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U.S. Advances In World Cup; Georgia Toddler Left In Hot Car Died From Hyperthermia, Police Call Death "Homicide"; Army Veteran Discovers He was Undocumented; GoPro Goes Public, Stock Soars

Aired June 26, 2014 - 15:30   ET

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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: OK. So it's saying something when the president of the United States off his plane goes sort of off-script and talks about the World Cup. So as we are advancing, awesome news for Team USA. What does that mean looking ahead as we are into this whole knockout phase of the World Cup? Who might we take on next? Should we be afraid? We're going to take you down to Brazil for a live report on that, coming up. Stay with me.

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BALDWIN: Just past the bottom of the hour. You're watching CNN. Quick reset on the World Cup now. The United States loses to Germany in this downpour in Brazil. But despite that soggy loss, the U.S. will still advance, because of that other game this afternoon playing at exactly the same time. Portugal beat Ghana.

So now the U.S. goes to what's called the knockout round. That means one loss and you are out. Lara Baldesarra, host of CNN International's "World Sports" down in Recife, Brazil where Team USA will now be advancing.

So let's look ahead, we know at some point later today, Lara, who the U.S. will take on, who might we be matching up with, how will we be looking going into that match?

LARA BALDESARRA, CNN HOST, CNN INTERNATIONAL'S "WORLD SPORT": Well, we know that the USA, because they finished second in their group, they are going to be playing the team that finishes first in another group, Group H. That will either be Belgium or Algeria. Right now it's Belgium who has the lead on that group, but it is still up in the air.

Now Belgium, this is a team that was considered the dark horse for the World Cup. A very young team. The average age is 26 years old and this is full of some world-class players. There's players on this team like Eden Hazar. He plays for Chelsea, which is a very, very big club in England.

And people are actually comparing him to Messi. He is a fantastic young player. This is a team that people are saying this might not be their year. It's more four years from now and Belgium will be a real threat. But either way, I think this will be a very good match-up for the USA. I don't think they have very many problems with them. Now the other match-up, though, if the USA faces Algeria, I think there would be no problem there whatsoever. Algeria, not a very strong team. Not that great of a team. It's actually pretty surprising that they're in the position that they're in their group, and keep in mind, Brooke, the USA and Algeria have a little history here.

I'll take you back to 2010 in the group stage, which is just what we finished in the World Cup. The USA beat Algeria 1-0, with a goal from Landon Donovan in the dying seconds of the game. And that's what kept them alive in the World Cup. So whenever you go into a game like that, you kind of have that on your side, you know that and it gives you a little boost.

So it's either going to be Belgium or Algeria. But either way, the USA in my mind is the favorite in the both of those match ups.

BALDWIN: I love it, knocking on my plastic desk that things look good as we advance. Lara Baldesarra, thank you very much. What was once a very rainy Recife, Brazil. Thanks for the update. I really appreciate that.

Coming up next, was a tragic accident, was it murder? We are learning new information today about that father in Georgia, Justin Ross Harris, who is accused of leaving his toddler in that sweltering hot SUV. Find out how investigators are looking into his searches on Google.

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BALDWIN: We do have some new details to share with you about that case of a Georgia father charged with felony murder, murdering his infant son here. Autopsy results reveal 22-month-old Cooper Harris died from hypothermia, overheating the body. Police say Cooper's father, 33-year-old Justin Harris, intentionally left him sitting in a boiling SUV. The temperature outside that day in Metro Atlanta topped 90 degrees.

The temperatures inside the truck could have been as high as 130. So it was heat. Despite public outcry about the severity of Harris' charges, investigators say there is more to this case than meets the eye and that evidence points to a homicide.

There are even reports that police searched Harris' work computer, and discovered someone had performed some Google searches on how long it takes an animal to die in a hot car. But when asked about that particular search, authorities weren't talking.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: What can you tell us about the search of his computer showing that someone used his work computer to search for how long it would take for an animal to die in a hot car?

OFFICER MICHAEL BOWMAN, COBB COUNTY POLICE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER: We're not going to get into the specifics of the case. As I said, the search warrants have been applied for. There have been some search warrants that have been granted. But as far as the execution of the search warrants and the evidence revealing any information obtained, that is not being released by the Cobb County Police Department at this time and that is merely speculation.

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BALDWIN: We have CNN's Martin Savidge standing outside the Cobb County Police Department for us and also joining me here in studio, Phillip Holloway, criminal defense attorney. Martin, to begin with you, can you just expound upon this new bit of information we're getting today in the investigation?

MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, a couple things. Of course, what you were just talking about there, the possibility of the computer having some kind of intel in this case. We all know now, it's standard practice, any electronics you have are going to be likely to be warranted. In other words, somebody is going to come looking, especially investigators, because they have a lot of information, either knowingly or unknowingly, that is gathered by them.

So that's going to be standard procedure there and we are waiting to hear what those warrants will reveal. Then yes, you mentioned the cause of death, preliminary cause death, we should point out, and it was released by the public information officer, attributed to the coroner, hyperthermia. If it wasn't hyperthermia in a case like this, we would have really been shocked.

It was pointed out that that toxicology results are not back. Somebody asked why would you have toxicology results on a 22-month-old child, I think the answer was pretty much, we cover all the bases regardless, whether that will anything further, we don't know. So that's where it stands right now.

And then the reduction of the cruelty against a child charge going from first degree to second degree that raised some eyebrows too. But there's felony murder as you've already said.

BALDWIN: Martin, thank you. Philip to you. Let's just hone in on this notion that of course, investigators are going under every nook and cranny, be it electronic or for physical in his office, in his car, back at home. But with the Google searches, what are they looking for?

PHILIP HOLLOWAY, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: If what was reportedly done, as mentioned at the press conference last night, if it turns out to be true that there was a Google search done on how to kill an animal in a hot car, that points to premeditation. It points to deliberation. It points to malice murder and it can even sent him to the death chamber because that would be unusually heinous, unusually cruel and horrific way to kill someone especially your child.

BALDWIN: Yes, agree. But when I think Google searches immediately who comes to mind is Casey Anthony, right, and she was not convicted. HOLLOWAY: They're going have to take that, if it exists, and they are going to have to figure out if he's even the one that did it and what it would mean. So there's a lot more that they're going to have to go through and decipher to determine exactly it was him that was doing and why. But if it turns out that he was doing it for that nefarious purpose, it's a whole different case. Much more sinister.

BALDWIN: OK. Philip Holloway, thank you very much. We'll stay in close contact, waiting for more information and Martin Savidge for us in Cobb County, Georgia.

You do not have to be a video buff to know what Go Pro is. The stock just went public today. It is already skyrocketing, but the CEO behind this revolutionary camera is a pretty interesting character with quite the story to tell. You will hear from him, next.

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BALDWIN: The woes of America's immigration system is a lightning rod for controversy. Many call the system broken, in disarray. CNN's Miguel Marquez profiles an army veteran who might be a perfect example here. He worked for Department of Justice for more than two decades and didn't know until last year that he was not a U.S. citizen.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: So help me God. Congratulations, sir.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you, ma'am. So help me God, please.

MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Mario Hernandez, taking the oath, after 50 years of living, working and fighting for America. The shocker? He wasn't a citizen, and no one, not even he, knew it.

(on camera): How many background checks has the government done on you?

MARIO HERNANDEZ, DIDN'T KNOW HE WASN'T AMERICAN: I think seven, if I'm not mistaken. Every five years they do one.

MARQUEZ (voice-over): For 22 years, the army veteran worked for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, part of the Justice Department, guarding high-profile prisoners like Oklahoma City bombers, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.

(on camera): You worked for the Justice Department.

HERNANDEZ: Yes, sir.

MARQUEZ: The agency that manages the bureau, that does the immigration policy?

HERNANDEZ: Right.

MARQUEZ: You weren't legal. HERNANDEZ: According to the records, I was not. I think that maybe something that had been misplaced.

MARQUEZ (voice-over): Arriving from Cuba at age 9, Hernandez had legal status here, but not citizenship, and never should have had the jobs he did. He only found out last year, when he and his wife wanted to take a cruise to celebrate his retirement. So he applied for a passport.

HERNANDEZ: The immigration system is not broken. It is a disaster. It is a disaster. It is literally, it's a wreck. You know, it's like one hand does not know the other.

MARQUEZ: Hernandez' lawyer says there are thousands here in similar situations.

ELIZABETH RICCI, MARIO HERNANDEZ'S ATTORNEY: They probably haven't worked for the government for so many years. So that's what made his case particularly unique.

MARQUEZ: After first denying his application for naturalization, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reversed itself, admitted a mistake and put the lifelong American on track to citizenship.

HERNANDEZ: I hate to say it, it's one of the best moments of my life. I felt like I was reborn again at almost 59 years of age. I was reborn.

MARQUEZ: One of America's newest Americans, 50 years in the making. Miguel Marquez, CNN, Tallahassee, Florida.

