there's been a lot of chatter about it apparently, maybe by the johnston and palin families. >> maybeunch the reality show with their upcoming wedding and their life as newlyweds but a representative of palin said no reality show. cbs said there weren't many tv executives interested in buying the show. >> we have a hole for you this morning. >> no "blowed up"? >> no. >> a hole in the road? >> a big hole. a gaping hole! you have to go to kansas to find it though. >> kansas city, missouri. >> interchange in the kansas city area, missouri transportation officials not sure what caused the sinkhole. hm. there's been unexpected ground settlement under the highway. >> that's an understatement, huh? >> they had earlier closed a single lane but then it got worse. as a matter of fact, it threatens to swallow kansas city right now. >> they had to shut down the entire interchange between two interstates. the closure has been in effect since saturday. so that's a big doing in kansas city, missouri. i'm getting smarmy like you. i don't know what happened this morning. >> i grew up in a small time.

>>> and bristol palin speaks out about her reunion with levi johnston saying her mother is not happy. but she still hopes her dad will walk her down the aisle. we'll hear from bristol and levi this morning. >>> you know, i know those guys are shopping a reality show but their story continues to be a soap opera. >> the young and restless. we'll talk about that in our next half hour. don't have to tell you any time you bring up race, it's such a charged topic. and it is again at the center of the national debate this morning. shirley sherrod, the government official forced to resign on tuesday over comments posted online, was reinstated on wednesday, even offered a new job. agriculture secretary, her boss, tom vilsack personally apologized to her so did white house press secretary, robert gibbs. both said the comments were taken way out of context, regretted a rush to judgment. but serious questions remain about how this all began, and there's no doubt about it. the administration could have handled it better. >> that's right. and ms. sherrod still has questions she wants answered befor

bristol and levi johnston are getting married. the happy couple, once estranged, reveal their engagement secret to the world and her mom on the cover of a magazine. what does sarah palin have to say about that? >>> plus, the shocking billboard that compared the president to hitler and lenin. tea party activists are behind it. the naacp condemns it. who's right? who's wrong? next on "larry king live." good evening. we begin with breaking news in what could be a turning point in the gulf oil spill tragedy. let's get the latest from cnn's ed lavandera in new orleans. what's the latest, ed? >> reporter: well, larry, right now, we know that officials with bp and the federal government are entering into the preliminary testing phase, getting ready for what's called the integrity test. based on the readings they get from these tests overed course of the next 48 hours will determine whether this containment cap that they put in place on monday will work as they hope it does. and if it does, it would mean we would finally see the end of oi

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the couple told "us >>> bristol palin and levi johnston are back together again without the blessing of their parents. the couple told "us weekly" magazine they got engaged again two weeks ago. bristol said she reconnected with the father of her son while they worked out a custody plan. so what does sarah palin have to say? she said "we obviously want what's best for our children. bristol believes in redemption and forgiveness to a degree most of us struggle to put in practice in our daily lives." >> apparently no wedding date has been set but the couple is hoping for some time next month b

sarah palance daughter bristol and levi johnston on the cover the cost magazine with their 18 month oldrip. this is a huge turnaround just months ago there were fighting over child support, fighting over johnson's criticism of the tail and family. when it posted this they had told bristol's parents yet appeared the 19 year-old said shoes on the idea of telling another scary. serta elin released a statement saying she believes in redemption and forgiveness. another wedding story to tell you about penelope cruz has married have your both are from spain and both have won oscars sit and they manage to pull off a secret wedding no reporters are outside cameras it happened at the beginning of july at the press has in the bahamas. a small wedding was only family members that attended all >> live look outside at traffic this is the golden gate bridge the left side your screen the traffic is backed up coming to san francisco on the right side there is also moving rather slow at this hour. this is the san mateo bridge much better here the headlights' are in to hayward but most both directions wil

naturally being supported and they did well for more insight into the exposé my colleague kerry johnstonspoke to our two years of military analyst you're going to for a long with our cross talk host peter lavelle. oh it says is that how culpable mainstream media has been covering these wars got less is what i say most of this information you could have found out yourself if you just tried a little bit talk to witnesses the internet exist oh my goodness these stories are out there it's the government confirming to us that we've been lied about this war and we should listen to people on the ground so i'm not surprised by this but it shows that mainstream media has been reckless in covering these wars i don't know why the context it also says or some of these documents suggest that there's pakistani support for the tone of the super. you know. just watch crosstalk. we know about the need to rethink. one of the main challenges during the anti-slavery just out what the pakistani involvement pakistani has been sop contracted their intelligence services by side by the cia and that's the whole p

