is cnn saturday morning. it's june 15th. good morning. i'm alison kosik. facebook is giving new details about how often law enforcement asks for information about you. and firefighters in colorado are getting a better handle on a massive wildfire, but it comes a little too late for hundreds of families whose homes are already destroyed. and we have the latest on a little girl who got a second chance with a critical lung transplant. this is cnn breaking news. >> first, we want to go to breaking news out of pakistan this morning. armed militants ever holding hundreds of patients, doctors, and nurses hostage at a hospital. three security guards and a local official have been killed along with three others, and in what's likely no coincidence, victims of a bus bombing this morning were taken to that very hospital to be treated, and a blast hit near the emergency room as they were rushed in. at least 11 people were killed in the bus attack and all were

women teachers or female students from a university and more than 20 people were hurt. let's bring in cnn's sigh sima. this is a brazen attack. could it be an example of women being targeted because they're pursuing an education? >> reporter: of course, that is something we've seen before here in pakistan, isn't it, alison, particularly in the northwest of pakist pakistan with the taliban. this is the southwest. we haven't seen women being attacked in the past as far as education is concerned. but we are seeing that this kind of ruthless attack is increasing. men, women, and children are being targeted. certainly a ruthless and brazen attack as far as the attack on the women teachers and students at that university on that bus. there were 35 to 40 of them on

the bus, 11 of them died, 19 injured, and then the rest taken to that hospital where a further attack took place. alison, just to update you, we're getting more and more figures in as this siege continues at the hospital. two suicide bombers struck this morning inside the hospital. we still don't know how many people have been killed or injured as a result of that. >> now, last year 15-year-old malala was shot by the taliban as she was on her way home from school. is the thinking that the taliban is connected to these attacks as well? >> reporter: of course, that's something that always springs to mind when we see these kind of attacks in pakistan. it's certainly a tactic the taliban used to do two bombings back-to-back to target services like the emergency services or hospitals, but this time around to give you some context about this part of pakistan in the southwest, there's a very

serious separatist movement, an armed movement in that region. they want to break away from the rest of pakistan. we don't know yet who has carried out this attack, if, indeed, it is the separatist groups or it is the taliban. no one has claimed responsibility of this horrific attack yet. it is, of course, still ongoing. those militants holed up inside. so there could be a number of groups responsible for this. do we know whether it's another malala-style attack? well, that's something that shocked and reviled pakistanis up and down the country. this too is shocking pakistanis as they watch this story unfold on their screens. eight militants believed to be holding hundreds of patients, doctors, and nurses hostage. more information coming in to me now, alison. three nurses have also been killed in that attack. we're watching it closely for you here. >> unfolding scene. we'll come back to you for more information saima moshi nishn.

the department of justice announced it allowed tech giants to reveal how many requests it gets from all forms of law enforcement, including the national security agency. and a spokesman says the publication of these numbers will show that an extraordinarily small number of accounts are subject to legal process. facebook was the first to come out with this information on how often any form of law enforcement asks for data on you. facebook says in the last half of 2012 it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests from law enforcement impacting between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts. cnn money's laurie segall talked to me by phone about what these numbers mean. >> we need to know that for national security that these companies like facebook, like microsoft, it's a huge resource that they are tapping into this information, and we're now beginning for the first time to really see some transparency. you know, when facebook put out

this report early this morning, late last night, they essentially said that the local law enforcement uses these reports to try to help track down missing children. you know, they do it for gang-related activity, it's been a help with national security. so, i mean, for the first time we're really beginning to wrap our heads around the idea that our lives and our lives online are not completely private. they are a huge resource for national security. >> and this is all in reaction to the revelations the national security agency has been accessing facebook servers which the company denies. and the man who triggered the scrutiny on the tech giants was the focus of a rally in hong kong. edward snowden who leaked the government that revealed the u.s. government was snooping fled to hong kong. several hundred supporters marched through the city demanding protection for snowden. reuters said the turnout was modest and reportedly a third of those attending were journalists. rain and calmer winds are helping out colorado firefighters battle a huge

wildfire. but the flames have already taken their toll. 473 homes are gone, 2 people are dead, and 15,000 acres are scorched. we are joined live from colorado springs. paul, what kind of progress have firefighters made? >> reporter: well, they've made extreme progress, and as you can tell behind me, it's very clear. you don't see any smoke, you don't see the fire sparking up again in any areas. they're a little concerned about the wind, of course, but the temperatures are very low. it got down to 50 degrees overnight and that ep hadded firefighters immensely. they really do have the upper hand on this and they have to go in and continue to mop up and make sure that none of those hotspots flare up and then get whipped up again by this wind, alison. >> paul, how are people there coping, especially with this being, you know, the second year in a row with a huge wildfire? >> reporter: they're anxious, they're upset. many people here in absolute limbo.

