i'm michelle guillen. >>> this morning a black shroud drapes over ted kennedy's senate desk. later following a private ceremony at the family's hyannis port home, it will be moved to the john kennedy presidential library in washington to lie in repose. hari sreenivasan is here with more. hari, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. all the places that ted kennedy's body travels through over the next few days have a special significance in the life of the senator. the grand sendoff for the late senator ted kennedy will begin this afternoon with a procession through the streets of his beloved hometown. >> what we're going to do the next few days is celebrate his life. >> reporter: kennedy's body will be taken here to the john f. kennedy library in boston. he'll lie in repose until friday night when a private memorial will be held. mourners have already begun showing up. >> i came because i've admired the family from afar for a very long time, especially senator kennedy, because he was all about other people, helping people. >> reporter: from massachusetts to capitol

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i'm michelle guillen. it's only the second presidential election in the long history of afghanistan. this morning afghans are voting, many of them nervously amid taliban threats of violence. susan roberts has the latest on that from washington. susan, good morning. >> reporter: michelle, good morning to you. there are reports that in kabul itself the streets are eerily empty. but in the outlying areas of afghanistan people are lining up to vote. afghan president hamid karzai was one of the first to cast his ballot this morning. >> this will be for peace, for progress, and for the well-being of the afghan people. >> reporter: karzai, who's seeking a second term, called on afghans to defy taliban threats and participate in today's election. security was tight at thousands of polling locations as residents showed up to vote. for days militants have tried to intimidate voters with a string of attacks. fearing the recent violence might keep people from the polls, the government imposed a media blackout. still t

i'm michelle guillen. >>> the search for reality tv show contestant wanted in the death of his ex-wife is over. ryan jenkins disappeared last week. he was wanted for the gruesome murder of jasmine fiore, a model. >> the body of ryan alexander jenkins was, in fact, found in a motel in hope, british columbia, canada. the cause of death appears to be suicide. >> jenkins apparently hanged himself in a remote canadian motel. the motel manager said a young woman checked him in last thursday. fiore's mutilated body was foupd in a trash can 20 miles from los angeles. police say they believe jenkins was the only one found in her murder. >>> the draw to see mother nature in all her fury proved deadly to two people this weekend. the draw was the high surf and crashing waves triggered by hurricane bill. yesterday thousands gathered along the shore of maine's acadia national park. at least ten people were hit by one rogue wave. three were swept out to sea. the coast guard made several dramatic rescues. one 7-year-old g

i'm michelle guillen. >>> tomorrow president obama makes his pitch for healthcare reform at a town hall meeting in montana. at a bozeman suburb, hundreds are expected to show up in protest. the healthcare reform has triggered a wave of growing anger in the country. susan roberts is in washington with more. susan, good morning. >> reporter: michelle, good morning to you. the white house is trying to push back against these explosive town hall meetings through its online campaign and the president himself. the administration is trying to quiet the critics of healthcare reform. critics angry over the president's healthcare reform plan are not holding back. >> you listen to us. >> reporter: americans will have another chance to be heard today at town hall meetings across the country. democrats are trying to win over an increasingly skeptical public fed up with the proposed overhaul. >> nobody tells me how to live my life. nobody tells me how long i should live and when i should die. >> reporter: but not everyone is out to crush reform. >> that's not fear. that's not fear. >> reporter: suppo

i'm ross palumbo in for michelle guillen. >>> former president bill clinton arrived in north korea this morning to try to secure the release of two american journalists held there since march. mr. clinton's unannounced trip comes amid growing tension over north korea's nuclear ambitions. tara mergener is live with the latest. >> reporter: former president clinton arrived in north korea with a warm welcome. he is there with two major goals. he arrived in north korea on a mission. to bring two american journalists back home. >> it may be a face-saving measure by the north koreans, saying we need a high level, prominent american person to come over, and then we'll go. >> reporter: euna lee and laura ling were working for al gore's current tv when they were tried in march. they were tried, convicted and sentenced to 12 years hard labor for crossing the border illegally and committing grave crimes. >> all we can say to the government of north korea is we desperately beg for mercy. >> reporter: washington has been pushing for the journalists' release for months. the fear is they're using the

