impact on the planet. maybe less does equal more. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. thanks for watching. . hello, everybody. i'm fredricka whitfield. welcome to the "cnn newsroom." firefighters in colorado are getting a better handle on a massive wild fire. it comes too late for hundreds of families whose homes have already been destroyed. also in the u.s., the nsa scandal. some of the big tech companies are going public about how often they give your private information to the government. a charity to help people with cancer get millions. it apparently gives very little to the victims. we'll investigate. this is cnn breaking news.

>> this breaking news out of indianapolis, a huge fire at an industrial complex has multiple departments working on it right now to contain it. no word on what caused this blaze. officials say a large number of pallets are inside that building. crews have blocked off the area. they are also, of course, asking him to stay away. authorities in colorado say they now have close to half of a dangerous wild fire contained. crews just gave an update in the last hour. we know that this fire has destroyed more than 470 homes already. firefighters say no other houses were lost today. george howl is live for us in colorado springs. george, what else was revealed at that press conference? >> fredricka, that press conference happening right now. you can still see that. what we learned a few minutes ago, really good news when you think about it. this fire, now 45% contained. it was 30% contained a day ago.

that is proof that firefighters are gaining ground on this fire. they say they didn't lose any homes overnight. they didn't lose any ground either. think about what a difference a day or two makes. just a few days ago if you looked out over the horizon, you saw big plumes of smoke. you see big smoke with big puppy clouds. thunderstorms are sort of a positive and a negative. it brings a lot of rainfall to the area that's needed. it could also bring lightning, which could start other fires. so we have yet to see what these thunderstorms could do to this area yet. >> george, are there some folks who are getting a chance to go back to their homes or at least go back to their communities to see if their homes are still standing? >> reporter: they are starting to do that. in fact, a km of areas lifted that mandatory evacuation. we know that they lifted that in colora

colorado springs and a few other areas. we went into one neighborhood and talked to a gentleman who got back to his regular routine after leaving for the mandatory evacuation. he was just happy to be home. take a listen. what's it like to be back? >> it is good to be home. we left during the voluntary on wednesday. then, they put a mandatory on thursday night, which was a little nerve-racking. our boys and my wife, we were able to pack things up and take things out. we felt pretty comfortable with leaving when we did. >> reporter: so right now, all eyes are to the skies. we are seeing these clouds move in. a lot of people are hoping to see another round of rainfall like we saw the other day. that rainfall had a big impact, according to officials on this fire knocking it down in several places. they hope again if we get another round of rainfall it could help to do the same. george howl in colorado springs. keep us posted. the human toll of the recent

disasters, of course, is devastating. now, we are learning the monetary cost at record levels topping $110 billion. cnn's hellalina cho reports. >> reporter: hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floodings. 2012 was the second costliest year ever in terms of damage according to the national climatic data center, more than $110 billion spread out over 11 major weather disasters, each costing more than 1 billion. >> that's a number you can't put your head around. weather is becoming more extreme. >> reporter: the most extreme of 2012, superstorm sandy. $65 billion in damage and more than 130 lives. 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. 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. it must begin now. >> reporter: just this week, new york city's mayor, michael bloomberg, proposed a $20 billion plan to build flood walls, levees and upgrade the city's building codes. new york city suffered $19 billion for sandy. a similar storm could cost nearly five times that. $90 billion. >> we can do nothing and expose ourself to an increasing frequency of sandylike storms. we could abandon the waterfront or we can make the investments necessary to build a stronger, more resilient new york. >> reporter: here in seaside heights, new jersey, a lot has happened in more than seven

months. the entire boardwalk has been rebuilt. 85% to 90% of the businesses are back open. we are told some of the kiddy rides will be back on line come july 4th. the rebuilding cost $6 million to $7 million, which is half of the annual budget of seaside heights and also their life line. 75% of their annual revenue comes from this boardwalk. rebuilding it was priority number one. fredricka? >> alina, thanks so much. a deadly hostage situation at a hospital in southwestern pakistan is now over. 23 people were killed in the siege. also, from a separate bus blast. the dead include four militants. they had been holding hundreds hostage where 20 students were being treated. all victims of the blast were women, teachers and students. in istanbul, turkey, new clashes between police and protesters. mr. is have been firing tear gas

at demonstrators. they oppose a plan to replace a park with a shopping mall. turkey's prime minister warned the area would be cleared for a ruling party tomorrow. a new president in iran. voters elected hassan rihani. they have confirmed the results. our reza sayah has details. >> reporter: this is surprising those inside and outside iran. very few people thought centrist cleric, hassan hani could win. he trounced his rivals. he secured more than half and ran away with the victory. coming into this campaign, many regime critics thought this election was a sham engineered for one of the loyalists to win. he ran a surprising campaign

