i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. to take a look at the morning papers, especially where you are around the country. in new orleans the federal government along with the city has stepped in to really rewrite the rules for the entire police force. in a complete overhaul they have a new manual, new rules for interrogations, new rums for how often they fire their weapons. this is a long time coming. this police force has been plagued by scandal, especially since katrina but really goes back since almost the beginning of time. >> i was shocked to hear eric holder was involved here. >> they asked the federal government to step in and sort of help rewrite the rules for this entire police department. they really have. it's part of a four-year plan to get this thing right. the mayor asked for it and they got it. >> yeah. he's got to pay for it, too. >> $11 million in the first year. >>> this is so incredible. it looked too real. but it turns out that an abduction was a hoax. you've got to look very carefully here. it's really

. >> and i'm john berman. and the economy taking the back seat for a moment to foreign policy when it comes to the presidential campaign. >> we'll talk about mitt romney's trip overseas and president obama's brand-new ad. >>> plus we're getting an idea of what the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics will actually look like. >>> but first, exclusive new details about the apartment of james holmes, the suspected colorado shooter. a law enforcement official has described to cnn video taken from inside the apartment. he said it was set up like something from iraq or afghanistan. 30 improvised grenades rigged to a control box in the kitchen and gas containers filled with ten gallons of gas, allegedly for the purpose of adding more fuel to the fire in an explosion. cnn's jim spelman is in aurora, colorado, right outside the theater where the shooting happened. the description of the apartment is extraordinary and terrifying. what else do you know about it? >> reporter: just trying to picture 30 of the home-made gr

i'm zoraida sambolin along with john berman.>> we'll follow up on a story we talked about yesterday and this amazing photograph taken in washington, d.c., at the d.c. war memorial. >> so romantic. >> such a beautiful photograph. photographer and amateur angela gollick took this picture and posted it online. she thought what she saw was a wedding proposal. what she was doing was looking for this couple, their names, so she could get them their photos. it went viral. everyone talking about it. they're both in the air force, right? the air force puts out a statement yesterday saying, no. this was not, in fact, a wedding proposal. the wedding proposal happened weeks ago. this couple, who still wants to remain nameless, they want to remain nameless, they were looking for possible wedding sites, walking around washington. they just happened to be kissing. which when you think about it is just as romantic. >> all lit up. so fantastic. i hope they get copies of these pictures blown up. i like the first story better, actually. >> good lu

i'm john berman. >> happy monday indeed. i'm zoraida sambolin. >>> and president clinton taking on a special role at the democratic national convention. >>> and we'll talk about the quirky rule, the unfair rule that cost the americans their medal. this man caused one of our best olympians a shot at gold in london. >> we're going to chat a lot about that. see how you feel as well. >>> right now mitt romney is on a plane to poend la, the last stop on his international tour. romney left israel this morning, where he gave a tough talking speech on iran. >> we must not delude ourselves into thinking that containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from possessing nuclear weapons capability. we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the nuclear regime from its course. no option should be excluded. we recognize israel's right to defend itself, and it is right for america to stand with you. >> cnn's sarah is live in jerusalem. how is mitt romney's plan different from president obama's? >> first, he said

along with john berman. today. >> one of the things trending on the web, from title town to tiny town. we're talking about brett favre back on the field. >> perfect. perfect. >> that is coach brett favre to you. he's now an assistant coach at a high school near his home in hattiesburg, mississippi, he's we think is an unpaid offensive coordinator for this team. barking orders, calling plays and everyone paying close attention. is he taking snaps? the running back. i don't know what he was doing there, but looked sharp, very gray, i might say. the aging brett favre no doubt about to come out of retirement and play again in the nfl. >> can you imagine the people that will flock there to watch the team? this is incredible. of course they're going to listen. brett favre. this is so cool. we have another really cool story. a big kid at heart, ll cool jay stopping by an arcade. taking a turn at a cardboard whack a mole. at a summer camp. check out the guns there. we showed you caine's arcade. it's a touching video

