breaking thu morning, revolution in egypt, truly stunning, the first democratically elected president. troops on the street. a new leader in charge. new questions for the white house about how to navigate through this crisis. >> evidence mounting in the murder case against former nfl star aaron hernandez. we now know what police found inside his secrete apartment. a woman trapped when a

sinkhole swallows her car. this rescue was caught on camera. >> good morning, i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. happy birthday, america. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. we are going to begin with a country in chaos. what is happening in egypt at this moment is stunning. events moving so fast, it's hard to keep up. a new leader sworn in moments ago. meanwhile, deposed president morsi is said to be under house arrest after the military forced him from power. the top general says morsi did not achieve the goals of the people or answer the demands he share power with the opposition. clashes follow the announcement. we are told by state television 32 people were killed and 340 wounded. we have live in cairo this morning. give us a sense of the situation on the ground there this morning.

>> reporter: right now, things are quiet. what an incredible 24 hours. yesterday, morsi was egypt's president. today, egypt has a new president, some say a new revolution. a lot has changed. over the last hour, adly mansour was sworn in. the ceremony lasted a minute or two. very swift. it was in keeping with the fast moving series of event that is saw the abrupt down fall of morsi. this morning, after an explosive turn of events, former president morsi is under house arrest. the military ousted him wednesday night after he refused to meet their deadline to form an interim coalition government and revise the constitution. droves of military convoys flooded the streets of egypt's

capital protepelling the nationn a road to change. the general, chief of egypt's armed forces announced that adly mansour will replace him as president. while the military coup was met with cheers in tahrir square across the nile river, supporters of the deposed president chanted down with the military. the square has 1 million marchers denouncing hisout. messages sending ripples throughout the country that's seen death and bloodshed since the protest began this weekend. >> back live here in cairo. we are seeing what appeared to be military jets flying up above. this is the iconic -- >> we appear to have lost his

signal. he was reporting from cairo. military jets flying overhead. the military is clearly in charge even though a new leader has been sworn in there. another stunning sight. the streets are quiet. >> very quiet. we know that the obama administration is closely watching the developments in egypt, not calling outright for morsi to return to power, but saying the egyptian people should be responsible for determining their future. athena jones is live for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this is a here we go again for the white house. the second president to be toppled in two and a half years in a key u.s. ally in the region. morsi was egypt's first democratically elected president. this administration stressed the importance of the democratic process in egypt. after meeting with the security team, the president released a

statement saying he was deeply concerned about the military's decision to oust morsi and suspend the constitution. he went on to say i call on the egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process and avoid arbitrary arrested of morsi and his supporters. we now know president morsi is under house arrest. what's known is the president did not say the democratically elected president, but a democratically elected one which doesn't mean morsi's government. he did not call it a coup. in the instance of a military coup, u.s. law says aid aids the tune of $1.5 billion a year must be cut off. nevertheless, the administration said they will review it. egypt is the biggest, most

populous country in the world. michaela? >> it's interesting to watch the words chosen. u.n. secretary general urging calm, non-violence and restraint there. we'll watch to see how it unfolds. thank you very much. >> thanks. >> they will be watching every minute in the white house in the "situation room." bolivia's president is not happy. his trip was stopped home from moscow. the plane carrying him was forced to land in vienna after several countries denied him air space. the reason? he might have nsa leaker edward snowden on board. he's blaming obama for forcing them to take action. they will never be able to intimidate or scare bolivia. liberate yourselves from the imperialism of the americans.

not happy this morning. as for snowden, he remains in moscow at the airport. no country has accepted his request for asylum. the u.s. postal service tracking your mail for federal law enforcement. two programs allow them to photograph every piece of mail processed in the united states. 160 billion last year alone. itis not known how long they keep the images. reports suggest the mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny the nsa gives phone calls and e-mails. senator john mccain is in kabul this morning with an unannounced visit. he's expected to meet servicemen there. an update. a man related to two u.s. senators being remembered this morning. his body was found wednesday in wyoming after going missing after a hike. he's the brother of mark udall and the cousin of tom udall.