where he subtly and tactually called for reform and better relations with the west. he prodded the opposition, iran's prodemocracy activists to many could out and vote. they dvid. can he accomplish anything? can he have an impact on iran's nuclear standoff? can he improve iran's economy and free iran's political prisoners? a lot are watching iran's new president-elect to see what he does. for now, his supporters celebrating in a first of its kind exposure, they are allowing tech giants to reveal the number of inquiries they get from law enforcement. a justice spokesperson said the numbers will, quote, show that an extraordinarily small number of accounts are subject to legal process. it is all in response to reports that the u.s. government directly accesses the servers of facebook and microsoft.

the companies deny that. lawye we have the industry reaction. >> he with have more developments in the surveillance of american citizens. with the government's permission, facebook and microsoft are coming forward with their roles in those national security requests. this is the first time we are learning about specific government requests for information in the wake of the nsa leaker. according to lawyers from both companies, in the last six months of 2012, facebook received between 9 and 10,000 questions for information. microsoft says it has received between 6,000 and 7,000 requests during the same time period. what were these requests? according to facebook's log, there are requests for all types of information. a local sheriff trying to find a missing child. a national security official investigating a terrorist

terrorist. fredricka, what we are really seeing here is just how invaluable the digital footprint has come when it comes to these kind of investigations. they are the first company to come out with these reports. they have previously published government requests and transparency reports. they haven't contained information related to these type of requests. transparency is the word we keep hearing. we are hearing from silicon valley companies that are coming out and requesting a conversation surrounding government requests for this type of information. >> i spoke to a big silicon valley founder. he talked about the implications for entrepreneurs in the valley. listen to what he had to say. >> you will come up a lot sooner for founders. they were saying move fast and break things but don't break the constitution. i think this is 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 this digital age. >> obviously, an ongoing conversation. what we are seeing is some of these major tech companies pushing for that transparency when it come tots governmes to accessing our data. get ready for a new look in the morning. in two days, it begins with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. also, straight ahead, a cnn investigation into where your charity dollars really go. we uncovered lavish salaries for charity owners and the charity being helped gets very little the man that leaked nsa secrets may reveal america's secrets to china. also, a college baseball player paralyzed during a

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1985 film "the falcon and the snowman." today, boyce spoke to cnn, his first television interview in 30 years. he says he fears for edward snowden's future. >> i assume he is feeling a whole lot of fear, tension, stress. i read the other day that he had disappeared ut o disappeared out of his hotel but he hasn't disappeared from the chinese police. they will be watching his every move. if i was him, i wouldn't trust the chinese. i would not be surprised if at some point, they didn't extradite him back to the united states, sell him in effect for some political concession. when and if that happens, his life, if he thinks it is stressful now, it will just go further and further down the drain. >> edward snowden is reportedly hiding out in hong kong. he told a paper there that he

intends to stay in the city. today, people there held a small rally supporting him as his ties overseas tighten. some question if snowden will defect. here is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: top u officials are now openly worried, will edward snowden defect? does he have a relationship with a foreign government and is there more to this story? >> clearly, there is. we are going to make sure there is a thorough scrub of what his china connections are. >> reporter: a former senior nsa official and a former cia officer told me the chinese government has likely at least made contact with edward snowden. one analyst says over the past few days, it has looked more and more like someone is shaping snowden's behavior. possibly "the guardian" newspaper. maybe the chinese. what kind of information does he have to hear him brag about it to the guardian. besides the nsa television and internet programs. >> i had the full rosters of the

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syria. he says the use of chemical weapons and the involvement of hezbollah threaten to put a political settlement out of reach, end quote. in the meantime, russia opposes the u.s. plan to send small arms, ammunition, and anti-tank weapons to syria's rebels. our barbara starr reports. fredricka, the president has made the decision to take action. the question now, what comes next? the obama administration is now confirming what was feared, that the syrian regime used chemical weapons multiple times. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. >> pressure is growing on the president's decision to act. >> i applaud the president's decision. the president of the united

states must understand applying weapons is not going to change the equation on the ground with the balance of power. >> reporter: the white house says it will produce military support for the rebels about you won't say how. a leading option, arming the rebels. that could include desperately needed ammunition for rifles and machine guns as well as new shipments of machine guns, shoulder-fired weapons to attack tanks, artillery, helicopters, jets and mortars and rockets. the white house does not plan to put u.s. troops on the ground in russia. >> the question is, what is going to make a decisive difference now and is the administration willing to do that? or is this kind of a throw some guns that way and pretend you are doing something when it is not going to make a difference. >> the stakes couldn't be higher. >> it is important to us because of the tremendous number of chemical weapons that are there. if these weapons get in the hands of the al qaeda-related terrorist groups, they will

