please keep the videos coming. just keep prancercizing and putting a spring in our step because our explosions rocking a florida town overnight. a giant fireball filling the sky. several hospitalized. rest againsts evacuated as a propane plant goes up in flames. why would someone do this? national landmarks vandalized splattered with green paint an a woman behind bars. this morning investigators are asking could she have acted alone? >> how did they do it, heist of the century, a thief making off with $136 million in jewels from a luxury french hotel. how exactly did he do it? we're live in cannes. >> there's something fishy with that. >> seems straight out of the movies.

>> inside man in there. >> that's my suspicion. >> i'm john berman. >> i'm michaela pereira. >> we begin with breaking news from florida where a plant that refills propane tanks has exploded near orlando. these pictures, filling the sky with a spectacular but terrifying site. what do we know about this? >> reporter: the video is dramatic. the loud blast sounded like there were bombs going off. started in a town 45 minutes northwest of orlando. initially more than a dozen employees were believed to be missing but authorities say thankfully they have all been accounted for. seven employees were taken to regional hospitals. we don't know the extent of their injuries. what we do know is that there were 53,000 cylinders of propane

at the plant. more than a million pounds in all. authorities braced for the worst and set up a half mile evacuation around the plant and began pouring water on the facility. the good news in all of this is that authorities say no one has died. >> that is great news, alina. any word about the cause. >> reporter: so far the cause of the explosions and fire is not immediately known presumably authorities will be working to find out exactly what caused this to happen. >> you said there were no deaths inside the plant. what about the people who live nearby? are there any homes? >> reporter: there are homes, a spokesperson for the lake county sheriff's office said there are 50 homes three-quarters of a mile away from the plant. the evacuation area set up is a half mile around the plant and more good news, no residents were hurt in the blast. >> those pictures we're looking

at and deep looking at, simply terrifying and with the amount of propane there. it's a near miracle there were no deaths there. all right, alina machado, thanks. big question in the nation's capital, who is defacing some of washington's most notable landmarks? one person is in custody but as pamela brown tells us investigators aren't sure she's the only culprit. >> reporter: cleaning crews spent monday scrubbing green paint off a wall inside two national cathedral chapels. a woman was arrested. a law enforcement source says the 58-year-old woman was found carrying a green paint can when she was arrested. >> i can confirm an arrest was made. the suspect who appears to have vandalized beth le them and children's chapel, the original vandalism was found in the lower level and closed that and later

in the afternoon additional paint had been found in children's chapel. >> reporter: it's still unknown if the suspect is linked to the vandalism of three other d.c. landmarks in recent days. on friday authorities discovered green paint splattered on the lincoln memorial. as crews continue to clean it up they found green paint on joseph hen henry. adding to the history, it was found on the statue of martin luther a day before the national cathedral incident. officials are still investigating whether the vandalism is linked or if these are copycat crimes. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> also in washington, the senate has given its okay to the next fbi director, james comey was confirmed 93-1 with only sand rand paul voting against. he had a hold on the nomination as he asked for more information on the drone program.

he was a top lawyer in the justice department under george w. bush and takes over for robert mueller who has served in the post there the top fbi post for a dozen years. we could find out more as soon as today about the nsa surveillance program. the agency plans to declassify additional information about the programs and the top secret court that oversees anti-terror operations. not clear what will be unveiled or how much information the obama administration will make public. >> edward snowden's father is defending his son as the nsa leaker seeks temporary asylum in russia. he tells anderson cooper on "360" his son should not return unless he gets assurances he will get a fair trial and people are focusing too much on the leaks and not enough on the programs the leaks revealed. >> he's not living a comfortable life at this point.

i know my son. i know he loves his country. what he believed is that this information, the american people needed to be aware of what their government was doing to them. spying upon them. >> meantime, edward snowden remains holed up at a moscow airport. they have received his asylum request that would let him leave the country. a verdict is expected in the case of an army private who admitted leaking documents. bradley manning faces the trial. he was blowing the whistle on the government. president obama travels to chattanooga talking jobs and the middle class at an am some shipping center. they announced plans to hire 7,000 more workers nationwide. the white house says the speech will focus on creating high-wage jobs to help the middle class

