secret no longer. brand-new information this morning on what we will see during the olympics opening ceremonies friday night. details leaking out from london. two early hints, james bond and harry potter. "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thanks for being with us. we begin with a single stor that captures both the heartbreak and the hope of the shooting rampage in colorado. this morning, americans are rallying to help this man, shooting victim caleb medley. he is in critical condition right now with gunshot wounds to his head, but that's only part of the story. he is also a brand-new father. caleb's wife, who escaped the massacre unharmed, gave birth to their son just yesterday. baby hugo is the glimmer of joy in one family's nightmare. they have no insurance. and now face a lifetime of debt. we begin our coverage this morning with cnn's randi kaye. >> reporter: katie and caleb are high school sweethearts. they knew katie was expected to deliver the baby this week, so as a treat, decided to take in the midnight showing of "the dark knight rises." katie and the baby inside her weren't hurt when the gunfire exploded, but caleb was shot in the face. he lost his right eye, has some brain damage, and is in critical condition. his friend broke down speaking with cbs. >> we talked about him because we know he can hear us. we told him that he needs to get back because he needs to be a dad. >> doctors here at the hospital have caleb in a medically induced coma. his brother says caleb seems to understand what happened. what's unclear is whether or not he's aware he has a new baby boy. >> if you would like to help this family in its moment of crisis, here is the website for donations. the address is calebmedley.com/help. you can find that link on my blog website as well, that's cnn.com/newsroom. click on the tab with my name. you can make a donation. i think they are already up to, what, $195,000. their goal is $500,000. caleb's medical bills could top $2 million. in the meantime, survivors of the shooting spree received a surprise visit from the actor who was on the screen at the time of the shooting spree. christian bale met with the victims and their families and visited a memorial for those killed. >> it really showed his humanity and that he does care about people. and he cares about his fans. >> it was not a canned speech. it was nothing hollywood. he was the human being christian bale. >> with more, let's head to aurora and cnn's jim spellman. good morning. >> reporter: carol, it's fascinating how this began. somebody on facebook posted they thought that maybe christian bale should come here. then our affiliate started to hash tag on twitter, bail out aurora. and over 300 million people have used that hash tag to encourage cr christian bale to come here. but people have been so excited on twitter and facebook, and everybody i have spoken to here. as much as the fact he came here as to how he did it. he asked there be no media. all of the photos we have seen are cell phone photos that popped up on facebook. and then he came here to this makeshift memorial across the street from the theater and even joined a prayer circle with people who showed up to pay their respects. they didn't even know that was christian bale. the way he did it in this low-key manner, people are really excited about that. as you heard from the person earlier it was nothing hollywood about it. it seemed genuine. it really made people -- it's really been an important thing here to people, even though it's just a symbolic gesture that he would take the time, carol. >> jim spellman live in aurora this morning. be sure to tune in saturday and sunday night at 8:00 eastern for a special cnn presents "madness at midnight." that's this weekend at 8:00 p.m. eastern. let's turn now to other news this morning. you are looking at anaheim, california. it's recovering from another night of violent protests. it's the second ugly clash with police since officers shot a man to death who was apparently unarmed. anaheim's mayor has called for state and federal investigations into the shooting. the victim was a suspected gang member. also this morning the crisis in syria just keeps getting worse. rebel leaders have ordered their fighters to attack hundreds of government troops heading towards aleppo. it's the commercial hub of the country and a crucial test in the 16 months of fighting. meantime, turkey is trying to stem the flow of refugees flooding into the country. today it's closing its border gates with syria. mitt romney says the leaks coming from the obama white house are causing a national security crisis, and it's a betrayal of the american people. he says the leaks are for obama's political gain. remember one of those leaks about a u.s. cyber attack on an iranian nuclear centrifuge was published in "the new york times" in june. romney is now using it to his advantage. here's more from dana bash. >> this conduct is contemptible. it betrays our national interest. >> reporter: foreign policy is not a top priority for voters this year, so mitt romney decided to pummel the president on an issue they do care about, trust and credibility. >> exactly who in the white house betrayed these secrets? >> reporter: romney used his speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention to blast the president for a series of national security leaks romney said were politically driven to help the president. hanging his stepped up attacks on new comments from the democratic senate intelligence chairwoman diane feinstein. >> i think the white house has to understand that some of this is coming from its ranks. >> did a superior authorize it? these are things that americans are entitled to know. and they are entitled to know it now. if the president believes as he said last week that the buck stops with him, then he owes all americans a full and prmpt accounting of the facts. the time for stone walling is over. >> reporter: that's the kick. now the kicker. >> what kind of white house would reveal classified material for political gain? i'll tell you right now, mine will not. >> reporter: feinstien later issued a statement saying she is, quote, disturbed her remarks are being used to impugn president obama. >> dana bash reporting. when asked about the accusations, here's what jay carney told reporters. quote, this administration takes all appropriate and necessary steps to prevent leaks of classified information or sensitive information that could risk ongoing counterterrorism or intelligence operations, end quote. our cnn political director mark preston is joining us now from washington. good morning, mark. >> good morning, carol. >> first, let's deal with the political gamesmanship here. there are two justice department investigations going on to find the source of this leak. what more does mr. romney want? >> he doesn't think that the department of justice should be investigating this at all, carol. in fact, in his speech yesterday to the vfw, we called for a special counsel to be appointed to look into the leak allegations. and it should come as no surprise that just about an hour ago, the romney campaign released a statement from mike rogers, a michigan republican, who also happens to be the chairman of the house intelligence committee. and mike rogers reiterated mitt romney's call for this investigation to be headed by a special counsel, carol. >> let's get down to brass tacks now. besides american exceptionalism, what is mr. romney's foreign policy? >> well, very critical of president obama's, that's for sure. we saw that yesterday. he ticked off a number of things, including saying that president obama placated russia and decided not necessarily to play hard ball with them. and he said that was a terrible foreign policy decision on president obama's part. he also is very critical of president obama when it came to the issue of israel, a country that he will visit during this x-day tour that he's now engaged in right now. he is actually in london. he has landed