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have begun doing programs like this. if you want to go back to work, you can always ask a company to give you a setup so you can get back in the game and they don't feel like they are dealing with someone with a resume break. >> alison kosik, thank you so much. much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all begins right now. hello, i'm fredricka whitfield. u.s. sectretary of state john kerry speaking out about sergeant bowe bergdahl. his response to the critics -- >> to leave an american behind in the hands of the people who would torture him, cut off his head, do any number of things, and we would consciously choose to do that? >> more of that exclusive interview, next.

and california chrome felt short of winning the triple crown. now his co-owner is making headlines. plus, outrage in arizona. they are caught illegally crossing the border in texas and arizona's governor says it's inhumane and has strong words for president obama. in his first comments, john kerry maintains that it was the right thing to do and bergdahl has been called a did i

certificater dedeserter. and he defends sinding those taliban fighters to the small middle eastern town of qatar >> we're told that these five can roam around the country, pretty vague on what the restrictions and monitoring are. tell me about that. and on a scale of one to ten, ten being the most confident, how confident are you that the qataris are going to be able to keep a close eye on these guys? >> they are not the only ones keeping an eye on them. >> the u.s. is going to keep an eye on them? >> i'm just telling you that they are not going to be the only ones keeping an eye on them and we have confidence in those requirements and if they are violated, then we have an ability to do things. elise, i am not telling you that they don't have some ability at some point to go back and get involved but they also have the ability to get killed doing that. i don't think anybody should doubt the capacity of the united

states of america to protect americans. no one should doubt the capacity of america to protect americans. and the president has always said he will do whatever is necessary in order to protect the united states of america. so these guys pick a fight with us in the future or now or at any time at enormous risk and we have proven what we are capable of doing with al qaeda, the core al qaeda in west pakistan/afghanistan. >> some people say bowe bergdahl is being swift boated. did he serve with honor and distinction? >> elise, there's plenty of time for people to sort through what happened, what didn't happen. i don't know all of the facts. >> sounds like you're not sure you served with honor and distinction. >> that's not what i'm saying. what i'm saying is there is plenty of time for people to sort through that.

what i know today is what the president of the united states knows, that it would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind, no matter what, to leave an american behind in the hands of people who had tortured him, cut off his head, do any number of things and we would consciously decide to do that? that's the other side of this thing. i don't think anybody would think that's the appropriate thing to do. and it seems to me, we have an ability, we know we have the ability to be able to deal with people who want to threaten americans of the united states and that's what they go back on the word to do and if the qataris don't force what they have done, we have any number of avenues to deal with that. >> reaction to secretary of state kerry's comments has been swift. here is senate committee chairwoman dianne feinstein.

>> i heard secretary of state john kerry say don't worry about them in doha. you can't worry about them in doha and we have no information that the united states is going to see that they remain in doha. >> candy crowley spoke with mccain and you reminded him of a conversation about a trade to get bergdahl home. what was his explanation as to what has changed? >> look, he has responded as saying -- and he did say in the interview, it would depend on the details. the problem a lot of people see, those that do fact checks, is

that the details have been out there for quite some time and, in fact, some of it was detailed in a piece that ran the day before mccain talked to anderson. he said, listen, i would have never, ever have said that these five guys, who he considers to be the worst of the worst, set free essentially in qatar. i did take advantage of his time. 5 1/2 years as a p.o.w., bergdahl for five years. i asked him about all that we have heard about bergdahl this week, that he was a defector, that he perhaps became a convert to islam while he was in captivity, that he had turned against the u.s., blah, blah, blah. and i asked him if he thought if all of that were true, that meant that bergdahl was less

worthy of the u.s. helping him get out of his position than john mccain was as a p.o.w. >> no, it does not, candy. we have the obligation to do whatever we can to bring any of our captured servicemen and women back but the question is, at what cost, would it put the lives of other american men and women who are serving and in danger and, in my view, clearly it would. >> it would seem that the release of a p.o.w. would bring the together and is this the telling of landscape nowadays, that everything, everything would be second-guessed? >> everything is second-guessed but there's a lot to go around here. first of all, it's not just republicans who say -- and i am worried about this deal.

