that's what we are hearing. what are they doing in the meantime to stay safe? >> reporter: poppy, they are being advised to come to places like this. the library is one of more than 30 cooling centers throughout the state where people are being encouraged to go to. if you can't go to someplace like this people are being asked to go to malls and restaurants to get inside and get away from the heat. it is miserable. the temperatures in this area spiking at or near 100 degrees. you are being asked to physically move in out of the heat. this is the library. three dozen or so cooling centers in this area. it is one of those set up here. you can feel the relief as you go inside from out. we are going to talk to a gentleman who came in here with his daughter. you have more than a million people without power in the state of virginia right now. 739,000 customers translating to more than a million people according to governor bob

mcdonald just in the state of virginia. those are the numbers you are talking about. a lot of the people are not going to get power back maybe for up to a week in some of the harder hit areas. i'm going to talk to bruce ross, a resident that lives about five miles away from here. bruce, right now what is your biggest concern about the weather and the fact that you don't have power? >> basically keeping cool tonight and today. had a hard time getting to sleep last night without air conditioning. we are thankful that nothing really happened to our house. just uncomfortable with the heat and not having power. >> reporter: the thing that most bums you out about this weather is what? >> not being able to go to the pool. >> reporter: you had a swim meet this weekend. >> it got cancelled because the pools didn't have electricity. >> reporter: good luck dealing with it. a lot of people around here dealing with those kinds of

things, poppy. one of the things we are concerned about in this area, too, just a lot of damage. power outages all over the place as we talked about, spiking temperatures. people are warning to get inside and stay inside. just stay out of the heat no matter what you do. prolonged periods inside. a lot of people misjudge the heat trying to do too much outside and that becomes a problem. >> we are looking at live pictures of some of the storm damage. i know it's been pretty severe there. it is so wide spread coupled with the power outages and record heat and the damage from those storms that ripped across this country. that video you are seeing in from arlington, virginia. let's move on. more than 800 heat records were broken over the weekend. meteorologist alexander steel tracking the weather for us. this isn't short-lived.

>> no, poppy. first of all the breadth and depth of it we are talking 45 million people being impacted by it. also the degree to which we are breaking records. these records aren't just the hottest for the day or the month. they are the hottest records, hottest temperatures these places have ever seen ever anytime of year since records began in the 1800s. dodge city, kansas, 111. nashville, tennessee, 109. there were 140 all time records broken. over 1,900 records one way or another. of course, the heat exacerbated by what you were talking. straight line winds knocked out power from the virginias to ohio. the nighttime temperatures drop to the 70s and 80s only that causes the most problems.

heat the number one weather related killer in the u.s. because of the nighttime temperatures. today's high is already 104 in atlanta, georgia. these were today's highs. tomorrow we will shave off a few degrees but it is negligible because the nighttime temperatures will stay so high. 97 in atlanta. out of 100 degree territory but well warmer than where we should be and record breaking, as well. >> we are looking on your screen there and we have to move to colorado where you have a lot of gusting winds, temperature heat an issue for firefighters trying to contain the waldo canyon fires. >> three weather factors can exacerbate or help fires, one is temperature and one is moisture. winds are the biggest impact because they are the most unpredictable factor. winds feed that fire and give it

life with extra oxygen. the stronger the winds the faster the fire spreads. wildfires generate their own winds called fir whirls that hurl debris. what we will see in terms of winds today gusting potentially 30 to 40 and sustained 10 to 15 miles per hour throughout the day and tonight. >> thank you so much. heat is also an issue for firefighters fighting the waldo canyon fire. the heat forced thousands from their homes and residents have been able to go back today to survey damage. it is heartbreaking to see pictures of people looking at their homes and the massive blaze. the fire victims have something else to worry about, colorado springs police say there have been about two dozen burglaries in the area. >> we have actually had an

invasion of bears in green mountain falls. we are working with dow to try to persuade them to vacate the area. >> fire crews have been working around the clock to try to get a handle on the fire. just take a look at how much folks in colorado appreciate the work the men and women are doing. they came out to show their support. >> grateful. so grateful. can't imagine how hard they are working and how tired they must be. >> the fire has burned more than 1,700 acres. the only good news we can tell you is that it is now 45% contained. right now the big focus on colorado is helping people and helping them cope. many are out of their homes. some do not have a home. many do not have a home to go back to. sandra endo is live in colorado springs with a look at the relief efforts.

