this is going to be a very long day of firefighting. the sun has now already come up. already this fire has consumed or damaged anywhere from 40 to 60 homes. we're talking about record temperatures and strong winds and apparently this fire shows no signs of letting up. raging wildfires across colorado are forcing thousands to get out of harm's way. >> get out! go! get in your cars 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 and massive flames consuming dozens of buildings in this heavily wooded area. >> we're still at zero containment. the fire is still pretty well scattered. 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 and

hope that the winds have certainly died down since earlier today. >> reporter: the black forest fire is one fire ablaze across colorado. some 150 firefighters and the national guard aiding in the battle. >> we have other fires around the state that are also draining resources, but right now, i could not be more pleased with the support we've received. >> reporter: this area is no stranger to devastating fires. last summer, the canyon fire killed two and destroyed 346 homes. >> i'm not experienced with wildfires. i tell you what, i won't underestimate it again. >> reporter: and colorado is not alone. in northern california, a firefighter was killed while fighting a wildfire caused by lightning. lightning also the cause of another growing wildfire near kingston, new mexico. an early and devastating fire season not showing any signs of slowing down. well, back here in colorado, this black forest fire is not contained at all. 0%. with fires raging throughout the

state, as you can imagine, resources are stretched thin. the big priority today is getting enough crews in here where they can really battle this blaze effectively. christine? >> dan simon, thanks, dan. now to the unfolding turmoil in turkey. new developments this morning. some protesters are scheduled to sit down face-to-face with the very man they're rallying against, the prime minister. protesters trickling back into taksim square. protests reached a fever pitch in taksim square last night. defended off with tear gas, stun grenades and at times they set off fireworks in celebration and in protest. >> our correspondents have been on the ground in the thick of it covering every flair up, including arwa damon joins us from istanbul. what are you seeing this morning, arwa? >> well, taksim square is right

behind me and to give you an idea of what's happening. that traffic you actually see the flow of people and vehicles, that's taksim square almost back to normal. we've been seeing clean-up crews really trying to move away a lot of the debris and reestablish that sense that the government does have full control over the square itself. now, the demonstrators are in gezi park, right next to the square itself. a set of stairs that lead up to the entrance of the park and a fairly sizable barricade that has been put into place there. but the demonstrators staying in gezi park and not going back into taksim square and the riot police stationed along one road and in another position, too. they seem to be fairly relaxed at this point. you know, sitting down. not seeming to want to confront those individuals who are in gezi park. but most certainly, different

images to what was taking place here yesterday and into the early hours of the morning. >> what do we expect to happen between protest leaders and the prime minister? >> well, here's the issue with that meeting. is that a lot of the protest leaders that we've been speaking to who are really part of this umbrella coalition that is at the very core of these demonstrations aren't attending. some of them, because they don't feel like negotiations at this point would be fruitful and others because they say they haven't been invited. they are really dismissing this meeting that is meant to be taking place saying that this is just the government trying to appease the demonstrators. but doing it in such a nonconcrete way that it's not going to leak to any sort of resolution to this unfolding crisis at this point. so, we don't have high expectations for this meeting, but, again, we're going to have to wait and see. >> arwa damon for us this morning, thanks, arwa. these protests mean all eyes

turning to turkey's government to see how this conflict can end. she is seen as chief international correspondent and these protesters, their goals have changed. now it's a movement against this prime minister. what do we expect could, could happen today result from this meeting that they're having? >> i think it's very important to say that i've been getting huge number of messages from the protesters who have been in gezi park. you heard from arwa, a division of labor by the government. they want to keep what they call legitimate protesters in gezi park and clean taksim square out. they say in gezi park they won't stop until the government assures them that they will not turn this small bit of green space, a rabid of green space in istanbul to a project.

that's their demand. now, of course, the united states and the western european allies of turkey are asking the prime minister to resolve this through negotiations with people and resolve it through the principles and according to european, turkey is a major ally of the united states in the west. >> you spoke to prime minister erdogan a number of times. what is your impression of how he's handling this? he made statements that is anything but delicate. >> that is what inflamed the situation. he took almost a day to react to this then he was out of the country and made several speeches and pretty much dismissed the entire demonstration. i've been talking to many officials, including a former british secretary who knows him very well who says they have been incredibly surprised by this. and what you're seeing is really, i think, in a nutshell, a group of turks, young, secular, business oriented, the

