i'm brooke baldwin. donald sterling speaks, controversy erupts. sterling's interview with anderson cooper was supposed to be his chance to mea culpa, make things right. yes, he apologized, but he couldn't resist taking new shots at magic johnson. he may have made his own troubles with the nba and court of public opinion even worse. he had a lot of issues with magic johnson. he criticized him that first got him in trouble in the first place. during his sit-down, during this exclusive interview with anderson, sterling opened up a new line of bitter criticism. take a listen. >> big magic johnson. what has he done? >> he's a business person. >> he's got aids. did he do any business? did he help anybody in south l.a.? >> just because he has hiv doesn't -- >> what kind of guy goes to every city and has sex with every girl and catch hiv? is that someone we want to respect? and tell our kids about? i think he should be ashamed of himself. >> that was just the beginning. sterling also questions whether magic john

i'm brooke baldwin. you know, one of donald sterling's big battles may actually have nothing to do with basketball or the nba, or even his racial views. espn is reporting the 80-year-old clippers owner is battling prostate cancer. cnn has not been able to independently confirm that report. the new york post first reported it. sterling is banned from seeing his team gear up for the crucial playoff game 7 tomorrow, if the clippers lose game 7, eliminated from the playoffs. sterling might exact legal revenge on the nba. after racist comments recorded by his mistress surfaced. and sterling has a long history of filing lawsuits. let's focus on his legal options to make a possible end run around a forced clippers sale. joining me to discuss is sunny hostin, former federal prosecutor, and also joining us, michael mccann, writer for "sports illustrated." welcome to both of you. and michael, reading your piece here, i want to begin with you. because you say this will be an epic fight. the battle between sterling

i'm brooke baldwin. get you back to the "cnn newsroom" with randi kaye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you are in the "cnn newsroom." i'm randi kaye in for don lemon. we're watching breaking news right now on cnn international. president obama phoned the parents of captured united states soldier andtomy them their son is free and coming home. sergeant bowe bergdahl was the only u.s. servicemember still held captive from the conflicts in iran and after gap stan. except for the occasional proof of life or picture as they call it, bergdahl was out of sight and in the taliban hands for nearly five years. we're told he's safe now after long

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. check the brooke blog for any interviews. go to cnn.com/brooke. we'll see them here tomorrow. in the meantime, let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> so who do you think is having a worse month? donald sterling or general motors? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the money lead. gm's second round of recall on top of a $35 million fine all in the span of a week. how much does all of this make you want to buy a gm car? the politics lead. the battle for control of congress may be in november but the battle for control of the gop is today. key primary elections in six states will set the stage for the midterms, many of them pitting the tea party against the republican establishment. which side will walk away the victor? >>> and the world lead. did the cia have a hand i

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. got a computer? pay attention. we have to begin today with this international crackdown on this massive separation of privacy involving half a million computers worldwide. so these victims were allegedly terrorized without ever leaving their homes. the fbi says more than 90 people have been arrested. see all these count please? all the green? 19 countries for allegedly using a program called black shades which apparently can turn your web cam into a spy cam and it gets worse from there. cnn obtained this exclusive look of the fbi's cyber command room as the takedown of those offenders happened. >> reporter: once installed on a victim's computer, the black shade's route allowed computers to secretly gain access to everything on a victim's computer, including private photographs and documents and even passwords to online accounts. it could even record every key stroke entered on a victim's keyboard to speedily steal credit card and other sensitive information. >> th

♪ >> welcome back, i'm brooke baldwin.in the making but it took mere minutes for elliot roger to take the lives of six innocent young people. ten crime scenes in 12 locations across california, just blocks from uc santa barbara's campus. the first victims, three young men in elliot rodgers own apartment and then he shot three women outside of a sorority house. two were killed, another seriously injured. and then the last victim, christopher martinez, a young man shot and killed while getting a sandwich at a local deli. all were students at ucsb. ken, we have to talk about this interview you did with one of the victim's fathers. when i first saw it, i stopped in my tracks. it gave me chills. you can't help but be infuriated for this father. this father wants that reaction. he knows this now because he has seen it so many times, the news tyking. public attention. it is going to be a very limited period of time that anyone is going to care about him. when you count the number of mass shootings he says that is a very large clu

