emotion in realtime. both are committed to changing the game in their respect active fiel -- respective fields. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. i hope to see you back here next week on "the next list." hello, everyone. it is 3:00 p.m. on the east coast, noon out west. for those of you just joining us, welcome to the cnn newsroom. i'm fredricka whitfield. here's the top stories we're following this hour. the west is sizzling right now. an impressive heat wave is bringing triple digit temperatures from california to nevada. we'll have a live report. the jury has the weekend off in the murder trial of george zimmerman after hearing from nearly two dozen witnesses. the latest is straight ahead. plus cnn's interview with trayvon martin's stepmother. we'll go to san francisco. that's where same-sex couples are getting married this

afternoon after an appeals court ruling gives it the green light. a brutal heat wave is bearing down on the west, sending temperatures over 110 degrees. a look at some of these predictions. up to 129 degrees tomorrow in california's death valley and 118 in phoenix today. this heat wave is expected to hang on until tuesday. casey wian is live for us at one of the hot spots in palm springs, california. we're talking about a water park. i see a few people behind you. it's not hugely crowded. just too hot to even be there for a lot of folks? >> reporter: yeah, it's really interesting, fredricka. one of the things we expected when we came here is we expected it would be jam packed, but officials tell us it can actually be too hot to go to a water park. the water actually gets really warm. but there are quite a few people here enjoying this water and trying to cool off, but we spoke

with a lifeguard a little while ago about the challenges that 120-degree heat can -- those challenges that these lifeguards face. >> hydrating is the key to success here at the water park. staying cool, not skipping a meal because they want to go on a ride or running out of sunblock. these are the difference between life and death at a water park when it's 120 degrees and so humid outside. >> reporter: now, we are expecting a high temperature, perhaps a record high temperature today of 120, 121 degrees, possibly. it has just spiked up quite a bit in the last hour or so. it was only about 105 or so an hour ago, and you can see right now this thermometer showing it is about 120 degrees right now where i'm standing. you see the sweat just beading up on my arm. i've been out here for about ten minutes now, so it is really, really hot, fredricka.

>> i bet that asphalt is hot on the bare feet that i see walking by, too. of course, that lady has flip-flops, that's smart, but i bet it's very hot to the feet. >> it certainly is. we were out on an airport tarmac yesterday afternoon, and the soles of my shoes were starting to melt. it was 155 degrees on the ground out there. very, very hot. you wouldn't believe it, though, there are some people who are braving these elements and doing things like playing golf. here's one man we spoke to at a golf course earlier this morning. >> all right. well, we're going to have to rerack that tape. >> >> reporter: i guess we didn't have that. sorry about that. >> it wasn't ready to go, but i imagine even the golfers are doing all they can, they're getting creative to try to stay cool on the green because, you know, they can't stay away from trying to tee off. casey wian, thanks so much. try to stay cool as best you can. i appreciate it.

all right. now on to a high-profile case in sanford, florida where jurors in the george zimmerman murder trial heard from 22 witnesses last week. all of them were called by the prosecution in an attempt to prove the shooting death of teenager trayvon martin was second-degree murder. but our martin savage says at least a few of those witnesses seemed to bolster zimmerman's claim that he fired the fatal shot in self-defense. >> what jonathan good saw the night trayvon martin died goes to the heart of the zimmerman case. >> that night that you saw the person who you now know to be trayvon martin was on top, correct? >> correct. >> he was the one raining blows down on the person on the bottom, george zimmerman, right? >> that's what it looked like. >> he was watching from his patio about 15 to 20 feet away. zimmerman that night was wearing a red and black jacket, martin a dark, hooded sweat shirt. >> the color of clothing on top,

what could you see? >> it was dark. >> how about the color of clothing at the bottom? >> i believe it was a light, white or red color. >> but that's not all good said he saw. he witnessed physical blows being thrown and then a style of mixed martial arts. >> you saw someone on top in an mma style straddle position, correct? >> correct. >> that was further described, was it not, as being ground and pound? >> correct. >> good also testified about one more key question, that voice screaming for help in the darkness he believes belonged to zimmerman. >> the voice screaming for help, however many times you heard it, it was just one person's voice? >> when i heard it outside, i believe it was just one person's voice, yes. >> and you now believe that was george zimmerman's voice, correct? >> i never said that. i said it could have been his, but i was not 100% sure. >> i'm not asking for 100% certainty. i'm asking you to use your

