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that's going to do it for me. i'm fredricka whitfield. brooke baldwin takes it from here. >> thanks so much. happy fourth to you. happy fourth to everyone watching here. as you spend this holiday with your loved ones, keep in mind there are 19 families missing their men, their husbands, their brothers, their sons, their heroes on this holiday. coming up, we will take you live to prescott, arizona, to see how this community is paying tribute to the granite mountain hot shot crew. and you will hear from their friends and their family on this fourth of july. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. also today, the final witnesses. the state wrapping up its case against this man, george zimmerman. with a powerful witness in its back pocket. trayvon martin's mother. what she could say on the stand and the impact it'll all have on the all female juror. also, look at this. a remarkable rescue. a car swallowed by a sink hole.

one woman trapped inside. people frantically dialing 911 to help her. >> my car just fell through the street. it is in a hole. it sunk in. >> amazingly, the driver isn't seriously hurt. she is talking about her survival. we'll share her story with you. also ahead today, oh, boy, oh, boy. it's a fourth of july tradition that we can't apparently get enough of. the annual hotdog eating contest at coney island. they have just crowned this year's winner, ladies and gentlemen. it was a record setting it was a record setting performance. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com fourth of july here at home. i hope you're having a fun one. but over the past couple of hours in cairo, the big, massive crowds have returned to tahrir square, folks. live pictures. tahrir square just past 8:00 at

night local time. look at this. as you remember, from the scene this time yesterday, egyptians by the hundreds of thousands embracing the fall of their religiously oriented government. the first elected government ever overthrown. so what now? well, this is the new leader. his name is adlai monsieur. he is a judge. he is temporary tasked with leading an interim government and organizing elections. keep in mind he was hand selected by the military. his appointment announced by general abdell fattah asisi. we saw asisi speaking yesterday. he rolled out the tanks yesterday in support of all of those protesters. and later announced the ouster of egypt's first elected leader, mohamed morsi. morsi, president yesterday,

under house arrest today. also arrested, an unknown number of morsi supporters and islamic religious leaders. keep in mind, morsi's election just about one year ago sent shock waves through washington, which feared his ties to islamic fundamentalists. bottom line today, egypt has called off its first attempt at democracy. but it is vowing to try again. the coup that toppled mohamed morsi was largely bloodless. and apparently quite popular, at least for now. joining me live from cairo is cnn's christiane aman por. the crowd has returned to tahrir square. tell me why. >> reporter: absolutely. egyptians are certainly up to party for a second night. during the course of the day, we

saw the numbers dwindle to no more than a few hundred in the square. now night has fallen and the workday is over. they've come back again in their thousands. firecrackers are going off. it is certainly a celebratory move. judging by the people out there, you would never imagine that their constitution has been suspended. and although they now have an interim president nominated by the military, there are still certainly no presidential elections scheduled for now. but there is one cause for celebration. that is the fact that president morsi is no more and that as far as we know, he is detained and there is also apparently under way a witch hunt against many other of the senior members of the muslim brotherhood, brooke. >> and, karl, you mentioned let's go back to, you know, the word that we've gotten in the last couple of hours. that egypt's supreme leader has now been arrested as well as a former supreme muslim leader. karl, is there any sense that the military has it in for muslim fundamentalists?

is there any sense how far they want to take this in terms of crushing their opponents? >> reporter: that is certainly what a spokesman for the muslim brotherhood has told during the course of the tay. he says he no longer believes in his word this was just a simple military coup. he says things are going on much further and there is a real vendetta now to take the fight to the muslim brotherhood and actually dismantle the muslim brotherhood. we haven't got exact figures right now of how many muslim brotherhood members have been detained. but the prosecutor general's office has sold us that they have issued arrest warrants for 250 members of the muslim brotherhood. add to that as well the fact that the military went in and closed down five tv stations that they believe were very close to the former government. and that is what the muslim brotherhood members are saying is a witch hunt that is going on against them right now, brooke. >> karl penhaul, thank you so

much. christi christia christiane, i want to ask you and i will in a moment about the u.s. role here. i have to get your impressions of the scene. you were on live right around this time yesterday. it was historic, the toppling of the democratically elected president. here we have thousands returning to tahrir square, fireworks. what do you make of this? >> reporter: well, i'm not entirely sure. they were told basically to disband, i think, yesterday after all of this. and to continue being peaceful, which those in tahrir square are mostly. they've actually won. perhaps they're just still celebrating their victory. here's the thing. what it means is we're going to be watching to see whether street politics is going to develop into actual politics. and this is a crucial moment for egypt. because this overthrow of the first democratically elected government there has put into play a very serious issue. and that is we don't know exactly how it's going to

proceed in these intervening months. we still have no date for elections, either parliamentary or presidential or, indeed, to rewrite the constitution. they've said a few months, but we don't really know what that means. what we really do know is that there are no formed opposition groups that have any maturity at the moment. so this -- this moment is very, very important for those people who have come out in the tens of millions, demanded the overthrow of their elected government, got that, and now we have to see whether they can actually develop some kind of political future. what is their bottom line? how are they going to, you know, move forward? >> i have to ask you about that. because as we talk about this democratically elected leader, mohamed morsi at the time, perhaps his roadmap for democracy wasn't clear. and here we have one year later, he's out. you know, you have the opposition now saying they will be holding free and fair elections. who's to say we won't see this play out one year from now? >> reporter: well, some -- some

people have actually raised that concern. they're very concerned about that. that it's a series of -- of change by street protest. obviously we saw it in january of 2011 when they all came out and mubarak was ousted. we then saw it again when the people wanted the military to go back into their barracks. that was last year. and morsi did put the military back into their barracks, out of the political role which they had had governing the country. and now here they are again. as i say, this is an emerging democracy with no political parties other than the muslim brotherhood. now, the muslim brotherhood has called for a peaceful, they say, demonstration tomorrow after friday prayers. because as you know, they reject what's happened. they say that this is the overthrow of a legitimately elected government. and it was the overthrow of a legitimately elected government by the military. there's a huge war of words as you know on social media inside egypt and around about whether

it was a coup or not. everybody's playing these word games over whether it was a coup or not. in europe, elsewhere, all the headlines are, you know, coup, toppling, overthrow, deposed, whatever. the elected president has been removed by the military. and the military is in control now. there should be no mistake about it. although there are judges who are fronting this and there are opposition members who have come out and supported this. so we really as i say need to know what happens going forward. >> right. >> it seems to me that egypt's partners outside need to put on a lot of pressure to make sure as president obama has said that a return to civilian democratic rule happens very, very quickly. >> christiane amanpour, thank you. we'll have the conversation again. as you point out, muslim br brotherhood coming out tomorrow. how do they react? what happens to them? to some of the hottest stories in a flash. rapid fire. roll it.

