a reminder president obama speaks on afghanistan tonight from the white house at 8:00 p.m. eastern. cnn will have live coverage for you. that is going to do it for us today. lovely working with you today. >> thank you very much. back to washington tomorrow. >> you're busy all the time. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. good morning, kyra. >> 9:00 a.m. on the east coast and 6:00 a.m. out west. al qaeda militants launching a daring attack on a prison. the french press agency says dozens of prisoners escaped in the breakout. in mexico police nabbed the leader of one of the most violent drug cartels. known "the monkey" is being

called an overwhelming blow to the organization. first lady michelle obama speaks to the leaders of tomorrow in south africa. she tells the young women that their generation can banish the hunger and aids virus that has plagued that continent. ♪ it's the longest war in u.s. history. today, president obama turns our attention toward ending it. his prime time address will provide long-awaited details of withdrawing the first u.s. troops from afghanistan. according to a congressional source, 10,000 u.s. troops will be pulled out by the end of this year. another 20,000 will be withdrawn by the end of next year. but nearly 70,000 americans in uniform will remain there. dan lothian is at the white house and pentagon correspondent barbara starr is in new york. dan, let's go ahead and start with you. when we look at these withdrawal numbers, what do you think? big enough for a public that has grown pretty impatient? >> reporter: well, yeah, impatient and tired of the

conflict. no doubt for many of the numbers. you take a look at the polling, the majority of americans oppose the war in afghanistan, 62% in the most recent polling numbers, compared to 10%, less than that last month. and when it comes to withdrawing the troops from afghanistan, the majority of americans think all of the u.s. troops should be withdrawn. 39% saying that. so what the president will do tonight is point out to americans that the u.s. effort there has yielded some successes, that progress is being made. he'll point to the fact that the fight against al qaeda, finding some success there, they are reversing the momentum against the taliban, and that the government of afghanistan has been stabilized. but this will certainly be a strong sale that the president has to make to the american people, telling them, look. we don't want afghanistan to fall back to being a haven for those terrorists who pose a threat to the united states. >> dan, thanks. barbara, what will this withdrawal look like on the

ground? will it be entire units that will be september sent home? >> reporter: i think it will be. that is typically what happens. the generals want it to be a combination of support units, the guys who have been out there building roads and schools and that sort of thing, as well as combat. they don't want to have to withdraw to so many combat forces that they risk that success, of course. you will see some of the units who are scheduled to come home anyhow, come home and not be replaced. that's typically how this will happen. and, in fact, we have already seen two oklahoma national guard units that were scheduled to go to afghanistan, now are being diverted. they are going to go to kuwait and work as being military trainers, not even go to afghanistan. so that is how it's all going to happen. kyra? >> barbara starr, thanks. we are covering all angles of this developing story, of course. at the bottom of the hour we will talk to tom foreman who

gives us the lay of the land. will the taliban move on as u.s. troops move out? then hear from a u.s. officials who resigneded from the afghan war policies. what does he think now? we are staying on the story throughout the day and right up to the president's address to the nation. it's now scheduled for 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 pacific and you can see it right here on cnn. law makes on capitol hill are split over the u.s. role in libya and whether it should be limited to a strictly noncombat mission. one prominent republican says he would fight that move. >> i think it would be a terrible mistake to cut off funding and congress does have that authority, though. but it would be a terrific mistake. gadhafi is going to fall. he is crumbling now. it's a matter of time. and we can't allow gadhafi to remain in power. >> kate bolduan is on capitol hill. john mccain is out supporting

the military mission. >> reporter: he is being joined by a democratic senator with serious foreign policy chops as well, senator john kerry from massachusetts. they introduced a measure here, kyra, really to counter the effort and pressure, the effort and pressure that they are seeing happening in the house right now. as you know, the frustration has been mounting there for weeks now. democrats and republicans in the house critical of the president's policy in libya, so the mccain/kerry measure would essentially authorize the continued u.s. presence and effort in libya for one year. it does stress the lack of support amongst members of congress for putting ground troops there. but this is, as i said, is a pressure to count what is going on in the house. senate majority leader harry reid says the measure has the support to pass but in the house take up a similar measure and does not have the support to pass, we are told, by aides. regardless how it shakes out it's really clear evidence of the division that we are seeing

in congress on this issue, if we can, listen here to one republican on the issue. >> what i've encouraged leadership in the past and i will encourage them now, is to say that the white house has violated the constitution, violated the law and congress must step up and say we will withhold all funding. not just boots on the ground done in the past but for all funding going over to the war-making apparatus that this administration has put our men and women in harm's way over there. >> reporter: house republican leaders are going to bring to a vote another resolution in the house. this one calling for u.s. forces to pull out, except for those involved with nonhostile, noncombat actions. we will have to see how this all shakes out, kyra, but it really shows that the house and the senate, even members within the same party, are not seeing eye-to-eye on this issue right now. kyra? >> kate bolduan on the hill, thanks. greece taking a huge step today to clean up its financial

mess but it still brings a lot of bad news that way. we are talking about cutting jobs and raising taxes. cnn's zain verjee is following the international reaction now from london. zain? >> reporter: hi, kyra. well, the piece of good news was that a vote of confidence was passed and greece has a government, so at least they have that. now what the government has to do is to push forward and present an austerity program that are going to make people poorer much, much faster. let's take a look at the international headlines. here is what they are saying. the daily mail has an opinion piece, headlined "bring down the curtain on this greek tragedy." it says what frightens the eu politicians in germany and france is the euro zone's weakness casts a doubt on the union itself that the future of the union has never looked so shaky. in "gulf news," "political union cannot fix the euro crisis.

