in virginia, poppy. that's coming from the governor's office, governor rob mcdonald. at least 1 million customers are without power in west virginia and that's a large chunk of the nearly 4 million. the governor has declared a state of emergency due to the severe storms and we note two other deaths and an official said a man was electrocuted after he left his house and a woman in maryland, a 71-year-old woman was killed when a tree fell on her home. this is proof of how dangerous the storms can be. you can see everything behind me and nine deaths across this area show us how dangerous it is. >> especially as you mentioned some elderly people. obviously for them very dangerous and when we talk about the heat, the lack of power. you don't have air-conditioning, if you don't have power. this is a huge problem and a dangerous problem. what can you tell us about that where you are in rockville?

>> reporter: well, in rockville, this is a place that's been hard hit in term of the power losses and we did have them out checking the lines and assessing the damage. two-thirds was resz dents were without power at one point and they're focusing at first on political infrastructure areas of hospitals and police stations and fire stations and some residents are concerned with how long it's taken. we spoke to one of those residents and let's listen to what they had to say. >> we're without power. we're concerned and we've been talking to the pep co people and we're seeing trees on power lines which is also disconcerting. and so that one woman said she and her daughter would go to a nearby mall to stay cool. they're in the process, the utility company here, they're in the process of leaving messages for their customers telling them because of the severity of this storm it's going to take up to a

week for full restoration of power to come back and you know that's going to be very, very important as we continue to see these very high temperatures and these cooling centers that have generators that help them keep the power and air-conditioning on, poppy. >> another week. that's unbelievable and that's what happens when you have this on a large scale. we appreciate it. let's go now to nick valencia and nick is inside a cooling center and these are things that the government sets up, temporary celters, of a sense for people to go to to escape the heat if they don't have air-conditioning. what can you tell us there? >> as athena was mentioning, a big impact in virginia and this is all across the united states and just a massive, excessive heat situation for all across the u.s. one in three americans as you mentioned there and 150 million people being affected by this and 22 states with excessive heat warnings and tulsa, oklahoma, they're passing out

portable air conditioners to keep residents there cool and they're also being affected by triple digit temperatures and so much people using water there trying to stay cool. this is a situation not just here in atlanta, poppy, but all across the u.s. >> what are you hearing? >> i know you were talking to officials in missouri and elsewhere, nick, what are you hearing in other places where they're going through this right now? >> we did speak to georgia power in 2007 if you remember here. we have a similar situation where temperatures soar above 100 degrees and the economy is just not as good as it was and they don't expect a lot of people to use the utilities. in atlanta, there's five across the entire city here and we spoke to one area that's a senior citizen and that section heavily impacted by conditions

like this and she thanked the city of atlanta because she said if it wasn't for the cooling center, she wouldn't know where she would go. >> they are affected by this heat and a lot of them don't realize that they're suffering from dehydration, and so to come to a place that is cool, to come to a place where there's water provided, to come to a place where they don't have to worry for about seven or eight hours in 106-degree temperature is really wonderful. >> reporter: so you see a lot of these community residents here in the southwest atlantic community coming to this cooling center where they're passing out water. we talked to a resident earlier today when they were here trying to get fans to stay cool and this is something affecting everybody in the united states especially here in atlanta, and we're expecting temperatures to reach 106 degrees and since this morning the temperature has

risen 25 degrees, if you can believe that, in the last four hours. do the math, it's getting hot out there. >> people have to take good care of themselves and i keep emphasizing this, especially the elderly. >> thank you. >> i want to take viewers to cool cool. sandra endo joining us from colorado. what are you seeing, sandra? the good news is there is a bit of containment right now. there's a little progress being made from the firefighters there, right? >> reporter: that's right, poppy. you've been talking about the heat wave affecting the east coast. luckily, the weather and the temperatures are helping in an effort to combat the wildfire. we're at the air force academy where we were for a couple of days. this was in the danger zone and luckily all of those warnings have been lifted and what a remarkable difference a day makes because just from this vantage point, you can see a couple of hot spots still smolderring, but just yesterday we saw plumes of smoke rising