there is new hope today in the case of this british toddler who disappeared six years ago in portugal. investigators say they have, quote, unquote, new findings and new witness evidence. and there is a possibility madeleine mccann is still alive. british police have identifiy i 38 people of interest they say they hope to interview. this 3-year-old was on vacation with her parents when she disappeared. court documents confirm south african's worst fears. that nelson mandela could soon die. the documents filed this week stem from a fight within mandela's family over where he and three of his deceased children should be buried. current president jacob zuma visited mandela today and said he remains in critical, but stable condition. as you know, he's been in the hospital ever since the 8th of june. oh, boy. you got to see this. cursing, yelling threats. parents at a school board meeting in spring valley, new york, faced all that this week

from one of the board's own lawyers. watch. >> you're still smirking at me. please. >> would you please shut up. for christ's sake. >> you really need to get out! you need to get out! >> that is just a taste of what school board attorney christopher kirby dished out. the board sat quietly while parents demanded kirby be kicked out of the meeting. do you hear the bleeping? it's because it only got worse in the parking lot. >> shut up. [ bleep ]. >> the board's president says it is deeply troubled by what happened and will meet soon to discuss what should be done. a womantoledo, ohio, survives this harrowing ordeal when a huge sink hole opens up under her car. the pictures tell the story here, folks. witnesses, they didn't waste any time. they picked up the phone. they're dialing 911, trying to get the police to hurry, respond to the scene. >> yes, a car just fell through the street. a car just fell through the

street on detroit and bancroft. the hole opened up and it -- >> listen. detroit and bancroft. what kind of vehicle? >> i don't know. a tan malibu. it is in the hole. it sunk in. >> the driver of that car, pamela knox, she tried to stay calm during this whole thing, praying while her car sat at the bottom of this hole. >> it wasn't like and it was over. no, it was falling and rolling. as the car was falling, you know, i just kept calling on the name of jesus. and i just kept saying jesus, jesus, jesus. >> thank goodness she's okay. she actually had to climb out of the hole. there she is on a ladder. the city says a collapsed sewer caused that sink hole. coming up next, as the prosecution prepares to wrap up its case in the trial of george zimmerman, we're going to take a look at the trial thus far. the biggest hits. the biggest misses in the trial of the man accused of murdering

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neutrogena.® [ female announcer ] pore refining cleanser. ♪ nothing says, "i'm happy to see you too," like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone. the courtroom, the stage for the murder trial of george zimmerman, it's in the dark today. it's a holiday. already the state's remaining witnesses are in the spotlight. you have trayvon martin's family who've been sitting there in the courtroom. they take possibly the stand tomorrow along with the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on trayvon martin

himself. to talk about this, what we can expect tomorrow, huge day for the state. you have tanya miller, defense attorney and former prosecutor. michael griko, criminal defense attorney in miami. welcome to both of you. tanya, let me begin with you. you and i sat here yesterday. we were watching a lot of this. tomorrow is a huge day. >> absolutely. >> we know the state will be resting. we're guessing, we don't have the witness list, we're guessing possibly sybrina fulton, trayvon martin's mother takes the stand. how does the state handle this so this is a home run for them? >> the state at this point is going to do what they really missed an opportunity to do with rachel jeantel. that's humanize trayvon martin. we are going to hear from his mother. we expect heart wrenching, emotional testimony from his mother that's going to really bring that back in the forefront of this jury. remind them that this case is about the loss of a child who was on his way home from the 7-eleven unarmed. >> michael, as you have this grieving mother on the stand, i'm sure a very poignant witness, indeed. how do you, if you're the

defense attorney, how do you cross-examine someone like that? >> you have to do it very delicately. good morning to both of you. it's very tough. when you're dealing with grieving families or when you're dealing with children or any type of sensitive witness, you have to really try to empathize with what's going on. you need to appreciate that, yes, somebody died here. there is a tragedy. but you need to make sure that you are able to point out delicately that the person that's testifying does have an interest in this. that they do have a motivation to lie. you have to be able to attack their credibility without looking like you're attacking. because the prosecution is very dependent upon these witnesses to bring in the emotion that's required in order for them to get to a second degree murder conviction. >> let me stay with you, michael. because we've been watching this trial play out the last two weeks. these are supposed to be state witnesses, some of them at the end of the day sort of appeared defense witnesses sort of depending on your perspective. let me put you on the hot seat and ask you. what do you think the biggest

mistake or biggest miss has been so far? either for the prosecution or the defense? >> well, listen, trial is like a game of chess. you really don't know who's winning or losing. it's what the jurors are seeing. i think miss jeantel's testimony really hurt the prosecution. if they had known in advance that was going to be pretty damning testimony for them, they shouldn't have started so early on with that. >> why do you think that? others say she wasauthentic. it resonated with the jurors. >> i think that she got caught up in statements -- in conflicting statements on both sides of it. the defense did a pretty good job of rattling her, making her seem not credible. i tdisagree with that. just because people are claiming she was real or showed raw emotion, i think they were able to make their points regarding her motivation as well. as opposed to -- sorry. her motivation regarding wanting trayvon's killer convicted. she had an interest in this.

>> do you agree? >> i don't agree. >> you're making eyes. >> i don't agree. i think the biggest mistake if there's one to be made by the prosecution in this case was not objecting to the testimony of detective serino where he said he believed george zimmerman's version of events. i just think that was devastating testimony for the prosecution. the jury should not have ever heard anything like that. and i think he was asleep at the wheel. he woke up. he tried to correct it the next day. but i think that's something he should have stopped right then and there. >> because objections, sort of like i liken this to basketball at the end of the game. the game is closely tied you want to foul your guy to slow down the momentum. same thing in the courtroom. >> absolutely. i think he could have made better uses of his objection during that testimony. rachel jeantel, i completely disagree. i think her demeanor on the stand, yes, was probably different than what some of the other witnesses presented. some of the more professional, more polished witnesses. but at the end of the day, it's not about who talks the smoothest, who looks the prettiest. at the end of the day, it's

whether or not you believe that person is telling you the truth. >> tanya miller, thank you. come back next hour. i have more questions for you. michael grieco, thank you to you as well. let me move on. coming up next here, we're going to take you live to prescott, arizona. where on this fourth of july a memorial service is under way for those 19 firefighters, sons and husbands and fathers lost their lives battling the wildfires over the weekend. that's next. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know.

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painful fourth of july for folks in prescott, arizona. because their friends and family and fellow firefighters are mourning these 19 fallen heroes of the granite mountain hot shot crew who were killed in that raging wildfire. these elite, i'm talking elite of the elite firefighters, they put themselves between this inferno and their community. i want to go to prescott to stephanie elam there talking to some of these people. stephanie, i have to ask here on this celebratory day, how are the people there honoring these 19 men? >> reporter: it's almost impossible to not see something, brooke, that people in this community are doing to remember these 19 young men. keep in mind, the average age was in their early 20s. they're very young men. some of them were expecting children. some were already fathers. obviously they're sons as well. uncles and brothers. you'll see throughout town, you'll see 19 flags that are up. you'll see that there are bottles of water out at the memorial. or maybe even flowers as well.