and promote sustainable economic growth. a new wave of violence in iraq. security officials say at least 50 people were killed and more than a dozen car bombings monday. more than 100 people were injured. ten of the blasts in baghdad. mostly in shiite neighborhoods. other attacks have intensified in iraq since the start of ramadan earlier this month. authorities in switzerland trying to determine what caused two commuter trains to collide. the driver of one of the trains was killed and nearly three dozen passengers injured. five seriously. the trains were traveling on a route in western switzerland near lausanne. monday night a new round of marches by supporters of deposed president mohamed morsi sent them towards security headquarters in cairo and raised fears the country is closer to descending into chaos. a top diplomat met with the former president and ara damon

is in cairo this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michaela. katherine ashton has been in cairo since yesterday and reportedly met with deposed president morsi for two hours. still waiting for details as to what they discussed and also waiting for specific details as to what she may have been able to negotiate between deposed president mohamed morsi, his supporters, the muslim brotherhood on the one hand and on the other the egyptian military and government it backs. she is facing an incredibly tough task as both of these sides are very hardened in their positions. the international community and the especially the united states still want to see political negotiation ending up resolving this crisis that really has egypt teetering on a knife's edge but it's very hard to see

exactly how that is going to materialize given that the pro-morsi camp is so hardened in their position, in their demand that morsi be returned to power and that, of course, is a n nonstarter for those who do oppose him. a lot of people in the pro-morsi camp say they are willing to stand their ground there. they've already begun digging in, erecting even more barricades making medical preparations they say fully anticipating that the military, the security forces are going to try to go in and clear them out. and so a lot of other egyptians that we're talking to are saying they're incredibly naturally concerned about the direction that the country is heading and there was such optimism some two years ago after president, former president mubarak was removed from power and some of those jupg egyptians feel as though their revolution has been hijacked twice. first by the muslim brotherhood

and there is a dangerous road ahead. >> arwa, thank you so much. some breaking weather news. flossie has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression but people in hawaii may not know the difference. they're getting battered by heavy waves and high winds. in the weather center feet away we are tracking it. >> it made itself towards the hawaiian islands. look at the radar. you can see how it started to break apart and now it's dissipating again. talked about that 35-mile-per-hour steady winds and continue to watch this. the change in the track moving northwest. next 36 hours, remnant low and dissipate in 72 hours after that. still dealing with heavy rains and strong winds 40 miles per

hour as it makes its way towards kauai. dorian, not developing, still heavy rain out towards turks and caicos. look at this unbelievable rain the last 24 hours that kind of shot through kansas. we are going to monitor that today. active here. look at all the lightning and such a slow-moving system that very heavy rain is still expected today. the other big difference we'll look at, of course, other than heavy rain is in the dakotas, the threat for heavy showers there, the good news, northeast, southeast still getting a break at least pore a little bit. >> we'll take it. thanks, indra. several homes exploding and neighborhoods shaken. we'll show you the rubble left behind. more than $100 million in jewels stolen from a luxury hotel in france. police searching for one masked man. how did he pull it off? live to cannes right after the break.

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back to florida with the latest on that propane plant explosion. this video shows the moments right after the blue rhino plant in tavares exploded. seven in the hospital with critical injuries. thankfully all others have been accounted for. scary moments in south philadelphia. want to show you what is left of three homes. look at that after a natural gas explosion tore them apart. eight people injured including two small children. and a contractor who had been working in one of the buildings. >> the whole house was down, i saw the house next to it, it was fallen over. i saw firemen hosing them down with the fire hose. >> he was running out of the house he had burn marks from head to toe and bleeding from the side and just asking for help. >> he is listed in critical condition with severe burns. gas has been shut off to the block as the investigation

continues. politician dive teams expected to resume their search of a lake in bristol, connecticut, the hometown of aaron hernandez searching for evidence and a possible murder weapon as prosecutors build their homicide case against hernandez. they allege that 23-year-old orchestrated the killing of ode din lloyd last month. hernandez has pleaded not guilty. he is being held without bail in massachusetts. michael jackson's ex-wife debbie rowe could take the witness stand in the wrongful death case against a concert promoter. she is expected to talk about his drug use. it was his addictions responsible for his death, they claim. jackson was good at sells tickets but not commercial endorsements that could have boosted his earnings. what killed a bride-to-be and a member of their wedding party. linda sthurt had severe head injuries and drowned. her best man-to-be mark lennon