certainly be used against europe and against us. >> the white house announcement comes after word that former president, bill clinton, is now signing with mccain calling for tougher action. according to politico, some people say, stay out. i think that's a big mistake. is there really such a thing as limited military support. a lot of experts say, once you are in, you are all in. fredricka? >> thanks so much barbara starr a shocking investigation into cancer charities. some of them promise to help sick people. we'll tell you where most of the money may be going shocking surveillance video showing a car running over a baby stroller. amazingly, the baby is fine. 34th round pick in the major league baseball draft changed a young man's life. details of his story of triumph next. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪

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facebook and microsoft are going public about how often they get government requests from your private data. facebook says it has received 9,000 to 10,000 requests in the last half of 2012. mic microsoft says it got 6,000 to 7,000. company officials are trying to be more transparent after reports linking them to government surveillance. a deadly hostage situation at a hospital in southwestern pakistan is now over. in all, 23 people were killed in the siege and a separate bus blast today. they had been holding hundreds of patients, physicians and nurses at the hospital where 20 students wounded in the bus blast were being treated in this country, conservatives have wrapped up their road to the majority conference in washington. sarah palin delivered the keynote address. what are her political plans? paul steinhauser reports from the conference. >> reporter: the former alaska

governor, republican vice presidential nominee talking to this crowd at the faith and freedom conference in washington talks about the obama administration and controversies. here is a little taste of what she said. >> officials lied and government spied and in benghazi, government lied and americans died. finally, around here, those scandals around here are being rebilled. finally, people are waking up to what's going on. these scandals are coming at us so fast and furious. >> pa >> reporter: palin is still very influential with social conservatives. i was able to ask her about her political future and whether we will see her involved in the mid-term elections of 2014. here is what she told me. >> absolutely. more than ever. time is a wasting. things are moving quickly.

if we don't get out there, america will be transformed into something we do not recognize. we will do all we can to help make a positive difference. >> reporter: palin hinted with running for the white house in this last presidential cycle. no hints about whether she wants to make a run in 2016. >> paul steinhauser, thanks so much in washington corey hahn's baseball dream seem to come to an end when the arizona baseball outfielder broke his spine during a nasty slide. his dream was revived from this announcement from the arizona diamondbacks. >> we proudly and humbly select, redraft i.d. number 9577 hahn, corey, center fielder, arizona state university, hometown, verona, california. we are proud to make him a part of the diamondbacks family. >> team officials stressed that

this isn't just a ceremonial pick. they want to make him a real part of their organization. you heard them say. make him a part of the diamondbacks family. corey hahn joining me from corona, california. good to see you. congratulations. >> thank you, fredricka. give me an idea. what was that like to hear the diamondbacks wanted to make you part of the family. did they give you a call? how did you learn of the news? >> it was definitely a very humbling and surreal moment for me and my family. i was actually on an airplane. i was about to take off and i received a phone call from the diamondbacks and they had asked me would i be interested or be okay with them taking me in the 34th round. obviously, i agreed and they said, okay, good, we're going to do it. it definitely brought a big smile to my family and my face. it was just one of those moments we will never forget. >> not for a second did you have to think about your response?

it was an easy yes. what will your role be? what kind of questions did you have for them? >> no questions at the moment. i will talk to them the last couple days. i have just been able to take in the moments i have had to experience this last week and just enjoy a little bit. i plan to go out to arizona next week to iron out all the details of what they have in store for me. i no he they want me to be a part of the organization and to be able to work for them and to be a part of the diamondback organization. >> oh, my goodness, what a dream to be part of the diamondback family. being in the major leagues, being a baseball player, has been a long-time dream of yours. how important is the game? how important has the game of baseball been to you in your life? >> the game has definitely been probably one of the more important things i have had going on in my life since i was introduced as a little kid. with the injury that happened a couple years ago, it was one of

those dreams that was taken away from me. it was a rough experience and tough to deal with. the fact that the diamondbacks had thought about this and wanted to do this for me, it was a really important thing. it made me love the game even more, just because throughout the injury the fact that the baseball community has stuck with me throughout the whole process and now i'm being able to realize a dream of being part of a professional organization. it is something that goes a long way for me and my family. it is the love for the game has grown even more. >> incredible. core cory, you were an arizona state outfielder when that accident took place in 2011 with that head first slide. how often do you think about that moment or replay that moment? >> i replay it every once in a while. i try to avoid thinking about it too much and more focus on progressing forward and achieving the goals that have

