i'm randi kaye. thanks for starting your saturday with us. it is official. egypt has a new president. mohamed morsi was sworn in. senior international correspondent dan rivers is live in cairo this morning. dan, morsi promised to bring unity to the country. has he spoken? >> reporter: absolutely, yet. he gave a short speech after he took the oath. taking place at the supreme constitutional court. normally, this would happen at parliament, but it's been dissolved by the military. it was a reminder things aren't as perfect as everyone hopes. a hugely historic and symbolic day. the first time egyptians have seen a democratically elected president in history. let's hear the flavor of message. >> translator: i swear the republican system and respect the constitution and the law and to look after the interest of the people, complete safeguarding and to maintain -- >> reporter: that was him taking the oath of office. he went on to talk about representing the entire country, a better tomorrow for a new egypt. he talked about it being a second republic with complete

i'm randi kaye. thanks for starting your morning with us. >>> the rebel uprising in syria approaching the government's front door. gunfights erupts in the capital city of damascus, long considered a stronghold for the president, bashar assad. saying this is less than 200 yards from his home. aura damon on the phone from beirut, lebanon. looking at pictures coming in this morning from damascus, new video. does the assad regime sense trouble? >> reporter: well, they certainly are going to be sensing it, feeling it, seeing and hearing it for themselves at this stage. now, this is not the first time that we've seen demonstrations in this particular part of the capital, but it is the first time we've seen them in these numbers. we've received such a widespread simultaneous clashes taking place and one of the central damascus neighborhoods, people were actually able to go out and demonstrate in the thousands. unheard of in the past. i think to be able to rally around 100 people, demonstrate for around mayb

. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm randi kaye we start with a story about eric holder who says that his investigators will get to the bottom of the leak scandal. barack obama says that the white house has zero tolerance for leaks. >>> to syria and new clashes now in the capital of damascus. the city has long been thought to be a government stronghold, but we're seeing gunfights in the streets between rebel forces and government troops. there is also fighting elsewhere in the country, opposition forces say the military has killed 30 people today. regional leaders will meet next week to discuss the next steps to take with regards to syria. back in the u.s., federal marshals now offering $5,000 for information on a fugitive murder suspect wanted in alabama. he's wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of 9-year-old twins and their 73-year-old babysitter. >>> creflo dollar is out on board this morning, he was arrested and channelled with battery, family violence and child cruelty. police say that she was choked by dollar during an argument about going to a party. she called 911. >>> w

i'm randi kaye. thanks for starting your day with us. back to the top story. jerry sandusky has been found guilty on 45 of 48 charges related to the sexual abuse charges of ten young boys. the crowd gathered, cheered the verdict. they watched as sandusky was brought out in handcuffs and put in the back of a police car. okay. that's what happened outside. jean casarez was inside the courtroom when the verdict was read one by one. what was it like in there? what was jerry sandusky doing as the guilty verdict was read? >> reporter: he walked into the courtroom. he had one hand in one pocket and sort of walking stoic. i saw him stoic as he stood. it took quite awhile to read all the verdicts one after the other. i think the emotion that caught me was an empty bench in the courtroom until almost the last minute. three women sat on that bench. i didn't recognize them. all of a sudden, i looked and there was victim number six who had come and sat in the middle of those women. that is the accuser from 1998. the very first young man that stepped forward because his mot

welcome back i'm rob marciano in for randi kaye.starting your day with us. >>> a momentous day in egypt, which has seen an extraordinary year. a helicopter flew hosni mubarek to the maximum security prison where he could spend the rest of his life. earlier today the man who ruled egypt for three decades was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for ordering the killings of hundreds of protesters during last year's arab spring. the ailing mubarak, wheeled in court on a gurney, could have gotten the death penalty, his lawyer says he will appeal. but fury, fury broke out in the courtroom when mubarak's two sons and aides were acquitted. demonstrators fought with each other, thousands of police and demonstrators surrounded the court. the verdict comes at a turbulent time for egypt. the presidential run off will pit the muslim brotherhood against mubarak's last prime minister prooim. >>> george zimmerman could be back in jail today. he has been on bail for charged with killing trayvon martin. the judge revoked zimmerman's bond yes

