gro gross. that's it for "new day" "cnn newsroom" with carol costello begins right now. >> that was gross and i'd be running from that spider, too. thanks, guys. "newsroom" starts now. breaking overnight. snowden flees an america response. three words, give him back. the outrage instant. >> putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the united states. >> we're in a very difficult position. >> can america force the nsa leaker back here? also, dumping dean. >> my friend kim and i are fixing up a burger that is over the top. even for me. it's the lady's brunch burger. >> food network and now qvc could be next. >> please, forgive me for the mistakes that i've made. new this morning, an a apology video and a wave of

support. >> i think it's a learning lesson for her and a learning lesson for the people who do forgive. >> should paula deen have been fired? plus, on trial. >> all bets are off. >> the murder trial against george zimmerman starting right now. a case of racial profiling or self-defense? the tape could tell the real tale. and lost cities found. two new discoveries from half a world away right here in our backyard. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. we begin this morning with tales of espionage, intrigue and a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. at the center, edward snowden, america's most wanted fugitive. exposed a secret u.s.

surveillance program and he's in the middle of a globetrotting search for asylum. here is the latest twist. it's not clear snowden has left moscow where he sought refuge for less than a day. from there he was expected to head south, flying through usair space en route to cuba and then hoping for asylum in ecuador. moments ago ecuador's foreign minister weighed in. allegations of u.s. surveillance are a human rights abuse against the whole world. cnn's phil black traces snowden's mysterious travels beginning in moscow. >> reporter: moscow's international airport, early signs the government of ecuador was playing a role in the fate of edward snowden. the flag was a give away. this was the ecuadorian ambassador's car parked outside and this official from the embassy somehow got lost inside the terminal. >> i can't give any comments. >> are you here in relation to mr. snowden at all? >> reporter: the world learned of snowden's sudden departure

from hong kong bound from moscow on a commercial flight. a big group of russian and international journalists waited to meet him, but snowden stayed insi inside the terminal. soon the government of ecuador formally asked for asylum. ecuador is protecting one other man, wikileaks founder julian asange. he has been living in london's embassy for the last year. in a statement, wikileaks said snowden asked the organization to help find a country that would protect him. it said he is bound for a democratic nation via a safe route for the purpose of asylum and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from wikileaks. the u.s. government asked ecuador, venezuela and cuba to refuse him entry and his american passport was canceled. >> all right. phil black is now en route to cuba and, in fact, he and other

journalists aboard that flight had expected snowden to be on that plane with him. right now, absolutely no evidence that snowden is onboard that plane. we believe he is still in moscow. let's turn now to eccowdore and what is believed to be snowden's ultimate wished for destination. she joins us now with the latest on that. good morning. >> good morning, carol. you're right, and this could be potentially be snowden's last stop. that could potentially hurt the relationship between the two countries even further. right now we know the u.s. asked ecuador to not allow snowden in and if allowed in to return him. we do know from the foreign minister of ecuador that snowden asked for asylum. they say, patino said he's reviewing carefully that request that they're going to take their time reviewing it, but he was very critical at a press conference that he just gave

from vietnam about the program, the surveillance program that was leaked by snowden. he actually posted the question, who should be denouncing who? he was very critical of this program, which he said was a violation of liberties for many, many citizens around the world. so, there is a very tense relationship between the two countries. in this situation with snowden could make that worse. we also know the asylum, carol, has not been granted. there is the precedence. ecuador granted asylum to julian asange an ecuadorian embassy and he cannot leave the building because he risked getting arrested but he is protected by ecuador. there is the precedence there. we also know snowden asked wikileaks for help and he is being advised by wikileaks and ideally would be ecuador if he we don't know whether or not he will arrive in ecuador and monitoring that flight from

havana. we don't think he's there, but somehow he's going to make it there. wikileaks in its web page said they're trying to find what they call the safe route for snowden to get to ecuador. so, we're paying close attention, carol. we'll pay attention to whether or not he arrives here and, of course, whether or not he gets asylum. back to you. >> andrea, thanks so much. the obama administration is angry about this whole matter and it's not holding back its anger and other countries that refuse to hand over edward snowden. before the apparent departure from moscow, a spokeswoman with the national security council had this to say about russia, "given our intensified cooperation after the boston marathon bombings and working with russia on law enforcement matters and returning numerous high-level criminals back to russia at the request of the russian government, we expect the russian government to look at all options available to expel mr. snowden back to the united states to face justice for the crimes with which he is

charged." but so far russia is doing no such thing. in washington, lawmakers are calling for other nations to return snowden to the united states. and the chairman of the house intelligence committee is going even farther. here's mike rogers. >> they should use every legal avenue we have to bring him back to the united states. and, listen, if he believes that he's doing something good and, by the way, he went outside all the whistleblower avenues that are available to anyone in this government, including people who have classified information, we get two or three visits from whistleblowers every single week in the committee and we investigate every one thoroughly. he didn't choose that route. if he really believes he did something good, he should get on a plane, come back and face the consequences of his actions. >> don't think he's going to do that, though. roger says the united states has to more aggressively pursue sn w snowden and place him under arrest.

other stories we're watching right now at seven minutes past the hour. nelson mandela remains in critical condition. the former south african president has been hospitalized since june 8th for a recurring lung infection. and this is a live look from inside the courtroom where the trial for george zimmerman is about to get under way. zimmerman is accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old trayvon martin. zimmerman charged with second degree murder. he shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense. opening statements are expected to last several hours. investigators are looking into a stunt plane crash at an air show in dayton, ohio, this weekend. cnn affiliate whio said a pilot and wing walker were killed. >> we're doing all the data collection right now. we're not going to have any determination on findings or cause at this point.

it will help us reconstruct the accident in more dementions than the one we can get off of photo and video. >> no spectators were injured or killed in the crash. paula deen and the controversy surrounding her is still hot and it's getting hotter. the tv chef has already lost her job with the food network just days after she admitted under oath to using the n-word. now qvc is reexamining their relationship with and then this. interviewed deen about race relations in the south. listen. >> i feel like the south is almost less prejudice because black folks played such an ent n intrigal part of our lives. >> come on out here. >> we can't see you standing against that dark board.

