can make them here pretty easily. that will wrap things up for us today. let's keep the conversation going on twitte twitter @doctorsanjaygupta. time for a check of your top stories that are making news right now. ing you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm don lemon. thank you very much for joining us. we have big developments in controversy over your private data and big government surveillance. fans of edward snowden are showing their support on the streets of hong kong. >> we support edward snowden! >> snowden is our brother! >> the 29-year-old who leaked nsa documents revealing the top secret program is believed to be still hiding in hong kong. and this, the nsa may soon declassify key documents on terror plots prevented by the government surveillance program. plus, facebook and microsoft

opening up about how often the government asked them to turn over users' data. cnn money tech correspondent lorie siegel is here with me in new york and rene marsh is tracking a story in washington. rene, let's start with you. facebook and microsoft are revealing how often the government asked them to turn over users' private information. facebook said they've gotten 9,000 to 10,000 requests in the last six months of 2012. microsoft said it got up to 7,000 requests in that time time period. so, rene, you're hearing the nsa may soon declassify files on some terror plots prevented as a result of the government surveillance programs. how fast can that happen, rene? >> well, i can tell you this, don, the nsa has been feeling a lot of pressure from lawmakers who say that this surveillance program, it violates american civil liberties, so now in order to prove that this method of tracking americans' phone calls and collecting data from tech companies actually helped

prevent these terror plots, the head of the very secret agency, the nsa, is promising to declassify information about specific terror plots that were thwarted. now, senator dianne feinstein, she said that information could be released as soon as monday, that's right around the corner. that's what we're expecting moving forward but what's new today is tech companies revealing details on how many times they've been asked to turn over their users' information to government agencies. that includes the nsa. the doj, department of justice, they said in a statement that the publication of these numbers will show that an extraordinarily small number of accounts are subject to legal process. now, the companies, they were not allowed to say what kind of data is being handed over and whether that includes things like pictures and conversations. but cnn's law enforcement expert, he explains how this 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 profile of the individual, is he narcissistic, is he psychopathic? >> well, don, we can tell you that these tech companies were under some limitations when they released this information. they were also not allowed to say how many requests involved were national security requests versus other criminal investigations. don? >> all right, rene marsh, stand by. i want to talk now about -- more about this first of its kind disclosure, cnn's lorie siegel is here with me now. do we know the depth of these requests? >> we're just beginning to wrap our head around this. facebook was a little more detailed than microsoft. they say some of the data helped a sheriff find a missing child, it helped thwart, you know, any

kind of terrorist threat. but microsoft we don't really know that much about. but what we do know and i think the question we need to be asking are how sweeping are these requests. facebook might get between 9,000 between 10,000 requests but what does one request entail, we don't know. we heard three months of cell phone data, that was one request from the nsa, so now we're looking at that and trying to wrap our head around that, i will say that we were able to confirm with facebook they comply with about 79% of these government requests, so there is that kind of pushback, too. >> yes. so, how indepth are the requests and exactly what is a request, what's in there, right? >> exactly. >> what is silicon valley saying about this? any reaction? >> you know, i've been on the phone with tech companies, investors all week, and in silicon valley they are saying it's a really big deal. they are almost divided. there are some that say this is a no-brainer that this would happen, and others say this is big deal. listen to what they had to say -- >> i would say our perspective

overall as the early stage investor in technology is fundamentally privacy is dead. today there are nine companies participating. i suspect there will be 1,000 companies that are in a position to participate, you know, ten years from now. >> it will come up a lot sooner for founders and founders maybe who were thinking, you know, move fast and break things are now going to be thinking we'll 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 this digital age. >> if there's any takeaway is that silicon valley says there needs to be a lot more transparency, you see google pushing back with their statements and facebook putting this kind of information out there and now we all kind of know this could affect us, it might not, these could be sweeping requests, but we're now more aware for the first time in a long time. >> yeah, at least we know. thank you very much, and also rene marsh in washington.

