conversation this weekend on "your money." we're here every saturday and sunday. find me on facebook and twitter and which can out our blog. cnn.com/yourmoney. hello, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. this hour in the "newsroom," the intense heat in the west is getting worse and really dangerous. a live report from one of the hottest places in the country next. surveillance video and phone records provide a timeline of where nfl player aaron hernandez allegedly was when odin lloyd was murdered. cnn takes you on the route police believe hernandez took that night. and hip hop legend rev run is joining us live to send you a message about your health. it's something that's touched

his family an he'll tell us why it's so close to his heart. an elderly man has been found dead in his home in las vegas. and it could be that he's the first victim of that brutal heat wave. officials say he didn't have air conditioning. but they aren't sure if the heat is to blame. today, it is getting just as hot in the west. in some areas, like california's death valley, it could get even hotter. torre dunnan is there for us. how bad is it? >> reporter: i guess it depends upon who you are and what your definition of bad is. there are lots of people here to come out and really feel this heat. we decided to do an experimenting of our own to show you the heat. all right. here's how this all went. we put an egg in this pan about an hour and ten minutes ago. not the most appetizing look but it is slowly cooking. we're going to try it again, though, once the temperatures peak later on this afternoon. i want to show you, though, what

it's like right now. look at this thermometer here. where we're standing, reading close to 130 degrees. we talked with park rangers at furnace creek and said the highest level is 122 degrees. but it is hot out here. i mentioned there are lots of people out here to feel the heat. this is a lowest point of elevation in the united states. so 282 feet below the level of the sea surface. so you're one of the brave ones who's come out here. it's hard walking out of breath, right? >> i heard someone was giving away fried eggs. >> reporter: doesn't look so appetizing. tell me why you wanted to come out here. >> i wanted to see it for myself. i think it's starkly beautiful and think about the fore fathers that traveled in a wagon and mind boggling to me. >> reporter: possibly to what could be part of a record. they're from everywhere, fredericka. tons of different countries and

different levels of heat. >> yeah. kind of feel like the folks out there are really die hard there in death valley. tory, thanks so much. try to stay cool. at least you kind of look like you're glowing. you know? kind of dewey. that's all right. >> reporter: that's a good look. >> very good. you wear it well. all right, now to new york city. five people are safe after their sightseeing helicopter made an emergency landing today on the hudson river. wcbs reports the tourists were two adults and two children from sweden. the pilot set the chopper down on the water near 79th street when it lost power shortly after takeoff. fire officials say four people were treated for minor injuries. president obama is in cape town, south africa, today. he visited robin island where mandela was a political prisoner for 18 years. at the university of cape town, obama spoke about mandela's legacy. >> they now appreciate it a

little bit more the sacrifices that he and others had made for freedom. but what i also know is that because they have had a chance to visit south africa for a second time now, they also understand that mandela's spirit could never be imprisoned. because his legacy is here for all to see. >> president obama met with bishop tutu today who raised the issue of guantanamo bay saying this, quote, we pray you will be known as having brought pea to all the regions where there's been strife and peace and no need for guantanamo bay detention center. unquote. tomorrow president obama heads to tanzania. well, all eyes are on egypt right now. thousands of protesters, perhaps even millions, take a look at the images right there.

at nightfall. live images right in cairo and outside of the presidential palace. they're urging egyptian president morsi to resign. they're angry about the country's economy, the rising crime and fuel shortages and today the up with-year anniversary since morsi rose to power in a democratic election. all right. now in this country, to the troubling case of an ex-nfl player. aaron hernandez. funeral services were held yesterday for odin lloyd. the man hernandez is charged with murdering. lloyd was a semipro football player for the bandits and a friend of hernandez. his body was found in a gravel pit not far from hernandez's home. deb rick feyerick retraced the night they allegedly took on the night lloyd died. >> reporter: the one thing that aaron hernandez never counted on and that's the number of surveillance cameras documenting

his route from the time he left the highway having picked up odin lloyd to the time he rurnled back to his $1.3 million mansion and disabled the surveillance cameras inside. >> and stops just before the road ends. >> reporter: the murder took place down this road just off the busy street that many in the area use as a short cut. if you draw a straight line in to point it's less than a quarter of a mile a straight line. he would have to circle around and use the road. >> without a doubt. >> reporter: jay lived in this area for 20 years. he showed us the cameras which prosecutors say spotted the rented silver nissan 3:20 a.m. monday morning, seconds after it turned off i-95. prosecutors say hernandez and two friends driven to dorchester to pick up odin lloyd. they turned down this road through an industrial park and

