>> that's right, brooke. from what we're hearing from sources close to the investigation, they were actually getting lessons, going up into the air, getting paragliding lessons. this was an imaginative and bold plot, perhaps to target an american naval facility, perhaps other targets, perhaps using these paragliders to sort of swoop in over security perimeters and launch a sort of bomb attack. that's one of the working hypotheses right now for the spanish security services. it's obviously very early in the investigation. but this was a plot that was uncovered about a month ago in spain. they've been watching these people very closely. since then, there's been great cooperation with other, the western intelligence services. so this was a successful disruption of a plot here, brooke. >> thank goodness. one other item, in reading about this, that jumped out at me as something i had not seen before, earlier this year, there was a posting on some jihadist website, basically seeking spanish speakers. those specific

on that same day, levon brooks was set free. >> he told me, "mr.brooks, all your charges been dismissed, you're free to go." that was exciting, like, "ooh." it felt so good. and forensic experts, like dr. west and hayne, they should not never be able to practice no more med... no nothing, in this state, in no kind of state, because of what they did to us, and maybe other people. >> bergman: citing ongoing lawsuits, doctors hayne and west declined to be interviewed. in 2008, the innocence project wrote to the mississippi state medical board, stating that dr. hayne is "a danger to the public" and should not be allowed to testify. dr. hayne is suing the innocence project for defamation. the case is expected to go to trial later this year. meanwhile, he continues to testify. among the various qualifications he cites is a certificate from acfei. >> there she is, guys, we got her, you can see her, she is coming out the front door right here. unbelievable... >> bergman: after 33 days of testimony, the defense prevailed. casey anthony was found not guilty

brooke? >> rob marciano.you. >>> and this next story, i have been so excited to share this with you. this failed detroit musician gives up on his dream of rock 'n' roll. look at this. ♪ hey, baby, what's your hurry >> here's the thing, half a world away, he was bigger than the rolling stones. now after four decades, he is back. the story of sugarman, next. in 2008, i voted for president obama with no reluctance. he presented himself as something different. i had hoped that the new president would bring new jobs. not major layoffs, not people going through major foreclosures on their homes. he did get his healthcare through, but at what cost? he said he was going to cut the deficit in his first term. i've seen zero interest in reducing spending. he inherited a bad situation, but he made it worse. i think he's a great person. i don't feel he is the right leader for our country, though. i still believe in hope and change, i just don't think obama's the way to go for that. the president has not earned re -electio

i'm brooke baldwin live from the cnn grill in tampa, florida, the 2012 republican convention. give you republican chairman one hour ago. >> the republican national convention has directed that the 2012 republican national convention be held in tampa florida starting at 2:00 p.m. on the 27th day of august 2012. it's my privilege to proclaim the 2012 republican national convention in session and call to order. [ applause ] the share announces pursuant to clause 12 of the rules of the the house of representatives, the 2012 republican national convention stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. >> there you have it. gaveling the convention to order and call for a recess. they will convene tomorrow. as you know by now the big storm in the gulf has delayed things by day. chairman did unveil this debt clock. the first attracts the amount of debt from the start of this convention. it's to illustrate the unprecedented recklessness of the obama administration. >>> tropical storm isaac is expected to be a strong category one hurricane when it makes landfall. the gulf coast in a

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i'm brook baldwin. >> and i'm john berman.ith us. >> let's get an early read, some of the local news making national headlines here this morning, including offensive caricatures of mexicans. i'm talking about students dressed as gang members, pregnant women pushing a baby stroller, all part of senior week. remember senior week in high school? this is high school perhaps not like you experienced. this is anaheim, california. take a look at this picture. this is the cover of the "l.a. times" this morning, canyon high school taking a lot of heat for allowing these demeaning costumes during something called senors and senoritas day. it happened for three years at the school. along with sombreros, fake mustaches, some dressed up as border patrol agents and tear drops. the event will be placed with an international week next year. administrators will undergo diversity and sensitivity training and the school will offer an ethnic studies class. >> i can't believe this is going on for three years. >> now it matters. they're saying than

