hague, i have called, and called and called and -- nothing. that is what i am getting from the phone calls right now. just as same-sex couples in california are celebrating their right to marry, opponents are launching a new fight, calling foul over a federal appeals court. and it's been one year since president morsi came to power in egypt, but today, massive protests will call for him to step down. and it's the question that scientists have been asking for generations, is there other life out there? new evidence suggests that we may have some company in the universe. good morning, i'm alison kosik. >> and i'm suzanne malveaux. it is 6:00 and this is "new day

sunday." welcome. good to see you as well. >> nice to see you. good morning. we begin this morning out west where an unrelenting heat wave may have claimed its first victim. on saturday, authorities found a man in his 80s dead in his las vegas home. he died from cardiac arrest. his home did not have air conditioning. >> meantime, temperatures continue to soar. phoenix saw a one-day record of 119 degrees on saturday. and in death valley, the mercury hit a whopping 127. that is where we find cnn's tomorrtori dunan. >> reporter: it's called death valley for a reason. the sun beats down on a baron landscape. tourists from around the world come to see it. >> we come from switzerland. >> reporter: in to feel it. >> very hot and thirsty. >> reporter: with an extreme heat wave bringing soaring temps, the draw is irresistible for some. these two are hitting the

pavement, literally. why do this? >> because we're crazy. we love the heat. >> well, it's a novelty thing, you know. to say we were out in the heat when it was 125 to 130, run two or three miles, then we're finished. >> reporter: death valley local mike wood is used to the heat, but when his shoes start melting, it's time to pay attention. tell me about these shoes. >> my nasty shoes? well, the ground temperatures here can approach a couple hundred degrees, so you're talking about pretty much boiling the shoes. so, everything that kind of holds the shoes together kind of comes apart. >> reporter: this is the exact spot where nearly a century ago the world record was taken for a temperature of 134 degrees. with this heat wave, they're expecting temperatures close to 130 degrees. so, rangers come out to this spot, the official weather station. they take a look at these thermometers. and yes, this is for history, but it's also a little bit more

important. >> heat can hurt. and if i don't take the right temperature, then we may tell them, oh, it's cool enough to go out and hike the sand dunes or it's cool enough to go hike golden canyon. it is not. >> reporter: ranger jay snow's checks and balances -- >> let me check the water temperature. >> reporter: -- at this unassuming little post is a part of death valley. >> when we say the temperature was recorded four foot off the ground back in, there it is. >> reporter: was that the box from 1913? >> i have no idea, but it looks like it's from 1913. >> reporter: there's a bit of a debate over where the highest temperatures are read. some say it's right here at the badwater basin, which is the lowest point of elevation in the u.s. at 282 feet below sea level. tory dunnan, cnn, death valley, california. >> how long is this heat wave going to last? >> how hot has it been, 112,

115-degree weather? >> i used to live in texas and i think it got a little over 100 and that was just the sweltering. then i lived in florida where it gets into the 90s and feels worse. i'm hearing that's more of a dry heat, but still, are they going to get any relief? >> no relief, that's for sure. here in atlanta last summer it was 107 degrees, but this has been like an atmospheric blast furnace and the problem is there is really not a lot of movement with this area of high pressure. here's the scenario. watch what happens. in essence, this area of high pressure is retrograding, which is moving west, so the sinking and compression of air, and thus this heating to 110s, we are going to see this straight through the week. it doesn't look until friday we get out of the 110s and into about 109-degree territory. so, it's the southwest, but it's not only actually the desert southwest. places like salt lake city yesterday had a record of 105 and they should be at 94. right now at this hour, 95 degrees in las vegas. and i want to show you what we're going to see today, 116.

so, a record yesterday. we'll see a record today. and look, right until thursday still 112. las vegas on the average should be at 103, so this is well above it. 97 right now in phoenix. average for you is 107. and look it. record yesterday and we'll certainly see records, 109 by thursday. so, that's the first day we get out of the 110 category. salt lake city, not to leave you out, because it's not just the desert southwest. average 109 and tuesday 103. but until friday, guys, that's when salt lake city gets to 96. so, this really intense heat is just really here to stay. >> wow. >> 96 is like the relief temperature. >> finally, great! >> they have a lot of sneakers melting on the pavement there. not to mention the eggs. they fry eggs, too. >> of course. i love to watch that. >> alexandra, thank you so much. from extreme heat to severe floods, look at this. damage caused by several days of heavy rain in upstate new york. authorities this morning are searching for a woman who went

missing in the village of ft. plain. powerful storms have swollen rivers and inundated places that haven't flooded in 50 years. today's forecast calls for more rain, but officials say they think the worst is over. the supreme court could find itself once again intervening in the fight over same-sex marriage in california. >> opponents have filed an emergency motion asking the justices to stop them. now, their issue is with the federal appeals court, which gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages to resume in california. they say the decision was handed down too soon. cnn's dan simon has more. >> reporter: alison and suzanne, we are in san francisco's city hall, where lots of people have taken advantage of their newfound freedom and have gotten married. you can see people in line waiting for their marriage license. meantime, this battle is not over. proposition 8 supporters have filed an emergency application with the supreme court to basically get the ban put in place. their quibble is with the 9th

circuit court of appeals in san francisco, saying they lifted the ban too early. this is a quote from the attorney for the prop 8 supporters. it says, "our clients have not been given the time that they are due and were promised so that they can make their next decision in the legal process. the more than 7 million californians that voted to enact proposition 8 deserve nothing short of the full respect and due process of our judicial system provides." so, that is the quote from the proposition 8 side. meantime, i want to introduce you to a couple that just got married. how are you guys doing? hey, congratulations. what are your names? >> greg. >> rob. >> reporter: okay. greg, let me ask you, first of all, what's it like to be here with all these people getting married, just kind of explain the atmosphere. >> well, it's like, it's a huge celebration. it's fantastic. we're here celebrating our love, celebrating mankind. you know, it's wonderful.

this is about love, this is union, and i think if they see it, more people, that will change. >> reporter: well, congratulations. thanks for taking the time to talk with us. >> thank you. so, alison and suzanne, this is the scene. you can see people still waiting in line trying to get their marriage licenses. the city of san francisco opening their doors over the weekend to allow people to come and exercise their new freedom. we'll send it back to you. >> all right, thank you, dan. right now it is unclear whether or not the high court might consider that emergency application, so we'll have to see. all right. cnn has learned vice president joe biden is reaching out to ecuador over nsa leaker edward snowden. >> listen to what ecuador's president said just a few days ago. he vowed he would not be bullied into rejecting snowden's asylum request. >> translator: in the face of threats, innes lens and

arrogance of u.s. sectors that are moved to remove the tariffs put in place, ecuador tells the world we irreckably denounce the tariffs. our dignity has no price. >> ecuador's president sounding a lot less defiant, however. cnn's matthew chance is in ecuador with more on that and with what biden is looking to do. >> reporter: it's been confirmed that u.s. vice president joe biden has called the ecuadorian leader, rafael correa, asking him not to grant asylum to whistleblower edward snowden. u.s. officials are not discussing exact details, but in his weekly television broadcast, president correa said vice president biden made what he said was a very polite phone call on friday and that he had responded by explaining to him the ecuadorian position and pledging to consult with washington if snowden ever arrives here. take a listen. >> translator: we can't even proceed with the request because

mr. snowden is not in ecuadorian territory, and whenever he makes it to ecuadorian soil, if he makes it, we will have to proceed with that request. of course, the first ones who we would ask an opinion to would be the united states, as we did with the assange case with england. we are going to listen to everyone, but we will have to make a decision based on our sovereignty. we will take into account what this country, the united states, has to say. >> well, president correa also acknowledged the potentially damaging economic consequences for what he called an extremely vulnerable ecuador in confronting the united states over snowden. we have to act with responsibility and respect towards the u.s., he said, but also with respect for the truth. matthew chance, cnn, quito, ecuador. and this weekend, former president jimmy carter's hosting a human rights conference at the carter center. in an exclusive interview, he opened up about what he thinks about edward snowden and the government's secret surveillance programs. here's what he said when i asked him if he thought that snowden

was a traitor. >> i think he's obviously violated the laws of america for which he's responsible, but i think that the invasion of human rights and american privacy has gone too far, and i think that the secrecy that has been surrounding this invasion of privacy has been excessive, so i think the bringing of it to the public notice has probably been in the long term beneficial. >> president carter also told me he thinks that the american people deserve to know what their government is doing. and the former president is hosting human rights activists and religious leaders around the world at the human rights defenders initiative forum this weekend. president obama is wrapping up his visit to south africa where he says his thoughts have been with the ailing nelson mandela. he and first lady michelle obama attended a state dinner last night. later today, president obama and

