about to hand it over to fredricka whitfield.ins the weekend, the royal wedding fever, the next chapter is what it's called here. britain's duchess of cambridge and her grandmother-in-law, the queen, took a tour of the royal exhibition at buckingham palace. it's the cake perfectly preserved. look at this. these are the earrings worn by then kate middleton on her wedding day. but then the big thing, the star of the show, the dress. look at that. the super secretive wedding dress. there it is. it's been shown off now. and cnn's aisha is in london for us. >> reporter: it was a wedding meticulously choreographed down to the balcony kiss. from the guest list to the most guarded secret of all -- the dress. sarah burton of alexander mcqueen received the commission of her career, fashioning the ivory and satin wedding ensemble. a skirt made of silk tool and a train measuring nearly three meters. sarah burton earned high marks from the design world. for most of us, the best view of catherine's dress was probably on television. when her dr

. >>> "newsroom" continues at the top of the hour are our very own fredricka whitfield. busy afternoon. our favorites, richard and avery will be along to talk about interesting legal cases. how about the case of one woman in texas who apparently has allegedly stolen inserts of a newspaper, coupons, usually if you buy the newspaper, it's got the coupons in it, you get a nice little bonus. but what if you take the inserts of the newspapers you don't buy? you can face jail time. >> no? >> yes. they're going to talk about that. and then the case of a michigan woman who is alleging that her husband's ex was intentionally trying to bring her harm. she is fatally allergic to peen nuts, peanut butter, all pew net products. and in the mail comes an envelope slathered with peanut butter from this ex. she is alleging this was intentional and there should be a court case. legal guys say this is a sticky, nutty situation. they're going to chew on that one. i couldn't resist. and we're going to have karen lee along with us. she's a great financial planner. she's going to help people w

i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. two explosions have rocked central oslo in the last hour wounding at least eight people. reports from norway say govrt buildings were targeted, one houses the prime minister's office and most of the windows were blown out. reuters reports a mangled car outside one building suggesting a possible car bomb. reuters reports the prime minister is safe. cnn is following the developments for you from london. what more do we know about how this happened and why? >> reporter: the information is still trickling in from oslo at this point. the police have issued a stam saying that there are deaths and injuries. that's all they're saying right now. they're not saying what may have caused this explosion or explosions at this time. according to the state television, the norwegian state television one person is confirmed dead. that is unconfirmed by cnn independently, but according to norwegian state television, one person is dead. some eight are injured including two or three with serious wounds. l

. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. here's a check of our top stories.news out of egypt this hour. egyptian state television is reporting that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak has lapsed into a coma. this comes after months of ill health. egyptian state-run television quotes mubarak's attorney as saying the former president is in a full coma after his health suddenly deteriorated. >>> a top executive in the rupert murdoch media empire was arrested in london today. rebekah brooks was once the editor of murdoch's london-based tabloid "news of the world." she was taken into custody in connection with a phone hacking and police bribery scandal. >>> and casey anthony in this country is out of jail and out of sight. she walked out of the front door minutes after midnight at the jail in orlando there. her lawyer beside her, because of safety concerns. no one is saying where she is now or where she may go next. >>> join me for nor news rat at top of the hour. >>> this week, the american administration confronts a middle east where events are heating up on

. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield. here's an update of some of the top stories we're following.resident obama and a bipartisan group of congressional leaders will meet at the white house tonight. they will try to get the derailed deficit talks back on track. negotiations broke down yesterday over republicans' refusal to consider tax hikes as part of the plan. and the final edition of "the news of the world" was published today. the 168-year-old british newspaper has been closed after outrage over a report that it hacked the phones of a missing teenager and politicians. owner rupert murdoch arrived in london today in a bid to limit damage to the rest of his media empire. >>> and the shuttle "atlantis" arrives at the international space station one last time a short time ago. the astronauts were welcomed aboard by the station's current crew. they have brought along a year's worth of supplies, and it's going to take them about a week to unload all of it. >>> join me for more news at the top of the hour. back to "fareed zakaria: gps" in a moment. >> okay. put your thinking caps on f

, i'm fredricka whitfield live in studio 7 in for suzanne malveaux.ay, july 20th, a report out of britain's parliament today comes down hard on london's police and news of the world"

