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rachel nichols for us this morning in miami just down the road from really what is ground zero for this incredible scandal engulfing major league baseball. thanks, rachel. >>> to oklahoma now where authorities say 19 people were killed in last friday's storms and 2.6 miles wide. that's how big this tornado was. the national weather service says at 2.6 miles wide, the powerful ef-5 tornado that hit el reno, oklahoma, is the widest tornado ever recorded in the u.s. cnn meteorologist chad myers is live in el reno with more on that wild weather that's taking place across the country. good morning, chad. >> reporter: good morning, christine. this storm, this tornado that we had, 2.6, 2 1/2 miles wide from one side of the damage to the other, was like a carousel with horses on it. the horses going around, those were small tornadoes. and think about that going 185 miles per hour, two miles around. then those horses spinning at 110 miles per hour getting a wind speed for that storm of 295 in some of those major vortices, those satellite vortices going around these satellite tornadoes. an incred

cnn's rachel nichols spoke with him.game x, security guards come out, they start putting that yellow tape around the floor, get ready to wheel that trophy in and give it to the spurs. >> we felt like they was burying us alive, throwing dirt on us before it was over. at the end of the day there's still more game to play. let's finish this game and see what happens. >> we have to talk about the head band, of course. i have one here for you. i don't know if you recognize this. this is your old friend. you usually keep this guy next to you at all times you wear him. >> he's a little mad at me right now. haven't talked to him in a few hours. i haven't not played with it in so long. >> dwyane wade said i'm going to try to see if i'm going to talk him into not wearing it in game seven. can you give me the exclusive here? >> i don't know. i don't know. it's a tough decision. i have to decide whether i'm going to wear it or not wear it. i think i will. he's been a part of this journey, the ups and downs of my career so far. >> no

rachel nichols joins me now live from miami. rachel, you talked to lebron.ut the loss. instead, they remain confident? >> yeah. his track record is backing him up here. they actually lost game one of the nba finals last year, went on to win the next four straight. take the title. since lebron has been in miami, they's gone on to win the next four straight. nobody thinks it will be quite so easy with san antonio here. this is a more veteran team. still, when i had the chance to sit down with lebron yesterday, he remained confident. take a listen. >> one thing about our team, one thing about me, we get better as the series goes on. we figure out ways we can exploit our competition, do better the next game. guys kand kiind of live for tha moment. we don't like being down 0-1. but we like coming back stronger. >> you have always been the guy the opponents key on. i remember watching you your senior year in high school. it's been that way for your entire career. do you ever get the feeling, hey, worry about someone else? do you just want to play one of these game

some say it's really working, in some cases it's not. >> cnn's rachel nichols, thank you. >>> i wantjeffrey toobin here in the studio. we will turn back to the george zimmerman trial when it resumes. before we do, your thoughts on the charges against aaron hernandez. they're pretty strong. >> first-degree murder, he's not getting out on bail. that's almost for certain. >> one critical part of this case that we don't know anything about is the two other men that he's accused of big with. will they film against hernandez? they obviously are key figures. >>> fascinating stuff. we're going to turn to the other murder trial, the george zimmerman murder trial, which is continuing right now. >> we're still waiting for the audio of the trial to come to us. >> just to get your thoughts again. what is the scenario if he is found guilty. >> life in prison. i mean, you know, the stakes are enormous for him. he's not eligible for the death penalty, but is eligible for life in prison which basically focuses the mind a great deal. i think a lot of people were surprised when the prosecutor brought t

