off. no american men are left in the tournament, and with stars like rafael nadal and roger federer out, we re wondering if an unknown could take it all. thursday might be a national holiday, but that won t stop the people s business. cnn political editor paul steinhauser has a look at the week ahead in politics. hi, paul. hey, good morning, alison. members of congress may be bombarded about immigration this week from their constituents as they head back to their home states and districts. the bill as amended is passed. the senate thursday passed a sweeping immigration reform bill, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the house when congress comes back in a week. delaware makes news tomorrow as it becomes the 11th state, plus the district of columbia, to allow same-sex marriages. texas governor rick perry calls lawmakers back into special session to try to pass a controversial bill to ban all abortions after 20 weeks.
many more to find. good stuff. thank you, tom foreman. and thanks for starting your morning with us. we have lots more on new day sunday. which starts right now. good morning. i m alison kosik. i m suzanne malveaux. it s 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. today is the one-year anniversary since mohamed morsi became president in egypt, and thousands of protesters are packing the streets demanding him to step down. the scene in cairo resembles the antigovernment protests two years ago that toppled the mubarak regime. some protests have been violent. several people are already dead. others are loud and passionate with pro-government supporters on one side. on the other side, people demanding that president morsi be impeached. cnn is at the presidential palace and ben wedeman is in tahrir square. ben, what does it look like
talking about the end for nelson mandela, but you almost see at this time in south africa that people are starting to let go of the leader that they ve revered for so many years. he s 94 years old and gravely ill. he s due to turn 95 next month. and many south africans just wishing that he ll have a peaceful transition, that he s not in any pain here at this hospital and is continuing to pray for support for his family, suzanne. all right. we wish him well. thank you. while crowds have gathered outside of the hospital where mandela is being treated, they also have gathered outside the home where mandela lived after he was released from prison. cnn s nadia bilchik tells us more about the place mandela holds close to his heart. nadia? alison, over the last couple weeks, we ve all been concerned about the health of nelson mandela, the political icon who
i have announced that i am bringing lawmakers back to austin, texas, to finish their business. last week the bill died after a filibuster by a democratic state senator which grabbed national headlines. alison? cnn political editor paul steinhaus steinhauser, thanks. ahead in our next hour of new day, police believe they are making progress in the case against former new england patriots player aaron hernandez. we re going to follow up the investigation into the crime scene as well to the arrest.
okay, so, here s something for you to ponder as you drink your morning coffee, are we alone in the universe? thanks to an amazing discovery, we may be closer to answering the age-old question. oh, i hope we re not alone. scientists have found three planets called super earths that could potentially support life. one big problem, they re 22 light years away. that s right. cnn s tom foreman explains. reporter: as of today, we believe we are on the only inhabitable planet in the solar system, but that doesn t necessarily mean we are alone in the universe, because scientists have been looking way out there, about 22 light years away to the consolati consolation scorpius, where they found a sun circulated by three planets. it s called gliese 667, and if