there. but when he is over in israel, expect him to talk about his commitment to israel, while at the same time he won't mention president obama but he'll make sure to be distinguishing himself from what president obama has done trying to walk a fine line between the palestinians, of course, and the israelis on that. and then he ticked off a whole host of other things including what he'd do for china and of course a huge issue on the plate right now, carol, is iran. >> all right. but what specifically would he do? let's say to deal with the situation in iran. you know, it might have nuclear weapons. it might not. how would mr. romney stop that? >> well, first thing he said he would try to cut off the money to iran. he would try to shut off the money spigot to them and enforce strong sanctions. i don't know how much different that would necessarily be from what president obama is doing at this point. what he did not say, though, is that he would invade iran, given the fact that they are closer to developing a nuclear bomb. under a romney administration, governor romney said yesterday they would not get the bomb. it's interesting to hear him be critical of president obama, although these are very, very delicate issues. and you certainly can't offer specifics on these things. you have to take a step back and talk on a macro level. >> mark preston live in washington this morning. the senate votes today on competing democratic and republican plans to extend those bush era tax cuts. the cuts are set to expire at the end of the year. neither proposal is expected to pass, but will likely open a frenzied negotiating session after the november election. chicago trying to recover this morning after powerful storms knocked out power to 300,000 customers. some 50,000 still have no electricity. and it might be later today or even tomorrow before everyone's power is restored. and talking about the weather, take a look at that. new satellite images reveal a sudden greenland ice melt. the first image shows greenland's ice sheet on july 8 and then one taken four days later. although about half of greenland's ice sheet normally sees surface melting over the summer months, the speed and scale of this year's thaw has surprised skriests scientists. they are calling it extraordinary. so what do james bond and harry potter have in common? >> something hidden here in the castle, and it may help us defeat you know who. >> the name's bond, james bond. >> ok. so not much. but both will have key roles in the opening ceremonies at the olympics. zain verjee, how did you find this out, zain? >> well, there's a hash tag called save the surprise. and the british government didn't want anyone who saw the rehearsals to say anything about it, but of course the whole thing has been leaked. so if you want a big surprise to watch at the opening ceremony on friday, don't watch any longer. but if you want to get a little nugget as to what are the exciting things they have planned, listen to this. william shakespeare's "the tempest" is actually going to be the theme. you know, carol, remember it's about a castaways, about a theme of wonderment and the idea of wonder on this island. and so that's basically this fantastical idea they want to go for. so you're going to have alice in wonderland. you're going to have a big showdown between harry potter and lord voldemort. peter pan as well. then of course there will be bond, james bond, 007 will parachute down into the stadium apparently. so that's just a little bit of the flavor. now the only thing that we don't know is who is going to carry the flame into the stadium. that they have managed to keep a secret. >> i wonder who that might be? maybe the queen. >> yes. as she jogs around the 400 meter track and lights it. possibly actually. >> i would love that. zain verjee, we wanted to provide you a good laugh this morning. zain verjee, thank you. mitt romney will be among the spectators at this year's olympics. he arrived in london today to kick off a six-day overseas tour that will include meetings with several leaders, including british prime minister david cameron. he will also attend the opening ceremonies of the olympics. and with his stint in running the 2002 games in salt lake city inspired this anti-romney ad. and guess who put it out? that would be the obama camp. well, we don't have that, and i apologize. we'll be right back. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. take the steps to reach yours, everyowith usgoals. with real advice, for real goals. the us bank wealth management advisor can help you. every step of the way. from big steps, to little steps. since 1863 we've helped guide our clients, so they can take the steps to help grow, preserve, and pass along their wealth. so their footsteps can help the next generation find their own path. all of us serving you. us bank 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[ yawning sound ] we hav on the phone with us now an anaheim police officer. he is with the public information office there. officer, can you hear me? are you there? >> yes, i'm here. >> i'm sorry. i didn't catch your name. could you introduce yourself? >> sure, sergeant bob dunn. >> thank you for joining us here at the last minute or on short notice, i should say. there have been violent clashes going on in anaheim since saturday, since an apparently unarmed suspected gang member was shot by police. tell us what's been -- tell us what happened overnight in anaheim. >> yesterday, we had our planned city council meeting. which we had a pretty heavy agenda, meaning there was anticipated to be large attendance anyway. in light of what happened over the weekend, we anticipated even more people coming to the council meeting, and that turned out to be the case. wh what happened is the council chambers turned up quickly, and there were too many people. so the crowd began to swell, and that's kind of what began to start the violence. >> ok. and how violent did these clashes get? >> you know, they threw rocks at the officers as they attempted to effect at least one arrest near the beginning. those rocks ended up hitting members of the media. after the disbursal order was given, the crowds kind of moved around, sometimes fighting between each other, breaking windows and lighting fires and trash cans. >> and a police dog got loose and attacked a protester? >> that actually happened last saturday after the officer-involved shooting when we were dealing with a hostile crowd there. >> ok. so how much damage was done to the city of anaheim last night? >> it's this point, we're still in the assessment phase. we do know there were quite a few city buildings and businesses damaged. >> and police are accused of shooting an unarmed man. can you tell me how that shooting went down? >> on that particular day, last saturday, two of our officers were on uniform patrol in the high crime gang neighborhood. they attempted to stop three individuals who then fled on foot. it was during that foot pursuit that the officer-involved shooting occurred. the circumstances surrounding that shooting are under investigation by the district's attorney. >> and i understand 26 people have been arrested. is that accurate? >> the number i have right now is 24. we are still working through the statistics of last night. 20 of which were adults and four juveniles. >> and what measures are you taking to make sure this doesn't happen again? >> we're continuing to assess the situation. we of course are working through open source information as well as talking with other law enforcement entities. we have developed a point of plans for the police department and the fire department for several deployment periods. and so we are currently working to assess the situation and deploy as necessary. >> sergeant bob dunn, thank you so much for joining us this morning. on such short notice. we appreciate it. >> ok. >> thank you. bye-bye. an epic battle erupts over four words. what did the president mean when he said, you didn't build that? that's our talk back question this morning. 