tonight. what s being done to keep them all safe? we have a live report with preparations. in los angeles, 21 fires and a $61,000 reward. people are scared, authorities are desperate. from the cnn center in atlanta, this is cnn saturday morning. i m e.d. hill. we start this hour in iowa. it is hard to believe, there are only three days left until the first votes are cast in the republican presidential race. it seems like we ve been waiting for a year or so. so, of course, all the candidates are in iowa. try and shake every last hand or are they? paul steinhauser joins us now from des moines. so is mitt romney there? he s on his way back, e.d. he s right now in new hampshire. this morning, he was in hampton, new hampshire, a breakfast that e5 . remember, new hampshire goes one week after iowa. iowa goes on tuesday. new hampshire goes second in the nation. romney was here yesterday and when he left, he left the keys of the bus in good hands, with chris christie. he endorsed
luke like the rest of america, i was geeking out to see the epic adventure of the child hero in the adorable glasses who s man kind s only hope sarah palin. i saw her in the documentary of her life the undefeated. also, looking forward to seeing that harry potter movie. apparently, that came out this weekend too. they really should have advertised it. you know what? these two would make a great double feature. because both movies are about outsiders plucked by an old wizard. welcome back to morning joe, it s 25 minutes past the hour. time to look at the morning papers. start with the wall street journal borders, the largest bookstore chain in the country said it will liquidate to find a
allow the president to raise a debt ceiling and avert crisis. a vote on that could happen this week. the fallback plan would likely pass the democrat-controlled senate but face a bigger challenge in the house where republicans hold the majority. let s get the latest with brianna keilar. are we any closer to a deal? on a deficit reduction plan, kyra, it doesn t appear so. no announced meetings between the white house and congressional leaders over the weekend, there were staff-level meetings and a lot of focus has to do with this fallback plan you mentioned. it s sort of the brainchild of the center republican leader, mitch mcconnell, working out some details with the senate majority leader harry reid. essentially, it would give the president for all practical purposes the ability to increase the debt ceiling with really just a minority of support from congress. it would allow congress to voice its disapproval and this is something that the president would have to do in thre
continues. what we ve learned is that afghan security forces are being led by afghan national police. this is significant because nato and part of the transition made it clear that they re intent on positions more and more authority towards afghan forces. today was actually the first day of the transition period to be extended over the next two years. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the murdoch phone hacking scandal in britain has claimed its first public official. just hours ago, britain s top cop suddenly resigned. his resignation comes on the same day police arrested a top murdoch executive. let s bring in cnn s atika shubert. atika, is there a connection between the resignation and the arrest of that top murdoch executive? well, there are basically two different strands of the same scandal. in the place of sir paul stevenson, the topmost senior police officer here in britain, he basically resigned because of increasing intense scrutiny over th
anthony, splitsville. they re married in 2004, jennifer lopez and marc anthony will split. it s the final harry potter movie, but what kind of a spell is it casting at the box office? let s take a look. what are you doing here? harry potter. the boy who lived, come to die. let s get the details from the editor of life and style weekly. and i know you re not a big fan of the harry potter series at all. that s a joke, i know you re a big fan.