from that mountaintop. so, clearly, a lot of progress has been made. officials are saying now this waldo canyon fire is in containment at 30% which is double the progress they've made overnight and they're still saying there's a lot of work to be done and they've lifted evacuation orders and there have been two deaths presumably, as you mentioned, poppy, everyone else in this area has been accounted for and 81% of the homes in the affected region have been spared by fire fighting efforts and remember, we understand, there are about 350 homes that have been burned and 4,000 residences will be able to take a bus tour through their neighborhoods to see what those flames left behind. they won't be able to get off those busses, but they'll take a look firsthand at the damage from these fires, so clearly, it will be a tough time for

residents who will be going back into the neighborhoods. some of the evacuation orders will be lifted and that's not to say that thousands are displaced in colorado springs. >> and i want to bring our attention on the screen and people are looking at amateur video that viewers have shot, driving away from their home. she drove away from her home as it was burning. she was hysterical crying, i don't know if we can bring the audio up as people can hear and sandra, you're on the ground and you have a better perspective than any of us. what are you hearing from people? did they ever expect to go through something like this? >> reporter: absolutely not, because when you think of the affected area, this is the second largest city in the state and so many people's homes were affected and their lives shattered and we talked to so many people who were displaced and strangers taking in neighborhoods and the community really coming together. small businesses, really passing

out -- people that have been affected. and we're hearing stories of people saying, you know what? yea, our house was damaged, but all we care about is that we're safe. so many people are thankful just to be alive and keep this community together and so many people here vowing to rebuild. >> absolutely, sandra, thank you for your excellent reporting out there. we appreciate it. >> the waldo canyon fire is just one of several wildfires raging across colorado. i want to bring in someone pretty astonishing right now. emily franklin was one of the brave firefighters who battled the estes park fire. she is 18 years old and she is on the phone with us. just graduated high school and just reported for duty when she saw her own home go up in flames. emily, are you with us? >> yes, i am. >> how are you doing, emily? >> i'm doing pretty good. my whole family is in here and we're hanging in there. >> when we read your story we were astonished. you were graduated from high

school and were volunteering at the fire department and i know you were studying fire science in colorado. you were going to fight this massive fire, right? >> yea. just going to do my job, and it just so happened it was on my house. tell me what happened to your home and watch your home destroyed by this fire. >> i was getting ready to go to a concert and all of a sudden i hear on the radio that there was a fire a couple of houses down and i put my gear on and started telling people to get out of their houses and finally it got too close to me so i had to leave and they put me on a different assignment and all i remember was looking through this field and i saw this fire going up under our deck and it just lit my house up.

>> i am so sorry for your loss and your family and we're takinga i look at pictures that you took. i put my gear on that as this was coming towards your house, you thought forward and you put on your gear to go out and fight these fires, is that right? >> that's right. i didn't know what else to do, so i figured i'd get my gear on and get ready for what was coming. >> that's astonishing, emily. good for you. tell me about your friends? how are your friends doing and your neighbors? >> everyone's coming together. our community is being more than supportive in doing anything they can to help everyone around that's been affected. >> i can imagine. >> bravo to you for doing this amazing job. stay safe out there, keep us posted and keep sending us your stories and photos. emily, thank you and good luck. >> thank you. >> and then there's this. downed trees and downed power lines after fierce thunderstorms rip across nine states.

the death toll keeps growing. the storms now blamed for killing eight people. and take a look at this, lightning flickers over the white house which goes dark after the power goes out in the d.c., metro area. the storm knocked out power to more than 3 million homes across nine statesa the a time when temperatures are reaching well into and above 100 degrees. a lot of records are being broken right now, that's for sure. not a day to be without air-conditioning. bonnie schneider joining us live here in the newsroom. what can you tell us, bonnie? this heat is prolonged and very dangerous. >> that hasn't happened. in fact, poppy, when we look at the record numbers we saw. 109 in nashville, tennessee. that's not only a record high, it's an all-time record high. it's never gotten that hot in nashville.

