there was some good news. additions in manufacturing jobs was a highlight for the white house. 14,000 jobs were added in that sector. so how is this all playing on the campaign trail? we'll get into that at the bottom of the hour. there are a number of weather warnings across the country today. it's because it's going to be a scorcher for many of you. take a look at the map with me. if you live in these areas, and i'm sure you probably do, stay out of the heat if you can. many areas have opened cooling centers to help people out. here are your highs. so many high numbers there. we have seen dozens of records set in the past month. more to come. much more on the mornings and advisories later on. those high temperatures are especially daunting for around 350,000 people across 12 states of that's because they don't have power. the electricity has been out for some of them for a week now since strong storms swept through. it's also been a problem for the red cross. they say outages have led to a dangerous drop in blood donations, so they are putting out the call asking for people

to step up and give blood. secretary of state hillary clinton is on her way from afghanistan to tokyo right now. while in afghanistan, she made a major announcement on future relations with that country designating afghanistan as a major nonnato ally. >> our strategic partnership agreement is not aimed at any other country. our goal is to work with the region and the international community to strengthen afghanistan's institutions so that the transition is successful and the afghan people themselves can take responsibility and the future of afghanistan will be safer and more secure. >> the announcement paves the way for the u.s. and afghanistan to maintain a defense in economic relationship long after u.s. troop withdrawal. as i said, secretary clinton on her way to tokyo.

in japan she will be asking international donors to pledge their support for afghanistan. right now libyans are going to the polls in their first free election in decades. it is one of the reasons they overthrew moammar gadhafi's 40 year dictatorship, the chance at democracy. libyans electing the assembly which will form a transitional government. joining me from tripoli, our journalist. you've been out to the polling center. tell us what the mood is like. >> reporter: randi, it's an incredible atmosphere in tripoli. it's been six hours since the polls opened in tripoli and across the country. people are driving around waving the free libya flag and showing us the purple finger. they are so proud of this day and the ability to vote on this day. we went to one polling center in one of the neighborhoods in tripoli where an uprising of

moammar gadhafi started and they were crushed earlier in the year. they were known for their opposition of gadhafi. the atmosphere was incredible. we met really old people there. a woman who has never had the chance to vote, like most voters at that center. people were saying they feel like they are born again today. they have had the ability to elect their officials freely. but of course in a country awash with weapons that is far from stable yet, security is a big concern. thousands of troops have been deployed across the country and revolutionary fighters, formers rebels, have also taken to the streets patrolling to make sure that no one disrupts this big day for libya. >> and what is the word on that? have you heard any word of disturbances thus far? >> it was expected, randy, in the eastern part of the country, the city of benghazi and surrounding areas. there have been some polling centers shut and others not able to open.

it's about a dozen of them at this point. this is being done by people in the east who are calling for federal libya. they have called for a boycott of this election. the eastern part of libya, randy, for decades was mobilized bigad avenue. that was the cradle of this revolution. that is where it started last year. they still feel like they are being sidelined by the central government here in tripoli so they have decided to boycott the election. over here officials and people in benghazi saying they are a minority and majority of the people in the east are determined to vote. many have already gone out to vote today saying they will not allow them to stop them. >> thank you very much for your reporting. and to england now and tennis. my favorite sport. it is the women's final at wimbledon today in just about an hour. ser serena williams taking on the player from poland.

meanwhile serena is going for her fifth wimbledon win. the men will finish up tomorrow with roger federer taken on andy murray. murray is the first british player to make the wimbledon final since the 1930s. you can imagine the celebrations there. federer has won the title six times. scientology spokesman, it's not tom cruise's official title but it's a role he rely issues. stay in the moment sanya focus lolo, focus let's do this

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organization tracking a mystery illness in cambodia killing children. so far six have died, very few survive the symptoms which include respiratory problems and swelling of the brain. more from phnom penh, cambodia. >> reporter: randi, as you might imagine, any parent that has a child under the age of three is concerned. even in some cases scared for their children because of this mysterious illness. the world health organization is calling it a mysterious syndrome. they really do not know exactly what they are dealing with. what they do know is there have been 76 reported cases that the ministry of health has reported. of those, 57 of those all have very similar symptoms. of those, 56 have died. that is why there's an urgent need to find out what exactly this illness is, the syndrome as they are calling it is.

