we've got much more coming up on "cnn sunday morning," which "cnn sunday morning," which starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, i'm alison kosik. it's 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 on the west. happy father's day and thanks for beginning your morning with us. first this morning, the government is providing major, new details about how it's keeping track of your phone calls and internet use. it insists the surveillance is not as extensive as some have claimed, and it says it helps to keep terror suspects behind bars. cnn's rene marsh has more for us from washington. >> reporter: alison, feeling the pressure, the nsa, national security agency, is trying to prove to americans this method of tracking phone calls and collecting internet data has helped prevent terror plots. now, this intelligence community document cnn just obtained says the surveillance program helped disrupt dozens of potential terrorist plots in the united

states and in more than 20 countries around the world. the document also details the intelligence community's assertion that one of the thwarted attacks was the 2009 plot to blow up the new york city subway system. now, because of nsa phone tracking, it says that the u.s. intelligence was able to discover a pakistan terrorist was in contact with someone in the u.s., conspiring to carry out the attack. the nsa tipped off the fbi, and najibullah zazi and his co-spirco co-conspirators were arrested and the plot thwarted. the head of the nsa is promising to declassify more information about specific terror plots. senator dianne feinstein says that that information could be released as soon as monday. alison? >> rene marsh, thank you. so far, the man who leaked the existence of the secret surveillance program is keeping his own location top secret. edward snowden has seemingly vanished without a trace in a

city of 7 million people. our senior international correspondent nic robertson is on the trail in hong kong. >> reporter: they came for edward snowden, to help protect him from possible prosecution. >> i blow the whistle! >> i blow the whistle! >> reporter: a rally in the rain in the heart of the city he claims was targeted by nsa hackers. organize e organizers hoped for hundreds. they got maybe 300, about a third journalists covering the event. >> it's a war of security. >> reporter: this speaker one of three legislators voicing concerns over snowden's fate, not surprised by the low turnout. >> the grassroots here just couldn't care less about this crazy foreigner, uninvited guest who just barged into hong kong. what's that about? and let the authorities deal with it. >> reporter: perhaps not the numbers organizers were hoping

for and hard to blame it on the weather, too, but the tiananmen square protests took place just days ago. there were between 50,000 and 150,000 people and it was pouring down with rain. snowden gave away his most valuable asset, his location. checking out of this hotel barely 12 hours later, he seemed to have second tughts, or maybe not. perhaps hiding here in the shadows in hong kong was a carefully calculated choice. searching from here could be like looking for a needle in a haystack. this is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. 7 million people live here. 5 million of them computer users with some of the fastest internet access in the world. could this be a cyber spooked nirvana? >> if he's hoping to get his story out into the media, then that's a very wise choice. >> reporter: david hobson was

assistant police commissioner here, says snowden will need more than cyber savvy to dodge detection. >> you live in the real world, you have to eat food, you have to sleep. you know, in my mind, there is no such thing as a secret. who knows? >> reporter: although he is still technically free, should an arrest warrant come, he'll go on a watch list, unable to leave legally. >> so, when do they all start looking and what information do they have already? >> reporter: the clock may already be ticking. >> it may well be ticking. i would imagine it almost certainly has been ticking. >> we're today all blowing the whistle in support of ed snowden. >> reporter: outside of the u.s. consulate, snowden's supporters hand over a letter to president obama. still hoping they can muster enough outrage to keep snowden out of jail. nic robertson, cnn, hong kong. to springfield, missouri, where more rain is expected today after heavy storms

saturday triggered flash flooding. this suv got trapped by the rushing water. according to cnn affiliate kspr, as much as 9 inches of rain fell in just a few hours. water rescues were reported as well as flooded homes. kspr reports traffic on the james river freeway slowed to a crawl as water spilled over the road. power was knocked out to hundreds of homes. to colorado now, where firefighters say they've turned the corner on what's being called the worst wildfire in that state's history. the black forest fire is 55% contained this morning, and no more lives have been lost, but authorities say the damage has already been done is catastrophic. >> it looks like a nuclear bomb went off in some of those areas, and you can't even recognize whether it was a house or some other kind of structure. >> another large wildfire is 40% contained, and others continue to burn. across colorado, more than 1,000 people are battling the flames. whether a house burns down in a wildfire is often a quick

