got jungle in your eyes good morning and welcome to new day, everyone. lot of people waking up this early morning to a lot of shock. i m kate bolduan. and i m chris cuomo along with michaela pereira, as always. it is thursday, june 20th, 6:00 in the east. sad day in hollywood but all over the country, everybody who loved the sopranos . the music brings back so many memories. gandolfini was the star of the sopranos and became famous for making an admitted mob boss likeable, a killer. to my health, to be in this beautiful spot, with people that i love, i couldn t ask for more. salut. in that scene the humanity that defined the character but more importantly the man and one of the reasons james gandolfini became such a respected actor in
kidding. i m a beautiful actor, a glass of nothing. and humble. i m chris cuomo and i drink nothing. i m kate bolduan and we re here with michaela pereira. all the revelation this is morning. a lot is coming out today. coming up, lebron james getting ready for one of the biggest games of his career. he talks one on one with rachel nichols about tonight s nba finals game seven. beautiful. do you have a pulse? yes. then you are going to care about this story. deaf toddler hearing his father s voice for the first time. listen when he hears it. can you imagine, can you imagine what it is for that boy for his family? we re going to talk with dr. sanjay gupta about the fascinating science of how this was made possible, lots of news for you this morning. let s get to it right now. michaela pereira. such a moving story. all right in our headlines now updating you on the sudden death of emmy and golden globe award winner james gandolfini. an autopsy scheduled for
representatives said the 51-year-old actor may have had a heart attack, though the official cause is not yet known. the news blind-sided his closest hollywood friends. steven van zandt tweeting i have lost a brother and best friend. the world has lost one of the greatest actors of all-time. david chase mourned the loss saying he was a genius. anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. he is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. gandolfini was vacationing in italy where he was scheduled to attend a festival in sicily later this week. the press-shy star made one of his last public appearances at this charity event for the stella adlor acting studio in new york city just last week. among his last film roles was playing defense secretary leon
tomorrow. the italian hospital where the sopranos star rushed for treatment saying he was dead on arrival. the hospital says neither diplomatic authorities nor family members have contacted the morgue. gandolfini s manager says he likely died of a heart attack. at the top of the hour we ll talk with larry king about james gandolfini. fbi director robert mueller confirms his agency is using drone surveillance aircraft within the united states. he told the senate judiciary committee the fbi uses drones in a minimal way in certain difficult cases. the fbi director didn t say how many drones the bureau has or how often they re used. 2003, miss america erica harold is the target of harsh words from a local republican party chairman in illinois. harold is a republican candidate for congress. in a letter to a could be conservative website jim allen called her a streetwalker whose pimps are the democratic party and rhino republicans and she
same thing, it s, it s too bad. well having the friends like you around she s going to know quickly her father was the opposite of tony soprano. frank vincent, vince curatola thanks very much. our hearts go out to you, sorry for your loss and the loss for his wife and kids. thank you for sharing with us today. thank you. thank you. vinnie, take care of yourself. you too, my friend, thank you. bye-bye. take cares, fellas, thank you. what you heard from his friends he had a huge personality on camera but off camera sweet, humble, very quiet and press shy person off camera. we re learning much more about james gandolfini this morning and also wanted to talk to chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta about what we know about the medical condition and more importantly the big questions of what we still don t know and what we want to find out. when you hear about something like this happening, obviously from a medical perspective, there are things that are going to be