good morning, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. today's news and, as always, our take on justice. a move from the u.s. senate expected any minute now to secure the united states-mexico border as part of a bigger immigration reform bill. they broke the plan in the works yesterday that included a border surge that would double the number of border patrol officers to more than 40,000. it would also include more than 700 miles of fencing. cnn's congressional correspondent dana bash and glorglo gloria borger join me live. first, how we've come this far and have we come far enough? >> those are really the key questions. let's start with the big fipicte here, and the big picture is

conservatives in the senate feel they have enough of a deal with regard to what conservatives elsewhere really want to see from this immigration bill, and that is, as you mentioned, beefing up border security. the whole idea and the whole goal in the senate is to get the biggest vote as possible in order to try to force the republican-led house to actually bring this bill up at all. so what they've done is -- when i say they, we're talking about some conservative senators -- come up with a deal to beef up border agents at the border, to double the size of the fence, to beef up security in the interior of this country. so what they're hoping, and we're talking about the gang of 8, the four republicans, four democrats who really came up with the crux of this bill, is that that will be enough to maybe put this in the 60-plus range of yes voters. so that's what they're hoping that they're going to get the house to do. >> and really, this is a numbers game, dana, when it comes right

down to it. get as many numbers as possible out of the senate, appease as much as you can so that it forces john boehner's hand to say, i really can't ignore this, i have to bring this to the floor and the house? is that it? >> that's a big part of it, there's no question. because legislation, you know, anybody who has seen schoolhouse rock and has paid attention in their civic class knows they can get the biggest vote in the world in the senate, but if it doesn't get the house, it's not going anywhere. politically, this is critical. politically, there are enough republicans, especially those with aspirations of higher office, say marco rubio of florida, understand that if republicans don't at least take this step to make the hispanic community happy, to appeal to the hispanic community, they're not going to get anywhere big picture in terms of the white house and any other big positions politically in this country. the other number, when you say it's a numbers game, we have to remember is 27%. that is the percentage that the republican party, that mitt

romney got back in 2012 from the hispanic vote. that is the lowest ever for a republican president, and that is what sent republicans into scramble mode in order to get this done so they can try to repair the damage that they really admit they've done with the hispanic electorate. >> so you can see how border security can sound like a good thing and bad thing all in one sentence. gloria, is beefing up security problematic when it comes to democrats? you can't just assume they're in the bag for this. >> democrats -- the problem the democrats had was that there was a goal of a 90% apprehension rate, or with a requirement, i should say, in the original bill that you have a 90% apprehension rate. now that may become a goal instead of a requirement in exchange for all these boots on the ground at the border. very important.

but democrats also, ashleigh, and i should say this, they are very well aware of public opinion when it comes to border security, and if you look at polls, including one that we just did, by an almost 2 to 1 margin, voters say you've got to deal with border security first. >> let me put up that poll, gloria. i'm assuming this is the one you're talking about. it's a cnn poll done on june 13. the main focus of u.s. immigration policy, and here are the answers. border security, 62% say yes, path to citizenship, 36%. >> right, so democrats are aware that this is a very politically potent issue here, because people do want the borders secured first. it's a question of how you go about it. and if it's too stringent, as democrats believe the original version was or some version that senator cornyn of texas is

advancing, for example, they consider that a poison pill. because if you say a 90% requirement that we have to apprehend 90% of the people coming across the border before we get to the path to citizenship, they believe that's way too draconian. but if it becomes a goal and you've got all these boots on the ground and you're really working on it, that may become a little bit more palatable to them. >> we're going to keep an eye on it. dana, i think as you've described it, the senate floor can look a little messy at times. you know what, i'm hearing you've got something for us, some breaking news. what is it? >> on that point, it's a nice segue, and that is that we did expect the senators to go to the senate floor this hour in order to explain this amendment, this deal that they broke through on last night. now we expect it not to happen until 2:00 p.m. eastern, so there you go. it just shows you that's the senate. it is not always a smooth place, but that's why we have to keep