i'm rob mariano in for randi kaye. thanks for joining me.osni mubarak is headed for prison for life. >>> voters count down to tuesday's recall election. >>> and in britain it's ready for gala celebration. it's queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee. 60 years on the throne. >>> but first, the man who ruled egypt

i'm randi kaye. it's 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 a.m. out west. state tv in saudi arabia says crown prince abdullah aziz of the saudi king has died. he travelled abroad for medical treatment. according to a spokesman died in switzerland, he was 79. the prince had served as interior minister for the saudi government. he was second in line to the throne. the poor health of the aging saudi family raised fears of a power vacuum at a time when anti-regime protests are growing. officials aren't saying how the prince died. >>> southern mexico feeling the fury of tropical storm carlotta. two children were killed. the girl's mother is hospitalized. carlotta made landfall last night, tore off roofs, knocks out lights and triggered landslides. >>> main hunt under way in canada for the rob of an armed vehicle in alberta. three armored car guards were killed, a fourth critically injured. police believe it was an inside job. the suspected kill, the victim's colleague. police say suspect travis baumgartner is cons

welcome back, cnn saturday morning, i'm randi kaye. >>> opening statements begin monday for the formerball coach who's accused of sexually abusing 10 boys for more than a decades. good morning to you. first of all, this seems pretty unbelievable, eight of the 16 jurors and alternates have connections to penn state, is that a little too cozy? >> that's not uncommon. the question really is do those people have opinions about the case and if they have opinions, can they put those aside and be fair and objective. so i don't think there's an advantage or a disadvantage for either side. >> the opening statements begin monday, what do you think the defense's biggest hurdle going to be here? >> we have so many victim -- even if one testimony is weak, testimony from stronger witnesses will slop over and fill in the gaps. >> how will they get beyond that so many boys from so many different years are telling this story? how do they defend against that? >> they have already foreshadowed that in their pretrial motions, they are going to say that these victims have gotten together to collude and to

i'm randi kaye. we are glad you are with us. we begin with the late night decision of jerry sandusky. the jury came back after 21 hours of deliberations. the former penn state coach was immediately handcuffed and led away as you can see here. here is some of the reaction starting with the attorney for two of the victims in the case. >> the very first calls i made this evening were to clients that i represent that did testify in the trial. they were greatly relieved. almost in disbelief, i think. one of them said thank god he's in jail. the other ones expressed sentiments that it was a long time coming. both of them feel very, very good tonight. >> jerry sandusky never considered it. he maintained his innocence. that's important for everyone to understand. for better, for worse, none of us were there when these things happened. he maintained he was innocent. >> they were on the courthouse steps retrying the case. the case was largely this was a conspiracy among the prosecutors, the police, the trial lawyers and the media. all of

i'm randi kaye. glad you are with us this morning.tory, jerry sandusky found guilty. he was found guilty on 45 of 48 charges related to the sexual abuse of young boys. jason carroll was in the courtroom when the verdict was read. here is how he described it to anderson cooper. >> the guilty verdict started to be read one after another, anderson. jerry sandusky looked straight ahead. he remained absolutely without emotion. >> after the verdict, the judge revoked his bail and ordered his arrest. joining me now is holly hughes to talk about this. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> any surprises here? it took 21 hours. >> right. it's about a half hour each charge. he was looking at 48 counts. 21 hours, break it down that way. bear in mind, they acquitted him on three charges. they spent more time arguing about those three. this was a very fast verdict. >> an awfully quick trial. what does that tell us about them and the case the prosecution put on? >> they had one wonderful thing going for it. that was the amount of witnesses, survi

