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thousands of registered sex offenders are getting pass ports and having them stamped in sex hotspots. our special investigations unit looks into this government report. on this 86th day of the gulf oil disaster, what had been a growing sense of optimism takes hit. bp delayed integrity tests how effective the containment cap is. scientists warn the oil giants say they are reviewing the procedures that would be used for those tests. bp is not giving a reason for the delay. but an informed source tells cnn there were, quote, potential complications. that means the actual test willing not begin before sometime today at the very earliest. let's get the latest on the developing story. we go to david mattingly. he joins us from new orleans. you saw the process from the inside yesterday. when you accompanied the coast guard to the site of the spill, what did you see? >> reporter: it certain lip didn't look like it when i was out there. in fact, i saw operations that were ramping up to collect more leaking oil instead of shutting down. you are looking at the u.s. coast e coast guard "resolute." that was our ride out here. it took us overnight from pensacola. now we arrived at our destination behind us here is the very spot where the deepwater horizon rig caught fire, sank to the bottom of the ocean and started that huge environmental and economic disaster. and this is a critical time. one mile beneath my feet testing is under way that could lead to capping the well. these images of the oil spewing into the gulf may soon be just a bad memory. but you wouldn't know it by what you see on the surface. quick observations of what we see out here. it looks like a small city of vessels. about 10, 20 large ships out there, two of them clearly producing oil. pumping it up from below. that's where we see the large flames erupting after they burn off the natural gas that comes up. i asked our coast guard escort to go in for a closer look. i wanted to see if there was anything going on that might show this catastrophe is turning a corner. this is as close as we could go. we are a mile away. why can't we get any closer? >> safety is paramount. today is a very essential day in the operation. there's a lot of moving parts today. the safety of the operation, we need to stay a mile back. >> reporter: these operations show no signs of standing down. the new cap may bring hope there will soon be an end to the leak but there's still an oil sheen in the water. and smoke from burning gas and oil climbs up the horizon. while the flames are burning, that tells you that the well has not been shut off. it is expected to be a very dramatic moment out here when those flames behind me are finally extinguished. when that happens, that means the flow of oil has been stopped and that well has been capped. but in the meantime, bp says work will continue on the surface to improve oil collection. and in case their new capping plan does not work. the helix producer is one of the operations we saw on the go out there. what that will do is more than double their capacity to collect the oil that is now leaking. so they are showing signs of moving forward with their collection even though they are still working on the possibility of capping the well. >> david mattingly. david is in the city where six members of the police department face federal civil rights charges for confrontation after hurricane katrina. an incident claims an indictment claims, i should say, four officers shot and killed two people on the city's bridge. a teenager and a 40-year-old disabled man, both of them unarmed. two police supervisors are accused of covering up the whole thing. the shootings happened a few days after katrina hit the area. attorney general holder says new orleans pd still has a long way to go to win back the public's trust. >> put simply, we will not tolerate wrongdoing by those who are sworn to protect the public. this will not stand. we will hold all offenders accountable. while accountability is a vital part of the reform process, it will take more than this investigation to renew the new orleans police department and to allow to it thrive. >> this could become a death penalty case. the first investigation into the so-called danzinger bridge killings. now to a story capturing a lot of intensity causing controversy. the naacp is taking on the tea party. civil rights organization is condemning what it calls racist elements within the grassroots group. the new resolution is sparking a rapid fire war of words between two groups. shannon travis is joining us now from d.c. shannon, good morning to you. what is in this resolution? >> well, don, this is a major deal. you have, obviously the nation's oldest civil rights organization with a storied history on victory force justice taking on a group that's flexing its muscles and hopes to be a force to be reckoned with. this resolution basically calls on the tea party, the leaders of the tea party movement, to repudiate what the naacp feels are racist elements within its ranks. now, we have a statement here from the naacp president and ceo that reads, quote, we take no issue with the tea party. we believe in freedom of assembly and raising their voices in a democracy. we take issue with the tea party's continued tolerance for bigoted statements. they feel they have not repudiated the racist statements enough. we want to be clear a number of tea party leaders have come out and say we know that some of these people are at our rallies and are in our movement but they are on the fringe. some of those lead verse spoken out about it. >> i want to tell our viewers we are going speak with benjamin in just a moment to get his reaction as well as the reaction from the tea party. shann shannon, you traveled with the tea party. have you seen any evidence of this? >> that's right. i have traveled extensively. when you go to these rallies, it is not exactly like you see on television or newspaper. there are, obviously, signs that are offensive to african-americans. not by and large the whole lot of the people, the whole crowd. you do see things that are offensive. i have also seen some tea party activists encircle people they feel are showing racist signs or -- displaying racist behavior and say no, we don't want that here. >> the tea pear isn't take thing criticism lightly. now sarah palin has jump flood the fray. >> that's right. we have a quote from her also. she posted a post on our facebook page. i will