stephanie elam, thank you. 30 eastern time we'll have special coverage of the arizona wildfire's tragedy. we'll talk to stephanie again in prescott. also joining me live, a member of the fire department. he was the first to have to break the news to the public. he will tell us how others are now coming to the aid of really the city, this town of prescott as we look at the lives of those 19 sons and brothers and husbands. many of them were fathers. families who never had the chance to say good-bye. watch remembering the hot shots one hour from now, 3:30 eastern here on cnn. >>> coming up, police find an apartment rented by aaron hernandez. the former nfl star. inside, they find ammunition, a white hoodie and a baseball cap. all evidence, they say, that could put the former football star in prison. we've got that for you after this break. >>> bottom of the hour. i'm brooke baldwin. a major development in the aaron hernandez murder investigation, the former new england patriot star. as you know, he's charged with t

cnn's stephanie elam joins us now from los angeles to tell us more. that looked nasty. >> it looks very not pleasant. i'm hoping, carol, that nobody was actually in those port-a-potties you can't say the same thing for the streets of huntington beach, take a look. complete chaos and near anarchy as the u.s. open of surfing, a skate and surf event held in huntington beach, california, turned into madness. after a large crowd gathered at the conclusion of the competition began rampaging through the streets of the mellow beach town fighting. >> it started like with a fight and then it just broke out and then the cops started to move in and they were throwing tear gas at everyone and everyone plugging their nose and coughing and dodging into stores and everyone just running down main street. >> reporter: damaging public property. >> all i'm trying to do is enjoy my night that i paid good money for. >> reporter: the huntington beach police joined by responders from all over orange county were forced to shoot pepper balls that rioters. roaming the streets,

cnn's stephanie elam is joining me live from los angeles. how did this get started? >> it's a mess.ope nobody was in the port-a-potties. you're talking about eight days this surfing event was going on and yesterday things just got very rowdy. take a look. complete chaos and near anarchy. as the u.s. open of surfing, a skate and surfing event held in huntington beach, california, turned into madness after a large crowd gathered at the competition and began rampaging, tipping port-a-potties. >> it started like with a fight and it broke out. they were tipping port-a-potties and then the cops started to move in. they were throwing tear gas at everyone. everyone was plugging their nose and coughing and dodging into stores. everyone was just dodging down main street. >> >> all i tried to do was support my life that i pay good money for. >> reporter: responders were joined from all over orange county and were forced to shoot pepper balls at the rioters. roaming the streets, attempting to cause disturbances all around them. this morning, after eight arrests and a long evening of battling ch

stephanie elam in san francisco with us.s so much, stephanie. >>> just a few minutes before 10:30 eastern and we are on verdict watch in the george zimmerman trial. his fate in the hands of the jury. >> coming up, a look at the lawyers' closing arguments. we'll examine the points they made and who may have made the best case. >> had trayvon martin been shot through the hip and survived, what do you think he would have been charged with? aggravated battery two counts? ? i did. so what did you think of the house? did you see the school ratings? oh, you're right. hey babe, i got to go. bye daddy! have a good day at school, ok? ...but what about when my parents visit? ok. i just love this one... and it's next to a park. i love it. i love it too. here's our new house... daddy! you're not just looking for a house. you're looking for a place for your life to happen. >>> you're looking right now at live pictures of the courthouse in sanford, florida. that's where the jury is trying to agree, trying to figure out what to do about thi

apache junction saw some of the worst flooding and that's where we find cnn's stephanie elam. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning, carol. the neighbors are starting to wake up. we've seen some people pulling in here. as you can see right there, they're bringing in signs to tell people to watch out where it's really muddy, really messy and one man here told me that everything happened within an hour and a half. take a look when we say everything. raging monsoon waters flooded parts of the phoenix area on sunday. leading firefighters to a series of dramatic rescues caught on camera, at least half a dozen people brought to safety. >> this is pretty bad. i mean, i think the worst i have seen so far. >> emergency crews brave the thigh-high flash flood waters that swallow whole cars in its wake. one rescue after another after another. watch as emergency crews rush to the aid of the two 19-year-old boys who crawled out of their submerged suv to a small patch of land nearby. >> natural instincts. be able to get out of the vehicle and at that point they're going with the flow of th