newsroom with brooke baldwin newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> shall 45 minutes from now, president barack obama is expected to lay out his vision for u.s. military forces in afghanistan. and we will be hearing a number that a lot of people have actually been waiting to hear. the number is 9,800. that is the number of troops who stay in afghanistan, by the end of the year, which means more than 22,000 americans will be coming home. under the president's plan, just two years later, by the next presidential election, the only american soldiers in afghanistan could be a pretty modest force protecting the embassy and capital of kabul. jim acosta joins me now. jim, we've heard a lot of numbers, in the recent two years. when i hear 9,800, that is new. >> reporter: that is absolutely new, brooke. when you consider that the president is going to be at west point tomorrow talking about his foreign policy for the next two and a half years of his administration, he was at west point a few years ago, laying out the surge in afghanistan, taking the force

"newsroom" with brooke baldwin "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> don't go far. we have breaking news of cnn. after two weeks of deciding whether to boycott this new committee to investigate the house committee on benghazi, the attack that killed four americans, we now know that democrats are announcing they will participate. so you see the live pictures. any minute now we will see house democratic leader nancy pelosi step behind that podium and reveal specifically which democratic lawmakers she will be appointing to this house select committee on benghazi. let's have a huge discussion on this, the ramifications, politically, et cetera, with wolf blitzer and mime willis congressional reporter for "the hill." mike, let me begin with you. do we know specifically what led to this decision on behalf of leader pelosi to say, yes, we will participate. >> it had been a tough question for the democrats. in the end i think very simply they decided to have a seat at the table of this investigation than be on the sidelines. it has divided

newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> thank you. great to be with you. she has been found alive. here is what we know. she has told investigators that her mother's live in boyfriend kidnapped her, forced her into marriage starting at the age of 15. she is now 25 years of age and the only reason we are hearing her story, sharing her story with you today is that she finally escaped. orange county authorities arrested and charged this man for these alleged acts. website photos of the victim paint this portrait of a happy couple. but the woman told police he drugged her, brain washed her and held her against her will. investigators say they even had a child together. garcia was finally arrested at this apartment right here after the victim managed to find a family member on face book and get help. a decade long nightmare. live with us there in california. what with us it? what finally gave this young woman the courage to say enough is enough? >> she told police that she went on facebook and finally decided to contact her sister and that was what gave her the

newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> thank you so much. we begin with this. >> the 80-year-old billionaire said he was wrong to say what he did. he implies that he has been taken advantage of, complicating matters here, you have shelly who says she is going to file for divorce. so let me play this for you. this is donald sterling's first chance of must see tv tonight. the full interview. here is just a piece. >> i'm not a racist. i made a terrible mistake. and i'm here with you today i'm here i have heard so many innocent people and i have hurt myself. i spoke to a girl that i was fond of. when i listened to that tape, i don't know how i could say words like that and i'm so sorry. i'm so apologetic. >> what are you sorry about? >> i'm sory that so many people are hurt. it's a terrible nightmare. my players, they didn't need this. they didn't need this cloudover their head. they're good people. and i love them. i respect them and i would always be there for them. i'm not a racist and i have never been a racist. >> i really didn't pay attent

i'm brooke baldwin. he calleded the proceedings sham. here, sterling said the racist rant that was made, he says, in private between two quarreling lovers and they do not constitute a violation of the nba rules. is he right? >> so let's talk about donald sterling. i'm sure you have read through this thing. you have his wife, shelly saying reportedly looking at people to buy the team. what's the strategy here? >> it would be interesting to know whether or not this is what they call concerted action. whether they are working together on this hedging their bets. shelly working with the league and donald kind of preserving that ability to obstruct, maybe slow down. maybe she is able to keep some type of interest down the road. she is acting independently. this is as many pages worth of whatever it is. of basically filler and here's why. if this were the civil court or criminal court you would have all of these arguments about what is admissible evidence or due process. he has very limited ability to argue that because he entered into a deal

newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> and here we go. good afternoon. and in jusst a matter of really minutes, a fight turned into an all out war and it did not take long. small patches of flames erupted into these towering infernos. people are using the phrase fire-nado. this is all across san diego county. we are talking about more than 15 square miles. one of the blow outs ignited from a fire there in san marcos, 3,000 plus acres burned. this fire incredibly active, only 10% contained. >> there it is right there. there it is right there. >> holy [ bleep ]. holy [ bleep ]. oh my god. those houses are [ bleep ]. >> oh my god. dude. >> it is jaw dropping to look at these images here coming in from san marcos, california. people describing the scene like a series of bombs going off. burnt orange flames searing through the core of a number of homes. at least one person has now died. the cause here of these fires still under investigation. but you see this young man? 19 years of age? he is one of two teenagers arrested in connection with two new brush fire

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin.begin with this heartbreaking wait op what could become the deadliest mining accident in all of turkey's history. >> that woman is crying is this, enough for the life of me, let this mine take my life, too. enough is enough. she is part of this mob

hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with this heartbreaking wait op what could become the deadliest mining accident in all of turkey's history. >> that woman is crying is this, enough for the life of me, let this mine take my life, too. enough is enough. she is part of this mob of mourners and desperate loved ones gather there at this coal mine in turkey, about a seven hour drive southwest -- northwest of istanbul. the death toll at this hour, 245. 129 miners may still be alive and all eyes are on what rescuers bring up over ground. there have been moments of jubilation as well. [ applause ] at least 88 miners have made it out. some walking out of this mine on their own. it's really a miracle. a transformer blew and ig nighted a fire tuesday that has been slowing down the rescue today. let's take you to this mine site to cnn's ivan watson. there are more lifeless bodies being pulled out of this mine than survivorsment when is the last time there were cheers at that mine? >> reporter: you know, i have been here

"newsroom" with brooke baldwin "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. -- captions by vitacwww.vitac.com >>> don't go far. we have breaking news of cnn. after two weeks of deciding whether to boycott this new committee to investigate the house committee on benghazi, the attack that killed four americans, we now know that democrats are announcing they will participate. so you see the live pictures. any minute now we will see house democratic leader nancy pelosi step behind that podium and reveal specifically which democratic lawmakers s

hi, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin.egin in the town of minnesota, just about 80 minutes south of minneapolis. and people there today are in shock, in fear, but not in mourning after a tip led to a future school shooter being caught. that is what investigators say about 17-year-old john david ledeux

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. got a computer? pay attention.ith this international crackdown on this massive separation of privacy involving half a million computers worldwide. so these victims were allegedly terrorized without ever leaving their homes. the fbi says more than 90 people have been arrested. see all these count please? all the green? 19 countries for allegedly using a program called black shades which apparently can turn your web cam into a spy cam and it gets worse from there. cnn obtained this exclusive look

i'm brooke baldwin. let's begin with news just in at cnn.he explosive allegations being leveled against the nfl by some of its former players? well-known names. you know about the concussion claims. we have covered that here on cnn extensively. but a new lawsuit alleges that nfl teams and their doctors knowingly gave players an array of prescription drugs, and painkillers, for years and years without any regard for the long-term damage. the question, who is making these claims? here's the answer.

newsroom with brooke baldwin newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com shall 45 minutes from now, president barack obama is expected to lay out his vision for u.s. military forces in afghanistan. and we will be hearing a number that a lot of people have actually been waiting to hear. the number is 9,800. that is the number of troops who stay in afghanistan, by the end of the year, which means more than 22,000 americans will be coming home. under the president's plan, just

newsroom with brooke baldwin newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.comto get to here on this tuesday. let's begin with three breaking stories. first one out of baltimore, where someone has crashed some kind of truck straight into this local tv station. evacuations are under way. live from washington. and athena, tell me what we know at this point? >> reporter: brooke, this is a bizarre story and scary story. at 11:45, folks from the station say a man tried to ram a large truck, it's been described by the station as a