>> criticism may be a dish best served hot and a lot of it on both sides of this controversy. let's bring in pamela brown now. good morning, pamela. >> good morning, carol. now she's facing harsh criticism since admitting last week that she used racial slurs in the past. the food network quickly announced they would not be renewing her contract and now her supporters are dishing out plenty of criticism of that decision while others are applauding the food network. >> i want to apologize to everybody. >> reporter: paula deen's fans are standing by the butter loving chef and threatening to boycott the food network for sticking a fork in her shows. >> wrap it in bacon and deep fry it. >> reporter: at her savannah restaurant, the line was around the block this weekend as patrons showed support. >> he has apologized and i think maybe we all take that for what it's worth. >> it's a learning lesson for

her and a learning lesson for those that forgive. >> reporter: deen stirred up questions for controversy as part of a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee. >> please, forgive me for the mistakes that i've made. >> reporter: friday she issued back-to-back video apologies online after readily admitting to using the n-word in the past. >> the color of your skin, your religion, your sexual preference does not matter. to me. i am here to say i am so sorry. >> reporter: deen is also accused in the lawsuit of wanting to plan a southern plantation themed party with black waiters. just last year deen spoke at a "new york times" event on her views on slavery. >> black folks played such a part in our lives. they were like our family. and we didn't see ourselves as being prejudice.

i think we're all prejudice against one something or another and i think black people feel the same prejudice, you know, that white people feel. >> reporter: shortly after her public apology, the food network said it was not renewing her contract and putting an end to her three shows. the scandal has whipped up more than 13,000 comments on the food network's facebook page. food network, i'm firing you, good-bye. others applaud the food network's decision to dump deen. great move food network, it had to be done. disrespectful slurs will not be tolerated. the fallout could continue. listen to qvc, which carries deen's line of cookware told cnn. >> we're watching the developments closely and reviewing our business relationship with ms. deen. >> and walmart has not commented on the future of their relationship. her cookware is also sold at

other chains including target and kmart. deen released a statement thanking the food network for 11 great years. carol, we'll have to see if there is more fallout from this. >> i tend to think there will be. pamela brown, thank you so much. the racial and sex discrimination lawsuit filed against dean and her brother may not be their only headache. joining me now is robert petillo from the rainbow push coalition, welcome. >> thank you so much. >> so, robert, you say other people have been approaching you with other allegations against deen. tell me about them. >> the opportunity to go down to savannah this weekend and speak with many current or former employees and many employees had similar stories of sexual harassment and rals dcial discrimination. what we did was contact employees and asked them to give us their stories and we found that there were so many employees that were just afraid to come out and afraid to speak.

in savannah, paula deen is one of the most powerful figures in the city. one who worked as cooks who had minimum wage jobs feel if they come out and speak that they will be blacklisted and lose their job with her and also not be able to find jobs in savannah. >> are you urging them to file a lawsuit against deen and her brother? >> have their stories come out. if they had been the victims of discrimination. they should seek the legal recourse they need. things in their employment will not improve until they come out and let these things be known. when you have such an a imbalance of power, you have a millionaire tv chef and you're a cook or you're a waitress or you cleaned the floors, it's very difficult for you to stand up. but the reason we launched this investigation, the reason we've gone in and looked into these things and talked to employees is just to make sure that they know they have a support system and they're not the only ones experiencing this. >> paula dean has many, many

supporters. they say she was born 60 years ago and america had schools that were segregated and americans road in different parts of the bus and this is not today. paula dean has also appaologize twice for her insensitivities. does she deserve all of this? she lost her show on food network and may lose her gig on qvc and lines pulled from kmart and target, we just don't know. does she deserve all of this for what she says, i'm sorry, it was a mistake. i didn't know i was being insensitive. >> the issue is the use of the n-word or slurs is not the biggest problem here. the manifestation of those racial slurs and employment policy that affects the lives of so many of her employees. from what we understand from the people that we talked to a de facto glass ceiling in place where african-americans can come in and they can work on the line and they can work as cooks or janitors, but there's no opportunity for advancement or pay raises. also, what we've heard and what we understand is that many of

the employees did not receive a pay raise until this current lawsuit by lisa jackson was filed and that there was never any blacks in management and exist a general hostile work environment. >> we'll keep in touch. robert, thank you for coming in. we appreciate it. >> thank you. if you like your morning cup of starbucks coffee, get ready to pay more starting tomorrow. the coffee chain is raising prices on many of its brewed drinks even though it's paying less for coffee. why, you ask? alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us. good morning. >> yes, good morning. starbucks is raising prices beginning tomorrow because they say costs have gone up for their labor, for raw materials, for rent for their stores. and it is interesting because you look at this increase and it comes despite the fact that coffee futures traded on intercontinental exchange are at or near their lowest point in three years. it is important to note that before you freak out, this isn't

a massively sweeping price hike. the company is saying that less than a third of all starbucks beverages are affected. let's say you're a frappuccino drinker, you're safe. now what is going up in price, brewed coffee, tea, lattes, expresso drinks but not in all sizes. these increases will not affect the venti and grande size coffees. the hikes will vary from city to city and wind up being 1% on average. if your store is affected by these increases, there is at least one easy way, though, to off aset this rise. did you know, carol, that starbucks offers a 10% discount on any drink when you bring in your own reusable cup. we all walk around with those, right? >> i will from now on, though, because those lattes will soon be 5 bucks. >> 10% is pretty good. even the drinks that it is going to affect, a few pennies, but you look at starbucks drinks and they're already really

expensive. so any little penny or two add aed on to that, it does hurt. >> alison kosik, thanks so much. in about 20 minutes, back to the exchange for the opening bell. right now dow futures are down about 140 points before the opening bell. we'll take you back there at 9:30 eastern. just ahead in "newsroom" for almost a year and a half george zimmerman proclaimed his innocence in the murder of trayvon martin. today, he finally gets his chance in court. he was wrong in an exclusive interview with cnn's rachel nichols. >> i watched a lot of the old bulls' finals games. >> lebron talks about the heat repeat and what's helped him grow up. the secret is out. hydration is in.

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>> because i don't want any other mother to have to experience what i'm going through now. >> of course, martin's parents said that before trial began today. george howell is outside the courthouse. george, this trial begins as the judge excludes key testimony for the state. >> absolutely. excludes key testimony, testimony from expert witnesses, audio experts who had an opinion for the state, basically saying that george zimmerman was not the person screaming on that 911 audio. i want to dip into the actual video right now inside the courtroom because the attorneys are debating. they want a ruling on whether statements made after this alleged crime can be heard in opening statements. just a few minutes ago, they

also debated on a matter of sequesteration to make sure that people who are on the witness list and people who are under subpoena that they leave the courtroom. some question as to whether zimmerman's family and at this point all have been escorted out of the courtroom. in the next few minutes, we are expecting the jury to come into the courtroom and this trial is set to begin. in the second degree murder trial against george zimmerman, the first thing jurors will hear, opening statements. >> all bets are off. >> don west will open for the defense team. their goal over the next several weeks will be to convince jurors that george zimmerman acted in self-defense. the defense ameimaims to show zimmerman -- >> the state has supplied every report. >> reporter: john guy will oepen for the state. prosecutors must prove that

zimmerman was the aggressor. they'll argue that he profiled and continued to pursue trayvon martin even after a dispatcher told him not to. there's also the question of who was screaming for help on this 911 tape moments before the fatal shot. >> do you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> all right, what is your -- >> reporter: prosecutors may also call on witnesses who claim it was trayvon martin screaming for help. but over the weekend, judge deborah nelson denied the testimony of the state's audio experts. cnn legal analyst called it a setback for prosecutors. >> their audio expert was one of the major cornerstones of their entire case from the beginning we've been saying that whoever's voice it was crying for help suggested, in fact, showed that the other person was, in fact, the perpetrator. >> reporter: the jury was sworn in last week. a panel of all women. five who attorneys say are white

and one black hispanic. their identities kept anonymous in order to protect their privacy. back to live pictures here in sanford, florida. the camera a moment ago there on george zimmerman. these attorneys debating and a couple rulings before the jury comes into the courtroom and we understand that attorney don west will open for the defense. carol, we know that his opening statements could take at least two hours. >> wow. >> george howl, thank yell, tha much. that was a bad mistake, wasn't it? george, thank you so much. if the zimmerman case were tried in the court of public opinion, he might have a hard time successfully defending himself. a cnn/orc poll conducted a week ago 62% of those asked said the charges against george zimmerman were probably or definitely true. only 20% did not believe it. a big difference between whites and nonwhites.