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman.sacked by crippling penalties, a live report just minutes away. >>> the housing market may have finally hit rock bottom, what that might mean for the value of your home coming up. >>> brand-new exclusive details about the explosive rigged apartment of james holmes, the suspected colorado shooter. a law enforcement official described to cnn video taken from inside that apartment. he says it was set up like something out of iraq or afghanistan. living room scattered with 30 i am pro mized grenades and glass containers filled with ten gallons of gas for the purpose of adding more fuel to the fire in an explosion. jim spellman is in aurora. this exclusive video, the details of it exclusive to cnn. what else can you tell us about it? >> reporter: that's right, the police tell us this apartment was designed to kill with a trip wire right at the front door, designed to set off the explosives to when the door was open. now, it took two days for police here to be able to figure out an approach

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. it is 6:00 a.m.p, former president ] is going to take a big role right in primetime during the democratic convention. >> makes sense. he's a popular guy. >>> plus theguy. >> a rule that -- >> i don't like it one bit. i'll start with politics. mitt romney is on a plane to poland. he left israel this morning where he gave a tough talking speech on iran. >> we must not delewd ourselves into thinking that containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from building and possessing nuclear weapons capability and should employ any and all measures to dissuade the iran regime from the nuclear course. we recognize the right to defend itself and it is right for america to stand with you. >> sara, if you listen to mitt romney right there, his language is very carefully chosen. what kind of space is he trying to create with president obama with the issues on iran and israel. >> it appears he's trying to look more hawkish than president obama. initially he was stronger in his statements in isra

i'm zoraida sambolin along with john berman.>> we'll follow up on a story we talked about yesterday and this amazing photograph taken in washington, d.c., at the d.c. war memorial. >> so romantic. >> such a beautiful photograph. photographer and amateur angela gollick took this picture and posted it online. she thought what she saw was a wedding proposal. what she was doing was looking for this couple, their names, so she could get them their photos. it went viral. everyone talking about it. they're both in the air force, right? the air force puts out a statement yesterday saying, no. this was not, in fact, a wedding proposal. the wedding proposal happened weeks ago. this couple, who still wants to remain nameless, they want to remain nameless, they were looking for possible wedding sites, walking around washington. they just happened to be kissing. which when you think about it is just as romantic. >> all lit up. so fantastic. i hope they get copies of these pictures blown up. i like the first story better, actually. >> good lu

i'm john berman. >> we're very happy you're with us, i'm zoraida sambolin.rate search resuming this morning in iowa. authorities have now started draining a nearby lake for any sign of 8-year-old elizabeth colins and 10-year-old lyric cook. they are cousins and last seen by their grandmother before they went on a bicycle ride on friday. jim spellman is live in evans dale, i read the search has included helicopters and dogs and boats and they are saying these girls seem like they just vanished. >> reporter: good morning i'm at this lake they are draining, the level has gone down several feet here. friday it's so mysterious to everybody working on this. friday the two girls go out for a bicycle ride and the bikes are found, one of the purses is found but no sign of where the girls are, no sign of foul play either. then a massive search, almost 1,000 people from the community coming out here to help look for the girls and they found essentially nothing. as every day passes, the family is becoming more and more frustrating. here's anderson cooper 360 hast night.

. >> we are thrilled that john berman is the newest addition to cnn. going to be getting up very early at 5:00 a.m. eastern until 7:00 a.m. but every friday, i hope, john, you're going to do something for us in "the situation room." is that a good hope? >> absolutely. it's great to be here, wolf. thanks. >> thanks so much. welcome to cnn john berman, our newest addition and very happy he's here. we'll take a quick break. when we come back, the president of the united states, president obama, he's in virginia speaking to a crowd just thanking a lot of folks there. when we come back we'll hear what he has to say. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they pick up some of what medicare doesn't pay. and save you up to thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. call today to requ