modern, young turks, so to speak, who wants to make sure they have a secular society. i think that's what is causing all this problem. the erdogan government, the west has trumpeted turkey as an example of what the spring democracies should look like. but some of erdogan's latest moves restricting alcohol, for instance. not to mention all the big building projects turning into more religion and for him to be a big authoritarian figure. he does show signs of author tearyism now. >> turkey is a key nato ally of the united states. one of the reasons we count on them is the stability. so, if you're sitting in the white house right now, what is your concern? >> your concern is that this is going to sort of devolve into some terrible, you know, violence that is going to destabilize turkey. what we're seeing right now is

at least for these few ahours after what really was the worst violence since this demonstration began back in the end of may, 24 hours of violence was tear gas, water canon and pushing people back. if they can't resolve this, it is going to be very difficult. let's face it, the united states relies on turkey for a huge amount of help, whether it's with syria and the refugees and whether it's with iran and military interventions and, plus, turkey, has now become a robust economy. they lost a lot, as you know, christine, the stock market fell and all of that. it sort of stabilized a little bit today apparently and there's just such a link between the western turkey and all its operations. so, turkey, of course, had a very close relationship with israel, as well that took a little bit of a knock, but they're trying to fix it. but it's a very, very important country. >> we'll continue to follow it, thank you. new this morning, what if

you make a call and no one picks up. that's what happened between north and south korea today. the south using a special phone line to call the north, but apparently the north not answering. officials say it's probably connected to the north's last-minute cancellation of high-level talks on tuesday. the north complained that the leader of the south korea delegation was a low-level official who didn't belong at the table. castro scheduled to be arraigned less than an hour from now in ohio. indicted on 329 counts including kidnapping, rape, murder and holding three young women. straining them with vacuum cords, chains, tape. amanda berry, gina dejesus and knight are adjusting to their new lives. a plan to oversee military sex assault cases blocked in the senate. arm aed services committee chairman carl levin stripped the measure from a defense spending bill.

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the details continue to unfold about nsa leaker edward snowden's life in hawaii and questions about his whereabouts and future remain unanswered. the journalist who broke the story in britain's "guardian" newspaper and also "washington post." peter king told anderson cooper he thinks the journalist should be prosecuted. >> as far as reporters who help reveal these programs. do you believe something should happen to them? do you believe they should be punished, as well? >> if they willingly knew this

was classified information, i think actions should be taken. especially somebody of this magnitude. i think something on this magnitude, there is an obligation, but also legal, i believe, against a reporter disclosing something which so severely compromise national security. as a practical matter, i guess there sbrhave been in the past several years a number of reporters prosecuted under it. the answer is yes to your question. >> yes, prosecute the journalists. chief washington correspondent and jake tapper joins us from washington. tweeted in response to peter king's comments. greenwald said, is it true? called for criminal prosecution of journalists reporting the nsa stories? that's from greenwald. now, jake, considering what we have been going through with the ap and rosen of f, do you expec

to see charges brought? >> i don't for a number of reasons. the obama justice department has shown a willingness to go after leakers more aggressively than previous presidents. in fact, they used the espionage act more times than all other presidents combined to go after leakers. they have named journalists, specifically james rosen of fox news as criminal co-conspirators. but they have not prosecuted any of these journalists and i do not expect they would do the same for glenn greenwald or anyone else because it really a just creates such a slippery slope. do you then go back and prosecute anybody who published any of the wikileaks. prosecute any journalist who publishes any national security story? it creates too many problems. i just can't anticipate that happening, especially not for glenn greenwald who lives in brazil and writes for a british newspaper. >> one of the points of contention the damage done to national security.

the director claiming the recent wave of leaks. what is greenwald's response to that? >> well, i had him on the show "the lead" a few days ago and i asked him specifically about what director of national intelligence clapper said and here's his response. >> i defy anybody, jake, to go and look at what it is we published over the last week and describe how any of that could have harmed national security. terrorists already know that the u.s. government tries to surveill their communications. nothing that we revealed helps quote/unquote the terrorists. we help our fellow citizens around the united states and around the world how vast the surveillance state is and the reason why it needs scrutiny and accountability. >> now, of course, obama administration officials dispute that very strongly saying that

by revealing how wide this dragnet is of both internet and telephone records, we are, the journalists are revealing secrets to would-be terrorists. but as of now, there is no evidence as to that fact and they are still doing an assessment of the national security leak, what damage it did. >> jake, i want to shift gears right now. a lot of us are waking up to news of something that looks a little bit like political comeback. for the first time since 2005, g gallup is saying jormg w. bush is out from under water. he is higher favorability numbers than unfavorable. is this significant or just part of the inevitable? >> i think it's significant to a degree, but, also, look, george w. bush has assiduously stayed away from politics since leaving office. and he did leave as a very polarizing figure with very high disapproval numbers.