businesses monitored by surveillance cameras. at this point, he is getting nervous. >> i'd say right about here where he got the text. >> reporter: he sends a final text to his sister 3:23 a.m. telling him he's with nfl, his nickname for hernandez. just so you know. he texts. >> and right here, is where they said -- >> reporter: when he fell? >> 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 an outline. >> correct. it was in rectangular in shape leading one to believe that the body was this way. >> reporter: clearly, it would be the size of a human. >> correct. >> reporter: the car drove in to 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

the final moments? according to the prosecutors, he was shot virtually -- >> execution style. >> reporter: two minutes for hernandez and the 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. he pleaded not guilty. his lawyer said the evidence is all circumstantial. >> so far, police have not recovered the murder weapon. it's described as a 45-caliber glock with eight rounds and easily concealable. police recovered a shell casing from inside the car that the men were driving the night of the murder. prosecutors also say there's an image of aaron hernandez holding a similar gun just before meeting odin lloyd. fredericka? >> deb, thanks so much. all right. help may be on the way for some 24 million women who suffer from hot flashes.

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sleep number. comfort individualized. in sanford, florida, jurors will be back in the courtroom first thing tomorrow morning as week two begins of the george zimmerman murder trial. martin, prosecutors say they'll use zumerman's words to prove he murdered trayvon martin. explain how. >> reporter: well, you know, there's been a lot of people wondering is it going to be maybe that george zimmerman takes the stand. the attorneys for the defense team say they haven't made that decision yet but he doesn't have to. he's given a lot of statements. he did the video reenactment. that's the videotape of the sanford police made of him as he walked them through the day after that shooting took place. so there's that. and then there's a number of interrogations that they did and those have been recorded so

that's what the belief is here that the state will take those recordings and what you find when you listen to them is that george changes his story. that it's not told the same time every way. well, you know, it is human. we don't always tell the same story but what the state is looking for, the prosecution, how much does that story change? who what are the key parts to waver on or tells completely different? i think making that statement, use his own words to convict him, evidence like that will be used, fredericka. >> is it clear what kind of witnesses the state would call this week? >> well, we've had a list of who potentially could be called. and some of those we would look to see are chris sereno, he was the initial investigator working for the sanford police department and he was the person who filed that initial affidavit suggesting that george zimmerman should be charged with manslaughter. that recommendation wasn't followed but clearly he had some

suspicion. so i would think he would be likely called. could be other investigators here. maybe the medical examiner because the body of trayvon martin has a story to tell unto itself. and then, of course, we have all wondered why whether the parents of trayvon martin could take the stand. there's potential for dramatic moments in the courtroom before the prosecution rests. >> all right. martin savage, thanks so much in sanford, florida. attorney mo ivory is host of her radio show here in atlanta. the mo ivory show. carrie hackett is a criminal defense attorney. good to see both of you ladies again. it was a riveting week of testimony. i don't think anyone expected really the potpourri of witnesses, you know, styles and and testimony that were received. carrie, as we head in to the next week, what do you suppose jurors are mulling over this weekend? >> well, i think jurors are

thinking about an inconsistencies and a december crepe pansies of various witnesses' testimony because really none of these witnesses actually saw the altercation from the beginning to the end. so during the course of this testimony this week, we have had snippets of, well, i heard this, i saw the men on the ground, you saw them engaged in an altercation. we haven't heard any testimony about from witnesses who saw what led up to that altercation. i think that's a point that both the prosecution and the defense are really going to have to deal with here. >> the jurors have a big job here, mo. they have to figure out what they heard from rachel jeantel, heard on the phone in terms of being confronted by george zimmerman, hearing the grass, understanding what does that mean? and then heard from john good saying that he saw the fight and who was on top and bottom and then jonathan that took the pictures of george zimmerman to demonstrate the injuries and even talked to him and even