read that also. the charge that tea party americans judge people by their color of their skin is false. appalling and is a regressive and diversionary tactic to change the subject at hand. obviously sarah palin is one of the darylings of the movement. you have some of the other tea party leaders speaking out. just the fact she is weighing in means this thing is going to get even more attention. >> shannon, thank you so much. we want to tell our viewers we will talk to freedom works about what's going on here. let's bring in first our chief white house correspondent ed henry. he knows all about this. first of all, ed, good morning to you. just four months to go until the midterm elections. could this backfire on the naacp? really fire up the tea party members even more? >> reporter: it could have that effect and rally the tea partier. they are rejecting the charges. and i have to tell you, that's one of the reasons why the white house doesn't really speak out very much about the tea party. when i pressed them in private about why they haven't spoken out more they say look, you just give the tea party more oxygen when you attack it. when you treat it as a relevant part of the political debate. now, the white house may be in denial about that when they believe they can ignore the tea party but can certainly have that effect. they could be right that when you speak out more, push back more against the tea party, that only gives them more oxygen. i think in the case of the naacp, this is obviously an organization with a storeied history. they are not going to be worried about giving the tea party more oxygen or not. they are worried about speaking out when they see an injustice and see one here and they are speaking out. they are probably not as worried about the political debate back and forth as some in washington may be. they are more worried about speaking out about something they think is wrong. >> back to the white house. midterms you touched upon. the obama -- president obama's popularity seems to be a an all-time low now. now former president clinton will be stumping for democratic votes. is that enough to keep the party in power? >> reporter: we will see. i have spoken to senior democratic officials that say their there had been some people thinking that maybe bill clinton won't play a big role and say that's absurd. they say look, it is a no-brainer to bring him out there and say it is not to replace president obama. they call it a one-two punch. they think president obama will be aggressive over the next 3 1/2 months or so. going to states especially where he is popular. but there are other places where the president clearly has not. arkansas would be a big one. where he lost to john mccain by double dimg its. he is only probably gotten more unpopular since then especially a state like that especially how he is play in the national polls. bill clinton, that's his home state. he played very well in may when he helped save incumbent senator blanche lincoln in the run job of the white house saying they are going to deploy bill clinton as much as he can. he has a busy foreign travel schedule. he has been in haiti. they say they are not going to interfere with that but as much as they can get him, they are going to put him out there. >> ed henry, appreciate it. also, first lady michelle obama isn't shying away from the spotlight as well. the tea party and naacp goes head-to-head. she delivered a keynote address one night before they voted on the resolution. >> i think the founders would tell us that now is not the time to rest on our laurels. when stubborn and inequality still persists in education and health and in income and wealth, i think those founders would urge us to increase our intensity and increase our discipline and our focus and keep fighting for better future for our children and our grandchildren. >> first lady of the united states speaking at the naacp's annual convention. coming up next hour, we are talking about the politics of the naacp. with the group's president and ceo, benjamin. head-to-head with freedom works. it is coming up at the top of the hour right here on cnn. you want to stick around for that. sarah palin could soon be the mother of the bride. this is an interesting turn of events. i don't know what is. "us weekly" magazine is reporting bristol palin and the father of their child, levi johnston, are engaged. the couple told the magazine that the former vice presidential candidate did not know about their plans until now. the magazine quotes bristol as saying she fears her mother's reaction but quote, hopefully she will jump onboard. we will see. registered sex offenders are traveling to known is extourism destinations on u.s. passports. our special investigations unit demanding answers. >> i'm rob marciano. we are tracking severe thunderstorms across the northern plains. but also severe heat. meet advisories are up. it is already 92 degrees in kansas city. that's what it feels like. it is not even 9:00 in the morning across the central part of the country. weather coming up later in the show. to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. hey, it's great to see you're back after that accident. well...i couldn't have gotten by without aflac! is that different from health insurance? well yeah... ...aflac pays you cash to help with the bills that health insurance doesn't cover. really? well, if you're hurt and can't work, who's going to help pay for gas? ..the mortgage, all kinds of expenses? aflacccccccccc! it's the protection you need to stay ahead of the game... exactly! aflac. we've got you under our wing. aflac, aflac, aflac... aflac, aflac, aflac hey! 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that's a question the fda is debating again today. critics say avandia increases the risk of a heart attack, stroke, or premature death and should be pulled off the market. the fda panel could vote today on the recommendation. severe thunderstorms are taking aim at several midwestern states. we want to go now to rob marciano. joining from us the cnn weather center with more on that, rob. what's going on? bumpy weather in the midwest. >> what we had yesterday was a lot of severe weather in different parts of the country including -- check out this as a matter of factoring of rainfall totals. greensboro, north carolina, 3.2. joplin, missouri. 