tweet me at randi kaye cnn. thanks for starting your morning with us. we have more on this saturday morning that starts right now. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta a this is cnn saturday morning. job numbers are up and so is unemployme unemployment. each puts his spin on the new report, we will give you the faxes and what it means for the econo economy. we are number one here, but nowhere close here. all morning we put education in focus. why in the world is our system ranked lower than ireland, saudi arabia, and uzbekistan. did you see this? the happiest olympic worker has an interesting approach to rousing the crowd. we decided to see if the same trick in london would work in new york. happy saturday, everyone. i'm randi kaye and it's 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. extreme weather and wildfires and at least four major fires burning. we talked to the official at the department of emergency management and said the drought played a big part in all of this and said hundreds of homes are being threatened by these fires. they are preparing

randi kaye, cnn, 3onesboro aakansas. fox45 will keep you posted on the fbi iivestigation. investigation. for more information on the case, head to our website, fox baltimore dot com and click on the cover stories tab. 3 already prepaaing for the next olympic games. what this country has in store for the year 20-16. and can it trump london.? survivors after this accident. the shocking video released after a bus flips over twice and lands on its top. politicians like to toss a lot of nnmbers around when it comes to making their point.. point..... sometimes those numbers tell the truth....and sometimes they stretch the truth... but ask taxpayers how much this country's in debt....or how many people are unemployed....and you could hear that two-word reply...... reply...... ......say wha? what....? 3 3 3 3 if you're curious how many days it takes to pay all those federal, &psttte, and local taxes....the answer would be 107..... more than a dozen people are injured after a bus flips over twice and lands on its top. and its all caught on camera. thirteen passengers were on board

tweet me at randi kaye cnn. thanks for starting your morning with us. e more on this saturday morning that starts right now. from cnn world headquarters in atlanta a this is cnn saturday morning. job numbers are up and so is unemployme unemployment. each puts his spin on the new report, we will give you the faxes and what it means for the econo economy. we are number one here, but nowhere close here. all morning we put education in focus. why in the world is our system ranked lower than ireland, saudi arabia, and uzbekistan. did you see this? the happiest olympic worker has an interesting approach to rousing the crowd. we decided to see if the same trick in london would work in new york. happy saturday, everyone. i'm randi kaye and it's 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. extreme weather and wildfires and at least four major fires burning. we talked to the official at the department of emergency management and said the drought played a big part in all of this and said hundreds of homes are being threatened by these fires. they are preparing to send

. >>> welcome back to cnn sunday morning. i'm randi kaye.e stories we're watching this hour. >>> we start in oklahoma where destructive wildfires are quickly moving through neighborhoods. already 100 homes have been burned. hundreds of people were evacuated ahead of the fires. oklahoma's governor toured the damage yesterday. >>> rains from tropical storm ernesto are hitting jamaica right now. the storm has weakened a good bit with winds down to about 50 miles per hour. ernesto is still expected to strengthen into a hurricane later this week, but tracking models have it mostly missing the u.s. >>> and the mars rover curiosity is nearing its final destination. it is supposed to land at about 1:30 in the morning. the mission is to see if there is any evidence that life once existed on mars. nasa is expecting to see the first pictures from curiosity just a few hours after it lands. >>> serena is looking to compete the olympic double in london. she captured the singles gold yesterday, and is playing along with her sister venus for doubles gold ri

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randi kaye, cnn, jonesboro, arkansas. >> obviously a lot will depend on those autopsy results.ining me now is dr. michael hunter. he's the chief medical examiner in panama city, florida. and lou polomo, former police officer. all the years you worked in law enforcement, does this make any sense to you? >> no. it warrants being looked into, anderson. and to be quite honest with you, there are some problems here. and the first problem is simply stated when you take someone into custody as a law enforcement agent, you're responsible for their safety from that point going forward. he obviously was unsupervised. to i guess their own admission they didn't properly search this individual because they're working from the premise he shot himself. there are some issues here that need to be looked into, which is probably why the fbi is looking at this as well. when we get into the autopsy and the forensics, we're going to look for residue on his hand. in this case, being that this individual was left handed, should be on his left hand, am i correct, i would think they would have taken pho

randi kaye, cnn, new york. >> well, there's a lot more we're following tonight. susan hendricks.s here with a 360 bulletin. >> a deadly day in syria. at least 230 people were killed throughout the country according to an opposition group. meanwhile syria's deputy prime minister tells russia's state-run news agency that president bashar al assad's resignation cannot be a condition for peace talks. >>> a 70-year-old pro tennis referee in new york for the upcoming u.s. open was arrested and charged with killing this man, her 80-year-old husband in los angeles. investigators say the victim was beaten in april with a coffee mug. >>> diana nyad has ended her bid to swim from cuba to the florida keys. she was pulled from the water about halfway through the endurance swim with severe jelly fish stings on her face. and she got off course due to a storm. this was diana nyad's fourth attempt to swim the 103 miles. >>> michael j. fox is returning to tv. he will star in a new sitcom on nbc yet to be named. the plot will be similar to his own life. anderson, it will focus on a father and husba