well i'm john berman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture there romney has lied his way through the presidential campaign and he just seemed to stop what seemed queues of line about now and in this modern day pinocchio really be america's next president also democrats in the senate are proposing legislation that would help put some transparency back into our post citizens united world shouldn't they be pushing for a constitutional amendment that would stop the corporate takeover of our democracy instead and a dozen u.s. banks are under investigation for their role in the library scandal how will that scandal affect the american economy and will we ever see an honest and ethical wall street. you need to know this if mitt romney had to personally contribute one hundred dollars toward toward paying down our national debt every time he lied that america would be out of the red by november ibama campaign and the washington post hammered romney in recent weeks over his tie ties to bain capital

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. >> john berman is new to the best advice every day.tific best advice is almost always from the mother. you have a lot of work to do. >> i'm going to do whatever zoraida says. do what she says and you'll have no problem. >> whoever gave you that is genius. but i love his purpose and passion, right. i interviewed him for reading rainbows when he stopped by. he is so passion nalt he had to continue it. you see it. who doesn't want to live like that. >> i grew up watching him on reading rainbow and it changed a lot of lives and made it cool to read. >> and changed a lot of trlivesn "star trek" too. >> we made it through our first show. >> nicely done. >> that's quts earrl larly star. i'm john berman. >> "starting point" starts right now. >>> welcome, everybody, two americans and tour guide have been kidnapped in egypt. their release is being negotiated right now. we'll talk to the children of one of the hostages, a pastor coming up live. >>> president obama and mitt romney are battling over bain, the white house suggesting mr. romney may h

i'm john berman. >> happy monday indeed.i'm zoraida sambolin. >>> and president clinton taking on a special role at the democratic national convention. >>> and we'll talk about the quirky rule, the unfair rule that cost the americans their medal. this man caused one of our best olympians a shot at gold in london. >> we're going to chat a lot about that. see how you feel as well. >>> right now mitt romney is on a plane to poend la, the last stop on his international tour. romney left israel this morning, where he gave a tough talking speech on iran. >> we must not delude ourselves into thinking that containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from possessing nuclear weapons capability. we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the nuclear regime from its course. no option should be excluded. we recognize israel's right to defend itself, and it is right for america to stand with you. >> cnn's sarah is live in jerusalem. how is mitt

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. we have a lot going on this morning.nterview since the trayvon martin shooting. he was asked if he had any regrets. you'll want to hear what he had to say. >> and is there tension on the u.s. supreme court after the health care ruling. hear what justice scalia says about any possible bad blood. it's a cnn exclusive and it's coming your way. >>> we begin with breaking news this morning on that deadly explosion in bulgaria on a bus carrying israeli tourists outside the airport. brand new surveillance video released. officials tell us this man right here highlighted is the suspected suicide bomber they say is responsible for the attack. eight people were killed and more than 30 others were injured yesterday. officials say the suspected bomber was traveling with a fake i.d. from the state of michigan. >> at the moment our colleagues are telling us this person had a driver's license from the u.s. state of michigan. the fbi colleagues who arrived checked whether this driver's license is valid in the u.s. and whether there is s

welcome back, glad you're here, i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. the suspect in the aurora shooting as people wonder why 12 people lost their lives at the midnight movie screening on friday. president obama visited with families who lost loved ones yesterday and met with survivors who told him stories of heroes who save lives. he addressed the community. >> god bless all who helped to respond to this tragedy and i hope that over the next several days, next several weeks and months we all reflect on how we can do something about some of the senseless violence that ends up marring this country but also reflect on all of the wonderful people who make this the greatest country on earth. >> everyone wants answers. the accused shooter will appear before a judge this morning. jordan steffan joins us now live. thanks for being with us this morning. let's start with the preliminary hearing. what are you hearing we can expect to learn today? >> we haven't actually talked to any attorneys connected to the case but experts have told us the defense is expected