>> it says most europe leaders assert they will do whatever it takes to save the euro but the leaders operate in ghks. if they take decisions the voters simply cannot accept, they will lose their jobs. kyra, a huge debate here on this side of the pond, because some people say, you know, that there are 16 other countries that use the euro as a currency and no way they are going to let greece fail. other people saying let it fail and let it default and get out of the euro zone. for the u.s., the financial system in the u.s. is linged to european banks so they hold a lot of the greek debt. it has a massive ripple effect that anks the u.s. >> we are already feeling it if you look at the 401(k)s of many americans. zain, thanks. >> reporter: right. just off his official announcement he is running for

president jon huntsman stopped by cnn's "american morning" to answer a few questions but would not be pinned down from the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. our jim acosta with the story. >> reporter: with the president set to announce troop withdrawals in afghanistan this evening, this is an issue on the campaign trail for the republican candidates in 2012. one of them is jon huntsman who you know used to work for the president as his ambassador to china and sharply critical of the president on some foreign policy issues like libya and afghanistan. but earlier this morning on "american morning," carol costello tried to pin down the former governor of utah on exactly how soon troops should be pulled out of afghanistan altogether and he essentially took a pass. >> i can't give you an exact number other than to say after nine years and 50 days, after having put karzai in power, after the elections of 2004, routed the taliban, disrupted

and dismantled al qaeda i think we can do better than a hundred thousand very expensive boots on the ground. >> reporter: and you can bet he'll be asked that question again and again. he is going to be down in south carolina campaigning in that early primary state later today. and also on the republican side, newt gingrich is facing new questions about his personal finances. it is now been revealed by one of his advisers that who has confirmed that the former speaker of the house had a second line of credit worth, get this, $500,000 to $1 million at tiffany's. this revelation comes, as you know, kyra, after a month ago, it was revealed that he and his wife calista had a first line of credit at tiffany's worth $225,000. the adviser to newt gingrich who confirmed this to cnn did say the former speaker of the house has paid this second line of credit in full, that he doesn't have a debt to tiffany's at this point but this is going to renew

the calls his name should be newt blingrich, not newt gingrich. your next political update in an hour. always get all of the political news 24/7 at cnn/politics.com. coming up, a developing story out of yemen. dozen of of al qaeda militants on the loose and there is conflicting reports on exactly how they escaped from prison. first lady michelle obama drawing cheers in south africa challenging young women to make a difference in people's lives. you love the aroma of beef tenderloin, don't you? you inspired a very special dog food. [ female announcer ] chef michael's canine creations. chef inspired. dog desired.

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checking stories across the country. columbia, south carolina, governor nikki haley will sign the tough immigration law that requires police to check the legal status of any suspect an forces all businesses to first clear the people they hire through a federal immigration database. in indiana, they arrested a amish man for sending hundreds of textses and nude pictures and video to a 12-year-old girl he tried to solicit for struck. police arrested him when he showed up in his horse-drawn buggy. a college professor allegedly started a companions website and called it a safe place for prostitutes and johns. police call it a virtual house of prostitution. from queens, new york, 400-pound tire flies off a city bus. the driver says luckily it just missed a woman pushing a baby

stroller. this happened in may. but it has happened before. the mta blames maintenance cutbacks to save money. developing story. alarming story out of yemen. dozens of suspected al qaeda militants have broken out of prison and scattered. whereabouts unknown. cnn's mohammed jam-ju discovering the developments for us. how did it happen, mo j according to eyewitnesses and a senior security facility in the yemen city of c lurks llah armed militants suspected to be in the arabian prison attacked the prison. dozens of prisoners, suspected members of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula that he escaped in that prison. two security guards died we are told. it started at 8:00 a.m. bullets shot towards the prison.

and that it was quite loud. there were a lot of explosions as well. the residents in the town said they were quite afraid. it looks like it was quite a scary scene and nobody specked this to happen from this prison and well-guarded. we hear from officials thousands of security guards in this prison so seems like it would be quite an attack. >> thanks. michelle obama speaking at a packed church in south africa sounding a familiar theme, yes, we can. a piece of history. you could own it. details on the auction of gangster al capone's revolver. fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums nothing works faster.

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such as big cuts in wages and also in pensions and raising the retirement age and taxes. so that is not going to be very popular. some analysts say those cuts are definitely needed to get the proposed bailout package from the european union and that would remove any immediate danger of a greek default. as i mentioned at the top the u.s. markets the big focus today on the federal reserve and ben bernanke's news conference this afternoon. we will watch closely for any comments about the economic recovery and how far along we are. kyra? >> felicia, thanks. he made headlines as the first u.s. official to resign in protest over the afghan war. i him about that coming up. it looks like two faster jets are on the way. that is coming up. [ waves crashing ] ♪

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wife described to the first lady of the united states as the queen of our world. she says that mrs. obama has redefined womanhood in the 21st century and i think that just gives you a sense of just how excited people are about mrs. obama's presence here. of course, in her speech, she did not disappoint. she paid tribute to those who gave their lives really for the freedom of this country, for democracy in this country, but she also challenged the youth. she said to the youth of today that so much has been achieved in south africa. yes, you do have political freedom but there are so many things that are still going wrong on the continent. poverty and h.i.v./aids and those are the battles you guys should be waging and she asked them what generation will be you because the mandelas of this world are the freedom generation. it was a very inspiring speech. a lot of reaction after the

speech. i was getting tweets all the time after the speech from young people who were in that church, about 2,000 people were present there, who were listening to mrs. obama. kyra? >> i also heard that many people were inspired by listening to her two daughters. let's take a listen. >> and i said, i do not like the way that they play. if mother could see this, what would she say? then said, look, look! your mother is owner her way home! do you hear? oh, no! what will she do for us? what will she say? >> i bet those kids were inspired by the reading of the stories! >> definitely. i mean, i think what has amazed south africans so much is that they see the first family as so down to earth. you know, mrs. obama started that day, yesterday, by meeting with one of our first ladies

here in south africa. of course, the president is married to several wives. she was he is presidential guest house meeting at the first let's there. from there, she went to shanti town and dancing and singing with the kids and reading what she says was was malia and sasha's favorite story book when they were growing up so she took books to them. i think, you know, south africans are really touched by just how genuine she is. a lot of people say she is proshable, yet classy. >> thank you very much. transocean released an internal investigation into last year's gulf oil spill. the oil field services company criticized bp decision-making in the two weeks before the explosion and spill. more than 50 large uncontained wildfires burning across the country right now. the biggest is arizona. residents of one town can go home but other areas still off limits. flooding is the crisis in

north dakota. 12,000 people have been told to leave their homes by this evening. the swollen river is expected to burst its banks. after nearly a decade of war in afghanistan, today marks the beginning of the end. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, president obama will address the nation and outline his plans to withdraw the first troops from afghanistan. according to a congressional source, 10,000 u.s. forces will be pulled out by the end of this year. another 20,000 will be withdrawn by the end of next year. that will leave some 70,000 americans still serving there. now these withdrawal plans are shurg to ignite a new debate. many americans are fed up with the war. on the other end many military leaders want a slower withdrawal and afraid the tall land will claim the military from a weakened force. tom foreman has more. >> reporter: these are the areas the taliban has exerted the most

