be sure to watch starting point with soledad o'brien. and soledad will speak with republican senator mike lee from utah and democratic senator from new york at 7:00 eastern. >> special coverage that starts at 9:00 eastern, wolf blitzer, kandy crowley and john king will lead the network coverage live when the supreme court issue this is landmark decision on health care reform. >> i can tell time. i said in less than two hours but soledad's show an hour from now. a house vote is scheduled later today on whether to hold the sitting attorney general in contempt of congress. eric holder was mingling with lawmakers attending the anal congressional picnic. republicans already gained access regarding fast and furious. they have their sights set on something more, internal communications within the justice department after the gun you can walking operation failed. president obama asserted executive privilege over some of the subpoenaed documents. >>> later on "starting point" soledad talks with the democratic congressman emanuel cleaver from miss

. >> at 8:10 on "starting point", charlie rangel is joining soledad o'brien.ined by carlos gutierrez, co-chair of mitt romney's hispanic steering committee and luther strange and former arizona state senator russell pearce. >>> tropical storm debby is not a fast mover but it is a wicked rain maker. we'll have the latest on the storm's track and why it is making places like this go under water. all coming up. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. is as much about getting there... ♪ ...as it is being there. ♪ [ birds chirping ] away is where the days are packed with wonder... ♪ [ wind whistles ] ...and the evenings are filled with familiar comforts. find your away. for a dealer and the rv that's right for you, visit gorving.com. >>> good morning, miami, nice to see you, 82 degrees, heading up to 86. see those clouds. >> warm and muggy i bet. >> not so much rainimuggy but rai

and soledad o'brien is very -- she's a happy woman this morning. >> i know she's happy, i'm not.homa to win. the underdog. >> a cnn rivalry, i like it. >> i just miss hockey, you know. >> okay. >>> it is now 19 minutes past the hour. a group of nuns gets into a bus and travels across the country all in support of a cause. it's called "nuns on the bus." find out what they're fighting for right after this quick break. >>> and if you're leaving the house right now, you can take us with you. you can watch us anytime on your mobile phone or when you get to work, go to cnn.com slash tv. in one day, kih with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. ♪ ♪ [ man ] excuse me miss. [ gasps ] this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the moist, chewy, deliciousness you desire. mmmm. thanks. at 90 calories, the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on e

that's "early start", nice to have you with us. >> "starting point" with soledad o'brien starts righthis morning, mountain inferno, the spot that inspired america the beautiful is up in flames. more homes are burning to the ground in colorado. we'll tell you about the storm that won't go away. debby still pouring it on in florida, leaving homes under water and 2 feet of rain. tied up, a new poll shows president obama and mitt romney in a dead heat as they hit the road. plus, i'll have what she's having. >> yes! yes! >> tributes today to nora ephron, brilliant writer who gave us "when harry met sally." also, pat tillman's widow will join us and amy winehouse's father, mitch winehouse will be our guest. and also drew brees and it's wednesday, june 27th and "starting point" begins right now. good morning, let's get right to the top stories, christine romans has that for us, good morning. >> good morning, soledad, new video into cnn, homes entirely up in flames overnight in colorado, colorado springs. 32,000 people are on the run. the fire now roaring and unchecked and spread to 6200 acre

that's "early start", nice to have you with us. >> "starting point" with soledad o'brien starts righthis morning, mountain inferno, the spot that inspired america the beautiful is up in flames. more homes are burning to the ground in colorado. we'll tell you abou

it's clever. >> soledad o'brien joins us now. >> a lot going on this morning.rm debby blamed for one death. more tornadoes could be on the way. a cnn exclusive, how the nation's top intelligence official is quietly clamping down on leakers of national security data. also, michele bachmann has pledged to do what she can to repeal the president's health care law. she's going to join us live as the supreme court has that measure, of course, the former secretary of state jamie rubin will be with us and egypt's new president morsi, will changers of the constitution remove all of the power he could have as president? we'll discuss that. we're rolling out the red carpet, mir ra sorvino will talk about her new movie "union square." chaka khan joins us this morning, we'll talk about a project she has to help women. the number one nba draft pick will be with u. anthony davis. 19 years old. >> how are you going to fit that all in? >> we have a lot of time. and there will be more. all starts at the top of the hour. >> nice, thanks, soledad. do you like bears? >> not like -

