so far in the zimmerman trial. jurors got to hear him describing what happened that night. will he the day immediately after the incident before he had a lawyer so what do you think the jury thought about it? we'll break it down with our team of analysts, we have sunny hostin, vinnie politan, danny dr evallos and of course nancy grace. >> a powerful moment, two american presidents half a world away meeting in africa to remember the u.s. citizens who lost their lives in an attack 15 years ago. we'll go there live and much more from cnn's exclusive interview with former president george w. bush. a teen has been in jail for five months after he made a joke about a school shooting online. he was explicit that it was a joke so why is he still in jail? his father is live and will discuss that. >> interesting conversation kate will have, something's wrong, when does it become a crime.

>> when does a joke cross a line. let's start with a major new development, nsa leaker edward snowden has withdrawn his request for asylum in russia after president vladimir putin put a surprising condition on snowden, stop leaking information harmful to the u.s.. snowden is bashing the obama administration. cnn's phil black is live in moscow with more. good morning, phil. >> reporter: good morning, chris. there was that one condition put there by russian president vladimir putin and as you've mentioned, snowden was not prepared to contemplate it at all, but applying for application in russia was just one stage of a big plan to widen his search to try and find a country that would protect him. in all, he has now applied to 19 governments around the world and he must continue sitting in that moscow airport waiting for a response. edward snowden has no eminent or

obvious option for escaping the moscow airport he arrived at more than a week ago. in a statement he says he is unbound in his convictions. the obama administration is afraid of you, afraid of an informed angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised and it should be. snowden with help from wikileaks formally asked 19 more countries for asylum, in addition to his early applications to ecuador and iceland he accuses the united states of using fear and political aggression to block those requests. now it is being reported after promising not to do so the president has ordered his vice president to pressure the leaders of nations from which i have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions. russia was among the countries but he withdrew that after president vladimir putin said it's not possible as long as snowden continues leaking secret u.s. information. putin said if snowden wishes to stay in russia he must "stop his

work in harming our american partners." the electronics capabilities snowden revealed to the world were first implemented during the administration of george w. bush. president bush told cnn's robyn kur know snowden has compromised that program and the united states. >> you know, he damaged the country. the obama administration will deal with it. >> reporter: do you think it's possible for one man to really damage the security of the nation? >> i think he damaged the security of the country. >> most of the countries that edward snowden has now applied to asylum from are european, including france and germany, two countries which in recent days have been angry with the united states because of revelations they were targeted by electronic surveillance program. the key question is are they angry enough to help the man who told the world about that program's capabilities. >> thank you very much. now to egypt on the edge, president obama calling president mohamed morsi asking

him to respond to his people's demands. protesters calling on morsi to step down or they'll march on the palace and egypt's military giving him an ultimatum, resolve the dispute wednesday or they'll step in and restore order. reza, the 48-hour countdown is taking down. >> reporter: egypt bracing it self for a dramatic change. all sorts of signs egypt is about to push the reset button on the 2011 revolution. two and a half years ago they booted out mubarak. the moderates and liberals didn't like it, they said morsi was hijacking the revolution with an islamist agenda. indications are they're close to getting their wish, the military coming out with an ultimatum by

tomorrow they say all sides must resolve this matter, the president must meet the demands of the people otherwise they're stepping in. now all eyes on the president and president obama calling president morsi last night suggesting that he respond to the people's concerns. kate? >> this is clearly hitting a critical phase and important to the united states because it is a key u.s. ally in the region. reza we'll be back with you thanks so much. the yarnell fire north of phoenix has consumed nearly 9,000 acres, destroyed more than 200 homes since friday. we're learning more about those 19 elite firefighter its who lost their lives braving, trying to hold back the flames. you are looking at the faces of heroism, they ranged in age from 21 to 43, they were husbands, fathers, sons and brothers, some came from a family of firefighters, others were new to the job. and they all gave their lives

trying to protect their community. cnn's stephanie elam joins us live from prescott, arizona. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning, chris. out here the memorial continues to grow as the members of this community here in prescott still wait to hear what could have possibly gone wrong to lead to the loss of these 19 firefighters. ♪ late monday, a town gathered to remember the fallen. prescott, arizona, a town where everyone knows each other, and everybody here is mourning the loss of the 19 firefighters who died battling the nearby yarnell hill fire. >> for those of us who were raised here, many of these firefighters were sons. they were brothers. they were fathers, and we are going to miss them so much. >> reporter: called hot shots, the men were highly trained

firefighters tasked with getting close to the blaze and digging a fire line to help contain the flames. >> people put their selves between the fire and you. >> reporter: arizona jan brewer came to offer her support. >> it's claimed more responders since any disaster since 9/11. this is the honor in the memory of the firefighter its lost that day as they charged into the burning towers. we will remember the brave men of the hot shots. >> reporter: all 19 men deployed their safety shelters as a last ditch effort but they weren't enough. >> they're made to handle intense heat for a short period of time so given the circumstances with the heavy fuels and the speed of the fuels, it had to be the perfect storm for these guys. >> we don't know the specifics

at this time of why the events added up the way they did. that's part of the investigation. >> reporter: as the investigation and firefight continue the people of prescott are honoring their hometown heroes leaving an array of flowers, water and american flags outside of station seven. >> when something like this strikes you have to make a gesture, you have to put yourself in the place of the families and know how much this hurts. >> reporter: and it's also important to point out these hot shot teams, working groups of 20, there was one firefighter with that team away working on a different assignment on the fire, he survived and while this continues, this investigation continues, they also have to continue battling that fire, which is at this point not contained at all. >> very urgent situation, thank you to stephanie. i imagine the mixed emotions from the man who survived, his team all gone. we'll tell you a lot more about the men who lost their lives fighting that fire later in the show. >> one number, just 14 of the 19

still in their 20s. that really hits you when you think about it. that's for sure. so an historic and deadly heat waves is part of this wildfire story that's been fueling these fires and also the heat wave is shattering records across the west, dangerous triple-digit temperatures entering a fourth day now. the heat smothering a third of the country, if you can believe it. indra petersons is in the weather center with more. fourth day. >> what's scary is you talk about the fourth of july as well, people will be outside probably drinking, not a good combination in conditions like this. it remains record-breaking heat and look how far north it extends. the state of washington seeing temperatures near 100 degrees. spokane today 99 degrees, that is 20 degrees above normal. there is a change, we'll have some monsoonal moisture. dome of high pressure pulled all the moisture in from mexico so

we'll see moisture, unfortunately you could see that index would higher. another ridge of high pressure in the atlanta atlantic and tha we're pulling up the moisture up the eastern seaboard, heavy rainfall and flooding again from the northeast all the way down to the southeast, even heavier thunderstorms from two to four inches of rain but this dome of high pressure we have to track this guy, if it stays closer off the coast, unfortunately if it goes closer to the coast, we're talking about rain pooling off the coast for the fourth of july. it's so hard, everyone wants to know is it going to rain on the fourth? it depends where that guy goes and it's not a perfect sight. >> we'll be watching it closely. it feels so humid in new york this morning it felt like it was raining but it wasn't. indra, thank you. moisture not a scary word. monsoonal moisture, when indra say it, very scary. >> it does.

>> moisture when you say it like this is a scary word. >> a lot of news, please give it to us. >> good morning to you at home. right now president obama returning to the u.s., ending his three-nation tour of africa. this morning he and former president george w. bush took part in a wreath laying ceremony in tanzania remembereding the 1998 tanzania bombing, the first major attack from al qaeda on a u.s. target. a russian proton rocket carrying three satellites swervez out of control and explodes in a massive fireball. the accident was caused by a major engine failure. no one was hurt. ocean city, maryland, mourning the loss of two police officers who died in a small plane crash. they were killed when their single engine aircraft went down in the water 500 miles from a packed beach.

43-year-old tom gagen at the controls, 27-year-old joshua oddox was a passenger. a brazen jewelry heist in atlanta city, new jersey. police looking for three smash-and-grab robbers who stole from the borgata hotel and casino. in ohio a brave 7-year-old risked his own life to save his family from a area. dakota taylor smelled smoke coming from the kitchen. he did a commando style crawl to his parents' room. >> i crawled under the fire, i had to cover my mouth like this to keep me from breathing in the smoke. >> if he wouldn't have done that, we all would have choked up from the smoke. by the time i woke up i was choking on it. he was my hero for the day.

>> you can see how emotional dad is. the family made it out through a back window. they were taken to the hospital to check for smoke inhalation. you don't have to have front teeth to be a hero. >> what a parents' nightmare. >> only do you realize it's horrible to lose your home, time, money. >> we can rebuild, the family is still intact. still coming up on "new day," another compelling, big day of testimony in the trayvon martin murder trial as jurors hear george zimmerman's voice for the first time. any knockouts? we'll ask our legal experts. everyone's on twit atewitte, the world's first tweeting honey badger. i want to make things more secure.