common sense and tell us if you think that was george zimmerman's voice screaming for help, the person on the bottom? >> that's just my opinion. >> the next person to take the stand was another neighbor, jonathan minelo, who was the first person to talk to zimmerman after the shooting. the prosecution seemed to zero in on zimmerman's state of mind. a handcuffed zimmerman had asked minelo to call his wife for him. zlz i h >> i had a connection right away and i said, your husband has been involved in a shooting. he's being questioned and taken to the sanford police department. at that time he kind of cut me off and said, just tell her i shot someone. >> what did you say? >> i said, okay, well, he just shot someone. >> zimmerman had the look of someone who just looked beaten up and even snapped this cell phone picture of zimmerman's

bloody head. he seem to encapsulate zimmerman's entire defense, telling him what he said after the fatal shot and the body of the teenager nearby. >> this guy was beating me up and i shot him. >> i was defending myself when i shot him. >> so this guy was beating me up. i was defending myself and i shot him is what he told you. >> yes. >> without hesitation? >> no. >> and from what you could tell at the moment, it seemed completely true? >> yes. >> after the testimony of jonathan good, then came sanford police officer timothy smith. smith had a number of things to say, but perhaps most important from the aspect of the defense was he said that he noted that george zimmerman's jacket, the back of it, at least, was wetter than the front and also that it was covered or stained by grass. now, that again would seem to verify the point that the defense has made all along, that george zimmerman was struggling on his back on the ground with trayvon martin over him, swinging.

fredricka? >> all right r, thanks so much. martin savage in sanford. straight ahead, a voice we have not heard from in this tragedy. we'll play cnn's exclusive interview with trayvon martin's stepmother. president obama is in south africa today. he called on mandela's family, but he did not visit mandela for what he called peace of comfort. the president spoke about mr. mandela today when he was at a youth rally group. what did he say exactly? >> hi, fredricka. the president has spoken about former president mandela almost every time he has appeared publicly during this trip. at the youth work shoshop, he d town hall with young people here. he said mandela is an example of what's possible in the world

when one man puts his own needs aside to address the needs of his larger community and the world. here's a little bit of what the president had to say. >> the struggle here against apartheid for freedom, moral courage, this country's historic transition to a free and democratic nation has been a personal inspiration to me, it has been an inspiration to the world. >> reporter: now, president obama appeared with south africa's president zuma earlier in the day, and south african president zuma said both president obama and president mandela, as the first black leaders of their respective countries, are bound by history and carry the dreams of millions of people. it was a beautiful statement. president obama and president zuma are now at a state dinner

here in south africa, and there they just held a moment of silence for the man that this country refers to as mandiva. fredricka? >> and while it appears as though it's been a beautiful reception for the president, in some circles there's been a little resistance, some protest that the president of the united states is there. >> reporter: there have been, fredricka. there's been quite a bit of media coverage in particular of rallies by leftist groups protesting the president's -- the fact he's kept guantanamo bay open and the fact that he has supported and backed the use of drones based here in the african continent. but i would point out that that is held to groups on the left, and the vast majority of people here do support president obama. a gallup poll taken before he left for the african continent showed that 70 to 80% of the

population approves of the president's leadership. so while there is a very vocal group of critics, in general, he is still held in high regard here. >> all right, jessica yellin, thank you so much, from johannesburg. i appreciate that. later on we'll talk to someone who says president mandela made an impact on her life. edward snowden, the president of eduador says vice president biden called him about the case. he said biden asked him to, quote, end the request for asylum for snowden. he is believed to be in a transit area at the eduador airport. they said they won't consider that until he is officially on eduadorean soil. yet another nfl player has