>> reporter: certainly relief is what thousands of these displaced residents really need right now. many of them were able to take a bus tour to survey their charred neighborhoods. they are coming back with stories of devastation and very emotional. the community is really bonding together to help these people during these trying times. we saw that first-handt at a local church here where they are collecting donated supplies and boxing them up and helping them out and extending their help and services and support to the evacuees. >> we had people from all over the country contact us. they sent in trucks of water, meals ready to eat, paper supplies have been a big demand. anything at all as well as various paper items that seem to be the things that people need, something that you may not think of until you get into a situation like this.

>> for a lot of displaced residents do you think this is heaven sent for them? >> we have seen a lot of tears and a lot of hugs and very much appreciated. >> it's been kind of an amazing thing to see people coming together and willing to help out the community. that's why i'm here. i felt the need to come here and serve. >> reporter: just like that man said we have seen so many volunteers coming out, everyone lending a hand to do whatever small thing they can do to really help this community bounce back. while we are hearing reports of things getting better still we have spoken to so many people who say they may return to a home that was untouched by the fire but those areas are without electricity and power and water. they will need relief efforts in the days, weeks and probably months to come. >> that is a good point. it is not just about when the

fire is out. it is about how they rebuild and people need to keep helping them. thank you so much. in mexico right now voters are heading to the polls to pick the country's next president. the united states, of course, watching closely. the outcome could signal a shift in the drug war with mexico. let's turn to syria. the violence continues a day after world diplomats hammered out a peace deal in geneva. at least 69 people have been killed across the country today alone. foreign affairs correspondent sat down with hillary clinton. clinton said she is optimistic that a new plan will work but in syria there are no guarantees. >> unless i am wildly offbase there is no way anyone in the

opposition would ever consent to assad or his inside regime, cronies with blood on their hands be on any transitional governing body. i said weeks ago that assad going could be an outcome as well as a precondition. meanwhile turkey scrambled f 16 fighter jets after syrian helicopters came close to the border there. so you see this is escalating. the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization is condemning the destruction of secrettumes in mali. they say people shouldn't worship saints. i spoke with unesco's attorney general to see what could be done. we will have that interview for you in the 5:00 p.m. hour. new jersey's governor is

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when something displeases him. reporters were told in advance the governor would only be talking about water in the state. >> did i say on topic? are you stupid? on topic. next question. thank you. thank you all very much. i'm sorry for the idiot over there. take care. >> choice words. the reporters question was about a special joint session for the state legislature that the governor has called for tomorrow. the supreme court's ruling for health care for the obama administration. what effect will it have on the president's reelection efforts? you wrote a great piece about what a second term could look like for president obama. let's talk about this election. do you think this election

becomes another fight over health care reform or do we put that behind us? >> you know i'm skeptical that health care remains front and center in the election for the following reason. i think it should because at this cornerstone of romney's policy proposals right now he said on his first day he would repeal obama care. in terms of issues in this election it should be important. i don't think either candidate has the incentive to make it front and center. this health care plan has never been wildly popular. i doubt he will start running on it even though it now has the sort of stamp of approval of the supreme court. and for romney his strategy this entire campaign has been make this election about obama's last few years and a referendum on

the president and part of that is the unpopularity of the health care plan but raises questions about his plan in massachusetts so makes him not a great messenger to bring it home. i think both guys will bring it back to the economy and more forward looking agenda rather than fighting strictly over health care. >> there is the argument that mitt romney's has had a hard time igniting the fire beneath the very conservative republicans, the tea party, him coming out immediately after the supreme court's ruling saying i will work to have congress repeal health care reform and that could energize a group of voters that he hasn't particularly excited. >> i think there will be a lot of sort of micro targeting of the key constituencies. for obama when he came out for