called his wife on zimmerman's behalf. is it car cut in your view? do you think jurors are starting to get a picture of what really happened that night? >> not at all. >> confusing? >> more confusing. i think the people's court, when's been going on, social media especially relating to rachel. i wonder will they think she was hostile or truthful? is he authentic or a liar? >> are jurors swayed by that? >> oh sure. >> are they measuring the demeanor -- >> listen. how uncomfortable was everybody with rachel? it has us as african-americans looking at the neighborhoods and oh my gosh. white people a little bit uncomfortable with why did she show up like this? it says about classism. talks about exposure, opportunity. >> the casualness of language. >> the casualness of language. >> enlightening for some people

and why's it distracting from the facts of the case? >> a change between her -- the way she testified on day one, her first day testifying and the way she testified the second day and seemed like whether it was an attorney or whether it was a family member, somebody told her, look, the way you're being perceived here is negative and is detrimentally proving -- >> did it -- >> no, sir. >> it seemed like an extra dig. >> sir? >> probably coached. i don't know that it was -- >> perceived better. >> she said, no, i just got some sleep. >> i heard it. i don't know that i believe it. >> i didn't like it. i didn't like it. >> what did that say to you? >> the sir, the sir, the sir. it says that now she was told it didn't come off good. listen. the best thing about her was the authenticity of who she was and she showed up to be herself and do one thing, to tell the facts about what happened that night and the phone call. that is all that matters. so getting in to this people's court stuff with the

conversations on social media have just completely distracted from the main thing which was what you said. the truth about what she knows happened. >> everyone can empathize with the parents of trayvon martin. sitting there. that was the shot. we didn't see zimmerman's family and not sure of their demeanor but trayvon martin's parents, you are wincing, you are feeling uncomfortable for them because so much attention is being paid to the performance for lack of a better word opposed to content of what's being said and that seems to distract from the message here which is what happened here? >> sure. >> was there intent? somebody died. >> heart broken. you can see the reaction to this testimony regardless -- >> how does this change next week or if it doesn't, how do the pieces have to come snogt. >> it is the attorney's job to bring it back center. the fact that the jury is sequest sequestered. maybe their focus isn't completely taken away but we

have to bring back some decorum and focus back on the issues. if i was the prosecution, i would feel very concerned about what the jurors left feeling about my case with the witnesses. so i would want after a day of rest to come back with some powerful statements to redirect everybody to why we're here. there's a dead 17-year-old and we need to figure out what happened that night. >> and from a defense perspective i'm very surprised of the witnesses of the prosecution put on and how inconsistent the statements have been and how they have contradicted each other. from a defense perspective, i think that the defense is starting off on a pretty good foot having such contradictory prosecution witnesses. >> wow. all right. we'll see how the week unfolds. good to see both of you. appreciate it. of course, during the zimmerman trial, some people taken aback by hearing the n-word. that really has ignited a lot of conversations so you don't want to miss cnn's special report "the n word" hosted by don lemon

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former disgraced congressman anthony weiner declared himself a kand date for maynor of new york in november's election. current mayor bloomberg isn't running again leaving the field wide open. cnn's erin mcpike looks at why he's an early front-runner. >> reporter: pundits, start the punch lines. anthony weiner is rising in the polls in this year's wide-open new york city mayoral race.

it's quite the turnaround. just two years ago, photos like these ricocheted around twitter and ended anthony weiner's congressional career. >> i hoped to be able to continue the work that the citizens of my district elected me to do. >> reporter: but it wasn't career ending. even in this resignation speech, there was a note of defiance. >> now i'll be looking for other ways to contribute my talents to make sure that we live up to that most new york and american of ideals. >> reporter: and so began one of the quickest rehabilitations in american politics. in april, posing with his wife on the cover of "the new york times magazine." >> we love this city. >> reporter: he made a splash, reintroducing himself to voters in the second try for the office. so far in the campaign, his past transgressions haven't been much of an issue. >> i made some big mistakes aenl let people down but i also learned some tough lessons.

