of course this isn't the first time that paula deen has had to defend her actions. >> deen is no stranger to public criticism. in 2012 the chef known for using generous amounts of butter in her recipes announce she had been diagnosed with type ii diabetes. >> now, now, i know that looks disgusting. but don't worry, it's not butter, that's just paula deen's urine which-- which, which to be fair, at this point is about 85% butter. boom! (cheers and applause) i guess what i'm saying is i'm not surprised she was diagnosed with diabetes. i'm surprised they didn't rename diabetes the paula deen syndrome. >> macaroni and cheese, i will wrap it if bacon and we're going to deep-fry it.t. >> yummy fried cheese steak. i will finish making love to my tater. >> in england we call that banging your mash. that does actually stand to reason every item that comes out of her kitchen is completely [bleep]. now this is such a rich comedic buff aye. i think i might-- buffet, i think i might be full of paula deen jokes, let me just settle my stomach a little bit there. that helpsment i don't know if i can even

so you change it from paula deen empire to the deen family empire.sons be the face of some of the endorsements, be the face of the tv show, and try and keep as much as you can. you have to stop the bleeding. you have to stop the attrition, don. >> okay. alexis, you know, we've been talking a lot about race here but this story goes on even beyond race. this is only really the tip of the iceberg when it comes to this particular story. >> you're exactly right. what the woman who is suing paula is alleging is that she was also forced to watch, well, not watch but the men were playing pornography during working hours. she would see that. and she was sexually harassed. so three terrible things. there is a lot more to come from this. this is not just going to go away because paula apologized for using the "n" word 20 years ago. she has to face all of the details of this particular lawsuit and it is an ugly one. >> okay. tim, you always come, whenever you come on you blow up our twitter feed, my twitter feed, cnn's twitter feed. there are people saying this

she is paula deen's former publicist. you just joined us in the last few moments so we appreciate your time. what is your reaction to this news? this is very, very big news. >> well, i just got out of meetings myself and i just learned of it a few minutes ago. and naturally i'm just incredibly saddened by all this. i mean, it's -- i've had the pleasure of working with paula and her team of people for close to six years. i admired her incredibly because she's a self-made woman. this is not someone who, you know, inherited her success. she started late in life, which i found incredibly attractive. and, you know, she just -- she works hard. i mean, she works hard. and it's sad. >> nancy, let me ask you this because i suppose this is an appropriate question to ask, did you ever hear paula deen use that language around you? >> no. there's one thing i learned in working, i think there is a cultural difference. that's one education that i've had. >> what do you mean by that? >> well, i think the way people speak and i never hear

more companies cutting ties with paula deen. she's reaching out to reverend jessie jackson and tells us about advice he's giving deen. >>> a second straight day of cross examination for trayvon martin's friend who was on the phone with him when the confrontation unfolded. rachel jeantel probably made an impression on you and some think maybe the wrong impression on jurors. the big developments from martin salve individual. >> reporter: wound two of the clash in the courtroom between the star witness and veteran defense attorney. it started out nice enough, rachel jeantel seemed to have adopted a more respectful tone. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: but it wasn't long before her yes, sirs seemed to take on a sharper edge. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: defense attorney don west was out to discredit her testimony that george zimmerman was the aggressor and pointed to numerous changes in her story in pref juvious accou including a letter to trayvon's mom describing what she heard and left out the derogatory language. >> you specifically chose

smithfield foods is terminating their relationship with paula deen. it's important that our values and that of our spokespeople are aligned. marshall cohen estimates paula deen's empire is worth $6.5 million annually for combined retail and contract revenues. forbes puts her net worth at $17 million. that's before the latest controversy started boiling. for nightly business report, i'm courtney reagan. >>> and finally, we want to hear from you, tell us which small and mid cap stocks would you like our market monitor guests to talk about this friday. just go to our website. >>> and that's nightly business report for tonight. thanks so much for watching. >>> and i'm tyler mathisen, thanks for me as well. have a great evening, everybody. we'll see you back here on tuesday. >>> welcome to "newsline." it's tuesday, june 25th. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. the man who exposed government surveillance programs is at the center of diplomatic discussions. the state representatives are trying to get their hands on edward snowden.