drowned with minor injuries. both were on a boat that crashed into a barge north of new york city. the driver has been arrested. police believe he was intoxicated at the time of the crash. it was a brazen jewel heist. one of the world's most exclusive place, cannes, france. this horng we now know that the value of what was taken is much higher than originally thought, try $136 million. aaron mclaughlin is in cannes where they must be feeling that. tell us the latest. >> reporter: hi, michaela. police are scouring through hours of surveillance footage in an effort to try to identify the man behind sunday's brazen heist. now, it took place just in the hotel right behind me. it was 11:30 a.m. on sunday and prosecutors coming out with some new details as to what exactly happened. a man with his head concealed in a scarf wearing hi cap walked

into the hotel. he walked through doors that were normally locked doors that opened up out on to this very prominent promenade here in cannes. he walked into the leviev diamond exhibition and held the man at gunpoint then stuffed a bag full of diamonds and earrings and rings and pendants before leaving the hotel, we're told, through a separate door. a different door than the one that he entered before making his escape. now, experts that i talked to say that this kind of heist has all the hallmarks of someone who is very experienced, someone who knew what they were doing, michaela. >> i'm curious what it is like there today, erin. if it's business as usual at the hotel and in the area. are you seeing a big police presence still? >> reporter: well, that was one of the incredible things even

yesterday was business as usual at the hotel to take a walk through the lobby of the carlton hotel. you would never know a heist of this magnitude had happened. there was still jewelry on display, diamonds and sapphires, even fine furs for sale. very low minimal appearing security in the lobby there. this morning, however, that leviev diamond exhibition, those were taken down. it appears as though the exhibition as been closed, michaela. >> all right, erin, thank you very much for an update. what a mystery -- who knows how they'll solve it, $136 million likely one of the biggest jewelry thefts ever to have been just perpetrated in broad daylight. >> one man's opinion but they may want to step up security if they've had this string of heists. >> surprising still jewels not lying around.

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welcome back to "early start." christine romans is here with everything we need to mow. >> i have futures higher. markets pulled back yesterday. earnings report, a fed meeting and a jobs report later this week so a whole lot to consider

and don't forget we had five weeks in a row higher for stocks. home prices in may. i hope this is a number that will make you happy. prices have been rising. home prices rose 12% year over year in may. look at that chart. that was the biggest jump in seven years. in housing, in housing it's all about timing, right? i want you to look at where we are for the peak. home prices down 30% from the 2006 peak. sometimes i give you happy housing headlines and people start screaming and say i can't refinance or i bought in 200and i'm still underwater. i get it. i get it but we'll look at that number later this morning to see if we'll have a continuation of higher prices. >> so stop screaming at romans. >> stop screaming at romans. the president needs to pick a new federal reserve chairman and behold the washington parlor game. will it be current vice chairwoman janice yellen or president obama's former economic adviser larry summers.

yellen has been a strong supporter of the bond buying program. her appointment would mean a continuation of bernanke's policy. larry summers, you know him. he had questioned the fed's stimulus program and hasn't helped the economy as much as people think and he could cause a shift in policy. the politics around these two is getting so interesting in washington. >> white hot over the last week. >> white hot and the white house not making any indication who they'll pick and exactly when but i promise you the politics surrounding this will be so interesting and continue to get interesting. and other names coming out but those are the two front-runners. the current fed chief headed to a court. ben bernanke must answer questions about the 2008 bailout of aig. very rare. the suit brought by hank greenberg against the government even though the firm would have gone bankrupt without the government's help greenberg says

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ooh. did you see that? >> fireball. >> florida gas plant number flames this morning. residents evacuated. workers hospitalized. we are live.

weiner falling fast, new york mayoral candidate caught in the second sexting scandal of his career plummeting in the polls but will anthony weiner drop out of the race? >> remnants of flossie flooding the streets knocking out power we are tracking this storm. welcome back to "early start." i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm john berman. great to see you. 31 minutes after the hour. to our top story now. the flames lighting up the sky near orlando. look at that after a propane tank filling plant exploded. residents say it went on for minutes shaking their homes. at least seven people have been injured. it happened in tavares, florida. john is there and joins us on the phone. bring us up to date. >> reporter: well, michaela, the latest news seems this point the fire is out. the fire crews have been working for the last four hours and continually dumping water on to the plant and the area around it

