story breaking right now. the terror organization announcing it has chosen a new leader to succeed osama bin laden. >> it is al qaeda's long time number two, iman al zawarhi. nick, how did we learn about this appointment? how does an appointment like this even happen? >> al qaeda put out a statement on various islamist websites. perhaps no surprise, he's been the heir apparent. he's driven the organization to where it is. kind of surprising it's taken them so long to come up with announcing this, ali. >> it's surprising it took them so long. but it's not surprising to you, who knows the structure of al qaeda, that it's him. what should people expect? is al qaeda going to be more militant? is it going to go after new targets? are we in more or less danger? >> we're going to expect it to go after the same targets. and perhaps with a renewed energy. zawahri is going to want to put his stamp on the organization and going to want to counteract the arab spring uprising in the middle east. he doesn't want to lose supporters to the new movement of democracy overthrowing dictators of the middle east. which has been al qaeda's aim, as well as taking on the united states, europe, the west in general. we'll expect more. same and to see him try to expand influence across the middle east and take advantage where governments and situations are weakened across the middle east. >> thank you, nic. new questions about the military mission going on in libya. nato is in charge of the mission, the alliance launching air strikes overnight. it comes as congress as the white house engage in a war of words over the u.s. involvement in libya. the obama administration defending the military action after a bipartisan group of lawmakers filed suit, claiming that the president violated the war powers resolution by failing to consult congress. cnn's brianna keilar is live at the who us with more. >> this is the report sent over from the white house yesterday, in the evening, to congress, really justifying the u.s. military involvement in libya and also giving a legal rationale for why the president says he doesn't need to seek congressional authorization. a couple of big headlines, one, the u.s. cost of involvement in libya. the price tag is about $715 billion, or pardon me, million. so that's about three-quarters of $1 billion. that's how much it cost up until june 3rd. there's also a projected estimate for how much it would cost it take it through the end of september, that's about $1.1 billion. and the bigger headline is the president's legal rationale for why he doesn't need to seek congressional authorization. which says after 60 days, he has to pull troops out. and the rationale is this, that basically the president believes he doesn't need it because the u.s. military operations in the words of this reporter, distinct from the kinds of hostilities contemplated by the resolution 60-day termination provision so what you have here is the white house looking at the fine print of this law, saying this is a limited military operation, that they're involved in. and therefore, they don't need to comply without part of the war powers resolution. >> so will that be enough to satisfy the congressmen and women who took issue with our involvement in libya? >> we're still waiting for reaction. you don't need to wait for it to know this will not be sufficient. the reasoning that you're hearing from the white house that they don't need congression congressional authorization. isn't going to fly. listen to what the house speaker for what john boehner said. he said they raise a number of questions that must be further explored. that's not as much of a hard knock of a response as you could get from the speaker's office. but what we do know, guys, is there are a number of rank-and-file republicans who are looking at the defense spending bill on the floor next week, talking about adding some sort of provision to defund this operation in libya. >> we'll see where it goes. brianna keilar for us this morning, thanks so much. a powerful reminder of the challenges still facing our economy and the world's economy. take a look at the streets of athens, greece, you saw the riots breaking out at this time yesterday in our program. they continue this morning. we're told they're not as violent. the crowds furious over drastic cutbacks to social programs as that country struggles to get out from beneath its crippling debt. crippling debt because of years of living beyond its means. the country's prime minister is reshuffling his government and announcing he's seeking a vote of government to insure greece gets a second bailout. these fears, plus weak manufacturing data pushed stocks sharply loafer in this country. market on track to decline for the seventh straight week, the longest losing streak in a few years. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 were also done and oil prices fell by more than 4% because of fears the global economy is slowing down and therefore demand for oil would decline as prices went down. and as pressure mounts on congressman anthony weiner, the house leadership, democratic leadership could begin the process of removing weiner from the energy and commerce committee. weiner's wife has just returned from an overseas trip, he was said to be waiting for her return before deciding on his career. this is just the latest strange chapter in this story. enter ginger lee. she's a former porn star, now stripper and she's involved, famed attorney gloria allred who was by her side yesterday. she said that anthony weiner coached her and told her to lie about the online exchange they'd be having since march. she said she started following on twitter because she was interested in health care, planned parenthood and wrote something on her blog about them. now after the scandal broke, lee claims she reached out to him for advice, on what to do. >> he asked me to lie about our communication. i put out a three-sentence communication that he told me to say. i knew i couldn't lie for him. but i didn't want to be the one that kicked him under the bus. >> now she went on to say that weiner should resign. we did reach out to weiner's office for a response to the allegation. why she has a lawyer, why she went public at this time, still a big question. allred said she felt she needed to break her silence, to get on with her life, get back to work. lee said she contacted with allred, after she received threats. someone threatened to release a statement she didn't authorize. >> this is the second news conference that you've covered with respect to anthony weiner, the first one was weird because he was supposed to speak and then andrew breitbart showed up. >> this one was awkward. gloria allred didn't have answers to some of the questions and also, she did not mention the word "porn" or stripper. and she kept calling her a feature dancer. being in new york, one of the reporters asked, well what exactly is a feature dancer. here's what she had to say. >> what is a feature dancer? can i ask you that? >> a feature dancer is a dancer who is featured. she dances at clubs. >> one of the lighter moments. >> even ginger lee got a laugh out of that one. >> even hours after that press conference, ginger lee said she had to go into hiding, she went back to work in atlanta last night, capitalizing on the whole weinergate. >> it doesn't appear she's hiding very much? >> what did the sign say in. >> weinergate. >> mary, glad we got you on this beat, mary snow. >> thanks, mary. same-sex marriage, the bill is one step closer to passing this morning in the state of new york. the state assembly approved the marriage equality act by an 80-63 margin. now the measure goes before the state senate where it faces a closer vote. governor andrew cuomo supports the bill. if it becomes a law, new york will become the sixth state to legalize same-sex marriage. take a look at the former u.s. presidential candidate in his mug shot. he could face prison time for allegedly violating campaign finance laws. he was indicted for allegedly using $1 million in illegal campaign money to cover up an extra marital affair. a major milestone for u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords, she was discharged from the houston hospital where she's been undergoing rehab. doctors say her cognitive abilities and her physical strength have improved to the point where she no longer needs to stay in the hospital. we're told that giffords is expected to start outpatient therapy right away. the stanley cup going back to boston for the first time in nearly four decades, i got the "boston globe" right here in my hand it says "raise the cup." >> they drove this to us. >> the beantown is so proud about it, they drove it to us. >> they haven't had a cup, they deserved to put the newspaper up here, the bruins won the cup with a 4-0 victory over the vancouver canucks, here it comes -- he scores! i'm working on that. home team, by the way, had each of the first six games. so each, every time a team was at home, they won the game. this was the tiebreaker, boston last won the cup in '72. bruins' goalie, tim thomas, won the trophy as the playoff mvp. but that's not where the story ends. that was just part of it. >> talk about sore losers in canada. >> it was a rough day in canada. postal strike, air canada has a strike. they weren't feeling all that good. it didn't go over well with some fans. >> look at this. >> something you usually don't see in canada. >> you know what they say -- >> except they're not canadians, i think it's the g-20. they're people from somewhere else. setting cars on fire, overturning them. police tried to calm the angry and disappointed crowd. the events are reminiscent of what happened in 1994 when the canucks lost to the new york rangers in game seven of the stanley cup final. >> it's just hockey and he can't even respond when i say that. >> it's not just hockey. you know what, we're not going to be sore losers about that. congratulations, boston. raise the cup. first time since 1972. it is what it is. the prosecution wrapping up its case in the casey anthony murder trial. we'll give you the compelling details ahead. it's called operation fast and furious, federal agents said it let firearms flow into mexico and drug cartels. car connection calls the xf, yet an instant classic." with sports car styling and power, plus the refinement and space of a luxury sedan, the jaguar xf is a timeless blend of performance and craftsmanship. see how jaguar outperforms the competition at jaguarperforms.com or visit your local jaguar dealer. zd management just sent over these new technical manuals. they need you to translate them into portuguese. by tomorrow. [ male announcer ] ducati knows it's better for xerox to manage their global publications. so they can focus on building amazing bikes. with xerox, you're ready for real business. personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. did the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms ignore calls from agents to stop an operation that deliberately allowed weapons to get into the hands of mexican drug cartels? this was known as operation fast and furious. the goal was to track the flow