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Lets go to mike in los angeles with more on this. youre feeling it arent you, mike? >> we really are. the weather looks beautiful, alex but you have to look beyond that to the consequences of this drought. there had been droughts in the past and some bad ones but as you said nothing like this at least according to records that go back well over a century. one official said that in terms of potential economic impact and the difficulty of any recovery at that point, this has to be looked at the sa...

killing three soldiers in the countrys southern helmand province. >> cnns chris lawrence is live from the pentagon. what are your sources telling you about this attack this morning? >> well, john, they say they are still trying to figure out whether this was actually a true afghan police officer or someone just wearing the uniform. although the taliban is claiming that this was an actual afghan policeman who lured these three soldiers to his residence or to a party and had planned to k...

>> it is saturday, august 4th. good morning and glad you are with us. i am randi kaye. we start with wildfires in oklahoma. 100 homes are being threatened. the fires are being pushed by strong winds. the worst is in cleveland county south of oklahoma city. joining me is kelly cain for the oklahoma department of emergency management. good morning. are evacuations being ordered at this hour? >> we havent had new evacuations overnight which is good news, but we are definitely still watchi...

earlier i spoke with dr. olympia de la rosa. shes the emergency coordinator for doctors without borders. shes on the ground in uganda and has been treating patients. i asked her if some of them can work through it and survive. >> yes, of course. in case in ebola outbreaks we dont speak of 100% mortality rates. we are speak of very high mortality rates and it can run from 50% to 90%, but there are survivors. in fact, in these outbreaks, the mortality were facing is about 60%. this means...

Nations capital of washington, d.c. nearly 220 counties were added to the growing list of natural disaster areas due to drought. according to the u.s. department of agriculture, more than 1,400 counties are now affected by the severe heat, making them eligible for emergency loans. that includes 66% of hay fields and 73% of u.s. cattle grazing land. lets get a check on your weather now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, youre in a different spot. >> you like that? >> yeah. although i dont ...

its a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning londons readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, whats happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this oversea...

Of missouri. every county, has been declared a natural disaster area, opening up federal assistance to farmers. one of the biggest impacts has been on the corn supply. as bill karins told us yesterday, despite farmers planting the largest corn crop in 75 years in states like indiana and kentucky, more than 90% of that crop is now in jeopardy. as farmers rationed corn for feed, live stock and ethanol, the shortage could push up prices of almost everything we buy in the grocery store. here now to ...

that. >> that is very bold. very bold. cant wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to "early start." im zoraida sambolin. >> im john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandelas 94th birthday. well hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. thats com...

Mighty happy to get this snow dump, huh? >> yeah. i tell you what? a really interesting story. everybody you talk to here they say one thing. how happy they are to get it because they need it. take a look at this drought map. you can see where the drought is we have been talking about this for a year now. worst drought they have ever had here. this snow falling very close to where a lot of drought is. right around guymon. they got 9 inches of snow. they have planted the winter wheat. this is the...

marketsite. "american morning" starts right now. >> no vote on the debt plan again. im christine romans. as the u.s. economy lurches closer to a financial crisis, the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. >> im kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along ...