control. we have the red limited control in the orange areas, encroaching in the yolly. these are the areas we are really focused. look what happened as the surge troops came in here. the troop presence came in and filled in hard with u.s. troops all in the most troubled area, italian troops, german troops over here and others as well and those are the mainly groups. look what happened when we mixed them together. this is what we have seen a substantial stabilization of parts of the country, at least compared to how it was before with all of these troops coming in here and the taliban largely being pushed down into areas like this and over here. so who do you get out of here? you can take out the support troops involved in building bridges and roads and barracks and all of those things to bring in the extra troops, they could come away and possibly take out combat troops if you take some of the calmer regions and say we don't need as many bodies there. although there is some push back on that front from some generals

say take them from here and push them more to east where we need to finish the job. >> well, the troop drawdown will merely chip away at a mountain of u.s. spending. in fact, the first year's savings will probably amount to less than $$10 billion. $118 billion in years to come. since the first troops went into afghanistan nearly ten years ago, american taxpayers have shelled out $443 billion. one person wang the president's speech tonight with a critical eye is a man who got the world's attention when he became the first u.s. official to resign in protests over the afghanistan war. matthew ho was a civilian officer who worked for the state department in afghanistan. he resigned saying he believed the war was only fueling the insurgency, not stopping it. matthew, you did draw national

attention when you said that you failed to see the value in the afghanistan war. why didn't you feel -- what didn't, i guess, specifically feel right to you when you were there? >> good morning, kyra. you know, the first thing is that our troops are not fighting al qaeda. our troops there are caught in the midst of a war that goes back to the '70s. we did the right thing going into afghanistan in 2001 but when we did that we intervened in a civil war had been going on for decades. ten years later after taking basically one side in that conflict for the last ten years, our troops find themselves fighting people who are fighting us because we're there. you know, so it was -- that was the main impulse for me. al qaeda is not here. mothers and fathers and wives are being told that sayer sons and husbands back home are dying or losing their legs or arms or eyes and keeping america safe. the reality is we were just fighting farmers who don't want us in their valleys or villages.

>> matthew, i got to come back at that point, because i've been to iraq, i've been in embedded with the troops, i've been embedded with iraqi troops, and the influence with regard to afghanistan and iraq, i mean, there is a presence of al qaeda in both countries and afghanistan specifically, with the drugs and the poppy fields, and the influence there, i mean, we see -- we do see the members of al qaeda that have been in the prisons, so it's hard to say that they are not fighting al qaeda at all. that is unfair, because there is evidence that troops are fighting al qaeda in afghanistan. >> well, you know, if you look at the numbers, our central intelligence agency has said there is between 50 and 100 members of al qaeda in afghanistan. and we estimate the size of the

taliban to be upwards of 40,000. so what we really -- we're really in this conflict that is primarily local. are there bad guys there? absolutely. am i saying we should completely abandon them and walk away from afghanistan? no. we have responsibilities around the world and al qaeda is a threat, but it's a global threat. it's if small cells or individuals who are connected nearly virtually. so we have this problem with this -- this cancer that is al qaeda that may be a couple thousand people strong in a worldwide population of 1.5 billion. the answer is not to have a hundred thousand troops in afghanistan but to do things smartly, to go after them using good intelligence, through law enforcement means, or using special operation forces like we got osama bin laden in pakistan earlier this spring. >> matthew ho, appreciate your time this morning. i know you'll be watching that speech tonight, as all of us will be. >> thanks, kyra. >> you bet.

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lawmakers in new york are still wrangling over same-sex marriage two days after their legislative session was meant to end. plenty of people on both sides of the issue are demonstrating now and a new op-ed on our belief blog has some pretty strong words for opponents of gay marriage saying they aren't really defending the bible's values, but are using the bible to defend their own. jonathan dudley wrote that op-ed, a graduate of yale's school and author the "broken words." great to have you with us, jonathan. as i was reading your op-ed, you said that many of those who use the bible to oppose homosexuality are basically hypocrites. you actually used the words, quote, they are riddled with self-serving double standards. explain to me or explain to our viewers what you mean by that. >> sure, kyra.

thanks for having me. so, basically, i'm not argue the apostle paul who wrote about same sex relations i'm not arguing he thought they were okay. what i try to point out in the column is that he can -- to other things that christians don't condemn today. for example, he argued that it's unnatural for men to have long hair and women short hair and same reason he gives for same sex relations. strong relations of divorce throughout the new testament. a lot of communities that oppose same-sex marriage lean pretty leniently. >> from growing up an yvonevan l evangelical community and graduating from yale and studying christianity in depth, are you even more aware now of how people can just take a pastor's word or a parent's values, their own personal biases and make it their truth? >> yeah. yeah.

i think that is definitely true and a theme i explore throughout my book on topics of he lugs. i think it's true of liberals and i think we bring our prior beliefs to the bible and read the bible in a way that reflects those. i think the damaging thing is when people take the bible for what it says and that they don't have prior beliefs that guide their interpretation of the bible. >> i keep thinking if i took the bible word for word that i would be, you know, stoned for planting strawberries next to my corn and my husband would be my master. >> yeah, sure. >> it's interesting how you lay out the argument that, hey, you can't take a book written thousands and thousands of years ago and apply to our culture in 2011. it was a fascinating read. thank you. >> great. thank you. >> you can read jonathan's take on the bible and home out sexuality at cnn.com/belief.

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checking stories across the country. sacramento, california, lots of sour faces at the capital for you now the state has cut off checks and say they won't get until they pass a budget. in boston, nike getting complaints about t-shirts with controversial slogans like get high and dope. they say it doesn't promote

drugs but is a reference to sports. a history making sports event is in negotiations between the ncaa and the navy. the carrier "uss vinson" based in san diego could host the first ever major college basketball between michigan state and north carolina. a single mom in texas tries to stop three brothers from stealing beer from a local walmart. she chased them to the car and jumped on the roof and tried to open the driver's door as the car sped off. she's okay. cops arrested the three after a dramatic chase. the woman says she is tired of people who see crime and look the other way. new intrigue at the casey anthony murder trial. as you look live in the courtroom in orlando, a potential new witness surfaced who spent time with casey anthony and her same child died the same way that little caylee died. if she testifies, david, what impact could the testimony have?

>> reporter: well, it was a surprise yesterday when the prosecution came forward. the jury didn't hear any of this. but they don't know what is going on. but the prosecution saying that investigators are pursuing a theory that casey anthony may have fabricated her story about caylee anthony dying in the family swimming pool and being discovered by her grandmother after hearing a similar story, a real live tragedy from a fellow cell mate while she was in jail. this cell mate having a very similar experience. her young child drowning in a family swimming pool. the body being found by the grandmother. police now want to know did casey anthony come in contact with that story there and could she have used to to fabricate the story now before the court. in the meantime, a parade of experts today and heard from an fbi geologist and fbi chemist and both called by the defense and both of them saying they did not find any evidence of linking

casey anthony to that crime scene. so far, a parade of witnesses and we're expecting to hear more today. kyra? >> david, thanks. coming up, remember the concord jet? faster than the speed of sound? now two different airplane makers say they will bring supersonic aircraft back to the skies. plus -- >> who is jon huntsman? >> i have not a clue. >> jon huntsman. >> no idea. >> no idea. >> good question. >> don't know. >> name recognition, not so good for the newest presidential candidate. n a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor!