we have democrats on capitol hill who are worried about that, who are worried that the president, they say, didn't come as he is supposed to do by law and give them notification and tell them what restrictions are set in place. so there's plenty of this to go around. but the answer to your question is, you know, this is a sharper, political atmosphere and i think the white house bears some responsibility here because they had a rose garden ceremony for the bergdahl parents. they knew full well that there was some question as to how bergdahl came into the captivity of the taliban and they wanted to have a big, triumphant moment and it was marred a bit by the circumstances surrounding bergdahl's disappearance. so there's a lot going on here but that doesn't mean that politics isn't a major player. >> any word on how this may fit

in the elections? >> i think it fits into the republican's playbook, which is that this president doesn't know what he is doing. just look, he let terrorists go. but it's part of an overall play book which has the republicans trying to make this midterm election when the president is not on the ballot. nonetheless, about the presidents and they try to make the opposite. >> thank you so much. >> thanks, fred. all right. no triple crown for california chrome. i'll tell you why the horse's owner is fuming over the loss.

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>> reporter: steve coburn, co-owner of california chrome, was in a good mood moments before the belmont stakes. but minutes later, he refused to wave the surrender flag after california chrome came in fourth. the california factory worker blasted other owners of horses who did not run in the first two legs of the races. leaving them rested for the belmont to take down california chrome. >> this is a coward's way out, in my opinion. >> reporter: critics have called his comments sour grapes. he didn't back down sunday morning. >> these people nominate their horses for the triple crown which means three. triple. three. and then they hold out two and they come back and run one. that would be like me at 6'2" playing basketball with a kid in the wheelchair. >> but the triple crown has only

occurred 11 times. coburn's 77-year-old trainer was more generous in defeat. >> the horses are not cowards and the people are not cowards. i think it was a lot of the heat text myself but, hey, it was at the heat of the moment and, don't forget, he's a fairly new owner. you know what i mean? sometimes your emotions get in front of you. >> coburn went to the barn to check on california chrome who has an ailing hoof. the owner still sounded in pain. >> and if there's ever a chance that we have another horse that has earned his way to the kentucky derby, we will run in kentucky and then the hell with the rest of them. >> reporter: california chrome is off to california. his owner will follow but not singing new york, new york on takeoff.

steve coburn is expected to leave new york city tomorrow. the horse racing industry at belmont is not going to be there definitely to wave him good-bye. a lot of them wish he would fade from the scene and a lot of people doubt he will have a triple crown nominee any time soon. fredricka? >> richard roth in new york, thank you into remember reading "rainbow"? so do millions of people and a lot of people are donating to bring it back in a new form. that's right after this, live. but now it's time for this week's human factor. let's get right to it. here's dr. sanjay gupta. ♪ >> nowhere does country singer julie roberts look more at home than on stage performing for her fans. >> i decided at a young age i

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television show has earned more than $3.5 million on kickstarter and that number keeps growing. lavar burton is trying to bring the reading message to more people but critics are not happy in the way that they are going about raising the funds. good to see you. >> fredricka, it's good to see you. >> so you are trying to help bring "reading rainbow" to an app so it's on people's phones and they can get it on their ipads. so how do you hope to achieve this goal? >> we call it for every child everywhere. the idea is to take our app -- we've had an app for two years on the kindle fire and ios. we know it's successful. 139,000 books are being read by students and we know we can use this very engaging scenario to get kids to r50ed on these

tablet devices but read and that's really huge. the same way that we used television back in the ow'80s a '90s. our goal in raising a million dollars was to be able to expand our footprint, get the app on the web and that gave us an opportunity to create a product specifically for teachers in the classrooms is where we can really reach kids. >> so lavar, that sounds great. what would not be an advocate for getting kids engaged with reading, make them more he can cited about it. why in the world do you have critics on this? >> you would have to ask them. i think what we are doing is valuable and worthwhile. one in four of america's children will grow up to be illiterate and that's just not okay with me. >> some of the critics are saying that they don't like that this used to be something on the a form of public television and