there are some symptoms they are telling parents to look out for. it's especially in children under the age of three. that is fever, any kind of difficulty breathing. some neurological problems such as drowsiness or not being able to respond. these are some of the things they are telling parents. if your child has any of these symptoms, bring that child to the hospital as soon as possible. let me tell you what we saw at the hospital here in phnom penh today. this the main hospital, children's hospital, where most people come if there is a serious issue or illness in their children. there were lines of people. that's a normal thing. waiting to get treatment for their children. what we found was many of the people just had never heard that there was a new problem out there, mysteries syndrome out there. there was only one or two that heard on the radio this existed and they had brought their child because that child had a fever, for example. so the woord has not spread

completely around the country that this mysteries syndrome is out there. however, right now, the world health organization and ministry of health is trying to get to the bottom of what this is, trying to determine what it is. they have decided it is not sars and it is not bird flu. >> it is very difficult to assess how dangerous and how rapidly spreading it will be if we don't know what we're dealing with. this is the focus of our investigation at the moment, get to know what we are dealing with. then we will be able to take the appropriate measures. >> reporter: the first cases of this they saw in april. the last case just a couple of days ago. the thing that concerns health providers is that it has very rapid deterioration in children. of the 57 children that ended up in the hospital, 56 dies. we're talking about a high mortality rate. there's a lot of concern that parents won't be able to get their children to the hospital

in time. many of the children who made it to the hospital died within a day or two. randi. >> sarah in cambodia this morning. thank you. scientology is a controversial and misunderstood religion. the myths, the money, and, of course, the celebrities next. this man is about to be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. people don't like to miss out on money that should have been theirs.

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good morning, everyone. welcome back to "cnn saturday morning." scientology is a controversial and misunderstood religion. the church is famously secretive about their practices and inner workings, which just leads to more questions. we're focusing on scientology this morning, the myths, the money and, of course, the celebrities. it seems what many people know about the church is what they hear from celebrities. actors and actresses count themselves as members. people like tom cruise. cnn has more on cruise's connection to scientology. >> reporter: when it comes to scientology, tom cruise may be the most famous defender. tearing into matt lauer over psychiatrist. >> do you know at roll, ritalin, do you know now ritalin is a street drug. >> the difference is -- >> matt, i'm asking you a question. >> i understand there's abuse of all of these things.

>> no, you see, here is the problem. you don't know the history of psychiatry, i do. >> reporter: although cruise joined scientology in the 1980s over the past decade his public identification has been more pronounced. he's explained his belief on talk shows, in the press and scientology meetings featuring cruise with his mission impossible theme in the background and the star giving a military salute to the scientology leader. >> it's a privilege to call yourself a scientologist. it's something you have to learn. because scientologists he or she has the ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions. >> reporter: many of cruise's statements underscore a central lesson of the faith, followers accomplish great things. >> when you drive past an accident, it's not like anyone else as you drive past, you know you have to do something about it. you know you're the only that

can help. i won't hesitate. >> reporter: such talk, teachings laid out in the 1950s by the founder, science fiction writing ron hubbard, created a conduct. followers are supposed to be led toward positive thinking and achieving their goals no matter how ambitious. listen again as cruise talks to fellow devotees about world leaders. >> they want help, and they are depending on people who know and who can be effective and do it. that's us. >> reporter: that was 2004. by 2005, cruise was expressing even more enthusiasm over actress katie holmes. most notably by jumping around on oprah's sofa. so what happened? holmes was raised catholic was believed to have converted to scientology as her relationship

with cruise grew. in the wake of her split, there are reports she is concerned over their daughter suri being raised in the faith. for now neither is addressing those reports. holmes attorney called the divorce a private matter and said her primary concern is her daughter's best interest. cruise's attorney did not respond to cnn inquiries but told "the los angeles times" his client hoped the divorce would not be contentious. cruise has spoken extensively on what they call sps, suppressive persons, people who try to impede the mission of scientology. >> they said, have you met an sp? i looked at him -- you know, what a beautiful thing, because maybe one day it will be like that. you know what i'm saying? maybe one day it will be that -- wow, sps, they will read about those in the history books. >> reporter: whether any of this

plays into the split with holmes is yet unknown. but when cruise and his second wife actress nicole kidman divorced similar speculation and. kidman, who was also raised catholic never seemed to fully embrace scientology. after the breakup she was described as enjoying a home coming in the catholic church. as for cruise -- >> i do it the way i do everything. there's nothing part of the way for me. >> reporter: there is no sign he has any intention of backing away from his controversial faith. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> there are still many more aspects of the story we want to share with you. coming up in the next hour, money trail, what aspects does the church of scientology own. ereaders, a great way to curl up and read your favorite novel but also keeping track of