57% of whites believe the charges. 75% of nonwhites do. jason johnson is an hln contributor. you're also covering the trial for us. in fact, going back to florida very soon. why do you think george zimmerman is losing in the court of public opinion? >> i don't think he's a sympathetic victim in this situation. if you compare his behavior to the behavior of trayvon martin's parents over the last year. his parents have been on television and said they want the legal process. we don't think george zimmerman is a racist but his family has gone off the rail. he doesn't look nearly as sympathetic. >> i'm sure george zimmerman's attorneys have considered that. >> i do. a lot of this is not going to boil down to the legal wrangling, but who the jury believes. i think, for example, the idea of not having expert testimony about the 911 phone call. jurors will decide whose voice they think it is. a lot amour about gut instinct

than legal wrangling. >> trayvon martin's girlfriend who was on the phone with him at the time he was walking through that neighborhood. >> oh, yeah. she's the last person who spoke to him alive and here's the high threshold that zimmerman's got. he has to convince people that in a seven-minute people he encountered and identified a young man he never met before and this young man femade him fl his life was threatened. >> and the people of the town in sanford, are there many outsiders coming in to witness this trial? what is the atmosphere like there? >> people are skeptical of outsiders. are you a member of the press? no one wants to talk to you if you're a member of the press. the vast majority of people i spoke to there, even those who think george zimmerman is innocent, they think he's going to get convicted. >> well, as we know, many surprises in a court proceeding. we'll see. >> true.

>> jason johnson, thanks so much. still ahead in "newsroom" authorities remain locked on to tight end aaron hernandez. we'll tell you about the latest twist in their investigation.

good morning, thank you so much if being with me. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching right now in "newsroom" with 31 minutes past the hour. as the opening bell rings on wall street, investors are expecting another rough day. let's head to new york stock exchange and alison kosik. it's a little better, huh? >> just a little bit, but brace yourself. it looks like wall street has a bad case of the mondays. so much for shaking off last week's blues. watching the dow fall 95 points in the first moments of the trading day. stocks following in the heels of overseas markets. china is a big source of anxiety today. the people's bank of china.

that's the equivalent of the federal reserve here. they told the country's biggest banks to rein in risky loans. you see the fear is a cash crunch will hurt the world's second biggest economy. the big worry continues to be about our own situation with our own central bank and when the fed could pull back on its millions of dollars it is pumping into the economy every month. you roll all that together and get ready for a long day of red arrows, carol. >> you'll be busy. alison kosik, thanks so much. up next in "newsroom" edward snowden on the run from the united states. but what happens if the u.s. catches him? talk to a lawyer who specializes in such things, next. hey, it's michelle bernstein. here to take your lettuce from drab to fab with new lean cuisine salad additions. just byol. first, thaw your dressing. next, steam your grilled chicken and veggies. then, dress it. add your crunchy toppings. and voila.

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one week after the death of a friend of aaron hernandez, the new england patriots tight end

remains a focus in his murder investigation. authorities searched his home again on saturday, for the second time since the body was found. the investigators left with brown paper evidence bags. cnn's susan candiotti is outside hernandez's home. good morning, susan. >> good morning, carol. no new documents have been filed at the courthouse in connection with the murder investigation. and so far, no police activity here today. but it was quite a different story on saturday when investigators searched the home of alex hernandez. except for a quick backyard appear bs saturday night, an embattled yet smiling aaron hernandez is keeping a very low profile. on sunday, his suv parked in the driveway was eventually moved into his garage. others making food runs for him. on saturday, the same suv got a once over from investigators,

executing their second search in a week. while police aren't calling the popular tight end a suspect in the shooting death of his friend, semi pro player lloyd, hernandez is under a microscope. authorities sweeping throughis house. taking away at least a dozen evidence bags. at one point, calling in a locksmith and bringing in police dogs. during the search, hernandez spotted peeking out his front door window to get a look at the action. the pressure is on. as part of the murder investigation, police also seizing surveillance videos from a strip club in nearby providence, rhode island. back at the murder scene, less than a mile from the football player's home, the public's kept at a distance. the shooting victim's family is following every development. what do you make of the police being out to mr. hernandez's house a second time to search?

>> whatever it is they took out, i hope it is going to help us and heal us and put a closure to thi this. he was just left near that field like he was a piece of trash. trash. not even a human. that was my nephew. that was my nephew. someone took his life. for what? i just want to understand. >> the attorney for aaron hernandez has had nothing to say and issued a statement last week adding that he will have no comment until the investigation of his client is over. carol? >> susan candiotti reporting live for us this morning. u.s. lawmakers are telling nsa spy edwardsnowden to turn himself in. what would happen if he actually did? we'll talk about that next. [ male announcer ] this store knows how to handle a saturday crowd. ♪

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this morning, we're following mr. catch me if you can. edward snowden. he disappeared, we think. he was supposed to leave russia but he didn't get on the plane. still in moscow's airport? we think so. at this point, no one knows anything for sure. lawmakers here urge russia to turn him over. they urged snowden to turn himself in and so far, no chance of that. joining us now an attorney who specializes in national security issues. director of james madison project, a watchdog group that focuses on intelligence gathering and government wrongdoing. good morning. >> good morning. >> so american lawmakers say snowden should turn himself in. let's say he has a change of heart and he does that. charged with theft of government property and espionage. what would happen? >> he'd be taken over to the

eastern district of virginia, which is a courthouse right outside of d.c. that has historically been handling many of the espionage cases we've seen in the last few years and going back. he'll have a fair trial. he has three charges so far. they're very standard. they were certainly expected. he's going to, obviously, make it difficult for himself by his very candid admissions over the last few weeks that he was, obviously, responsible for these classified leaks. >> i know the cases are different, but we know what happened to bradley manning, the army soldier who handed over thousands of documents to wikileaks. he was held in solitary confinement without charge, i think for years. he said he was tortured and finally he goes to court and he faces life in prison. so, i'm sure snowden has paid attention to that. why would he turn himself in? why would he expect to get a fair trial? >> well, manning, of course, is in the military system. our military justice system is