that is jeopardizing this operation according to some politicians well earlier my colleague kerry johnston got more insight into the exposé from the military analyst if you're going to. talk coast people live though. all it says is that. listen culpable mainstream media has been covering these wars is what i say most of this information you could have found out yourself if you'd just tried a little bit talk to witnesses the internet exist oh my goodness these stories are out there it's the government confirming to us that we've been lied about this war and we should listen to people on the ground so i'm not surprised by this but it shows the mainstream media has been reckless in covering these wars and i know why the context says or some of these leaked documents suggest that there's pakistani support for the time of the super. bowl and i just watched crosstalk. we know about the need to do you think it was one of the main challenges during the anti-slavery just out what the pakistani involvement pakistani has been stopped contracted their intelligence services side by the cia and that's t

honda rider needed twenty eight minutes and fifty seconds to complete the distance this managed a johnston pictures we're going to run to we started on the rent a finishing over three seconds behind the winner australian cases turn a complete to the podium to take the defending champ involved in a ross who has returned to gracie only six weeks after breaking his leg came home fourth. it's a final day of open sent andrews and several minutes south african louis stays in the will start his last round with a four stroke lead over england's paul casey. led the failed by five strokes at the halfway stage but was never taken from yesterday to do to support three under par round of sixty nine to his final three holes including face quarter for part of the sixteenth paul casey at one of the lowest scholes of the day a sixty seven for putting the englishman in contention for his first ever major title germany's martin kaymer is another three shots back in third so it looks like they are going to aim to clara jug as that chasing pack of three all tied in fourth including lee westwood and it's jansse

there's actually new video of bristol saying her mom disapproves of her plans to marry levi johnston, family apparently not happy about the marriage, as well, or the possible marriage. the question is, will they call it off? will they put it on hold, and will sarah palin attend? we have the latest from bristol's new interview. >> you said this is like a modern-day romeo and juliet. >> reading the interview, it is. >> let's hope it ends differently. >> love. >> yes, yes. >> all right. >> okay. maybe "a midsummer night's dream." in any event, tonight's "money 911" team is here to answer your questions about hard financial choices a lot of folks have to make these days. >> a lot to get to. let's go inside. ann is standing by at the news desk. she has a check of all the headlines. ap, good morning again. >> matt, thank you so much. >>> good morning, everybody, at least 25 people were hurt last night, one critically, by severe turbulence over kansas on a united flight from washington to los angeles. witnesses said some of the passengers were thrown so violently they hit their heads on the

well news and much more you're watching auti i'm carrie johnston welcome to the program the u.s. military is desperately trying to close in on the sources behind the biggest leak in its history pentagon chiefs admit it will take weeks to assess the damage the u.s. that operations in afghanistan after the revelations including the killing of.

coming out but it might be a little different than you'd expect at comic-con the film's director joe johnston said the following on his version of the superhero he said quote he wants to serve his country but he's not this sort of gene do is dig american flag waver he's just a good person ok but isn't his name captain america isn't he supposed to be a flag waver so what does this non jingoistic hero tell us about where the sense of american pride has really gone producer lucy confident joins me in the studio losing a can captain america like i said not be a flag waver and we could they have picked a worse character to an american eyes it raises a great question i mean has the american brand sunk so low that we have to downplay the american angle in a movie about a character who's named captain america who is fighting the nazis in world war two fighting the enemies of america mind you while he's wearing you know pretty much a american flag leotard while he's doing it i mean it's really rather bizarre but you do have to remember the background with this character i mean this was a character it

i don't even know what to make of this, bristol palin wants levi johnston to wear a camouflage vest atheir wedding next month. [ light laughter ] when she heard that, sarah palin was like, "that's fine, i wasn't planning on aiming that high anyway." [ laughter and applause ] this is exciting. malia obama is about to go to summer camp for the first time. you could tell that michelle picked out the camp. whenever they make s'mores, they just melt zucchini in between two wheat thins. [ laughter ] it's delicious. can you imagine that? you're a 10-year-old boy trying to sneak over to the girl's camp, and you get taken down by navy s.e.a.l.s. [ laughter ] "panty raid! oh, my gosh!" [ laughter ] speaking of camp, i just read about a summer camp in south korea where parents send their kids to learn discipline. the camp is called north korea. [ laughter ] interesting. [ applause ] listen to this, chicago's museum of science and industry is paying a person $10,000 to live there for 30 days. the museum calls it a study in human behavior, while jon gosselin calls it, "the break i've been waiting f

this is from joel johnston. it says, "hey, jimmy, i really have to go pee. can i go?" joel? where are you? >> i'm over here. >> jimmy: okay, joel -- >> hey. >> jimmy: yeah, sure, buddy. if you have to go, go ahead. >> thank you, jimmy. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this is from jackie simmons. jackie says, "jimmy, i'm a big fan of fire juggling. could you have someone fire juggle in the studio?" fire juggling -- you're talking about this, right? i think. ♪ yeah. yeah, yeah, yeah. i love it, too. i love it, too. but legally, we can't have open flame here in the studio. however, all is not lost because i do know this guy. he does the same exact thing except with saran wrap and bananas. [ laughter ] but he does it to the theme song of "miami vice." you got to see it. take it away. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very, very much. who is that guy? he's a great guy. that's a great act. he does children's parties, too. i mean, he's -- yeah. he's available. this last one -- we have time for one last one. this is from keith bell. it says

