. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm randi kay. it is 5:00 on the west coast and 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. my car said it was 112 in atlanta and it is going to be hotter, and the same today with excessive heat warnings issued for 19 states which is complicating the efforts to get the power back on for millions who lost electricity in storms over the past two days. many cities have cooling centers open to help people get a break from the heat. as for the strong storms are being blamed for 12 deaths now, and have left a path of downed trees and damaged homes and millions are waiting for the power to come back on, by it could be days before that happens. cnn's athena jones is live in springfield, virginia, for us, and athena, welcome, and how is the cleanup going? >> good morning, randi. well sh well, the cleanup is going in spits and starts. you can see the debris out here in the medium that is left to be picked up. you can see behind me where a giant tree fell on the power lines here. this tree killed a 27-year-old man on friday night who was driving home from work. it is

. >>> welcome back to cnn sunday morning, i'm randi kay. hour now, and here are some of the stories we are watching this hour. there may be relief on the way for some tof the people who are melting in 100-degree heat in the past week. a cold front sounds good, doesn't it? this is what it looks like on the map. a welcomed sight, but i have to tell you that the weather change could bring strong storms and damaging winds and even hail in some parts. >>> to russia where flash flooding has killed at least 150 people. it happened in southern russia near the black sea. people climbed into the trees and the rooftops to escape the rising water. the russian president vladimire putin is touring the area and promising to rebuild the homes lost in the flood. >>> and back home, retired congressman barney frank made history with his "i do." he married his long time partner and that makes the first member of congress with a same-sex marriage while still in office. >>> and in 30 minutes the first serve in wimbledon and the men's final today, andy murray and

i'm randi kay. we start with mitt romney's eventful visit to israel.ent to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? >> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith's most sacred sight. he was

. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm randi kay. it is 5:00 on the west coast and 8:00 a.m. east coast.

i'm randi kay. it's 8:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us.tart with a victory for florida governor rick scott. he sue the federal government and now the government has given in. what did he want? access to the department of homeland security's database on immigrants in the u.s. the reason? he wants to purge illegally registered voters from the state's voter rolls. so how big of a problem is it in florida? >> here is what we know so far. because we couldn't get the homeland security database, we used our own motor vehicle database and looked at 2,600 names. we know over 100 people have registered to vote, they're nonu.s. citizens and we know over 50 have voted in o

dominique dawes talked about with our own randi kay this morning. >> i think that she was right that have laser focus, but that was not my experience when i stayed in the olympic village. >>> turning to politics now, overall mitt romney and president obama are neck and neck in the polls except when it comes down to race. look at this, among white voters romney has a 15 point advantage over the president. but when it comes to black voters, it's not only close, only 5% of black voters say they would vote for governor romney. we talked with voters here in atlanta about why they think that is. >> you vote for people that you think you can relate to. that you feel that can walk in your shoes a little bit more than the other. >> as far as being a black american, that's the closest thing we have to being in the white house. >> here to talk about this race for the races, anna navaro and frederick harris, he's director of the center on african-american politics and society. anna, let's start with you, because we all know right now, we have heard bits of mitt romney addressing the naacp this w

randy kay is back. >> with the london olympics three weeks away but earlier in the day, six people werento custody in london on terrorism charges. >>> the nuclear crisis in japan unfolded due to willful negligence and a flawed response according to a panel. the panel also said the march 2011 disaster was caused by japanese reelectricity tans to answer authority. >>> mortgage rates have fallen yet again to new lows. freddie mac reports that the rate for a 30-year fixed loan is 3.62%. >>> a florida lifeguard who was fired for saving a drowning man has been offered his job back. tomas lopez was terminated because he saved the swimmer outside his coverage zone. he's not accepting receipt hire offer. vernlthsz i radios them and told them i'm goingtor a rescue, it's outside the zone. it's south of us. so i started going. my manager was telling me, don't go. you go back to your tower. i told him i'm not going back. i was running for a while. i still didn't see the guy and i kept running and i finally noticed him splashing around. by the time i got to the water, two other guests got to him and