an excellent system but it is different from the civilian system. ironic, of course, that there are these concerns he could be tortured here when he is moving back and forth in the countries that the united nations held at times to connect against dissidence and the others. a sense of iny there. one of the best criminal justices systems in the world, especially for those where the case is strong against them. there are so many protections. snowden will have various avenues and legal defenses, like i said, it will be a difficult case. but, if, in fact, he wants to be, as he seems to portray himself to be sort of this martyr and this individual who wants to disclose information, one of the best ways he can do it is to come back for trial and have a pedestal or podium to speak on. >> don't you think he's kind of having fun with this. the u.s. has now revoked his passport and they urged russia to turn him over and russia's not done that so far. they urged hong kong and china

to turn him over and china just said, oh, bye, mr. snowden you can go and fly to russia. it's okay. representative peter king just came out and said, where is the president in all of this? why can't we catch this one guy? we know where he is. >> look, it's a very difficult itch isuation. extradition is all about politics. politics in all of these different countries. and there's a lot of manipulation and banter that is going on between our various countries. now, it's interesting that this actually could have all been avoided if mr. snowden had just gone to certain members of congress, particularly in the senate, like senator widen or paul and disclosed all the information to them. >> we heard from other whistleblowers who said they went that route and they were punished for it. i'm sure edward snowden heard about them, too. >> well, the difference is if he had disclosed the information to certain senators who have, obviously, made it very clear that they're concerned about this program and, in fact, have

somewhat applauded edward snowden, that they could have taken that information and read it into the congressional record from the senate floor. they would have been protected by the speech and debate clause for operating on legislative activities and been immune. mr. snowden wouldn't have been in trouble and the public would know the same information and we could have the debate we're having today. there wouldn't be any concern of prosecution. that happened in the pentagon paper's case 40 years ago. the question is, i would ask to some of the senators if they're that concerned about whistleblowers who had classified information, i have a number of clients i can bring up there today to disclose information today. >> okay, but, all in all, hasn't this just become embarrassing for the united states? it's just embarrassing now, isn't it? >> well, look, from a foreign policy standpoint, there is no question that ecuador, russia, china, they're enjoying this. these are pokes in the eye to the united states, united kingdom, some other countries

with and we're going to see that, cuba, as well, obviously. that's why i say it's a political issue and it could change on a dime. so, even if mr. snowden goes to whether ecuador or cuba and gets asylum, as our relations with these countries improve over a period of time, we may very well see mr. snowden being handed over. >> we'll see, national security attorney, thank you so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you, carol. still ahead in "newsroom" how lebron james spends his time off court during the playoffs. >> i watched a lot of the old bulls finals games. >> rachel nichols one-on-one exclusive interview with lebron james, next. i'll just press this, and you'll save on both. ding! ladies and gentlemen,

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lebron james is basking in the glow of back to back nba

titles and mvp finals awards, but amid the glory, he's also apologizing to rachel nichols. >> girl, we hold people accountable here at cnn. we do not let things slide. >> you're a tough woman. >> that's right. i was a able to sit down and interview lebron in the days after his championship. always fun to spend time with athletes in that situation. this guy faces such intense scrutiny that he actually checks out of social media, gets himself off the internet, gives away his phone to a family member during the playoffs so he doesn't see all the commentary around him because it can mess with your head. but the trip side of that intensity is that when you win, you win big. he is having a good time. take a look. >> last year you kind of -- the time went by so fast. and it's like, wow, did i really just -- it's gone.

it's gone like that. so i want to make sure i take full advantage of this one. >> after you won last year, you said it was the toughest thing you had ever done. and then this year you said you were going to go back and tell the guy from last year, no, no, no, this is the toughest thing. >> so i want to say i apologize to you because i lied to you. >> did you, directly to my face. >> this one right here was definitely tougher. i'll tell you one thing, i love the feeling. >> i know you tried to tune out the outside noise and you get off social media. so what do you do? >> watch a lot of old basketball finals games, playoff games. watch some tv series. i ripped through 24 a few seasons of that. i watched a lot of the old bulls finals games. >> so michael jordan and kiefer sutherland got you through the playoffs? >> got me through it. >> you guys have two soonns.

you joked if you hadn't won, you're getting married in summer and you might have had to call off the wedding. i would like to know what your fiance thought about that. >> she would have drugged me by my collar no matter how i looked to get up there and say i do. so she runs the house. >> you've been in the public eye since you were 16 years old. when you came down to miami, it was the first time you had ever been away from home. it's a big change. >> even though i played it for cleveland for seven years, i still lived in my hometown of akron. so i was in akron for 25 straight years. and that's all i knew. all my friend, my family. and i made that change, it was very shocking for me. it's made me grow and made me comfortable and playing the game of basketball at a high level. >> being more of a grown up now, being more comfortable, it can't be a coincidence that you feel that way off the court and professionally you're in the best time professionally of your life. >> right. timing.

timing. i just try to take full advantage of it. >> i thought that was so interesting. of course nothing against the state of ohio or akron where lebron still has a very large home he spends his summers in. but when anybody is forced to leave home for the first time, whenever that is, and you're in your 20s and you try to make your way in the world and you deal with those challenges, being in a new players with different rules and different people that you have to deal with and ask for for things, you grow up and you change. and he has done that. the fact that it does coincide with his most success professionally, not a coincidence at all. >> what's interesting, i'm from northeast ohio, so it hurt me when lebron left. it really did. i think there was always an impression that he was such an old soul. because frankly even at 16, he seemed mature to us. >> no question. and he was a mature kid. but he was a kid. and the decision certainly is something that he looks back on and says he regrets the way he handled it. he was 25 years old. there is a lot of people who

have made some mistakes at 25 we might not want televised. and here is the thing about people in ohio to remember. lebron does still spend his offseasons there. he has an opt out of his contract with the miami heat at the end of next season and there are rumors that he might want to go back to cleveland. i did ask him about that, he's not ready to address those yet. but he did say whatever he does at the end of next season, he's learned to handle it a little bit better this time. >> we'll take the ravens, too. rachel, thanks vef. the next hour of cnn newsroom after a break.

#. happening now, where is mr. snowden? is his next stop cuba or ecuador? also, ten miss greats exchange passing shots.

maria sharapova and serena williams go head to head off the court. it's nasty, too. sniping about bi frieboyfriendi. and a wire 1500 feet up in the air, nik wallenda walks across a gorge at the grand canyon. you'll hear what he was praying as he inched down the line. good morning. thanks so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. right now the world is about to hear from julian assange, the founder of wikileaks, and key figure in the disappearance of america's most wanted fugitive. we're listening now to assange's teleconference and whether he will reveal the latest whereabouts of edward snowden. right now the american who exposed a secret u.s. surveillance program is in the middle of a globe trotting search for as asylum.

