#clarkkenting. i have to show you some pictures of myself. back when i was a young boy and a superhero. >> that's you, berman. >> that's a young boy turning into superman. my own version of clark kenting. >> carol costello, time for newsroom. john berman was clark kent, did you know? >> i just saw the picture. you were one skinny superman. >> shocking you to silence with berman photos. >> hey, thanks so much. have a great day. "newsroom" starts right now. remembering a great. >> i'm in the waste management business. everybody immediately assumes you're mobbed up. >> 51-year-old james gandolfini dying of an apparent heart attack. >> once you enter this family, there's no getting out. >> the iconic actor bringing

life and humanity to mobster tony soprano. >> definitely put new jersey on the map. >> i can't believe it. i'm in shock. also, deep fried controversy. >> look at all the butter in this kitchen. >> food network star paula deen and using the n-word. a stick of butter ain't going to make this dish better. plus, caught on tape. an apocalyptic hovering over louisiana. bad fit for zimmer. >> you're going to like the way you look, i guarantee it. >> the former suit boss saying he was silenced. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, i'm carol

costello. thank you so much for being with me. we start this morning with the death of james gandolfini. the actor best known for his role of tony soprana. his family and friends say he's a genius. revered for his work on screen. >> you know why we're here. if you have any doubts or reservations, now's the time to say so. no one will think any less of you. once you enter this family, there's no getting out. >> gandolfini was in rome when he died. the hospital there said he was dead on arrival. doctors said he likely died of a heart attack. he was just 51. before gandolfini's body can return to the united states, medical examiners will have to perform an autopsy. nischelle turner is live in new york with more on james

gandolfini. good morning. >> we know that autopsy will be performed tomorrow. maybe we will begin to get more answers into what happened here. in the meantime, fans and friends are celebrating the life of the man who made us love a mobster. the sudden death of james gandolfini rippled from italy to the jersey shore. >> i can't believe it. i'm in shock. >> really taken back. he's such a young man. just such a nice guy. >> reporter: his death confirmed by hbo. the network, where he shot to fame as the tough talking mob boss tony soprano on the hit show "the sopranos." the hbo representative said the 51-year-old actor may have had a heart attack, although the official cause is not yet known. the news blindsided his closest hollywood friends. soprano's co-star tweeting, i have lost a brother and a best friend. the world has lost one of the

greatest actors of all-time. the show's creator david chase mourned the loss in a statement saying he was a genius. anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. he is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. a great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. gandolfini was vacationing in italy where he was scheduled to attend the film festival in sicily later this week. he made one of his last public appearances at this charity event for the stellared aler acting studio in new york city just last week. among his last film roles was playing defense secretary in "zero dark thirty." he never strayed far from home, new jersey. >> he definitely put new jersey on the map, all positive. he just made jersey better. >> reporter: one of his best-known fans new jersey

governor chris christie in a statement said, it's an awful shock. james gandolfini was a fine actor, a jersey alum. i was a huge fan of his and a character he played so authentically. the ice cream shop in bloomfield, new jersey, which served as the diner setting for the final scene of "the soprano" was overflowing with fans after news of the actor's death spread. >> and they left that booth there at the diner, carol, clear with reserve signs so nobody else would sit there. james gandolfini's manager did tell us he was on that way to that film festival in sicily and going to get an achievement award there. >> so sad. >> by the way, carol, i need to correct something real quick. within the package we did say that he played defense secretary leon panetta. of course, he played former cia

director leonpanetta. >> who later became defense secretary. >> at the time -- >> he was the cia chief. hbo says it will honor gandolfini by replaying "sopranos." sales are climbing the charts on itunes. cnn's stephanie elum looks back at his most impressive roles and his many accomplishments. >> james gandolfini. >> reporter: private, reserved and painfully shy, he granted one of his only in-depth interview to inside the actor studio in 2004. >> where were you born? >> westward, new jersey. >> what are your parents' names? >> santa and james. >> where were they born? >> my father was born in italy and then when he was 2 or 3 he came here. my mother was born in america

and moved back it italy when she was 6 months old and then came back when she was about 20. >> perhaps because of his own ties to the act aer studio, having studied there himself he opened up in the interview revealing a rare look at his early years. >> were you a well-behaved kid? >> up to a point. >> what point? >> high school. gandolfini capped his teen angst years and then he went to new york city to manage a bar. >> so i spent a few years just watching people just in amazement and i saw a lot of interesting things that i stored up for later. >> reporter: encouraged by a friend and nightclub regular, he attended his first acting class. >> i went in and i was scared to death.

i was shaking. >> reporter: terrified. but fascinated and determined, gandolfini would spend the better part of the next decade mastering his craft until catching a break in 1992 on broad way. >> i auditioned for the role of steve in street car named desire with jessica lang and alec baldwin. >> reporter: a few more theater roles would follow before the director gave the 30-year-old actor his first major movie role in "a stranger among us." following several smaller roles in "mr. wonderful" "money for nothing" and opposite brad pitt in "true romance." gandolfini's career gained momentum in the mid-90s playing geena davis' boyfriend in "angie" one of the heavies in "terminal velocity." and a series of big budget

features like "crimson tide" "the juror" "she's so lovely" "fallen" and "get shorty." >> i think you should turn around and go back to miami. >> reporter: but not the big screen where he would find the role he was born to play. ♪ in his late 30s he landed the role that would make him a star. new jersey mob boss, tony soprano. >> you all right? >> he's broken. >> reporter: he never expected to get the part as he told inside the actor's studio. >> i got the script and i remember reading it and laughing out loud and i said there's no way i'll be able to do this. i really thought that they would pick someone different than i. >> in what way?