set for myself since the injury. there are times i go through the moment that it happened and the what-if type stuff. at least at some point of every single day. it is hard not to keep that from your mind when you are reminded about it constantly. >> now, how do you envision being part of the major leagues? how do you envision it to be? >> i definitely envision it to be something that's going to be very enjoyable and hopefully a very successful story for me. to be a part of the baseball atmosphere and be a part in the professional rings is something i will thoroughly enjoy and i will work hard to achieve whatever the diamondbacks want me to achieve. >> cory hahn, big congratulations to you. fantastic achievement. >> thank you. thanks for having me on. we are just two days away now from the premier of our all

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a young mother rushes to the rescue after a car careens out of control. it is pretty incredible. the mom is walking her baby girl on a new york city sidewalk when that happens. out of nowhere, this car jumps the curb after the driver apparently suffered a fatal

heart attack. the mom is hit as you saw and the stroller is pinned under the vehicle. the mom jumps up and actually pulls her baby to safety. both are home. both are doing okay. amazing. here is another story involving a car kind of careening into the sidewalk. this time it is wa a guide dog in training that becomes a lifesaver. alerting trainers to a potentially deadly situation in san rafael california. surveillance cameras capturing the scene as the dog and the two handlers just barely escaped. that out of control car which came barreling down the street in reverse, no less. >> i think the dog looked before i did and i don't know what the dog would have done if i didn't grab danielle. that's just something you will never know. >> in my mind, it seemed like for have. >> how does this stf happen? in this case, the driver was a 93-year-old woman. police believe she accidentally put the car in reverse.

the driver, her passenger, the trainers and the dog, all of them walking away without injuries. remarkable. all right. if you've ever donated money to a charity, you'll want to see this special investigation into cancer charities. you will be shocked to find out where millions of your dollars may be going. the dutchess of cambridge makes her last public appearance before the royal baby is born. see right here.

egyptian president, mohamed morsi, announced his country is cutting all diplomatic ties with syria and closing down the syrian embassy in cairo. we will continue to give you more information on this. a situation and other late

developments involving syria. now, changing gears. if you donate your hard-earned money to charity, you need to hear the startling details in this next story drew griffin along with the tampa bay times investigated a tennessee family that controls five cancer-related charities here in the u.s. they promise to use all have o the money you donate to help people with cancer. we found otherwise. here is drew griffin. >> reporter: drive down these country roads outside knoxville, tennessee, and into this small industrial park and you'll find the headquarters of a family conglomerate of cancer charities that return lavish salaries to their owners but according to their own tax records donate very little to dying cancer patients. the last thing the people running this charity want to do is answer questions. >> don't turn your camera on me, okay?

>> reporter: across the country, in may so, arizona, another outpost of the conglomerate, the breast cancer society, its ceo and executive director, the man escaping in the truck, james reynolds jr. >> reporter: excuse me, sir. mr. reynolds, excuse me, mr. reynolds, right here, buddy. mr. reynolds, hi, hi, can you stop a second? where are you going, mr. reynolds? back in knoxville, another cancer charity, the children's cancer fund of america. this one run by yet another member of the family. rose perkins. >> reporter: is rose perkins in? >> she is not available and she is not doing any interviews. >> reporter: why wouldn't she do any interviews. she is running a charity for kids with cancer. it seems like a good idea. >> that's what i have been told to tell you. she is not doing interviews. >> reporter: can you tell us what you guys do, any positive things you do? >> you can send your questions to her e-mail? >> reporter: what's that e-mail?

>> if you were asking us for money, what would you say you did with your money? >> we help children with cancer. >> reporter: how do you do that? >> what do you mean how do we do that? we help children with cancer. with he provide them financial assistance. if you have any other questions, please send them to her e-mail? >> reporter: my question is -- rose perkins did e-mail us and tell us her charity has a clear conscience, because we feel we are making a good difference in people's lives. but also told us an interview is not something we can consider. that may be because of the questions we'd like to ask her and the other members of her extended family who are essentially making a living on your donations. the rose perkins, the ceo of the children's cancer fund, is paid $227,442 a year. her ex-husband, james reynolds sr., is president and ceo of