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in the george zimmerman yesterday the jury heard zimmerman's words for the own time as prosecutors played his interviews in his report. they focused on inconsistencies. the question is did the gamble pay off? cnn's george howell is live in sanford, florida, this morning. geor george, good morning. >> reporter: chris, good morning. we hear more from chris serino and we'll likely hear more from george zimmerman telling his version of the events without having to open his mouth in court. the first investigator to interview george zimmerman took the stand on day six of the trial, dooris singleton explained the process. >> it was recorded on a voice recorder that they gave us. >> reporter: prosecutors played the tape, the jury listened closely. >> there's been a few times

where i've seen a suspicious person in the neighborhood we call the police non-emergency line and these guys always get away. >> reporter: a key witness for the state, singleton told the jury zimmerman agreed to be interviewed without an attorney present. he didn't realize trayvon martin died from the shooting until she told him. she said zimmerman dropped his head to the table. >> did he have any evidence that he was angry with trayvon martin? >> no. >> that he had hatred for him. >> no. >> spite ill will? >> no. >> that he had anything that would suggest to you some type of bad attitude towards trayvon martin? >> no. >> rather he seemed to be affected by the fact that he realized that trayvon martin had passed? >> he seemed affected by that. >> reporter: one day after the shooting and george zimmerman returned to this neighborhood

with lead investigator chris serino to do a video re-enactment. serino later conducted a more aggressive interview, challenging zimmerman on some points. for instance, in the first statement, zimmerman talked about trayvon martin jumping out of bushes to ambush him. in the re-enactment he didn't mention that, but in court, serino's final analysis -- >> did you notice anything to bring to the jury's attention today that caused you that concern? >> no, not that i can articulate, no, sir. >> reporter: there was also the testimony from dr. nakasone, an fbi audio analyst for the defense who was called to the stand by prosecutors, his focus the 911 call where you can hear screaming in the background. he told jurors it's not possible to determine age or analyze this tape through science dr. nakasone left one possibility wide open. >> for this particular case,

best approach would be from the voice recognition by the individual who have heard him in his whole life. >> reporter: that testimony from dr. nakasone very important because it opens the door for them to have a laywitness for a member of trayvon martin's family to say that is the voice of my son on that 911 audio where we hear screaming, a very important key point for the prosecution, kate. >> one we'll be watching very closely as we head into another day in the courtroom. thanks so much. i bring in cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor sunny hostin. u've been watching this from morning, noon to night, sunny. yesterday -- you poor thing or thank you for doing it, though. my question i guess is, so yesterday we heard george zimmerman's voice for the first

time. do you think those police interviews shed any new light for the jury on who was the main aggressor? because that is one of the key questions as george zimmerman is facing a second-degree murder. >> i do. we heard several statements from zimmerman. he was consistent in describing the struggle, he was inconsistent in describing how the struggle began and that's what the prosecution needs to get out, who was the initial aggressor, who started it. he was pressed by both investigators. he was pressed by serino. he was pressed by singleton and asked, well you told me you got out of the car just to kind of figure out where you were, figure out what the address was. kate, we learned there are only three streets at the retreat at twin lakes so to suggest that the neighborhood watchperson didn't know which street he was on one out of three streets was unusual. they also pressed him on whether or not he was really following

trayvon martin but what he said instead was well i was just going in the same direction and so when you look at that, i think that it was a good day for the prosecution in terms of just trying to corroborate what rachel jeantel said trayvon martin was being pursued by george zimmerman. >> sunny the prosecution focused on inconsistencies yesterday. the defense used the cross-examination with the police officers to kind of work towards their strategy trying to prove that george zimmerman didn't have any ill will, that he wasn't spiteful or angry towards trayvon martin. do you think the defense made some ground there as well yesterday? >> absolutely. absolutely, and i have to tell you in all my years of prosecuting cases and observing cases and covering cases i have never seen police officers testify really as to the good character of a defendant. they basically bolstered this defendant. they said they didn't find ill will and they even said they

felt him to be truthful. i wonder what really was going on there, on the witness stand, what sort of dynamic was going on because we know the conford police department this case was ripped from them so many are suggesting maybe it was a case of payback with this prosecution and so it was very, very strange to see police officers testify in a sense for the defense. >> everyone assumes with this case, it is moving rapidly, it's either a second-degree murder conviction or nothing, but that's not necessarily true, right? >> that's exactly right. certainly he's been charged with second-degree murder and the burden of proof is on the prosecution to prove second-degree murder, but after all of the evidence that is in, it's quite possible that the attorneys agree or the prosecution suggests a lesser included charge which would be manslaughter. manslaughter much easier in my

view to prove than second-degree murder because you don't have to prove state of mind, you don't have to prove what was in george zimmerman's mind. i suspect that when this case goes to the jury they won't only be looking at second-degree murder, they'll be looking at manslaughter. >> we're starting to hear more and more talk of manslaughter. sunny hostin thanks for waking up early. we'll talk to you soon. >> thanks, kate. >> another big day in court. it is money time, poppy harlow in for christine romans, all the business news we need to know and pop you know the rule, you can only do this if you have good news. >> good news, good news! if you're invested in the markets, thanks, chris, pointing higher. the dow, s&p 500 closed higher four out of the past five sessions. the major indices finishing across with gains. nasdaq almost a 1% gain on the day. the man who may have you constantly checking your iphone for your virtual farm, we're

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everybody. good to join "new day" again. i'm chris cuomo, it is tuesday, july 2nd. >> i'm kate bolduan here with news anchor michaela pereira. coming up, investigators are looking into a near miss between a spirit airlines flight and another plane as the ntsb comes out with new recommendations to try to make sure that it doesn't happen again. >> that would be nice. plus whatever you're doing look at the screen right now, watch this. pro football player going for a world record on the treadmill under the category of wish it were me. >> oh my gosh he's going to fall. part of a lot of news going on this morning. michaela, all of that first foot stomp. >> i've done that when it's been going slow and i went right off the back of it. embarrassing. venezuela's president vocally backing nsa leaker edward snowden saying the world must protect him. he promised to respond if venezuela received an asylum

request. snowden for his part has been widening his net for asylum but he withdrew his request in russia. wikileaks released a statement from snowden which he blasts the obama administration for trying to block his efforts. snowden is unbowed and calls it an effort to scare future leakers. tensions ramping up in egypt. the military will step in if anti-government protesters and president mohamed morsi supporters don't stop 48 hours. they will call for nationwide protests and march to the presidential palace. nfl employer joe lefege will appear in court for gun charges. he was arrested early sunday morning. they found a semiautomatic weapon inside the car he was riding in. he's charged with carrying a pistol outside of a home or business. if convicted he could face up to five years in prison. three sex abuse charges have

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black arm bags and taking money on their website for the victims of yarnell. moving on to wimbledon, the upset bite tops serena williams, she lost in three sets yesterday to sabine lisicki, a loss of the first for serena in four and a half months, ends her career best 34 match winning streak. >> her excitement right there, think about that. >> big win. what's going on with the nationals? >> the nationals happy fans. bryce harper bread his return from the disabled list, a standing ovation before his first at-bat, since may 26th and he hasn't lost a beat. first at-bat opposite field home run, that's how you return from the disabled list in style. >> a lot of my friends in d.c., there was a lot of tweets about that, that's for sure. >> happy to have him back. >> andy, thanks so much.

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welcome back to nld nd everybody. spirit airlines flight had to make a nose dive over michigan sunday night to avoid a collision with a sky diving plane. the faa is investigating this latest mishap in a string of recent near misses at major u.s. airports and now the ntsb making recommdations to avoid similar

disasters. rene marsh is in our washington bureau with details. what is the ntsb recommending? >> after several near sligss in the sky the national transportation safety board is making recommendations to the faa. the recommendations are based on five near collisions in recent years. three in las vegas, one in new york city and one in charlotte. in all cases, planes were coming in for a landing and for various reasons, they had to aboard landing, initiating what's called a go around, and that means exactly what it sounds like, where the pilot essentially goes around and takes a second try at landing. the problem in all of these cases, those planes flew right in the flight path of other planes taking off from other runways. here's one example from jfk last july an american airlines 737 was coming in for a landing, that's the blue you see there and the pilot needed to execute what's called that go around so

they circled the airport and while doing that the plane got dangerous close to a pinnacle airlines jet the plane in the red taking off from another runway. the ntsb says that the faa needs to change the way they clear planes for landing and make sure there's enough space between those planes and situations like those. >> kind of a no-brainer. we know there are lots of flights, renay, but this is unacceptable. renay marsh, thank you very much. it's time for a quick check of news around the world. european leaders are upset about allegations that the u.s. may be spying on them. president obama countered saying every nation collects similar intelligence. cnn's fred plit again eitgen is. >> reporter: european union offices were tapped and internet

communication of european government. the french president said all of this has to stop immediately and european politicians who are calling into question possible free trade agreements with america. the u.s. says it's working through diplomatic channels to ease all of this over but the german authorities for their part say that they're gathering evidence for a possible criminal investigation. back to you, kate. >> fred, thanks so much. the royal baby watch is on. kate, the duchess of cambridge isn't due to give birth for another couple weeks but that's not stopping anyone from getting excited about the new arrival. max foster has more from london. >> reporter: when the duke and duchess of cambridge appear here later this month it will be a historic moment our first chance to see the new prince or princess and if there was any doubt about the interests in that moment and in this story, have a look at the press pen that's developed here, not one, but two weeks before the baby's even due.