i'm randy kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 on the west coast. thanks for starting your day with us. we start with new action right now in syria. a clash between rebel forces and the syrian military unfolding in the flashpoint city of homs. homs has been the anti-epicenter for the last 15 months. joining me now from beirut, lebanon, is cnn's arwa damon. i know you've been to the area. tell us what we're seeing. >> reporter: yeah. it's some pretty intense video. this is a neighborhood that was under the control of the opposition of the free syrian party for quite some time now, and it is right up against a front line, one of many front lines in the city where on the other side of one of the major roads you have government forces. we were recently broadcasting some pretty intense images of the battles that took place along ta front line and it is an aarea that frequently comes under intense violence, but what you're seeing today is more. it certainly seems, if we look at the violence throughout the country, the government is renewing its effort to

randi kaye, cnn, atlanta. >> so rodriguez's attorney says the video we just saw proves his client wasdefense. >> well, he can make the argument. i don't think it does. first of all, it's just one of the craziest videos i've ever seen. he's mouthing the words that have been legally applied under that statute. we're familiar with the stand your ground law in florida because of the stand your ground law. first of all, he's not at his home. rodriguez goes and initiates the confrontation. >> and initiates it with a cell phone camera, or video camera, a gun and a flashlight. he's documenting the entire thing. >> he's documenting the entire thing. now his attorney is saying, well, why would he document it if it proves his guilt? some people do stupid things. i think that's one reason why he did it. but i think more importantly, you know, just because you say you're in fear and just because you say you're defending yourself doesn't mean a jury is going to believe that's the case. >> does this have parallels to the trayvon martin case? >> i think it does. because the law is similar. obviously

i'm randi kaye. thanks for joining us. sharing a story of a little boy we can all be pretty darn proud of. i'm sure you felt that sense of pride when your kid hit the homer, or an a on a history test agonized over. it's impossible not to be proud of a child. imagine the pride you would feel if your child, just 15, helped save an entire neighborhood from a fire? he ran door to door warning neighbors a wildfire was coming and picture this, wheeled into an ambulance for severe burns he suffered during this great rescue effort, he continued to warn the medics to save the little old lady down the street? imagine this little hero? he's certainly made his family proud this morning, and us as well. much more about this incredible eighth grader coming up. >>> we start with guarantee from attorney general eric holder his new lead investigators will get to the bottom of the secret scandal. president obama says his white house has little room for guilt, holder appointed two attorneys to work with him in the apparent ongoing investigat

i'm randi kaye. with temperatures soaring in greece, new york, tempers are cooling. that is because the four middle school students abusing karen klein, their bus monitor are going to be punished. you remember the video, i'm sure. they enjoyed hurling insults in a steady stream of profanity at this grand mather of eight. one boy said her family would rather kill themselves than live with her. her son took his life a decade ago. the bullying continued for ten minutes. the school suspended the students for one year, they have to complete 50 hours of community service with senior citizens, complete a program with bullying, respect and responsibility. some good did come out of it. a man out of toronto was so moved, he set up an online vacation fund for the bus monitor. that fund reached more than $500,000. after my interview with her last week, so many of you commented on what should happen to the boys, the students. now that their punishment has been handed down, was it enough? should their parents do something more? tweet me. >>> severe weather has left millions withou

i'm randi kaye. we'll get to the headlines in a minute. on this father's day weekend, i wanted to make sure you knew what one texas father did to protect his daughter. it's captured the attention of ours. i visited a neighborhood ranch that is now a crime scene. here is what we know. a 23-year-old father was working his horses and getting a barbecue started when he heard his 5-year-old daughter screaming in the barn. he ran toward her and found a 47-year-old man, an acquaintance of the family trying to rape the little girl. the father pulled him off her and beat him to death. >> trying to get him away from her. he struck him in the head several times. >> do you think this father should be charged? >> don't ask that question. >> authorities are investigating. they haven't cleared the father. they are deciding weather or not to clear the charges. people i spoke with said he deserves a medal. >> if this was your daughter, what would you have done? >> i would have killed him ten times worse. it seems cru