2.81. charleston, south carolina, almost 3. trenton, new jersey, saw 2 1/2. gives you an idea of everywhere that we are seeing the severe weather. now we have a little bit of severe weather across the northern tier. look at these -- the number of counties and number of states under heat advisories here. not just today but probably for several days to come. 18 states in all that aren't under advisories or warnings right now. and some of these, especially there center part of the country, could see temperatures that feel like 105. 110. 115. oklahoma city up through wichita. this is a distinct possible bill. not only today but going through tomorrow and friday as well. dangerous heat. with some of that heat we got a disturbal rolling across the northern tier. this warm front will push into the western great lakes and more moisture in the form of humidity to come up and showers and thunderstorm that may produce tornadoes later today. we have already seen thunderstorms that had potential of doing that earlier this morning. we have this tornado watch in effect another hour or two. this squall line makes its way just past minneapolis towards the north. again, we could see these refire later on this afternoon as the heat of the day comes up. and we get that warm front to pass farther to the north. little more in tranquil showers and thunderstorms. nonetheless, showers and thunderstorms across the northeast right now. once these pass we will see clearing later on in the day. it will be an afternoon steamy and really muggy and eventually warm into the upper 80s and lower 90s and there will be a drier day, i think, tomorrow. 98 degrees for a i'm in dallas. 95 in houston. 95 as well. expected high temperature in kansas. these temperatures are, in the shade, don't include humidity p what it feels like in the sun certainly and with the humidity will be 110 degrees in spots. phoenix, arizona, 112 degrees. starting to get into the monsoon season where you get into late july and into august where showers and thunderstorms cool you off a little bit in the morning or afternoon. we are not seeing that just yet. it will be dangerously hot out there. temperatures in los angeles, 86 degrees. that's about where they should be this time of year. past few days they have been below average. wouldn't that be nice. temperatures in the 70s. wane to show you video out of north carolina which -- had rough weather yesterday. potentially tornado touching down in lincoln county, north carolina. and some firefighters reported seeing a funnel cloud that they thought touched down and certainly judging from this video, it was pretty bad storm regardless. roof damage. tree damage. power lines down. and this was across parts of central north carolina yesterday afternoon. that's the latest from here. monitoring the storms across the northern tier of the u.s. minnesota getting hit hard and later on this afternoon, that may reignite after we get towards the evening hours. >> thank you. george steinbrenner, sad news. i know you are a big baseball fan. i will tell you a little bit about george steinbrenner. major league baseball all-stars gave a tip of the cap to george steinbrenner at last night's mid summer classic. yankees owner died yesterday after suffering a massive heart attack. steinbrenner was 80 years old. there was a moment of silence before the game. the yankees all-stars wore black armbands in memory of the boss. derek jeert said he expected perfection and rubbed off on the new yorkers. how do i know if i'm getting a good deal? 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where the opening bell is about to ring. hi, alison. >> there goes the opening bell. good morning to you. stocks are looking to build on six straight days of gains and what a run it has been. we are coming off the dow's third triple digit rally of that six-day win streak. but stocks could be under a little pressure today after we got some weak economic news. the government said retail sales fell half a percent last month. that was actually worse than analysts forecast. comes largely due to weakness in auto sales. sales actually rose slightly when auto and gas sales are taken out. the news may wind up overshadowing the more positive corporate earnings we got. tech giant intel reported its best effort quarterly profit after yesterday's closing bell. it said demand from the corporate customers is strong. that stomped out fear it is tech sector would be hurt bidet problems in europe. intel also gave it upbeat outlook for the current quarter. shares of intel, dell, are surging 5%. in the very early going, dow industrials down 30. nasdaq is up 3. the s&p 500 is off about 2. finally, don, bet up didn't know this. christmas is just right around the corner. actually it is about 162 days away. for the second year in a row, toys are us is running a week long christmas in july promotion to try to grab a piece of the holiday season pie. big discounts are planned for early bird consumers. that's, of course, if you can forget the fact it is 90 degrees, muggy and hot outside. not really much to do in the christmas spirit. >> yeah. this is really early bird, alison. all right. alison at the stock market, thank you very much. we will check back with you. summer travel season is under way. many air travelers are reeling from all of those new fees ta tacked on to the cost of the flight. lawmakers demanding answers. the house subcommittee on savation will look at what it calls hidden fees for things such as luggage, snacks, and ticket changes. lawmakers will debate whether airlines should make those fees more transparent to the flying public. just yesterday, a watchdog group for consumer travel alliance said the extra charges can add 50% to ticket prices. that's a lot of money. in utah, ammon muss letter is stirring fear and debate. ksla obtained one of the documents that was sent to media and law enforcement officials. it claims to have identified 1300 illegal immigrants and demands that they be deported and deported immediately. some of the people on the list deny they are in the country illegally and they are worried because the letters reveal vital information like addresses, birth dates, even social security numbers and medical information. >> very troubled. that kind of information is collected by the government for government purposes. it is supposed to be protected by the government. if it was illegally accessed to create that list, that's a crime. >> it is not clear who sent the list or for that matter, how many people on the list really are illegal immigrants. utah's governor launched an investigation into see if the information did indeed come from