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>> since the president said those four words, the debate has at times bordered on the absurd. fox and friends, which romney has appeared on nine times since may, pitched in to help with eliza and clara sutton, two pint-sized entrepreneurs with a lemonade stand. >> how do you feel about the president saying that you needed help to start this business? >> i would say that's rude, because we worked very hard to build this business. but we did have help. >> and your help came from? >> our help came from our investors. >> ok. this is a large chunk of what president obama said on july 13. you be the judge. >> if you are a successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you've got a business, that -- you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. the internet didn't get invented on its own. government research created the internet. so then all the companies could make money off the internet. the point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together. >> so the talk back question for you this morning, what do you think the president meant by you didn't build that? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. the feds call him a serial infector. a former lab tech accused of infecting patients with hepatitis c. what does that mean for them and others who might have been exposed? we want to continue the conversation of today's talk back topic, you didn't build that. four little words spoken by president obama that have sparked a big controversy complete with attack ads and even some t-shirts both by mitt romney's campaign. the obama team says the president's words were misrepresented, and now they are fighting back. >> those ads tiaking my words about small business out of context, they are just flat wrong. of course americans build their own businesses. every day, hard working people sacrifice to create a payroll, make jobs, and make our economy run. and what i said was we need to stand behind them, as america always has. >> but the republican national committee says that the remark was part of a clear pattern. >> if you are successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed to you thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you've got a business, that -- you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> joining me now is the communications director for the republican national committee. good morning, sean. >> good morning, carol. >> so this yes, you did, no, you didn't, has been going on for two weeks now. why is this so important? >> well, i think that there's definitely a little bit of panic in chicago right now because they realize this comment clearly struck a chord with the american people. but the context that you're alluding to is that we've got 8.2% unemployment, 23 million americans out of work. and we should be right now saying -- encouraging that american spirit of entrepreneurship, of innovation and saying, hey, go out there, take that try, do what it takes to build a business. and the president is saying, you know, there's a lot of smart people. there's a lot of people that work hard. you didn't build that. someone else did. if it wasn't for government, you wouldn't be successful. in a sense, it's talking down the people that we need at this very time to be out there helping to turn this economy around. >> uh-huh. >> and it is a pattern. it's a pattern of having a jobs council that doesn't meet in six months. it's a pattern of not receiving an economic daily briefing since april of 2011. >> sean, before we get into that part of the argument, let's go back to your ad where you say you put the president's speech in context. here is the part of the president's speech where he puts his dmecomments in context. he said the point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because of the things we do together. so your latest ad still doesn't seem to accurately capture the president's comments. >> well, the problem right now is i -- and with all due respect, everyone in the media out there is defending the president saying, you know, he didn't mean this, and he didn't do that. so we're doing our best to say, hey, we'll put up as much as you want and show you the full context. but the reality is when you go give a speech, and he is a very smart man, he went to harvard and has a team of speechwriters. you have to say why isn't the president encouraging it? he starts off saying there's a lot of hard working people, a lot of smart people, but you didn't build that. someone else did it. i don't know why that same speech couldn't have been thank you to all the small business openers. we need more like you. encouraging that american spirit. >> obviously, i'm taking the other side here because i want to challenge you because that's what i'm supposed to do. but democrats would say what the president meant was, if you, sean, were to start your own political consulting business, let a say, yeah, you probably built it on your own, but wouldn't you have mitt romney to thank for part of your success? >> absolutely. but the point is, there is a big difference -- and all of us have come up with ideas. sometimes you say, gosh, this would make a great book. i'd love to start this company. i have a great idea for a website. but in americas there's a big difference between thinking about that stuff and the americans who go out there and put their own blood, sweat, and tears and capital and make this happen. and those are the people that create jobs and people we should be applauding. there's room for everyone this country. we need people do every aspect of what's required in this economy. but at the end of the day, if it wasn't for those people, if it wasn't for the people that, you know, the steve jobs, the alexander graham bells back in the day, we wouldn't have great american companies. and it takes those people. and we should be encouraging and applauding and supporting them. sure. and giving them what they need to do that. >> and they help others along the way. just a final note. there are a lot of things that small business owners would like about mitt romney. small business owners, and i'm speaking generally here, don't like health care, right? they don't want to raise the minimum wage. and obama hasn't gone there, but mitt romney certainly hasn't gone there either. they like those things about mr. romney. so why isn't he coming out and talking about these things that would help small business people instead of endless attack ads? >> well, first of all, the first thing is i don't know how it's an attack ad when you're saying here's what the president said. all we did was take his exact words and play them and say, here is what he said. you decide for yourself if that's talking down small business. second, with respect to governor romney, a, his record is sterling in terms of how he's able to create jobs and understand the economy. and second, he has put out an entire plan at mittromney.com. talking about getting regulation and government out of businesses so that they can grow and thrive. he's talked about the corporate tax rate, allowing us to compete internationally. and here at home. >> sean, these attack ads are the things that people pay attention to. and mostly what people are hearing. and if you -- there's the latest poll done by the "wall street journal" and nbc news that said people are getting really tired of this negativity going on. they want to hear about ideas. >> and i just laid out to you -- i can't tell you a speech where the governor doesn't lay out his plan going forward. and with respect to attack ads, if using the president's own words to say here's what he said, what do you think is an attack ad, i think we have come a pretty far way. but this is -- this can't be any simpler. the president said it. he is one saying, well, i didn't mean this. and you have everyone i the media saying, well, it wasn't tain tak taken in context. at the end of the