all in all, this is a big weekend here, a big rodeo weekend. a big draw to prescott. at this time people are still making sure that they remember their heroes here on this fourth of july. >> we know right now that there are still, you know, that the fire rages on. there are firefighters out there battling that same wildfire that killed those 19 young men. the yarnell wildfire. about 45% contained. what are you hearing from those firefighters? >> reporter: well, the one thing i can say that's good is that they've been able to contain it at about 8,400 acres for the last couple of days now. but it is not out, and they're still working out there. they're still trying to make sure that this fire doesn't threaten any more buildings. and it's very hard because their hearts are broken. but at the same time they have to fight this fire. so one moment that did happen yesterday, the buggies that these 20 firefighters would ride in, that's what they're calm le. they're called buggies. ten men to each one. those made a procession back into town. it wasn't just here on the streets where there was an

impromptu moment to honor these men as the buggies return. there's also one out on the fire line. take a listen. >> we did have a hard day today with our fallen comrades' vehicles going down. we also had an operational pause today where we went ahead and considered those tasks we're asked to do, the environment we operate in, the hazards we face, the risk we assess and how we mitigate those. that's important for all of us as we move forward and take a moment to make certain that we are doing everything properly when it comes to attacking these fires. >> reporter: and the other thing to keep in mind, it was lightning that started that fire on friday of last week. and throughout the afternoon since we've been here, we have seen these storms pick up. yesterday this really, really strong wind coming through. and this is what some officials say may have happened before last friday that led to the tragedy -- i'm sorry. last sunday that led to the tragedy that we had here. they're hoping lightning is not more of an issue and they're

able to just get this fire town and get it done with, brooke. >> last thing they need. stephanie elam, thank you. we'll be talking again next hour. 3:30 eastern time we'll have special coverage of the arizona wildfire's tragedy. we'll talk to stephanie again in prescott. also joining me live, a member of the fire department. he was the first to have to break the news to the public. he will tell us how others are now coming to the aid of really the city, this town of prescott as we look at the lives of those 19 sons and brothers and husbands. many of them were fathers. families who never had the chance to say good-bye. watch remembering the hot shots one hour from now, 3:30 eastern here on cnn. coming up, police find an apartment rented by aaron hernandez. the former nfl star. inside, they find ammunition, a white hoodie and a baseball cap. all evidence, they say, that could put the former football star in prison. we've got that for you after this break.

bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. a major development in the aaron hernandez murder investigation, the former new england patriot star. as you know, he's charged with the murder of his friend, odin lloyd in june. cnn's john berman is here to tell us what police have now found that can further incriminate this man in lloyd's murder. john berman, tell me about this secret apartment. >> brooke, remember how many times we saw picture of police searching through that big house owned by aaron hernandez? well, it turns out that might not have been his only place. there was an apartment not far away. and police pulled a lot of evidence out of that that may connect him even further to this case. >> reporter: a 37-page search warrant released wednesday might be piling on the evidence against former new england patriots star aaron hernandez. evidence not found in his multimillion dollar estate, but in a two-bedroom apartment in

franklin, massachusetts. 19 miles from his home. only discovered after interviewing an associate of hernandez, carlos or tootiz. they found two items of clothing. a white hooded sweatshirt matching the one hernandez was wearing in this photo obtained by boston tv station whdh and in surveillance video the night of the homicide. and a blue and cranberry covered baseball cap matching the one hernandez was reportedly wearing outside a nightclub. the documents also say three different calibers of ammunition were found in a bedroom night stand. ortiz told police on the night after the incident, he and hernandez stopped by this apartment location. >> i love you, aaron! >> reporter: but despite all this, hernandez still has some supporters. including some women who are speaking out on twitter with tweets like "aaron hernandez is too sexy to be in jail for life." and "i don't care what aaron

hernandez did. he is still sexy". >> the reason women may be tweeting that he's sexy is many of them are going to be attracted to the bad boy image. that this somehow makes him more macho. so women fantasize that he isn't capable of a murder, for example. because he's so handsome. and unfortunately looks are deceiving. >> we'll leave that aside for a moment. also found in the apartment was a valet ticket from a hotel not far from the club where hernandez was seen the friday before the incident. also found, a lot of shirts with the number 81 on them. that, of course, hernandez's number when he played for the patriots. brooke? >> berman, thank you. michael grieco, let me bring you back in. criminal defense attorney. here you have on a very superficial level, it just looks bad. looks bad for aaron hernandez. how often do you see cases where it looks terrible at first for

the defendant, then in the end it flips around? >> i can tell you from experience i've represented somebody who was allegedly caught on video committing a robbery. let's just say he's back on stage performing right now. everybody had him kind of dead to rights prior. i've seen cases when i was a prosecutor where a very seasoned prosecutor had a confession, dna, mountains of evidence. the jury still walked him. you never know. you really never know what a jury's going to do. unfortunately for mr. hernandez, there seems to be a lot, and i mean a lot of evidence. mind you, it's circumstantial. but it's a lot of circumstantial. they can really paint quite a picture. they've got a lot of brushes and they've got a lot of paint. the fact that one of his cohorts is talking is not good for him as well. they want this guy bad. >> he's charged for murder in the case of lloyd. now being investigated in the double murder last summer. the lists and ghosts are coming

out from his past. let's say with regard to this specific murder, if it's found that he was not the person to pull the trigger, what else could he be charged with? >> well, i mean, you can be charged, you know, people use terms like accomplice. you know, after the fact. you've got in florida here we have the principal theory which makes you just as responsible as the shooter. if you commit a robbery and all you do is drive the getaway car you still can be charged with homicide and still face the same penalties. and in massachusetts the penalty for homicide is life. regardless as to whether or not you pulled the trigger or not. if he was involved in any sort of false imprisonment or kidnapping that led to the murder, it's not going to make a difference whether he pulled the trigger or not. it's going to make a difference as to whether or not they make him any sort of plea offer short of life. >> michael grieco, thank you. coming up, the search for madeleine mccann. remember her? the little girl who disappeared in 2007 when she was on vacation with her parents.

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let's get into the serious stuff on fourth of july. i don't know your stance on hotdogs. you're either going to love this or you might need to turn away. the annual nathan's hotdog eating champions are the same people who won last year. joey "jaws" chestnut wolfed down a record 69 hot dogs. i think i have to look away. in the women's division sonia the black widow thomas downed 36 3/4 hotting tos f ing tdogs for. even though she was first she was off last year's pace when she consumed 45 dogs and buns. straight face. moving on from hot dogs and coney island we go to the fourth

of july parade in washington, d.c. check it out. this is the independence day parade. right along, of course, constitution avenue. it's an awesome parade. people celebrating their independence in our nation's capital. in new york harbor, one of the most powerful symbols of america reopened to the public today. the statue of liberty. shut down last october after superstorm sandy overwhelmed that whole area. cnn's pamela brown was there this morning as the very first tourist arrived. hi, pamela. >> reporter: brooke, an estimated 15,000 people are expected to pour into liberty island today to see lady liberty in all her glory on this independence day. today holds special meaning for these visitors. for the first ones here in eight months. lady liberty is once again ready to face the masses. yearning for a closer look at one of america's most iconic figures. >> to be here at the statue of liberty on its opening day on

the fourth of july, it's just amazing. it's really -- it's just -- makes your heart swell. >> everyone's been waiting for so long to be back here. i think it's beautiful. we all see pictures. but to be here makes everything more real. >> reporter: superstorm sandy forced lady liberty's closing just a day after her 126th anniversary. while the statue itself immersed unscathed, storm surge socked almost three-quarters of liberty island. leaving bricks ripped up, docks destroyed and debris everywhere. adding insult to injury the statue had just reopened the day before the storm after a year of renovations. cnn got rare access inside for the reopening. all the way to her crown. the trek up a steep 377-step narrow, spiral staircase leads to spectacular views high above new york's harbor. the 305-foot-tall statue was a gift from france symbolizing the frenchship between the two countries and their shared love

