hello, again, everyone. here are some of the stories we're following this hour. facebook, microsoft, both companies revealing just how many of their accounts the u.s. government asks about. heavy flame, think smoke, hard conditions in colorado spring, but that may be changing and republican stars shine. possible gop contenders for the 2016 race turn out. and a first of its kind disclosure. the justice department is allowing tech giants to reveal inquiries it gets from law enforcement including the national security agency.

facebook was the first to open up the company says it received between 9 and 10,000 requests in 2012 impacting between 18,000 and 19,000 accounts. this in response that the u.s. government was directly accessing the server of companies like facebook and google. the companies deny that. let's get to renee march covering the story from washington. this morning, the justice department explained why it's allowing these numbers to come out. >> they want to prove here they're not getting their hands on a large amount of data. not long ago, we received a statement from the justice department about an agreement it made with facebook and microsoft allowing them to reveal more details about how much of your information is being given to the government. so here it is in part. it says these aggregate totals include all instances in which a government entity has served lawful process on the providers.

be it by grand jury subpoena, search warrant in a criminal matter. a national security letter. a court order under fisa. they say the publication of these numbers will show that an extraordinarily small number of accounts are subject to legal process. now, the justice department says that what it does request information, it's only a sliver of all of the data that's out there and facebook's lawyers says that of its more than 1.1 billion users worldwide, less than 1% of user data was handed over to the government. n now, fred, i want to say while the companies didn't provide specifics about what kind of data is being handed over to the government and whether that includes things like pictures and conversations, our fbi expert tells us just how that data could be used. take a listen. >> what would that tell you as an investigator?

who are the friends? who else is seeing that? who are these pictures and messages intended for? an assessment, or a profile of the individual, is he narsistic, psycho pathic? >> that's some of what investigators may be able to draw from your online information, but we don't know of the thousands of government requests, how many were national security and how many were part of criminal investigations. fred? >> all right, thanks so much in washington. and the man who triggered the scrutiny on the tech giants was the focus of a rally in hong kong today. edward snowden leaked the documents that revealed the u.s. government snooping rather. he fled to hong kong and today, several hundred supporters marched through the city demanding protection for snowden. back in this country, 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. two people are dead. and 15,000 acres are scorched. paul joining us now from colorado springs. we're expecting an update from the firefighters there in the hour, right? >> reporter: over there, they're going to have an update, tell us how much containment they have, but by all accounts, it's going to be positive news. look behind me. those hills used to be rained with smoke. now, everything is calm here. they got a big break. here's the headline in the local paper. what happened was they got a dousing. the sheriff had made a little joke and said, go out and wash your cars everybody, it will be sure to rain and sure enough. they got some thundershowers and light rain. that really helped firefighters and as i said behind me, you can't see any active smoke. >> and what about residents there? what are they telling you about

their fears? about what kind of relief they might have as well? >> well, so many of them are in a state of limbo. they don't know whether or not their house made it and some of these people are at makeshift shelters through the the region and then there's this other subset of people and some of them even watched their house burn down on television. let's listen to one family who went through an agonizing ordeal. >> i mean, you actually see your house burn. it's a emotional kind of an event because there's houses and there's homes and for us, that was our home. >> you go to a restaurant or something, yeah, that housed that burned on tv last night, that was ours. i actually haven't watched the whole thing. my kids have been very kind and my husband, okay, why don't you turn your back to the tv right now. >> and the numbers are just

astronomical. you've got 473 houses burned. in terms of property loss, this is the most damaging fire in colorado history. >> some powerful stuff. thanks so much. keep us post and of course, bring us up to date when that press conference takes place as well. so, we just heard that the weather in some parts might be helping out the firefighters in colorado. just a little bit. jennifer delgado right now in the weather center. cooler temperatures, that helps a little bit, but they are still dealing with winds? >> yeah, the winds have actually subsided a bit. we just looked and last observation, they were around 5, but looking at the radar, for parts of colorado, very quiet there. lot of rain through parts of the planes. a lot cooler than it has been and winds at 3, but the relative humidity has been dropping over the last couple of hours. of course you don't want to see that because you want to have more moisture out there.