gay marriage, those are big important issues for big groups of voters that are important to his coalition. for romney i think in discrete ways he is going to be reminding conservatives of how much they dislike this obama health care plan and reminding him that he promises to get rid of it. i'm a little skeptical that it remains front and center in the campaign and the economy comes back as the issue. >> i spent the last week driving through the midwest and talking to folks in these towns. not the folks in d.c. but the people in the middle of america. almost all of them it was jobs, jobs, jobs. i want to get to your article in the new yorker. talk about what the president might do. you talked to advisors that said maybe housing reform, energy reform. where did that go? >> i think it will be a two step process. we have the fiscal cliff at the

end of the year. that is the budgetary issues coming to a head on december 31st. whoever wins in november that is the first thing they have to deal with after the election. that is the big agenda item for either romney or obama. because so many tax and fiscal issues come to a head at the same point that is a vehicle for tax reform, entitlement reform and a deficit package. after that let's say it is obama who is president i think he probably has a shot at one more big domestic agenda before people start focusing on who is running for president in the next cycle and the political capital declines. when you press obama people on this they talk about immigration as the big issue partly because they believe if they win it will be partly due to a big hispanic vote and maybe some republicans will come on board with a bipartisan immigration plan.

so if he wins look for that as a big second term item. >> you conclude your piece by saying you think president obama has learned how to be a forceful president whether remembered as a great one depends on the election and if he is reelected. >> historians do not treat the one termers kindly. look at carter and george h.w. bush. they had a couple of big historic accomplishments. because they didn't win reelection they are considered losers and not considered historic presidencies. you have to win the second term to be in the history books the way that say reagan was. for obama his health care law he has to be the guy, the president that implements that if he wants to salvage and save the health care law he probably has to win the second term.

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it is election day in mexico. voters there are heading to the polls to pick that country's next president. the u.s. is watching closely because the outcome could change how that country fights the war on drugs. there are also 2000 miles of border that we the united states share with mexico. with the crack down on immigration and the u.s. financial crisis many mexicans who came to the united states in search of work and the american dream are now going back home. the return is not often an easy one. >> reporter: he and his family return from the u.s. to mexico last september. how tough is the transition back? very hard? >> yes. >> reporter: moved to los angeles with his family when he was 11. later he went to new york and south carolina.

he bought a truck and a house and then came the financial crisis. after the crisis how hard then? >> more. >> reporter: no job? >> no. >> reporter: he got deported. now he and his entire family are starting over. his eldest son, oscar, an american citizen is more comfortable speaking english. >> it is hard to really communicate. >> reporter: he has bigger problems. he is one of thousands of kids stuck in the middle able to go to school but can't get a diploma. he is a u.s. citizen. do you have any idea how you will get that document? >> no. >> reporter: that's a little scary though. you're how old? >> 15. >> reporter: a lot to worry about for any 15-year-old. he and his family are in a picturesque village. getting here is a long, long drive through exotic and beautiful terrain. despite the remoteness signs of its ties to the u.s. everywhere.

migration is so common it is as easy to get a slice of pizza here as a taco. since the financial crisis the economy here has bottomed out. the unemployment rate here is 20%. that's four times the national average. the mayor says the town's main industry is dollars flowing in from family members working in the u.s. we don't have a huge source of jobs here he says. we don't have industries or large factories. the schools here about 10% of the kids are u.s. citizens. and the demographic shift is felt at the local hospital, too. this facility so successful now has several area towns to care for already treating nearly 4,000 patients a month and needs several more doctors to keep up. >> a significant number

returning. >> reporter: for small towns the problem is many choose to stay rather than head to the u.s. he says that may soon change. >> it wouldn't surprise me if we find the many people going back to the states especially to new york. >> reporter: he says he won't be returning anytime soon but his kids all u.s. citizens just might. what do you want to be when you grow up? >> a doctor. >> reporter: big dreams in a mini new york or as the locals call it -- >> what an interesting story. all the devastation in colorado the wildfires have caused it is not the worst tragedy that four young brothers there have faced. let's take a look at one amazing grandmother. we're going to talk to her after the break.