i'm rob marciano in for randi kaye. it's the bottom of the hour.you caught up on what's going on. it looks like hosni mubarak will spend the rest of his days behind bars. he received maximum sentence after a court convicted him. he was cleared of corruption and so were his two sons. that is sparking fury in egypt. cnn's ben wedeman is at tahrir square in cairo where it unfolded. ben, what can you tell me about the scene there, and what's the reaction to the verdict? >> reporter: well, what we have right below us, rob, is hundreds of people, perhaps thousands of people who have come into tahrir square to protest the verdict. of course, hosni mubarak and his interior minister got life in prison but mubarak was cleared of corruption charges and also of a variety of senior ministry officials here charged of any charge of murder for tilling can of protesters in the revolution that brought down the mubarak regime at the beginning of last year, and that really explains why people are so unhappy with that verdict. and, of course, hosni mubarak does have th

i'm randi kaye. we're starting with egypt.gathering at this hour in tahrir square and waiting to hear who won the election in about 2 1/2 hours from now. members from the muslim brotherhood are threatening a lengthy sit-in if their candidate isn't announced the winner. we'll have more. >>> and watching tropical storm debby in the gulf of mexico. we're seeing a host of watches along the gulfcoast as debby tracks towards land. joining me on the phone to tell us what his area is experiencing plaquemine parish president, billy. we spoke a lot during katrina and the bp oil spill. you have been through quite a bit there. tell me the situation this morning. is the water rising or are things quiet? >> we have about a half a foot on our back levee, accepted in the system. we are expecting a 3 1/2 foot storm surge against a three foot levee. we'll start sandbagging that levee to keep r only evacuation route out of south plaquemines, the point in louisiana that stickout in the gulf from flooding. we floodedast year for a small tropical s

i'm randi kaye.t's 8:00 on the east coast. 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. all eyes are on one of the most important u.s. allies in the middle east. that is egypt. more than a year ago egypt filled cairo's tahrir square and told hosni mubarak time to give up power. now they are saying the same thing to the military. but will the army listen? you're looking at live pictures from tahrir square. thousands of people have been there four days and nights. election results from last week's presidential runoff due thursday. now there's speculation they may come out tomorrow. two rivals each claiming victory. >>> u.s. has a warning for americans. stay out of kenya's coastal city of mombasa. u.s. embassy nairobi says there's an eminent threat of terror attack in the destination. it is suspending all travel and ordering all u.s. personnel to get out. >>> back in the u.s. floodwaters are receding in duluth, minnesota. people are finally getting a look at the true scope of the damage. "the new y

i'm randi kaye. thanks for starting your morning with us.t's talk for a moment about health care and the cost to you. the supreme court ruled in favor of the president's health care plan, so it stays. no real changes. but do you know what that really means to your bottom line and to your wallet? a senior analyst with bloomberg industries, mike, good morning. thank you for joining us this morning. let's get right to it. i'm an average american. a lot of average americans watching this morning. are our health care premiums going to go up now? >> no. randi, i think what will end up happening is that premiums are going to end up staying relatively constant. you know, as we take a look towards 2014 when more people, more uninsured will end up gaining coverage, there will ab large pool of people that will end up coming into the insurance policy pool. that will end up meaning there will be more people to spread risk around so premiums should stay relatively constant. at least that's my view. >> premiums may stay the same. what can you tell us about

but i cannot see pressing criminal charges. >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn, greece, new york. >> i thinkle watching this video want to wipe the smile off those kid's faces in different ways. the cruelty she endured has been countered by an extraordinary outpouring of support. people she never met raised more than $340,000 online for her. karen agreed to talk to me for tonight's "360 interview." when i saw this video, i was just stunned at how horrible these kids were to you. has this happened before? >> never. i've had occasional children that have misbehaved but nothing like that. >> what was going through your mind when this was happening? >> i was trying to get it out of my mind. i was trying to make it go away. i was looking at the window. i was -- kept looking. because i needed to check on the other kids. and i don't know. i just didn't -- i didn't hear everything. that they said. i probably wouldn't -- would have been a lot more upset. >> did you know these kids by name? >> i knew where they lived. two of them, i knew their name. three, yeah, two of them, i knew their names. the ot