they're fairly certain their houses have burned down but they haven't been back to their neighborhoods. there is just a man who came up to me a short time ago wondering when the next news conference would be. that's coming up later today because that's where he gets his drips and grabs of informatidra. it's aching to hear them tell their tales and how they lost their houses. >> it's really tough to watch. you know, you see the chairs and things like that on the deck that we sat on just a few days ago. in fact, one that i sat on the morning of the fire, and just to realize not so much the flames, but what's behind the flames. all of those personal things that are important to you emotionally. little things just set you off. you will stick your hand in your pocket and pull out something that reminds you of the house and it's just really tough. >> reporter: and this year's fire even worse than last summer's fire. 473 homes burned makes it the most extensive loss in property

damage in colorado history. alison? >> paul vercammen, thank you. we just heard the weather is helping firefighters in colorado a little bit. jennifer delgado joins us now in the weather center. are conditions going to improve there even more? >> hi, alison. you're right. they are getting a break right now, but as we go later into the day, with he have a chance we owe could see some thunderstorms popping up. right now on the radar it's very quiet. nothing happening across colorado, but for today as i said, we are going to start to see the relative humidity values dropping just a bit and then we're also going to see wednesday in between 10 and 20 miles per hour. right now temperatures 70 degrees from the north, 13. that's showing you the dry air in place. as i said to you, yes, there is a chance for some storms out there. we're not expecting significant rainfall, but, unfortunately, some of these storms could cause lightning. of course, that could trigger some more wildfires so we certainly will be watching that. another feature that we're watching, storms moving through parts of the upper midwest, all the way down towards the southern plains, and chicago,

it's wet out there. it's going to be a gloomy saturday for you. as those showers will continue to pound across the region, and we also have a chance for some severe weather to pop up from chicago all the way out towards denver. if you're in the yellow, make sure you're paying close attention to the weather. we have a chance for storms to produce damaging winds as well as hail. now on the east coast, no problems there. drier air filtering in thanks to this ridge of high pressure. a few showers you can see for the florida panhandle. on the west coast, lots of sunshine. we know where the problems will be today. we'll be following that. >> jennifer delgado, thanks. a second blast in two days has left another person dead at a chemical plant in louisiana. this latest incident happened last night at a plant 40 miles south of baton rouge in donaldsonville. the plant manager has nitrogen was being unloaded when a small vessel ruptured. it killed a 55-year-old man and injured 8 others. 2 people died and more than 100 were injured on thursday.

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transparent after reports they were giving the u.s. government direct access to company servers, which the companies deny. cnn's rene marsh is covering the story from washington. in the last hour the justice department releasing a statement about these figures and why they allowed the public to see them. tell us about this. >> reporter: that's right, alison. a short time ago we received this statement from the justice department about this agreement that they made with these companies like facebook and microsoft to reveal how much of your information they're handing over to government agencies. so here is a portion of that statement. they say, quote, these aggregate totals include all instances in which a government entity has served lawful process on the providers, be it a grand jury subpoena or search warrant in a criminal matter. a national security letter, a court order under fisa, or another type of request pursuant to statutory authorization.

the publication of these numbers will show that an extraordinarily small number of accounts are subject to the legal process. now, pretty much a lot of legal terms in that statement there. pretty much what they are saying there is what we've been doing here when we request this information, we're doing it legally and they're essentially saying the amount of information they're requesting is a sliver, a small piece of all the data that is actually out there, and facebook's lawyer, for example, they said with their more than 1.1 billion users worldwide, only a tiny fraction, less than 1% of user account data, was requested. alison? >> well, rene, let's get back for a moment to the man who triggered all of this leaking the classified documents, showing the government snooping. where is edward snowden? >> at this point, you know, the issue is where is he and, you know, will he be arrested? when will he be arrested?

we know that's coming. that's in his future. at this point what we believe is happening is they're getting their charges together. they have to figure out what are they going to charge him with. we spoke with -- reporters spoke with attorney general holder yesterday, and they asked him that very question. do they know where he is, and they also want to know why hasn't the u.s. called for his arrest as yet? and what holder said at that point is that this investigation is very much under way, and without naming snowden, and he has yet to name edward snowden, he simply said that the person responsible will be prosecuted to the fullest extent. so that's where we are now, still lots of question marks. we don't know when these charges will be filed. we don't know when they will call for his arrest. so we're kind of just waiting and watching for when this all happens, but we do know from the fbi director who was on capitol hill just this week, we do know that they are putting together a criminal case against the person

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sarah palin will be back on stage soon. the former alaskan governor is giving the keynote address at what organizers are calling the road to majority conference. it's a meeting of conservatives sponsored by the atlanta-based faith and freedom coalition. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is at the event. so, paul, why palin for the key speech? >> reporter: well, because sarah palin is still pretty popular with social conservatives and still very influential and these

people are a big part of the base of the republican party. she had another big speech earlier this year at the cpac conference. this is the fourth year for faith and freedom. it's one of the top gatherings of social conservatives around the country. for palin, this is her crowd, these are her people. earlier this morning you had the first speaker, rick perry, the long-time governor of texas, and he was talking about some of his gaffes from the 2012 campaign. he's also somebody who is thinking about maybe running again in 2016, and this conference, alison, you could call it a cattle call for possible republican candidates in 2016. we have seen senators marco rubio and rand paul, we saw rick santorum speak here. we have seen paul ryan and jeb bush. a lot of people who even though 2016 is a long way away, may have the white house on their minds. >> sarah palin is a big draw for conservatives. what about governor chris christie? i understand though he's not there today. >> reporter: i guess you could say the big story is the person who didn't speak here.

