we begin this morning with breaking news. and hello, thanks for joining me, i'm carol costello. before dawn in birmingham, alabama. a huge fireball lights the sky. a massive car cargo plane for u.p.s. slams into an empty field next to the airport. the two people confirmed dead are said to be the pilot and co-pilot. only people onboard flight 1354 which originated in louisville, kentucky. those living near the airport realize the death toll could have been staggering. >> we were in bed and we heard something go over the house and it sounded like a plane had gave out of fuel and a few minutes later we heard this loud boom and we really didn't know what it was. but, we came out the door, we did see some smoke through the trees, but we still didn't

realry knreal y know what it was. >> william bell is on the phone right now and he's at the airport. he joins us live. good morning, mr. play mayor. >> good morning, carol. >> it appears from the pictures that this plane literally slammed to the ground. >> yes, it did. we don't know why it did. but it left a pretty long debris field and broke up into several parts with the fuselage and the wing section separated. >> was weather a factor, do you think? >> we can't rule it out 100%, but during that period of time, there was no storms in the area. but we can't rule it out 100%. >> were you at the airport at the time of the crash or are you there to help? >> i'm here now. >> you're there now. >> the call went out about 4:45 local time. which would be 5:45 east coast. >> can you describe the scene

for us as it looks now? >> well, the front section of the nose section is still in tact, even though it was broken up into pieces and the wing section is probably about a football field length away from the nose section. engines are scattered in the area and debris is everywhere. probably the closest home is probably between a quarter of a mile to a half mile away. >> mayor william bell, thank you so much for joining us this morning. i know there is a lot of work to be done. we appreciate it. mayor william bell, birmingham's mayor. happening now in "newsroom" words from hannah. a lengthy hour-long online

question and answer. >> why didn't you run? >> the 16-year-old kidnapping victim breaking her silence. >> are you glad he's dead? absolutely. also, your house hacked. >> please, unlock the door. >> your computer, your bank account and now your baby monitor? >> felt like someone broke into our house. burglars able to control almost anything in your house from outside. plus, this -- >> 19 times. >> theresa, joe and a mountain of fraud charges. this morning the two face a judge. >> are you standing by your husband? we'll take you to new jersey in just a minute, but, first, let's go online and talk about 16-year-old hannah anderson. the horror of her kidnapping

ordeal almost unimaginable. the associated press says a close family friend confirms that the 16-year-old did, in fact, field hundreds of questions online. among the topics we're about to show you, the death of her abduct abductor, the murder of her mother and brother and her days in captivity. casey wian live in los angeles to tell us more. good morning, casey. >> good morning, carol. perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that hannah anderson did what any teenage girl might do these days after enduring a life-changing ordeal. she went on social media and discussed it with her peers. 16-year-old hannah anderson is sharing details about her kidnapping on social media, that's according to the associated press. the a.p. reports that hannah fielded questions about her abduck by the man she knew as uncle jim, james dimaggio. a user asked, did you want to go

with dimaggio? she replied, no, not at all. why didn't you run? he would have killed me. why didn't you tell your parents he creeped you out? in part, he was my dad's best friend and i didn't want to ruin anything between them. she shed new light on the night she was kidnapped and the same night her mother and brother were murdered. how did he separate you from your mom and brother? he tied them up in the garage. how did he keep the fire a secret? he had it set to catch on fire at a certain time. the ap says hannah also wrote dimaggio threatened to kill her if she fled and brought her at least in part to carry equipment in the wilderness. some questions were brutally brunt. did he rape you? i'm not allowed to talk about it, don't ask questions about it, thank you. are you glad he's dead? absolutely. some experts question the wisdom of hannah's online chats. >> this is a 16-year-old who is totally traumatized. she is in a state of trauma and so she's not thinking. sometimes in a numb state you're

doing things that you don't really, really consider the consequences. >> reporter: hannah even posted a selfie and engaged in lighter conversation, typical of a teenage girl, but even some of that seemed painful. what design did you get on your nails? pink for my mom and blue for ethan. those that knew her said she planned some of tuesday helping to plan their funerals. hannah also expressed regret that she couldn't have done more to help save the lives of her mother and brother. carol? >> casey wian reporting live for us this morning. two people remain in critical condition after a 12-hour hostage standoff at a bank turned violet. police shot and killed the suspect, but not before he shot both hostages and a man and a woman in the torso. elena is outside the bank at a small town along the mississippi. good morning. >> good morning, carol. those two hostages taken to area

hospitals after going through a terrifying ordeal at the bank behind me. an intense standoff finally comes to an end when the suspect is killed by police in a dramatic shooting. >> his indication was that he was through. he was going to kill a hostage. >> reporter: he shot two hostages as police stormed the bank where he was keeping them. both victims taken to area hospitals. he walked into the bank on tuesday armed with a handgun. took three bank employees hostage. >> it was not the intend of ahmed to rob that bank. information obtained from his apartment is that written notes planned and he actually had a book for negotiation. >> reporter: police negotiated with ahmed into the night and before the confrontation with police, he let one of the hostages go.