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BALDWIN: We're talking about immigration here on CNN especially ahead of this weekend. We want you to watch this documentary called "Documented," a CNN Film Sunday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern on CNN. Ahead of that, we'll be talking to the filmmaker of "Documented" tomorrow here on the show.

Coming up next, we mentioned this before. You probably heard of GoPro, those tiny cameras you can put on a surf board. You probably don't know much about the man running this revolutionary company so he took the time. He sat down with CNN Money and opened up about his company and himself. Hear from him, next.

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BALDWIN: You love cameras, love taking videos you've probably heard of GoPro. If not, you will. Huge day for the tech firm. Auspicious day for their IPO. Cristina Alesci, with CNN Money is with us now from New York. So first, Cristina, welcome to the CNN family. Nice to talk to you on TV.

Let's begin with the stock. Tell me about the product because this is one of the things people really do call GoPro revolutionary. CRISTINA ALESCI, CNN MONEY CORRESPONDENT: You got it, Brooke. We know that people love the cameras. They had a billion dollars in sales last year. So people are definitely buying the products. Today, we found out Wall Street loves the company because they've priced the shares at the higher end of the range. That means investors had a lot of demand for this company.

But what's really fascinating about this entire story is that it is a success story built on a slight change in perspective as you mentioned before, I spoke to the CEO Nick Woodman and I asked him how he plans to stay on top. Take a listen.

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NICK WOODMAN, CEO, GOPRO: That's a traditional camera is meant for one person to film another person or another thing happening. That's what a smartphone does. It killed the opportunity for a flip camera. GoPro enables people to film themselves. Right? And turn it the camera around on themselves and capture life from any perspective imaginable.

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ALESCI: Brooke, what's also very important to highlight is that Nick Woodman knows that in order to generate future growth for the company, it cannot stay solely a camera maker. It has to expand and become a media company and really monetize on that user generated content. People go online and post their GoPro videos. And he wants to make money off the fact that people are posting and sharing those. The question is -- how do you do it?

BALDWIN: So far he's been pretty successful. I picked up a magazine recently and reading this back story on the CEO on Nick and I found it fascinating these people who have bright ideas, right? It's sort of a simple idea, take a camera, I think he was sort of this surfer dude, right, who was like I would like to get pictures and went around the world, and voila, he's been incredibly successful.

ALESCI: Absolutely. There is another challenge that he's got to get over. We've seen companies can like this in early days be phenomenally successful. When they try and transform themselves or pivot into another area, that's where they trip up. For GoPro, it's going to be very important that they execute on this, quote/unquote, "media strategy" that they've been talking to people about.

So that's going to be the challenge ahead for him. He is a visionary and he did, you know, he did a lot to build this company to a $3 billion company today. This guy's making a ton of money today. So we'll have to see what's in store for him ahead. Again, a lot of challenges there.

BALDWIN: OK, Cristina Alesci, CNN Money. Thank you very much. Ahead of tonight, "The Sixties," it's a decade that shaped America, pivotal to our history for so many reasons including civil rights. That is the topic of discussion here in tonight's CNN documentary.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're marching today to dramatize to the nation hundreds of thousands of Negro citizens of Alabama denied the right to vote.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You must use democracy in the streets.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are confronted primary with a moral issue.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you think you can keep Birmingham in the present situation of segregation?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I may not be able to do it, but I'll die trying.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I thought we were going to be arrested. The major said troopers advance. I thought I was going to die.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I believe the time has come for the president to step in.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.

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BALDWIN: Two more things and then I'll turn you over to Washington, D.C. Luis Suarez facing the most severe World Cup ban ever for biting his opponent's shoulder. FIFA banned Suarez for nine international matches plus FIFA suspended him from all soccer related activities for the next four months. Suarez took a bite out of the shoulder of Italy's Giorgio Cheillini during Tuesday's match.

Uruguay did go on to win the game 1-nil. Suarez has been banned for biting before, twice in fact during club level games. He has options to fight the punishment. FIFA says Suarez can appeal its decision.

And we have some aerial pictures I just want to show you. Look at this. This is Harris County, Texas. You see a lot of people lying on the ground being treated by EMS and Fire because apparently there have been multiple injuries. There was some huge party in this garage, and so there was loud music, a number of people there.

And apparently with the crowd and again, we don't have concrete numbers, the second floor of that garage collapsed. Just totally collapsed. Now a nonspecific number of people are being treated on the ground in Harris County, Texas.

I'm Brooke Baldwin. Thank you for being with me here today. Jim Sciutto is in for Jake Tapper on "THE LEAD." Jim, take it away.