kate? >> max, thank you so much. a new law in china says visit your mom and dad or at least call your own parents can, can sue you if you don't and you can get a fine or jail time. here's david mackenzie in beijing. >> reporter: this amendment to the elderly rights law in china is causing shock waves in the country. it says that young people can be fined and even face jail time if they don't take care of their elderly parents. some are saying that the law is a bit ridiculous but it does point to a growing problem in china, there are some 200 million people here over the age of 60 and the country is struggling to cope. kate, back to you. >> i think that's one law both my parents would support. >> that's right, not because they're old but because you have to learn to take care of your elders even if you have to enforce it. sometimes a law makes sense. we're going to break but when we come back, a questionable

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hello again, everybody. we are kicking off 30 minutes of commercial free news. let's start with our political gut check. >> it's a fierce fight over new abortion law in, restricting abortions in texas. we've been talking about this. well today the battle continues and we're going to talk about that. first cnn's exclusive interview with former president george w. bush with our chief nar correspondent john king to break it down. let's talk about this interview robyn curnow was able to get with george w. bush and the first lady. let's listen to a little bit of

that. >> reporter: don't want to criticize the obama administration, is that something that you've really made a decision not to do? >> i think it's a hard job. he's got plenty on his agenda and it's difficult, and a former president doesn't need to make it harder. >> reporter: in the polls you -- >> could care less. >> reporter: you don't care? >> no. >> reporter: whether people think you're favorable or unfavorable? >> the only time i really care was on election day. >> it's pretty candid. bush has the luxury now of not needing to care about where the polls are in terms of his favorability but what do you think of that and why do you think he has avoided the spotlight so much to this point since leaving office? >> good morning, the comment about the polls is true and then not so true. why has he avoided the spotlight because he genuinely believes the president of the united states is a tough job. he didn't like it when people were speaking out when his dad was president, didn't like it when former presidents were criticizing him when he was

president, a reference to bill clinton with whom he has a good relationship with now. he thinks it's unnecessary, based upon his own experience. he's a very proud and competitive guy. the fact his poll numbers have gone up that americans feel more favorably now he likes that, he doesn't want to gloat and whether you're a democrat who still doesn't like george w. bush because of the iraq war or republican mad about the spending, all americans can support what he's doing, fighting aids, ma lairia, cervical cancer in africa. i saw him a few weeks ago at the bush library and he's happy in the post presidency. >> he does. the dispute in texas over the reproductive rights laws. you have a warm background behind you, looks like a political commercial in and for itself. i'm john king and i'm here for you. this battle has gotten very heated. help me understand the politics with respect to the clinics. one side says you're going to close the clinics.

the other side is saying we are trying to make them more safe. is there any truth, more truth one side or the other? >> this is a fierce debate that's playing out not only in texas but across the country. number of states passed laws doing what texas is thinking about doing now, some challenging the court. some in north dakota for example have not. this could make its way to the united states supreme court. here in texas it's important to remember if you live in san francisco or new york you might not like what's happening. if you look at the polls this state is divided and republican governor rick perry thinks he has enough public support to move forward with this but this texas debate is getting national attention. it could be coming to you in a state neighboring you, maybe it's in your state already and eventually this will become a national court issue and if the house of representatives passed this a weeks ago. >> there's a potential 2014

governor battle between governor rick perry and wind endy davis became famous for her filibuster. does a democrat have a chance in texas? >> most would say no in texas. with the latino vote, rick perry hurt his standing with the people of texas when he ran for republican nomination for president. he's been governor for 13 years, as he seeks another term some say maybe he's vulnerable. senator davis is taking a second look after not getting not only statewide but national attention for the filibuster. i'm not here in texas for that reason but that's one of the questions, would she or any democrat have any chance, is this debate changing the dynamic? most say probably not but they're going to watch this. >> that's right, john king great to see you, thank you. ♪

there it is, it is time for the rock block, a quick roundup of stories you'll be talking about today. michaela? >> first off in "usa today," how virtual reality helps real life weight loss. watching a computer avatar lose weight helped women lose unwanted pounds and in "new york times" a drug that could help recovering alcoholism. reprimycin blocks memories of alcohol. a san diego judge rejected a couples game teaching yoga in public schools amounts to religious instruction, a judge ruled it is exercise. joining us is poppy harlow. >> only good news, good morning, everyone, stock futures pointing higher this morning. investors will be listening for hints about how the economy is faring, these come from new york

fed reserve president bill w. today. home prices in manhattan are up because of a supply crunch. the median price of an apartment in manhattan to $865,000, according to real estate broker prudential douglas elemon. the average price of buying a home $5.5 million. hun american companies not paying huge tax rates. big companies wade an effective tax rate of 12.6% on average in 2010 according to a new gao report. the federal corporate tax rate in this country is 35%. >> i wonder how that happened. >> wonder. tax debate continues and we don't have time. indra petersons is in the weather center. >> i don't think they'll be happy when they see me, we're

stuck in this horrible weather system. dome of high pressure in the west and low in the east. temperatures are soaring, another day filled with record-breaking hit, temperatures as warm as 99 degrees in washington. out in the east, more rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, one to three inches. the northeast to the southeast and a whopping two to four inches, it will be happy when they get a weather break. >> there's always a chance to change. >> we can only go up from here. >> thank you so much. we're now at the top of the hour which means it is time for the to be news. he should be expelled and returned home. >> nowhere to go, edward snowden blasts the u.s. but can't find a country to take him in. time to come home? the wildfire that took the

lives of 19 men is now growing as we get new details of who those heroes are and how they lived. bad joke, the teenager now in jail after joking online about a shooting. should a joke be illegal? his father joins us live. >> your "new day" starts right now. >> announcer: what you need to know. >> the crusade they're deploying the shelters and a long period of silence. >> announcer: what you have to see. ♪ this is "new day" with christine romans, "kill bill: volume two," and michaela pereira. >> good morning, everybody! welcome back to "new day." it is tuesday, july 2nd, 7:00 in the east, we're in the middle of 30 minutes of commercial free news. i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate bolduan, joined by news anchor michaela pereira. coming up a crucial day in the george zimmerman trial. investigators take the stand for

the prosecution but did they end up helping the defense more? we'll hear from vinnie politan, danny is he cevallos and nancy grace coming up. neighbors accused of throwing dead animals onto the competition's lawn. hear this real estate feud to believe it. a sweet story, a duck who needs a little help, he needs a foot, a hand with his foot. does that make sense? creative owners from 3-d printing technology have the awesome video of his new foot. following lots of developments, first off in the developing case of the nsa leaker edward snowden. venezuela said the world must protect snowden. he withdrew a request for asylum

in russia after listens for conditions to accept it. what is the latest, phil black? >> that list has grown to a total of 21 countries, how many edward snowden has asked around the globe to take him in and protect him. this is updating almost by the minute so you mentioned venezuela as a maybe, bolivia maybe. india, austria, spain, poland, no, largely on technical grounds. he has to be on their territory to formally apply for for asylum. we heard from edward snowden, he is fiercely criticizing the united states and he says its attempt to stop him receiving asylum in another country. edward snowden still has no eminent or obvious option for

escaping the moscow airport he arrived at more than a week ago. in a statement he says he is unbound in his convictions. the obama administration is afraid of you, afraid of an informed angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised and it should be. snowden with help from wikileaks formally asked 19 more countries for asylum, in addition to his early applications to ecuador and iceland he accuses the united states of using fear and political aggression to block those requests. now it is being reported after promising not to do so the president has ordered his vice president to pressure the leaders of nations from which i have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions. russia was among the countries but he withdrew that after president vladimir putin said it's not possible as long as snowden continues leaking secret u.s. information. putin said if snowden wishes to stay in russia he must "stop his work in harming our american partners."

the electronics capabilities snowden revealed to the world were first implemented during the administration of george w. bush. president bush told cnn's robyn curnow snowden has compromised that program and the united states. >> i know he dammed the country. the obama administration will deal with it. >> reporter: do you think it's possible for one man to really damage the security of the nation? >> i think he damaged the security of the country. >> snowden also sktd asked for asigh limb from germany and france, two country recently in days have been angry with the united states because of revelations they were targeted by electronic surveillance program. president obama is back to the united states. earlier this among in tanzania he was joined by predecessor

george b. bush to lay the 1988 embassy attack. good morning, brianna. >> reporter: good morning. president obama met with former president george w. bush for those killed in the bombing by al qaeda in tanzania and they also greeted survivors of that bombing, some of whom still work at the emwassy. it was a lighter moment as president obama turned a slub/private power plant. he demonstrated what's called a socket ball, a soccer ball kids can kick around and using it as a battery at night to plug a

lamp in so they can read. most africans don't have africans to reliable power. here in a commercial center in a nice hotel, "we've lost power two times in the last day" and first lady obama participated with laura bush in an african first ladies summit and capped off the pics and they're on their way back to the u.s.. >> thank you very much. now to arizona the yarnell hill wildfire that claimed the lives of 19 fire fighters is still burning out of control, destroying nearly 9,000 acres and counting. this morning a tight knit community is trying to make sense of the devastating also of almost an entire company of men in an elite unit. most of the men in their qulung