>> reporter: his wife has done more than stick by him, that support may help boost him in holding off new york's council speaker quinn hoping to become the first woman to run the big apple. >> what i think this race is about is delivering for new yorkers. >> reporter: a poll shows him with an edge among female voters and a five-point advantage overall but another shows a closer race with him tied with quinn and a third candidate bill thompson. >> we are 75, 76 days out and still a lot of unhappiness with the field. >> reporter: despite the steady climb back in to the political arena, a good poll or two is a far cry from victory. the primary is still more than two months away. and if no candidate can muster 40% in the party primary, the top two vote getters face off in a run-off october 1st. >> that's when the whole scandalous past is brought out and litigated sort to speak and

talked nabt a very pointed way. >> reporter: erin mcpike, cnn, washington. the same-sex marriage debate moves forward this week. when it becomes legal in one more state. how opinion is divided on the issue nationally. >> reporter: hey, fred. delaware becomes the is 1th state and the district of columbia where same-sex marriages are legal. this past week two supreme court gave a boost to supporters of same-sex marriage. so what do you think? before the high court's rulings, a majority of those we questioned said marriage is between gay or lesbian couples should be legal. support's up 15 percentage points over 6 years. members of congress may get bombarded about immigration this week from their constituents as they head back to the home states and districts. >> the bill as amended is

passed. >> reporter: 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. what do you think? more than 6 in 10 tell us when it comes to immigration reform border security is a bigger priority than giving undocumented workers and pathway to citizenship. fred? >> thanks so much. massive protests in egypt today. a look at the crowds by supporters and opponents of the country's president and it's increasingly tense. we'll take you live to cairo. [ male announcer ] a guide to good dipping.

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germany? the animal is out of quarantine and joined a new family in a german zoo. the monkey was transferred to the zoo this week. bieber failed to provide the right import paper work during a tour stop. all right. now the latest developments in the case of nsa leaker edward snowden. a german publication reports the leaks documents show the u.s. spied on officers of the european union. the president of the eu said he was shocked by the allegations. the u.s. responded by saying it gathers foreign intelligence just like all other countries do. all right. now to egypt. right now, thousands of protesters are in cairo and outside the presidential palace. look at the tremendous crowds. nightfall. one side, angry protesters calling for president morsi to resign. on the other, his supporters insisting that he stay.

cnn's reza say ah joins me now. who outnumbers? >> reporter: it wasn't even close. the opposition factions, opponents of president morsi far outnumber the supporters of president morsi. this was about who can put on the best demonstration, a knockout in favor of the opposition. what a night here in cairo. opponents of the president wanted a message with a powerful show of force. massive crowds, not just here where we are. outside the presidential palace but across the street. across town. in cairo and cities throughout egypt. massive crowds. at least hundreds of thousands of people, probably millions and you can see them cheering again as a military chopper goes above us. these demonstrations are part of a very effective campaign that started months ago with a petition drive calling on the

president to step down, calling for new elections. leaders claim that they have gathered 22 million signatures. they say that's a world's rec d record. if that's the case, that's 9 million more than the president received votes last year to win the presidency and the campaign's message is clear. they say, mr. president, more egyptians want you gone than want you in. a short drive from here, the supporters tried to put on a demonstration. it was a large crowd and still outnumb outnumbered. their position is, the president was fairly and democratically elected. let him finish the term and then in three years another election. but the opposition doesn't trust the president and his islamic supporters and that's why we have a faceoff here. both sides digging in not backing down, fredericka? >> a spokesperson appeared on state television. what was said? >> reporter: he essentially restated the president's position. let's all unite based on

democratic principles and refrain from violence. now the question is, what's the opposition going to do? they have certainly outnumbered them in the streets but their ultimate goal is to remove president morsi. what are they intended to do after this? that's still an unanswered question. fredericka? >> thanks so much from cairo. appreciate it. all right. here in the u.s., millions of college students are about to get hit by a brutal reality. hours away from interest rates on the government loans skyrocket. we'll tell you how high the rates are expected to go, next. hi, i'm bo jackson and we can make an impact after the storm. >> this is what one deadly twister left behind in tuscaloosa, alabama. >> i got phone calls from relatives and friends saying there's a bad storm, a big tornado. and it came through. i set up and thought about, what can i do to give back to my

