colleagues, suzanne malveaux and michael holmes. i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux. >> and i'm michael holmes. our thanks to your, ashleigh. >> straight to the breaking news. we are watching these pictures as you watch them here. this is breaking news thrks is philadelphia. you are seeing here this is an apartment building that has collapsed now. firefighters, you can see there literally searching through the rubble right now hand by hand. they are walking through. you can see they're actually guiding people out of this particular area. we are told that they're looking for eight to ten people who still might be trapped inside. >> yeah. for those who know the city, this is at the corner of 22nd and market streets. it's a very busy section of the city. this a four-story apartment building we're told made of brick as you can see there. reduced to rubble. you've got fire and emergency crews frantically digging through removing it piece by piece. these live pictures are from our affiliate wpvi. now, the city'

i'm ashleigh banfield reporting live. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux. >> and i'm michael holmes.hanks to your, ashleigh. >> straight to the breaking news. we are watching these pictures as you watch them here. this is breaking news thrks is philadelphia. you are seeing here this is an apartment building that has collapsed now. firefighters, you can see there literally searching through the rubble right now hand by hand. they are walking through. you can see they're actually guiding people out of this particular area. we are told that they're looking for eight to ten people who still might be trapped inside. >> yeah. for those who know the city, this is at the corner of 22nd and market streets. it's a very busy section of the city. this a four-story apartment building we're told made of brick as you can see there. reduced to

michael holmes is off today. why did he give it all up to reveal details about a top secret u.s. program. he said the public needed to know what the government is monitoring, e-mail and tracking phone calls. snowden has come forward as the person who leaked information about the classified programs. barbara starr has our details. >> when you're in positions of privileged access. >> reporter: this is 29-year-old edward snow den. the high school drop out who worked his way into the most secretive computers as a defense contractor and blew open those secrets by leaking unprecedented details of top secret government surveillance programs. he now risks never living in america as a free man . >> i had access to the full rosters of everyone working in the nsa and undercover assets around the world. >> reporter: he didn't leak that but in an interview with the british newspaper he revealed himself as the source of several documents leaked to journalist glen greenwall out lining a massive effort to track cell phone calls and monitor e-mail and internet traffic of virtually everyone. >> i

. >> i'm michael holmes. >> we know what killed james gandolfini. >> doctors performed an autopsy within hours of his death. they did release the official results. dan rivers is in rome now. we are learning the details about the minutes leading up to when he was found. >> reporter: it's just a really grim story. we now know he did die from massive heart attack. the technical term was a myocardial arrest. it was his 13-year-old son michael who raised the alarm and concerned when his father into the bathroom and took a long time. they had to break the door down and saw he was collapsed. they called the ambulance and emergency doctors came and tried to perform cpr. that continued on the way into hospital. he arrived at 10:40 at night. he was in cardiac arrest when he arrived. they continued for 40 minutes after his arrival. they did everything they could but they couldn't save him. there's no sign of any suspicious evidence. no evidence of substance abuse of alcohol or foul play. it's one of those awful tragedies to take someone so young, only 51 years old and not only to leave a 13-year-ol

. >> i'm michael holmes. >> good to have you back. >>> edward snowden speak sg out today in a live online chat. >> snowden condemni ining what calls criminal acts. this is according to the guardian newspaper. >> nick is in hong kong where snowden is believed to be hiding out. what have we learned about his decision to go live and talk about this. >> reporter: it's clear he's got a lot more to say. it seems he doesn't want to use the traditional media. he has some disdain and distaste. reaching over their heads by this mechanism. when i was checking before this forum began he had a thousands about seven or eight of those ps questions. the questions came from the journalist dealing with him. why did you end up in hong kong? he said it was very dangerous for me to leave the united states. there was a risk. nsa employees must give 30 days notice before they leave. it was a possibility i could be on route. he needed to land in a country where the legal frame work would allow him to continue be w his work, leasing this information. hong kong provided for that. he was afraid as well if he got to

. >> i'm michael holmes. >>> putin said snowden is a free man and the sooner he figures out where he'soing the better. >> it's all positive news to a lot of people. putin said his arrival in his country was completely unexpected. the fact he's in appears the transit area of the airport means he's kind of in a no man's land. technically not in russia as long as he stays there. >> earlier today john mccain said it's time to get real about putin and russia. >> it's well known that he's in russia and it's reminiscent of the days of the cold war when you hear a russian spokesman saying he's not in russia when every shred of evidence indicates that she. >> we also learning new details about edward snowden's strategy to leak classified information from the man himself. in an interview with the south china morning post. someone gave that interview this was two weeks ago. let's get the latest on his bizarre efforts to avoid prosecution. jill, why don't we start with you. what do we know about snowden and the u.s. situation there. they're attitude toward what's happening out of russia? >> report