i'm brooke baldwin. >> i'm john berman. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. we're going to begin with tropical storm isaac. he is gaining power this morning. it could develop into a hurricane sometime today. it's headed right for haiti where hundreds of thousands of people still live in tents after the devastating 2010 earthquake. the storm has already pounded puerto rico with rain and isaac is projected to head towards florida next as a hurricane by monday. it's expected to hit just in time for the republican national convention in tampa bay. we have a lot of questions about where it's going and what's new. we want to go right to rob marciano at the cnn hurricane headquarters who is pouring over fresh data in just literally seconds ago. >> good morning, john. yeah, the 5:00 advisory is out from the national hurricane center. one thing about this storm that looks impressive on satellite as far as size, structure, it has that spiral cloud formation especially on the east side. the inner core of this thing, the hu

brooke? >> mohammed jamjoon in lebanon.ch. >>> now to this, not a whole lot of talk on the campaign trail about the war in afghanistan and our vets. now a war veteran tells me what he wants to hear from what he hopes mitt romney to be the next president. clint eastwood and mitt romney are getting ready to take the stage. these are live pictures there on the floor of the convention. we are watching and waiting for those two gentlemen. stay with me. ♪ ♪ i can do anything ♪ i can do anything today ♪ i can go anywhere ♪ i can go anywhere today ♪ la la la la la la la [ male announcer ] dow solutions help millions of people by helping to make gluten free bread that doesn't taste gluten free. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. solutionism. the new optimism. >>> welcome back to tampa. we're giving you an inside look, a little peek, if you will. this is the floor, the convention floor and just to the left, that's the steps up to the stage where we've been seeing these speakers the last couple

joanna brooks.rs and applause] thank you for being here. >> it's my pleasure. >> jon: it's called the book of mormon girl. >> book of mormon girl. >> jon: i very much enjoyed this book. >> thank you i'm glad. >> jon: this is self publish and picked up. >> it's true. no one wanted to publish a book about mormon in 2012. a strange thing. >> jon: that is strange especially one that is not -- it's a personal story and such a well done -- the way that you describe -- you describe being a root beer in a country of cokes. >> that's right. when i was a little girl growing up. i grew up in a very observant mormon home. one of the things i was raised to not drink coca-cola. there's lots of mormons who do imbibe the diet coke, the not flel new york city diet coke. >> jon: fur thirsty be thirst. the coffee is totally off limits. my trick at a birthday party was try to figure out which of the brown sodas on the tray was not the coke. >> jon: and then could you taste it. when you describe your childhood i have to

it was done for the brookings institution. the analysis of the romney tax plan just as not at all. mathematically, it does not work. you may not like it -- >> obama is attacking the only good part of it! >> you say to t rid of the loopholes, but he does not say which loopholes -- >> does not say anything. >> do you believe that marriage should between a man and woman to enjoy a nice piece of fried chicken? >> i am supporting mr. cathy's biblical views, and i guess not necessarily his views, and it is god's views. >> it was the first chick-fil-a appreciation day. mike huckabee started it, and thousands showed up in support of the president's position on same-sex marriage. democrats are putting gay marriage in their platform. what idoes chick-fil-a appreciation day tell you about the state of our political conversation, evan? >> how silly we can get, obviously, but it does touch upon something that is deep in america. you may have moral values, but people perceive that people are telling them how to live their life, they resent i they lashed back at it. i support gay marriage, but i

brooke, as you mentioned.n the focus of vandalism and arson and even a bomb threat. when you talk to members here, they say that is brought on by people outside this community. they say they are accepted in the community but people outside are trying to mischaracterize their religion. take a listen. >> there is an agenda nationwide unfortunately that enable islams and muslims to be not what they are but because of the act of a few people, they are labeling the whole religion to be that way. it is unfortunate but it is -- and true and it's un-american as well. >> reporter: brooke, we know the first prayer service will happen at 1:10 central standard time. a lot of people here are anxious to have that moment for the first time. >> we'll watch as the doors open. george howell thank you in murfreesboro. this sunday, sole da o'brien krchronicles the fight, it's called "unwelcome the muslims next door" it airs sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >>> still ahead, the justice department will not pursue criminal charges agai