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in the death of trayvon martin, we've heard very little from his stepmother. she helped raise him since he was a toddler. alicia stanley broke her silence in an exclusive interview with

cnn's ac 360. she says whatever happened that night, she's certain trayvon is not the aggressor. >> i have no doubt he didn't start that fight. he didn't start the fight. what i'm saying is it was a fight. there is no doubt it was a fight. and zimmerman had to put his hands on him to cause that fight. he was defending himself. so for people to say where he tried to kill him and he this and he that, i don't think anyone would have been standing somewhere in the dark and then approached by someone they don't know and being pushed around and you're not going to defend yourself. and his friend stated it in her statement, he approached trayvon, and trayvon asked him, why are you following me? >> do you believe that race was a factor in why george zimmerman zeroed in on trayvon?

>> i'll be lying if i said yes. so i'm going to say this. no, i really don't think it was zimmerman don't like black people, or he picked him out because he was black. did he profile him with the hoodie and stuff like that as this thug or whatever walking or whatever, in zimmerm whatever in zimmerman's mind, yes. but to say he targeted him because he was black, no, i don't think so. >> alicia stanley, the stepmother of trayvon martin. you can see the entire interview on the ac 360 blog on cnn.com. paula deen's publisher says it is cancelling publication of her next cookbook. it's the latest blow for deen

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more exposure to what was going on and i got involved. i decided i was going to introduce legislation to didves more funds from a pension fund to businesses in south africa. and we did that. we passed that and it became part of the divestiture movement and the sanction movement. i traveled all over the country for students, i went to jail, and the more i worked the more i became so impassioned about the need to get rid of apartheid and help free south africans and help create a democracy. i really learned who i was and what i cared about and what my life was all about. >> and what do you think of in nelson mandela as so many people around the globe are praying for him as he continues to be in critical condition in the hospital? >> we just don't want him to go.

we know that he can't live forever, but to think about him dying is just not easy for us. not only is he a man that inspired the entire world to be better, but he was a man that -- with so much courage that he showed us the difference that one man could make. so we just hang on to him, and we love him so much, and we want him to be with us forever, but he cannot be. >> yeah. at 94 years old, he's had an incredible life. representative waters, you talked about the trade and encouraging trade between the u.s. and african nations. that's indeed what the president is in africa for right now. he's met with family members of nelson mandela. but with the president being in africa making a trip to tanzania later on, do you see any real parallels between what this

president, president obama symbolizes, and that of nelson mandela given that they are the first black presidents of their nations? >> well, absolutely. not only did nelson mandela inspire us to have the courage to work for justice and equality, but he inspired many of us to seek higher office and to become stronger leaders. i was in the california state legislature when i was doing all of that work. and, of course, i was inspired to run for congress and to get involved not only with what was going on in this country but more with what was going on around the world. this president certainly had to be inspired by nelson mandela. i'm so pleased that he's in africa, and i'm so pleased that he has spoken about his courage and what had to be done and what it meant to get rid of apartheid. i think that, yes, this

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leaker edward snowden. the president of eduador said today he talked to vice president joe biden about the case. he said biden asked him to reject snowden's request for asylum. snowden is currently believed to be in a transit area in the moscow airport. and president barack obama met with members of nelson mandela's family in johannesburg, south africa, today, and he talked to the president's first wife in the hospital. he also met with current president jacob zuma. protesters filled the streets in egypt today, the day before the president's anniversary of his election. some are asking him to step down. one man was killed in protest yesterday, and an american was stabbed. back in this country now, same-sex couples are tying the knot once again in california. a federal appeals court cleared

the way yesterday. the decision comes just two days after the u.s. supreme court dismissed an appeal against same-sex marriage. dan simon is in san francisco where more same-sex marriages are happening today. it looks very busy where you are standing. >> reporter: a steady stream of traffic, fredricka. let me set the scene for you. this is where people come in in san francisco city hall and get their marriage licenses. the doors opened at 9:00 a.m., and the mayor says this place will be open all weekend long. it's going to close at 5:00 today but then will reopen tomorrow. people exercising their newfound freedom. i want to introduce you to a couple that just got married. this is kathy and jude. you guys are from oregon. >> we are. >> reporter: you decided to make the trip when? >> last night. >> can you explain what went through your mind, how come just spur of the moment you decided to come here?