>> he held out hope. hoping that we could further that and maybe get a release of the other two hostages. >> reporter: but negotiations went south after police say ahmed threatened to kill the remaining hostages. that's when the s.w.a.t team moved in. >> he had a small handgun that he was trained on the two individuals. he shot both of them as we were entering the building. we were able to shoot and kill him. >> reporter: now police say amed was a paranoid schizophrenic and he heard voices and wanted a device removed from his head. >> alino reporting live for us this morning. now on to new jersey where teresa and joe giudice are headed to court in just a few hours. hopefully it won't end like

that. of course, many are hoping it will end like that. the table flipping housewife expected to enter a not guilty plea. nischelle turner is following the story and will join us shortly from new york city. if you use g-mail, you might want to think twice before you hit send on that next message. google says people who use e-mail service have no expectation of privacy. google is reading your e-mail and you should know it. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us more. good morning, alison. >> good morning, carol. a consumer group called consumer watchdog uncovered this -- >> does she have a microphone? alison, you have your microphone? >> this would help. >> i've done it, no worries. just wanted people to hear you. >> live tv is great. so, going back to what i was saying, a consumer watch dog group uncovered this and actually calling this a stunning

admission, putting this in a recent court filing. google winds up comparing it self to an assistant who opens the boss' mail. people who use e-mail today, they can't be really surprised if their communications are prossed by the e-mail provider and goes on to another court case which ruled a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy and the information that he turns over to a third party. now, what this all is is google's response to a class action lawsuit. in this response, the company says an automated system processes the e-mails and it's not humans. but in this filing, it says several courts have already held that this is widely understood that these companies scan e-mails that filter out spam and put in a different inbox and also do it to deliver targeted ads and protect viruses and others do the same. in a thing when privacy is a top concern everyone is on guard. if your e-mail isn't encrypted,

this shouldn't be a huge shocker that these e-mails that you send through g-mail are sort of automated in being watched. carol? >> just no privacy left in the world, but we all knew that, right? >> you can always try to get your e-mails encrypted. remember, g-mail is free. so, you know what, they can do what they want to do, right? >> right. alison kosik, many thanks. still to come in the "newrooms" coca-cola on the defensive. why it is standing up for a key ingredient in many of its drinks. telling consumers that diet coke is safe to drink. we'll tell you why, next. f-f-f-f-f-f-f. lac-lac-lac. he's an actor who's known for his voice. but his accident took that away. thankfully, he's got aflac. they're gonna give him cash to help pay his bills so he can just focus on getting better.

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all right. before the break, we were talking about white collar crime and the house wives of new jersey. specifically that woman right there, ms. giudice and her husband. nischelle turner is in new york to tell us about what is about to happen in court. good morning. >> this is the formal arraignment that is going to happen around 2:30 this afternoon in federal court in new jersey. their attorney is saying their

clients will plead not guilty. expected to be in court at 2:30 to face allegations that they conspired to forge w-2 and pay stubs and other documents into tricking banks to lending them money. also accused of perjury in their 2009 bankruptcy proceedings. if convicted, teresa and her husband, joe, could each face up to 50 years in prison. joe is an italian citizen and he could be deported as a result of either this case or another one that he has hanging over his head where he's charged with using his brother's identity. but at the very least, you know, the giudice's personal claims have been a bit of a facade. $10 million to banks, credit card companies, attorneys and construction businesses, carol. so, this is, you know, it's a pretty big deal for them. it is serious. >> it is serious. in just watching the show. they lived in such an opulent house. all about the stuff that they

had. will that play into court at all? >> it's interesting you say that. even in the first season, when they were trying to furnish their house she was buying furniture with cash, $120,000 she had in cash in her hand. one example of the opulent lifestyle they put on television. the show doesn't have anything directly to do with the case. both sides are aware of everything shown on the air. their attorney told me after their last court appearance that he was concerned about sh show leading to any bias against his client. we could see clips from the show appear in the courtroom, though. and i have to say, though, this court case hasn't really helped bravo's rating because the jersey housewife numbers are down a little bit from last season. >> that's a shame. i shouldn't say that. i'm not a fan of the "housewife" show. >> i am a fan of the "housewife" show and you hate to see this.

if you did something wrong, you have to face the charges. checking our top stories at 16 minutes past the hour. authorities in central idaho say it might be october before they can contain a sprawling wildfire. mandatory evacuations now in place and the fire covers more than 150 square miles and 71 structures have been lost. right now the fire is just 5% contained. coca-cola is defending its use of a controversial sweetener in many low and no calorie drinks. in a full-page ad in today's atlanta edition of "usa today" the safety of aspartame is supported by more than 200 studies over 40 years. the ad is part of coke's pushback that complain sugary soft drinks for obesity rates. several homes damaged in delaware after heavy rain in the city of newark left streets flooded and pushed a creek over its banks and storms knocked out power to thousands. behind the front, cooler air is expected across the northeast. bloody and terrifying scenes

in egypt as the military and pro-morsi supporters clash at two makeshift camps. arwa damon and her crew were caught in the middle of gunfire. watch. >> we're okay. >> all right. you can see arwa got out of the way safely. let's head to cairo, egypt, and reza, i understand there was activity behind you and violent activity at that. >> yeah. that's been the case over the past eight hours and some gunfire where arwa was. across town you hear it behind us that gunfire has rarely stopped in what has been an awful day here in cairo. we have witnessed some awful scenes and there are

neighborhoods in this city that are simply unrecognizable at this hour because they've been turned into war zones. wow. that was, that was a huge explosion. it's not clear where that explosion came from. >> do you need to leave? leave if you have to. >> i think, i think -- i think we're okay. we're several blocks away from the front line where the standoff is taking place. it's not clear what these explosions are. we can tell you that a number of vehicles have been set on fire and when that happens, they tend to explode. there is also a gas station nearby that has been set on fire. the explosion that could be coming from there or these could be flash bangs, in effort by security forces to scare away these demonstrators. but you get an idea of what we've been witnessing throughout the past eight hours. if, if you look down this street, that's where one of the

front lines is about four or five blocks. you'll see the thick plumes of smoke going up in the air. to the right of that smoke, what you have is supporters of the ousted president mohamed morsi barricading themselves behind a makeshift wall. anything they can get their hands on the wooden tables to make this barrier and then about 100 yards away, you have security forces. we were down there about a half hour ago through the smoke we saw a bulldozer that seems prepared to come through and then, and then we have armored vehicles and police officers and that's where the faceoff is. these clashes, this fierce fight has resulted in a lot of casualties. it's impossible at this point to verify and confirm the injury toll and the death toll, but i can tell you personally, we have witnessed at least scores of casualties and many fatalities.