. >> i'm michael holmes. >> e ward snowden is on the mooefr. the obama administration is not happy about that. we're expecting to hear from the white house at any moment. we'll take you there live. >> edward snowden is on the run across the globe trying to avoid prosecution. earlier today he was in moscow. he was expected to board a flight to cuba. it's not clear if he did or if he is on that plane. he began his global odyssey in hong kong. >> the u.s., of course, wants to extradite him. they want him to face espionage charges. he's trying to get asylum in equador and other places. the request is being considered on a human rights bases and we just learned from wikileakss that he's applied for asylum in iceland. assange has been living in london for a year or so avoiding sexual assault allegations he faces in sweden. he talked about snowden and the u.s. efforts to go after him. >> the charging of edward snowden is not matter of justice. it is an attempt to intimidate any country that might be considering standing up for his rights to tell us al

i've got michael holmes on my hands. >> exactly. very much a similar partnership.her i never had and sometimes i don't want him now. >> keep going. >> no, it's been fwragreat. we've had a lot of time to get to know each other, all three of us off camera, before we were pushed on the set together. which really helped. we know each other really, really well before we see the red light turn on. it's been amazing transition from washington to new york. we are very excited to not be talking about it anymore and -- >> finally get to do it. >> do the news and get the show on the road. >> can you give us -- >> rehearsing live tv is really hard to do. >> a tease of the show? >> yeah. give us a little tease. a little flavor of what we might see. >> you're seeing more of the set than we've shown anyone, suzanne. that's for you and all our viewers. there is going to be a lot of news. we have three hours in the morning. we're going to pack a lot in. we'll start with big stories, obviously. we're going to have a lot of international news in our show as well. a little bit for eve

. >> i'm michael holmes. we're going to start at the u.s. supreme court. after weeks of anticipation the justices handing down two major rulings on same-sex marriage. >> the court struck down a key part of the federal act doma. the justices dismissed an appeal over california's proposition 8. that means that same-sex marriage will be legal in that state. >> there's strong reaction to the rulings from both sides, not surprisingly, have a listen. >> this is about equality. that means marriages in my state and all over will be treated equally under more than 1100 provisions of federal law that use the term marriage or define benefits according to marriage. >> justice kennedy's opinion takes up to the brink of same-sex marriage. i believe that will be devastating. i believe marriage is a prepolitical institution and one of god's greatest gifts and it always has been and always must be the union of man and woman. >> joe johns joining us. let's start with the ruling on doma. what is it about doma that the justices considered unconstitutional? >> they said the de

. >> i'm michael holmes. >> turkey, two people are dead, thousands injured, as anti-government protests continue in the streets. take a look at this. protesters directing anger at the government and security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons. we'll have the latest live from just ahead. >> the fbi wants you to help them find a u.s. marine reservist. they say torres was kidnapped along with his father and uncle by armed men across the boarder in northeastern mexico, about 170 miles south of corpus christi, texas. he drove across the border to visit his father. fbi says they were kidnapped after they arrived. they have not been seen or heard from since. >> and in south africa, oscar pistorius the blade runner, as you know aappeared in court tod. the olympic and paralympic star charged with murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day. he says he shot her because he thought she was an intruder. the prosecution asked for more time to investigate. >>> a judge granted that request, delayed the case, until august 19th, that would have been steenkamp's 30th birthday. >>> turkey, sweepin

. >> i'm michael holmes. >> good to have you back. >>> edward snowden speak sg out today in a live onlinealls criminal acts. this is according to the guardian newspaper. >> nick is in hong kong where

. >> and i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company today. now, if you are a verizon customer, the federal government may have your number and the number of everyone you've been talking to here in the u.s. and overseas. >> so this is according to "the guardian" newspaper. the government asked for and got a secret order requiring verizon to turn over millions of phone records. now, privacy advocates as you can imagine are outraged. the obama administration says it is about tracking down terrorists. >> dan lothian is at the white house for us. dan, the former vice president al gore calls this, i think his words were obscenely outrageous. the aclu says beyond some seeing this as the administration using the tools the bush administration put in to place to track to pen shl terrorists. what is verizon saying about it? >> as you know there have been a lot of questions, not only the obama administration but verizon as well. and so far they have been saying no comment. they still have not given any official comment to the media, but there was an inte

. >> i'm michael holmes. >> e ward snowden is on the mooefr. happy about that. we're expecting to hear from the white house at any moment. we'll take you there live. >> edward snowden is on the run across the globe trying to avoid prosecution. earlier today he was in moscow. he was expected to board a flight to cuba. it's not clear if he did or