>> sure. i was checking the news and i found that the federal government was going to extend benefits to employees regardless of the state they were in, and i almost saw immediately that california had reinstated the right. a historic day and a beautiful time to be married to this beautiful woman. >> kathy, you guys have been together for 12 years, by the way. kathy, can you just sort of explain what it's like to be part of this atmosphere, what it's like to come to san francisco and be amidst all these other people getting married? >> i'm totally in awe. i didn't want to get my hopes up again because i didn't want to be disappointed, so i'm just still kind of in shock. >> reporter: and jude, you said the key for you in terms of really wanting to do this now is so you could get those federal benefits. and you're confident, at least of your interpretation of the way things are going now, is that you'll get those federal benefits in oregon. >> i'm very hopeful. very hopeful. but the important part is the love we share. >> congratulations. thanks for taking the time to talk to us.

fredricka, there you have it. there have been at least 100 marriage ceremonies that have taken place, and to tell you how this works, they get their marriage licenses over here. back in the corner, there are some volunteers performing these marriages, and in front of me over there, that's where they get their marriage license stamp certified and then it becomes official. like i said, they'll be open all day long here in the city. back to you. >> quite the process. a very busy day. very busy week, for that matter. thanks so much, dan simon. appreciate that. so the same-sex ruling is even resonating on asse"sesame stree" the cover of "time" magazine suggests that even burt and ernie are gay. >> do burt and ernie have a secret? are the "sesame street" muppets coming out of the closet?

the gay buzz has been around for years, but now there's an on-line petition asking "sesame street" to let burt and ernie get married. that petition was dreamed up by gay activist blair scott. >> when i was nine years old, i wondered if they were a gay couple. >> there's been a lot of purely circumstantial evidence. >> they sleep in the same room. >> they take baths together. look at the photo on their wall. oh, sure, there are also counterindications. >> let's talk about burt's eyebrow. no self-respecting homosexual would leave a unibrow like that unplucked. it's there's one thing gays do, it's pluck. >> they've been together for 41 years, and just as folks speculated tinky winky with the purse is gay, rumors have swirled around the muppets. >> burt, not gay, ernie, very gay. and no matter how hard you've tried, ernie, and i've tried,

believe me, you can't switch 'em. >> but the petition to marry burt and ernie, there's petitions to stop them. they even wrote an article entitled, they're just muppets. why stop there? why not march yogi bear and boo-boo down the aisle, too? funny, but not applicable. the creators of "sesame street" are not budging. they say burt and ernie are best friends. they remain puppets and do not have a sexual orientation. but denials don't stop suggestive songs like the one from the show "avenue q." ♪ if you were gay, that would be okay ♪ >> the petition organizer knew when he was five years old. >> i had an attraction to tar z zan. >> so he wants other role models for people on tv. as far as burt and ernie, still

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defense called jeantel out on. jennif this man has prepared thousands of witnesses. >> what would you have told her about speaking? >> i would have gone over things in her deposition and had her explain any inconsistencies and give reasons why they're inconsistent and then i would try to soften her demeanor. >> did the prosecution make mistakes with this witness? >> we don't know because we don't know what the prosecution said to her and what she took. she is a 19-year-old fairly hostile witness. >> reporter: he said he would avoid her talking to the examiner. >> an officer wanted to talk to me about everything that happened that night. they would reach me at my number. >> but as we dissected jeantel's

testimony, her body language may not backfire. >> when you did not want to interview me that friday? >> you finished? >> yeah. how much more time do you think that you need to finish your cross? >> i certainly wouldn't -- i don't know for sure. i think we should plan on at least a couple hours. >> what? >> how is the body language coming across? >> the body language is terrible, but jurors may look at that saying, look, she's young. she doesn't want to be involved. her close friend was killed. and she thinks the defendant is guilty. and so she has body language because she feels it's justifiable. >> and when we looked at a crucial point from defense attorney don west, jocovovich offered some advice to him. >> that's why you didn't do