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in economic news, big changes are coming to two of the largest purchases you will make in your lifetime. one is a college education. the other is a home. we begin with cnn's christine romans who says buying a house just got a whole lot more expensive. >> reporter: to buy this house just a few weeks ago you might have locked in a mortgage at 3.5%. but rates may never be that low again. >> if you are in the market to buy a house or you've been on the fence about refinancing, i would say do not wait. >> reporter: mortgage rates are still historically low and now a sudden move higher jumping half a percentage point this week, the biggest weekly increase in 26 years. >> the rates went up very

dramatically, very quickly. >> reporter: ironically, an improving economy is to blame. >> unemployment is down. the stock market is doing well. median house prices are up. people are feeling better, out there buying again so the economy does well, you will see a rising rate environment. >> reporter: you will see it in your monthly payment at 3.5% on a $250,000 home with 20% down, $898. same 30-year fixed mortgage over $1,000 at 4.5%, $115 more a month or more than $1,300 a year. down payment, credit score and income determine the rate you will pay. >> borrowers with the best rate putting 20% to 25% down. they have income that's documentable so they're providing w-2s and federal tax returns. something over 700 or 720. >> reporter: a quick closing date also helps. >> you get the best rate from a lender locking in for 30 days.

standard to lock-in for 60 days and the longer out, the more expensive it will be. >> reporter: ask your lder so your rate could be adjusted lower if rates slip again. if you're still looking for the right house, make sure you're preapproved for a mortgage and pay down your debt while interest rates on auto loans and credit cards are still low. this is a time to take advantage of those rates. it means be as aggressive as you can about paying down the debt because once they start to rise, there won't be a stop. >> reporter: no stop and the lowest mortgage rates in history may be gone for good. christine romans, cnn, new york. >> all right. now to that other major investment, a college degree. rates on student loans could be double and that could lead to a wave of defaults. so for more on that, here's cnn's compazane asher. >> almost $60,000 in debt. it affects my mortgage and

children and affect what is kind of jobs i choose. >> reporter: columbia student thought about drama but tuition costs forced her to drop out. now at age 30, she's only just finished her undergraduate degree. >> we're asking too much of our college students and we're narrowing and narrowing the field of who could be a college student in the country. >> reporter: american college grads owe more dlan sr. trillion in collective student loans. as tuition costs continue to soar, rising interest rates could soon be their next headache. interest rates need-based or subsidized stafford loans was fixed at 3.4%. now that congress hasn't intervened, that rate is scheduled to double. >> i definitely think that doubling the rate to 67.8% would increase default rates because, again, the students receiving the subsidized loans are from the lowest income brackets. >> reporter: while some lawmakers want to keep the rates at the lower 3.4% at least

temporarily, other says rates should fluctuate with market forces. >> i think there's going to be some kind of compromise, some kind of adjustment. i don't know if they go to a variable rate loan. my guess is they may just kick the can down the road and say we'll do it for a year and revisit another year later. >> reporter: the higher rates could be a revenue booster for government generating $36 billion this year at a time when congress is scrambling for new sources of cash. though raising rates could cost $5,000 more in loan repayments over 10 years. >> the president and mrs. obama just finished paying off their student loans and the fact they're 40 years old and paying off debt is scary. >> we could be 50, 60 years without having paid off our student loans. >> politician vs to look beyond their own self interest because college students like myself and my peers are counting only them. >> reporter: zane asher, cnn, new york. coming up, a vital message

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star witness took the stand and expressed words that were used and the u.s. supreme court made major announcements on cases involving voting rights and affirmative action so much of this is at the core of a cnn special airing tomorrow night called "the n word" hosted by don lemon. don is joining me right now from new york. so don, give us a preview of what to expect in this hour-long special. >> man, what can i tell you? you can expect lots of honesty. probably a lot of disagreement. i don't know if you'll see yelling back and forth but i think we're talking to people from all different walks of life. all different ages. all different ethnicities and backgrounds about their take on what many find to be the most toxic word, frankly, in the english language and that is this word. right here. we're going to say this word, fredericka, on television. those who feel comfortable

saying it, they can say it. if not, you can say as the promo says that has been running on cnn and right here that you see -- the "n" word and many people say if you say the "n" word you should take ownership of saying the "n" word because you're putting the ownership on me. i think about the word in my head. there is a funny sketch about that. you should say the word instead of saying the "n" word. >> a lot of this discussion is about people feeling comfortable with it or people having a better understanding of it and the context in which it should or is or can be used? >> if it can be used or should be used. i have to be honest with you. just before i came in today, i was on the phone with the producer for "the n word" and talking about the rundown and the guest and the person sitting next to me in the barber chair said, you know, those "n" words