day, the pattern is clear. the intent is clear. and the philosophy of what they understand the private sector to be like is clear as well. >> sean spicer, thanks so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, carol. a man police call a serial infector is locked up this morning accused with infecting patients with hepatitis c. and the states he worked, new hampshire, maryland, michigan, new york, arizona, georgia, and kansas, all of those states now investigating. and they are having thousands and thousands of patients tested. federal prosecutors say 32-year-old david kwiatkowsky infected at least 30 people when he worked as a medical tech at kp exeter hospital in new hampshire. >> he knew in at least june of 2010. he continued to divert drugs and permit tainted syringes to be used on patients under his care. >> cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen here. that was quite an intro for you. >> i feel ready. >> we have to talk about this man. did he deliberately infect people? >> we don't know the details of what he did. but i was on the phone with a federal official this morning and he used the term "drug diversion". let's say i'm the health care worker and you're the patient. i have an anaesthetic that is given to people about to undergo a procedure. i give myself a little bit, and then i give you the rest. if i have hep tigatitis, you've it. i give myself all of it. refill it with saline. and then when it's time for your procedure, and carol is still awake, they go, oh, something must have gone wrong and they give you some more. and nobody really thinks much of it. >> how did they find out what happened? if he did something, he's not going to keep a record, right? >> well, it took them a while to find this out. we are talking about eighth states. you named seven, and an eighth that we don't know yet. it went on for years. in the federal affidavit, they talked to some of his co-workers in hunew /* new hampshire who sd something was strange. he came in on his days off to do procedures. he looked strange. he had foam around his mouth sometimes. i was wonder yg this took a while, because it seemed like it was clear what was going on or at least there was hints this was going on for a while. >> so we know the states but we don't know the facilities. if i were in a specific hospital in maryland, maybe i'd want to get checked out. >> maryland has put out the names of the facilities in their state where this happened. johns hopkins, the v.a. in baltimore, southern maryland hospital, and maryland general hospital. so in that state, we do know the four hospitals. some states we know some. some states we know all. we know different things in different states. but if you were at that -- in that facility in the place where he worked, you will get contacted and told, hey, you should come in and get tested for hepatitis. not a letter anyone wants to get. how scary. >> and somewhere on your blog you'll list these hospitals. even if i wasn't notified, i just would want to know. >> if you go to cnn.com, you'll see all of our reporting there. it is going to be a lot of hospitals. eight states. this guy bopped around. >> and now we kind of maybe sort of know why. >> that's right. >> elizabeth, thanks so much. first michael jackson's family caught on tape feuding. and now they are trading their accusations out in the open, and they're ugly. an airline has planes... and people. and the planes can seem the same so, it comes down to the people. because, bad weather the price of oil those are every airlines reality. and solutions won't come from 500 tons of metal and a paint job. they'll come from people. delta people. who made us one of the biggest airlines in the world. and then decided that wasn't enough. energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, deafh amera's deaf prompt pr p prompt prompt pro the entertainment world is mourning the death of jeffer prompt prompt "jefferson's" star sherman hemsley. >> we are move prompt prompt prop >> that brings you back to the day, doesn't it? as you know, hemsley played the wise cracking george jefferson in the tv clat prompt classic that aired a decade. prompt beginning in 197a prompt 5. police are waiting on an autopsy for a cause of death. hemsley was just 74 years old. let's talk about the jacksons now. the jackson family feud escalates, and now michael jackson's family members are trading their accusations for the world to see. it involves michael's mother and her whereabouts and chastising his daughter for tweeting about the family's dispute. aj hammer is in. who better to sort this all out? >> yeah. >> i saw a little bit last night on our sister network hln. you were going at it. >> it's a huge fuzz and a lot of dra-am prompta prompt here. it's over michael jackson's estate. he prompt randy jackson is accusing the estate of criminal misconducting saying he prompt that he believe his late brother's will is a mistake. that was just an attempt by him and janet and jermaine to invite michael a children to see his prompt their grandmother in arizona. an attorney for the grandmother, michael's mother, released a statement calling monday's incident an ambush, saying that the three older jacksons scared michael's three kids badly enough that they temporarily left their home. the attorney also accused the older jacksons of scheming to isolate katherine from her grandchildren, carol. you know, it's 24 hours since you and i first folk prompt folk prompt spoke about this yesterday, and the drama hasn't gotten any less. and quite frankly, the situation hasn't gotten any less complicated. >> i feel so bad for katherine jackson. because why isn't she stepping forward or going ford prompt home and putting this all to rest? >> yeah. that's the million dollar question. you know, we're not shower prompt sure what's going on there. some of the kids claim they are not getting access to the grnd mother. paris tweeted openly they prompt she is not-prompt hearing from her grandmother, and now it would be 10 days at this point. and this saul boiling down to money in many people's eyes because there is a lot of money in play here. the terms of jack prompt michael jackson's will had kathryn inherits 20% of the state with the kids getting the balance. the rest of the family didn't get anything. but randy is countering that. he is saying that's not the point. he says that this is about the check executors trying to turn the family members and the jacksons against each other, and he says that some of the siblings are sticking to the claims that michael's will is a fake. they say that michael was in new york city on the date that he is supposed to have signed that will. so they are trying to have that will invalidated, carol. where that would leave the situation is anybody's guess at this point. >> oh, my goodness. aj hammer, thanks so much. wow. >> you got it. look at this video. this is a woman trapped in a raging flood. see her in that circle there? 