we are just hours away from the deadline for george zimmerman to return to jail. a man who admitted killing florida teen trayvon martin, his bail was revoked by a judge and was given until this afternoon to turn himself in. the diamond jubilee flotilla launch at 9:30 this morning. 1,000 boats, 20,000 people, and a prince harry surprise. we have live team coverage. it's sunday, june 3rd. good morning, everyone. i'm rob marciano in today for randi kaye. a massive wildfire in new mexico reached historic size, and it's expected to get bigger. the fire burning in the national forest so far has devoured 354 square miles. that's bigger than chicago. one-third of the size of rhode island. it's the state's largest wildfire many history, so we're breaking records there, and reynolds wolf is here more to talk about more about what's going on. i assume we're not going to see much in the way of rain. what are the wildfire guys up against? >> it's going to be tough. the forecast not favorable at all. they expect low humidity. the wind may be increasing at times, and, of course, they have plenty of foliage up there. how many of these things do you cover? you know in these high mountains it is very tough because of the type of grasses and the chaperellla pines and ponderosa pines. only 17% contained, and the gusts, we expect, up to 25 miles an hour are going to play significant roles and a bad one many today's battle of the blaze. one of the issues you have to have, again, i'm going to do artistry, and it's going to be poor, but bare with me. i want to draw something. imagine you have a hillside like this. steep terrain. then trees are popping up on the hillsides. you have the trees and the heat. the warm airline wants to rise up, so you'll have fires that will top one treetop to another to another. they call that affect crowning, and that is what we're going to see in many plays places of not only parts of new mexico and arizona, but we have several states battalionsing those blazes. that will be occurring again and again. the crowning effect will intensify as the winds really intensify by the late afternoon. you've got firefighters that are not just from arizona, not just from new mexico, but all over the country that are converging there. they're doing so on foot and doing everything they possibly can to carve some spots with the big earth-moving equipment right through that foliage and hamper that fire prosecute spreading. at the same time they're battling it off with fixed wing aircraft and rotary aircraft. it's going to be a tough time. they're up to the task. it's going to be compelling to watch this battle. no doubt. >> as you know, memorial memorial isn't the only state that has wildfires breaking. just look at this map. massive fires are burning in at least eight other states. we're talking about more than 300,000 acres of land that's on fire right now. it's dry. not just dry mountain states, but fires are burning as far east as michigan. we're going to be keeping an eye on that story throughout the morning. internationally, a world leader who many say is killing his own people is accusing foreign traders of trying to destroy his nation. in a rare public appearance syrian president bashar al assad addresses his country's parliament. he says sear wra is the victim of international plots. >> translator: there is quite a different from confronting people from inside. >> even as mr. assad was speaking, his -- were rolling through the streets. leone lacome is ma monitoring the situation for us in abu dhabi. what's been the reaction to his speech today? >> reporter: well, what we heard from mr. al assad wasn't something we haven't heard before, rob. he continues to say that what syria is facing is a war from outside, facing terrorist gangs from outside and that syria -- what syria is doing right now is protecting its itself and defending uchts from what's happening from these outside forces. now, in addition to all of that, you have denied what happens and saying that his armed forces have nothing to do with a massacre last week saying the monsters don't commit what we've seen and that we need to prepare ourselves and defend ourselves from all of that. now, we're seeing all of this in the midst of a lot of political pressure prosecute the outside world, from the international community, for still ask the syrian government to stop the violence. the kofi annan peace plan that's been trying to stop the violence and ask the syrian government repeatedly to stop the use of heavy gunfire and heavy weapons in populated stros, but it doesn't seem to be happening yet. >> we've heard that the military is on the move, tanks are heading into eastern syria. homs may be getting she would again this morning. what do you know? >> reporter: rob, once again, it just seems like that six-point plan that kofi annan set out is not being followed at all. we are hearing that the tanks are heading east towards homs. we heard that at least 33 people were killed on saturday. the death toll continues to rise. since the uprising began 15 months ago, opposition groups say there's been more than 12,000 people killed, and there really doesn't seem like there's any end to the violence that we're seeing in syria at the moment, rob. >> all right. thank you very much for that live report. we'll be checking in with you throughout the day. now to egypt where demonstrators are filling cairo's tahiri square. they're furious that hosni mubarak escaped execution, and that his top security chiefs were cleared during the last year's arab spring uprising. mr. mubarak was sentenced to life in prison. his attorney says he will appeal. back here m u.s. you're looking at live pictures. take a look. outside the seminole county jail. george zimmerman was given until this afternoon to turn himself into authorities after his bond was revoked. the judge made the ruling friday stating zimmerman misrepresented, misled, and deceived the court about his financial situation during april's bond hearing. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. in new york space shuttle enterprise continues its mission to new york's intrepid museum today. loaded on a barge at jfk airport. enterprise will travel along the shores of queens and brook let you know before docking in port elizabeth, new jersey, this evening. it will finish its journey tuesday and will be on exhibit to the public starting july 19th. enterprise was the proto type -- in sports -- well, kind of sports -- the los angeles angels aren't just any -- now they're a guinness world record holder. a sell-out crowd set a new record for the largest gathering of people wearing cowboy hats. fans attending the angels-texas rangers game were all given a free angels cowboy hat. this was the third and only successful attempt by the angels to set a world record. here are some of the other stories. congratulations, by the way, to the yankees. one million spectators are expected to line the parade route to queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee. here in the u.s. wisconsin governor scott walker is not cleaning out his office just yet. tuesday's recall election is bringing out some high profile politicians. plus, as we prepare to remember d-day, a world war ii veteran shares with us his experience of storming the beach of normandy. later, reynolds wolf shows us why tuesday will be a once in a century sun-sighting event. 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>> ten. >> are you selling them? >> no. if you want to buy one, you can. >> reporter: you see, we are determined that we're going to make the most of this. every single day. well protected from the weather. >> well protected, indeed. >> reporter: well protected inde indeed. ah, come back. i'm sorry. are you a corgi? >> yes. we made the mask especially for her. >> i think this gentleman might have had a drop. >> reporter: it's the doouk of eddinburg. are you getting the idea that any idea that british stiff upper lip and reservedness has gone right out of the window today as people are quite happily spending hours -- look over here. where have you come from? good sea-faring folk. >> without a coat. rirchlgt did you leave it at home? >> it looked quite warm on the weather reports. >> easy. i think it may be state-run over there. >> they lied. >> reporter: let me tell you what's going to happen in the hours ahead. in about three and a half hours, four hours from now that side of london a large mof boats, 1,000 of them, will start moving east. they get to tower bridge just over here. the bridge raises, and we get to see again and again the boats carrying her magesty, the queen, called the spirit. i promise you, the subject of the boats and the music that we're going to hear, and the whole event. it is going to be an extraordinary day. it's an indication of how important the day for the british people that this number of people are prepared to turn out in what frankly is amongst one of the worst days we've had for weeks, rob. >> you know, you're hardy folks. you're used to the rain. albeit, not all the time this time of year. i resent that young man's comment about weather forecasts. i know your colleagues down at cnn international, their weather department was spot on with this forecast, albeit chilly and rainy. richard, i got -- oh, wrau. there are autopsy shapes and sizes. all class levels. every kind. >> reporter: all shapes, sizes, nationalities. and from the united states. >> they don't seem too excited. nobody that wants to admit it. >> reporter: we'll find some americans. >> what about the middletons? everybody wants to know how are they participating? >> the medaltons are going to be on a boat on a paddle steamer called the elizabethian. they've been invited by the queen. they're part of the royal squadron which is the third section. i'm warning you, you're going to be sorry you asked these questions. and they are about seven and a half miles in that direction, and we'll see them about four hours from now. >> good stuff. should be quite the spectacle. hoefrlly the weather will improve somewhat, but the forecast doesn't look good, richard. keep the overcoat on and that beautiful umbrella hand where i. we'll be checking back with you. richard quest live for us at london. thanks, richard. keep it here on cnn for full coverage of the diamond june league. we'll kick things off at 11:00 a.m. this morning. a homecoming queen thought she would never make it back to the u.s. here to speak at her graduation. facing a three-year ban from the u.s. well, hear how we step many to save the day. watch this gator. a close, close about to grab himself a bobcat. sarah... will you marry me? 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