cnn will have full coverage starting monday night at 7:00 p.m. eastern. mitt romney and his vice presidential choice are in iowa drumming up support for that big event. i'm randi kaye for cnn. your bottom line starts now. >> 48 million people depend on it, workers are taxed to help pay for it, and these guys can't stop talking about it. >> i have strengthened medicaid. >> the president's idea for medicare was to cut it by $700 billion. >> my plan has extended the life of medicare by nearly a decade. their plan would shorten the life of medicare and end medicare as we know it. >> so the differences in our medicare perspective could not be more stark and dramatic. >> the politics may sound petty but it's no small matter, whether you're 16 or 65, it's medical insurance you'll likely need to rely on at some point. you've likely already started paying for it with every paycheck. this is the breakdown of the budget, how the government spends your tax dollars, the largest piece goes to medicare, medicaid and the chip plan for younger americans. what's the problem with medicare, cost. kaiser medical foundation said medicare covers 48% of all medical care for seniors. while

i'm randi kaye with cnn. >> no.u can get the camera out of our property, please. >> he's not on your property. >> bye. >> he's -- >> bye. >> in 2006, caulkins did tell a local paper he didn't do anything wrong blaming the coincidences of the missing men on very bad luck. he suggested maybe they ran way. >> if terrence was alive, terrence would have had somebody to contact his

here is cnn's randi kaye. >> i'm taking report of an altercation. 7512 south howell. get much info but there's a fight and now it's -- >> reporter: minutes after the suspect opened fire, oak creek police lieutenant brian murphy was on the scene and was attending to one of the victims on the ground in the parking lot but before he knew it, the suspected shooter ambushed him. >> he walked around the squadron and was on top of him. so he was kind of down in a fashion down and he took rounds from a person standing up. >> reporter: oak creek police chief john edwards say murphy was shot eight or nine times and wearing a bullet proof neck but a bullet hit him near the neck and throat. while officer lay bleeding the other officers tried to secure the scene unwaware one of their own had been shot. they tried to reach murphy on the radio telling him they heard gunshots asking him to confirm. they heard nothing back. in his 21 years on the force, lieutenant murphy had never been shot before. the 51-year-old officer was recently married and has two stepchildren. he also has a da

. >> welcome back to cnn sunday morning, i'm randy kaye and the bottom of the hour now. here are some of the stories that we are watching. any moment now we are expected to hear from wikileaks founder jou julian assange who finds himself in the middle of controversy as ecuador and london battle over his situation. >> julian assange has always fought for true justice and fought for human rights and continues to do so. he demands that quick release and his peaceful rights be respected. >> he is currently living at the ecuadorian embassy in london where he went for refuge after sweden are the brought sexual assault charges. he d i ins the charges. >>> and now the vice president of syria is rumor ed ed to be b defected. he was nowhere to be seen at this weekend's ramadan celebration with president bashar al assad. if he did leave, it will mark the highest level of the regime to have defected. >>> and yesterday president obama quoted republicans to be dishonest about his plan since they can't sell his own. a gop plan will force the seniors to pay more for medicare, and the go

here's cnn's randi kaye. >> squad, i'm taking report of an altercation sikh temple 7512 south how el,e. i'm unable to get much info. >> reporter: minutes after the suspect opened fire oak creek police lieutenant brian murphy was on the scene, the first officer to arrive. he immediately began tending to one of the victims on the ground in the parking lot. but before he knew it the suspected shooter ambushed him. >> the individual walked around either the front of his squad or in that area and was just right on top of him. so he was kind of down in a fashion down and he took rounds from a person standing up. >> reporter: oak creek police chief john edwards says lieutenant murphy was shot eight or nine times. he was wearing a bullet proof vest, but a bullet hit him near the neck and throat. luckily most of the bullets passed through him hitting only flesh, no critical arteries. while officer murphy lay bleeding, the other officers tried to secure the scene unaware one of their own had been shot. at one point lieutenant tried to reach murphy on the radio telling them they heard gunshots,

so is cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: no one is disputing that chavis carter died from a gunshot to thehe backseat of a police car in jonesboro, arkansas. the question is, who pulled the trigger? police say he committed suicide. >> quite frankly i've seen some of our people in custody do some amazing things. >> reporter: but carter's mother doesn't buy it. she believes jonesboro police killed her son. >> i think they killed him. i mean, my son wasn't suicidal. >> reporter: at this point it's still debatable and still under question. here's why. 21-year-old chavis carter was handcuffed at the time the fatal shot was fired, double locked behind his back. is it even possible physically to be handcuffed behind your back and somehow pull the trigger on a gun that you weren't holding when you were handcuffed? >> to the average person that's never been in handcuffs, that's never been around inmates and people in custody, would react exactly the same way that you just did about how can that be possible. well, the fact of it is, it's very possible. and it's quite easy. chavis carter and two othe