cancer fund of american. he gets paid $236,815. james reynolds jr., president and ceo of the breast cancer society, has a salary of $261,609. it's money that comes from donors like you, who in 2011 sent these three charities $26 million in cash. how much of those donations went to helping cancer patients. according to the charity's own tax records, about 2% in cash. example, the cancer fund of america, raised $6 million through its fundraising campaign in 2011 and gave away just $14,94 o in cash. that is not what you would hear from the telemarketers hired by the cancer fund of america run by james reynolds sr. >> how much of my $10 will go to

who was this? >> cancer fund of america. 100% of your donation goes into the fund where we purchase medical supplies for these cancer patients and do the hospice care for terminally ill and supply over 600 hospital offices with medical supplies all over the united states. >> how much of my $10 will go? >> 100% towards the charity itself. i'm calling directly from the charity and not a telemarketing agency. >> oh, that's great, then. >> according to the iowa attorney general office which gave us these recordings, those phone call statements are one great big lie. the callers were telemarketers being paid to make the call. the state of iowa fined the telemarketing company $35,000 for making false representations. as for donations to other charities, the cancer fund of america claimed on its 2011 tax filings it send $761,000 in so-called gifts in kind, not

actually cash, to churches, some hospitals and other programs around the country. when we called or e-mailed those other charities to check, many of them said they did get something, things like these supplies but several of the groups told us they never heard of the cancer fund of america or don't remember getting a thing. the cancer fund also takes credit for serving as a middle man, brokering transfer of another $16 million worth of gifts in kind those contributions double up both as revenue and donations on the same tax forms. back at the cancer fund of america's corporate office, even the chief financial officer, who, by the way, has a salary of $121,000, couldn't explain what was happening. >> we just have all these mississippi medical center, never heard of you.

yoland barco oncology institute, nothing. >> those are the ones we looked though in a different e-mail he called the news of phantom donations, quote, most disturbing, as for his son james reynolds jr. and his charity in arizona -- >> hey, how are you? >> the camera needs to stay outside. >> reporter: is mr. reynolds here? >> i'm sorry, he's not in right now. >> reporter: the public relations officer for the breast cancer society christina hickson sent us e-mails telling the breast cancer's society's guiding mission is to provide relief to those who suffer from the effect of breast cancer and that we've made a difference in the lives of tens of thousands of men and women. but declined our request for an on-camera interview. and when our camera found james

reynolds jr. he made sure we got the message. with a single finger salute. drew griffin, cnn, knoxville, tennessee. and a traumatic brain injury nearly killed ryan boyle, dr. sanjay gupta has his remarkable story in this week's "human factor." >> reporter: like a lot of 9-year-old ryan boyle loved to ride around and pop wheelies on his bike. >> i would always ride my mountain bike. >> reporter: he was riding his friend's big wheel when a freak accident turned his life upside down. >> i slid down the driveway backwards into had the road, and into the path of a speeding pickup truck. it hit me in the back of the head at 30 miles per hour. >> reporter: boyle's injuries were catastrophic. broken arm, pelvis, femur,

shoulder, six broken ribs, and a devastating traumatic brain injury. doctors doubted he'd even live through the emergency surgery. >> my neurosurgeon said to my parents, when i came out of surgery, that i operated on him as if he had a chance. >> reporter: boyle did have a chance. two months later, he woke up from a coma. >> a neurologist took a look at me. he said, i am optimistic that ryan will regain enough strength in his right hand to type. my parents just shot back, oh, no, he'll be running and riding his bike. >> reporter: obviously his parents knew best. boyle went from being unable to speak or walk to eventually riding a stationary bike during his therapy sessions.

as he struggled to understand what had happened to him, being able to ride became boyle's salvation. that was then. this is now. boyle is thriving as a college freshman. and just like when he was growing up, his bike is always nearby. >> i'm on my own bike team. it's actually the first para-cycling team in the country. >> reporter: and he's not done yet. boyle hopes to represent team usa in the 2016 paralympics, dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. >> wow. incredible inspiration. all right. and she's been in the spotlight for at least two years now. but the duchess of cambridge made her final public appearance before the royal baby and heir to the british throne arrives. see that next.

