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. >>> good morning, i'm brianna keilar in for carroll cost tell low. happening now on capitol hill, the finger pointing in the border crisis blame game is about to begin. this is a live picture you're looking at here, members are about to demand answers. they want to know why thousands of immigrants, mostly women and children are suddenly flooding over the border. you're looking at live pictures here from the border as well. both at border crossing filtds and places like here, testimony from government agency heads, it's expected to be pretty fiery as you can manage, as well, there will be questions coming from key lawmakers. meanwhile, president obama will address the crisis later today, taking a break from fund raising to talk to one of his most vocal critics, texas governor, rick perry. that meeting is going to take place in dallas, but it's hundreds of miles from the u.s.-mexico border, a place that the president will not be visiting on this trip. all eyes are on this meeting to see if the two can come up with any workable solution to this crisis.

i want to say this, brianna, if i can.eard you mention it, this idea that money can somehow solve our current crisis, the 50,000 undocumented children or unaccompanied minors that have come across up from by the way 4,000 on average over the last decade, money cannot solve this problem. it's really honestly also not about the border, because these kids are coming across and turning themselves in to border patrol immediately. it's a policy problem. it's a problem where we have a policy in place passed in 2008 that central american children will not be deported immediately. they will be placed in foster homes and they never return to their court date. thus they just disappear into american society and the word spreads, you'll never be deported. combine that with the president's executive authority daca and it's not a false impression, make your way to america. you'll stay. >> we had heard testimony on the hill yesterday that i think it was somewhere around 50% or 60%, roughly half of people are not going to their hearing, so

brianna? >> thanks, jake. happening now. breaking news, hurricane arthur growing stronger and more dangerous by the minute. churning up the east coast want to slam into north carolina. >> this storm does not have to cause loss of life in people get ready now. >> tonight, evacuations are underway for thousands amid dire warnings about storm surges and deadly rip currents. >> we don't want people to mess around with this hurricane. >> flooding fears. officials stress it could be a dangerous fourth of july holiday for many on the east coast. >> we could see 2 to 4 feet of water above normally dry ground. >> wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room". we have breaking news. hurricane arthur arriving. the storm is already lashing the north carolina coast with heavy rain and winds up to 95 miles per hour. storm surge is expected, deadly rip currents offshore, deadly flooding inland. isolated tornados are also possible along the outer bands of the storm and a tor

>> yes, brianna.e're still trying to get details as you can imagine and, of course, we also have to deal with the large number of dead and wounded inside the school. what is clear is that our schools, our facilities of the u.n. relief and works agency, unra are clearly marked. we've given out the coordinates for those schools. this case, this was one of those that is sheltering palestinian refugees from are the fighting in gaza. right now there's more than 140,000 refugees or you know, people displaced by the conflict in gaza who have taken refuge in our schools more than 80 of the unra schools are being used for these purposes. we've made clear where those schools are, and the fact that there are civilians in them. so they shouldn't have been attacked by anyone. if there was any military activity, there shouldn't have been any military activity near those schools either. but whether or not there was activity nearby would not excuse anyone firing at the schools. we've been very worried about the safet

brianna? >> thanks, jake. happening now, arthur marches north. the category 1 hurricane leaves parts of north carolina underwater and is bringing high winds and heavy rains to the northeast as it eyes a new target. >>> clashes and violent protests followed the funeral of a murdered palestinian teen. and palestinian rocket fire followed by israeli air strikes in gaza. i'll ask israel's former ambassador where this is headed. >>> that's why if we want to keep attracting the best and the brightest from beyond our shores we're going to have to fix our immigration system. >> and july 4th immigration fight as president obama greets new citizens at the white house, would-be immigrants are greeted by angry protests in a california town. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keillor. you're in "the situation room." >>> hurricane arthur is heading north. the category 1 storm with 90-mile-an-hour winds are churning up the east sxoeft warnings are up from cape cod to canada. millions face dangerous conditions with heavy rains and potential flooding. and art