we are going to continue to see those dew points lowering and that is going to lower the relative humidity. we could see some late day storms popping up. we don't want that really because we could see some lightning out there and if we don't get these storms producing a good amount of rainfall, we could see lightning triggering more fire, but for saturday and sunday, high temperatures in the lower 80s. now, the action we've been following across the midwest and plains, still looking at showers an thunderstorms down towards texas and we have a chance that some of these storms could become strong and severe. we have a slight risk category for today, but right now, just rain moving through parts of chicago. for chicago to denver, some of these storms could bring with you, hail as well as damaging winds, but on a wider view, the east coast is looking good. the southeast is looking good. the west coast, lot of sunshine, but of course, we'll be tracking the bad weather across the midwest and slight risk for

severe storms. >> not again. >> slight risk. not a moderate, so that's better. >> thanks a lot. feels like every time you turn around, there is more bad weather coming. straight ahead, an elanation on why. and in just two day, cnn's all new morning show, "new day" begins. starts monday morning, 6:00 eastern time. you don't want to miss it. a second blast now 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. the plant manager said nitrogen was being unloaded from a tanker truck when a small vessel ruptured. it killed one man and injured eight other people. two died and more than 100 were hurt in all on thursday in a blast at a nearby plant.

a frontier airlines passenger is in police custody after security threat on board the plane. the flight from knoxville, tennessee, landed safely in denver last night. a bomb squad checked the plane and cleared the scene in just a few hours. investigators are not releasing any details about exactly what happened, only describing it as a quote potential security threat. and a plane going from egypt to new york was just diverted o scotland. the bbc says one of its producers was on that flight and found a note in the bathroom that said i'll set this plane on fire. the british royal air force sent the fighter jet to escort the plane to scotland. police there are now handling the incident. and kate middleton attended the queen's birthday celebration in london today. possibly the last appearance before the birth of her first

child. she smiled and waved to the crowd. here to discuss the royal baby countdown plus some surprising new revelations about the royal fa family is kate williams. kate, all eyes on the princess this week when she kristened the cruise ship in which was i guess believed to be her last solo public appearance. because of where she is in her pregnancy or is there another reason? >> yes, that's it. she's now going on in britain, what we call ma teternity leave. today for the color, the queen's birthday celebrations and now, she's going to retire back to the palace and really get ready for the baby. we've seen her in the big shops in london and the big, expensive shops buying, a stroller, a blue stroller and she's bought pram, baby clothes, so she's really

getting ready for this baby and we expect the due date to be around july 15th. so not long to go now. >> looking at the video, she looks fabulous. she always does. but how has she been wearing her pregnancy since folks really love to watch her and what she wears all the time any way? >> that's it. kate middleton, she's one of the most scrutinized women in the world and in the early days of her pregnancy, she wasn't well at all. she had to be rushed to hospital, she was really in not a fit state. she's been doing brilliantly. we saw her when she was out there with the cruise ship in south hampton. absolutely getting that champagne and doing a brilliant job, so he's been enjoying herself, but now, i think it's her chance to put her feet up because of course, there's huge amounts of scrutiny. there's a big media frenzy, so it's not going to be restful. i think a lot of new moms like to retire with the baby and hide away.

that doesn't happen when you're a royal. and this baby is a pretty exciting prospect. >> and so, we don't know, boy or girl, right? >> we don't know. kate has bought a blue stroller, which is quite interesting and prince harry has made a joke that it's a boy, but we don't know whether prince harry was just joking. could be a boy, could be a girl. if it's a girl, that's quite historic. >> you know, you can only be pregnant and appreciate being called blooming. i just got to say. nobody wants to be blooming unless you're pregnant. how about this other interesting revelation involving this dna testing. revealing that prince william you know, could become the first british monarch with indian ancestry. >> yes, prince william, it's fascinating. researchers has found that five greats grandmother, she was an

indian house maid who had a relationship with a scottish man. they had a daughter who was only 6 when she was sent back to scotland, brought up in an aristocratic family, never knew about her mother and she is the ancestor of princess diana. the first king of britain to have indian ancestry. it shows you dna testing is now revolutionizing history. now, we've got the proof that we often like to imagine in print that our royal family are 100% english and that's not true. prince william is part indian. >> does anyone know about his response? >> i think he's probably pretty excited about it. he is a person who loves tralinging. there's a trip to india on the card, probably in about three or four years and i think prince william and kate, when they visit india, that's going to be a really exciting moment because the population there are really

delighted by this news. >> and now, he's a lot more international than he ever imagined. we'll be hearing a lot more from you as we get closer to that due date. thank you. straight ahead, more and more, we're see iing pictures le this. seems like a weather just keeping gets worse, right? what's it all about? and one victory, with so many battles. a look at what's ahead for this young lung transplant patient. ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ let me play among the stars ♪ and let me see what spring is like ♪ ♪ on jupiter and mars ♪ in other words [ male announcer ] the classic is back. ♪ i love [ male announcer ] the all-new chevrolet impala. chevrolet. find new roads. ♪ you