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this was done for the brookings institution. the analysis of the ronny text plan justice not add up. -- the analysis of the romney tax plan just does not add up. >> obama is attacking the only good part of it! >> it does not have to do with what obama add to it say. getting rid of the loopholes, and he does not say which -- >> to be continued. do you believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman to enjoy a nice piece of fried chicken? >> i am supporting mr. cathy in his views, his biblical views, and it is not necessarily his views, it is go'ds views. >> wednesday, august 1, was the first annual chick-fil-a appreciation day. mike huckabee started it, and thousands responded in support of the president's stance against same-sex marriage. by the way, democrats are putting gay marriage in their platform. what is chick-fil-a appreciation of date tell us about the current state of our political conversation, evan? >> how silly we can get, obviously. but it does touch on something deep in america, which is that you may hav

"cnn newsroom" continues with brooke baldwin. hey, brooke. >> hey, suzanne. thank you so much.ome to you. we are just now learning the united nations observer mission in syria will soon come to an end. we're hearing this from a fringe ambassador as the bloodshed continues to get worse. we'll take you live to syria to share the heartbreaking realities on the ground. so stay tuned for that. >>> but i want to begin with another heartbreaking story. we have now learned the the names of two deputies ambushed, shot and killed today in louisiana. 34-year-old brandon nielson and 28-year-old jeremy trish were killed. two other deputies were wounded. louisiana authorities say the first shoot-out happened in a remote parking lot near a refinery in a town called laplace, louisiana. a sheriff says officers were ambushed, and then in a second shoot-out when they went to a trailer park to question the suspect, the sheriff struggled to contain his emotions. here he was. >> as we were interviewing the two persons, the two subjects, another person exited that trailer with an assault weapon and a

brooke?ll look forward -- and it's stunning to me -- dan, go ahead and throw the big wide shot up of the forum. it's stunning to me, having been inside, it feels so much smaller, so much more intimate. you see this big picture on tv, it's packed with people, thousands and thousands of people, but i'll tell you, it's much, much more smallernd intimate down on the floor where dana is right now. we have heard from paul romney and paul ryan. and many others tell us who mitt romney is and they're brigging on the pitch, why he should be president. now the time has come for mitt romney to tell us himself. some say it's do or die for him tonight. i take a look at how true that statement, can be especially when you're a candidate who has to deliver a killer speech. it's a microphone moment unlike any other in politics. the presidential convention speech. >> to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first, country second crowd, change is coming. >> reporter: a moment that could either catapult former go

. >> liam: (sighs) >> brooke: of course you can stay, honey... >> hope: (sighs) >> brooke: for as longasu want. but are you sure? >> hope: yeah. >> brooke: (sighs) i really think it would be easier to get through this with liam by your side. >> hope: (sighs) maybe. maybe not. i don't--i don't know. i just know that i need some time. >> dayzee: mm. (sighs) >> marcus: okay, back, back, back, back. >> dayzee: yeah. >> marcus: (sighs) >> dayzee: (sighs) (sighs) >> marcus: man, i love holding you. i never want to let you go. >> dayzee: (chuckles) >> marcus: (sighs) >> dayzee: and you won't have to as soon as you get home. i'm so glad that eric and bill were able to call in favors and set the bond hearing for tonight. >> marcus: yeah, me, too. >> dayzee: (sighs) >> marcus: our second night of marriage-- man, i can't wait to be spending it with my wife. ooh. >> dayzee: (chuckles) >> tony: refills? >> thomas: mm. >> caroline: thanks. >> thomas: sure. >> tony: finding anything? >> thomas: well, we're on the right night. >> caroline: we're just waiting to see if anthony comes in the frame. >> tony