i'm randi kaye. we start with a developing story out of auburn, alabama. a shooting at an off-campus apartment complex, we're hearing reports of multiple victims. the police have the whole area blocked off, about they're not releasing any details on the possible victims or the suspects. now, earlier i talked with one local reporter covering this story about those victims. >> sources tell me that there were three players, two of them are former auburn players and one is a current player. obviously, police have not confirmed who the victims are in this case, but sources tell me that three of the victims were football players, former and current. >> now, allegedly the shooting started with a fight at a party. that's at least what's being reported on twitter right now. we'll continue following that story. we're expecting to hear much more specific detail later today. police have planned a news conference around noon eastern time. >>> mexican drug cartels are increasing their reach into the u.s. by leaps and bounds. the justice department says they now know tha

i'm randi kaye.rs since the infamous watergate break-in that eventually led to president nixon's resignation, and the scandal, believe it or not, is still unraveling. just this week, the fbi released the personnel files of mark phelps, also known as deep throat. he supplied carl woodward and bernstein about the investigation. remember the late-night parking lot visits made famous in "all the president's men"? >> in a conspiracy like this, you build from the outer edges and you go step by step. if you shoot too high and miss, everybody feels more secure. you'll put the investigation back months. >> yes, we know that. and if we're wrong, we're resigning. we're wrong. >> you'll have to find that out, won't you? >> that was a great scene. and in the new book "watergate: the hidden history," just out this week, author lamar wald republican exposes the connection between the white house, the cia, the mafia and the scandal. good to have you in studio with us this morning. >> good to be with you. >> let's ta

randi kaye went to her hometown and talked to the woman behind the uproar. >> reporter: the ten-minutelein in her seat in the back of the bus surrounded by a small group of seventh graders. >> oh, my god, you're so fat. you take up, like, the whole seat. >> the students, all boys, tell klein, their 68-year-old bus monitor for the greece central school district in upstate new york that she's so fat she'll probably die from diabetes. it's not just verbal attacks, there are physical attracts, too. >> you're a troll. you're a troll. you're a troll. >> i'm going to bring my knife and [ bleep ] cut you. if i stabbed you in the stomach my knife would go through you like butter. >> what's your address so i can piss all over your -- >> i'm going to [ bleep ] -- >> klein takes most of it in silence, hardly engaging the kids except at moments like this. >> unless you have something nice to say don't say anything at all. >> why don't you shut the [ bleep ] up. >> reporter: while everything the teenagers said was cruel. this comment was most hurtful. >> you don't have a family because they all kill

i'm randi kaye. glad you're with us. >>> we start with breaking news out of auburn, alabama, a shooting at an off-campus apartment complex. there are reports of multiple victims. the police have the whole area blocked off. joining me on the telephone is reporter christina chambers from station wltz. christina, good morning to you. what do you know at this point? >> reporter: good morning. well, as of right now, auburn police are only confirming that they responded to multiple gunshot victims at an apartment complex in auburn. that is all they are confirming. they have not said if the shooter is in custody, if they've located a shooter. they said they will have more information around lunchtime today, but as of a lot of reporters were on scene for most of the night tonight, or should i say early morning, that is all they were releasing to us. >> christina, there have been multiple reports that the victims in this case were football players, some current, some former. do you have any confirmation of th

