i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm michaela pereira.y. >> he's given up on us. let's be honest. >>> emotional testimony at the michael jackson wrongful death trial. debbie rowe, breaks down on the witness stand and we'll talk with jackson's former attorney, tom mesereau the impact on the case and what it means. it has dragged on for so long. >>> also, prince william speaking for the first time since becoming a dad. he's speaking to cnn's max foster. that's going to happen monday on "new day." be sure to tune in for that. >>> but, first, let's get you started with the five things you need to know for your "new day." at number one, hannah anderson seen in public for the first time since her rescue. the teen kidnapping victim attending a fund-raiser thrown for her family. >>> mohamed morsi now under way in egypt and a state-run newspaper reports one police officer was killed and another wounded in an attack at a checkpoint in suburban cairo. >>> children in moore, oklahoma, returning to the classroom for the start of a new school year. man

news anchor michaela pereira. morning. >> shark attacks, we're hearing more about them every day and that they're happening more often and after the death of a german tourist in hawaii, officials in that state are determined to find out why the number of attacks has suddenly spiked. >>> the russians are coming! the russians are coming! literally. this is russia, but the people are at the beach and this hovercraft barrels in nearly 70 miles an hour. we'll tell you why this happen. >> a hovercraft on steroids. >> look at it. show it again. lot of news this morning. let's get over to michaela with it. >>> newly released dramatic 911 call shows just how cool, calm and heroic antoinette tuff is, the suburban atlanta was warm and compassionate and convinced the suspect, michael brandon hill, to surrender police. you will hear that call and dramatic moments later on "new day." >>> president obama kicking off a two-day bus tour through new york and pennsylvania today with a focus on education. is he sure to face tough que

michaela? bring you up to date on the deadly flooding that continues across the midwest and southeast. state of emergency in missouri there. 4-year-old died when he was swept away from his mother's car near waynesville, missouri. his mother is still missing. >>> if you live in new jersey or minnesota, check your powerball tickets. two in new jersey and one in minnesota, they'll split the $448 million jackpot. winning numbers 5, 25, 30, 58, 59, the powerball number 32. >>> one month after a runaway train disaster that killed 47 people in quebec, canada, the railroad's operators filing for bankruptcy. it says its freight business has dried up since the july 6th disaster. it is now filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy to preserve its assets for a potential sale. >>> new perspective on the scale of nsa officials. the nsa searches e-mail and text communications into and out of the country hunting for people who mention information about foreigners under surveillance. senior intelligence official says th

michaela?shington post" if you plan on hitting the road for the labor day alone you're not alone. >>> merrill lynch settling a race discrimination lawsuit with african-american brokers for $160 million, the lead plaintiff filed that suit some eight years ago. >>> in "the wall street journal" an oklahoma sculptor hoping to erect a native american statue in his state called the american that would tower over the lady in new york harbor which is the country's tallest statue. time for business news and christine romans. >> futures are higher this morning, i'm glad to report after wall street had its first day in two months after tensions in syria, the dow and s&p closed down 1%. gold prices are higher, oil prices are higher as well, higher gas prices down the road. facebook big wigs continue to sell shares, as the stock topped 40 bucks a share. sheryl sandberg sold 176,000 shares, the cfo sold 200,000 shares. >>> tiffany profits are gleaming in investors eyes. the bright spot sales in china. finall

first up michaela. >> first up from the "l.a.ccurate clock unveiled in boulder, colorado, at comic optical lattice clock is so precise it would only be off by a second if it had been running at the beginning of time. >>> the world isn't so much about dominance but losing a friend. howls are much more intense when separated from close friends. >>> the pressure of planning a big wedding too much for kelly clarkson so she and her fiance have decided to elope instead. >> it's cheaper. >>> so serious the president was called to brief him on one of the most embarrassing and dangerous episodes on wall street. the nasdaq went down for three hours because of a technical glitch freezing trading in 3,000 stocks including apple and google. this affected nearly $6 trillion in equities. >>> icahn tweets again, he was having dinner with apple's ceo in september to talk about the size of a stock buy-back. the news added $4 billion to apple's value by day's end once it started trading again. >>> if you're a jack daniel's fan, the tennessee whiske

