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Good morning. thanks so much for being with me. im carol costello. it is 29 minutes past the hour. in the news this morning -- millions of egyptians are celebrating their own form of independence just hours after toppling an unpopular heavy-handed government. the military has placed ousted president mohamed morsi under house arrest. just a year ago morsi became egypts first democratically elected president. cnns ian lee is in cairo where yesterdays massive crowds have thinned. good morning, ian....

That opened up and swallowed her entire car. also, what can arguably be the symbol of the george zimmerman trial, trayvon martins hoodie front and center in the sanford courtroom. and chaos in cairo from half a world away to the front steps of the white house amid protests and power grabs, the u.s. ambassador to egypt becoming the symbol of the u.s. failed egypt policy. "newsroom" starts now. good morning. thank you so much for joining me. im carol costello and happy fourth of july. cries ...

For the thousands ready to party on the national mall. the culmination of americas 237th birthday will be a gigantic 17-minute fireworks show that can be seen across washington and also in parts of virginia. cries of freedom and independence also echo is at a company scarred by chaos, corruption and confrontation. look at this picture. could be any city in america. right? columbus, ohio, memphis, tennessee, or phoenix, arizona -- but it is not. had this picture is from cairo, egy egypt. while ...

With cheers. also fireworks that looked somewhat like the fourth of july all over cairo, fireworks shooting up into the air. people celebrating on the ground. you saw people waving flags, driving their cars around, playing music. quite celebratory atmosphere. something i havent seen before. we also saw police officers waving flags and dancing in the street. a lot of people celebrating, but also people very angry at the pro-morsi rallies. they say they felt cheated and they felt that their legiti...

They say they were not consulted beforehand. theyre worried that its too vague and it could lead to increased tension. certainly on that point they do seem to be correct. we have a massive demonstration here in tahrir square. people coming from all over cairo. theres another demonstration in front of the palace, which is egypts equivalent of the white house. then in other parts of cairo there are demonstrations for president muhammad morsi and the muslim brotherhood. they are the ones who electe...

The radio, a number of people took to the buses and the protesters numbered in the thousands and were beaten back by riot police who, in the end, shot protesters. the arabian peninsula called for more attacks and in cairo the reports are there is a credible threat against the u.s. embassy with large barricades, now, all over cairo, protecting the interests of the embassy with graffiti saying "go to hell, usa." >>chris: thanks, leland. joining us now are ambassador to the united nations susan ric...

Sheik called for a protest on the radio, a number of people took to the buses and the protesters numbered in the thousands and were beaten back by riot police who, in the end, shot protesters. the arabian peninsula called for more attacks and in cairo the reports are there is a credible threat against the u.s. embassy with large barricades, now, all over cairo, protecting the interests of the embassy with graffiti saying "go to hell, usa." >>chris: thanks, leland. joining us now are ambassador t...

Current vote leader muhammad morsi wins. brotherhood party leader gradd agrees. >> nerve the leadership has been raised up. working within the system. >> the army launched its own p.r. campaign. on buses all over cairo. with a young boy and seasonal that reads "armies and people are together with one hand." the cairos poor neighborhood where it lil rassy run 40% and many live on $2 a day we found almost universal support for the army among women lined up waiting to vote on the second they of ele...

the hearing. not only do they want to hear from the director of the u.s. secret service, mark sullivan, what happened in columbia. this is the first time well hear publicly from the director himself. but also what the secret service investigation has found, and then the lingering question, many lingering questions, of is there a pattern here or a culture that has been many questions been raised within the secret service that the secret service should have seen this coming as senator li...

>> according to these plaintiffs, fredricka, its a very uncomfortable situation. manl arriving at the airport, youve never done anything wrong, youre told you cant board the aircraft and you dont know why. thats the situation that a former marine found himself in. he was heading from chicago to spokane for his dog training business. federal agents surrounded him and told him he couldnt go. he found out later he was on no fly list and months later he said the fbi offered to get him off ...