i'm michelle guillen. we begin with afghanistan. now two days before a vital presidential election. taliban rockets hit this morning near the presidential palace in kabul. no one was hurt. also, nato says it's halting offensive operations during the election to protect the population. but fighting goes on. another american was killed yesterday, the 22nd so far this month. president obama calls winning the war in afghanistan fundamental to defending the american people, but for the u.s. marines there, the line to victory is lined with deadly homemade bombs. >> reporter: this is what constitutes a normal patrol in helmand. watch the white van. if there is a constant in this phase of the afghanistan conflict, it's the ever-present danger of improvised bombs, ieds, they're everywhere. we joined one of the many marine patrols looking to keep roadways open. the taliban rarely stand and fight here, but they lay bombs across the region. ahead of the vehicles, mine sweepers scour the ground for the telltale whine of metal objects. >> we got this one sweeper right here. he's all set for the o

i'm ross palumbo in for michelle guillen. >>> this morning the swiss embassy in tehran is working to learn what it can about three american hikers being held by the iranian government. susan roberts is in washington with the details. >> reporter: the three american hikers were taken prisoner on friday. they'd been hiking in northern iraq, and apparently didn't realize they had crossed the border. their families now are obviously worried. >> my husband and i, our only concern is for the health and welfare of josh, shane, and sarah. >> reporter: joshua fattal, shane bower, and sarah had entered iran last week. they had entered in a area of the kurdish region of northern iraq. >> they entered into iran from iraq's kurdistan region. >> reporter: just before the three americans were captured, they contacted a friend, shon meckfessel, who stayed behind at the hotel. their last message, we are surrounded by armed men. irene meckfessel says her grandson is safe at the u.s. embassy. >> he had a cold, so he didn't go with them. he says they didn't go over the border. >> reporter: iranian tv sa

i'm karen brown in for michelle guillen. >>> president obama says this country is finally digging itself out of the worst recession since world war ii. we'll get a better picture today when the labor department releases the unemployment figures for july. susan roberts in washington has more. good morning, susan. >> reporter: karen, good morning to you. regardless of what we find out today, the job openings out there remain scarce, and most economists expect the unemployment rate to keep rising to 10% or higher by the end of the year. christoff miller never imagined he'd be out of work this long. >> i thought i'd go and find another job in a month at the longest. >> reporter: instead, it's been almost a year, so he's heading to houston to work for his family's roofing business. it's a field he has no experience in in a state he's never visited. >> i have to make money and pay my bills. >> reporter: analysts think the unemployment report today will be good news and bad news. the unemployment rate is expected to reach 9.6%, up from 9.5% in june and the highest in 26 years. but while employe

i'm karen brown in for michelle guillen. the outcome is all but certain, but the vote is historic. this afternoon the senate votes on the confirmation of sonia sotomayor to the supreme court. she would be the first hispanic to sit on the nation's highest court. susan roberts is in washington with more. good morning, susan. >> reporter: karen, good morning to you. the federal judge gained even more momentum on wednesday, when she picked up two more republican senators who announced their support for her. her confirmation is how considered to be a certainty. the nation's highest court is on track to get its first hispanic justice. >> i'm confident that judge sotomayor will make an outstanding justice of the united states supreme court. >> reporter: the senate will vote this afternoon on judge sonia sotomayor's supreme court nomination. the 55-year-old bronx, new york native is almost certain to win confirmation. she has solid backing from the democratic majority, and a growing number of republicans now say they'll also vote for her. >> i'll support her. i'll be proud for her, the com

i'm ross poe lum bow, in for michelle guillen. we begin this morning with those california wildfires. firefighters facing a massive fire north of los angeles and battled throughout the night. two have lost their lives when their truck rolled done a mountain side. that fire, the largest in the state, is the so-called station fire in the an gel list national forest, another major blaze burning north of sacramento has destroyed some 60 buildings. the station fire has destroyed at least 18 structures and threatens 12,000 homes. more than 42,000 acres have burned, more than 6,000 homes have been evacuated in pasadena and other towns north of l.a. patty kaufman has the latest. >> reporter: it's an inferno, trup he will digit temperatures and dry brush that goes up like kindling. >> we would just ask if we tell to you leave, when we say that, we tell to you leave, you leave. because your life is in danger. it's very important that you understand that. >> reporter: as vacation cabins incinerat incinerated, authorities rushed to evacuate t