>> swab, you know, someone more leading man type, basically. >> reporter: he may not have considered himself leading man material, but from the first episode of "the sopranos" he's was a screen presence. he was part family man -- >> dad -- >> reporter: vulnerable at times, at least in his sessions with his therapist. >> you always talk about him more like a son. >> reporter: a man of strong appetites, sexual and otherwise. an unapologetic mobster with a temper. >> i'm sorry, i'm just having some bad luck. >> reporter: shortly after the show debuted in 1999, series creator david chase spoke to cnn about his leading man. >> we have a great cast and of that cast, james gandolfini is really important to the

equation. i think he's playing a mob boss, a killer and a tough guy. and i think if he didn't have someone playing that role who also can elicit feelings of sympathy and empathy and even pity, i think we wouldn't have the show we have. >> reporter: some of gandolfini's finest acting came with scenes with his wife, car mela. it featured titanic fights. and moments of surprising tenderness. >> to my husband. you're not just a funny, smart, lovable, good-looking guy, you're mine. thank you, baby. >> reporter: she spoke of her co-star in glowing terms. >> i work most often with jim gandolfini who was so easy to be married to and to feel like was

family with me. it was just so easy to feel we had history together and love acting with him. acing with him is like when you're a kid and you're playing house or something. i felt very ungrown up and felt very unactry. it just felt as real as anything has. it was an absolute day. >> finish telling me about the day you collapsed? >> reporte >> when you work with someone who is better than you, you have to rise to the occasion. you are either rise to the occasion. >> hey, i'm serious. he's a brilliant actor to act with. >> hi, thanks. >> reporter: he won a trio of

emmys, three screen actor guild awards and a golden globe for his work on the show. after accepting his first emmy in 2000, he spoke to the media backstage. >> i was very surprised. i was shocked. >> reporter: on that occasion, he offered his own thoughts on tony soprano. >> tries to do the right thing and screws everything up by doing that. kind of honeymooners kind of thing. >> reporter: in 2003, he threatened to leave the series in a salary dispute. hbo sued him for breach of contract, but the matter was settled with gandolfini doubling his salary to $800,000 an episode. >> hey. >> reporter: gandolfini starred in all 86 episodes of "the sopranos" over six seasons and it ended with a cliffhanger in 2007. viewers were left wondering if tony soprano lived or died.

the conclusion of "the soprano's" not just the end of a television phenomenon but allowed gandolfini to take his career in new directions. >> he took it very seriously. >> reporter: now in his 40s he was free to take on nontough guy characters. branching out from his iconic portrayal of tony roles like in "pelha am 123" and then he voiced in "where the wild things are." >> look at me, i'm big. >> reporter: true to his theater roots, he returned to the broadway stage starring alongside jeff daniels and hope davis, gandolfini played a frumpy business man earning a

tony nomination. earned a tony for best play of 2009. last year he took on a commanding, yet small part as the cia director in "zero dark thirty." >> any time there was a role that needed -- there was some kind of sense of a little bit of menace maybe and a little authority. he was a good guy to play that. >> everyone i talked to knew the exact date. >> reporter: the same year the sopranos ended he stepped behind the lens as executive producer with "home from iraq." a documentary where veterans opened up about their graphic war experiences. his interests went beyond the documentary. in 2010 he traveled with other actors from the sopranos to afghanistan on a uso tour. he then earned an award for "war torn" a documentary that examined posttraumatic stress

disorder, especially among soldiers. >> a passion project of his and i know in his own small community, he knew people that were involved in the military and i think this was his way of drawing attention to it. >> reporter: continuing his long relationship with hbo, gandolfini teamed up with the network in 2010, this time as craig gilbert. long gone was the mafia persona. instead, a bearded documentary filmmaker following the family in a story about america's first reality tv show. at the time of his death, gandolfini was prepared to appear in "criminal justice" the fate of that show is now unclear. fiercely private, he was known to skirt questions about his family life. >> he never interested in that. he didn't want to do the fame game. >> reporter: he leaves behind two children. a teenage son from his first marriage and a daughter born in october to his second wife deborah. the couple married in hawaii in

2008. dad at just 51, a life and acting career cut short. some had hoped to see tony soprano again on the big screen. although he was known to shy away from the spotlight, he opened up in an interview answering whimsically when asked about the end of his life. >> if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you arrive at the pearly gates? >> take over for a while, i'll be right back. no, no, no. >> that's it. dare not change it. it's too good. >> think of the possibilities. all right. let's check on some of the other stop stories this morning. peace talks between the united states and the taliban could take place within the next few days and could include talks of a possible prisoner exchange. senior u.s. officials telling cnn they want army sergeant released. he was captured by militants, taliban militants in 2009.