just ahead on starting point, soledad o'brien will talk to president obama's deputy campaign manager and also virginia's governor, his state is one 26 states that sued the goechl government over health care. >>> jason altmire voted in favor of both con attempt contempt charges and he'll join soledad o'brien the 7:00. and new this morning for you, european leaders are agreeing to a special bailout fund to help struggling banks in spain and greece and italy. under the terms of the deal, eurozone countries can seek money from the fund to rescue local banks without incurring more debt on their balance sheets. stock markets in france and germany have rallied almost 2.5%. what it means to us in a couple minutes. >>> and secretary of state hillary clinton in russia for talks with the country's foreign minister, trying to find common ground in syria. clinton will attend an emergency meeting tomorrow on the crisis in syria led by u.n. envoy and meantime tensions continue to escalate. the turkish government sending troops and tanks to the border, vowing to respond to any hostile action by the

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. >>> coming up at 7:30, soledad o'brien will speak with former u.s.q john negroponte about the deteriorating situation in syria. >>> a texas murder stand your ground case. >> we find the defendant guilty of manslaughter. >> order in the court, no outbursts, please. >> raul rodriguez faces life in prison for a shooting two years ago that he recorded on video. his unarmed neighbor was shot in a confrontation over a noisy house party. rodriguez claimed self-defense citing texas version of a stand your ground law but the jury was not buying it, allowing the victim's family some closure. >> we still lost a piece of us, a piece that will not come back. >> i love my husband and i miss him so much and i just, i just know that he's up there and he helped all of us get through this today. >> rodriguez will be sentenced later today. >>> a florida woman who was caught on camera being doused with gasoline and then set on fire says she just kept thinking of her three sons, as she fought for her life. you can see the pictures, they are overwhelming. that's naomi bre

at 7:00 on starting point, elijah cummings will join soledad o'brien live. and then at 8:00, soledad goes one on one with senator charles grassley, the ranking member of the committee. >>> if you live in the northeast, you know it was hot, hot, hot. absolutely brutal. temperatures are expected to break records today. rob marciano is here for us. man, i was trying to get through it. i was trying to blow up the slip and slide for the backyard and almost passed out. >> may be better to do it today, ashleigh, because it's going to be even warmer. there were records yesterday. some of them are tough to beat because of what we've seen in the past. newark set a record of 98 degrees. richmond, 98 degrees. burlington, vermont, 95. even as far north as the canadian border. toronto set a record high. video of folks just trying to stay cool. there were cooling stations set up at some of the bigger cities. the water over the head that's always a popular number. boy, if you can get to the beach. this time of year, the atlantic up there, it's pretty chilly. it will cool you

"starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >>> welcome, everybody. i do not believe i did anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. >> he's been found not guilty on one charge and a hung jury on five other charges, but will the former senator face a judge again? >>> and we're 90 minutes away from the big monthly jobs report, what will it tell us about the economy. >>> and the queen bee. >>

"starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >>> welcome, everybody. i do not believe i did anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. >> he's been found not guilty on one charge and a hung jury on five other charges, but will the former senator face a judge again? >>> and we're 90 minutes away from the big monthly jobs report, what will it tell us about the economy. >>> and the queen bee. >> g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s, guetepens. >> i don't know what that means but we'll talk to the champion of the scripps spelling bee. >>> vanderbilt's head football coach in hot water after he says he's only going to hire assistants with hot wives. it's friday, june 1st and "starting point" begins right "starting point" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> our starting point this morning, john edwards, what is next for him? he was acquitted an one count of campaign finance fraud. prosecutors had accused edwards of using nearly $1 million in illegal campaign contributions to try to keep his pregnant mistress under wraps during his presid

i'm also tweeting @soledad underscore o'brien. is mitt romney dodging questions even as fellow republicans are urging him to come up with better answers. we're keeping him honest. coming up. i'm not buying it. i mean, just look at him. and one more thing -- he has a spaceship. [ whirring ] the evidence doesn't lie. my dad's an alien. [ male announcer ] the highly advanced audi a6. named to car and driver's 10 best. ♪ in here, every powerful collaboration is backed by an equally powerful and secure cloud. that cloud is in the network, so it can deliver all the power of the network itself. bringing people together to develop the best ideas -- and providing the apps and computing power to make new ideas real. it's the cloud from at&t. with new ways to work together, business works better. ♪ yoyou u wawalklk i intna coconvnvenentitiononalal ms ststorore,e, i it't's s rert ababouout t yoyou.u. ththeyey s sayay, , "w"weleu wawantnteded a a f firirm m bebn lilie e onon o onene o of . wewe p prorovividede t thet inindidivividudualalizizat