i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. we have a lot going on this morning.nterview since the trayvon martin shooting. he was asked if he had any regrets. you'll want to hear what he had to say. >> and is there tension on the u.s. supreme court after the health care ruling. hear what justice scalia says about any possible bad blood. it's a cnn exclusive and it's coming your way. >>> we begin with breaking news this morning on that deadly explosion in bulgaria on a bus carrying israeli tourists outside the airport. brand new surveillance video released. officials tell us this man right here highlighted is the suspected suicide bomber they say is responsible for the attack. eight people were killed and more than 30 others were injured yesterday. officials say the suspected bomber was traveling with a fake i.d. from the state of michigan. >> at the moment our colleagues are telling us this person had a driver's license from the u.s. state of michigan. the fbi colleagues who arrived checked whether this driver's license is valid in the u.s. and whether there is s

. >> and i'm john berman, it's 5:00 a.m. in the east.mmunity rallies behind a couple that was barred from getting married in mississippi just because of their race, we reported this yesterday and i still can't believe it. >> an interesting outcome. this may be good news. >>> plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. we're going to chat about that this morning. >> we're going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. men's gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in the pommel horse and a fall on the vault -- undid team usa. halfway through six rotations they were in last place. last. but they rallied at the last minute to finish in fifth place. better, but still not great. amanda davies joins us from london. they were talking so big going into the finals. what happened? >> i think the mood in lond

. >> and i'm john berman.ack seat for a moment to foreign policy when it comes to the presidential campaign. >> we'll talk about mitt romney's trip overseas and president obama's brand-new ad. >>> plus we're getting an idea of what the opening ceremony of the 2012 olympics will actually look like. >>> but first, exclusive new details about the apartment of james holmes, the suspected colorado shooter. a law enforcement official has described to cnn video taken from inside the apartment. he said it was set up like something from iraq or afghanistan. 30 improvised grenades rigged to a control box in the kitchen and gas containers filled with ten gallons of gas, allegedly for the purpose of adding more fuel to the fire in an explosion. cnn's jim spelman is in aurora, colorado, right outside the theater where the shooting happened. the description of the apartment is extraordinary and terrifying. what else do you know about it? >> reporter: just trying to

i'm john berman. >> i'm zoraida sambolin. 5:00 a.m. in the east.ho says he has been cured of hiv. dr. sanjay gupta talked to him. you'll hear about that later this hour. really remarkable. >>> plus, brett favre couldn't stay retired after all. he's back in football taking a job you might not expect. we'll tell you all about it. stay tuned. you need to watch before he retires again. >> i think it's kind of exciting, actually. i wanted to ask you about that. we'll chat about it. >>> first the latest presidential poll numbers are out this morning. they reveal president obama's ahead of mitt romney by six points. the brand-new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows obama at 49% to romney's 43%. that's a three percentage point increase from just last month. cnn's political director mark preston joins us now from washington, d.c. nice to have you with us this morning, mark. the poll shows the race is in a statistical dead heat. there are also bullet points that both candidates will find a bit concerning. can you share those

. >> i'm john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. >>> also nelson mandela's 94th birthday. we'll hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. that's coming up. >>> first, zoraidzoraida, the b story affecting so much of the country, the weather and the devastating drought conditions that have turned half of the u.s. into a disaster zone. the department of agriculture is declaring natural disasters in 1,000 counties across 26 states. blistering temperatures are making conditions even worse. across the midwest temperatures have topped more than 100 degrees. and heat advisories are reaching up into the mid-atlantic regions. the bone dry conditions have completely destroyed vast

john berman, excellent stuff. i loved it. te to all of our viewers, you can catch john along with zoraida sambolin on "early start" from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. eastern only on cnn. get up early and check it out. >>> mitt romney himself is making the political olympic strategy touting his experience organizing the winter games in 2002. listen to what he tells piers morgan in an interview in london that will air later tonight. >> the country is in need of a turnaround. the olympics was a turnaround for businesses i've been associated with that needed a turnaround. that kind of experience of focusing on the most critical issue, building the most effective team possible, creating a common vision, unifying around that vision and then delivering results is something i think the american people would like to see in our economy right now. >> once again that interview with romney on piers morgan later tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern. let's talk a little bit about that and more in our strategy session joining us our cnn political contributor,

