0 in fact, when you said we were wrong, i thought that s what you were talking about. new york city mayor michael bloomberg is vowing to appeal after a federal judge ruled the city s stop and frisk practice to be unconstitutional. the judge called it a policy of indirect racial profiling that demonstrated a widespread disregard for the fourth amendment. backers say stop and frisk has been instrumental in slashing new york s crime rate, even saving the lives of thousands of young african-american and hispanic men. the very people the practice is accused of targeting. want to match the stops to where the reports of crime are. i don t think there s any question that one of the problems we have in our society today is that victims and perpetrators of crime are disproportionately young, minority men. that s just a fact. we go to where the reports of crime are. drinkers you focus your advertising in that direction. we call it a good use of resources. that s called efficiency and smart an
today for monday, july 1st. good morning. i m betty ngyuen. we begin with a developing and tragic story out of the southwest 19 firefighters were killed while battling an out-of-control wildfire in yarnell, arizona. the arizona republic with a compelling front page as they grasp what happened. flames are being fueled by high winds and triple-digit temperatures. names and ages of the 19 fallen firefighters have not been released just yet but all were men and members of an elite crew from nearby prescot. erica elliott has more. reporter: the wildfire began about 85 miles northwest of phoenix on friday with the lightning strike. because of dry grass and gusting winds it quickly spiraled out of control. forcing families out of their homes with little notice. the house is on fire when we left. everything was there, but it was on fire. so it s gone. reporter: an elite team of firefighters went in to set up a barrier to stop the fire from marching toward homes and people