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richard green is live in london. and this is about a little boy, 11 years old, and he headed out on an adventure all on his own without his parents' knowledge. and he started in london and ended up in rome? >> he started in manchester in the north of england. he was with his mother at a shopping center. somehow he slipped away from her. she reported him missing to the police. as you say, 12:40 in the afternoon. and 90 minutes later, he was on a flight to rome by himself. somehow he got himself to the airport two miles away. slipped through passport checks. had no passport. didn't have a . got through the metal detector. got onto the plane and was halfway to rome across europe before anybody realized there was something a little strange going on here. this 11-year-old boy on a plane to italy from england all by himself. >> so it's a disturbing -- this kid was able to get through security so easily. >> reporter: yes. and the airport of course, they have suspended staff. they say they're very concerned and are conducting an investigation into how it happened. they are very insistent this wasn't a security breach. the kid went through the metal detector. they seem to think that means there wasn't a security breach. i am not an airport security expert but it seems to me an 11-year-old boy should not be able to do what he did. the airport is saying what it says. >> why did this kid want to go to rome? >> i have not spoken to him myself and i'm not sure. what the airport says is he just slipped away from his mom. the local paper is reporting that he lived near the airport. he was very interested in airplanes. it looks like he just had a mind to get on one and fly away. >> just wanted to take a ride. so is anyone facing charges in this incident? >> well, i spoke to the police about it. the police say no crime has been committed so it sounds like nobody is going to go to jail over this but the airport certainly is very insistent that they are going to investigate and find out how this happened. they have suspended staff. i would not be surprised if those suspended staff are not getting back to their jobs any time soon. >> yeah. me, too. thank you very much, richard. we appreciate it. >> thank you. we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the big question of the morning what do you think president obama meant by "you didn't build that?" we're getting a ton of responses and i'll read some after the break. . i wiped the floor with the guy! not really. i would've been fine with 0% for 36 months, but i demanded 60. no...i didn't do that. it was like taking candy from a baby. you're a grown man. alright, see you at home. 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[ male announcer ] at 0% apr for 60 months, no one needs to know how easy it was to get your new volkswagen. that's the power of german engineering. we asked you to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning? what do you think president obama meant by you didn't build that? michael says he simply correctly infers nothing takes place in a vacuum. we're all dependent for our degrees of suction eson systems, regulations, and other people. eefrn often blind luck. >> this was a huge blunder but i think his government oriented mind believes it. >> from lauren it doesn't matter what he actually meant. people will assume what they want. from ron the "that" in the sentence refers to the subject of the previous sentence which was infrastructure. no one would ever say that someone who built a business didn't build it. both parties twist words and facts to fit their wishes. from kandy i wish campaigning was strictly debates. i'm tired of all this monday sense. now you can apply sunblock to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water. forms a broad spectrum barrier for full strength sun protection. wet skin. neutrogena®. dreamy soccer star david beckham says he'll have a part in the olympic opening ceremony but won't say what it was. beckham was born just three miles from the olympic stadium in london and played a critical part in bringing the olympics to the city. he spoke to cnn's amanda davies in london. >> obviously it was seven years when this whole process started and being part of bringing the games to the part of london to where i grew up. it's exciting to see everything come together. i was at the stadium yesterday and have not been there for a few months. to see the change that's happened and also the change that's happened around the area as well. it really is incredible and you can feel the atmosphere building around the stadium now. and it's great to see athletes arrive and the interest become bigger. >> how many events will you get to go and see? >> i don't know yet. obviously i've got a busy week but, you know, there will be a few events i'm hoping to get to and take my kids down to. so it'll be fun hopefully. >> beckham currently plays for the l.a. galaxy soccer team. the coach of britain's olympic team was a bit disturbed when he decided to leave beckham off the team last month. cnn newsroom starts right now. and good morning. thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. ahead this hour in the newsroom a baby boy born out of tragedy. his mom escaped the colorado movie theater massacre. his father shot in the head and in a medically induced coma. why this little boy is now their sign of hope. you know those pesky fees you pay to fly? those fees create big, big, huge profits for airlines, more than $22 billion. and for the first time we're seeing the horrifying moment when a killer whale at sea world in san diego drags a trainer under water. this video, court evidence, is being used against sea world. how sea world is responding today. newsroom begins right now. and we begin this hour with another night of violent protests in anaheim, california. it's the second ugly clash with police since officers shot to death a man who was apparently unarmed. last hour we heard from sergeant bob dunn the public information officer for the anaheim police department. >> yesterday we had our planned city council meeting, which had a pretty heavy agenda meaning that there was anticipated to be large attendance anyway. in light of what happened over the weekend, we anticipated even more people coming to the council meeting and that turned out -- what happened was that the council chambers filled up quickly and some people were turned away because the fire marshal told us there were too many people. so the crowd began to swell and that's kind of what began to start the violence. >> okay. and how violent did these clashes get? >> you know, they threw rocks at the officers as they attempted to effect at least one arrest near the beginning. those rocks -- members of the media. after the dispersal order was given the crowds moved around sometimes fighting between each other, breaking windows, lighting fires in trash cans. >> i understand at one point a police dog got loose and attacked a protester. >> that actually happened last saturday after the officer-involved shooting when we were dealing with a hostile crowd there. >> okay. so how much damage was done to the city of anaheim last night? >> at this point we're still in the assessment phase. we do know there were quite a few businesses as well as city buildings affected by vandalism. we have crews out there right now making thatassessment. >> and protesters do accuse police of shooting an unarmed man. can you tell me how that shooting went down? >> on that particular day, which was last saturday, two of our officers were on uniformed patrol in the high crime gang neighborhood, attempted to stop three individuals who then fled on foot. it was during that foot pursuit that the officer-involved shooting occurred. the circumstances surrounding that shooting are under investigation. >> and from i understand dozens of people have been arrested. i've seen the figure 26 out there. is that accurate? >> the number i have right now is 24. we're still working through the statistics of last night. 20 of which were adults and four juveniles. >> anaheim's mayor has called for state and federal investigations into the shooting. now to the latest developments out of colorado. just hours from now mourners will pay their respects to two of the victims of the theater massacre. 