of liberty. dedicated in 1886 after ten years of construction, more than 3.5 million people worldwide flock here every year. park officials worked around the clock to make sure the island reopened just in time for this independence day. >> coming here and seeing visitors from all over the world standing out in front with tears in their eyes of excitement because she's not only our statue of liberty, she's the world's statue of liberty. >> reporter: and there are people here from all over the world. in fact, all the tickets to see the statue of liberty today were sold out. no surprise there. construction is ongoing here on liberty island. it's still a work in progress. but park officials say they just wanted to do everything they could to make sure the statue of liberty was open to the public on this fourth of july. brooke? >> pamela brown, thank you. i think she gets the prize for prettiest live shot of the day. how beautiful was that sky there? if you're planning a trip to the statue of liberty, tickets to go up to the crown, they're already sold out through mid-august.

depending on where you live, obviously on this fourth of july, weather a huge, huge factor in your celebrations. all important grilling, fire works. how is it looking out there? >> it looks pretty rotten in the east to be honest with you. a lot of people, almost 70,000 people, 60,000 officially in atlanta ran the peachtree road race. i did that for years. great fun. it was overcast and reasonably cool. i want to show you this picture out of santa rosa, new mexico. between amarillo and albuquerq e albuquerque. that is not snow you're looking at. they do sit at just about 5,000 feet above sea level. that is pea-sized hail to the tune of a foot and a half. they had to bulldoze it away. look at some of the rainfall totals that we've seen. inlet beach at just under 15 inches of rain. more is expected in the forecast. and why is that? we've got a ridge of high pressure which is sitting off the eastern seaboard. that bermuda high. that is getting this reverse

moisture, this moisture moving in from the south. as a result, it's just kind of moving in the same place over and over again. trough across the central u.s. the ridge across the west. the ridge across the west is producing the extraordinarily dry and hot weather conditions with those triple digits. but they're not nearly as hot as it has been. no. it's not 120 degrees, brooke. it's about 110. >> oh, pishaw. no big deal. >> we can live with that. >> karen, thank you. i urge you to watch this as i wait 365 days for this next piece of video. every fourth of july safety officials try to warn people about the dangers of fireworks. so they set up these dramatic displays to show what can go wrong from making illegal pyrotechnics to using the wrong kind of fuse. frankly, i can't get enough of exploding watermelons. so on this day, roll it. >> three, two, one.

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police in britain are chasing new leads in the case of a 3-year-old girl who vanished six years ago while on vacation in portugal. remember madeleine mccann? she disappeared from the bedroom she was sharing with two of her siblings. for a time investigators thought she might have been killed. her parents were suspects before they were ultimately cleared. but today police said they want to speak to, they're very precise with this number, 38. 38 persons of interest based upon this new evidence. and their remains a chance little madeleine mccann could be alive. cnn's atika shubert joins me from london. what's the word from scotland yard? >> basically they're saying they're reopening this investigation. they want to talk to those 38 people across europe, including 12 of them they believe are british nationals who were in portugal at the time. this comes after a review of the case that police made 16 visits to portugal, went through 30,000 documents. and what's interesting here is it's not just evidence from

portuguese and british police, but also from private investigators from seven different companies. they pulled all of this together, and they believe they have some new leads and evidence they want to pursue. perhaps most importantly, the police have said they believe that madeleine mccann may still be alive. >> which is wonderful for her family. but i have to, you know, just remind everyone, there have been unconfirmed sightings of madeleine mccann for years. what's the possibility that this new lead is more promising than others in the past? >> we really don't know. they're not giving that many detamed details. it seems to be the fact they've looked at all the of the evidence from all of these different sources. it's not just one sighting here or there. it's sort of the totality of all the evidence they have. i do have to point out that kate and jerry mccann have really been tirelessly campaigning to keep the investigation open, to keep the search going. in fact, last year the police put out an age progressed photo to show what madeleine mccann

might look like. again, they put it out today urging the public if they have seen this little girl to give them information. also interesting to note, a lot of recent cases in the u.s. have given them hope. for example, the case in cleveland. they say the younger a child is that's taken the greater the chances are that she may still be alive. >> there is hope. we hope they find her. atika shubert, thank you. in london for us. coming up in the next hour of "cnn newsroom," we will have special coverage of the wildfire tragedy in arizona. remembering the hot shots. stephanie elam will join me from prescott, arizona, as we look and we honor the lives of these 16 young men. forgive me. 19 young men, 19 heroes. that is at 3:30 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. i'm here at my house on thanksgiving day, and i have a massive heart attack right in my driveway. the doctor put me on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go talk to your doctor. you're not indestructible anymore.

so, a bikini got a missouri woman kicked out of a water park this week. here she is. we're showing you madeleine schafer. she says two teenage employees approached her tuesday at adventure oasis in independence. they told her she had to put on shorts. they said, lady, your bikini is a little too small. schafer asked for a supervisor. supervisor said cover up or get out of my water park. she felt like she was discriminated against both with regard to her age and her body. >> there's, you know, 16 and

18-year-old girls wearing just the same amount. no one's criticizing them or making them feel ashamed or making them feel uncomfortable in their bodies. it's summertime. it's a swimming pool. i'm wearing a swimming suit. >> she had just started wearing bikinis after losing 100 pounds. the city of independence says it's up to the manager to decide if a person's attire is appropriate or not. and they don't feel like they discriminated against this woman. a major development now in the case of a woman who got fired from her job for being too irresistible. we told you, remember this woman? melissa nelson? we told you her story back in december because she got fired from this dentist's office in iowa because her boss felt she was too attractive. working with her, apparently, risked his marriage. she sued. she lost. she lost her legal battle last year. but now a new twist. poppy harlow has more on why melissa's case may not be over

after all. >> reporter: this week iowa's supreme court took a rare step, withdrawing a unanimous decision in melissa nelson's case. >> people think this decision is just unfair. >> reporter: dentist james knight called melissa nelson one of the best dental assistants he'd ever had. but he fired her in 2010. why? because she presented an irresistible attraction, court records say. threatening his marriage. >> his reasoning was i was affecting his home life and his personal life. and that it was time for me to go. >> reporter: records show dr. knight's wife demanded her terminate nelson's employment. nelson sued, claiming gender discrimination. >> i'm not attracted to him. i've never been attracted to him. >> reporter: nelson said dr. knight complained her clothing was too tight and revealing. not so, says nelson. >> i just thought of myself as an everyday person that came to work. >> reporter: last december the all male iowa supreme court unanimously ruled nelson's

