mcqueen masterpiece. >> we were very pleased that she agreed that she would like sof her dress displayed here in buckingham palace. >> reporter: as the wedding of the century fades into the pages of history, the dress that was the fashion world's best-kept secret is finally getting a very public outing. >> fredricka, i'm glad to know it's not just me. it looks a little creepy -- >> that's what the queen said, that it was creepy. there was that suspended dress, veil -- no head. >> like it was levitating in a haunted house. >> i won't take it that far. >> i'm sorry. of course, i would. >> you've changed the vision of it there. >> on that note, it's all yours. >> thanks so much on that happy note. two major stories we're

covering today, critical talks on the debt that happening right now at the white house. and the horrifying terror attacks in norway, a bombing and a shooting rampage at a youth camp. we'll have details on the assaults and the suspect in custody. let's begin at the white house where president obama and congressional leaders are holding debt talks at this hour. president obama called the meeting after deficit negotiations came to a screeching halt yesterday. we have live team coverage. cnn's brianna keilar is at the white house. and kate bolduan is on capitol hill. let's begin with you, kate. what's going on on capitol hill where apparently a lot of the staff members are meeting. >> reporter: at this moment, they're meeting in the white house, congressional leaders and the president. as far as we know, the meeting is still ongoing. started just after 11:00 eastern time, of course. here on capitol hill, we're told that ever since this

announcement really happened yesterday evening, staffs have been really communicating and talking and trying to figure out a path forward. we've been told they'll be working throughout the weekend to try to find this compromise, this way to thread the needle, if you will, to find a way to beat this deadline and reach an agreement that can pass both the house and the senate. while staffs will be working, our producer learned that speaker boehner and other house leadership will be holding a conference call with all house members to explain really where they stand and the status of negotiations. so that will also be happening today. but as far as things go, the focus really shifts back here to capitol hill, fredricka, as house speaker john boehner says he is pulling out of talks with the white house and is focusing his negotiation with democratic leaders up here to try to figure out how to raise this debt

ceiling before august 2nd. that is exactly where things stand. >> kate, what's interesting, what really happened between john boehner earlier in the day saying, keeping lines of communication open, to at the end of the day, "i'm not willing to further the talks right now"? what was the breakdown? was it an issue of some of the proposals or some of the measures or the talk surrounding it or was it some kind of dynamic between the house speaker and the president? >> reporter: probably no surprise to you or any of our viewers, we're getting different accounts of how things unraveled from both sides -- from the white house as well as house speaker john boehner's house. according to house republican leadership aides, they say it all unraveled around an issue that's really been the sticking point throughout this crisis, this debt ceiling crisis that we've been dealing with, the issue of revenue, the issue of taxes. according to these republican source, they say the president and speaker boehner had really gotten to the point of reaching

a pretty strong framework and had agreed on -- they say the speaker agreed to some $800 billion in additional revenue through tax reform. but then president obama came forward demanding, in their words, asking for $400 billion more in revenue, 50% increase, where at which point they said speaker boehner didn't think the negotiations were going to go anywhere and that's why he had to pull out. but you hear a very different perspective from the white house. they said they were willing to negotiate on that and they say speaker boehner left them at the altar, if you will. >> kate bolduan, thank you so much. we'll check back in with you later on this afternoon. meantime, overseas now, the death toll is up to 92 after a pair of terrifying attacks that have plunged the nation of norway into shock. police accused a man of planting a bomb in downtown oslo and then

opening fire on a youth camp 20 miles away. the suspect is a 32-year-old norwegian man believed to be a right wing extremist. they're still trying to determine whether anyone else was involved. norway's bloodiest attack since world war ii began when a bomb went off near a government building in downtown oslo killing seven people there. police say the suspect then travelled to a youth camp operated by norway's ruling labor party. here's how one survivor described the horror from there. >> he said, we're going to kill you all. he pointed his gun at me but he didn't pull the trigger. he left and returned maybe an hour later when a few other people found me and gathered around me and then people started running around because they didn't know where to run.

