thanks, rob. the white house party crashers, the salahis, a grabbing headlines yet again. the couple is currently part of the cast of the real housewives of d.c. the most recent episode appears to show them getting an escort from the district s police department when heading back to a party in december. the production company says incorrect editing led to the mix-up. it was actually the park police who provided the escort. don t know why that would be any less outrageous than the metropolitan d.c. force doing it. cnn asked for and received no comment at least at this point from the park police. the whole thing is just they just can t go away. apparently not. the reality show waiting for you. the end of any train wreck. it s being called one of the worst natural das tergs in human history. devastating flooding in pakistan. 20 million people hungry, hurt or homeless. we ll be live in islamabad for an update on the situation. ten minutes after the hour.
water-borne diseases. kcholera cholera, a big concern, an infectious disease caused by contaminated food or water. the only way to address this is to get these flood victims clean water an medical attention. the u.n. says they re nowhere near where they need to be because of a shortage of aid. the u.n. says they ve asked for $56 million in medical aid and have only received $6 million. they re asking for $110 million for clean water. they ve only received $19 million. pakistan is hoping, kiran, with the u.n. chief s visit that s going to change because this is certainly a dire situation for these flood victims. no doubt. reza sayah for us this morning, thanks so much. people out there probably wondering is there anything i can do. to find out how, visit our impact your world page at cnn.com/impact. we re 15 1/2 minutes after the hour. minding your business, now they re number two. china has overtaken japan as the
cnn/opinion research corporation poll found 70% of people don t agree to putting the mosque is. so could this do you think turn some maybe to independents? it is important to splice some of these polls. a certain percentage of americans don t believe the mosque should have the right to be there, they think the government should interview, which is the position the president opposes. then another percentage just don t want it there, think it is in bad taste and that the organizers take choose to take it somewhere else. the position hasn t taken a position on that. that s where the republicans are taking a firm position and disagreeing with the president. but this is an emotional issue. it is not going to be an issue that s decided on sort of these finer points. ben, you have suggested that this is part of a turn by the gop to toward deeper suspicion of the islamic faith in a
reporter: paul s family is hoping to grow team paul even bigger. they would like to see it push for harsher drunk driving laws around the country so other families don t have to suffer like they are. ted rolands, cnn, las vegas. so sad. you can certainly understand what the family is going through. yeah, absolutely. top stories coming your way after a quick break.
and no business to comment one way or the other on whether a church or synagogue or mosque should be anywhere so long as they meet the legal requirements. coming up in our next hour, we ll break down whether president obama s comments will hurt democrats in november when we talk with ben smith, senior political reporter for politico and michael scherer who is time magazine s white house correspondent. an off-road race in southern california ends in tragedy over the weekend. one truck crashed into a crowd of spectators standing right along the course. the driver was identified as 28-year-old brent sloppy. he wasn t hurt. on his facebook page he says he s dv stated about what happened. police say he is not facing any charges. the race s governing body says it urges crowds to keep at least 100 feet away from the course. one racing experts telling cnn ultimately it is very, very