firing was unfair, but legal. and not gender discrimination. answering the key question, can somebody be lawfully terminated simply because the boss views the employee as an irresistible attraction. >> hello, i'm melissa. >> she hasn't stopped fighting. in april nelson brought attention to her case on comedy central. >> were you a good hygienist? >> of course. >> how many cavities would you guess i've had in my entire life. >> open up. >> reporter: now iowa's supreme court is reconsidering its decision. >> it's really unprecedented. there is no new evidence. there is no fact that the supreme court missed. the only thing that's new here is the public reaction to the opinion. which is mostly negative. actually, overwhelmingly negative. >> reporter: nelson's attorney says her client is delighted at the news. knight's attorney says he's confident the supreme court will reaffirm its prior decision. >> i did my job to the best of my abilities. i worked hard. >> reporter: now, in its

december decision, iowa supreme court pointed out that dr. knight hired a female replacement for nelson. and argued that showed her firing while unfair, was not gender discrimination. legal experts say what makes this case so unique is that the court is not considering any new evidence. it's just agreed to reconsider its decision. that decision could come as early as next week or it could take months. poppy harlow, cnn, new york. >> poppy harlow. we'll come back to you as soon as a decision has been made. thank you. coming up, working out? i know it can be tough. maybe we all need to work off some hot dogs after today. anybody do this whole thing called cross fit? coming up, we're going to introduce you to someone who's overcome amazing odds to complete this crazy, strenuous class. ♪ ♪ unh ♪ ♪ hey! ♪ ♪ let's go! ♪

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completing a cross fit workout is impressive for anyone. for steph hammerman the feat is more than impressive. it once was inconceivable. >> i was born three months premature. i lost a lot of oxygen and a bunch of blood through that process. >> reporter: steph has cerebral palsy. that develops after trauma to the brain during or after birth. now, people with the condition are often unsteady on their feet. they have impaired motor function. muscle coordination problems. and all of this could 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. growing up in that world, there was no -- there was no other way to live. >> reporter: she was always active. 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 cross-fit is awesome. would i be able to do this? >> reporter: within an hour she was hitting the mats. with each pushup, she got

stronger. with 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 cross-fit trainer with cerebral palsy. >> there's no reason in this world that people have to say they can't do something. if somebody really wants to do something, they're going to find a way to make it work. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, reporting. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we will roll on. hour two. good to be with you on this fourth of july. i'm brooke baldwin. but in another place, more fireworks, but for a much different reason. live pictures, cairo, egypt. the crowds, the masses have returned to tahrir square.

it is just past 9:00 at night there in egypt. as you remember, it was this time yesterday egyptians by the hundreds of thousands embracing the fall of their religiously oriented government. keep in mind it was the first elected government ever overthrown. so what now? well, take a look with me. because this is the new leader for now. his name is adly mansour. he is a judge. mansour is temporarily tasked with leading an interim government and organizing elections coming up here. keep in mind he was hand selected by the military. he was appointed by the general here, general abdell fatah el sissi. he rolled those tanks yesterday in support of all those protesters. the leader announced the ouster of egypt's first elected leader, mohamed morsi. morsi, president yesterday, under house arrest today. speaking of arrest, unknown

number of morsi's supporters and islamic religious leaders under arrest here. keep in mind, moresi's election just about one year ago sent shockwaves through washington, d.c., which feared his ties to islamic fundamentalists. the bottom line here is that egypt's called off its first attempt at democracy. but it is vowing to try it again. the coup that toppled mohamed morsi was largely bloodless, thus far. apparently quite popular for now. let's go straight to cairo to cnn's ivan watson with, again, my question as we look, ivan, as the dark has fallen now, i can hear the noises and i know i've seen the fireworks and the masses. why did the folks return? they got -- morsi's gone. why are they back tonight? >> reporter: well, first of all, thursday night is the beginning of the egyptian weekend. so people are out to party. yeah, there's still euphoria and joy here in cairo's central

tahrir square. fireworks going off. the crowds enormous, not quite as big as last night. but they are significant. throughout the day, residents of this city were treated to remarkable aerial display by the egyptian air force. which were flying maneuvers over the egyptian capital. drawing the shape of a heart with their vapor trails. also the colors that the egyptian flag. cheered on by many residents i saw out here in the street. while this is going on, this celebration, it has also been the night of the long knives. because the egyptian security forces have shut down at least three pro-muslim brotherhood tv stations. arrested some of their employees. and they also have been rounding up some top officials from the muslim brotherhood as well as mohamed morsi himself, who i'm told by one of his spokesmen is now being held as of 5:00 a.m. this morning local time at the

defense ministry. now, the general prosecutor of egypt, he's come out saying that some of the people that morsi had arrested, that he described as political pride eprisoners, e expected to be released in the days ahead. this is what he had to say about the rule of law in this country. take a listen. >> reporter: we will take measures that are nothing but legitimate and constitutional and within the right legal procedures. we will not gloat and we will not settle scores with anyone or seek revenge from anyone. we will declare the law the sovereign. >> reporter: one more point, brooke. the muslim brotherhood is not giving up. they're calling for parades tomorrow, marches in support of what they describe as the legitimate government, the first democratically elected president of egypt, mohamed morsi, who is as of now in government custody. brooke? >> ivan watson in cairo.

joining me now from new york is ed hussein. he is a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. ed hussein, welcome to you. let me pivot to the u.s. connection here. because today we learned the defense secretary chuck hagel spoke not just once, but twice in the past week to the head of the egyptian armed forces. in fact, this is video. this is hagel in april with general sissi. this is a guy we saw on television just this time yesterday who basically was the one giving the order to overthrow mohamed morsi. my question to you, sir, is how much sway does washington have in terms of influencing events in egypt? >> my understanding from discussions with people in washington, d.c., both at the state department and at the white house, is that they were not in full control. as they should not be in full control of events in egypt. it was felt that the military coup was not something that was

blessed by washington, d.c. d.c. had gone out of its way via the ambassador, ambassador patterson in cairo, to build excellent relations with the civilian government. relations with the muslim brotherhood that had not existed in the previous 60 years. were built over the last year, year and a half. those relations have not only been destroyed, but those relations are now increasingly being questioned as to how much cannot yus the muslim brotherhood but other organizations in the region that look to washington, d.c. for support and alliance in times of need can be dependent on america. will america continue to stand by its allies, whether the democrats in the case of what happened in egypt or whether the monarchs in the case of saudi arabia, bahrain and elsewhere. i think that's the bigger question. what el sissi did was call into my conversations with people in the u.s. government not something that was approved of, not something that was endorsed and not something that was welcomed. i think that was reflected in the statement we got from the president yesterday, president obama yesterday. that was, you know, cautious. it was -- he said he was deeply

concerned. the u.s. government was deeply concerned. no support and no condemnation. so the u.s. is in a difficult place, a very difficult place, whether it supports the secularists in egypt or whether the islamists or the vast majority of the middle. whatever the u.s. does, whatever stance it takes it continues to come under fire from people in the region. it's pursuing or trying to pursue least lines of resistance in a difficult region of the world. >> it's incredibly important not just from the perspective of the united states but from egypt, keep in mind, the united states gives egypt more than $1 billion each and every year in aid. egypt's going to want to continue getting that money. when you broaden it out, bigger picture here, is there a lesson for all these islamic fundamentalist movements in all of the arab world who are sort of torn between working within the political system, i.e. mohamed morsi, and resorting to terrorism? >> that's an excellent question. and that's something that lots of people have wrongly been

