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justin harris already charged with the murder of his son but could the mother face charges? i want to bring in nick valencia. police said the father stated he was fearful that something like this could happen and that's what justifies the searches. but the mother's explanation? >> waiting to hear that explanation. looks bad on both parents, no doubt. we don't know and can't rush to judgment. the police aren't giving context to the statement, they aren't saying other than it came about in questioning but aren't saying when the search happened. lawyers on cnn say it matters when the search happened. they say it happened recently. the search warrants came out a couple of hours ago. they said i want to read, leanna harris the mother was questioned regarding the incident and made similar statements regarding research in car deaths and how it occurs. the father, 33-year-old justin ross harris, in a georgia jail, charged with murder and second degree child cruelty.

>> the mother, she spoke for the first time during the funeral yesterday. >> yes. >> and she was backing her husband. >> yeah. >> at the same time, kind of painting a picture about how she's mourning the death of her child but in a very odd way. >> bizarre funeral service, not ordinary, media there, open to the public. leanna harris stood in front of a crowd of 400 people. first she said, i'm doing this for you, ross, ross was on the phone she went on to defend her husband, the leader of the family. it wasn't a matter of if but when they would have children. the truth would come out and that that truth apparently, would fall in favor for the family. we don't know yet, though, fred the context of this. we've called police, it's worth mentioning to try to get context about this. they're unwilling to comment this weekend. perhaps more information will come out this week. that father has a bond hearing, held without bond and next court

appearance july 3'd. >> anyone in the audience of the funeral think it was odd she would say at least this child won't have to go through middle school or the tough times that come with high school? >> there was -- there was some sobs, there was some -- we were in the very back of that crowd, so we couldn't see a lot of the faces of those in attendance. but she started off by saying, i flow are people that are suspicious. i know there are questions of how i'm able to stan here in front of you without being a mess. and deliver this eulogy of her 22-month-old child, that casket, tiny red casket, chilling experience to be inside there. a lot of tears in that church. that university church of christ the family's church, they're from tuscaloosa, alabama why, it took place there. the child died -- looking at 22-month-old cooper harris -- died in marietta, georgia last week, it temperatures that could have reached more than 120 degrees left in the car for

seven hours. >> nick valencia, thank you so much. shocking string of shootings at a hugely popular tourist attraction. new orleans' famous bourbon street. police looking for two young men they say shot nine people overnight. the police superintendent says two victims are in critical condition, other seven in stable condition. learning some of the victims were tourists, just visiting new orleans. shootings happened 2:45 this morning. police do not have a motive. though they once golfed together, it seems like the relationship between president obama and house speaker john boehner has become chillier, maybe. the house speaker says he may take the president to court. he claim ps mr. obama is overreaching. how is the president responding to threat of a lawsuit? what he said on "this week" today. >> the suit is a stunt.

but what i've told speaker boehner directly is, if you're concerned about me taking too many executive actions, why not just try getting something done through congress? >> senior political analyst ron brownstein joining me from colorado. good to see you, ron. what's the interpretation? is this the real thing or a stunt? hi, fred. greetings from beautiful aspen, colorado. the first thing to understand, what an historic, reversal of roles we're witnessing. for most adult lifetime the republican party advocate of aggressive use of executive power. democrats in the 1970s complained about the imperial presidency under nixon. remember the debates of the theory of the un tear executive under bush. the fact is democrats are more likely to win the white house and control congress. they've won the popular vote, 5 out of the last and republicans controlled the house 20 of the past 24 years. you're seeing a reversal where

republicans are asserting prerogatives of congress and democrats like obama realizing he has little chance of getting his agenda through the republican congress are pushing the envelope on the use of executive power to try to advance his goals. >> but with remarkable -- ron, the president hasn't used his executive power as much as predecessors. a graphic shows the history, talk about the republican leadership, reagan, 381 times, you see george w. bush, 291 times and among democrats carter and clinton, both in the mid-300-range. this president, 172, under 200 times how can this suit be substantiated? >> well, you know, what that doesn't tell you is how consequential the orders are. certainly the recent executive orders from the president have been consequential, whether the deferred action, children brought here illegally by parents, whether it was the