he suddenly showed up and and shot almost everyone. >> at least 85 people died at the camp. norway's prime minister met at a hotel today with families of the victims. a man was arrested at the hotel before that meeting reportedly because he had a knife. police are questioning a suspect accused in those two attacks. at least 85 of those victims died at a youth camp, as you just saw there. let's go to cnn's reporter. diana, help us understand. you have a suspect in custody who is being suspected of these two sints and then there was someone at this hotel where the prime minister was comforting people. is there any relation between these two people? >> reporter: no, the police have said there is no connection, that the man who was arrested today was carrying a knife. he was a member of the labor

party, which is the prime minister's own party. and he apparently told police that he was carrying it for his own security. but obviously with the prime minister present, you can't carry a knife. that's why he was arrested. the police have said it's not connected to the suspect that they have in custody. let's talk about him. he's a 32-year-old ethnic norwegian man called anders behring breivik. if he carried out both attacks, what would happen is he somehow laid these explosives in central oslo in the government quarter, perhaps detonating the blast then and then moving to this island which is about 20 minutes from the center of oslo where he dressed up as a policeman and was therefore able to bring a lot of guns onto the island. and obviously sort of win the confidence of -- there were 650 young people on the island. he said he wanted to address

them and then just started shooting them. as we heard from that eyewitness, this was a very cold-blooded shooting. i was talking to other people who said that he was totally expressionless. it was as bit as if he was taking photos. i think you have some more sound bites that you can play of what eyewitnesses have been telling me. >> we heard him coming around -- he was probably searching for people in the cliffs. we ran the other way. some people started swimming over. we got to a boat which we managed to get out. then i went to help a friend get some wreckage out. he came out to shore and started firing rounds after me in the water and the boat. and after a while, he ran around. he didn't hit me, but he hit the boat. but no one was injured. then i got in the boat, and he came back, but it didn't seem as he thought that he would hit us.

so after that, we just kind of drifted into shore. and we were safe. >> reporter: it's amazing, really, the resilience of some of these young people who have come out to talk to us, fredricka. we're at this hotel where a lot of the survivors are sort of milling around. >> i can still hear you. it looks like we've got a little cross line of communication there with our diana magnay. we'll check back with her the best opportunity we can. back in this country now, as we've been telling you, for over an hour now, president obama and congressional leaders have been holding critical talks on the debt. brianna keilar will be reporting to us from the white house when we come back.

congressional leaders are at the white house or at least they were up until a few minutes ago, we understand, at the request of president obama. he called them there after debt negotiations broke down yesterday. let's go straight to brianna keilar. i understand they met. have they left the building? they only met about 50 minutes? >> reporter: the meeting is over

and it wrapped up, we're told, at about 11:58 eastern. so you do the math there. and they weren't even together for an hour. they were together for less than an hour. we know after the speaker said yesterday that the talks between house republicans and president obama -- that they had fallen apart and he was going to move on and try to work out a deal with senate leaders instead, we know, of course, that the president was very frustrated to learn that. and we heard him yesterday come out to the camera shortly after he learned that boehner was no longer going to be taking part in talks with him and say that he was calling these members of congress here to the white house so that they could explain to him how they were going to stop the government from defaulting. and he reiterated his demand that this not be a short-term extension of the debt ceiling, that this take the debt ceiling to a point -- it's a big enough extension that it wouldn't have to be raised until after the

november 2012 election. listen to the president and take a sense of his mood yesterday. actually i guess we do not have sound, fredricka. >> let me ask you, brianna, we know that john boehner was there. who else was at this meeting, so we can get a little color as to who was present and what the dynamics may have been? >> reporter: that's right. we're waiting to see if staff went in in the end as well. we don't have those details. but it was a smaller meeting. it was president obama and speaker john boehner hours after this thing has fallen apart and after weeks of a lot of cordiality between the speaker and the president. that was interesting to know a few hours later -- you had the minority leader in the house, nancy pelosi, was there. harry reid and mitch mcconnell were there. all key players because the understanding is that, of course, in the house, this will require votes from democrats and republicans. and right now, the ball is very much in the court of congress as

