top stories now, firefighters in southern california are throwing everything they have got at a big wild fire north of los angeles. the so-called crown fire has scorched 13,000 acres. authorities have lifted evacuation orders. democratic congressman, maxine waters, has decided to face a trial rather than face fines of wrongdoing. they were looking into whether she violated rules in arranging a meeting between treasury department officials and a bank she and her husband were connected with financially. it s all hush-hush from hillary clinton and her family as the former first daughter prepares to get married. the wedding takes place in rhinebeck, new york. i didn t get an invitation. the time has not been revealed. a live report coming up. more top stories in 20 minutes. a few moments ago, we were talking about washington post financial reporter, nancy
the end of that disastrous oil spill in the gulf of mexico. crews are ready to seal up the ruptured well once and for all. there has been a bit of a delay. reynolds wolf is live in new orleans. reynolds, this delay should not be as i guess troubling as other delays have been in the past, isn t that right? reporter: absolutely. this should just be a brief hiccup with what they have been dealing with long-term. the step they are going to have to deal with is a cleaning pros esi process. a week ago, there was a little bit of silt on the ocean floor kicked up and found its way into one of the relief wells. they have to do a cleaning procedure to get rid of the sand and silt in one of the relief wells. it is a time-consuming process but one they think should be relatively easy. they say it is going to take 12 to 24 hours to clean it. that may push back the time frame of the static kill
a wedding where everybody knows your name. i didn t think you were going to go there but you did. reporter: i didn t think of it myself. i give credit to my producer. all cheers references are welcome with me. i notice it is a beautiful day out there. i am not going to ask how many live trucks are in rhinebeck, new york, covering this. any sightings of the former first couple, the former president and the secretary of state? what are folks saying about that. reporter: so far, we haven t seen them today but last night, after the rehearsal dinner, they did come here to the hotel that s over my shoulders the beekman arms hotel and they hosted a private reception there. we saw them pull up in their vehicles. they got out to the applause of the crowd that was standing by hereby. both of them looked extremely relaxed. he was smiling.
pakistan. 800 people are dead. their homes washed away by raging floodwaters. our reza sayah has made it to pakistan. he is back in islamabad and joins us live on the phone. the pictures are unbelievable. i imagine in person this looks like total devastation. reporter: in person, they were worse. we spent much of the day in the flood-damaged areas. a couple things stood out. for a lot of these victims, this is nothing short of a catastrophe. rebuilding some of these communities could take years. the other thing we noted was there is nowhere near enough help for these people in some of these areas. we spent hours in a hard-hit village about 80 miles west of islamabad the we didn t see a single relief crew or any government aid workers helping these people. we did see helicopters flying up above. they didn t appear to be landing nearby. we saw some heart-breaking scenes. people lost their homes walking around with their belongings,
countries. secretary gates could have used his time to announce a broad inquiry into these killings. a tragic milestone for u.s. troops in afghanistan. the rise in american cal yults can be attributed to a new stra strategy, increased fighting and more boots on the ground than ever before. atia abawi has more on that from kabul. reporter: july was the deadliest month for u.s. forces here on the ground in afghanistan since the war began in 2001 with at least 66 u.s. sorry advice members killed in the month of july. oddly enough, it was not the deadliest month for the combined coalition. that actually occurred in june of 2010 when we saw at least 103 nato casualties. this month, in july, there is about 88 nato casualties. the majority of them americans. this could have to do with