wolf. >> john berman. thanks. he's a great new addition to cnn.new "the brady bunch" was making a comeback? >> i like his take on things. do you have a front-runner that you'd like for the vp? >> i was thinking the senator from ohio. he's very smart. former special trade rep. former congressman. ohio. ohio, ohio, ohio. i also think tim pawlenty is right up there. he was first runner up last time. he was almost the vice president but sarah pail lin got that. very smart guy. >> he's been a strong surrogate on the trail so far. >> i wouldn't be surprised if it's pa letim pawlenty. bobby jindal. >> you can hold him to it when we all find out. >> special, tomorrow, 6:00 p.m. eastern, right here in "the situation room." pay attention because tomorrow the former republican presidential candidate newt gingrich will be here at this table together with the reverend jesse jackson. they will be our guests. they'll talk to us. they'll talk to our entire team. 6:00 p.m. eastern, tomorrow, right here in "the situation room." >> welcome, let's chat. >> we'll have

john berman is the new anchor of "early start."ough, extreme sailing. >> it was hard. it was harder than walking the halls here, extreme hall walking. but imagine not having any human contact for three whole months. imagine having to sail a 60-foot yacht all by yourself, not sleep more than 20, 40 minutes. the bathroom is a bucket. you can't eat any real food. this man, alex thompson, one of the most daring and i might say dashing men i have ever met. take a look. >> reporter: it takes an unusual sort of person to stand all alone on the teetering keel of a giant yacht racing through the open seas. but then alex thompson is admittedly an unusual sort of guy. >> i'm a single-handed round the world sailor. >> what does that mean? >> it means i take a boat like this, and i start races which start somewhere in europe, generally in france, and come out of france, hang a left, left to africa, around antarctica, left at america, back to france again, no stopping. when you put it in perspective, something like 3,000 people have now climbed

john berman is monitoring what's happening on twitter. one of the first reports we got was on twitter, a young woman said that there had been a shooting. >> you mentioned the young people who have been flocking to these theaters across the country to see "the dark knight rises", one of the most anticipated films of the summer and never expecting anything like this. i'll read you some tweets from someone named zach eastman. everyone dressing up as batman. i'm going dressed as bruce wayne, a short, stubby, unsexy bruce wayne. this before the shooting happened. then this next tweet, just evacuated our theater in aurora, there was a shooting in the auditorium. i'm safe. it gives you a sense of the mindset of what people must have been thinking as they went into this theater last night, soledad. again, young people, we know victims in thirteens and 20s and young kids as young as 6. >> we've been listening to witnesses who have been filling us in, some of them inside theater 9 where the shooting was taking place and some of them outside the the

to our speaker of the house, john boehner, majority leader, eric cantor and our minority leader, nancy pelosi, minority whip, steny hoyer, and ms. ros-lehtinen and mr. berman, john kline and george miller, chairman smith and ranking member conyers, chairman doc hastings and ranking member ed markey and certainly senator jeff bingaman and senator murkowski who serve as chairman and ranking member of the senate committee on energy and natural resources for all they have done on behalf of the insular areas. i cannot thank my colleagues enough for standing with me because i know that passage of this bill is only possible today due to their support. i thank the committee and staff leadership for their working in close association with my office which will benefited the associated states of micro neice yeah and the territory of american samoa. as my chairman alluded to about the section, it is very simple. this is located -- for the benefit of information to my colleagues, the area is located in the marshal islands. this is where we exploded 43 of our nuclear bombs out of the 67 nuclear bombs that we exploded in our testing program from 1943 to 1962. in the proc