chris christie, the republican governor from new jersey, he was invited to speak here, but at the same time this conference was happening so was the clinton global initiative in chicago and that's where chris christie was yesterday, last night in fact. he teamed up with bill clinton at that gathering in chicago and that's not sitting well with some people here, and that would be important to chris christie if he decides to run for the white house in 2016. it's still a long way away but people have memories. >> i'm hearing that one time presidential candidate donald trump showed up as well. is he running again or is he just trying to keep himself in the public eye? >> reporter: you know, with donald trump you never really do know. he flirted with it last time, flirted with running in 2000, and he's talking again, flirting again about running in 2016. he did talk about the election last night though, the upcoming election, in his speech. take a listen. >> we have to be very, very careful. the republicans cannot have a death wish. the republicans can win the next election. the next election is going to be

tough. i really believe it's going to be hillary. but hillary can be beaten, and the democrats can be beaten. >> reporter: i guess donald trump is convinced that hillary clinton is running. tay tuned, with he don't know about that one yet, do we, alison? >> paul steinhauser, thanks. just days before the death of michael jackson, a top executive at the company accused in his death asked if the pop star needed a straitjacket. more on the wrongful death trial coming up next. first, many americans have given up on finding a traditional job and gone to work for themselves. in this "american journey" report, tom foreman shows us some of the resources now available to them. >> reporter: when this small tech company began out in kansas, one of the founders, dan carol, knew he needed virtually no permanent staff, just talented temporary workers hired when needed and ready to embrace a new professional mantra. >> i guess sort of the idea that the job you create for yourself

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facebook and microsoft are revealing just how often they get requests for subpoenas, warrants, and orders from the secret court that is at the

heart of the government's snooping scandal. facebook says it received 9,000 to 10,000 requests from all forms of law enforcement. microsoft received 6,000 to 7,000 requests in the last half of last year. the department of justice says the newly released information showings that, quote, extraordinarily small numbers of accounts are subject to the legal process. as violence continues in syria, u.s. secretary of state john kerry says damascus' use of chemical weapons and the involvement of hezbollah threatens to put a political settlement out of reach. the u.s. says it plans to send small arms, ammunition, and anti-tank weapons to syria's rebels but russia is opposed to the idea. seven people are dead in an armed siege at a hospital in southwestern pakistan. militants are holding hundreds of patients, physicians, and nurses hostage. 20 students wounded in a bus explosion earlier today had been taken to that same hospital. police say at least 11 people

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perhaps lost in the coverage, washed away by news of sandy, was the year-long drought. the longest since the dust bowl days of the 1930s affecting more than half the country for most of the year and costing $30 billion. and remember the drought leads to wildfires, which last year burned 9 million acres across the country. so what's being done? >> this is urgent work and it must begin now. >> reporter: just this week new york city's mayor, michael bloomberg, proposed a $20 billion plan to build floodwalls, levees, and upgrade the city's building codes. new york city suffered $19 billion in damage post-sandy, and bloomberg says the forecast by midcentury is a similar storm could cost nearly five times that. $90 billion. >> we can do nothing and expose ourselves to an increasing frequency of sandy-like storms. we could abandon the waterfront. or we can make the investments

necessary to build a stronger, more resilient new york. >> and alina cho joins us from seaside heights, new jersey. let me ask you this, i know the people there have suffered so much after sandy. how are they doing now? >> reporter: well, it's incredible to see the rebuilding, alison. first of all, and a lot has happened in the past 6 1/2 months, the entire 16-block boardwalk here has been rebuilt. it's really, really incredible. the beach is packed. have a look here just to my right. i mean, take a look at this. it's a beautiful day. and we're told that come july 4th weekend, some of the kiddy rides will be back so that will be important to the businesses here, that will bring some of the crowds back here at night after the beach hours. what's incredible is that 85% to 90% of the businesses are back open. many of them are open right now. the rebuilding cost about $6

million to $7 million. amazingly, that's half of the budget of seaside heights, but when you consider that this is the lifeline, 75% of the revenue annually comes from this boardwalk, rebuilding it really was priority number one. alison? >> okay, alina cho, nice to see things bustling in seaside heights. thanks. now to that explosive testimony in the michael jackson wrongful death trial. the jackson family accuses concert promoter aeg of being liable for the po. star's death because it negligently hired or supervised dr. conrad murray. this week the jury heard testimony that aeg executives chatted about jackson's mental health questioning whether jackson needed a straitjacket. also, those nsa leaks, is the man responsible for leaking classified information to the public a hero or a traitor? i talk to cnn legal analyst paul callan about that. but first to the testimony that may work in the jackson family's favor.

>> their attorney really did a number on the ceo of aeg, the company that hired michael jackson to do the tour. he caught him in a lot of contradictions. he was able to show that clearly anybody who was looking at michael jackson knew that jackson was sick and was looking pale and had problems. so as i say from a public relations standpoint, i think clearly the jacksons scored a lot. whether they're winning the case though is another matter i think. and -- go ahead. >> finish your thought. >> the reason i say that is because when you step back on this case, the thing you have to remember ultimately is the claim here is that they, the concert company, aeg, was negligent in hiring conrad murray, the doctor that jackson wanted. now, jackson suggested conrad murray. conrad murray had never up until that point in time been