but since then, he has made sure to stay out of political debates. he has when raring his head, he has been bipartisan, whether it's teaming up with bill clinton or disaster relief or in viting to his library. i do think it is significant, especially if future bushes choose to run for office. as we know, his nephew is planning to run in texas right now a. >> he is running right now. >> one of the strategists says the most important bush that benefits from these sort of poll numbers is not george bush, it's any other bush that wants to be running. like jeb bush in 2016. >> xwakt exactly. jeb bush is seriously considering a race for president in 2016. we heard from barbara bush who said she does not want him to run for president. >> jake, massachusetts, quickly. president obama headed up to

campaign. vice president joe biden was there and we've seen michelle obama involved. how worried are democrats in washington and the white house about this race right now? >> i don't know they're worried. remember what happened last time they got complacent. the special election in january 2010 and scott brown beat the democrat and that caused huge problems for the obama administration for there to be a republican in what was previously a safe, democratic seat. that's why you hear vice president biden saying yesterday don't take it for granted that african-americans and latinos are going to turn out. that's a small percent. but 10% of the voting public in massachusetts last november was either african-american or latino and every vote is going to count in this special election in june, especially considering the republican candidate's last name is gomez. john? >> they have a turnout operation right now in the massachusetts senate race that they did not

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welcome back to "starting point." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. ariel castro accused of holding three women captive in his home kidnapping, rape, murder. amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight were freed last month. >> charges are staggering. kidnapping, kidnapping, kidnapping, rape, rape, rape. 329 counts. we'll bring you that the second it happens. right now, wildfires in colorado continue to grow. crews are battling five separate fires in the rockies at this moment. officials say 800 prison inmates were evacuated because of the threat from the royal gorge fire near canyon city. crews have zero containment on the biggest fire, the black

forest fire near colorado springs has consumed more than 7,500 acres and displaced some 5,000 people. the weather not one bit helpful. the conditions are hot, dry, windy. >> so, will they get any break from this weather the firefighters? andrew peterson is watching that for us. good morning. >> not a break for some time. only get warm as we go through the afternoon and the forecast doesn't change for the next several days in the area. now, take a look, especially at how dry it is. where you see the green, that's where we have the good moisture in the air. but easy to see here when you look at the whole nation. we see it drop down to single digits and for that, the red flag warning with the fire danger. what wasn't dry over by california has gone over the jet stream and we're looking at the core of the jet stream. look at these strong winds and exactly where they are. notice the states here of illinois, indiana, ohio. severe weather threat and all that warm moisture and then we have the cold, dry air and

exactly the same place we had the stationary front and elements for severe weather. we had had the tornado risks and especially today, straight lined winds are in the forecast for major cities. chicago, indianapolis, columbus, ohio, all of you watch out today for that threat for severe weather. a moderate risk and a heightened risk. notice as we go through tomorrow, we'll see that risk spread all the way into the mid-atlantic region. >> thank you. millions of people in the crosshairs here. the man who told the world about the nsa secret operation is staying in the shadows for now. a lot of people would like to know exactly where edward snowden is hiding. his girlfriend is also a laying low. we don't know a lot about her. the woman that snowden left behind. but she's letting the world know she's feeling lost. miguel live from honolulu where they recently shared a home,

miguel. >> they did, indeed, john. while he kept such a low digital profile online, she did not. we're learning more about her. we're also learning that when edward snowden made his exit from hawaii, it was carefully planned. 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. if living, living unfreely, but comfortably is something you're willing to accept. >> reporter: snowden cut his ties cleanly with everyone he knew or anyone he was close to, including his girlfriend. mills' father said his daughter dated snowden for five years but only met him a few times. >> always had strong convictions of right and wrong and it kind of makes sense. >> reporter: snowd neen prepare