fred, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, michaela. this is the zamalka district. is this the place where there was allegedly the highest death toll after that alleged attack. this is a devastating scene even several days since that attack. let's just have a look. a cloud over lot in the damascus suburb of zamalka, this is actually a mass raid and the bodies of those killed. there's very little space left as one resident shows us, and even that space may be occupied with many unidentified bodies in the local field hospital. a lot of them children. the hospital staff said they're trying to find relatives so the corpses can be buried. others can be recovered this man said he was trying to help victims. i was helping a lot of young women and children and three men. i was also helping another. 31 was another explosion. i had cramps and i couldn't see. the doctors helped me. cnn has obtained this from one of the journalists. one man tells how he survived thanks to a homemade gas mask. when we came here, the people said we should make some gas masks. this is a plastic cu

michaela? go around the world starting in the uk where the british government is defending the detention of david miranda. atika shubert has more from london. >> reporter: this is london's high court and this is where the lawyers for david miranda say they are going to take legal action. this is the letter they sent to britain's home office demanding to know why he was detained for nine hours at heath row airport and what exactly police were looking for and his lawyers say they will come here to get the answers. back to you, kate. >> atika, thank you so much. >>> nuclear regulators in japan fear more tanks at the troubled fukushima reactor are leaking contaminated water. cnn's christi lu stout has more. >> after the 2011 tsunami that hit the fukushima plant, the current level one is said to be raised to a level three meaning a serious incident. the tokyo electric power company which runs the plant says 300 tons has leaked from a storage tank. spokeswoman tells cnn the leaking container may be e

we're here with news anchor michaela pereira.>> hump day he says. coming up in the show your phone battery is dying and that public charging station looks pretty good like an oasis. be careful where you plug in. you may be exposing your smartphone to hackers. >>> also, have you heard about this, the justice department moving to block a merger between american and u.s. airways. why? it would create the world's largest airline. what would that mean? big issue air fare and prices, will it send them higher or lower? >>> first a lot of news this morning, let's get right to michaela. >> let's get to the headlines breaking news from egypt overnight, egypt's military moved in to break up two massive makeshift camps in cairo. there are competing claims about fatalities. the muslim brotherhood claiming 200 protesters have been killed and more than 8,000 injured, egyptian officials, however, dispute those claims saying that nine pro-morsi supporters were killed and 78 others were hurt. >>> a tense hostage drama at a bank in st. joseph, loui

michaela?to come, barbara starr thank you. >>> the pennsylvania police chief who got suspended after firing off his guns and his mouth in a youtube rant, he'll be on hand for a special council meeting tonight, the gilbertton burough council suspended chief mark kesler for 30 days, a suspension that is about to end. he expects to be fired, but is he not backing down. this week he released a new video aiming at targets with the same first names as the burough council president and vice president. >>> more details emerging about the raid that killed osama bin laden, "the washington post" says forensic intelligence agents confirmed his identity eight hours after he was killed by using dna from his corpse. it also says the u.s. lacks intelligence on pakistan, north korea, and russia. "the post" report is based on information from nsa leaker edward snowden. >>> beginning in october, new warning in bright red lettering will appear on bottles of extra strength tylenol alerting users to the dangers of t

first up michaela. >> let's look at the "l.a.n jewelry discovered in a 5,000-year-old tomb in 1911 was crafted from iron meteorites that fell to earth from outer space. >>> a new study ranks louisiana at the most obese state in the united states just above mississippi. >>> and apple co-founder steve wozniak offering his review of "jobs" with ashton kutchers ahis former partner. steve likes ashton better in "that '70s show" let's just say. >>> futures lower after the longest losing streak since december for stocks. the dow down for four consecutive trading days losing 440 points. >>> the irs sent out letters to 20,000 small business owners over the past year notifying them of possible income underreporting. the irs thinks businesses that get most of their sales through credit cards may be underreporting their cash transactions. cnn money has a list of places where homes are the most affordable and your income goes the farthest. top, altemon springs, florida. >> we norman hat tan. we had red flag warnings in the area, talking about