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well, you probably already know that social media sites like facebook gather personal information about you. but what you might not know is there is a device collecting data about you, your ebook. hln's digital lifestyle expert mario armstrong joining me from new york to talk about this. mario, this is a little disturbing. reading used to be a private affair but now the ereaders are changing that. what exactly are they learning about us? >> they are learning quite a bit, randi. this is something fresh and new. a lot of people didn't realize publishers of these ebooks or ereaders, number one, how fast we read a book, where we end up stopping and pausing. what do we highlight in the book, even an takings if we make notes in the book as well. this data will tell publishers a lot about our interests, reading habits, and maybe how they could better create books for us or

how they could position the next best seller for our habits. >> so it's all about learning how to market to us better it sounds like? >> it's a lot of that. it's a lot of data they are collecting right now. they don't even know the full picture. for example, barnes & noble recently created something called nook shorts. this is because they found a lot of people reading nonfiction tend to start and stop. you know what, maybe people can't finish a long book. maybe we should do shorter features and see how they sell. it is making adjustments in the publishing industry. they never had this before. you buy a book, read it, talk about it or don't. they had no data to collect about what you do with that book. >> how exactly does it work and is there any way to turn it off, prevent from doing this? >> you always ask the right question. right now in the amazon agreement, it explains this and the fine tooth details there.

they transmit wirelessly. the same antenna you use to download the book is the same antenna inside sending back information as you're using your ereader. i should caution people i'm told they aren't personalidesing that information. they are aggregating it to identify trends and what people are doing. to me the potential for them to still personalize it is right there. the last thing i think someone wants to have happen is they are reading "50 shades of grey" and maybe making a note on how they are going to better their life at home through something they read and that shows up. >> that would be bad. that would be very bad. >> that wouldn't be so good. that could really start to make people think differently about what do they download, what do they read. lastly, we don't want the author to feel like they can't be creative due to technology pressure that maybe the publishers or manufacturers of the devices are suggesting. >> let me ask you about this, the internet shutdown on monday

because of the uglying virus. how serious is this? are we going to lose our internet access? >> we won't lose internet access. in the u.s., about 64,000 computers, this dates back to 2008, fbi busted this criminal ring. at the end of the day, there will only be 64,000 u.s. computers that could be affected. the only thing that will happen, randi, they won't be able to get to the internet. the computer will still work but won't go online. i gave everybody steps right on my website. if they go to marioarmstrong.com/blog, there's a link you can click and test to make sure your computer is not infected. if it is, i give you steps to remove it. >> i'm going to check that out. i need my internet access. >> we all do. absolutely. >> mario, good to see you. thank you. >> take care. >> join us saturday at this time as mario armstrong gives us the scoop on the latest technology. danger at the beach. take a look.

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welcome back, everyone. i'm randi kaye. thanks for starting your day with us. not a good number for president obama. a weak jobs report left the unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2%. that means nearly 13 million people are jobless and a large number of them have been out of work for at least six months. the news pushed the markets down. the dow finished down 124 points. there was a lot of political back and forth from both sides when those jobs numbers came out. a lot of it coming from president obama and republican presidential candidate mitt romney. cnn political editor paul steinhauser joining us this morning from washington. paul, good morning to you. last hour we heard from dan lothian about how the news was a speed bump on the president's bus tour. what are the candidates saying at this point about jobs. >> that's a very good description from dan there. it's been three months of flat numbers. it seems like the recovery has styled. that's troublesome for the

president as he fights for re-election. we have for more. the president reacted, as dan mentioned on the republican campaign trail in ohio. he didn't talk right away. promising signs in the report. much more needs to be done. take a listen. >> we can't be satisfied because our goal was never to just keep on working to get back to where we were back in 2007. i want to get back to a time when middle class families and those working to get into the middle class have some basic security. that's our goal. so we've got to grow the economy even faster. we've got to put even more people back to work. >> mitt romney, the republican challenger has been on vacation this week, randi. he took a break from the vacation. ninety minutes after it came out, he was in front of cameras in new hampshire. here is what he had to say about them. >> this is a time for america to choose whether they want more of

the same. unemployment 8% month after month after month is satisfactory or not. it doesn't have to be this way. america can do better. this kick in the gut has got to end. >> in fact, here is that kick in the gut comment twice. here is why this matters. the unemployment number the most important number in politics now. why? americans say by far economy and jobs is their top concern when they go to polls in november to vote for president. both campaigns are talking about the economy nonstop. romney p campaign saying president's policies failed. the president's campaign saying romney would take us back to the policies that got us in this position in the first place. >> let's talk about their finances. mitt romney now a $100 million man. >> it was a big week for romney. we learned this week romney and the republican national committee combined raised at least $100 million in june. we don't know what the obama numbers are yet but in may

romney and the rnc outraised obama and dnc. i was at a briefing two weeks ago with top obama campaign officials. they predicted romney would raise $100 million and they would be outraised for a second straight month. that's what we'll see when the numbers come in. why does this matter? campaign cash, pays for commercials, get out the vote. when you factor in campaigns, all the money on independent groups, a lot more on the republican side with so-called super pacs on the republican side. >> is it rare for sating president to be outraised. >> great point. this the first time an incumbent president outraised. different from four years ago when president obama greatly outraised senator mccain. different when it comes to campaign finance. >> glad you're watching the numbers for us. paul steinhauser, thank you very

much. both sides say they aren't satisfied. who can turn it around. our poll shows registered voters split. take a look at the numbers. split about who could handle the economy, 48% chose romney, 47% for obama. among the i understand a bit more of a spread, 52 romney, 41% favor obama. danger in the water. look out. a 14-foot great white threatening the beaches along cape cod. so why isn't this shark chasing anyone away? we'll explain next. but first this weekend's travel insider. if you have young kids and looking for something educational this summer, you may want to check out nature quest in cnn atlanta. ann claire stapleton took her son there and has an insider's look at the exhibit. >> reporter: as a mother of a young child i'm always looking for something fun and educational for us to do together. nature quest, it's our spot.