. >> so driver will be joining soledad o'brien.> here's another one for you. romania breaking the world record for the most sky lanterns launched at the same time. who knew there was a record, but there is. take a look. it is so neat. you're looking at 12,740 lanterns ascending into the sky. i don't know who counted them, but they had to be up all night. the event happens this weekend outside of romania's palace of culture. >> that's so beautiful. >> beautiful, right? 30,000 people were there to witness this spectacle. guess what, the romanian newspapers are saying that one of the 30,000 people in attendance was an official from -- a representative that ratified that world record. >> spectacular. >>> a crackdown at the tsa. dozens are punished and some are fired. find out where they were and what they're accused of doing. that's coming up. dude you don't understand, this is my dad's car. look at the car! my dad's gonna kill me dude... [ male announcer ] the security of a 2012 iihs top safety pick. the volkswagen passat. that's the

soledad o'brien will look at the crisis in syria and rist between u.s.w to solve it when she's joined by john negroponte, the former u.s. ambassador to iraq. >>> it is 37 minutes past 5:00, jamie dimon back in the spotlight on capitol hill. he will be facing a second round of questioning from congress about the bank's recent multibillion dollar trading loss. he's xpektded to continue to play down the blunder, calling it a isolated event. house committee will hear from the bank's regulators, taking heat for not detecting the risky trading before billions of dollars were lost. >>> more than 3,000 people showing up at the state capitol in lansing, michigan, there to hear a prize winning playwright, recite the vagina monologues after brown used the word vagina while debating. those republicans banned brown from speaking at the statehouse the very next day. >> we all have the right to free speech. you don't have to agree with me but you don't have to be disrespectful and especially because i'm a woman. >> playright author joined that demonstration. >>> adid a

. >> bill: you buy into that soledad o'brien, the cnn anchor there wants to divert attention away from the bad economy with this birth certificate issue. you buy into that that she consciously goes on her show and says you know what? i don't want to talk about the economy because it's going to be bad for president obama. so i will petty fog the issue, word of the day, okay? with this bogus stuff. you're buying that janine? >> i believe it. >> bill: you do. >> i believe they want to monopolize the time on the interview with that nothing can be pinned down such as obama wants to fundamentally change america. >> bill: okay. >> they like ambiguity. they like it. >> bill: marianne, certainly this is reminiscent of newt gingrich attacking in south carolina at the debate another cnn guy. john cain for not talking about anything about glitch's ex-wife saying he wanted open marriage and being in the hot tub with 18 women or whatever it was, i forget. or something like that. glitch wailed offer cnn and he won the primary. that's exactly what sununu is doing here, is he not? >> exactly right. whe

soledad o'brien will speak with olivia culpo at 8:10. won the crown fair and square. >>> a brand new cnn poll says former president george w. bush remains unpopular with most americans. 54% have an unfavorable opinion of bush. only 43% of him view him favorably. when it comes to the economy, most people say they're better without mr. bush. 47% of americans say they're doing better than when mr. bush was president and 41% say they're worse off. >>> courting country music fans, both men appeared in the opening segment of last night's cmt awards. during the skit, kristen bell and coy and country star toby keith refused to share the stage. they called on some heavy hitters to decide who should host the show. >> this is one of the toughest decisions i've had to make since i've been in office. i think i've decided. i want them both. >> boy, i thought the presidential election was a tough race, but it's nothing compared to the politics at the cmt music awards. i think i have a solution, though. i proposed toby and kristen co-host the show. see,

busy this morning. >>> soledad o'brien is also one of the busiest women in television.ing on her couch and doing her morning show. >> i'm every woman. it's all in me. good morning. starting point ahead this morning, a partisan promise to stop this cascade of intelligence leaks that some people say are coming straight from the white house. we'll talk this morning to two of the highest ranking members of the intelligence committee. that would be republican congressman mike rogers and democratic congressman dutch ruppersberger, live with me this morning. >>> also, attorney general eric holder, you saw him grilled over accusations that the white house may have been improperly influenced the department of justice. we'll talk to the man who put him in the hot seat, virginia congressman randy forbes. he'll join us live as well. >>> plus, this horse, i'll have another, could be the big winner triple crown at belmont stakes this weekend. his owner is paul redman. he'll talk about the nerves, the raining and the controversy surrounding well, horse racing these days. >>> and taco