first she sat down with our friend the one and only michaela pereira.her amazing story growing up in haiti and what got her onto the court. she is pretty spectacular. >> we went one and one, not on the court. >> what. >> she has a slight advantage. >> you only take on someone if you're going to win. i respect that. first let's get straight to michaela for the headlines. >> watching the developments, major developments on syria, and president obama says there is no doubt now that the assad regime used chemical weapons on its own people. key members of congress will be briefed on the evidence which could be made public as soon as today. no decision has been made on a possible strike. >>> crews may finally be getting a handle on the enormous wildfire in and around yosemite national park. it's right now at 30% containment. more than 192,000 acres have burned and 11 structures been destroyed. officials estimate full containment of the fire will take another three weeks. >>> tens of thousands of dogs in detroit roaming the streets. hard times in the bankrupt

>> reporter: hi, michaela. the weapons inspectors are planning to go out again. our understanding is they plan to visit the eastern suburbs of damascus. that's what we are hearing on the ground. it's a place that apparently had the highest death toll in the alleged attack that happened last wednesday. yesterday, of course, the weapons inspectors went out to western suburbs of damascus and their vehicles got shot at. they managed to get on the ground. they gathered valuable information, soil samples and other samples. they were able to speak to doctors as well as victims of the alleged attack last wednesday. the inspectors, so far, have not gone out today. what's happened is earller today, the head of the u.n. in addition went out with the u.n. high representative for disarmorment to complain about yesterday's incident where the convoy was shot at. they were going to complain to the syrian government. it's not clear what sort of findings they have made. it's still evaluating. they plan to go out today to gather more information. michaela? >> grave concern and eyes

michaela?truggling to understand why russia continues to support syria given all this that has gone on. >> reporter: a lot has been said about the military economic ties going back to the day of the soviet union. they are standing with syria and in opposition to western and u.s. policy. russia believes wars and revolutions do not create peace and stability. it looks to other examples in the arab spring, the conflicts in iraq and libya. the consequences from those attacks and intervention of them and support of them has been overwhelmingly negative. should the same event be played out in syria, they face the same consequences, the stability in the region, things could get worse quickly. >> there is concern if nothing is done, things will get worse quickly. thank you. >>> crews making progress on the wildfire burning inside and around california's yosemite national park. it's a slow process. the fire keeps spreading. it's burned through 192,000 acres. this morning, it is 30% contained. officials

we think of jennifer, haley and michaela of every second of everyday. >> it is a system, you know. and you know people say that it's the best system in the world, but it's a maddening system at best. people spend at lot of time parsing words instead of really trying to get to what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil. but it is the system we have, and so we are hoping, hoping that the system we have will give us justice. >> today's date is july 23rd, 2007. statement taking place at the cheshire police department headquarters. thomas komisarjevsky, do you know why you are here? >> for home invasion that went terribly wrong. >> okay. you went to stop&shop in cheshire. >> i was waiting for a contractor to make payment. e while waiting i saw a mother and daughter, and for whatever reason i chose to follow the mom and the daughter to their house and saw that they went to a very nice house. i thought it would be nice to be there some day. ♪ you're not made of money, so don't overpay for boat insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >> josh and steven were texti

jennifer, hayley and michaela, they were kind and they were sweet.oked out for other people. they cared about other people. and spent their time helping people. so for them to suffer, you know, horrific, horrific deaths seems incredibly injust. it would seem incredibly injust for anybody. but obviously, they're the three people i knew and loved the best in the world. and it just -- contra -- contra -- the opposition of the just absolute evil that attacked us versus the goodness they represented. it's just worlds apart. >>> a benign visit to the grocery store to get milk, bread, toilet paper. oh, and "people" magazine. because a family my brother killed is on the front cover. and my brother's picture is in it. he raped a woman. he choked her to death. he poured gasoline on two little girls. and he set them on fire. how does a person do that? mid november. he peed funny, so they threw him back and paroled him five months later. personally, they're stupid, because they don't get it. you don't care enough about the people in your society to put these typ