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visit exelonpatchoffer.com. ♪ another nfl player was arrested overnight in washington, d.c. 25-year-old indianapolis colts safety joe lefeged faces five charges, including carrying a firearm without a license. according to police, lefeged was a passenger in a vehicle that was being driven erratically. a law enforcement source says a semi-automatic pistol belonging to lefeged was found underneath the passenger's seat. new developments against former new england patriots star aaron hernandez. they are now looking at a vehicle that may be tied to the double murder case. >> last week police impounded a

silver suv that is registered to aaron hernandez. police believe the car could be linked to an unsolved murder, specifically the drive-by shooting in the summer 2012 that resulted in the death of two people. this would be the second vehicle linked to aaron hernandez used in a possible crime. the first one, as we know, is that rented silver nissan that hernandez, oden lloyd, the victim, and two friends were driving the night oden lloyd was shot and killed. he was shot and killed a mile from here in a gravel pit. this is hernandez' home. just about a mile away was where the victim was found. they found chewed bubble gum a little bit away, and why that significant? because aaron hernandez bought blue bubble gum and offered others a piece.

we were here about 12:30 when two women did enter the home that aaron hernandez was living in when he was arrested. not clear who they are or what they were doing, but they did have a key and knew exactly how to get in. there are vital pieces of evidence that link aaron hernandez to the death of oden lloyd, evidence that points aaron hernandez and his friends to that gravel pit. and in a video, it actually shows hernandez holding a .35 glock and shell casings with that same kind of weapon that was used. also can't forget two friends. one of them under arrest, the other turned himself in. both of them could provide some crucial evidence as to what happened that night. fred? >> all right, debra ferrick, thanks so much. nik wallenda achieved a major high wire feat, another one, that is, walking across the

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it was indeed a nail biter but nick wallenda made history again. he managed to walk over a height higher than the empire state build. he had no safety nets or cables, nothing. he joined us today to talk about his daring attempt. >> there were butterflies leading up to it. people are amazed at how calm i am and peaceful leading up to it. there's butterflies and a lot of nerves. the winds were what we predicted. i had a couple of gusts at 48

miles per hour while i was out on the wire which is quite a bit of wind. the cable was a little more slack than it was supposed to be. it had as to with the temperature. the cable contracted. it was about 86, 87 degrees which made it more slack by about 5,000 pounds. it was moving a little uniquely under my feet. i'll talk about it on sunday. it's called nick talks the walk. >> my heart is like palpitating for you there. you see the wind. you see your jeans and it seems like there are moments where you might have lost some balance but that is what that support is all about, right? >> it comes down to training.

i was over prepared. i walked on it multiple times. there were two points where i had to kneel down to take the rhythm out of that cable. as you walk a cable that's not supported it starts to get a wave inside of it. if i didn't stop it would have got bigger and bigger. i had to let that calm an get back up and walk. >> nick, you look like you're getting ready to go out to walk your dog. i guess i envisioned a full body aero dynamic suit. no. >> it's amazing how many comments i've gotten about the jeans. i love buffalo jeans. i talk about it in my book why i dress that way. it talks about my life story and the fact i've always tried to make sure people can relate to

me. i think i was wearing rhinestones and a fancy costume people can't relate to that. i'm just a normal person. i eat sleep and bleed like the rest of us. >> and he walks on wire from high above. we look forward to the next fete. still ahead. one amazing man's journey across the country to raise awareness for the disabled. we'll meet him, next.

it's all that you know that your normal. if someone gave you a chance to get out of that wheelchair, would you take it? in this week's human factor ryan chalmers did just that. >> wheelchair racer, hockey player, paraolympian, all these words define ryan chalmers. there's one word that he won't let define him, disabled. he was born with spina bifida. he's been confined to a wheelchair for as long as we can remember. that was his normal. one day at track meet he met a man who offered to help him change that.