now it's a for profit organization helping to raise money. >> yes. >> there's that criticism. and then some critics say -- >> let me address that. >> please. >> we have been absolutely transparent from day one. yes, we are a for-profit company. we are a library of books and videos. we have to spend money to create that content. we license these books from publishers who have to pay their due royalty for the i.p. so i don't know where people get the idea that content creates itself. pbs, although there was no direct cost to the consumers, viewers like you. so i'm not quite sure what the argument is. it certainly doesn't hold water for me. >> then the other criticism or one of the criticisms is that it's about accessibility, that only families who can afford the internet or have cell phones can

actually take advantage of the app. what do you say to them? >> say that if you had read the kickstarter page or watched the video, you would have seen that our intention in terms of getting -- look, if your family has no financial wherewithal to access technology in any way, shape, or form, where is your child more likely to be able to access this technology? in schools. in the classroom. so that was part of the million dollar raise. get in the classroom and give the product away, fredricka, to 15 machine 1500 classrooms who couldn't afford it. >> how will it be available and when? >> this next phase would give us an opportunity to get it on all platforms, on android, phones, on gaming consoles, on set top

boxes, on television, and it will give us the ability to give it away to 7500 classrooms in need. the campaign is not over yet. we are still rating the money. >> you're very enthusiastic about this. this seems to be very rewarding to you. do you feel like this direction that you've gone with your career in your life is far more rewarding than perhaps the performing arts? >> i make a living as an actor and as a director in television and movies but my vocation is reading rainbow. my mother was an english teacher and everything that i do in this field is an homage in honor of her. she is the reason i do this work. >> what a beautiful tribute to mom. i know she's so proud of you. levar burton, thank you so much and all the best. >> thank you very much. all right. flip side, there is outrage in arizona over a detention center

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i'm fredricka whitfield and here are the top stories. three men and a massive manhunt is under way because two men had been arrested in a drug bust. it's not clear what the third man was in for. to paris now. rafael nidal lost the first set at today's french open men's final but he rebounded taking the next three sets to defeat

yakovich and it was nadal's ninth victory. and today marks three months to the day since malaysia airlines flight 370 vanished after weeks of grueling searches in the indian ocean. there's no sign of the jetliner. families of the 239 souls on board are trying to raise money to establish a whistle blower award. an influx of undocumented children since memorial day weekend has caught the ayer of the arizona governor. not because they are in the u.s. illegally but because of where the u.s. is sending them. >> reporter: what is behind

these walls has many angry and here is why. on the other side of the chain-linked fences are children, hundreds of them, seemingly laying on the floor covered in thermal blankets. this is where immigration officials are moving more than 1,000 undocumented children to this makeshift detention center this weekend. just inside the arizona/mexico border. arizona's governor is highly critical of the move saying in part, quote, i am disturbed and outraged that president obama's administration continues to implement this dangerous and inhumane policy. not only does the federal government have no plan to stop this disgraceful policy, it also has no plans to deal with the endless waves of illegal aliens once they are released here. if the obama administration put half the effort into securing our border as it has invested to institute this operation, our

state and nation would not be facing this situation. this latest operation by federal immigration officials comes on the heels of an influx of women and children caught illegally trying to cross into texas. hundreds were flown to tucson and then bussed to phoenix and left at a bus station to find their way. beginning on tuesday, we started seeing families dropped off, including children most under the age of 5, some as young as 3 to 6 months old. >> they are now being released on their own recognizance. >> reporter: but it's this weekend's transport that has called the entire operation into question. a spokesman for homeland security tells cnn the number of undocumented children crossing the u.s./mexico border by themselves has increased

substantially calling it a crisis situation. officials say at least 60,000 children will try to cross into the united states this year alone. now, it's important to know that immigration attorneys will tell you that the fact that these children are coming to the united states without their parents has nothing to do with u.s. immigration policy. on the other hand, they do say that it has everything to do with violence in central america. now, here's some important numbers to share with you and this is from the women's refugee commission because they have been studying the influx of children coming to the u.s. without their parents. two years ago that number was at 13,000. last year it was at 24,000 and this year it's expected to be 60,000. fred? >> rosa, thanks. at what ages? do we know the ages of these kids? as young as what? >> you know, as young as very little because what they are also finding out is that a lot of women are coming with those