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rachel nichols got the big scoop. will he wear it or won't he?yane wade said i'm going to talk him into not wearing it in game seven. can you give us the exclusive here? >> i don't know. i don't know. it's a very tough decision. i got to decide if i'm going to wear it or not wear it, but i think i will. >> tipoff is tonight at 8:30 eastern and the heat have home court. >> trash talking in sports used to be considered an art, homemade a ali. chris christie is banishing trash talking in high school sports. some critics, saying the state has no business in suppressing free speech, on the court or not. #you're it, we asked you for your favorite james gandolfini moments. "when christopher tells tony about adriana. perfect mix of rage and compassion. >> and "the a.j. suicide rescue. culmination of a lot of things there. we will miss you, james gandolfini. that's it for "the lead." i turn you over to jim acosta who is filling in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room." jim? >> thanks, jake. happening now, wall street's worst day of the year, fears of w

our rachel nichols is live in miami, just a few miles away from where this clinic used to be. no positive drug tests. how can mlb hand down such serious penalties without that? >> well, this is why watts happened this week is so important. you have this clinic that has already been proven to be handing out steroids to baseball players and now the founder of the clinic has said that he is willing to come in to major league baseball fully cooperate and start naming names, and baseball certainly hopes he will also bring with him some physical evidence because just a he said-he said isn't going to cut it here. these players will of course appeal these suspensions, so they're going to need phone records, things like guys who said i never knew this clinic, never had contact, if there are text messages, phone records, plane tickets, things that link them, baseball will have a good case on its hands. so this is a great development there them, even though there are no positive tests. and it's so important, not just for baseball fans who don't want to feel that once again the game is bei

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rachel nichols for us in miami. thank you so much, rachel.let you go, let me tell you. i sit here and read these tweets constantly. i appreciate you sending them to me. i read them all through the breaks. my twitter feed is absolutely blown up. i promise you we'll post that on the brooke blog, cnn.com/brooke. let me know your opinion. the guy fired off an absolutely horrible joke. let me know your thoughts. should he have his job back? cnn.com/brooke. jake tapper is up next with "the lead." >> hey, everyone. this is what you unwittingly traded your private phone records for. i'm here with "the lead," the world lead. they monitored domestic phone records and e-mails. they reveal the specifics of how they claim they use the data to stop the terror system. did they have to do that? >>> autism. could the answer be in the air that we breathe? a new study out today is bound to cause controversy. >>> and

rachel nichols was in miami covering the end of it. she's back in new york. el, you, last time i saw you, you had the head band. then you got the man. you had the sit-down with king james himself. how is he doing? pretty good, i imagine? >> he's kind of happy. you know, it's a good summer to be lebron swraems. he's getting married this summer to his high school sweetheart. he's got his second nba championship trophy. i would say things are going pretty well in his world. this is a guy that undergoes such intense scrutiny, brooke, that he can't even be on his phone or social media or anything during the playoffs. because it's so distracting. everyone has an opinion on him. but the good side of that intensity is when you win, you win big. talk a listen. >> last year you kind of -- the time went by so fast. you know, and it's like, wow. dang. did i really just -- it's gone. it's gone like that. i'm going to make sure i take full advantage of this one. >> after you won your title last year you said it was the toughest thing you'd ever done. after you won the title

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he's not playing well, you can expect the little friend to maybe take a trip somewhere else. >> rachel nicholsp and the lebron headband. you're good, girl. you're good. thank you. we'll be looking at that. >> reporter: i told you. >> game seven. thank you, rachel. >>> semisports related here. governor chris christie revealed something today that simply shocked his audience. what was it? alas, it was the nfl team he roots for. his audience? the crowd of elementary school students. this is in new jersey. the governor fielded some questions from them. one of these little guys wanted to know, governor christie, who is your favorite football team? but before we reveal his answer, what do you think? here are the possible options. think about it. governor of new jersey. could it be the new york giants, dallas cowboys, philadelphia eagles, new york jets? which one has his support? you know, one might think this is an easy answer. one might have to think again. here was the governor. >> because my favorite football team is not the new york giants. it's -- it's not the new york jets. and it's not the ph

let's bring in cnn's rachel nichols and sports agent doug aldridge. bruary that are nfl players. as jason also points out that's a small percentage of all of the players in the nfl. do you think the league has a problem? do you think the league has a problem in culture or is it something else? >> i don't think the league has an actual problem. there are 1,700 players in the nfl. if you look at the arrests since the bowl, you are talking about less than 2%. the fbi puts out statistics about the number of arrests as per the general u.s. population. that's more like 4.5%. you're not talking about guys being criminals to a greater degree. in fact, they are sort of model citizens if you're going to look at those numbers. it's the perception. it's the profile, the high profile nature of these cases and what the nfl has done to battle that is roger goodell is a law and order commissioner. he upped suspensions and increased power he has to impose suspensions before there's a conviction in the case. they have tried to clean up the image of the nfl. you're going