thus the lawsuit, brianna.uspect about an hour from now your show or whatever show that follows will be leading with a court decision in d.c. that addresses the same thing, can the executive branch rewrite obamacare. >> what do you think about that, donna? will is saying it's okay for lawmakers to do it. it wasn't the role of president obama. did he overstep? >> look, i think will needs to go back and see what of course president bush and other presidents have done in 2006 in delaying implementation of medicare d and wfs about to expire for low income individuals who had not signed up and met the deadline. presidents get to deal with the implementation of these laws through the administrative process. this is what the president tried to do, and delaying the mandate back in 2003, but look, put aside the legal arguments that we're going to hear next week from one side of the political aisle, if the republicans allow democrats to bring their legal experts to the rules committee next week, with he might have a full

i'm brianna keilar. this is "the lead." the world lead, on the same day that palestinians have declared a day of rage after more than 800 of them have been killed, the israelis reject the initial language for a u.s. cease fire proposal. but america's top diplomat isn't ready to give up yet. also in world news, the pentagon says russia is poised to give more firepower to the ukrainian rebels accused of shooting down flight 17 with a russian missile. how much longer can vladimir putin get away with claiming his country isn't involved in this war? and why is she the most hated woman in the netherlands? here's a hint. the dutch think her father had a hand in killing nearly 200 of their fellow citizens. hi there i'm brianna keilar. in for jaek tapper. we begin with developments in two major stories in our world lead. ukraine, new u.s. intelligence shows russia is getting ready to move moral powerful weapons across the border to pro-russian rebels to and the want to break away from ukraine. in the middle east,

i'm brianna keilar and this is "the lead." "the lead." ♪ -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the world lead, 40 coffins unloaded in the netherlands where flight 17 originated before it was shot out of the sky over ukraine. tens of thousands of dutch lining the roads to say good-bye. and flight 17 went down less than a week ago and rather than asking for the world's forgiveness, both the pro-russia rebels and the russians themselves were accused of shooting down two more aircraft in ukraine with impunity. also in world news, the faa barring u.s. flights into israel's busiest airport for another 24 hours, but secretary of state john kerry still managed to land there. what can he say or do to help end the fighting? ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hi there. i'm brianna keilar filling in for jake tapper. in our world lead, in a moment we'll bring you the incredible images from the netherlands as the country finally receives the remains from flight 17. the faa extended its ban to israel's main airport for another 24 hours after a rocket from gaza l

>> it's interesting there, brianna, to hear from chris. when i was in tuscaloosa, alabama, and spoke to his friends at the university church of christ they said they want the facts to come out before judgment should be placed on the harrises but they also said they have the very same questions that everyone else has. investigators have just scratched the surface in this investigation, and they're casting an ever widening net as they pour over these medical records and electronic data that they obtained from search and seizure warrants, a dvdr, sd card and external hard drive and cooper harris' medical records to see if the boy had developmental disabilities that may have contributed to his death. also part of this investigation, part i say, not under investigation is leanna harris. she has been drawn into the spotlight because of her behavior and her emotion or lack of emotion on the day her baby died, as well as since her husband was arrested. she has not been formally charged. she has not been officially named a suspect. and just a littl

brianna, is 15 pages written by sonia sotomayor talking about the all-male majority decision tort second time this week having to do with the contraception mandate. she's joined by caig sxn begika ginsburg in this dissent saying with this emergency injunction the government is sowing more confusion and putting undue burden with the costs of bureaucracy. she says the court has no reason to think the administrative scheme it foists on the government today is workable and effective on a national scale. and in fact, brianna, she goes as far as to say what the court did undermines confidence in this institution because it's at odds to some degree with what the court had decided on monday with hobby lobby. in that decision it gave these closely held companies the option to opt out of the mandate but they still would have to sign the waiver. i want to point out quickly, though, it's worth noting that it's unusual for a judge to offer such a strongly worded dissent on an injunction, which is pretty routine. in fact, in january the justices gave the exact same exemption to