. >>> and paula deen, head of a multimillion dollar culinary empire. what happens to the product that bears her name now that sponsors have fired her for racially insensitive remarks? all that and more tonight for monday june 24th. >>> good evening, everyone. it was a nasty day in the stock market as investors wind down this final week of the second quarter. stocks dropped to a two-month low today, it could have been a lot worse. the dow was in the red all session long, swinging from an early decline of 248 points to just 25 points lower before settling somewhere in the middle. at the close, the blue chip average was nearly 140 points lower, the nasdaq down 36, the s&p 500 off by 19 points. the reason for the selloff, worries about china's credit problem. something that could shock its economy. and lingering worries here over the federal reserves looming plans to trim back on stimulus in the u.s. economy. the market turmoil today also sent the yield on the benchmark ten-year treasury bond to 2.65%, up a full percentage point in a few weeks before movin

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putting aside paula deen.nest i don't really care what paula deen thinks about matters of race. what i do care about is folks are defending what she says and believes based on her age and she's southern. here's the problem with that. my mother is two weeks older to the day than paula deen and she raised me to know not only are those kind of words unacceptable but in fact the history of the anti-bellum south is not something to glorify, not something to nwax nosz stall gi about, something to be horrified by by. >> there are apologists but others saying they're not buying the excuses. >> what about other sponsors? is she standing to lose their backing? >> i just got off the phone for vice president of corporation qvc, a popular home shopping network. take a listen to what they had to say. >> we share the concerns that are being raised about the unfortunately paula deen situation. qvc does not tolerate dis kr discriminatory behavior. we're aware there's ongoing litigation that's examining the situation. we're wat

this is the allegation against deen.at i would really like is a bunch of "n" words to wear long sleeve white shirts, black bow ties. that would be a true southern wedding, wouldn't it? paula deen denies she referred to little "n" words, but she said she wanted older, black men in white jackets with a bow tie, and her words were, as they were before the civil war. in the deposition, the person says that would have been slaves. so this is the result of people calling this a slave-style wedding. how does she explain that? >> you can't explain that, but she has to try. >> how do you try? >> well, because her dna is largely built around southern culture. >> two tv shows, 14 cookbooks, several restaurants, product endorsements, $17 million is what "forbes" estimates she was worth in 2012. she's got a lot to protect. >> she has a lot to protect. african-american consumers are a big part of that audience. for her, i think, we need to hear from her. certainly every infraction chips away theat the paula deen brand. in order for hi

deen answered yes. in what context? well, it was probably when a black man burst into the bank and put a gun to my head. well, then, when did you use it? probably telling my husband. that's just not a word we use as time has gone on. things have changed since the 60s in the south. >> she was representing everything we do. so, for her to do that and make money off of what she does, it's like a slap in the face. that's why people are taking it hard, because a lot of people look up to paula deen. >> half a stick of butter. >> deen pushed her high calorie dishes for three years after learning she was diabetic. >> you think these mishaps are starting to chip away and now beginning to question everything that paula deen says. >> to offer an apology to those that i have hurt. >> deen released three videos, but never specific in them. that, made the apology hard to swallow. kit doe, kpix5. >> paula deen released the apology videos today after she backed out of a scheduled appearance on the today show to discuss the controversy.

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but deen supporters are rising to her defense. a facebook page created to support paula deen has more than 110,000 likes. >>> a big step in the george zimmerman case today that could change the course of this trial. the judge ruled testimony from two prosecution witnesses who analyzed screams on 911 calls cannot be used. those calls were from neighbors who heard a fight the night trayvon martin died. however, the judge noted that the audio can still be played during the trial. and witnesses familiar with the voices of zimmerman or martin can still be called to testify. >>> there it is. >> yeah, that wasn't a boat, okay? deadly floods are devouring homes here calgary, canada. nearly 10,000 people have been evacuated, some leaving in boats and canoes, gas and power have been cut off. heavy rains soaked calgary in nearby areas in brown floodwaters. there it is on your screen to see. imagine that. >>> authorities say two people were killed and a third person is missing. >>> there will be a dazzling spectacle in the sky tonight, well,