house speaker john boehner tries to work out some sort of agreement with harry reid and mitch mcconnell. right now, the details of that still being worked out. there are a lot of ideas being tossed around. but we're waiting to figure it out. and the clock is ticking. yes, august 2nd is the deadline. but the understanding is that in order to get something really done, this weekend is crucial that congress will have to work out details through this weekend. one republican source on the hill that i spoke with said the goal would be to present a framework agreement to house republicans on monday so that they could actually post the bill online monday night for a vote on wednesday. things really need to come together pretty quickly here. >> i think most people feel like after meeting for just 55, maybe 58 minutes, building that framework, not likely to have happened during that time frame. >> reporter: probably not. >> brianna keilar, thank you. we'll check back in with you later.

for the latest on "state of the union" tomorrow, tim geithner will be with candy crowley. let's shift gears. unbearable heat no matter where you go in this country, it seems. the east coast, south, midwest, all still sizzling this weekend. we'll find out when there might be some relief.

in much of the u.s., it is best just to stay indoors. hopefully there's air conditioning, too, this weekend. the relentless heat wave that has battered the midwest and south is now breaking records on the east coast. more than two dozen deaths are blamed on the heat. among the latest victims, six

people in chicago and ten in tennessee. in chicago, fire hydrants have been bursting and for some people, that actually is the perfect way to try and cool off. but it is also causing water pressure problems for the fire department in case of an emergency. and it is so hot in so many areas, warnings are out for people to check on their neighbors, especially the elders. newark, new jersey, felt like phoenix or even las vegas yesterday. the city had its hottest day on record, 108 degrees. and in washington, the heat index topped 130. >> these guys are sweating. it was hitting the beams and evaporating immediately. it's hot. >> yeah, that is hot. it's also sizzling in eastern canada. an ireporter, kim miller, that's her horse, who got very inventive and smart. the horse is named king joseph.

he figured out the sprinkler system and said, this is how i'm staying cool. reynolds wolf -- >> and we're sure the hart did not send in the i-report? >> everyone's trying to figure out a way to stay cool. >> we often tell people they need to stay indoors, away from the heat during the hottest parts of the day. we're getting to the point where it's dangerous to go outside at any point at all because of the extreme heat. there is going to be an end to this. we see things beginning to weaken, in terms of that big ridge of high pressure that's been really causing a lot of this heat to get generated. we've got temperatures expected to reach 99 today in kansas city. 89 in chicago. 97 in new york. 101 in washington. and 91 in atlanta. but that's only part of the story. we also have at the same time the high humidity which is going to make it feel even warmer. here's that big catalyst that

makes this happen, that big heat dome. we expect it to break down a little bit and drift a bit more to the south. that creates a void in the atmosphere. that vacuum is going to be filled in by cooler air that's going to come in from the north compliments of this frontal boundary. as it comes through, we could see scattered showers and storms. what's better is right behind that, we're going to have the cooler air in places like our nation's capital. we'll feel the difference monday, tuesday and wednesday. as we wrap things up, highs will be in the 90s and lows mainly into the 70s which is pretty much where we should be this time of the year. it's not going to be the oppressive triple-digit heat. >> it's like, you can cut the humidity with a knife outside. >> it's brutal. >> yeah. thanks so much, reynolds. appreciate it. a law legalizing same-sex marriage in new york state takes effect this weekend. but what happens to those couples' rights when they travel or move to another state?

our legal guys are here to talk about that next. tt

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the nation to legalize same-sex marriage. but what happens when gay and lesbian couples travel to states where their marriage isn't legal? let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman, civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland. richard herman, new york law professor joining us from las vegas. hi, guys. >> hi, fredricka. >> is it the case, it would not be considered a legal marriage if you go to a different state? >> well, it should, fredricka, because under our constitution under article iiv. congress passed the so-called defense of marriage act. and it said, if you're a different state and you don't want to accept it, you don't have to. meaning if you're married in new york and you go to wyoming, let's say, and you want to get divorced or something like that, no marriage exists.