executive order on the treating gays equally in the workplace for federal contractors. potential i think this lawsuit aimed at is the possibility that he will move on immigration reform to expand in effect the right to stay here to more people who are -- covered by the legislation that stalled in congress. it's a preemptive warning shot on than it's not clear how successful the legislation has been. the court has wrapped the president on the knuckles on the recess appointment issue. but a broad allegation like this i think most lawyers think will have a difficult time in the courts. >> the president, obviously, not running again. how much i guess influence is there of his fellow democrats, is he thinking as he pushes through certain legislation or executive orders or doesn't? >> no, that's right. look, as i said before what we're seeing is a long-term shift. the way politics works now,

democrats are more likely to win the white house than control the house, i believe, given the nature and the way the coalition's distributed. what the president's doing here is responding on a series of issues to key elements of his coalition in a way that will activate them in 2016. people say the lawsuit is an effort by the republicans to gin up the base for 2014. when the president acts on immigration and gay rights and minimum wage he's taking astand and not forcing republicans to oppose positions that create favorable contrasts in terms of mobilizing the democratic coalition in 2016. >> ron brownstein, enjoy a picturesque aspen, colorado. i'm jealous. thank you. something is brewing in the tropics and parts of the midwest are battling rising floodwaters. we've got your complete forecast after this. but first, one in five kids drops out of los angeles public schools. but this week's cnn hero, karen

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this is cnn breaking news. >> this just in, president obama will name former procter & gamble ceo bob macdonald as new veteran affairs secretary. erin mcpike joins me more with this what happen can you tell us. >> we just got this confirmation from the white house, yes, tomorrow, the obama administration will nominate bob macdonald. as you mentioned, he's the former ceo of procter & gamble. as we know when the white house was talking about who they were looking to replace the former veterans affairs secretary they weren't sure what to do. there was no short list at the time. would they get a veteran? would they get a ceo with this understanding how to put this organization back together seen seen essentially. in bob macdonald, they get both. he worked for p&g, 33 years, rose to the ranks after serving in the army five years, he's a west point graduate. being a cincinnati native, bob

macdonald is highly regarded and revered in cincinnati for his leadership of p&g. again a ceo and veteran to lead the v.a. >> a feeling, then, in the white house because of that, it is likely he is going to be a shoo-in in terms of approval on capitol hill? >> well, it's certainly seems that way based on the statement that the white house put out. i want to read part of that, 33 inform year tenure prepares him well for a huge agency with management challenges in servicing more than 8 million veterans a year at p&g, he oversaw more than 1,000 employees with operations around the world. >> thanks so much more that latest information. appreciate that. all right. now to the severe weather slamming much of the country in lake, minnesota, south of the twin cities, waters are rising and dozens of homes flooded. more rain expected later today. alexandra field is with us.

memphis, tennessee area is being hard hit. >> absolutely, fred. the picture shows how serious the situation is in memphis, tennessee. the national weather service reported a flash flood emergency, flash flood warnings still in effect in drivers warned to stay off water covered roads. cars have been trapped. some people had to be rescued. shelby county, reports that some underpasses are flooded with water three feet high. they've also been hit hard in minnesota, recently. that state has 35 counties already in a declared state of emergency. there, flash flooding creating widespread damage while water levels keep rising. pryor lake, people trying to protect homes and keep streets open, piling sandbags five feet high. waterville, minnesota, they've gone through 60,000 sandbags already. and it done stop there. in milwaukee, a 67-year-old man seriously hurt after a tree uprooted and fell on him while he was out for a jog.