the family says the death is a reminder to live life to the fullest as he did. >> the family has given so much to the u.s. sad. >> very sad. they were hoping they would find him. crews finally starting to get the upper hand on the wildfire in yarnell, arizona. hundreds of firefighters came off the line to salute the 19 hot shot firefighters killed in the line of duty. it is 45% contained. it's a vast improvement. a team is in place to investigate the cause. january brewer ordered flags flown at half staff for 19 days in honor of the 19 firefighters who died. >> it will take time for healing there. thousands of people in tallahassee, florida waking up without power. a violent storm ripped through the area ripping trees from the ground. thankfully no one was in inside. everyone wants to know what

will it be like today, the fourth of july for the big holiday picture. another special guest in the studio. >> flying us to new york on a nickel. i don't know. it's going to be hotter up here in new york city than atlanta. send the weather men up to the heat. rain in atlanta and tallahassee. if you live along i-95, boston, new york, philadelphia, it's going to be dry. the fireworks are going to be great. here is where we have been all week long. stormy weather. this conveyer belt of weather from florida up to boston. it's where the rain has been. this has all changed. the conveyer belt is across, well, cincinnati, columbus, down to atlanta, nashville. not so good for you tonight. not as hot. still, you know, 100 degrees out west. a couple degrees colder. the rain is in the ohio valley. lexington, cincinnati, atlanta, you are going to be wet. it could be very, vf tough to get fireworks off there.

if you want to, you may need to call ahead. some of the events in the south have been canceled because of flash flooding. a lot of rain comiing into the southeast. >> tough luck cincinnati. we have been there. >> good to see you. >> good to see you. thanks. ten minutes after the hour. aaron hernandez, the former patriots tight end facing murder charges in the death of odin lloyd. police found a hat, a white hooded sweatshirt and ammunition inside an apartment hernandez quietly leased a few miles from his house. a secret apartment. the sweatshirt and had are similar to ones he was seen wearing the night lloyd was killed. police found out about the apartment from an acquaintance. baseball's latest doping scandal may be about to blow up.

the miami herald reported they are close t a deal with a whistleblower from biogenesis. his stash of records, allegedly names alex rodriguez and rick brawn who have been using the steroids. the players deny taking banned substances. >> you may be able to buy the documents. >> things are about to change dramatically. now, pictures that made us gasp. terrifying moments for a woman in toledo, ohio. she was driving along and her car plunged -- >> you think it will never happen. >> i can't imagine what goes through your mind. she was trapped briefly. emergency responders used an extension ladder to rescue her. look at that. a water main break may have created the sinkhole. she didn't appear to be hurt but she was taken to the hospital for precaution. >> that is a day she will never

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the holiday break in the trial of george zimmerman. prosecutors are expected to wrap up their side of the case when court resumes friday. they spent wednesday trying to paint a picture of zimmerman as a well educated police officer wanna be. >> reporter: the day started with a parade of witnesses from george zimmerman's past frrks the professors who taught him about criminal justice. >> see george here? >> how you doing, george.

>> reporter: a representative that rejected him to be a police officer. >> he had a problem with his credit? >> yes, sir. >> that would be a reason why you wouldn't be accepted as a police officer. >> that's the reason why we didn't. yes, sir. >> zimmerman's past could haunt him if jurors are swayed by the picture prosecutors are trying to paint. a wanna be cop who went too far and less than forthcoming on how well he knew the law on tv. >> prior to this night, this incident, had you heard stand your ground? >> no, sir. >> you never heard about it before? >> no. >> he told the court part of the course he taught covered self-defense laws with a focus on florida laws like stand your ground and zimmerman aced the class. >> he was probably one of the better students in the class. >> reporter: zimmerman's defense team argued his past training

and education had no relevance to the case. next, prosecutors called amy, a firearms expert with the florida department of law enforcement. she testified through tests on trayvon martin's clothes she was able to determine it was a contact shot that killed him. >> it is consistent with the muzzle of a firearm touching the outer sweatshirt and inner sweatshirt in contact. yes. >> reporter: the final witness, anthony, a crime lab analyst. attorneys focused on the question of whose dna was found on zimmerman's gun. >> you were able to exclude trayvon martin as having dna on the pistol grip, is that correct? >> yes, he was excluded to being in the mixture. >> reporter: court resumed friday when we hear from a

family member who can testify who was screaming on the 911 audio tape. the state is expected to rest their case, then the state will call their witnesses. george howell, cnn, stanford, florida. >> we want to go live to cairo where the egyptian president is being sworn in now. he's head of the egyptian constitutional court. the 67-year-old judge addressing the nation now. >> he became chief judge of the court two days ago. he went from judge to chief judge to president over the week long period. he's been serving for 30 years. he was close to the mubarak regime a little bit. now he will run the country. >> we'll be watching this this morning. the judge in cleveland ruling castro is mentally competent to stand trial. he's charged with kidnapping and