i'm brianna keilar. and you're in "the situation room." >>> the first bombs have fallen with more to come as israel unleashes vengeance on hamas. prime minister benjamin netanyahu glamts group for the kidnapping and killing can of three israeli teenagers. he says hamas must continue to pay for the murders and israel must forcibly attack. we will develops coverage of that as well as the crisis in iraq and we begin within senior international correspondent ben wedeman in jerusalem. tell us how tense the situation in israel is right now. >> brianna, it's very tense, even here in jerusalem, i was witness to a march by several hundred israelis in the center of the city, offfa road, where they were chanting death to the arabs. they were israeli police some on motorcycles, some on horses trying to keep them under control but it gives you an idea of the level of anger and passion that you can see just in the streets far from -- not far from where i'm standing. in addition to that, new details are emerging about

>> hey, brianna. say, we dodged a bullet after just a crazy night on north carolina's outer banks. tremendous winds, difficult to stand up, and now look at it, the sun, starting to peek out, around 79 degrees. people hoping things are getting back to normal. it was an unusual morning here, needless to say, where i'm standing was covered with water earlier today at sunlight, but now its all receded and gone right back out into the sound. we took a trip over there to the causeway. the road leading up to that causeway had all kinds of silt and debris over top of it. front loaders had to stop the traffic in order to get some of that stuff off the road. so the cars would have clear passage. back over here, near nag, head, taking a look right next to me, to my right, this is a restaurant here. this shows you one of the reasons they're able to survive so well. there was a lot of water that came in here overnight. nonetheless, they've cleaned up the place, they've done what they've had to do, and there's hope

>> hi, brianna.investigation that had been going on since last november after you had the mysterious drug overdose of a google executive. it turns out that surveillance cameras played a key role in the investigation. >> reporter: she was a high-priced prostitute according to police, her facebook page filled with provocative images. here she is on youtube giving a makeup lesson. >> okay. so first we start with the primer. >> reporter: he was 51-year-old silicon valley executive who had worked for both apple and google. they had an ongoing relationship, investigators say, and in november of last year, they were together aboard his yacht in california. police say the woman, 26-year-old alix tichleman, gave him a fatal dose of heroin. a security camera aboard the yacht playing a key role in the investigation. >> it showed our suspect, showed our victim, showed her injecting him with heroin, showed her absolute callousness after he starts to have medical complications. >> reporter: soon after hayes tichle

i'm brianna keilar in for carol costello. we begin with the battle over the crisis on the border and a white house offer to meet with texas governor rick perry about his concerns over the issue. in a letter, obama advisor valerie jarrett writes that the president would quote, welcome the chance to talk to perry. it also invites perry to a meeting with a group of faith leaders in dallas that the president was already partaking in tomorrow. he is going to be, president obama, in texas tomorrow, as i mentioned. he will be there for a series ever fund-raisers. earlier, perry refused to greet the president at the airport, saying it would be in his words, nothing more than a tarmac handshake that doesn't address immigration. president obama still has no plans to visit the u.s./mexico border during his visit and it's a decision that has been criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. >> i hope this doesn't become the katrina moment for president obama, saying that he doesn't need to come to the border. he should come down.

the lead" with brianna keilar the lead" with brianna keilar starts right now. -- captions by vitac --itac.com >>> that cease fire the u.s. has been trying to broker between israel and hamas, it just suffered a setback. i'm brianna keilar. this is "the lead." the world lead, on the same day that palestinians have declared a day of rage after more than 800 of them have been killed, the israelis reject the initial language for a u.s. cease fire proposal. but america's top diplomat isn't ready to give up yet. also in world news, the pentagon says russia is poised to give more firepower to the ukrainian rebels accused of shooting down flight 17 with a russian missile. how much longer can vladimir putin get away with claiming his country isn't involved in this war? and why is she the most hated woman in the netherlands? here's a hint. the dutch think her fr

i'm brianna keilar.'re in "the situation room." >>> the first bombs have fallen with more to comes