high winds toppled that tree. the man will recover, though. but a lot of serious weather we're looking at. >> very serious, indeed. thank you so much. alexandra field. it isn't just the midwest getting hit. high temperatures expected elsewhere, plus tropical weather brewing off the southeast coast. karen maginnis has more on all of this. >> we've got just a soaking rain that just drenched portions of memphis, as you saw those pictures. early morning hours, big thunderstorms roared through but didn't move a lot. as a result, we saw these very heavy downpours. as a matter of fact, memphis is on par to see the second rainiest june since 1885. they've already picked up seven inches of rainfall alone in the past 24 hours. but it's not just around the memphis area. throughout northeastern sections of arkansas, look at rainfall totals. little dixie, arkansas, over ten

inches of rain live picture out of a tower cam. temperature hovered around 70 degrees all day but because we've seen just warmer air move through, the thunderstorms have not been rebounding there as of yet. we're seeing thunderstorms erupt over northern bam alabama. in the three day outlook, look for rainfall totals 355 inches into northern sections of georgia. the midwest, stuck in a weather pattern relentless. we will see a moderate risk throughout the evening hours across portions of nebraska, into kansas, missouri, and iowa. watch out for hail, high winds and the potential for isolated tornado. now, fred, this is the thing we're focusing on. it's the july 4th holiday coming up. and the national hurricane center says now over the next two days, there's a 60% chance we will see this disturbance we

saw last week become our first tropically named storm which would be arthur, over the next five days there's an 80% chance this could become a tropical storm. but watch the spaghetti models, they plug in different parameters and it has to meander off the coast of florida. remember, if you're visiting florida, could be rip currents here, gusty winds. you'll see occasional showers. if this verifies, it looks like it will meander for a while and make its way along the gulf stream. that's that river or that current that's very warm, it can kind of fuel tropical systems. so we'll have to watch this. this -- a lot of the unknown now, but know if you're headed to the beach here, southeastern coast that july 4th holiday, it would be a little tricky. >> oh, a drag. thank you, karen. appreciate that. stunning, new accusations in the case of a detroit boy found barricaded in his dad's basement. petition filed in court what

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did a 12-year-old michigan boy vanish from his dad's home for nearly two weeks because he was being abused? that is what a petition filed in a michigan court this weekend,

that's what it alleges. the boy suddenly turned up wednesday, barricaded in his dad's basement after police searched his home days before. many of you may have seen how this dad got the news that his son was found. hln's nancy grace broke it to him during an interview on tv. >> we're getting reports that your son has been found in your basement. sir? mr. bothuell, are you -- >> what? >> yeah. we are getting reports that your son has been found alive in your basement. >> what? >> so mr. bothuell denied knowing his son was in the basement, but in the petition filed in court, the boy told authorities that his stepmother did know. it says, quote, charlie also

reports that miss bothuell was aware he was in the basement and did not bring him any food. chartly reports sneaking up stairs to get food when everyone left home, end quote. also in the petition allegations of abuse, quote, saying this, he was observed to have a half circular scar on his chest at a result of his father driving a pvc pipe into his chest. i want to bring in a legal expert and attorney, ann-margaret corsa. asks for charlie and his siblings to be removed from the home. could we expect charges that also follow? >> i think everyone who has been following this case does expect charges to be brought, including charlie bothuell's attorney, fully expects charges to be brought. the allegations within this petition are absolutely heart

wrenching and there seems to be evidence backing it up. >> and, you know, the father's attorney is defending him. this is what he said -- >> he had been failing in school, he had been kicked out of a couple of schools and he told his son, charlie, response is now going to be you, you're going to have to go to school like everybody else and if you don't go to school, and the public school, i have to send you it a military academy. >> so, this is getting very confusing or complex, at least, because hearing in some circles that maybe the child was abused and this may have been a form of discipline. and then we're hearing that possibly, you know, the child was a problem child and family was having a difficult time dealing with. where does this investigation go, given these kind of facts or bits of information?