and i'll be hosting the "doubleheader" with mark shields and david brooks. the newshour's broadcast coverage will kick off with gwen and judy in our skybox in the tampa bay times forum. jeffrey brown and ray suarez will be floor reporters in tampa and charlotte. they'll be talking with key convention speakers and showing you delegate reaction to what's happening on the stage. i'll bring you our daily map center moment, telling the story of the campaign through data and highlighting voter's voices through our "listen to me" project. we'll take our viewers behind the scenes and we'll talk to the newsmakers. see you there. >> woodruff: and a reminder-- the newshour airs at 6:00 p.m. eastern time, and our convention coverage follows at 8:00 p.m. eastern. the republicans will formally kick off their proceedings and the roll call to nominate mitt romney monday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have every moment for you on our livestream coverage online that hari mentioned. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: new evidence surfaced that iran may be acceler

you can say a lot of things about brookings but they're a solid, analytical group. they're not going to swing analysis one way or another. they're a down the middle type of group. i think that's the deeper problem and that may be why mitt romney is behind in pennsylvania ohio, florida is neck and neck. he is not gaining traction in those swing states. on the very issue where he should be gaining steam if he's going to pick up the pace between now and november. i agree with you. that's gotta be what he's worried about. does tomorrow's number, we'll get one number tomorrow, the unemployment rate, will that sweep away all of the stuff and set the framework for the next two or three weeks at a minimum? >> depending on just how bad the number is tomorrow obviously will set the tone for the next week of campaigning the next event of mitt romney's selection of a v.p. depending on how bad the number is, he's able to reframe this thing, reset the race to being a referendum on the obama presidency. everything president obama in mitt romney's view has not done to get americans

the fire ripped through a town house on mossy brook square. a family of three has to find another place to stay, as well as their neighbor next door. fire investigators ruled the cause accidental. >>> we've got a traffic alert this morning. your commute may be tricky tomorrow if you take the wilson bridge. heads up on this one. the new permanent lanes on the virginia side of the bridge will open tomorrow. that means there's going to be five lanes in each direction between the wilson bridge and springfield. and that means the entire virginia portion of the beltway will have at least five lanes each way when the express lanes between springfield and the american legion bridge open later this year.

brooke goldstein discusses her new book "i hit them with a long stick. that's horrible, brooke, but she doesn't care. we are doing a golf story. i am board already. >>> most feel a tug and they just shrug. i speak of those who feel no sexual attraction to others. an estimated 1% of the population should be recognized as the fourth sexual orientation or sso for -- fso for short. they call him an under study group that can feel excluded from our, quote, sex liesed culture. sexualized culture. and indeed it is. they say quote, we want 8 sexuality to be recognized as a sexual orientation rather than a disorder that people have to hide. so let's discuss this in the -- shall we -- >> lightning roooooouuuunnnnddd. lightning round. >> do you buy this? >> 8 sexuality has been around for a longtime. it is called being a woman every three and a half weeks. >>> come -- >> come on. i feel bad for this poor 23-year-old who went and did the interview and so they classified him as being 8 sexual. that's the whole problem with the study. they went around to a bunch of me

with us tonight with gwen and me all week are shields and brooks. of course that's syndicated columnist in mark shields and "new york times" columnist in david brooks. mark and david, we've been listening to the role call and vote by acclimation and david it's just wrapped up all of a sudden. we're barely into the evening and they're already selected by the party. >> we can all go home. it's over. and i'm disappointed. i love the role call. i remember as a kid watching the role call, each state, why they're a great state. nobody's ever an average state. they're all great states. >> woodruff: me, too! >> and there's a little personality. so kids won't see that, it's sad. >> ifill: energy finally, mark. the music, yes, but energy on the floor, excitement, really. >> excitement and special excitement at scott walker of wisconsin. the place just exploded in what i think can only be called spontaneous enthusiasm to him. but you're right there is enthusiasm for mitt romney and paul ryan as well. david, where is new mexico, the land of enchantment. remembe