he was last seen in this video in 2011. his family says it recently received a letter from burgdol and the united states believes he is still alive and in taliban custody. in the next hour, a ruling from the u.s. supreme court on four landmark cases. the voting rights act, affi affirmative action and the defensive marriage act. a new cnn poll, how americans view two of those critical issues. americans are vote with 48% s saying it's still necessary. affirmative action, 68% say they disapprove compared to 29% who do approve. very minimal and very seldom. that's how fbi director robert mueller describe the agency's use of drones. he made the admission during a senate panel hearing but did not

say how many drones the fbi actually has or how many times they have been used. haasli they are less visible than helicopters. two men in albany, new york, now under arrest after the fbi says they were involved in a plot to help terrorists. the suspects are accused of building what has been described as a radiation van that could emit lethal x-rays. really? here's how one official summed it up. >> it would be capable of inflicting death on humans. if used in the fashion for which it was designed. as i said, it was designed to be mobile. it was designed to have a remote power source and the defendants it's alleged that a particular mechanism to turn it on remotely and turn it off remotely. they would not be in the area when this device would be turned on and directed towards specific targets. >> the men were caught after one of them tried to get help

building the van from a local jewish organization. that group reported him to authorities. an arizona wildfire in the prescott national forest 7,500 acres in two days. 460 homes have been evacuated, but no structures lost as of now. investigators say someone caused this fire but they're still looking for the exact source. a conservative christian group that focused on trying to cure gay men and women of homosexuality through conversion therapy is closing its doors. it's shutting down. the group is called exodus international. its president, alan chambers, who admitted he, himself is attracted to men is apologizing. he apologized some people killed themselves because of conversion therapy. it will be exposed on oprah's o.w.n. network tonight. they were outraged and demanded the ministry close down. >> no matter how many times i

pleaded with god to take this away from me, i couldn't do it. >> you are responsible. >> the organization needs to shut down. shut down. don't tweak it. don't try to improve it. shut it down. >> cnn's nick vulenshia is following this for us. there's a kauvuate here. exodus is not exactly shutting down. >> it's changing its name in essence. they say they're going to start a new ministry called "reduce fear." their message this time around more welcoming and more wide open. they say gay or straight at the end of the day we're all sons and daughters of god. they want to carry that message forward for the new generation of christians. before they closed their doors they issued a statement. that so many have interpreted this religious rejection by christians as god's rejection. i'm profoundly sorry that many have walked away from their

faith and that some have chosen to end their lives." you remember exodus international has become famous or infamous depending on how you look on it for conversion therapy. that's the practice of making someone believe that they are changed from their sexual orientation from being gay to straight using therapy. of course, they backed away from that after the american psychological association. they condemned the practice. the organization subsequently sort of pulled back. >> so, i'm not getting this. exodus renamed itself. is it now welcoming gay christians into its church and it's okay? what does that mean, rebranding? >> this is a great point that gets into another aspect of the story. many critics of this organization believe this is a half-hearted apology. while the board comes out and says they're becoming more wide open and welcoming. they do say they're very strict in the scriptures of the bible when it comes to surrounding sex and there are very strict boundaries when it comes to

marriage. do not apologize for those beliefs. they're closing their doors and it's a rebranding, in essence, carol. weal see how it plays out going forward. joe torre played 18 years in the majors but never made a better catch than his own daughter did in brooklyn. she was biking to work when she saw a baby about to fall from an awning about ten feet above the sidewalk. she dashed to the scene and managed to catch the 1-year-old boy who had crawled out of a window of a second story apartment before tumbling on to that awning. the baby is doing just fine. but his parents were taken into custody. in the meantime, joe torre says, hey, his daughter always had good hands. that's amazing. just ahead in "newsroom" -- >> you'll like the way you look, i guarantee it. >> but you're fired. the face of men's warehouse out the door.

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hernandez. the receiver is under investigation for a shooting. the most recent one took place not far from his massachusetts home a few days ago, where a man was found dead. hernandez was reportedly questioned and police searched his home. cnn's john berman joins us now with more on this murder mystery. hi, john. >> hi, carol, how are you doing? there are reports that the two men, aaron hernandez and this dead man may have been seen as a boston nightclub the night before this man died. and now aaron hernandez, a probowl tight end, he's being questioned in two separate incidents. each resulting in someone being shot and one of them fatally. this is the first time we're seeing the new england patriots' tight end aaron hernandez outside his massachusetts home. as investigators search for answers to a mysterious murder. media, neighbors and tourists flood the streets outside his north adelborough home while nearby police sift through the woods for clues.