tabs on exactly how this is working. >> my parlance of messy was appropriate, then, is what you're saying? >> very much so. >> dana bash and gloria boriger your shift is extended to at least 2:00, whether you like it or not. i want to move to other news happening on wall street, and it's also messy. you might go further to say it's ugly. here's the start. that is not a good minus sign. the dow losing more than 228 points at this point, and the nosedive takes us below 15,000. look at that. holy cow. investors are now reacting to the fed chief's comments that the pace of stimulus may be reduced in the coming months. does that mean the spigots are being turned off? cnn's christine romans is here with me today. sometimes i can't believe the activity i see with a very slight comment, and other times i'm shocked it's not greater, but this has been a bit of a freefall from yesterday but the

slide is faster. >> it's faster and you're seeing it encompass all different kinds of markets. we're talking gold prices at a two and a half year low. gold is down about 5.5% just today. oil now below $96 a barrel. big move there. interest rates on the ten-year yield are rising and overseas parkts do markets down 1 to 3%. this is the world reacting to the economy being well enough so they can pull back sometime next year. >> can i ask a stupid question? >> what's your stupid question. >> first of all, if the economy is doing better, and we all knew the stimulus is temporary, why is this such a surprise? >> that is a great question, because this is exactly what everyone said they thought would happen, that the fed would say stimulus is going to continue,

but they would give a road map for how it would be tamped down. that's exactly what happened. the nagging worries you still see in global markets. record unemployment in europe. china's factory output is the slowest in nine months. last year china's growth was the slowest in 13 years, and there's this worry that if you have no fed in the u.s., you have no growth. look how much money the fed has been pumping into the system. you have the fed's balance sheet that has exploded and you still only have 2% growth in the u.s. if you've got china slowing and the fed pulling back at the same time, what is that going to mean for markets, for investors, for interest rates, for stocks? that's what you're seeing the unease about today. >> wrap it up for me today, if you would. not to suggest you'll give me a number, but where do you see this day ending? >> i see the day ending down, but our mortgage rates are probably going to start to rise. they're at 3.98% on a 30-year

fixed. 15-year, 3.04%. those are brand new mortgage rates this morning. i suspect you'll see those rise next week. your 401-k taking a hit the last couple days. plus we're coming up on the year-end on the quarter. they're saying we've had a great start to the year, we're going to take some off the table. >> summer, too, don't you see a shift? >> yeah, and people have had a good run this year. wouldn't you want to book some profits? >> i was going to get into the market and i was really lazy and busy and i didn't, so there. christine romans, let us know what happens if anything gets a little crazier. i have other news to bring to you. this is just a really sad story to tell. you probably know something about it. in fact, look at this. i can't even wake up to two papers showing exactly what we mean. a huge outpouring of grief,

sudden, unexpected in death of a lege legend. really, the death of james gandolfini. you probably know him best as the award-winning tv star from "the sopranos." in fact, he won three emmys for tony soprano's role, the tough boss with the tender heart. that's a series that ran for six years on hbo. james gandolfini died while vacationing in rome yesterday. just 51 years old. doctors there say the likely cause of his death was a heart attack. however, that's what they say was likely. an autopsy still expected to be carried out sometime today. before his body can be released to the family, the united states embassy first has to issue a death certificate, and the embassy has actually reacted to this as well, saying they learned about this in the media. they released this statement, we are all deeply upset from this premature loss. our thoughts and prayers are with his family. james gandolfini was an italian american and represented an excellent example of the deep

cultural exchange between the italians and the american society. but they hadn't been contacted yet by his family. they need to have that contact before they can get working. he shot to fame in "the sopranos," but he was really an established stage and screen actor. before that show came his way, he had roles in prominent movies. fans and friends mourning his death also. fans around the world all with their outpouring of grief. the actor who played his wife, carm carmela, on the sopranos, edie falco, said, i am shocked and devastated by jim's passing. he was a man of tremendous depth and sensitivity with a kindness and generosity beyond words. my heart goes out to his family. and she was his partner for a better part of a decade, if not a little bit longer and said in her statement that she was just