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different departments are fighting a huge fire at an industrial complex, no word on what caused this three-alarm fire. officials say a large number of pal lettelets are inside the bu and they are asking people to stay away. firefighters in colorado are getting an upper hand on a dangerous wildfire there. the united states dent commander said this afternoon the crews have the fire 45% contained and now they are busy trying to knock down hot spots to figure out if any other homes have been lost. martin savidge takes a closer look at how crews get it all under control. >> reporter: on the front lines of the black forest fire, this was the day crews were able to turn the corner from the air and on the ground, firefighters aggressively went after hot spots determined to prevent the deadly blaze from reigniting. you can see this is a burn area. the falcon fire department was among the first to respond when the blaze broke out three days ago. >> here's a slurry plane coming

over here and helicopter drops are coming over here and they are working the northeast edge of the fire where it's most active. >> reporter: since then falcon crews some full time some volunteer, have been working round the clock. they do it not just because the fire's here but also because their heart is here. this is their community. >> in two minutes, i mean, that fire can be on top of you and you got to check out and that's when you just got to pick up and leave, and it's unfortunate but, you know, we have to think about ourselves at times like this as well as thinking about the community. >> reporter: most of the work now is mop-up, but the danger's still real. this 30-foot flaming tree had to be taken down or it could have reignited a whole neighborhood. >> hey! >> reporter: work like this will keep fire crews busy for days. in a now-empty fire station i spoke to the four fire chiefs whose small departments bravely first took on the fire tuesday afternoon. they knew immediately it was bad, flames chewing through their neighborhoods faster than

they could drive. at best, each could only offer up one or two trucks and a handful of firefighters. at this home when fire crews knew they couldn't save it, they did the unbelievable, but firefighters carried on. >> and as soon as they could haul it out, they regrouped, got in their apparatus and chased the fire front. >> reporter: by the afternoon, the weather, that had been the enemy, suddenly became an ally. most people don't like the rain out here at the black forest fire, you can bet the firefighters are loving it right now. the only problem is it comes with thunder and lightning which is always a possibility of more fire. for the four fire chiefs who first fought the black forest fire, the end of that fight is finally in sight. >> thanks to martin savidge there for that up-close look. george howell is live for us right now in colorado springs, so, george, we got an update from officials a short time ago.

are they optimistic? >> reporter: well, fredricka, absolutely. and you mentioned it at the start of the newscast, 45% containment. that is great news when you consider yesterday they were at 30% containment. it's a sign that firefighters are gaining ground on this fire, and as martin mentioned in his piece, weather is now an ally. maybe an ally again today. we're seeing these big clouds move in overhead. these clouds could very well, fredricka, bring thunderstorms today. and it's -- it's a bag of mixed -- of positives and negatives here, because what you have, you have the lightning on one hand which could start fires, but if there's a lot of rainfall, that's a great, great help to the firefighters that are out there trying to deal with it, so we're waiting and watching to see what happens here with the skies. >> and what about for residents, of course, you know, a lot of people lost their homes? but are folks, you know, trying to be, i guess, half glass full hoping that their homes might be all right?

>> reporter: well, yeah. you know, what you find a lot of people, some 38,000 people, were forced to evacuate as this fire took hold here in the forest. but what you're finding now, some of these mandatory evacuations have been lifted. for instance, in colorado springs, they lifted that mandatory evacuation. you find some people that are returning to their homes. but there are still others who are waiting for word, waiting to know that they can go back home. for instance, i spoke with one gentleman who has most of his belongings in the back of his car. he's just waiting to get word to go home. listen to what he had to say -- >> i see everything packed up there in the back. >> yeah. everything in the back is my brother and my's stuff. we had there other cars, too, that left our house and those were all packed with our family's supplies. we had about an hour to grab everything that we wanted or needed before leaving our house. >> reporter: so, you know, at this point he's waiting for word from these officials about, you

know, what they're doing out there fighting this fire, but also watching the weather, because if we get more rainfall, it could be very good news, again, we're at 45% containment. everybody hopes that that number will go up here over the next day or so. >> all right, george howell, thanks so much for keeping us posted from colorado springs. all right. now to a first of its kind kind of disclosure, it's in response to reports that the government snoops on your private information. the justice department is now letting tech giants reveal just how many requests they get from all levels of law enforcement, and that includes the agency at the heart of the government surveillance scandal. cnn's rene marsh has details. >> reporter: tech companies are now revealing new details on how many times they've been asked to turn over their users' information to government entities, including the national security agency. as part of its sweeping surveillance programs. facebook says it got 9,000 to