and so you're going to have to go back to new york if you want to get divorced. it's a hodgepodge and until the defense of marriage act is repealed, that's what we're going to be seeing here. >> richard, are there any conditions in any city in new york or any borough or any religious institution that will stand in the way of a gay couple going tomorrow to get married? >> no, fred. in new york city, the lottery, about some 800 newlyweds are going to tie the knot in new york city. it's going to be quite festive and gay in new york city tomorrow. that's all i can tell you. >> festive and gay. >> they can do it in the state of new york. but like you're talking, fred, many, many state dos not recognize this. the federal government does not recognize it and you know what happens when there's a conflict between federal law and state law. federal law always wins. they cannot file joint tax returns. they cannot get spousal

benefits. there's a lot of problems. there's a lot of litigation that's going to arise as a result of this -- >> wait, fredricka. is fredricka asking if a minister has to perform it? was that the question? >> i thought there were some religious institutions that have already said that, we are not going to perform a marriage even though the state law says that it is allowed in new york. >> right. the answer is that -- they're not compelled. the only thing that gay people are entitled to do if they want same-sex marriage is to go to a government official. there's nothing in the law that compels a priest or a minister or clergyman to perform the ceremony. they can't. it would be unconstitutional. there's no way new york could pass a law forcing clergy to perform a marriage. it's only governmental overseeing, for example, by a judge. that's all. >> okay. richard, you have a last word on that before we move on.

>> just that the domestic regulations in the state of new york will be turned upside down here. custody issues, separation issues, divorce issues. there's going to be so many changes that are going to take place and have to take into account these types of unions. the divorce lawyers are licking their chops on this one. >> interesting. let's muove on. major nidal hasan arraigned this week. but he's without an attorney. how is that going to hold things up, hinder or is that his preference? >> he has a team of attorneys. his lead attorney, some reason, we don't know why, is out of the case. perhaps he's been terminated by the client. we don't know. he's been vilified in the press. he's been vilified in the courts. he made statements about, hey, remember john adams represented the british at the boston massac massacre? i'm just doing my job. it's my duty as an american

citizen to be able to represent a defendant. but in any event, he's out. there is a complete team there. they may go for the insanity defense. the prosecution is going to go for the death penalty here, fred. and must be unanimous. secret ballot for death penalty and then ultimately president obama will make that determination if death is the appropriate sanction for this individual. >> and just a reminder to people, 13 people were killed in ft. hood when this occurred. and so, avery, whether he is fit to stand trial is still something that needs to be worked out? >> no. i think it's moving forward. a lot of criminal defendants right at the end will announce that they're getting rid of their lawyers. that's what warren jeffs did, coming up in the next case. this case is moving forward. now, the military has not put anyone to death in 50 years. and 80% of those convictions have been reduced to life. but this will be the most carefully tried military prosecution in american history. and i actually think we're

looking at a death penalty and ultimately, again, it goes to the commander in chief to make the final decision. that's exactly right. >> that was a perfect set-up, as you mentioned warren jeffs. polygamist leader warren jeffs scheduled to go on trial monday. he's been in court and faced trial in utah. now it's texas. richard, what's different here? >> don't mess with texas, fred. we say it all the time. he's messing with texas. he's going to be tried there. he's charged with sexual assault and bigamy. seven previous members of his organization have been convicted for charges similar to that, got sentenced 7 to 75 years. he's facing 99 years in prison. he performed all those religious ceremonies which led to those convictions. this guy is going down in the lonestar state. >> avery? >> here it is, very simple, two children, one 12 years old, one 13 years old, that's the relationship he had. i don't know how he gets what

kind of defense is being offered. i think we're looking at a conviction. and i think it's going to be bulletproof. so look for that happening. we start up that trial on monday. >> that's right. avery, richard, thanks so much. don't go away, we'll see you again in just a few minutes. we are going to be talking about the amanda knox case. seems like every two weeks, we have something going on involving her case. it reaches yet another level in the appellate process in italy. [ female announcer ] we all age differently. roc® multi-correxion 4 zone moisturizer with roc®retinol and antioxidants. lines, wrinkles, and sun damage will fade. roc multi-correxion. correct what ages you.