disciplined. he had a valid medical license. so is it the job of a private corporation to, you know, vet and do some kind of substantial analysis of the financial problems of a doctor who is being suggested by a movie guy, a movie person and a music person like michael jackson. and that's really what the case is about. i'm not so sure that you win on that case. i mean, was it aeg's job to pick the right doctor for michael jackson? >> well, we will continue to watch that case unfold. let's switch topics for a moment and turn to the nsa leaks and the search for edward snowden. officials belie officia officials believe he's in hong kong now and that he could defect to china. does this make him a hero or a traitor? >> that's the question of the week, hero or traitor? we have revelations here of what i think everybody thinks is a disturbing amount of governmental surveillance and collection of data. of course, the u.s. government

says they have to do this in order to fight terrorism. those who think that snowden has exposed improper, unconstitutional surveillance of american citizens think he's a hero. but i'm starting to lean in the traitor department personally only because of the way he's acting. a hero who wants to fight the system and expose unconstitutionality comes back to the united states, faces the charges publicly like daniel ellsberg did in the pentagon papers case long ago. he was put on trial for leaking that information, and you know what? he was exonerated when the charges were dismissed. on the other hand, snowden seems to be in flight. he seems to be seeking asylum in other countries, and maybe a country that is sometimes viewed as an enemy of the united states, china. so i think in the end regardless of how heroic his actions might be, he's certainly looking like a traitor if he's fleeing and seeking asylum in china or elsewhere. >> okay paul callan, thank you.

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if you're one of the millions of americans who have had your iphone or other smartphone stolen, you know how infuriating it can be, but now apple is saying they've come up with something to deter would-be thieves. a so-called kill switch for the device. i asked tech expert carly how it works. >> up until now apple's response and feature set around this has been pretty lackluster. you can erase your phone remotely if it gets lost or stolen, but still fully operational. now with the upcoming release of ios 7 there's a kill switch that completely deactivates the phone. if it gets lost or stolen, you can render it completely useless. >> so is there a time table on

this? when would it be available? you said it would be coming out soon and will it really stop criminals? >> yeah, so it's coming out with the upcoming release of ios 7 which is happening in the fall and, you know, i don't know if it's going to be a deterrent anytime soon. there's millions of devices that won't be compatible with ios 7 and it's going to take a while for people to upgrade to the new operating system and a thief isn't going to know any of that until they have your phone already in their hand. but i think it sets a great precedent. apple is trying to be part of the solution to this huge problem. >> all right. so besides the kill switch, how else can we protect ourselves? we've got iphones, especially any smartphone. >> right. i think it's really important to keep all of your information backed up so that if somebody walks off with your phone, they're not taking your whole digital life with them and also, you know, if you're going to be in a place where you feel vulnerable to theft or a mugging, resist the urge to tweet and keep your iphone in your pocket. >> okay. so let's switch gears for a moment. another big announcement happening this week from facebook and they're going to

start using hash tags just like twitter. i guess we kind of new this was coming. first, explain to viewers who don't know what are the hash that number sign or pound sign, that's a hash tag and it's essentially a way to organize information by topics, so if you use one in one of your post, you are including that in a larger global conversation around that topic. >> when will everybody start to use these on facebook? i haven't seen the ability yet and are they going to really work the same way on twitter where you can really consolidate a will the of mag informatio. >> they're rolling out the feature within the coming weeks. they like to do this slowly and in phases. and it is going to work in a similar way to twitter, although you're only going to be able to see posts you're authorized to

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and then also, the words happy birthday and the song that goes with it, we all sing it, right? >> of course. >> one music group says they have the copy wright and they believe they are owes millions of dollars in licensing fees. >> they've been singing it how long? >> maybe because now, they decided to take it to court and they're adding up the numbers. are they subject to receive anything? our legal guys are going to weigh in on that. and then, the world of race car driving is now mourning the loss of one of its own. perhaps you recall that we profiled him a couple of years ago and he was gracious enough to take me behind the wheel around the charlotte motor speedway and so, we're going to revisit the life and times of jason leffler. you'll get to see and hear from him as to why he really has a

place kind of in our memory and hearts really go out to his family. >> thank you. after 16 years in hiding, captured and facing trial. what happened in court? that's coming up next.

james whitety bulger, after a 16-year man hunt, he now sits in a courtroom facing 19 counts of murder. deb fayerick is in boston following the trial for us.

>> this is a trial many in boston thought they would never see. now, james whitey bulger is front and center for everyone to see. these are some of the images seen by the jury. whitey bulger, 30 years ago at the height of his power. a crime boss feared throughout boston. prosecutors introduced clip after clip of bulger meetinging with members of both the italian and irish mafia. that enterprise said his own lawyer, was made up of drug trafficking, extortion and loan sharking and was worth millions upon millions of dollars. he has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed 19 people. prosecutors emphasized those murders in opening statements, saying this, ladies and gentlemen, is what this case is about. underscoring the violence that characterized bulger's so-called reign of terror from the '70s to

mid-90s, prosecutors presented an arsenal of weapons that included machine guns and military rifles, sawed off shotgun, semiautomatic pistols and double edged nooif, enough to go to war. his role as an fbi informant is essential to this trial. one of the first to testify was retired massachusetts police colonel, thomas foley. he led the investigation in the '80s and said he felt betroyed by corrupt fbi agents. the most colorful testimony came from a former bookmaker who said he paid bulger thousands of dollars every year for nearly 14 years. richard on brian, on the right, dwibed a meeting between bulger and a man that owed him money. when the man bawl ked at paying, he replied, we have a business besides book making.