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a reported strong earthquake has just struck off the southern coast of the island of crete in greece. the epicenter was more than 254 miles southeast of athens. no immediate reports of casualties or damage. we'll bring you more details as we get them. back here in the states, it seems like any place you pick across the country these days, this week in particular, it has been touched with severe weather. in colorado, wildfires fueled by dry, windy conditions. in maryland and iowa, tornados, and in west virginia, a family stranded in flood waters. we can't seem to get a break. why is this happening? professor and climbtologist david robinson from rutgers is joini ining us now. are these considered abnormal

weather conditions? >> of and by themselves, these aren't, however, recently, we've seen an increase in the frequency of these events. sometimes, the magnitude of them. other times, the spatial extent. so, we think there is something unusual happening there's affecting weather pat erns and with it, these types of extreme events. >> so, if if there's a way in which to broaden your view, many of us are looking at these individual storms and events, but you're looking at it in from the totality and what do you see? >> we've got more energy in the atmosphere. the atmosphere is warming than it has been at any time in recent history. when you have a trigger, you can sometimes get these flooding rain events, but it's more than just the atmosphere for a

climbtologist. we look at changes in land cover. warming of the sea surface and also things such as the extent oof snow and ice over the continents and over the oceans and it's not just as if everything is changing equally everywhere. so there are these imbalances that are creating these unusual weather patterns and extremes. >> it really is pretty terrifying. we've seen some very extreme situations recently and right now rkts we're in hurricane season. and this week, mayor bloomberg actually talked about changes the city is making after hurricane sandy. this is what he had to say. >> as bad as sandy was, feature storms could be even worse. in fact, because of rising temperatures and sea level, even a storm that is not as large as sandy could down the road, be even more destructive. >> and even the national oceanic and atmospheric administration

is saying the 2013 hurricane season is going to be more active than normal. predicting as many as 11 named hurricanes. what do you suppose is behind this and should people expect this is going to be an aggressive hurricane season? >> there is some reason behind this as you look at the outlooks for what makes for an active season and they think it's going to be an active season. we have seen andrea affect florida and come up the east coast a week ago, so there's a number of factors that lead into this. one is sea surface temperatures in the atlantic basin and the tropics and sub tropics with above average and they're expected to stay as such and that puts more energy into the system to create these hurricanes. there's also more energy coming off africa. a pattern we've seen the last

decade or two, and that helps to get these storms spinning. finally, there's an absence of disruptive wins coming off the pacific from an el nino event because there isn't an el nino event occurring right now. you put that together and it looks like we're going to have an active season. >> thanks so much for the warnings. the 2016 election is just three years away. not too soon to talk about it, right? sarah palin is sparking some interest. is she making a bid for the white house? matt's brakes didn't sound right... ...so i brought my car to mike at meineke...

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palin got the marquee position today. is her appearance indicating anything for her political future? >> well, no real hints, but her speech was very well received by this crowd. you could see sarah palin right behind me there. she's signing oautographs, talking to people in the crowd. she's been doing it now for about 20 minutes. this crowd is a crowd that really loves and respects sarah palin. you heard in her speech today, she was critical of the obama administration. no surprise there. she talked about the controversies that have been enveloping this town and the obama administration over the last couple of weeks. here's a little taste of what she had to say. >> officials lied and government spied and in benghazi, government lied and americans died. but finally, around here, those scandals are are being revealed. finally. people are waking up to what's going on and these scandals are coming at us though fast and furious.