michaela?anching out the agency known for the uncomfortable airport screenings expanding its reach to include train stations and sporting events and music festivals. a new baby boom in the l.a. times. women in their 40s now likely to have babies now than at any time the last four plus decade. >>> from "the wall street journal" water power jet packs seem to be the newest rage at beaches. they propel riders into the air with a stream of water but also sparking safety concerns. >>> time for business news with alison kosik. >> a new record high on wall street, did you notice? facebook shares topping $39 and up in premarket trading this morning. facebook saying it's selling more ads on mobile devices and as for the overall market lower today. a lot of clunkers on the road. the average age of a vehicle in the u.s. just over 11 years. that is actually a record high. cars are more reliable these days and people are hanging on to them because of the sluggish economy. >>> shachevy is knocking $5,000f the

michaela, pereira. >> monday. >> only way to kick off the week!it, wait, wait, there's more. a little special message for you. >> hi, michaela. happy birthday! we're sorry we can't be there this year for your birthday, but we know it's going to be special. >> we wish you all the best and look forward to seeing you soon. greetings from everyone here. love you. >> happy birthday, michaela. >> we love you. >> big applause. >> that's the mayor. >> that's the mayor and kids from l.a.'s best and my mom and dad. >> they wrote it down. >> they wrote it down. >> from baked right here in new york and very special birthday to you, my love. >> happy birthday, sweetheart. we have blown all of our birthdays in one month. >> the rest of the year, news. >> on that note, we send it to you, the other love of our life, carol costello. >> i noticed they didn't put candles on here. >> will you stop attacking her. >> happy birthday, michaela. you guys eat that cake. "newsroom" starts now. >> that is a good-looking cake. >>> happening now in "newsroom" fire storm in yos

straight to michaela with the latest. >> the body of an arizona teenager who had gone missing last week in oregon has been found. 1-year-old jonathan croom's body was spotted a short distance from an suv, his death being investigated as a suicide. he was grieving the end of a relationship and talked about running away from society, like in the book "into the wild." >>> now that george zimmerman has been acquitted in the death of the unarmed teenager trayvon martin, zimmerman's legal team plans to ask the state of florida to pay up to $300,000 of his legal expenses, that would cover some of the money spent on expert witnesses, under a florida law an acquitted defendant can ask the court to pay some of the costs in the case. >>> a break of measles eight a megachurch, all leegd to the eagle mountain megachurch. most of the people who had gotten sick had not been vaccinated against measles. the church is offering vaccination to its members. >>> a small drone aircraft that was capturing video of the event dropped suddenly from the sky into the stands. remarkably officials say just four or fi

i had to pull it away when michaela was around.d to take a big gamble in taking his new role in "elysium" a lot going on with his family, as well. >> he seems charming. >> very charming and, i would tell you, normal as can be. which is a huge compliment. >> look forward to that. not jealous at all. if i could boil a day down to five things -- >> what would you do? >> i would turn to you and say, what are these five things. >> i just saw an image of michaela when she was 7. would you turn to me? >> here are the five things you need to know for your "new day." a worldwide terror alert. the u.s. shutting down 19 u.s. consulates and embassies in the middle east and africa through saturday. raising fears of a possible terror attack. >>> sources telling cnn that the yankee slugger alex rodriguez will likely be suspended from baseball today. a-rod will be suspended for over 200 games and not eligible to play, again, until 2015. >>> both the prosecution and the defense set for their arguments. accused of 19 killings and 13 counts of extort