we saw records in kentuckies are arkansas, and literally, there are hundreds of records that have been shattered this week and more likely will be shattered today. the day is not over yet. the temperatures are in the triple digits and 100 degrees in wilmington, north carolina, and memphis, tennessee. high temperature temperatures over the next few days and there will be some relief eventually and when you look at the forecast for st. louis, 104 today and tomorrow, and it doesn't start cooling down, and i use the term loosely because it's still hot and tuesday, when you have temperature tchss at 92 and the rest of the heat wave will be continuing throughout the weekend and when we saw sandra's report out in colorado about how the temperatures are slightly cooler and remember, just a few days ago we were talking about in triple digits in colorado and that's what happened, the big ridge of high pressure, and it expanded eastward and the high pressure sitting right over us is not

only bringing us the heat and it's keeping us calm and the air isn't moving and that's not going to change for tomorrow as well so the heat spreads all of the way to 115 degrees and places that don't normally see this kind of heat and it's prolonged and dangerous. remember, heat is a silent killer. it's one of the leading killers, of course, when we talk about weather disasters and even if you think you're fine and can handle things without air-conditioning, you can't, seek out a upon shoing mall or cooling center or anywhere you can get relief in air-conditioning. it doesn't matter how old you are. >> they're not going away any time soon. >> at least the next couple of days. with jerry sandusky behind bars for child molestation, we're talking about penn state next. exclusive details that cnn has obtained on what they knew and when they knew it. with the spark cash card from capital one,

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arab league-backed six-point plan and the transitional government decided on by syrians. the new government and this is interesting, we are told would and could include members of the current regime. opposition activists say at least 43 people were killed alone today. 150 killed on thursday. the penn state child sex abuse scandal shocked and rocked the nation. it also ended the careers of three top university officials and legendary football coach joe pater paterno. cnn's susan candiotti got a look that shied cover-up going all of the way to the top. >> reporter: cnn has been given details of four purported e-mail exchanges from sources with knowledge of the case raising questions about what penn state knew and when they knew it. >> the e-mails was from graham spanier, vice president gary

schultz and tim curley discussing the infamous shower incident where mike mcqueary saw sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy. the first e-mail is dated february 26, 2001. that's 16 days after mcqueary reports to his boss coach joe paterno about what he's seen in the shower. paterno testified, quote, it was a sexual nature. >> by now mcqueary testified he's told athletic director curley and v.p. schultz about what he saw. a boy with the hands up against a wall with sandusky behind him. the aled e-mails don't mention sandusky by name instead calling him the subject and person. in the first exchange schultz messages curley about a three-part plan to, quote, talk with the subject, contacting the charitable organization, second mile, and contacting the department of welfare. that's an agency required by law

to investigate suspected abuse. and curley indicatesa i change of heart. he allegedly sends an e-mail to penn state's president spanier and refers to a discussion they had two days earlier about sandusky. curley says he wants to talk things over with san dudusky an work with him before contacting child welfare and also refers to coach paterno. did something he said change curley's mind? quote, after giving it more thought and talking it over with joe yesterday, i am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps. i am having trouble with going to everyone, but the person involved. i would be more comfortable meeting with the person and tell him about the information we received, and tell him we are aware of the first situation. the first situation he's referring to is a separate shower incident sandusky had with a boy in 1998. sandusky was not charged at the