paula deen was an agoraphobic.get out of other apartment and now she's accomplished that. now she has to come out and accomplish something even bigger, which is to be genuine in marketing, transparency goes hand in hand with great brands but she's being very sincere. >> is this going to be enough? you know, the apology was lovely -- >> no, words are not enough. now paula deen has to take actions. she needs to dedicate or donate the millions of dollars of her next book to the naacp. she needs to become the deen of soulful cooking. she owes so much to african-american, native americans, people who were persecuted who boast some of the greatest cuisine in the world. so she should take on proteges. open a school. give back. she's also a diabetic. write a book on diabetes for children. there's so much she can do. >> chris, this is sort of the burning question a lot of people have. what about that second apology she came out with? does she look uncomfortable to you and how wise was it to sort of have the first one and th

deen denied the accusations.she thanked food network for 11 great years. >>> third story now. secretary of state john kerry is discussing the next move in syria. he's in doha for the friends of syria meeting. on the table is the possible expansion of aid to the syrian opposition. that could include military support. it's the first friends meetings since new revelations of possible chemical weaponed used by the syrian military. >>> the canadian province of article best that is braising for flooding. it forced 100,000 to evacuate and left at least two persons dead. many shelters in cal gore are filled with capacity. canada's prime minister toured the devastation by the afternoon. >>> aaron hernandez is only wait while police decide whether he'll be charged in a murder investigation. 27-year-old odin lloyd was found shot to death less than a mile from his home. a lawyer for the patriots star has confirmed that the home of hernandez was searched but has not said why the police spoke to him. >>> the investigation has

paula deen? we've learned today that her be hiding in hong kong. the complaint in the eastern district court of virginia charging him with the following, theft of government property, unauthorized communication of defense information and classified intelligence with an unautorooized person. two of those counts falling under the act, and now the process to bring him back from hong kong underway. >>> paula deen now and more breaking news. minutes ago she reacted to losing her food tv cooking show in a statement she says and i quote i would like to thank the food network for 11 great yeah -- years and i've been allowed to be in so much homes across the country and people sharing touching stories. she adds again, this would not be possible without the food network. food network will not renew paula deen's contact when it expires at the end of this month. this began building wednesday from a deposition she gave in a sexual and rational harassment lawsuit being brought by a former restaurant that she and her brother owned. in the transcript obtained by t

you were paula deen's publicist for six years. did you hear her use racial slurs? >> caller: i have not. i worked with paula for close to six years. we on the average traveled two weeks out of the month with her, big group of us. she's notorious for her group and i've stated at her home. she's stayed at my home. i've never heard her talk like that. >> in the deposition she does talk about using the "n" word perhaps in jokes in the workplace. did you hear her making jokes like that? >> caller: i've heard her tell jokes. no, paula would always make fun of me because she could call me politically correct nancy because i was always like -- which was funny. i was like the mommy in the group, and no one loved a good dirty joke better than paula, but, you know, i never heard her say anything that was horrible or, you know, she's just -- she has a great dirty sense of humor. she's notorious for that whenever she does her shows, sometimes i would joke with her and say no, you have to watch what you say with the jokes, but i never really heard anything that was all that offe

thak. >>> now to paula deen's fall from grace.new her contract after it was revealed she used racial slurs in the past. michelle franzen has more. >> good morning, lester. >> reporter: paula deen earned a reputation in the home by whipping up hearty recipes with a dash of charm. she has come under fire for her words, and now the self-described queen is facing a battle in the court of public opinion. paula deen known for her fat laden cooking served up a public apology after it was made known she used racial slurs. >> i want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that i've done. >> reporter: in the video edited by deen's team before it was posted on youtube, the food network star also made a plea. >> i beg for your forgiveness. >> reporter: a few hours later, a first video was replaced with a new unedited version. >> i am here to say i am so sorry. >> reporter: an attempt at damage control for answers she gave in a legal deposition. deen and her brother are being sued by a former employee who was white, for discrimination claims t

