beautiful september morn here. . september morn easy there. good morning, everybody. good to have you with us this morning. more fallout from the jets locker room incident over the weekend, players speaking out, clinton portis saying you come to the locker room, basically should expect to be ogled a bit, spoken to hmm. lots of debate at lots of dinner tables. also conversation this morning about a couple of new remedies for people with love handles. you would believe you can freeze them off? i will try anything. we ll talk about that this morning, as well. we begin, though, this morning with politics as the tea party express bowls over more well-known republican candidates in tuesday s primary election. the biggest surprise, the senate primary in delaware. our congressional correspondent nancy cord des is in washington with the latest. nancy, good morning. good morning. the most stunning victory yet for the tea party and crushing blow to the republican party le
rushing waters. crews are making more progress, now that the moon soon rains have die monsoon rains have died down, but as the waters recede, the full scale of the disaster is just now becoming clear. entire villages have washed away. an official called the damage massive and devastating. iran says the three american hikers who have been jailed for more than a year should stand trial for charges of illegally crossing the border. obama calling to release the hikers, saying they were innocent and accidentally crossed the border hiking. at a march yesterday, bauer s mother cindy hickey says little has changed in the time they ve been jailed. i know no more about their case today than i did july 31 last year. we have no there has been no charges. they haven t been able to meet with the swiss again. no visit with the lawyer that we hired back in december.
on the sunday talk shows voicing concern as the army looks in the possibility civilians were also involved in the posting of thousands of secret documents on the website wikileaks. all of this as president obama tries to clarify with our goal in afghanistan is. malini wilkes is live in washington with the story. good afternoon, shannon. president obama says the goal in afghanistan is to prevent the country from becoming a terrorist haven, not to transform it to a western style democracy. he and several top military officials discussed the afghanistan strategy on the sunday shows. the defense secretary said improving security depends on degrading the taliban so they will consider reconciliation with the afghan government. he said a drawdown of the u.s. troops scheduled for july 2011 would be slow and limited at first. president obama said he understands the sacrifices our military is making but we have to finish the job in afghanistan. here is what he means by finish the job
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
who will replace them? could j. lo be on the top of the list? and the black eyed peas live. let s get it started, right here. let s get it started and a good friday morning to everyone. george is getting a little head start to the weekend. chris cuomo is back with us today. good to have you back, chris. and the sun is out. i know. yesterday, we were blaming you for the rain. you brought the sun with you. good that you did. we re going to get to the breaking news on the fires in a moment. forcing so many mandatory evacuations this morning. we also have the latest on this killer bear near yellowstone. we veal the csi method that led hunters to the bear. and the emotional fate of what should happen to her and her cubs. we hear from yet another survivor this morning. we ll also go live to rhinebeck, new york. the small town hosting chelsea clinton s big day. it is the day before the wedding. we have all the last-minute details, including what the bride will be w