time. he was convicted of both incidents at trial. curley plans to tell sandusky, quote, we feel there is a problem and offer professional help, and at some point soon inform his organization. sandusky's second mile, and quote, maybe the other one. according to a source with knowledge of the e-mails, he's referring to child welfare. if sandusky is, quote, cooperative, curley writes, quote, we will work with him. if not, we do not have a choice and will inform the two groups. two hours later, penn state's president reportedly responds and agrees with the approach, quote, i am supportive, spanier wrights, and adds this, the only downside for us is if the message isn't heard and acted upon and we then become vulnerable for not having reported it, but that can be assessed down the road. spanier calls the plan humane

and a reasonable way to proceed. the next day v.p. schultz weighs in with an alleged e-mail to president spanier and athletic director curley, quote, this is a more humane and up-front way to handle this, he writes. we will inform his organization with or without his cooperation. we can play by ear to decide about the other organization, another reference, a source, says to outside authorities, but that never happened. authorities say records show suspicions about sandusky in 2001 were never reported to any outside agency. victim 5 was molested by sandusky in a penn state shower about six months after the mcqueary incident and sandusky later went on to sexually abuse at least three other boys. years later, all testified at trial. >> that was cnn's susan candiotti reporting. excellent reporting, her

exclusive there. both former university coach gary schultz are charged with perjury and failure to report suspected child abuse. they've pled not guilty. sources say former penn state president graham spanier could also face charges. prosecutors say penn state never reported the 2001 incident and never found that boy in the shower and jerry sandusky, a man who led separate lives of good and evil went on grooming, selecting and abusing children. sandusky is expected to be sentenced in september. next, an almost super-human feat. one courageous woman is trying to set a swimming record, trying to go 100-plus miles. we're going to tell you where she's headed. [ manager 1 ] out here in the winds,

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>> a marathon swimmer is attempting to swim from cuba all of the way to florida, but what makes penny palfries try even more remarkable is that she's a 49-year-old grandmother. this morning she was half way to her destination, over 50 miles and she's attempting the swim

without a shark cage, without flippers. just pretty much solo, before leaving cuba, palfry estimated the trip would take her somewhere between 40 and 60 hours. unbelievable. good luck. we're rooting for you. all right! ♪ ♪ >> all right, if you're not a gym rat and you don't go to the gym and work out every day, the idea of really getting into shape can be pretty intimidating, but you don't have to use high-tech equipment or spend money on a gym membership, cnn's fredericka whitfield teamed up with desiree to find out how getting in shape can literally be a walk in the park. >> a lot of folks want to get started with a workout and sometimes it's as easy as coming out for a walk and walking is a great way to get started and how do a look at this bench and i see a gym and i will start you off by doing a simple exercise to work the back of your arms

and the trooit tricep, the back of your arms, and let me tell you that you're not going to get rid of the jiggle. muscles will jiggle. that's your muscle, so let's build that muscle by doing what is called dips. so you'll sit down on the edge of the bench and fingers facing away from the back of the bench right next to your hips is where you want them and scoot your butt off and you can kind of walk your feet out to get your hips away from the bench and this is a good starting position. >> some people starting off may only be able to get down an inch which is fine and as you progress you can go down lower. >> that looks like it's easy for you, so you can put one leg up. you want your hands farther than shoulder-width apart. >> and one thing that you want to avoid is turtleneck.

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and we'll do what's called a split squat and you'll want to, and i like turning my foot under, it just feels better like that for me or your hips or whatever is more comfortable for you, and you want to make sure your leg is in between electly, which is core. you always hear people talking about core, and of course, if you can't tell, you're working the standing leg. i thought that. >> really, there's no excuse no matter what park you're in or even a neighborhood, there's a bench somewhere. and it's inexpensive. no-cost gym. >> just had a sweat. i like it. nice job. >> fredericka is in awesome shape. all right. >> turning to a more serious and very important story right now. by tomorrow morning the last