i'm randi kaye. happy father's day. it is 8:00 on the east coast and 5:00 a.m. out west. thanks for starting your day with us. first, the eyes of the world are on greece. voters there are picking a new parliament and many fear that the outcome could spell financial turmoil, not just for greece, but the struggling u.s. economy. debt ridden europe and even rising super power china. several parties are battling out in greece, because they say they don't want out of the single currency eurozone, but one of the front-runners is voiing win end the austerity. >>> back home, nearly 200 acres have been destroyed in the fast moving hyde park fire in northern colorado. thousands of people have been evacuated in the fire. and today's weather could make things worse with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour expected. it sparked a week ago when officials say lightning struck a tree, and it could be a month before firefighters have it contained. >>> one man is dead and four men injured after a stage collapse in toronto. police say that the weather was good at the timef of the collapse wit

i'm randi kaye. itis 7:00 on the east coast. thanks for waking up with us. saudi arabian crown prince has died. he recently traveled abroad for medical treatment and died outside the kingdom. he was 79 years old. he served as interior minister for the saudi government. he was the most influential in the country. if something happened to his brother, he would have taken over as ruler. we don't know how he died. >>> the future of egypt is at stake this weekend. millions of egyptians are headed to the polls. two days of voting is under way in the presidential run off. some say it's no choice at all. they are picking between two people. tensions are high after egypt's highest court ordered the parliament dissolved. many accuse egypt's rulers of carrying out a cue. we'll have more later this hour. >>> hundreds of firefighters coming from across the country to stop a wall of fire blazing across colorado. firefighters battling the fire are hoping for rain today. if they don't get it, they face another gruelling day on the fire lines. the fire incinerated 54,000 acr

i'm randi kaye. thanks for starting the day with us. years after mubarak was toppled from power, the first free election is urnds way. millions are expected to head to the polls today and tomorrow. tensions remain high by what many call a power grab wii the military. ben is joining us from cairo. ben, what are you seeing there this morning and what kind of turnout have you seen in terms of voters? >> reporter: given what we have seen so far, the turn out is fairly impressive. we are in one room where men are voting. there are lots of people outside. one of the problems today, of course, is that it is very hot. people are becoming impatient. but, certainly, the turnout is good. in the first round of presidential elections, turnout was about 46%, which was lower than the prior election. what we have seen so far is people are coming out despite the heat and despite the wait. one woman told me she's willing to wait all day long to get her vote in. this is it. this is where people will decide who the next president of egypt will be. there ar

i'm randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. we start in colorado, where daylight brings new dangers along the fire lines. the waldo canyon fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes so far, and thousands more are threatened. firefighters have been working around the clock to protect those homes. cnn's rob marciano has been in colorado springs all week for us. rob, the firefighters get a bit of a break overnight with some cooler temperatures, but what's happening now? >> reporter: well, this time of day is when the personnel for air support begins to filter in and other support crews. they work the ground through the overnight, but this is when things really ramp up. you can see behind me, there's not a lot of smoke. at night, temperatures are cooler, the fire tends to lay down, but certainly, there are some homes and communities that they've managed to save there. a little bit further to the south, that's not the case, as you mentioned. almost 350 homes destroyed. but the firefighting effort continues. 25% containment, that is encoura

i'm rob marciano in for randi kaye.ob reports says the country added 269,000 jobs in may, but what does that mean for the economy and your wallet? we'll

i'm randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. out west. thanks for waking up with us. we start with record heat and millions without power. take a look at this map. it shows the states where there are big outages. virginia is the hardest hit with over 1 million homes left in the dark. ohio is close to that many. what could make it worse, another day of 100 degree plus temperatures. the extreme heat may be responsible for at least three deaths near kansas city. we are in rockville, maryland where the power is out. good morning. what are crews doing to try to get the power back on? >> reporter: good morning. the utility companies say they are out assessing the damage. they are trying to get the power restored as quickly as possible. i spoke to people on the street who said there is power on some streets, many do not have it. i spoke with a man who could not sleep because it was so warm. they are working to get the power restored. millions of people, 3.7 million, the latest estimate across the central and eastern united states stretching from as far west as indiana and ke