in the heart of atlanta is the museum of natural history children's family friendly exhibit nature quest. opened in march 2011 with more than 7,000 square feet interactive educational things to do and see. the exhibit has a playground and educational feel of a classroom. every nook and cranny offers children a new adventure. unlike traditional museum at nature quest, children are challenged for self-discovery, to explore and be curious in a hands-on environment just like real scientists. with over 100 interactive encounters to choose from, a few of my son's favorites, a clubhouse built in the trees, hidden tunnels filled with fossils and simulated river. >> nature quest is this amazingly fun world that's scientifically realistic. you can explore from the ocean to the top of the mountains. everywhere you look there's

something to do. everywhere you look there's something to find, something to like. >> reporter: what does a 2-year-old care about science? not much. my son has so much fun exploring, he doesn't realize his little brain is learning, too. annclaire stapleton, cnn, atlanta. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed

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the perfect killing machine parked right off the coast. i'm talking about a great white shark, an increase in sightings has some just a little bit nerve ouchls the increase is being seen off cape cod. as brian todd reports the large sharks and dangerous nature aren't actually chasing anyone away. in fact, it's quite the opposite. >> reporter: gorgeous weather, and it's the height of summer. but they are only going in waist deep. it's not because the water is cold. >> i grew up watching jaws back in the 70s. vivid memories. i don't want to relive that. >> reporter: this is what they are worried about on cape cod. not far from where jaws was filmed, great white sharks are back. >> tuesday recent sightings by spotter pilots. two white sharks. >> each measuring 14 feet. authorities have identified 20 of these predators off the cape over the past three years and believe there are many more lurking. a group called cape cod shark

hunters works with the massachusetts division of marine fisheries to photograph great whites. we're out off the cape looking with john chism. we spot abundant marine life here, including hump backed whales. it looks like a harpoon but it's a listening station. these buoy's carry acoustics that track the behavior of great whites that have been tagged. what's drawing them here? >> looking for seals. we place them in strategic locations where they are hunting seals. we have documented seals. >> reporter: the combination of gray and harbor seals on cape cod has made a comeback in recent years. every expert we speak to points to that as a magnet for great whites. >> a pod of seals. an area they tag sharks. we're told they are stealthy. they look on the bottom. come up and grab seals even this

close to shore. scenes like this make people wonder how close the sharks could be, this dead seal washed up on shore. an expert says things to look for a seal has been attacked, teeth marks and possible tearing could be what you're seeing here. ant expert later looked at this and said this was very likely a shark attack victim. sharks aren't scaring people off. they are a top attraction this summer and actually good for business. >> some quality great white t-shirts being sold. it's awesome. >> i think folks in general love to see sharks. they love the idea of sharks. i think sharks fascinate people. >> reporter: one marine biologist points out a human hasn't been attacked in these waters since 1936. with the seal population making a comeback and the seal's proximity to swimmers, authorities here are getting increasingly concerned. brian todd, cnn, chatham, massachusetts. the case went from an accident to homicide. former police officer drew peterson soon goes on trial

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analyst paul cowan. good morning to you. >> good morning, randi. >> one of the big things to come out of this week's hearing was the tub kathleen died in and how or if the jury gets to see it since the tub is the murder weapon. >> yes, that's what prosecutors say. she was found drowned in a bathtub. that was the cause of death. found to be an accident. after several autopsies police changed their opinion and said it was a murder. prosecutors say the bathtub is the murder weapon. the judge ruled he's not going to allow the bathtub to be brought in court. he thinks it's too prejudicial, show boating. he might let them go to the house where it took place but not letting them roll the bathtub into court. >> the bathtub has been removed from the house so they would have to put it back in. >> not only has it been removed but somebody bought the house.