let's move on now because we have some developments to tell you about. turkish authorities finally ran out of patience with protesters in istanbul today. riot police stormed the park where demonstrators were camped out. making good on their threat by the prime minister to kick them out if they wouldn't leave. now the situation is growing more tense. i want to go to cnn's arwa damon now, she is with me from istanbul. ar arwa, what's going on right now? >> reporter: well, we're on the street that is around a two-, three-minute walk from taxsim square and the park itself and just take a look at what is going on here. demonstrators have set it on fire. the riot police are up the street and they have been clashing with demonstrators down the various small alleyways,

they've had rocks, bottles thrown at them. they are responding in kind. firing a fair amount of tear gas. we can hear the tear gas being fired. now, once more down the street. and you can just get a sense of the sheer and total chaos that this creates. the crowd here is probably around a few thousand at this point. whenever that tear gas is fired, it causes something of a mini stampede. and this is the people's reaction to the government's action. the government may have run out of patience and decided to go into the park, but the turkish population is -- the turkish population that opposes the prime minister is also equally run out of patience with this government. who they say has been trying to restrict them, get involved in their way of life, for quite some time now. because, remember, the park demonstrations are not just about the park, there's a lot of other core issues here, core

grievances when it comes to what it is that the people want to see the government do, don. >> arwa, i nove it's pretty tough hear there, but this started as a protest over a development. it turned into a movement against the prime minister. any chance here that the opposition is going to back down? >> reporter: at this point in time, no. i mean, look at this scene around me. this is just hours after the riot police went in and cleared out taxsim park, the more actions taken by the government and the more riot police, the angrier the people become. they may not be in the park right now, but they are most certainly continuing the very acts of civil disobedience. people are chanting now everywhere, taxsim, everywhere is the resistance. a lot of people are involved in

this, don. this is very interesting. they were apolitical until this all began. this is not a country, especially not a country that has been none for being very involved in politics. and now we're seeing this. so, on the one hand beginning to recognize their political voice, their political powers, and they're trying to capitalize on the momentum that they had following the park demonstrations and everything that transpired there and really move this into something bigger, to make sure that the government does, in fact, meet their demands, don? >> arwa, arwa, we're having trouble hearing you. is there any way you can move the microphone closer to you, it may be difficult to do at this point. what are we hearing there? are we just hearing protesters beating on -- is it beating on garbage cans and drums, or are we hearing gunfire, what is that? >> reporter: yeah.

they moved forward a bunch of garbage cans and some bits of pieces of wooden furniture. they set that on fire and they are pounding on the garbage cans. this is a fairly sizable crowd here, don. and these are people who for the last few hours have been chashing wichash i clashing with the riot police up and down these various, excuse me, alleyways that exist here. and we were seeing them being largely driven off the street. they've only managed to come back in the last half hour or so. the riot police down the street. i can't see them very well from where i am now. you can still feel the sting of the tear gas in the air right now. and as i was saying, you know, this is not a country that's known to have a very political population, but a lot of people are so enraged at the government's attitude and how it

has handled the park demonstrations and are finding their political voice. this is the kind of action that happens. a lot of these demonstrators are saying that they want to somehow capitalize on the momentum they believe they have from the park demonstrations to turn it into some sort of a movement that is then going to continue to demand accountability from this government that they believe is becoming increasingly authoritarian and trying to meddle in just about every single aspect of their way of life, don. >> all right, we'll get back to you, arwa damon, you can see arwa damon in taxsim square and these riots have been going on throughout the week. you can see protesters upset with the government there and they were trying to figure out what to do to get the protesters out. again, the protesters have started back up and now we're being told that they're using water cannon and other devices to try to get those demonstrators off the street. we'll get back to war wa damon

if there are any more developments in this story out of turkey. in the meantime a terror attack in pakistan unfolded in devastating fashion. a bomb tore through a bus killing at least 11 women, 20 more people were injured in that attack, but it was just the first for that city. next militant's stormed the hospital where the wounded were being treated. before that siege was finally ended, three security force members and the deputy commissioner were killed along with three nurses caught in the cross fire. four gunmen were also killed in that. iran has declared the winner of its presidential elect, it is moderate cleric hassan rouhani. he won more than 50% of the vote. his campaign began to gather steam last month when he dared to accuse the state media of censorship and lies and criticized the government's tight grip on security.

