ex-wife and the explosive charges in her new book. it s probably like a little bit of sour grapes, chasing the delusional kind of narcissistic self-centered point of view. mickey rourke no holds barred and the original super model on her naughty past. what makes you think i was a nice little girl? her husband seal. we did find each other in a lobby in a hotel in new york city and we were like two magnets like this. and you voted for barack obama? i did. and the beautiful and rather cheeky heidi klum. this is piers morgan tonight. mickey rourke has done more than most eever dream of. in the middle of this dazzling career, why go get beaten in the head? the facting wasn t fun anymore and i saw too much gray and the politics and mediocritiy of it wasn t something that i enjoyed. neither was boxing. i started out and got hurt and then i did acting. i had just done a film. i think i had done angel heart . it was a tough film but it had integrity and a r
having a coffee. i was like oh my god. i had gone to art school so i had an unbelievable admiration for him. i said if i don t do this, i ll always regret it. i handed him an invitation. i said i m having a show. it would be great if you could come. he barely looked up from his coffee, he goes, thanks. i was still holding the invite. he didn t do anything so i set it on the table in front of him and spun it in this way that i said oh, i don t know, maybe andy warhol is going to come. he thanked me for inviting him. i think he ll come. around the time i was approached by target, nobody had done it. nobody was doing runway shows and selling to a mass merchant. it was very scary. i have that warhol mentality that s do everything.
air force one is about to land here in just a bit at raleigh-durham national airport, north carolina. an important battleground state, as you know, in the 2012 election. president obama is going to visit a small business. one that the white house says will benefit from his new jobs bill. after that, the president will press congress once again to pass his plan and pass it immediately when he delivers a speech at north carolina state university. also republicans picking up a new york congressional seat that s been in democratic hands. get this since 1923. queens businessman and political newbie bob turney handily beat his democratic opponent. he says the victory shows president obama is in trouble. been asked by the people of this district to send a message to washington, and i hope they hear it loud and clear. [ applause ] we have been told this is a referendum, and we re ready to see, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. [ applause ] that new york congressional
breaking news. the american embassy in kabul, afghanistan, coming under fire in an intense attack. word out of iran, the two american hikers convicted of espionage could soon be free. let s go ahead and start with the bold attack on america s signature presence in a war-torn country. rockets and machine gun fire aimed directly at the american embassy in kabul. gunfire coming from every corner of the building. take a listen. and we re now being told that it was a well-coordinated attack. i want to bring some more information straight from a man that i m going to talk to now. he s actually taken governor there in the embassy. i have known him for a long time. he works at the embassy and has been in afghanistan about five years now, but for security reasons, we are not going to identify him. can you hear me okay? i sure can, kyra. good morning. good morning. i sure appreciate you calling in. it seems a little quiet behind you now. when i talked to you earlier, i could actu
anything but a holiday for americans reeling from extreme weather. lee is weakening to a tropical depression, but still a massive rain maker that could make travel across much of the country a nightmare. storms winds have helped fuel wildfires in central texas. at this hour, a thousand homes are in danger near austin. and later today, hurricane katia will unleash its first impact on the east coast. we re tracking this storm and tell you where that s headed in a moment. first, we want to begin with the flooding rains pounding the gulf coast since lee made la landfall in louisiana over the weekend. ed lavandera is in the city of lafitte this morning. what s it looking like where you are? reporter: they have shut it down because it is just after high tide here in southern louisiana. and that means that these floodwaters are going back up. many of the roadways in this area simply look like this. this isn t actually that deep but definitely treacherous enough for not allo