trying to put out the fire. like missiles exploding into the air. the area originally was evacuated with a one-mile perimeter. everyone was removed from the area but within the last hour, the roads have been open the except for the road directly in front of the plant. as you can see from the video at the time of the explosions, the fact that it did not happen at a main facility itself but off site of the main building, thank god that saved more than two dozen people who were at the plant working that night. seven were injured. we don't know their exact conditions at this point, but at least we can say the majority of the people got out, you know, unharmed. >> such a concern when you think about how many people work there and their lives could have been at risk. any idea on the cause at this point and are there still concerns about any remaining safety issues in the area? >> reporter: well, there's

certainly keeping us and the rest of the area -- the residents around it but for most part down the street where the plant is located is mostly residential -- is mostly a commercial area so i think the residents at least in this immediate area should be safe but there are plenty of firefighters on scene standing by in case there is a flare-up but they certainly have dumped a large amount of water on top of the area that was originally on fire. >> and they still have no idea what caused this. >> reporter: no, not yet. now that the investigation will begin, sheriffs are here and the fire department is on scene and we'll have to wait to see if federal authorities come out to investigate also to see what exactly caused the fire and the multiple explosions. >> a terrifying event there in tavares. as you said, it's almost really a miracle more people weren't injured or even killed. all right, thanks for the very latest.

that's john couwels on the phone. >> now to the developing weather situation overnight. what was tropical storm flossie has been battering hawaii with rain, wind and lightning and may take some time before the islands are in the clear. indra petersons is tracking it for us. >> downgraded to a depression and in the next 36 hours it will become a remnant low. 35 miles per hour in winds. weakened significantly before coming onshore. about the next 72 hours we expect it to be a remnant low. notice the track here. definitely kind of moving in that west-northwesterly direction. the other thing unbelievable last night if you were around central kansas and missouri look at the heavy rain, 6.97 inches. it's very slow-moving system drenching the area with heavy rain and continues to move to the east looking for another two to four inches in the mississippi valley. a lot of things going on.

low good news, offshore for the northeast. southeast, a couple scattered showers. the big story as that low continues to make itself further eastward and look for heavy rain there. the best news of all there is going to be this area of high pressure still kind of moving in through the great lakes area. all that even though it's high pressure is bringing in cold air down from canada. so look at this. i mean very abnormally low temperatures looking from 5 to 10 below average and keep this mind how hot it was a week ago. feeling good. pittsburgh looking for 78, new york city, 80s and chicago they're talking about 70s, that cool air moving our way. only bad side is once you get cooler air you know a cold front is coming and rain. >> we blame canada for everything. >> i agree. i have nothing. i have nothing. thanks, indra. support for anthony weiner keeps eroding following the latest revelations about his online sex chats and calls for him to drop out continue.

weiner continues to ignore them and more from rosa flores. >> you should have moral values and i think that his moral values are shot. >> reporter: harsh words and even a harsher reality for anthony weiner. his poll numbers plummeting from first to fourth in a new quinnipiac university poll. the survey conducted after a new round of lewd internet chats were revealed. take a look. the former congressman support, dropping 10 percentage points in five days from 26% to 16%. >> i'm going to leave this to the people of new york to decide. >> reporter: his vow to stay in the race angering the clintons, a source close to the political power couple tells cnn, they are livid with weiner personally because they care about huma. eliot spitzer trying to resurrect his own career after

his own sex scandal is turning his back on weiner. >> you're not going to vote for anthony weiner. you don't think he should shall mayor of new york. >> fair point. that is correct. >> iminterested in what pundits say and other politicians but not that much. >> reporter: despite all he continues campaigning across the city and finding supporters at every stop. voters in queens with a little mandarin. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: making it clear he's fighting for every vote he can get. rosa flores, cnn, new york. >> under way meanwhile, in san diego, dueling efforts to get the mayor out of office. two people have launched recall campaigns and are fighting with one another over who has the right to organize the vote. mayor bob filner under fire after seven women came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment and plans to attend intensive therapy starting next week but so far resisted calls to step down. a controversial new series of abortion restrictions are now

the law in north carolina. governor pat mccrory signed the bill which would require abortions take place in surgical centers. that, critics say, would force most clinics to shut tear door. he pledged as a candidate he would not approve any new abortion restricts but said this measure will make the procedure safer. hillary clinton has a breakfast date with vice president biden this morning. the two will share a meal at the naval observatory. the vice president's official residence, a day after the former secretary of state lunched with president obama. nice snapshot. aides say it was a friendly social meal. no politics. >> hmm. >> aha, but it is amping up speculation about her potential run for the white house in 2016. >> indeed. of course, joe biden eyeing that race too so that breakfast should be interesting. trayvon martin's mother is joining the push to repeal the stand your ground law in florida and elsewhere. sybrina fulton joined members of the bar to tell reporters ha she thought of the law in the wake