decision made by firefighters whose own lives are on the line. our martin savidge visited black forest, colorado, and he caught up with some of the experts who have to make the tough calls. >> reporter: no firefighter wants to let a house burn, but sometimes there's no choice. >> and that's the hard part. i mean, it is a gut check doing this job, that you know going to a home there might be some that you just can't save. >> reporter: other than life or death, one of the hardest decisions a firefighter will make is whether or not they can save a home, demand a big fire like this, it's a decision they have to make a lot. >> go ahead. >> i've got an address for you. >> reporter: todd legler has to make that call from his truck while riding in the fire. it's based on training, experience and how he reads the land. you can quickly read that terrain potentially dangerous for firefighters. >> correct. >> reporter: this terrain over here, simply different topography, safer. >> correct. >> reporter: that house could be

saved. >> correct. >> reporter: this one you might have to let go. >> yep. >> reporter: mike garmin also has a safe. after all, it's his crew fighting the flames. he reads the house itself. >> stucco, wood, wood roofs, tile roof, you know. if it's combustible materials, it's definitely going to be a harder home to defend. >> reporter:insensitive, but in past, firefighters have stayed too long simply because it was a home and died trying to save it. another deciding factor is the big picture. balancing, say, saving a home versus saving a subdivision. that's james shaddel's call. >> although a single resident as his property is dear to that person, we have to look at the overall picture of the community in general. >> reporter: and from todd to mike to james, it's all done in just minutes in the heat and chaos of a roaring blaze, and they say it's never, ever easy. it's going to be the difference,

in some cases, of whether a homeowner comes home to a home or not. >> it is a tough decision to make, because you don't ever want to see anyone lose their home, but the tougher decision is, will all the firefihters come home at the end of the day? >> reporter: if they could, firefighters say they would save every home. the greatest pain is knowing they can't. martin savidge, cnn, black forest, colorado. >> such a tough job for them. it sounds like a scary urban legend. a mom says a man snuck into her minivan and lunged at her with a knife while she was driving. this story has got a happy ending. this is the one i was telling you about, samsung galaxy s4. it's got a huge screen, does all kinds of cool stuff. and if you buy it here, you get a $50 walmart gift card. man, i gotta have this!

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notorious mob bosses. james "whitey" bulger. after a 16-year manhunt, the reputed mafia kingpin now sits in a courtroom facing 19 counts of murder and allegations of racketeering, extortion and money laundering. deb feyerick is in boston following the trial for us. deb? >> reporter: alison, this is a trial that many people here in boston thought they would never see. now, james "whitey" bulger, who spent most of his life trying to avoid attention, is front and center for everyone to see. these are some of the images seen by the jury. whitey bulger 30 years ago at the height of his power, a crime boss feared throughout boston. prosecutors introduced clip after clip of bulger meeting with members of both the italian and irish mafia here at a garage where bulger ran his criminal enterprise. that enterprise, said his own lawyer, was made up of drug trafficking, extortion and loan sharking, and was worth millions upon millions of dollars.

bulger has pleaded not guilty to charges he killed 19 people. prosecutors emphasized those murders in opening statements, saying, "this, ladies and gentlemen, is what this case is about." underscoring the violence that characterized bulger's so-called reign of terror from the '70s to mid-'90s, prosecutors presented an arsenal of weapons found at bulger's hideout. those weapons included dozens of fully-automatic machine guns and military rifles, sawed-off shotguns, semiautomatic pistols and double-edged knives, enough to go to war. bulger's role as an fbi informant is central to this trial. one of the first witnesses to testify was retired massachusetts police colonel thomas foley. he led the bulger investigation in the '80s and said he felt betrayed by corrupt fbi agents who "put a higher priority protecting their informants than on protecting public safety." the most colorful testimony came from a former bookmaker who said he paid bulger thousands of dollars every year for nearly 14

years. richard o'brien, seen on the right, described a meeting between bulger and a man who owed him money. o'brien testified that when the man balked at paying, bulger apparently replied, "we have a business besides bookmaking, killing people like you." o'brien used a racier word than people, and whitey bulger, who had shown little emotion through the first days of the trial, threw his face back and laughed, seeming to enjoy a good story by a friend not afraid to look him in the eye. >> thanks. a huge, three-alarm fire is under control this morning after destroying parts of an indianapolis recycling complex and forcing evacuations of 100 homes. all that heavy, black smoke you see there could be seen for miles. the fire is expected to continue smoldering for a few more days. its cause is still under investigation. and an orlando mother is now free on bail after being accused of using a stun gun on one of her own children because -- this