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still operating in the state, the only one, could be forced to close down come tomorrow when a new state law kicks in, mississippi could become the only state in the country without a single clinic that performs abortions. let's bring in cnn's george howel, live in mississippi. this is about a technicality in the law about what doctors have to have to perform abortions. what can you tell us? >> reporter: poppy, i talked to the person who sponsored this new state law and he says, look, it's simple. this is simply a health issue to protect women's health. the new law basically requires any physician who performs an abortion to be a board-certified obgyn first and to have permission with local hospitals to admit patients if necessary and that's it, plain and simple, when you talked to the president in this clinic, she's been trying to bet permission with hospitals since the law was signed and she's been unable to do it, i should say, and she

believes that these hospitals may be bending to political pressure to drag their feet on this. i spoke to both sides of this issue to get a sense of what they have to say. take a listen. >> what would it mean for mississippians if this clinic was closed? >> no one wants to talk about abortion and no one wants to think about abortion and there are those three reasons that you have an abortion, rape, incest and we hear that all of the time, i don't want to have an abortion, but now it's my mother, now it's my grandmother. >> i think the intent is to make sure that folks and women receiving these abortions are receiving abortions by professional physician who is certified and then if something goes wrong, which it might, we hope it doesn't, but it could, that that physician could follow that patient to a local hospital and that's the intent and what happens afterward, we'll have to see what happens. >> reporter: so, poppy, the

clinic here is suing. they've also requested for a temporary restraining order against this law to give them time to get these permissions, but again, if they are open on monday, and if inspected and found in violation of the law, the manage am, the nurses and physicians could face civil and criminal penalties. >> this is a very, very big story. not only might the only abortion clinic shut down, but the people might face charges. you're down there, please stay on the story for us and it's a fascinating story and precedent-setting. thank you very much. i appreciate it. if you'll be heading to london for the o limpec games, after the games i'll show you cool stuff you can see across the pond. it's time to live wider awake. only the beautyrest recharge sleep system combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long.

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>> the london olympic games are less than a month away and if you are lucky enough to be going, i'm not going, i didn't get that assignment, you will see there's a lot more to do than just the games. fredericka spoke to kate maxwell, to find out where you'll go across the pond for the big games. >> london is known for some pretty fabulous museums all year round. let's begin with the modern. >> london museums are capitalizing on the influx of tourists over the olympics and mounting some fantastic blockbuster exhibition and they have damian hurst and he's one of the world's most influential and controversial contemporary artives and the show is a

retrospective of his work and it includes formaldehyde and, the old shot would have been droopy. there are shark paintings and there's a room of live butterflies, believe it or not, so definitely check that out and his diamond-encrusted and platinum skull which is worth 50 million pounds and really fantastic and controversial exhibition. >> that skull makes me think of alexander mcqueen, one of the most prominent fashion artists or the late fashion designer. >> right. >> and really, british fashion has received a resurgence because of kate middleton, so that's why you may want to stop by the victorian albert museum. >> it's the big art museum and they have an exhibition of 60 ball guns and worn by celebrities in the 1950s and by queens and all sort of exciting people and it traces the development of society, really,

through the ages. designers represented kate middleton and the boutique down road and if you're inspired you can check that out and the hot designer at the moment is big on prints and as you say alexander mcqueen who had a massive exhibition last year after his death at the met. that was a great one to check out. >> this exhibit would inspire people if they haven't made plans to bring an extra piece of luggage because when you shop in london and see what's available you'll want to fill it up and bring it back home. now let's talk about the queen's gallery and the leonardo da vinci. >> and the queen's gallery is at buckingham palace and the british can't get enough of leonardo da vinci, and it totally sold out the national gallery and this is his an tom cal drawings, amazingly intricate and it showed that da vinci was a scientist as much as

he was an artist and as well as the bodies he drew from corpses. the queen's gallery and an excuse to swing by in palace and check out that exhibition. and can't wait to take all of these things in and people will be exhausted in between the event and this is a great way to relax and take in the exhibit. kate maxwell. >> thanks so much. >> you can find a lot more travel tips about london and other destinations on your bucket list at jetsetter.com/cnn. er is differet but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company by continuing to help you do more and focus on the things that matter to you.