he flew to moscow yesterday, but it's not clear if he's left russia. he's expected to fly through u.s. air space in route cuba and hoping for asylum in ecuador. in the meantime, though den at this moment is poking the u.s. government in the eye. so far the united states has charged snowden with espionage, revoked his u.s. passport, and urged foreign countries to excel x. spell him, yet honk cog kong china, anderhaps russia doing no such thing. wolf, a 30-year-old high school dropout is foiling the entire u.s. government. what's next for president obama? >> these are tough decisions the president will have to make. for example, if he's on that russian flight from moscow to havana that supposedly under normal circumstances would go over u.s. air 135ir face, wouldr force intercept the plane and force to land in the united states. that would cause a huge

diplomatic uproar with russia. it's not an easy decision. but the kind of decision that would have to go right to the president of the united states. we're not even 100% sure based on all the information i'm getting that he is definitely on that plane from moscow to havana. but under normal circumstances, the flight would bring him as you point out over the united states. and technically the u.s. air force could go up there and tell that pilot to bring that plane down. now, that flight could also avoid u.s. air space and stay in international air space, then it becomes even more complicated if the u.s. would try to intercept that plane. i suspect it would not. but those are hugely critical issues and very controversial decisions the president would have to make. >> already republicans are bearing down on the president. here is congressman peter king of new york. here's what he said to new day just a short time ago. let's listen. >> the president has to explain to the american people why if he believes we're back pre- 9/11

we're using such post-9/11 techniques. he should be the leader, he should be out, not talking about in berlin, speaking to the american people. let the chinese and russians know how serious we are about this. so it appears, and i hate to to be in the middle of a crisis second guessing the president, but where is the president, why is he not speaking to the american people? why is he not more forceful when dealing with foreign leaders? >> for all we know, president obama could be speaking tough behind the scenes to these countries. >> as far as we know, i don't know if he's raised these issues directly, he did see president putin of russia. i don't know if he's made any phone calls to leaders in china or hong kong or for that matter in ecuador. i suspect he won't call president castro in cuba sgifl giv but i don't know what the president is doing behind the scenes. i know there will be a lot of second guessing on how the administration handles some of the legal issues over the past

couple week. for example, why did it take so long to revoke edward snowden's passport? apparently it was only done this weekend. that could have been done right away and it would have put enormous pressure on hong kong to go ahead and deny him ability to fly a regularly scheduled commercial flight from hong kong to moscow. so these are questions that are going to have to be asked. and then i suspect high administration officials will have to come up with some answers because there may be some problems in how the u.s. dealt with some of these very sensitive legal issues that may or may not have had any impact when all is said and done. clearly there will be some second guessing. >> wolf blitzer, hathanks for yr insight. we now know a little more about sarah harrison. who is she? she's the legal adviser who is traveling with edward snowden. according to her wikileaks profile, harrison is a british citizen who has worked as a journalist and legal vresearche.

her investigations have revealed abuses in human rights and global surveillance. wikileaks says she's accompanying snowden in pursuit of asylum. as i said, julian assange is now speaking at a teleconference and we'll pass along what he says onces we get it all straight. breaking news now. the dow is tumbling this morning. it's down more than 200 points. two big concerns weigh on investors. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange and you predicted it earlier it was going to be an ugly day. >> and if you haven't fastened your seat belt yet, you may want to. investors are still rattled after ben bir in anky said the fed could start scaling back the stimulus that has been pumping into the financial system. what that was meant to do was make it cheap to borrow money. encourage people to invest, spend and to hire. and what it essentially did is it pushed interest rates lower, it created this wealth effect in

the stock market. so with these words from the fed last week that the gravy chain could come to an end, investors today are running for the exits. also in play today, china. the people's bank of china, that ee is the equivalent of the federal reserve today, it told its biggest banks to get their balance sheets under control and the fear is a cash crunch could hurt the world's second biggest economy and take a big bite out of global economic growth. so you roll all the worries together, it's enough to give wall street a case of the mondays. >> a case of heartburn for the rest of us. thanks so much. the shooting death of trayvon martin opened up a new wound regarding race relations. and now nearly 16 months later, gorng zim he man the man accused of pulling the trigger finally goes on trial. as you can see, opening statements getting under way right now in a sanford, florida courtroom. attending the beginning of the trial, trayvon martin's parents.

>> i ask that you pray for me and my family because i don't want any other mother to have to experience what i'm going through now. >> cnn's george howell is live outside the courthouse. and i understand in the courtroom, the f-bombs were flying? >> reporter: fair to say that happened. and looking inside that courtroom, martin's family tearful as they listeneded to the prosecutor in a very direct and very jarring style talk directlyo the jury. his first words, carol, to the jury were these. expletive punks, these expletives always get away. and those words that i'm not saying are just as bad as you would imagine. but basically he says that these are the words that george zimmerman said on that 911 call when he called to report a person that he described as real

suspicious and up to no good. that's what john guy told the jury. and then guy picked apart george zimmerman's account of what happened. he basically said that the statement that martin said you're going to die tonight, guy says no one heart that. also zimmerman's claim that he got on top of trayvon martin and spread out his hands, guy says that didn't happen. in fact martin's hands were under his chest. and also this concept that zimmerman grabbed the gun, guy says there was no dna, rather that martin grabbed the gun, guy says there was no dna from martin on it that gun. and he painted a picture, really tried to paint the scene of that night. take a listen to what he said. >> as the smoke and the smell of that fatal gunshot rose into a rainy sunday sanford night, trayvon martin, 21 days removed from his 16th year, was face

down in wet grass laboring through his final breaths on this earth. and that defendant at that same time was upright walking around preparing. preparing to tell law enforcement why it was he had just profiled, followed and murdered an unarmed teenager. >> reporter: it was a very direct, it was a very graphic description according to the prosecution of what happened on the night of february 26th, 2012. but again, keep in mind we're only hearing right now from the prosecution. we have not yet heard from the defense team and george zimmerman's account of what happened that night. attorney don west is expected to open for the defense and we know that his opening statements could take up to two hours. so we're still watching and waiting. right now it seems the court is in a 15 minute recess. but we do expect to hear more,

get more insight, according to the prosecution of what they say happened. >> george howell reporting live from sanford, florida. thanks. held captive for four long years, this morning the family of an american p.o.w., bowe bergdahl is praying talks will move forward. ed lavendera's famireports his family hopes their son will come home. >> reporter: peace talks appear to be crumbling. the taliban has said it's willing to exchange the only known captive american soldier for five of its imprisoned leaders. but the afghan government's anger over the taliban's newly opened office in the country of qatar threatens to derail the talks. >> it's sort of been step back from, now we need to see if we can get back on track.