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near colorado springs. some residents have been getting a chance to go back and see their homes. the fire is now 45% contained. for one colorado family their hard times started long before the fires began. susan soleage is a grandmother of four young boys. she is holding her grand son, connor. she is not just their grandmother. she is also playing the role as mom and dad after both the boys' parents died tragically over the last two years. now this brave family has lost their home to the wildfires. our jim spellman met them and asked the boys how they are feeling right now. >> it kind of feels like sadness. >> i miss them so much. >> most of the time i think why me but that's pretty much normal

because like people who go through that think why me. why does this happen to me? >> do you ever get an answer to that question? >> no, not really. >> reporter: they manage as best they could. >> it has been a struggle. been to some counseling. we have gone up and down. but everyone is doing much better. >> reporter: and then the fire came forcing them to pack up what few things they could and head for safety. >> as we drove we could see the side of the hill just exploded. there had to be 40 fires just bam. >> reporter: grandma's house was destroyed. the boys would have to start over yet again. tell me how this makes you feel. >> like a little kid. >> susan joins us now. thank you so much for coming on to talk to us. first of all, let me ask you, how are your grand sons doing?

beautiful little boys. they are lucky to have you. how are they doing right now? >> they're adjusting. they are very anxious and curious and i had some friends that took them on a little trip for 4th of july which was a blessing to get them out of this community right now. >> i know you said they went to lake of the ozarks and may get to see fireworks this week. >> not in colorado. they had to leave the state. yes, ma'am. >> when we were talking earlier you told me you were able to drive your own car into your neighborhood and take a look at what has happened to your home. what did you see? >> well, i was actually pleased to see so many trees still up, so many of the homes were gone. my home was completely gone. i've seen pictures but it didn't really impact me the way pulling

into my drive way impacted me. it was very, very sad. my home was gone. it was imploded into the ground. it was very sad. >> i'm so sorry. i can't imagine what it is like going through that. can i ask you, is that the home where you raised your daughter, kim, the mother of these four young boys? >> yes. we have raised all of our children there. we haven't lived there the entire time of kim because i lived there 18 years and kim was early 30s. >> we got to see a picture before we started talking of your whole beautiful family, kim, her husband and the four boys. one of the things we have heard out of colorado that has been inspiring is how families have helped, the entire community and you said the entire nation has helped you get through this. what are people doing that is helping you guys? >> people are just reaching out.

they're donating clothing, food, money. the red cross has been amazing. the firefighters, president obama was here. i mean, everyone in the nation is reaching out to try and help us which is wonderful. we have lost 347 homes. >> you know on our screen our viewers are looking at your facebook page. it is facebook.com/flowers family fund. that is how our viewers can help you and the four young boys as you go through this. they can log on to your facebook page and help you there. just give me a sense of your feeling, your thought right now as you drove up to your home. are you going to stay? are you going to move out of state? how do you rebuild? >> we won't move out of state. i'm not sure. it won't be quite the same. it's kind of like the twilight zone. it's our neighbors.

so many of our friends are gone. they won't be back. i'm not sure what our next step is. right now we are just going to bed and getting up the next day and doing it again and trying to help each other. >> that's all you can do. >> the red cross is amazing, too. they are doing a lot of donations and the red cross has been amazing here helping all of the families. >> i want to pull up a photo of your family just to show them your family. there you have justin, connor, brandon, tyler, your daughter, kim and her late husband, as well. i'm so sorry for the loss of your daughter and your whole family. when i saw you holding young connor and the way i saw those boys around you you are their hope now. you really, really are. let us know anything that people can do to help. please keep us posted and we'll be in touch with you. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> of course. take care, susan.