cnn's rachel nichols joining us now. thanks for coming to "new day." re. this one a dramatic example. what does it mean? >> not so great to be at the ballpark over the weekend. fans in the stands, they heard that great crack that normally signifies a home run only that's not what iá was. it was the sound of a baseball going off of alex cobb's skull. take a look. not an easy thing to be part of. it is one of the most disturbing sights in baseball. >> oh! >> reporter: a pitcher, defenseless, getting hit in the head by a ball traveling more than 100 miles an hour and reaching the mound in about a dpthird of a second. tampa bay pitcher alex cobb tweeted that he woke up with, quote, only a minor headache the day after being hit by a line drive, but he's hardly the only victim. just last month, j.a. happ had to be removed from the field, blood pouring from his ear. a year before, brando' mccarthy had to have major brain surgery. he's still struggling with procedures. >> when you see line drives go >> reporter: and it's not just major leaguers. gunnar sandberg

let's bring in rachel nichols of cnn sports, who is watching the story for us. s, who would have thought this could happen. but what are you learning, rachel? >> up until this afternoon, the speculation was that police were looking at an obstruction of justice charge for hernandez. so it sent shock waves throughout the world of sports when it was a murder charge announced this afternoon. now here's the prosecution today laying out a dispute at the club that they think was between the two men. and that they say was at the root of this incident. >> the defendant went to a club on friday nirt together with the victim and apparently at that time, is when the victim spoke to people that the defendant was not happy about. hours before the homicide, the defendant told a third party that he couldn't trust anyone any more and he seemed upset. at that time, he was holding a firearm. it was the defendant who made the arrangements to meet with the victim. he then called his friends to come up and as i indicated by the nature of his text, the suggesting there was some urgency

rachel nichols in miami, miles away from the clinic. success pennings could be up to 100 games, double the usually amount. >> yeah this is something that could be the largest drug scandal in u.s. sports history. could be is the key part of that phrase. just because major league baseball is seeking these suspensions doesn't mean they will happen. but it is a huge, huge step that the founder of this clinic has decided to work with them, come forward, tell them what he knows, the key is going to be how much proof he can provide, whether this turns into a he said/he said situation or whether he really has some more of the records, receipts, phone records, maybe even dna evidence, that can back this up. major league baseball scheduled to meet with him by the end of the week, but the big hurdle cleared for them, he finally agreed to participate in the investigation. and what it could mean for players involved, what it could mean for the sport of baseball, is huge. yankee skipper joe gerrardi addressed that just last night. >> i think we all h

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rachel nichols, worst assignment of the week, is in south beach. and you are probably still celebrating. morning, rachel. >> reporter: well, this gives you an idea, i was just texted a photo of the rapper drake, pat riley and lebron james all partying together in a club. i don't know how you guys would like to be a fly on that wall. celebrating what is already being considered one of the best nba finals series ever. they fought to the very end, to the very last possible minute of the very last possible game of the season. if sometimes sports is about fantastic feats of athleticism, this nba finals was about unrelenting determination. two past champions bringing out the best in each other, but only one was left standing. >> the saying hard work pays off was a true testament what happened tonight. last year i said it was the toughest thing i had ever done. this year i tell last year, he's absolutely wrong. this was the toughest championship right here. >> obviously, we're very disappointed, you know. we had a great opportunity in game six. and tonight