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a look at our top stories right now. norwegian media reports are identifying the suspect in yesterday's terror attacks as 32-year-old anders behring breivik. he is accused of killing at least 92 people during a bombing in oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp about 20 miles away. police are still trying to determine whether he had any help. accounts describe the suspect as right wing extremist who may have been targeting members of the ruling labor party. the president of the united states is meeting with congressional leaders at the white house -- at least he did last hour, we should say. the president called the meeting after republicans walked away from negotiations yesterday over tax hikes. mr. obama says he wanted lawmakers to explain how they're going to avoid default on the nation's debt. the u.s. treasury department says the u.s. risks default if it doesn't raise its debt ceiling by august 2nd. and about 4,000 faa workers

could be furloughed today. congress adjourned last night without reauthorizing funding for the agency. essential staff like air traffic controllers will remain on the job. but faa engineers and construction workers are among those facing furloughs. the government will also lose about $200 million a week in airline taxes. back now to that crisis and that tragedy in norway. the norwegian president is making some comments there. let's listen in. [ speaking in foreign language ] [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> translator: it's an attack on the region. it's an attack on the core of the norwegian democracy. it is that when our nationality is put on a test that the camaraderie of the norwegian people will become better. we are standing true to our values. we have to stand strong on the fact that the faith of on open norwegian democracy in life are standing on our opportunity to live freely and safe in our own country. >> all right. the norwegian president there, hopefully you were able to understand most of that

translation. bottom line, he says, in this time of tragedy with those two incidents yesterday that has led to the deaths of up to 92 people and the number of injured continues to grow as well. he says people there will continue to try to live freely and safely. we'll have much more of "newsroom" after this. [ female announcer ] have you met your skin twin?

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amanda knocks heads back to an italian court monday for a critical phase of her appeal. avery friedman and richard herman are back with us. richard, you first. she's been sentenced to 26 years in connection with murder. now on monday, these forensic experts will start three days of dna and related testimony. so what can she hope for that hasn't already occurred? >> what you can hope for is the fact that her defense experts are claiming that the dna relied upon for her convictions was either contaminated or unreliable. they're claiming that based on that, her conviction should be overturned because that was the essence of the evidence against her and therefore she should be set free. the problem with that argument is that as the prosecution's case did not solely rely on dna,

there was other evidence that was presented which led to her conviction. so even if the dna is struck from the record, she still has a mountain of evidence which convicted her. i don't know if this is going anywhere. it looks like they're bending over backwards to try to give her a break. but i just don't see it happening right now. >> avery, you're disagreeing with everything that richard says? >> everything. no, not really. this is a forensic free-for-all in an appeal. there's nothing in the court that quantifies what part of the evidence resulted in this conviction. so i'm actually convinced -- i've held this position did the get-go, fredricka. this case is either going to be radically modified in terms of a sentence of 26 years or she may even be acquitted. we may even see warner spitz who

we just saw in casey anthony pop up in this. it's a free-for-all in italy. i think we're going to be a substantial reduction or acquittal. >> ain't going to happen. >> there are lots of starts and stops with this case and this appellate process. in general, this appellate process is completely different, it seems, richard, than the appellate process here in the states. there, there's a trial all over again, the reintroduction of evidence all over again. it's not like a panel of judges like here in the states. >> i've never seen anything like this, fred. it's amazing. they have a trial. they introduce evidence and a ruling is made. and now they get to have a second trial to further attack the evidence. i don't know. i disagree with aye ri. i think she's going to do a substantial amount of prison time on this case. there was evidence that convicted her. >> let's move on to the drew peterson case, former police officer who allegedly killed his