clues that could shed some light to what happened to 27-year-old lloyd, a victim of homicide found dead in this industrial park less than a mile away from the 23-year-old star football player's home. >> kid came up knocking on the window saying he saw somebody laying down and not moving and my boss and i went down there and saw a guy dead there. >> he was not buried. just lying there as if he was either dropped there or killed there. >> reporter: the "boston globe" quote sources saying hernandez and the victim may have seen together at a boston club the night before lloyd's body was found. police have not released the cause of lloyd's death, but according to boston's wbz, law enforcement says he was shot. leaving his family and friends reeling with grief. >> my son is a wonderful child. never do anything to hurt anyone. >> my brother's my keeper and

that's all i can say. he's always had my back through anything and, you know, it's just tough that he's not here. >> i hope they find out who did it. >> reporter: police visited the home of hernandez twice this week, but "sports illustrated" report they have not named him as a suspect. an attorney for hernandez gave this statement. "out of respect for the ongoing investigation process, neither we nor aaron will have any comment about the substance of the investigation until it has come to a conclusion." this unfolding in massachusetts while in miami -- the case was dismissed monday over an error in the original paperwork, but it will be refiled. now, in the massachusetts investigation, the police are

asking the public's help in locating a silver mirror cover had is believed to have broken off a victim that could be visible along the route, that is where the man, the victim, that dead man may have been traveling. meanwhile, aaron hernandez is in the second year of a five-year, $40 million contract. carol? >> unbelievable. that's strange story. john berman, thanks so much. stories we're watching right now in "newsroom." u.s. stock markets poised to open today. much lower. keeping an eye on wall street. actually, christine romans keeping a very close eye. very terrible day yesterday, christine. what is on tap today? >> i think it's going to be ugly at the open. futures down 121. you're seeing the first, the first few trades going. you'll see this sort of accelerate a little bit. we have gold prices, carol, down 6% overnight. a lot of people going into gold as the stock market was going up. as bond prices were moving. people had been going into gold

and going into oil. all those commodities getting hit overnight. world stock markets fell overnight and stock futures a lower open. why? what is going on here? the fed chairman yesterday said they would continue to, you know, stimulate the u.s. economy, but there would be a road map for when they would stop doing that. the u.s. economy was strong enough to get on its own two feet and unemployment rate got back 7%. take their foot off the accelerator is the way the fed chief put it. overnight, world markets started to react saying all the markets that had benefitted from the big flood of fed money into the world economy and all markets having a pull back to what would be the reality when the fed is not in the game. you see the dow down about 69 points right now and down 72. we'll continue to watch. we have seen triple-digit declines the last six or seven days in a row, carol. >> then it goes right back up. such a weird thing.

>> very volatile and i'll let you know how this is playing out and whether they can absorb it all right today. >> thank you, christine. other stories we're covering this morning. senate negotiators are expected to announce a deal today on an immigration reform bill that would increase border security as cnn first reported yesterday. the plan would double the number of patrol officers from the current level of 21,000 and include 700 miles of fencing. a frightening sight. a waterspout off the coast of grand isle, louisiana. three water spouts merged into one powerful funnel cloud. the waterspout drifted ashore snapping some power lines and damaging the roof and shingles of a nearby camp and home. thankfully no injuries reported. still ahead in "the newsroom" two teams, game seven, one nba championship. the question tonight, show, will lebron wear his headbound?

we we'll be back with an exclusive interview.

oh, i love this story. tonight the nba will crown a champion. either the miami heat or spurs will lift the trophy following game seven. the real question tonight, will lebron james throw vanity aside. rachel nichols sat down with king james and she asked him. >> they have headbands for people who have not been following the headband gate, whatever we're calling it. lebron james has appeared wearing a headbandor almost his entire nba career. thousands and thousands and thousands of games at this point. and it fell off while he was making a move to the basket the other night in the middle of the fourth quarter and i guess it's the opposite of he kicked it up a gear and got better after he lost the headband. played with a force for the rest of the game and his team ended up staving off elimination. one of the big questions is, will he go with or without the

headband tonight in game seven tonight. what it felt like for his team to basically be given up for dead when they were down by five points with 30 seconds to go. his answer was pretty interesting about how it motivated him and the rest of the guys. take a listen. >> with about a minute to go in game six, security guards come out and they start putting the yellow tape around the floor and get ready to wheel the championship trophy in. >> basically burying us alive. throwing dirt on us before it was over. at the end of the day, still more game to play. finish this game and see what happens. >> we have to talk about the headband, of course. i have one here for you. i don't know if you recognize this. this is your old friend. you usually keep this guy next to you at all time. >> he's a little mad at me right now. we haven't talked in a few hours. haven't not played with it in so long. >> dwyane wade said am i going to talk him into not wearing it in game seven. can you give us the exclusive

here? >> i don't know. this is very tough decision. i have to decide whether i'm going to wear it or not wear it. but i think i will either part of this journey, the ups and downs in my career so far. we'll see what happens. >> no man left behind. >> no man left behind. >> how much of game seven is about xs and os and how much is about heart? >> i think it's all heart. at the end of the day, xs and os and coaching staff will put you in position to proceed. determination at this point and the team on the way to victory. >> want to reunite you with your friends. >> sorry, buddy, i still love you. >> you can see how lebron's willing to have a little fun there. it's so interesting, actually, to see his evolution. two years ago he was on the nba finals stage for the first time with the miami heat and just so uptight about the idea of how he

would perform under the pressure and having left criticism and so much criticism and so many people watching his every move. it affected eed the way he pla and he decided after that, this is a game. he had fun playing it his whole life and he is going to approach it differently. we saw that in the finals when they beat oklahoma city and he won his first title. that's how he is approaching it this year. you saw him joking around with me in that interview and what his big plans were, carol, to prep for the game, not only look at game film but watch spungbob squarepants with his two young sons last night. >> if you're feeling anxiety or tension, spongebob will pull you out. got rid of the headband and everything was fine. rachel nichols, thanks so much, that was fun. up next in "the newsroom." hope with strings attached. the taliban wants to make a deal that could free a u.s. soldier held captive since 2009.

