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to hit the area in over a century. the epicenter in the high atlas mountains near marrakesh is a yunesco world heritage site. equipment and manpower are limited in this region. patients are waiting outside hospitals, and residents are sleeping on the streets, fearing intense aftershocks. more than 700 people are in critical condition. officials believe the death toll will steadily rise. i want to bring in ben wedeman for more on all this. ben, youve been to the area. set the scene for ...

Rob: deadly toxic algae and flesh eating bacteria spreading of the east coast. three dog died in north carolina and in connecticut a man had his leg amputated. what is going on and should we be concerned? here to weigh in his infectious disease specialist, thank you for being with us today. it is summertime. everyone wants to go in the water but should we look for this? >> you have to remember when you see these headlines they are very rare occurrences, no risk to the average person. these are e...

Demonstrations across afghanistan because afghanistan won a football championship, a soccer championship. those were viewed by some as an anti-taliban statement. many people were chanting, we dont want to go back to the old days. martha: a message was sent and they did grab headlines and two people lost their lives in that attack. amy, well be following that throughout the course of the morning. gregg: americas involve -- in afghanistan goes back more than a decade. its the longest war in americ...

News for the president that should have left the white house on the defensive. unemployment at 8.3%. youve had economic growth slowing pretty considerably. youve got a very poor economic environment, 3 1/2 years after this president ran as the guy who could fix the economy. those numbers have to be bigger for mitt romney to win in november, i want to know what you think about the effect the up in members might have on governor romneys choice on the a running mate. first on the choice of the runn...

Ideology that republicans havent been conservative enough, which is going against the grain a little bit. there seems to be a perception on the pages of the new york times over the weekend. republicans are too conservative. i would love to hear from joe on that. >> joe, you want to chime in on that? >> yeah. thats one of the great ironies. you are constantly hearing and in the politico piece i did yesterday, it was playing off a must read that mika read in the times saying the republican party i...

presidential candidate will speak out about the latest allegations of sexual harassment dogging his campaign. hes scheduled a news conference that well bring you live at the top of the next hour. it comes one day after a fourth woman said he groped her. were also revealing details about one of the other accusers. jim acosta is following this for us. >> wolf, herman cains campaign is making the politically risky move of raising questions about the woman who came forward yesterday to say...

well, hey, there, everybody. from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your cnn saturday morning for this september 3rd. hope youre getting off to a good holiday weekend. im t.j. holmes. and this has been a slow, but strong tropical storm that is making a mess for people on this holiday weekend. now, six years after hurricane katrina, new orleans directly in the path of this storm. were live with you. and the title of a new book making a lot of controversy. its called "is marr...

2012 presidential campaign, its like college basketball. as an incumbent president obama goes into the tournament top ranked an easy road to the final but to win the big one, he has to put in some practice. right now. cnns ed henry explains. >> reporter: call it the power of the presidency. especially that 416-ton taxpayer financed jet that helps you rally voters, rake in millions, and grab headlines from coast-to-coast. >> when he goes into local markets and youve been all over with him, he suc...

Service designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists and activists who have sensitive material that they want conveyed to the public. its been around since 2007, and its stated goal is to disseminate -- their words -- to disseminate documents the world should see or be an intelligence service of the people. you may have seen the founder of wikileaks on "larry king live" last night, hes a reformed australian compute hacker. and he says he has hundreds of unanimous volunteer experts around the ...