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also known as health care reform or obama care is law. that's the bottom line, but a lot of people want to know now what does this mean for them and their families? christine romans breaks it all down. >> poppy, what happens right now to your healthcare coverage? nothing happens now unless you have a pre-existing condition. you know now you can keep your coverage. if you're a senior with the doughnut hole that was being closed and still slow changes in health care reform are already under way. the change that most people feel will be in 2014. that's when the state healthcare exchanges will be up and running, by then people who don't have insurance will have to buy it and they'll be compelled because you'll be penalized if you don't. in fact, according to the supreme court decision you will be taxed by the government if you don't have insurance. here's what those taxes will look like. starting in 2014, for you to buy insurance, if you're uninsured, the tax on your family is $285

or 1% of your income. by 2015 it's $975 and by 2016, when health care reform is fully implemented it would be more than $2,000 a family and that's 2.5% of your income or whatever is better and there are subsidies to make it affordable. that's the whole point of reform. bottom line, you'll get subsidies to afford insurance if you don't already have it and you'll get fined if you don't do it. what if you have health insurance through your employer? nothing changes. premiums will probably continue to go up. one of the concerns, though as 2019 approaches and the law becomes fully implemented. employers could start dropping coverage and push more people on to the state exchanges. employers may decide it's cheaper to pay fines for the government than ensure workers and they expect 3 million to 5 million people will retain

insurance as a result of obamacare, but by then those people can get their coverage on state exchanges. at those exchanges there will be three levels, bronze, silver and gold. you get to pick how much coverage you want, whether you want the catastrophic coverage or full coverage. all of this has been laid out by the affordable care act passed three years ago and after the supreme court decision it most likely stays as the law of the land. poppy? >> christine, very important information for everyone, this affects every one of you. we'll have more after this break. powerful and secure cloud.lly that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together to develop the best ideas -- and providing the apps and computing power to make new ideas real. it's the cloud from at&t. with new ways to work together, business works better. ♪

well, if you peek through the fence at the white house, you'll of course, see a garden, but not just flowers, vegetables and the harvest winds up on the

first family's dinner table. lisa sylvester got a very cool tour with the white house chef. lisa? >> poppy, this was a rare chance to tour the white house garden with chef sam cass, and he's more than just a chef. he goes golfing with president obama and he advises the first lady on her let's move campaign and he has the title of white house policy adviser and we share with you our conversation on what he's cooking up in the kitchen and how he hopes to shape the eating habits of a young generation. >> why have a garden at the white house? >> i think the first lady wanted to start a conversation around our food, where it comes from and the implication it has on our health especially for kids. when kids are empowered as actors in this and they get to become part of the process of planting a seed and watching it grow and preparing it to eat and their minds open up and that can open their mind to the process and that can happen even in cooking.

>> we have a cherry tomato. >> reporter: does this stuff actually end up on the first family's table? >> i'll harvest something pretty much every night for dinner and you want to see a sneak peek of the first potato? these are baby read ones. >> this is fun. >> potatoes are always great for kids. >> it's like a treasure hunt. >> every time the president's in town they eat dinner as a family and it's a great way for families to use food and sit down and be a family. it's critical to get kids to eat their vegetables. >> these plants are doing so well. let's see if we've got a bigger one. >> there a a zucchini for you. >> the thing about having fresh foods is it really does make a big difference in taste. >> you see it, it's so juicy. the juice is literally coming off of that. >> nice, right? >> yea. >> i am incredibly worried and so is the first lady.