so happy to have shared that partnership with him. barbie nodo joins us live now from rome. i can only imagine this is making a lot of waves in rome as well. what's the latest on the information about the cause of death, the autopsy. i know you're six hours plus from us. is there any development, barbie? >> well, you know, by italian law, an autopsy for any death has to be conducted within 24 hours of that death happening. of course, he was pronounced dead at 11:00 p.m. last night, just 20 minutes after he had this ill health, presumably a heart attack. they can't confirm anything directly, but they're saying they really don't expect any foul play or anything of that nature. he was really well loved, too, because his mother was from naples, and he really exemplified this italian american person that made americans proud. he didn't embrace the stereotype

that people embrace when they play an italian. there is shock and mourning here, too. flowers outside the hotel where he was staying and things like that. it's really been a sad moment, but there are a lot of details yet to come. >> all right, barbie nadeau watching for us. live reporting from italy today. an organization that claimed to help turn gay people straight does a big 180. see those words? i am sorry. shutting its doors, apologizing to the lgb 2 community. more on that coming up and why it happened. also a murder investigation. an nfl player and a media frenzy, but patriots tight end aaron hernandez is so far keeping mum about all of it amid reports he's been questioned in connection with a death of a man near his home. the right person in the right place at the right time, and that, my friend, is an understatement. a baby falls two stories from a

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and then there were 40. 40 potential jurors who have made the cut so far in the george zimmerman murder trial in florida, and the weeding continues today. if all goes according to plan, a full panel with six jurors and the alternates they need should be seated by the end of this week. that's the hope. that's the hope. but those selected are going to be locked away from their lives for weeks on end, becoming more high profile than they have ever been before. and that is not an easy task to get through. jean casarez joins me live from sanford, florida. the jurors, jean, have been dealing with questions about race and guns and television and reasonable doubt, and these are all really big factors but it's a lot for, say, no hairdresse-- hairdresser, a mechanic or a lawyer to have to face all of a sudden. what is the jury saying back about their thoughts of lights effectively on them, and also

being locked away for that long? >> ashleigh, let me tell you what just happened in court minutes ago. a female juror raised her hand and she said, i've got to tell you, i have never heard such a dissection of what our role is to be as a juror as we have had this morning from you. i appreciate it. it's confusing, but i really appreciate it. and i've got to tell you, ashleigh, the seriousness in that room this morning of all the constitutional issues that mark o'mara is bringing to the table, presumption of evidence, burden of proof, circumstantial evidence. he particularly is questioning an african-american juror, i think, more than any other juror this morning, and he just asked her a short time ago, what was a life decision that you've had to make? and she said, well, it would have to be moving from chicago here to sanford, because i wanted a better life for my children, but i had to give up my job. and he said, you thought about this. you looked at both sides. and he said, was it a decision

beyond a reasonable doubt to come here or was it a preponderance of the evidence, and she had to admit it was a reasonable doubt about the life he's facing. >> reasonable doubt. what does it mean to be reasonable? what is reasonable to you? people are asked for the legal definition of it, and there isn't one. and when it comes down to the battle between trayvon martin and george zimmerman, there is a missing bunch of evidence in ten seconds or so. is that the reasonable that mark o'mara is trying to hammer down before he picks a juror? >> i think you're exactly right. and he has gone through that definition, just as you said, step by step, word by word, breaking it down with common sense examples. circumstantial evidence he's gone into, that if cookie crumbs are around your daughter's mouth, it doesn't necessarily mean she stole the cookie out of the cookie jar, maybe her

brother got the cookie and put it in her mouth. just common examples that the jury can relate to. >> oh, man, and sometimes you even say unless it's on videotape, that would say to me, there is just no reasonable doubt there at all that the guy did it. until you hear that tapes can be manipulated. so it's a really tough question for jurors to have to come to grips with. jean, thank you. keep us posted how those questions go and when ends up on that panel. jean casarez live for us in sanford. attacking gay people for more than 30 years, the christian group known as exodus claim to offer a, quote, cure for homosexuality. but now it's shutting down and offering a big apology for what they're saying is years of undue judgment. i'm going to tell you all about this in a live report right after the break. was like openi. it's four times the detail of hd. colors become richer. details become clearer.

