the arab league says war crimes are being committed in syria. the syrian government battling rebels to control the largest city. the u.n. estimates roughly 200,000 syrians have fled the city. they say the government is stopping supplies of fuel and food from reaching neighborhoods controlled by rebel fighters. a memorial service held today for the 15 victims of a rollover crash in texas. the truck was filled with undocumented immigrants. customs, enforcement agents say they were from guatemala, honduras and mexico. a damaged front right tire is blamed for the cause. this man and this woman trieded to get married in their own church. the answer, no. the reason, because they re black. it happened in mississippi. they are angry and are doing something about it. stay with cnn. they will be with me live right here later this evening. and it s becoming a very long, hot summer for a big chunk of the country. extreme heat is making life miserable for folks in the southern plains. h
before the shooting. as chick-fil-a tries to spread its wings some cities want to clip them. we ll talk to one politician that says not in my town. good morning, everyone. i am randi kaye. 8:00 on the east coast, 5 a.m. on the west. thanks for waking up with us. just hours after the opening ceremony a chinese woman has won the first gold medal in the london olympics. she competed in the 10 meter air rifle competition and to recap the highlights queen elizabeth officially opened the 2012 games with an epic journey through the u.k. history. danny boyle was the creative mind behind the $42 million show. what got everyone talking is this skit. boyle used his movie magic to show the queen parachuting into the stadium with actor daniel craig who plays the spy in the franchise but stunt doubles were used. don t worry, the queen was not parachuting in herself. now onto the biggest competition at the olympics today, michael phelps hoping to be the first male swimmer to win the s
earnings report as a big public company. and it did do about what people thought. revenue was up 32% from a year ago. that may sound good but the problem is facebook s shares are taking a big hit. you remember, this is a company that was second biggest stock market launch ever. today facebook shares closed at 26 a share. you see that black diamond-looking ski slope. it s falling even after the market closed tonight. down about 30% from where it went public. this obviously has hurt a lot of people who struggled to try to get shares of this ipo. why are people so nervous? there s one word and it s money. during tonight s conference call with investors, mark zuckerberg, the ceo of facebook, made it clear that making money from advertising is a top priority. we know that social ads perform much better than nonsocial ads so our job over the next few years is to increase the percentage of ads that are social and engaging. social and engaging ads. well, you know, advertising a w
it s a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning london s readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, what s happening now with mitt romney? reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this overseas trip. but his campaign is confident he can clear the next hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the reset button on his overseas charm offensive during his lone public meeting of the day in london he was asked by the leader of ireland about how he had to walk to the irish embassy due to the city s intense pre-olympic traffic. romney s response. romney is walking on egg shells and eager to please after he was blasted by british leaders for appearing to question london s readiness to host the olympic
week. they have accused iran and hezbollah for the bombing. and ehud barack is asking the world to speed up efforts on stopping the nuclear progress before it bombs israel. and to iran now. oh, that is some olympic excitement taking over the city today as the golden torch makes a victory lap past landmarks there, and thousands of people have lined the streets looking for a glimpse and many are calling it a once in a lifetime opportunity. it is lovely to see everybody here. it is just brilliant. brilliant. we wanted to see the torch, because it is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and we wanted to get here earlier and show our support. reporter: was it worth it? very much so. we enjoyed it. the atmosphere and the fun, and people and everything, great. this is so awesome, i love it. i love london, yes! we are having such a great time and getting up super early to see the torch. and what was it like to see all of the other people coming out to support it? it is