-- that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks.ntlemen, you made it back, as i was just saying you drove from tampa to washington, not quite, not quite, you flew. we just heard from these undecided voter, they are still undecided, they are not yet sold after listening carefully, mark, last night. does that tell you anything about what mitt romney was able -- >> no, these are the gold mine it is both campaigns, these are the people they are trying to reach. i means that's where the battle will be fought. but i guess if you are's the romney campaign, you hope that there would be three or four battlefield conversions that stand up and say that does it for me, i'm willing to join. but i think it makes us stay tuned for next week and find out what happens after barack obama is still undecided then we're probably on to the detate-- debates. >> i have to say, there's obviously a high degree of skepticism, you hear it in the audience and country. and i think it makes you think when you go back to romney's speech that the policy likeness is

brooke, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> cnn's primetime coverage of the republican national convention begins tonight, 7:00 p.m. eastern, with my colleague, wolf blitzer. >>> and authorities, not mincing words. they are demanding that everyone living in the grand isle louisiana get out of isaac's way. we're going to hear from the mayor live. you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. they buy all their groceries right here, but let me ask you, did you ever think of walmart for a smartphone? no. let me show you something. walmart has the latest technology on the biggest networks. i mean look at these smartphones. whoah! will you show them? absolutely. we've got great 4g lte smartphones like this droid razr by motorola from verizon. wow verizon? you bet. you love the price. he loves the phone. let's dance! get unlimited talk, unlimited text and shareable data with verizon's

that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks.tlemen, good to you have with us. >> so whether we use that strange word sequestration or whether we talk about automatic budget cut, david, with so much at stake, why couldn't they come to an agreement on this? >> well, remember, it's supposed to be terrible. the idea of sequestration, it's an enforcement mechanism. they said to themselves, we're going to force ourselves to cut a budget deal with each other. and if we don't do it, we'll hit ourselves in the face way hammer. and that will be soed ba, we'll do it. the problem is both, you don't do it and then you end up hitting yourself in the face way hammer. so that's the basic situation they're? the problem is with people who actually have to make policy. like you're sitting in the pentagon, you have to plan the next ten years. it may not hit you next month but you're trying to figure out what you are going to cut what are you not going to cut. you don't know with any remote idea how much money will have for the next ten years. so ma

phelps fans at meadow brook swim center gathered around to watch the race. here is lowell melser with their reaction. >> when the raise was going on in the beginning of a worry a little nervous because he was actually in seventh place. there was a lot of excitement when he took home the gold. for this victory is a little bittersweet because this was his last individual race. it turned from disappointment to deafening cheers very quickly and as the hometown hero went from seventh to first to win the gold in the 100-meter butterfly. >> i did not think he is going to win. then i knew he was going to win. he just went ahead and he wanted. >> he and the holding rapped out. it was over. >> i always knew you'd want to win. i knew it. >> a lot of proud of phases here at the meadow brook aquatics center seeing him when a record 17th gold medal. >> i missed yesterday's against ryan. i was happy to see this one. swimming against them all the time, i think some of us are too close to really appreciate what is going on. what an honor. there was a great, great race. i wis

brooke? >> okay.something changes with regard to that dam, let us know. >> absolutely. >> tchad, thank you. >> you're welcome. >> if you're sitting at home and wondering how you can help these folks absolutely devastated by this storm, isaac, go to cnn.com/impact and you can help. >>> coming up, this former navy s.e.a.l. breaks a code and writes this book about the mission that killed osama bin laden. but here's the thing. his story contradicts white house reports. we're going to take an in depth look and talk to a former cia operative who has been talking to s.e.a.l.s and they are angry about this book. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online