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taliban wants to make a deal. talks between the united states and the taliban could happen within the next few days and those talks could pave the way for a captured american soldier to finally return home. yes, the taliban claims it's holding the soldier hostage. reza joins us now on the possible prisoner exchange. what does the taliban want in return? >> well, this is one of the possible outcomes, if the taliban in washington ever sit down and talk. the release of the u.s. soldier captured in 2009. he's been held captive by the taliban ever since. all indications are he is alive and in good condition and both the taliban and washington say if they meet, they could be a potential prison swap where they would give up bo in return for a number of taliban leaders being held in guantanamo.

there was some optimism, but that optimism dashed yesterday when all of a sudden the afghan government pulled out of these talks. afghanistan unhappy with the way the taliban is portraying itself. unhappy that in their new office here they're flying their taliban flag and not recognizing afghanistan's official name and instead putting up a sign that reads islamic emirates of afghanistan. kabul pulled out of the talks and the u.s. put on the brakes and things on hold at this hour. >> do we know this u.s. soldier is alive and he is, indeed, in taliban custody? >> all indications from the taliban is that he is alive and there are some signs that these talks could take place, despite the problems of the next few days. today we visited the taliban's office. they've lowered that controversial flag and also removed the sign that says islamic emirates of afghanistan.

demands of afghan, demands they made and there are signs that the taliban are heeding some of the demands and new hope that these talks could take place in the next few days. >> reza reporting live this morning. thank you. a beautiful moment three years in the making. a little boy hears for the first time. isn't that a great reaction? we'll tell you more when we come back.

for parents it's a beautiful moment. your newborn hears your voice for the first time and smiles at you. but the clamp family of north carolina had to wait three years for that moment to happen with their son grayson. dr. sanjay gupta joins us now with more. this is just an amazing story. to see this little boy's reaction is priceless.

>> i think you're going to like this one, carol. it is an amazing story. i'll preface by saying, doctors don't use the word miracle very often. the father of grayson said that god is still in the miracle business after he experienced what you're about to see now. take a look. it could be called a modern day miracle. watch as this little boy hears his father's voice for the first time. >> hi grayson. talk to him, daddy. >> daddy loves you. daddy loves you. daddy -- >> hear. >> can you hear daddy? >> before this moment grayson had never heard a sound. >> that's you. grayson. >> reporter: grayson was born without the auditory nerves that carry sound from the inner ear to the brain. initially he was fitted with a cochlear implant, but without nerves it was ineffective.

that's what doctors that university of north carolina school of medicine gave him this. it's an auditory brain stem implant. the device is typically used in adults whose nerves have been damaged and haven't yet been approved for use in children. but that changed, thanks to an fda approved trial. and grayson became the first child in the country to undergo the procedure. >> we don't really know exactly what it's like for him. we don >> doctors are confident that el speak and hear. though they won't forget what that first moment was like. >> hi, grayson. talk to me. >> daddy loves you. daddy loves you. daddy loves you. >> yes.

>> that just brings tears to your eyes. so tell us, the implant that was given to grayson, how exactly does it work? >> so this is -- it is an amazing story, carol, i'm sorry. this is a brain stem implant, so typically what you think of with hearing, you have nerves that go from your ear, basically, to your brain stem. that's what grayson doesn't have. so he has a little microphone outside that captures sounds and puts it in all these frequencies, and then takes it directly to the brain stem, this area over here to an area called the cochlear nucleus. you don't really need to remember that. just know it's going directly to the brain stem and transmitted to sounds that he can process and understand and hopefully understand language at some point. that's the goal. >> so he'll be able to remove the device at some point in his life? >> well, this part of it he can probably actually take off if he wants to. it's usually held in by magnets.

but he'll need this device because he does not have the nerve that goes from the ear to the brain, so this is essentially replacing part of his nervous system. think of it like that. this has been done on adults before, but carol, grayson is the first child in this country to ever have this. there have been ten children total that have been approved as part of this new clinical trial, but what you just saw there is a true first. that reaction, as it got to you as it did to me, that says it all. >> it just brought tears to my eyes. and thanks for bringing your brain to the set. >> i always try. i know it doesn't always seem like it, but i try. >> sanjay always travels with his brain. don't miss sanjay's show, sjmd at 7:30 eastern on sunday. we'll be right back. hey.

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she says tweets like don't forget to sweeten your coffee with equal. and the only n-word paula won't say is nutrition. we're here to dish some more. good morning. >> good morning. this has spilled on line and it's fueled some negative attention that you just mentioned. we all know her as the celebrity chef. >> it's the ladies' brunch burger. >> with a flare for good old-fashioned southern cooking. but paula deen is making headlines not for her work in the kitchen but for allegations of racist comments. the food network star recently gave a videotaped deposition for an ongoing civil lawsuit filed by a former employee. according to a transcript, deen replied, yes, of course, when