michaela connolly and melissa reid were stuck in lima last tuesday. michaela mccollum on the left was arrested in lima on tuesday last week, along with melissa reid, who is 19 and from your glass cap. they were about to board a flight to madrid. the national police of peru have released video footage of the two women being questioned. officers say they found 12 kilos of cocaine, worth around 1.5 million pounds, hidden in food in their luggage. melissa reid said she did not know what she was carrying. >> i was forced to take these bags in my luggage. >> did you know it contained drugs? >> i did not know that. >> the women are being held in a jail on the outskirts of lima. conditions are said to be poor. peruvian authorities say they believe that women may have been working as drug couriers from south america to europe. peru is now the world's biggest exporter of cocaine. last year alone, 248 allegedly mules were arrested -- alleged drug mules were arrested trying to smuggle out a total of 1600 kilos of class a drugs. if found guilty, the two women coul

i'm michaela pereira. >> great to have you with us. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> federal firefighters are calling the blaze near and around yosemite national park, the worst they have seen. 7% contained now. the spread throughout not only homes, but san francisco's power supply. nick is following developments for us. >> reporter: thousands of firefighters are battling this massive blaze raging out of control in california's sierra foothills. tens of thousands of acres scorched. the so-called rim fire approached the western edge. >> it's astounding to see the power of what i witnessed earlier. structure protection, making sure we keep everyone safe and protect that park at all costs. >> reporter: bucket drops are the crucial way they are fighting the blaze. parts of the fire are only accessible by air. on the ground, firefighters like harold cook get little rest. >> how does this compare to others you have fought? >> this is probably one of the worst ones, if not one of the more extreme fires since 2001 when i started. >> it's threatening grovewood.

i'm michaela pereira. >> i'm poppy harlow. friday, everyone. >>> a setback for president obama and his plan to hold syria accountable for an alleged chemical attack on the people. britain's parliament voting not to take action. david cameron agreed. the united states may go it alone saying it threatens our allies and the world at large. we are following developments from london. what is the latest from 10 downing street? >> reporter: they are trying to recover from last night's humiliating defeat. these are the headlines in every paper. humiliating defeat on every single one of them. it was a surprise in an emotional night. the vote was defeated 285 to 272. it appears david cameron misjudged opposition in parliament but members of his own party as well. take a listen to what he had to say after the vote was announced. >> i strongly believe in the need for a tough response to the use of chemical weapons but i also believe in respecting the will of this house of commons. it is very clear tonight that while the house has not pass

. >> digging deeper with mark geragos, crystal wright, and michaela angela davis. danny fort said they did this because they were quote bored. you heard the da saying he doesn't believe race was involved. could it be this straight open and shut. >> i think some people don't want it to be that open and shut. what i've heard, somebody could make this into a race or racial crime or hate crime, but i think if you got a da whose there and got the wind at his back and knows the facts, at least at this point i would defer to the d.a. and unfortunately, i say this with a lot of regret it sounds like it could be that simple and that's the extremely disconcerning. >> 15, 16, 17-year-olds, suspects, two charged with murder being charged as add adulthoods. does that surprise you? >> no, that's been a real trend in this country in the last 20 years to go lower and lower in ages and make those people adults. that is contrary, frankly, through the biological research that shows especially among males that they don't really fully form, their brains don't until they are 25 or so. i

bet michaela angela davis and brandon dean. thanks to both of you for coming in.ela, oprah says the use of the "n" word depends on the context in the time you were raised but you feel this word is a totally different word. explain. >> no, i feel like different generations see it as a totally different word, and i feel like this word particularlily really articulates a generational divide when rachel jeantal shows a different attachment to the word. i see, i recognize this generation seeing this as two entirely different words, and i also recognize their perhaps sense of pride and pleasure in having power over a word that they know that they can say that white people can't say. so there's -- it's a very complex -- it's -- no other word in our language has been this loaded, and we've seen black youth culture take words that were negative and turn them around like dope, ill, and gangster are three of my favorite words to explain something good. so we have this as a historic tradition of black youth culture taking language and turning it on it's head and making the ge