third wife. he doesn't want a lifetime movie to go forward. and this with -- oh, darn. i've forgotten the actor who's going to be -- >> rob lowe. >> he doesn't want this to go forward. but lifetime is saying, no, we're going forward. even though he has yet to stand trial on this particular case, does he have any real leverage, avery, to get lifetime or a movie house to say, no, you can't do my story? >> no. he's got absolutely nothing. the silliest thing about the position he's taking -- i want to be clear. the truth is, the book was written. it was called "untouchables" about drew peterson. would you imagine that his legal counsel would have written to the publishers trying to have them cease and desist? unfortunately nobody apparently on the legal team reads. but they do watch television. so they're now trying to

convince lifetime to stop the production. well, there's no more legal chance or constitutional chance in the world of that happening. drew peterson is concerned that he might appear in not a particularly good light. look, he intentionally does not look good. and so bottom line, case is absolutely going nowhere. >> richard, because there was a book -- exactly what avery was saying, because there's already a book and because this cease and desist letter, it may -- he may not stand a really good chance of stopping this production, in your view? >> no. because of the book and also because they took direct transcripts from hearings and parisi proceedings in court and relied on them. he was upset the actor that was portraying him was not the one he wanted. avery was busy. he was unable to perform for this movie -- >> i thought they were looking for you, richard, not me.

>> fred, he was worried about tainti tainting the jury pool, fred. he's afraid of tainting the jury pool. this is the guy that was dating, going on radio shows and getting dates and carrying on like a lunatic. that jury pool is tainted. he's going to have a problem. the evidence is not that strong, fred. the evidence is not very strong in that case. >> let's move on to lake county, florida, where a school district is saying it's a matter of security that we don't want kids to dye their hair purple or blue or pink. we want to make sure we can see their eyes. no false eyelashes or too much eye makeup, et cetera. richard, can they do this? >> you know something, fred, in the state of florida, they can do this. and they have done this in the past. >> why? >> what? >> it's unsafe disruptions during the school day. people ridiculing these people and it disrupts the classes and

it's improper and they shouldn't be allowed to do this. >> what about freedom of expression? kids want to show their -- i don't know, their flair for things. >> yeah. >> after school and weekends they can do that. but they can't come in looking like gaga. >> avery? >> i've done these cases. it's very easy for a bunch of politicians to sit on school boards and pass restrictions. instead of -- why don't they concentrate on math instead of mascara. the bottom line is the board can say it, but they have to prove it. a young lady showing up with a little bit of pink hair, is it really going to materially disrupt the educational process? of course not. the school board is looking for a first amendment case. they have 30 days to get this straightened out. and if they had any common sense, let's forget about that. you can deal with students on an individual basis, but not a policy like that. absolutely not. >> fantastic, avery, richard, i

love it. >> it's going to hold up, fred. you'll see. >> we'll do a follow-up on that in 30 days. thanks, gentlemen. have a great weekend. >> you, too, fred. tomorrow, as we mentioned earlier, a same-sex couples in the state of new york will be getting married legally. i had a great conversation about this landmark event with margaret cho, comedienne, activist, actress. she has worked for years to see this day arrive. face to face with margaret cho after this. for broccoli, say one. for toys, say two. toys ! the system can't process your response at this time. what ? please call back between 8 and 5 central standard time. he's in control. goodbye. even kids know it's wrong to give someone the run around. at ally bank you never have to deal with an endless automated system. you can talk to a real person 24/7. it's just the right thing to do.

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breaking news, very sad news coming from the entertainment world. singer amy winehouse, according to british reports, has been found dead in her home. the troubled singer had been in and out of rehab, even writing a hit song saying she wouldn't go to rehab. winehouse was 27 years old. we'll have more details on her reported death as details are released. new york's same-sex marriage era begins tomorrow. 764 couples were drawn to be the first to wed under the nation's newest gay marriage law. one of the entertainment community's loudest advocates for same-sex marriage is

