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ellen degeneres quits. cara is fired. replacing them, jennifer lopez and steven tyler. we ll judge the impact of all these change early friday, july 30, 2010. it is a gorgeous friday morning here in the big town. morning, everybody, i m harry smith. and i m erica hill. yes, perfect way to kick off the end of the week. a lot happening this morning, a lot happening tomorrow. chelsea clinton, of course, getting married. we ll get you the very latest. live shot from rhinebeck, at the hotel where we re told several wedding guests are staying. and we have a lot of news coming out of california. break news this morning as we start in los angeles where fast-moving wildfires overfight have threatened 2,000 homes. all of this is is north of l.a., in palmdale, california. that s where we find hattie kauffman this morning. reporter: good morning. i m at the front lines in terms of protecting homes from these fires. you can see the fire truck behind me, the houses and right be
do you mind shaking a couple of hands? i know they would love that. ladies and gentlemen, carrie underwood. always nice, really is. carrie spent a lot of time before the concert actually saying hi to people. it s nice when they do that and take time to say hi to the fans. there are a lot of young fans, matt. look at some of the ages of kids looking for autographs. that s fun to see. we also want to tell you what s coming up in this half hour. recruiting specifically related to american idol, word that ellen degeneres is leaving american idol and talking about the, quote, dim the lights, i ve voted myself off of american idol. she tweeted that last night. so this morning we ll be talking about what the buzz is in terms of who will be replacing the people who are leaving. okay. about 90 miles north of here, sleepy little upstate town, rhinebeck, new york, not so sleepy this morning as they get ready for the wedding of the summer, some are saying the wedding of the
could be out too. and you won t believe who s in the running to replace them today, friday, july 30th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m not going to get into the american idol story and speculate as to who s going to replace those judges, but just notice meredith is not here. i m ann curry in for meredith this morning. don t worry, she s going to be back on monday. you know, don t worry, come on, it s going to be all right. anyway, we ve got to switch gears and talk about this fire. boy, did it explode. the firefighters this morning 50 miles north of los angeles are scrambling to get away from this crown fire, which is burning. there are at least five other blazes burning in southern california. we have the latest in a live report coming up. this has become again a serious situation there. also rangers believe they have captured the grizzly bear behind a deadly rampage at a ca