10,000 requests for its users' data during the last six months of 2012. and microsoft says it received 6,000 to 7,000 requests in the same time frame. the justice department allowed the companies to go public after they and their customers complained. but it didn't allow the tech giants to say exactly how many requests involved national security versus other criminal investigations. the doj saying the publication of these numbers will show that an extraordinarily small number of accounts are subject to legal process. the companies also were not allowed to say what kind of data's being handed over and whether that includes pictures and conversations, but cnn's law enforcement expert explains how data could be used -- >> what would that tell you as an investigator? who are the friends? who else is seeing that? who are these pictures or messages intended for? what is the -- an assessment, if

you will, or a profile of the individual, is he narcissistic or psychopathic? >> reporter: facebook said of its 1.1 billion user accounts, less than 1% were handed to the government. >> rene marsh now joining me live from washington. so, rene, not all the big tech companies did release this kind of information. why not? >> well, we know tech giant google apparently, they don't think that the deal that these other tech companies struck with the federal government lets them be transparent enough and judging from the statement that google released, they are clearly unhappy that it's not allowed to break out how many national security requests the government has made. so, google didn't release numbers like facebook and microsoft, but it's worth noting that in the past google has released data on how much information they've handed over to the federal government as it relates to other criminal investigations. >> okay, rene marsh, thanks so much, from 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's snooping. he fled to hong kong. well, today, several hundred supporters marched through the city demanding protection for snowden. in istanbul, turkey, new clashes between police and protesters. police have been firing tear gas and water cannons at demonstrators in two main squares. the protesters oppose a plan to replace one of those parks with a shopping mall. turkey's prime minister warned the area would be cleared for a ruling party rally tomorrow. and a deadly hostage situation at a hospital in southwestern pakistan is over. 23 people were killed in the siege, and during a separate bus blast today. they had been holding hundreds of patients, physicians, and nurses hostage. at the hospital where 20 students wounded in the bus blast were being treated. and iran has a new

president. voters there elected moderate cleric hassan rouhani. he spoke of reform without threatening iran's supreme leader during his campaign, and he promised greater personal freedoms, a better economy, and he'll be addressing international concerns about iran's nuclear program. many children around the world struggle for the opportunity to get an education. and for girls, it can be even harder. that's the subject of a cnn film called "girl rising" which airs sunday. today we meet a girl from nepal who wants a medical career. >> reporter: this is 16-year-old pernima, she lives in nepal. she's one of the lucky ones. she's attending school. >> i'm proud of my school. >> reporter: girls in nepal have a higher illiteracy rate than boys, room to read, a global nonprofit group that promotes literacy and gender equality in education, is trying to change that. >> the program started out

because we found out that most families if they were able to afford an education of one child, it was boys that got preferred over girls. >> reporter: pernima attended primary school, but government education is free only through the fifth grade. organizations like room to read allow her to continue her education. >> and the first person needing education in my family. we are from the poor family, so we can't afford all to go to high school. >> reporter: she lives with her family above a carpet factory. her father is paralyzed and her mother is blind. without an education pernima says she would probably end up working at the carpet factory, but now she has big dreams. >> i want to be an eye doctor when i grow up. and because my mother is blind, i want to be an eye doctor in the future. >> pernima is now 17 and waiting to find out if she passed her

tenth grade final exam. you can see more stories just like this in the cnn film "girl rising" that's tomorrow night 9:00 p.m. eastern time. the third round of the u.s. open golf tournament is right now under way. and for once this week the weather is playing along. we'll tell you who's in the lead right now straight ahead. [ female announcer ] think all pads are the same? don't.

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yesterday and the day before, but he's in there with a shout, you know, phil mickelson would desperately, desperately love to win this championship. you talk about the record five runners-up finishes. it was in 1999 when that bad run of form began. but the next day he became a dad for the first time, payne stewart, the pinner then got him on the green and said you're going to be a dad. tomorrow is father's day. he spent the buildup to this tournament out on the west coast watching hils daughter's middle school graduation and what a great story it would be, fredricka, if he could pull it off. but it's a hard day for all of them out there today. he began the day as the joint leader at 1 under. he's played four holes but he made a bogey and dropped a short and he's now 1 behind. still a lot of golf to be played out now. >> phil mickelson looks a lot healthier these days, too, i know a lot of golfers are taking it very seriously to get really fit, et cetera. in large part because of the guy named tiger woods who has been doing it for a while. he's gone five years without

winning a major, which for him is really a lifetime, so how is he doing today? >> reporter: yeah, well, you know, he's desperate to win another major as well. he's had a good start to the season, hasn't he? he's won four times on the tour, but he really is struggling. this is a tough course. tiger is finding it very, very difficult. he began the day 4 behind the lead on 3 under par. he's only got going just in the last kind of hour and a half or so, but he's already made three bogeys in six holes. so, he now finds himself 5 over par. they call the third day at a golf tournament moving day which of course means you can move up the leaderboard but you can also move down the leaderboard and that's the direction tiger's heading in right now. >> oh, my goodness. all right. well, anything can happen out there, that's for sure, and i know you're going to keep us posted along the way. don riddell, thanks so much, at the u.s. open. all right, a beloved nascar driver has passed away. jason leffler was considered one of the most versatile race car

drivers on the track. next why he will be in our memory for a long time. i'll share the experience i had with him, next. they're coming. yeah. british.