a little while ago, as we hear more gunfire, a little while ago in the makeshift clinic where the victims are being taken into. we were literally walking on blood and walking through some of these victims, carol. just an awful scene today. >> all right, reza, thank you so much. reza sayah in cairo, egypt this morning. stay safe. we'll be back. alert. the beach on your tv is much closer than it appears. dive into labor day with up to 50% off hotels at travelocity.

mayor anthony weiner is drawing all the attention right now, but for exactly the wrong reasons. once again, weiner says he's sorry about that. >> i made mistakes. i've embarrassed myself and hurt my family. but at the end of the day, this campaign is not about me and really not about anyone else on this stage. this is about you. because the challenges facing the middle class and those struggling to make it have never been higher. and i think new york deserves someone that will fight for them every single day. that's what i've done my entire career and that's what i've done

and that's why i want to be your mayor. >> weiner and the other democratic candidates met for their first televised debate but with all the attacks on stage. rosa watched it all. good morning. >> where i grew up they would call it with lots of drama and interesting characters. but back to the debate. so, there was no clear winner in this debate and while the candidates did talk about the issues, the attention was constantly diverted to anthony weiner's sexting scandal. it was a shouting match outside and a boxing match inside. the democratic candidates for new york city mayor facing off in their first televised debate. anthony weiner apologizing, once again, for his latest sexting indiscretions. >> i made mistakes. they embarrassed myself and hurt my family. >> reporter: the embattled candidate sparring with city

council speaker christine quinn repeatedly. >> i apologized for my personal behavior. the speaker refuses to apologize for overturning the will of the people and for the things in her professional record. >> neither me nor anybody else on this stage or any new yorker, quite frankly, should be lectured by anthony weiner for what we should apologize for tonight or forever. >> reporter: the other three opponents seemed contentd ignoring him. >> i don't want to talk about anthony. >> reporter: and focusing on the issues facing the city. in recent weeks, the scandal-plagued candidate has gone from first to fourth place. his support plummeting from 26% before the latest sexting admission to 10% in a new quinnipiac poll. >> how do you think you're doing despite the polls? >> i think i'm doing very well. >> reporter: the politically savvy wife, huma abedin seems

absent from the campaign trail. >> she is home with my 19-month-old son and i think they're watching it on television. >> reporter: some of the debate lasted about an hour and lots of jabs in there, but, carol, a few light moments that i think that you would appreciate. the candidates were asked, share one thing that would surprise new yorkers. and christine quinn joked saying she wasn't a natural red head. anthony weiner said he played ice hockey on monday nights. >> the strangest race ever. i'm sorry. it's just, it's just become such a national joke, really. there's no other way to say it. >> just keeps on giving. i know. everything that is said just kind of becomes a headline. >> yeah, you got that right. rosa flores, thanks so much.

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happening now in the "newsroom" someone outside their house hacked into their baby monitor. how your entire home is becoming more and more vulnerable. grandmas becoming first-time gun owners. courtroom shocker michael jackson's ex-wife debbie rowe about to take the stand. the superstar's drug use front and center. you're live in the cnn "newsroom."

good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with me. checking your top stories at 31 minutes past. ntsb investigators heading to birmingham, alabama, after a u.p.s. plane crashed near that ste city's airport. the pilot and co-pilot died. no buildings were hit and the plane was en route from louisville, kentucky. central louisiana where two hostages remain in critical condition after police stormed the bank where they had been held hostage for 12 hours. captor was killed in the police raid but only after they shot the man and woman. police say the suspect was a paranoid schizophrenic. to wall street, big news out of europe. the recession is over. for a look at how it will affect trading here in the united states. let's head to the new york stock exchange as the bell rings and check in with alison kosik.

good morning, alison. >> it's not affecting trading. after two years of no growth, the euro zone is now showing growth and the market is taking it. but it is good news. the recession is over in europe. you look at the growth, though. not super strong but growth nonetheless. keep in mind, europe is one of our biggest trading partners. you look at the companies feeling the pinch of the recession. ford has been losing money in europe. mcdonald's recently said it has been struggling in europe. same with caterpillar, the equipment maker. once again, this good news not moving the needle for u.s. markets and a flat start to the day and it is summer when stocks kind of move sideways. something we've seen over the past few sessions and we saw stocks do a u-turn from negative to positive territory saying the mixed economic data recently mean the bank may not pull back on stimulus in november. pushed investors back in and

they don't seem to be dipping their toes in at the moment. carol? >> alison kosik, thank you. when you think of hackers, you think of something like this from the movie "sword fish." ♪ >> i know i do. what you don't probably think of is someone tapping into your baby monitor and yelling, yelling through the baby monitor at your kid. actually happened to one family and it turns out that's not all hackers can do to the gadgets in your home. cnn's lori explains. >> reporter: imagine your 2-year-old daughter sleeping and an outsider watching her through the baby monitor. that's what happened to a family in texas this weekend. they discovered the problem when they heard a manueling at their toddler reading her name off of her bedroom wall. >> wake up, allison. >> reporter: the gillberts believe their device was hacked. >> it felt like somebody broke