20s and '30s. stephanie elam is in prescott, arizona, with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, kate. it's a devastating loss for a small town where everyone knows their labor and who lives here. when you lose 19 men being fathers, sons, some just about to become fathers it's a huge loss. we an watching as people have been blinging out water, flowers, wreaths, anything to remember their hometown heroes who died. the 19 men work at hot shots, they go to the fire lines, they get the closest to try to make a break between that burning fires and also to stop and contain those preliminaries they deployed their safety shelters but it wasn't enough. at this point the investigation is continuing into what could have gone wrong. the firefighters that are left after losing 20% of the firefighter team are left to

continue to pick up the pieces and continue to fight this fire which is not contained at this point. >> stephanie thank you so much. you see the rain on the faces and the reality is they've got get help of their friends. >> the special sources of the firefighters who weres the best of the best, they go to places with heavy equipment most people can't reach and spread fine lines to keep flames from spreading. cnn's kyung lah has more on the granite hot shots. >> they're real people with real families. they died, heros in our home and in our community. >> reporter: a community that now grieves. they have names, their average age just 27 years old. >> we have few words that express that sorrow but when you take a person in your arms and

you hug them you don't have to say too much. >> caller: 250-year-old dylan woyjek wanted to be like his dad. 29 andrew ashcraft, an athlete, go-getter but most importantly a husband to wife julianne. she learned that her husband had died while watching the news with her four children. >> we all miss him very much and consider him a hero along with all the other men that died. 25-year-old billy we a yy w was expecting his first baby. >> we were close enough when i still said good-bye to him on

the phone and hard to tell him anything just that i love him and he'll take care of his family for him. >> reporter: their end too early, their bodies moved out of the charred fields, past the residents they gave their very lives to save. kyung lah, cnn, prescott, arizona. >> thank you so much. i read from one of the town officials you either knew them or knew someone that knew them. it is a small, tight knit community. >> while so tragic what we've lost they'd want their fire pushed back. >> no one deserves anything like this, right. the firefighters it be to battle the flames, getting no relief from the intense heat hitting much of the country. millions of people will face more of that deadly western heat wave today and the triple-binlgity demp tours are showing no signs of letting up. the weather just as extreme on

the opposite coast, flooding rains drenched the carolinas to new england. let's start with dan simon in las vegas, triple dinlg id tern tours expected through the fourth of july holiday. how are you doing? >> reporter:ing there. there's no relieve even at night after 4:00 in the morning from lass guy gas. this is a theme we're seeing throughout the west coast. all across the west it was another way of oppressive heat. this as a so-called cooling station in loss veigh gas, a people for people to get a break from the simple digit temperatures. 300 people a loi are coming through its doors. >> not only do they get the cooling station but they can take showers for me, you get as much water as you can possibly utilize in a day.

normally they walk around looking for it. >> reporter: the casualties continue to mount. in southern california authorities announced that six runners who braved a half marathon had to be hospitalized for heat related injuries. relief comes in all forms. >> i get a lot of customers happy to see me. >> reporter: this air conditioner remareman has never been easier. churn groups they distribute bottled water as soon as possible. and back in las vegas children block to an ice skating rink. what's also concerting places not known for sizzling temperatures are feeling the effects, utah, wyoming, organ e washington. >> when you smell the iron

boards that's what it smelled like on foodside. >> everyone has own analogy to describe things here in las vegas, paramedics have gone on dozens of heat related calls and seems like it will not let up any time soon. >> reporter: thank you. while the southwest is coping with the east the stormy rain was brought tornadoes in berkeley heights, new jersey. indpra petersons this is getting biblical in terms of the wrath of weather on us. for tune in and pretty much the entire is looking different. on the west coast the dome of high pressure is pulling in moisture from the gulf which is reli relief. another dome of high pressure all in the east is pulling

moisture along person eboard. it means more flooding, one to three inches even heavier amounts in the thunderstorms. two to four inches in some of the heavier thunderstorms seen in florida so this pattern is not changing. i keep talking the dome of high pressure. it's all about the placement of this high. if it's far off the oes, winds go in clock weiss you pull in quloeser to the coastline. it's spoedsed to go closer which confuses them. they we will eget more rain on the coast. the rain goes farther inland. we have to watch the position of this. that's going to be watching as far as rain. we know on the west coast it is going to be hot, temperatures record-breaking again so fourth of july, i don't know, movies, east coast, west coast? >> we're going to the beach, going to be optimistic. >> you're absolutely correct. >> go to the beach. >> i should know that.

>> indra, thank you so much. there's a lot of news developing this hour, straight to michaela for some of the headlines. egypt on edge protesters threatening to march on cairo's palace, they want mohamed morsi to step down. the egyptian military issued an ultimatum to morsi, satisfy the public's demands by tomorrow or it will step in to restore order. ama urged morsi to respond to the mass demonstrations that resulted in at least 16 deaths. manlg yo major nay dal is expect ed expected to plead not guilty. if convicted the former army psychiatrist faces execution or life without patrol. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords started with

a bang the seven-days tour. the first time she's fired a gun since the 2011 tucson shooting. she and her husband mark kelly both proud gun owners but want to expand background checks. this person held two minutes for a five-person wheelie. this is what i'd be doing facing the driver hanging on for deer life and none of them are wearing helmets. crazy video we had to show you. >> which spogs do you prefer? >> where i can't see, burying my head. >> personally i want to be the guy driving. >> personally i want to be a guy in another motorcycle. >> or a car. >> impressive but dumb. coming up on "new day," huge

day in the george zimmerman trial yesterday. you had investigators for the prosecution on the stand seemed to help the defense and the prosecution made its biggest call of the trial to use an interview of george zimmerman. what will that mean? a 19-year-old's facebook post something no laughing matter but is it a crime? the man says it was a joke but right now he's sitting in a texas jail. out there owning it.

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welcome back to "new day." a stunning day in the trial of george zimmerman. two investigators took the stand for the prosecution, but at times, they seemed to do more to help the defense. one of them will give more testimony today. cnn's george howell is live in sanford, florida, tracking the latest for us. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning. we expect that testimony from chris serino to resume this morning and by way of his investigation we'll hear more from george zimmerman, telling his side of the story to this jury without even opening his mouth in court. the first investigator to interview george zimmerman took the stand on day six of the trial, doris singleton explained

the process. >> it was recorded on a voice recorder that they gave us. >> reporter: prosecutors played the tape, the jury listened closely. >> there's been a few times where i've seen a suspicious person in the neighborhood we call the police non-emergency line and these guys always get away. >> reporter: a key witness for the state, singleton told the jury zimmerman agreed to be interviewed without an attorney present. he didn't realize trayvon martin died from the shooting until she told him. she told defense attorneys zimmerman dropped his head to the table. >> did he have any evidence that he was angry with trayvon martin? >> no. >> that he had hatred for him. >> no. >> spite ill will? >> no. >> that he had anything that would suggest to you some type of bad attitude towards trayvon martin? >> no.

>> rather he seemed to be affected by the fact that he realized that trayvon martin had passed? >> he seemed affected by that. >> reporter: one day after the shooting and george zimmerman returned to this neighborhood with lead investigator chris serino to do a video re-enactment. serino later conducted a more aggressive interview, challenging zimmerman on some points. for instance, in the first statement, zimmerman talked about trayvon martin jumping out of bushes to ambush him. in the re-enactment he didn't mention that, but in court, serino's final analysis -- >> did you notice anything to bring to the jury's attention today that caused you that concern? >> no, not that i can articulate, no, sir. >> reporter: there was also the testimony from dr. hirotaka nakasone, an fbi audio analyst for the defense who was called to the stand by prosecutors, his focus the 911 call where you can hear screaming in the

background. he told jurors it's not possible to determine age or analyze this tape through science dr. nakasone left one possibility wide open. >> for this particular case, best approach would be from the voice recognition by the individual who have heard him in his whole life. >> reporter: that testimony from dr. nakasone very important for the prosecution, because it opens the door for them to have a laywitness for a member of trayvon martin's family to say that is the voice of my son on that 911 audio tape where we hear screaming, a time we expect to hear at some point. >> great analysis, appreciate the reporting. let's break down why this was an important day. come on give me something, wall.

tale of the tape, they had to decide whether this use the interview and they did and they got inconsistencies where his story was different, goes to his credibility. who was screaming? this is what george was talking about. the expert says i can't tell, sounds like it's bad for the prosecution but it is. it opens the door for the family to identify the voice, it will be emotional and compelling. for the defense, kill without ill will, second-degree murder, depraved mind, evil intent. you get the investigators supposed to be for the prosecution but they wind up saying zimmerman didn't seem like he was that kind of angry. what does that mean for the jury? testify without testifying. the prosecution using this now means zimmerman may not have to testify. we have smart people, danny cevallos, defense attorney and vinnie politan host of hln's "after dark" and former

prosecutor. vinnie, the decision to use the videotaped interview by the prosecution, what was the upset, what'd they get out of it? >> there's a huge doneside. >> i said upside, vinnie. give me the upside. >> i'm saying there's a huge downside. the upside you talk about the bushes, he said in this first interview that trayvon martin jumped out of the bushes, then we they go back during the re-enactment i think he knows why he said that, there aren't any bushes in that area to jump out of so that's a big point for prosecutors, and it's going to be tough, though, because now you don't get to cross-examine him, chris. >> exactly right but you take in danny's point, that's why i cut you off, you can't get both points. >> so danny can give me his time. >> vinnie, you got your own show. danny, let me ask you the downside on this.

