>> that's right, kyra. this is an amazing development, i would say, for gop politics for a monday morning. a few weeks ago, it's pretty safe to say that a lot of republicans in the gop establishment did not take michele bachman as seriously as they take her now. she is a force to be reckoned with. at least in iowa, there is a poll that came out. to show you what we're talking about, mitt romney is the front-runner at this point, raising the most amount of money, was the front rran in 20. but michele bachman, who also happens to be a native of waterl waterloo. the reason she's doing so well could be a hawkeye trifecta, if you will. she is certainly one of the leaders of the tea party movement. she started the tea party caucus up in the house of representatives, a social conservative adored by christian conservatives in this state. and then she also, of course, is a native of this state. that's going to do well for her here. in iowa, they like to meet you, as they say, three or four times before they settle o

it says this, kyra. with no regime in waiting to reassure foreign powers, the people of the syrian spring are dealing the cards themselves and the renl eem is suddenly realizing that it cannot survive as it did in the '80s with only iran as a powerful friend. check out "the guardian." butchery, while the world watches. it says these talks about talk only underline how limp the response is. military action is is not realistic, but the full range of diplomatic, financial and legal sanctions should come into play. kyra, it's great to see you. we missed you. >> missed you, too. i was looking forward to seeing you again, zain. we'll be talking to you in the next couple of hours. thanks. >>> we'll ask a member on the house committee of veteran affairs what he's going to do about the latest failure at the v.a. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million mo

kyra? >> that's pretty unbelievable to hear this. now, barbara, of course, the v.a. will respond or has it responded? have you been able to talk with your sources there? two things to point out. the veterans commission on the house side is going to have a hearing on this. expect to see more on what's transpired and what needs to be done. the v.a. has issued a statement saying, quote, patient and employee safety and security are paramount to the v.a. we take all alsgalegations seriously and investigate them thoroughly. according to this report, perhaps not everything was investigated as thoroughly as it should be been. >> we will stay on the story. >>> in arizona, strong winds fan fears that the second largest wild fire in state history will likely spread. the national weather service has issued a red flag alert for much of the state in neighboring new mexico. >>> woon sock rhode island, still on the scene of a massive firefighter. it ignited before 8:00 last night. hundreds of people lost p

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. >> are you talking about kyra phillips? "cnn newsroom" starts right now with kyra phillips. >> we have a beautiful day. >> gals, thank you very much. >> before a jury can decide if casey anthony murdered her 2-year-old child her parents offer their own verdict and they don't think they is innocent. >>> the number of americans filing their first unemployment claims rise to 429,000. in increase of about 9,000 from the week before. >>> president obama unveiling his plans to withdraw from afghanistan. now his team faces a dauntsing mission of its own -- selling it to critics on capitol hill. >>> we begin with old school crime story and a new approach to nab beibing a fugitive. james "whitey" bulger more than a dozen alleged murders. a repufuted boston king pin. his larger than life persona borrowed by jack nicholson in the movie "the departed." >> makes me curious to see you in this neighborhood. >> today, boston's most notorious gangster and his long time girlfriend are in jail after 16 years on the run. they will make their f

kyra? >> barbara starr, thanks. >>> we are covering all angles of this developing story, of course. at the bottom of the hour we will talk to tom foreman who gives us the lay of the land. will the taliban move on as u.s. troops move out? then hear from a u.s. officials who resigneded from the afghan war policies. what does he think now? we are staying on the story throughout the day and right up to the president's address to the nation. it's now scheduled for 8:00 p.m. eastern, 5:00 pacific and you can see it right here on cnn. >>> law makes on capitol hill are split over the u.s. role in libya and whether it should be limited to a strictly noncombat mission. one prominent republican says he would fight that move. >> i think it would be a terrible mistake to cut off funding and congress does have that authority, though. but it would be a terrific mistake. gadhafi is going to fall. he is crumbling now. it's a matter of time. and we can't allow gadhafi to remain in power. >> kate bolduan is o