brianna? >> joe johns, thank you so much. he has already warned beach goers not to take chances and you heard him there, joining me now is north carolina pat mccrory. thanks for being with us and let us know exactly what's being done to prepare for this storm on such a busy weekend. >> we just had a good conversation with the fema representatives in washington to ensure that if we need any recovery help from the federal government we get it. we've opened up food supply areas with water and supplies especially in any flooding occurs in eastern north carolina. we'll be making decisions tonight and each of the county officials will be making decisions tonight on whether to do mandatory or voluntary evacuation in the morning at the time of daylight. that most likely, if it does occur would occur most likely from all indicateds that the outer banks if that decision is made and we're also just warning people about getting their supplies ready and also, as i said earlier, don't put your stupid hat on and get in the water before the

i'm brianna keilar and this is "the lead." world lead, 40 coffins unloaded in the netherlands where flight 17 originated before it was shot out of the sky over ukraine. tens of thousands of dutch lining the roads to say good-bye. and flight 17 went down less than a week ago and rather than asking for the world's forgiveness, both the pro-russia rebels and the russians themselves were accused of shooting

i'm brianna keilar.our starts right now. >>> 16 new search warrants released this morning. investigators looking for clues about what happened the day o georgia toddler died in a sweltering car. whether his father abandoned him on purpose and what the child's mother knew. >> a 7

brianna? >> thanks, jake. happening now.aking news, hurricane arthur growing stronger and more dangerous by the minute. churning up the east coast want to slam into north carolina. >> this storm does not have to cause loss of life in people get ready now. >> tonight, evacuations are underway for thousands amid dire warnings about storm surges and deadly rip currents. >> we don't want people to mess around with this hurricane. >> flooding fears. officials stress it could be a dangerous fourth of july holiday for many on the east coast. >> we could see 2 to 4 feet of water

our senior political correspondent brianna keilar is reporting on this now. >> reporter: she answereds question during her swing through europe as part of her book tour. she fielded questions from readers on mum's net a leading british parenting website visited mostly by women. talked about contraceptive rights, guns and commented on this rape case. one reader asking her as a lawyer you defended the rapist of a 12-year-old girl calling the victim, "emotionally unstable" and saying the girls have a tendency to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences. >> when i was a 27-year-old attorney doing legal aide work at the lawsuit i taught, i was appointed by the local judge to represent a criminal defendant accused of rape. i asked to be relieved of that responsibility, but what is not. i had a professional duty to represent my client to the best of my ability, which i did. he later pled guilty to a lesser included offense. when you are a lawyer, you often don't have the choice as to who you will represent. and by the very nature of criminal law, there will be those who you represent who

i'm brianna keilar. we are beginning now with breaking news. administration is stepping up security for direct flights to

now, brianna scurry, appreciate you being here. you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much. yes, my name is briana scurry and i'm 42 years old. i served as the starting goalkeeper for the united states women's national soccer team from the years 1994 to 2008. during that time, i helped lead the team in winning two olympic gold medals in 1996 atlanta games and 2004 athens and played 173 international games over 15 years for the united states, which is a record among female goalkeepers. in the summer of 1999, my 20 amazing teammates and i captured the hearts of america by beating china in a penalty kick shootout live in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the rose bowl in pasadena, california. i was the one that made the single save during the penalty kicks before brandi chastain took off her shirt. yes. now, i'll bet many of you recall exactly where you were at that moment. it was the kind of event that transforms lives forever for the better. my passion and my mission was soccer. my ultimate reward was living my drea

brianna keilar is here with the details.ne believe this is still about selling books and not hillary clinton selling herself to the younger generation? >> i think it's both and her publisher certainly wants her to sell book, right? has to make up that reported $14 million advance that she got, but hillary clinton is no doubt positioning herself in a run. someone in her own party, they're looking left of hillary clinton keeping elizabeth warren to get in the game. >> even hillary clinton doesn't seem to believe hillary clinton isn't run for example president. >> i have a career aptitude test. >> with "the daily show's" jon stewart, she said she prefers a home office versus a commute. >> would you like it to have corners or not corners? >> you know, i think that the world is so complicated, the fewer corners that you can have -- >> reporter: fun e i'll bet she knows just the base, but not all democrats are measuring the oval office drapes for clinton. some liberals want to draft massachusetts senator elizabeth warren who got q