. >> paula deen's endorsement deal getting fried but not everybody is dropping her like a hot potato. her book sales are sizzling. could this help her rise again. "cashin' in" starts cooking right now. >> eric: hi, welcome to kark inin. wayne rogers, jonathan hoenig and juan williams. government confirming it's gearing up to use n.f.l. and other sports to promote healthcare. it's to get healthy young americans to sign up for coverage so it will offset the cost of sicker people. one problem, report may not be price may not be right. young people said i would rather pay the fine for not having healthcare than to support all these people who are sick and using healthcare. >> they are going to advertise. when a private company contingencies a service, that is called promotion. when a government does it to advertise a coercive law that violates right that is propaganda. obama's goal has been socialized medicine especially for young people that have to pull out all the stops. 1% of your income or these ads that appeal to authority. i don't like obamacare but lebron thinks it's cool, maybe i

paula deen, the celebrity chef, a fixture on the tv cooking circuit. but tonight she has lost her job at the food network after she admitted in a lawsuit that she had used racial slurs in the past. today she tried to limit the damage, but it was apparently too late. our report tonight from nbc's katy tur. >> today is all about spices. >> reporter: the self-proclaimed queen of southern cooking, paula deen is best known for her over-the-top concoctions. >> so delicious. >> reporter: but today the celebrity chef put away her recipes and went to work defending her reputation. more contrite than charming southern host. >> inappropriate, hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable. >> reporter: in a 45-second edited video posted on youtube, the food network star responded to fierce criticism after she admitted to using racial slurs in the past. >> i beg for your forgiveness. >> reporter: she was apologizing for comments she made in a legal deposition. deen and her brother are being sued for discrimination by a former employee who is white. they deny th

many will stop selling her goods, and even the diabetes drugmaker cut its ties with deen. and qvc says it is taking a pause. her comeback trail is getting harder by the minute. >> martha stewart went to prison for lying about a stock sale. >> i will be back. >> she is. her company did million in ref revenues. and post prison, michael vick became an ambassador towards animal cruelty. >> whether it's a dog or cat, a reptile, you know, if it's a horse. >> golfer tiger woods survived an infidelity scandal to obtain the number one's ranking, and a sportscaster came back from his career, but such comebacks are not guaranteed. cycling legend lance armstrong fell. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> it forced him to step down from the charity he founded, but did paula deen cross an unforgivable line because her comments were about race? greek snyder was fired by cbs in 1988 because of this. >> black is a better athlete to begin with, because he was bread to be that way. >> and mel gibson suffered since rants were caught on tape, a

well, now deen has lost another major indoersment, smithfield. now deen's sons, jamie and bobby are speaking exclusively with credit coumo to respond to the cries of racism and almost a public flogging of their mother. have a listen. >> one of the reasons this has become so difficult for your mom is these are her own words. this story about the wedding and how people should be dressed there, that it's slave reminiscent, these are her words. doesn't it make it more difficult to apologize and back away from? >> well, let me say this. these depositions were all given separately. mine was separate from my mother's and separate from my brother's. we were not sitting in on each other's depositions. i did not hear my mother give this deposition and i don't know exactly what she may have meant. >> these are her words and not for bobby and i, but i can tell you we do not have lies in us. the number one thing that we cannot stand is someone that is deceitful. that's why when people ask us the truth, we tell the truth. you know, regardless of the outcome. t

we focused on paula deen and whether she said the "n" word.me. >> she's entitled to defend herself. walmart dropped her as a corporate spokeswoman, a couple of other companies did and random house ending a five-book deal with paula deen so she's struggling to salvage what remains of her career. >> it was the worst mea culpa ever. ever, ever, ever. give her credit where credit is due. >> why? >> it was counterproductive. she didn't come across as in any way contrite or apologetic. i found the whole thing made her situation worse, not better. >> she portrayed herself as the victim of this whole situation. you know, i was prepared to be sympathetic to her before i relistened to the interview, because i think it's very important we not use the word "racist" easily. we don't use anti-semitism easily. it's a profoundly important idea that should be used very sparingly. but i was totally unconvinced by that interview. i was far less sympathetic after i listened to it than i was before. if you listen to it carefully, one of the things she kept saying

