Dueling Protests in Houston; 3 Bodies Discovered in East Cleveland
DON LEMON, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. Top of the hour, I'm Don Lemon. We've got a rundown of some really big stories that's happening this week. But first I want to get to some live pictures now. Let's take you to Houston, Texas. Houston, Texas, and there is something going on. It's in the River Oaks neighborhood. There is a rally that's happening there. And this is some pro -- this is pro-Trayvon Martin, a group there, marching towards the mall and a pro-George Zimmerman rally. And I want you to take note of the amount of police officers nearby. We haven't heard any reports of anything violent. These are people as far as we know who are just exercising their American right to protest on both sides here. And so, that is what they're doing. We heard earlier that the mall where the pro-George Zimmerman rally was being held, that some of the shop owners closed their doors today because they were concerned that there might be some violence. But so far, no violence and we are keeping an eye on it. But anyway, a lot going on here to tell you about and we'll keep you updated on all of that. Much, much more on the way like this as well -- another story, an absolutely gruesome discovery in Ohio. The bodies of three women found wrapped in plastic, and authorities say there may be more. A young woman sentenced to prison after telling police she had been raped. She sat down with CNN to tell her terrifying story. And social media are actively changing the national dialogue and one of the most powerful phenomenons, the so-called Black Twitter. And on the road and out of control -- amazing video of two crashes that you don't want to miss right here on CNN. We're going to begin this hour, though, in East Cleveland, Ohio, where police have made a disturbing discovery. The bodies of three young women have been found wrapped in layers of plastic, so badly decomposed that police are unable to identify them. And now, the mayor says there may be more victims. CNN's Anna Coren live in the East Cleveland neighborhood where the bodies are found. Anna, police have a man in custody they believe is involved in this case. He hasn't been charged yet. What do we know about him and what do we know about this entire situation?</s>ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, for sure, Don. I'm going to get to the suspect very shortly. But over my shoulder, you will see crime scene unit vans and they have converged on a vacant lot where they do believe there could be further remains. There are cadaver dogs as we speak honing in on a particular area, and this could indicate more bodies. Certainly, three bodies have been located, all these women, young African-Americans. One of them was found in a basement, the other in a garage, the other in a field. And now, the way that police got onto these was because a resident said, "I can smell something quite foul in the area." So that is how police really stumbled across this gruesome discovery. Now, the suspect in custody is a 35-year-old man by the name of Michael Madison. He's a father of two and he's very well known, Don, in this area. You know, we've spoken to people about him and they say we just thought he was a normal guy. He was friendly enough, he smiled at us, you know, he loved his kids. Others say they knew that he was a registered sex offender and he had made some pretty alarming statements. Let's have a listen to what some local residents had to say to us a little bit earlier about this man.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We became friends, never feared him, never gave me any reason to fear him. Quick tempered, but other than that, sometimes maybe, you know, he would get upset and needed to talk. I told him he could always talk to me and be a friend so that was about it. He would come by, visit, holler with my kids, hang out with my nephew off and on, but other than that, that was it.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He used to say I can't stand</s>COREN: Making reference to the serial killer?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The imperial murders, yes.</s>COREN: Now, the man we were just talking about, Anthony Sowell, is a convicted serial killer who was found guilty in 2011 of murdering 11 African-American women here in Cleveland. The case was known as the "house of horrors" because police found all 11 bodies on his property. Now, police have told -- told us that basically this man who's currently in custody, Michael Madison, was inspired by Anthony Sowell. This is why people here in Cleveland are concerned there may be more bodies. We spoke to the mayor a little earlier and he is also very concerned that perhaps this man could be a serial killer. So certainly when police stumbled upon that home, you know, a couple of days ago, they had no idea that it was going to unfold into this sort of drama -- Don.</s>LEMON: East Cleveland, Anna Coren for us. Thank you very much. We appreciate that. We're going to Houston now where a judge has set bail for a man charged of holding four men captive in his grandfather's home. Bail has been set for $200,000 for 31-year-old Walter Renard Jones. He is charged with two felony counts. The four men, one is 80 years old, claims that they were lured in with the promise of cigarettes and food, and then were locked up. Police say at least some of the men were believed to have been homeless.</s>LEMON: The scorching heat wave that's covered much of the U.S. is being blamed for two deaths in Milwaukee, raising the total to five in just the past week. A 64-year-old woman living in a home without air conditioning was found dead. The temperature was 93 degrees inside the house with all the windows closed because the family feared violence. And a 69-year-old man died after being hospitalized with a body temperature of 102. Earlier this week three men were found dead in their Milwaukee homes from heat- related causes. Firefighters in California are halfway there in controlling a massive wildfire. The blaze in the mountains near the town of Idyllwild is reported 40 percent contained, and wet weather is possible for the area which would help firefighters even more.</s>CHRIS GAULDING, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER: There is a slight chance for thunderstorms probably through early next week which could change things on the fire. Estimated full containment date on the fire is going to be July 26th.</s>LEMON: A major earthquake struck off the coast of -- I guess we're not having that story. Can we get that story back? A major earthquake struck off the coast of New England today. You can see the office computers and furniture shaking in Wellington, New Zealand. The 6.9 magnitude quake was about 35 miles south of Wellington. No tsunami alert has been issued and some homes are damaged. It's unclear whether anyone was seriously injured. Today's quake is the latest in the series of recent tremors near New Zealand. OK. Let's go to those live pictures now. Sometimes things just happen. That story disappeared from the prompter. Live pictures from Houston. We'll get this story -- there we go. The two groups that we told you about in Houston, in the River Oaks neighborhood, the pro-Trayvon Martin group and the pro-George Zimmerman group, they have both -- they're together now. The Trayvon Martin group has reached the George Zimmerman group at this mall and for what appears to be so far a peaceful rally -- two peaceful rallies that have joined together from opposite sides. And we know, obviously, about the tension that happened really before the verdict, before the not guilty verdict for George Zimmerman and then after the verdict there was some really some rough emotions from people who felt that George Zimmerman should have been found guilty of something. But the court -- the court has spoken, the jury has spoken and we must accept that. But these groups, both of them, whatever side you're on here, have a right to protest peacefully in America. So on the right of your screen, what you're looking at is the pro-George Zimmerman group. On the left of your screen, you're seeing a pro-Trayvon Martin group and they're now in the same area. And what you do see, though, you see some traffic and some police officers in the middle and that's it. You know, I'm not -- I'm not sure if we were expecting anything from this, we just wanted to show it to you. And you can see the pro- Trayvon Martin group marching peacefully down the street right past the Zimmerman group. We'll keep an eye on it. A hard-fought and emotional win for one of golf's greats. Tears, hugs and all smiles for Phil Mickelson as he wins the British Open. That's next.