brianna scurry talked about her experience with concussion. we'll have a lot more on this event tonight at 11:00. >>> yellow alert, you got my attention. >> that's right. tomorrow is a yellow alert day. the weather will be inconvenient, could very much affect your outdoor plans for tomorrow. i think that is the case basically all day tomorrow, as we could have as many as three rounds of showers and thunderstorms rolling through during the day. let's start off with a look at the michael & son weather cam. today was very warm, but it was nice and it still looks beautiful out there. current temperature, 87 with a dewpoint of 63. we've got a breeze out of the south and the relative humidity is really not that bad at 44%. in our weather headlines, though, we're going to see that mugginess remaining with us overnight tonight. clouds spreading in. that will lock in the heat we got during the day. that moisture will start to filter in as well. so we're going to see an increase had cloud cover along with an increase in the chance for some showers. migh

brianna, i'll start with you.his feels like a year where americans are much more into the game, despite the detractors. have you seen a palpable increase in interest in the game overall, or is it just in your mind because the u.s. is going so far? >> well, joy, thanks for having me on the show, first of all. i think the answer is twofold. i think now with social media and the u.s. men's team and women's team who have traditionally done well, now that the u.s. men's team is doing well, people are getting behind it. people are aware. people know who they're playing today and what time and they're tuning into it. so i think the growth is going to be something that remains with the sport and continues going forward. >> and i think, dave, to biana's point about social media being involved, reuters has a story up saying interactions on the world cup on facebook are the most ever. more than the super bowl and these other sports combined. more than the academy awards, winter olympic games. it really has become a social me

brianna? >> thanks, jake. happening now, arthur marches north. of north carolina underwater and is bringing high winds and heavy rains to the northeast as it eyes a new target. >>> clashes and violent protests followed the funeral of a murdered palestinian teen. and palestinian rocket fire followed by israeli air strikes in gaza. i'll ask israel's former ambassador where this is

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ago that it had indeed lost contact with flight seventeen let's cross live now to our correspondent brianna keilar who is located on the ground by the russia ukraine border back to you. this is really escalating now what more can you tell us. well indeed we do we we do know that the plane has had two hundred ninety five people on board now of course the question is just starting the questions are starting to rise there's a lot of them that need to be answered for example exactly what was the cause of the crash when we when we talk about the the territory where the plane has gone down and has seen some of the most intense fighting in recent days between the to key of forces and the military and in fact a piece of fuselage the tail of the tail of the plane has fallen in the village of this. is the area that has seen some really heavy bombardment literally just days ago and on tuesday as a matter of fact and also their husband involvement all of the ukrainian jet fighters twenty five also bombing the area and in fact speaking of planes. you can officials have accused russia of bringing down th

. >> reporter: brianna can now take the metro here. listen to what she's had to do. >> i take the metro to the church and then i take the bus to mcclain. >> reporter: she says there are plenty of people with similar stories. when all is said and done, 50,000 new trips per day will be added to the metro system. right now average daily riders trip is about 750,000 trips a day. after the silver line, metro expects that number to jump up to 800,000 trips per day. adam tuss, news4. >> adam tuss will keep you up-to-date on the latest silver line news coming up here at 9:00. >>> to accommodate the silver line's five new stations, the fairfax connector had to change several of the bus routes. you can calculate your trip on our website. just head to nbcwashington.com and search silver line. well, we want to hear from you about your first ride on the silver line. tweet us @nbcwashington with the #1stridesv. >>> officers were out in college park conducting dui checkpoints on route 1 to crack down on drunk driving. earlier this month a drunk drive