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>> reporter: jason leffler considered this a privilege -- getting behind the wheel of a race car. taking it to top speed at open wheel divisions and all nascar series. but his career start and tragically his end would be on dirt. that was 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. leffler trapped, extricated from the mangled metal, it was too late. this sprint car race considered the minor 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. okay, you know i'm a complete

novice. long considered one of the most versatile drivers behind the wheel and i found to be one of the nicest. how fast we going? two years ago i had the time of my life meeting jason leffler. i didn't get behind the wheel, but better than that, i climbed into the passenger's seat. and from that point on -- couldn't stop smiling. at least 180 miles per hour. for leffler just another spin. for me, too thrilling. i want to be a race car driver. >> that was just a warm-up. >> 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 inspiring his now 5-year-old son charlie. >> short of my son charlie, it's the most, you know, it's the biggest passion in my life so -- >> reporter: do you see charlie getting behind the wheel at 4, 5, or 6 when a lot of young racers now are starting out that early?

>> reporter: yeah, if he wants to, you know, we're going to -- i'm sure we'll present it to him. you know, he comes from a racing family, obviously not with just me but his grandfather and his uncles. and they all race, so he's surrounded by it. so, if he wants to do it, we'll put him in there. if he doesn't, if he wants to do something else, he's free to do something else. >> reporter: you the california boy here, you started at 12, where did this spark of race car driving come from? >> it came at an early age. there's a local dirt track in southern california called ascot speedway which is really famous for its time and go there every saturday night with my dad and watch the sprint cars race, and from that moment on, from the very first time i went, i just was into racing, all types of racing, watched nascar on tv, sprint cars, anything i can get my hands on. >> reporter: do you think your family knew, uh-oh, he's been bitten by the bug, he's going to want to do this? >> my dad knew, he delayed -- he

got me a dirt bike and other things that i think he thought would b cheaper in the long one before a quarter midget. but he caved. he enjoyed it. >> reporter: and for more than 20 years behind the wheel, ten of it professionally, so did jason leffler, he shared with me his three keys to greatness. >> passion, number one. i think you have to have a passion for it. opportunity. you know, whether that means, you know, the opportunity your parents provided for you, opportunities you got down the road. third one, i don't know, you can't be fearful. you got to be brave. >> reporter: jason leffler, brave and passionate. and now sorely missed. how many simple ingredients

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firefighters in colorado are gaining more ground on a major wildfire. they say it's now 45% contained. but the fire had already burned down 473 homes. sheriff's deputies say in some areas it's hard to tell if burned rubble used to be homes because it has been so badly destroyed. police in california say the man who went on that shooting rampage in santa monica left behind a farewell letter, they say that john zawahiri left it on his body. in it he apologized for killing his father and his brother. nelson mandela is doing better. the south african civil right leader's grandson has confirmed the news according to south africa's national news agency. mandela has been in serious but stable condition since being rushed to the hospital with a recurring lung infection earlier

this month. all right, that's going to do it for me. the "cnn newsroom" continues at the top of the hour with don lemon. i'm fredricka whitfield. but, first, let's talk about sex. how to have a meaningful discussion with your kids before someone else does. actually, it is dr. sanjay gupta who will be talking about that next. hey, there, and thanks for joining us. the supreme court just said you cannot put a patent on a natural human gene. today we're going to see what that means for you. i tell you, there are huge implications for medical care starting with cancer patients. we'll explain. then as you know, i always say to eat your fruits and veggies, but some of them aren't as good for you as they used to be. i'll tell you what that's all about and what to watch for. but first, plan "b," the controversial morning-after pill, it's back in the

headlines. the drug works to prevent pregnancy. if it's taken within three days of having sex. it works best taken within 24 hours. when the current version was approved, anyone had under 18 needed a prescription. but this spring a federal judge rejected the age restriction on plan "b." as recently as late april, the obama administration still wanted to require a prescription for anyone 14 or younger. but this week, they gave that up as well and said they would accept the ruling. so, starting soon, plan "b" will be available over the counter for everyone. if you see this news with your kids, it's going to make a lot of people nervous, but i think that might be good. you know, we've got two leading sex and relationship experts with us today to talk about this. joining us from new york ian kerner and logan letcoff, thank you for joining us. happy father's day weekend as well. >> happy father's day. >> thank you. >> i wanted to ask some of these questions in that context to some extentnk