into our house. >> reporter: someone kind of did. as home automation becomes more and more popular more and more ways to hack your house and many devices that are vulnerable. >> i can tell the light, please, unlock the door. >> reporter: that's a hacker literally unlocking your door. the smart lock is connected to a device that enables you to control your home appliances from your phone. danielle crowley found a flaw in that device. >> run code and compromise it, just set up a back door or i can control any device hooked up to it. >> reporter: in a world full of these types of devices that let you do everything from flush your toilet and turn on your lights through your smartphone, a hacker can make your house feel haunted. >> open up any of these rooms that have been configured or associated with this derivice a

control them turning them on or turning them off. >> reporter: these security researchers found to control the devices connected to them. a similar vulnerable was found in a children's toy. this toy rabbit has a camera that syncs with an app on a parents' mobile device. designed for keeping an eye on your kids, but someone else could, too. >> i was able to pull from it a url which was the direct video feed and as long as the access token was still valid, had. been expired yet, i could watch that feed indefinitely. >> reporter: they fixed the issue identified by these researchers. a hacker requires a secure connection and a majority of their users have secure connections. the makers did not immediately respond to cnn's request for comment. as for ways to stay safe, always put a strong password on your internet connection. keep your software up to date and never click on links from strangers. >> she joins us now.

let's go back to the baby monitor because it protects the family and that poor baby. anything they could have done to prevent their baby monitor from being hacked? >> it's pretty unbelievable to think that there could be someone shouting in your baby's room through a baby monitor but the answer is, yes, carol. there was a software update available they could have updated their software and prevented this hack from happening. let's take a step back. how many parents have baby monitors in their home and think, oh, i have to update this software every so often if not someone could scream in my baby's room and yell at my child. the woman you saw in the piece, she showed us she was a hacker and how she was able to hack into this kid's toy and she said, you know what, i'm just doing this to show you. but at the end of the day, hackers could do this and they officially are. >> thank you so much, we appreciate it. brand-new pictures, terrible

pictures out of birmingham, alabama. you can see this u.p.s. plane crashed around 5:00 a.m. eastern time and it was landing, coming in from louisville, kentucky. and it just slammed into the ground upon landing and you can see the plane exploded on impact. neighbors felt it from miles away. it missed the airport altogether. it's very near the airport, though. so, you know, ntsb is on the way trying to figure out what happened. we also have daylight pictures to show you. take a look at the wreckage and how far a field it's spread. it's unbelievable. the pilot and co-pilot, of course, died in this crash. as i said, the ntsb on its way to try to figure out what happened. we'll be right back.

just a few short hours jurors will get an intimate look

at the life and marriage of michael jackson. the pop star's ex-wife debbie rowe will take the stand as a witness for aeg live answering questions about jackson's drug use as far back as the 1990s. ted rowlands is live following the trial. good morning, ted. >> debbie rowe not happy to be here. she lives on a horse ranch and does not like the media and public life and not going to like being inside the courtroom on the witness stand today. aeg wants her because she is a unique individual and she can talk about michael jackson's previous drug use dating back to a tour in germany using propofol and also keep their allegation steady that he didn't tell anybody outside of a very small circle. so, she's perfect. she was his wife. jackson met her when he was working for arne klein giving.

she is a perfect witness, the problem is, she doesn't want to be here. it will be fascinating to see how it plays out in court. >> trial has gone on for a long time, ted. >> yeah. yeah. never seems to end. the problem is this is a civil case and you've got a lot of money at stake. after this witness, debbie rowe, we're expecting another month and a half of this to go on. you talk to people who have been here every day, they're entertained by it and developed this family-like atmosphere. the jury, i think, wants it to continue according to the folks in the courtroom every day. but it has been excruciatingly long. >> ted rowlands, many thanks. the gun debate took on a new life after the sandy hook shooting massacre, but the demand for guns is still soaring in newtown. we'll tell you why.

the words newtown and sandy hook forever linked to gun violence. eight months since the deadly school shooting and in those eight months tougher gun laws have been put into place. the demand for guns is through the roof. poppy harlow joins us now. good morning, poppy. >> good morning, carol. what we have seen is that people in newtown applying for pistol permits has gone up

dramatically. not just in newtown, this is happening across connecticut. you look at the numbers can compare the six months before to the six months after, a 53% increase in background checks for people wanting to buy guns. >> i'm nancy. >> reporter: she's a grandmother who is about to become a first-time gun owner. >> this way it's easier. >> reporter: nancy ellis says the new gun laws passed in connecticut among the toughest in the country are a big reason why she's buying her first firearm. >> our rights are being slowly infringed upon and that this whole idea of controlling guns has come to my backdoor. in other words, there may be a time when i may never be able to get a firearm. >> reporter: ellis lived in newtown for 28 years. her desire to own a gun is part of a spike in the state. newtown vividly remembered for one of the worst gun massacres

in u.s. history is on track this year to double the amount of pistol permits it issued last year. >> i'm concerned that it can get out of hand. nancy lanza had quite an arsenal in her home. you only have two hands. how many guns can you fire at once? >> reporter: dave and frank are members of newtown action alliance pushing to curb gun violence. >> there is a perception that the government is going to come and grab all their guns or it's not going to allow them to purchase certain guns. >> reporter: ryan delp owns multiple guns, but did not want to show them on camera with respect to the newtown victims. you went out and bought another gun after the shooting at sandy hook elementary why? >> 100% because of the legislation being passed. it is for me to protect my family. >> reporter: he grieves the loss of his daughter, lauren, killed at sandy hook.