for that shock. my primary fear is that they will come after my family a, my friends and my partner. anyone i have a relationship with. in her blog, adventures of a world traveling super hero just days ago, june 10th, mills wrote, my world had opened and closed all at once. leaving me lost at sea without a compass. she and snowden moved out of this home on june 6th left for hong kong telling mills he would be back in a few weeks, but leaving the reason vague. what's curious, she also packed everything up and left for the mainland. as the story unfolds, the people in the neighborhood here are more cautious about going on camera. one thing neighbors told us that they found peculiar about the situation is 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. whether she had any clue about her boyfriend's plans. on her blog she says snowden's family was in town may 17th, just three days before he left his life behind. the last few weeks have been a cluster jumble of fun, disaster and adventure. six weeks ago her boyfriend revealed he was the leak of the security documents triggering as many questions as answers. now, we also have a little bit to update you on with who the investigators were who visited his house last wednesday. the first leak came out. we know it was a federal investigator, as well as a honolulu police officer at snowden's house, but they were investigating him being missing. seemed like there was a second investigation out there into the leak because "the post" and "the

guardian" had gone to the federal government looking for response to their story. two different investigations but the connection was never made until snowden came out publicly as the leaker. john, back to you. >> all right, miguel, thanks so much. the search for the man who revealed the government's secret security program sparking renewed interest in the george orwell novel "1983 ." enjoying 9,500% increase. it is exactly the kind of threat the author feared. >> that's crazy. more questions about the state department's handling of alleged misconduct in its ranks. an internal memo from the inspector general obtained by cnn high-ranking officials stepped in to stop a then member

of secretary clinton's. a security official in beirut accused of sexually assaulting foreign guards in an alleged drug ring operation. the state department responded saying, "we all hold all employees to the highest standards and take allegations of misconduct seriously and investigate thoroughly." former secretary of state hillary clinton's spokesman said she was unaware of an investigation and on piers morgan live john miller talked about what impact this would have on her future. >> when you're the secretary of state, you're focused on international relations with key partners and adversaries. you probably don't get into the weeds. >> meantime cnn obtained a statement saying the claims against him are baseless. more delays ahead in the court-martial of major nidal has hasan. his surprise decision to represent himself has now

prompted a series of new motions and hearings. you'll recall 13 people were killed during the november 2009 attack. hasan who could face the death penalty if convicted is asking for a three-month delay to prepare his case. jury selection continues in florida at the george zimmerman murder trial. they questioned ten potential jurors. robert zimmerman jr. tells cnn piers morgan that his brother is under an enormous amount of stress. >> i think george put on the weight because of the stress. he's been completely railroded. this is not a case about race. he is, as you called him a year ago, the most hated man in america. everything that he held dear and sacred, the criminal justice system, the truth, the police, for example, that they would do the right thing was tossed out the window and he was charged with murder. i think that's the way he is responding to the stress. >> his brother speaking about george zimmerpen's weight gain. so far all the perspective

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wrelcome back to "starting point." a 44-year-old woman stabbed her boyfriend to death with the heel of her stiletto shoe. she told investigators it all started with a fight. her lawyer said the victim got jealous and then things turned physical. when police responded they said they found her at the scene, the victim with more than 30 puncture wounds to his head and upper body. cnn's victor blackwell has more. >> reporter: anna shuffle under to court wearing an orange jump suit and flat vinyl sandals but the stiletto heel shoe that she wore saturday night that led to a murder charge in the death of university of houston professor dr. stefan anderson.

>> officer rang the doorbell and the defendant answered the door with blood on her clothes and her hand. >> reporter: after a night of partying, 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 said she hit anderson repeatedly with the heel of her shoe. >> about ten puncture wounds to the head one to one and a half inch deep. he also had 15 to 20 other puncture wounds along his face and arms and neck. >> she had, in fact, talked to the police and gaven them an initial statement involving self-defense. so, we're going to start there and then 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, of course, to

defend yourself but the issue becomes the force used has to be proportionate to the threat that's posed. >> reporter: according to court records,and aerson lying in the hallway face up and the stiletto shoe near his head. >> i could see her doing it. >> reporter: a former manager of the houston hotel where she once lived. >> twice she told me if anybody ever messed with her, she'd pull her shoe off and said i'll get him with this. >> reporter: bail was set at $100,000. victor blackwell, cnn, atlanta. >> violence of a very different kind at dodger stadium last night, but sure was ugly. it began when rookie sensation got beamed by diamondback's pitcher right in the face. really, he seemed to get it right in the nose. he stayed in the game. >> ranky has been in a bunch of situations like that this year.

that caused the benches to clear but just getting warmed up when he came to bat in the bottom of the inning and he got plunked which caused the mess you're looking at right now. you're looking at some of the coaches involved, some of the old men, former baseball players. three diamonds, abacks and thre dodgers. >> looked like a '90s dugout brawl. >> a lot of players right in the middle of that. ahead on "starting point," more sides to our dear friend robin meade than you know. she's a rock star. tony used priceline to book this 4 star hotel. tell 'em why.