. >> a stunning admission from fredricka whitfield. >> that sometimes i just want to go to sleep. so i just close my eyes. >> no, the other? >> i did climb over. i didn't want to wake them up. so i just climbed over. but then with maturity, i didded, you know what? that's probably not nice. now i kind of tap or -- >> you didn't wake them up? >> no, i was careful. you don't have to be subtle. if someone wants to be chatty -- and it happened to be recently. and i said to them, i'm very tired, i'm not going to be in this conversation very long. i'm tired. >> is that wrong? >> i think it might be. >> but i'm all about chatting. but sometimes if i'm just tired -- >> right now, i can't continue this conversation. >> i understand, bye-bye. >>> we're going to begin this hour with a legal matter that has so many people talking. lawyers for dominique strauss-kahn predict that all charges against their client will soon be dismissed. after weeks of house arrest, the former head of the international monetary fund was released on his own recognizance yesterday. the prosecutors admit they have s

they might turn out to represent >>> i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. here's a check of the top stories. >>> hundreds of norwegians attended a memorial service at the oslo cathedral today for victims of friday's bloody twin attacks. at least 93 people died in a bombing in downtown oslo, and a mass shooting at a nearby youth camp. the suspect has been identified as a 32-year-old norwegian. police say he told them he acted alone. >>> back in the u.s., house speaker john boehner is holding a conference call with all house republicans three hours from now. he is expected to discuss a deal to raise the debt ceiling. lawmakers want to agree to a plan before 8:00 tonight when asia's financial markets open. >>> a historic day for gay couples in new york. hundreds of them are getting married legally today. new york passed its marriage equality act last month. the state set up a lottery to handle a crush of requests for marriages today. that couple right there are the first to marry today. join me for more news at the top of the hour. "fareed zakaria: gps" contin

i'm fredricka whitfield. we're keeping an eye on the u.s. senate and house chambers where lawmakers are in session this afternoon, trying to end a tense political standoff over the debt ceiling. so far, we have only been hearing more contentious remarks from both sides. we'll take you there live in a moment. >>> many of you are expressing frustration with the debt impasse in washington. and with members of congress who have yet to reach a deficit reduction deal. vernon hill says he wants lawmakers to get the u.s. out of debt or resign. >> the united states of america is about to go broke. we're about to lose our credit ratings. the people of the world are looking at us and wondering what the hell is going on with the greatest nation in the world. >> if you want to share your video on the debt showdown, logon to cnn.com/ireport. >>> along the texas coast, a lot of disappointment after what was once tropical storm don making landfall. it came ashore as a tropical depression. but it wasn't the rainmaker folks were hoping for. much of texas is i

i'm fredricka whitfield. here is what is going on right now. an 11-year-old boy is facing murder charges in martinsville, indiana. police say the boy fatally shot his 6-year-old brother in the head. no word on why the boys were at home alone and with a gun. his aunt says the boys actually got along. >> they got along just fine, all normal, nothing out of the ordinary to suggest that anything would happen. >> i was crushed. i cried all night. my kids didn't know what was going on. it's hard. >> a hearing is scheduled for the 11-year-old shooting suspect on wednesday. >>> a new georgia law aimed at illegal immigrants inspired between 10 and 15,000 people to protest in atlanta. a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against parts of the law, a provision authorizing 15-year prison sentences for workers convicted of using phony ids to get jobs went into effect friday. >>> a day of pomp and pageantry in canada today. the duke and duchess of cambridge are on day four of their first official tour since their wedding. last hour the royal couple

hello, i'm fredricka whitfield.let's get you up to speed now. >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5. >> all three engines up and burning. 2, 1, 0, lift-off. the final lift-off of "atlantis" on the shoulders of the space shuttle america will continue the dream. >> nasa launches its 135th and final space shuttle mission. just a half hour ago. "atlantis" soared into orbit one last spine-tingling time. bad weather had threatened the launch. the shuttle program ending after 30 year, due to costs and the age of the orbiters. >>> today's report on unemployment is much worse than anyone expected. the u.s. labor department says the economy added just 18,000 jobs in june. it takes 300,000 new jobs a month to put a significant dent in unemployment. june's meager showing pushed the jobless rate up a notch to 9.2%. >> today's job report confirms what most americans already flow know, we still have a long way to go and a lot of work to do give people security and opportunity that they deserve. we've added more than 2 million new private sector jo