you can check brianna's entire performance at our website -- wgn morning news dot-com. and, if you want to sing or play along side me, e-mail me a short clip of you performing to *chicago stories nine at g-mail dot-com* ... or tag me in a video on facebook - *at dan ponce*. this is open to all singers *and instrumentalists. that's a fantastic singer. isn't she amazing? >> do you know any death leopard? >> we can crush some of that for our duet later. >> we have some light rain moving out. it's 57 at o'hare. looking for a high up to 72 degrees today. here's the rain clearing out across the northwest suburbs. house traffic looking? >> deaf but bird? i feel like you guys should do the spice girls. dan and tim an exclusive. with a few hot spots out there because of construction. one of them in south bound bishop ford it's a bit slow heading out because of work being done until 6:00 a.m. to the flames blocked. on 90, jane adams told a bit slow in both directions at 25 because of work on 25. that will be there until 5:00. >> you better do the back of dancing if we do are seei

i'm brianna keilar. at this hour starts right now. >>> 16 new search warrants released this morning. investigators looking for clues about what happened the day o georgia toddler died in a sweltering car. whether his father abandoned him on purpose and what the child's mother knew. >> a 7 foot long great white sinks its teeth into the torso of a swimmer. hear him talk about what it was like to be eye to eye with the great white. >> this terrifying a video, a plane nearly collides with another. it wasn't the only close call this weekend either. >>> i'm john berman. >> and good morning to all of you. couple of the significant developments, the death of a georgia toddler who died in a baking suv. a short time ago investigators released 16 new search warrants in the case against the child's father. among things they are now looking for, medical records for both the father justin ross harris and cooper the son who died after his father left him in a georgia car in sweltering georgia heat. they are also lookin

i'm brianna keilar in for care k costello. we could be getting more clues this morning about the georgia father accused of leaving his son in a hot car to die. search warrants in the death of 22-year-old cooper harris, the toddler's father justin ross harris is behind bars and charged with murder. police say harris was sexting with six women while his son was dying. meanwhile, the boy's mother leanna harris may be forced to answer some tough questions as investigators try to figure out whether she played a part in her son's death. cnn's nick valencia joining us with the latest on the investigation. what are we learning from the search warrants, nick? >> we just got our hands on these new search warrants and they seemingly lay out what prosecutors laid out in that probable cause and bond hearing last week. as you mentioned, the boy's father, justin ross harris, charged with a 22-month-old's murder. he woke up this morning in a georgia jail. cnn obtained new search warrants this morning about the death of 22-month-old cooper har

. >> brianna mcfall has come up with her own way to meet another feminine need. >> we don't have tamponsre, we're not allowed. this is how we make a tampon. cut the end off like this. >> don't try this at home. >> take the pad off. then get this right here. we roll it like that. this is going to be a small one. i put it in here. roll it, roll it, and there is a tampon. you use it. this is contraband. we'll get in trouble for doing this. we get caught with this, making tampons, or if we have a tampon in our bed, that is a write-up. >> many of the other women spend time on what could be best described as the jailhouse version of online dating. they use the inmate to inmate mail system to write to male pen pals. >> how they meet each other is mutual friends from the outside, they know each other, they got arrested together, whatever. but you'll be surprised with the love connections, the presumed love that goes on here. >> i'm writing like six letters at a time. i was writing drone. where is his letter? i love to write drone, he's so sweet. >> this is for my pen pal, his name's juan. he hel

i'm brianna keilar in "the situation room." stay with us for our hurricane coverage continuing with jake tapper and brooke baldwin. >> batten down the hatches, here comes hurricane arthur. we are bracing ourself for impact from the first major storm of the season. >> this is no time to put your stupid hat on. don't get brave just because you see some good waves out there. stay out of the water. >> this storm does not have to cause loss of life. >> hurricane arthur is forecast to become a monster category 2 storm packing winds upward of 100 miles per hour. north carolina is taking a direct hit. we'll take you there live as residents head for the hills. welcome to our special breaking news coverage here. i'm jake tapper in washington. >> and brooke baldwin at the cnn center in atlanta. we're here to bring you the latest on these two breaking stories this hour. >> first, hurricane arthur whipping the beaches of the carolinas right now and very close for the eye to be making a direct hit. our reporters are scattered all along the c