children as well. now, here's one of the really frightening stories, is that they -- these immigration attorneys keep on hearing the same stories from these children. some of them are very young. and what they describe is this violence in central america. they will describe their mother, grandmother, sister being raped and then beaten so they start walking, they start moving towards the united states. and here's another tid bit. these immigration attorneys, because they've been hearing this over and over again, once they come to the united states, these detention centers have been coined the word that is spanish for freezers because they are so cold and these detention areas are so cold. the other thing that is real interesting is that it's almost like for the first time this immigration advocates and politicians like the governor, they are kind of on the same side. they are saying, okay, something needs to be done just because these conditions are so

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the lock guengest triple cr drought will continue. joe has more in the "bleacher report." >> steve coburn is at the center of controversy. first, let's show you the race. the horse broke out quickly and was blocked into third place along the rail and that's when california chrome went a new route, went to the outside. the jockey victor espinoza started whipping the horse but it had no effect. after the race, california chrome's co-owner, steve chrome, went on a rant about rules that don't require horses to run either of the early triple crown races. >> our horse had a target on its back. everybody lays that one. they will wait until the belmont. you know what, if you've got a horse running in all three, if

you've got a horse that -- if you've got a horse that earns points around the kentucky derby, the only 20 available eligible to run in all three races, this is the coward's way out. >> he may have been slow to the race when he jumped outside ways and was clipped by another horse. a small cut was covered on his right hoof. new details about the proposed sale of the los angeles clippers. this new deal would allow shelly sterling to set up a charitable foundation for 10% of the price. this foundation would target battered women and young people from the inner city. steve ballmer would be a co-founder with shelly sterling with this foundation. ballmer is, of course, buying

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police say two girls coordinated a savage attack on a classmate to try to get the attention of an online mythical figure. the victim survived 19 stab wounds and is now out of the hospital but the question remains, who and what is the slender man? rosa flores investigates. >> reporter: the police say these two 12-year-old girls, morgan geyser and anissa wanted to resemble a fictitious man. newly released 911 tapes release the horror of their actions.

>> she says she's having trouble breathing. she says she was stabbed multiple times. >> is she awake? >> she's awake. >> is she breathing? >> yes, she is breathing. she can take shallow breaths and she's alert. >> reporter: now we're learning more about the man behind this creepy monster living on the internet and on the minds of hundreds and thousands of fans. >> i'm the creator of slender man. >> reporter: his name is eric knudsen and in an interview earlier this year, the 33-year-old father said she was looking to create a character. >> i like the concept of the monster, a creature that causes general unease and terror. its methods are strange, its motives are totally unscrutable. >> reporter: he entered into a photo shop contest submitting these black and white images of children. the dark character appearing in

the background. that's when slender man took on a life of its own on the web. followers writing their own twisted horror stories about the mythic mythical creature on website. >> certain people don't want to believe that it's fiction because it's much scarier that way. if it's something that is real or could be real, it's much more frightening. >> reporter: knudsen recently released a statement writing, quote, i am deeply saddened by the tragedy in wisconsin and my heart goes out to the families of those affected by this terrible act. it's far more difficult for kids to separate fantasy from reality. there's no way to predict who is going to be more impacted from others except to say that children are far more acceptable and vulnerable. rosa flores, cnn, new york. >> so now how can you make sure

that your kids can separate fantasy from reality? >> is there something going on in the 12-year-old's young minds and can't really distinguish between reality and fantasy? talking to some experts they say, no, really by that age, a 12-year-old should be able to make distinctions of what's real and not just like an adult can. but, you know, there is something else at work which is sort of that frontal lobe of the brain which governs impulse control, understanding the consequences of actions. that's not fully developed until the age of 25. so there is some, again, total speculation of did that play a role, that these two 12-year-olds losing a sense of the consequences of their actions while also engaged in this fantasy. >> in your column underscoring

that could be a possibility. but at the same time, you know, as a parent you hear this kind of story and you hear that there's a game involved. and that possibly this game could have influenced this child or these children into carrying out this kind of behavior and a parent has to wonder, wait a minute. at what point is the activity my child doing, is it that influential and does it impair their ability to determine when's right and what's wrong? >> exactly, fredericka. there are thousands, millions of kids around the world reading fantasy like harry potter and "twilight" and not going out and committing violent acts. i think any expert looking at this is thinking that there has to be a lot more in the soup. right? are there signs of mental illness? are there issues that were going on in the relationship between these girls?