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rachel nichols joins us live from nimiami. rachel, we've heard the word legacy a lot.t's at stake tonight? >> reporter: this a "prove it" game. lebron james' name is known around the world, but this isn't the world of entertainment where you can kim kardashian your way into being famous. you've got to put up the stats, win the rings, prove it when your team needs you the most. we're just a couple of hours away here in miami from lebron james being in one of those situations. mj, kobe, larry bird, they were able to have their performances when it looked the darkest of and that's what we remember about them. and you talk about legacy, lebron james is still building his. if he comes through tonight here in this building, it's going to be a big part of what we eventually remember him for. >> and on another subject, what's the fallout from roy hibbert's comments, his homophobic comments after game six? >> reporter: yeah. look, the nba really came strong on this. they fined hibbert $75,000, which even if you're an nba multimillionaire that is not chump change. couple that wi

. >>> there he is, the king, lebron james sitting down with rachel nichols talking about what it is liket could be in his future. remember, after next year, another contract year for him. >> decision, part two. i have been seeing reports the flight from moscow is boarding right now. it's the one where edward snowden will be on. this story is developing. you will bring us every twist and turn as this unfolds on several continents at the same time. >> thanks. international intrigue. keep following us on "new day" for that. serena williams is apologizing to a tennis rival. what she said that had maria sharapova up in arms. aid® it's 100% real milk that's easy to digest so you can fully enjoy the dairy you love. lactaid®. for 25 years, easy to digest. easy to love. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him

rachel nichols. did you have to bust out the man's headband, rachel?porter: you know, i have my methods don, come on. i think no question, his friend, as he says, has been with him through thick and thin. he's going to start the game wearing it. he makes no promises on finishing it that way. things aren't going well, we might see him slip it off. we'll have to find out how it goes. >> i was just going to say for casual fans, they may have just learned that san antonio is a pretty good darn team. >> san antonio is an excellent team. tim duncan going for his fifth nba championship ring. that's pretty staggering. it's a very small list if you think about it. and, you know, the entire team is packed with potential hall of famers, with all-stars. several guys there going for their fourth ring. this is a team that nobody expects to just fall apart in the final minutes of the game. they were up by five with less than 30 seconds to go in game six. the championship trophy being literally wheeled out on to the court for them. they let the heat storm back. a team

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rachel nichols live from miami where game seven will be played tomorrow night, a nail biter. ebron james said this was the best game by far that he had ever been a part of, and this is how dire things got for the miami heat. the spurs were up by five points with less than 30 seconds to go. bunch of fans actually started streaming toward the exits, i guess deciding that the game was over, looking to beat the traffic and security officials started putting up yellow tape around the court, to allow the championship trophy presentation to happen without fans rushing the court, so that yellow tape started going up and dwyane wade and lebron james said they and their teammates saw that and said whoa, whoa, whoa, we are not done yet. we still have 30 seconds to go, let's see what we can do. that amazing jaw-dropping shot from ray allen who shots that three more than anybody else in the history of the game, they come back in overtime and fans who had left the building heard on the radio what was going on and on this plaza here where i'm standing tried to get back into the building. you

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. >> rachel nichols, thanks so much. >>> 18 minutes past the hour, time to check our top stories.homa high school valedictorian is missing in ecuador. august riegger was on a mountain hike with his family and they split up and he simply disappeared. the teen's father says it's baffling since there were only two trails on their hike and the area isn't dangerous. first they thought the teenager doubled back and headed towards the hotel. but when they returned to the hotel the boy was no where to be found. investigators say they have no leads. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in calgary where as many as 1100,000 people may have to evacuate. several roads and bridges have been wiped out by torrential rain and mudslides and portions of the transcanada highway have been closed. >>> passengers can soon be free to use electronic gadgets while onboard an airplane. like when the flight is in the air and everything. "the wall street journal" says they will relax a ban during takeoffs and landings. music players and ereaders would be allowed and cell phones would still be banned. a

