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That war, we once again salute our veterans of the second world war. others among you faced a brutal foe on a cold, korean peninsula. this year as we mark the 60th anniversary of that conflict, i will be proud to travel to the republic of korea to pay tribute cleaning up the oil spill in to our veterans of the korean war. the kalamazoo river. [ applause ] the e.p.a. says its making significant progress containing and mopping up the mess from a busted pine line. many of you served in the it can...

Iraq this month, is, quote, on schedule. mormon soon rains and misery in pakistan. an estimated 2.5 million people have been affected by record flooding. at least 1,100 people are dead. the u.s. has rushed aircraft and emergency supplies to that region. and were watching a tropical depression in the atlant atlantic. at the moment, it poses no threat to the u.s. main land, but if it becomes a tropical storm, it will be named colin. come on in and have a bite. thats what restaurant owners al...

Internet sermons are preying on you see somebody saying its young people, encouraging them good down here, come on down to go off to far-away lands of here. spend some money, help some of these hard-working people out. which they have no real relationship with to link up with terrorist outfits. we could really use a hand up right now. you know? >> the simple answer is that not a handout, but a hand up. america cannot win. >> you dont know until you get >> reporter: as a guide here, and then when...

You had earned. >> they need to get out of the way and let professionals in you became leaders in our here. i know theyre supposedly communities, in our companies and in our country. professionals, but theyre throwing up a lot of roadblocks including a former vietnam and as far as rescuing animals and senator max cleland, who clean-up. >> there are workers everywhere reminded us that americas trying to do what they can with the booms and you get this disabled veterans are strong at feeling that ...

Doing what they can to get to these flood victims as soon as possible. during the helicopter tour, they made a stop at a relief camp to show us some of the work that theyre doing. but over past couple of days, the flood victims weve spoken to are telling us, were the no seeing that help and that could be because the government cant get to them. in areas like the swat valley that are dependent on bridges, many of those bridges have been demolished by floodwaters. the only way for the government a...

Crucial. and as you know, randi, a lot of people in the gulf coast will be watching this. this will be almost like watching a moon launch, a moon landing, to see if these scientists can pull this off. >> you bet. and theyll be tuned into cnn, im sure, to see if this works. jim acosta for us in new orleans. thank you very much, jim. the epa reports significant progress in cleaning up that oil spill in michigan. but it could take weeks or months to finish the job. oil started leaking from a 30-i...

Mexican immigrants, working for a living, paying taxes, but still illegal. more than two dozen dead, thousands homeless from raging wildfires in a part of the world you may not think about having these dangerous conditions. and dont just sit there, we really mean this, we want you to be part of this show, part of the conversation here tonight. im going to go and get on social media in about ten seconds. join me on twitter, facebook, foursquare, cnn.com/don. dont i? [ barks ] because i think ...

Right of your screen. there is her husband on the left. chelsea clinton, not sure as i said if its chelsea clinton-mesvinsky. there are five or six other photographs, maybe more. were going to have them coming up a little bit later on on cnn. this was like the most -- it was trending on cnn.com, on twitter, number one story. chelsea clintons wedding. speaking of chelsea clinton, heres a new bride. it got us to thinking about what happened to other former first children. in just a few minutes, pr...

What makes me happy is that i have done a lot of good things since during the war. i have cleared thousands of mines. i want cambodia to be safe. >> since 1993, akira and his team have cleared about 50,000 land mines and war weapons. theres only a few hours left to nominate someone to be a cnn hero. nominations for 2010, they close tomorrow. so make a nomination at cnn heroes.com. the deadline almost here. chelsea clinton tying the knot tonight in new york. more wedding pictures straight ahead...

Groups in journalism, meeting this weekend in san diego. its their annual convention. and right now they about to single out one of our very own here at cnn. were very proud of her as well. were talking about soledad obrien. theyre going to single her out as journalist of the year. i spoke to her a short time ago about the upcoming honor. >> i am so excited. and this is probably the only award in my whole life that my children have a clue what its about. theyre like, wow, mom, journalist of the ...