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"cnn newsroom" begins right now. and good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm carol costello. after days of gut wrenching testimony, today could be the day that decides jerry sandusky's fate. a source telling cnn the former penn state football coach is fully prepped and ready to testify if his lawyers want him on the stand. most legal experts think that would be a disaster for the defense. yesterday, jurors heard from sandusky's wife of 45 years who finally broke her silence about the charges. let's head live to the courthouse in bellefonte, pennsylvania. and susan candiotti, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. >> do you think jerry sandusky will take the stand? what's the buzz around the courthouse this morning? >> reporter: well, you can imagine the buzz. i mean this is clearly the witness that everyone wants to hear from. aside from dotty sandusky, his wife, taking the stand. but no one knows for sure. on his way into the courthouse, sandusky's head lawyer said, you know i can't answer that question. leaving all of us to wonder what that final decision will be when it comes time to make that decision as to whether to take the stand. but if he does, i doubt he would be the first witness today. they want to build up the drama, i think. carol? >> jerry sandusky at the beginning of the trial, he talked to reporters. he made eye contact with them. what has been his demeanor since? >> reporter: well, jerry sandusky doesn't turn around and interact with the spectators in the courtroom certainly. but he's been paying strict attention. he looks at the witnesses. in fact, when one character witness left the stand yesterday saying that he is a wonderful man, she got off the stand and patted him on the shoulder as she walked away. did the jurors say that? it's unknown. i saw it. >> susan candiotti, we'll check back with you in the next hour of "cnn newsroom." also on capitol hill, an extraordinary showdown is unfolding. in the next hour, attorney general eric holder appears before a house committee. and? lawmakers are threatening him with contempt of congress stemming from the fast and furious sting that allowed weapons to reach mexican drug cartels. republicans say they want answers. democrats say it's election year game playing. >> i believe that -- and the attorney general has said this himself. i think that anything that can be done to i think bring a negative light on the president, that's what this is -- i think that has a large part to do with this. this -- the issue that we boiled down to is one that could have easily been resolved yesterday. we were on the one foot line, and fumbled the ball. and i'm telling you, as a lawyer, i just think contempt is going far to far and very unreasonable. we have never held an attorney general -- that is the congress of the united states has never held an attorney general in contempt. >> congressional correspondent gabe baldwin is on capitol hill. so how's it looking for eric holder? >> i've been checking in with the committee throughout the morning already, and so far i'm told by a committee aide they have not received any documents from the department of justice, which means as the chairman of that committee, republican congressman darrell issa said, if they don't get documents he is moving forward with this threat of voting on a contempt citation. so the assumption is they are moving forward with this vote. of course, anything can happen up here, and things can happen very quickly. so we'll be continuing to watch that. but, carol, as you well set this up, this is a culmination of months long battles between the powerful chairman of the house oversight committee and the president's top law enforcement officer. they have been going back and forth for months over documents that the chairman wants the attorney general says they have already provided more than 7,600 documents and that they are willing to provide more. but this back and forth has really reached a stalemate. they met last night in a last-ditch effort to try to avoid this contempt vote. but as both of these men came out of the room, it was pretty clear that they had not made any progress. and they are really talking past each other. just listen here to congressman darrell issa and the attorney general. >> our position is give us the documents. their position is they'd like to give us a briefing and then documents supporting their assertion that essentially there was no wrongdoing. and then bring it to a close. >> the offer that we made is still there. it is still outstanding. and it is one that goes far beyond what any justice department has done previously. >> i should say, carol, that the attorney general also said in answering one of my questions that he thinks that this has become -- it seems to him that this has become more about political gamesmanship than actually getting the documents on the part of the committee. but this is all coming down to bottom line, the chairman of this committee, he wants additional documents in a specific time frame, between february and december of 2011. this is relating to this botched gun running operation, fast and furious, and the specific time period to find out more about who knew what, when, within the justice department. the attorney general, they said that they are prepared to work with them but they want the contempt citation taken off the table. as you can see, they are at a stalemate. we'll be watching to see what happens at 10:00. >> ok. kate baldwin, many thanks. in texas, a grand jury will not charge a father who beat to death a man he says molested his daughter. witnesses say the family was at their ranch when they heard the 5-year-old screaming for help. they saw the father saw the man raping his daughter and punched him several times in the head. the local prosecutor says she's never seen a case this clear cut. >> deadly force is authorized and justified in order to stop an aggregated sexual assault or a sexual assault. all the evidence that was presented by the sheriff's department and by the texas rangers indicated that that was in fact what was occurring when the victim's father arrived at the scene. >> 911 tapes captured the father's call for an ambulance as he and other family members desperately tried to revive the dying man. this is cnn breaking news. breaking news now. police in france say a gunman is holding four people hostage at a bank in toulouse. the gunman claims to be a member of al qaeda. police say he fired off at least one shot. they identify the hostages as the bank director and three employees. streets are now blocked off in the area. people in the area have been told to stay inside. we're keeping an eye on this and will tell you of any new developments. in egypt, rumors are still swirling over whether toppled president hosni mubarak has died. causing growing uncertainty and growing tension around that country's future. it's been 16 months since citizens revolted and demanded democracy. for the most part, they are still waiting. cnn's ivan watson is in cairo. any movement at all? >> reporter: good morning, carol. no. and this little bit gives you a hint at how official dom works. the culture of secrecy and lack of information which makes egyptians so suspicious and skeptical about information coming out of the government. since last night, more than 14 hours ago when the ruling military council denied reports in the state media that hosni mubarak was clinically dead, there's been no real official update. no doctor coming out to give a press release about the health of the man who ruled the country for nearly 30 years and