. >> and i'm michael holmes. police and demonstrators battling it out in the streets of turkey as suzanne said this started as a protest of plans to demolish a park in the city in istanbul that has grown to something much, much bigger. >> you see police blasted protesters with water cannons, fired teargas as well. in istanbul cars are driving through with damages. turkey's interior minister is urging people to stop demonstrations as they head back to work. >> they show know signs of backing down. they're not going home and turning their anger to the president and the government he's running. >> ivan watson joins us from istanbul. originally they said it was about freedom of speech, they say this is heavy handed government. have we seen this before? it looks like ivan watson we're still trying to get a connection with him. >> suzanne, it's a little bit difficult to hear you because of the technology's acting up right now. if you can see us -- >> we got you, ivan. go ahead. >> if you can see and hear me right now,

michael holmes is off today. why did he give it all up to reveal details about a top secret u.s.d to know what the government is monitoring, e-mail and tracking phone calls. snowden has come forward as the person who leaked information about the classified programs. barbara starr has our details. >> when you're in positions of privileged access. >> reporter: this is 29-year-old edward snow den. the high school drop out who worked his way into the most secretive computers as a defense contractor and blew open

michael holmes is off today. we're keeping an eye on breaking news near baton rouge, louisiana, right now, where a chemical plant is burning. this is in the town of guieisma. we're told many people are injured. we are following this story very closely. it is the williams olefins plant and produces chemicals to make plastic. not more details available right now. you see people rushing and running and there are emergency crews and up choppers on the site and emergency responders trying to evacuate people around that plant. people in a nearby town are being told to stay inside, inside their homes, just as a precaution. we're watching this breaking news story and will get you more details as soon as we have more information. >>> in colorado fire fighters struggling to get an upper hand on two raging wildfires. we learned 360 homes have been destroyed. this is the black forest fire alone. no reports yet of injuries. there is somebody, however, who is missing. the black forest fire and the royal gorge fire are on oppos

. >> and i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company. a group of senators reaching a deal that could add momentum to the push for immigration reform designed to overcome the objections of republicans concerned about border security. >> dealing with requirements on the immigration bill. it would also double the size of the border patrol from the current level of 21,000 agents. it also calls for 700 miles of fence along the border. so i want to bring in a couple players here. first of all, gloria borger. talk to us first of all what is important about this agreement and what do the republicans need to actually get it over to not only the senate but to the house? >> well, look. border enforcement is key to republicans. it's also key to democrats. when you look at the polls, by almost a 2-to-1 majority americans say that border enforcement should be first before we get to the path to citizenship. so this is a political imperative for them. and particularly if you're republican and you've got some constituents reluctant on immigration to begi

"around the world" with suzanne malveaux and michael holmes after the break. >>> welcome back to "around the world." tropical storm andrea creating dangerous conditions along the east coast. right now it is moving over the carolinas bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the central and eastern parts of the states. >> in florida, andrea took a violent turn though. tornadoes damaged homes, injured at least one person. chad myers tracking the storm from the cnn weather center. chad, where's it headed now? >> well, headed through the carolinas with rain all the way to d.c., new york city, philadelphia, even boston at this hour. so there you see the heavy rain. now, this isn't going to be a major rainmaker. we did have four to six inches across the deep south. but now the storm has really picked up speed. now it's moving northeast at 28. that's such a difference compared to where we were yesterday, which was northeast at 15. so you get half as much rain if the storm's moving twice as fast because it gets out of there quicker. still flood watches from providence, boston, all the way down to

. >> and i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company today.erizon customer, the federal government may have your number and the number of everyone you've been talking to here in the u.s. and overseas. >> so this is according to "the guardian" newspaper. the government asked for and got a secret order requiring verizon to turn over millions of phone records. now, privacy advocates as you can imagine are

michael holmes is off today. breaking news near baton rouge, louisiana, right now, where a chemical plant is burning. this is in the town of guieisma. we're told many people are injured. we are following this story very closely. it is the williams olefins plant and produces chemicals to make plastic. not more details available right now. you see people rushing and running and there are emergency crews and up choppersn

. >> i'm michael holmes. we're going to start at the u.s. supreme court.he justices handing down two major rulings on same-sex marriage. >> the court struck

. >> and i'm michael holmes.for your company today. >> we are watching now this is out of san jose, california. this is the fairmont hotel. president obama about to speak in a moment or so. you see they've all gathered at the podium. we are in that two-minute warning that the white house often gives when the president comes out or is about to come out and speak. the topic that is on the agenda, he's going to be talking about his health care plan, the importance of people to sign up for insurance. but obviously a lot of questions that the reporters have. we don't know whether or not if he'll take them or about the widespread reports of the administration listening in or at least collecting -- not listening in but collecting phone records through verizon. >> yeah. john king's standing by. john, in the context of what this is meant to be about today, are we likely to be hearing anything about the elephant in the room? >> well, the main event, michael and suzanne, is about health care. then the president goes on the