and she's paula deen? >> wait, no.ree to it. >> are you sure your name's not paulie d.? >> yeah, i'm quite positive. >> okay. this morning she apologized for using the n word, especially at disney world with edward snowden. so we're asking do you think her plan to tightrope across the grand canyon on a wallenda helps call attention to racism in america or does it supermoon? >> i think it calls attention to racism. if she used that word, that's absolutely incorrect. >> so it doesn't supermoon? >> i'm sorry? >> so it does not supermoon? >> no, it does not. >> what does that mean? >> supermoon means showing your rear end. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: i guess it kind of does mean that. you know, there are no dumb questions, only dumb people. tonight on the program amy schumer is with us. we have music from iron & wine. and we'll be right back with liev schreiber. so don't wander off. the first time i saw a sony 4k tv, it was like opening my eyes. it's four times the detail of hd. colors become richer. details become

the latest video from paula deen up on youtube. thank you, miss deen.oming up on the "the lead," russia's president claims he never stole a super bowl ring from patriots owner robert kraft, but instead of just giving it back, he's extending an olive branch at that appears to be dripping with sarcasm. and on the sports lead, a high file athlete in a murder investigation. how the murder investigation is starting to play out like o.j. 2.0. ing big to keep our country in the lead. ♪ load! we keep moving to deliver what you need. and that means growth, lots of cargo going all around the globe. cars and parts, fuel and steel, peas and rice, hey that's nice! ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ helping this big country move ahead as one ♪ ♪ norfolk southern how's that function? ♪ >>> welcome back to "the lead." get your things and go, that came at the urging of officials of calgary that is being swallowed by floodwaters. amazingly there have been no reports of deaths or injuries. the massive flooding is a result of heavy rain and rising rivers. >> now

to paula deen. i think the issue with paula deen provided an opportunity to address does that doesn't get discussed often and that's the use of the n word this this country and the fact there is a double standard for who uses it and how it is used. i would start by first of all acknowledging that a black person calling me the n word could never cut me as deeply as a white person who were to call me the n word, but the point of the column was to ask the question or raise the question why does anybody want to use it. >> which is a horrible word and no one should use it, but you acknowledge in the column that at one point in your life you used to use that word yourself, right? >> correct. growing up as a youth, i think we live in a culture where it has become acceptable to use it casually, almost as a term of affection in the black community, but i just feel like there is a word carries with it an inherent history that is derogatory towards our race, and in my own personal growth i came to understand i

another celebrity chef says deen just not happy with her, when the food network dropped deen, they replaced her shows with delaurentis. that's when delaurentis received backlash on twit and facebook. >>> dylan dreyer is here with the weather. hot, hot, hot. >> and more hot. it is brutally hot. for areas that are used to the heat but even there, officials are warning residents to stay indoors. take precautions for the heat. we do have a couple of showers in the northwest. although those should taper off as we go through the day. seattle seeing some of that rain. and we will see manufacture those showers in northwestern oregon, continue to lift off to the north and west. here is that excessive heat. we have heat warnings in effect across southern california into southern nevada and southwestern arizona. you can see record high temperatures or at least close to record high temps in las vegas. the all-time record high is 117 degrees. we are getting a little close for comfort that way. we are looking at death valley to hit 119 degrees. we are looking at 125, 125 degrees by the time we get to the

deen saga is not funny.e way, deen is set to appear on the "today" show tomorrow to stand up for herself. should be interesting. >>> still ahead in the newsroom, opening bell minutes away. we're heading live to the new york stock exchange where stocks, we hope, are set for a rebound. >>> opening bell just about to ring on wall street, if it hasn't already. investors are hoping for a rebound today after stocks finished in the red yesterday. there it rang. let's go back to cnn business anchor christine romans live in new york. nice to see the plus signs. >> we need a bounce, please, it's starting to get ugly. dow down 140 points yesterday, futures were up before the opening bell. volatility is the story. the dow has moved, carol, 100 points at least one way or another for 9 of the past 10 days. this whiplash, i know how you love it, it's probably going to continue. i want to talk about housing. if you're not in the stock market, maybe you have exposure to the housing market. carol, an amazing number on home pr

