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morning pressing the candidate. shark attack. cape cod on alert this morning. a man bitten on both legs just 75 feet from shore. onlookers say a large dorsal fin broke the surface just before. plus this. the drought is spreading across the midwest. there is no rain in the forecast, and it is hot. just how bad will the corn crop be? farmers wont know until they harvest the corn. but what is certain, food prices are rising for you. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. and good morning....

right now mitt romneys on his way home from an overseas trip his campaign is calling a great success even though it generated embarrassing headlines at every stop. latest came today in poland when one of romneys top aides cursed at reporters asking questions. one of them was our jim acosta, who joins us from warsaw. jim, what happened today that the romney team sounds upbeat despite all thats been going on? >> reporter: well, joe, a senior romney advisor told reporters here in warsaw t...

the olympics. thats right. a 16-year-old chinese swimmer wins the gold medal and denies that she is doping. ye shiwen set a record yesterday. on saturday, she won gold in the 400 meter individual medley. yesterday, the head of the world swimming association called her swim unbelievable. and suggested she may be doping. the young swimmer, she told reporters late last night and we are quoting here, my achievements derive from diligence and hard work. i will never use drugs. the chinese t...

from bringing home the gold and plenty of chances today. for the women it starts with soccer and then hit the mats for gymnast gymnastics. for the guys, nothing but net and swish. then swimmer michael phelps already a world record holder, but today this is a race like no other. not just going for the gold, hes trying to make history. once again, zain verjee, no pressure for phelps, right? >> no, its just an easy, breezy thing. just a few hours back there in aquatics centre. a name youl...

gains. they claim this video shows a police station they took over. cnn cannot independently verify the authenticity of this video, however. opening statements got under way today in the drew peterson trial. now, he is the former chicago area police officer accused of murdering his third wife, she was found dead in the bathtub in 2004. her death was treated as an accident. but peterson came under scrutiny when his fourth wife stacy disappeared. the trial is expected to last about a m...

weve been talking about aleppo. you can see the neighborhoods weve highlighted. the largest city in syria where government forces are expected to win in this battle but that has yet to happen. as we told you just yesterday rebel forces captured this army base and today they have captured not just one but two maybe even were hearing three police stations in various parts here throughout aleppo. we have video of one of those battle. take a listen to this. [ gunshots ] >> again, these are...

syria now. im not defending radical jihadists. nor am i naive to their intentions or beliefs. sitting members of congress, people in important positions of power, who are point fingers at individuals working in the government making allegations or spreading innuendo about them without any direct evidence. theyre dragging peoples names through the mud. these are the five members of congress who were talking about. michele bachmann, thomas rooney and lynn west moreland. over the weekendh...

later in the broadcast, were going to look at the role foreign jihadists are playing in syria right now. im not defending radical islamists nor am i naive to their beliefs. but what i am talking about is people working in this government making allegations or spreading innuendos about them without any direct evidence. theyre dragging peoples names and reputations through the mud. here are the five people we are talking about, michele bachmann, trent franks and others. newt gingrich ref...

everyone. im erin burnette. is the president hiding up to 200 layoffs. assistant labor secretary jane oates posted this update. now, it was quietly posted to the labor departments website just yesterday. as we reported 46 days ago the law called the warn act calls for employers to announce layoffs of employees 60 days before hand. were talking about ones like the ones related to the defense industry thanks to the 2 hnt $1 trillion in sequestration cuts. since they take effect on januar...

there was plenty of talk about the dire consequences of the looming fiscal cliff. were talking about tax cuts expiring for everyone automatically, payroll taxes going up, emergency unemployment benefits ending and, of course, the $1.2 trillion in so-called sequestration cuts. about half of that sum is going to come from defense. >> the obligation of the commander in chief is to act like the commander in chief, and that wld be to prevent these cuts, which in the words of his own secreta...