>> i met roger who is the founder and president of the stay focused which is a non-profit organization that brings kids and young adults to cayman islandss. that trip changed his life forever. >> when went diving it opened my eyes to the whole idea that i'm exactly like all the able body people down under the water. >> chalmers hatched this plan to help fund raising efforts for the non-profit. >> he said do you think you could push a racing chair across the country. >> on april 6th, his journey began in los angeles. 60 miles a day for 71 days to help kids like him experience a life outside of their chairs. on saturday, june 15th, ryan rolled into new york city to a crowd of cheering fans. the end of a long journey to

raise awareness about people with disabilities. >> anybody, able bodied or not, you can achieve anything. >> that's going to do it for me. straight ahead much more of the news room. don lemon in new york. don. thank you very much. hello. here's what's coming up now. 120 degrees and rising. the west coast bracing for some of the highest temperatures ever recorded. a pro-football player arrested. another one this time on gun charges. a stand off in oklahoma. a man grabs a 2-year-old girl and holds her hostage inside ta walmart. dramatic video. we're going to begin with

this. it's a scorching heat wave out west. if you're out there you already know. it's hot as you know what. if you can't stand the heat you'll have to stay in the kitchen for a while longer. the heat is unbearable and it's dangerous and today it's supposed to reach 116 degrees in las vegas. more than 30 concert goers had to be hospitalized because of that heat. salt lake city will be more than 20 degrees hotter than normal. death valley is expected to hit 128. six degrees shy of its own record of the highest temperature ever recorded. it seems like two options are get inside or get out of the region. we have a third option, right casey. >> reporter: that's right. it's a third option. i'm at water park and it's pretty busy here but not as busy as you might think. you would think this would be a

great place to cool off and the water here gets hot. the owners of this park say that actually there is a sort of goldilocks zone where people come here in drones. when it's over, 110 degrees or so it's too hot for people to enjoy the water park. we're expecting degrees of 120 today. if it hits 121 that would be a record. right now you can see it's approaching 120. it's about 115. very, very hot. with temperatures this hot, like guards have a lot to worry about including heatstroke. here is what one had to stay. >> stay hydrated. that's the key to success here at the water park. staying cool, not skipping a meal because they want to go on a ride. these are the difference between life and death when it's 120 degrees and so humid outside.

>> reporter: so far no heatstroke cases here. life guards are watching very, very closely. it's expected to get hotter over the next couple of hours, don. >> besides getting wet, what are people doing out doors. can they even go out doors. what can they do? >> reporter: a lot of people at this time of day are staying indoors. earlier were were at a golf course. there were some die hard golfers getting out there and playing early in the morning. here is what one of them had to tell us. >> i'll tell you the one thing. although it's about getting the ball in the hole, it's also about hitting the ball to shade. it adds another element to the game. we have fun. we do it. >> reporter: it's not for everyone know. that golf course expecting about 40 players today. well over 100 is the normal on a

normal summer day. it's pretty much too hot for anyone to be outside that doesn't have to. >> thank you very much for your reporting. there's no doubt it's dangerously hot out west. it's not your average heat wave. we have some perspective on what's happening in our western states and why. >> don, we're talking about record heat. not just the record for day or a month but some of these places in the desert southwest will get to temperatures that they have never been to before. if so maybe once or twice in the history of recordkeeping. here is why. this jet stream extreme is this dome of high pressure that control the southwest. it's massive. it's strong. what high pressure means is sinking air, compressing air and thus warming air in the southwest. even the interior west places like salt lake city getting above 100 making it a record. here is where the extreme heat

is. vegas, phoenix, eight states in the southwest under some te of heat advisory or warning until monday. the duration of this is pretty substantial as well as the extreme temperatures. in phoenix 118 degrees expected today. we're flirting with 120. we've only been to 120 degrees. three times in history. could even get to 119. look at these temperatures through wednesday even above to 110. it's really not going to abate dramatically through next week. 116 today is the forecast. 115 are the old records. 1 117. if it gets there on sunday it will be the highest temperature they have seen. pretty dramatic. 134 is the world record temperature and it happened in the u.s. at death valley. we'll get to 129 sunday and monday. really substantial. keeping an eye on this.