a state agency. the nation's immigration system sunday the microscope at this hour on capitol hill. check out the live pictures there. the house judiciary committee on immigration is holding a hearing on reform and whether, in fact, there's a moral imperative. faith based organizations will give their prospectus on the immigration policy and the need for an overhaul. we will monitor these hearings for you here on cnn. if any news comes out of it, we will bring it to you live. a new government report finds thousands of registered sex offenders are getting u.s. passports with some traveling -- with some travel to locations known for sex tourism. abbie boudreau looking into this report and she joins us now. this is very disturb. >> it is generating a lot of debate online already. this -- what's happening here is the government accountability office was asked by senators chuck grassley and max baucus to find out the number of registered sex offenders who are issued u.s. passports. then to come up with the case studies for some of those people. according to the report of the 16 million u.s. passports issued during the fiscal year 2008, about 4,500 of them were issued to registered sex offenders. so the report also uncovered at least 30 of them were federal employees. these are government workers from the department of treasury, nasa, u.s. postal service, and from the defense finance and accounting service. >> then what happen was these findings? what do they do with these findings? thinking? >> well, the state department had -- you know, a real response to this. they said that the gao report was mislead. a state spokesperson tells cnn there are no legal grounds to deny a sex offender passport. rig us willy adheres to u.s. law. issuing passports and -- but the report -- in the report the state department did indicate to gao it is interested in looking at any proposal -- proposed legislation that could give it the author to deny sex offenders. we learned there is a law that require the state department to deny passports to convicted daem people convicted under the sex tourism law. that was put into effect in december of 2008. that focuses on people who were convicted of sex tourism crimes, explicitly go overseas to different countries to have sex, you know, that commit sex crimes overseas. and when the gao asked the state department about the sex tourism law the department says it was not even aware that law existed. that was created in 2008 and now this many months later, 14 months later, they haven't been use thing. >> this will be another facet in the issues we are dealing with here in the gao on top of this and abbie boudreau, you are going to be on top of it as well. a lot of people responding to this. what's the biggs response you have gotten? >> it is mixed. the responses are very, very mixed at this point. some people are telling us that they absolutely do not feel people should be getting these passports. especially the criminals, registered sex offenders, that had committed multiple offenses, very violent multiple offenses, should not be leaving the country. especially if they are going to other countries where the countries are known for sex tourism. that's part of the debate. the other part is that, you know, there are some people that are registered sex offenders that have been responding to the report and saying, you know, i had sex with a person when i was 21, 22 years old. the person i was having sex with lied to me about their age. maybe they were 17 at the time or told them they were old enough to be in this relationship. now they have this scarlet letter. what am i supposed to do? am i supposed to not travel anymore? there is a debate. we have a blog. we have an article and attached to the article is the entire gao report. i encourage people to read the entire report. and let us know what they think. >> abbie boudreau, good information. appreciate it. that makes a lot of people want to say dirty words sometimes about the situation that's going on. speaking of those dwrirt words, there has been major milestone for television and radio broadcasters. a federal appeals court shoots down the fcc's indecency ban. 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check your morning passport. iranian nuclear scientist at the center of a fuzzy tug of war between washington and tehran is reportedly heading home. iran claims the man was kidnapped by u.s. agents last year and tortured. the state department denies those claims. the man appearing to be amiri popped up in youtube videos. one saying he was abducted and the other saying he was living peacefully in arizona. amiri surfaced in person monday at the pakistani embassy in d.c. the secretary of state hillary clinton says he is free to go home. a suicide bomber carried out at least one of the explosive attacks on world cup watchers in uganda. that's a according to a government official that also says several arrests have been made in the case. a group known as al shabaab claimed responsibility for sunday's bombings in which bombers targeted two sites in the capital city of kampala. killing at least 76 people and injuring dozens more. it is six months after the earthquake. orphanages in haiti are still running out of food. hospitals have no medication and yet, not far away, there are where hows packed with supplies. it is a distribution catastrophe there. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta found one man who is doing his part to get aid to people in need. >> reporter: it is so striking in orphanages. smiles amid squaller. 