stephanie elam, what exactly are these women claiming?actually accusing the university of trying to cover all this up? >> reporter: that's not exactly the words that they would try to use, brooke. i think what they were saying here is that they've been bungling and maybe messing up how things are happening. that's sort of the terminology that they use. maybe shelving is the claim that they're saying or when a student reports that they've been raped, they said that they mistake the report. that's part of their issue here with this, brooke. they have now formed a coalition called s.c.a.r. student coalition against rape. they say they have 77 members, men and women, who are students here at usc who are now part of this complaint that they've taken to the department of education and the department of education has confirmed that they have begun an investigation into how usc is handling this. >> so, then, why is it usc and the campus police deciding what should and shouldn't be classified as rape? >> reporter: well, there's two things here. us

stephanie elam is in apache junction, arizona. e in new york, of course. i'm going to start with stephanie near phoenix where flash flooding has been the problem so far. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning, chris. it happened very quickly. and several people were in their cars and found that they had to find their way out of them and to safe land. take a look. raging monsoon waters flooded parts of the phoenix area on sunday. leading firefighters to a series of dramatic rescues caught on camera. at least half a dozen people brought to safety. >> this is pretty bad. i mean, i think the worst i have seen so far. i've lived here for three years now. >> reporter: emergency crews braved the thigh high flash floodwaters that swallowed whole cars in its wake. one rescue after another after another. watch as emergency crews rush to the aid of these two 19-year-old boys in apache junction. who crawled out of their submerged suv to a small patch of land nearby. >> at that point the natural instinct is to get out of the vehicle

stephanie elam has more. >> reporter: raging monsoon waters flooded parts of the phoenix area on sunday leading firefighters to a series of dramatic rescues caught on camera. at least half a dozen people brought to safety. >> this is pretty bad. i think the worst i have seen so far. >> reporter: emergency crews braved the waters one rescue after another after another. watch as emergency crews rush to the aid of these two 19-year-old boys who crawled out of their submerged suv to a small patch of land nearby. >> natural instinct is get out of the vehicle. >> a helicopter hovers above lowering a harness lifting one of the teenagers to safety. the second snaps pictures of the scene, even appearing to take a self portrait mid rescue. firefighters lowering a ladder to rescue this couple stuck in a pickup truck before following a safety line to land. just west in scottsdale a firefighter carries this woman to dry land as the water consums her car. a similar fate for this corvette. the driver rescued. >> he got out of the vehicle and was sitting on top of it. the water was so high but you coul

cnn's stephanie elam joins us live from prescott, arizona. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: good morning, chris. out here the memorial continues to grow as the members of this community here in prescott still wait to hear what could have possibly gone wrong to lead to the loss of these 19 firefighters. ♪ late monday, a town gathered to remember the fallen. prescott, arizona, a town where everyone knows each other, and everybody here is mourning the loss of the 19 firefighters who died battling the nearby yarnell hill fire. >> for those of us who were raised here, many of these firefighters were sons. they were brothers. they were fathers, and we are going to miss them so much. >> reporter: called hot shots, the men were highly trained firefighters tasked with getting close to the blaze and digging a fire line to help contain the flames. >> people put their selves between the fire and you. >> reporter: arizona jan brewer came to offer her support. >> it's claimed more responders since any disaster since 9/11. this is the honor in the memor

cnn's stephanie elam is live in los angeles with more. nie, this is not the kind of event that people would expect rioting after. >> that is true. good morning, kate, chris, and michaela. when you take a look at this video, you can see property totally get damaged. no injuries, but you can't say that for anything else on the streets of huntington beach. complete chaos and near anarchy. as the u.s. open of surfing, a skate and surf event held in huntington beach, california, turned into madness. after a large crowd gathered at the conclusion of the competition began rampaging through the streets of the mellow beach town fighting, tipping port-a-potties. >> it started with like a fight, and it just broke out. they were tipping port-a-potties, and the cops started to move in, and they were throwing tear gas at everyone. people were plugging their noses and coughing, and everyone was running down main street. >> reporter: damaging public property. >> all i'm trying to do is enjoy my night that i paid good money for. >> reporter: the huntington

stephanie elam has the story. >> reporter: at least half a dozen people brought to safety. >> this is pretty bad. i think the worst i have seen for three years now >> reporter: emergency crews brave a deep waters of that swallowed all cars and its way. one rescue after another after another. what as emergency crews rushed to the aid of these to 90 year- old boys who crawled out of their submerged as you beat to a small patch of land nearby. >> at that point they're going with the flow of the water which was very powerful >> reporter: the helicopter hovered above loren a harness lifting one of the teenagers across the rising waters to safety. the second snap pictures of the scene. appearing to take a portrait self--minute rescue. this couple was saved stuck in a pickup truck for nearly an hour. a firefighter carries this woman to dry land as the water consumed her car. a similar faces this court that carry some 100 yds by the floodwaters. the driver was rescued. >> he got out of the vehicle and was sitting on top of it. the water was so high that you could not see the vehicle at all. >

