. >>> plus, why we won't be seeing much of the dutchess of cambridge for the next several months. >>> coming up, the braves stumble, the cards gain ground. and how did the yankees help the red sox by clinching the division? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today," i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> house republicans leaders suffered the surprise defeat of a bill to keep the government running past next week, one they confidently predicted would pass. democrats objected to funding cuts while tea party freshmen thought there weren't enough. >>> while georgia executed troy davis yesterday, texas put to death lawrence russell brewer for the notorious 1998 dragging death of a black man. the white supremacist gang member gave no last words. >>> in china, rescuers were called into action after a restaurant boat that broke free collided with another vessel and capsized. 11 people were tossed into the water. fortunately, they were all saved. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the d

. >> chris, the dutchess, walton from las vegas holds the longest finger nails in the world. she showed them off in new york. she just earned her place in the 2012 guinness book of world records. she has 10 feet 2 inches on her left hand and 9 feet 7 inches on her right. she says for the most part they don't keep her from doing anything she wants except she has problems vacuuming. that's it? what about washing your hair? what about doing dishes? >> we'll see you at 6:00. >> what about cleaning house?

. >> the duke and dutchess of cambridge were at a charity hospital in south london.e charity of princess diana. will and kate have adopted this charity, and they were there for the opening of a specialized children's cancer treatment center. >> it's so awesome they're there for the hospital, and that they're there to raise awareness for charitable purposes. i'm sure that the world is going to see this photo, and the first thing they're going want to know is, what's kate wearing? i'm here to tell you. she's wearing a cream-colored amanda wakely dress. >> she's the e pit mi of class. the good girl doing even more good. >> this video i'm about to show you, new to youtube, is not the audition for the next tarzan movie. a couple guys hanging out, got a rope swing over an embankment thing. guy in the hoodie tries it out. his friends give him a boost. and look at that. no problems. >> oh, okay. >> so the guy in the red is like, bro, it's my turn now. give me a boost. his friends pull him back, launch him out. he does his best tarzan yell. can you do one for us? >> absolutel

the dutchess of cambridge is heading back to school. >>> the british royal family says that prince william'sning. this is her crash course in everything princess, covering all the institutions of her new public life. >> she was already doing a pretty darn good job. he'll learn about her charitable duties. the goal is to help make her well informed about decisions about her royal life, and her future role, which is going to begin with her husband when he becomes king of england. >> she can handle it. >> i have every confidence in her. >> yes, i would. i would know how to wear the beautiful jewelry and the outfits and accept all the applause. i mean who wouldn't want that? it's a lot harder than that. >> yes. i don't know about that. you couldn't wear your sweatshirts. >> that's true. that's just true. now thanks for that. enjoy the first saturday of fall. thanks for making the weekly edition. our next newscast is at 5:30 and we'll be here tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. have a good day. ,,