asked if she had ever used the n word. she said she used the racial slur in a conversation with her husband after a black man burst into the bank she was working in at the time and put a gun to her head. this created a stir after the deposition went public. within hours, deen's attorney released a statement saying his client does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable. david johnson has spent more than ten years helping celebrities deal with controversies. >> the first 48 hours are critical. how does the public react? do they just shrug their shoulders and act indifferently, or is there outrage? >> look at all the butter in this kitchen. >> reporter: deen is no stranger to public criticism. in 2012, the chef, known for using generous amounts of butter in her recipes, announced she had been diagnosed with type ii diabetes. critics lashed out for what they

say was her unhealthy cooking style. deen responded by developing a new program to help others dealing with the disease. johnson thinks deen will weather this latest storm. >> america is a country that's willing to forgive. what she has to do is somehow show that sunny side and show people this is not the real paula deen, that these things were really taken out of context. >> we just need a female spoon. >> the sunny side of paula deen. like you said, this isn't the first controversy surrounding her. she was diagnosed with type ii diabetes, but she neglected to tell her viewers that for a lengthy period of time. so you got to ask the question again, is she done? >> well, johnson says that when it comes to controversies involving racial issues, the recovery is probably going to be a little tricky. but he still feels deen will be able to bounce back. we'll just have to wait and see what happens in the next few weeks and months, and especially what happens with that pending civil lawsuit. >> yeah, because more stuff will be coming out, i'm sure.

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and good morning. thank you so much for being with me this morning. i'm carol costello. james gandolfini, the actor best known for his role as tv's tony soprano, has died of an apparent

heart attack in rome. his death at 51 is certainly shocking. el he will be missed and his work will certainly live on. >> if you have any doubts or reservations, now is the time to say so. no one will think any less of you. because once you enter this family, there is no getting out. this family comes before everything else. >> it takes a special guy to make us care about a mobster. italian authorities will conduct an autopsy on gandolfini's body, although they tell us there is no sign of drug use or foul play. cns turner is live in new york. at first people thought gandolfini's death was a hoax. >> yeah, because there had been several hoaxes this week alone about his death, carol, so when we first got tipped to this, we were very cautious and very reluctant because we thought this could be another one. but, in fact, this was very real. that autopsy that will be done

tomorrow we hope will begin to give us answers as to what happened here. in the meantime, his friends and his fans are celebrating that man that made us love a mobster. the sudden death of james gandolfini rippled from italy to the jersey shore. >> i can't believe it. i'm in shock. >> he was such a young man and such a nice guy. >> reporter: the man's death confirmed by hbo. he was tony soprano on the hit drama "the sopranos." the hbo representative said the 51-year-old actor may have had a heart attack, though the official cause is not yet known. the news blindsided his closest hollywood friends. soprano's co-star steven van zantd tweeted, i have lost a brother and a best friend.

the world has lost one of the greatest actors of all time. david chase said, he was a genius. anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. he is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. he was scheduled to attend the italy film festival later this week. the public star made his last appearance at the stel la acting studio in new york city just last week. one of his other roles was playing leon panetta in "dark 30." he may have enjoyed global fame, but he never strayed far from home: new jersey. >> he just made jersey better than it already is. >> one of his best known fans, new jersey governor chris christie in a statement said, it's an awful shock.

james gandolfini was a fine actor, a rutgers alum and a true jersey guy. i was a huge fan of his in the character he played so authentically, tony soprano. the ice cream shop in bloomfield, new jersey which served as the diner setting for the final scene of the sopranos was overflowing with fans after news of the actor's death spread. ♪ >> you know, i also read where james gandolfini said when he read that last scene of "the sopranos" that we saw there in the diner, at first he thought, what do you mean this is how it's going to end? after all the stuff tony soprano has done, all the death, everything. but then he sat back and realized, you know what? it is a perfect ending. >> a lot of people did not think it was a perfect ending, though.

>> i know. i was one of them. >> i think people just wanted the show to go on. >> absolutely, because it was that iconic, carol. it really put hbo on the map. it changed the face of television in a lot of ways. james gandolfini got that role when he was almost 35 years old, so he had all of the success later in life. and we saw this character who was so bad in so many ways but we loved him with all his flaws. so it really was a game changer. >> it was. nischelle turner, thanks so much. >> absolutely. >> hbo, by the way, says it will honor gandolfini by rerunning "the sopranos." meanwhile, fans are eager to see more of his work. gandolfini's career is extensive and it's inspiring. miguel marquez looks back at some of his most impressive roles. >> i'm in the waste management business. everybody immediately assumes you're mobbed up.

it's a stereotype and it's offensive. >> reporter: tony soprano, the mob dad with a soft spot the size of new jersey for his daughter. >> there is no mafia. all right, look. you're a grown woman. almost. some of my money comes from illegal gambling and whatnot. >> reporter: could be a nasty piece of work. profane, violent, even racist. >> i got business associates who are black. they don't want their sons with my daughters and i don't want theirs with mine. >> reporter: in spite of themselves, likeable. >> you know, not all incidents as a result of the medication. >> are you saying there's something wrong with me? >> when is the last time you had

a prostate exam? >> hey, i don't even let anybody wag their finger in my face. >> and when he won his emmy for the role -- >> the emmy goes to james gandolfini. >> reporter: his reaction says it all. the son of a bricklayer makes good. his acceptance speech, humble, almost shy. classic gandolfini. >> i can't really explain this except i think the academy as an affinity for slightly overweight bald men. >> reporter: nominated six times for tony soprano, he won three. here's how he described the character on his first win. >> he tries to do everything and screws up by doing that. it's kind of like ralph cramden, "hon "honeymooner" kind of thing. an all too believable new york city mayor in the taking of pelham 1-2-3.