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♪ another nfl player facing gun charges this morning. this time, it is joe lafej of the indianapolis colts. police say he and another man fled from a traffic stop early saturday, and were almost caught immediately following a foot chase. officials say they found a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol inside the car and

lefeged and another man are facing charges including an unregistered firearm and firearm in a vehicle. >> joe lefeged's arrest may sound like a familiar headline, nfl player with a gun. jason carroll has been looking into that connection. jason? >> alison, there have been documentaries on the issue, columnists have written about it, it's been debated in and out of sports circles. what really is the gun culture within the nfl? aaron hernandez is the latest nfl player caught up in a gun-related crime, but certainly not the first. december 2012, kansas city chiefs linebacker joe van jovan belcher shoots his girlfriend and then takes his own life, put ing bob costas at the center of the gun debate. >> it's likely that something bad will happen if you're armed than something good will happen. >> reporter: 2009, former new york giant plaxico burress serves jail time after pleading

guilty to a gun charge. >> there's an immediate implication here. when a player like plaxico burress shoots himself in the leg, it's in the newspaper and on television for days, and it doesn't do that for a regular person. >> reporter: how many players in the nfl actually own firearms? statistics are antidotal. the league doesn't keep numbers, but police and sports analysts we spoke to estimate nearly 60% compared to roughly 45% of the general population, according to the national rifle association. >> you could say there's a gun culture in any, you know, group of people, you know. i mean, there could be a gun culture at, you know, people who work at cnn. >> reporter: former nfl running back thomas jones says he and many other former and current players legally own guns for protection. >> unfortunately, people will try to take advantage of you in any way they possibly can. like i said, i'm not a gun advocate, but i'm a life advocate. i say that. >> reporter: jones points to the incident involving redskins star

safety sean taylor. in 2009, intruders shot and killed taylor in his miami home. >> if he would have had any type of protection in his home, he could have pretty much defended himself. >> reporter: chris johnson is a baltimore ravens cornerback. gun violence has touched him personally. his sister killed by gunfire. her boyfriend charged with her murder. >> i took the extra step to go get my concealed handgun, because the way the world is starting to turn, a lot of people, you know, are using guns for the wrong reasons. >> reporter: the union representing nfl players set up a gun safety course, knowing a sizable number in the ranks own guns. players like cleveland browns safety t.j. ward says he does not own a gun. when he was 17, he lost a friend and high school teammate, terrence kelly, to gun violence. have you ever had a conversation with another player about guns? >> yeah. there's been plenty of conversations. >> reporter: ward says gun ownership in the nfl may go

beyond the need for protection. >> i mean, if you're trained to live a certain way your whole life, that training's not going to stop people that have grown up in a certain environment or a bad environment, you know. you have the same friends, you have the same people you hang out with and it's hard to teach someone that you've known or a group of people you've known your whole life just because you're in the nfl now. >> reporter: even to this day, ward's mother still worries. >> every day it concerns me. i mean, i know my son doesn't have weapons, but again, it's not him, it's the other people that carry the weapons. >> reporter: it should be noted that an overwhelming majority of those who do own guns in the nfl do so without ever having a run-in with the law. the nfl commissioner declined our request for an interview for this story, but a spokesman did say when it comes to any crimes, gun-related or not, committed by nfl players, he said the average arrest rate for nfl players is consistently lower than the general population.

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race that makes him unique, it's also his sporting pedigree. seth's dad is popeye jones. he played in the league for 11 years during the '90s. so, you'd think all three sons would gravitate towards basketball. nope, they all went to hockey and all excelled at that sport, including seth jones, and he's the middle son. and draft experts are saying this guy is poised to become the next big thing in professional hockey. and the word is that if he goes today number one in the draft, he will be the first black player to do so in sports history. >> i do see why it's in every article, you know, it's history. and it will be the first time, you know, if i do, that an african-american will be drafted first overall. >> it's basically a white sport. to do that, to be the first black to do that would be awesome. and i think that he understands that, you know, he has a responsibility, to try to get, you know, other african-american kids involved in hockey. hey, day one of the tour de

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this is in las vegas. he died from cardiac arrest. his home did not have air conditioning. meantime, temperatures continue to soar. phoenix saw a one-day record of 119 degrees on saturday. and in death valley, the mercury hit a whopping 127. >> number two, hundreds of people gathering on saturday to mourn the death of odin lloyd. he's the semi-professional football player found shot dead near the home of aaron hernandez. hernandez has now been charged in his murder. prosecutors say hernandez shot lloyd because he was talking to the wrong people outside a nightclub. number three, the one fund boston sending out first payments to the victims of the boston bombings today. 232 individuals will split the $61 million raised in the wake of the attack. payments are divided by injuries with the most money going to the families of the three people who died. they will receive nearly $2.2 million each. four vanderbilt university

football players dismissed from the team and suspended from school over an alleged sex crime that took place at a campus dormitory. the investigation is ongoing and both the school and police have declined to release further details about the incident. number five, a high-ranking somali militant that the u.s. wanted dead has been killed. the state department had put a $5 million bounty on ibrahim al afghani. he was wanted for terrorism. now, a spokesperson for the group al shaab yad and al afghani were killed during a fight with rival factions. al shabaab is aligned with al qaeda. now, thousands of protesters have packed tahrir square on mohammed morsi's first anniversary as president. it resembles those of two years ago when they toppled the regime.

>> others are loud and passionate with pro government supporters on one side and on the other side, people demanding that the democratically elected president step down. ben wedeman is in tahrir square. ben, what does it look like this morning? >> reporter: well, by cairo standards, it's relatively early, just 12:30 in the afternoon. behind me, several thousand people in tahrir square. these are the anti-morsi people. in another part of town, there's a large demonstration in support of mohamed morsi, and we're expecting large numbers of protesters outside of the hadiya palace, which is the normal home of the egyptian president, but we understand that mohamed morsi is not there now. today is sunday, the beginning of theirocairo, but i can see in the streets below, there are many few people out. many businesses are closed today out of fear of what could happen. what's interesting, though, compared to back 2 1/2 years ago when the uprising took place

that ousted president hosni mubarak is you don't have the same element of fear. in january 2011, people did not know how the government would react to these protests. now people have been empowered, the opponents of mohamed morsi feel that they can bring out large numbers in the street. there are expectations that there could be violent confrontations today between the two sides but not part of the equation is the egyptian police, the muslim brotherhood, the group to which mohamed morsi belongs, does not trust the police, and the police have said they will not protect the headquarters of the muslim brotherhood here in cairo. in fact, over the last few days, four offices of the brotherhood in egypt have been torched. so, it's not quite clear where the police are going to come down in all of this. so, lots of uncertainty today here in cairo. >> ben, is there an element of fear at this point with u.s. diplomats there?

>> reporter: well, the u.s. embassy has already told staff that there is a voluntary departure program, so if they want to leave, they can leave. it's the summer, so many dependents aren't here anyway. and as you know, the u.s. embassy is just a few steps away from tahrir square, but cement barricades have been set up around the embassy. obviously, the embassy is on a higher state of alert than normally. it would normally be opened. today it is closed. but the expectations are really the focus of these protests are on president mohamed morsi, not on the role of the united states in this current uproar, even though many people, many of the opponents of mohamed morsi have been critical of the united states, which they believe has been supportive of the elected government of mohamed morsi. >> ben wedeman, thank you. nelson mandela spent 18

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nelson mandela's fragile health has overshadowed president obama's trip to south africa. want to go to south africa for the latest on nelson mandela's condition.

>> reporter: suzanne, nelson mandela still alive, critically ill in the hospital behind me. he's been here for a little over three weeks now, and in that time, suzanne, we've seen south africans almost on an emotional roller coaster ride. at one point, they were led to believe that mr. mandela may be getting better. and then the presidency released a statement that he was critically ill. the president himself canceled a foreign trip making people conclude that the end was very, very near. and in that time, we've seen hundreds of south africans come here almost to deposit those mixed emotions in the form of tributes. at the moment as i speak to you, the salvation army is performing here outside the hospital with members who are black and some members who are white. and of course, that is part of nelson mandela's legacy, his fight for racial harmony here in

south africa. we've also seen members of the ruling party's former ministry wing, mk, which nelson mandela helped form, come here to pay tribute. ordinary south africans bringing flowers and messages, et cetera. and of course, because president barack obama is here, every single moment that president obama has gotten, he has paid tribute to nelson mandela, a man he credits for sparking his political awakening, suzanne. >> and what is the scene actually outside of the hospital where he is being treated? >> reporter: you know, the orchestra has just been playing here. there are people walking up and down, ordinary south africans bringing messages of hope, bringing flowers, some praying. we've seen church leaders come here and pray for mr. mandela. you know, there are many people here in south africa who for a very long time refrained from

talking about the end for nelson mandela, but you almost see at this time in south africa that people are starting to let go of the leader that they've revered for so many years. he's 94 years old and gravely ill. he's due to turn 95 next month. and many south africans just wishing that he'll have a peaceful transition, that he's not in any pain here at this hospital and is continuing to pray for support for his family, suzanne. >> all right. we wish him well. thank you. while crowds have gathered outside of the hospital where mandela is being treated, they also have gathered outside the home where mandela lived after he was released from prison. cnn's nadia bilchik tells us more about the place mandela holds close to his heart. nadia? >> alison, over the last couple weeks, we've all been concerned about the health of nelson mandela, the political icon who

transformed one country, and in so doing, impacted the world. on friday, winnie mandela gave a press conference outside mandela house. this was the first house she shared with her former husband. >> this is the first house madiba and we lived for years and years. and of course, you know the rest is history. >> that small home is where mandela lived after his release from prison, now a historical landmark. i recently got to visit with two of mandela's granddaughters. every year, thousands of people flock from around the world to visit the museum, to look at pictures from mandela's younger years, making his most famous speeches, and to see the tiny bedroom where an icon of peace spent so many thoughtful nights. mandela has said that it was this house he thought of in prison and that this home held a special place in his heart.