i don't know whether that's possible or not. >> reporter: half a world away at a weekend rally in bergdahl's honor, his father is making a passionate plea for all sides to talk. >> to the people of afghanistan. [ speaking foreign language ] may the peace of god and the blessings that come from god be upon you. may we somehow after 12 long years find peace in afghanistan so that our soldiers and our american person they winel can home. >> reporter: yellow ribbons still line the streets of his hometown. there is reason for hope here in haley. there has been little new information of his condition until a you few weeks ago when bergdahl's parents received what they believe is a handwritten letter from their son delivered to them through the red cross from the taliban. robert bergdahl is on a

passionate mission to get his son home. he's grown out his beard as a symbol of solidarity and immersed himself in afghan culture and rituals, even teaching himself the language of his son's captors. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: at this weekend's rally, could you sense his parents' anguish. >> a father does not leave his son alone on the battlefield. i do not live here. i live in afghanistan. my cell phone is set on afghan time. i will not leave you on the battlefield, bowe. these people here are not leave you on the battlefield. your country will not believe leave you on the battlefield. >> reporter: the bergdahls sense this is the best chance they have had to bring bowe home. they pray this moment doesn't slip away. ed lavendera, cnn. >> we'll keep you posted. wow. other stories we're watching today, nelson mandela remains in critical condition at a south african hospital. the former south african

president has been hospitalized since june 8 for a recurring lung infection. he's 94. 65,000 residents of calgary can return home, but other areas of alberta are still watching for raging floodwaters. a river is expected to reach record flood stage in the city of medicine hat. at least three deaths have been blamed on the flooding in canada. taking bravery or insanity to a new level, daredevil nik wallenda successfully walks across the grand canyon on a 2 i think thick metal wire 1500 feet up in the air. the agonizing and anxiety-filled 23 minute discovery channel stunt did not start well. wallenda had a couple of close calls. >> shoes feel slippery. there is dust on this kaicable. lord, help the cable it calm down. >> he can did. winds were worse than anticipated and the 7th generation daredevil had to stop twice to regain his composure.

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decision by these nine justices could be enormous for not only state universities, but private universities all over the country. john king is standing by at the magic wall with background. john, set the scene for us. we're about to get the decision. >> as you know this is one of the big ones we've been waiting for. two cases about affirmative action, with voting rights. this one as you noted fisher versus the university of texas at austin. can a state university -- can a university use race as an issue in a state. here is the argument in this case. abigail fisher sued saying she was denied admission because she's white. and she claims that violates her 14th amendment right to equal protection. she's saying i should have gotten into the school, but i'm white and i was denied over african-americans and other minorities who she says was less

qualified. so will the court draw a new line on state based and perhaps even more broadly affirmative action questions. and the school is making the case that race is viable as one factor as long as you have several factors in trying to develop a diverse student body. that is the big case there. what do the american people think? let's take a look. this is being done by the nine justices, but in the court of public opinion, you see nearly 7 in 10 americans think this is wrong. that state based schools should not be able to use race as a factor in admissions policies. that's a pretty striking number. but remember that's the court of public opinion. and there is a breakdown probably not surprising to you, whites are overwhelmingly against this, nonwhite as majority approve of this affirmative action. the impact is the big question mark. because there is a case just a few years ago, there is a

michigan case it in the pipeline. so here is the big question. is it a narrow ruling, is it broad sweeping, how will this decision impact an issue as you well know, a huge legal issue politically it can become very divisive issue. >> and this is an issue that involves a public university, the university of texas at austin. but private universities will be watching it very closely because so many of those private universities get federal funding one way or another. tom foreman is watching what's going on. we're awaiting the decision. but you have more background. >> yeah, we can't take you inside the supreme court, but we can virtually give and you scene setter there. there are about 300 people gathered in the room right now. it looks like this. and they're waiting to hear what the justices are saying in their completion about this case of fisher versus the university of texas at austin. this case was argued in oral arguments here way back in october. what that means is that at that time attorneys for each side came and each side had about 30

minutes at this podium on to answer questions from the justices. that does not sound like a lot of time, but that's because each side has submitted extensive briefs, the justices are well read even before they reach this point and most of them in fact have opinions about it even before they hear the final word on it. shortly after everyone clears out traditionally the justices go behind that red curtain to another room where they actually have a vote right then on the case. so they know where they stand. if there is a minority and majority opinion or majority and dissenting opinion, justices are assigned to write those and they can trade notes and possibly change those opinions. all that is done in private. all we can base our thoughts on ahead of a decision like this is what we saw in court. so what did we see here? first of all, justice kagan was out on this one, not taking part because she worked on on the case back when she was with the justice department. what did justice roberts say? he seemed very concerned about

the idea that this has a practical application. how do you do it. one of the things he said to the attorneys is should someone who is one quarter hispanic check the hispanic box or some different box? and when the attorney said it would be the hispanic box, he said what about somebody who is one-eighth? justice sotomayor pushed equally hard against the fisher side because she basically said race can be a factor, the courts have decided that before, and she said you want to tell universities that once you reach a certain number, a certain percentage of minority students then you can't use race any more? and of course the final word on all of this really that will be watched very closely is justice kennedy. he's considered a likely swing vote in all of this. and one of the things he was troubled by apparently was this idea that maybe race even the factor was being considered too much over test grades and over

gpas and other honors. he said so what you're saying is that race counts above all. that's what they said back in the oral arguments way back in october. we're waiting thousand fnow for word. >> as we a wait the decision by the united states supreme court, let's bring in two legal experts with different perspectives on what's going on. a former clerk to clarence thomas and now policy director at the judicial crisis network. and also associate professor of law at washington college of law here in the nation's capital. nationally recognized expert in the area of civil rights. what's wrong, carrie, with allowing race to be used as one of several factors to guarantee diversity in classrooms at public universities? >> well, as justice kennedy pointed out, whenever race is

used and you don't look at the person as an individual, that's a problem. the best way to stop discrimination on on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on on the basis of race. it's one thing the supreme court has said in the past. if it's part of a company here represent thing where you're looking at the individual, but as long as we're getting to a certain quota, then looking at the person as racial sypher overlooks the individual is not constitutional. >> and i suspect you disagree. >> do i respectfully disagree. on the contrary, our constitution has long held that race can be considered as one of many factors. in fact the 14th amendment which is the issue in this case was developed in direct response to a history of slaef slavery and discrimination. it was an effort to ensure african-americans could have a place. so it can be used. and in this instance, it's really about expanding opportunity. it's merely one factor of a number of factors for qualified

individuals. so it's by no means the primary consideration. >> okay. both stand by. we're awaiting the decision from the supreme court. gloria borger is here with us. the ramifications if they decide to strike down this affirmative action, that will be significant. >> i think it will be significant. it would be significant largely for law schools, for public universities. and also as you pointed out earlier, it would affect private universities, as well, who get federal funding. what we heard from the justices when they were arguing this case is the question of how much diversity is enough. when do you know that you don't need affirmative action anymore to ensure diversity. and that's the question they took up in 2003 and they're revisiting again. and in 2003, they came to the

decision that public universities have to take account of race as part of what they called a holistic view in terms of general admissions to universities. so we'll have to wait and see whether that still stands. at that point when they decided that case, they said it should last for about 25 years. well, it's only been about nine years. >> stand by for a moment. we'll go to the supreme court. jake tapper is standing by up there with joe johns. can race be used as a legitimate factor for admission into universities in the ramifications will be enormous. our special coverage continues in a minute.