vinnie is making the point, now they don't get to cross-examine george zimmerman. he may not have to testify. what do you think? >> well, actually i think vinnie makes probably the only good point of the prosecution's case in bringing up this video. you're absolutely right now george zimmerman not only has had the opportunity to testify but he's done so without being cross-examined and the jury sees not once, not twice, not thrice but more than that he has gone to the police and say i will tell you my stories. are there inconsistencies, there are. >> you're right. let me cut you off. rewant to remind people what they heard in the inconsistencies, zimmerman said martin circled his car, one inconsistency. zimmerman says he got out of the car because he didn't know the address the street. is it hiding some type of intent? he says martin jumps out of the

bushes, there are no bushes there. zimmerman says after he shot martin he kept talking. on that point i want to ask you both a question, vinnie, if george zimmerman is telling the truth and after he shot trayvon martin he was still talking let me ask you, why didn't he help him? why didn't he staunch the wound, why didn't he make any effort at rescue? we haven't heard any at the trial. >> that's a great argument to make for the prosecution. george zimmerman said he got on top of him and was trying to restrained him because he was afraid trayvon martin was still going to attack him. you just shot him in the heart, you're afraid he's going to attack you, really? this is where the medical examiner is key to talk about what trayvon martin could or could not do after being shot in the heart at point blank range by george zimmerman. >> danny, when you hear the list we laid out about all the things

zimmerman had said. maybe it's not a murder case but manslaught manslaughter, there are a lot of ways to pick at zimmerman. >> you make a good point and here's why. the jury can disbelieve george zimmerman's self-defense argument. the prosecution still has to meet the burden of proving of evil intent and ill will. i don't know that they've made that out in this case. if the jury finds he reacted with excessive force then maybe conslaughter is the more proep pray crime. when it comes to depraved heart murder they expect a person has such an ill will or hatred that they knew this person before, they hated him and had bad feelg feelings for them. mark o'mara brilliantly cross-examined the police and

literally out of the language of the statute established the lack of ill will, spite or hatred. >> the trial is not over. vinnie do you put him on the stand, get them to identify the voice? >> you finish with sabrina fulton. you don't put tracy martin on the stand, you put mom on the stand, sabrina fulton. that's how you finish this case. >> what does she give you? >> she's going to identify the voice. she's going to make what happened much more real to this jury and remind them that a 17-year-old boy who had skittles and a watermelon street is now dead because he's walking back from a 7-eleven and now he's dead because he was followed for looking suspicious. >> let's go back to the wall. the investigators saying he didn't seem evil.

to me i think it's still even, why? this is not just a second-degree murder case. it's about whether or not george zimmerman did the wrong thing when he killed trayvon martin and can he put out self-defense? if he doesn't testify it could be a problem for him. this case is still not over, because just we make it a lot on tv. tweet me, facebook, use the hash day and go to newday.cnn.com. the housing market may be in good shape but the dirty tricks a pair of neighbors are being accused of pulling that's coming up. also remember those sweaters bill cosby wore on "the cosby show" they're back with a new challenge, the which one do you like best? ♪

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news anchor michaela pereira. coming up, a 19-year-old man facing eight years in prison after joking about a school shooting on facebook. is that fair? does it go far enough to be a crime? his father joins us live with the fight to free his son, coming up. plus real estate is dirty but this dirty, realtors accused of pulling tricks on neighbors to sell their own home. first the top news, over to michaela. >> making news nsa leaker edward snowden expanding his possible options for asylum getting vocal support from venezuela's president but drawing another option asylum in russia. wikileaks requested asylum from 20 nations. the man arrested in connection with a home invasion and brutal beating caught on a nanny cam will be arraigned today, the vicious attack left a new jersey mother of two badly beaten.

it all unfolded in front of her 3-year-old daughter. 42-year-old shawn custis several charges. one of the men arrested in connection to the murder case against former nfl player aaron hernandez waved extradition. he's charged with being an accessory in the murder after the death of odin lloyd. prosecutors believe wallace was in the car with hernandez the night wallace was killed. mark udall's brother randy is missing. the 61-year-old is said to be familiar with the trail he was on. finally march madness style bracket for folks who love bill cosby. if you were a fan of "the cosby show" in the '80s, dr. huxtable

was always wearing a crazy colored sweater. in your brackets you have argyles, cashmeres and pullovers. i'm a big fan of the cashmere card i gap. >> there is not enough cashmere in this world. thanks michaela. the housing market is coming back but you'd never know it from this next story. next door neighbors in a wealthy philadelphia suburb both put their million-dollar holes on the market. the competition to sell is getting so intense that the police are involved. john berman is here with more. please, explain. >> indeed the police are involved. the high price world of priced real estate is a dog eat dog world. also it includes mice and

snakes, dead ones. in this makes your average real estate battles seem like patty cake. the main line is home to the seatiest, swankiest houses outside of philadelphia, the city of borl love and nothing says i love you like dead mice and sneak wreaking havoc on someone's property. look at someone stomping on this for sale sign and two people creeping onto the same property where i dead snake still stuck to a glue trap was later found. since it was listed in april welsh has discovered dead mice on the driveway, twice. >> once i could say that's a mouse dying, a cat, but two times, something shady is going on. >> welsh set up this video

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>> we assumed once the police spoke to him this was a joking comment he made and that it wasn't serious. >> justin carter was charged

with making a terrorist threat a felony, his case has yet too come to trial. court documents show he lived less than half a mile from an elementary school in new braun fels, texas, her son is on suicide watch and solitary confinement after having been assaulted in jail. >> he's hopeless, depressed and very cared. it's very hard to hear your child hopeless. >> alina machado, cnn, atlanta. >> jack carter is joining us this morning. jack thank you so much for coming in. this is clearly difficult for you and your family especially your son. first off how is your son doing. we're told is he on suicide watch. what is the latest on this case? >> his grandmother talked to him last night when he's very

depressed. he's very scared and he's concerned he's not going to get out. he's pretty much lost all hope. >> what is the latest status of his case. he's been behind bars for five months. >> that's correct he was inkars ratded oen the ee eed incarcer february and yesterday we were able to secure a law firm to take his case pro bono so hopefully we'll get him out as soon as possible. >> this is every parent's absolute nightmare. what was your reaction when you found out your son had been arrested for making terroristic threats on facebook. >> at first i thought it was a joke. i kept telling the person who called me they have to be kidding. when i realized he wasn't i broke down crying and walked off the job i was on and had to have a friend pick me up downtown

because i couldn't drive. >> jack, everyone knows kids say dumb things, a lot of things on the internet especially on their facebook pages. every shooting, i wish someone would have said something. do you see that? >> absolutely. i definitely see the need to investigate such claims, but at some point during the investigation there has to be some common sense. >> so what do you want people to know about your son, more importantly what do you want to judge to know about your son? >>'s a good kid. he didn't mean it. it was a joke, and he would never hurt anybody. he has younger siblings and he's good with children. he would never hurt anybody. >> we'll be following this very closely, good luck to you and your family and good luck to

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you, because i know she's watching. this is so important to recognize, because there's such a battle going on with heart disease, especially in the african-american and latino community. pay attention to ruben studdard. >> good example. next, alicia silverstone has set up a breast milk sharing exchange through her blog. she's calling it the kind mama milk share. she wants to help vegan moms who cannot produce milk. on its surface, when i first heard this, i said, huh? but i'm not a mother. i think there can be a learning tool here. if you can't, then share. it's the global community. >> a lot of moms would be happy to help. number two here, fired because she's too busty. that sounds odd. that's our number two story this morning. >> that's busty? >> exactly. she's a 32-a. >> she's an a!

>> she was cancelled from a runway show because her chest was too big. she is one of the busiest models in the fashion world, but there's also a bigger issue. she says usually she's fired because of the color of her skin and that opens another can of worms. this time she says because she's too busty, which i don't get, the 32-a, but she's told we don't need anymore black girls. that's a whole other issue. >> what's the other side say? >> to be very fair, the dior folks say they hired two african-american models for their fashion show in paris this week. three latino models, several asian models. let's get to one very, very, very quick. it is mark brunette doing it again. "the bible" is being picked up by nbc. he's calling it the days after. basically, he's doing it again.