i'm a native south african and have met mandela several times, but i must say, there is something so poignant about walking into this house, the place nelson mandela called his first true home. alison? >> nadia bilchik, thank you. we could see one of the most memorable moments of president obama's tour of south africa this morning. it's just in a few hours he and his family are going to visit robin island. that is where nelson mandela spent nearly two decades in a stark jail sell. i want to go to brianna keilar in cape town, south africa. brianna, tell us about robben island. this is a plass choce chock-ful history and significant for nelson mandela, but also this is a place where president obama has been before and he is taking the first family with him. >> reporter: yes, that's right, suzanne. president obama has been to robben island before. he's paid the visit, taken sort of this trip to pay respects in a way to nelson mandela, as so

many people do, because robben island has become this symbol of the perseverance of so many political prisoners like nelson mandela. he spent 17 of the 28 years that he was imprisoned at various times on robben island, and his cell is preserved there. so, president obama had previously gone and talked about really how much it moved him to go and see this cell, which was the symbol of just, really, just what tough circumstances nelson mandela weathered. now, michelle obama and their daughters, while they've come to south africa, actually somewhat recently, they visited with nelson mandela but didn't go to robben island. so, president obama has talked about how it means something to be able to take his family. some of the interesting, i think, things that we'll see today, suzanne, is that they will be given a tour of robben island by a former political prisoner. an 84-year-old named ahmed

katrada -- pardon me, 83 years old. and this is on robben island. this happens a lot, where a lot of the tour guides are people who can really speak to just how tough of an existence it was and what they weathered in what has become this historic place, suzanne. >> i was fortunate enough to visit robben island just last year, and it really is quite incredible that the tour guides themselves will tell you about their stories and their stories knowing personally nelson mandela. i imagine that's pretty touching there. and the president's also going to give a speech at the university of cape town. what are we anticipating? what do we think the message is going to be? >> reporter: well, i think -- well, this is really the key speech of his trip at the university of cape town here. and he'll be talking about some of the overarching messages that we've seen him touch upon as he's been in senegal and we expect him to reiterate when he heads to tanzania for the last leg of his trip. really sort of setting the stage for what he sees the new

relationship between the u.s. and africa being. it will be sort of him saying we believe that there should be trade, not aid, because he's been emphasizing an economic message of trying to really get u.s. trade and investment in africa going. he said, you know, africa doesn't need to be a charity case, it doesn't need to be dependent. we want africa to be a partner. so, i think we're going to hear some of that, but we're also going to see a real emphasis on youth, and we've seen this so much throughout this trip. he'll also today be visiting a youth hiv/aids center and he'll be talking to young people, sort of saying that they really need to get engaged and it's a very young population here in africa, so i think he's really trying, in a way, to kind of influence them and get them young, if you will, suzanne. >> all right, brianna. looks like a beautiful day there in cape town. thank you very much, brianna. next hour, we're going to hear what former president jimmy carter had to say about mandela's legacy in my exclusive interview with him. and here's a question for

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welcome back. time to get ready for the week ahead. come with me, we'll go through the week. on monday, it's going to be a big day. the george zimmerman trial resumes. prosecutors are going to continue presenting their case

against the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting trayvon martin. of course, you can watch all live coverage right here on cnn and our sister network hln. also on monday, the student loan rates are set to double to 6.8%. and if you ask senate democrats, they say the hike would hit about 7 million new student loons. thursday, happy fourth of july. happy independence day. enjoy the holiday. have fun grilling. on saturday, the new england patriots are offering a free jersey swap for fans who bought the jersey of murder suspect aaron hernandez at their shop. so, all weekend on saturday -- or actually, saturday and sunday, fans can trade in their number 81 jerseys for any other patriot player. also on saturday, a big sports day, it's the women's final at wimbledon. serena williams is still the overwhelming favorite, but after early exits from top-ranked players like maria sharapova, there are big opportunities for the unknown players to contend as well. sunday, time for the men. men's final at wimbledon kicking

off. no american men are left in the tournament, and with stars like rafael nadal and roger federer out, we're wondering if an unknown could take it all. thursday might be a national holiday, but that won't stop the people's business. cnn political editor paul steinhauser has a look at the week ahead in politics. hi, paul. >> hey, good morning, alison. members of congress may be bombarded about immigration this week from their constituents as they head back to their home states and districts. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> the senate thursday passed a sweeping immigration reform bill, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the house when congress comes back in a week. delaware makes news tomorrow as it becomes the 11th state, plus the district of columbia, to allow same-sex marriages. texas governor rick perry calls lawmakers back into special session to try to pass a controversial bill to ban all abortions after 20 weeks.

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okay, so, here's something for you to ponder as you drink your morning coffee, are we alone in the universe? thanks to an amazing discovery, we may be closer to answering the age-old question. >> oh, i hope we're not alone. scientists have found three planets called super earths that could potentially support life. one big problem, they're 22 light years away. that's right. cnn's tom foreman explains. >> reporter: as of today, we believe we are on the only inhabitable planet in the solar system, but that doesn't necessarily mean we are alone in the universe, because scientists have been looking way out there, about 22 light years away to the consolati consolation scorpius, where they found a sun circulated by three planets. it's called gliese 667, and if

we can take a peek, they say it would look like this. extraordinary view. see that crescent? that would be one of the neighboring planets circulating around us, and of course, we would have three different suns. they call this a super earth, each of the three planets, because it would be four to eight times as big as our earth in terms of mass. the surface of these is considered to be almost all rock, but a lot of it is covered with water, and there are tidally locked, meaning that the sunny side always faces the sun and the dark side always faces away. this is incredibly rare to find three planets like this all together, because over the years, as scientists have looked up to the cosmos, they have discovered about 900 planets, and only about 12 of them believed to be inhabitable or possibly able to support some kind of life. three of those found actually earlier this year. so, we have to keep looking to see if there's more like this, but with so many stars out there that are like our own, our sun, the belief is there could be

many more to find. >> good stuff. thank you, tom foreman. >> and thanks for starting your morning with us. we have lots more on "new day sunday." >> which starts right now. good morning. i'm alison kosik. >> i'm suzanne malveaux. it's 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. today is the one-year anniversary since mohamed morsi became president in egypt, and thousands of protesters are packing the streets demanding him to step down. the scene in cairo resembles the antigovernment protests two years ago that toppled the mubarak regime. some protests have been violent. several people are already dead. >> others are loud and passionate with pro-government supporters on one side. on the other side, people demanding that president morsi be impeached. cnn is at the presidential palace and ben wedeman is in tahrir square. ben, what does it look like

today? do we think it's going to get violent? >> reporter: well, certainly, that's the expectation. and the media here in egypt has been stoking the idea that things are going to get out of control. now, the opponents of president mohamed morsi are saying this is going to be the second revolution, the continuation of the revolution that began on the 25th of january 2011, but there are many things that are different. you have president mohamed morsi who was elected fair and square in an election a year ago, the first free and unfettered election in egypt for a president in the country's very long history. now, his supporters will say he was elected fair and square, and therefore, he should be entitled to carry out his mandate. he does have quite a lot of challenges. the country he took over a year ago, the economy was in free fall, there was extreme instability following the revolution, and he's been

grappling with trying to run a state, a government, a bureaucracy that in many ways remains loyal to the old regime. at the same time, many egyptians will tell you that there are long gas lines, regular power cuts, there's no law and order, the economy is in free fall, and they feel that president mohamed morsi has simply failed. they don't want to impeach him, they want him to go right now without any of the window dressing of constitutionality. they are calling for him to step down immediately. >> all right, ben. let's check in with ressa at the presidential palace. what's going on there? >> reporter: all you have to do, alison, is step outside here where we are and you can feel the build-up, you can feel something's coming. we're not sure what that's going to be, what the outcome is going to be and what it's going to mean for the future of this young democracy and the arab

spring, for that matter, but the anticipation is building. this is going to be one of the focal points, the presidential palace where mass demonstrations are scheduled in the coming hours. i'm going to briefly step outside of the shot to show you what things look like at this hour. we'll zoom in, and to your left is the presidential palace. what you see is a few hundred protesters who have gathered, some have set up tents. and you also see a very lengthy, concrete barrier in front of the palace that's designed to be a buffer zone between the protesters and the palace. what you don't see is security guards, and that apparently means that if protesters at some point wanted to get at the palace, they probably will be able to if nothing changes. this mass demonstration is part of a campaign that started with a petition drive three months ago. organizers of that petition drive claim that they've gathered 22 million signatures calling for new elections, calling for president morsi to leave. essentially, they're saying more

people want you out than they want you in. the concern is a short drive away from here are the supporters of president morsi, and that sets the stage for a potential showdown, where you have on one side the president, his islamist supporters, on the other side, the liberals, the moderates who want him out right now. and all eyes on cairo to see what happens today. >> reza sayah, ben wedeman, thank you. i used to live in cairo, and i know tahrir square well, that is jam packed with people. that is really going to be heating up. >> we'll keep track of it, definitely. okay, vice president joe biden making an appearance in ecuador. he wants ecuador to reject nsa leaker edward snowden's request for asylum. biden phoned president rafael correa, who called the conversation cordial and polite. correa said the u.s. will be the first he consults the minute snowden steps on ecuadorian soil. it is thought he might still be

at an airport lounge in moscow. and now to the investigation into patriots star aaron hernandez. he and two other men are in jail charged with the death of odin lloyd, found shot to death near hernandez's home. well, investigators think lloyd may have known something about a 2012 double homicide. >> a police source tells cnn a silver suv owned by hernandez has been impounded in connection to those murders. our national correspondent, deb feyerick, joins us live this morning from north attleborough, massachusetts. good morning, deb. >> reporter: good morning, alison. good morning, suzanne. the real big question that investigators have right now is was the death of odin lloyd somehow connected to that double homicide, the drive-by shooting that they're now looking into the possibility whether aaron hernandez may have been involved. >> it stops just before the road ends. >> reporter: the murder took place down this road off a busy street that many in the area used as a shortcut. if you draw a straight line in

this direction, it's less than a quarter of a mile from where we are here to his home. just if you draw a straight line. obviously, you would have to circle around and use the road. >> without a doubt, less than a quarter of a mile. >> reporter: jay has lived in this area for 25 years. he knows a lot of people and asked we not use his last name. he showed us the surveillance cameras at this corner gas station, which prosecutors say spotted the nfl player's rented silver nissan around 3:20 a.m. monday morning, seconds after it turned off i-95. prosecutors say hernandez and two friends had driven 64 miles roundtrip to dorchester to pick up odin lloyd. they turned down this road through an industrial park and businesses monitored by surveillance cameras. so, at this point, he's getting nervous. >> i'd say right about here is where he got the text. >> reporter: right about here, he sends a final text to his sister, at 3:23 a.m., telling her he's with nfl, his nickname for hernandez. "just so you know," he texted. >> and right here is where they

say -- >> reporter: when he fell. >> they shot two more times, hit him in both sides of his chest. >> reporter: jay says he saw the crime scene shortly after it had been processed and the yellow tape taken down. >> right here, the blue tarp was right here. the red tarp was over there. and you can see, it's hard to see now because -- >> reporter: you can see sort of an outline. >> correct. and it was rectangular in shape, leading one to believe that the body was this way. >> reporter: when you look at the outline of the body, clearly -- or when you look at the outline around here, clearly, it would be the size of a human. >> correct. >> reporter: the car drove into the pit at 3:23, according to prosecutors. cameras show the car leaving about four minutes later at 3:27 a.m. so, this is where odin lloyd had his final moments. >> that's correct. >> reporter: and according to the prosecutors, he was shot -- >> execution style. >> reporter: the official timeline shows it took two minutes for hernandez and his friends to get home. odin lloyd was not with them. almost immediately, the surveillance cameras inside his home were disabled, the same