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welcome back. the united states supreme court has now reached a decision on the use of race as a factor, affirmative action at public universities. here is the decision. it's not an easy decision it on go through. it's page after page after page. and that's what we're doing right now. we're going through the decision to make sure we fully understand what the supreme court justices have decided. jake tapper is standing by up at the supreme court we'll go to them shortly for the decision, for the impact of this decision, but the decision that now been made by the u.s. supreme court. let's bring back our two legal experts joining us.

you don't like the use of race as a factor in admissions to achieve classroom diversity. what about geography? would it be okay to give priority for-to-someone from the midwest if there aren't a whole lot of students at a major university from the midwest, would that be okay? >> that would trigger slightly different questions under the equal protection clause. the point here is that the equal protection clause is there to provide equal treatment across races. we don't want people being selected for or against the university admission because of their race. and so geography, while it would present some questions, wouldn't be subject to the same kind of really strict scrutiny that the supreme court has said is necessary. whenever you use race as a factor in any kind of governmental decision, they can't look at race at all unless they have a compelling reason to do so. and unless it's narrowly tailored. really the only way to achieve that end. so if there is another way to

achieve racial diversity, they can't use race. so really it's subject to much more scrutiny as it should be because we're looking at a classification based on race. >> all right. respond to that argument. >> well, while it's absolutely true that the supreme court does employ strict scrutiny whenever it's reviewing any classification take that account of race, i think one of the things that's important to keep in mind is that the supreme court ten years ago yesterday very strongly endorsed the limited modest use of race as one of several factors in university admissions policies for the compelling interests of benefiting -- reaping the benefits that flow from having a more diverse student body before the fact of the matter is we live in a very, very multi-ethnic america now. today's schoolchildren will grow up to live and work in a world with no racial or ethnic

majority. and the broad swathe of americans in terms of military leaders, small business owners, fortune 500 company, all talk about the importance of the benefits of having a diverse student body for strengthening our citizenry, for creating really a strong democracy, and for strengthening our position in the global economy. so these are just some of the reasons why many people believe that there are very strong benefits to encouraging rae shal diversity in colleges and universities. and so the limited use of policies like the one at issue in the university of texas case are believed to help foster that type of diversity that is so necessary for qulemgs a scolleg universities and creating pathways to leadership for all americans. >> stand by for a moment. john king is with us. john, you were noting the american public according to the polls don't like this. >> the american public does not like this, but that is both relevant and irrelevant in the sense that it's irrelevant to

the nine justices, but they make all the decisions based on the law. they're often divided and we'll see the breakdown here. if you look at public opinion, a majority of nonwhites think we still have the need for affirmative action. it that becomes an issue if the court makes a decision that changes the law dramatically, then it gets kicked back to congress. >> we'll take another quick break. when we come back, we'll go up to the supreme court, jake tapper is there with joe johns and jeffrey toobin. we'll get the decision from the united states supreme court on this critically important issue. this is it. this is what matters. the experience of a product. how will it make someone feel? will it make life better?

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that can be taken with or without food. my doctor recommends citracal maximum. it's all about absorption. >> reporter: breaking news here at the supreme court. i'm jake tapper. there has been a decision in a case short handed as affirmative, but more broadly whether or not race can be used when deciding whether to admit a student into a university class. the case is fisher versus university of texas at austin. abigail fisher applied to be a student at the university of texas austin. she did not get in. she was not in the top 10% of her high school class in texas. if you're in the top 10%, you get automatic admission into the university system there. she was not in that. she was in the second tier. and she did not get in december spite having 3.95 grade point

average and s.a.t. score of 1180. she alleges that there were minority students who were admitted who were less qualified than she. now we have a decision. i want to bring in jonathan turley. it's not the decision a lot of people expected. i think a lot expected them to definitively rule one way or the other about whether race can be used. tell us about this complicated ruling. and also it's a 7-1 ruling. >> that's what was not expected. it's a nuanced decision. it's vintage kennedy. basically he said you can still consider race for purposes of diversity, but you have to satisfy a hire burden. this will make it tougher. he's saying apply strict scrutiny about your and we won't accept a good faith argument that just because we're adding more african-american students, it's going to make the school more diverse. you need to show us that there is no race neutral approach that would achieve those types of goals. it will be hard to meet that. and he stressed that there is going to be no difference in how

different scrutiny applies here and other areas. strict scrutiny is a very difficult standard for any government group, any government to meet. and here the state of texas had a system of taking the top 10% of student and that diddy d. bring a degree of diversity. and it will be very difficult for them to say in addition to that, we need to give race this type of weight. so what you have then is a decision that will make it tougher to use race as a criteria. but a decision that doesn't rule out the use of race. the court in fact embraces the race factor in achieving diversity. so in that sense i think universities can take from this one hopeful note that the court did not say we're going to create a bright line rule. since 1978, we've been trying to go deal with race. we keep on getting these cases every five or so years. no more consideration of race. they didn't say -- >> didn't do that. you can still use race as a

criterion, but the question is whether or not the standard they create meets what you call -- what the stream court calls close scrutiny. >> that's right. the difference between a 10 k and marathon. they say you have to do the marathon. you have to show us there is no other way you could achieve this type of diversity and we won't accept good faith arguments. it will have to be concrete figures and you have to rule out all alternatives. >> i want to go to joe johns now. joe, you have the ruling. what is your report? >> reporter: well, you've said it all. essentially what the court is saying is that in order to use race as a consideration in college admissions, you have to have a very high test. that high test is known as strict scrutiny. and justice kennedy delivering the opinion for the court today said strict scrutiny is what the fifth circuit should have used and they basically kicked it back to them. so some of the larger points

really did not get decided here. this was a 7-1 opinion. seven justices on the supreme court agreeing with justice kennedy's analysis. one justice of course disagreeing. that would be justice ginsburg. justice kagan took no opinion in this becausing a solicitor general of the united states, she apparently had some role in it as it was percolating through the courts. so strict scrutiny is the rule. it goes back to further consideration. and it's a very tough standard to meet. >> all right. joe johns, we'll take a break now, but that is the news on the supreme court ruling. not the clear line ruling that a lot of people were expecting. the university of texas now has a standard to meet when it comes to arguing and making their point as to whether or not they can use race as a factor when deciding who to admit to the