really record breaking on so many fronts. >> thank you very much for that. make sure you stay with cnn for our family coverage. we'll keep you updated pchl. president barack obama won't meet with nelson mandela on his trip to africa. the president met with his family members expressing his sympathies as they cope with his illness. earlier he spoke with young south africans. he mentioned the past sacrificed of their beloved mandela. >> as you go forward i want you to think of the man who is in our prayers today. think about 27 years in prison. think about the hardships and the struggles of being away from family and friends. reflecting on his years in prison nelson mandela wrote

there were dark moments that tested his faith in humanity but he refused to give up. he said i'm fundamentally an optimist. whether it comes from nature or nurture, i cannot say. point of being optimistic is keeping one's head toward the sun and ones feet moving forward. in your lives there will be time to test your faith but no matter how old you grow, i say to all of you today don't lose those qualities of you, your imagination, your optimism, your idealism. the future of this continent is in your hands. if your keep your head pointed toward the sun and keep your feet moving forward, i promise you will have no better friend and partner than the united states of america. >> we'll have a live report just ahead in the next hour. in northern africa familiar

scenes in egypt where protesters are back in the streets today. critics of morsi are planning even bigger wide demonstrations tomorrow which marks a year since he took office. they spent the past three months gathering millions of signatures on petitions demanding that morsi stepped down. week 1 of the george zimmerman murder trial included explosive and sometimes uncomfortable testimony. as america watched it became obvious that the trial was taking its toll on the parents of the victim, trayvon martin and on zimmerman himself. david matingly is covering the trial for us. >> reporter: one week of graphic and at times disturbing testimony and both sides in the zimmerman trial are showing signs of strain. trayvon martin's parents were movered to tears on the first day listening to opening statements. the next day they had to walk out when the court saw pictures

of their son's lifeless body. it was hard on martin's father. >> i wish they would give us advance notice the state would be showing sensitive pictures. for it to show up on screen really live brought back a memory. >> reporter: the most difficult moment was the sound heard in the background of a 911 call. >> what is your emergency? >> there's gunshots. >> reporter: the gunshot signaling the end of her son's life. >> his mother didn't like the gunshot. the gunshot, her hearing that and hearing about his final moments is very tough. >> reporter: what impact the testimony is having on george zimmerman himself is harder to read. for the most part he sits quite seemingly unmoved, often gazing forward. in may i spoke to mark o'mara

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frightening. >> thank you for that. testimony will resume monday morning as the state is expected to call two sanford police investigators to the stand. racial slurs and profanity have been kwlused a lot in the trial including the n word. who can use it? if it's ever okay? that's not about aaron. is it ever okay and if someone does use it, should they lose their jobs and reputation like paula deen? join me on monday night. it's 7:00 eastern monday night right here on cnn. next, police say they have new evidence that may tie a former new england patriots player to two more murders. plus another nfl player is arrested and guns are the reason. back in a moment. and you'll save on both.ress th, ding! ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls,

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police believe that vehicle is linked to an unsolved dry by shooting that left two people dead in boston last summer. earlier today friends and attended the funeral of odin lloyd. the semi proplayer who hernandez is accused of killing. the nfl would like to think its players are angels but that's tough when there's another one in trouble with the law. that's joe lefeged. he triied to get away after a traffic stop and faces several gun charges. what happened now? >> i want to tell our viewers who might not be pro when it comes to football players. i'm learning as well. he's a safety for the

indianapolis colts. he's played in every game for the past two years and started four games last season. according to one of my sources this started a little after midnight tonight when a d.c. police officer saw a passenger in the camaro convertible that he was riding in standing up while the top was down while being driven in an erratic manner. authorities tried to pull them over but the driver hit the gas pedal and a car chase ensued. when they caught up with the car lefeged tried to flee on foot. he was caught a short time later. a search revealed a .40 caliber pistol underneath the seat of the camaro.