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and the money. >> good morning, everyone. stock futures higher this morning. the dow, nasdaq, and s&p 500 all closing solidly higher. and get this story, he started an internet gaming sensation, but he's stepping back as ceo of zynga. and manhattan home prices up sharply on short supply. the median cost of an apartment in new york city up nearly 5.5%. it will cost you $865,000. and if you want a private home in manhattan, that's going to cost you about $5.5 million, up more than 50% from just a year ago. who can buy? >> great, great. great news for someone who's still trying to find a place to live. fabulous. thank you. let's go to the weather center with what you need to know before you head out the door. >> we are still stuck in this

pattern. high pressure in the west, low pressure in the east. yes, it is still sizzling hot out. temperatures above normal, 20 degrees above normal. spokane, washington, 90 degrees. that's plain too hot. east coast, one to three inches in the northeast and two to four inches in the southeast. wet and gross, really. >> wet and gross, those are official terms. thank you so much. we're at the top of the we're at the top of the hour, which you know. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com time for the top news. >> they were here in our home, here in our community. >> fallen heros. that deadly arizona wildfire now growing as we learn more about the 19 men who lost their lives. we hear from one of their mothers this morning. back to the streets. huge protests in egypt. the military threatening to take over within 24 hours. america's key ally again on the brink. we take you there live.

walk like a duck, the duck now walking thanks to brand new technology and really smart high school students. your "new day" continues right now. >> what you need to know -- >> he said, he's dead? i thought you knew that. >> what you have to see. this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan, and michaela pereira. >> good morning, welcome back to "new day." it's tuesday, july 2, 8:00 in the east. i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm chris cuomo. here with our favorite, michaela pereira. i messed that up. but i won't miss this up. big question, is the prosecution helping or hurting its case by

using the zimmerman taped interview? we're going to break down the testimony and the tapes with hln's nancy grace. then extremes across the country. record breaking heat in the west and tornados and flooding along the east coast. is there any relief in sight? we'll have live reports coming up. we're anxiously waiting the birth of the royal baby. is the dutchess going to have a prince or a princess? believe it or not, there might be science behind the guessing game. >> still a guessing game. >> a lot of wive's tales, that's for sure. first, we have developing information for you here. for thes battling the deadly yarnell fire in arizona will get help from the pentagon. four specially equip the firefighting aircraft sent to arizona today. as a fire burns, a community today in mourning. a memorial was held for 19 elite firefighters. the granite mountain hot shots. live in prescott, arizona, with

more. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, chris. we know the yarnell fire has destroyed more than 200 structures, virtually no containment, but as you mentioned, they are getting some help later today in the form of four specially equipped c-130 aircraft from the u.s. air force. they can drop about 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in about five seconds. that's some badly needed help here on the mountain. meanwhile, we are learning more about these fallen firefighters. they ranged in age from 21 to 43 years old and i spoke to the mother of andrew ashcraft, he leaves behind a wife and four children, the oldest of whom is 4 years old. i spoke to his mother, debra. tell me what you're most proud of. >> that my son, andrew sterling,

my treasure, that's what i called him from the moment he was born, loved his wife, was a good father to his four children and adored them. and he never gave me heart ache. he'd come in and give me a big hug. when he was out and a young single man traveling, he'd call me every few days. he was -- he loved his mom. >> what is your feeling about the fact that he perished with those guys together? >> it's an honor. last night when i was praying, because i always would text andrew when he was out on a fire, be strong, be wise, be safe.

and i said, okay, god, i don't understand it, but thank you that he wasn't alone. thank you that he was -- t ey were together. >> reporter: the way debra described that team of had theshots, they are the s.e.a.l. team six of firefighters. they are now tasked with replacing every member of the unit, except one man who survived. kate? >> your heart breaks for that woman and all of those families. let's move to the latest on the nsa leaker case, venezuela has emerged as a possible landing spot for edward snowden. the president says the world needs to protect him. snowden is said to have asked some 20 countries for political

asylum but withdrew request for asylum in russia. live in moscow this morning, what's the latest, phil? >> reporter: yeah, kate, 21 countries in total. that's how many edward snowden has asked to take him in and protect him. he has also released a statement. the first time we've heard from him since he fled hong kong, and in this statement he strongly criticizes the united states and what he says, rich countries granting him asylum. he has no option for escaping the moscow airport he arrived at more than a week ago, but in a statement he says he's unbound in his convictions. the obama administration is afraid of you, an informed angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised, and it should be. in addition to his early applications to ecuador and iceland, he accuses the united states of using fear and

political aggression to block those requests. now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the president has ordered his vice president to pressure the leaders of nations from which i have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions. he withdrew from russia after president vladimir putin said it's not possible as long as snowden continues leaking u.s. information. if he plans to stay in russia, he needs to stop his work at harming american partners. first implemented during the administration of george w. bush. president bush told cnn snowden has compromised that program and the united states. >> i know he damaged the country. the obama administration will deal with it. >> do you think it's possible for one man to really damage the security of the nation? >> i think he damaged the

security of the country. >> of those 21 countries that edward snowden has applied for asylum in, you can draw a line through six. that's how many said no. most haven't responded, but he has received comforting and supportive words from venezuela and bolivia. >> thanks so much. now to egypt, where the first democratically elected president has been put on notice. millions of angry protesters are calling for mohamed morsi to step down today, and the military has issued an ultimatum demanding he listens by tomorrow or they'll step in. what's going on from cairo? what do we know there? >> reporter: chris, suspension, anticipation cranking up here in egypt. is it possible that by tomorrow this country is going to push the reset button on the 2011

revolution? things are looking like they are heading that way. two and a half years ago they kicked off mubarak. in came mohamed morsi, freely elected, but they say he has an islamist agenda, he's hijacked the resolution. they want him out and seems they are getting closer to getting that wish. yesterday, the armed forces saying all sides, including the government, has 24 hours to fix things, resolve things. otherwise they say they are going to step in with a road map out of this conflict. now all sorts of pressure on president morsi to see what he does before tomorrow. pressure coming from washington, as well, chris. president obama calling mr. morsi last night with this message, president morsi, try to resolve this. try to meet the needs of the people and the drama building, chris, with these military choppers flying above tahrir square. >> you can hear it.

thank you very much for the reporting from there. >> thanks so much. let's turn now to christiane. christiane, there is a lot to get through on both of these topics, but first on the protests as you see it happening. what do you make of this ultimatum? very unusual. >> i've been there from the beginning watching this unfold. i think this is a most extraordinary moment. what you have is, essentially, the army basically threatening to come in and make a coup. after the revolution, the army was ruling for about a year before the elections, then morsi fired them and put them back into their barracks really. but he is incredibly isolated, his ministers are resigning, some six have resigned, and the people don't want the islamist agenda they believe he has. >> this is the first democratly elected leader and they are

going to kick him out. >> let's see. that's what they are saying. it's extraordinary, because people seem to be calling for the army to come in. as you heard, president obama has called morsi, general dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has called him. if the army takes over, then you're faced with what is the u.s. and europe going to say about that, it's a very, very difficult situation to be in. but the opposition shows no sign of wanting to meet morsi halfway. >> you made some great points to me when i came to you to help me understand this situation. one, the opposition's disorganized also. then the concern is what this means for the surrounding region always, right? explain to everybody what you were telling me about how the military is in constant contact with israel. that wouldn't be such a foreign notion. >> look, it's one of only two arab nations which has got a peace deal with israel.

what happens with egypt matters to the whole region, to israel, to the whole peace process, to the united states. what seems to be going on now, this is the third time since the revolution that brought down mubarak that brought protests. one, the ones that brought mubarak, then the ones against the army. >> that's right. >> then, now, this one. it's really a seesaw back and forth, back and forth, and morsi, what he's done, showed he's incompetent. people want the economy fixed and he hasn't been able to do it. plus, it looks like he's tacking on to his muslim brotherhood base, and they are not very good at governing. they were very good as an opposition, but not good at governing. >> the economy is the big problem in egypt, that's for sure. got to ask you about the latest on edward snowden, the nsa leaker. they've put out a list of some 20 countries he's asked to get

asylum from. venezuela, i don't know what to make of what venezuela. >> everybody is stepping back from snowden. where we thought originally russia wanted him, ecuador did, venezuela did, now you are seeing they don't. what he's got now is nothing at the moment. he's stuck still in the transit area of the moscow airport with president putin saying the most unusual thing. you can stay, but you can't hurt our partner america. >> putting snowden to the side, all the disrespect for american mojo to get a boost here, good sign? >> i think for president obama and the administration, it's a good sign. what you've got in europe, on the other hand, is a mounting anger at the revelations by snowden. >> surprise? >> maybe it's not, but the incredible detail of the massive dragnet, it's very unpopular in europe, including with european leaders. the french president said he's going to break off key

negotiations with the united states if this spying doesn't stop. it's a pretty mixed bag, all of this. >> mixed bag of it. nonetheless, all very, very important with real, real consequences, depending how it turns out. christia christiane, thank you so much. you can see christiane. great to see you always. we're going to turn from things heating up overseas, as well as things heating up here in the united states. extreme weather from coast-to-coast. look at this flooding we're showing you right here, that soaked the carolinas, all the way to new england, and you have extreme heat shattering records across the west. dangerous triple-digit temperatures entering a fourth day and the heat smothering a third of the country, from northern california, to new mexico, and it's starting to spread. our dan simon is watching it all, having to stick it out in the heat in las vegas. hey there, dan. >> reporter: hi, kate, good morning. just before sunrise here in las vegas. take a look at this. it's already about 90 degrees.

