there s always another big story on the heels of the one before it. i have been unfaithful to my wife. jackson announced a series of 50 concerts in london, it s to be his big come back. typically in summers we think of it as slow. there s just periods of just nothing going on, then things begin to happen, it s one thing then two things then three things. what s going noniran is massive, mostly peaceful protests over the alleged stealing of an election. in the u.s. capital, a political storm erupts over a ground breaking climate change bill. we have been talking about this issue for decades. and now is the time to finally act. outh carolina has literally lost its governor. once you get to a certain level of importance, particularly in public service, it s sort of hard to disappear. that makes the disappearance of governor mark sanford, extra weird. we had covered the governor mark sanford arrest deal. farrah fawcet has publicly been sharing her battle with
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good morning, everyone. to our viewers in the west especially seattle. where amanda knox is heading with her family right now. she s flying to london first, then to the west coast, where she s expected to spend her first full night of freedom in her seattle home. one of her supporters said amanda is full of many different emotions this morning, but holds nothing against italy. her family clearly joyous. our entire team is still there, including josh elliott, just outside of rome. josh? reporter: that s right, robin. amanda knox s journey home continues at this hour. we re on the outskirts of rome, at leonardo da vinci airport, where at 12:10 local time today, amanda and her family were on a flight for london. where they would then connect and catch a final flight for the final leg of the trip home to seattle. i want to look at the images we saw. curt knox, so tense and so happy to finally have his daughter home. playing with amanda s sisters, as they checked in for the fl
to be a danger to land. major nidal hasan expected in court today. his lawyer wants to close his hearing to the public and media. he says it will jeopardize his right to a fair trial. proceedings set to start on october 12th. weather music for the headlines today. the warnings came but no one listened. pipe that blew up in san bruno, california was flagged for repair in 2009. four people died spewing flames into the street and destroying several nearby homes. the million dollars set aside haven t been spent. arnold schwarzenegger makes his first official visit to the site after returning from asia. president obama s bill design to open up credit to small businesses will likely pass the senate today. the measure includes a $30 billion government fund to help open up lending to small businesses in need of credit. the loan is opposed by most republicans who say it s no different than another bailout of the financial system like the one we had two years ago. and those are your he