>> somebody just stopped the 6 train. >> reporter: he could even play wickedly funny, nominated for his role as a brooklyn parent in "god of carnage." >> i absolutely did not murder the hamster. >> reporter: or the peace general in the british comedy "the loop." >> it's kicked up a little. they're talking invasion. >> reporter: his interest in the military went beyond fiction, producing two hbo documentaries about the effects of war on the men and women who fight them. he visited the troops in afghanistan. here he is is on a uso tour in 2010. >> i thought it was a good change of pace for the guys and the ladies. and i know it makes me appreciate them more. >> reporter: gandolfini mostly stayed away from the limelight.

>> finally, jim, if heaven exists, what would you like to hear god say when you enter the pearly gates. >> take over a while. i'll be right back. >> that's it. that's it. that's it. you dare not change it. it's too good. it's too good. >> think of the possibilities. >> reporter: gandolfini, who spent part of his younger years in naples, italy, was set to receive an award at the film festival in sicily when he died. saying goodbye won't be easy. >> reporter: perhaps the saddest part of this story is he is the father of lilliana, less than one year old. they were expecting to see him, he was in great spirits. now they're preparing a tribute to him this week. >> miguel marquez, thank you so much. we want to take you now to italy where authorities will conduct

an autopsy on gandolfini's body that's required under italian law. our senior international correspondent dan rivers is in rome to tell us more. hi, dan. >> reporter: hi, there. yeah, we're beginning to piece together the grim last hours of james gandolfini. he was staying in a five-star hotel here in central rome. late last night about 10:00 p.m., the emergency services were called to the hotel. he had collapsed. they tried to resuscitate him in the hotel. they continued that cpr work as they rushed him to the nearby hospital, but by the time he arrived, he was pronounced dead, sadly. we talked to one of the doctors. here's what he told us. >> mr. james gandolfini arrived at the hospital, at the

emergency room of the emergency department. it was impossible to obtain a success and the patient died. >> reporter: of course, tributes coming in from all around the world. one of his close family friends, michael cobalt, told us this. >> last night at approximately 10:00 p.m., james gandolfini, while on vacation in rome, experienced a medical emergency. the town notified emergency crews who responded and first aid was administered before mr. gandolfini was taken to the hospital, where he died of an apparent heart attack. >> reporter: so what's happening now? because he arrived dead at the hospital, theriy are obliged to

carry out an autopsy, and that will be carried out tomorrow, friday, here in italy. there is nothing to suggest at the moment that this is anything but natural causes, but they have to go through that. we'll probably get the results of that tomorrow. but at the moment, this is just looking like a tragic, tragic case of this film star, 51 years old with young children, one son who is only 13 years old who it's reported here was with him at the time, just leaving a huge hole in their life. >> you mean the son was with james gandolfini when he suffered that apparent heart attack? >> well, that's what's being reported here. we haven't confirmed that here at cnn in rome. certainly we've been told by one of the hotels down in sicily where he was to go on with a film festival that he booked a number of rooms. they understood that was for his family who were traveling with him. >> all right. dan, thank you so much. senate negotiators are expected to announce a deal today on an immigration reform

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very quickly he was out yesterday. very quickly he fired back with his own statement telling cnn he had been expressing his concerns to the board about the directions of the company. the board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns through termination. so they fired him, george zimmer fires back. retail analysts who covers this company say he had been stepping back a little bit. he was no longer the ceo of the company. he had been stepping back. he was still the famous face of this company, but they suspect, these analysts, that this is a company really trying to grab the millenial generation, people in their 20s and 30s, and this man with the silky bear tonaritd maybe that was causing problems between him and the board. at any rate, he no longer has his job. they still own the likeness of his voice and still have a lot of these commercials.

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chambers and they had long demanded the ministry close down. >> no matter how many times i pleaded with god to take this away from me, i couldn't do it on my own. >> you are responsible. >> the organization needs to shut down shut down. don't tweak it, don't try to improve it, shut it down. >> cnn's nick valencia is following this for us. you heard that man in the clip. don't tweak it, shut it down. that's kind of what they're doing, even though they're saying they're shutting it down. >> it's more of a rebranding than anything else. they are coming out with a new ministry. it's called reduced fear. they say they're going to be more wide open, they say they're going to be more welcoming. they've apologized for their past and upsetting people, though people are seeing it as a ha ha ha halfhearted apology. they did release this statement that read, in part, more than

anything, i'm sorry that so many have interpreted this religious rejection by christians as god's rejection. i'm sorry so many have walked away from their faith and chosen to end their lives. no matter how you look at it for their use of conversion therapy, that's the idea that somebody can change their sexual orientation through therapy. now, the american psychological association denounced this use of therapy, at which point they subsequently, exodus international, they started to backtrack a little and not be as aggressive about this therapy. >> they've rebranded and they call it something else which i can't remember. >> reduced fear. it's aimed at the new generation of christians. they say they want change in their church and that's why they're doing it. >> so they opened a new church called reduced fear, whatever the heck that means. are they going to perform conversion therapy, or that's no longer part of the church? >> they're going to be more welcoming, right? they're going to open the doors