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, sanjay will be here in just a couple of minutes. first, a major update on a story we've been following for you for years. tim josephs joined the army when he was just 18 years of age. fresh faced, idealistic and he says they made him into a human guinea pig. he says it made him sick, and ever since he's been running into a brick wall trying to get some kind of help. sanjay tells us how his whole story started. >> reporter: tim josephs was just 18 years old when he joined the u.s. army. it was the height of the vietnam war. >> most of my friends were drafted. and i felt a duty to serve. >> reporter: but shortly after enlisting, josephs was chosen to participate in a two-month program at edgewood arsenal military base. >> this is edgewood arsenal the army's chemical commodities center. >> reporter: this was the cold war and the united states wanted defenses against a possible soviet chemical attack. >> psychochemical attack may come in the form of an explosion. an invisible vapor. a cloud of smoke. we do not know -- >> reporter: the u

and make sure you stay right here because i'm brooke baldwin."the lead" starts right now. >>> all over capitol hill, republicans and democrats alike, asking the question, what does it take to get fired from the obama administration. i'm jake tapper. now even a number of democrats want v.a. secretary eric shinseki to fall through the ice. can the president afford to stick by him? >>> the world lead. the pings that raised expectations of finding flight 370, apparently they did not come from the black boxes at all. have all of these weeks spent searching been a total waste? and what now?

. >> i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being with us. a huge development. a bomb shell revelation from the malaysians. not only did it take 17 min mut to notice a plane was gone but no one bothered to launch an official rescue operation for another four hours. families are hearing a newer clearer version of the communication between the cockpit and control tower including these, the final words spoken by the two men piloting this plane. >> so most experts describe that as normal and routine but it's what happened after the plane vanished. that is definitely not normal and definitely not routine. joining me to discuss this more is riply. this report looks like a chain reaction of missteps, oversight and con vugs. what's been the response so far? >> you had these five pages here which lay out the facts of this case as they know them and make a safety recommendation. then you have these supplemental documents that describe what happened. when you heard the voice say good night malaysia flight 370. there was no indication that that plane's transponders and devi

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. as always, you can check the brooke blog for any interviews. go to cnn.com/brooke. we'll see them here tomorrow. in the meantime, let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> so who do you think is having a worse month? donald sterling or general motors? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the money lead. gm's second round of recall on top of a $35 million fine all in the span of a week. how much does all of this make you want to buy a gm car? the politics lead. the battle for control of congress may be in november but the battle for control of the gop is today. key primary elections in six states will set the stage for the midterms, many of them pitting the tea party against the republican establishment. which side will walk away the victor? >>> and the world lead. did the cia have a hand in the frightening outbreak of pole low in pakistan this year? before you dismiss that as conspiracy talk, remember, the agency used a evacuation ploy. now trying to get

and make sure you stay right here because i'm brooke baldwin. jake tapper, "the lead" starts right now. >>> all over capitol hill, republicans and democrats alike, asking the question, what does it take to get fired from the obama administration. i'm jake tapper. now even a number of democrats want v.a. secretary eric shinseki to fall through the ice. can the president afford to stick by him? >>> the world lead. the pings that raised expectations of finding flight 370, apparently they did not come from the black boxes at all. have all of these weeks spent searching been a total waste? and what now? a dead end? >>> and in national news, measles was thought to have beener r been eradicated. welcome to "the lead." we begin with the national lead. it wasn't surprising coming from republicans but now a growing number of democrats are joining the call for eric shinseki to step down. at least 19 house democrats and eight senate democrats so far want shinseki to walk the plank because of claims of excessive delays and cover-ups for the delays. it's one

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> just like your compute, made in china. people accused of hacking into companies to steal secrets. what did they get? >>> the national lead. it's a fake. that truthers plan to hand out. kbt these people give it a rest for one day out of respect to the families? >>> and the money lead. the giant cranky lizard may have his name on the posters. but the u.s. military gets a whole lot of screen tim in "godzilla." how cozy is hollywood with the military? >>> good afternoon. welcome to "the lead." we'll start with the world lead. china has long been suspected of hacking targets here in the u.s. the american government has never held anyone accountable for it until today. the justice department calling this 21st century burglary. economic espionage charges against a shadowy unit of businesses. u.s. steel, westinghouse, alcoa, some of the biggest companies in the u.s. in announcing the charge, the attorney general seemed to be pointing the finger at t

"newsroom wi "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> we begin with veteran affairs and somewe have today. he now according to the white house may be on thin ice. now you have this growing list of senate democrats already having him in hot water.

newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> thank you. great to be with you.d alive. here is what we know. she has told investigators that her mother's live in boyfriend kidnapped her, forced her into marriage starting at the age of 15. she is now 25 years of age and the only reason we are hearing her story, sharing her story with you today is that she finally escaped. orange county authorities arrested and charged this man for these alleged acts. website photos of t

i'm brooke baldwin. have a wonderful weekend. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> president obama today vowing to come down harder on russia if moscow does not quit meddling in ukraine. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. as pro russia protesters shoot helicopters out of the sky, germany's chancellor angela merkel talks about squeezing more sanctions on russia. >> jeb, if you need some advice, give me a call. >> increasingly it seems that republican donors may be inclined to and the pop culture lead, do you think this gives you a respectability that you didn't have before? >> absolutely not. >> joel mchale has something to make fun of, us, the host of "the soup" and the star of "the community" drops by "the lead" ahead of the white house correspondents' dinner. good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with the world lead. death in ukraine. 31 people died at a trade union building while the cause is not perfectly clear, odessa is currently being torn apart by rioting and clashes between ukrai

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for watching. we'll see you back here at the same time tomorrow. in the meantime, let's go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> almost all american troops out of afghanistan by 2016. will the afghans be ready? i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead. a major announcement by the commander in chief. the next to zero option, combat operations will finish in afghanistan by the end of this year. they will soon head for the exits as well. critics ask, what happen if al qaeda comes back? the national lead. what caused the man that killed six people in santa barbara to suddenly snap? well, actually, it doesn't seem as though it was sudden at all. we're learning his chilling plans were years in the making. >>> and the pop culture lead. all you have to do is look at one of his fund-raiser lists to see how many fans president obama has in show business but have some of his controversial policies finally turned hollywood against him? good afternoon. i'm jake tapper. it's

newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> thank you so much.n with this. >> the 80-year-old billionaire said he was wrong to say what he did. he implies that he has been taken advantage of, complicating matters

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you. >>> is this the beginning of a global pandemic. jake tapper. this is the lead. 17 countries, make that 18 countries now, all with confirmed cases of middle east respiratory syndrome, including the u.s. everything you need to know about the deadly spreading virus that has no vaccine. >>> the politics lead. >> first they said she faked her concussion. now they say she's auditions for a part on "the walking dead." >> bill clinton defending his wife from insinuations, false one, about her health. the couple returning to washington with dreams of reigning over it again. not if our guest rick santorum has anything to say about it. >>> for 46 years, the hunt for the zodiac killer continued. now one man says he found the killer in his own family tree. we'll ask 1 of 2 people to survive the zodiac, does he buy it? >>> you're looking at live pictures from outside the san diego area. more than 11,000 people have been evacuated so far because of these fires. 350 firefighters out in force. according to authorities, 1500 acres have been scorched outside the

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for joining me. we'll see you back here for our friday. to washington, we go. "the lead" can jake tapper starts right now. >>> as of now, zero containment. a wildfire spreading incredibly fast through arizona i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead". >> the national lead. thousands ready to evacuate with flames creeping towards their doorsteps. a wildfire in arizona, big and only getting bigger. burning more than seven square miles in a single day. >>> the politics lead. how can anyone miss you if it you never went away. hillary clinton looking more inevitable for the 2016 presidential race. a progressive may take her on. >>> in the money lead, the biggest art heist in history. the general public hasn't seen any of these 13 works of heart since they were stolen a quarter of a century ago. apparently someone has. and quite recently. >>> good afternoon. i'm jake tapper. in our national lead, you know what they say about arizona, it's a dry heat but it's way too dry right now. dangerous drought conditions leaving the area between sedona and flagst

. >> i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being with us. a huge development. a bomb shell revelation from the malaysians. not only did it take 17 min mut to notice a plane was gone but no one bothered to launch an official rescue operation for another four hours. families are hearing a newer clearer version of the communication between the