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sentence for tax evasion. they were charged for attempting to avoid taxes on $20 billion in roilts. both dolce & gabbana are continuing to deny those charges. a pool party reportedly leaving one man in a coma and sickening several others. organizers of the yeagermeister party thought it would be neat to add liquid nitrogen to the water. yes, it did look cool, but it became toxic and gave out a fog. to complicate things, it's difficult to see people passing out in the water. they are investigating the incident. i think that might be an understatement. a knock-out, drag-down battle expected in miami tonight. you know what i'm talking about. miami heat locking horns with

the san antonio spurs as the winner takes on game 7 in the nba finals. i know john berman is on the edge of his chair on this one. they both have championship rings, so this might be a little more about pride, this grudge match. either the heat is going to repeat its champ, or the spurs are going to become only the 14th to win game 7 in nba finals on the road. it will be a late night for all the morning show hosts who have to, have to watch. here's something surprising a lot of people, perhaps. a conservative christian group that focused on trying to cure gay men and women of homosexuality has decided to shut down, close up shop. the group is called exodus international. its presidential an chambers, who has admitted he is attracted to men, is now apologizing to gays and lesbians and

transgenders all over the world. he even went on to say that some people have killed themselves over this theory that they need to be cured or can be. this story will be exposed on oprah's own network tonight. gays and lesbians were outraged at chambers and demanded the industry be closed 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 story for us. nick, this has been controversial for quite some time, but this decision seemed like quite a surprise. was it, and why was it a surprise? >> sure, it was a surprise. it caught a lot of people off guard, but we have to be very clear about something, ashleigh. they say they're closing their doors. what it looks like more is a rebranding. they're opening up a new

ministry. it's called reduced fear. it will have the same board members. this time they say they'll be more welcoming, a more wide open ministry, and this is all am response to the new generation of christian. before they decided to, as they say, close their doors, exodus international did release a full-fledged apology, i'm sorry, which read in part that, more than anything, i am sorry that so many people have interpreted this religious rejection by christians as god's rejection. i am profoundly sorry that many have walked away from their faith and that some have even chosen to end their lives. exodus international became infamous or famous, depending how you look at it, for their endorsement of conversion therapy. that's the idea that through therapy someone can change their sexual orientation and go from being gay to straight. they say they've helped thousands of people. some are looking at this as a half-hearted apology.

while they do say they're closing their doors, they're not apologizing on the strict stance that the scriptures say in the bible when it comes to marriage, when it comes to sexual orientation. they're sort of talking out both sides ashleigh? >> well, they can talk out both sides of their mouths, but something tells me that quote will end up in a courtroom somewhere. thank you for looking into that for us. the acting world has really lost a great one. we're going to look back at the legacy that was left behind by james gandolfini. jim, to those who knew him and the many who loved him. we're going to talk to one man who said that man on your screen changed tv forever. in parks across the country, families are coming together

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james gandolfini was an actor long before he shot to fame in "the sopranos," and he didn't stop acting after that show's big iffinale episode,

either. from broadway to character screen to star, that guy could handle anything. he died yesterday in rome. the head of the emergency department said his death was likely the result of a heart attack. at just 51 years old, though, it's really hard to hear that kind of news. our miguel marquez looks back at this jersey boy and his unbelievable career. >> i'm in the waste management business. everybody immediately assumes you're mobbed up. it's a stereotype, and it's offensive. you're the last person i would want to perpetuate it. >> reporter: tony soprano, the mob dad with a heart the size of new jersey for his daughter. >> there is no mafia. all right, look. meg, you're a grown woman. almost.

