here is kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know now. >> you have been more busy than i have> you have been busy as well. let's get you caught up on all the other headlines. >>> the u.s. court of appeals in boston declared a major part of the defensive marriage act unconstitutionaled to. the law, known as doma, defines legal marriage as a union between one man and one woman. >> in the house today, they rejected a bill imposing criminal penalties for abortion based on the sex of a fetus. most republicans supported the bill calling it a matter of protecting the rights of the unborn. it did not get the two-thirds majority it needed under a hurry-up procedure republicans leaders used to bring the bill to the floor quickly. >>> new york may be the city that never sleeps but new yorkers might no have sugary drinks to help them out and keep them awake for much longer. they are proposing to ban large size sodas and sugary beverageses. major bloomberg tweeted his support saying more than half of nyc adults, 58%, are overweight or obese. we are doing something about that. >>> the big g

here's kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know right now. >> hello again, everyone.. an update just in from mississippi. a sheriff's department investigator in humphries county tells cnn authorities detained a man who stopped two motorists last night and pretended to be a law enforcement officer. that could be significant because someone posing as a police officer is suspected in the death -- in the shooting deaths of two motorists in the state last week. >>> and students and parents near atlanta are on edge, you can be sure of that, as police search for a suspected sniper. witnesses in hampton, georgia, say they saw a man raise a rifle as a school bus approached monday, but he got scared off, dropping the rifle and paperwork with, get this, information about school bus routes. police say he fired a handgun at one of the witnesses before unfortunately slipping away. >>> and another week, another record low for mortgages. the rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage dropped to 3.79% this week. according to a survey for freddie mac, last year at this same time the same m

kate bolduan is here with the latest new. >> hello everyone.it stopped a terrorist in a bombed packed minibus trying to attack syria's most populated city just a day after dozens of people died in a suicide bombing in damascus ratcheting up tensions in the midst of the uprising. >>> and a former news corp. xpektixpe executive in the hot seat. today's grilling focused on rebekah brooks' close relations with politicians. she made friends with politicians including prime minister david cameron during her years as a journalist but was "always aware that she was a journalist and that they were politicians." cameron is expected to appear before the same inquiry in the coming week. >>> and an arizona sheriff who announced he was gay after a former lover accused him of abusing his power is ending his congressional campaign. he already resigned his role on mitt romney's campaign amid the scandal. now he says he'll suspend his bid for a house seat in this fourth congressional district to run for re-election at sheriff. >>> if you own and ipod you might j

here's kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know. >> hello again, everyone.who allegely abducted two tennessee girls may believe they are his own daughters. according to his mother-in-law, adam mayes is accused of killing the mother and sister of alexandria and kyliyah bain before kidnapping the girls who are 12 and 8 years old. the wife of adam mayes believes they may still be alive. he has been added to the fbi's most wanted list. >>> the man known as america's toughest sheriff is being sued for sizzle rights violations. the justice department accuses joe arpaio of racial profiling and sloppy police work. the arizona sheriff made a name for himself for his tough stance on illegal immigration but the lawsuit says he goes too far. back in march he said he was overhauling his office but it was apparently too little too late to stop the legal action. >>> one world trade center may be a bit shorter than originally planned. we talked a lot about this, folks. the developers of the 104-story building are biting with the architects over what should cover the antenna

kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know now. >> hello, everyone.ississippi man-made the fbi's ten most wanted list today. a $175,000 record for adam mayes. a picture of him right there. he and his wife, who is actually in custody, are charged with kidnapping a tennessee woman and her three daughters, then killing the mother and the oldest girl. mayes is on the run possibly with the two younger girls if they are still alive. >>> witnesses at the john edwards trial today included his one time communication's adviser, jennifer palmieri who was close to elizabeth. she recounted elizabeth's concern that there wouldn't be a man around that loved her and the meeting of the affair with the campaign worker. >>> hundreds of people protested outside of bank of america's corporate headquarters. most were linked to the group called the 99% power coalition pushing back against the bank's foreclosure processes. five people were arrested. the group has also held similar protests outside shareholders meetings for wells fargo and g.e. nasa, predicting another massiv