can you imagine somebody bought a house and they say we want to install the murder weapon bathtub in the house. i don't think that will happen. the jury will probably see pictures of the bathtub but that's it. >> let's talk about the comments made. before his arrest drew peterson did several media interviews. the judge fears showing them may be prejudicial. only allowing a version. how do you think that will play into the prosecutor's case. >> i have to say, i was surprised by the ruling of the court. last night as he was preparing for the appearance today, i was watching comments this guy made on tape. everybody should go into cnn's website or youtube and look at some of his interviews. they are very revealing. he jokes about being under murder charges. he's very cold. i think you could make the argument this tells you a lot

about who he is. the judge felt it was so prejudicial, the jury would react so badly to the tapes, he's not allowing them to be played. i think it's a surprising ruling. i think it's something the jury should see because i think it says something about him. >> in terms of the challenges of seating a jury, what are they? is there anyone who doesn't know or heard about drew peterson and the fact he's the only suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife? won't that play into this as well? >> this is an enormously difficult jury selection. not only is it a high-profile case, of course with picked juries in high-profile cases, o.j. simpson, casey anthony, john edwards recently, you're alwaysable to come up with 12 or 15 jurors who say i've heard about the case but haven't made up my mind. here he's tried in the case of his third wife but his fourth wife is missing.

jurors aren't supposed to know about that but they do. i think it's hard to get a fair and impartial jury. he's going to be tried by somebody so there will be a jury selected. >> it's going to be an interesting case to watch. paul callan, thank you so much. >> nice being with you, randi. >> you as well. >> the name is an attention grabber, god particle. after 50 years of searching, scientists may have finally found it. this could be one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs ever. what is it and why should we care? a little god particle 101 coming your way. i@randi kay

good morning, everyone. welcome back to "cnn saturday morning." so glad you're with us. a scientific announcement this week could change all of our lives. researchers in switzerland say they have discovered what they call the god particle, or at least they are pretty sure they have. for about the last 50 years, it has been the most sought-after particle in all of physics. think of it as a missing puzzle piece in our understanding of how the universe works. a theoretical physicist, professor and best selling author, he's joining us to talk more about this. good morning. thank you for coming on the show to help us make sense of this. >> my pleasure. >> in layman's terms, please, what is this particle and why is it so important? >> well, we have what is called the standard model of subatomic particles. in other words, we've been smashing protons together for

decades. out of the fragments we've identified a pattern, a jigsaw puzzle as you mentioned. but there's one missing final piece of the jigsaw puzzle. that's the higgs boson. now, why is it important? the press called it the god particle. we physicist cringe when we hear those words but there is some truth to that. see, the bible says god set the universe in motion. we physicist believe there was a big bank 13.7 billion years ago. what set the big bang into motion? what was the match? what was the spark that set off this explosion. we think it was a higgs-like particle that set the match off and created the entire universe. >> so you've also said this could have even social, political and theological implications, if it does take us back to the moments even before the big bang. >> that's right. the higgs boson tells us what the universe was like at the instant of creation. but then we can run the videotape backwards. we can actually go before the

big bang. we can actually go to what the universe might have looked like before genesis. we think that there could be, and this the next step beyond the higgs boson, there could even be things like parallel universes, other universes out there. we think our universe is a bubble of some sort that's expanding. we live on the skin of the bubble. but there could be other bubbles out there. and of course this raises the last question, and that is, is elvis presley still alive in one of these parallel universes. we can't rule this out. >> wow, that is certainly an interesting question that we'll probably have to debate about this one. short-term, could it mean anything for us now? is it all about what could come and what we find out in the future. sort of like finding the electron 100 years ago and not knowing how it will change the world. >> we're not expecting any benefits for the market, not

better color television, internet reception because of higgs boson. however, it explains our place in the universe. it explains where we are with respect to this cosmic drama that we see around us. here we have one of the great missing pieces of the big bang itself. i think that this really shows there's a cosmic tapestry out there and we are part of the fabric of the universe itself. >> so scientists, though, as we mentioned, they are virtually certain they found this but not 100%. why is it? >> well, we are 99.9999% certain that we have bagged the higgs boson. now a las vegas bookie would put money on the table with those odds. only one chance in 3 million we're wrong. i think you can safely say we got it. >> congratulations on getting it. it's so exciting and certainly a fascinating question about the beginnings of our universe.

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checking stories across-country, arizona's 96-year-old former governor found himself in a bizarre situation when he was detained by border patrol agents in his home state. apparently raoul castro, also a former u.s. diplomat had just had surgery and was traveling back to a luncheon in tucson last week when trying to cross back into arizona his pacemaker apparently tripped the radiation sensor. he was detained more than a half hour and had to wait in the heat. his daughter who was with him called the experience, quote, humiliating. california is on its way to building the nation's first dedicated high-speed rail line after strong lobbying by governor jerry brown, state lawmakers have approved billions. eventually plans call for the bullet train to connect los angeles and san francisco.

