the whistle blowe the whistleblower in the national security agency surveillance scandal reveals himself. the former u.s. soldier and cia employee explains why he told the world about the government's collection of phone and internet records. >> this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong. jury selection begins in the trial of george zimmerman, the florida man who claims self-defense after fatally shooting an unarmed teenager. and broadway's best is honored here in new york at the annual tony awards. ♪ everybody say yeah, yeah yeah, yeah say yeah, yeah ♪ captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, june 10th, 2013.

good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. well, it may be the biggest whistle-blowing scandal against the u.s. government. edward snowden says he gave the "washington post" and britain's "guardian" newspaper information about two of the government's secret surveillance programs because he said the public needed to know. well, here's what we know about snowden. he's a 29-year-old. he joined the cia after a brief stint in the army. he worked as a national security agency contractor for four years, and he works for defense contractor booze, hamilton. it had been a secret until he together both newspapers it was okay to make it public. jan crawford has more. >> my name is ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booz, allen, hamilton as an infrared analyst in nsa in

hawaii. revealing snowden's identity at his request. he grew up in north carolina and maryland. snowden said he decided to leak classified information because of concerns about the nsa's top secret surveillance program. >> i sitting at my desk certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant or federal judge if i had a personal email. >> reporter: in an e-mail he told the guardian he believes the nsa once targeted data collection programs have become too brad. >> you don't have to have done anything wrong. you simply have to eventually fall under suspicion by somebody even by a wrong call and then they can use the system go back in time and scrutinize every decision you've ever made. >> the "washington post" released its own interview with snowden revealing him as the paper's main source for detailing his stories surve

surveilling nsa surveillance. according to "the guardian" he was working for the nsa in hawaii. three weeks after after copying one set of documents he told a supervise sores he needed to leave for three weeks to recover from epilepsy. he said good-bye to his girlfriend and flew to hong kong where he remains and where the guardian interviewed him on camera. he said he came forward so the public could assess his motives. >> i'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office, watches what's happening and goes, this is something that's not our place to decide. the public needs to decide whether these programs or policies are right or wrong, and i'm willing to go on the record to defend the awe thuthenticity them. >> reporter: snowden knows this puts him at risk.

>> you can't come forward and be free from risk. they're such powerful adversaries. no one can immediately oppose them. if they want to get you, they'll get you. >> he said he wants to get asylum in a country where he can get asylum like iceland. and just a while ago booz allen, the place where he was working, said he was there less than three months and said it was shocked and would work closely with authorities on the investigation of the leaks. the u.s. could decide this week whether to arm syrian rebels in their battle to oust president bashir al assad. there has been hesitation to send weapons groups to al qaeda but the obama administration says arms will go to groups that have been vetted. president obama is said to have no plans to send u.s. forces to syria. and seven taliban insurgents in afghanistan are dead after an attack this morning on the herbally guarded airport in main

kabul. the insurgents used rocket-propolled grenades, assault weapons, and at least one large bob. ahead of next year's withdrawal by u.s. and other forces. and jury selection begins today in florida in the trial of george zimmerman. he's the former neighborhood watch volunteer accused in the racially charged shooting death of trayvon martin in 2012. susan mcginnis is in sanford, florida. susan, good morning. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. sanford has been preparing for this trial for more than a year. hundreds of spectators and protesters are expected here. the media have inundated this area outside the courthouse. inside, some of the 500 potential jurors will start to be screened today to see if they might sit on one of the biggest murder trials this region has ever seen. lawyers will question potential jurors today at the seminal county courthouse. it's the first step in the trial

of george zimmerman, the man accused of murdering 17-year-old trayvon martin in february 2012. >> this is one of those trials that i think will have a big impact on the community. >> reporter: demand for seats in the court is high so each day officials will hold daily drawings for the 24 seats allotted to the public. >> if i can get in every day, i will. if i can get in daily, i will. >> reporter: patricia martin says the sacase is personal. >> i want to get in here because i have a son and grandson and they could have been trayvon martin. they've set up barricades restricting areas for the media and protesters to demonstrate. >> we've been working in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies, making sure that we have personnel, equipment, staffing in place to really handle anything that might come our way. >> reporter: some local residents say they're not looking forward to the extra guests in town. >> i think it's going to ruin the atmosphere, the city, actually. this is a quaint little area in

downtown san fod, and i don't think it needs all that much attention. >> reporter: yesterday a local church held a prayer for peace service throughout the duration. >> we're going to light a candle as we did when we wanted an arrest. we'll light a candle until the trial is over. the court has an interesting way of trying to disseminate the information to the public. they're awarding four seats to the clergy. they'll sit and listen to the trial and dissemination the information. they'lling at as peace keepers here. >> very interesting. susan mcginnis in sanford, florida. thank you, susan. well, former south african president nelson mandela remains in a pretoria hospital. he's being treated for a recurring lung infection. debora patta is at the hospital.