i'm fredricka whitfield. debt talks are in overdrive as lawmakers scramble to reach a deal on the debt limit today. house speaker john boehner is holding a conference call with house republicans in a half an hour from now. lawmakers want to come up with a plan today to avoid a negative reaction from asia's financial markets which open in about four hours from now. a live report from capitol hill in just two minutes. >>> a historic day for gay couples in new york. hundreds are getting married legally today. this couple, the first in new york city to say their vows. new york passed its marriage equality act last month. a state set up a lottery to handle a crush of requests for marriages today. a live report from new york city in a few minutes. >>> and six people shot dead at this skating rink near dallas, texas. a man opened fire during a family birthday party last night. he killed five members of his wife's family and then himself. four other people were hurt. also, family members. police say a fight between t

i'm fredricka whitfield. just two hours from now president obama and congressional leaders meet at the white house. they'll try to get derailed deficit talks back on track. republicans broke off negotiations yesterday saying the administration's insistence on including tax hikes in any plan is not acceptable. straight ahead, a live report from the white house on the showdown and how its outcome could affect you. >>> the u.s. is withholding $800 million in aid to pakistan. president obama's chief of staff confirmed the move today. william daily says pakistan has, quote, taken some steps that have given us reason to pause, end quote. the pakistani military tells cnn it has not been officially informed that aid from washington is being wit held. >>> with the final edition of britain's popular tabloid "news of the world" on the stands, rupert murdoch is hoping to limit the damage to his media empire. murdoch arrived in london today. his company's british subsidiary closed yours truly news of the world" after repo

. >> i was watching it at breakfast and watching fredricka whitfield. >>> heartbreaking story, rachel 9-year-old girl asked friends and family to donate money to charity rather than giving her birthday gifts. then last night she died from injuries suffered in a horrific traffic accident on wednesday. but her inspiring story has led to an outpouring of generosity. her goal was to raise $300 for a charity providing clean water, drinking water to people in africa and as of tonight, her website has received donations totaling more than $66,000. imagine that. you can add to this number. just go to mycharitywater.org/rachels 9thbirthday. or our blompth we will put it up there fufrmt >>> suspicious fires in north hollywood. we'll ask the fire department what's going on. is a serial arsonist on the loose? [ sirens ] it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed. discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at the pump... and at many of the places their summer plans take them. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. >>> that is incredibl

i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> less than one month until we reach the august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling. we've been here before but not quite this close to default. welcome to "your money." i'm christine romans. ali velshi is off this week. so what could change for you in an eventual debt ceiling deal? three huge issues to watch will be tax increases paired with possible cuts to social security and medicare as part of what could be $4 trillion in proposed debt reduction? jeanne sahadi joins us. >> they say we have to raise taxes on the wealthy and close corporate tax loopholes. the republicans say, no. we're not going to be raising taxes in the wake of the jobs report. democrats say, we're not going to be on board with any cuts to social security or medicare. we want those to be dealt with separately in the same way that republicans want to deal with taxes separately. democrats say, we're not cutting social security and medicare. and this week, they got very upset when

i'm fredricka whitfield. following early reports today that ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak had fallen into a coma, the hospital where he has been since april now says he has regained consciousness after falling into a coma. let's bring in fred pleitgen. >> hosni mubarak's health is an issue here in egypt. keep in mind when we heard earlier today is that the lawyer for hosni mubarak said he was in a, quote, deep coma, he fell into that coma midday local time and that the lawyer was on the way to the hospital and didn't know whether or not hosni mubarak would ever regain consciousness. now, the hospital for itds part as you said, said, yes, he did lose consciousness. he fainted for a while earlier today. but regained consciousness quite shortly after that. they're also telling us that apparently it's not uncommon for mubarak to faint every once in a while. simply because his health is so problematic. the reason why this is such a big issue here in egypt, fredricka, is because mubarak is due to stand tr