joy johnston is a store manager. >> what that does for the customers when you look at it, it says that's >> reporter: glamor magazine has decided to put more real sized women in its pages. it even commissioned this photo of seven plus sized models. >> they're not actually plus size humans. most of them are somewhere between an eight and a 12 which is smaller than the average american woman. >> reporter: cindy is glamor's editor in chief. >> we're celebrating their curves. we're celebrating the fact that, you know, listen, there are millions of different ways to look beautiful. >> reporter: no one is happier to be in the picture than krystal renn at age 14 a scout told her she could be a top model. one catch. >> he said, yes, but you just have to lose nine inches off your hips. i thought nine inches. >> reporter: what size were you when he told you this? >> a size 14. >> reporter: krystal dieted and exercised obsessively until she weighed 98 pounds. >> at my smallest i was a size double 0. yes. meaning basically that the clothing store clothes would call off me. >> reporter: she moved to

host: johnston city, illinois. ashley. good morning to you. caller: good morning. good morning. feel like i'm the only 21-year-old calling your panel today, but my point is i -- my first point is, i think we need to give america the care. they need to understand the fact that h.i.v. and aids is a viral infection, it is permanent. they need to see that. abstinence is forming your parents more of what they're contracting as this disease progresses. they need to be informed of it i think. i don't think a vaccine -- i think a vaccine would be a wonderful help but it's like an easy button for americans to push and the easiest way is just to know, to be knowledgeable of what this is. guest: i can sense the urgency in your voice and i thank you for your passion. we need to list the -- lift the stigma ma around this area. we're in a time people don't often mention h.i.v. or aids, we don't talk about protection or education and for us to really make an impact you have to have the passion you displayed in your question and talk about education and lift the stigma so people infected can ge

finally, bristol palin and levi johnston says they packed things up and are going to get married. sarah palin and her husband said in a statement on "the today show" that they want what is best for their children and that bristow believes and "redemption and forgiveness." that young couple already has an 18-month-old son. those are just some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> c-span is now available and over 100 million homes, bringing you washington your way. a public service created by america's cable companies. >> learn more about the nation's highest court from those who have served on the bench. reid c-span's latest book "the supreme court." candid conversations with all the justices, active and retired. now available in hardcover and also as an e-book. >> "washington journal" continues. host: walter leger joins us from new orleans, senior partner at leger & shaw, to talk about the claims process. let us begin right from the first step. if you want to file a claim with bp, what do you do first? guest: actually at the present it is a little bit confusing because they

. >> senators johnston, shelby, and brown. as former banking counsel, i cannot express what an honor it is to appear for you today. and never did one day i'll be here as a nominee to the federal reserve board. maybe i didn't dream it at some point. i certainly never believed it. senator sarbanes has been an extraordinary a mentor to me and to show me how one can be committed both to the public interest and to one's family at the same time. it is a great and humbling honor to be nominated by president obama to the federal reserve board. i am very grateful. if confirmed, i will participate in the essential and difficult work of restraining inflation and maintaining price stability, maximizing sustainable employment and economic ac, and trying to harmonize these goals. this is a challenging moment for the federal reserve. every member knows that even though the worst of the crisis is over, it remained a precarious time for far too many of our families and businesses. the fed must do its part to restore the underlying strength and

. >> senators johnston, shelby, and brown. as former banking counsel, i cannot express what an honor it is to appear for you today. and never did one day i'll be here as a nominee to the federal reserve board. maybe i didn't dream it at some point. i certainly never believed it. senator sarbanes has been an extraordinary a mentor to me and to show me how one can be committed both to the public interest and to one's family at the same time. it is a great and humbling honor to be nominated by president obama to the federal reserve board. i am very grateful. if confirmed, i will participate in the essential and difficult work of restraining inflation and maintaining price stability, maximizing sustainable employment and economic, and trying to harmonize these goals. this is a challenging moment for the federal reserve. every member knows that even though the worst of the crisis is over, it remained a precarious time for far too many of our families and businesses. the fed must do its part to restore the underlying strength and vi

host: johnston city, illinois. ashley. good morning to you. caller: good morning. good morning. i feel like i'm the only 21-year-old calling your panel today, but my point is i -- my first point is, i think we need to give america the care. they need to understand the fact that h.i.v. and aids is a viral infection, it is permanent. they need to see that. abstinence is forming your parents more of what they're contracting as this disease progresses. they need to be informed of it i think. i don't think a vaccine -- i think a vaccine would be a wonderful help but it's like an easy button for americans to push and the easiest way is just to know, to be knowledgeable of what this is. guest: i can sense the urgency in your voice and i thank you for your passion. we need to list the -- lift the stigma ma around this area. we're in a time people don't often mention h.i.v. or aids, we don't talk about protection or education and for us to really make an impact you have to have the passion you displayed in your question and talk about education and lift the stigma so people infected can