>> the case is really troubling, because the father admitted to disciplining charlie with a pvc pipe. now you have the police chief, who found pvc piping with blood on it in the basement. the child's clothing with blood on it the father's attorney says that the blood on the clothing was from eczema. obviously, they're entitled to their day in court and they'll have july 10th but allegations within the petition are very, very troubling. and the most interesting thing from a legal perspective, at this point, is that the stepmother has her own attorney for the custody case. so i think that this is setting the stage for her having a very different story when we get to court on july 10th. >> then, of course, does it mean that the other children in the house will be interviewed? i mean to what extent can their

side of the stories be brought into this equation? >> well the other children are so young, two younger siblings are 4 years old and like 10 months old. their testimony is probably not going to be used. >> but the 4-year-old can make observances and express what he her she said. is it just the court wouldn't allow someone so young? >> no, i think from evidentiary point of view, their testimony, verbal testimony, is going to be given less credence than charlie's testimony, 12-year-old has apparently been very forth coming and very credible with the detroit police. so i think the younger children are going to be observed, checked out medically before any decisions are made. >> ann-margaret corrodza, thank you. iraq, its military is getting help to defeat islamic

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bottom of the hour now. welcome back, fredricka whitfield. top stories crossing the cnn newsdesk. this just in to cnn, president obama will nominate a new secretary of veterans affair, bob mcdonald, the former ceo of procter & gamble. he's also a graduate of west point but he never served in the military. and the u.s. calling on north korea to stop what it calls provocative actions, that statement comes after south korea said the north fired what appeared to be short range missiles. south korea's defense ministry confirms two projectiles launched into the sea off the eastern coast. it's the second reported launch by north korea in recent days. and people have claimed to see them for years but now nasa has what it calls its own flying saucer.

it launched in hawaii yesterday. even though the parachute didn't fully deploy, nasa called the mission a success. technology could be used to land manned spacecraft on mars someday. transformers, able of extinction, dominated the box office this weekend bringing in $100 million, that's the biggest opening weekend for any movie so far this year. it was followed by "22 jump street," "how to train your dragon 2" and "think like a man too" weekend winners are sequ s sequels. iraq's military got a welcomed delivery, five russian fighter jets, first of 25 warplanes that will be delivered to iraq to help the army fight islamic militants trying to take over. isis isn't just fighting on the battlefield. the group is waging a fierce pr campaign to get more recruits. it released a chilling, new propaganda video where militant

talking in english shows a makeshift jail holding shia prisoners. >> you see here, prisoners. this is just some of the hundreds of prisoners that we have. most of them shia. >> the prisoners are believed to have been captured during the militant's invasion of mosul june 10th. video cuts to exterior of a building being blown up, as you see there. according to militants prisoners were inside. claims cannot be verified. joining us live from baghdad, so, mena, highly produced video, adding to that's arsenal, isn't it? >> absolutely. and it has been a very busy day, this first day of the islamic holy month of ramadan, a busy

one for isis propaganda machine. they also released an audio message, this time announing a name change, fredricka. they will only go by the islamic state, by i.s., they are now a caliphate. they are now claiming to be a state that in and of itself stretches through the north of syria to the east of iraq what happen makes this propaganda so powerful, of course, some truth in. they do hold territory across that large swath of geography but the iraqi military looking to have the upper hand in the air at least. they've had the first contingent of russian fighter jets come into the country and trying to ramp up their air strikes on isis and they need to. we've had two strikes in as many days by isis to the south of baghdad on an armed forces base,

and continuing back and forth over the crucial city of tikrit, on the highway to baghdad. if tikrit falls, it would bring militants even closer to the capital, to the iraqi capital there. >> lots of conflicting reports about what is happening exactly in tikrit, saddam hussein's hometohom hometown. what more can you tell us about that? >> we have had claim and counterclaim, iraqi state tv has stated a number of times that tikrit is fully in government hands. but we've seen video recorded and distributed online that shows a pretty empty looking neighborhood. also spoken to one resident who says at least in her neighborhood, there is no government presence. the issue with tikrit if it falls not only do you have the highly strategic oil field to the north of tikrit, again, you are closer to baghdad. and that is the final goal.