iranian officials say voter turnout was high and you'll hear more from rouhani, who he is and how the election may affect us right here in the united states and our relationship with iran, that's later on in the hour right here on cnn. next up, returning to ruins, almost 500 coloradans run out by wildfires are allowed to see where their homes once stood now and a charity to help kids with cancer gets millions, but gives little to kids. a cnn special investigation will make you furious. i am an american success story.

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with, you know, leaving when we did. >> reporter: just down the road it's an entire different story for trever miller who still can't return home i see everything packed up there in the back. >> yeah, everything in the back is my brother and i's stuff. we had three 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: some 38,000 people were forced to evacuate earlier this week as firefighters struggled to protect property and hold the line against the wildfire. so far, more than 15,000 acres have been scorched, but firefighters have been able to gain ground. late friday, mother nature stepped in with much-needed rainfall that the governor said had a significant impact. >> that rain just dropped 10 or 15 degrees off the temperature, plus, you know, it's the firefighter's best friend. >> reporter: you got wet yourself here, yeah? >> i was standing right here.

it's the first time, my grandmother will always say you're too stupid to come out of the rain. i was too happy to come out of the rain. >> reporter: officials announced saturday they didn't lose any structures or didn't lose any ground overnight. the fire is now 45% contained according to officials that's up from 30% containment a day ago, proof that firefighters are gaining the upper hand. >> we want the fire to come out and fight now. we're ready. we're staffed. we're equipped. show yourself, we'll take care of it. >> george howell joins me now live from colorado springs. george, what are the concerns now in the evacuated areas? >> reporter: well, it comes down to this, don, first of all, we are seeing some of these areas where the mandatory evacuation has been lifted. others where it still remains in place. and we have weather coming in. so, what is the concern? first of all, august the weather comes in, we'll get rainfall. you see over there? that dark cloud? that is much-needed rainfall, that could help just as much today as it helped yesterday. however, if we get lightning, lightning could start new fires.

that's always a concern. right now the winds are picking up a bit as well, so really we have to watch and wait to see what the weather does, but these firefighters are still doing the job, all the good work of trying to knock this fire out, don. >> george howell, colorado springs, george, thank you very much. firefighters are still on the scene of a huge fire at an indianapolis recycling company. the billowing black smoke could be seen for miles. there have been reports of several explosions inside the building. no word on what caused the blaze. in louisiana, with the investigation of one chemical plant explosion not even wrapped up, a second blast at a second louisiana plant kills one person and injures eight. this happened last night in south louisiana, in donalsonville. the plant manager says the explosion happened as nitrogen was being off-loaded from a tanker truck. you've heard how dangerous it is to use your phone while driving. now you see it. our cnn correspondent got behind the wheel and tried to multitask.

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hands-free technology, but the technology that was supposed to keep us safely connected can be just as dangerous. chris lawrence tries to multitask behind the wheel. >> reporter: we all thought hands free would allow us to combine the morning commute with the demands of staying connected. >> making the decision to talk hands free and interact with this technology does pose a considerable risk. >> reporter: right here? but i wanted to get a first hand look. let's do it. so researchers wired me up to see if i could still drive -- >> this is sort of measuring your background mental workload. >> reporter: making hands-free calls. good. i'm out here on the driving test. and using new voice-to-text technology. >> we should get together sometime soon. okay. what would you like to say? >> reporter: how about sunday? one message seemed simple enough. next message. >> text from courtney. >> reporter: until you realize they just keep coming.