earlier cnn's randi kaye jad as the jonesboro police chief about that. >> is it physically possible to be handcuffed behind your back and somehow pull a trigger on a gun that you weren't holding when you were handcuffed? >> for the average person that's never been in handcuffs, that's never been around inmates and people in custody would react exactly the same way that you just did about how can that be possible? well, fact is, it's very possible. it's quite easy. >> investigation is on going. police say they are waiting on a complete autopsy and forensic report. >>> all right. fed up with fees? spirit airlines is being sued over a passenger fee. our legal guys are standing by to let us know if this seems like a fair fee or not. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america'

everyone, from the cnn center, i'm randi kaye. it's 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. we're coming to you live an hour early because of breaking news. in a few hours, mitt romney will announce his running mate. sources tell cnn it will be congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. he is a tea party favorite and rising gop star. and it just so happens romney will be making this morning's announcement on the "uss wisconsin." and look at the website, romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, here's a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio don't go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. that's where he's kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the ticket? >> this is going to be an interesting day for the romney campaign. this selection for mitt romney will either be -- i guess apparent selectio

this is "cnn presents" with tonight's host, randy kaye and drew griffin. >> tonight, racism, cheating and injustice. we begin with a murder in mississippi. we broke the shocking story here orn cnn of a young, white teenager accused of killing a black man just because of the color of his skin. >> over the four 46 month investigation, we found disturbing details. uncover how the teenager and some of his friends had a history of violent and racist incidents. i've been following this story from the very beginning. >> reporter: june 26th in mississippi would bring temperatures and humidity into the 90s. the breeze would barely move the flag enough to see that confederate battle symbol. still in display in its upper, left corner. at 4:00 a.m. on this sunday morning, most of mississippi was still asleep. but for a group of teenagers, white teenagers barrelling west on interstate 20, a mission was already under way. they were headed to jackson because in there, segregated world, jackson is where the black people live. >> they were looking for black people. they were looking for a black person

everyone, from the cnn center, i'm randi kaye. it's 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. we're coming to you live an hour early because of breaking news. in a few hours, mitt romney will announce his running mate. sources tell cnn it will be congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. he is a tea party favorite and rising gop star. and it just so happens romney will be making this morning's announcement on the "uss wisconsin." and look at the website, romneyryan.com already running this morning. and it says, here's a chance to meet your comeback team. links to romney/portman and romney/rubio don't go anywhere. they will make the announcement in norfolk, virginia, at 9:00 a.m. eastern time. that's where he's kicking off a bus tour. brian monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining me from our washington bureau. good morning. sources telling cnn, the v.p. pick will be paul ryan. what do you think? what would ryan bring to the ticket? >> this is going to be an interesting day for the romney campaign. this selection for mitt romney will either be -- i guess apparent selectio

from the cnn center, i'm randy kay. it's 6:00 randy kaye. 6:00 on the east coast. 3:00 a.m. out west and 5:ooa.m. in wisconsin. >>> sources tell us that mitt romney is picking paul ryan. the chair of the house budget committee has been sharply critical of president obama's economic policies and outspoken fiscal conservative. take a look at this. the romney/ryan website is up and running. he's expected to make the announcement in norfolk, virginia. ryan monroe is the editor of cnnpolitics.com. he's joining us from our washington bureau. sources telling cnn that it will be paul ryan. what do you think? what do you think he brings to the ticket? >> this is either going to be his boldest move or probably his riskiest mistake. paul ryan is a galvanizing force. for conservative republicans, he's seen as the voice behind conservatism. he is the voice that wants to get rid of medicare. if either of those are truthful, it will be a lightning rod in this campaign. >> why make the announcement today, saturday morning, olympics going on, he's about to kick off his bus tour. a lot though

this is "cnn presents" with tonight's host, randy kaye and drew griffin. >> tonight, racism, cheating begin with a murder in mississippi. we broke the shocking story here orn cnn of a young, white teenager accused of killing a black man just because of the color of his skin. >> over the four 46 month investigation, we found disturbing details. uncover how the teenager and some of his friends had a history of violent and racist incidents. i've been following this story from the very beginning. >> reporter: june 26th in mississippi would bring temperatures and humidity into the 90s. the breeze would barely move the flag enough to see that confederate battle symbol. still in display in its upper, left corner. at 4:00 a.m. on this suny

this is "cnn presents" with tonight's host randi kaye and drew griffin. >>> tonight, hard hitting investigationsand cheating and injustice. we begin with a murder in mississippi. a brutal killing fueled by race and rage. we broke the shocking story here on cnn of a young, white teenager accused of killing a black man just because of the color of his skin. >> over our four-month investigation, we found even more disturbing details uncovering how the teenager and some of his friends had a history of violent and racist incidents and raising questions whether authorities turned a blind eye. i've been following this story from the very beginning. june 26th in mississippi would bring temperatures and humidity into the 90s. a breeze out of the southwest would barely move the state flag enough to see that confederate battle symbol. still displayed in its upper left corner. at 4:00 a.m. on this sunday morning, most of mississippi was still asleep. but for a group of teenagers, white teenagers barreling west