just been unrelenting here in las vegas and throughout much of the west coast. all across the west, it was another day of oppressive heat. this is a so-called cooling station in las vegas, a place for people to get a break from the triple-digit temperatures. the salvation army says 300 people a day are coming through its doors to escape the unrelenting weather. >> not only do they get the cooling station and water, but they can take showers if they need to in here for free, get as much water as they possibly can utilize in a day, where normally they walk around just looking for it. >> reporter: the causalities continue to mount. in southern california, authorities announce that six runners who braved a half marathon had to be hospitalized for heat-related injuries. relief comes in all forms. >> i get a lot of customers just very happy to see me. >> reporter: in sacramento, this

air conditioner repairman has never been busier. in phoenix, church groups distribute bottled water as quickly as possible. in santa cruz, cooler temperatures at the beach seem heavenly. and back in las vegas, children flock to an ice skating rink. what's also concerning is that places not normally known for sizzling temperatures are also feeling the effect. utah, wyoming, oregon, washington, and idaho have sweltering heat. >> i don't know if you've ever ironed your own shirts and the smell of the ironing board, that's what it smelt like at poolside. >> reporter: seems everybody's got their own analogy and description to describe things. here in las vegas, paramedics have responded to dozens of heat-related calls. as always, elderly and young most at risk. back to you. >> dan, thank you very much. while the west is dealing with the record heat, in the northeast, the problem is rain,

flooding specifically. new jersey, rare thing, tornado did damage, the same storm system also caused flooding in the northeast. let's go to the weather center. >> more rain and more heat, neither of which are good news. we keep talking about record breaking heat. people are getting used to it, problem is the fourth of july holiday is so close, people will be outside and need to be drinking fluids. today, pacific northwest, not used to seeing temperatures near 100 degrees. salt lake city looking at 103. big question, when are we going to see that relief. the position of that actually brings the relief. starting now to see some of that monsoonal flow. that moisture will bring the fire danger down. on the east coast, another ridge of high pressure, so the flood that remains high today, one to three inches. two to four inches possible in the southeast. that would be really bad news if it was one to three feet.

>> at this point i was almost not surprised. >> seriously. looks so much better, though. >> interviewing noaa. >> bingo. >> thank you so much, indra. there is a lot of news developing, so let's get straight to michaela for the latest. >> taliban suicide attackers storm a compound in kabul, detonating a truck bomb. seven people were killed. all five attackers died. heading home, president obama on his way back to washington from africa. before departing, mr. obama joined george w. bush for a wreath-laying ceremony to honor victims of the 1998 terrorist embassy bombing that killed dozens of people. look at this video. an unmanned russian proton rocket swerves out of control, explodes in a massive fire ball. russian officials say the accident was caused by a major engine failure.

no one was hurt, thankfully. however, they have suspended launches for a few months now. to milwaukee where 6,000 pages of documents, spanning eight decades, show the catholic church protected church funds from lawsuits. among the documents, letters and deposition from current cardinal and archbishop of new york, timothy dolan. he appealed to the vatican to address the scandal on a number of occasions and asked the vatican to transfer $57 million to a trust fund to protect it against court action. a month after denying she lip synced during the american idol finale, sunday night carey appeared singing. to many fans, something seemed a little off. twitter blew up with all sorts of commentary, some accusing her of faking her performance.

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incident. what did it mean? was it a good payoff for the prosecution? to break it down, we have nancy grace coming to us from atlanta, hln's own and cnn's own. nancy grace, thank you very much for joining us. let's get right to it, with how it played out yesterday, do you think the prosecution benefitted by showing the interview? >> well, i think they benefitted to this extent, if they had not shown the interview, the defense would have. then the defense would have made a lot of hay about it in closing statements saying the prosecution tried to hide it from you. the statement itself, in my mind, benefitted zimmerman, the defense, because he was calm, he was collected, he, at one point, showed dismay. he was upset with one of the officers when he learned that trayvon martin had, in fact, passed away. he stuck with the story. you're going to hear a lot about inconsistencies in his

statement. i've looked at all of his statement, and he gave several without a lawyer. he didn't stop the questioning. he cooperated for hours and hours and hours. he even reenacted the whole thing. that's extremely rare. i think it helped the defense. but the state had to put it on. >> if the defense introduced this tape, then the right of cross-examination would have kicked in and they would have had to put zimmerman on the stand, wouldn't they? >> not if they introduced just a tape. if they -- you can't force anybody to get up on the stand in a criminal trial. you can't. they could have introduced it because it exists, it's out there. it doesn't really belong to anybody. >> how do they cross-examine it, though? >> you can't cross-examine the tape. you can't cross-examine the tape. you can cross-examine the witness that introduces it, the cop, that builds the foundation

for it. i played your taped statement, you got to take the stand, doesn't work like that. >> that's a key distinction, thank you for that, nancy. looking at what happened with the investigators yesterday, supposed to be the prosecution's witnesses, but they seemed to say things that made it seem like george zimmerman didn't have the mental intent that you need for second-degree murder. a lot of people pointing at this saying case is over, case is over, but tell people why case is not over and why this is not just a second-degree murder trial. >> number one, it's not over until it's over. i have never tried a single case ever that i thought i had a slam dunk. never did i think i was going to win. i went into it with a fight club mentality that i was going to stay in the ring until the bitter end, and that's what you've got to do. you never coast during a trial if you want to win, as in everything in life. everybody claiming it's over, it's over, it's over, it ain't over until the jury walks back

in after that buzzer rings that they've got a verdict. >> for people following at home saying, boy, zimmerman seemed cool. well, did he seem cool when he told police that trayvon martin was circling his car but never told the 911 operator that, describes being attacked by bushes, but are no bushes there. we know he shot him through the heart, but this is a big question, george zimmerman shoots trayvon martin through the heart, but nancy, let me ask you this, if he shoots him through the heart and he says he was still talking to him afterwards, martin was still talking, why didn't george zimmerman try to help him, what's the answer to that question? >> i think -- i think zimmerman did call for help, but it's interesting, zimmerman called for help to restrain trayvon martin. to restrain him. according to zimmerman, he didn't realize that trayvon martin was actually dying, but when you're pointing out all

those, as you're calling them, inconsistencies, i don't see them as inconsistencies as zimmerman's statements. i see them as points where the state can say he's lying. he kept saying that trayvon martin, who is very afraid of him, was running from him, then decided to circle back and jump out from behind the bushes and attack him. to me, that doesn't make any sense. >> and at the perfect time for zimmerman. when i was going back to my car to do what the 911 operator told me to do, i got attacked. very convenient for him. >> yeah. i'm saying, where is those bushes, i didn't see any. i looked at the scene quite often, but his statement itself has changed very little. >> nancy grace, thank you very much for the insight. it will be very interesting today. we believe the investigator will be put back on the stand, and my guess is, nancy, they are going to ask him. remind us, yesterday you were saying what a good guy he was. you wanted him for manslaughter, right?

christopher serino thought he should be brought up for manslaughter. >> that's a tricky thing when you start having police officers tell you what the law is. now a cop cannot -- no witness can get on the stand and say the answer to the ultimate question, is this murder one, is this manslaughter, but they basically laid out a case where this cop believes it was manslaughter, not murder two. >> thank you very much. trial far from over. watch her weeknights at 8:00 p.m. eastern. as always, the trial begins within minutes, we will bring it to you live. kate? >> thanks so much. coming up next on "new day," that's a whole lot of lettuce, folks. we'll tell you about what three friends found in their taco bell bag and what they did with it. whole lot of burritos with that. also coming up, a great story, a duck given a new life thanks to pretty fancy technology. what an animal lover did to help his feathered friend. ♪

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"new day." it is tuesday, july 2nd, i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate bolduan. we're joined by michaela pereira. coming up this half hour, royal baby watch is on, folks. could there be a way to correctly guess if the duchess of cambridge will have a boy or girl? i don't know, we'll find out. plus, this is a 3d printer that gave this duck a second chance. we've got amazing video. but we also have a lot of news, so let's get to michaela for the five things you need to know. >> for your new day. are you ready? number one, jurors in the george zimmerman case will hear more from the lead investigator, who interrogated him the night trayvon martin was killed. hassan is in court today. same-sex couples may have an easier time getting green cards. immigration officials will now consider visa applications for same-sex spouses.

it follows the supreme court's ruling on same-sex marriage. the annual harbor fest is expected to attract more than 2 million people. and at number five, nearly eight months after hurricane sandy battered liberty island, the statue of liberty will reopen to the public for the first time, appropriately enough, on the fourth of july. how about that? >> that is great. i was in a fishing tournament watching the island, so many people working to get it ready. it's going to be great. >> can't wait to see her. you know what else is great? the royal baby countdown. it is great. the duchess of cambridge is expected to give birth this month and speculation is rampant about whether she'll have a little boy or little girl, but is there a science behind the guessing game? senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, you went all the way to london to figure this out. >> we did. >> is there an answer, or are we just guess something. >> there is an answer which might be more likely.

there's actually science that says there's telltale signs and in the case of the royal baby, it looks like they are going to have a -- i'm not telling, you have to watch. >> reporter: will katherine give birth to a boy or girl? prince or princess? londoners love to guess. >> boy or girl? >> girl. >> girl, looks like an elegant, feminine bump. >> 50/50 chance you'll have a boy or girl. totally random. but apparently that's not true. >> absolutely it's not true. >> reporter: biologist on the expert of science of sex prediction. she says there's real evidence the royal couple is likely to have a daughter. first, there's katherine tiny pre-pregnancy waistline. a study shows women who eat less are more likely to conceive a girl. >> one idea is maybe boy babies or boy embryos need to have much richer fruit supply. >> reporter: then there's prince

william's daring rescues as a royal air force pilot. >> emotional, physical, demanding. >> high-stress job, those are more likely to have girl infants than boys. >> reporter: perhaps, most telling of all -- >> she is suffering from very severe morning sickness. >> reporter: that means she's 80% more likely to have a girl, according to one study. >> so, girl, girl, girl. >> that's right. >> reporter: are these old wive's tales or is it real science? >> no, this is all real science. >> reporter: of course, it might be too soon to paint the royal nursery pink just yet. we'll find out the baby's gender for sure when posted in the buckingham palace courtyard, just like when prince william was born. >> all right, we were talking throughout this entire piece, because we have so many questions. there's a way to guess the likelihood of one sex or the other, but still, there's no way to engineer it. >> no, no, no. there's no way to engineer it.