killing people like you. bulger, who showed little emotion in the first days of trial, threw his head back and laughed, seeming to enjoy a good story by an old friend, not afraid to look him in the eye. >> thanks. now, here's something you've just got to see. watch the left side of your screen here because a man falls five stories, smashing into the sidewalk. and you can see lying there, debris all around him. people gather around to help and moments later, he walks away. he's the one in the middle in the striped shirt. i know if you can see him there. there's the fall again. people try to help. and then he walks away. he was a little stunned, but otherwise, okay. a little bit. like a cat with nine lives. cnn news room continues with fredricka whitfield. >> what a way to end it. thanks so much. have a great day. see you tomorrow. all right. deadly hostage situation now in southwestern pakistan. is now over. 23 people are dead in the end.

we'll have the latest from islamabad and back in the u.s., the nsa scandal, some of the big tech companies are going public about how often they give your information to the government. and sarah palin back on stage hoping to rally conservatives in washington. her hope, to try and take back the white house in 2016. we'll go to washington. and firefighters in colorado have contained about 30% of a huge wildfire near colorado springs. and they're hoping cooler temperatures and calmer winds will help even more. but the fire has already taken its toll. 473 homes have been destroyed and two people have died. some evacuation orders are still in place, but others in colorado springs were lifted last night. and a second blast in two days has left another person dead at a chemical plant in louisiana. this latest incident happened last night at a plant about 40 miles south of baton rouge in

donaldsonville. nitrogen was being unloaded from a tanker truck when a small vessel ruptured. the explosion killed a 55-year-old man and injured eight others. two people died and more than 100 were injured. and facebook is opening up in the only way the government will allow them. the company is revealing just how often any form of law enforcement, not just the national security agency, asks for data on you. and it turns out the company says that less than 1% of its billion plus users are being asked about it. facebook says in the last half of 2012, it received between 9 and 10,000 requests from law enforcement, impacted between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts. let's go to lori now. these are requests. does facebook give the government what it wants every

time? >> it's an ongoing conversation. they have to come with certain requests and they comply about 79% all the time. that is you know that's lower than some of the other company, but these requests, this is what they wrote about in this blog post. they said this helps with a sheriff looking for a missing child or the national security official investigating a specific terrorist threat, so it's that kind of information that they're using and what i think we try to wrap our heads around, what exactly are they asking for and is it going to effect us. >> and the justice department is responding to these disclosures and apparently, this is really never been done before. to what extent? >> you're right. the department of justice just recently just came out and said okay, we're authorizing some of these companies to be more transparent, to release some of this data, so let me read you some of what they said in a statement earlier.

a grand jury subpoena or search warrant in a criminal matter or national security letter, this is the kind of stuff we're going to see in these reports. you know, also, the publication, they say will show that a small number of accounts are subject to legal process, so i think what they want us to realize and what some of the transparency is going to do is show us that the government isn't just getting access to all facebook accounts. it is a very small number of accounts that's being affected. >> what about other tech giants like microsoft or google? >> we're hearing more and more. so microsoft actually has said it's received between 6,000 and 7,000 warrants. this is going to affect about 30,000 customers. google has published transparency reports now. this is a different kind of report. they're pushing back a little bit and we're also hearing from

silicon valley entrepreneurs in general that maybe haven't been reached out to, but they say this has huge implications for silicon valley entrepreneurs and for tech companies. i sat down with the founder of redit, he had some thoughts on this. >> it will come up a lot sooner for founders and founders who were maybe thinking move fast and break things are going to be thinking move fast and break things, but don't break the constitution and i think this is an opportunity for us as citizens to really start to draw a line in the sand for what is off limits. what is still private. even in the digital age. >> and we just keep hearing, i get off the phone with any silicon valley entrepreneur and they say transparency is key and that's what we're going to be hearing about as more of these tech companies come forward. we're see iing more about what e

government has access to. >> thanks so much. the man who triggered the strutny on the tech giants was a focus of a rally in hong kong today. edward snowden, who leaked the documents that revealed the u.s. government is snooping on many. apparently, we know he has fled to hong kong. several hundred supporters marched through the city, demanding protection for snowden. reuters said the turnout was modest and reportedly, about a third of those attending were actually journalists. we'll have much more on the demonstration in just a few minutes. this is cnn breaking news. >> breaking news out of southwestern pakistan. a deadly hostage situation at a hospital there is now over. 23 people in the end were killed in the siege and at a separate bus blast today. sima, two attacks in one day.

