>> reporter: from what we understand, rodney king's fiancee called police shortly after 5:00 this morning. she heard a splash in the pool. before that they had been talking. she called the paramedics. police arrived and took rodney king out of the pool and did everything they could to revive rodney king. cpr failed. they took him to a local hospital. all their efforts did not pan out. rodney king was not revived. we do know rodney king was an avid swimmer. it was part of his physical therapy. we talked to him at cnn recently and he explained how he went into the pool and kind of used the pool as a sanctuary. they didn't find anything around the pool. >> right now, the preliminary investigation is indicating it appears mr. king died of a drowning. however, the police department, the detective bureau is investigating the incident. there were no obvious signs of trauma. >> police also said there were no signs whatsoever, at least at this point, of any foul play. rodney king recently had been interviewed by cnn. everyone who talked to him said he was in a joyous state, that he was in a good mood. interesting thing about rodney king. you may remember this statement, can't we all just get along? often remembered for that. rodney king ad libbed that. that is resonated throughout the decades and was a big part of hopefully helping the community of los angeles heal after what could best be called race riots. a lot of sadness in the neighborhood. rodney king known to people around here as a sweet man, somebody who was friendly and cordial and knew his neighbors. rodney king passed away this morning because of a drowning. >> paul, thanks so much. among those who had an opportunity to talk with rodney king, our own don lemon. you spent time with him. we know a documentary followed that. we are going to see that replay this evening are evening. your impressions of him. you met his fiancee. he's been described as a gentle spirit and one reluctant to take on this giant responsible and symbolism that came behind his experience. >> he was reluctant even to do an interview when we, back during the 20th anniversary. i went out to dinner with him and his fiancee. she said the reason you're here is because i like you. he's a big guy. she could in no way have gotten him off the bottom of that pool. she couldn't swim. i spent time at the home. it was interesting because he was a big guy but he was a docile guy. very gentle. when he talked to you he would look you in the eye. i said, are you still using? he said i will always have a problem with addict. he said he would always have those issues. i asked him about that incident. he said he still had nightmares. let's listen to him. >> yeah. i do. >> what's a nightmare? do you wake up? >> tossing and turning. sometimes hearing the voices that was going on that night. hands behind your back. lay dune, get down, get down, you know, those words. i have to wake up, look outside. it's all green, blue. at time has passed on. the nightmares and memories are still there, you know. >> it haunted him. haunted him forever, it seemed. it seemed as though no matter what he would try to do, if he wanted to escape that memory, it sounds just from his description, it's impossible for him to ever do. >> no. rodney king was no angel. he'll tell you that. cynthia will tell you that. he didn't expect to be famous. he didn't expect to be a role model. he was a troubled person. he had addiction issues. he has issues with his parents as a child growing up and as an adult. it was well documented because he had been on "celebrity rehab" with dr. drew. he was a sympathetic figure because you look at that beating and say who deserves to be beaten like that? i didn't want to be a hero or a role model because i asked him during when i spent time with him, why are you still getting in trouble after all this? he said, i'm just human. i'm not superhuman. i happen to be human and i have issues. i don't want to be someone who is a role model. i just want to lead my life. i have to tell you, spending time there, it's odd thinking about that. i spent a lot of time at that home, around the pool with him and with cynthia his fiancee, who by the way was a juror in the civil trial that followed the acquittal of the officers when he got the money. that's how they met. hung out off and on and became engaged. >> this would be the place of his death when this ended up being a real sanctuary for him, helping him deal with these demons for so many years. it is a sad punctuation to his life. we'll see your report this evening looking back at that conversation with rodney king. we'll bring an encore presentation of "race and rage" 8:00 eastern. we'll see you later. thanks, don. a big victory for greece's conservative new democracy party. new democracy leader samaras won enough votes to start forming a coalition government. he favored the bailout deal with europe and austerity measures that went with that. 37-year-old leftist poll situation did not. he wanted to tear up the pact. today he called the bailout an unsustainable economic plan. back in this country, the white house just issued a statement on the greek election. it congratulates the winning conservative party and says "we hope this election will lead quickly to the formation of a new government that can make timely progress on the economic challenges facing the greek people." on to egypt now. polls have closed and votes are being counted in the presidential run-off there. only about 40% turned out to vote due to extreme heat in some areas. on thursday, officials will declare if the winner is islamist candidate backed by the muslim brotherhood or former top aide of hosni mubarak. jerry sandusky's defense team is getting ready to make its defense this week. why is a prosecution's psychologist examining the former coach today? every communications provider is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company. ♪ we link people and fortune 500 companies nationwide and around the world. and we will continue to free you to do more and focus on what matters. there is a winner in the greek elections and possible reprieve in the world economy upset. richard is live in athens. why did the conservative party seem to come out on top after backing such unpopular cuts? >> reporter: because the outcome any other way could have been even more dire. all the parties to some extent -- look, the reality is new democracy had made it dleer that they want to renegotiate the bailout terms, which they want to do. the alternative was the far left. they were talking about ripping up the bailout. that would have been the end, if you like, of greece and the euro. we do know, fredericka, about 18% of greeks like the euro and want to remain in the euro zone. so today's vote was classic. do you vote with your heart? you hate the germans and you hate the way the europeans have treated yourselves, or do you vote with your head that this is the best deal, you try to renegotiate and move forward? it seems they voted with their heads. i have to warn you, the horse trading now has to begin as the parties have to form a coalition. >> what about the greek voting public? is there euphoria, relief, reluctance to celebrate or outrage? >> it's all of that and more. i'm just looking at the results. there are 83% of the results are now counted. we have 30% for the winning party. 