i'm priya david in for michelle guillen. >>> this morning, thousands of firefighters are battling to control at least four wildfires in california. the worst just north of santa cruz has forced more than 2,000 residents to evacuate their home. at least two structures have been damaged. the lockheed fire has already scorched 3,000 acres and is growing. kpix reports. >> reporter: all day long firefighters have been waiting, waiting for the fire to burn down the rugged terrain and come to them. well, here it is. do you think you'll be able to save this house? >> we'll give it our best shot. that's all we can do. >> reporter: for most of the day, the only safe way to fight the flames was from the air. >> we have a steep hillside here. there's no way we could get up there and fight the fire. >> we're helping another community out. other residents, this is their home, this is their neighborhood. just like if it was my home, we come out here and do the best we can with what we have. >> reporter: the strategy now is to remove debris and combustibles from around the home so that, if the fire

i'm michelle guillen. time is running out for auto buyers who want to take advantage of the cash for clunkers program. susan roberts is in washington with the latest on the demise of a four-week-old program that's a victim of its own success. good morning, susan. >> reporter: hey there, susan. good morning to you. the cash for clunkers program will be shut down on monday. the program began winding down when congress realized it didn't have any more money for it. the cash for clunkers program is about to come to a screeching halt. >> we're now slightly victims of success because the thing happened so quick. >> reporter: due to popular demand, the program has already burned through much of its $3 billion funding, forcing the government to shut it down monday night. >> i thought it was going towards the end of the year >> reporter: consumers will now only have a few more days to take advantage of the lucrative rebates, up to $4,500 when they trade in their old guzzlers for more fuel efficient cars. >> we knew

i'm karen brown in for michelle guillen. >>> news this morning concerning the american soldier being held by the taliban and a key taliban leader. insurgents holding private bowe bergdahl say they are still waiting for a response to their demands from the american government before deciding bergdahl's fate. susan roberts is in washington with more. good morning, susan. >> reporter: karen, good morning to you. that's right. they're waiting on response from u.s. commanders on a list of demands. what those demands are, we just don't know. >> i have a very, very good family. >> reporter: the fate of private first class bowe bergdahl rests in the fate of the taliban. they say the council of leaders will decide what to do with them based on how the u.s. responds to a list of demands. it's the first anyone has heard of bergdahl since his captors releaseded this video more than three weeks ago. >> scared i won't be able to go home, and it's very unnerving to be a prisoner. >> reporter: the 23-year-old disappeared june 30th, just five months after he arrived in afghanistan. there's no word ye

i'm michelle guillen. >>> this morning the leader of the pro-democracy movement in myanmar aung san suu kyi was accused of violating her house arrest. originally sentenced to three years in prison, her sentence was reduced. barry peterson reports from tokyo. >> reporter: the ruling generals beefed up security before the verdict. when aung san suu kyi was sentenced to three years, they quickly stepped in and reduced it to 1 1/2 years. a sentence to be served under house arrest. she has been in detention for 14 of the last 20 years, mostly held in her home. the case was sparked by an american who broke into that home. the military claimed his uninvited presence violated the terms of her previous sentence for house arrest. he was sentenced today to seven years in prison, four of those in hard labor. the military staged a coup in 1962 and later nullified the results of a 1990 election that suu kyi's party won. in 2007 the generals brutally endeded protests by monks against their regime. suu kyi struggled for democracy earned her a nobel peace prize and was widespread support outside myanmar

cbs news' michelle guillen joins us with more on that. >> good morning, jeff.gs for the popular show "jon & kate plus 8" are on decline since they first announced their breakup. jon's been seen around the world with a lot of different women starting speculating about who his real love interest is. even though jon is trying to move on, the new women in his life have done anything but keep him and theflds out of the spotlight. >> i love jon. i'm not some fame whore. >> reporter: first, 22-year-old hailey glassman told giuliana rancic she's been completely misunderstood. >> what do you think of people who say you're a home wrecker? >> one of me says honestly i'm not. it's ridiculous. but from what the public sees, they weren't allowed to see their marriage was done a year ago. >> like the rest of the country, i too had just seen all these pictures of hailey glassman as a wild party girl. i heard rumors of hailey being a homewrecker. i've got to say that's what i thought i was going to meet when i saw her, but she was the opposite of that. >> there's so many lies a