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heading into today's final round of the u.s. open. andy scholes joins us now with more in the "bleacher report." good morning! >> good morning, alison. well, no one knows more about the drama during the final round of the u.s. open than phil mickelson. he's never won the event, finishing second a record five times, but today, mickelson is in position to finally get over that hump. the course at merion golf club has wreaked havoc on most of the field, but not mickelson. he's had at least a share of the lead after every round so far. mickelson's the only golfer under par through the first three rounds of play. he's at 1 under. he's going to tee off at 3:20 eastern this afternoon. now, three golfers are one shot back of mickelson, and tiger woods is not one of them. tiger had a rough third round, shooting 6 over par. he's now 9 over for the tournament. the final round kicks off later this morning. what would would a bruins/blackhawks game be without overtime? last night, second game of the series and they needed extra time to settle it.

tied at 1 in overtime, daniel paille with the game-winner. bruins take game two 2-1 to even the series at a game a piece. game three of the stanley cup finals is monday night in boston. scary moment last night in the royals/rays game. in the fifth inning, eric hosmer is going to hit this pitch right back at alex cobb, strikes him in the head near his right ear. cobb was taken out on a stretcher but did remain conscious the entire way to the hospital. rays announced that all tests were normal and cobb was diagnosed with a concussion. from the hospital, cobb actually tweeted. he said "can't thank everyone enough for the prayers, was the only way for me to make it out of there okay. look forward to getting back out there." and alison, it's good to see that after getting hit like that, he was able to get his iphone out or whatever phone he has at the hospital and get on twitter. >> it's amazing. when i saw that, i wanted to duck. like the ball's coming at me. >> scary moment. >> hazard pay, right? he gets hazard pay, i'm sure. >> i think they get paid pretty well in major league baseball. >> yeah, that's what i meant.

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6:00. and i got a chance to chat with anchors chris cuomo and kate bolduan, who gave me a little preview of what we can expect. >> we know this, here's the headline -- news is back in morning news when "new day" starts. we're really going to emphasize story count, having the broadest palette, letting people know what's going on not just here, but around the world. it will be an obvious emphasis right from jump. >> and it will be a broader definition of news. obviously, the big headlines of the day, those will drive the show as it drives any show, but there's also going to be a variety of stories that maybe viewers haven't seen in the past. so, there's going to be a little bit for everybody, or i would actually argue, a lot for everybody, because everyone has a variety of interests and we're going to pack it all in. we have three hours, as you well know, alison, so there's a lot of time to pack a lot of things in. >> is this show going to redefine morning tv from what we know now? >> i think that's setting a high

bar for us. >> yeah. >> i think if morning news is morning news. we're not going to be reinventing the morning news wheel. i mean, it is what it is, but we're going to be doing it our own way. it's going to have a very different feel from other morning shows in the past. and i think there is space in morning tv for that. every show's got its niche and every show's got its own angle and we're going to be finding ours as well. we've got a big team of people to be playing off of. it's not just chris and i. it's also michaela pereira as well. so, the three of us bring our own perspective and our own background to each of the stories that we approach, and we're going to be playing off of that a lot during the show. >> every show, alison, you know, distinguishes itself by the people who are doing it and the choices that it makes so that, over time, they start to distinguish themselves. but you know, at the bottom of the analysis, we're all trying to do the same thing. we're all trying to get information out to as many people as possible and take up their cause. how you do it, how often you do it how well you do it, that's what will define "new day." >> well, i'm excited to watch on monday. chris and kate, very psyched for

this show. once again, i will be watching. thank you. >> thanks, alison. >> "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan, michaela pereira, debuting tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. eastern. don't miss it. the 40th annual daytime emmy awards are happening tonight, honoring the best in soaps, in talk shows, children's entertainment, too. cbs is the most nominated network, mostly for "the young and the restless." i actually used to watch that. i can admit that. but cnn is in the mix as well with our very own "sanjay gupta md," nominated for outstanding special class series. and you can watch the daytime emmy awards on our sister network, hln. that's starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern with special coverage beginning on the red carpet at 7:30 p.m. all right, i'm going to see you back here at the top of the hour, 8:00 eastern. but first, dr. sanjay gupta tells us how to sit down and have a meaningful conversation with your kids about sex before someone else does.

"sanjay gupta md" starts right now. 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'll 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 under 18 needed a prescription, but this spring, a fedal