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egypt in chaos. within the past hour, a new leader sworn in as deadly fights fill the streets. we are live. >> international fury. the hunt for the nsa leaker creating a global bip lowmatic feud around the globe. how the plea for asylum created

so much drama. severe storms and unbearable heat across the u.s. is it over? welcome back to "early start." the headline is -- >> i'm michaela and it's 29 minutes past the hour. uncertainty this morning in egypt where the military -- morsi said to be under house arrest now. the head of the country supreme constitutional court is now the leader sworn in moments ago. the group sent hundreds of thousands into the streets. clashes have left at least 32 people dead and more than 340 wounded. in this nation, the white house closely monitoring the situation demanding democracy return, even if morsi does not. let's go live to cairo. reza, we saw the new leader,

adly mansour being sworn in. what is happening now? >> the reaction is more celebration, michaela. mansour sworn in within the past hour. he was the head court now he's president. indications are he was appointed for it. they say it was a military coup. all parties involved want to make the claim this is not a military coup. case and point, the man leading the government will be the former head of the top court, which is a civilian institution. in the meantime, morsi under house arrest. no indications he's been charged. state media reporting he's under house arrest as a precautionary measure. however, other muslim brotherhood leaders, key figures under arrest.

the networks, television networks belonging to the former president morsi supporters shut down. that raises a bunch of questions. is this a swift and aggressive campaign to sideline the muslim brotherhood? we are going to find out in the coming days and weeks. more celebration in tahrir square. we thought we had seen it all. moments ago, military jets flying above with vapor flumes. they made shapes of hearts in the sky. their way of showing the egyptian people they love them, love in the air, literally and figurati figuratively. >> it's a celebration, from what you can tell, reza? >> reporter: right now, the people behind us are celebrating. the supporters of the muslim brotherhood, this is a tough pill for them to swallow for

them. a humiliating defeat. what happens to them as a political movement? can they regroup? will it allow them to regroup? some of the unknowns, ahead. >> they are unhappy about what they are calling an illegitimate coup. reza reporting from egypt. we appreciate it. >> he put himself out there, but nsa leaker, edward snowden has no takers in his bid for political asylum. it's triggered a serious diplomatic problem. meantime, snowden is holed up in moscow's airport. frederick is live in the russian capital. we were talking, fred, this seems to get more dramatic and twisted by the day. >> more dramatic, more twisted

and more bizarre. the french, spanish and portuguese wouldn't let them through their air space thinking j snowden was on the plane. he wasn't. it's cause add fallout between south america and europe and the united states. bolivia is accusing european countries of being lap dogs of the united states saying it's illegal. one of the interesting things is france didn't allow him through the air space even though the french are most heavily criticizing the u.s. the french are calling into question trade agreements the eu and america are talking about for a free trade agreement and they department let him through the air space. again, we are in day 12. jod snowden is still at the airport. this is becoming a gigantic

headache for the russians and the europeans. >> playing out on so many continents, started by one 29-year-old kid. frederick in moscow, thanks. meanwhile, was someone trying to listen in on julian asang? they found a hidden microphone. it was put there by a private surveillance company. it was found in an electric outlet and could be activated with a phone call. they are asking the british government to investigate. alleged u.s. spying. president obama agreed to hold high level meetings with european officials. he spoke with angela merkel on wednesday. the white house says he told her he takes europe's concerns seriously. several reports the u.s. spied on diplomats and bugged european offices. a terrorist attack in sochi,

russia. the leader promised to use any methods necessary to derail the games which he called satanic dances. he's spent years leading a campaign against the government. he suspended attacks in 2012 but now says he must retaliate. >> a chilling video. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords and her husband are visiting places where guns are popular like nevada, north dakota and new hampshire. giffords shot a gun. texas lawmakers set to vote on a bill banning most abortions after 20 weeks after pregnancy and restricting where they can take place. a state house committee approved the restrictions and it's