overlooking. so i'm delighted that you're asking this question. many, many islamist organizations, by islamist i mean those who see religion as a political force, have tried to take state power from the government through force. and they've failed. now they've tried to end the government through the ballot box. guess what? the secular elite, the opposition, twided opposition in egypt comes together with their military, comes together with a biased media, uses the judiciary as activist political forces and overthrows an elected islamist president. he didn't even control parliament. he didn't have control over his own government. he was a figure head, essentially, morsi, for the many things that were going on around him. yes, he made mistake after mistake. but the way you handle that is through contesting him at the next presidential election. or asking him or forcing him to call for early elections. none of those things were happening. so democracy is not looking as attractive as it ought to be to the very people in the middle east we're trying to modify and moderate and bring into the system rather than keep them out

and help fuel anti-americanism. my concern is that this has nothing to do with the united states, what's happened in egypt. this is the making of egyptians themselves. their government, their failures, their disunity, their protests, their military coup. can we be carried by sadly and wrongly the perception that the united states is again to be blamed. and it's not. >> ed husain, thank you very much. >> thank you for having me. did the prosecution save the best for last? tomorrow is a huge day in this courtroom in sanford, florida. and in this murder trial of george zimmerman. because the state's remaining witnesses take the stand. the medical examiner who was the one to perform that autopsy on 17-year-old trayvon martin. and, these are the big ones, trayvon martin's brother and his mother. why will their testimony be so crucial for the prosecution? well, it has to do with that 911 tape. i want you to take a look at

what his mother, sybrina fulton, told anderson cooper. >> you've heard the 911 call where you hear somebody calling out help. do you believe that is your son's voice? >> yes, i do. i believe that's trayvon martin. that's my baby's voice. every mother knows their child. and that's his voice. >> let's talk about this with tanya miller. she is back. defense attorney and former prosecutor. also michael grieco, criminal defense attorney joining us from miami. tanya, to you. we heard from that audiologist at some point this week talking about familiarity of voice. right? >> yes. >> so presumably we could see, this is a guessing game, with could see sybrina fulton take to the stand tomorrow and say that voice screaming for help, that is my son. six female jurors. how much weight does that carry is this. >> that carries a lot of weight. the expert absolutely left this door open for the prosecution. which is why the prosecution called that expert in the first place. these women are going to hear this mother tell them from the

bottom of her heart, as sincerely as she possibly can, that that is the voice of her baby screaming for help in the seconds before his life was taken away. that is powerful, powerful testimony. >> michael, let me move on and ask you about this. george zimmerman, he faces murder in the second defwree here. this is is what he's charged with. if the state so far, you know, different people have different opinions, has not yet made their case for depraved mind, how would the jury proceed? >> no, i -- it might not get to a jury. i will tell you, there's an argument there that a judge could determine that second defwree murder has not been established. the -- maybe not now. but after the defense case, there's an argument for judgment of acquittal regarding whether or not the state has been able to prove zimmerman's state of mind at the time in being a depraved mind. the alternative is, is that the state can ask for a lesser included charge to go in front of a jury being manslaughter.

>> do you agree? >> well, i disagree that there would ever be a judgment of acquittal in a case like this. >> no acquittal? >> no, no, no. that won't happen. you might see the state ask for the lesser included charge. we don't know that they will. but that's a possibility. and there's certainly enough evidence to support it, which is the standard. the court can give a lesser included charge if there is evidence to support it. >> let's talk about this gun. you heard that the crime lab analyst talking. he took to the stand yesterday. they talked about this gun, talked about swabbing this gun for dna in four different places. and here is something he told the courtroom. >> i believe the fourth swab was taken from the holster itself. tell us -- and that's the last part of this slide that i've shown you. tell us if you could what your findings were regarding that. >> the swab from the holster tested negative for the possible presence of blood. the dna testing gave me a mixture of dna.

i was able to resolve out a major dna profile for the sample. and that major dna profile matched george zimmerman. and the statistical analysis is right here. it's the same 1 in 11 quadrillion caucasians. one in 1.5 quintillon african-americans. one in -- eastern hispanics. that would be for the probability of the major dna profile. as far as the my yor or lesser contributors, i was not able to determine a dna profile for any of those minor contributors. and when i made the comparison to trayvon martin, i was not able to include or exclude him from the mixture. >> so as to the holster where you got a major, it matches george zimmerman. is that correct? >> correct. >> so here's my question to you, tanya. if he couldn't exclude or include trayvon martin's dna on the holster, does that help? does that hurt the george zimmerman case who said,

absolutely, i was shimmying and trayvon martin went and gr grabbed -- or went for my gun. >> i think that hurts george zimmerman's case. here's why. george zimmerman said that trayvon martin had his hands, both hands, at some point in this struggle on his bloody face. if trayvon martin removed his hands from george zimmerman's bloody face and then reached that gun and touched that holster, you would see blood on that holster. that is powerful evidence the state is going to use and argue to show among other things george zimmerman's story is completely false and exaggerated in that regard. >> huge day tomorrow for the state. >> absolutely. >> tanya miller, thank you so much. michael grieco, thank you as well. next to this video you have to see. the sink hole swallows a car in ohio. swallows the whole thing. this woman who was inside talks about her frightening experience as this road just gave way. and then later this hour, please stay with us. we are remembering the hot

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>> brooke, we just received information, and i must express this is from an aft dated the 26th of june. we just have to keep that in mind. this advocate that is representing the mandela family submitted this affidavit stating that mr. mandela's health has taken a turn for the worst. that the mandela family has been advised by medical practitioners that his life support machine should be switched off. and it adds that rather than prolong his suffering, the mandela family is exploring the option. of course, this has raised lots of concerns in south africa around whether mr. mandela's condition is still at this state. because we've been hearing from the president saying mr. mandela is in a critical but stable

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well, question. what's the last thing you want to happen when you are out on the road? how about this? look at this. peering through this massive, gaping hole in this road in toledo, ohio, we see a car. and a woman who was praying to keep calm during this whole ordeal. what a story. nick valencia is here. >> terrifying. >> can't imagine. the street just, boom, gave way. >> she's driving along on this busy street. all of a sudden this hole opens up beneath her. the city official i spoke to says they blame it on a broken water main. listen to the 911 calls. frantic witnesses calling police trying to get her some help. >> yes. a car just fell through the street. a car just fell through the

street. on detroit and bancroft. a hole opened up and it -- >> listen. detroit and bancroft. what kind of vehicle? >> i don't know. a tan malibu. it's in the hole. it sunk in. >> it sunk in. >> that hole at least ten feet, probably closer to 20 feet. a city official i spoke to said it's an antiquated system, this sewage system, made of brick. look at those bricks there, brooke. built in 1891. >> what did the driver say? >> she thanked god. very thankful to be alive. a local affiliate interviewed her. listen to what she had to say. >> it wasn't like, and then it was over. no. it was falling and rolling. as the car was falling, i just kept calling on the name of jesus and i just kept saying jesus, jesus, jesus. >> this was an infrastructure failure. it wasn't a natural occurrence like the sink holes we see, geological natural occurrence like we see in florida.