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the astronauts who will fly on the last space shuttle mission are in florida for a dress rehearsal. they will go through the next month's launch every step. they blast on a 12-day mission to the international space station. nasa talked about it last hour at a briefing. >> we have a complex mission. we have had a very short training flow, about nine months and four people. the number of tasks aboard the shuttle haven't changed just because there is four people. so i think what i'm driving at is we have been enormously busy

and tried to pause and reflect and think of the good moments, i don't think the full magnitude of the moment will hit us until the wheels have stopped on the runway. >> thirty years after the space shuttle program began it will be nasa's 135th and final mission. you can watch it all right here on cnn. mission. you can watch it all right here on cnn. our coverage begins friday morning, july 8, 10:30 eastern time. it's been eight long subsonic years since the supersonic concorde flew the skies and now two are being reveal add the paris air show. zain ver jee ready to go for a ride. >> wouldn't it be great if all hi to do was watch one movie when i left london and then i could have lunch with you that day. >> that would be fabulous. >> it would. it's being called the son of supersonic concepts. let me introduce them to you. the first one is called eade

sechlt zero emission hypersonic transport powered by biofuel made from sea weed, going to fly really high above theette's atmosphere. that means it's going to cut flying time by many hours. so for example, paris to tokyo takes 11 hours. and this plane will take less than 2.5 hours. it's got three different engine types. but the downside, kyra, is it will be ready in 2050. then the other jet supersonic jet called sonic star by hypermack flying twice the speed of concorde, go to new york to dubai in 20 minute. that's pretty amazing that it can do that. it's going to reduce emissions. the noise is going to be lower. but, again, 2021 is what they're saying will be when people can take those flights. >> how expensive?

>> oh, i don't think we can afford it. >> nothing you and i will be talking about. >> it will just be -- we'll still be talking about it. you know, like some of these jets will only take like 20 passengers, so vip and luxury accommodatio accommodations. but the cost, credit icti criti astronomical. a lot of times they scratch them out on paper and they sound good but along the way they're so expensive and they go bust. the key is how do you make go like this you can translate into something commercially viable. that's the question. if they could do it, it would have already been done. hopefully they can figure it out. >> like you said, we'll be talking about it, that's for sure. thanks, zain. looking ahead at headlines making news -- on capitol hill a house subcommittee will hold a hearing on lasting implications of the gm bailout taking place at 1:30 eastern. the feds hold a money on whether to raise interest rates.

we expect to hear from federal reserve chair ben bernanke at 2:15 on that and other economic news. and president obama reveals his troop withdrawal plan for afghanistan in a prime time news conference at 8 p.m. eastern. lots more on president obama's speech starting first with dan lothian. >> that's right. the nation will be waiting to hear what the president has to say as he delivers that speech in prime time on troop levels in afghanistan. will it be enough to satisfy war-weary americans? i'll have details at the top of the hour. nelson mandela's wife has called her the queen of our world. the first lady of the united states is rocking africa. i'm in johan necessary berg with much more. >> rob marciano, storms rocking chicago last night, over a quarter million people at one point without power, thousands stranded at o'hare and heavy rain in canada. now minot, north dakota,

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serena williams back in her first grand slam tournament after nearly a year of health problems. in her return to grass court of wimbledon playing first round match against rezai winning on an ace, 6-3, 6-1, waves to her fan and in an emotional moment covers her face in a towel. she says later, quote, i usually never cry. it's been so hard. i never imagined i would be here right now. on the men's size, john isner and nicolas mahut have a remath of their epic marathon from last year. that one ended in 11 hours. this one, it ended in two. izer in wins in straight set and won't be so tired as he moves on to the next round.

john huntman jon hunteman sman is the ne face in the gop and jeanne moos shows us his new announcement including some embarrassment. >> reporter: two-minute stroll across the grass with six of their seven kids felt a little like the von trapp family. ♪ the hills are alive >> reporter: with the sound of campaigning. ♪ a long long way to run >> reporter: this relative unknown has so far to run that he has to keep introducing himself. >> i'm jon huntsman and i'm humbled. >> i'm jon huntsman. >> i'm jon huntsman and i'm running for president of the united states of america. >> reporter: and when he said those words -- >> my kids can't believe i said those word. >> reporter: even y-o-h-n should have been j-o-n. when they realized the mistake, they tried to gather up and take back all the misspelled press passes but they missed a few.

we went hunting for someone who knows jon huntsman. who is jon hupntsman? >> haven't a clue. >> no idea. >> no idea. >> good question. >> don't know. >> reporter: does this help at all? >> no. >> no. >> no. >> for president? he's running for president. >> reporter: ding ding ding. >> is he run for republican party? >> reporter: see, you're from australia? >> yes. >> reporter: you know more than american. >> we do and we're proud of. >> reporter: there was a day people didn't know who this is. >> araca imbal. >> reporter: if you google it on google images look what comes up. the huntsman spider. american comedians have a duty to introduce this latest candidate to the public. >> former utah governor jon huntsman is running. >> reporter: geel get to know

jon huntsman become a recurring bit? >> there's actually no reason to get to know jon huntsman. this has been get to know jon huntsman. >> reporter: conan is helping, too. >> there's a picture of him. it looks like he's interrupting a lunch conversation. couldn't help but overhear. >> reporter: huntsman's already been mistaken for somebody else. >> the shirtless twitter guy? >> reporter: actually it was craigslist but there was a certain resemblance and we advice this relative unknown not to become overexposed. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. it's 10 a.m. on the east coast, 7 a.m. out west. thanks for joining us. in north dakota, about 12,000 people are being ordered to evacuate the town of minot. rising river wards are expected to swallow most of that town.

defense attorneys for casey anthony presenting their case but prosecutors are stealing the headline. they think a fellow inmate may have inspired claims that her daughter died in accidental drowning. michelle obama told young women in africa that their generation can end hunger that has plagued their continent. we begin with the longest war in u.s. history. today president obama turns our attention toward ending it. his prime time address will provide long-awaited details on withdrawing the first u.s. troops from afghanistan. according to a congressional source, 10,000 u.s. troops will be pulled out by the end of this year. another 20,000 will be withdrawn by the end of next year. but nearly 70,000 americans in uniform will remain there. chris lawrence is in washington, dan lothian at the white house. chris, let's start with you. what's you're hearing in the pentagon, there are some real differences between the president and some of his members of the military.