26% or 27% for the second party, which is opposed in the opposite direction. a coalition will have to be formed. they will have to go to europe and ask for changing the rules or changing the terms. tonight, i would put it like this. is there a long way to go, but greece has taken certainly one substantial step backwards from the cliff edge towards staying in the euro and even, even if markets won't be completely happy and calm because of the result, we should not see the volatility or at least the angst and anguish we've seen in recent weeks. >> the world economy might interpret that as good news. richard quest, thanks so much. will wall street react after this conservative party's victory in greece? if so, how so? ali velshi joining us by phone from new york. you're listening to richard there talking about that one step back from the cliff. perhaps that's what this vote did. that sounds like a great analogy. >> reporter: someone tweet immediate and said why haven't you tweeted out about the greek victory and how great it is for us? i'm not sure it's a victory. i think it means greece lives to fight another day and investors will be relieved by that. 8:00 eastern this evening is when asian markets first open. you'll see a reaction there. then go all through europe most of the day. by the time our markets open at 9:30 in the morning, everyone will have heard the comments, seen what's going to happen. it might be that american investors wake up and say they took one step back from the cliff. so the result of this election is not dire. means greece is not about to fall off a cliff. it's still, as richard says, it's possibly the better outcome of two scenarios, neither of which are particularly good. >> it sounds like there is going to be a lot more green than there would be red. >> probably. i would say this. it's probably not going to be a severe reaction in any direction. there is no investor sits there and says greece is out of the woods, europe is out of the woods, spain and italy. no problems. i think what might have been a major sell-off if it had gone the other way isn't going to happen. you've got from flat to probably more green than red tomorrow. again, this is a global market. you will see that reaction within three hours, 3 1/2 hours you'll start to see that reaction. what happens tomorrow morning may be a different thing when we realize we are just back to normal. the leader of this new democracy party has to team up with the number three party who are socialists, but they both want to stay in the euro and keep this bailout deal. there's going to be a lot of negotiation. a month ago when they had a similar outcome, they weren't able to form a coalition government. hopefully everybody is more mature about the whole thing and we get something done. best case scenario, we didn't ruin anything. >> ali velshi, thanks so much for your insight. >> my pleasure. a psychologist for jerry sandusky's lawyers say a type of personality disorder may explain some of his behavior. today a prosecution psychologist is examining sandusky to check out that claim. a court order came down friday allowing the defense to introduce testimony on whether sandusky suffers from a disorder. the examination isn't expected to delay the trial of the former penn state assistant football coach who is accused of molesting ten boys. that means sandusky's lawyers are expected to begin their defense tomorrow after the prosecution rests. susan candiotti takes a look at what their overall strategy could be. >> reporter: for four days, jurors heard prosecutors set out to prove jerry sandusky is a serial predator raping and molesting ten boys. come monday, the defense takes center stage. after a week of listening to withering testimony from and about ten alleged victims, jerry sandusky began and ended every day with a smile on his face. >> every day's hard. it's tough work. >> reporter: tough work defending a man who himself is a legend for designing defense on the football field. this criminal defense attorney says he has an uphill battle. >> there is a tsunami of evidence against him. >> reporter: the strategy is expected to attack the timeline of repeated alleged sexual assaults pointing out conflicts with sandusky's schedule. the defense is expected to further question whether alleged victims were motivated to come forward by possible lucrative lawsuits. nonsense says howard janet, attorney for alleged victim six. >> does that mean none of them are telling the truth because they've gone to hire a lawyer? that's absurd. >> reporter: sandusky's wife dotty appeared briefly in court the first day, but stayed away the rest of the time, indicating she is expected to take the stand to defend her husband. >> what is his wife going to say in his defense unless she was in the shower with him and the various young boys, which obviously she wasn't. she has nothing to offer this case outside of some sort of plea for sympathy. >> reporter: the defense plans to bring in a psychologist to explain love letters sandusky wrote to alleged victims. in court papers, the defense indicates the letters were not part of a predator's grooming technique but indicative of someone suffering from a h histrionic personality disorder. are you looking forward to presenting your case? a gag order prevents sandusky from talking now and he isn't required to testify. the defense promised jurors they would hear from sandusky. >> the only chance he has is to take the witness stand and maybe he can convince one juror to hold out. >> reporter: will he or won't he take the stand? 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