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one man's faith head him to turn his back on a very successful career in the health care industry. wendell potter wrote about his experience in this book "deadly spin". we spoke last in 2009 shortly after you left your 20 year career. you were the spokesperson for a major insurance company. you told me at that time that you were part of the effort to kill health care reform when they tried that time around. i'm wondering what your thoughts are now in the wake of the supreme court decision to uphold the affordable care act. >> it's a great relief. i felt the supreme court would uphold it because i felt it was constitutional. it was a big relief.

i was beginning to believe the conventional wisdom that it would be overturned. it is a very big first step. >> let's talk about your step, the big step you made not that many years ago when you went to tennessee to visit your parents and you saw something that completely changed your perspective and led you to quit your job and leave i would guess a pretty high paying position and totally change your tune when it comes to the insurance industry. >> it was the beginning of a spiritual journey for me. i had an epiphany. the trip was a road to the experience. i read about a health care expedition. i went there out of curiosity. what i saw was literally thousands of people who could have been my neighbors who were standing in long lines waiting to get care that was being provided in animal stalls and barns.

they were soaking wet because it was raining that day. i learned most of those people had jobs. they were not people who were uninsured by choice. they couldn't afford it or refused coverage. >> do you think the law that we have now will solve problems like that? you said yourself this isn't universal health care. there are many that looked at the decision by the high court as conservative and liberal in different ways especially with how it dealt with medicaid. does this solve the problem with what you saw? >> not completely but i'm an optimist. i also like to refer to glasses as half full. i think we have more than a glass half full. it will bring more than 30 million americans into coverage. that is big. it already is saving lives. i talked to people who tell me they are alive today because of the affordable care act.

that will be true in the years to come. we have much more to do to get to universal coverage. but this is a big step and what i call the end of the beginning. >> you have been an outspoken proponent of the campaign. mitt romney saying he will work to have congress repeal it. this is the law of the land. thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. >> thank you, poppy. >> for more on the story check out our belief blog. you can add your comments there. really fascinating story about wendell. you know his love of music from his legendary work on the keyboard but his love for the environment is just as deep. we will talk to the man who play would the allman brothers, eric clapten and the stones. just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses.

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look at that. spain is happy today. the country has made history. spain becoming the first nation to capture back-to-back euro championships as it cruised right past italy in a 4-0 win. this marks the third consecutive major title. they are the defending world cup champions. people celebrating there in madrid loving this moment and this day. this comes after three weeks and 30 matches. now the euro 2012 has concluded a lot for spain to be happy about, their economy going through so much. cheering crowds from that big win. take a look also at live pictures we got for you. there you go. the live pictures. everyone in madrid very happy. it is 10:45 p.m. they have just

locked in that big win. 4-0 over italy. we will talk sports in depth in our 5:00 p.m. hour. today our own friederiedric whitfield goes face to face. chuck loval has played for the rolling stones, the allman brothers but his passion extends beyond the stage. he was caught up at the new orleans jazz festival. >> reporter: so great to see you. you are as well known as conservationist as you are a musian playing with eric clapton, rolling stones, allman brothers. what is it about being so connected to the environment and making that commitment to your tree farm and wild life? how did that come to be?

>> the first connection people ask me about it seems like a dichotomy. the first connection is the fact that the piano that gave me my career and livelihood comes from what resource of wood. ♪ we all need someone we can lean on ♪ >> there is a direct connection in that way. deeper than that my wife's family has been connected to the land for generations as farmers and being good stewards of the land. that began to rub off on me a long time ago. eventually we acquired our own tree farm. >> reporter: what do you want to see in wild life conservation and forestry conservation that is not being done right now? >> well, fredricka i have a concern and i wrote a book about this about what i call the

invisible forest health crisis, the loss of natural land. a statistic was shared with me that in the u.s. we lose 6,000 acres a day. >> reporter: to development? >> to growth and development. so you are not going to stop it but you can guide it and do it intelligently. that was the subject matter of my book called "growing a better america" focus on the word grow. we can do it better and smarter. >> reporter: individuals or are you talking big corporations? >> all of the above. absolutely all of the above. individuals can do things. we can walk more. leave that car sitting. you can walk to the office if you are close enough or walk the kids to school or whatever. those are small things that we can do. this is america. we can do this. >> reporter: we are supposed to be able to do anything. >> that's right. >> reporter: thank you so much. >> thank you. really great to talk with you. >> very good guy.