some of my money comes from illegal gambling and whatnot. >> could be a nasty piece of work, profane, violent, even racist. >> some of my business associates are black. they don't want their sons with my daughters and i don't want their sons with mine. >> reporter: tony soprano the thug became human, vulnerable, and in spite of ourselves, likeable. >> you know, not all impotence is a result of the medication. >> are you saying there's something wrong with me? >> when is the last time you had a prostate exam? >> i don't even let anybody wag their finger in my face. >> reporter: in 2000 when he won his first emmy for the role -- >> and the emmy goes to james gandolfini. >> reporter: -- his reaction says it all. the son of a bricklayer makes good. his reaction humble, almost shy, all gandolfini. >> i think the association has an affinity for slightly

overweight bald men. >> reporter: here's how the former bouncer and nightclub manager described the character on his first win. >> he tries to do the right thing and screws everything up by doing that. it's kind of a ralph cramden honeymooner kind of thing. >> reporter: he played leon panetta in "dark 30" and a mayor in "pelham 123." he could even play wickedly funny, nominated for a tony for his role in "god of carnage." >> your virtue went right out the window when you decided to be a killer. >> or his role in "the loop."

his interest in the military, he produced two documentaries on the men and wen who fight them. he visited troops in afghanistan. here he is on a ufo tour in 2010. >> i like coming out here to the base. ij it's a good change of pace for the guys and the ladies, and i think it makes me appreciate the whole thing more. >> reporter: twice married with two kids, gandolfini mostly stayed away from the limelight. he spoke to james lip ton in 2004. >> finally, jim, 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, no. >> 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 dwreeyears in naples, italy, was set to

receive a reward in sicily when he died. saying goodbye won't be easy. miguel marcos, cnn, hollywood. >> that's a great piece. thank you to miguel marcos for that, and for more now on james gandolfini's legacy, we're joined now by more on him. it was great how television reacted to him. >> there were weren't people like tony soprano on tv before james gandolfini helped create him with david chase. there were villains, but he really kind of created the model for the complicated, difficult, anti-hero that you see all over television in cable and so forth now. but tv used to be much more binary before that.

he really established the idea that tv could tell as nuanced and as rich a character story as we were used to from movies. >> yeah, because television has always been the bastard stepchild for actors, and it was somewhat of a step down if actors took a tv role, and then it became the reverse. all these incredible roles started coming out, and you really think the genesis had a lot to do with not just the sopranos but james? >> absolutely. i think because the sopranos changed tv but in a way james gandolfini changed the sopranos. there were other actors they could have cast in that role, there were other actors they considered for that role -- >> steve van zandt was considered. >> he was a semi comical character on the sopranos was once considered, and you could see the show going an entirely

different direction, mostly satirical, and it wouldn't be the same kind of show than with someone like james gandolfini who was a mob villain and was if a mob role in therapy but took it totally seriously. it was somewhat funny, but he played tony as a person who had a history and reacted to things on a human level, and that really made a great deal of difference. >> now, he seemed at times to go from delightful and adorable to horrifying, sometimes just within a minute, which was very jarring and disquieting, i think, sometimes for viewers, which is exactly what they were going for. thank you. it's a great piece. i encourage people to have a look at it, because he's more than just a great actor, he was something bigger than that. sometimes you can't put your finger on exactly what it was,

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more questions than answers surround the death of a man who was curiously found near the home of patriots' tight end aaron hernandez. the shooting we're talking about may not be the only instant in which he's facing some pretty tough questions. john berman has this report. >> reporter: 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 attleborough home while police sift through clues, clues that could tell what happened to 27-year-old odin lloyd, a victim of homicide found in this industrial park less than a mile away from the star football player's home. >> a kid said he saw someone down there not moving. my boss and i went down there and there was a guy dead there. >> he was not buried. he was lying there as if he was dropped there or killed there. >> reporter: the boston globe quote sources that say hernandez and the victim may have been 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 authorities say he was shot, leaving his family and friends reeling with grief. >> he's a family guy.