to everybody. at the end of the day, gay or straight, it's all about being the prodigal son or daughter of god. they do have sort of a half-hearted apology, as i mentioned. the president and board say they do not apologize for their strict stance on scripture reading on sexual orientation and marriage. so they're apologizing for upsetting people, though they say there was no malicious intent. their heart was in the right place. >> but we don't know for sure if they're going to try to make gay people straight any longer? >> we don't. they're going on own tonight. they'll have this series they'll talk about, their change in stance. we'd love to hear from alan. >> yes, we would. i'll be watching. three little words later this year. those words from fed chair ben bernanke sent the dow plummetting yesterday, and guess what, the selloff continues today. we'll check in with christine romans when we come back.

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targets. >> the men have been charged with conspiracy to provide support for a use of weaponry of mass destruction. u.s. markets are still dropping after the fed chair ben bernanke's comments yesterday. joining me now from new york is christine roman. are the markets looking better? >> no. they aren't, really. they're calling it the taper tantrum, carol, because this is all about whether the fed will start tapering back stimulus in the economy. the economy has been just full every month. $85 billion a month the fed has been pumping into the economy. the fed chief yesterday said, you know, eventually things will be good enough in the job market, et cetera, they'll be able to pull that back, and just that consideration have really spooked global markets. i want to give you a snapshot of how everything around the world is moving. you can see gold prices tumbling here today at a two and a half year low, down to 5%. oil prices are falling below $96 a barrel. the ten-year yield, interest rates are rising right now, and the overseas markets, down 1 to

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reluctant to sign onto this immigration bill say is they don't want to do anything that gives citizenship ultimately to illegal immigrants, which this bill would, unless they are absolutely sure the border is secure. what this package does is effectively double the number of border agents. they say the fence that had started to be built would have more mileage on it. they're going to make sure there is more enforcement in the interior of this country. so those are some of the kinds of things they're going to do. the reason why it matters is because the people who have been working on this compromise, this so-called gang of 8, they are hoping this will bring along more republican senators, beef up the ultimate number of yes votes when this gets out of the senate and force the hand of the house speaker, the republican leaders in the house, to bring this up and to really keep the momentum going for immigration so that ultimately they can get this to the president's desk, because it is incredibly important politically. many republicans feel that is to

start to repair the damage that they have done with hispanic voters, which needless to say are a hugely important and growing voter block in this country. >> all right, dana bash, thanks so much. checking our top stories at 45 minutes past the hour. in arizona, a wildfire in the prescott national forest grows to 75,000 acres in less than two days. at least 460 homes have been evacuated. no structures lost as of now, but investigators did say someone did cause this fire. they're still looking for the source. san francisco's district attorney is calling a couple of landlords the landlords from hell for the way they terrorized tenants to try to get them to move out. tactics including sawing a hole in the floor of one man's apartment while he was inside the apartment. >> some of the things that they did, for instance, is they actually cut a large hole in the living room. we know also that there were many other things that took

place. the defendants soak the victim's bed and clothes and electronics with ammonia. >> wow. kip and nicole macey pleaded guilty to alleged burglary, stalking and grand theft. they will be sentenced in august to prison as part of a plea deal. fashion designers say they will be arrested for tax evasion. they tried to avoid paying taxes for a billion dollars in royalty. other celebrities are also facing prison time. go dolce & gabbana denied the charges. it was the first time ted colbert was back on his show in a week because his mother lora a had died. colbert opened with a tribute to her memory.

>> she made a very loving home for us. no fights could end without hugs and kisses. singing was encouraged except at the dinner table. she was trained to be an actress when she was younger, and she would show us how to do stage falls by pretending to faint on the kitchen floor. she was fun. and i know it may sound greedy to want more days with a person who lived so long, but the fact that my mother was 92 does not diminish it, it only magnifies the enormity of the room whose door has now quietly shut. her favorite memory of prayer was a young mother tucking in her children. we were the light of her life, and she let us know it till the end. and that's it. thank you for listening. >> aw. any time, steven colbert. colbert added that when he left his mother's side for the last time last week, told her he was

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lady walking her dog. >> it's been very chaotic, to be honest with you, jeanne. i just can't seem to get a handle on everything. >> joanna calls the rhymthic exercise routine overwhelming but fulfilling. tweets get pretty jumbled when you shift to a gallop. i'm not especially proud to say i was one of the first news people to prancersize publicly. i'm channelling my inner horse. it's exhausting. maybe my colleagues in the news business should have known better than to follow in my prancersize steps. on the "today" show, it was almost a prancersize collision between the hosts on hln's "news now," anchor mike galanos led to what amounted to a prancersize

flash mob, and on the ktwo morning show in casper, wyoming, a fitness trainer gave her critique -- >> here they come prancing onto the scene, so what do you look at right now? >> just a lot of flailing around is what i see. >> they're i mitating what they think is prancersize. they aren't doing the actual movements. >> tell that to the unicorn. let's face it, we all look as graceless as donkeys compared to the princess of prancersize. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> we live in such a weird country. but i love it. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. cnn newsroom continues after a break. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels.

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