was recently convicted for his role in the deaths of hundreds of protesters in the uprising that overthrew him a year and a half ago. carol? >> ivan watson reporting live for us from egypt this morning. surprise. senator marco rubio is on mitt romney's short list for vp, not big news, at least not until yesterday, when some republicans started casting doubt on whether or not that's actually true, which mitt romney then spent the day saying yes, it is true. he is being vetted as a potential running mate. romney also said that only two people know who is being considered for the number two spot on the gop ticket, himself and the woman he tapped to lead the search, his former chief of staff beth myers. heat, humidity, and a summer scorcher. it is the first day of summer today. and boy, can you feel it. it's going to feel like 100 degrees all the way from virginia to beantown. let's take you live now to washington, d.c. already feels like 85 there. and it's only going to get hotter. rob marciano is here to tell us how hot it's going to be. >> i think they purposely built those monuments white so that they would reflect the heat on days like today. d.c. will be one of the hottest today. and summer arrives at 7:09 eastern time today. this will be the warmest stuff so stfar since the middle of ju last year. just to give you an idea of where it's coming from, the midwest, nebraska, saw 109 yesterday. a record high. detroit, 95. and it's all pushing off towards the east. and even into the mid-atlantic. temps today well into the 90s with the humidity. and you know that's the key. we have heat indices that will be pushing 110. heat advisories and warnings are out for a dozen states from maine to the mid-atlantic today. so a dangerous heat wave on tap. here are some of the bigger cities that will be enduring this stuff. boston, new york, philly, d.c., all in the mid to upper 90s. d.c. a chance of touching 100 if not today potentially tomorrow. so some of these big cities are taking action in the form of cooling centers and things like that. ironically, across the southeast, things are a little bit less humid. things are a little bit more comfy. we may not touch 90 degrees here in atlanta. if you want to cool off -- >> come to atlanta. >> head south. we'd love to have you. >> we're only going to get, what, 95 maybe? >> not even that. but the first heat wave of the season, it just kind of takes you by surprise. so for that reason, take it easy out there if you live in the northeast, mid-atlantic, and certainly take care of your elderly neighbors and pets too. >> and it won't last long. so that's good. are you a basketball fan? >> of course. >> i know you are. the miami heat are proving their metal, aren't they? >> looks like they are going to take it. >> there was a scary moment for miami heat fans during last night's nba finals game against oklahoma city. halfway through the fourth quarter, look at lebron james there. he hurt his leg. but he would get back up after that to score a basket. but later, he was actually carried off of the court. he had leg cramps. >> he's been carrying that team all season. >> just lebron? >> well, for the playoffs at least. so the number of minutes he plays and what he does on both sides of the court, i will excuse a couple of leg cramps here and there. he'll be ready for game six. >> he will, i'm sure. he's under a lot of pressure too, right? 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because maybe peralta pitched for washington two seasons ago. the reliever could face a 10-game suspension. watch this video. an angry airport passenger is seen grabbing the crotch of a tsa supervisor. 59-year-old carol price was apparently upset after she said she was subjected to an extreme and invasive patdown. she now faces criminal charges. turns out she used to be a tsa agent, and reportedly has bad blood with the supervisor she grabbed. the tsa says agents followed all protocol. turning now to a history-making moment for the southern baptist convention. he began his career as a street preacher in the lower ninth ward of his native new orleans. and today, reverend fred luter will officially become the first black president of the nation's largest protestant denomination. >> it was surprising that i was unopposed, particularly because this is such a large convention, and it's a year of the presidential election. and so i was really, really, really surprised that no one stepped up and wanted to run against me. and then to see the support that i got from the floor, it just brought tears to my eyes. >> joining me now is one of reverend luter's close friends and the man who nominated him to lead the southern baptist convention, reverend david crosby. welcome. >> good morning. good to be here. >> glad you're here. so southern baptist was founded by southern slaveholders. that an african-american pastor will head the convention astounds many people. i know your group wants to diversify. to bring in more black parishioners. but some say they might be attracted because of pastor luter. and others might feel a little patronized. are you worried about that at all? >> well, i think there will be a wide range of response to his presidency. but i think in large measure, it's going to be positive. people are going to be celebrating like we did last night. it was a great moment. so we may have some detractors. but on the whole, it's a great celebration today in the southern baptist convention. >> what do you hope that your congregation -- and i'm speaking in general terms, you know, the whole congregation, will look like in a year or two after he takes control? >> well, we have been in the process throughout the southern baptist convention of increasing minority membership, increasing predominantly minority churches. so it's been years in the making, this presidency. and really it's part of a historic move in the convention toward greater diversity. we're excited about it. we think we are going to be more diverse in the future. we need to be if we're faithful to our mission and true to our passion. so we expect that we're going to have more and more people of color, language groups, and ethnicities as part of our congregations. >> i know there's been talk about changing the name of the group, taking the "southern" out of the southern baptist. your membership has been dropping for five years. why not try that? >> well, we may do that. that's possibly going to happen. we do have baggage in our history, and we know that. and we don't deny it. we cannot. but we do want a different kind of future for the southern baptist convention. and southern baptist yesterday really spoke loudly to that. we have a chance to shape the future of the it's our moment in history. we're not the old convention that we used to be. and we are ready to open our arms very widely and embrace people of all colors, and language groups, and ethnicities. >> going back to the possible name change, the word "southern," what does it say to black parishioners do you suppose? >> well, i think it does have some of those connotations from the jim crow era and even on back to slavery. it is the deep south which was most offensive in that regard. however, southern doesn't work too well in the northern states of the united states. there are other places where southern doesn't seem to fit very well. so geographically even perhaps that term "southern" has become outdated. at least for some of our churches and our congregations. >> reverend david crosby, thanks for joining us this morning. >> great to be here. you know how annoying those hecklers are at campaign events? 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