>> yeah, kyra, some differences, sure. but if you told me the president wouldn't to bring out 30,000 troops in year and the military didn't want to bring out any, that's a casym between them. that's not the case. what we're hearing from sources is that defense secretary robert gates, general petraeus pushed for a more moderate withdrawal this year. in other words, they didn't want to see any more than maybe 5,000 troops come home this year. primarily for the reason that they wanted to make sure they could still consolidate some of those gains down in the south, helmand province, kandahar, but also begin to divert a lot of the troops to the east. that's the area where the taliban is still very, very potent. that area has been undermanned for a lot of years. so, having more troops now would allow them that flexibility. but what we're hearing from our sources, as you mentioned, you know, the president may be calling for 10,000 troops to come home. that's going to make a different, you know, to the

commander on the ground who loses 5,000 troops. but 5,000, that's not going to be anything that's going to make a major, major impact on overall strategy. >> all right, chris lawrence at the pentagon. thanks. let's head to the white house now. dan lothian with all the pushback from congress and military advisers, any last-minute adjustments from the president? >> well, look, when you look at the numbers as chris was laying them out, neither side on the extreme has everything they wanted. but what i can tell you is that the president as late as monday was still reviewing options, still finalizing his decision, but at the end of the day, aides here say it's the president's decision to make. he is in charge of this process. and this is his decision. although the president did listen to a variety of voices, both inside and outside the administration, we're told by white house aides, the president over several weeks spent a lot of time meeting with senior national security team -- his

senior national security team. so, yes, the president did lynn to a lot of ideas, but ultimately at the end of the day, it was his decision to make. >> dan, on the flipside. we have an american public growing more and more imparent with this war. >> that's right. you know, they're impatient, they're tired of wars and also the cost of war. you take a look at the polling, numbers really taking a spike. the latest numbers showing that 62% of american disapprove, don't approve of the war in afghanistan. that's up ten points from last month. when it comes to the troop levels in afghanistan, the majority of americans, again, 39%, saying that all troops should be pulled out. so the message from the president tonight will be to americans, making the case that there is a reason for u.s. troops to be in afghanistan. that progress is being made. that u.s. troops have been going after al qaeda, they've been reversing the momentum of the taliban and helping to stabilize the government so that afghanistan can take care of its

own security in 2014. that's the message that you'll hear from the president. also making the case that without involvement in afghanistan, that that country would only become a safe haven for those terrorists who pose a threat to the u.s. >> all right. dan, thanks so much. we're staying on the story throughout the day and right up to the president's address to the nation it's scheduled for 8 p.m. eastern, 5 p.m. you'll see it right here live on cnn. policeman bouyant fashion designer john galliano on trial in paris. he's accused of making anti-semitic remarks to at least three people and plenty of reactions from around the world. >> let's go straight to the headlines. this is the focus of many papers today. the international herald tribune has this headline -- for galliano a moment of truth. it says by blaming addictions for his comportment they are using a strategy that's become a

fashionable defense for laudish behavior because his lawyers say it was substance abuse that made him make they see comment. "the daily mail" vial racist or victim of an immoral industry? it says innocence or guilt aside, much of the fascination with galliano with his self-inflicted fall from grace. one minute he was the king of couture, the next he found himself shunned. the proverbial social leper. if he's found guilty on this trial he'll get fined about $30,000 and he could get a jail sentence of up to six months in prison. galliano himself has apologized, insisting he's not a racist, he's not anti-semitic. he says that he's sorry and said, quote, i only have myself to blame. i know i have to face up to my own failures and i've got to work hard to get people's compassion and understanding again. kyra? >> zain verjee out of london,

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texts to a girl he tried to solicit for sex. police arrested him when showed up for the undercover string. a professor called it a safe place for prostitutes and johns. police called it a virtual house of prostitution. look at this video from queens, new york. a 400-pound tire flies off a city bus. the driver says luckily it just missed a woman pushing a baby stroller. this happened in may but it has happened before. the mta blames maintenance cutbacks to save money. first lady michelle obama is a superstar of sorts in south africa today. she addressed a packed congregation at a church in soweto, inspiring young women to be a generation that ends hunger, corruption, and combat hiv and aids. we're joined from joh johannesb.

tell bus the speech. >> it's received a huge and positive reaction saying it's one of the best speech he's seen this whole you're. the obamas are great orators as you know. she managed to inspire. she spoke about the people that gave their lives, sacrificed fighting for this country's democracy, the likes of nelson mande mandela, but she also challenged the youth of today. she said, you know, the mandelas of this world, they were the freedom generation. what generation will you be, because you're faced with so many challenges ahead of you? let's just take a listen to what she said in her own words. >> you can be the generation that brings opportunity and prosperity to forgotten corners of the world and banishes hanger from this continent forever. you can be the generation that ends hiv/aids in our time. the generation -- that fights

not just the disease but the stigma of the disease. the generation that teaches the world that hiv is fully preventible and treatable and should never be a source of shame. >> reporter: you know, kyra, she's also here to reiterate to her president obama's african policy. she says the united states is not interested in extending a helping hand to africa, that africa should be a partner with the united states. well, some people will criticize the united states and say, no, this is -- they're scaling down funding on the african continent, but you know what, you heard the applause in that hall, 2,000 young people. this is the message they want to hear. everywhere i go in the african continent, africans want to do things for themselves. they don't want to another aid-dependent generation.

this speech comes at a crucial time on this continent, kyra. >> thank you. yesterday the first lady and her daughters actually read a book to the young children as well. take a listen. >> and i said, i do not like the way that they play. if mother could see this, what would she say? >> then our fish said, look, look our your mother is on the way home. do you hear? >> oh, no! >> would will she do to us? what will she say? >> in case you didn't recognize what that was, dr. seuss, "cat in the hat". people in minot, north dakota, 12,000 people have been ordered out. we'll have more on that. actor doug hutchinson known for roles on tv shows like "lost" has caught the public's eye for getting married. why? he's 51. his new wife, 16.