rachel nichols is on the phone right now to tell us how the new england patriots might be taking this all in. >> well, just hasn't made any public statements on this case. as you may know, if anybody follows this team, they're not the most forthcoming publicly. we can expect them to comment now that this happened. what we see what the charge is, how long hernandez is going to be involved with the police and whether this is something that they're going to prosecute or whether this is something that the police are using as a tactic to get more information on the investigation that they're doing, then we'll probably find out more about how the patriots and nfl will handle this. six years ago nfl commissioner roger goodell instituted a much harsher player conduct policy. used to be not only did you have to be charged and prosecuted and not only found guilty, then the process would start with the nfl and any discipline around you. the conduct policy is now basically saying, hey, if there's conduct detrimental to the league, even if it's the appearance of doing something wrong and that's ba

let's bring in cnn rachel nichols, i say apparently, but i'm underplaying it. >> a-rod joined twitternot a good idea and, sure enough, here we are. alex has been in tampa rehabbing from his hip injury and some people around him floated out a couple days ago that he might be ready to come back and play full games. the yankees emphatic that he's not ready to do it and alax goes out and sends out this tweet yesterday. hey, i've been cleared to play and even shows a photograph of himself with the doctor who performed his surgery. now, brian cashman, i have to tell you, known him for a long time and one of the more even keeled guys in baseball. he did not have a calm reaction to this. i want to show us what our good friends at "new york post" in their usual understated way. they're showing the quote that brian cashman, the general manager of the yankees had in response to alex rodriguez. when the yankees want to announce something, we will. i'm going to go call alex now. we're told that he actually ended up e-mailing alax because he couldn't reach him, but i'm sure they probably talked sin

thursday night in miami, but the king took time off from celebrating to speak with cnn's very own rachel nicholsew since the win. check out this quick taste of it. >> my youngest son, bryce maximus, i asked him, i was like, hey, what do i need to do to win tonight? and he said "play hard." that's exactly what he said. i said, that's it? he's like, yep, just play hard. >> reporter: he's 5 years old? >> just turned 6 on the 14th. so, he's like "just play hard," and i was like, wow, okay. i guess there it is. >> reporter: sometimes it's that simple. >> it's sometimes that simple. >> i know you want more. catch "new day" tomorrow for the full one-on-one interview. >>> bigger, brighter, closer. if you've looked up in the sky recently, you may have noticed just how big the moon looks, and the super moon is about to reach its peak any moment now. meteorologist alexandra steele in our weather center with more. alexandra, what is it about the moon that's so special? i'm talking about the super moon? >> it's actually a super super moon. what's happening, if you've got a couple seconds when i'm done kind o

. >> john nichols from "the nation" and business insider's joe weisenthal. "the rachel maddow show" begins right now. >>> thank you at home for joining us this hour. this is belzoni, mississippi, and this picture was taken in 1939. it's an african-american man, apparently going to the movies. you can see him there in the hat. right? see him sort of in silhouette. below him, written on the side of the stairs outside the theater, it says colored admission, 10 cents. because this man is black in belzoni, mississippi, in 1939 me has to use a separate door and has to sit way up in the balcony. in mississippi now, of course, and everywhere in the country, theaters are integrated and today this man could sit anywhere he wants, but this particular theater is gone. there is no regular place to go see a movie in belzoni, mississippi, anymore. this is an attempt to buy lunch at a lunch counter in 1960. in greensboro, north carolina. this was the first of the 1960s lunch counter sit-ins. today, in our more integrated

. >> john nichols from "the nation" and business insider's joe weisenthal. "the rachel maddow show" begins right now. >>> thank you at home for joining us this hour. this is balzona, mississippi, and this picture was taken in 1939. it's an african-american man, apparently going to the movies. you can see him there in the hat. right? see him sort of in silhouette. below him, written on the side of the stairs outside the theater, it says colored admission, 10 cents. because this man is black in balzona, mississippi, in 1939 me has to use a separate door and has to sit way up in the balcony. in mississippi now, of course, and everywhere in the country, theaters are integrated and today this man could sit anywhere he wants, but this particular theater is gone. there is no regular place to go see a movie in belzoni, mississippi, anymore. this is an attempt to buy lunch at a lunch counter in 1960. in greensboro, north carolina. this was the first of the 1960s lunch counter sit-ins. today, in our more integrated country, americans of any race could sit down and order, even tak