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i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for joining me today. it is the fourth of july. a day when patriotism soars. we take a moment to think of those who defend us all around the world. but this week america received a tragic reminder that many of those heroes, they're right here at home. they're in our towns, in our cities, in our neighborhoods. this past sunday, flames were roaring out of control in arizona just northwest of phoenix. 19 firefighters, an elite group known as hot shots, rushed in. boots touching the front lines without hesitation. then a gust of wind took not only our heroes, but the sons, brothers, husbands and fathers of families who never had the chance to say good-bye.

prescott, arizona. new information now. the first official funeral service to honor the 19 fallen heroes will take place tuesday. affiliate kpho is reporting the firefighters' bodies will be transported back to prescott this sunday in a solemn caravan of 19 hearses. with a full color guard and bagpipe presentation. right now these bodies are being held at the medical examiner's office in phoenix. the yarnell hill wildfire which they were fighting sunday is about 45% contained. officials say the fire may not be fully contained until july 12th. that is eight days from now. so what happens? a lightning strike started the fast moving fire last weekend, but wildfires scorched more than 8,400 acres, about 13 square miles. and on this holiday today, a day

that should be all about celebration and family and friends, in prescott, arizona, is filled with pain and pride for those families of those 19 very special patriots. the granite mountain hot shot crew were heroes in their homes and community and to the people whose lives they protected. and i want to take you now to prescott to stephanie elam who's standing by with more. stephanie, our hearts are with those, of course, in arizona today. how -- how are those who knew these young men and even those who didn't? how are they remembering them on this fourth of july? >> reporter: well, brooke, we actually just spoke to one young woman. she told me that at the shop where she worked, shannon's, which is just right off the park here, that they knew a couple of the men who died. they're all trying to make sure that they make it to every event that is put on by the town to remember these 19 men. she said they're trying to keep their spirits up because it's the fourth of july and to honor their memory. but it's just very hard at this point. but throughout town you can see signs of the memorial. you can see 19 flags here.

19 bottles of water at the memorial. maybe it's 19 roses together. children drawing pictures. all throughout town, you can see that everyone is banding together to show these firefighters what they meant to them. >> reporter: the fourth of july. a time for remembering american heroes. and in prescott, it's a tribute to 19 young men that's bringing this town closer. >> coming together, i think, is the only way. if anybody is lost in the tragedy on their own, the whole community will suffer. >> reporter: in an impromptu show of respect, civilians and firefighters lined the streets as the two granite mountain hot shot buggies returned from the fire line. just as they've always done. but this time with a procession and without the men who rode in them. >> the two white buggies that were the granite mountain hot shots, that was their home away from home. that is where they lived out of. whether they were in idaho,

texas, california or yarnell. >> reporter: as they passed, these firefighters saluted their lost brothers and fought back tears. >> it's like any fire department, fire family. it's like your second family. >> reporter: throughout town there are signs of love for the hot shots, flags everywhere. most at half staff. and many people here are compelled to just do something. >> we've been busy nonstop since this morning. we've had a line of cars constantly. >> reporter: these kids are washing cars to raise money for the families of the victims. >> heard about it on facebook. and truck needed a wash. so figured i'd donate to the firefighters that fell. >> reporter: others are adding to the memorial along the fence of station 7. >> i grabbed 19 red roses for each individual and one white one just to signify the town and the strength everybody has. >> reporter: a town standing together to honor its patriots who gave the most.

>> that's the nature of a firemen. that's the nature of these 19 guys. they wanted to give so badly, they laid down their lives in order to do that. >> reporter: and those buggies, as they made their way into town, that moment of silence didn't just happen here. it also happened on the fire line as well. these people here are really trying to do all they can do, figure out ways they can help these families by also putting together some charitable donations. because a lot of these men had some very young children, brooke. >> i know so many people not just where you are in prescott, but all across the country, they want to know how they can help. we'll show them in just a moment. stephanie elam, thank you for their stories. throughout the next half hour, we'll tell you stories of some of these young men who died on sunday. i want to begin with andrew ashcroft who in this photo, let me show you this. in this photo here you can really just see his love of life. he snapped this before the arizona wildfire killed him and

his fellow hot shots crew members. he leaves behind a wife and four young children. cnn spoke with ashcraft's widow and mother in prescott. >> reporter: julianne ashcraft can't sleep and barely knows what to say to her young children. in an instant, julianne became a widow. her emptiness complicated by the responsibility of helping 6-year-old ryder, 4-year-old shiloh, 2-year-old tate and her baby, choice, just a year old, deal with the loss of their father. >> just a lot of faith. a lot of prayers. but i don't plan to move on and leave behind. i plan on finding a way to incorporate andrew in our life now that's different. that's more of a spiritual and a mental and emotional presence. >> reporter: andrew ashcraft himself had so much of life still ahead. just 29 years old when the yarnell hill fire suddenly turned on him and 18 other firefighters. choice may have virtually no memory of his father when he's older.

what are you going to tell him about andrew? >> well, their dad is amazing. and i will tell them every day of their lives how much he loves them. but he's here. i look in their faces and i see him. they look just like him. they act just like him. and there will be days that's great and days i'm sure i'll pull my hair out. he was full of life and energy. >> reporter: andrew's mother debra fingston is struggling with the same emotions and feeling the same pride. she can't say enough about the dedication and heroism of andrew and the other granite mountain hot shots. a veritable s.e.a.l. team 6 of fight fighters. what's your feeling about the fact 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. i said, okay, god. i don't understand it. but thank you that he wasn't alone. thank you that he was -- that they were together. >> reporter: they had done everything together, deborah says. eight slept outside and trained. the loss of andrew ashcraft is also being felt here at a place called captain cross-fit. a training center in prescott where ashcraft and five others who were lost in the fire worked out together regularly. trainer janine pererer row worked with all of the hot shots here. >> it's just really heartbreaking and sad to know that they are all gone. the whole crew. >> reporter: a loss in one household that andrew's mother puts in perspective. >> i have my husband. i have my daughter.

i have my -- my oldest son. but julianne, ryder, shiloh, tate, choice, they don't have andrew anymore. i mean, choice is 1. will he know him? that's hard. that's hard. >> reporter: also very difficult for the one member of the hot shots who was not killed. a young man named brendan mcdonough working as a lookout who had just radioed his position to the crew and was on the move when the others were caught in the fire. we've tried unsuccessfully to contact mcdonough. julianne ashcraft and debra pfingston tell us he's devastated. brian todd, cnn, prescott, arizona. >> i know. our hearts are with those in prescott. your hearts are as well. so many of you are asking us how you can help. there is a way. you can go to our impact your world page. go to cnn.com/impact for ways you can help the family members of those who lost those 19 young

men in that fire last sunday. coming up next, it is an emotional time for this entire community there. but as brian todd just mentioned, there is one young man who is feeling a pain no one in the world can understand. he is the sole survivor. the 20th man of this hot shot crew. the only one who didn't die in the fire. more on his story, next. ♪

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i've never been in a position where it felt like a bad dream. but my wife and i both try to sleep at night last night. talking. that word kept coming out. nightmare is the word that kept coming out. it hasn't really sunk in yet that i'm not going to get a phone call. >> the seoole survivor of the granite mountain hot shots is pleading for privacy right now. his name is brendan mcdonough. he was stationed as the lookout on sunday when he saw the wildfire changing direction. he radioed his crew moments before they were killed. cnn's kyung la shares the story of the 20th firefighter. the sole survivor from the granite mountain's hot shot crew. >> reporter: a stirring tribute.

