Edwards Verdict Watch; Police Brace for New Demonstrations in Chicago
BANFIELD: It is 12 minutes past the hour. Let's get you up to date on the top stories with Christine Romans.</s>CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh, thank you. Day two of the NATO Summit in Chicago will feature more talk about what is ahead for Afghanistan and more street protests. At least 45 people were arrested on Sunday as demonstrators clashed with police. This is the picture on Sunday. Let me show you what it looks like right now. We're monitoring these pictures from our affiliate WLS. This is a makeshift police station, police location in case of trouble today. The sun is just rising in Chicago. We are expecting -- police are bracing for potentially more protests. That's what it's looking like right now in Chicago. Good morning. Chicago police say the NATO Summit attracted three men who planned to carry out terror attacks in the city. Officials say the suspects Jared Chase, Brent Betterly and Brian Church were plotting attacks on President Obama's campaign headquarters also at the home of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Actor Christian Bails says he is hoping to meet with Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng now that Chen has arrived in New York City. Chen, a vocal critic of the Chinese government left his country and will now be studying law at New York University. Bale tried to visit Chen back in December while he was under house arrest in China. The actor and a CNN film crew were chased away by security guards then. President Obama visiting Joplin, Missouri today one year after a devastating tornado destroyed a third of the city and killed 161 people. The president will be speaking at the graduation ceremony for Joplin High School. Families in Joplin are still recovering from that devastating tornado. Hundreds are still living in FEMA trailers, unable yet to rebuild their homes. We're on verdict watch in the John Edwards corruption trial. The jury was dismissed Friday after its first day of deliberations. The former presidential candidate is accused of using campaign cash to cover up an affair. He is facing six counts of campaign fraud and conspiracy. Lebron James with one of the most dominating playoff performances of all time. He had 40 points with 18 rebounds, nine assists as the Heat evened the series with the Indiana Pacers at two games apiece. Dwayne Wade added 30 points -- Zoraida.</s>SAMBOLIN: All right, thank you. It is 14 minutes past the hour. Here parts of Kansas ravaged by a tornado over the weekend. Rob Marciano with the very latest from Atlanta. Things OK now?</s>MARCIANO: Yes, things are OK now. It's been such a quiet May. We haven't seen stuff like this in several weeks. Here's the video out of Central Kansas where this funnel cloud touched down just over this ridge. You don't see much in the way of damage and thankfully there wasn't a whole lot. But nonetheless Kingman County, and this storm chaser caught up with this funnel as it touched down. There were reports of 20 tornadoes across the area on Saturday including of course, a little bit of hail. All right, We start you off with the radar picture across the South and East here. This is what's left of Tropical Storm Alberto. And yes, hurricane season begins June 1st. We are early with this one. We had our first tropical storm named on the Eastern Pacific as well a day early. So that's the first time that both basins -- the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific have seen tropical systems before its time so to speak. All right, there you go. Alberto is not going to bring a whole lot of rain -- it'll bring some surf to the Carolina and Georgia and Florida coast line. And this rainfall with the difference, an easterly flow will keep things rather damp across D.C., Philly, New York City area as well. Behind this front, that will push some of that moisture out. Things are real nice in, say, Chicago and Denver where they get a little rain over the weekend to help out the fire situation there. No such luck in Arizona where the Gladiator especially continues to burn with only 15 percent containment. The Hewlett fire in Colorado thankfully got a little rain over the weekend, and that's certainly helped things out. But the heat will continue across the Southwest. Highs today 107 to 110 near the Mexican border and the winds will kick up as well. Fire danger will remain high. Out here in this part of the world you saw the eclipse last night, at least in some spots. Here are some of the pictures that have been coming into the CNN newsroom. Just gorgeous stuff. The lunar eclipse - or the solar eclipse, excuse me -- with the moon passing in front of the sun. And because it was little further away it didn't cover up the whole thing. So, you get that little ring of fire. Kind of a spooky look. I wish I could have seen it in person.</s>SAMBOLIN: Love it. So Johnny Cash.</s>MARCIANO: Very Johnny Cash. Yes. I think the next time we'll see one of these is probably at least ten years. We'll see a total solar eclipse, I believe, in 2017. So, a very, very rare thing. If you were lucky enough to see it, I'm very jealous.</s>BANFIELD: This is particularly cool because the ring is thick, and a total solar eclipse you barely get that glow. But in this one because the moon was in a certain position, you get to see a very large, thick ring, right?</s>MARCIANO: Yes. It's the same, remember two weeks ago we told you about the super moon, the big moon because it was so close to us? Well, the reverse was true two weeks later. The new moon was a little bit further away. So, it doesn't quite cover up the whole thing. So, yes, you get that annular solar eclipse, ring of fire as you mentioned. A different look for sure.</s>SAMBOLIN: From all the folks who missed it, thank you for the pictures. We appreciate it.</s>BANFIELD: Thanks, Rob. Nice to see you. Seventeen minutes now past 6:00. She has one of the greatest success stories in American history. Who better to give the commencement at Spellman College than Madame Oprah Winfrey? Oprah was telling the graduates at the historically African-American women's college to strive for success, walk tall, and remember your ancestors.</s>OPRAH WINFREY, FOUNDER, OWN NETWORK: When they see you coming, it ought to make them proud. Because you're a woman. You a Spellman woman.</s>SAMBOLIN: All right. Google chief Eric Schmidt issuing a challenge to college grads during his speech at Boston University to tear their eyes away from their smart phones and their computer screens. Can you believe it? He said, quote, "Take one hour a day and turn that thing off. Take your eyes off that screen and look into the eyes of the person you love. Have a conversation, a real conversation." Fantastic advice. He also acknowledged that some in the audience were probably tweeting what he just said. Also true.</s>BANFIELD: Turn that thing off? Sounds like my dad in the '70s. Turn that thing off. Wow. Eric Schmidt saying that of all people. All right. So, she is a real life Indiana Jones for the digital age. Thirty four-year-old Dr. Sarah Parkak is a space archeologist. Who knew there was such a thing? She is also a professor at the University of Alabama and she is uncovering the world's ancient secrets using space-age satellite technology. Have a look.</s>SARAH PARKAK, SPACE ARCHEOLOGIST: The most exciting moment as an archeologist happened when I was looking at the great archeological site of Tannis, which of course we all know from Indiana Jones. We got satellite imagery of the city of Tannis, processed it, and literally from thousands of miles away from my lab in Alabama, we were able to map the entire city. Using this technology is an enormous short cut. This completely invisible world comes to life when you process the satellite data.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There is this whole other way to use geography and GPS and light and she absolutely turned me on to this entire field.</s>BANFIELD: Very cool. Find out more about Dr. Parkak's revolutionary work on "THE NEXT LIST" this Sunday 2:00 p.m. Eastern right here on</s>CNN. SAMBOLIN: I bet she is a fabulous professor. She was oozing all sorts of passion.</s>BANFIELD: What a cool job, too. Can you imagine her passport?</s>SAMBOLIN: Oh, my gosh.</s>BANFIELD: Awesome.</s>SAMBOLIN: 19 minutes past the hour here. After Facebook's rather modest debut as a publicly traded company, the company faces a crucial week on the NASDAQ. Christine Romans with what you can expect coming up.