also found in the car some last plastic bottles of orange juice with an odor, an alcoholic odor. we have learned that upon his arrest along with another passenger in the car they were arrested for carrying a firearm without a license, unregistered firearm, unregister ammunition, presence of a fire in a vehicle and open container. the driverer is still on the loose. >> this is serious. >> two of the five charges are felony. today he made an appearance in court. it was his initial appearance. he only faced two of them. these felony charges could mean more than a year in federal prison. these two charges he's facing now are carrying a pistol and having a weapon in a motor vehicle. important to note that d.c. has very strict gun laws. it's illegal to carry a gun in the public in d.c. and all guns in the district must have a d.c.

permit. gun permits from other jurisdictions do not carryover in d.c. even though it was registered in maryland, it doesn't matter. >> any comments from the nfl? >> we haven't hart from the nfl. the colts have said they are aware of this. they have no further comment on the pending matter until we gain more information. important to note he's the 28th nfl player to be arrested since the super bowl of this year and third nfl player to be arrested on gun related charges since may. this is on the heels of the arrest of aaron hernandez who was arrested this week on first-degree murder charges. could not be worse timing for the nfl. >> they have been doing a lot to change their image for a long time. thank you. it's been just two days since the supreme court dismissed an appeal against

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this is darryn and tom. let me start with you. you told me just a moment ago that this was -- you've been waiting 17 years for this. can you put this in words for what it means to you? >> it's amazing. on behalf of everybody. we work hard. we pay taxes. we're citizens and it's just wonderful that it's finally time that we're recognized as being part of the community. >> the city really put this together quickly. they got all of these volunteers to come and open up city hall. can you just talk about the atmosphere of what it's like to be here? >> this is really the epicenter of the whole experience. that's why we wanted to come here. we drove down from senoma last night. we felt like this was the place to get married. we've loved each other for so long. we're beginning to wonder is

this even possible. yesterday coming home from work at 3:00 in the afternoon i'm hearing it on the radio and i'm thinking you got to be kidding. it was magnificent. >> congratulations to the two of you. don, i think what's really been surprising is just how quickly this all came together. people thought it would take 25 days for the waiting period to be over when the supreme court decision would go into effect. this is on wednesday and you're at the weekend and you have all these people here in san francisco getting married. this is the only place in california where people can get married over the weekend. on monday all the other counties and cities will open up. this is the only place. you'll be seeing hundreds of people, if not thousands getting married. back to you. thank you for that. it's a video that launched a mass ifr man hunt. police captured this man behind this brutal home invasion, next.

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this next story contains graphic video of a brutal beating caught on a nanny cam. shaun kurtis was arrested last night. he's accused of beating a mother in front of her 3-year-old daughter last week in a family's home in millwood, new jersey. he tried to choke the mother and threw her down the basement stairs. she only suffered minor injuries. her 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son were not hurt. shocking video shows a man snatch a toddler from her mother's grocery cart and hold her hostage with a knife. >> reporter: for no apparent reason sammy wallace can be seen snatching a 2-year-old girl from

her mother's shopping cart. >> the mother is shocked. she starts to scream hand me my baby. give me my baby. several customers looked on and dialed 911. >> he took this woman's kid and we need police here immediately. >> there's someone with a knife holding a little girl hostage. >> he hands the cell phone to the mother. he demands her to make call to an individual who is a dallas police officer. >> reporter: during the entire innocent the suspect held this knife and the 30 minute stand off ensued. he appeared to suffer from mental illness. >> president george bush was watching him. >> reporter: eventually police offered him chair to sit in and evacuated the store only after he began a 60 second count down and movered the knife from the child's stomach to her throat. the captain walked up and shot

the suspect in the head. >> we waited it will the last second in our opinion to use deadly force. it's a case that could be red from a hollywood script although there's grocery stores throughout the united states. it could happen anywhere. it happened in midwest city and our proud our agency we responded the way they did. coming up in 30 minutes from now, a conversation that may make some people uncomfortable. it's about these words that have been used a lot. it's a conversation that we need to have and i hope you'll watch. see you back here at the top of the hour. welcome. lots to get to including this. doctors working construction and flipping burgers in the united states instead of practicing medicine. i'll tell you why more of them could soon be seeing patients. an amazing way to study the brain. you can see new connections being made. a