51-year-old gordon kouden and 23-year-old mikaela medek. the judge is blocking cameras from next week's court appearance for suspect james holmes. his bizarre behavior in monday's hearing might be the reason. an online fundraiser has collected more than $2 million for victims and their relatives, some from the film's cobrucers and the star of the movie made a surprise visit to aurora attending a memorial and meeting with survivors. it was that visit that perked up the spirits of a lot of victims. christian bale was onscreen at the time of the shooting spree. bale traveled unannounced to meet with those recovering and their families and also brought flowers to the memorial setup for those killed. >> really showed his humanity and that, you know, he does care about people and he cares about his fans. >> it was not a canned speech. it was not -- it was nothing hollywood. he was the human being christian bale. >> cnn's jim spellman is live in aurora to tell us more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. people are really excited about that visit. not only did he visit with victims and first responders there at that hospital. they bussed some people over from another hospital so they would all have a chance to meet him and get to have their picture taken with him. he also met with governor hickenlooper here before coming over here to the memorial that has popped up across from the theater. when he was here he joined an impromptu prayer circle that popped up. the people that were there praying with him didn't even know it was him. i heard nothing so far but good reaction about it. before he came, there was a twitter campaign to get him to come and a lot of mixed reaction. some people felt it would be in poor taste for him to come or maybe traumatic for the victims but everybody here seems to think he really hit the right note by not alerting the media or having a press conference or making a big to do about it but having these kind of intermet chances for conversation with these individual victims. people here so far are pretty excited about it, carol. >> jim spellman reporting live from aurora this morning. also this morning americans are rallying to help this man. another shooting victim caleb medley is in critical condition right now with gunshot wounds to his head. that's only part of the story. he is also a brand new father. caleb's wife who escaped the massacre unharmed gave birth to their son just yesterday. hugo is the baby's name. he is the glimmer of joy in one family's nightmare. they have no health insurance and now face a lifetime of debt. you can help the family if you wish. we want to put up a website for donations. the address is caleb medley.com/help. you can also find that link on my blog website. that's cnn.com/newsroom. click on the tab with my name. and be sure to watch saturday and sunday night at 8:00 eastern for a special cnn presents madness at midnight. the program will honor the victims, survivors, and heroes of the massacre. that's this weekend 8:00 p.m. eastern. today on capitol hill presidential politics and your wallet. the senate is due to vote on extending the bush era tax cuts. they're set to expire at the end of the year. but with the issue split along party lines the goal may be more about posturing than passing. i know you're surprised. right? our congressional correspondent dana bash joins us to explain more. what can we expect? >> reporter: i think posturing is the perfect word for what we expect today. we're not exactly sure how the vote or votes are going to be structured. we expect it to be this afternoon. but in any event what we do expect is some kind of vote on what the president has been pushing for the past several weeks, which is an extension of just the tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of the year but for those families who make $250,000 and less. this is something that democrats are certainly pushing and they are now all onboard with. they weren't really so much before at least with the leaders in the senate and the house. but the other question is whether or not republicans are going to get a vote on what they want, which is a one-year extension of all the tax cuts which they say would give time for some tax reform ideas. >> but again, nothing likely to come of this? >> exactly. very important point that we -- regardless we believe that the thing that will get the vote will be the measure to extend tax cuts for short of $50,000 and less and that will probably need a 60-vote threshold. we don't expect that to happen because even republicans like for example scott brown, who is running for re-election in a democratic state of massachusetts i just was in touch with his office and he will even vote against this. if you're not going to -- if democrats aren't going to get a republican like scott brown it is unlikely they will get close to the 60 votes they need to pass. >> dana bash reporting live from capitol hill. this morning the crisis in syria continues to get worse. rebel leaders have ordered their fighters to attack hundreds of government troops heading toward the commercial hub of the country and a crucial test in the 16 months of fighting. in the meantime turkey is trying to stem the flood of refugees flooding into the country and today is closing border gates with syria. also right now on capitol hill your safety and the threat of terrorism. members of the house homeland security committee are about to be briefed on where the nation stands nearly 11 years after the 9/11 attacks. about to speak, two of the government's top decision makers on protecting americans. suzanne kelly is cnn's intelligence correspondent and joins us now live from aspen the site of another extraordinary gathering of terror experts. first the hearing though. how frank are the assessments likely to be? 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>> reporter: well, you know, a couple interesting things we expect to come up today. one, you'll hear from the national counterterrorism center director matt olsen about his concerns about the olympics. that is probably one of the more pressing things. the agency he heads has put together a threat integration center and are working closely with the british to make sure if anything comes up they are able to tap it down very quickly. he should be talking about that right about now. also, there is an interesting thing coming up with the "inspire" magazine, carol. you may remember this was coming up from aqap in yemen. this magazine written in english, very slick and western looking tried to kind of recruit people all over the world through the magazine telling them how to carry out terrorist attacks. last year the guy who was running that magazine anwar awlaki was killed in a drone strike. intelligence officials were hoping that threat would mitigate. it doesn't look like that's the case. we're also hoping to hear more from director olsen on that today. also testifying janet napolitano. she should have interesting things to say about the homeland security and the threat and of course the home grown threat is one that's still very much on the minds of intelligence officials, carol. >> okay. now, tell us what you're doing in aspen at the security forum. >> i'm not having fun like everyone says. no, we're actually out here with a group of intelligence officials who are coming out. the aspen institute sponsors this. it's the third time they've done it. it's a fascinating exercise in sort of taking d.c. outside the beltway and coming out to where current officials, former officials, kind of intermingling with members of the public, members of the press, and they talk about the current issues of the day. this is going on for the next four days. we're very happy to tell you that cnn's security clearance blog is a cosponsor of this event this year. if you are interested in olympic security or what's going on right here in the u.s., we encourage you to go to cnn.com/security clearance because we'll be live blogging from here and putting up all the stories and news that breaks. also tonight wolf blitzer is launching this off and he is interviewing admiral william mccranm mccraven. that's something you don't want to miss. >> thank you so much. we are learning more about the man called a serial infector accused of infecting patients with hepatitis c. he worked in eight states, new hampshire, michigan, maryland, new york, arizona, georgia, and kansas and one more that is unidentified. all of those states have people investigating. thousands of patients are being tested for hepatitis c. joining me now cnn's senior medical correspondent. you have new information. tell us. >> we do. cnn has gotten ahold of a lawsuit that was filed by some people who say they