to the 19 firefighters who lost their lives on sunday. the small community, devastated. >> hold on to your husbands, fiances, brothers, sisters and sons. did exactly what they were supposed to do. they put themselves between danger and the people that needed help. we will continue to do that. >> reporter: the town giving the families of the deceased a standing ovation. standing alongside the families -- >> brendan, this is is for you. we love you. >> reporter: the lone survivor of the hot shots, brendan mcdonough. mcdonough was stationed as a lookout removed from his team. his position was above the team when the winds shududdenly shif. >> he radioed his crew he had reached his trigger point and he was leaving. >> reporter: that was their last radio call. minutes later the rest of his brothers, all 19 of them, were gone. as investigators now try to

determine what went wrong, the firefighters blame the extraordinary conditions. a perfect storm of a wildfire. for the deaths. >> basically the wind changed. you had a thunderstorm that was above. they have a tendency to push winds around. just because of the dynamics of nature and the way they work. and that's what occurred during that time period. >> reporter: firefighters say there was nothing mcdonough could do to save his brothers. >> this is going to be tough. i mean, it's -- he lost his crew, you know. and he's -- i don't really know what to -- i couldn't put myself in his shoes. i couldn't. i couldn't even -- i couldn't do it. >> kyung la, cnn, prescott, arizona. coming up, we'll speak live with a member of the prescott fire department. i will ask him how brendan mcdonough is doing today. also how the nearby communities are coming to the fire department's aid. don't miss this.

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when i am called to duty, lord, to fight the roaring blaze, please keep me safe and strong, i may be here for days. be with my fellow crew members, as we hike up to the top, help us cut enough line for this blaze to stop. let my skills and hands be firm and quick. let me find those safety zones as we hit and lick. for if this day on the line i should lose my life, lord, bless my hot shot crew, my children and my wife.

>> how did this happen? how did these 19 firefighters, the elite of the elite, die in this fire that is still raging near yarnell, arizona? officials are still trying to figure that out. they're still trying to unravel brian todd reports. >> reporter: sunday mid afternoon. firefighter andrew ash craft texts his wife this picture of his crew mates as they get ready to continue their battle with the yarnell hill fire the last known picture of the granite mountain hot shots before the fire suddenly blew up, including 19 of them, including ashcraft. the anatomy of the fire, the specific events causing that tragedy are still under investigation. what we know so far, officials believe the fire started the afternoon of friday, june 28th with a lightning strike near yarnell. officials say because the weather in the region has been consistently so hot and drive, because livestock in the area

has been limited, once the bolt struck, there were plenty of fuels like this on the ground that would have enabled the fire to spread so quickly. what are those fuels? shelby ericsson with the fire district who has battled about 400 fires says -- >> the needle accumulation and leave accumulation, over the years it breaks down and starts turning into dirt essentially. but the top layer is the needles and leaves that have just been sloughed off. >> reporter: a bone dry fuel load that experts say makes these fires more volatile and dangerous. one official says on sunday this fire went from about 400 acres in size to 8,400 acres in a couple hours. the hot shots were working on hills and in canyons. these fires shoot quickly uphill. but it was the sudden shifts in wind direction on sunday, officials say, that caught the hot shots in a deadly trap. what caused the winds to shift so fast? >> it sounds like there was a thunderstorm with down drafts and that changed the direction

of the fire and pushed the fire in the wrong direction. >> reporter: once trapped, officials say the hot shots deployed their shelters, individual sleeping bags-like shells made of fire resistant shells. demonstrating it for us, the firefighter got in his in like five seconds. it took me longer. you have to seal it like this to trap breathable air underneath. make sure you have your water with you. then ride it out. ericsson was careful not to comment on the action of the the hot shots. >> if it's that dry and the fire is moving that fast, it may be so hot that this won't provide that radiant heat blockage. >> so far it appears that between the fuel that was on the ground and the fact that the yarnell hill fire changed directions so quickly and moved

so fast at that moment, the shelters' deploy just couldn't protect those 19 men p brian todd, cnn. >> we continue to share some of the stories about the lives of these young men who died last week. coming up next, another family of another one of these hot shots, a family actually full of firefighters sharing the pain of losing one of their own. geico's defensive driver,ke 13.

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we are honoring 19 special men, 19 elite firefighters killed while protecting their community. sean misner was expecting his first child in two months with his wife and now that child will never get to meet his father. >> i kept waiting for him to come in the door or call and say just so happened i was moving a truck or got lost in the woods. >> they still can't believe their son, sean misner is gone. he was one of the firefighters killed battling the yarnell hill fire. >> i never believed it until i heard them read his name yesterday when they were reading names. then i realized it was real. >> reporter: athletic and

friendly, sean had firefighting in his blood. his father was a firefighter for 57 years, eventually rising to firefighter of montecito, california. >> all i heard that was sean was just doing an outstanding job, being his first year. >> reporter: his first year in the elite shot shot team. >> that's what he wanted to do. he worked so hard to do. he loved it. he loved his fellow firefighters, all of them. >> it's all he could talk about, you north carolina besides his wife and child. >> reporter: sean's wife of nearly a year, amanda, is seven months pregnant with the couple's first child. >> there's no words, there's nothing you can say or do that can make things better. we can only give her support and just try to help her through this time. >> reporter: and the breaking ball already has a name.

>> jackson herbert misner, herbert after my dad who passed away december 2nd. >> reporter: on sunday word began to swirl this out of control fire was threatening some hot shot firefighters. >> unfortunately, i had to let amanda know that our worst fe s fears -- sorry. >> reporter: it's okay. >> had come about. and of course i had to tell my sister-in-law next. >> my initial feeling was so scared he must have been. but i know that my dad's arms were around him and saying, sean, you're going to come with me. you're going to come with me. and we're going to watch over our family together. >> reporter: this is a time of mourning for all of the families of the hot shot firefighters,

but for the misners, it's a heart churning mixture of sorrow and joy as they await the arrival of baby jackson herbert. >> we're looking so forward to seeing his precious face. and we're just trying to keep amanda healthy and she's going to be a wonderful mother. >> reporter: the baby's grandparents say they want him to know just how much his dad loved him. >> even before you were born how much he loved you and wanted to teach you how to be a great man, a great person. >> reporter: stephanie elam, cnn, prescott, arizona. >> it just takes your breath away, doesn't it? i know so many of you want to help these families in prescott. and you can help some of the families left behind by these fallen firefighters by going to your impact the world page, cnn.com/impact. it's there on your screen. our hearts are with those in

prescott, those heros and of course our hero firefighters across the country and those who fight for our freedoms around the world. thank you so much. i'm brooke baldwin. happy 4th of july to you. now we go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper is now. >> cheer up, england. we eventually game friends again. >> and in egypt, what comes next now that the president has been overthrown and members of the form are rule be party are being rounded up? the money lead, what's the 4th of july without the rocket's red glare? no fireworks for many of our families on bases across the country because our leaders in washington could not get their act to the. and in national news, limits on high capacity magazines. would any of that have stopped newtown,