. >> michaela sometimes shied away from adults, but if she saw someone was having a difficult time, she went to hem and tried to help with whatever she could. >> their lives were just centered around a sense of socialability, justice, and if i didn't smile about it, i would have to cry. >> well, first of all, thank you really like to say thank you to people from all over the state of connecticut and all over the country. we have been surrounded with love and cards and flowers and prayer. from east to west, from north to south. i met jen at children's hospital in pittsburgh. she was a new nurse, and i was the know it all third year medical student. i was trying to correct jen on how to take the blood pressure the correct way. since i had about three minutes of experience at that point. but it became clear pretty quickly that she knew more about pediatrics and how to care for kids than i had ever known. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some question physics. some question gravity. and some... even have the audacity to question improbability. with best-in-class towing and best-in-class torque these

this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate baldwin and michaela pereira. >> good morning. i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate bolduan here with michaela pereira. >> and now we'll talk live with a group of horseback riders who spotted hannah and james dimaggio and tipped off police. how their quick thinking probably saved her life. >> and also, sanjay gupta was on here last week talking about his powerful special about marijuana. we knew it was going to bring heated opinions and it did. sanjay will come on and talk about his own evolving view. >> being fired is bad enough but imagine being fired in front of 1,000 of your colleagues and co-workers. it happened by an aol employee, fired on a conference call. >> able, put that camera down right now. you're fired. out. >> wait until you hear why the ceo did it. does the punishment fit the crime? >> after that horrific week that saw her mother and brother killed and her own abduction, allegedly at the hands of a family friend, hannah anderson has finally been reunited with her father. the two met finally on sunday the day after an fbi

we're here with news anchor michaela pereira. this hour an 18-year-old graffiti artist dies after police used a taser on him. his family says they moved to the u.s. from colombia to avoid violence. now they're grieving over their son's death. this morning his parents want answers. >>> we're going to take to you this story unfolding in pennsylvania, many are living in fear of their police chief, you're looking at him right now, he was suspended. the official reason misuse of burough property. that's how they described him firing the videos. he says it's about his constitutional right, he's going to be here live and tell us what's going on. >>> a 50-year-old mystery unfolding in chicago. baby was kidnapped in 1964, returned to his parents after he was found abandoned. now a new dna test shows he's not actually their biological child. the question is who is he? how did this happen? we get to hear from him, coming up. very profound story. >> wild story. >>> first up raging floods in 12 states across the u.s., disrupting millions in t

michaela pereira is off today.den is a free man in russia this morning but at what cost? washington is furious over the decision to grant him temporary asylum and president obama now reconsidering a planned meeting with russian president vladimir putin. where do both plans go from here? >>> millions of you could lose some of your favorite non-cnn shows, a deadline looms for a new contract between time worner cable and cbs. the question is who will blink first. cable wars heating up straight ahead. >>> but first this morning the state department is taking unprecedented action all around the world, key u.s. embassies and consulates across the middle east are being closed on sunday because of "serious and credible threats of terrorism." cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr has the latest. good morning, barbara. >> good morning, chris. this may be the most significant largest shutdown of u.s. embassies around the world since the 9/11 attacks. the u.s. is closing embassies around the world after what one senior u.s.

we are here with michaela pereira. >> good morning. >> chuck schumer is here.out everything from immigration to what we should do about russia ahead. >> plus, this is a situation you don't want to be in. locked in a coffin and dropped from a plane at 14,000 feet. it's not an accident. it's on purpose. you will meet the dare devil who pulled off the feat. a lot of news. let's get to it. >> something emotion al. breaking news as a house of horrors comes tumbling down. live pictures of the demolition happening with ariel castro's house. the house of horrors. the man who kidnap the three young women. gina dejesus's aunt took the first hit on the house. she had assistance in operating the crane. a beautiful symbolic move. there's michelle knight. she arrived with balloons she handed out to neighbors. it's not clear what they are planning to do with the land. that effort continues today. you can imagine it is quite an emotional scene. >> concern for the well-being of a california teen taken after her mother was murder ed. police are looking for james dimaggio. there