he hasn't done anyone to hurt anyone. >> my brother sis my keeper. 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 and i hope they found out who did it. >> reporter: police visited the home of hernandez twice this week, but sports illustrated reports they have not named him as a suspect. an attorney for hernandez provided this statement to cnn. out of respect for that ongoing investigation process, neither we nor aaron will have any comment about the substance of that investigation until it has come to a conclusion. this murder mystery unfolding in massachuset massachusetts, while down in miami, another man, last name bradley, filed a lawsuit against him. it was dismissed because of an error in paperwork, but bradley

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. i want you to imagine this for a moment. it's a weird scenario, but work with me. you're strolling on a sidewalk, and you happen to look up. it's a nice day, why not? what you see up there is a little baby dangling from a fire escape ladder, suddenly letting go. what do you do? it's exactly what happened and went through the mind of christina torre in brooklyn yesterday. and christina is here to tell me exactly what she did. and if that name sounds familiar, it's because your joe torre's daughter, the former famous manager of the new york yankees and the l.a. dodgers. honestly, you caught a baby. it's that simple, isn't it? >> yes. >> take me through the whole thing. and from your perspective, what happened? >> yes, he was up there and i saw him up there. i'm a montessori educator, so i work with young children. i think there are some instinctual qualities that come

out. i looked up and saw the baby dangling, hanging from the fire escape -- >> two stories up. >> -- in between second and third floor. he had slipped and was literally holding on with his hands. i'm on the phone with 911 and trying to position myself underneath where i could possibly catch him if he did fall, as people are trying to find the parents. >> this is a one-year-old. >> a one-year-old. >> so we're talking a very little baby. >> very little. >> were there people around? i can only imagine the frenzy that would happen, and it probably happened very quickly. >> it did happen quickly. i think within five minutes, everything happened. there were people around me. i have to say i'm quite focused, so i was really in the moment and concentrating on the baby and making sure at all times that -- >> so you have the cell phone to your ear and you're truly moving yourself underneath thinking to yourself, i'm the only one here to catch this baby because that baby is not going to be able to

hold on for very long. >> the minute he dropped i knew it could be any minute, and the minute he let go, i just hoped for the best my arms out waiting for him. >> i'm just going to guess having had two babies that at 1-year-old you're going to be somewhere around 15, 20, 25 pounds. that's a lot o grab from two and a half stories up. what happened? >> honestly, i did not feel his weight. it was effortless. i was very surprised because i wasn't sure about that. he felt as light as a feather. and i just, you know, it was easy to hold him. again, i just think i kicked into gear and whatever forces behind me, it just made sure i did what needed to be done in that moment. >> what was his -- was he crying? was he bewildered? >> yeah. he was crying because he had hit his mouth on the way down. so by the time he landed in my arms, that's when he had started crying is when he hit his mouth.

and so he was crying when i was holding him, but he was, you know, relatively okay. and somebody took him from me, another man that was watching. and i got back on the cell phone and said please get the ambulance here. he is bleeding from the mouth. and we weren't sure, but it seemed okay. >> the next question is, where was the family? was there anybody up above you saying thank you, oh, no? what was the circumstance? >> they were -- that's what the people were doing around me was trying to find the parents. and so they came down after the fact. and, you know, a lot of reason i want to speak out right now is because i'm an advocate for children and i really want to look out for the well-being of children and help educate parents on what needs to be done when they don't know themselves so that -- >> i've just done a little bit of reading on this, cristina,

but other than that baby was able to crawl out a hole in a window merely covered up with cardboard. >> exactly. >> and got out on to the fire escape. and there are other little children in that home, a 2-year-old, a 3-year-old, a 5-year-old, all four of whom could easily have pushed through cardboard two and a half stories up. those kids have been removed as well from this home now. >> yes. i mean, that's what needs to be done. the security of the child, the safety at home, they need to be kept safe at home. >> did you have a chance to speak with those parents? and what was their reaction to all of this? >> i did. they did thank me. >> i hope so. >> yeah. the dad did thank me at the end. i did hug him. i mean, it is his child. and whether he has the awareness of how to care for the child or not, you know, i just -- >> did you see the other children in tow? >> i saw nothing. just the parents. and i just ensured that they stayed downstairs with the boy until the police and the ambulance came so that the boy