350,000 orphans in haiti. many, like this little guy, don't even have a name. among lots of other children, 40 to 50 at any given time, that's how many kids are taken care of. let me show you something else as well. take a look at this particular building. you look at the floor over here. that's where they sleep. there are no bedrooms. find a place and sleep for the night. this is the kitchen. for all of those children. this pot of beans is their food for the entire day. simply not enough. take a look. they have to obviously have food and have to store it in some way. this is the storeroom. it used to be completely filled with food. this is all they have left. i decided to call a contact of mine. eric, it is sanjay. >> hey, sanjay. how are you? >> reporter: i'm doing fine. i'm on speaker phone with you and our film crew is filming. we just came outside this orphanage. and it is one of these crazy situations you and i have been talking about. they have about 50 kids here. literally from a couple months old to 18. they have flthree stacks of tomorrow tate owe soup, beans and rice. that's all they have to feed these children for the for seeable future. i just thought i would give you a call to see if you could help out. >> absolutely. let me make a couple of calls. i will get a truck. i will make a couple of calls and get back to you in 20 minutes. we are outside of the gate with the truck. >> reporter: we got the call. eric, cando opinion org, found a warehouse full of supplies willing to stock the truck. according to the global disaster media response team, right now there are at least 50 warehouses, football field in size, full of supplies. just sitting there. some dating back to january. never distributed since the earthquake. this is going to make you mad. take a look at this. we have 50 starving kids in an orphanage. three miles down the street. >> this stuff came in from asia. >> reporter: is there a date? >> may 27th. >> reporter: it has been sitting here a couple of months. at the orphanage they literally had a half a bucket of beans. that was going feed 50 kids an entire day. all of this. you are not paid to do this. your guys are not paid to do this. >> we are not paid. >> reporter: people are donating lots of supplies, lots of money to buy those supplies. in order to actually get it distributed, it is counting on the goodwill of people like to you do it. >> absolutely. showing results is the key thing. that's what's missing. that's what's missing. >> reporter: driving back, i couldn't help but think of so much food and yet hundreds of thousands of haitian children are malnourished. we are going to have some happy kids. >> how are you? >> reporter: that was not that far away at all. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: mind-boggling how close the stuff is. you can hear the kids literally just joyous, laughter inside there. i think they know what's coming. >> they know what's coming. they do. >> reporter: it is true that other organizations, like world vision, save the children, unicef, have been helping orphanages here in haiti long before the earthquake. i can tell you, there are hospitals, camps, orphanages, that fall through the crack sometimes. at least on this day, one of those cracks needs to be filled in. dr. is an gentleman gupta, port-au-prince, haiti. >> thank you, sanjay. the naacp versus the tea party. the war of words has begun. we are talking it over with cnn's candy crowley. between the naacp's condemnation of what it calls racism in the tea party and barack obama's recent poll numbers, we have a lot to talk about with candy crowley. good to see you. i have a new nool i just took a look at here, and it's from april 22nd, and it says is support for a tea party movement based on racial prejudice against obama. 21% not at all, 43%. what does this say about what the naacp is doing as far as perception? >> reporter: listen. there's one thing we know and we have learned for the ages, but certainly since katrina, that african-americans look at things differently than white americans, and, you know, that there is sensitivity on all sides. it's not surprising to me that one poll would show one thing and the naacp would feel differently because what they saw and what they have seen are signs that they believe are racist. certainly some of them, quite arguably racism, and, so, that is what sort of stemmed or put together this resolution. having said that, we hear all kinds of reports from out there that the totality of the tea party is not. so, it doesn't mean that, you know, what is right and what is wrong and one is one and one is the other. i just think it's different per acceptings, and one of the things that i thought was interesting in the resolution from the naacp is that it calls on the leaders to renounce some of this stuff. it's not so much a condemnation of the entire tea party as where are the leaders. >> we use that as a catch all term, not like the republican party and the democratic party. there are different groups within the tea party. i have to ask you this, with november coming up war, kind of effect 'do if at all -- do you think this is enough of an effect on the tea party candidates come fall? >> reporter: i think a couple of things. first of all, the election goes to those who are the most passionate. to those who are the most active. so in a sense, if any of this gives -- puts african-americans at the polls -- now, remember, we've had president obama out there trying to serve the african-american base, saying you have to go to the polls. it's just as important as my election. it does the same thing for the conservatives and those on the tea party. i think it does activate the bases, but they may balance out. >> that's the thing. a resolution is a resolution is a resolution because it's only paper until there is action behind it. how much political clout, if any, do you think the naacp still has? as opposed to the tea party? which has more clout? >> reporter: i think it matters which pear party you are in. the naacp still holds clout within the democratic party. it is the gold standard among organizes out there fighting for the tries of african-americans, so i don't think you can underestimate how they are heard in the corridors of power. >> even them -- i've spoken with benjamin jealous, and they're grappling with relevance as well. >> reporter: absolutely. that's what the problem is, and i think we heard someone on the air saying, listen, this is a group looking for relevancy and they brought this up because it shows that they still need to fight, that sort of thing. on the other hand, this is what they do, is draw attention to this sort of thing. i think as far as the tea party is concerned, it's hard to really see. they have had power in some of these districts and some of these races, but overall, their power to change the republican party or change the face of politics is very much untested. >> candy crowley, appreciate it. always good to see you. we'll have lots more news to cover in the next hour of the cnn newsroom. let's check in now with brian todd and see what he is working on. hi, brian. >> reporter: hi, don. we are working on news that the response team is going to meet at midday to term determine the next steps. this is after the delay in the well integrity test. it has been delayed, as we know. that is going to be worked out throughout the course of the day. the team is meeting midday to decide the next steps to continue and go ahead or delay it while they review testing procedures. on a much lighter note, everyone wants to have beautiful babies but not everyone wants to leave it to chance. we're going to tell you in the next hour about a very controversial dating website only for hot people and they've added a virtual sperm bank. in the next hour. hot is the weather headline for the nation's midsection. 