but the feeling is these are linked and it began with with a situation at a bus, correct? >> absolutely. this morning, a devastating day for pakistan and people in southwestern province when a bomb went out of an a university transportation bus that was taking young women and their teachers all of them happened to be women, those that were killed. 11 of them. into the city center. there were 35 to 40 of them on board. 11 were killed. when the dead and injured from that incident were taken to hospital, then the militants struck again. two suicide bombers detonated their bomb, one outside the emergency room, another outside an operating theatre. we don't know if there are casualties from that because this has been an on going siege. it's nighttime now and we're only just being told by police on the ground, hundreds of them

who had to surround the hospital, who are now going through that building, room by room, to ensure that people are safe and that all the militants have been cleared. at one point, they believed there were eight inside there, but they're now tell iing us the were four. perhaps two of them died as suicide bombers. two have been arrested. they don't know who these militants are or why they were doing this, but for now, people are safe. hundreds of people who are being held hostage, patients, doctors and nurses, seen for now to be safe and sound. >> and on the bus attack, the majority of the victims were women. was this a specifically you know, targeted mission? as far as you know? >> well, until of course we find out who was behind this, it's really difficult to say the

motive. this will bring us back to memories of mialala and women's education being targeted. that would also be a big question. just to put some con tect for you about this part of pakistan. is facing a accept ratist movement, several groups fighting for this particular province to be separated from the rest of pakistan. we haven't seen attacks like this before on women or educational institutions, but in fact this attack potentially is the first attack on women as a university. so, a really shocking attack, a devastating one. people reviled by up and down the country, but who is behind it, we don't know and what their motive was, but right now, people are thinking perhaps this is yet another attack by a accept ratist movement. >> thanks so much. back in the states here now, politics. sarah palin, guess what? he's back in the spotlight. the former alaska governor and

vice presidential nominee has just joined rejoined, we should say, fox news and is headlining a conservative conference taking place in washington right now. paul steinhauser is at the faith and freedom rally, so paul, there have been a number of people on docket to speak, but it's the keynote speaker, sarah palin, that has so many people just highly anticipating what she'll say and if in any way, she will influence the political landscape. >> i guess you could say they saved the best for last. she is the last major speaker at this three-day conference, but this is sarah palin's crowd. the faith and freedom coalition, they've been doing this for four years now. big gathering of social conservatives, one of the largest gatherings this year. waiting to hear what she has to say.

she addressed the cpac conference this year and we'll hear what she has to say today. >> he was the first speaker here this morning. >> disciples was peter. you think about peter. the same peter who denied christ three times. the same peter who was rebuked d by paul concerning justification by works. this is the same peter whose mouth sometimes ran faster than

his brain. let me tell you, i can relate. >> and you know what's funny? he actually made another minor gaffe here. he was talking about the incident in libya last year when four americans died, but he said lebanon instead of libya. one of about five or six people who may be thinking about running for president in 2016. fred? >> okay. a lot on tap there. paul, thanks, at the faith and freedom conference, although it sounds like you're at a golfing match, but i understand, because people are speaking behind you and you don't want to disrupt. thanks so much. all right. get ready for, guess what? a new way of waking up in the morning. in just two days, the debut of cnn's morning show begins with chris cuomo, kate bolduan. new day starts monday morning at 6:00 a.m.

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the man whose leak rocked the federal government. edward snowden is not charged yet, but officials say it's just a matter of time and as they investigate, snowden's supporters demonstrate in the city. he's believed to be hiding out. hong kong. here's nick robertson. >> they came for edward snowden to help protect him from possible prosecution. a rally in the rain in the heart

of a city he claims is targeted by nsa hackers. organizers hope for hundreds, they got maybe 300. journalists covering the event. this speaker, one of three legislators voicing concern over snowden's fate, not surprised by the low turnout. >> the crowds here just couldn't care less. uninvited guest was dispatched into hong kong. what's that about? the authorities deal with it. >> hard to blame it on the weather, too. the protest took place just a couple of days ago, there were between 50 and 150,000 people and it was pouring down with rain. snowden gave away his most valuable asset. his location. checking out of this hotel barely 12 hours later, he seemed to have second thoughts or maybe not.

perhaps hiding here in the shadows in hong kong was a carefully calculated choice. searching from here could be like looking for a needle in a hey stack. this is one of the most dense, populated cities in the world. 7 million people live here. 5 million of them computer users with some of the fastest internet access in the world. could this be a cyber spooked nirvana? >> if he's trying to get his story out, it's a very whiz choice. >> david was assistance police commissioner here, says snowden will need more than his cyber savvy to dodge detection. >> we live in the real world. you have to eat food. sleep in my mind, there is no such thing as a secret. >> although, he is still technically free, should an arrest warrant come. he'll go on a watch list, unable to leave legally. >> so, maybe they'll start

looking for information they've got already. >> the clock may already be ticking. >> i would imagine it almost certainly has been ticking. >> where today, all blowing the whistle. outside the u.s. consulate, snowden supporters hand over a letter to president obama. still hoping they can muster enough outrage to keep snowden out of jail. >> and back in this country, a big car maker is facing some big legal trouble. bmw is treating its african-american workers in this country unfairly. our legal guys tell us what that's all about and tiger woods is playing through pain at the u.s. open. we're life at the tournament after this. hi, i'm terry and i have diabetic nerve pain.