would be taken care of. >> well, you know, i'm just going to read something. i don't know if you know about this, but your dad, joe torre, again, joe torre's daughter i'm speaking to it's a miracle and he sent out this statement "i'm very proud of my daughter's actions today during an incident in brooklyn involving a small child. fortunately for that child she was in the right place at the right time to lend a hand." . my guess is that you'llrobably be having dinner with him soon and he'll give you a big smooch. >> yeah, i think so. thank you very much. >> thank you. honestly, it's all you. it's all about you. cristina torre. >> celebrity cook paula deen accused of something very, very serious. and not something helpful to her career. i will let you know why this woman is facing accusations that she was harassing someone racially and sexually and what she said in a deposition next. ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time.

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it is quite a contrast from her reputation as a sweet talking southerner, but celebrity cook paula deen is defending herself after admitting that years ago she used the n word. the food network star was asked about the slur in a recent deposition because she's being sued by the former general manager of the restaurant she co-owns. >> reporter: we all know her as a celebrity chef.

>> it's the ladies brunch burger. >> reporter: with a flair for good old fashioned southern cooking. >> don't underestimate our sweet tooth. >> reporter: 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 videotape deposition for an ongoing civil lawsuit filed by a former employee. according to a transcript, deen replied "yes, of course," when asked if she ever used the n word. she used the racial slur in a conversation with her husband after a black man burst into the bank where she was working 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. >> people are going to look at was it taken out of context? they're just going to look at the sensational headlines. >> david johnson has spent more than ten years helping celebrities deal with

controversies. >> the first 48 hours are critical. how does the public react? should they just shrug their shoulders and act indifferently, or is there outrage? >> look at the butter. >> reporter: deen is no stranger to public criticism. in 2012 the chef known for using generous amounts of butter in her recipes announced she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. >> got about four pounds of butter. >> reporter: critics lashed out for what they say was her unhealthy cooking style. deen responded by developing a new program to help others who are dealing with the disease. johnson thinks deen will weather this latest storm. >> america's a country that's willing to forgive. what she's got to do is somehow show that sunny side and show people that this is not the real paula deen. that these things were really taken out of context. >> reporter: alina machado, cnn, atlanta ncht a couple things to get you up to speed on.

we thought today would be a very busy day from the supreme court. after all, june is coming to a close and we're still waiting on big, big decisions. but nothing. no, three minor decisions, but nothing really major. and that leaves the rulings on same sex marriage, affirmative action, voting rights still hanging in the balance at this point. if you're wondering, our cnn/orc poll shows 55% of the people interviewed feel same sex marriage should be recognized and given same rights as traditional marriage. we'll see how the court weighs in on those percentages. 68% approve, admission colleges give racial preference to minority applicants, that's another big decision. and 48% think the voting rights act is still necessary. by the way that voting rights act has to do with kind of policing some southern states that had, i don't know, in the thought of the courts misbehaved in the past and needed some oversight by washington. those southern states say it's all in the past. we don't need the oversight anymore and the supreme court needs to weigh-in on that.

we'll still wait on all of that. next big decision day, monday, could be a very busy one. in arizona wildfire in the prescott national forest growing to 7,500 acres in the last two days. our affiliate knxv reports that 460 homes have been evacuated though no structures lost as of now. that's all the time i have for you today. thanks for watching. "around the world" starts now. shock and sadness around the world as news of james gandolfi gandolfini's death spreads. the actor being remembered much more than his role simply as a mob boss. >> the dow taking a nose dive. downright now you see 200 points. what's behind the big drop? could it be something someone said? >> and a blockbuster summer preview from the vatican, it promises news of a miracle that will amaze the world. welcome to