cameras that caught hernandez allegedly holding a .45-caliber glock before he set out to meet odin lloyd. hernandez has pleaded not guilty. piz lawyer says the evidence is all circumstantial. odin lloyd was buried yesterday. as for aaron hernandez's two friends, well, so far, they have not been charged in connection with the death of odin lloyd. alison, suzanne? >> deb, let me ask you this. have prosecutors said yet what they think the motive is in this case? >> reporter: one of the theories that they're working on is that perhaps odin lloyd knew something about the drive-by shooting that killed two men, and perhaps, aaron hernandez's involvement in that. but what we know is that the two men had been at a nightclub on friday. apparently, odin lloyd was seen talking to somebody, and that really angered hernandez, who said, who began to say that he couldn't trust anyone, he couldn't trust anyone. so, whether there was an increasing paranoia on the part of aaron hernandez, whether, in fact, odin lloyd, who happened

to be dating hernandez's fian e fiancee's sister knew too much, unclear right now. all that under investigation, alison. >> fascinating trail. deb feyerick in north attleborough, massachusetts, thank you very much. appreciate it. to the southwest where an unrelenting heat wave may have claimed its first victim. on saturday, authorities found a man in his 80s dead in his home of cardiac arrest. his home had no air conditioning. phoenix saw a one day record of 119 degrees on saturday. and in death valley, the mercury hit a whopping 127. how long is the heat wave going to last. we want to go to our meteorologist, alexandra steele, in our severe weather center. this is amazing when you look at these temperatures, pretty historic. >> it is absolutely. and they're not only records for the day or the month, but this is some rarefied air, some very rare territory. so, we'll talk about how close some of these temperatures are to the highest they have ever been. so, here's the setup.

sexu essentially, it's an atmosphere blast furnace. the high pressure is in control in the southwest, it's sitting overhead, it's stagnant. the air is compressing and heating. and what happens, essentially, instead of kind of moving eastward and shifting the pattern and allowing for a break, it's what we call retrograding. this high is moving westward, allowing for even more days of this. so, the problem, temperatures are exorbitantly high. they're not dropping down below 90s at night. and it's going to last through at least july 4th, which is thursday, and in some cases not get out of the 110 category until possibly next saturday. so, here are the records you were just talking about. in vegas, 115. but the all-time record only happened twice there, is only two degrees shy of that. phoenix, 119, the all-time record there hit in 1990 is 122. so, we're not far off. today, 116. you can see the average here is only 103. so, well above that. and even into thursday here in las vegas, we're going to see

temperatures still in the 110s. they don't get down to about 109 until two days after that, through the weekend. phoenix, you can see 116. 109 by thursday. so, they get down then, but still, temperatures well above average. they should be at 107. salt lake city, too. so, it's not just the desert southwest, it's in the intermountain west as well. 89 salt lake's average, 105 yesterday and it's a record, so it's there as well. >> so, there is a little relief, even when the sun goes down, the heat is still oppressive. >> that's right. right now, temperatures in vegas are 95, 96, so that's when it's dangerous, during the nighttime hours, no heat relief. staying well above the 90s overnight. >> okay, thank you. >> can you imagine? >> no. >> just unbelievable, that kind of heat. this week, 40 million americans can leave their home for a summer vacation. we're going to tell you how to avoid the headaches of the summer travel season and maybe even save a little bit of money as well. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar

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welcome back. it's official, student loan rates are set to double tomorrow after congress failed to reach a deal. so, that means interest is going to go from 3.4% up to 6.8%. now, there is going to be another chance to bring those rates back down, but not until congress gets back from its week-long july 4th vacation, and good news for those who have those loons. if congress is able to come up with a deal, it would be retroactive. the fourth of july is just days away, and it's the busiest holiday of the summer travel season, which means you may be hitting the road with more than 40 million americans, and that could cause a real big headache. so, joining us with some tips and ways to save cash is travel expert mark murphy. he's in new york. and he's also the author of "travel unscripted." good morning to you, mark. >> good morning, alison. >> let's go ahead and start with all of the travel coming up this week. what can people do to avoid, you know, all the traffic and all the craziness that comes along with it? >> should i say stay home?

absolutely not. what you want to do is get on the road early. do not travel on july 3rd, if you can avoid it, and don't come home on july 7th, because those are the two busiest days of this holiday weekend, and this is the biggest holiday of the summer travel season, so i would suggest you do that, if at all possible. >> okay. so, mark, people are going to be traveling, you know, all throughout the summer. what is the best way that we can find some great deals? >> all right, so, number one, you'll want to avoid traffic. so, if you're going to be traveling by car, i would suggest an app called waze, w-a-z-e. download that. that is a crowdsource app that basically uses gps to tell you what is ahead of you and reroutes you around potential problems, traffic jams, et cetera. another great app is called gasbuddy. gasbuddy will tell you, once again, crowdsource, where people around you are finding the best gas deals. it's almost like having a million friends out there that are telling you where to drive, where to buy gas, et cetera. and of course, if you're literally in a town and you need a hotel room at last minute,

there is another app called hotel tonight, and that can find you cheap, last-minute hotel deals. my best travel tip is always talk to a travel agent and get out in front and plan a trip, especially if you're going to go anyplace for any period of time. >> okay, what about flights? every time i go to book a flight, it seems like the cost goes up and up and up. is there any way to save money on flights if you're looking to travel over the summer? because we are in the summertime now. >> well, one of the ways is to look at connections. because of all the airline mergers, there's fewer direct and nonstop flights and there's lots of different combinations, so i would look at connections. i would also look if you're traveling internationally at something called consolidator tickets. they're sold through travel agents. they're deeply discounted tickets that you can get, especially in business and first-class when doing a long-haul flight. those are two great travel tips for airline travel. >> okay, so i know a lot of us are going to be hitting the roads with our kids. any tips there? >> well, sure. i mean, there's lots of ways to travel with your kids. one of the ways is to find

hotels that have the kids eat free type of programs. some of the properties, especially the resort properties, have basically built-in daycare, so the parents get a break. so, check out those. i would look to get the destinations like the caribbean and mexico and check out their all-inclusive products. mexico is a great value right now, especially if you're traveling as a family, because you don't have to clean up, you don't have to cook, you don't have to take care of the kids all day. they've got people that will do that for you. so, from a kids' standpoint, that's a great way to go. >> okay, got to talk about cruises before i let you go, because cruise nightmares have been all the rage in the news headlines. are they a good idea or a bad idea? >> i love cruises. and you know what? a lot of people i know love cruises. 20 million people cruised last year. very few had a problem. and what they have on board are kids programs, so again, if the kids are 3 years and up, most cruise lines can handle that with daycare. if they're 3 months and above, cruise lines like disney are built for that. so, they'll take care of the

infants as well. one of the things about cruising that can save you a ton of money is airfare. there's a thing called home port cruising. i'm based in new york right now and you've got a ton of ships going out of bayonne, out of new york city. you can get on the new ncl, norwegian cruise line breakaway, which just did its inaugural this summer, and you save on airfare. you literally drive to the port and get on the boat and you're on vacation as you're looking at the skyline of new york city. >> that's definitely an idea i can live with. mark murphy, thanks so much for your time. >> you're welcome. the next stop on president obama's tour of south africa could be the most emotional one yet of his visit there. he is bringing his daughters with him and he says it's an honor and a privilege. details up next. all this produce from walmart and secretly served it up in the heart of peach country. it's a fresh-over. we want you to eat some peaches and tell us what you think. they're really juicy.

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president obama and his family are heading today to the island prison where nelson mandela was banished and jailed for decades for challenging apartheid. they are expected to tour robben island next hour. president obama has been to robben island before in 2006, but this is the first time he's going to be there with his daughters, malia and sasha. the president says it's an honor and a privilege. their tour guide will be a former inmate. mr. obama is wrapping up his trip to south africa as 94-year-old mandela remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. and this weekend, former president jimmy carter is hosting a human rights conference at the carer center here in atlanta. i got an exclusive interview with him, and he said that nelson mandela's legacy is going to be like those of other great civil rights champions. listen. >> nelson will be in the same category with martin luther king jr. and maybe even moe hat ma gandhi as one of the most

inspirational leaders of all time. he came out of prison after being abused for over half his life. he never expressed any condemnation of his oppressors. he worked within the democratic system that was evolving in south africa, primarily because of his influence. >> the former president carter also told me he met mandela right after his release from prison from robben island. and carter is hosting the human rights activists as well as religious leaders from around the world for the human rights defenders initiative forum this weekend. here's the temperature for you, 127 degrees. can you imagine that kind of heat? some people lived through it on saturday and we're going to tell you where. but first, let's check in with dr. sanjay gupta for a look at what's ahead on "sanjay gupta md" at 7:30 eastern time. >> the fda is cracking down on counterfeit medicines. you especially have to be careful if you're ordering these online. so, i'll tell you what to look for. also, a great story,

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and one of the problems, not only are these temperatures getting to such exorbitant levels, it's doeriuring the nighttime. right now it's still in the morning and it's 96 in phoenix. right now in las vegas, it's 93 degrees. and temperatures at nighttime aren't dropping below 90s. and here's the problem, too. this heat wave is really going to last straight through into the fourth of july on thursday and then even maybe a day or two afte that, staying in the 110 category. so, las vegas today, 116 degrees. the average there only 107. so, temperatures outlandishly high and will continue to be so. also in salt lake city, guys, the intermountain west, alison, also, seeing 105 yesterday, and they should be in the upper 80s and 90s. >> oh, it's really hard, alexandra, to really enjoy any kind of summer when it's that oppressive, you know? >> absolutely. >> all right. thanks, alexandra steele. we'll see you back here at the top of the hour, 8:00 eastern. and "sanjay gupta md" starts right now.