18 states now under heat advisories, dangerous heat. we're tracking that, and there are some severe storms rolling across the upper midwest. all interesting stories. thanks to all of you. nearly five years after katrina brought chaos to new orleans, the feds go offer the cops involved in the shootings on the bridge shootings. we will look at the how the case involved in the next hour. ♪ this is our pool. ♪ our fireworks. ♪ and our slip and slide. you have your idea of summer fun, and we have ours. now during the summer event get an exceptionally engineered e-class for 1.9 percent apr or lease one for $689 a month. we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned an l.a. getaway twice as fast. we get double miles every time we use our card. no matter what we're buying. and since double miles add up quick... romans! get em! 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why take on the tea party? >> well, you know, my speech was on those issues. we also called for people to be responsible. look, the tea party has growing power and growing influence in the country. they are growing much faster that kibby can control them. he started them, but his faction is the second smallest of six factions in the tea party. we have seen the signs. we've heard the report from congress. we have, you know and what we haven't heard, you know, is them come out and say there's no place for bigotry in the tea party. >> i understand what you're saying, and many people will say, why not let the administration handle that. it seems to be directed at the president. this is not the biggest issue that's facing african-american -- the african-american community. >> don, don, don. look, we -- this is a serious issue. if year's silent in these times when people call for violence and they call for hate, what we know happens is violence. we've seen it happen again and again in this country. we've seen a spike in hate crimes in this country and a spike in threats against the naacp across this country. the last hundred years of standing up for justice and unit in this country has taught us that when you see a party who gets up there and says, we aren't the racists, but then there's people making racist statements in the ranks, people out there with racist signs, people spitting on congressman, you better stand up quickly. >> i want to let matt get in on this. listen, let me get matt in. a lot of people are talking about this. matt, you can't deny that supporters at some rallies are carrying degrading signs. we've seen it, sometimes comparing the president to a monkey. does that not prove the naacp's point here? >> i just wish that benjamin and the naacp had invited us from freedom works to come over and talk about the tea party as we understand it. they call out quote racist tea party leaders and dick armey by name. >> answer the question for me. as you're speaking, hang on ben and matt. as we're speaking, we see the signs of the president in white face and someone carrying a monkey. does this not prove the naacp's point? >> please go back to my april 15th speech on the mall in front of the washington monument. we denounce racism, called it out whether it's tea party crashers from the left or members that attend our events. we don't tolerate it on our stage or in our audience, and the members of the tea party that i know have been very aggressive about denouncing it. >> you can't control what everyone does at those rallies but what about this billboard paid for by a tea party group in iowa comparing president obama to adolf hitler and lenin. this is a sponsored billboard. >> i don't know who the group is. is it bad taste or racism? you have to help me define it because the definition keeps changing. it's nothing that we would tolerate because this group is color blind. i'm telling you guys, we are a color blind organization worried about the policies that this country is pursuing and that this president is pursuing. we have enough respect for this president to treat him exactly the same as we treat anybody that proposes bad policy. >> how do you explain the lack of diversity in the tea party? >> i don't think it's true. if you look at the poll that came out in april, the pea party and their supporters reflect the makeup of america, including black americans. >> sarah palin is a tea party supporter and she appeared saying that racial accusations are untrue. >> to be called a racist, yeah, those over there on the left that are opposing the good message of tea party americans are using the racism accusation in order to keep people away from not only the movement but keeping a wall built between what the message actually is and the american public that is today receiving that message very well. >> so, ben, my question is, could this backfire on the naacp and fire up the tea party members even more? >> don, the night before last when i got ungiving my speech, black member of the tea party in texas came up and said thank you. i know there's a place for mere here at the naacp and right now there's a place for me in the tea party and i'm feeling more and more uncomfortable and i appreciate you speaking for folks like me. >> kibby came out and called us racist. i said dick armey is not a racist. this is it not about the policy disagreements we had with dick armey in the past. we haven't seen dick armey and kibby come out and denounce people. we see tea party rooms across this country, folks there holding up signs and shaking them. there's no sergeant at arms who takes the signs and escorts them out like we would do at our rallies with of foolishness. you are irresponsible when you called us racists. we never called you racists. that's a false debate. we asked you to repudiate the racists in your midst and let this debate be about taxes and policy, not something that feels like the 1930s. >> let matt respond to that. >> i don't think we ever called you racist. we're calling for a color blind society. >> it was on npr yesterday. >> you are calling for a color blind society. when you say that, of course you see color. you see someone as a male, female, someone has