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of a lifetime. a family spending new years rounding the volcanic wide island off new zealand's coast. january 1, 2010. this girl, then 15, decided to spend the morning alone in her cabin. and the trip of a lifetime turned to terror as her locked door to cabin 3073 suddenly clicked. >> i didn't hear the card key go in but i did hear like the door open and like the lock like -- and i thought it was my brother or sister at first. and then when i saw the guy come in, i didn't recognize the bartender uniform. it was someone working on the ship so i thought it was a room attendant that was...

vote. first the stifling heat wave that's creating dangerous conditions in the midwest, south and northeast. take a look at the predicted highs for today. 103 where i'm sitting in atlanta. 20 states are under heat warnings or advisories right now. the sizzling temperatures aren't just uncomfortable, they can be life threatening, especially people who don't have air conditioning. that's the unfortunate reality in a lot of northeast right now after storms knocked out power to millions of homes. athena jones joins us from a cooling center in burke, virginia. give me a sense of what of...

revolutionary biometric id for every one of india's citizens. >> also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will a coming housing boon finally power this anemic recovery? >> first, here's my take. what to do about syria? western military intervention looked fraught with difficulties. but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is creating greater instability by the week. i have been persuaded they might be a path forward. the pressures on bashar al assad's regime are mountding. it's running out of crash and faces a real military threat from turkey. these pressures...

cnn's athena jones is live in rockville, maryland and let's talk about how extensive the damage is right now and what folks are telling you on the ground there. >> reporter: one thing we should let you know about is that the death toll has risen. in virginia there are six confirmed deaths in that state and that's come coming from governor bob mcdonald and that governor has declared a state of emergency in virginia. there are 1 million people without power and more deaths in washington, d.c., a man was electrocutedas he stepped out of his house and wires fell on him and a woman was ki...

ferocious flame, firefighters are starting to get an upper hand. that's the good news. we have reporters, as always, all over the country covering these major stories for you. i want to start out with sandrasandra endo and let's begin with athena. athena, nearly 4 million homes are without power from indiana to player land from the brutal storms, the death toll is climbing. what can you tell us? what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, we know that there are six confirmed deaths in virginia, poppy. that's coming from the governor's office, governor rob mcdonald. at least 1 million cus...