welcome to "sgmd." lots to get to today, including this. doctors who are working construction and flipping burgers in the united states instead of practicing medicine. why more of them could soon be seeing patients. and amazing ways to study the brain. i love this. you can literally see new connections being made. first, a crackdown on pharmacy websites selling popular medicines that are not what you think they are. this week, the food and drug administration shut down 1,600 websites it says were selling illegal, unapproved or counterfeit drugs. the problem isn't new, but as i found out in my own investigation, it's only getting bigger. behind too many websites, says the fda, is this. counterfeit medications made in

ecuador, peru, paraguay, colombia, china, often in back-alley shops under filthy conditions. now, to get these fakes into your medicine cabinet, counterfeiters have to first get them across the border. here in los angeles, we have one of the largest international mail facilities in the country. you say the problem's getting worse? >> the problem is getting worse. it's on the rise. >> reporter: here, u.s. customs and border protections agents are separating out products to be screened. with a device called the cd-3, it can identify counterfeit drugs on the spot. are you able to screen everything that comes through? >> well, we try to screen as much as we can, but before we would have to send it to the lab and then that could take weeks. so, what we are able to do here, we're able to do it in a few minutes. >> the national association of boards of pharmacy or nabp, says that most fakes come through online sales and that 97% of online sites don't comply with state and federal laws.

they're offering prescription drugs without a prescription. they're selling unapproved fda drugs, drugs that the fda has not found safe or efficacious for use in the united states or drugs that are not even allowed in the u.s. market. >> often, the draw is cheaper prices and claims that the drugs are coming from canadian pharmacies, which most americans consider safe. >> the drugs that they're shipping to consumers, the consumers believe are coming from canada and have been approved by health canada, are really drugs that are coming from places that you would never believe and never suspect. >> in the fight to stop fakes, the fda gets help from pharmaceutical giants like pfizer. they know counterfeit can hurt the bottom line. john clark, pfizer's chief security officer, says his people found counterfeit versions of 60 different pfizer drugs last year. that's up from 20 in 2008. >> brick dust, wall board, flour, things of that nature.

the better counterfeiters might put in 10, 20, even 30% of the active pharmaceutical ingredient that's supposed to be in the medicine. >> reporter:. >> the pfizer lab in connecticut tests thousands of pfizer products and packaging a year. it's found fake cancer medicine, fake vaccine, fake heart and cholesterol drugs, even fake chapstick. >> they'll start with the packaging, do a number of tests to see authentic versus the counterfeit or versus the questionable one, and if the packaging doesn't demonstrate that it's counterfeit, then they actually go to the medicine itself. >> this is an audio clip that pfizer gathered as part of an undercover investigation. >> we can still make 50,000 pills a month. >> wow. >> and that's by hand. >> the company shares the information with law enforcement, which then conducts the actual raids and makes arrests. those counterfeiters were caught, but plenty are not.

and joining me now from fda headquarters, dr. margaret hamburg, the fda commissioner. did you know of actual harm to someone taking one of these counterfeit medications? >> oh, absolutely. these products can have none of the active ingredient that people need for the treatment of their disease, they can have too much or too little, they can have toxic ingredients, and they can prevent patients from getting the actual medications that they badly need to treat their disease. moreover, with certain kinds of conditions and their treatment, substandard drugs, counterfeit drugs can actually also put us all at risk by enhancing the problem of drug resistance. this is true in a disease like malaria and its treatment. so, these are issues that affect people every single day. >> yeah, and i mean, even if they're not getting harmful ingredients, simply by getting inert or inactive ingredients, that can be problematic because they think they're treating

their blood pressure, but they're really not, for example. >> absolutely. >> and you announced a crackdown of more that be 1,600 websites this week for illegally selling counterfeit drugs, 1,600 websites. >> yes. >> when i investigated this before, it seemed like they would have a website, it would need to be taken down and they would come up with another website. how do you make sure they don't pop up again with a different name? >> it's a huge problem. and you're absolutely right, you close one down and it can pop up somewhere else. we need relentless attention from an enforcement super suspective. we also need to enhance public awareness, and that's part of what we're trying to accomplish and why i'm glad you're doing this story, because consumers need to know that, sadly, the majority of websites that they're going to encounter when they search the web looking for an online pharmacy are most likely rogue. they are not selling fda-approved products and they are operating illegally, and potentially purchasing from these sites put people at risk.

>> and you've mentioned this before, but if you find a site that does not ask for a prescription is selling a product they say is not fda-approved, those should be big red flags. and i think i'm hearing 97% of these websites could have some sort of fraudulence in that way. people use the sites because it's expensive, medications are pric pricey. i know people in my own family have done that. is there something they can look for on a site that is credible, instead of saying the sites, 97% are bad, we know these ones are good? >> right. well, that's so important, and there are some things that consumers can look for. number one, the website should ask for a valid prescription. and if they don't, beware. the pharmacy, the website pharmacy should be located in the united states. they should have a licensed pharmacist available for

consultation and they should be licensed in the state where the website is registered by the state board of pharmacy. you're not assured of a safe product and a legally operating website pharmacy. >> dr. hamburg, thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. every day it seems we're talking about a gene that does this or that, but it was less than a lifetime ago that scientists first found out the basic code for which our genes are written. dna in its famous double helix shape was discovered by francis crick and james watson. you may know that. pz hard to think of a more vital discovery. so, now as we celebrate its 60th anniversary, here is james watson as he talks about his life's work. >> i was inspired to go into science because i wanted to understand the world about me better. i wanted to know how birds could

migrate. you know, i learned that when, you know, i was something like 8 years old. it seemed a big puzzle. dna was just becoming solvable. crick and i both thought it was solvab solvable. he was the first person i met i could talk to. you know, i had met people, but they didn't share my conviction that only dna was important. there are no monks copying things inside cells, so somehow, the cell had to have a way of copying its information. we knew it had a structure. the information suggested there was a helix, that they twisted around. i think early on, i wanted to do something important with my life. i still want to think about science and really nothing else. being driven by the desire to

find the truth. that's my legacy, you know, the truth. sometimes you don't find it, but you'll always have that as, you're going to start with the truth, it's helpful. >> james watson there. just in his mid-20s when he did some of that amazing research. up next on "sgmd," immigrant doctors forced to work construction and odd jobs even as we have a shortage of physicians in this country. i'm going to show you one possible solution. stay with us. ♪ [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good.

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country, where are the people from latin america? and we stumbled upon them working in medium jobs. this is a woman that works at mcdonald's in colorado. >> ucla's dr. patrick dowling and dr. michelle bolat are on hunt for latino immigrant doctors. >> she was at the university of family medicine. >> why? potentially as a solution to america's primary care doctor shortage. dowling says there are few thousand latino immigrant doctors living in southern california alone, but they aren't practicing medicine anymore. instead of treating patients, many spend years cleaning houses, working on construction sites and in fast food chains. >> often, they work in their own country for ten years and then come here, and they're not licensed. then they see the process. so, they have to get a job to support themselves.

>> jose chavez was a doctor in el salvador with more than eight years of medical training when he moved to the united states in 2005. >> and i'm going to call this patient and administer the medication. is that okay? >> but prior to last year, he wasn't working in this u.s. hospital or any hospital. instead -- >> i would do anything you asked me to as long as it's legal and you pay me for it. i was helping, you know, cleaning houses, painting, doing flooring. >> for years, he juggled odd jobs during the day with studying for the u.s. medical boards at night. >> it requires that you study at least ten hours a day. imagine when you're working eight to ten hours a day and then try to study eight to ten hours at night. it's really impossible. >> all residents are required to submit a personal statement. >> it's a costly, time-consuming process that most latino immigrants aren't prepared for. >> one of the things i want to help you avoid -- >> ucla's img program helps fast

track these doctors to practice medicine again. >> hi, everybody? how are you doing today? >> it provides a stipend as well as medical board prep classes and mentoring by ucla physicians. >> when i got accepted, i was able to stop construction and focus on my exam. that gave me the opportunity to take the test six months after joining the ucla program. >> they've helped 66 latino immigrant doctors, including chavez, pass the u.s. medical boards and then get placed into residency programs in southern california. there is a desperate need there. in riverside county, there's just one md for every 9,000 people. but now -- >> perfecto. >> -- dr. chavez gets to be one of their physicians. now, if you're wondering, this ucla program is completely funded by private donations. and here's another number to think about as well. with obama care, an estimated 25 to 30 million new people are

going to have health coverage next year, and they're going to be looking for doctors, so the shortage is important. it's probably going to get worse before it gets better. imagine being confined to a wheelchair your whole life and then someone gives you a chance to get out. well, now you have a sense of what ryan chalmers felt when he left the security of his wheelchair for the depths of the ocean. ryan chalmers was born with spina bifida. that's an incomplete closure of the spinal column. as he grew up, he excelled at wheelchair sports, but then he decided to try something new, scuba diving. >> when i went diving for the first time, it really opened my eyes to that whole idea that, you know, i'm exactly like all the able-bodied people down under the water. >> now 24, ryan just returned from the push across america, pushing his wheelchair 3,000 miles across the united states to raise money for stay focused.

it's a charity that helps disabled people learn to scuba dive. so, 3,000 miles, 71 days. i'm curious, and people watching that video, i mean, what do you think about? what's going through your mind as you're doing this? >> you know, it changes throughout each day, what you're going through, if you're going through the mountains of colorado or you're going through, you know, just the flatlands of kansas. but a lot of it just comes back to thinking about the reason why i started the journey in the first place, and you know, the people that i got to meet along the way, because that's what this was all about, awareness and being able to meet people was, you know, really what made it all worth it. so, it was really just thinking about all the people we impacted. >> you raised about $500,000, roughly, for stay focused, is that right? >> mm-hmm. >> so, what happens next? >> you know, this, actually, over the next couple of weeks, i'm going to go into the stay focused programs, and we're just trying to make it sustainable, make it an organization. you know, roger, the founder of

the organization, this is the ten-year anniversary, so i'm just trying to help. it's changed my life, the organization has changed my life since i was a part of it in 2005, and i just wanted to be able to make a difference going forward. >> are you aiming for rio in 2016? >> that's the plan. i went to london for the paralympic games in 2012 and that's the goal for the next three years is focus on rio and see how well i can do that. >> we're going to keep an eye on you. we'll hopefully see you in rio as well. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. up next, an incredible, new look at the wiring of the brain. mom, dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart, is that true? says here that cheerios has whole grain oats that can help remove some cholesterol, and that's heart healthy. ♪