there isn't. i have four girls, and on the last one, we thought what can we do to get a boy? didn't work. we love her so much, but nothing works. >> morning sickness i always heard, if you have more morning sickness, more serious, then it always means a girl. >> that is the strongest. of all the things we talked about, that's the strongest. the female fetus produces hormones of her own. you have your hormones, double hormones. that's really quite clear. bad, bad morning sickness, much more likely to have a girl. >> my grandmother is always right. baby was born, she was always right. >> she wouldn't tell anyone until the baby was born. >> she'd never show us what was on the paper. we weren't going to argue. >> grandma cuomo, you're always right. time now for the good stuff. stay with us.

this is our one for today, okay, you ready? this is great. young people, they like to go, drive-through taco bell, they get more than they thought when they go through. they go through, take a listen. >> ended up being three bags of money, a lot of money, and then another wad of another 20s. we added it up and it was, like -- >> $3,600. >> bags of cash, $3,600. >> they go there, order their food, get the bag, leave, what's in the bag, not their food, all this money. free and clear. they could have kept it, but guess what, these kids, they think someone's going to lose their job over this. they go back to the taco bell, give it back to the employee, who's crying, because she realized their mistake, and they say the best thing about going back and giving the money back, the satisfaction, but also they finally got their food. >> free tacos for a year. >> that's how good the chalupa is. >> how can the money end up in a

bag? >> i've seen them do it to disguise it not as a deposit, they'll put it in a to-go container to not make it obvious. >> it's called a gross mistake, but they did the right thing. it's the good stuff. tell us more of the stories going on in your community like this. you tweet us at chris cuomo, kate bolduan, go to facebook, use the #newday, leave us a message. we want to keep telling these stories. here's another one. you have definitely heard of this. have you heard of cross fit? that's what he does. highly intensive, difficult workout routine, is tough for anyone to get through. imagine doing it with cerebral palsy. dr. sanjay gupta has that in this morning's human factor. >> kettle bells, situps, pushups, squats. completing a morning workout is impressive for everyone, but for

her it was once inconceivable. >> i was born three months premature, lost a lot of oxygen and blood through that process. >> reporter: steph has cerebral palsy. that develops after trauma to the brain during or after birth. people with the condition are often unsteady on their feet, muscle coordination problems, and all of this can make cross fit training dangerous, but for steph, it's just another obstacle to overcome. >> all of my other brothers and sisters are completely able bodied and growing up in that world, there was no other way to live. >> reporter: she was always active, but the inevitable freshman 15 in college made her really want to get in shape. >> i found a gym, i walked in, i said i want to become stronger, i hear crossfit's awesome, would i be able to do this? >> reporter: within an hour, she was hitting the mats. with each pushup, she got stronger. each pullup, more intense. >> i'm determined to prove not only to the world, but to

myself, that i'm good enough to do this. >> reporter: not only is she good enough to do it, she's now good enough to coach. >> fight for it, guys, let's go. >> reporter: earlier this year, she became the world's first certified crossfit trainer with cerebral palsy. >> there's no reason in this world people have to say they can't do something. if somebody really wants to do something, they are going to find a way to make it work. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn. >> i'm not surprised with crossfit, they are a real community. they brought her in, now she's one of the coaches there. good for them. >> what a rock star. good stuff. take a quick break. when we come back on "new day," call him the $6 million duck. now fixed, very happy. impressive technology, as well. we'll tell you about it. mom, dad told me that cheerios is good for your heart,

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this is pretty incredible. take a close look at this duck. this guy was born with a backward left foot, and now thanks to very forward thinking, he doesn't miss a step. this is a good one. >> duck tales.

>> there are so many -- i don't want to get that started right now. this is certainly the feel good story of the day. the little duck that could, all right, had to say that. buttercup was born with an inverted foot that made it impossible for the guy to walk, so it had to be amputated. after creative thinking and amazing technology, buttercup is now able to walk on his own two feet. >> reporter: this little guy is no ordinary duck. take a look at this amazing video of buttercup taking his first steps on a prosthetic foot, created in part by a 3d printer. >> look at him go. >> reporter: mike gary has been rescuing and caring for dozens of ducks and geese for seven years, but he's never had a duck like buttercup before. when buttercup was hatched as part of a biology project at a local high school, students noticed a birth defect.

>> it's worth doing to help him out. >> reporter: the misformed foot was causing buttercup so much pain, it had to be amputated, leaving buttercup with a peg leg he barely managed to hobble around on, but gary had a plan to fix that. >> i thought let me fix out of the box and thought, why can't i make him a real foot? >> reporter: gary created a 3d computer image, sent it to a 3d printing company in nashville, which donated its services to create an identical plastic replica. gary and his team created a softer, easier to use silicone version, and finally proving he's no chicken, buttercup bravely walked around on his own two feet. >> look at him go, oh, my gosh. >> that's phenomenal. >> really getting the hang of it. >> good news is he fixed his foot, bad news is he ran away

and they haven't seen him since it happened. not true, not true. >> there have been other examples, by the way, of animals with prosthetics. remember the dolphin movie of 2011, prosthetic fin, but buttercup is the first with a prosthetic made from a 3d printer. >> 3d technology is amazing. terrifying how they do that. if i was a duck, i would think that was awesome. sorry to the duck population. >> thank you so much. chris is holding himself back. that's actually very good and unusual. coming up next on "new day," what the heck is this? >> we're going to do this. >> this is coming up on "new day," don't want to miss it. bubble soccer, bubble football. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas,

they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment.

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welcome back, everybody. john berman, "new day" award of the day award. what do you got? >> i'm going to give you one of the runner ups. it's going to be hard to believe this did not win, but take a look at this. what is this, you ask? it is bubble soccer, or football. seems mostly to be a european thing. they are much more into plastics and inflatables than we are. >> really? >> okay. >> this is what happens when people get dressed up as beach balls and try to play soccer. this sport has been around for awhile and there are teams and games and they really do this. i know what you're thinking, what can possibly be more impressive than this. >> introducing perfect pol poll.

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that's it, everybody, for michaela, kate, and i. thank you for watching "new day." "cnn newsroom" begins right now. good morning, my friend carol, how are you? >> good morning, thanks to a great start to a new day. i appreciate it. i appreciate it. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com breaking right now, serino on the stand. the man you saw in george zimmerman's reenactment video, back on the stand in just minutes. the night the round of zimmerman's car, the moments before the attack. >> he walked past me and kept looking at my car. >> must-see testimony straight ahead. will the defense have another banner day, courtesy of the prosecution? "newsroom" starts now.

good morning. thanks so much for being with me. i'm carol cost tell la. we're beginning "newsroom" early today, because we want to bring you live testimony from key witnesses in the george zimmerman murder trial. first, chris serino, the homicide detective that led the investigation in the early stages. yesterday the detective seemed to bolster the defense and that zimmerman shot the teenager in self defense. >> i believe his words were, thank god, i was hoping somebody would videotape it. >> the fact that george zimmerman said to you, thank god, i hope somebody did videotape the event, the whole event, what -- his statement, what did that indicate to you? >> either he was telling the truth, or he was a complete pathological liar. >> is there anything else in

this case where you got the insight that he might be a pathological liar? >> no. >> so if we were to take pathological liar off the table as a possibility just for the purpose of this next question, you think he was telling the truth? >> yes. >> we're going to take you live to the courtroom. things begin to heat up again, and, of course, we have our team of reporters and analysts to break down all of today's testimony. but let's begin our coverage, as usual, in sanford, florida, with cnn's george howell. good morning, george. >> reporter: good morning. we do expect to hear more from chris serino this morning. we saw a few minutes ago george zimmerman step into the courtroom. in just a few minutes, court will be under way. we expect to hear more from george zimmerman telling this jury his every move without ever having to even open his mouth. the first investigator to interview george zimmerman took the stand on day six of the trial, doris singleton explained

the process. >> it was recorded on a -- just a voice recorder that they give us. >> reporter: then prosecutors played the tape. the jury listened closely. >> there's been a few times where i've seen suspicious person in the neighborhood. we call the police, non-emergency line, and these guys always get away. >> reporter: a key witness for the state, singleton told the jury zimmerman agreed to be interviewed without an attorney present. she said he didn't realize trayvon martin died from the shooting until she told him. she told defense attorneys zimmerman dropped his head to the table. >> any evidence he was angry with trayvon martin? >> no. >> that he had hatred for him? >> no. >> spite or ill will? >> no. >> that he had anything that would suggest to you some type of bad attitude towards trayvon martin? >> no.