actress/comedienne/activist margaret cho. she and i spoke a few hours after the law passed. listen to the reason she says new york is the perfect place to usher in this era. >> i've been working personally as an activist since 2004, every day doing things and really working towards it. so i feel like these events -- really there's this connection there that can't be denied. that's really powerful. >> why do you suppose this happened in new york? >> i think it's time. i think it's time that people realize -- people realize now -- i think conservatives realize that they cannot legislate morality and they cannot continue to discriminate against a group of people in order to kind of fulfill their sort of political agenda, that discrimination can no longer be part of your political agenda. i think this is what conservatives now are getting

and that's why things are changing. >> and do you suppose that with gay marriage, with same-sex marriage being allowed in new york, being the sixth state now, that this is going to be much more impactful than the previous five and the district of columbia's acceptance of same-sex marriage have ever been? >> uh-huh. >> in what way? >> i feel like new york culturally, politically, it's really something that affects the rest of the world, not just the rest of the country. but it's a major win culturally for the gay community because new york in so many people's minds is the capital of the world. in my mind, it really is. so that's going to change everything, i think. >> your friends, have you talked to anyone who is already starting to make plans to embark on being among the first to marry in new york? >> yes. and it's wonderful. and i've been asked to preside

over ceremonies. and i'm so excited. i have sort of the -- justice of marriage, whatever. some sort of office to do it in san francisco when it was legal there. and so hopefully i can transfer that to new york. but i'm really excited to do that. i've presided over ceremonies in city hall in san francisco for gay and lesbian couples. it's so powerful, especially if you've worked on it for a long time, to be able to actually do the ceremony and do it for people who love each other. >> and next weekend, more face to face with margaret cho. we're going to talk about her comedy, the role her parents actually play in that comedy. and we'll also be talking about her popular tv show. and she reveals a lot about her kind of open marriage. no rain, no water, no food.

that's the plight of this woman and others like her seeking refuge and seeking help in kenya. her story after the break.

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drought in half a century. and it's causing widespread famine in the horn of africa. the u.n. says more than 10 million people are being affected across the region. our david mckenzie focus on the heartbreaking plight of one kenyan woman. >> reporter: driving through bone dry northern kenya, deep into takano. in the remote village here, they're angry, with the world focused on famine in somalia, they want to tell their stories. outside of the media glare, people like alice are barely surviving. she lost all her livestock months ago to the drought. now she depends on food aid. this is the worst year that i've ever seen, she says. there's been no rain, and because of that, no water. and the animals have all died. now there's no food. it's so bad she has to feed her

children wild food and dirty water, which makes him sick. he was born with a twin sister miriam. she died in may. i'm doubly cursed, says alice, because i gave birth to twins during a drought and miriam died because of it. she died of hunger. the world is focused on this drought in the horn of africa. but here in northern kenya, it's part of a downward spiral. the rains are becoming less frequent, the droughts more often. this is a chronic emergency. tony lake, the head of unicef, says we need to focus on the big picture. >> while there are a lot of lives that are endangered here, there's a way of life that's endangered here as well. >> reporter: it would seem to me this is an extremely vulnerable population when compared, say, with the world's population. how would you assess the situation? >> this is the most fragile situation i've seen anywhere.

>> reporter: the dry season will last here for several more months at least. and the longer-term view is also grim. so the people of this village are asking one thing -- don't forget them. david mckenzie, cnn, kenya. straight ahead, the very latest on the investigation into yesterday's carnage in norway. maybe, it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. this is visibly smart.

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conditions apply. a final look at some top stories for this hour. the death toll is up to 92 after yesterday's terrifying attacks in norway. police are questioning a man accused of planting a bomb in downtown oslo and opening fire at a youth camp 20 miles away. the suspect is identified as 32-year-old anders behring breivik, believed to be a right wing extremist. police are still trying to determine if anyone else was involved. singer amy winehouse has been found dead in her home. the troubled syringe had been in and out of rehab even writing a song saying she wouldn't go. winehouse was just 27 years old. more on her death as detailed are released. coming up in our financial fix at 2:00 eastern time today, how you can save money while you're at work. what you eat, drink and wear can save you money.