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a military judge has rejected the defense strategy for the ft. hood shooter. major nadal hasan told the judge he was trying to protect the taliban in ask when he killed 13 people at the base in 2009. the judge ruled there was no immediate threat by anyone at the army post. hasan is acting as his own attorney. accused kidnapper, rapist and murderer ariel castro pleads not guilty. he's accused of holding three women against their will in his cleveland home for a decade. prosecutor says the women were brutalized and tortured quote unquote beyond comprehension. listen to this twist. one of castro's own attorneys agreed. let's bring in our legal guys.

good to see you as well. one of castro's attorneys talked to reporters and admits for the first time that some of the 329 charges are horrendous and indisputable. >> i don't know what planet this defense team is on. i mean, look at. if you're -- >> oh, really? >> if you're depending a reptile like this, you have to say look at. the constitution guarantees my client a defense and i'm going to do the best i can to protect those rights. the idea of saying for example, there's no dispute about the crimes. he also said one of the other lawyers said well, he's a wonderful father and a family man. what on earth? i just think it's the wrong way to go and i think it's

prejudiceal to the right of the defendant. >> the not guilty pleas are being entered. but not necessarily because the defense feels that it can dispute the charges or that he could actually be acquitted, but what is behind this sentiment being expressed by the defense attorneys? >> there is a strategy here, fred. the strategy is to kiss the butt of the prosecutor because you don't want to see a death penalty case here. you've got to make nice to the prosecutor and get a plea deal here that will spare his life. life in prison. waive your appellate rights. that's one of the states that gives certain legal rights to unborn children and so, if they want to go on an aggrevated murder and death penalty, they have the option to go there. what the defense attorney is being realistic, defense attorneys can be realistic, they're looking at the overwhelming evidence here. they see there is no defense to

this case and they're going to try to cut a deal as quick as possible. >> so, avery, with that kind of negotiation, doesn't that ordinarily take place before the arraignment, to try to get some sort of plea deal or is it customary that it would happen after the arraignment, after the plea is entered in court and then the negotiations begin? >> well, it actually, in a case like this, that's so horrendous, we have 329 counts and we're going to see about another 3 or 400 counts, so yes, in a case like this, the effort has been made from the beginning. remember, castro originally waived some rights after he waive waived miranda and he's been seeming like edward snowden. there are admissions already as part of the record. so while i understand what richard is saying, i think there are ways of doing that that are without going public and making statements like that. i think it's inappropriate.

>> while he's in prison, they're watching him every ten minutes, checking on him to make sure he's still alive. >> no, no, from the other inmates. >> oh, i see what you're saying. all right. okay. let's move on to the next case. the equal employment opportunity commission filing suit against bmw and dollar general. put those two in the same category. but it's being alleged that both companies des criminate against african-americans. the issue is criminal background checks. both companies apparently using them and the eeoc says they can result in discrimination against african-america african-americans, who have higher arrest rates than white. explain this from top to bottom. the policy, response and these background checks. >> the policy at the bmw plant was check and see if any of our employees have criminal histories. if they do and the criminal history was in the past seven year, we're not going to let them work here. if it's not, we're going to

allow them to continue to work. then what happens is a new regime comes in and they say blanket. if you have a criminal history, a criminal record, you can't work here. well, 70 of the 87 employees were african-americans. so they were all terminated. claims were made through the eeoc, they're claiming racial discrimination here. fred, it takes one negligence lawsuit for an employer to be retaining an employee with a bad criminal history and next thing you know -- >> no, no. >> you've got a problem. that's what the case is about. >> okay, avery. you're in total disagreement. >> yeah, absolutely. look, this case is predicated on a regulation that's 14 months old. and if you use, if you use criminal background checks to systemically discriminate against black people and it doesn't relate to the job, then

it's appropriate to proceed with this prosecution. i actually think if the eeoc, if the government can show they're doing those two things, systemically discriminating and if the conviction doesn't relate to the job, i think they're going to prevail. you can't use a criminal background check to keep people from unemployed. why would for example -- >> yes, you can. >> why would a drug possession have anything to do with being a waitress for example? if it were embezzlement -- well, it does happen all the time. >> keep someone from actually getting a job. >> whether they're violent felony convictions. that should be the test. >> and then quickly, we did try to get a comment from dollar general. it has not commented, but bmw spokesperson said this rather to the atlanta journal constitution. quote, bmw believes that it has complied with the letter and spirit of the law and will defend itself against the eeoc's

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still dense. really, i rolled my truck window down as i pulled up to these guys, some of them, and said, really? why? really wanting to know what is their thinking. why would they support failed policies and one reply i got before the 2012 race, a guy said, well, i'm not a racist, so i voted for him to prove it. and i replied, nor am i a racist and hey, buddy, next time vote for someone else to prove you're not a knuckle head. but now more than ever, it just seems so orwillian. 1984 and before this 1984, terms like leading from behind. meant following. and like the other day, the white house testifying for congress, bragging that they used the least untruthful

statements. now, where i come from, that's called a lie. yes, officials lied and governments spied and in benghazi, government lied and americans died. but finally around here, those scandals are being revealed. finally, you know, people are waking up to what's going on and these scandals are coming at us so fast and furious. and kind of remind messas me of comedy routine that my friends, my really, really good friends at "saturday night live" do. they should think of me as a friend. for a while there, i was providing more job security for the tina feys of the world and doing more for those employment numbers than obama's ever done, but what snl does is they have this skit where they do this fake newscast and read some

completely absurd news report and then they finish it with an incredulous, really? well, as in our government spied on every single one of your phone calls, but it couldn't find two pot smoking dead beat bostonians with a hot line to terrorist central? sech area. really? and -- it's built apparatus to sneak into all of the good guy's communications, but whoops a daisy, it missed the mass murderer of its own troupes, despite this terrorist declared in numerous sessions and business cards, but oops, no red flags there. really? and our government passing something called obama care, but the affordable care act. i'll repeat that. the affordable care act.