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woman to "sgmd." earlier this year, president obama announced he would commit $100 million to create a detailed map of the human brain. well, i recently got the chance to visit the neuroimaging lap at ucla to see an early phase of this work, and i c tell you, if nothing else, it looks amazing. much progress is to be made in neuroimaging say over the last ten years? >> i think it's been amazing because the technology to acquire detailed images of structure and function has been unprecedented.

we can look at very small regions, as small as a millimeter or even smaller, in a living human individual, and we can relate not only what we see in terms of its anatomy, that person's anatomy, but how it works. >> the function. >> the function. how those cells are interacting with other things in the brain to allow that person to behave. >> this is pretty spectacular. what are we looking at? >> you're looking at tracks. you're looking at the fibers themselves that connect different regions, and it allows us to see what region is connected to where and how much of a connection is there. >> when we talk about function, like movement and sensation, people, they generally understand that, but what about things that are a little bit more nebulous, self-awareness, happiness, pain and reward? is this going to help better identify those areas of the brain? >> i hope so. obviously, one has to start with a cruder map initially, just like making a map of the earth. we create a coordinate system, we find where the continents

are. but now we can with our gps systems find specific roads, we can even look at the amount of traffic on those roads. so, that's a very good analogy, because it holds when we're studying the human brain as well. we first have to create these big maps that show us the overall picture of how the brain is wired, but then we go down and look at the finer detail. >> what does this mean for the average person? >> i think it's very important for us to undertake a challenge like this because we suffer from a number of neurological disorders. the population is getting older. there's an increased percentage of people that have alzheimer's disease, for example. this kind of science lays the foundation for us to look for targeted therapies and really is instructive in terms of improving the health and wellbeing of everyone. >> of course, the physical structure is just one part of the understanding of the brain. it's daunting, for sure, but it could some day change the way that we understand ourselves, maybe in the way that we practice medicine in a very real

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for the past five years. well, that's going to wrap things up for "sgmd," but let's keep the conversation going on twitter @sanjaygupta. time now for your top stories making news right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com it's been one year since president morsi came to power in egypt, but today, massive protests will call for him to step down. just as many same-sex couples are celebrating their right to marry, some chaplains are grieving it, now calling for protections of their own. paula deen, the zimmerman trial and the voting rights act. these stories dominated headlines this past week. the common thread? race. reverend jesse jackson weighs in. good morning, everyone.

it's 8:00 here on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. i'm suzanne malveaux. >> and i'm alison kosik. thanks for starting your morning with us. this is a nice live look at atlanta there. >> and it's good to see you in person. >> good to see you. we begin this morning out west with a heat wave that is breaking records. it might have claimed its first victim. >> go ahead. >> on saturday, authorities found the man in his 80s dead in his las vegas home. he died from cardiac arrest and his home did not have air conditioning. >> meantime, temperatures continue to soar. phoenix, a one-day record of 119 degrees on saturday. it's really incredible. in death valley, the mercury hit a whopping 127. that's where we find cnn's tory dunnan. tory? >> reporter: it's called death valley for a reason. the sun beats down on a baron landscape. tourists from around the world come to see it. >> we come from switzerland. >> reporter: in to feel it. >> very hot.

and thirsty. >> reporter: with an extreme heat wave bringing soaring temps, the draw is irresistible for some. these two are hitting the pavement, literally. why do this? >> because we're crazy. we love the heat. >> well, it's a novelty thing, you know. to say we were out in the heat when it was 125 to 130, run two or three miles, then we're finished. >> reporter: death valley local mike wood is used to the heat, but when his shoes start melting, it's time to pay attention. tell me about these shoes. >> my nasty shoes? well, the ground temperatures here can approach a couple hundred degrees, so you're talking about pretty much boiling the shoes. so, everything that kind of holds the shoes together kind of comes apart. >> reporter: this is the exact spot where nearly a century ago the world record was taken for a temperature of 134 degrees. with this heat wave, they're expecting temperatures close to

130 degrees. so, rangers come out to this spot, the official weather station. they take a look at these thermometers. and yes, this is for history, but it's also a little bit more important. >> heat can hurt. and if i don't take the right temperature, then we may tell them, oh, it's cool enough to go out and hike the sand dunes or cool enough to go hike golden canyon. it is not. >> reporter: ranger jay snow's checks and balances. >> let me check the water temperature. >> reporter: at this ann assuming, little post is a part of death valley. >> when we say that the temperature was recorded four foot off the ground back in, there it is. >> reporter: was that the box from 1913? >> i have no idea, but it looks like it's from 1913. >> reporter: there is a bit of a debate over where the highest temperatures are read. some say it's right here at the bad water basin, which is the lowest point of elevation in the u.s. at 282 feet below sea

level. tory dunnan, cnn, death valley, california. >> so, the question, of course, how long is this heat wave going to last? >> let's go to meteorologist alexandra steele in our severe weather center. what do you think, alexandra? >> you know, it's like an atmospheric blast furnace out there, it really is. and it's kind of the breadth and depth of this heat wave. so, not only is it bad weather where she was, but in phoenix and vegas. so, not only are temperatures so elevated, 110s, they're doing it for days, at least five days. and at nighttime, they're getting no relief because temperatures are dropping into the 90s, then that's it. so, here's the culprit. it's a jet stream extreme. it's this area of high pressure, it's sinking air, compressing air, warm air and it's stagnant and it's not moving. it's certainly not moving eastward, kind of allowing room for maybe a different air mass to take its place. it's westward moving, almost retrograding, keeping it well ensconces in the area for even longer. so, straight through the week we're going to have incredibly elevated temperatures.

so, we talked about a new record in las vegas yesterday, 115, new record in phoenix, 119. but they're not only records for the day or month. take a look at how close they are to the all-time record high these places have ever seen. only two degrees shy in vegas and three in phoenix. so, temperatures incredibly elevated, even at night. 91. it's early in the morning now. usually we have the coolest of temperatures. not so. las vegas 92. so, temperatures not moving out of the 90s and aren't expected to. look at this, today 116 in las vegas. average is 103. but even by thursday, they're still in the 110s. friday we get down to 109, but still, straight through july 4th weekend. you can see phoenix 109 as we head toward the week, and temperatures aren't really moving from that as well. but it's also not just the desert southwest where, yes, it's hot, and temperatures on the average are way above 100, but salt lake city, whose average is 89, yesterday had 105, a record for them, today 104, monday 104, tuesday 103,

and that's the beginning of the week. it's not until friday that they drop down into the 90s. so, you guys, alison, we're going to see temperatures that are incredible aevenl elevated for really quite some time. so, the duration of this heat wave is really one thing that's off-putting. >> it's funny you say drop down to 1003, you know? that doesn't sound very inviting. >> it's a cool morning in las vegas with 96, refreshing air. >> there you go. alexandra steele, thanks. >> sure. now let's go to egypt, where thousands of protesters have packed tahrir square on mohamed morsi's first anniversary as president. the scene in cairo resembles the antigovernment protests two years ago that toppled the mubarak regime. >> some protests this week have been violent. several people already died. others are loud, passionate with pro-government supporters on one side. on the other side, people demanding that the democratically elected president step down. ben wedeman is in tahrir square. ben, what does it look like today? do we expect that it is going to

get violent later in the afternoon? >> reporter: well, certainly, the numbers are increasing. and even though it's very hot here in cairo, in the 90s, more and more people are expected to come into tahrir square, not just tahrir square, but outside of the itihadiya palace, the official headquarters of the egyptian president, although president mohamed morsi has had the good sense not to be there today. there is another -- near there, there is another large, pro-morsi demonstration. now, what we saw yesterday was the same sort of demonstrations, not as big as what we're expecting today, going on at the same time. there were no clashes in cairo. most of the clashes have been either in alexandria on the mediterranean or in the delta. but if the demonstrators are kept apart in cairo, violence can be avoided. but certainly, both sides we've seen are bracing for the possibility of clashes. in fact, we were at the pro muslim brotherhood rally

yesterday, and there were a lot of men with sticks and clubs and nunchakus and shields made out of garbage lids and what not, so people are bracing for violence. what's missing in this situation is the police. the police simply are not out today. and in fact, many police officers have said they want to see the government of mohamed morsi brought down. so, a tense situation, and violence is definitely a possibility. >> all right there. we're going to check in with you in about 30 minutes or so to see how things are developing on the ground there. thanks, ben wedeman. the supreme court could find itself once again intervening in the fight over same-sex marriage in california. opponents have now filed an emergency motion asking justices to stop the state from issuing wedding licenses to same-sex couples. their issue is with the federal appeals court, which gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages to resume in california. they say the decision was handed down too soon. "our clients have not been given the time they are due and were

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africans call father as a sign of deep respect. the issue of race front and center in the news last week, from the supreme court striking down a key part of the voting rights act to the fallout from paula deen's use of the "n" word to the george zimmerman murder trial as well. i'm joined now in chicago by civil rights leader, rainbow push coalition president reverend jesse jackson. good to see you this morning here. >> good morning. >> there's so many things to talk about. and obviously, you know, race being really very much at the center of a lot of news items. let's start with paula deen. i know that you've mentioned before that you were talking with her, advising her. we know a number of corporations that have since dropped her after her admitting that she used the "n" word almost two decades ago. and i was surprised to learn that she actually reached out to former president jimmy carter as well. and i want you to listen to what he said. >> i've known paula deen quite well for a long period of time. i advised her to let the dust settle and to make apologies.