. >>> in the 7:00 hour of "starting point", soledad o'brien will be joined by david maraniss. >> u.s.alls that led to costly searches on the taxpayer dime. one call came in off the gulf of mexico and second one happened monday, that a yacht exploded off the coast of new jersey with fatalities and injured survivors. they think someone on land made that call with their cell phone and they are investigating. >> and we hope they find that person because that the not only a nuisance, it's extraordinarily costly. thank you, christine. >> wall street listening up because fed chairman ben bernanke may have something to say today, may announce new steps to try to boost the economy. christine does not get a moment off, she's coming back with a look ahead at what this means for you and your 401(k). >>> head to our blog, cnn.com/early start. [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums but what about your wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle rep

and "starting point with soledad o'brien" is just about a minute away.ersey who was also a hall of fame basketball player. >> the two bits of best advice i ever got was first from my father who said put your money in the bank, it works while you sleep. and the second was from an old basketball pro who said if you're not practicing, remember, somebody somewhere is practicing. and if you two meet, you have roughly equal ability, he's going to win. >> probably why a guy like that not only is a basketball player, a senator and also ran for president. what a guy. i really enjoy bill bradley. i wish he had gotten the nomination back in 2000. >> i love his advice. >> about listening, too. that's the news from "a" to "z." i'm ashleigh banfield. >>> welcome, everybody. our starting point this morning, the markets around the world are in full retreat. europe's debt crisis, china's slowing economy, america's jobs report. fears of a fresh recession. >>> new developments to tell you about in the trayvon martin case. the shooter, george zimmerman, is now back in custo

be sure to catch soledad o'brien's interview with smith this week on "starting point."h my full interview with jada pinkett smith right here next weekend on cnn. you don't want to miss what jada had to say. >>> for years, a mystery has surrounded those huge statues on easter island. how did they get there? that mystery just may be solved. >>> taking a look at the odd and unexplained in sunday night mysteries. chinese sight seers got treated to quite a sight. waves triggered by what they described as a fast-moving creature. possibly china's version of the lochness monster. a scientist that works at the lake says he thinks it was caused by salmon. >>> and the mystery surrounding how the massive statues on easter island got there may be solved. researchers say they think the native inhabitants may have used ropes to walk the statues from where they were carved to platforms around the island. a descendant backs the theory up saying experts can say whatever they want, but they know the truth. the statues walked. >>> so before we go here tonight, more often than we would like

"starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >> and good morning, welcome, everybody.en. >> the election is over. it's time to move wisconsin forward. >> wisconsin's republican governor scott walker survives his recall election, so what does it mean for democrats come november? >>> and adding insult to injury a woman slaps milwaukee's mayor in the face after he concedes the race to walker. we have the story behind that video straight ahead. also this morning, breast cancer survivor sheryl crow revealing her latest health care. >>> and on the racetrack a runner carries her opponent across the finish line, wednesday, june 6th and "starting point" begins right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> our "starting point" this morning, cold, hard slap in the face for democrats literally. look at this video, a woman who comes up to, you see that right there? slapping the wisconsin democrat tom barrett in the face, happened last night. she was angry he had conceded victory in the very emotional recall race for governor. scott walker soundly defeating mayor barrett, the

"starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >> and good morning, welcome, everybody.en. >> the election is over. it's time to move wisconsin forward. >> wisconsin's republican governor scott walker survives his recall election, so what does it mean for democrats come november? >>> and adding insult to injury a woman slaps milwaukee's mayor in the face after he concedes the race to walker. we have the story behind that video straight ahead. also this morning, breast cancer survivor shecr

be sure to catch soledad o'brien's interview with smith this week on "starting point."catch my full interview right here next weekend on cnn. you don't want to miss what jada had to say. >>> for years, a mystery has surrounded those huge statues on easter island. how did they get there? that mystery just may be solved. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. the radical new macbook pro with retina display. ♪ innovation...in every dimension. ♪ do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. i think we should see other people. in fact, i'm already seeing your best friend, justin. ♪ i would've appreciated a proactive update on the status of our relationship. who do you think i am, tim?