here is kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know right now. >> hello, john. good evening.ught up on some other headlines. one day down and one to go in egypt's historic presidential election. today's voting seems to be exactly as promised, free from government coercion, calm and with only minor problems reported. 13 candidates are on the ballot. unless one of them gets more than half of the vote, there will be a two-day runoff next month. former secretary of state and joint chiefs chairman, colin powell tells cnn he has no problem with same-sex marriage. here is what you told wolf blitzer. >> as i have thought about gay marriage, i know a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in partnerships with loved ones and they are as stable a family as mine is. i don't see any reason not to say that they should be able to get married. ♪ >>> green bay packers receiver, donald driver, you may have noticed him right there. they are the new champions of "dancing with the stars." among those who have noticed is wisconsin governor, scott walker. the governor who we should mention

here is kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know. >>> good evening, everyone.sad news to tell you about first. cnn has confirmed the death of mary kennedy, the second wife of robe robe robert f. kennedy jr. a body was discovered. they are not commenting on published reports that she committed suicide. >>> closing arguments are tomorrow in the john edwards trial. his defense team rested their case after presenting only two days of testimony. without calling edwards, his daughter or one-time mistress to the witness stand. the jury may begin deliberations on friday. we will continue to watch that. if you didn't get kim kardashian's rocking body after wearing sketcher's sneakers, you can get a refund. the federal trade commission said they deceived people saying they would lose weight without going to the gym. shoes i know that you have in your closet. >> kim kardashian's what? >> i just read what they write, sometimes. >> don't ever say that. you are no ron bergen, you are not. kate will be back in a little bit. >>> a little twist in the scandal of a former assist

. >>> and here is kate bolduan how with more of the latest news you need to know. >> a lot of news this catch you up on other headlines. france's new president was sworn in today. socialist francois hollande beat sarkozy in a bitterly fought election. economists worry about how well hollande will handle the debt crisis in europe. >>> and dominique strauss-kahn filed a $1 million lawsuit today against the new york city maid who accused him of sexually assaulting her last year. in court paper, he claims the maid's accusations were made learn issues malicious. and the criminal case against the former head of the international monetary fund was dismissed, but he still faces a civil suit. >>> and flames have consumed more than 9,000 acres of forest and grass land across arizona a. look at some of the photos that we're bringing in for you. forecasters say winds could threaten even more damage where crews are battling four wildfires. it's forced hundreds of residents into evacuations. >>> and a hip replacement isn't stopping this 93-year-old. she marched with gandhi twice, and now just landed

have a great weekend and kate bolduan is back with the latest news. >>> syrian opposition report large demonstrations and a bomb targeting security forces in the most popular city and considered a stronghold of president assad. opposition forces report at least 22 deaths across syria today. >>> salvage crews will begin refloating and removing the contra costa concordia in the next few days. it's a different operation that will take up to a year and involve lifting the submerged ship from the sea bed in one piece. 32 people died in january when the ship slammed into a coastal reef. >>> and tomorrow could mark an important turning point in space exploration. a private company called space x plans to launch a supply ship frp cape canaveral to the space station. a first and nasa is offering big bucks to private companies that supply the space station, but there's a catch. space x only cashes in if its mission is successful. good luck with that one. >>> get ready for a ring of fire. sunday the moon slides in front of most of the sun creating a fiery solar eclipse, really beautiful from thos

here's kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know there. >> good evening, everyone.aught up on some of the other headlines. the investigation into the military's part in last month's prostitution scandal in colombia concluded the chain of command wasn't notified properly and the offending troops were left on duty but with senator john mccain who was among the lawmakers briefed this afternoon says the military brass was much more prepared to answer questions today than previously right after the scandal broke. >> they came much better, there's still a number of unanswered questions that i think by now we should have had answers to, but overall, at least they gave us a timeline, a lot of the details which, frankly, we should have been informed of a long time ago, right after it happened. >> we'll bring you much more of john king's interview with senator john mccain in just a few minutes. stick around for that one. >>> the chief executive officer of yahoo! is apologizing for padding his resume with an extra college degree. scott thompson said he was sorry for how the is