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and now to the hard-working news woman who can also belt out a country tune. hln's robin meade is a morning tv staple, but she still finds time it pursue one of her other great loves, music. releasing her second album "count on me." she wrote most of the songs herself. heartfelt bluegrass and collaboration with some big names and nischelle turner sat down with her and listened to the songs. >> you hear all this and i'm kind of jealous of robin. >> overacheever. >> she makes all of us feel like we need to do more. i need to go home and have three other jobs, apparently.

sometimes journalists have healthy opinions of themselves. come on, i know that's breaking news. even some of us think that we're rock stars. but get this, some of us actually are and we're talking about hln's morning anchor, robin meade. usually she is the one asking the questions, but yesterday i turned the tables on her. ♪ as the anchor of hln's "morning express" show for the past 12 years. robin meade is used to saying this just in. but this time, she's singing it for her second album "count on me" which releases this week. >> i look at music and journalism as different forms of the same thing. because in reality my job as a journalist is to relay that human experience, right? make it understandable. well, that's exactly what i do as a songwriter. >> reporter: besides anchoring the news for six hours a day, she's written a best-selling

book, performs live concerts and has a success debut album "brand-new day." your viewers at home are saying i'm trying to get kids ready and make breakfast and how did robin have time to make an album and do what she does and keep the same crazy hours? >> i do normally go bed at seven. my husband and i have been happily married for 19 years i joke because we've only seen each other for the equivalent of seven. >> she wrote 7 of the 12 tracks in one week, collaborated with notable musicians such as kenny loggins and also did covers of some music legends' songs. you kind of, lack of a better word, stomping with the big dogs on this record. you're taking on tom petty, garth brooks, cyndi lauper, like you went there. >> i thought, you know, we have to find something that fits in with "count on me" as a theme and what will people, whether

they like country or not like to hear. >> this is your sophomore album and that's a feat, robin. a lot of artists don't make it past the first single, yet alone album number two. >> come back with the second one, a bit of verification and validation that, see, i really meant that. this is in my heart and i don't intend to stop. ♪ >> but she's not quitting her day job. >> are you happy? are you satisfied or are you your worst critic? >> i'm happy. i really am happy with it. more of a laid back album than the first one and deeper into it are the faster cuts. hopefully you find something on here that moves you. that's the big thing. i hope that this is what i think morning show should be, which is mood enhancement. so, i hope that the music enhances your mood, too. ♪

>> didn't know robin meade could sing, well, now you know. you can hear her sing this sunday on daytime emmy awards. by the way, the 40th daytime emmys air sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on hln. just because robin meade is a country star does not mean when you sing in the shower and might sound okay that you should go make an album. >> you want to hear a country star? check out robin meade, right there. >> thanks. stay with cnn for live coverage of ariel castro's court hearing. cnn newsroom with carol costello begins with this right after the break. ♪ ♪ chances are,

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happening now in the newsroom. prosecute the reporters. congressman peter king on cnn calling out the media when it comes to reporting leaked, classified information. >> as far as reporters, some believe they should be punished, as well. >> i think actions should be taken. especially against something of this magnitude. millions at risk.

a huge swath of the country from iowa to atlantic under the gun as severe weather looms large. large hail, we are tracking the latest movements. pill pusher? the government slapping walgreens with a huge fine that they knowingly allowed pain killers like oxy codon to hit the black market. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, thank you so much for being with me, i'm carol costello. right now we're getting a glimpse of a man called a monster, even by his own family. ariel castro in a cleveland courtroom where he is being arraigned on charges of imprisoning three women for about a decade. horrifying tales of torture, rape and forced abortions have led to more than 300 charges and prosecutors might just seek the death penalty.

cnn's pamela brown is inside that courtroom you're looking at right now. paul callan is on the phone to help us walk through about what we're about to see. first, pamela brown has a look at what ariel castro is accused of. >> it's our first glimpse inside the so-called house of horrors where ariel castro held gina dejesus and michelle knight and amanda berry. analyzing evidence and re-creating the terrible scene. this video from our affiliate woio shows a disco ball and silver garland hanging in castro's front room. he is making his second court appearance, facing an astounding 329 charges, including aggravated murder. >> the way of signaling, this is a very important and heinous case. >> reporter: his