i'm brianna keilar in "the situation room." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> next, violence escalating in the middle east as israel and hamas trade threats. >>> plus, a storm warning in place headed into the holiday weekend. will we see this year's first hurricane before the weekend's over? >>> and the truth about counterfeit beauty aids. a medical professional tells us which types of products could potentially kill you. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone, i'm don lemon in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, escalating violence in the middle east. israel and hamas trading threats and warnings after israel says hamas is responsible for the murder of three israeli teens. thousands of israelis gathered today to mourn those teens, kidnapped two weeks ago on their home from school in the west bank. and overnight, israel stepped up its strikes against hamas sites in gaza, hitting 34 targets. those strikes in response to the 18 rockets fired into israel from gaza since sunday. ben wedeman is in jerusalem follo

. >> i'm brianna. >> how are you? nice to meet you. >> hi. >> allison? >> yes. >> marcus. >> nice to meet you. >> nice to meet you. >> hi. i'm pete. >> pete, how are you? nice to meet you. you look like you're a mad scientist, with that lab coat. >> i guess you could say i am a scientist of sorts. >> i was a little surprised at where the place is located. it's, like, in a neighborhood. >> when we started this business, we had maybe a couple hundred dollars in our pocket or something crazy. >> we were not in a great financial position, and so someone offered us this place. and we're putting everything we have into building this. >> how many different types of candies are in here? >> hundreds of different types. >> we make lots and lots and lots of things by hand. it's what sweet pete's specializes in-- thing like caramels, hard candy, pulled sugar, chocolates, toffee. >> i'd like to get down to tasting. >> my personal favorite is this. >> now, everything that i'm gonna taste you made? >> i've got another candy maker on staff who's worked for me for many,

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i'm brianna keilar, and this is "the lead." world lead, incredibly net another plane has gone down while at the same time the u.s. starts allowing flights to israel's main airport again. but how eager are you to board an international flight right now? also in world news, several killed in a strike on a u.n. school turned shelter in gaza, but who's to blame? the israelis who killed so

. >>> brianna, thank you. great to be with you on this 4th of july. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. we have to begin with this just bombshell after bombshell, really a blitzkrieg of bombshells against this father in georgia, justin ross harris. he is the father charged with murder, felony murder, after leaving his son in this hot car. and you saw this hearing unfold right around this time yesterday. it was his probable cause hearing and divulged one unseemingly revelation after another. the red line was this. police allege harris was sexting multiple women, including a minor, as his son was overheating in a car for seven hours. this hearing ultimately got what prosecutors wanted. the judge allowed the case to continue, and did not allow bond for the 33-year-old father. and as he sits in jail, investigators' case against him expands. eight search warrants released today and they detail that after little cooper's death, harris was inquiring about how to get money from his son's life insurance policies. cnn's victor blackwell was in the cobb county courtroom t

i'm brianna keilar in for carol costello. "at this hour" starts now. >>> at this hour, recreational pot shops are opening their doors in washington state for the first time. we will speak with a store owner coming up. >>> plus, the warning to thousands of u.s. forces overseas. a powerful typhoon and a vulnerable coastline. the worst of it could still be to come. >>> then eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, that's a typical work week, right? that could be a thing of the past, or will it? >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. >> those stories and much more at this hour. >>> at this hour, 11:00 a.m. on the east coast, 8:00 a.m. out in washington state. know what that means? you can buy pot legally as of like right now, at this minute, legal marijuana shops are opening their doors for the very first time. >> yeah, that's right. right now, washington is joining colorado as one of only two states where marijuana is sold for recreational use. several states obviously allow medical marijuana but in washington and in colorado, you can