of a jury's acquittal of george zimmerman for killing her son. >> the thing about this law is i just think it assisted the person who killed my son to get away with murder. i think we have to change these laws so that people don't get away with murder. >> florida's governor and legislative leaders said so far they have no plans to hold a special session to review law. how about something completely unusual and strange although it's john berman i'm talking to so -- i want to show you a giant bucket of kentucky fried chicken. >> no way. >> about ten feet tall. wide as a car. apparently showed up on a lawn near augusta, georgia, confusing the heck out of the person living there. >> i was driving by. i saw this giant kentucky fried chicken bucket in my yard and i thought for sure that i was hallucinating so i called my teenagers who were at home and checked to have them go outside.

>> all of my hallucinations involve ten-foot bucks of kentucky fried chick en. >> as a former teenager it seems like a tank i might have pulled. many are stopping by to take their picture with this bucket. the landlord put it there and thinks it's about 40 years old. he plans one day to mount it on a pole so it no longer is in the middle of the yard making his wife and other females very happy about that addition. >> no chicken inside it. >> we have not looked so i cannot confirm those reports. >> that would be genius. ten feet worth of chicken. >> gigantic or gigantic amounts. >> amounts. lea michele breaking her silence on her boyfriend and "glee" co-star cory monteith's tragic death. next up how she's remembering him.

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lea michele making her first comments about her real-life boyfriend cory monteith. she posted a photo on twitter and wrote "cory will forever be in my heart." he died of an apparent overdose involving heroin and alcohol. heavy smokers are told get an annual ct scan. they're recommending the test to check for lung cancer among those over 55 who regularly smoked a pack a day for 30 years. the goal, officials say, to prevent thousands of lung cancer deaths each year. but doctors still say their main message has not changed. don't smoke or if you do, quit. >> annual c.a.t. scans, that's got to be expensive. a real mystery where scientists found the bones of richard iii. it was dug up in a parking lot in the english town of lester. the inner made of lead and outside stone, inside a sell

stone. >> isn't that what is supposed to be there. >> not clear whose remains these are but it was once an english monastery and could have belonged to a 13th century nobleman. chances are not a friend of yours. but still exciting and interesting. >> so they're trying to figure out who this is -- >> a friend, a colleague, but it was a well-known monastery there and, of course, the coffin inside a coffin with a skeleton inside only adds to the intrigue. >> as intriguing as "new day." what's going on with your show. >> more intriguing when they open up a casket and they find no skeleton. >> my thoughts exactly. >> also, intriguing. but since that's not occurring -- >> we're not dealing with this casket in a casket mystery you're unfolding so nicely there but we are dealing with our own kind of odd morbid march that's become known as anthony weiner's

race for mayor. you know, just when i was about to write it off and say, i'm over it, i'm done with it, polls come out. his numbers are dropping. makes sense, the voters decide these kind of thing, not us, then the man on the other side of your screen eliot spitzer says he wouldn't vote for him and just like that, i'm back in, kate bolduan because for eliot spitzer to say anything about weiner is worth conversation. >> worth conversation and we'll keep it going and talk to weiner's chief opponent christine quinn. nasty stomach virus affecting hundreds of people more than 300 people in 14 states at this point. sanjay gupta will join us on what you need to know about this parasite and why they're having such a hard time figuring out where it's coming from. >> and they're getting it too. not just the kids. >> keep it out of the studio.