. >> i'm in for brooke baldwin. he did it for sex? new graphic and revealing audio recordings reportedly of donald sterling of why he made racist comments. the 80-year-old allegedly admitting that he wanted to sleep with his gal pal v stiviano. cnn believes the man's voice is sterlings but we have been unable to confirm that the voice is his and we do not know who the other person is that he ends up revealing much, much more to. perhaps too much including his jealousy of magic johnson? we have the entire recording. >> i'm talking to a girl. i'm trying to have sex with her. i'm trying to play with her. you know, if you want to have sex with a girl and you're talking to her privately and you don't think anybody is there, you may say anything in the world. then if the girl tapes it and releases it, my god, it's awful. who thinks anybody is going to tape something. what the hell? i'm talking to a girl. the girl is black. i like her. i'm jealous that she's with other black girls. i want her. what the hell can i in private tell her? i don't

i'm brooke baldwin. now time to get you back to the "cnn newsroom" with randi kaye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> you are in the "cnn newsroom." i'm randi kaye in for don lemon. we're watching breaking news right now on cnn international. president obama phoned the parents of captured united states soldier andtomy them their son is free and coming home. sergeant bowe bergdahl was the only u.s. servicemember still held captive from the conflicts in iran and after gap stan. except for the occasional proof of life or picture as they call it, bergdahl was out of sight and in the taliban hands for nearly five years. we're told he's safe now after long negotiations and pretty tricky military statistics. barbara starr is with us along with erin mcpike and correspondent nic robertson. barbara, we'll start with you first. who went in and got him? >> well, randi, what we're learning over the last several days, all of the pieces were put into place, and it was early this morning, u.s. time, when special

newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> hi, everyone. thank you so much for joining me.hat cnn first broke and moments ago, more disturbing details about the way service men and women are being treated right here on u.s. soil. bullying, sexual harassment and veterans not receiving the care they deserve. if you didn't think the numbers were high then, we have bigger numbers for you now. fl are several

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with us on this memorial day. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> with so many red flags, how was it that nobody was able to stop the santa barbara killer? i'm jake tapper. this is the "the lead." >> he looked directly at me, he talked to me and then shot at me multiple times. >> the national lead. rampage. the killer making no secret his pathetic motive was some sort of sexual frustration. but in this case, certain warning flags were caught and the bloodshed happened anyway. >>> also in national news -- >> it makes me sick to my stomach. >> veterans dying in this country while waiting for medical help. defense secretary chuck hagel discussed it in our exclusive s sit-down. >>> in the world lead, pope francis defying expectations yet again on a trip to the holy land. can he succeed where so many others have failed in brokering peace in the middle east? good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with the national lead today in santa barbara, california, six people killed i

. >> i'm in for brooke baldwin. he did it for sex?ng audio recordings reportedly of donald sterling of why he made racist comments. the 80-year-old allegedly admitting that he wanted to sleep with his gal pal v stiviano. cnn believes the man's voice is sterlings but we have been unable to confirm that the voice is his and we do not know who the other person is that he ends up

that is it for me, i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starting now. >>> and to bring back girls in nigeria, the military to take part. >>> and in nigeria, the same terrorists who kidnapped 276 school girls, now dozens of u.s. troops are actively engaging in the frantic hunt. >>> the national league, the president vowing accountability at some point, with the deadly wait times at the v.a. hospitals. was he forceful enough about this national disgrace? >> and the recalls, more in just three weeks, some so many in such a short time span? good afternoon, everybody, i'm jake tapper, we have breaking news right now, cnn learn that had about 80 troops are deployed to the african country of chad to help find the nigerian school girls who were kidnapped by the radical islamist terrorist group, boko haram. president obama said these troops will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance surveillance around nigeria and the surrounding area. the force will remain in chad until the force resolvi

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> and now this warning from the government, i'm jake tapper and this is "the lead." the national lead, it kills 30% of the people infected and now it is here on u.s. soil with two confirmed cases. fresh fears today that middle east respiratory syndrome or mers is spreading. >>> karl rove is the boogie man under the bed catching a lot of heat for something he may or may not have said about hillary clinton's president. she wants to be president, will she have to withstand more attacks like this? >>> and the buried lead. as first lady, she wrote about fears of marrying a skirt chaser. i'm not talking about hillary clinton. i'm talking about jackie kennedy, putting into the words the private thoughts she never shared with the public. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. this is the national lead. fever, cough, sore throat. by then it could be too late. it's called middle east respiratory syndrome, or m ecer for short. both were plac