. >> should paula deen have been fired? >>> plus, on trial. >> all bets are off. >> the murder trial against george zimmerman starting right now. a case of racial profiling or self-defense? the tape could tell the real tale. >>> and lost cities found. two new discoveries from half a world away right here in our backyard. "newsroom" starts now. >>> good morning, thank you so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. we begin this morning with tales of espionage, intrigue and a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. at the center, edward snowden, america's most wanted fugitive. exposed a secret u.s. surveillance program and he's in the middle of a globetrotting search for asylum. here is the latest twist. it's not clear snowden has left moscow where he sought refuge for less than a day. from there he was expected to head south, flying through usair space en route to cuba and then hoping for asylum in ecuador. moments ago ecuador's foreign minister weighed in. allegations of u.s. surveillance are a human rights abuse against the

they all apologized for their remarks but will remorse save deen? she sifted on an ada televisi " television appearance. >> if there's any out there that has never said something they wished they could take back, if you're out there, please pick up that stone and throw it so hard at my head that it kills me. >> so is paula deen redeemable or has she uttered her last on camera ya'll. i want to start, deen's today show appearance didn't seem to help her. more companies dropped her after that appearance. we know she hired a crisis manager. if you were advising her, what would you tell her to do? >> i don't know her. it's important to any you not put her in a situation she is uncomfortable, boy, is she uncomfortable. >> you thought she dade? >> any time you make someone do something outside the box they're uncomfortable with, disaster. >> it's a lawsuit and blown up into a very very big public fight. if you were advising the companies dropping her or at least hitting the pause button, if you're advising the company boards, what do you tell them? >> you

i've d stakes along the . >>> have you sign paula deen's apology yet? well, here's the gist of it. >> i want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that i've done. i want to learn and grow from this inappropriate hurtful language is totally totally unacceptable. i've made plenty of mistakes along the way, but i beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners, i beg for your forgiveness. please forgive me for the mistakes that i've made. >> now, the mistakes that she's referring to teal with her admitted use of the "n" word years ago. apology or not, the food network fired her today, and kiet do got an earful about paula from one bay area chef. >> at southern flavor soul food in hayward, news of paula deen's apology left a bad after taste. >> it doesn't matter how many times she apologizes, yeah, we can forgive it, but we won't forget. that's what needs to be understood sdpr the food network star is facing a racial diskrimm fwhags and sexual harassment lawsuit. at a deposition last week the plaintiff 's lawyer asked her have you ever used the "n" wo

pitting deen against baldwin.ula deen reeling after losing nearly a dozen major endorsements and partnerships and counting after admitting the use of the "n" word in a recent deposition. the latest, random house canceling a five-book deal for de r deen as fans rally to make the first one a best seller before its release. >> this is so good. >> reporter: the former food network star apologized. as her million-dollar fortune continues the landslide, alec baldwin seems to be fine. >> even those who h hate me, the unwashed -- >> reporter: the star of "30 rock" fired off what is being called a homophobic slur on twitter. after a newspaper reporter accused his wife of tweeting during james gandolfini's funeral. among the tweets -- i'm going to find you you toxic little queen and i'm gonna expletive you up. baldwin later quit twitter and apologized in a letter to glaad. he said his tweets were not implying any issues of anyone's sexual orientation. but some vehemently disagree. anderson cooper tweeting, why does alec bal

new fallout for paula deen. after an emotional interview in her defense this morning. >>> as we said, new fallout in this ongoing saga involving paula deen. it all started when a former employee who is white sued her for discrimination. in a deposition, deen admitted to using a racial slur. that ignited a fire storm and after a no-show, she appeared. sat down with matt lauer on "today" trying to repair some of the damage. but tonight the pieces of her empire keep falling away. our report tonight from nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: almost a week after she called in sick for her "today" show appearance, it was a contrite paula deen that sat down with matt lauer this morning. >> there were hurtful lies said about me. >> reporter: in a teary 13-minute interview the self-proclaimed queen of southern cooking tried to whip up some damage control after admitting in a deposition last week she used a racial slur in the past. >> i'll ask you bluntly. are you a racist? >> no. no, i'm not. >> reporter: today there were some co