expected to go to a full house tuesday. the democrats blocked the law in the state senate. this time, it's expected to pass. the senate in north carolina approved a bill that restricts abortions and where they can take place. part of it took place in surgical centers. the bill will now move to the state assembly, set to consider it next week. well, tallahassee, florida, it looks like you are spending the fourth of july cleaning up. wow. what a storm. a powerful one left its mark on the area ripping trees out of the ground, ripping out power lines. thousands were left in the dark. quite a mess there. >> we are five and a half hours into the holiday weekend. let's go to chad meyers tracking the forecast for us. >> look at that patriotic tie. >> i worked on this. i shopped yesterday when i was in new york. that's what i do in new york, i shop. what else do you do? you go rent a beachouse in

florida. 13 1/2 inches and it's still raining. it's going to rain all day today. i know. that's the bad news for you in atlanta. all the i-95 cities, boston, new york, philadelphia, all good. the nation's capital, fireworks fantastic tonight. it will dry out. the rain is to the west. cleveland, columbus, not so good. raining in the middle part of the country, not the big cities. hot. 94 in boston. the heat index in new york city, 95. 78 in atlanta. 20 degrees colder than new york city. boston, the heat will be on. salt lake city, the winner or loser, depending on your view, las vegas 114 this afternoon. >> the jackpot in las vegas. i was there at 107. 114 is ridiculous. >> people go on the streets.

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>> welcome back to "early start." an addictions professional testified in the michael jackson case. kathryn jackson is suing aeg over her son's death. the addiction doctor painted him as a pain patient until dr.

conrad murray entered his life. the rapper whose name is curtis jackson was hit with five criminal counts. prosecutors say he went after the mother of his child and ransacked her bedroom during an argument in june. they found broken chandeliers. when she tried to hide, he kicked in the door then kicked her. he faces up to five years in jail if convicted. many of us spend the fourth of july taking swim in the pool or ocean. one woman is no longer welcome at a water park because of her body. she says staff at adventure oasis in independence, missouri told her to cover up her bikini bottom because it's too small. she lost 100 pounds and was feeling confident. now she feels singled outlet. >> there's 16-year-old and

19-year-old girls wearing the same amount. no one is criticizing them or making them feel ashamed. it's summertime. it's a swimming pool. i'm wearing a swimming suit. >> can't argue against that. >> newfound confidence after losing that weight. >> good for her. let's see what's coming up on "new day." >> this is so weird from inside the box to inside the box. >> you jumped boxed. >> i did. >> happy fourth of july to you two beautiful people. the woman to your left is very impressive. >> we brought her on the big show today. >> you with the pink tie. >> don't you love this. >> see my tie? >> i think it's strong. this has flags on it. you know why? i'm an american. >> he's doing his own thing. >> i'm red and blue. it's like red, white and blue.

>> you made it racial. >> great to see you both. don't stay there too long. we love you more. come back to us. big news show. we are all watching the egypt situation. here is why. the president in a statement didn't use the word coup. why? if you use that term, it means something in terms of government aid. what are the expectations and what's going happen next? we will go to a developing situation. >> very important for everyone here in the u.s. they are a key ally. we are going to talk about the george zimmerman trial. matter of dna. jurors find out what was found on george zimmerman's gun the night trayvon martin was killed and how much he knew about the florida stand your ground law before all of this happened. we are going to break down how this affects the case. prosecution is pushing hard on inconsistencies in statements

george zimmerman made. a strong day for him. >> we have a topnotch criminal defense attorney. he's going against a bum. i'm going to try it out. see how i do. >> it's the holiday. we have to bring in anybody we could. >> my american tie will help me. there's celebrations going on all around the country. we are going to be live on liberty island. it was closed after hurricane sandy. we are going down there with pamela brown. we are going to look at the hot dog eating contest on coney island. >> yummy. i bet i could beat you today. we are not going to have a contest, but i bet i could beat cuomo. >> chris is a delicate eater. he nibbles in delicate bites. i know, you would chow. >> you put the elbows up. >> elbows out. >> delicate nibbles.