come up in here all the time. blah blah blah. i said i'm so glad i'm doing this and i turn and i said, i hope you tune in tomorrow night at 7:00. there's a show on cnn you need to hear about the very word you just said. so it's going to be a provocative and interesting evening tomorrow night. >> sounds like it. don, thanks so much. of course, don's going to be back in the newsroom this evening. tomorrow night, you don't want to miss that special. don lemon hosting it. 7:00 eastern time. right here on cnn. all right. coming up, he sold millions of records with his rap group run dmc. now reverend run is hoping people around the world tune in to important a message of health. he is joining us next live.

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did you know that african-americans almost twice as likely to have diabetes than whites? that's a pretty scary number from the american diabetes association and something hip hop artist reverend run wants people to know and you may remember him from run dmc or "run's house." now a message. know your risk factors for diabetes. get in front of it. do something about it. >> yep. >> don't, you know, ignore it because -- >> go to the doctor. >> go to the doctor. as simple as that. good to see you. >> good to see you. you have to understand what's going on before you can fix something. website we're telling them is ask.screen.know and i find a lot of my friends, i tell them, did you get screened? they're like, i got to work. everything. i was like, did you get screened for diabetes? no. i had my physical. i forced two of them, you know what? i got everything checked and didn't get screened for diabetes. >> you need to ask about that?

>> specifically to be screened for diabetes. and we don't. and a lot of my friends and people i'm talking to on the road, they don't even think about going to the doctor. >> i was going to say -- that's the first hurdle. >> they don't want to go to the doctor. they're afraid to hear the answer. i was one of those people afraid to hear the answer. i had to start exercising. i lost 20 pounds. pulling it together for myself. i got with noble nautilus and came up with an ask screen know campaign and i've been out at churches. i was at one today. >> what happens when you go to churches, talking to people one on one saying it's close to home for me. >> my father had diabetes. they want the know more about it so i've been to several churches. i went to a church today. it was packed. we went in the back and smoke about it. we found people didn't know that they weren't screened for diabetes. they were like, yeah, i have been to the doctor. did you get screened? i'm not sure. >> helping people take care of

themselves when people put themselves on the back burner. something else to talk about. the nation is riveted by the george zimmerman trial. everyone anticipated that was going to happen. it was something else for it to unfold this week. what have been your observations? what does it say to you about where we are as a country, as a society? >> i'm watching the news and everything going on. for me, it is more of i'm in prayer about it. i mean, i have kids. i couldn't imagine the pain that trayvon's parents are going through, losing a kid so for me i'm like, oh my god. i'm compassionate and i take it to prayer. that's all i can do is just more concerned about we lost a young man here. >> do you feel like this trial is greater than -- it's about more than the death of this 17-year-old or do you feel like it's getting lost and stuff getting lost in everything else? >> i think -- yes. the death is the big concern and more concerned about the parents. the pain that they're feeling.

because i have kids. you saw my show. >> yes. >> i care much about how they're feeling. >> i think every parent empathizes. it will be interesting with the jury. talking about five of the six who are mothers and it's difficult i think for anyone to look at the case and not think about their sons, whether it be, you know, on either side. your child. >> very unfortunate. >> yeah. always good to see you. thank you for spreading the message. care of themselves. >> ask screen know.com. go. get screened. >> glad you're healthy, too. >> thank you. >> thanks so much. all right. hey. what does your job and the statue of liberty and the irs have in common? they're all in "the week ahead" next. the first time i saw a sony 4k tv, it was like opening my eyes.

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the tax office will close because of automatic budget cuts. also on friday, the labor department releases the jobs report for june. all right. busy week ahead. that does it for me. the "newsroom" continues with don lemon. don? >> thank you very much. here's what's coming up in the "newsroom." the live report of one of the hottest places on earth. plus, a sightseeing helicopter crashes in to the hudson river prompting a rescue by good samaritans on jet skis. plus, having a conversation on race you won't see anywhere else on television and i do want to warn you early on. the language will be raw. we'll begin with this. this hour, a trial that trance fixed america. the shooting death of florida teen trayvon martin and the admitted shooter george zimmerman. the first week of uncomfortable moments in this florida courtroom.