got hepatitis c from him and it's filed against the agency that placed him in the hospital in new hampshire. and there is a description here of what was seen in this hospital according to this lawsuit. they say that a hospital employee observed him enter an operating room, lift his shirt, put a syringe in his pants and then exit the room. then when they looked they found that some -- this was in 2008, they found some fentanyl was missing, a very powerful opiate narcotic, high potential for abuse. it had been replaced by a syringe that had something else in it. so it sort of paints a picture of what they say happened here. >> was he a hospital employee? >> he was. this was 2008. this was not in the hospital in new hampshire. this was someplace else. >> where is this? >> this is actually -- it doesn't say but it was 2008. he went -- it appears between 2007 to 2012 he was in eight different states and in several hospitals in each of those eight states. so he was moving around. what's interesting here is that this didn't go unnoticed. in 2008 someone noticed he was acting erratically and sweating according to this lawsuit and they looked and searched him and found three empty syringes with fentanyl labels on his person. this also says that an empty morphine sulphate syringe was found. they tested him and found fentanyl and other opiates in his system when you say "they" who are they? >> it doesn't really say in the lawsuit. it does say that fentanyl was found on his person or empty syringes with those labels were found on his person and an empty morphine sul investigate syringe was also found in his locker not on his person. and i'm just reading from the lawsuit here. it says a drug test found fentanyl and other opiates in his system. of course begs the question. this is 2008. why was he allowed to go work at other hospitals for another four years if this is true? >> okay. so if you were in one of these hospitals where this guy worked what should do you? >> we don't have a complete list. we're talking eight states. some of these states ere's multiple hospitals. so if you're concerned, what you can do is contact your department of health and say, hey. was this guy in one of these hospitals? and you will be contacted. i mean, you should be contacted if you were indeed a patient possibly under his care. it gets complicated because some of these hospitals he worked in the radiology lab and then he moved on to work in the cardiac catheterization lab. there is a lot of work to figure out who was seen during those times in those particular locations in those particular hospitals. >> did he have a specific job? >> he was a medical technician and they are employed in various parts of hospitals. they work all over the place. >> okay. and the list of hospitals -- >> if you go to cnn.com you'll see our article. we do not have a complete list of hospitals at this time because states haven't released that. it's a little spotty. we know the hospitals in maryland. we don't know all the hospitals in other states. at this point we just don't know but, again, if you are under his care you should be contacted by those hospitals to come in and get tested for hepatitis c. >> elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. >> thanks. >> hard to believe but four little words can cause quite the big epic political battle. what did the president mean when he said you didn't build that? our talk back question for today. now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning what do you think president obama meant when he said you didn't build that? those words have become the target of a political battle. the obama cam says the president's words were taken out of contest. the whole thing has become an endless game of political pingpong. the rnc is releasing yet another ad about it today. that was to combat an ad the obama campaign released yesterday and that was to refute the first web ad about it from the romney campaign. >> president obama, you're killing us out here. through hard work and a little luck we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? >> since the president said those four words the debate has at times bordered on the absurd. "fox and friends" which has hosted romney at least nine times since may pitched in to help with eliza and clara sutton, two pint sized entrepreneurs with a lemonade stand. >> how do you feel about the president saying that you needed help to start this business? >> i would say that's rude, because we worked very hard to build this business but we did have help. >> and your help came from? >> our help came from our investo investors. >> this is a large chunk of what president obama actually said on july 13th. you be the judge. >> if you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you've got a business, you didn't build that -- somebody else made that happen. the internet didn't get invented on its own. government research created the internet so that all the companies could make money off the internet. the point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative but also because we do things together. >> so the talk back question today what do you think president obama meant when he said "you didn't build that?" facebook.com/carol cnn. facebook.com/carol cnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. romney goes international. the republican presidential candidate takes his bid for the white house abroad. what can he say to convince top european leaders he should be the united states' next commander-in-chief? our political panel weighs in. to affect what happens in a major city. if you want to make a difference, you have to have the right education. university of phoenix opened the door. my name is james craig, i am committed to making a difference, and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu to find the program that's right for you. enroll now. 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is the president going overseas and being apologist for american policy? >> no, absolutely not, carol. what we have seen from this president is he is has actually reversed the trend that started under george bush which means he went overseas and he fixed our freight alliances, fixed america's reputation abroad, and has really strengthened our role as a global leader but at the same time understanding that we are not alone in the world. i will say that the majority of the american people agree with that kind of strength in foreign policy as they support what this president has done, agree with what he has done in terms of basically getting rid of al qaeda, killing osama bin laden, keeping us safe, making sure that our strength with israel is second to none and making sure that sanctions against iran are also very, very strong. frankly, the only thing we're hearing from mitt romney interestingly enough is that a lot of bluster, a lot of criticism, and there's absolutely zero substance in terms of what he would do differently from what president obama has done. i think that's going to hurt him. >> dana, let's talk about that. on the subject of iran, i mean, mitt romney mentioned sanctions but there are sanctions already in place in iran. what, specifically, is mr. romney suggesting we do about iran and its alleged nuclear weapon? >> well, we definitely need to not be passive about it. there are a couple quick things i wanted to address that maria just said. the australian prime minister had recently said to mr. romney that america is in decline and that is something that our economic policies as well as some of the appeasement strategy we've seen from the united states, that's one of the things that is kind of contributing to this declining popularity of america in terms of foreign countries. now, if we want to look as well as she mentioned at making sure israel's strength, we haven't really been on the best foot with israel under this administration. there's been a lot of interesting headlines that have come by way of the president's relationship with benjamin netanyahu