. >>> here is kate bolduan with the latest news you need to know right now. >> a somber and emotion momenthuge crowd observed a moment of silence at 5:41 central time marking exactly one year since a devastating tornado touched down there. i'm sure you cannot forget. the storm killed 161 people. >>> and a new era in space exploration blasted off before dawn. the first supply ship launched by a private company is now in orbit and bound for the international space station. pretty amazing video right there. space x's dragon capsule is carrying food, clothing, and scientific experiments. it's an unmanned mission. if it's successful it may open the door for other commercial space missions. always fun to watch that. >>> an auction website is selling what else? a vial claiming it held president ronald reagan's blood sample after the 1981 assassination attempt. i believe that's a picture right there. pfc auction says there's even dried blood in the glass tube. the executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation calls it a craven act if it is true. the foundation is threatening bidd

kate bolduan is back with the latest news you need to know. >>> the dow closed down 125 points, pushedhat greece might quit the euro. talks between the greek president and the leaders of three main parties ended tonight with no resolution. the debt-ridden country has until thursday to either form a government or call for new elections. so walking through the domino effect here, no government means greece could run out of money to pay its debts and that may crash the euro. >>> taxing the rich. well, that's one way california governor jerry brown plans to solve his state' $16 billion budget crisis. he hopes the tax hike coupled with cuts to health care for the poor and fewer work hours for state employees will help close the gap. but governor brown warns that if voters don't approve the plan, billions will be cut from education programs. >>> and do you hear the names ethan, olivia or noah perhaps quite a bit lately? it could be because those are some of the most popular baby names of 2011. the social security administration published the full list today. the top three boys names are jaco

our congressional correspondent kate bolduan has details. what do we know, kate?he matter, three members of the drug enforcement administration are now under administration for allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. they were stationed in colombia according to sources. this involved sexual massages at one of the agent's apartments and while this happened right around the time of mid-april around the president's visit to cartagena for the summit of the americans, sources say these dea agents were not involved with the president's security for the trip, however, the house homeland security chairman peter king tells me this all came to light because a secret service agent was also in that apartment and came forward to confess to secret service officials which led them to these dea agents. i'll tell you, the top republican on the senate homeland security committee, susan collins, i spoke to her and she's been briefed on this and she calls this latest development, reckless and completely unacceptable. listen here. >> suffice it to say, with one of the dea agents, it

let's bring in kate bolduan. what has just happened, kate?ing the violence against women act. it's a party line vote in the house, but that does not mean -- i should say that the fight is far from over. democrats and many advocacy groups say the house version of renewing this law does not go far enough to offer assistance for victims of domestic violence as well as native american victims and gay and lesbian victims of domestic violence. the senate last month, wolf, passed their own version of bipartisan support renewing the violence against women's act and expanded that included such expanded provisions. republicans say, for example, it's unnecessary to specify in this law that gay and lesbian victims are included because they argue that all victims are already covered. they say democrats are picking a political fight. democrats very much disagree that the law allows for discrimination because of ambiguity in the language. the fight is far from over. the house and senate need to go to conference to hammer out differences, but the white house

let's go live to our congressional correspondent kate bolduan, and it's getting nasty because we arection year and it has to do with a larger ongoing battle trying to win over the female vote. this time around, though, republicans have a new ms. earninger to help in that fight. it's one of the democrats' harshest election year attack lines. >> the republicans will continue their war on women. >> there is a war on women and this is a great indication of it. >> this attack on women will be noted across the united states of america. >> reporter: but that message aimed at winning over female voters could get tough tore sell. enter florida freshman republican sandy adams. >> i'm pretty certain i'm not at war with myself. >> reporter: adams usually keeps a relatively low profill. >> i went home and it's in florida. >> reporter: but she's stepping into the spotlight as the gop face over protecting victims of domestic violence. >> j is it more than politics and policy. >> when i was season i joined the air force and married. during the marriage i had a little girl and i realized my husband g