kyra? >> no doubt. barbara starr at the pentagon, barbara, thanks. >> i guess we could only imagine how gates speech went over with the nato council. we have a former commander to tell us what he thinks. so, general, you know, gates is being pretty direct here. he is basically saying, hey, nato, you are not pulling your weight. is that fair? >> it is fair. i think it has been going on ever since the fall of the berlin wall. i think what has to happen is nato is not a club. it is a military alliance. it has commitments. it has obligations. what you have to do is match those requirements or missions with resources. nato has not been doing that. libya is a good case. >> so let me ask you this. i'll just be blunt. is the mission here to sort of destabilize gadhafi and his forces or is the mission here to kill him, to take him out? >> i think you have to be very clear and clarity of mission is extremely important. i think secretary gates and others will agree, it is what is in u.n. resolution 1973, which is

kyra. according to the pakistani officials, the isi, pakistan top spy agency has arrested several suspected informants for the cia. pakistani men who allegedly helped the cia and fed them information before the big raid on the bin laden compound last month. not clear why the men were arrested and what, if anything, they are charged with. one of the men is reportedly an army major who allegedly wrote down license plates of cars going in and out of the bin laden compound, one of our sources, a security official says, it's not true and flatly denies one of the individuals arrested is an army fer officer. we know some of the individuals were staying at a safehouse rented by the cia that served as a lookout on to the bin laden compound. these arrests, obviously, raise questions. why is the isi arresting informants for the cia when they were supposed to be on board with u.s. efforts to go after bin laden? we caution we don't have a lot of details but, if, indeed, these men are in trouble, it furt

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kyra. >> kate, thanks. also on the hill, all of the official websites connected to the senate are under review after aing haer compromised security this weekend much the intruder was able to hack into the server that supports senate.gov. senate officials say no damage was done. >> the hacker gained access to fires already open to the public. and in yemen, a story of spy, inkreeg and killer drones. both "the washington post" and wall street journal are reporting that the cia is getting ready to launch a secret campaign. cnn's sa zain verjee. zain. >> wall street says this. the u.s. is increasingly concerned about the deteriora deteriorating situation in yemen. that islamist militants trying to seize control of up tos in southern yemen. you have the assassination attempt. protesters are out on the tre streets and u.s. is worried al qaeda will take advantage. the wall street journal goes on to say these drone attacks are secretly by president obama last year and these cia drones are going to be using, smaller

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>> reporter: hi, kyra. the british foreign secretary william hague has said iran is carrying out covert tests of missiles capable of delivering a nuclear payload. else said iran wants enriched levels of uranium far greater than is needed for peaceful nuclear energy. iran said we wanted to do this to generate electricity but the united states and other countries don't believe them. listen to what the foreign secretary had to say moments ago. >> these are enrichment levels far needed for peaceful nuclear energy. we will maintain and continue to increase pressure on iran and negotiate an agreement on their nuclear program. >> reporter: iran, kyra, has successfully tested, according to iranians drills. they also talked about these underground launch sites that have been established. what that means they can fire off missiles as ordered by commanders a lot faster. there are western observers too who say iran has missile capabilities that can hit targets up to 800 miles. we are talking about pretty much all of th

hey, max. >> hey, kyra. there's a power vacuum clearly, tribal fighters are taking advantage of that right now. you've got today, a gunman, tribe balan tribal gunman taking troeft city where the president was injured. especially in an area you have islamic militants, al qaeda in that country trying to assert themselves, one side you got what many would see as legitimate revolution taking place, but also al qaeda trying to capitalize on that situation. the australian writing, nightmare scenario in yemen, the challenges in yemen could hardly be greater. the original demands for dempsey and freedom remain as valid now as they have been since the start of the arab spring. the independent in the uk say yemen is braced for you power battle as the president vows to return. yem yemenl yell mennys said it coming night a broader conflict that would ignite the country in civil war. many want them to know, others say be careful what you wish for. >> we're getting breaking news out of tripoli, nato warplanes, dropping bo