to even put pressure on baghdad and to be seen to be closing in on the capital would be a huge propaganda claim -- gain for the militant, let alone get in fighting range of the capital. >> thank you so much, from baghdad. all right. we have learned who the president is nominating to be the next secretary of veterans affairs. we'll tell you all about him, next. when folks think about what they get from alaska, they think salmon and energy. but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america.

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following breaking news. president obama will nominate former procter & gamble ceo bob mcdonald has the new veterans affairs secretary. cnn's erin mcpike and drew griffin joining me now. drew's on the phone. erin in front of camera. erin, tell us more why the white house feels confident about this nominee. >> well, we've gotten a very lengthy statement from the white house on this with his background and his very long biography. he's a west point graduate and then he steved for five years in the army and in his 20s joined procter & gamble, headquarters in cincinnati, and i'm familiar with procter & gamble, having grown up in cincinnati, they like to start hiring employees at a young age and move them through the ranks and leadership, he became the ceo, is very well recognized for his work leading procter & gamble

which is a fortune 500 company. in bob mcdonald, they've gotten both a veteran and a ceo to address these challenges. we did just get in a statement from bernie sanders, the vermont senator, a democrat -- independent who caucus is with democrats but looks forward to meeting with mr. mcdonald to ascertain views on these important issues. the first statement from a member of congress. but the white house does feel very confident, obviously, about this pick. >> drew griffin on the phone. you are the one who broke the story, highlighting the egregious mistakes made at phoenix v.a. hospital. is it your view that many of the critics of the way the system has been run might feel more confidently about this nominee, particularly because of his military experience and well as corporate experience?

>> reporter: i think the military experience has a lot less to do with this than the corporate experience. the v.a. is an establishment that needs to be run like a business, especially the health care of the v.a. it is a health delivery service and system. it needs to be run like a major hospital chain which is what it is. so if bob mcdonald can take his corporate knowledge and have the power to use that corporate knowledge, then i think it could be turning the v.a. into the right direction which right now you know it's systemically going in the wrong direction. >> and erin, there was not the absence of military experience in general schenn second i can, he came to the table with that, but what drew is underscoring is to run the v.a. like a business, this history of mcdonald, it will be a great attribute to him

it would seem. >> that's right. in this white house statement, white house official says, his 33-year tenure at p&g prepares him well for a huge agency with management challenges in servicing more than 8 million veterans a year. at p&g oversaw 120,000 employees with operations around the world, selling products in more than 180 countries, 2.5 million stores, reaching more than 5 billion customers. obviously promoting that executive experience. >> and then what challenges might the white house be bracing, you know, for in terms of being confirmed? >> of course, he is a veteran and he did spend five years in the army. part of the statement is interesting as well because he's also the son of a veteran. his father was in world war ii. so they wanted to make sure they got some of that in as well. but he obviously has been in business for the last 33 years. he does give quite a bit to veterans causes. that is also in the statement. but that may be a slight issue.

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came to the u.s. from the philippines, age of 12 is now a pulitzer prize winning journalist telling his life story. jose antonio vargas the centerpiece of cnn film "documented" which airs tonight. he wants to be a u.s. citizen but there is no procedure for someone like him. i asked him if the issue is america needs to make adjustments for those who enter illegally or whether other countries should work harder to discourage its citizens from crossing borders. >> the question is what do we do with the 11 million people who are here who live here who call

america home, who work here, who pay social security, who pay billions of dollars in social security and taxes, talk to the irs, social security administration, right? what do you do with people here already? like that we haven't really fully explored. >> and what should the answer be? >> i mean, the answer should be people like me should be allowed to come forward and say, here, look we've been here, we speak english, we've been contributing to our communities and our societies and churches and schools. right? give us some sort of process to get ourselves to wait in the back of a line somewhere but the process, the process does not exist. >> but the other part of the argument is, if someone enters into the u.s. illegally and they've simply blended in, then there are those who will argue, why should they, you, be rewarded with documentation, with allowances, with citizenship after breaking the law? >> okay, i think that's really, really interesting.