debora, good morning. what can you tell us about nelson mandela's condition? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. well, there has been an information blackout. there has been no update for over 48 hours. in fact, the last government communication remains, and that was that he is serious but stable and able to breathe on his own. this is what we also know. his wife graca machel was with him when he was rushed to the hospital in the early hours of the morning in pretoria. he's also been visited by members of his family, his daughters and grandchildren include. and graca machel, his wife, remains by his side ever since. around south africa yesterday, people prayed for nelson mandela at church services. they're wishing him a speedy recovery but also acknowledged the fact they may need to say good-bye. this was also a person from his

prison days who poignantly spoke it was now time to let nelson mandela go. anne-marie. >> thank you, debora. well, coming up on the "morning news." a victim of the santa monica shooting rampage speaks out. >> he was absolutely on a mission, everything had been planned out. he was in just execute mode. >> new details about a gunman accused of killing five people in a shooting spree. this is the "cbs morning news." >> announcer: this portion of "cbs morning news" sponsored by megared omega-3 krill oil. red omega-3 curl oil. [ female announcer ] love.

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carlos who was also shot dead when the gunman opened fire at santa monica college. on sunday distraught family members remember the two as being very close. >> they were very close. they loved each other. she was a daddy's girl. so the blessing is they went together. they loved each other very much. >> the two were the first victims who were shot on campus when the gunman opened fire on their suv as they arrived to buy books for summer classes. and the heavily armed gunman first killed his father and brother in their home before taking his shooting spree on the road into the school. police have now identified the shooter as 23-year-old john zawahiri whom officers shot and killed just minutes after he arrived on campus. carter evans reports. >> reporter: 23-year-old john

zawahiri had already killed two of his family members inside. he was dressed in black fatigues, armed with multiple weapons and 1,300 rounds of bullets. debora fine was his third victim. she was driving home from a singing lesson and took a different route from the president's visit. >> it was like the perfect storm. i saw a man with a kevlar vest looking very much like a s.w.a.t. member. >> you thought it was a police officer. >> i thought it absolutely had something to do with obama being in tor town. >> reporter: then she saw the gunman near the intersection of yorkshire and kansas pull over a woman in a car. when he absolutely aimed at her and the rifle came up, i knew that that wasn't anything somebody from the police would do. >> reporter: fine was just 20 feet away from zawahiri. she saw cold determination in his eyes. >> he was absolutely on a mission. everything was planned out. he was just in execute mode.

>> you could tell that by looking at him. >> absolutely. it was execute mode. >> and then you realized he was turning his attention to you. >> yes, i did. very fast. and then i saw his eyes, i saw him point, and i -- then i knew. then i knew that he was really going to shoot. and when i heard the explosion and the glass flying and i felt something throw me to the side, i knew it was a bullet. >> reporter: fine was shot four times. a neighbor rushed to her side. >> her voice was shaky but very strong. she just took charge and asked for people to get towels. she held me very close. >> did you think you might die? >> i never thought i was going to die, and now knowing that he was on a rampage and knowing who he is, now i'm terrified. >> reporter: debra fine still has some of the bullet fragments in her body.

she's expected to make a full recovery, but she's just beginning to deal with the emotional impact of the shooting. carter evans, cbs news, santa monica. well, straight ahead, your monday morning weather, and central europe under water. rising river waters force tens of thousands of people to evacuate. or even wear a cape. he doesn't battle evil villains. and he can't save the universe. he doesn't have super-human strength... he's just super, because he's my dad here's to the original superman, from sears and shop your way.

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and chicago, thunderstorms. dallas, mostly sunny, a high of 97. los angeles, morning clouds. and time now for a check of the national forecast. thunderstorms roll across much of the eastern u.s. today with potentially severe storms in the ohio and tennessee river valleys. expect scattered storms in the southeast, temperatures in the plains will soar above 100 degrees, while much of the west remains dry. and flooding in central europe has forced tens of thousands from their homes. the danube river is expected to reach record levels in the hungarian capital of budapest. crews have been working to place a million sandbags to keep floodwaters out of the city. at least 21 deaths are blamed on the flooding in germany. the czech republic, austria, slovakia, and hungary. on the "cbs moneywatch" now, apple revamps its iphone and a billionaire claims a magazine made him seem poorer than he really is. ashley morrison is here in new