congressional correspondent kate bolduan is on capitol hill. she's monitoring this hearing.ave to wait and see on that. now, the fbi director's appearance before the house judiciary committee was a previously schedule appearance. they have oversight over the department of justice, but the director's appearance takes on a whole new importance in light of the revelations of this foiled bomb plot unfolding this week. a committee does tell me there are many, many issues regarding the fbi outside of this bomb plot that will need to be addressed during this hearing, but do not be surprised if some of the big and lingering questions that lawmakers have regarding the bomb plot and leak of information are brought up. i would not be surprised if as you know, the fbi currently has the device in custody and is the process of analyzing that, so questions regarding the analysis or where they are in that process, i wouldn't be surprise ed if something along those lines are brought up. but also maybe questions about if there are other devices about the one intercepted out there as well as m

cnn "newsroom" continues right now with kate bolduan. good to see you. >> thank you. te baolduabolduan. a house vote we're expecting any minute that would ban sex selective abortions, a very hot topic. we begin with a major court decision. a federal appeals court in boston today ruled the defense of marriage act uncongressional. doma defines marriage as strictly heterosexual. it denies benefits to gay couples and that's one reason the court in boston says it cannot stand. cnn's senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin is joining me by phone to get caught up on the significance here. hey there, jeff. we know there are similar lawsuits that have been filed and are pending across the country. tell me how significant today's ruling is. >> it's a very important one. this is a very respected court, the first circuit court of appeals, a very respected generally conservative judge, michael boudin, who wrote the within, and it's a very simple legal issue. the defense of marriage act says that the federal government will not recognize same-sex marriages even in states where it's lega

kate bolduan on capitol hill this morning. >>> don't you love a good implosion.y are cool to watch. a new world record will be set today when demolition crews implode the tower at a nuclear testing site in nevada. this will be the tallest structure of its kind ever imploded. the tower, which sits about 65 miles north of las vegas was used for nuke testing during the cold war but it would take more than a million dollars in repairs to make it usable for new research so some factoids for you, it stands more than 1,500 feet high, taller than both the empire state building and the eiffel tower. the implosion is scheduled for 12:30 eastern time this afternoon. i'm going to be sitting right in front of cnn and i'm going to be watching. >>> today a parade of tall ships will sail up the hudson river in new york for fleet week commemorating the war of 1812. there will be a military flyover. fleet week celebrations give citizens a chance to meet members of the u.s. navy and coast guard. isn't that beautiful? similar sight in baltimore too where as you know soldiers there c

our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is joining us. what are they finding out?e of these intelligence briefings is ongoing here in the senate, but members of the house intelligence committee received a briefing earlier from members of the cia and more details into how this foiled bomb plot really unfolded. as they, merged, key members of the house intelligence committee emerged with bipartisan agreement that they thought this was an intelligent success in their words, but they emerged with key lawmakers blasting what they're saying is a devastating leak to the media of information about this sensitive operation. just listen here to two key members from the house intel jens committee. republican congressman peter king. >> the pressing issue right now is how it was leaked and what can be done to make sure this doesn't happen again. i can't emphasize how closed this it was and how compartmentalized it was and the fact that it could have gotten out in any detail at all. it is very, very shocking. >> we have to be vigilant, and strong and have to work as a team. we c

. >> our kate bolduan, as you say got to sit down with sandy adams. joining me now live from washington. kate, this is where politics becomes so frustrating for so many people. this issue in particular, especially for women who have been impacted. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. and really politics are very much at the center of all of this. but where the controversy is at the moment and has been throughout is differences between the senate version of this -- of renewing this law and the house version. the senate version that passed with bipartisan support last month, it expanded current law and a couple of those measures is what house republicans oppose and are not including in their version of the bill. a couple of those -- among those measures are an expansion of the law to offer serves to more victims who are illegal immigrants. also the senate version specifies that the law cover include victims who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender. house republicans, as i say, oppose those measures and are not including them in their bill. why, do