voters approved the project four years ago but support for it has fallen along with the state's economy. in las vegas, time to shuffle up and deal. the world series of poker's main event starts at noon local time today. last year nearly 7,000 players took part. this year they are expecting even more. it costs $10,000 to buy in. but the winner's payout could be around $10 million bucks. good morning once again, everyone. i'm randi kaye, 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start with afghanistan. a commitment from the u.s. government. secretary of state hillary clinton was in kabul this morning for the announcement. afghanistan has been designated as a major nonnato ally of the u.s. it means after u.s. troops pull out, the two will continue to work together on the defense and afghan economy. secretary clinton left afghanistan for japan a few hours ago to attend a

fund-raiser of sorts for afghanistan. two american economy now and a not so great jobs report. just 80,000 jobs added in june. that fell below expectations. still that's 80,000 people who now have a job. 14,000 jobs were added in manufacturing. so how is this all playing on the campaign trail. take a listen. >> we've got to deal with what's been happening over the last decade, last 15 years, manufacturing leaving our shores. incomes flat lining. all those things are what we've got to struggle and fight for. >> this is a time for america to choose whether they want more of the same, whether unemployment above 8% month after month after month is satisfactory or not. it doesn't have to be this way. america can do better. this kick in the gut has got to end. >> so who do the voters think

can get the ship righted. our cnn poll shows registered voters pretty much split. you see it there, 48% chose romney, 47% choosing obama. there are a number of weather warnings across the country today. it is because it's going to be another scorcher. take a look at the map. if you live in these areas, stay out of the heat if you can. many areas have opened cooling centers to help people stay cool. here are your highs. so many big numbers. we have seen dozens of records set in the past month and there are more to come. no doubt. much more on the warnings and advisories later on in the show. those high temperatures are especially daunting for around 350,000 people across 12 states. that is because they don't have power. the electricity has been out for some of them for a week now since strong storms swept through. it's also been a problem for the red cross. they say the outages have led to a dangerous drop in blood donations so they are putting out the call asking for people

to step up and give some blood. monday could be a bad day for thousands of internet users of the fbi plans to shut down some servers to fix a nasty virus. in the u.s. 70,000 users could be affected. worldwide it's estimated more than a quarter million computers have been infected. no blackout but we are hoping to avoid a rainout at wimbledon today. it is lady's day. it could also be serena williams' day as she goes for her fifth title. joining me live from the championships is a lucky woman who gets to be there. cnn sports. looks like serena is the clear favorite? >> that's true. weather not great. players walked out onto center court and the organizers have decided to keep the roof open for the moment.

there's been intermittent spells of wet and dry this morning. it will be incredible to see how that lasts. it's been ten years since serena won her first wimbledon title here. standing in her way of the fifth rose water trophy is poland's 23-year-old radwanska. serena very much the favorite. radwanska has been struggling with a chest infection and this is her first grand slam title. it's been a tough three years with the freak injury two years ago and pulmonary embolism that caused her to stay out of tennis for a year. she was knocked out of the french open in the first round but really stepped things up in the last week or so and was very commanding in the performance. in the semifinalist she hit the record 24 aces to book her place

in the final. radwanska says on her blog on the wta tour website that it's her dream to win a first grand slam title and to become the world's number one. and if things go her way and she pulls off a surprise today, then she will be doing both of those things this afternoon. >> i know it's lady's day but you can't not talk about andy murray and the men's final match tomorrow. andy murray against roger federer. people celebrating. it's been since the 1930s since the british player made it to the finals at wimbledon. >> yeah, it's one bit of -- seriously big bit of history that andy murray got off his back. he's become the first british man to book his place in the finals since austin 74 years ago. another bit of history to come. that is for him to become the first british man to win the men's final at wimbledon since

fred perry. that was two years prior to austin. people are seriously, seriously excited. despite the terrible weather they are camping out in hopes of going into the grounds tomorrow. kate middleton already booked her spot in the royal box. we know that there's talk the queen might be coming as well because she's not got such a busy diary this week. murray has been here already this morning. he put in about 35 minutes of practice before the rain cut things short. murray has been keen to point out probably he's under less pressure tomorrow. he feels the pressure is with six-time champion roger federer. federer, of course, looking for his seventh title at wimbledon. that would seem to equal the great record set by pete sampras. federer says he's looking forward to it and hoping he might cause an upset to the british fans. >> i don't know how andy murray could not feel the pressure with the queen watching. but i guess he's used to that. amanda davies, thank you very

much. appreciate that. back here in the states, making a difference on election day. that's the goal among some in the asian-american community. as senator endo reports, their influence is growing with numbers. >> my name is bill lee. >> our want our voice to be heard. >> i want to make sure everyone is registered to voight. >> my name is ann fan, i'm 37, live in alexandria virginia v. >> reporter: she's part of a group making sure asian americans turn out to vote. >> i think the asian-american community has been politically overlooked because maybe asian americans haven't been as politically involved for as long. >> reporter: a recent pew research shows asian americans is the fastest growing racial group in the last decade outpacing latinos in the last three years. for asian americans their political power is slowly