let's get straight to michaela. >> good morning.swallowing building at a resort near disney world. the sinkhole is about 60 feet in diameter and it is still growing. >> it was the most surreal experience. i never could imagine in my wildest dreams. >> a huge scare overnight at this resort just ten minutes from disney world. while visitors were relaxing, a giant 60-foot sinkhole suddenly opened beneath them. >> one woman was sitting in the tub and the tub just levitated and that's when she just grabbed a pair of shorts and kacame out with another. >> reporter: the sinkhole devoured one building and continues to sink another. guests were rushed out to safety. >> they were going by and searching for people in the rooms. >> reporter: it left a 15-foot deep crater in the ground. witnesses say they heard loud noises and windows cracking. >> when the fire trucks and ambulances came, one person had to break out of a window because the door had collapsed. >> reporter: all guests were evacuated safely and no one was hurt, though it did put a

jennifer, hayley and michaela, they were kind and they were sweet.y looked out for other people. they cared about other people. and spent their time helping people. so for them to suffer, you know, horrific, horrific deaths seems incredibly injust. it would seem incredibly injust for anybody. but obviously, they're the three people i knew and loved the best in the world. and it just -- contra -- contra -- the opposition of the just absolute evil that attacked us versus the goodness they represented. it's just worlds apart. >> a benign visit to the grocery store to get milk, bread, toilet paper. oh, and "people" magazine. because a family my brother killed is on the front cover. and my brother's picture is in it. he raped a woman. he choked her to death. he poured gasoline on two little girls. and he set them on fire. how does a person do that? mid november. he peed funny, so they threw him back and paroled him five months later. personally, they're stupid, because they don't get it. you don't care enough about the people in your society to put these

i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate bolduan here with news anchor michaela pereira.

. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> good morningw day," it is thursday, august 22nd, 6:00 in the east, i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate bolduan. we're here with news anchor michaela pereira. >> good morning, everyone. >> coming up this morning, is bob filner finally ready to step down from office? he stands accused of harassment of no less than 18 women but he's now come to an agreement with the city. does this mean he's heading out? we'll talk about that. >>> we've heard threats from companies that obama care will cause them to cut benefits and workers hours. now one major company has moved beyond idle threats.

michaela pereira reports a judge ruled in her favor on a question of race. >> i want to apologize toody. >> reporter: some good news for paula deen in the case that brought down her multimillion empire. the tv chef has been cleared of the racial discrimination claimed filed by a former employee. a judge ruled a former manager couldn't be the victim of racial discrimination targeting african-american employees because she is white. plaintiff is accidental victim of the racial discrimination. >> it's a big victory. motions are rarely granted. it tells us a lot about the strength of the plaintiffs claims, they were weak. >> reporter: they are pleased with the ruling. miss deen is confident those who know how she lives her life knows she believes in equal opportunity and fairness for everyone. deen was stressed into a second trial, this time in the court of public opinion. >> 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. >> deen and her family went on the defensive. >> our mother is one of the most compassiona compassionate, good heart

. >> announcer: this is "new day" "new day" with chris cuomo, kate bolduan and michaela pereira. >> goodk ahead. that's all you need to know. welcome to "new day" t is wednesday august 21st, 6:00 in the east. i'm chris cuomo. >> i'm kate bolduan here with news anchor michaela pereira. >> good morning. >> we have a big tv exclusive today. >> mr. mark zucker beg, founder of facebook, what made him come out of his shell, that's the question. the answer is something big to be sure. what could be bigger than what he's already done? he's already got 1 billion people. guess what? it's five times as big. it's a little bit of a surprise something he gives us at the end of the show. >> not any of his stock. just warning. >> yes, lots of stock. >>> new details on the shocking story out of oklahoma, two teenagers charged as adults accused of killing an australian exchange student simply because they were bored. this is front page news in australia, many in the country angry at the u.s. and we'll talk to one politician there calling for a boycott on the u.s. >>> take a look at this, this is dr. oz he