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floods of historic proportions are headed to north dakota. 12,000 people who live in minot have been ordered to get out by tonight. the swollen river there, which flows right through the city, could spill over its banks by tomorrow afternoon. forecasters predict more heavy rain and water released from dams. that's also adding to the crisis. rob marciano tracking it all. how bad could it get? >> it's going to be the worst they've seen. the problem with this, kyra, is that they have issues with -- they can control some of this water flow with dams, but those

dams can only hold so much. so, now some of that water is being released. the dams are up here. that's where lake reservoir holding a lot of this water. it all rained up in through here and canada sunday through monday, 4 to 7 inches of rainfall. this river flows out of canada into my north. it's the souris river, 41,000 people and mandatory evacuation for 12,000 people. this will happen gradually over the next couple of days. once it goes through minot it flows back into canada. for those who live in minot we're talking about flooding. here's the ununaddition map but the blue is where the swollen river will be. the river typically is just this line. so, we're talking about, you know, a huge chunk of real estate. all of these neighborhoods have

substantial amount of homes in there. a lot of people. that's why they've gotten out -- they've asked over 10,000 people to evacuate. when do they think this will crest? it's already in major flood stage. that's here. record flood stage happens on thursday. once we get towards monday that's when we expect hopefully for it to crest. we're not sure about that at the moment. we do have a little more rainfall in the forecast over the next five days. a historic event again. i can't believe we're talking about another historic flooding event with a completely different river system. >> we'll keep talking about it. thanks, rob. 51-year-old "lost" actor's new bride is only 16 and there's trouble on the set of "voice" and nick lachey's wedding will be televised again. a.j. hammer joins us with all these stories and more. i guess we should start with actor doug hutchinson. a little weird. >> yeah, creepy is the word i've

been throwing around. he's a 51-year-old actor and announced his marriage to a 16-year-old aspiring singer. that's a 35-year age difference there. the newlyweds released a statement say they were rooe married on may 20th. they said they live together happily in their hollywood hills home with their pups. despite their age difference they are very much in love. the bride's mother was right there to make it all legal. hutchinson has appeared in "the green mile" and "lost" he wasn't a household name, until perhaps now. his young bride's music at this stage is only available through youtube, so i really hope they're not doing this for the publicity, as some have suggested. >> oh, the inside scoop, possibly. all right. something very legit, "the voice," this show has been doing

really well but i understand there were sparks flying on the set? >> maybe. you need some drama in these shows. it's one of my favorite new shows, one of the hottest of the season for sure on tv but there have been stories about how the judges can't seem to stand each other. don't know if it's true, but christina aguilera and maroon 5 adam lavigne have a sense relationship. we caught up with carson daly after the show and tried to get the scoop. here's what carson said. >> it's so weird. you really want to talk to middle america and sort of make that connection with them and say, hey, listen, i know you think of hollywood and celebrities are all this way and the stuff you read about, but when it's not true, when it's not right or if it's just wrong, then i like to be the one to say it because i've been around long enough and christina has been great to work with. >> also in what may be an effort to show solidarity, they have released a single together, in fact, proofing their new song on

"the voice" last night and i think it's pretty good. >> okay. we'll see how successful it becomes. finally, i guess the last time we saw nick lachey on television he was in the reality show "newlyweds" with then-wife jessica simpson. what's going on? is this season two? >> not exactly but maybe the sequel? i don't know. we should file this story under the category of not learning from your mistakes. nick lachey is going to have his wedding televised, the second time he's doing that. tlc announced it will air a special on the wedding of lachey and minnillo. it's going to show the couple's preparation and the actual ceremony but because the couple wants to protect their privacy, so to speak, we don't know exactly when they'll be walking down the aisle. they've been dating since 2006, got engaged last fall and lachey became an early reality star by filming his we hadding to jessica simpson which led to the

reality series and their marriage didn't work out so well. nick, you know, buddy, reality shows and marriages often don't turn out that well. i wish and you vanessa the best. >> are you becoming a marriage counselor here? >> not me. >> a new profession for a.j. hammer. >> yeah -- no. >> okay. well, if you want more information on everything breaking in the entertainment world and a little opinion and a little therapy, a. jvenlj.'s go this evening "showbiz tonight" at 11 p.m. eastern. a remote control pill that could help in digestive process? after it's swallowed, doctors use a joystick to move it around. this is the first time a self-propelled endoscopy can shoot films from inside the colon. coming up --

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checking top stories. police in mexico captured the leader of one of the most violent drug cartels. they call it an overwhelming blow to the group. the casey anthony murder trial has resumed this morning. prosecutors say they're looking into information about a woman once incarcerated with anthony. that woman's child died in a similar way to the way the defense say caylee anthony died. mrs. obama met with south african nelson mandela as part

of the trip to the nation. political buzz, your rapid fire look at hottest political topics of the day. three questions, 20 seconds on the clock. playing today, democratic pollster cornell belcher, talk show house, pete dominick and dana. prime time address tonight on afghanistan. is there anything the president can say to satisfy his critics on the right and the left? dana? >> oh, goodness. i think one of the thing i'm going to be watching for this evening is to see whether or not the president's plan for troop withdrawals matches that of what petraeus and other military officers have suggested. a lot of people on the left went a big push. i think they'll go with the 10,000 number as opposed to petraeus' 5,000 number. he'll be criticized either way but i hope there's a clear withdrawal plan by the time his speech ends. >> cornell? >> no, eason going to please folks on the far left or far

right, people who want them to stay longer and do more or those who want them to get out immediately. you can take a president he can trust. he said he was going to draw down in iraq. he drew down. he said he would draw down in afghanistan. he has to do it in a way not so quick and what the general asked for, consolidate the gains and that's the middle of the road approach. >> pete? >> kyra, as usual the president is going to try to please everybody and probably, unfortunately, disappoint most. as of yesterday, 1,630 americans have lost their lives. thousands more have been injured. he'll have to convince americ s americans, the love that will be be lost and the dreams that will go unfinished. i don't think he'll be able to do that tonight. more and more people, 56% against this war in a new poll. >> all right. newt gingrich, another credit line at tiffany, this time 1 million buckaroos as top

fund-raisers call it quits. what do you think, can his campaign survive? >> i don't know. this is probably one of the worst things that can happen. your top consult ans leave you for rumor of a rick perry campaign. you have all of your financial consultants. i don't care about his credit line at tiffany's. i'm not envee yos and the $2,000 dresses she can afford but i can't, but bottom line, it's a disaster. it's a disaster. disaster. >> cornell, shopping at tiffany's? >> the south we call that a backhand compliment, her $2,000 dresses. i don't know if he's running for president or a rat mogul. i think the tiffany line of credit is an issue because it does sort of speak to your character and sort of speaks to who you are. i think voters will look at that and say, this is not a guy who will understand me. his campaign is over. >> newt diddy, is that what you