and some of the treatment and the chill and of course don't forget there's a lot we could get into but back to iran and the strategies and the sanctions, i don't think we've seen this administration be incredibly tough on it. keep in mind that we had the revolution over in iran where we had the government just shooting people out in the streets. this administration wasn't anywhere standing with the people in iran. they seemed to kind of be at least behind the government in iran. that is not what we need to see from this president. we saw the same thing and have in other countries as well. >> okay. maria, i thought that some of the most stringent sanctions had been put into place against iran. >> absolutely. and that's exactly the problem with what mitt romney is saying. he is saying one thing but then on the other hand we're not hearing what he would do differently. and so that is the big question that is hanging out there as he goes overseas and, clearly, we've seen in poll after poll that the american people do support what president obama has done on foreign policy. just going back to israel, in the words of netanyahu, himself, he has said time and again that israel has had no stronger partner on security issues than the united states under president obama. so that's just the reality. i guess that's the problem. mitt romney is speaking against a back drop where he is not focusing on reality in terms of what the american people believe and he's not offering anything different. so i think that's a dog that's not going to hunt for mitt romney right now. >> okay. we'll have to end it there. >> thanks to you both. >> we won't see romney talking about 67 borders. you can't say he has a strong relationship with israel then. >> okay. we'll have to leave it there. many thanks to you both. >> thanks so much, carol. do you feel you're getting nickel and dimed every time you fly? 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>> reporter: hi, carol. i'm standing very close to the olympic stadium where i'm hearing music and singing and dancing for the opening ceremonies but what is actually grabbing the headlines is this tweet that a champion triple jumper from greece said she is alleged to have said on twitter these comments about african immigrants. she said with so many africans in greece at least the west nile mosquito will have home made food. now, the reaction to what she wrote was really angry. her tweet has been deleted. she has put up a message on her facebook page saying she is really sorry for the kastless comment and really believes in the value of the olympics and just really didn't mean what she said. she is 23 years old. these would have been her first games. she is not even here yet. she is in athens on her way here but because of what she wrote the greeks themselves decided to take her off the team. >> just so stupid. you spoke to the greek olympic spokesman. what did he say? >> he basically said she made a joke. she made a mistake but it was really serious. when i spoke to him a short while ago he said it was unforgivable and then they released the statement sayg it was contrary to the values of the olympic games. this really puts the spotlight -- twitter, facebook, and social media and the kind of impact and serious repercussions it can have on athletes. different countries have given different guidelines for their teams saying you can and can't say this or that but some just want to tweet because the fans want to hear from them directly. but this was a bad and devastating move. 22.6 billion dollars. that's how much money airlines made off of you last year in extra fees. according to a new report that number has jumped 66% in just two years. and you're not getting much in return for paying those extra fees. look where the money comes from. checked luggage fees, fees for your carry on. fees to change your so-called nonrefundable flight. but also lumped into the $22 billion figure are things like fees you pay for your airline credit card, fees to preboard, and in flight catering, wi-fi, and extra leg room. our question today, when will all this nickel and diming stop? joining us now is the editor of "usa today" air travel section. welcome, ben. >> hi, carol. good to be here. >> glad you're here. how can people protect themselves from getting nickel and dimed? let's start there. >> this is a good news/bad news thing. i'll start with bad news. these fees are here to stay, so there's really little you can do to avoid them. the good news is they're kind of leveling off. the best thing, the best news for frequent travelers is if you are an elite flyer with an airline, airlines will waive a lot, not all, but a lot of these fees. if you're just a regular traveler and you don't take to the skies enough to get elite status, you're going to have to be really creative. some airlines even charge for carry ons now. so your options to avoid these fees are dwindling. >> yeah. i think i can carry a week's worth of clothes in a tiny little purse now because i've trained myself. i don't want to pay the fees. so that's one way i get around it. it's not just the budget airlines either. it's bigger airlines are also tacking on these extra fees. so what changed? >> you know, this is just -- everything changed in 2008 with a spike in oil prices and airlines scrambled to do whatever they could to stay afloat. fees are one of the things they tried and they found that customers might -- may not like them but they will pay them. and, you know, offer you another good sliver of good news is if you have one of those airline credit cards you might grumble at the $60 or $90 annual fee but a lot of them like american airlines or united if you have their credit card they'll waive your fees for your bags every time you travel. there are some give and take but it's definitely a little cat and mouse game as far as they're concerned. >> not kidding. some airlines are charging you for things like to talk to a representative. you know, one live person there behind the desk. what are some of the more ridiculous fees you've discovered? >> you know, the one i like the least, the change of ticket fee. i do feel like the airlines are pretty clear it's a nonrefundable ticket. i don't like it but i understand it. the one i have the biggest problem with is an airline i've never flown. they fly mostly from small cities to leisure destinations. allegian airline. a lot to like. one fee they have i have issue with is they charge a reservation fee that is about $10 for making a reservation anywhere but a ticket counter. because of the cities they fly to like say minot, north dakota they may only fly from that city a couple days a week and that counter might only be open for a couple hours a day so you really have to jump through hoops to avoid that fee. it's probably not going to break your bank but, you know, wow. it doesn't feel good. >> no, it doesn't. it feels terrible. thanks for joining us this morning. >> always a pleasure. breast cancer is generally thought of as a woman's disease but men are also at risk. dr. lisa masterson from tv's "the doctors" has warning signs in today's "daily dose." >> one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. it is so important that women do their breast self-exam, get mammograms, go get their clinical breast exam by their doctor. healthy living, eating right, decreasing alcohol, not smoking. also keeping your weight in check. we know that excess fat turns into estrogen and that can stimulate breast cancer as well. it is so important for women to know the risk factors and for men to also be aware of their bodies to look for the same changes we tell women to look for. to look for nipple changes, nipple discharge, skin changes, pucker, dimpling, lumps. they need to be very aware of their bodies as well. >> and still ahead your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question this morning what do you think president obama meant by you didn't build that? 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