kyra? >> that is good news. reynolds, thanks. >>> mitt romney going after president obama on the economy today and he is using a symbolic backdrop. cnn's jim across take from washington with the story. >> reporter: it could a sneak preview of the upcoming general election campaign if mitt romney can only get the gop nomination. both he and president obama up later today in pennsylvania for fund-raisers but mitt romney make a pit stop outside of a metal works factory in allentown to make key points about the economy. this is a factory that president obama visited in 2009 touting his stimulus plan. the factory closed a few months ago back in january and mitt romney is already released a web video this morning with the message that president obama isn't working. this has been sort of a catch phrase of the romney campaign and one he will be trying out later today up in pennsylvania. that is something we will be watching. on the lighter side of things, here in washington, d.c., speaking of politicians and money, stev

kyra? >> allison ckosik from the new york stock exchange. >>> a new development in the run for the white house. rudy giuliani, when could he make this announcement and will it make any of his competitors nervous? jim acosta in washington with this story. hey, jam. >> reporter: good morning, kyra. it will be a development if he actually decides to jump into the race. this is really a little more than speculation at this point. bill crystal, the noted conservative columnist put out a story last night saying that he has information from two reliable sources as he puts it thats former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani, is going to get into the race for 2012. we do know that he is contemplating this, has talked about it publicly. he has said he may jump into this thing. that's a big difference between running for president and just thinking about running for president. the crystal article is very interesting. it goes through some of the thinking behind this. people will say, rudy, you ran in 20

kyra? >> brian todd, we will monitor it with you. thanks so much. >>> in new mexico, it's fire, not flooding, that is causing concern there. the states are equally sobering. a raging wildfire has raced to within a mile of one of the nation's most secretive research centers for national security. we are talking about the los alamos national laboratory that is now closed a second day as firefighters battle back the wind-driven flames. now, this is the place where the first atomic bomb was developed and plutonium is still housed. but officials say all nuclear and hazardous materials are protected and safe. some 11,000 people have fled that area. >> we don't know if we will have a home to come home to. >> we started packing last night, because i wanted to be prepared and so we had everything packed in the cars last night and now just getting a few last minute things. the cat and the hamster. >> meteorologist rob marciano is following this for us. what do we think? the weather conditions? >> the winds are relatively light. a big fire. two

kyra? david mattingly in orlando, thank you. >>> ash spewing from a volcano in chili is disrupting air travel as far away from australia. you'll see the incredible pictures. >>> take a look at the big board. dow industrials up 25 points. >>> stories developing later today, the senate banking committee holds a hearing in the banking industry. that starts at 10:00 eastern. 11:30 nashville entertainer tracy morgan expected to make a public apology for a homophobic rant at a comedy club last week. >> the start of summer. the summer solstice begins at 1:16 eastern time. the longest day of the year. >>> let's check in with our zain verjee check in with zain out o london. >> also next hour, hln's robin meade debuts her cd here in the news room. it's called "brand-new day." it's actually where she was singing with kenny chess knee. not on her new album, but i will tell you what, it was pretty good. >>> tomorrow, tom hanks joins me in the justudio, and will talk about his new film. that's right here

a lot is riding on the line tonight, kyra, for newt gingrich. we will all be looking to see how he performs. >> yes, we will. we'll have coverage all day long and then join us as the republican hopefuls face off in new hampshire, 8:00 pm only on cnn. >>> we're keeping our eye on syria, where video via cell phones continue to show us the violence. thousands of people continue to flee their homes. zain verjee now. what have you heard? >> the accounts are pretty chilling from them.

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kyra. while the human rights watchdog report also. sign of any positive change in egypt since president mubarak was forced to leave but activist david keyes says there is a growing evidence of crimes being committed by the military some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government others have been brought up on spiritus charges of quote unquote insulting the military but increasingly and certainly given the incredible high number of detentions detentions of civilians not tensions of people who have you know tried to undermine the regime but people simply criticizing the military this is a very dangerous trend egyptian dissidents and bloggers who were imprisoned in military prisons and they describe incredible torture they describe electrocution they describe water according to describe the regular beatings and this was the egyptian military that stood behind mubarak until the last minute so while there have been gains and we hope that egypt has a brighter future ahead of it there are still many many challenges that it still

sentenced in absentia to thirty years in jail for corruption profiteering and abusing state assets by a kyra court artist laura m. it looks of why the u.k. sheltering senior figures from the regime at the same time as a publicly supports the arab spring. when egypt abrupt it into violence at the start of the year the u.k. was among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept aside but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new life in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them calling. because it is a long time now with the british government being allowing people running oil not just from egypt from all over the world boutros ghali is just one the former finance minister instead of beginning a thirty year prison sentence for embezzle meant in egypt he said to be running around london a free man who trusts god he was convicted in absentia of corruption profiteering and abusing state and private assets he's also been ordered to repay more than ten million do

rescue the ailing egyptian economy for months after a blacklisting former president mubarak's regime kyra was reeling from the revolution that toppled the leader but the military that once propped up his rule is still running the country polis leader reports and fears the cash will be swallowed up by the same old players. as if the international monetary fund doesn't have enough on its plate it's agreed to loan three billion dollars to cairo and move critics say is absurd this is a bribe with this trying to give to the regime lest the new one lest it turns against the west but climbers insisting the money will help stabilize the country's finances especially now with more pike on and the country going through a transitional period but observers say it's the same screen with only slightly different marketing these agreements are being made with conditions transitional governments and least transitional governments have make it coming primarily out of some figures of the old regime they composed primarily because from your regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has be

i think there's a great future that what investments are you looking at russia kyra. well we actually have seen some meat to israel seen a couple of group on this and. seen some new technologies to that have come out of russia that looked very promising that it might turn into businesses that they right now their technologies without a without a mission but it looks like they may turn into some good businesses were very happy .

forty scientific experiments among them cancer research and the ability to actually grow food in space kyra for our main news block here in our in just a few minutes we'll look at the cost of the war on drugs in mexico and whether washington's tough methods are doing more harm than good for our business update with dimitri. on welcome to business the russian dream of developing its own hybrid car is one step closer to the construction of the first plant to produce a new generation of vehicles a starter just outside st petersburg but in the course of. this is one of a yarmulke almost and it's the mini proctors two more one is the hatchback and the other one a coupe now these cars were first introduced back in january there were an instant hit their company got over one hundred thousand advanced orders and if you're wondering about the price tag this car was actually back about twelve to fifteen thousand dollars this will provide a much needed boost for the russian car industry at the moment car ownership amounts to two hundred cars per thousand adults in russia and that's compared to about e

sentenced in absentia to thirty years in jail for corruption profiteering and abusing state assets by kyra court parties lore and it looks at why the u.k. sheltering senior figures from the regime at the same time as a publicly backs the arab spring. when egypt abrupt it into violence at the start of the year the u.k. was among the first to support the uprising out with the old dictatorship and in with a new era of democracy the old guard was swept aside but many running in fear for their lives ran straight to a new life in london and the local egyptian community is horrified angry disappointed some of them call it shame when in the end. because it is a long time now with the british government being. people running oil not just from egypt from all over the world boutros ghali is just one the former finance minister instead of beginning a thirty year prison sentence for embezzlement in egypt he said to be running around london a free man boutros ghali was convicted in absentia of corruption profiteering and abusing state and private assets he's also been ordered to repay more than ten mill

kyra by any other name correspondents found in bed a lot in this compound reveals the top terrorist was planning to leave grannies organization admitting to losing their p.r. war what the west. had a mosque a graduation bash and with a bag as a boat hosting celebrating teenagers get smashed into by a barge for more on how disaster was narrowly averted dot com and so forget to check out our other we use our you tube challenge. you to. do your social see how we can join phone called talk from the choose option. video on demand. street now in the palm of your. cold. as one of the most unpredictable climates in the world but for people who go to antarctica in the name of science dealing with environmental extremes is a daily reality in the latest in a series of special reports r.t. sean thomas has witnessed how people survive at the ends of the earth. antarctic storms are known to be fierce sometimes forcing those who have to endure them to take safe harbor it was very bad it was. thirty to thirty. so it was rolling around. the head of. it as anything as well so we're rolling around. trying

step back and to put this in context on a broader perspective the idea of the manifesto behind the kyra party is that all intellectual property originates from something called the public domain all ideas all reconfiguring of ideas all works of creation whether it's books movies television arctic cetera they all originate in some way from the commonly own public domain they then have a very limited period of monopoly value protected under copyright law after which time all of these works of art and creativity should return to the public domain so the question is do you agree with that characterization number one and number two is there any period of time that the pirate party would support that would be that period a limited monopoly value for intellectual property or is that completely out of the out of the manifesto i think you're nailing it here the what we're seeing is that the corporate monopoly come completely out of hand and when a speaking review by independent experts eyes and academia as opposed to funded by the corporate lobbyist so we're seeing the optimum monopoly terms var

kyra let's take a look at the markets if we have time right now and let's look at the latest oil price and it's actually going up as we mentioned light sweet up more than one dollar brant fifty five cents this is all ahead of this problem of confidence vote in greece in europe the stock markets kicked off trade on tuesday on a positive note this still there with the pussy up zero point eight percent dax point nine percent in the leaders nokia it's up to an office sent up to the company revealed its new smartphone and said is expected to launch the first windows devices later this year finally a look at russia's markets and soul moderately positive here some point seven percent my six pretty much the same amount this is on the rebound been crewed therefore we're seeing energy stocks and financial stocks going up telecom however is to seeing a second day of plunge one point seven percent down after losing eight percent the session before that's the news the company will be included in the state privatization program and energy stocks are mixed and you can see that so we have time for we

journalist anna politkovskaya was flown to moscow for questioning being captured in chechnya but of course kyra was shot dead outside a home in moscow more than four years ago. and driven around the bangs and ins of unemployed americans spend their periods a system keeping them out of work but not keeping the country out of wars on board and a minimum wage is a struggle for the likes of the donald so only able to hire a tiny handful of every hundred applicants. so it's a sports news now with us. welcome to sport viral r t we've got the latest in tennis for google in the first headlines . just a matter of hours left before the fee for presidential elections with lot of the only candidate for the post well the hamas been hard won slams he's exclusion from the congress as unfair. building up crushable as her power for a game they have to win to keep on track for automatic euro twenty twelve qualifying pace armenia on saturday. and both russians include file action on take ten of the french open last ties including said lawmakers and so has to be tomorrow on boxing in. spite of the recent corruptio

the bullet cause kyra murder isn't the only high profile case to see a recent breakthrough journalist nina or beyond of the things that. along with the conviction of the killers of freelance journalist understand the border and human rights lawyer stanislav michael of charlotte these type of murders to get solved in today's russia this is definitely a landmark victory in the slides against impunity and journalist murders not just strongly but also for the rights defenders lawyers. and we see that as there is significant step forward. mood of currently in moscow where his lawyers are preparing his defense while for the family and friends have been a part of their long wait for justice continues peace rollover r.t. moscow. you are watching the weekly here are to see how they are greeted like a true heroes with patriotic fanfare cheers on the hope of a new beginning for thousands of u.s. troops coming home from war the transition to civilian life is painfully haunted by traumatic memories is more important about a former soldier who shared her struggle. if that take you to the very much

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. >> kyra, are you going to watch? >> of course. >> of course. set your tivo or do the live thing? >> you know we always have to do it live. >> of course we do. i'm going to have a debate party. i'm that nerdy. you have to come over. we'll make a party of it. >> thanks, kyra. >>> live from -- there are more photos surfacing in the scandal involving anthony weiner. weiner says he's taking a leave of absence to seek treatment, but over the weekend, more top democrats called for him to resign. the stage is set for tonight's showdown between republican presidential contenders. there are seven republicans squaring off in that debate in new hampshire. among them, congresswoman michele bachmann, who has not officially even launched her campaign, and mitt romney, considered now the front-runner. >>> new protests are planned in california over the release of a former subway police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man at a train station in oakland. this was the scene on new year's day 2009. johannes mehserle says he planned to use his taser on oscar grant, who was laying facedown. he s

i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra phillips. good morning you to you. >>> the white house, next hour, the federal debt comes front and center when president obama hosts congressional republicans. the gop-controlled house crushed the white house's request to raise spending limits. >>> in libya, nato is suspending their mission, the additional 90 days will help protect civilians and send a clear message to embattled leader, moammar gadhafi. >>> nasa begins a new countdown clock. next month, the 30-year-old shuttle program will end with a mission of another shuttle, the at lan hi atlantis. >>> pressure is mounting on congressman anthony wiener to answer two questions posted on his twitter account. how hot is it getting? >> how about you do the questions, i do the answers and this jackass interrupts me. how about that as the new rule of the game? >> let's catch you up on this stoefrmt on friday night, a picture of a man in his jupd wear briefly showed up on wiener's twitter account. it was intended for a 21-year-old woman's site. th

you and your wife, kyra, have been together 22 years. and you memorably said the secret of this is you've got to keep the fights clean and the sex dirty. >> another thing i never should have said. >> but you should have said it. these are great lines. >> it comes back to bite you every time. >> does it? isn't that so true, that line, though? >> yeah. i think it kind of is. i'll tell you, honestly, people ask a lot about how that -- how we keep it together. and you know, i mean, i sort of thought, well, maybe i could just come up with one line that i could constantly use rather than trying desperately to try to, you know, describe it time and time again. >> how did you meet? >> well, the truth is that i was doing a play down in the village in -- a real long time ago, and i had a matinee and an evening performance. and during -- after the matinee i went to the deli and i was buying a sandwich. and like a 12-year-old girl came up to me and said, "excuse me, mister. i just saw your play. i thought you were really good." i was like, oh, yeah,

so instead of following the money, kyra, i guess we have to follow the funny with stephen colbert. >> i would love to see you on his show. you would grill him for sure. you'd get to the bottom of this. >> yes, i would. >> thanks, jim. >>> next hour we'll have your political updates. you can also go online to our web site cnn politics domg. that's 24/7. that does it for us. we'll be back here tomorrow morning 9:00 a.m. eastern. suzanne malveaux takes it from here. >>> live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed for thursday, june 30th. >>> casey anthony's defense team could wrap up today, potentially putting this explosive case in the jury's hands this weekend or early next week. now, the young florida woman is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee. today a woman, the defense claims carried on an affair with casey anthony's father testified. george anthony has repeated by denied the woman was his mistress. >> i didn't think that he could raise somebody that was capable of harming her child, and that's when he said it was an accident that snowball

opponents of same-sex marriage, former new york giants football player david tyree who spoke with cnn's kyra phillips earlier in the newsroom. >> there are many same-sex marriages and relationships that have a very happy home and are raising very successful children. >> that doesn't mean it's natural. >> i'm still -- i still am trying to understand what you mean by it not being natural. >> i don't understand what's difficult. a man and a woman are actually come together to pro-create. a man and a man will never pro-create. >> tyree is well known to new yorkers for his catch in the closing seconds of super bowl xlii three years ago. the fight for gay rights around the world gets a major boost from the united nations. the u.n. human rights council has passed a resolution supporting equal rights for all people regardless of sexual orientati orientation. that's the first ever resolution bit u.n. the united states was a key backer of the measure. south africa introduced it, despite strong opposition from y deaf t rock star. ♪ i want to rock 'n' roll all night ♪ ♪ and party every day [ male

. >> thanks, kyra. >>> the so-called wallow fire is now the second biggest in state history. it has scorched almost 400,000 acres, still spreading. thousands of people have had to leave their homes. >> it's scary. the smoke over there is thick and dark, and you can see -- at night you can see the light. >>> in orlando, florida, jurors will hear more forensic evidence in the trial of casey anthony, accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter back in 2008. tuesday experts testified about how a dog trained to find human remains acted around anthony's car. >> comes out of the trunk with his front paws, to the right rear passenger taillight/bumper area, and gives me a final trend alert. he goes into a down position. >> that's the signal a dog gives when he's detected the scent of a dead bod,. >>> joran van der sloot is in court today. he's also linked to the disappearance of american teen natalie holloway in aruba. the peruvian victim was killed last year in a hotel room. her father was expected at today's hearing. >>> president obama discusses the road ahead for the u.s. in afghan

i'm martin savage, sitting in for kyra phillips in iraq. a mortar attack killed five u.s. service members. maybe the most chilling, it comes in warning that they face a growing attack. a wildfire in arizona forced 200,000 people from their homes. strong winds and dry weather pushed across 90,000 acres. >>> and minutes ago a not guilty plea in the case of a powerful banker accused of assaulting a hotel maid. >>> mr. strauss-kahn, you have a right to be present at all of these proceedings, including the trial in this case, and you have an obligation to be present. if, for some reason you fail to appear, when the case son for trial and people are ready to proceed and in addition to any other consequences, such as having a bench warrant issued, facing possible bail jumping charge, you would also be forfeiting your right to be present in your own trial and participate in your own defense. i take you under that, sir? >> say yes. >> yes. >> after his arraignment, strauss-kahn returned to the luxury townhouse where he is currently under house arrest. we'll begin this hour in baghd

kyra. >> thanks. we take it to some who i know watch thad entire debate. >> did you manage to stay up? >> i told you, our team, you know how early we rise. >> very earl. >> very few made it the whole way. that's why we had tivo. >> and the twins -- >> they watched. those a whole other story. >> they're up. >> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed to tuesday, june 14th. >> any one of these people on this stage would be a better president than president obama. >> the day after the republican presidential candidate faced off, it is clear they agree on one thing. their criticism of president obama. gop insider poll gave mitt romney the edge in last night's debate. candidates were cordial but certainly took aim at the president. >> minnesota congresswoman, michele bachmann used the debate to make some news. bachmann was considered a likely candidate heading into the debate but not officially into the race. she made it clear she's planning a run. >> i filed my paperwork to see

kyra phillips will be back. >> that will be great. >> 9:00 a.m. through 11:00 a.m. it's been great anchoring those hours and the viewers are great. enjoyed talking to you while i was on the air. >> see you out of washington. thanks. >> we're about to air thursdays, news winner bumped by breaking news, sometimes happens. i want to give you a look of that winning story. a marine corps veteran in texas is fighting his homeowners association for the right to fly the american flag. >> i served eight

i'm carol costello sitting in for kyra philips. good morning you to you. >>> in just a couple of hours, republican mitt romney will formally announce his latest bid for the white house. he sought the gop nomination in 2008 and is now an early front-runner in fund-raising. and then a twitter scandal hits home for a democrat. >> hopefully, my marriage survives. it's my first anniversary. >> i hope it does too. >> congressman anthony weiner says it was hackers, not him, who sent a lewd photo on his twitter account. here's the thing. he won't say whether the picture is really of him. you'll want to hear wolf blitzer's interview. >>> and the job market remains brutal. last week 6,000 fewer people filed for their first unemployment claims, but it's the eighth straight week that number languishes above 400,000. >>> tornados tear through massachusetts, taking a lot of people totally by surprise. >> the tornado. tornado. let me in! let me in! let me in! in the basement now. >> the man who shot these pictures, he's okay, but at least four pe