and she has some very beneficial programs in savannah, georgia, where she lives that benefit almost exclusively oppressed and poverty-stricken black people, african-american citizens in her own community and i advised her to get those people who she's helping every day to speak out and show that she has changed in her relationship with african-american people, with minorities, in the last number of years. but my heart goes out to her, but of course, there's no condoning the use of a word that abuses other people. >> reverend, you've been speaking with her. what do you think is appropriate? >> well, first of all, it's really not just about the "n" word, it's about the workplace conditions. the workers within the company begin to contact attorney robert portillo, the rainbow push coalition and the attorney general. she must address the workers, not just a community, not just

the press and matt lauer, but address the offended workers, number one. number two, get someone to evaluate the conditions within the company that's creating the complaints, and then they plan a reconstruction. i think attrition is very significant, and no one has begun the zone of bracing mercy, but the process of reconstruction must be willing to address those workers who have worked there. they should be addressed and addressed rather quickly. >> do you think it was appropriate for all those corporations and sponsors to drop her? >> well, that's a judgment they made based upon the branding item and their own set of fears. i remember a similar situation happened with texaco some years ago, i might add. a racial matter. a number of ministers met with them and they immediately owned the problem. they then did an internal investigation, found that the accusations were valid and put forth a plan for reconstruction. they eventually hired now

governor deval patrick to be their joint counsel, who is now the governor. i mean, when these problems do occur, own the problem, address the people who are offended, evaluate it and then put forth a plan to reconstruction. i think mea culpa's important. no one should be begun trial before punishment. i don't understand all the corporations, i don't understand them not meaning to address an issue forthrightly. >> let's move on to the voting rights act, because there were several very important decisions that the supreme court ruled that some jim crow states, essentially, and cities, no longer have to get the approval from the justice department before they change either the political boundaries or the voting rules. and this was something that a lot of people felt very strongly about. what do you think, ultimately, the result is going to be? >> well, we've gone from federal oversight to the rather raw exposure to states' rights again, a 48-year setback.

already, they have begun the process in the states' rights, state-by-state geo meandering and the schemes of 1965 that impact latinos and in texas, they could lose four congressional seats, maybe two in arizona. they impact upon blacks across the south could be just as well. i would think that the supreme court did an overreach as ghastly as it was in 1986. i hope two things will happen, that the massive march on washington plan is a symbolic march, a march to restore the voting rights federal protections. beyond even a constitutional right to vote, they're going to have a states' right to vote. maybe a constitutional right to vote will spare us of this agony. and i hope president barack obama will do as lyndon johnson did, go to the congress, speak to the congress and the nation about the importance of the

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we've been talking with reverend jesse jackson. thank you for joining us again. you led the charge last year to bring justice to the family of trayvon martin. the trial, as you know, is now under way, and this has gotten a lot of attention here over the last week or so. a lot of people looking at the key witness. it was trayvon martin's friend, rachel jeantel. now, she was the last person, as you know, to speak to trayvon martin when he was alive, before he was shot by george zimmerman, and she testified about a conversation that she said this is how trayvon martin described zimmerman. i want you to take a listen. >> i asked him what the man looked like. >> and -- >> he just told me the man looked creepy and -- >> he said the man looked creepy? >> creepy white.

he might have -- cracker. >> okay, they're having trouble hearing you, so take your time. >> creepy [ bleep ] cracker. >> reverend, i want you to weigh in here on what you make of the language, because she said it wasn't a racial term, but she also said that trayvon martin had used the "n" word. and i'm wondering, what are you making of the language that you're hearing that's coming out of the testimony? could race play a part in this trial? >> well, one, here's a young african-american boy with skittles and tea going home. he looks back and looks at someone perceived to be a white person, apparently stalking him, and of course, fear comes. he begins to engage in conversation. the young boy is unarmed, the man is armed, who's advised to not follow him. he chose to follow him anyhow, and he shot and killed him in apparently some kind of tussle. that's all we really know is

that an unarmed boy was shot by an armed men. the detail of the trial, i'm not the trial lawyer, i have no oversight on that, except i know that he should not have been followed or should not have been shot. >> i guess the question is, i know that the martin family, trayvon martin's family, they don't want to have race be injected in this, and a lot of people have been looking at this trial through the lens of race, and you have this racial language that has now been put out there in the testimony. do you think that language that we've heard is going to impact somehow the verdict? >> well, clearly, it's perceived, even though he's found o hispanic, to be a white-black asituation. and the ideas listened to the family and reverend sharpton and others of them is that he killed him and walked away. until that was protests, he was not brought back even into court, and that kind of cheapened the life of black people who experience this all too often, indeed, and at the

police department, similar things have happened before. the issue of blacks and browns being profiled, it justified it. so, by being profiled and arrested and shot and killed happens all too often and must be meaningfully addressed by the department of justice. >> you know, we've talked about the "n" word, and we've talked about it here on cnn with the paula deen story, then obviously this has come up in the george zimmerman trial. do you think there's any time that the use of that word is appropriate, even among young people who feel that the racial sting has been taken out of it? >> well, it's deeply engrained in our culture. the use of it used to describe african-american people as inferior, as in cannot learn shorks never sit next to me on a bus, should never have the right to vote, should never have privileges. that's the use of it. many blacks internalize the word to describe it as a kind of closer idiom, he is a bad

brother, he can do these things. and then there's a kind of controversial use of it, all to sell records. however it is used, it is always unacceptable and really should be stopped. >> and finally, i know this is probably a difficult week for your family. i know your son, former congressman jesse jackson jr., and his wife, sandy jackson, are going to be sentenced this week having pled guilty to using campaign money for things like vacations and that type of thing. the government is thinking that perhaps up to four years in prison here. what do you think is appropriate? i know that they have two young children. >> well, we plead for mercy. and we thank so many people for their prayers and concerns. we're waiting with bated breath and to see what the outcome will be. of course, we have an outpouring of love for our children and grandchildren. we'll have to wait for the outcome and make family adjustments. in the meantime, we thank so

many people for their prayers and their concerns. >> all right. reverend jesse jackson, thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it this morning. thank you. >> thank you. is edward snowden dropping another bombshell? top european union officials are furious at the u.s., and they're demanding an explanation. the stunning, new allegations about u.s. surveillance secrets, straight ahead. [ female announcer ] made just a little sweeter... because all these whole grains aren't healthy unless you actually eat them ♪ multigrain cheerios. also available in delicious peanut butter. healthy never tasted so sweet. [ female announcer ] only aveeno daily moisturizing lotion has an active naturals oat formula that creates a moisture reserve so skin can replenish itself. aveeno® naturally beautiful results.

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i'm suzanne malveaux. >> and i'm alison kosik. here are the five things you need to know this morning. number one, the heat wave out west may have claimed its first victim. authorities found a man in his 80s dead in his las vegas home. he died from cardiac arrest. his home didn't have any air conditioning. meantime, temperatures continue to soar. phoenix saw a one-day record of 119 degrees on saturday. and in death valley, the mercury hit a whopping 127. at number two, nelson mandela remains in critical but stable condition at a hospital in pretoria, south africa. the 94-year-old noble peace laureate and champion of civil rights has been battling a lung infection. his wife is at his bedside and crowds of well-wishers have gathered outside the hospital nging and praying for him. >> number three, the supreme court could find itself once again intervening in the fight over same-sex marriage in california. this weekend, opponents filed an emergency motion asking justices to stop the state from issuing

wedding licenses to same-sex couples. their issue is with the federal appeals court, which gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages to resume in california. well, they say the decision was handed down too soon. >> number four, joe lefeged of the indianapolis colts facing gun charges. police say he and another man fled from a washington traffic stop saturday but were caught almost immediately after a foot chase. officials say they found a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol inside his car. and at number five, thousands of protesters are packing the streets of cairo. that's right, demanding president mohamed morsi step down. today is his one-year anniversary in office. the scene in tahrir square resembles the protests two years ago that toppled the mubarak regime. well, this week, antigovernment protesters have clashed with massive crowds of morsi's supporters. at least eight people have been killed, including an american student.

>> so, let's go now to cairo. cnn's reza sayah is outside of the presidential palace. reza, tell me what it's like out there today. >> reporter: it's calm right now, alison, but in some ways, this feels like the build-up and the anticipation you feel before a heavyweight prize fight. in this occasion, the two opponents are two sides that don't like one another, and obviously, there's so much at stake here -- the future of democracy and the egyptian revolution of 2011, the future of this government led by president morsi, and the future of the arab spring in many ways. and most importantly, lives are at stake, too. previously, when these two sides have clashed, people have gotten killed and injured, and there's a lot of concern for that happening again. this is one of the focal points where we are, the presidential palace in cairo. i'm going to briefly step outside of the shot to show you what things look like at this hour. to your left is the presidential palace. you see a few hundred people who

have already gathered. some have set up their tents. and what you also see is a very lengthy concrete barrier that's extending in front of the palace that's designed to serve as a buffer zone between protesters and the palace. what you don't see is security guards. so, if things don't change, if the protesters want to get at that palace, it would seem all they have to do is climb the concrete barrier over there. this mass demonstration that's planned is part of a campaign that started three months ago with a petition brought calling for president morsi to leave, calling for new elections. organizers of the campaign claim that they've gathered 22 million signatures. if that's the case, that's 9 million more signatures than president morsi won votes last year. so, the message from the campaign is simple. they say, president morsi, more people want you out than they want you in. not to be out ee done, president morsi's supporters are participating in a sit-in a short drive away from here, and

the concern is, if at some point today the two sides clash, it's not going to be a pretty scene. >> and reza, real quick here, this guy was elected dramatically, so what is the main problem here? why do they want to get him out? >> reporter: the main problem by the opposition, who are the moderates and the liberals, is that they claim the president has hijacked the revolution and sidelined their voices. but what's remarkable, joining the opposition are supporters of the old mubarak regime, supporters of the military. remember, it was the military and the mubarak supporters who were the target of the liberals and the muslim brotherhood supporters in 2011. now there's been a clear shift in teams, and that's what adds to the drama. >> all right, reza sayah, thank you so much. we'll be watching to see what actually happens on the ground. could be very tense. this is the guy everyone wants to find. only edward snowden, he's disappeared from sight. now he's got this top russian lawmaker who says "it would be