chef paula deen.ic libber random house said it will not publish the latest cookbook. >> that's surprising. this is the very same cookbook that shot to the top of amazon's best-seller list months before it was supposed to come out. alina cho has more with the long list ditching deen. >> reporter: qvc has announced paula deen will no longer be appearing on any shows. sears said friday it was phasing out all products tied to the brand. deen has hired a crisis management firm. >> i hope you forgive he. >> reporter: and her explanation on national television. >> are you a racist? >> no. >> no, i'm not. >> by birth,dy choice, by osmosis, you don't feel you have racial tendencies? >> no. >> reporter: after she admitted using the "n" word in a deposition filed by a former employee. >> she's making it worse every time she opens her mouth. >> reporter: home depot announced it had stopped selling her kitchen and cook ware line. and diabetes company novo nor disk suspended their relationship with deen. several ot

>> target says it will stop selling paula deen branded cookware.rivia for you, those paula deen pots and pans actually are manufactured by vallejo-based meyer corporation. most of the brands you see in the store or home are from meyer, rachel try kitchen aid, far ber wear to circumstance cue lon. i talked to mier on the phone a short time ago they say they are working on "a statement as to whether the company will continue to work with deen." do keep in mind a lot of this is under contract. targets not going to stop selling deen pans right away, they just won't order any more. meyer may have to manufacture a certain number of paula deen pans, whether they want to or not, though with fewer and fewer outlets selling them, this may turn out ton irrelevant. >>> other news, settee, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has announced a joint project with paypal took study how money should be exchanged in space. they call it galactic currency, we call it mostly a publicity stunt in that most people have already spent money in space, astronauts hav

there was a great piece in "time" he said paula deen is old and paula deen is sorry. was paula deen that is what i would say. i'm old and i'm sorry. >> she said she only used the n-word once during a robbery 30 years ago. but there was the incident in 2007bledly talking about wanting an all-black wait staff at her brother's wedding which doesn't seem to be addressed. >> the day i used that word it was a world ago. it was 30 years ago. i had had a gun put to my head because the man that had the gun to my head unbeknowing to me was my customer at the main office. >> do you buy it? >> let me say i believe anybody can be forgiven for anything. i believe in second chances. i have had second than people i went to law school with. i believe anybody can be forgiven for anything but to be forgiven for a mistake, you have to know you made one and the problem is when you put these interviews together, you know, she's all over the place. she's not gotten good counsel, obviously, but i think it's going to be very hard for people to believe anything that she has to say in terms of

. >>> and how much heat can paula deen stand? the food network already kicked her out of the kitchen and qvc is hinting it could be next. can her southern cooking empire survive? >>> and we begin here in sanford, florida. a huge day where helicopters have been buzzing over the crowds outside the courthouse while expletives have been flying around inside the courtroom. that's where george zimmerman has been watching as day one of his highly charged murder trial has been playing out. taking you inside now with live zimmerm zimmerman. you know he admits that he shot and killed trayvon martin last year. but his entire defense is it was self-defense. this morning right out of the gate the prosecution opened with a string of curse words they say were right out of zimmerman's own mouth just minutes before the shooting. and the defense believe it or not decided to lead its opening statements with a knock-knock joke. >> [ bleep ] punks. these [ bleep ] always get away. those were the words in that man's chest when he got out of his car, a

tweeting, i love and you support you, paula deen. she was a student of deen's. here's what's at the heart of this. for so very long, deen has been the ambassador for all things good and delicious about the south. but what's happened this week has reminded everyone what's not so good about the south's history. dan? >> burnt cornbread. steve osunsami, thank you. >>> overseas now, we're getting stunning new information about a harrowing scene that played out when nelson mandela was rushed to the hospital earlier this month. this morning the nobel peace prize winner is in serious but stable condition in a hospital in south africa. but wait until you hear what happened with the ambulance who took him here. brandi hitt who is outside of that hospital in pretoria. brandi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dan. this morning, we learned the military ambulance carrying nelson mandela to the hospital broke down along the way. and mandela had to wait for a second ambulance. the 94-year-old former president was rushed to the hospital exactly two weeks ago today, when