i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> no one knows for sure what would happen if we don't raise the debt ceiling in time. but we've all heard the adjectives, catastrophic, calamitous, financial armageddon. welcome to "your money." i'm tom foreman. ali velshi is off this week. the deadline to raise the debt ceiling is august 2nd and we're left without a viable plan through all this talk, although there are some signs of a potential deal. ben white is a wall street correspondent for politico, ken rogoff joins us and jeanne s sahadi joins us as well. jeanne, first question, is it time to simply say, let's go for the possible in washington? everybody has grand ideas about what they want to do. nobody, nobody can get the support to get one of those through. do we have to look for just the possible? >> i think the mission of everyone in congress is to absolutely raise the debt ceiling. they cannot get away without doing that. the s&p has been the strongest credit rating agency. they said, we'r

i'm fredricka whitfield. happening right now, a new defense secretary leon panetta landed in afghanistan today. he says since killing osama bin laden the u.s. has al qaeda in his words on the run. his first trip to the war zone comes during his first full week on the job. >>> the dalai lama is in washington, d.c. today, beginning a ten-day spiritual ritual with thousands gathered on the west lawn of the u.s. capital. the leader of tibetan buddhism said the journey to world peace starts with individual peace of mind. >> try to create calm mind, peaceful mind and that creates our own community. that's the way to change society. >> the chinese government is taking a dim view of the dalai lama's visit to washington. it dismissed him as a political exile engaging in tibetan separatist activities under the guise of religion. >>> the final edition of the news of the world is due out in a few hours from now. rupert murdoch is expected to arrive in london to deal with the hacking scandal that forced the paper to shut

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i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> no one can say for certain what would happen if the debt ceiling is not raised. but the consequences are likely to be severe. welcome to "your money." i'm ali velshi. august 2nd is the day the treasury department says it will no longer be able to pay all of our nation's bills. and the united states will default on its debt. republicans are going to vote on their own plan this week, complete with spending cuts. but president obama says he won't support deep cuts without increases in taxes. >> if you're trying to get to $2.4 trillion without any revenue, then you are effectively gutting a whole bunch of domestic spending that is going to be too burdensome and is not going to be something that i would support. >> david gergen is cnn's senior political analyst. david, there was a time when republican house speaker john boehner and president obama both talked of doing something big to change america's unsustainable economic path. what do you think? do you

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time to hand this thing over to just an energized fredricka whitfield this morning. >> that's every weekend. >> great energy today. >> we have a lot going on today. >> i have to know, the legal guys? >> 12:20 and 12:40. but start watching at noon, like now. you definitely want to hear what they have to say about the whole gps thing and other items. don't get caught in traffic. >> oh, yes. >> even on the weekend, traffic at least in the los angeles area can be a nightmare which is why the shutdown of a ten-mile span of the 405 freeway today through monday has people bracing for what is being called carmageddon. possible massive gridlock on surrounding roads and highways caused by a $1 billion construction project on the 405. let's go now to cnn's kareen wynter standing near the mulholland drive just above the 405. you have the vest on there to make sure that everyone can see you and make sure that they know that you're not part of the construction project. but you can tell us all about it. kareen? >> reporter: yeah, i can't believe you noticed this very, very conservative vest. well, fred, i

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. >>> okay, folks, fredricka whitfield is fired up this morning. the good energy -- >> we have a great day ahead, right? >> it has been a good morning. >> even if you're in the southern california area and you're in l.a. and worried about the whole carmageddon thing -- >> did you see the streets. it looked like everybody decided to stay off the streets. >> but it's early. folks have their day planned, as do we. there it is right there. >> this is a live picture for us? wow. >> great construction taking place on mulholland bridge. we're keeping an eye on it all morning long. our legal guys, we always love avery and richard. you suspect your spouse is cheating. >> don't do this to me this morning. >> i won't do that because i love marley. someone else, that might be happening. is it okay if you put a gps, hire a private investigator and they use a gps to track that person? >> so you put it on your spouse, in the car, in the purse -- can you do that? >> well, avery and richard are going to weigh in on whether that is okay because it's a legal case rig

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. >>> live from studio 7, i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed for this thursday, july 21st. the space shuttle era is over. shortly before the sun came up, "atlantis" came down. >> main gear touched down. >> today's landing marked the end of 30 years of space shuttle flight. 2,300 nasa workers will be laid off within days. almost 6,000 more will lose their jobs in the coming months. nasa's shuttles will go to the museums. >>> homeland security is warning state and local police to keep an eye on private utility companies as well as their power grids and pipelines. officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. >>> and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nation's debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax incr