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president. thats my personal belief. i know the guy. >> tonight my one on one with hill harper. >> this is my cry, piers. >> and why kathy ireland avoids mirrors. >> i do. who has time for them. >> youre not vain like that at all? >> its not what my life is about. >> a tribute to her good friend elizabeth taylor. >> you knew where you stood with elizabeth. so honest, genuine and on top of her affairs. >> and how a pair of socks changed her life. >> we started the brand with a pair of s...

thats my personal belief. i know the guy. >> tonight my one on one with hill harper. >> this is my cry, piers. >> and why kathy ireland avoids mirrors. >> i do. who has time for them. >> youre not vain like that at all? >> its not what my life is about. >> a tribute to her good friend elizabeth taylor. >> you knew where you stood with elizabeth. so honest, genuine and on top of her affairs. >> and how a fair of socks changed her life. >> we started the brand with a pair of socks. >> li...

structu destruction of the wildfires in texas. this now stretches across a 16-mile area. winds whipped up flames again today. a separate fire in eastern texas killed a mother and her 18-month-old child. tropical depression lee slogging its way north today after dumping as much of a foot of rain in parts of louisiana. pumps in new orleans helped prevent any major problem there. that was good. but the storm caused flooding in other towns and cities along the gulf. in alabama, lee spun ...

fred whitfield has the weekend off. our top story this hour, a week after hurricane irene battered the east coast, tropical storm lee is targeting the gulf coast. heavy rain falling now in mississippi and louisiana, both states under a state of emergency. mandatory evacuations are under way in parts of jefferson parish in the new orleans area and some parts could get up to 20 inches of rain. vermont is one of the states still cleaning up from irene. remember that storm? six days after ...

from the summer break. president obama has actively been meeting with some to create a plan. the question is how specific will it be and will it help? white house officials tell us its a work in progress, and will include tax cuts and infrastructure ideas that could create jobs, and measures that target unemployed, and struggling economic sectors. they say the president is working on a debt reduction proposal and will present the so-called super committee, and as you know its the 12 la...

in american history is almost treason in my opinion. because he never served. perry told a military gathering, quote, i want to make sure that every young man and woman who puts on the uniform of the united states respects highly the president of the united states. in fact, perry even seems to question obamas patriotism. listen to this. >> you need to ask him. [ inaudible question ] >> im saying a good reporter. go ask hm. >> cnns shannon travis is in iowa. governor perry had a gem f...

longer the elephant in the room, governor rick perry announces hes joining the republican party for president. >> he may be the republican front-runner but he was not feeling the love at the iowa state fair. he got heckled and laughed at over three words he said, words he may come to regret on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ing. >> oh, thank got its friday. >> wait a minute. ive got to move my stuff. >> good morning. happy friday to you. its august 12th....

did too! now hear -- lets hear a little bit from all eight candidates. >> we should not have increased the debt ceiling. >> a better tax structure, lower taxes, invite capital back into this country, get a lot less regulations. >> take the corporate rate and cut it to zero for manufacturers. cut that tax to zero, our jobs will come back. >> going to the american people with clarity, creating a sense of urgency, and building a bipartisan majority. >> seven things come to mind. one is to...

will win it. >> why is congress still on vacation? and a guy who has a lot to say about this economy and this country, trace atkins, tv personality and all-american guy. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. its been another bad night on wall street. the dow closing 520 points totally erasing all of yesterdays gains. asian markets reacting as i speak to the plunge. europe will follow in a few hours. is market turmoil the new normal and what can you do to keep your money safe? j...

fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. thats a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist...