a rampant wildfire. that s something regional pretty tremseh know only too well this month jan right in northern thailand saw some of the most devastating forest fires in years and the danger is not over yet. this is a new fire the trees are very dry here. massive areas of land bent to ash and the damage doesn t and that. this is what happens when you mix forest fires with heavy pollution it s being called a toxic hate lingering smoke a nazi schemes creating a dangerous cocktail. two weeks chiang rai has recorded some of the west air quality in the. hitting the most vulnerable the hottest. eighty five year old been let s junk some pan has lived here all his life he and his wife say the pollution has never been this bad. i couldn t see clearly it made my eyes
has fallen short. dan joins me from london. appreciate it. so dan, this comes down absolutely, yeah, this is fast turning into sorry, go ahead. this comes down to a private contractor. they were tasked with providing security for the games, so what s the concern now? where did they fall short? well, they basically haven t been able to guarantee the number of guards that they were contracted to provide at various different olympic sites. we re going to turn up on time. we haven t quite drilled down to the bottom of exactly why that is but we re told it s something to do with scheduling problems with software problems, basically that they can t insure that the people they trained will turn up at the right place or that the people have the right accreditation or can get to one place or another. logistical problems bike this private security firm who last wednesday told the government, look, we can t fulfill the contract of supplying 10,000 guards. you re going to help
later after i cook, i ll put my dishes in the tub. would you pay $2,000 a month for 300 square feet? that s what new york city is hoping. we ll explain. it is sunday, july 15. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. glad you re with us. we start this morning in egypt and the developments in the kidnapping of two americans. one is reverend michelle lewis, the reverend of the free pentecostal church of god in dorchester. his family says he was on a missionary trip when his tour bus was stopped in the sinai peninsula. his family as well as a member of his congregation spoke about the incident and their wishes for his safe return. we don t hear any more information than what we hear in the news and what you guys are hearing. we re in good spirits because we know the god that we serve is in control of the matter. the only concern that we have at the moment is that he is diabetic. the longer they hold him, i want to assume that it s not going to work in his favor. there
fact that the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting america s economy. the romney pushback with senior adviser ed gillespie, then obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod. and the states brace for federal cuts. the view from the governor s office with virginia republican bob mcdonnell and massachusetts democrat deval patrick. plus, floods, fires, and drought. what it means for farmers and your grocery bill with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. in an election about the economy, the obama campaign has made it a mission to discredit mitt romney s business k credentia credentials. recently it zeroed in on filings to the s.e.c. from bain company tal listing romney head of bain three years after he said he left bain. it s important because camp obama is using some of the bain investments during the disputed time against romney. i think most americans figure if you re the chairman, ceo, and presid
cnn saturday morning. it is saturday july 14th. i m randi kaye. egyptian security steps up its effort to find and free a kidnapped american couple and their tour guide. a staggering number of murders on the streets of chicago. 259 so far this year. we ll track how illegal weapons get into the hands of killers. and the anticipation builds for london 2012. gold medallist dominique dawes and jacqui joie ner courier si joins me. we begin with the search for two american tourists and their guides. they were kidnapped in the sinai peninsu peninsula. it s the third time american tourists have been kidnapped in that area this year. elise labott has been following the developments for us from jordan. she joins us by phone. elise, what is different would you say about this kidnapping compared to the others that we ve reported on before? reporter: well, randi, in the past a lot of these kidnappings were about money. a lot of them were trying to make a little extra money. what th