captioning funded by cbs good morning, everybody, here on a thursday. i m harry smith. and i m erica hill. a lot to get to this morning including some fascinating exclusive interviews. the woman from arizona, derri velarde, who was burned in an acid attack is here in the studio with us this morning. she ll join us live to tell her story. also the big headline, piers morgan gets larry king s job. people have seen him on a talent show, whatever it is, but people across america say who is this guy. our amanda holden, our good pal, they re very good friends. we have an exclusive with amanda and piers and she ll tell us all about the guy. he has an amazing, interesting newspaper background and he may have the right feet to fill those shoes. looking forward to that. first we want to begin with the latest on that deadly flooding in texas where the aftermath of tropical storm hermine spawned a series of tornados and dumped up to eight inches of rain. robbie owens of ktvt is i
brutal acid attack in arizona opens up about the moment that changed her life and her fight to keep her family together early this thursday morning, to keep her family together early this thursday morning, september 9, 2010. captioning funded by cbs morning, everybody, here on a thursday. i m harry smith. i m erica hill. good to have you with us this morning. a lot to get to this morning, including some fascinating, exclusive interviews. the woman from arizona, derri velarde, is here in the studio with us this morning. she ll join us live to tell her story. also this morning, the big headline, piers morgan gets larry king s job. people have seen him on a talent show, but people across america say, who is this guy? matt holden, our good pal, they re very good friends. we have an exclusive with amanda and piers and she ll tell us about the guy. interesting newspaper bag ground. he may actually have the right feet to fill those shoes. oh, looking forward to that. f
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finger-pointing or irresponsibility. we ve got the latest live from the gulf. plus, survivor winner ethan zahn victorious in an even tougher battle, survival over cancer. how a coincidence linked to the show may have helped save his life. next on larry king live. good evening. i m jeff probst sitting in for larry tonight. let s get right to the latest from new orleans with cnn s david mattingly. david, what are they doing right now to stop the spill? jeff, right now they re trying something they have never done before. not just at this depth, at this mile down at the bottom of the ocean, but never before have they tried this, where they re going to insert a tube inside that leaking pipe. the idea is they hope they will seal that up tonight and be able to siphon that oil that is now leaking into the gulf of mexico up to the top to a waiting containment vessel. they ve been trying these things. a week ago they had a huge containment dome that failed on them. they di