immoral if moscow actually hands snowden over to the united states." >> so, it is believed that the nsa leaker is still hold up at a moscow airport, but he's apparently dropping yet another bombshell, and this one has made european officials furious in washington. let's go ahead and find out more from cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, do you have more details about this latest development? what are the newest allegations? >> good morning to both of you. a bombshell this morning. the german publication is reporting that the european union offices were electronically bugged, spied upon by the u.s., all according to what they say are based on articles from edward snowden, the nsa leak yes, and it's evoking a strong reaction from president martin schulz, who said in a statement, and i want to read it to you -- "i am deeply worried and shocked about the allegations of u.s. authorities spying on eu

offices. if the allegations prove to be true, it would be an extremely serious matter which will have a severe impact on eu/u.s. relations. on behalf of the european parliament, i demand full clarification and require further information speedily from the u.s. authorities with regard to these allegations." now, we have not heard yet from the obama administration. a specific response on this, it's the european union. all the members of that are allies of the u.s., so it remains to be seen how this will be explained. >> yeah, seems like it would be quite a serious fallout if, in fact, that is true. now, in terms of snowden, where is he? do we know if ecuador has decided that they're going to accept him? >> yeah, well, that's it, you know? how many days are we into this? by all accounts, he still remains in moscow, still believed to be in the airport possibly, but let's be clear, we don't -- nobody really knows that, except perhaps for the russians. and vice president joe biden has now spoken to the president of

ecuador, asking him to reject any request by snowden for asylum. rafael correa said in his weekly broadcast in ecuador that they could not even proceed with the request for asylum because snowden is not yet in ecuadorian territory. if he makes it there, then they will look at it. but look, i mean, we're days into this now, and it's becoming a real three-dimensional chess game going on. but president obama appearing to want to stay out of it publicly, let all the governments work something out here. but the real question may be in the next couple of days how long before the russians just want him gone and where will he go? >> okay, barbara starr, thank you. >> sure. military chaplains who are speaking out against the defense of marriage act, or doma, why some are saying that they believe that their religious liberties are at stake. the secret is out. hydration is in.

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for today's "faces of faith," we're talking about the supreme court's decision to strike down part of the defense of marriage act and what effect that could have on military chaplains. >> same-sex couples can and have been married on military bases. with the supreme court ruling, they may now be able to receive spousal military benefits just like straight married couples as well. >> but not all chaplains are

okay with same-sex weddings in the military. joining us now from washington, retired military chaplain ron cruz, executive director of the group chaplain alliance for religious liberty. good morning to you, ron. >> good morning, suzanne and alison. >> the defense department says no one will be forced to perform a same-sex wedding. so, explain what you are worried about. you know, what do you fear could happen now that doma is gone? >> well, chaplains have been protected by the defense of marriage act in saying no to same-sex couples for marriage counseling, for going on marriage retreats. most of our chaplains come from evangelical, orthodox backgrounds who hold to the belief and understanding that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, and we don't want to see these chaplains discriminated against for their rightly held religious beliefs because of striking down of that section of the defense of marriage act. >> and chaplain, you also oppose the repeal of don't ask don't

tell, and under that policy, there were thousands of gay troops who lost their jobs simply for being gay. there have not been chaplains who have lost their jobs for their religious beliefs, so what is the fear here? what is behind your concern? >> we do have some chaplains who have experienced some recrimination for their positions. a chaplain that was reassigned a position that he had been awarded based on his opposition to don't ask don't tell. he was reassigned. we've had other chaplains who have been directly ordered, resign your commission because of their opposition and concern about these policies. right now, we're working with congress and we are grateful that they have passed some legislation last year in the fy '13 national defense authorization act that provide the right of conscience clause and this year they passed even stronger language and we're hoping this language will be adopted by the senate and that chaplains and those they serve

will be protected from any form of recrimination. we don't want them discriminated against because of their rightly held religious beliefs. >> and i know you say rightly held religious beliefs. it's controversial, to say the least in terms of where you fall on this, but the latest cnn/orc poll does show that 55% of americans say that same-sex marriage should be legally recognized. 44% oppose that. do you feel like in some ways you are losing, perhaps, support in terms of your religious beliefs in your community on this issue? >> what the polls say come and go, and we've seen time and again, when polls have said a state is going to affirm same-sex marriage and then that state not affirm it, north carolina being one of the recent ones going into the election, all the pollsters were saying that same-sex marriage would win there, and it did not. but that's beside the point. it's a matter of consciously

held religious belief and children knowing that it takes a mom and a dad to make a child and the child needs to know who their mom and dad are. and the chaplains and all military personnel who hold those positions should be able to continue to serve with their religious liberties since they're putting their lives on the line to protect the religious liberties of all americans. >> justice antonin scalia had written in his descent that it's one thing for a society to elect change, it's another for a court of law to impose change by ad adjudging those who oppose it, enemies of the human race." how do you react to that? >> well, i was grateful to justice scalia's words to find balance in the opinion written by justice kennedy. i'm grateful that he acknowledged that those who hold these beliefs don't hold them out of animus or anger toward

anyone. they hold this because they believe that marriage is defined ultimately by god and that a court can say what they want to say about a definition of marriage, but marriage ultimately, for those who hold this view, is defined by god. and so, it doesn't matter what polls say, it doesn't matter what the whim of the government may be. they hold a view that it takes a mom and a dad to produce a child and a child needs a mom and a dad, and that that's the definition of marriage that has stood the test of time through civilizations and history throughout our nation as well as around the world. >> chaplain ron cruz, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. obviously, the supreme court moving in a different direction. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. thank you. okay, we are headed into week two of the george zimmerman murder trial, and for the first time, jurors are set to hear george zimmerman describe the scene the night he shot trayvon martin. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.

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the george zimmerman murder trial resumes tomorrow morning, the second week poised to be just as explosive as the first. and this is going to be the first chance for jurors to hear from the defendant and how he described the shooting of trayvon martin to police. cnn legal correspondent jean casarez is following the trial for us. jean, why are these tapes where zimmerman described the scene, why are these tapes so important? >> and to the prosecution they're so important because this is a case about the credibility of george zimmerman. i remember the opening statement. the prosecution said ladies and gentlemen, because there are two alternates, now one. they said george zimmerman will tell you himself that this is a case of murder. this is what they're talking about. so, this is critical to them. now, alison, they can't play the whole tapes because a lot of things on the tapes help george zimmerman, and there's been an

order that there cannot be self-serving hearsay played for the jury. so, i think we're going to see bits and pieces, but it's all the inconsistencies. that's what they want to show the jury. for instance, in the videotape recreation, he says that trayvon martin came forward and he circled his car, but he doesn't say that in the non emergency 911 call, and we believe the statement. he gave a lot, because he did a written statement, a couple of audio-taped statements and then that video-taped recreation the day after. but on the other hand, the defense even can get something out of this, because you see a calm demeanor. you don't see one that has evil, hatred, spite in them, which is the depraved heart. and you also see someone that has bandages on the back of his head. so, you see a videotape of the injuries that are covered up. >> all right, so could we actually hear from george zimmerman? could he take the stand? >> see, that's the question everybody -- nobody thinks he's going to take the stand, because there is a lot to lose. he's facing life in prison. there's so many inconsistencies here. and then the prosecution has to

show beyond a reasonable doubt that there was not self-defense. and that could make the job easier if there's one more statement with so much inconsistency. but i say he could take the stand possibly, because the jury may want to get to know george zimmerman. the defense may want the jury to get to know george zimmerman. that's part of that. and also, there are things that would come out that could help george zimmerman about his character and the person he is, and it's almost all out there anyway, so the defense might say, why not? >> all right, jean casarez in new york, thanks. and same-sex marriages resume in california, a champion of lgbt rights is promising a national push to make it legal for gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot in any state. >> attorney david boies who argued the proposition 8 case before the supreme court says it is now his goal to have marriage equality in all 50 states in just five years. want to bring in the host of "state of the union," candy crowley. candy, interesting. you're going to be speaking to

boies. former president jimmy carter says he believes same-sex marriage should be a legal right across the country. how could boies do this, make it happen? >> there you have the first question, because he has said, next five years, this is going to be the mission, and we will take it state to state. and the question is, would it be -- i mean, that's a long haul. you have some say, what, 37 states, sort of a collection of states that some have civil unions, some haven't even done anything about the issue and others have outright banned same-sex marriage. so, there's these 37 states. and assuming you kipick off tho that you think are sort of leaning towards approving in some way, the state legislature, i imagine, is the first step here and you go there, but just how they propose to do this, that's a pretty big order over five years, especially because the supreme court ruling not only activated those in favor of same-sex marriage, it activated

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zookeepers brought in a supply of monkey popsicles, i kid you not. it's made up of water, fruit juice, some seeds or nuts. elephants, they're using dirt as sunscreen and splashed in the water. they shouldn't expect much relief today, however, because temperatures may soar into the upper 90s! okay, you may or may not consider this next animal adorable. meet ethan, a baby indian rhino, lived at the montgomery zoo in alabama. he's actually the first rhino ever conceived using artificial insemination. the zoo's staff says they are overjoyed at the accomplishment. >> aww. >> and while one is good, two definitely better. check out this pair of baby nowhere leopards at the zoo in boise. the cubs, one a boy and one a girl, were born almost a month ago as an effort to preserve the species. the newborns aren't on exhibit just yet. they've still got some bonding time to do with their proud parents. aww, they're really cute, not to put the rhino down, but they're really cute. >> i like how he scooches or

crawls. >> thanks for watching this morning. >> "state of the union" with >> "state of the union" with candy crowley starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com history squared in south africa, history tipped in the u.s. supreme court. today, south africa prays for the critically ill nelson mandela, an iconic presence shadowing president obama's visit there and occupying his thoughts. >> to a man who's always been a master of his fate, who taught us that we could be the master of ours. then, egypt's arab spring ten seasons later. and -- >> i now declare you spouses for life. >> "i do." california resumes same-sex marriages. a sunday exclusive with