brown eyes, blue eyes. everyone sees color. it depends on what your perspective or prejudice is about that person. i'm not sure what you mean by a color blind society. >> i'm talking about judging people on the context of their kashlgt. i thought that was the goal here. >> that's a better way to say it, rather than a color blind society, which makes everybody appear the same way, which is not what america is about. go ahead. i interrupted your point. >> i think the tea party is all about good public policy and i would like to just point out that there has been a new generation of african-american leaders that have taken to the tea party stage, and they've taken to congressional campaigns, and i don't know how you can jibe the fact that the tea party is supposedly racist with the fact that tim scott wins in south carolina, that alan west is a tea party rock star, and we have popular black speakers at tea party events, and if year's all racists, how is it that these african-americans are taking the tea party by storm? 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how is this different? >> it is different because there is no secentrifuge and it's cos effect fif, 50 to 100 times cheaper than the commercial unit's. its basically a network of skimmers. i personally think as opposed to one single skimmer, this is like a super bee trying to collect honey from acres and flowers, what we need here is more mouths, hundreds of skimmers to try to collect all of the oil. >> have you made the powers that be aware of what you're doing, this injennings, and if so, what is the current status of the unit? >> the current status is we built this about a month ago, and we have been waiting for the permissions from the u.s. coast guard and bp to test this unit and waited for a month or so, made a complete unit and brought it back to the lab, and we are trying to do like a lab demonstration, and what you see here is like you have oil coming from the yellow pipe and water coming from the -- water coming from the yellow pipe and oil coming from the purple pipe, and it is a total separation and 99% efficient. >> two minutes ago you started this up and explaining it to us, and we see that you have oil and water mixed in that big bucket, big barrel, and in the yellow pipe, water running out, and in the purple pipe the oil coming out, and it separates it just that quickly, so it's fast. >> it is fast. it's almost instant. >> very interesting, doctor. let us know what happens if you do get to use this device at all during this cleanup. but, you know, ingenuity. >> last week -- >> i just like looking at this. how quickly did it take to you come up with this? how long was it? >> it took like eight days to build it but a commercial shop can probably do it in three days. we can have hundreds of these built locally in louisiana, even if baton rouge, in a week's span. these are extremely low cost. this whole thing right here is probably $7,000. >> thank you so much. >> okay, you're welcome. thanks for having me on the show. a drug for diabetics is the subject of a government hearing. today we could learn in the fda think thinks it should stay or go. in initial quality. very attractive. as for joel, he's not losing a daughter, he's gaining a focus. hurry in to the ford model year end sales event. and get a focus for 0% financing for 60 months. what're you waiting for? drive one. to finish what you started today. for the aches and sleeplessness in between, there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm, is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. new motrin pm. is more effective for pain and sleeplessness. fifteen percent or more on car insurance? 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>> reporter: police say they fired in self-defense. when madison reached for his waist and turned on them, but cnn has been uncovering details that raise doubts. an autopsy revealing madison was shot in the back. lack of any evidence madison was ever armed and finding a witness who said he saw officers line up and gun down a man running away. >> with all motion, moving, and just -- >> reporter: then how did he fall? >> he just fell like he was collapsing, like he was collapsing. like something had just like wiped him out. >> reporter: you didn't see any gun on him? >> i didn't see any on him. >> reporter: seven police officers cheered as heroes by their colleagues were indicted for the murder and attempted murder of ronald madison but the case was thrown out on a technicality. you believe these officers did nothing wrong, that there was no crime or even misconduct on that bridge? >> none whatsoever. we're confident that the officers acted appropriately and heroically and we're confident this investigation will have the same result as the last one. >> reporter: madison says in the aftermath of katrina, the police force did what it wanted. >> of all the victims of hurricane katrina, your brother among them, was justice and the rule of law also a victim in this town? >> yes. they were just as badly wounded as my brother was because it just doesn't exit. >> that was cnn's drew griffin reporting. if the cops are convicted, they could face the death penalty. police in a dallas suburb are working an unusual case. the mayor of coppell, texas, jayne peters, and her 19-year-old daughter were found dead in their home. both of them had gunshot wounds to the head and no indication that anyone had broken into the house. police went to the house after peters didn't show up for a city council meeting. the thin line is getting stretched thinner in oakland, california. 