>> very well received by the crowd. it wasn't a packed room, but about four fifths full. the governor right behind me there and her husband, todd, signing autographs from a crowd that really loves her a lot. as for her political future, no real hints from her whether she wants to make a run for the white house in 2016. it's a long, long away way. >> thanks so much. we're going to talk more about whether that was an entertainment value or if there's a real political future for sarah palin that she was indicating. at the same conference, it's also what jeb bush had to say in a speech that caught a lot of attention. >> they love families -- >> bush as a former florida governor has been considered a likely candidate for president. might that moment have changed his potential landscape?

alice stewart is a republican strategist and former spokesperson for the rick santorum campaign. ken blackwell is a former republican secretary of state of ohio and ohio state chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. that's a mouthful. good to see you as well. okay, so we've got lots of cover including palin, her comments, her relevance, but first, did jeb bush's comments do any damage? >> well, you know, a lot of times, these things will make the news and be in the news cycle for a few day, but by the time we get around to 2016, it's going to be old news. i think that will work its way through the system and not be discussed after that. the key is not to get caught up in sound bites and little snippets of the day. focus on the bigger picture and issues. sarah palin mentioned a lot of the scandals going on in d.c. the sad thing is we need to get to the bottom of these, but we can't shift our attention away

are from the big issues of the day, which is creating jobs and turning the economy round. that's what the republican party needs to focus on, is getting us back on the right economic road to recovery and making sure americans remember we need to restore the american dream. our current administration is not about that. they're about saying sit back, we'll take care of you and allow you to live and we'll enable you to live a substandard life. we need to put the focus back on that. >> so, what is this all about? forgetting the american dream, common road. we're hearing all these kind of trigger words and language here. sarah palin you know being critical of the obama administration. no surprise there. but what is at the root of what this you know, freedom or this faith and freedom forum is all about in the first place and is it just preaching to the choir or is a message, a common message really resognating? reaching the conservative following? >> about a week before president

obama's election in 2008, he said that we were a week away from fundamentally transforming america here, so what's at stake is american exceptionalism. the president is is a big government advocate, which you saw over the last couple of days before the faith and friendly, faith and freedom coalition meeting, where people who embraced the constitution. who fundamentally believed that our basic human rights are not grants from government. they are gifts from god and that american exceptionalism is based on the fact that our constitution puts a harness on the reach and intrusiveness and the power of big government and so, what you have were a lot of believers who want to put the harn esz back on government and who are ready to fight against the abuse of the instruments of big government like the irs.

that are trampling upon ordinary people's basic right to speech and religious liberty. >> so, is -- i guess a common message really resognating here by those who are in attendance or is is a big statement being made by those who are leaders in the republican party who are not there? namely chris christie, who said not going to attend this, but instead will attend a bill and hillary clinton event in new york. >> i think chris christie, i think he chose to be with bill clinton most notably because before he throws his hat into the ring to be president, he has to win re-election in new jersey. and so, i don't think it was necessarily a statement. i think it was a political calculation on his part. but anybody who believes that we can win the white house without

social conservatives have the imagination of jonathan swift. >> alice, last word? >> i think ken is exactly correct. we have to, we have to bring the faith community to the table. that's why the republican national committee has a point of faith director to help bring them to the table and join them in the conversation, but it's important to note that the faith committee and social conservatives are not just the single issue voting block. they're concerned about the economy and rick santorum spoke at the conference earlier this week and it's not about the republican party worshipping the entrepreneurs. it's about reaching out and connecting with those on the factory floor. the real wage earners of the country. we made that mistake in 2004. in 2016, we have to bring in the faith community and appeal to the average, every day american work eers and that's how we're going to succeed in 2016 and the faith community is a big part of that. >> thanks to both of you. appreciate it. >> thank you.

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enforcement. microsoft received 6 to 7,000 requests in the last half of last year. families in colorado are starting to find out if their homes are among the hundreds that burned in a wildfire. 473 homes around colorado springs are lost. an i-reporter sent us this time lapsed video showing all of that smoke rising. crews have contained about 30% of the fire. and a deadly hostage situation at a hospital in pakistan is over. 23 people were killed in the siege and a separate bus blast today. the death toll includes four militants. they had been holding hundreds of patients and nurses hostage at the hospital where 20 students wounded in a bus blast were being treated. all the victims of the blast were women, teachers and students. iranian have elected a new