more companies cutting ties with paula deen.he's reaching out to reverend jesse jackson tonight and he joins us to tell us about the advice he's been giving paula deen. >>> a second straight day of cross-examination for trayvon martin's friend who was on the phone with him when the confrontation unfolded. rachel jeantel probably made an impression on you and some think maybe the wrong impression on jurors. today, there appeared to be changes. more on the attitude adjustment and all the other big developments tonight from martin savidge. >> reporter: round two of the clash in the courtroom between the star witness and veteran defense attorney. it started out nice enough, rachel jeantel seemed to have adopted a more respectful tone. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: but it wasn't long before her yes, sirs seemed to take on a sharper edge. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: defense attorney don west was out to discredit her testimony that george zimmerman was the aggressor and pointed to numerous changes in her story in previous accounts including

are we beginning see this with paula deen?panies are saying no thanks. >> she has the we support paula deen facebook page with thousands and thousands of followers. an iconic beloved figure, who has spent years building a career and following, they won't just jump ship because of this happening. and, you know, the fact that the statements were made, you know, at least in her deposition, she said they were made a few decades ago. as an african-american, an american woman, i don't like hearing her saying that she used the "n" word. the issue is what is in her heart. none of us know what is in paula deen's heart. it may not have been her intent to offend anybody. i have met her on an occasion, spent some time with her. she's from that era. you have to look defect aat the and take this opportunity to not look at herself as a victim in this, but to begin a discussion, a meaningful and constructive discussion that discusses how words have power, particularly something as racially divisive as the "n" word. as a parent, as a mother, a

paula deen has a lot of fans, but this is a big business too. >> there's two avenues. a corporate avenue. there she has problems. you see already the food network is pulling back. she's got sponsors. i think she'll have real problems there. the question is, can she get her fan base back? that's going to take some time. her apology at the beginning of the day was very weak. she had big problems with it. by the end of the day, came back with a much more vigorous apology. we'll have to see. >> all right, dan abrams, thank you. >>> we're going to turn now not -- to the other fast-moving story tonight, the wildfires in colorado. hard to believe, but they're dealing with yet another fire raging tonight. this time a popular american vacation town in its path. we showed you that image, a giant wall of smoke and fire moving in. what a sight. tonight it's not just the fires, it's the flooding. evacuations under way north of the border and neal karlinsky on all of it now, beginning with the new pictures from colorado this evening. >> reporter: tonight, the 400 people who live in

but deen's fans are continuing to stick by her.as two books on the best sellers list on amazon. paul >>> 5:26 is the time. sal is covering traffic in this looming bart strike is what we are talking about. >> yeah, it's on everyone's mind. what will happen on monday. of course we will have you covered. today the traffic is actually looking pretty good around the bay area. northbound 280 getting up to 880 and 17 northbound they look good coming down to the valley. also on the sunol grade the traffic looks good from pleasanton area to fremont and into san jose. so far today we've had a decent commute. >>> thank you, sal. expect for fog near the coast it's clear and it will be sunny to warm to hot. heat advisory for the weekend so again drink lots of water, stay out of the sun if you can. temperatures will be pretty toasty year. 80s around the bay. 90s and near 100s inland. >>> well you might want to enjoy the last few hours of cool weather we're having right now. plan ahead for how you will beat the heat. we will tell you about the me

some people just want to let paula deen make biscuits. >> paula deen will do her first interview tomorrown the "today" show. the last time she was supposed to go on, she cancelled the last minute and issued youtube videos, it was something of a train wreck. what do you think she should do tomorrow to turn the tide in all of this? being accused of being racist is one of the harshest things you can be accused of. >> she has to understand it's not going to turn around with one interview. what she hopes to achieve is to stop the bleeding. and by bleeding i mean her sponsors leaving her, her network leaving her. she has to start to define herself. she's been defined by her deposition, she's been defined by a lot of outsiders, she's been defined by the media. we haven't heard much from her defining her life, who she is, what her feelings are about, how this horrible deposition came to be and some of these words that really didn't belong in that kind of document. and with a lot of sincerity, a lot of compassion, a lot of contrition. >> now, i think what has been so damaging to her is not just th