i'm soledad o'brien. it's 10:00 p.m. on the east coast. breaking news out of colorado where a short time ago state officials announced 7,000 more people should evacuate immediately. it's one of a series of new threatens within the last 24 hours. seven large fires are now raging out of control and the situation is dire. in just a moment, we're going to speak with a family that's managed to make it out alive with their pony and their donkeys and all but the home they left is literally right on the fire's edge. first though he want to go to cnn's jim spellman on the front lines with the fire fighters who is battling the waldo canyon fire right near pike's peak. hey, jim. >> reporter: hi, soledad. yeah, this fire has really amped up in the last just couple of hours. a fire official told me less than an hour ago if he told me an acreage amount, it would be wrong in ten minutes. this fire is advancing at least at 2,000 feet every hour. the last four days this has been burning, they counted on the wind to at least burn it in towards the interior

be sure to catch soledad o'brien's interview with smith this week on "starting point."rview right here next weekend on cnn. you don't want to miss what jada had to say. >>> for years, a mystery has surrounded those huge statues on easter island. how did they get there? that mystery just may be solved. why not make lunch more than just lunch? with two times the points on dining in restaurants, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. the radical new macbook pro with retina display. ♪ innovation...in every dimension. ♪ yoyou u wawalklk i intna coconvnvenentitiononalal ms ststorore,e, i it't's s rert ababouout t yoyou.u. ththeyey s sayay, , "w"weleu wawantnteded a a f firirm m bebn lilie e onon o onene o of . ifif y youou w wanant t a a su cacan n lilie e onon o onene o " wewe p prorovividede t thet inindidivividudualalizizatat yoyourur b bodody y neneede. wewelclcomome e toto t thet prpriciceses o of f ththe e sest jujustst o on n orordidinanart onon t thehe b beded t thahate yoyourur l lifife.e. ththe e slsleeeep p nunumb. nenevever r trtrie

i'm soledad o'brien. we begin with keeping them honest. where the presidential candidates stand and where they seem afraid to stand on an issue that could decide the election. we're talking about immigration. today, the supreme court took this already hot potato and warmed it up a little bit, ruling on arizona's sb 1070 which is known by opponents as the papers please law. by a 5-3 vote, the justices struck down several key provisions. however, they did keep the papers please language. section 2 h been. that's the part allowing police to check your immigration status while enforcing other laws. in other words, ask for your green card, say, during a traffic stop. if they reasonably suspect that you're in the country illegally. that court let -- that part stand but left it open to challenge once the law actually goes into effect. the white house first expressed concern the ruling keeps the cloud of suspension over people who look like foreigners. then late today went further. saying the federal government would not become a willing partner i

i'm soledad o'brien. we begin with keeping them honest. where the presidential candidates stand and where they seem afraid to stand on an issue that could decide the election. we're talking about immigration. today, the supreme court took this already hot potato and warmed it up a little bit, ruling on arizona's sb 1070 which is known by opponents as the papers please law. by a 5-3 vote, the justices struck down several key provisions. however, they did keep the papers please language. section 2 h been. that's the part allowing police to check your immigration status while enforcing other laws. in other words, ask for your green card, say, during a traffic stop. if they reasonably suspect that you're in the country illegally. that court let -- that part stand but left it open to challenge once the law actually goes into effect. the white house first expressed concern the ruling keeps the cloud of suspension over people who look like foreigners. then late today went further. saying the federal government would not

cnn's soledad o'brien recently spoke with rodney king. >> the officers who beat you were eventually acquittedd that is what triggered the l.a. riots. what was it like that moment when you saw pretty much everything in your neighborhood start to erupt? >> it was like -- it felt like the last days on earth, you know? our whole city was just like in turmoil. and i had never -- i had seen it happen in the '60s on film and in classrooms, you know, what they show on tv, but i didn't -- i never thought that i would see it happen in my lifetime. so it was a total shock to me. >> rodney king, dead at the age of 47. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company phone list that's a few names longer. you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday you see all of us serving you, around the country, around the corner. us bank. but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our doctor was great,

starting point wit soledad o'brien starts this morning. >>> good morning. our "starting point" with startling details of jerry sandusky trial, graphic details and even threats and the second mile charity as a child and the new sandusky. >>> and lance armstrong suspended from ironman after being charged with doping. and he fires back. >>> and questions surround helicopters arriving in syria. >>> plus, baseball history in san francisco as giants pitcher, matt cain pitchs a perfect game. >>> "starting point" begins right now. >> good morning, welcome, everybody. our "stastarting point this mor is day four of the jerry sandusky sex abuse trial with three victims set to take the stand. the prosecution is moving at a rapid pays. the state is expected to rest tomorrow. cnn susan candiotti is live at the courthouse in bellafonte, pennsylvania this morning. >> good morning. three more alleged victims are expected to take the stand today and tomorrow before prosecutors wrap up their case. among them, we expect to hear from one youngster, back in 1988, her mother went