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big time boston sports news. the celtics search for a coach is now over. this is a move nobody, i didn't see this coming, they hired butler's brad stevens to replace doc rivers. andy joins us with more on the bleacher report. a shocker, andy. >> i thought you were the same age? you're not 36? >> i wish. >> definitely a shocking move. since doc rivers left, the celtics search for a new heads coach has been a quiet one. no one was sure who they were looking at. they saw it yesterday afternoon when they announced stevens would be the head coach. he's the brightest and up and coming coach after leading butler to back-to-back appearances in 2010 and 2011. he was offered multiple offers. he declined those offers. a chance to coach the celtics was too good to pass up. he will sign a six-year deal

worth $22 million. he will be introduced on friday. the highs and lows of sports yesterday. nl rookie of the month and the player of the month in the afternoon. last night, against the rockies, look at this. an amazing catch. he slams into the wall. he bruises his left hip on the play. he had to leave the game an inning later. he's considered day-to-day. could we see manny being manny again in the big leagues? he signed a mi yor league deal with a texas rangers team. manny has been out of the majors since 2011 when he chose to retire facing a 100 game suspension. no pitcher in baseball is hotter than the tigers max scherzer. he came in last night against

the blue jays with a record, 12-0. you are only as good as the defense behind you. check it out. jackson helping out scherzer with a catch against the wall. that saves at least one run. the tigers get the win. scherzer is 13-0. he's the first to do it since roger clemens did it for the red sox in 1986. not a bad start to the season. >> he was mvp of the year. scherzer off to a lightning fast start. happy fourth of july to you. >> happy fourth to you as well. coming up, pranksters at the george zimmerman trial. what they did. this was really crazy. it had the court and really the country confused. the age old question. what do women want? this is kate. she likes a man with a little hair on his chest. but definitely not on his back. this is hannah. she likes a guy with a smooth stomach to show off his six-pack. [ ding! ] and this is genesis.

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sometimes, even the eyes of the entire nation cannot stop online pranksters. they managed to hit the george zimmerman trial. >> reporter: someone should plead guilty to a technical fiasco. it sparted with one ping and ended with a cascade. that left even the witness laughing. one of george zimmerman's former professors was testifying via skype from colorado when pranksters started calling in. >> go ahead. >> okay. can you repeat the question? >> the skype names of the callers kept popping up on the

screen. >> start again, please. >> i'm laughing because i have had this happen to me before. >> reporter: not in the middle of a blockbuster nationally televised trial. >> look at the screen. >> reporter: they kept trying to decline the calls. it was like whack a mole. then an understatement from the defense attorney. >> there's a good chance we are being toyed with. >> reporter: you think? whoever set up skype wasn't aware and neither was i that skype has a do not disturb mode that would have presented this. twitter accounts surfaced with names matching those that made up the trial. he said i'm sorry, i didn't know he was on tv. a second one called the first one fake. it wasn't you, bro.

the judge got cross. >> turn down the volume, turn up the phone. >> that didn't work. >> reporter: they gave up on skype and switched to a speakerphone, that was a challenge. order in the court. order up some tech support so we can see the witness. cnn. >> even you are laughing. i can see all these people calling. >> it's ridiculous. >> reporter: new york. that is all for "early start" today. all by myself. let's go to "new day" anchors. what's going on, guys? >> that was a cry for help. >> i'm hugging you through the television. >> this is for you. >> we love you, john. thanks so much. we will see you in a bit. you won't be alone for too long. >> happy fourth of july. it's almost to top of the hour. that means time for the top news.

the world needs egypt to be stable. >> breaking this morning, egypt in crisis. a new president sworn in. the old president now under arrest. streets have arupted, dozens killed. will there be a civil war? on the stands, george zimmerman's past coming back to haunt him. people who knew him before the shooting testified. did they prove he was a wanna be cop looking for a fight? >> lady liberty opening for the first time since hurricane sandy. >> your "new day" starts right now. announcer: this is "new day" with it is thursday, july fourth, probably one of the few days of

the year we don't have to remind you of the date. you know exactly what it is because you're on holiday. >> you look beautiful today. >> we look a bit like a flag ourselves. >> we're looking good here. we're looking good for you, obviously. there she is, the most beautiful person in the room, lady liberty in new york harbor, we know that. she's been welcoming visitors to the country since 1886. for the past few days, she's been closed. why? hurricane sandy. but she's open today. we have a lot to bring you including the latest in the george zimmerman trial, people from zimmerman's past coming forward to testify, including an interesting witness, one of his former professors. did they prove he's a wannabe cop looking for a fight. >> we have got to show you this. check out this giant sinkhole that suddenly opened in the middle of a busy ohio street. the driver plummetin