and its chief result? making our health care premiums enormously unsustain bly more expensive with death panels to boot and now, hiring up to 16,000 to 20,000 perhaps armed irs agents to implement this act. well, the irs. it can't figure out how it managed to spend over $4 million on a training conference because it didn't keep its receipts. really? >> all right. there, you're listening to sarah palin, part comedian, part pundit there, at the faith and freedom conference there in washington. we'll continue to monitor her comments there and check in with our reporters who are on the scene as well. a u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, is speaking out on syria. he says the use of chemical weapons and the involvement of

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zimmerman trial will be sequestered. our legal guys are back. okay, gelemen, zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the shooting of trayvon martin. yesterday was the fifth day of jury selection and lawyers on both sides are asking potential jurors what they know and how they feel about teenager's death last year. apparently, the group size has been whittled down 29. so, what is the make up idealy of a jury in a case like this? >> you know -- you need a juror to speak the truth. you don't want a juror who comes in with preconceived notions and ideas about a case. you don't want jurors who are posting on facebook about the case, then lying to the judge when asked are you posting on facebook. these stealth planes that fly under the radar, some of these

come in with an idea that one way or the other, they're going to convict or acquit. you don't want that either. you want someone to come in and give your client a fair shake. that's what our system is all about. that's what this is trying to ensure. very difficult, fred, especially in a high profile case like this where the jury will be sequestered. >> in a case like this, high profile, it seems nearly impossible, really, to find impartial juror, so what's i guess the room being made by the attorneys? you know, that they are going to have jurors that know about the case, but two what extent? >> well, that's the key in vo doir. both by the prosecution and defense to probe, to inquire, to determine if you have impartial individuals who will serve on this jury, but the very courageous ruling this week by judge deborah nelson, this is a

big deal, that sequestering a jury is expensive, complicated, but it's the right thing to do. it will be two to four weeks, but it really is one way of controlling, limiting information getting to those jurors and that is a courageous and appropriate ruling and that's good for everybody. >> it would almost seem like you would have to. >> a lot of judges won't. this is a big deal. >> fred, you have to and it will go more than a month, this trial. two to four weeks is wrong. >> wow. interesting. it is fascinating and we're still in jury selection. let's move on to this case. might call it a little crazy. talking about it involving the song, happy birthday, but now, it's the heart of a class action suit. says the song written back in 1893 should be considered part of a public domain. the suit aims to block a music

company, charging licensing fees for its use. so who knew that happy birthday was copyrighted. anyone who performs this song public publicly from this point forward or pending the outcome of this case risks a $150,000 fine if they don't agree to pay a fee? avery? under what circumstances are you going to -- what are you going to pay it? >> to warner chappelle, this claims it has the copyright. they're making $2 million a year from film and television alone. the plaintiff in this case has been paying them. what's really fascinating here and i think this is just terrific. i love this case. someone is actually saying show me the copyright. or is this merely a nursery rhyme from the 19th century? that's the issue. that's what a court has to decide in the federal district court there many manhattan and i

think it's a blockbuster case and i'm not sure who's going to win this one. >> so, when we say performing publicly, are we talking about for profit? if they are collecting already when it's in a movie or in some sort of on stage production, richard? we're not talking about when you're at the kitchen table or in your house and you're singing this song happy birthday and you've got an audience there. >> oh, you owe, fred. you owe. it's a different copyrights there. >> that's right. >> i think that you know, they want to argue it's a public domain and argue that the song has gone through machinations over the years. it's not the original song. i got to believe a couple million dollars a year in revenue based on happy birthday, that's pret tty amazing and the

may have t return some of that money if they lose the case. >> you don't think the copy wright will hold? >> no, i read the copyright has expired. >> there's an expiration date? >> wow. >> let's all get together and sing that is this. >> after the case is over. how about that? i don't have that kind of money. >> good point. >> thanks so much. always good to see you. all right. of course, the legal guys, we enjoy them every saturday about this time, giving us their take on the most intriguing legal take. tiger woods is powering through pain to try to knock phil mickelson and billy horschel off the top of the leaderboard at the u.s. open. don is joining us live from the tournament from pennsylvania with this bleacher report update. give us the scenario out there. i know you're not going to whisper even though paul steinhauser was whispering.

what's up? >> you know, i can speak at full volume because i'm actually a fairway from the practice range here. the actual golf course is a mile away because of how they've had to set everything up here at merion. they call third round moving day. the big question is which direction are the players moving because this golf course was really, really tough on friday. phil mickelson is absolutely right up there. one of only two players under par. he sunk a brilliant birdie on the 18th late haas night to get himself to 1 under par, which means he'll play in the final group today. he's had so many heartbreaking run-ins with the u.s. open over the years. he's finished second a record five times. he's desperately hoping he can win it this time. tomorrow is his birthday, by the way. of course, tiger woods is always in contention or at least his fans would hope that he always is. he's 3 over par.

4 off the lead. but it's a nice, warm day here, the greens will be playing pretty hard and fast and i think that will suit his game, but he's never won a major from that far back before. >> wow. but anything can happen. that's the best thing about golf. you can't count someone in or out until that last hole is played. don, thanks so much. appreciate it. some bicycles are built for two. this one is built to fly. but only if you're planning a short trip. looks fun there, doesn't it?

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