>> it hurts in a different way. i had my first dream with my daughter in the dream just about a week ago and i said, lauren is dead. how can she be there? she's dead. >> reporter: what do you think when you see these numbers? >> it's sad. it's really sad. no other words to say it. it makes me sad to think that people, well, they feel that they're protecting themself, but they're just adding to the and after the 2011 mass shooting in tucson, background checks for gun purchases in arizona spiked. while nancy grieves for the victims in her own backyard -- >> my heartbreaks for them. it truly does. >> reporter: for her, this is about protecting her rights. >> did the guns cause the tragedy? no. it is the person behind the gun that caused the tragedy.

>> reporter: and carol, we are seeing this nationwide. if you look at the fbi statistics for background checks of people who want to buy guns, they have risen despite the mass shooting. although since the '70s, the people with guns have gone down, the numbers have gone up because people are buying multiple guns. that's what is concerning the two men i spoke with. they are not opposed to guns but they are worried about what they see as stockpiling of begins and what that could mean after the tragedy that that community went through. carol? >> poppy, thank you, live for us this morning. here's what's new in the next hour of the newsroom. filner watch. >> the regulars at the bars tell

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quarterback robert griffin iii, rg3, says there are gay players in the nfl and it's time for them to come out. andy schultz has this report. hi, andy. >> hi, carroll. several nfl players have spoke up either in support or against openly gay players in the league but griffin is so far the highest profiled player to speak out. he says i think there are gay players right now and if they are looking for a window to come

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it is 10:00 eastern straight up. let's go right to cairo, egypt. all day long the military has been trying to clear out protests who have been staging a sit-in in support of mohammed morsi. he's the ousted president. people are setting things on fire. people are running through the streets of cairo setting cars on fire, setting churches on fire, actually setting fire to almost everything they saw. we understand that at least 95 people have been killed. reza seyah was walking through a hospital this morning and blood just covered the floor. that's how violent and terrible things are. we also understand that hundreds of people have been injured and these protests continue. as soon as reza is able to talk

to us, because as you can imagine, it's an untenable situation, we'll get to reza. good morning to you, though. i'm carol costello. a plane was on approach to an airport in birmingham, alabama. here is a picture of the burned-out plane. it was an a-300. the two people who are dead are said to be the pilot and co-pilot carrying ups cargo. ups flight 1354 originated in louisville, kentucky. those living near the airport awakened to the doom flight crashing into the ground. >> we were in bed and we heard something go over the house and it sounded like a plane had gave

out a fuel and we heard this large boom. we really didn't know what it was. but we came out the door. we did see some smoke through the trees. but we still didn't really know what it was. >> unbelievable. well, let's get more on this accident. cnn's david mattingly is on the phone. what can you tell us, david? >> reporter: carol, unbelievable is probably a very accurate description. the homes were probably about half a mile away from where the aircraft eventually went down into this vacant field. no houses were damaged. electricity in the area actually went out from the impact it was so hard. residents talking about that huge explosion that they heard as the plane came down. i had a brief conversation just a few minutes ago with birmingham mayor william bell. he's given me new information saying that they've talked to people at the tower saying that there was no distressed call from the crew at the time the

plane was approaching the birmingham airport. so that is a very curious bit of information if there was no on board emergency, if the crew wasn't having any problems, it certainly raises a lot of questions about what happened at the very late stages of this flight. again, that information coming from birmingham mayor william bell. he was also telling me that they thought the debris was going to be limited to that debris field, that opened field where the plane went down. at this point, though, they are now finding small bits of debris on the houses, about half a mile from the crash site. he says that they are not quite sure what to make of that. either it could be possible that this is debris that went up in the air from the explosion that everyone heard or came down later. but they are finding debris half a mile away at some of these houses. this plane was just hundreds of yards away from making a landing at the birmingham airport. you can bet that when the ntsb

investigators get on the ground, they have a lot of things right away to look at. looking at the pictures of the plane, it's probably safe to assume that the cockpit voice recorder and the cockpit data recorder will be recovered fairly quickly. now, that's going to be a treasure trove of information but they are also going to be asking obvious questions of the tower. was the plane -- was the crew getting the information they needed? was the crew acting appropriately with the conditions that they had? what was the weather like? there was some light rain in the area but no one here really believes that weather was a factor but that hasn't been ruled out. at the moment we're hearing a statement from the ups airlines president, mitch nichols, saying this incident is very unfortunate and our thoughts and prayers are with those involved but within the last hour ups still not being able to confirm the status of their pilots, carol. >> of course, it does make you wonder what was on board that plane.

it was a ups plane. lots of boxes and packages. they are sure to investigate that part of it, too, right? >> absolutely the. the a-300 is a workhorse of the u.s. commercial flights across the country and when they look at this, they are definitely going to be looking at what the plane was carrying. they might be looking at the possibility of something gone wrong with something of the cargo, either the cargo itself or perhaps the way the cargo might have been secured on board. but again, this is all speculation at this point. these are all questions that will be asked immediately and answers will be sought immediately once the ntsb gets here. >> david mattingly, thanks so much, reporting live for us this morning. let's head back to egypt now. a month-long state of emergency going into effect at this hour. it comes on a violent and bloody day as a military in support of pro-mor

pro-morsi. >> reporter: at the same time, you have this -- [ gunfire ] >> as you can see, arwa damon managed to take cover. she's okay but there's much more violence happening right now on the streets of cairo, egypt. let's go there live now and talk with reza. what is happening? >> reporter: carol, this is a ferocious fight between the protesters of ousted mohammed morsi and egyptian forces. >> we're having a technical problem because as you can imagine it's difficult to get a live shot out of cairo this morning. reza did a report for us in the last hour and set the scene for you. so let's go to that now. >> reporter: you can hear it behind us, the gunfire has rarely stopped in what has been an awful day here in cairo.