>> yeah. >> i'm not looking for any handout. i'm not looking for any reward. all i'm looking for is some sort of a process, if you want me to wait in the back of the line somewhere, tell me i have to wait five, ten years, tell me. >> but there is that line. >> no. >> that already exists for so many people who do go through the process, applications, work -- >> you mean people who aren't here? >> people who are here -- >> no, no, no, people -- >> go to the back of the line. >> see, okay, the 11 million people in america right now who are out of status, who are here illegally without authorization, for example, take somebody like me, right? i can't -- because i admitted to everything that i've done, i mean, when i outed myself in the "new york times," that bar me from any sort of relief, even though i have you know a part of a pulitzer, i'm quote/unquotic and sesful, i get an extraordinary visa. though the defensive of marriage

act repealed -- i happen to be gay -- and same-sex marriage is illegal in some states marrying my way is not an option because i admitted to the fraud. the only solution is i leave, i go to the philippines where i haven't been since i was 12, and then try to come back, which in which there's no guarantee. well, i am not leaving. >> so here's -- >> this is my country, this is where i grew up. >> okay. here's the other question, jose. you're not leave, this is your country, where you grew up. do you want citizenship? >> of course i do. >> would it make a difference? because you know you talk about your accomplishments. you're able to go to school, able to work, be employed, get a pulitzer, why would it matter at this point? >> why does citizenship matter to you? >> well, it's part of who i am. >> that's also because -- a part of who i am. >> i didn't -- i was born a u.s.

citizen. so i maintain my status but -- >> so citizenship -- for somebody like me, citizenship is not something that i'm born into. it's something for me i have to earn. and he feels at this point he has earned it. tune in to watch the film "documented" on cnn 9:00 eastern. >> first, it was brazil, then colombia, now a third team has moved into the final eight at the world cup. we'll show you the amazing finish. but first, a young girl using lemonade to impact our world, here's cnn's chris cuomo. >> hi. >> actress bailey madison handing out more than just lemonade. she's serving up hope. >> pink, of course, it will match your outfit. >> works with alex's lemonade foundation, encourages kids to raise money for cancer research by selling lemonade. >> never too young to make a

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was a penalty, others saying it wasn't and basically it was a bit acted, dram mat sized. a bit debatable but they converted than mexico only had six minutes to turn the game around. very painful for them considering there were the performers of the day, so much heat. underpressure, under heat. 38.8 degrees celsius, two water breaks, seen if you look at the stadium, majority of the seat there's on the ones in the sun completely empty. really struggling. but they powered through, unfortunately just didn't make it for them. >> wow. that was a tough match. thanks so much. now, people are looking forward to the u.s./belgium game, that's tuesday. that's going do it for me. i'm fredricka whitfield. randi kaye in new york.

hello, everyone. you are in the "cnn newsroom." i'm randi kaye, in for don lemon. big development in the case of the father accused of murder after his 22-month-old son died in a hot car. but first, breaking news here on cnn. breaking news now. president obama is planning to nominate a new veterans affairs secretary tomorrow, bob mcdonald, the former ceo of procter & gamble. mcdonald served as a captain in the u.s. army for five years, after graduating from west point in the top 2% of his clasp white house official tells cnn, mcdonald's 33-year tenure at procter & gamble prepares him well for leading a huge agency which provides services for more than 8 million veterans a year. obama's previous chief shinseki rescienced last month on a scandal. if mcdonald's nominations a proved, he would face