right now one in three of the youngest generation will have diabetes in their lifetime. >> how do you get kids to eat healthy? >> i think it is including them in the process. when you go shopping and you get to pick out three different vegetables. all of a sudden your kid has a role to play. >> is there a dish that the president really loves or the first lady really loves? that's top-secret information. there's no way i can disclose. we eat balanced meals and we have a lot of fun with meals and we have young children and we make sure that we serve fun stuff for them, but they practice what they preach and there's balance on the plate and we cook on my plate and we go from there. >> so where are the beets? >> we've harvested the beets. >> i heard the first lady saying about not being a beet family. >> they're not the biggest beet fans, but we've grown beets a

couple of times, but it's not the most staple crop. this little thing right here, see it? this packs a punch. >> no way, don't let the size fool you. >> how did you meet the first family? >> my dad was his teacher back in charlotte, but i've known him for a while. i just know him from the area and we were lucky enough to come here. tell me about the state dinner. i am fascinated by this. >> we are so excited. families have been putting their recipes for healthy lunches for kids, working with their kids and a winner from every state in the nation will come to the white house and have a state dinner with the first lady and it's going to be so much fun. >> that dinner will be in august, but a specific date hasn't been set yet. cass is a very modest guy. he was named "people" magazine's one of the 100 most beautiful people and he laughed it off and he wants to keep the conversation going to keep

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critics of the supreme court's decision on health care this week say that chief justice john roberts broke ranks with conservatives when he ruled to uphole the entire reform law. they called the decision by roberts consistent with his standards and conservative.

joe johns has more. >> they came to a decision, and i respect it. >> reporter: how could one of their own on the supreme court side with liberals on the court to uphold the constitutionality of the democratic president's health care plan? but in many ways it was still a conservative decision. >> this was a conservative judicial philosophy that says the role of the courts is to be the last resort, not the first resort. we only strike something down when it's a big piece of economic regulation if we absolutely half to. that's still quite conservative. >> reporter: and this type of thinking shouldn't be a surprise coming from roberts. you need look no further than his confirmation hearings from the evidence. >> judges and justices are servants of the law, not the other way around. judges are like umpires. umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. the role of an umpire and a judge is critical to make sure everybody plays by the rules, but it is a limited role.

>> reporter: translation, it's not about legislating from the bench. it's about finding a narrow path to deciding cases, not exactly what then senator obama thought of roberts when he voted against his confirmation against in 2005. >> that he has far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak. >> reporter: and as president, obama kept up his criticism calling out the supreme court over the citizens united decision, opening the floodgates for outside money into campaigns. >> i don't think american elections should be bankrolled by america's most powerful interests. >> for roberts, the health care decision is a legacy builder which helps the credibility of the court without throwing away a policy idea that almost every president has grappled with going all of the way back to theodore roosevelt. >> reporter: no doubt he voted this way because he believed it but for him as chief justice and as a whole it isolates both of

them from criticism of being partisan out to get liberals and anything like that for decades. >> reporter: what's in the background says so much about rbs, a lawyer worth several million dollars, harvard grad, 57 years old, husband, father of two adopted children. roberts has had brushes with health issues, including cybers and one as recently in 2007 and roberts who has argued 25 kisses doesn't think that chief justice's health issues impacted his decision. >> think the idea that his health somehow influenced this is silly. this is a real legal question and he is the consummate lawyer and there was no reason to believe that anything external influenced him. >>. >> reporter: and the big picture goes without saying that chief justice roberts is very conservative and he's not somehow moving to the middle and this is an inusual case and there are likely to be more health care cases related to the president's plan and roberts and their colleagues will get other chances to show their stripes. chances to show their stripes. joe johns, cnn, washington.

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com raging fires in the west and a blistering heat and fires in the extreme portion of this country. extreme weather is impacting tens of millions of americans and your neighbors and 14eds. we begin with the thunderstorms, nearly 4 million homes are without power right now. cnn's athena jones is live in rockville, maryland and let's talk about how extensive the damage is right now and what folks are telling you on the ground there. >> reporter: one thing we should let you know about is that the death toll has risen. in virginia there are six confirmed deaths in that state and that's come coming from governor bob mcdonald and that governor has declared a state of emergency in virginia. there are 1 million people without