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for tuning in. and now we go to washington. "the lead" with jake tapper starts now. >>> from the frying panhandle into the fire. crews are racing to stop the flames in texas. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." all of this destruction in just 24 hours. how much more damage will be done before this wildfire is contained? >>> the world lead. supposedly a glimpse of some of those kidnapped girls in nigeria. terrorist captors showing the videos with a heavy price, will the nigerian goemp government submit. >>> that's not the way i talk. >> donald sterling sits down exclusively with cnn's anderson cooper. he asks to be forgiven for racist comments he made on tape but he's also claiming that he was set up. good afternoon, everyone. we begin with the national lead. a city in texas is your honor ittiit sitting city 2 miles has been destroyed 100 homes in the area and forced people to drop everything and flee. run for their lives. strong winds have spread the flames with incredible speed. all of this destruction in the span of just abo

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> veterans were denied health care so long, they died. should the v.a. secretary keep his job? the white house chief of staff is here. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >> no one should be treated this way in a country as great as ours. >> practices of intimidation and coverups has to change. >> the national lead. a national disgrace. the v.a. secretary getting an earful from both sides over absurd and deadly wait times first reported by cnn. does the white house trust shinseki to make it right? do you? >>> also, they are not just fires. they are potential crime scenes. there is suspicion that the fires burns around san diego are no accident. >>> and yet, also, another confirmed deadly virus. can officials contain it before it becomes a pandemic. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. at this hour we're keeping a very close eye on the massive fires burning in the san diego area. tens of thousands of area cit

let's turn it over to brooke baldwin. brooke? >> i what a day. let's begin. embattled as a soldier. eric shinseke proved he was a -- it was announced that shinseke is stepping down. this comes after weeks of revelati revelations. hundreds of veterans simply. >> with considerable regret, i accept it. >> he was coming in today. what made the difference he will be a distraction from the task at hand, which is to make sure that what's broken gets fixed. his fellow veterans getting services that we need. i want to reiterate i don't mean that he has been an outstanding soldier and an accomplished man, he's a good person. >> the president took that podium a couple of minutes before shinseke was at a podium himself. he did get emotional after announcing a string of reforms. eliminating patient wait times is is a measure of bonuses loved ones who i have been honored to serve. i can't explain the lack of integrity among some of the leaders of our health care facilities. this is something i rarely encounter during 38 years in uniform. >> joining me now, the man who broke this story a retired v

newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> thank you so much.th all of you on this memorial day. >> this honors the american war dead. as we look at the skies, here we

newsroom with brook baldwin starts right now. >> and here we go. good afternoon. of really minutes, a fight turned into an all out war and it did not take long. small patches of flames erupted into these towering infernos. people are using the phrase fire-nado. this is all across san diego county. we are talking about more than 15 square miles. one of the blow outs ignited from air

i'm brooke baldwin.. >>> veterans were denied health care so long, they died. should the v.a. secretary keep his job? the white house chief of staff is here. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." >> no one should be treated this way in a country as great as ours. >> practices of intimidation and coverups has to change. >> the national lead. a national disgrace. the v.a. secretary getting an earful from both sides over absurd and deadly wait times first reported by cnn. does the white house trust shinseki to make it

i'm brooke baldwin in for sanjay gupta. ahead of us, kidding ourselves.uch a bad idea after awe. but first the rapidly spreading heroin epidemic. the biggest police force, new york city, just this week said all officers would start to carry this drug and this medication can actually reverse a heroin overdose with virtually no side effects. first let's take a quick look at how powerful this medicine can be. here is dr. gupta. >> what you're watching is shocking. a wrn

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin, sanjay will be here in just a couple of minutes.r you for years. tim josephs joined the army when he was just 18 years of age. fresh faced, idealistic and he says they made him into a human guinea pig. he says it made him sick, and ever since he's been running into a brick wall trying to get some kind of help. sanjay tells us how his whole story started. >> reporter: tim josephs was just 18 years old when he joined the u.s. army. it was the height of the vietnam war. >> most of my friends were drafted. and i felt a duty to serve. >> reporter: but shortly after enlisting, josephs was chosen to participate in a two-month