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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....

hey, kiera. >> good morning, guys. great to see you. heres some of the stories that have us talking this morning. nervous investors awaiting this hours opening bell on wall street. the doll plunged 266 points yesterday for its eighth consecutive loss. trial under way for former egyptian president hosni mubarak. the ailing hue mark could face execution if convicted in the deaths of anti-government protesters. florida watching tropical storm emily as it approaches the northern caribb...

trillion in cuts over ten years, raises the debt ceiling about about the same amount, sets up a bipartisan committee to find other ways to trim another trillion and change from the deficit. think of it as a deficit posse. it calls for both chamber of commerce eventually to pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution. they dont actually have to pass it, they just have to vote on it. and the president and house speaker admit that the plan is not perfect, but hey, theres a deadli...

Simply in direct evidence against casey anthony. prosecutors presented mostly circumstantial evidence, witness testimony of the smell of death in her car, casey anthonys lies including the made up nanny, and the fact she went out partying after her daughter died and never reported her missing when she wasnt. and computer searches for chloroform, neck breaking, duct tape police found with her remains. so far casey anthonys lawyer has not addressed either of those issues or the claims he made duri...

Clues from the judges to help them get their word right. >> is there any other information you can give me other than -- >> spelling? >> reporter: there were moments of stress. >> e-r-i-n-o. yes! >> reporter: as well as relief from the contestants and their families. 14-year-old lily jordan of maine was competing in her second national spelling bee. her brothers were on stage to cheer her on. and seemed more nervous than she did. >> f -- >> reporter: later, the look on their faces gave it away. ...

Would be under water if not for the controversial decision to blow open this levee. the explosion opened a two-mile hole flooding more than 130,000 acres of farmland in neighboring missouri. >> when you look at that, what do you think? >> im very sad. i look at that and i dont have a home. >> reporter: the farm has been in her family for three generations. it would still be dry if the federal government hadnt blown up the levee. >> i feel like we have to suffer for somebody else. >> reporter: fa...

Face to face with a tornado. a dozen fema teams will hit the ground in north carolina today to help thousands of people start over. the state took the hardest hit in a three-day tornado rampage that stretched from oklahoma to virginia. 45 deaths, almost half in north carolina. north carolina governor bev perdue is getting a look at storm damage in bertie county. that is happening this hour. half of the deaths in north carolina happened in the small rural county. two of those killed, roy and ba...

Going to take a picture instead of im going to get in a safe spot. >> two days later, we wonder why we took the picture. that day, it was just so astounding, so fascinating. he hollered, wheres the camera? i saw the tornado. wheres the camera? >> from that amount of time of seeing it, how much time did you have to get into a safe spot? >> no more than 10 seconds im sure. >> the tornado went through. you have lived here your entire life. >> sure. >> you knew everybody in this small community. the...

Tell me what can you tell me about them? >> they were real nice people, real close friends, roy, we would garden together, he gave me tomato plants or any seed i needed, he was there, i helped him, he helped me, and ever since we got married, me and roy had been close friends, heres what we could do for one another. im going to miss him. >> indeed, and we appreciate you speaking with us and were so glad you and your wife are okay. as you can see, bill, heavyo. >> my wife says she didnt -- she di...

News alert" now, a new hour and first responders, from across north carolina now, en route to the epicenter of a twister outbreak. 45 confirmed dead, and six different states. more than 80 tornadoes touching down in north carolina alone. that is a day they will never forget. brand new hour, im bill hemmer, good morning on a monday here, welcome back to you, alisyn. alisyn: im alisyn camerota in for martha maccallum, that is an incredible number, the utter devastation is widespread across the sou...