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by now you know the headlines of the supreme court's decision to uphold the health care reform law. let's focus on what it means for you and your family. earlier i spoke with dr. sanjay

gupta. >> reporter: the biggest question has to do about the costs and individual costs. people who have illness or had some chronic disease as an adult or their children do and their premiums are just too high. they are wondering how will this law effect me. i think what we are learning here and you can tell we are in front of bellevue hospital. we are learning because there are these nondiscriminatory clauses people cannot be discriminated against based on illness or preexisting condition. you pay the same amount of another person your age living in your community who is healthy. that is how the premiums will go down. >> i know that a lot of the key provisions don't take effect until 2014. for folks listening and watching saying that is me right now i have been discriminated against

by my insurance company and i haven't been able to have coverage how does that effect me now? >> reporter: one thing with regard to children some of this has already gone into effect. children cannot be discriminated against based on preexisting conditions. it is a little more involved for the other part. i simplify it like this. if you are an adult who has an illness or had a hard time getting insurance as part of the affordable care act there will be temporary high risk pools set up. you can join the high risk pool that will be subsidized by the federal government to the tune of $5 billion. they want to try to get people insured now and in january of 2014 it would all shift. all of those people would get health care insurance under the affordable care act. >> there are a lot of people that oppose this law, not just politicians but average americans that oppose it.

their concern is this means costs go up. the federal government will be allowed to implement what the supreme court has deemed a tax on anyone that does not choose to buy insurance. do we have any idea what this is going to cost people if they opt not to buy coverage? >> reporter: there is specific numbers on this. if someone can afford to purchase health care insurance and there is a formula for that. as an individual they will pay $95 or 1% of their income. by the year 2016 it goes up to $695 or 2.5% of your income, whichever is greater. that is basically the penalty or the tax as it is being called now. >> you can see sanjay gupta m.d. saturday and sunday mornings. a video causing outrage, an autistic child gets slapped

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bullying as you know happens all around the world. it's been getting a lot of attention in the united states. it happens everywhere. watch this video as a 15-year-old girl smacks and kicks a 13-year-old girl who has autism. this happened at a bus stop. it is raging. the girl's mother actually filmed this is posted the video

on line because she is hoping that the exposure will stop the attacks and stop future bullying. unbelievable to see that happen. it is also pretty hard to believe july is already here. certainly feels like it. it is hot outside. july 1st isn't just the start of the real dog days of summer but the half way point of the year. that is when several new laws take effect. illinois beginning today taxi drivers will be able to charge passengers a $50 cleanup fee if they vomit in cabs. next, virginia, there is a law that says all electronic messages on outdoor advertisements must remain in place for 8 seconds. in massachusetts a law banning the disposal of medical sharps in household trash. in idaho police will be able to

issue warrants by fax. in kentucky all the folks with extra hogs, yes, pigs, on their hands are not able to release them into the wild anymore. there are your weird laws of the day. this is cnn breaking news. we want to show you this just in to cnn. take a look at these amazing pictures from one colorado springs neighborhood. these are just coming in to cnn. these pictures show complete devastation, wiped out homes. look at that. you have one frame of one brick home, not even wood home, brick home standing there. everything is completely gone. look across the street you can see a house that is standing that is completely untouched right across the street. it shows how actually discriminating this fire was destroying one home and leaving others untouched. interestingly, too, the lawn in front of that home is green an