york is here with that and more. good morning, ashley. good morning to you, anne-marie. well, asian markets were higher after the prime minister promised more tax cuts. tokyo's nikkei gained 5% while hong kong's hang seng added a quarter percent. wall street's stocks ended on a high note after reports showed businesses hired more workers than expected in may. the dow jumped 207 points on friday while the nasdaq climbed 45 points. apple is expected to unveil a music service and updates to the software that runs its iphoneses and ipads. apple's annual developers conference gets under way today in san francisco. experts predict apple will reveal a new simplified look for its ios software and detail a new music streaming service called iradio. and a billionaire claims a

magazine short ranked him on his status. prince alwaleed bin talal alsaud says forbes is $10 billion off, reporting his wealth as $20 billion instead of $29.6 billion. oh, no, it isn't. they ranked him as the 26th richest person in the world. i wish i had his problem. i understand it, but i don't get it. >> ashley morrison here in new york. thank you. when we return, saluting the best music in broadway. we'll tell you which musical walked off with the biggest awards of the night. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts... well muddlers, muddle no more. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour one on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour three. zyrtec®. love the air.

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,,,, here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., thunderstorms today. 81 degrees the high. atlanta, thunderstorms. same thing in st. louis. denver, mostly sunny. seattle, mostly sunny with a high of 69. well, broadway honored its best and brightest at the 67th tony awards last night in new york. returning as host for the fourth

time, neil patrick harris who broke out in song with mike tyson. ♪ >> 88-year-old cicely tyson earned one of the night's biggest ovations. she won best actress in a play for "the trip to bountiful," and actress bernadette peters announced the winner of broadway's best musical. >> and the tony goes to "kinky boots." >> "kinky boots" featured songs by cyndi lauper. it took five other awards including best musical score and best leading man. in sports, now it's a series in game two of the nba files. miami's lebron james had a slow start but a big finish. in the fourth quarter, lebron stuffed stoent's santiago splitter at the rim, and then at the other end of the court he finds an open ray allen for a three-pointer.

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there is something new brewing on the coffee scene in london. with shops on every corner one man decided to go underground, and as charlie d'agata reports, it's not your usual setting. >> reporter: restaurant owner peter tomlinson will be the first to admit he had to scrub a few toilets to get to where he is today. he and a business partner were sitting at this pub chatting about opening a coffee shop, but where. the answer was right in front of them. an abandoned understood ground men's room. why not. two years and about $150,000 later they opened this below ground cafe, the attendant, as in bathroom attendant. when you came up with this idea, people must have thought you were crazy. >> yeah. some people did. but some people didn't.

>> reporter: the men's room was built in victorian times around 1890. and tomlinson kept as many original features as he could, including the urinals. we are sitting where men used to relieve themselves. >> yes. >> are people put off by that? >> i think you will always get the odd person put off by that, but, again, that's why we have to work so hard and create it and make it into something really exciting and nice. >> reporter: in addition to gourmet coffee, tomlinson serves upper crust foods like smoked cheese and heirloom toy may toes. london property prices have gone sky high above ground meaning people have been looking below ground for new opportunities. this former bathroom recently sold for almost $1 million. that's before the investment needed to turn it into an ice cream parlor. one creative architect turned this abandoned bathroom into her own hip and trendy if perhaps a little cozy subterranean apartment.

for hanna krint and jacinda popped down. >> the cafe just kind of works. >> it's really cute. i didn't expect it to be so bright in here. it's really lovely. >> i didn't think there would so quite obviously be a toilet. >> reporter: it may not be everybody's cup of tea or coffee but it's been busy enough for him to consider expanding his understood ground empire. he's pretty department his quirky investment won't mean flushing money down the drain. char will d'agata, cbs news, london. i expected the place to be a dump, but it's quite nice. i might grab a cup of coffee there. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," more on the man who spilled government secrets. we'll get the latest from hong kong and the latest from house majority leader eric cantor and look at plans to revitalize the los angeles river. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

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coming in today? >> i did. >> couple lightning strikes. more about your weather coming p . >> a number of wind advisories obey area roadways including the golden gate, and through the altamont pass and overturned accident on 680. pretty heavy morning traffic wise. >> we are on the scene of a developing story in san francisco this morning. a house fire with a marijuana connection. kpix reporter sue quan has the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: yeah, we're at 547, 35th. inside this pick-up truck about8 bags of pot plants. these police officers have been here all night collecting the evidence. they put the bags into the truck as evidence. this all started about 1.