we have witnessed some awful scenes and there are neighborhoods in this city that are simply unrecognizable at this hour because they've been turned into war zones. that was a huge explosion. it's not clear where that -- >> do you need to leave, reza? do you need to leave? leave if you have to? >> reporter: i think we're -- we will. i think we're okay. we're several blocks away from the front line where the standoff is taking place. it's not clear what these explosions are. we can tell you that a number of vehicles have been set on fire and when that happens, they tend to explode. there is also a gas station nearby that's been set on fire. the explosion could be coming from there or these could be flash bags, in effort by security forces to scare away these demonstrators. but you get an idea of what we've been witnessing throughout the past eight hours.

if you look down the street, that's where one of the front lines is, it's about four or five blocks. you can see the thick plumes of smoke going up into the air. to the right of that smoke, what you have are supported of the ousted president mohammed morsi barricading themselves behind a makeshift wall. they get their hands on anything they can, the tables, cabinets to make this barrier and then about 100 yards away you have security forces. we were down there about half an hour ago through this smoke. we saw a bulldozer that seems prepared to come through and then we have armored vehicles and police officers and that's where the face-off is. these clashes, this fierce fight has resulted in a lot of casualties. it's impossible at this point to verify and confirm the injury toll and the death toll but i can tell you personally we have

witnessed at least scores of casualties and many fatalities. a little while ago -- as we hear more gunfire, a little while ago we were where the victims were being taken to, we were literally walking on blood, walking by these victims. just an awful scene. >> just an awful scene indeed. more than 95 dead. the muslim brotherhood says the number is much higher. that's the group that these protesters belong to that the military is trying to clear from the streets of cairo. they say more than 200 people have been killed but cnn has not been able to confirm that number. we'll take you back to egypt when we can. san diego mayor bob filner could now be facing another potential problem. more than a dozen women have accused him of sexual harassment. now investigators are looking into improper charges on his

city credit card. we're live in san diego with another potential bombshell. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. we know about this investigation into the sexual harassment charges that the city is conducting. well, now there's another investigation on these questionable charges on a city credit card and whether taxpayers ended up getting billed. >> unfortunately, we have a mayor who is out of touch with reality. >> reporter: out of touch in every way, says kevin faulkner who is now demanding answers from this. credit cards from january to may, all paid by taxpayers. >> what are these, do you think? >> when you see statements like this, it raises questions about city business being done or not. over five months, $511 spent at the west gate hotel. at least one charge was on a

sunday. the mayor's office is over here at the city administration business. the westgate hotel, right across the street, just steps away. the regulars at the bar tell us that the mayor was always here with a different woman every time. the security detail told investigators that filner took women to the westgate. faulconer, a republican, and on the city's audit committee, is looking at a junket to paris. it cost taxpayer's $30,000. filner has promised to pay it back. other charges that raise red flags, $3,000 to an online reputation management firm. and oddly, $128 for a juicer. >> you can turn ordinary food into super food. >> reporter: we tried again to talk to filner's chief of staff.

she still doesn't have anything to stay to us but spoke at a n luncheon meeting. >> i don't know if you know this, the mayor has not resigned yet and yes, he does believe that he has the way to achieve the objectives set out in his vision. >> reporter: well, certainly the public support for the mayor, though, is dropping and dwindling every single day. we actually saw visible display of this. and hooter's, as you know, known for its waitresses and the way they dress. look at the sign that is posted on their front door. it says "it is imperative people have standards. the mayor of san diego will not be served in this establishment. we believe women should be treated with respect."

there's a brief response that says, "we support our girls" and a little bit of context, a radio host offered -- >> shouldn't we support our women? >> reporter: no, girls. and so the template is out there and so all of the hooter's restaurants in this area decided to print it out and put it on their front doorsteps. >> i think it's a barometer of how unpopular the mayor it. >> all right. kyung lah, thank you so much. it was a real-live drama for teresa and ray guidicci. who could forget scenes from that show, like the table-flipping incident? >> [ bleep ]. 19 times? >> okay. the guidiccis are going to be in

charge on multiple fraud charges. joining me is page, a defense attorney. welcome back. do you watch the show? >> no, but i do know who they are. >> lots of people watch the show. it's very popular. the guidiccis allegedly exaggerated their income and then hid their incomes when they filed for bankruptcy and joe is charged with failing to file income tax returns for four years. these are serious charges. >> they are serious charges. the statute says that they could be facing 30 years. but sentencing guidelines, it's all based on money and in this indictment they are looking at $5 million and that means about four or five years in federal prison. >> he's an italian citizen, joe.

>> if they are convicted of this, even if they plead guilty, go to trial, lose, he's looking at being deported. no doubt about that. >> and what about her? she says she's going to stand by her man. could she prove that she didn't know he was doing this and still stand by him? >> it's all based on documents that she signed as well as her husband. if she signed these documents and they are false, she's just as responsible as he is. >> on the show she's often seen flashing a lot of money. she flashed like $120,000 in cash. will that make a difference in the court proceedings? >> yeah, absolutely. in a case like this, the government is alleging that they used false statements to get all of this money, to get the loan money that they were able to use for expenses, to flash, all of the things that we saw on the show. so i expect, if this case goes to trial, the government will likely use some of that footage, say, look, this is how they are