were they retreating a lot from real life and were there other warning signs to be picked up? that's probably the takeaway for us parents here which is just watching your kids, trying to have conversations with them about what they're engaging with online. are they having trouble with what they're engaging with online and something that requires more attention and possibly counseling down the road? >> all parents know part of the responsibility is watching your kid but the reality is you cannot be personched on the chis shoulder 24/7. you have parameters of when and how to go online but, honestly, you can't know all the spaces in which they go. so what is the advice to parents? because, you know, i know we set up restrictions for my 9-year-old. but there have been occasions where i hear something and i say, wait a minute, that's not a site that we have approved, you know, of. where did you learn this? they find out about other

avenues and kinds want to be in and do what, you know, their colleagues are doing so how is a parent expected to be able to police as much as, you know, mom or dad can? >> right. it sounds like i really applaud you. i think you are doing the right things because as you said you can't be everywhere. you might set up the parameters but what happens at a friend's house? >> i think it is talking with your kids. using stories like this one as a teachable moment for conversations. are you aware of this? do you have friends aware of this? what do you do online? who do you talk to? are there things that trouble you? it's expressing your own kind of value system about what you think is appropriate and what isn't. your family values. that can help kids decipher kind of when's good for them possibly and maybe what's not. it is an ongoing conversation that i think we all have to keep having with our kids. >> thanks so much, kell by

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it's a so-called therapy that claims to turn gay people into straight people. and texas republicans are endorsing it. they just adopted a party platform ahead of the 2016 presidential race and it includes support of voluntary reparative therapy. cnn's nick valencia joining me with more on this. it's controversial therapy. >> absolutely. >> banned for minors in california and new jersey. so what was this vote all about? >> this vote about texas republicans putting this as part of their platform and according to kathy adams part of the texas eagles forum, a conservative group that pushed the resolution through, she says that there was

very little dissent. she had a friend that benefited and wrote the amendment. it was spread across texas and part of the party platform, a 32-member put it to the delegate that is didn't have to vote because the majority supported them according to adams saying this to cnn in a statement. here, i want to read this. in part it said nothing is mandatory. if a person chooses counseling, it should be available. california and new jersey have banned it altogether. no one can change the color of their skin or the place they're born but they can choose life styles. she said it's a freedom issue. >> you spoke to the chairman of the equality texas foundation and what was said? >> for years it's been a dicey issue, gay rights for the republican party, recently adopted a more toll rat tone, lgbt group in texas says this is a major step backwards.

>> i'm not sure that i would agree that it's voluntary. it's not voluntary when they close minded parent sends their minor child to someone for the purpose of fixing him or her. so, as applied to children it is almost never voluntary. and i think that reparative therapy as it's called as applied to minors is taunt mount to child abuse, one step above somebody's attempt to beat the gay out of their child and horrific. >> steve ruddner point out that the american psychiatric association does not endorse this saying that the majority of professionals believe it doesn't work. kathy adams says that the organization didn't always have that position and only recently changed wit politics, not necessarily procedure. she believes in reparative therapy and thinks it works and she's gotten the endorsement of 6,000 delegates and a platform committee. others think it's a major step backwards as republicans inch

towards this more toll rat tone, this is completely against that sort of theme. >> all right, nick. thanks so much. >> you bet. hello again, everyone. i'm fredericka whitfield. it would have been incomprehensible to consciously leave an american behind. the words of u.s. secretary of state john kerry. speaking for the first time on the firestorm over the swap of army sergeant bowe bergdahl for five taliban leaders. kerry sat down for an exclusive interview with cnn this weekend. and she asked a question on the minds of many americans, how closely will the five released taliban prisoners be watched? >> we are told that these five can roam around the country. pretty vague on what those restrictions and monitoring are. i mean, tell me about that. on a scale of one to ten,