progressing. >> they have moved from being marginalized to a margin of victory in elections. >> reporter: asian americans comprise 6% of the american population. according to the pew study the racial group has the highest median household income for any group and is the best educated. but political volunteer who integrated from vietnam says stereotypes have worked against asian americans. >> there's a lot of myth about us as a model in the immigrant community. we do well in school, work hard, pay taxes. so the myth is that we don't have any problem. because we don't have any problem, we don't have any voice. >> latest census numbers show in 2008, many went to the polls 6789 t. the group is largely ignored by both parties. asian-american communities have so many different languages

making it hard for them to coalesce into one voting bloc. >> they haven't been reached out to. there is a level of engagement that can happen there. because the community is so young and spread out across the country, some engagement in the short-term could really reap a lot of benefits in the long-term. >> with bilingual balance spreading across several states, the community's time in the political wilderness may come to an end. sandra endo, cnn, washington. asian americans lagged behind when it came to turnout in the 2011 election. take a look at the numbers. asians ranked last after hispanics but that's a trend they hope to reverse this time around. the secrets of scientology. breaking through the myths and misconceptions. what is it all about and why are so many celebrities taking part is our focus this morning. plus a bully tortured this teenager so badly that he

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cruise's religion scientology. it has also brought more attention to the church and its practices. we are focusing on scientology this morning. beliefs, celebrities and money. but first there are many misconceptions about scientology so we thought we'd try and clear those up. the religion started by l. ron hubbard in the 1950s and has grown from there. earlier i spoke with co-editor of cnn.com's belief blog and asked when scientology finally got approval from the federal government. >> scientology is a relatively new religion. the first church opened up in los angeles in 1954, sort of helps explain the church's long affiliation with hollywood and celebrities. now, for a long time the church fought to get government recognition in this country so it could get tax exempt status like other organizations enjoy. it took them a long time to do so and they filed a lot of

lawsuits against the irs to make it happen. the irs final lip grant thad status in 1993. >> when you talk about the belief, what is at the core of scientology? >> scientology is really meant as a kind of new approach to mental health. so a lot of it revolves around thinking about how the mind operates. scientologists believe there's this reactive mind that we have that sort of experiences all of this trauma and distress not only in our present life but also in what scientologists believe is our past lives. a lot of religion is aimed at working through those traumas and regaining this sense of what scientologists call clear. it's access to this analytic mind, the thinking goes, that let's us experience reality sort of more truly or more clearly. >> danny masterson, the actor from that '70s show, he's a second generation sign to get.

he or she opened describe try, industry -- psychiatry, industry of death. does the church have a problem with psychiatry? >> yes. go onto the website and it compares psychiatric drugs with street drugs. tom cruise generated talk about this. since it's a new approach to mental health, it's meant as a replacement for modern psychiatry and psychiatric drugs. so there's this whole process of what scientologists call auditing, where scientologists sit with someone else from the church and there's something called and e meter that sends electrical waves through their body. this is meant to pick up on sources of distress we're talking about. all of that is really meant to replace psychiatry. so it really does dispute and reject modern day psychiatry. that's one of the big areas of

controversy surrounding the church. >> what about all this talk about an alien, outerspace, somehow linked with scientology. what is all that about. >> scientology if you talk with them is something they reject. it's only revealed to members seen to be advanced, there's this whole founding story of humanity that revolves around an ancient intergalactic civilization that comprised dozens of planets. now, the story goes that a lot of this population was sent to earth and extinguished and the souls of these bodies are free floating and attach themselves to human bodies and that some of the trauma that we're experiencing today is born of those bodies as well. it's another way that scientology says it takes aim at kind of our minds and on providing clarity in the face of

all these bodies that have attached themselves to human kind. >> all right. dan, thank you so much. fascinating conversation. >> randi, good to see you. >> of course there's so many more aspects of this story we want to share with you. coming up the next hour, the money trail. just what does the church own. you might be surprised. beaten and bullied and left with several concussions, this teen's bully got kicked out of school. but now the school is letting his tormenter come back. i'll talk with the victim and his father. ♪ why not try someplace different every morning? get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. last season was the gulf's best tourism season in years. in florida we had more suntans... in alabama we had more beautiful blooms... in mississippi we had more good times... in louisiana we had more fun on the water.