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relationship with deen. and then there's this. last year the "new york times" interviewed deen about race relations in the south. >> i feel like the south is almost less prejudice because black folks played such an integral part in our lives. i have a young man in my life, and his name is holis johnson, and he's black as that board. come out here. we can't see you standing against it dark board. >> a lot of drit civil on both sides. pamela brown joins us with who are. good morning,pamela. >> paula deen is known for whipping up rich southern food, but it's what she cooked up outside the kitchen that has her embroiled in controversy. the food network quickly announced that it would not be renewing her contract and now her supporters are dishing out plenty of criticism of that

decision while others are applauding the food network. >> i want to apologize to everybody -- >> reporter: paula deen's fans are threatening to boycott the food network for sticking a fork in her shows. >> i'll wrap it in bacon and deep fry it. >> reporter: at her restaurant, the lines was around the block this weekend as patrons showed support. >> she hass apologized. >> i think it's a learning lesson for her and the people that do forgive. so i would forgive her. >> reporter: deen sired up controversy for comments she made while being questioned under oath as part of a racial and sexual harassment lawsuit against her and her brother filed by a former employee. >> please forgive me for the mistakes that i've made. >> reporter: friday she issued back to back video apologies online after readily admitting to using the n word in the past. >> the color of your skin, your religion, your sexual preference

does not matter to me. i am here to say i am so sorry. >> reporter: deen is also accused of wanting to plan a southern plantation themed party with black waiters. just last year, deen spoke at a "new york times" event about race relations in the south and her views on slavery. >> black folks played such an integral part in our lives. they were like our family. and we didn't see ourselves as being pledged. i think we're all prejudice against something or another and i think the black people feel the same bridge that white people feel. >> reporter: shortly after, the food network said it was not renewing her contract. the scandal has whipped up more than 13,000 comments on the food network's facebook page. food network, i'm firing you. good-bye. others applaud the food

network's decision to dump deen. great move. it had to be done. disrespectful slurs will not be tolerat tolerated. and the fallout could continue. listen to what qvc told cnn. >> we're watching those developments closely and reviewing our business relationship with miss deen. >> and walmart which sells her products has not commented on the future of their relationship. her cookware is also sold at target and k-mart. the case is ongoing and she thanked the food network for 11 great years. but she has endured bad publicity in the past. never with so much fallout like this. >> you have that right. pamela brown, thanks so much. the senate is getting ready for a crucial vote on immigration reform. today lawmakers are set to vote on an amendment to better secure or borders. even though the bill is expected to pass, the question is by what margin. by how much?

cnn chief congressional correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill. so will it pass the house? >> reporter: we're going to start with the senate and it is going to be effectively a test vote, a procedural vote that will give everybody a sense of just how high the vote can ultimately go. and what this vote is an amendment about what we reported on last week, this border security compromise, this deal to add more border agents, 20,000 border agents to complete the southern border fence, to add new technology. all an attempt to get republicans who are skittish about this whole idea of ultimately giving citizenship to illegal immigrants a way to vote for it. and also some democrats, as well. but here is the problem. you mentioned the house. that is going to be the problem ultimately. so listen to the way yesterday on candy crowley's show the way democrat chuck schumer, who is a big sponsor of this, and republican rand paul, who is one of the conservative opponents,

described the fate of this. >> this is going to be a historic week for the senate as we pass comprehensive immigration reform. we're about at two thirds of the senate right now. our momentum is growing. >> it will pass the senate, but it's dead on arrival in the house. the house is much closer to me and i think they think border security has to come first before you get immigration reform. >> reporter: supporters of this say the whole point of the way they're changing this legislation is to ensure that the border will be secured. ensure it in a way that some conservatives are scratching their head because they're pouring a lot of federal dollars into this and a lot of federal workers into this. but the bottom line is that even though big picture politically a lot of republicans who are from swing states and those who are party leaders worried about the fate of the republican party if they don't do something on immigration reform with regard to hispanic voters, in the house you have a lot of conservative members from really red

districts who are worried about the other side, worried if they support anything that any opponent can call amnesty for illegal immigrant, they will get a challenge from the right who city you're not representing republican constituents the right way. >> rand paul wants congress to decide whether the border is secureded instead of the executive branch. that's a big -- >> reporter: that's right. and the truth is that in this measure that they will have a procedural vote on, it does give congress a lot more input into how the metrics or how the border security will be defined. and that also is controversial. >> we'll see what happens. dana bash reporting from washington this morning. the dow, guess what, it's tumbling again this morning. down more than 150 points. actually down 174 right now. so you're asking why this time? alison kosik is at the new york

stock exchange to tell us. >> good morning. bad as it looks with all the red on the screen, stocks are actually off their lows of the session. you look at the dow, it's down 173. it was down as much as 250 points earlier today. so it has come back just a little. front and center today as far as the worries go, china and the fed. investors are still rattled after ben bernanke said the fed could start to scale back the amount of money it's been pumping into the financial system. what that did was push interest rates lower, created this big wealth effect in the stock market. doctor we saw the dow go over 15,000 and the s&p reach new record highs. so when the fed uttered these words that this gravy train could come to an end, investors began running for the exits and they haven't looked back. also in play today, china. the people's bank of china, the equivalent of our federal reserve here, it sold the country's biggest banks to rein in risky loans and get their balance sheets under control. the worry there is that a cash

kruchblg wi crunch will take the big bite out of global economic growth. so roll all that together and you get investors really on the edge today. >> and you get a big plunge. thank you. still ahead in the newsroom, new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez remains a key figure in a murder investigation. we'll tell you what the latest is next. [ female announcer ] love. it's the most powerful thing on the planet. love holds us in the beginning. comforts us as we grow old. love is the reason you care. for all the things in your life... that make life worth living. ♪ ♪ sweet love of mine ♪ uh-oguess what day it is!is?? huh...anybody?

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welcome back. let's talk about edward though de snowden. he's believed to still be in russia. we suspected he might get on a plane, fly over cuba. take a plane to ecuador. as far as we know, edward snowden did not do that. of course wikileaks and julian assange is helping edward snowden i guess evade u.s. authorities. this is what julian assange said a short time ago in a teleconference. listen. >> every person has the right to seek and receive political asylum. those rights are enshrined in the united nations agreements of which the united states is a party.

it goes counter productive and unacceptable for the obama administration to try and interfere with those rights. it reflects poorly on the u.s. administration and no self respecting country would submit to such interference. >> assange was still speaking on that teleconference, says the current behavior by obama administration should not be tolerated by any self-serving government. we have one more bit of information to pass along and i'll read it. wikileaks legal representative on the ongoing conference call just confirmed edward though den has supplied an ecuadoran refugee document. also snowden did apply for asylum in iceland and other places they cannot speak about.

assange said he snows where though den is, but he's not saying.where though den is, but he's not saying. the patriots tight end remains the focus in a murder investigation. susan candiotti reports from outside hernandez's home. >> reporter: except for a quick backyard appearance saturday night, an embattled yet smiling aaron hernandez is keeping a very low profile. on sunday, his suv parked in the driveway eventually was moved into his garage. others making food runs for him. on saturday, the same suv got a once over from investigators executing their second search in a week. while police aren't calling popular tight end a suspect in the shooting death of his friend semipro player odin lloyd, her in hernandez is under a microscope. authorities sweeping through you his house. taking away at least a dozen

evidence bags. as one point calling in a locksmith and bringing in police dogs. during the search, hernandez is spotted peeking out his front door window to get a look at the action. the pressure is on. as part of the murder investigation, police also seizing surveillance videos from a strip club in nearby providence, rhode island. back at the murder scene less than a mile from the football player's home, the public's kept at a distance. the shooting victim's family is following every development. what do you make of the police being out to mr. hernandez's house a second time to search? >> whatever it is they took out, i hope it will help us and heal us and put a closure to this. he was just left there in that field like he was a piece of trash. trash. not even a human. tat was my nephew. that was my nephew.

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