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>> well, it's interesting. in your case, i think if you've looked at some of the data or paid attention to this, the idea that aspartame is unsafe or causes cancer, the science doesn't show that. the fd hacha has deemed it safe. this has been decades now of research. the american cancer society has weighed in on this as well specifically with regard to causing cancer. i think in part what has prompted it is what you're saying but there's studies over the past few years not looking so much as cancer but there's a association, people who drink diet sodas do tend to be heavier and be more likely to be obese and develop diabetes. and the science there is much more nascent. which is coming first? is it the people who developed obesity have developed diabetes are more likely to drink diet sodas or is it something about the diet soda that makes you

more likely to develop those conditions? we don't know for sure right now. but what this ad campaign is really about is saying that it's safe in terms of the way people think about it in relationship to cancer. >> okay. so i'm going to read coke's statement about the ad and then i'm going to ask you another question on the other side. this is from coke. low and no-calorie sweeteners offer a great way for people to enjoy the sweet taste of the beverages that they love. we know that people have questions about aspartame. we created this print ad to address their concerns and make it easier to get the fact. in your opinion, should we drink diet coke? >> you know, i occasionally have diet drinks myself. i think like with most things you want to do it with moderation. look, i think people who are concerned about taking in a lot of calories, this may be a way to get fewer calories for them. if you're drinking regularly sugary difference and you're looking to get the sweet taste,

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what did he say have had wall street so excited? he said, guess what, i have a sizeable share in apple's stock. i talked to tim cook. more to come. he's the chief executive officer of apple. it's up 30% since april but well off its peak and a lot of people have been saying are the best days of apple behind it? and it looks like carl icahn, an influential investor, he thinks no. and he wants the world to know he has some of the stock. he said a sizeable stock. "the wall street journal" is reporting that it's $1 billion, carol. >> could it hit 700 bucks again per share? >> if you own it, you sure want it to hit that kind of a level again. look, you probably have this in your 401(k). it's the first or second most widely held stock in the nation. if you don't use apple products, you probably have exposure to the stock somehow. carl icahn would like to have it go up.

he's just revealed that he owns it. anything that he says positive about the company that sends the stock higher is going to personally profit him. september 10 is when we get the new iphone. will there be a lower cost of the iphone? a watch, a tv? the stock still has a lot to prove if it can fire on all of those cylinders, the stock could continue to go higher, carol. you just never know. >> no, you don't. christine romans, thank you. mayor bob filner is fighting for his job and he may not be winning anyone over. hundreds of businesses in san diego are now refusing to serve the mayor. still says he won't quit, though. we'll talk more about that when we come back. ok, i am coming. [ susan ] i hate that the reason we're always stopping is because i have to go to the bathroom. and when we're sitting in traffic, i worry i'll have an accident.

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despite growing calls for his resignation. we are holding him accountable this morning as the mayor loses more support from his own city. plus this -- >> we're a happy bunch of group. we're very happy, happy, happy, as some of my friends would say. >> they have $86 million reason to be happy. they celebrated a powerball bonanza. and heidi fleiss is still free as a bird after police found marijuana plants at her home. you're live in the cnn "newsroom." good morning. thank you for being with us. i'm carol costello. ntsb investigators are heading to birmingham, alabama, after a ups cargo plane crashes.

the pilot and co-pilot were killed, according to the mayor of birmingham. no buildings hit, no one on the ground hurt. the plane was landing. it was en route from louisville, kentucky. at this hour, egypt has declared a state of emergency that will stay in effect for a month. this comes as clashes occur between the protesters of mohammed morsi. the death toll continues to rise. so far, 95 people killed. that's according to the government and more than 500 have been wounded. to central louisiana now where two hostages are in critical condition after police stormed the bank where they had been held hostage for 12 hours. the captor was killed in the police raid but only after he had shot -- after the kidnapper had shot the hostages, a man and a woman, in the torso. the suspect was a paranoid schizophrenic. bob filner remains on

personal leave while he fights sexual harassment allegations against him. we're holding his feet to the fire. it's been 24 days since the first woman came out to speak against the mayor. more have followed. still, filner has refused to resign even as a recall against him continues. now the hooter's restaurant is coming out against him. a restaurant known for its cleavage-bearing waitresses has posted a sign saying that filner is not welcome. good morning, sir. >> good morning, carol. >> when hooter's puts a sign like that up, what is in your mind? >> it's another talk show joke around the country and in fact around the world. so san diego's reputation has taken a huge hit because of one man, a mayor who refuses to resign even though his conduct has been so inappropriate that

nobody supports him anymore. >> so how are you handling it at the chamber of commerce? >> well, you know, it affects business. and we really thrive when you have stability and when you have a mayor that will work with the business community to create jobs for every community in san diego. so we're still trying to carry on day to day business. we have a coo in the mayor's office who can do day-to-day things but getting anything done in the office is paralyzed. >> so you're a former mayor and not likening you to mayor filner at all, but why do you think he won't resign? what's in his head? >> you know, bob filner's been the same way for the last 30, 35 years. he's been in congress for 20 years. the scrutiny there is not very great. he's always felt that he was the underdog. he always fights. he's crude. you know, he's just somebody who likes to fight and i don't know what's going through his mind right now but he's certainly not governing the city of san diego. >> i know a recall effort is

under way but does there need, you know, in the future need to be an easier way to oust a mayor like this from office? >> you know, we just haven't encountered this before. i was the first strong mayor and filner's been the second and i don't think any of this was envisioned when they did the ballot initiative to change this. i think there have to be some checks and balances in place so that when you have a mayor who simply refuses to come to work or gets so mired down in inappropriate behavior, that you have to be able to get rid of him for the good of the city. >> so mayor jerry sanders, if you could speak to mayor filner, what would you say to him? >> i would say, you need to think about the community of san diego and the people that you represent and you need to resign so the city can get back on track. >> jerry sanders, thank you for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, carol. >> you're welcome. in four weeks, voters in new york city will narrow the field