of weapons across the border and eventually bring down an entire arms trafficking network. well, at a congressional hearing ha was looking into it, whistle-blowing atf agents said the tactic was a colossal mistake and it led to the death of a border patrol agent. >> we weren't given guns to people who were hunting bear, we were giving guns to people 0 who were killing other humans. >> rather than meet the wolf head-on, we sharpened his teeth and all the while we sat idly by watching, tracking and noting as he became a more efficient and effective predator. >> more than 1,000 of the weapons that walked are still unaccounted for. congressman darrell asa operation fast and furious, felony stupid. the defense will begin presenting its side of the story of the casey anthony murder trial after the prosecution rested yesterday, anthony's attorneys tried to convince the judge to dismiss the case. insisting no proof has been presented that a murder even took place. the judge was not buying it. denying that motion. >> martin savidge joining us live this morning from orlando. what about the defense asking for acquittal? >> there's been no shortage of drama when it comes into this particular case. as you point out, the prosecution rested. and then the defense team jumped up and moved for acquittal. not that unusual in a case like this where what happens is the defense team going to make the argument that the prosecution has laid out their whole case, put down all their witnesses and they have not proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that our client, casey anthony, is guilty. have not even proven that there's been a homicide. and that's exactly the argument that was made by one j. cheney mason of the defense team. listen to what he had to say. >> we have no evidence to exclude a reasonable hypothesis that there was no murder at all. that there was no premeditation. there's no history to suggest culpable negligence. there's no history in this case to establish any basis of aggravated abuse. and in counts one, two, and three are not just ripe for, but screaming loudly in demanding justice of acquittal. >> chief judge melvin perry listened patiently through all of that and then he ruled, he said yes, there is enough evidence that this case needs to be decided by a jury. and the motion was basically denied. that was it. >> all right. now it seems like the defense is getting poised to call an unexpected witness. who is this? >> yeah. this is again, why this case is so fascinating, because there is one surprise after another. this is a clear example of new suspense that's been introduced as a result of the defense. the defense team said they recently discovered this fellow. who is identified as 52-year-old vasco degamma thompson. they say this man is a convicted felon who served time for kidnapping. and here's the point that the defense team makes in documents that filed to the court. it said that mr. thompson had contact with casey anthony's father, that's george anthony, the day before caylee anthony was reported missing. now here's the question -- well what is a convicted kidnapper doing contacting george anthony? and that's exactly the question wants to plant in people's minds. the attorney for george anthony says, hey, this is easy to explain, it never happened. they say that george anthony does not know who mr. thompson is, and there was never any communication. although the defense team says we have cell phone records that prove it. now, in order for mr. thompson to testify, it has to be approved by the judge. and the judge has not ruled on that matter. but again, huge drama, more expense. >> vasco degamma thompson. >> and also there's talk that casey anthony may be taking the stand herself. that will be riveting. in new details on arizona's largest wildfire in recorded history. 200 people who were forced to leave their homes are now being allowed back. firefighters who have spent two weeks battling the fire, have gotten some control over it, it's still only 20% contained. let's check in with rob marciano in our extreme weather center. >> winds are going to pick up across the southwest. so red flag warnings have been posted in the critical fire danger for the area that for the past couple of days, the winds have been laid down a little bit. that helped them a little bit. but today the winds cranked back up and even though we're officially getting into the monsoon season, we don't see much in the way of that happening any time soon. the heat is still on across not only the southwest, but the southeast. look at the numbers, 105, i believe it's an all-time record for tallahassee. austin, texas, 104. and birmingham, alabama, seeing 98 degrees. and miami, 96 degrees plus humidity. is this is what happened last night across the southeast. look at the storms rumbling through atlanta. we had 200,000 people without power. the number has been trimmed to 40,000. it was a rough go for sure. actually check out this lightning video from an atlanta tower camera. firsthand, i was at the braves game last night, they had two rain delays and it was -- whoo, it was a rough go for sure. speaking of sporting events, the u.s. open first round gets kicked off, the bethesda country club in maryland. may see a couple of thunderstorms pop up in the afternoon. that may delay things as well. and you in new york may get some rain later on today, too. >> a nice cool day to start off with. thanks, rob. in a healthy job market, americans can quit their jobs and find a better one. this turnover is common, right? 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