>> that's what i'm going to get. pope francis, okay, so we expect the pontiff to say very little about things, especially controversial things to keep stability especially in an organization like the catholic church, however, he makes statements. what does he talk about? divorce and communion. big deal. women priestses, gays as his brothers. what's going on here? real change or not so much? >> or lip service. >> we will have a brilliant priest on to dust and a far less brilliant person on to rebut the presumptions that the brilliant priest makes. >> next. >> no names. >> all right. >> that is a show i'm going to watch. that sounds -- >> you will, john berman. you are paid to watch it. >> i will watch it anyway. >> you could have left that out. >> thanks, guys. will alex rodriguez return to the field this season? ever? major league baseball may have a new plan to suspend the yankees

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major league baseball could hand down a suspension to alex rodriguez. do not expect him to go down without a fight. andy shoels joins us with more in the bleacher report. >> good morning. on a new york radio show his lawyers said not own di do they plan on fighting, their goal for him to face no discipline at all. the latest twist in the battle. bud selig is looking to suspend him for using performance-enhancing drugs and violating the collective bargain agreement. a suspension for violating the cba would allow selig to suspend him immediately in the best interest of baseball privilege.

a-rod owed a little less. and a whopping $7.5 million. the milwaukee brewers are hoping that the way to a fan's broken heart is through their stomach. the team will be giving away 10 vouchers for the team's poor performance and the suspension of ryan braun. the vouchers which will be given to any fan attending a brewers home game in august can be used for food, drinks, merchandise and tickets. all right, john, a story i'm sure had you yelling at your tv last night, the red sox have a legitimate gripe with the umpires from last night's game. check this out. boston's daniel nava running home in eighth inning, slides in, clearly safe but the umpire terrible position calls him out. >> clearly safe. >> unbelievable. you know, this would have been a tying run. instead it's the final out of eighth and rays go on to win the

game and now take the lead. >> that was first place. that blown call cost them first place. >> yes, hopefully can get a win and get right back up there tonight. this story, pretty cool deal. fresh off their stanley cup win, the chicago blackhawks giving their fans a chance to own a piece of history and that is ice. or better yet, melted ice. the blackhawks selling a limited number of souvenir packages that include actual melted ice from the united center. fans can follow on twitter to get more information. pretty interesting idea. you see nba teams give away a piece of the floor. never seen melted ice in little vials. i don't know what happens if you drink it, john. >> i have never seen that before. what a great gift idea. all right, andy, great to see you. appreciate it. we'll be right back. 6 children, 44 years...

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an indictment for a real-life housewife. teresa guidice and her husband joe are facing federal fraud charges when they lied about their income and employment and face 39 counts in all including conspiracy to commit mail fraud. if convicted they could get up to 50 years in listen. she said in a statement she's hopeful they can resolve the matter with the government quickly. so who are the real heavy hitters in hollywood among actresses? "forbes" out with its list. number one,jolie. she earned $33 million that despite taking time off for a double mastectomy. jennifer lawrence who "forbes"

said took in $26 million. also on the list, "twilight's" kristen stewart, $22 million, jennifer aniston and emma stone said to have made $16 million. money cannot buy you happiness but can buy you lots and lots of stuff. that's all for "early start." time for "new day." take it away, guys. >> i think we don't even need to start the show. that's a perfect way to end it. >> coming from john berman. i'm happy we're featuring the young actresses. they're all so young. >> very young. >> hopeful for the future of the big screens. >> yes, thank you, john berman. see you in a bit. >> almost the top of the hour. you know what that means on "new day." time for the top news. ooh.

did you see that? >> oh, yeah. >> flames flying flew the air. >> breaking news, massive explosions at a propane plant in florida. workers rushed to the hospital. residents a mile away evacuated. we're live with the latest. mystery spreading. a vicious stomach virus now hitting 15 states. hundreds sickened and officials do not know where it's coming from. dr. sanjay gupta on what you need to . the big score. new details on the historic jewel heist. $136 million in jewels stolen from a french hotel. one of the biggest jewel thefts ever. how did they get away with it? >> your new day starts right now. good morning, everybody. welcome to "new day". it's tuesday, july 30th. 6:00 in the east. >> end of july already. crazy, crazy.

good morning, every. coming up this morning, anthony weiner doubling down on his campaign for new york city mayor. but his supporters, they seem to be fleeing. bill and hillary clinton turned against him and guess who is taking shots at him now, as well. eliot spitzer. no saint himself. we'll have the latest twists and also speak live to his chief opponent coming up. >> plus more political intrigue for you. hillary clinton set to have breakfast with vice president joe biden this morning. they both could be eyeing the presidency in 2016. so everyone in washington is wondering what will they talk about or more importantly not talk about. >> exactly. >> certainly mystery happening in washington of a different sort. who is going around defacing some of the country's moos treasured landmarks? the lincoln memorial was hit, last night the national cathedral was, too. there has been an arrest, but officials are not sure the woman arrested was working alone. we'll have more on that coming up. >> breaking