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all right. let's go back to cairo, egyptian. the military egyptian is pushing these protesters that have been staging a sit-in for days and days out of the city. of course, these protesters are

part of the muslim brotherhood. they are staging a sit-in to protest the ouster of mohammed morsi, egypt's elected president. protesters have been setting fire to anything they can, like cars and churches, buildings, anything. there's also flash bombs being lobbed by the military to try to disperse the crowds and in a sense it's working but there have been a lot of casualties. cnn can confirm at least 95 people have been killed and at least 500 more have been injured. the muslim brotherhood puts those numbers much, much higher, though. they say more than 200 people have been killed and more than 8,000 people injured. this does not look like it's going to calm down any time soon. our reporters are on the scene. they've been experiencing difficulties. do we have ian lee? he's ready. let's go to cairo, egyptian, to

check in with ian lee to find out what's the latest. ian, fill us in. >> reporter: well, things are really escalating here. not just in cairo but around egypt. like you said, we have -- right now we're hearing 95 people have been killed in the clashes that are going on between the supporters of the ousted president mohammed morsi and security forces. both sides saying that they are not using live fire but what we're hearing is a different story and what we're seeing from the bodies also telling a different story. but while that clash is happening, we're also hearing reports from around the country that there are clashes between pro-morsi supporters and security forces. things are really escalating here as the security forces try to clamp down on these protests. they seem to be springing up everywhere else. we do have a state of emergency here in egypt. it just started this hour, which is extended from -- that is going to be extended for a

month. security forces are going to be joined by the military to try to hold security of this country. we're also hearing reports of christian churches being attacked as well as a christian school south of cairo by pro-morsi supporters. definitely a violent situation here in egypt. >> ian lee reporting live from cairo today, we'll be right back.

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ntsb investigators on the way to birmingham, alabama. there was a terrible plane crash there earlier this morning and it involved a cargo plane for usb. an airbus a-300. as you can see, the crash was terrible. no one could survive that. the co-pilot and the pilot dead. the plane actually was landing, trying to land at the airport. it missed it. it was heading from louisville, kentucky, and it just slammed into the ground and exploded. on the phone with me now, deborah hersman, chairman of the

ntsb. when you look at this crash site, what does it tell you? >> well, i think for sure our investigators want to get on the scene, they want to look at the cockpit flight data recorder and get that back to our lab here in washington. we have our investigator on the ground and our go team is on the way right now. >> there's debris scattered everywhere. will this be difficult for you? >> well, of course many accident scenes are difficult or in difficult terrain but our investigators are very good at what they do. they will identify the four corners of the airplane. the critical control surfaces and, again, those recorders can tell us a lot even though the aircraft is severely fragmented and burned. >> so the things that you'll be investigating is, number one, the cargo on board the plane as well, right? >> sure. and this is a cargo accident so it's a different issue. when we look at passenger aircraft, we're looking at

survival factors and we'll be looking at the cargo as part of the investigation. early in the investigation, everything is on the table. we'll be looking at operations, human factors, we'll be looking at weather, we'll be looking at the aircraft itself, structures and power plants. we'll be sending a full team. we have a lot of work ahead of us. but we have a full day of daylight in a summer day to be able to get to work. >> well, something else that either you might look into and i want to ask you about this. in 2011 the faa changed the work requirements for pilots but those requirements were not changed for those pilots that fly cargo planes. will you be looking into that as well? >> absolutely. as a part of all of our investigations we look at work/rest schedules. we do a 72-hour look-back. we were quite critical in that cargo that did not include the

cargo pilots that are flying on the backside of it and a fatigued pilot is a fatigued pilot. we will certainly be looking at that as part of this investigation but it's really too early to say whether or not it's a factor. >> you've got to believe they were flying cargo for ups so they had time requirements. so who knows? >> well, sure. we'll be looking to see if they were in compliance with regulations and we'll also be looking at other factors, not just whether or not the regulations were complied with but what their work/rest schedule was outside of their work schedule and so there are many things that can affect us all as human beings. health, medication, you know, personal issues that might be going on. we want to make sure that we understand that. but at this point, again, it's not clear whether fatigue is a factor. we have to take a look at it but that's what we do in all of our investigations. >> right. >> it will be reviewed. >> deborah hersman from the

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homes and vehicles damaged in delaware after heavy rain left streets flooded in newark

and left with water over the banks. we're all being tormented by massive rainfall. >> just inches of rain in minutes. so really you can't even hope to recover from that kind of rain that came down so fast. the red zone, here's wilmington into camden and philadelphia, that's four to six inches of rainfall everywhere. coatsville, pennsylvania, 6 1/2 inches. some of this rain happened in just six hours. heavy rain across philadelphia, atlantic city and finally offshore, it's done for this round of storms. it may come back later in the week and even into the weekend. for now, the cold front has pushed way to the south and that heavy rain is into florida, into vor georgia, louisiana. it's beautiful in the northeast. morning temperatures were in the 60s. it was beautiful in new york city today. a high of 75 and sunshine. when they sent me there, the heat index was 102. and now it's beautiful.

>> it's just the way it goes, chad. yeah. you've got to do what you've got to do. thank you, chad myers. >> thank you, carol. thank you for joining me today. "legal view" with ashleigh banfield starts now. hello, everyone. welcome. i'm ashleigh banfield. this "legal view." it's wednesday, august 14th. welcome to the program where we dig into the top legal stories and cover the top stories as well. right off the bat, a little of both. a very big day in the michael jackson trial. today on the stand, the pop star's former wife debbie rowe is set to appear. she's the mother of his two oldest children and knows a lot about family life. her testimony could be crucial in this extraordinarily long wrongful death trial. cnn's ted rowlands and jean casarez are on this story, on the case, and they join me live. ted, i want to