said? >> newt diddy. >> pete? >> oh, newt gingrich has been under water for weeks. i think he might be able to save his campaign if he'll buy a tiffany's bracelet for all his major supporters. how about that idea? listening? >> might be more than a million bucks. bristol palin, tell-all memoir, hits bookstores this week, writing in graphic about her sex life with levi johnston. do we even care? >> sounds like the end of a lot of my date, actually. >> cornell's dating life. >> i think -- i think it does hurt sarah palin because she's a darling of the social right and those people care most about values. >> dana? >> yes, people care. people cared about sarah palin's

e-mails enough they were will to pore over them more than the health care law. they care about anything a palin does. >> pete? >> she's 20. unless she's conducted symphonies or sailed around the world, you're a loser for buying this book. i'm sorry. this is how i feel about bristol palin? is tom hanks here? >> he says your comedy sucks. sorry, pete. >> oh, no! i'm crushed. >> oh, wait. i only had ten seconds. there he is. yes, lessons to pete dominick on how to do comedy. bye, guys. one of the nation's top economist ben bernanke set to speak today. with the economic recovery clearly slowing down, well, his assessment becomes even more important. felicia taylor at new york stock exchange. stocks not doing so much right now. >> yeah, actually the fed chief's news conference is the main event and all eyes will be

waiting for that. we'll see a little churning in the marketplace and, indeed, stocks are down across the board. frankly not as much as they were earlier. we'll have no big moves until investors hear from him at about 2:15 eastern time. wall street wants to her his thoughts on the economy. we've had latest reads auto gdp and manufacturing showing slowing growth. we've also had some numbers recently about the housing and job market. those don't look like they're getting any better any time soon. the fed has been propping up the economy by buying billions of dollars in bonds. that program ends this month. it was controversial. some say not quite as good as advocates would have said or as bad as opponents claim. we'll find out at the end of this month. coming up -- >> good morning, larry. >> good morning. >> should i have been calling you lance all this time? >> oh, only one person calls me lance. >> and the man who brought lance to life, sitting right here, in

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that's a deal. alvin, texas, a single mom trying to stop three brothers from stealing beer from a local walmart. here's what she did. she chased them to the car, jumped on the roof, then tried to open the driver's door. well, as the car sped off, you kind of see what happens here. she fell to the pavement. >> were they her brothers? >> i knew tom was going to say something. >> they were her own brothers. >> it was actually tom hanks' beer. the cops were arrested -- arresting -- >> why steal beer from a walmart? you don't have cheaper beer than at walmart? how much money are you trying to save. >> so much for that script. so much -- >> my lord. >> -- for that script. so much for that script. >> no, no, no, no. this is important news. it must go out all over the country. >> let's move it up to e-3, shall we? perfect. >> let's see what we can do here. >> he's been on our screens, large and small, for a very

long -- >> save it for headline news, without a doubt. >> tom hanks still has perfect timing. >> oh, my god. >> why is congress saying one thing and doing nothing? >> well, tradition mostly. >> you sit at the intersection of the state department, the pentagon and the cia. the three agencies you would need to conduct a covert war. >> yeah. i want the cia in my office at 10:00. >> what is the u.s. strategy in afghanistan? >> we don't have one but we're working hard on that. >> who's we? >> me and three other guys. >> you knew exactly where i was going. >> that clip took place in the 1970s. reagan was president when we made that clip. don't try to turn this into something that's ripped right out of today's headlines. >> but here's -- >> we should throw the russians out of afghanistan. i'll still stay by that. >> charlie wilson had a warning years ago. >> yes,he did. >> he did. now here we are talking about draw down of troops, longest war

in history. >> yes. >> what do you think? >> well, i think this is what happens when you try to -- you take action years and years ago. guess what, afghanistan remains afghanistan. the afghan of charlie wilson was all about, he wanted to go head to head with the russians, you see. he wanted to go to battle with the communists. not long after that the berlin wall fell down. i don't know if you can make driblgt connections from when reagan was president to now, but i'm going to -- >> you're too young to remember that. >> i actually -- no, i actually -- i actually voted in that election. >> really? >> yes. >> you look good for your age. >> for a guy whose butt reagan kicked but -- >> that's a whole other story. >> yes. >> we are going to get political. >> that's all right. >> let's do this. "apollo 13," this totally works into the headline. the guy you played, the astronaut you played, coming out and talking about the program

coming to an end. >> what did jim say? >> you don't know what he said? >> no. >> you wanted to be an astronaut -- every little boy wants to be an astronaut. the program's going away. what do you think, is it a mistake? >> no, the program obviously is going to evolve into something other than it is. the space shuttle has done its job. the iss that's up there. i think what's to happen has to happen occur is the same sort of national mandate and sort of like will of human kind in order to go to whatever the next step is. i don't think anybody knows what that is now. what can you do now except get signists up on the microgravity of the space station and comes up with whatever needs to come up with. >> why are you so into the space program? >> when i was growing up it was an example of everything that we were studying in school. it was geopolitics because it was against the russians, technology and science because they were doing it for the very first time. there was economics involved because it was incredibly pences ive and a sociological question,

too, which is why are we doing this? isn't it more important to look at our own problems? the real thing is it was a romantic quest at that some point human beings were going to stand on the moon and look back at earth. i was happy to be alive at a time when someone was going do do that for the first time. i was in red blood, california. >> do you remember the moment? >> very much so. i was laying under my mom's couch playing with my major matt mason. do you remember major? >> we are going retro, i don't want to admit. no, i don't remember. >> you don't? >> yes, do i. >> you weren't alive yet. you were born another ten lives from then. >> i was on my easy bake oven at that time. president obama, you've been a big supporter -- >> i will be again. i'll take it right now. i'm going to vote for him for his re-election in 2012. i beat to you the pumpk. >> no, hold on a second. gay marriage -- >> yeah, yeah. >> you're a supporter. >> i view -- >> his views are, quote/unquote, evolving.

