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november. well crunch the numbers for you. and whats going on in the gulf of mexico? early today people noticed a lot more oil than before was gushing from the bp well. something went terribly wrong today. is there really no one anywhere who knows how to fix this? plus, back to the mcchrystal story for a moment. a lot of people noticed a similarity between his unguarded comments to a freelance writer for "rolling stone" and this movie. >> what am i doing? i am telling secrets to the on...

this could be a very tough november. well crunch the numbers for you. and whats going on in the gulf of mexico? early today people noticed a lot more oil than before was gurk from the bp well. something went terribly wrong today. is there really no one anywhere who knows how to fix this? plus, back to the mcchrystal story for a moment. a lot of people noticed a similarity between his unguarded comments to a freelance writer for "rolling stone" and this movie. >> what am i doing? i am t...

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. im matt lauer. >> and im meredith vieira. all eyes are on the white house this morning and that face-to-face meeting between president obama and general stanley mcchrystal. >> what seems to be ironic, general mcchrystal was put in charge in afghanistan in part because he wasnt afraid to speak his mind. but now its his words that could come back to haunt him. the controversy is o...

himself in this situation. but, obviously, those words were not only unfortunate, but inappropriate. im concerned that if general mcchrystal has to resign, and he may, that what happens to the in the middle of a very crucial time in afghanistan. as you note the kandahar offensive is just beginning -- as you know, the kandahar offensive is just beginning, losing a lead time would be unfortunate. i respect the presidents decision as commander in chief on this situation. >> greta: we are ...

we are told general stanley mcchrystal is ready to offer his resignation. but will he accept it. bill: steve centanni leads our coverage at the pentagon. whats is happening at the moment? >> reporter: general mcchrystal is in the pentagon in anticipation of a meeting at 9:30 with robert gates, the defense secretary. in advance of going over to the white house to talk again about the situation with the president. secretary gates says general mcchrystal made a significant mistake. we und...

Gresham barrett. haley fell just short of the 50% needed to avoid a run-off. the winner tonight will face the democratic state senator vincent shaheen in the race to replace this man, the love gov, mark sanford. our chief political correspondent carl cameron is in columbia, south carolina. polls are now closed. whats the sense there tonight. >> very strong sense that nikki haley will be the republican nominee tonight. as you say she fell short at 49.5% in the primary a couple weeks ago shvment s...

afghanistan, gave an interview to a magazine. and in it, he and his aides took aim at everyone from the president to the vice president to senators and diplomats. the general has been summoned to the white house by president obama, who now faces a mind boggling choice. does he fire the man central to the war right before a major battle? jake tapper takes us inside a stunned and furious white house. >> reporter: white house sources tell abc news that president obama was livid when he re...

the vice president. the reaction strategy delay. plus other opinions on important people. >> the comments in rolling stone are inappropriate. >> those are comments that is he going to have to deal with. >> shepard: tonight, fallout in afghanistan and general dissatisfaction in d.c. plus, get set to fire up those deep water drills. a federal judge rules the obama administration six months time out. but the white house says not so fast. and will struggling families really have to pay tax...

[unintelligible] and its budget, and use this opportunity to invite him to malvern to open our brand new community hospital some time at his convenience this autumn? >> can i thank the honorable lady? dont be -- dont be so -- >> order. it is not against the rules of the house for a government back bencher to support the government. it is not that odd. [laughter] mr. prime minister. >> mr. speaker, we all remember you doing that very well. [laughter] the honorable lady makes a very kind...

america. now a debate between gresham barrett and nikki haley, who are running in the republican runoff election for south carolina governor. the winner of the runoff will face the democratic nominee in the general election. this is about 50 minutes. >> live from columbia, this is a special presentation -- the race for governor. >> good evening, and welcome to the gubernatorial runoff debate. >> we are glad to have you with us this evening. participating in this debate, gresham barrett...