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

easier. adding features like facebook and twitter to our dashboards. >> this really is a serious looming public safety crisis for us. >> reporter: when i'm trying to look out for the red and the green light and listen to the message and keep my eye on the pylons, it was -- it was -- it was tougher than i thought it was. chris lawrence, cnn, washington. >> a shocking cnn investigation. if you've ever donated money to a charity, you have to see this. millions of dollars donated, but charity owners, well, they are getting lavish salaries, while the kids get very little. ♪

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patients and the last people running this charity want to do is answer questions. >> don't turn your camera on me, okay? >> reporter: across the country, in mesa, arizona, another outpost of the conglomerate. it's called the breast cancer society. its ceo and executive director? the man escaping in the truck james reynolds jr. excuse me, sir, mr. reynolds. excuse me, mr. reynolds, right here, buddy. mr. reynolds, hi, hi, can you stop for a second? where you going, mr. reynolds? mr. reynolds? back in knoxville, there's another cancer charity, the children's cancer fund of america. and this one run by yet another member of the family. rose perkens. hi, is rose perkins in? >> she's unavailable and she's not doing any interviews at all. >> reporter: why wouldn't she give us an interview? she's running a charity for kids with cancer, it seems like a good idea. >> it does. i've been told to tell you she's not doing any interviews.

>> reporter: can you tell us any positive things you do with the money you collect? >> you can send your questions to her e-mail. >> reporter: what's that e-mail? >> and we'll answer it. >> reporter: if you were asking for money, what would you say you do 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. >> reporter: how do you do that? >> we provide financial assistance. if you have any other questions please send them to her e-mail. >> reporter: okay, my question -- rose perkins did e-mail us and said her charity has a clear conscience because we feel we're 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. 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 america. he gets paid $236,815. and 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 actually 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 fund-raising campaign in 2011. and gave away? just $14,940 in cash. but that is not what you would hear from the telemarketers hired by the cancer fund of

america run by james reynolds sr. >> okay, how much of my $10 will go -- who was this to? >> cancer fund of america support services. 100% of your donation goes to the fund where we supply medical supplies for the patients and we do the hospice care for the terminal terminally ill and we supply hospice supplies all over the united states. >> but how much of my $10 will go to -- >> it goes 100% to the charity itself and i'm calling directly from the charity and not a telemarketing agency. >> oh, that's great, then. >> reporter: according to the iowa attorney general's office that 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 sent $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 middleman, brokering transfer of another $16 million worth of gifts in kind to individuals and other charities, many of them overseas. 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 north mississippi medical center, never heard of you. yolando barco oncology institute, nothing. >> it's one of the ones we looked up, but again you have to talk to the -- >> reporter: the "him" is james reynolds sr., the founder who finally told us in an e-mail his board thought it unwise to talk to cnn, even 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: okay, can we he stay right there? 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 who, by the way, is married to james reynolds jr. sent us e-mails telling us the breast cancer society's guiding mission is to provide relief for those that suffer from 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. iran has a new leader. does this election today make relations with the islamic republic better or worse for the united states? we'll tell you more about the new president next.

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climatic data center. more than $110 billion spread out over 11 major weather disasters, each costing more than $1 billion. >> that is just a number you can't even put your head around. weather is becoming more extreme. >> reporter: the most extreme of 2012, superstorm sandy, $65 billion in damage and let's not forget the human cost. 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 wild fires, 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 flood walls, levees and upgrade the city's

building codes. new york city suffered $19 billion in damage post sandy and bloomberg says the forecast by mid century is that a similar storm could cost nearly five times that -- 90 billion. >> we can do nothing and expose ourselves to an increased frequency of sandy-like storms. we could abandon the water front or make the investments necessary to build a stronger, more resilient new york. >> reporter: here in seaside heights, new jersey which was devastated after superstorm sandy, a lot has happened in six and a half months. the entire boardwalk has been rebuilt. 85% to 90% of the businesses are back open. we're told that some of the kiddie rides will be back on by july 4th. the rebuilding costs $6 million to $7 million which is half of the annual budget of seaside heights but it's also their life line. 75% of the annual revenue comes from this boardwalk, so rebuilding it was priority

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