>> i see people getting married as commitment of fidelity and honor. what's wrong with that? >> does president obama need to endorse it? >> isn't that above my pay grade to make comments on? >> are you kidding me? this is tom hank -- >> there's nothing to be afraid of. now, the hate mail can be sent to me. >> what do you think of the president, how is he doing? has he lived up to your expectations? >> he expaned my expectations. since we're on cnn, let's not talk about the movie i'm selfishly promoting. let's get into the hard-hitting aspect. >> after the break, i promise. >> you if you would have told me a few years ago that don't ask and don't tell would be repealed and a billion jobs at chrysler would be saved because the president was smart enough, bold enough to do so, i would have said, that's a good president, i think i'll vote for him again. >> boom. >> boom. once again, the hate mail can be sent to tom hanks care of i hate

what you think.com. >> you have tackled many, many important issues through your movies. is there an issue that you really want to talk about before you die, before you're six feet under, do you want to make a movie about this? >> i would be very suspicious of anybody saying, at least i've made the movie that talks about what i want to make a movie of. make a documentary of that and put it out there and let it speak for itself. >> is there something, there? is there something in there you really, really want to do and you haven't done it yet? >> no, i can't say there is otherwise i'd be a politician rather than an artist. i think i'm an artist. there are certainly all sorts of issues that will come up. well, like -- i'm not trying to promote even more movies than "larry crowne" which you have yet to mention, thank you very much -- >> we're doing a whole segment after the break. >> i'm in a move that steven daldry called "extremely loud, incredibly close" dealing with

the real human aftermath of 9/11 i think in a brand new and very personal way. we'll see if it works or not. >> will you join me again when that is ready to go? >> not if you're going to wear that dress. >> okay. i promise we're going to let tom talk about the movie "larry crowne". >> you are a liar. >> i'm not giving him any more coffee, red bull -- >> don't you view scooters as -- >> i had a scooter, by the way. >> -- evil asian influence? once again, the hate mail can go to tom hanks. one of the nation's largest wealth managers -- makes all the difference. our goals-based investment strategies are tailored to your needs and overseen by experts who seek to maximize opportunities while minimizing risk. after all, you don't climb a mountain just to sit at the top. you lookround for other mountains to climb. ♪ expertise matters. find it at northern trust.

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i'm not even going to read the intro. >> it is not called a recession love story except. by your cheap shot editors. it's a romantic comedy that takes place in the face of indiscriminate corporate indifference. that's what it is. and it's funny as hell. >> do me a favor, run the funny as hell clip. i need some help. >> it's larry crowne! >> right, hi. >> i have you for speech. i saw you singing. >> i'm just drowning out the gps. see, it never stops. >> no wonder. that's a map genie. i would have steered you toward a vortex. the auto on feature is engaged.

menu, select, features, auto voice select, change, yes. on, off. >> good. the mikes are hot. >> now, you say in many ways larry crowne is you. were you a geek? are you a geek? >> no, no, not at all. no, i'm not a geek. >> you've always been cool? you never struggled to be cool? >> no, no, no. larry crowne gave up on being cool. i waited until a chick came along to be cool, like larry crowne, all the smart guys amongst your nonunion crew. they wait for a woman to come along and say, i like you. you're cooler than you think are you. you're going to get a haircut and stop tucking in shirts like that and wear different pants and put on these boots, they'll alter the way you stand. >> who dressed you today? >> who dressed me? i believe i'm married to the taste maker rita wilson. >> not bad. >> she approves. she approves all of my celebrity meal train regard robe. >> you look fant. >> thank you very much.

>> that's for rita. talia is this character and she takes you, the geek larry crowne, and hips you up. >> this is what happens when you open yourself up to the environment like a community college is that you will park next to somebody who will change your life somehow. she's just aa nice girl. i'm riding a schoooter. she says, you want to join my gang? next thing, i got places to go, people to hang out with a much better wardrobe. >> it's all about reinvening yourself what larry crowne had to do. >> there's a brand of reinvention that comes around because have you to or because you want to. >> a lot of people doing that now, tom. >> i know. this is part of -- in all honesty, this is part of the american dream. are you able to reinvent yourself should you have to or want to. it takes a lot of faith and guts and also takes the help of an awful lot of like-minded people. i think by and large, 80% of the people out there are willing to say, you need a hand? and that's what larry runs into. >> if you could reinvent

yourself, you would, dot, dot, dot? >> i would take over this network. >> oops. >> i would take over this network and i'd put you in a skin-tight cat uniform. >> oh, god! all right. we're going to break. we're going to check sports. are we going to check sports? yes? you know what, tom, you're doing sports. go, go, go, take it away. >> the washington nationals thriller come back against the mariners scoring five runs with two outs in the ninth inning. that's baseball! wilson ramos with three-winning homer for the nats. it was the first walkoff home run of his career. and the biggest night comeback in nashville's history. fist fights broke out it was so exciting. a fan at fenway park was kicking back with his buddies and a foul ball off the rail and plops in his beer cup. that's a waste of beer. his shirts and pants are soaked but he rung them out and sucked on them in the car on the way

home. raises a cup, takes a sip, ball and su suds, that's why kids go to baseball game. texas rangers gave out sunglasses at a night game with the houston astros so you wouldn't have to see the game. 33,000 fans, including george w. bush, former president of the united states, and the rangers team president nolan ryan, put on the shades and pretended to be other people than they actually are. that was at the end of the sixth inning. they looked cool, went home and made love to their wives and girlfriends. rangers were hoping to set the record for the most people wearing sunglasses in the dark. as though that matters. now jon huntsman declares for the white house. how was that? >> if i get fired, will you please get me a job? >> i'm exhausted. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans,

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he's running for president, jon huntsman heading to south carolina today and he may have some explaining to do to conservatives, right, jim acosta? >> that's right. they'll be doing some conservative tire-kicking down in south carolina today. that's where jon huntsman will be. and he does have some explaining to do on a number of positions he's taken as governor of utah. one is health care. you'll remember, kyra, health care has been a problem for mitt romney, who had an individual mandate in his health care plan in massachusetts. well, jon huntsman, when governor of utah, also passed health care reform. at one point supported an individual mandate. he talked about this on a public tv station out in salt lake city. i asked him about it yesterday. >> i'm comfortable with a requirement, you can call it whatever you want, but at some point we're going to have to get serious about how we deal with this issue. >> isn't it true you once supported a mandate? >> oh, no. you take a look at what we passed, it's based on free market principles. of course we looked at every

conceivable option. take a look at what we signed. >> yeah, the big sticking point in all of this is whether or not conservatives can be comfortable with the republican candidate who once supported an individual mandate. you know, that is a requirement, as you know, that makes people buy health insurance. it's a huge sticking point for conservatives when it comes to the president's national health care law. they may have a tough time getting around a republican who did a similar thing or supported a similar thing when they were in their jobs as governor or taking pogs as perhaps a senator. this is going to be a problem for jon huntsman. he'll be in south carolina later today. there's a whole slew of issues where he's going to have to explain himself on these issues, but he claims that he is going to be the conservative to go up against mitt romney once this field is whittled down. we'll have to see what happens and how jon huntsman handles this as the days go on, kyra. >> thanks. we'll have yourt