. >> thanks for joining me today, i'm brianna keilar in for carol, that the hour with berman and michaela starts now. >>> crisis along the border, president obama meeting with the texas governor today after the white house request nearly $4 billion to address the immigration issue for the fate of thousands of children on the line. is the president doing enough? >>> sick of politics, mr. president, well how about some pot? one of the most unusual questions to a president you will ever see, so how did he respond? >>> then he rarely comments on tabloids, that's not stopping george clooney from writing a scathing op-ed. we'll tell you what got him all riled up. >> always handsome. i'm michaela ferrera. >> out west those stories and more right now at this hoir. and at this hour, we're talking politics, policy, and the law. they're all at the center of a raging debate over the crisis at the border. president obama heading to texas this afternoon where he will meet with the governor of texas, republican rick perry. one of his fiercist critics on the immigration issue. >> he has not scheduled a v

i'm brianna keilar and i turn you over now to wolf blitzer live from jerusalem in "the situation room". >>> happening now. "a situation room" special report. day of mourning remains of malaysia flight 17 victims as the u.s. learns about new information about troop move am in the area where the plane was shot down. >>> michael bloomberg tlies into tel aviv in a show of support as the u.s. bans flights into israel's airport. my interview with michael bloomberg coming up. >>> raging war, hamas unleashes new rocket attacks while diplomats work desperately to try to halt the fighting. are they on the verge of a cease-fire? i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following two major breaking news stories in the world's spotlight right now. the war between israel and hamas now in its 16th day and the growing diplomatic pressure to end the fighting that has already claimed more than 700 lives. also new developments in th

"newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, i'm brianna keilar inme. we're beginning this morning with tempers are flaring. americans are lining up on both sides of the issue. check out this video from houston, shows a big banner on an overpass says "deport, illegal aliens are killing amers

we'll pass it off to our friend, brianna keilar in "the newsroom" in for carol costello. >> that is a captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning, i'm brianna keilar in today for carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. this morning, the white house appears to be taking texas governor rick perry up on his request for a meeting with president obama to address the border crisis. in a letter, obama adviser valerie jarrett writes the president would "welcome the chance to talk to perry." it also invites perry to a meeting with a group of faith leaders in dallas. president obama will be in texas tomorrow for a series of fund-raisers. earlier, perry refused to greet the president at the airport, a somewhat customary gesture saying it would be, in his words "nothing more than a tarmac handshake that doesn't address immigration." president obama still has no plans to visit the u.s./mexico border during his visit. that's a decision criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

i'm brianna keilar. i turn you over to off wolf blitzer live from jerusalem in "the situation room." >> happening now, a situation room special report. breaking news, shelter carnage. a deadly strike on a united nations schoolhousing refugee families in gaza. women and children are among the dead and injured. flight ban lifted. the faa clears u.s. airlines to resume flying to tel aviv even as a cnn correspondent witnessed continuing streaks through the sky. >>> the largest pieces found so far of flight 17 as the u.s. says it has proof russia is firing across the border into ukraine. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the breaking news in the downing of malaysia airlines flight 17 and in gaza where at least 16 people have been killed and more than 200 injured in what was supposed to be a safe haven. this was the scene after a strike at a united nations schoolhousing palestinians fleein

. >> see ya. >> "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning i'm brianna the owe bamobama administration and all-out push to get congress to approve a nearly $4 billion funding request to help children detained on the u.s./mexico border. today the rees

i'm brianna keilar. jake tapper is back on monday. i turn you over now to wolf blitzer live from jerusalem in "the situation room." happening now a special report. breaking news, a pause in fighting. israel's prime minister has reportedly promised a 12-hour halt in the assault on gaza starting just hours from now but but israel's cabinet for now at rejected a long-term cease fire. day of range. deadly protests erupt in the west bank as outrange at the israeli operation is boiling over. our reporters were there for one of the largest palestinian demonstrations in years. crash site chaos. debris and remains still unsecured as rebels grow impatient with the international monitors. now one country wants to send in remain anned forces. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in jerusalem. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following this hour's two breaking news stories in ukraine, the u.s. believes russia is preparing to send heavy weapons across the border and tension is growing o