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a 10-year-old girl weeks away from dying is now recovering with a new set of healthy lungs. she got a transplant this week from an adult donor that came after officials changed the rules to let children under 12 get adult organs. her mother posted on facebook yesterday the road to recovery will be long and hard. dr. gupta explains what sarah faces now. >> it is worth pointing out, if you take a look at all lung

transplants across the board, about 50% of these patients survive only five years, so this is a tough operation and a tough recovery as well. sarah of course has the concern of these being adult lungs, specifically lobes of adult lungs that have been transplanted and also that she still has cystic fibrosis. this can infect the lungs and increase one's chance of infection. she also is going to need to take these medications to reduce her chance of rejection of her lungs. these drugs which can put her at risk for infection. those are some of the biggest concerns going forward. when you think about lung transplants overall, there's something known as a lung allocation score. basically, what you're trying to find is the person in greatest need of the transplant, but also most likely to benefit from the

transplant as well. that may sound very obvious and simple, but it's those two c criteria that really drive this score and some o the controversy that has been going on with the laws. remember, she's a 10-year-old girl that received lung transplant frs an adult. because of these adult lungs, people ask, might she need another transplant in the future? typically, what happens is the lung will continue to grow a bit as she grows and you don't need all the lobes of your lung. it is possible it is rejection of the lungs that is the biggest concern in something that her and her doctors are going to be watching for. we of course witch this little girl a lot of luck and a speedy recovery. >> thanks so much, sanjay. remembering nascar's jason leffler. he was considered one of the most versatile race car drivers on the track. we remember him in a special way

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violent superman, played by henry cavil. >> superman is one of those universal superheroes. not just an american thing. >> industry estimates show the film tracking around $100 million opening weekend. what are you hearing from the fans? >> our fans are telling us this is one of the most anticipated movies of the whole year. and 80% of people who have bought tickets are excited by the darker tone. >> if fans are excited, the film's corporate partners are through the roof. companies are banking on the man of steel from licensing deals to product placement, but then, there are the critics. >> rotten tomatoes has this rated in the mid 60s. >> i don't think the reviews are going to be as strong as "star trek" or iron man 3, but i think warner brothers has a very viable franchise on their hands. >> which is the super news this

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. . . considered one of the most versatile race car drivers on the track. sadly, his love for the dirt track led to his demise. the 37-year-old driver died at a sprint car race, jason leffler. they are still trying to determine whether his vehicle had a mechanical failure. leffler was a gentleman on and off his track. he was generous with his time two years ago at the charlotte motor speedway where he not only took me for my first spin around the oval but revealed his deep love for driving. >> reporter: jason leffler considered this a privilege, getting behind the wheel of a race car, taking it to top speed at open-wheel divisions in all nascar ski nascar series. his career start and tragically his end would be on dirt wednesday night in new jersey at the bridgeport speedway.

leffler in second place in the first heat away from other vehicles when his car hit the wall. left letter trapped, extricated from the mangled metal, it was too late. this sprint car race considered the my for league of racing but leffler was no stranger to high-profile events like indy 500 and daytona. his passing, a terrible loss to his fans, family and the sport. long considered one of the most versatile drivers behind the wheel and i found to be one of the nice eest. two years ago, i had the time of my life meeting jason leffler. i didn't get behind the wheel. better than that, i climbed into the passenger's seat. from that point on, couldn't stop smiling. at least 180 miles per hour.

for leffler, just another spin. for me, a thrill. >> i want to be a race car driver. >> that was just a warmup. >> reporter: at the time, it was clear he was excited about the sport. >> like i always say, it beats working for a living. >> reporter: his career and possibly eainspiring his 5-year-old son, charlie. >> short of my son, charlie, it is the biggest passion in my life. >> reporter: do you see charlie getting behind the wheel at four, five, or six when a lot of young racers now are starting out that early? >> yeah. if he wants to. i'm sure we'll present it to him. he comes from a racing family. obviously, not just with me but his grandfather and his uncles and they all race. he is surrounded by it. if he wants to do it, we'll put him in there. if he doesn't, if he wants to do something else, he is going to be free to do whatever he wants. >> reporter: jason, for you, you started at 12, you, the california boy here.

where did this spark of race car driving come from? >> it came from a local age. as scott speedway. i would go there every saturday night with my dad and watch the sprint cars race. from that moment, i was into racing. >> reporter: do you think your family knew he has been bitten by the bug? >> my dad knew. he delayed. he got me a dirt bike. he enjoyed it. >> reporter: for more than 20 years behind the wheel, ten of them professionally, so did jason leffler. he shared with me his keys to greatness. >> passion, number one. i think you have to have a passion for it, opportunity,

whether that means the opportunity your parents provided for you or the opportunities you got down the road. third one, i don't know, you can't be fearful. you have to be brave. >> reporter: jason leffler, brave and passionate and now, sorely missed. when we made our commitment to the gulf, bp had two big goals:

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