cnn's stephanie elam has that. >> bob filner is to blame! and he needs to resign!yor bob filner hasn't been in office a year yet but he's already fighting for his job. filner's chief of staff has resigned, his fiance has left him and calling for his resignation and heading up the chant, former city councilwoman donna frye. >> we need to stand by our women who have been abused, who have been sexually harassed and stand up for them and get him out of office. >> reporter: the political fire storm prompted the mayor to release this video on youtube. >> when a friend like donna frye is compelled to call for any resignation i'm clearly doing something wrong. i'm embarrassed to admit i have failed to fully respect the women who work for and with me. >> reporter: marco gonzalez alleged the mayor forcibly kissed and groped several women. >> says things, come on, you know you love me, just give me a kiss. let's go up to my office. no one will know. >> reporter: filner made it clear he's not going to step down. >> it's very important that i think we continue with my prioritie

stephanie elam following it from san francisco for us.h. >>> right now in sanford, florida, we're watching the situation, six jurors, all women, going over the evidence. they asked for lays of some 200 exhibits, going at it for over seven hours. when they come back in, this is where they'll sit and they'll be delivering the fate of this man, george zimmerman. guilty or not guilty of killing trayvon martin. cnn's special live coverage continues after a break. "and buy directly from local farmers in every region of the country." "when you see our low prices, remember the wheels turning behind the scenes, delivering for millions of americans, everyday. "dedication: that's the real walmart" -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com saving time by booking an appointment online, even smarter. online scheduling. available now at meineke.com. >>> you're looking at live pictures now of sanford, florida. we're naerg the eight-hour mark of deliberations in the george zimmerman trial. we'll be taking you back to the courthouse in sanford, florida. we're

let's go to stephanie elam joining us with the latest. what's going on here?r, he says he's a demonstrative person. he's a hugger of both men and women. but some of the people who have been his biggest allies say it amounts to more than that. they're calling it sexual harassment. >> bob filner is to blame. and he needs to resign. >> reporter: san diego mayor bob filner hasn't been in office a year yet, but he's already fighting for his job. filner's chief of staff has resigned, his fiance has left him and is now calling for his resignation. and calling up the chant is debra frye. >> we need to stand by our women who have been abused. who have been sexually harassed. and stand up for them and get him out of office. >> reporter: the political fire storm prompted the mayor to release this video of youtube. >> when a friend like donna frye is compelled to call for my resignation, i'm clearly doing something wrong. i'm embarrassed to admit i have failed to fully respect the women who have worked for me and with me. >> reporter: michael gonzalez a lawyer for one of

stephanie elam reports. >> it was complete chaos. the u.s.ch, calif. turned into madness. a large crowd gathered and started rampaging to the streets. they were fighting. they were tipping support ids.porta potties. they were damaging property. >> all i am trying to do is enjoy my time. >> the huntington beach police were forced to use pepper balls. they were attempting to ch store are disturbances. the police finally was able to gain control. >> the time is 9:13 a.m.. here is a live look at how things are at the bay bridge or approach. it is even a little bit of sunshine tried it's great having at&t u-verse high speed internet. walter likes to download fix-it videos... and watch "boardwalk empire." it helps sam with math... [ beeping ] ...and online gaming. and suze loves her smartphone for "social" studies... like video-chatting with sara. hi, ms. kelly. hi, sara. [ male announcer ] call to get the fastest internet for the price -- $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. on our newly expanded advanced digital network, ge

stephanie elam reporting live from prescott this morning. >>> the george zimmerman murder trial resumeslk about a possible game-changing moment for the defense. up next, our panel joins me to talk about key testimony in the trial's first eight days. we're talking juwith lisa here. about the walmart low price guarantee. that's your receipt from another store? yup! let's put it to the test. ok. nothing says all american like... bbq sauce! yes! you know if you find a lower advertised price they'll match it at the register. nice! brats for? we're grilling out! you'll love this walmart's always working to lower costs so you get more savings. oh my goodness! ok you ready? i'm ready... whooa. that's incredible! that's the walmart low price guarantee backed by ad match. bring in your last grocery receipt this 4th of july to walmart and see for yourself. >>> good morning. thanks so much for being with me. i'm carol costello. checking our top stories at 33 minutes past the hour, egypt has a new leader this morning, adly mansour has been sworn in as interim president, a day after the military oppo