80 police officers are losing their jobs after negotiations between the union and city leaders broke down. >> losing four officers last year was a shock to us all, and we haven't really recovered from that yet and now we're losing another 80 officers this year. not by the hand of a gun, but by the hand of a pen. >> the big sticking points in the talks, job security and pensions. a big crowd jammed a school board meeting in helena, montana, where they are debating whether to start teaching sex ed in kindergarten. the draft does a plan to teach 5 and 6-year-olds the proper names for reproductive body parts and by sixth grade learn about love between people of the same gender and by fifth grade be taught about different types of intercourse. propose opponent nents and opponents are sounding off. >> i'm against all of that. it's not up to the school, but up to the parents to teach in the way they deem proper. >> they are willing to put the education of kids first and the safety and health of kids first and go through a process over a two-year period to use evidence based practices from around the country and defend it. i'm proud of them. >> the school board will continue to take public comments until it votes on the curriculum next month. six months after an earthquake left much of haiti in ruins, we want to update you on a story of hope. what happened to the orphans brought to the u.s. in the first days of disaster? one family shares its story. ♪ ♪ d ssiliefoow fit ckop t dr, rsretsvethg. ♪ rsmos fwa ft. fit ckop t dr, e w twk. on fm ri, op wh ee dabits acsswwprtrayom this week we have revisited haiti, six months after a powerful earthquake left much of the capital in rubble. tents still house many of the 1.5 million people who lost their homes. but you may remember these images of hope, 54 orphans were plucked from the despair and put aboard a plane for a new life right here in the united states. we want to introduce you to one couple that opening their homes and heart. sam and die yath ane. they are in the process of adopting fredo. we are seeing how all of them are adjusting to their new lives. >> mom -- that's me right here. >> in so many ways he's changed us. i'm glad that he's here. i'm glad we can make a difference in his life but he makes us smile every day. he makes us laugh. he says the cutest things. he is just now the love of our life. >> i don't consider ourselves special. we just happen to be adopting a haitian boy who our daughters love and thought it would be great for us. >> there's jen and that's ali. >> had you said no to that a year ago, you wouldn't be enjoying what year's enjoying now. we want him to be able to go back there as a child and just stay in touch with who he is, who his family -- you know, who his immediate family is, but, then, also just the people of haiti as his family. >> going forward with fredo, we're going to be completely honest with him. he's going to know about his mom who is still in haiti. he's going to know about his siblings. it's going to be open with him. >> i want him to feel like he's just another kid, like there's no difference and we love him because of who he is, and not, you know, anything with color or race. we already told his mom that when he's old enough and he wants to go back to haiti, if that happens, that we would not hold onto him, that we want him to be able to have whatever it is he wants. i just know that we'll do what we can for him and then when the time comes, we'll let him make his decisions. >> good one! are you all right? >> yeah. >> okay. >> sweet story. time now to check the top stories right here on cnn. on day 86 of the gulf oil disaster, tests have been delayed on the new containment cap for the ruptured oil well. a review of the testing procedure is under way. there is hope the massive custom designed cap may be able to seal the well completely. a big win for television and radio broadcasters. a federal appeals court struck down the fcc's indon'tsy ban. they say the rules go too far. michael copps called the decision anti-family. major league baseball all-stars pause to honor george steinbrenner last night. heads were bowed for a moment of silence in anaheim, california. steinbrenner died of a massive heart attack yesterday at the age of 80. well, steinbrenner was known as the boss, and he was known as the boss for a reason. his players will tell you he ran a very tight ship, and in a sentimental punch line, jay leno says steinbrenner is not finished calling the shots yet. >> yankee owner george steinbrenner passed away today at the age of 80. we had him on the show one time. he was a tough guy. within hours of entering heaven, he fired god and told jesus, lose the beard. next, story of redemption and rebound, really. fathers are rebuilding their lives after nearly losing it all. here's deborah feyerick. she explains in today's building up america. >> reporter: 57-year-old ward is the first to admit he wasted 30 years of his life on drugs and in jail. >> i had nowhere to go. >> reporter: two years ago he hit bottom. at that moment, if somebody had come to you and leaned over and said, you're going to be a teacher, what would have you said at that moment? >> no, i wouldn't have believed it. >> reporter: and now you light up when you talk about being a teacher. >> it's possible. yeah, i'm able to dream again. >> reporter: it was one of those moments fate plays a hand. he saw a sign for fathers now, a nonprofit group in new jersey helping men turn around their lives, teach be them how to get jobs and be good parents. >> this jason murphy, one of our best graduates. >> reporter: program case manager john leslie can relate to his students. drug, prison, the hope of redemption. is this about giving people another chance? is this about giving people a first chance? or about what the sign says, we want our men back? >> about family reunification and we want our men back. >> reporter: 90% of those in the program are ex-cons, not a rekwirmt, just a reality. out of the 110 guys who applied last semester, only 32 graduated. the majority quit even before classes started. a what point does a man decide enough, i want to starts living my life in a positive way, the way you did the way these other men are doing? >> it's a different point for every person. everybody hits bottom, you know, and you got to know when your bottom comes. >> reporter: for 23-year-old stephen, an ex-marine and now aspiring tattoo artist, it was when he found himself fleeing from police officers over a suspended drivers license. >> it made me realize that a lot of people have it a lot worse off than i imagine myself having it. >> reporter: steve's daughter became the star of the class filled with men like keith harold. after 30 years as a self-described street thug, he has a part time job and is trying to be more of a job to his six kids, inspired by his son, now a college junior. >> there are my reason for wanting to do better. >> reporter: do you judge your dad for the kind of life he lived? >> not at all. i like to think every mistake makes you stronger. >> reporter: do you ever see yourself going back to the life you were living? >> no. >> reporter: because why? >> i have too much to lose. >> reporter: deborah feyerick, cnn, newark, new jersey. >> nice. beautiful people, beautiful babies. a sperm bank for only the world's prettiest? 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