0 in an american that parallels rome before the fall? until then i want to hear what grade you are giving to your personal economy. find me on facebook and twitter @christineromans. cnn newsroom starts right now. good morning. i m alison kosik. it s 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 in the west. this is cnn newsroom. let s begin with some charges against edward snowden. he admitted that he leaked details of the nsa s surveillance program. he s in hiding in hong kong right now, but the extradition process, it may not be under way. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian joins me now. dan, what are the exact charges? reporter: well, he s being charged with espionage and the theft of government property. under espionage according to the complaint, edward snowden being charged for, quote, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence to an unauthorized person. now, this is all very serious. we knew tha
seek shelter. a storm that dumped more than six inches of rain on the area this week caused rivers to crest. authorities are asking people to stay away and limit cell phone use so they won t hinder emergency responders efforts. no new leads. no clues. and still no sign of an oklahoma teenager missing in ecuador. 18-year-old august reiger was in the town of banos when he didn t meet his family as planned on sunday. the trip was a graduation gift for reiger who speaks spanish. he is a valedictorian of the class and school of advanced studies, a high school in oklahoma city. he has a full ride to the university of oklahoma this fall. we ll update you as we get more. coming up now, michael jackson died while preparing to set a world record for the most successful concert run ever. he unknowingly may have set another record that led to his death. we ll tell you what it was right after this break.
Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom 20130621 16:23:30 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
0 that s all the time we have. have a great weekend. around the world is next. 36 hours after james gaddolfini passed way we know the cause of death and who called for help. there it is. there it is. a house carried away by water hitting a bridge. flooding forcing 75,000 canadians to evacuate. one says everything is destroyed. an amazing catch by a group of mail carriers. they happened to be in the right place at the right time. i m suzanne malveaux. i m michael holmes. we know what killed james gandolfini. doctors performed an autopsy within hours of his death. they did release the official results. dan rivers is in rome now. we are learning the details about the minutes leading up to when he was found. reporter: it s just a really grim story. we now know he did die from massive heart attack. the technical term was a myocardial arrest. it was his 13-year-old son michael who raised the alarm and concerned when his father into the bathroom and took a long time. they ha
0 to communicate. breaking various things. that was just great to see him this morning. grayson s mom and dad say they really there are no words to describe how excited they are about their son s progress. we are so excited for them. that s it for me. don lemon takes it from here. don lemon takes it from here. cnn newsroom continues. captions by vitac www.vitac.com > good afternoon, everyone. top of the hour. i m don lemon. in today for brooke. momore questions than answers today in the homicide of a young man in boston and the star new england patriots player entangled in an investigation. aaron hernandez spent much of yesterday trying to avoid the media horde which swarmed him after police searched his home and questioned him over the death of 27-year-old odin lloyd. a law enforcement source says lloyd was shot to death on monday. his body was found in an industrial park less than a mile from hernandez s home. hernandez has not said anything publicly, has not been seen o