i'm randi kay. we start with mitt romney's eventful visit to israel. he went to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? >> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear weapons, and i can tell you that the republican contender wrapped up a visit to the western wall which is to be the jewish faith's most sacred sight. he was there for 15 minutes and approached the wall and said a note of prayer and left a prayer at the wall. ann romney was with him at the visit. he didn't make any public comments with the press, but mainly spoke to the jewish lead leaders on hand there, and ra i randi, i spoke to a couple of jews at the site, and they were impressed by his visit there, and he said this is a pr

i'm randi kay and bottom of the hour now. we are watching another round of storms today.end, millions still without power. record heat is complicating the situation for cleanup and recovery crews. a comfortable sunday is predicted but some areas will hit triple digits. >>> firefighters are battling the monstrous colorado wildfire. bus tours will begin for those trying the return to their neighborhoods. two people have died. so far it has consumed 225 square miles and it is 45% contained. little progress. >>> and in syria, world leaders are trying to find a peaceful means to end the violence. the plan calls for a unity government that would be decided by the syrian people. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says that the plan makes it clear that the president bashar al assad cannot stay in power e. >>> and now people return to the polls to elect a president in mexico. for the first time 79 million people were registered to vote according to the federal election institute. among them 3.5 million people who will be voting for the first time. >>> to american politics now

i'm randi kay. it's 8:00 on the east coast. thanks for starting your morning with us. wee start with a victory for florida governor rick scott. he sue the federal government and now the government has given in. what did he want? access to the department of homeland security's database on immigrants in the u. the reason? he wants to purge illegally registered voters from the state's voter rolls. so how big of a problem is it in florida? >> here is what we know so far. because we couldn't get the homeland security database, we used our own motor vehicle database and looked at 2,600 names. we know over 100 people have registered to vote, they're nonu.s. citizens and we know over 50 have voted in our election. so we know people are registering to note that are non-u.s. citizens and we know they're voting. that's not right, it's a crime, and it impacts our races. >> that was the governor a couple weeks ago on this program. critics say scott is just trying to suppress the minority vote. the federal government had sued to stop florida's voter purge, but a judge ruled in flori

. >>> i'm randi kay, and thank you for watching.state of the union" with candy crowley starts right now. >>> june disappoints with weak job numbers. today, unemployment and the presidential race. >> but it is still tough out there. >> this kick in the gut has got to end. >> exclusive interviews with senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and democratic campaign adviser robert gibbs. and then a sputtering economy with douglas holtz-eakin and mark zandi, and also dana bash. >> if we are going to succeed, we have to face the problems squarely. >> and bill bradley on how to fix a broken washington and what we can all do better. i'm candy crowley and this is "state of the union." >>> not the best of weeks for the romney campaign. it was under fire for sources as not ready for prime time when a senior adviser said that obama care is fine for when buying insurance is not a penalty and a tax. a big oops in the republican world world because the republicans have used the supreme court decision to say it is a tax. reset. >> the supreme cour

i@randi kay >>> good morning, everyone. welcome back to "cnn saturday morning."u're with us. a scientific announcement this week could change all of our lives. researchers in switzerland say they have discovered what they call the god particle, or at least they are pretty sure they have. for about the last 50 years, it has been the most sought-after particle in all of physics. think of it as a missing puzzle piece in our understanding of how the universe works. a theoretical physicist, professor and best selling author, he's joining us to talk more about this. good morning. thank you for coming on the show to help us make sense of this. >> my pleasure. >> in layman's terms, please, what is this particle and why is it so important? >> well, we have what is called the standard model of subatomic particles. in other words, we've been smashing protons together for decades. out of the fragments we've identified a pattern, a jigsaw puzzle as you mentioned. but there's one missing final piece of the jigsaw puzzle. that's the higgs boson. now, why is it important? the pr