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you stories on bullying. this morning the focus is on a 15-year-old canadian boy, a bully tortured frasier sutherland repeatedly. so much so he suffered three concussions and feared for his life. going to school, he finally got some peace of mind when the school expelled the bully. now the school has reversed course and is letting the bully come back to school. frasier and his father are joining me from toronto. good morning to both of you. thank you for joining us this morning. frasier, let me start with you on this. how long had this other boy been bullying you? >> for years, since 2005, nonstop. >> curt, were you aware of this? did you know that this was happening? >> absolutely. when i first learned that this was happening, i would take it directly to the school. this was elementary school at the time. unfortunately for us and mainly

for frasier, nothing was done about it right from the very start. >> fraser, you were actually hospitalized in the last attack. can you tell me what happened? >> i was at a skating rink and two of the three individuals jumped me. one of them hit me from behind in the head. and the police and paramedics were called to the scene. i was taken away by ambulance to the hospital. >> was that when the bully was expelled? >> no, before. >> before that. so it continued for quite some time then. >> yes. >> i want to share a statement with you, because we did reach out to the york catholic district school board. we got this response. it reads in part, bullying in any form is not tolerated by the york catholic school board. this case is more complicated than what has been reported an

there have been many meetings, interventions and supports provided on both sides. kirk, you are told this bully is now going to be returning to school. what reason did the school give you that they are letting him come back? >> well, you're looking at an individual who has perpetrated my son over and over and over again. he's been caught on film at school, the security cameras beating my son, one of which was the second concussion that he suffered. no consequences whatsoever. and after expelling him, they did send him to a remedial school. we were told he would never come back to the school. we were told he'll never come near our house or fraser or any one of us. about 10 days ago, they said, well, he's reformed.

he's rehabilitated. he feels terrible remorse for what he's done. basically he's a model student and he's coming back. if we don't like it, we can suck it up and just leave and go to another school. >> did they actually use those words? >> well, exactly. basically i'm embellishing by saying suck it up but the attitude in the room was, if you don't like it, this is true, sutherlands you noticed to go to another school. they threw reconciliation on us, too. >> fraser, has this boy ever apologized to you? maybe not in person. if he's reformed, has he ever sent an apology your way? >> no. >> you haven't heard from him at all. >> never. not at all. >> and so what is the plan? i mean, kirk, what is your greatest fear about this boy returning to the school to take classes again alongside your son? >> well, this is an individual

who was part of a scenario that pushed my son down a hill. concussed my son. he went 25 feet into a tree and suffered -- he suffered neck damage for the rest of his life, has been beaten on camera and was jumped on january 4th with another individual in unionville ontario at a skating rink. honestly, these are the details we're giving. there's lots of bullying in between that, innuendo and cyber bullying and all around picking on fraser since '05. >> so fraser -- >> i don't feel very secure about that at all. no, i don't. >> fraser, what has it been like for you being on the receiving end of such severe bullying? >> well, very upsetting, because

i thought at first that this kid was actually a friend, but he kept hurting me and bullying me. after the first year, i said this isn't how a friend treats another person. >> it certainly isn't. listen, i thank you so much for sharing your story. we'd like to know what you do decide to do in the end. so please let us know if you do plan to stay at school or switch schools as well. >> definitely, randi, thank you very much for this opportunity. >> thank you, randi. >> thank you. take care of yourself. if you would like to sound off on stories about bullying, i'd love to hear what you think. you can tweet me any time. use the #bullyingstopshere. find me @randikayecnn. million dollar, a gates made it her mission to make birth control available to all women.

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the vatican state reporting it's $19 million in the red this year while millions of paying tourists flock to holy monuments like the sistine chapel. the cost of employing its 3,000 staff has led to the worst year on record. going against the vatican and teachings of your own religion. one woman is making it her life's mission to make sure all women have birth control. our dr. sanjay gupta spoke with melinda gates howe about how tough it is to deal with critics who say her organization violates sanctity. >> if you were meeting with the pope, what would you tell him. >> i would tell him this is right for all women. if you believe in helping poor women, if you believe in children living and thriving, i think this is a necessary tool in this day and age. >> to hear more about this catholic controversy as it all unfolds watch sanjay gupta m.d.

tonight or tomorrow morning at 7:bo eastern. young, healthy and willing but the red cross doesn't want their blood. why? because they are gay. lawmakers are now trying to change that. and real life girl power, a 14-year-old makes it her mission to stop photo shopping models in teen magazine. how her effort made one magazine promise to put honest pictures of women. first "your bottom line" with christine romans starts right now. good morning, everyone. i'm christine romans. welcome to this special independence day weekend edition of your bottom line. when america went to war, they took the judge. now they are looking for their next mission and we don't have anything for them. they are veterans facing an

economic crisis. 2 million men and women served in afghanistan. we'll take you from the battlefield to the office. >> this suit right here could be camouflage. >> coming home. >> blood brothers through and through. we've seen a lot. >> and healing. >> we find therapy in different things. it's just amazing where you can find it at. >> from the line of fire to the unemployment line. last year nearly one in three veterans in the 18 to 24 age group were out of room according to u.s. congress joint economic committee. that is only going to get worse as thousands of soldiers return from the war in afghanistan over the next few years. are companies doing all they can to hire veterans? is something else at play. we spent barbara starr to detroit for the biggest job fair in the country for veterans. >> reporter: the sign says it all, start your job search here. employers from around the country came to detroit saying they are ready to hire veterans.