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I spoke with a woman who has been evacuated who had this to say after the news conference. the frustration is we cannot get accurate information about where the lines of the fire are. so we know that right now our home is probably okay. but we do not know how fast it is encroaching or what is happening. we cannot find any information. >>reporter: what the commander is telling people is that there is poor cell service and they have to put safety first. they cannot just let people back into the area right away because they don't know if it is safe. >>shepard: do they have any idea whenever evacu...

The fight to al qaeda with support from our troops because we will have 50,000 of them there. the president is very grateful for them and he said thank you to a unit that will leave fort bliss in the near future to deploy to iraq to undertake the mission. lastly, we have to make sure we are focused on making sure the iraqis take the important decision to form a government so they can get back in the driver's seat on their own future. we heard that from the prime minister today a we will hear it from iraqi politicians. >>shepard: thank you for making a change in your schedule to be with us like...

Operations. >> let me say this as plainly as i can, by august 31st, 2010, our combat mission if iraq will end. >> august 18, the last u.s. come pat brigade left iraq. >> but remember, shep, 50,000 u.s. troops remain in iraq, in a training role but clearly they will still be targets for attacks and could be drawn back into combat as the president said today, there is still a lot of work to be done. >>shepard: thank you, like from new york, this afternoon. good to see you. hurricane earl is a junior threat to the east coast and could create a nightmare for the buildup to the labor day week. befo...

Is expensive, and they sometimes, they pocket the money, sometimes they are spending it on gifts for people they travel with, and it depends. they say, we have not been forced to report this so we have not but pelosi asked them, you have to account for this, i want to hear where the money is going. >>shepard: i will have something to say. what kind of things have they spent the carbon? >>reporter: joe wilson who told the president he was a liar bought marble goblets in afghanistan. he did that. and he said he gave it to members of the military, hastings, drinks for people he was traveling with...

Electricity, no transport and often curfews. plus they have a small window to get out and a new storm is forming, fiona, scheduled to come in exactly on the same route that earl came so they have a small window to get out now if they can. back to you. >>shepard: thank you, reporting for us. and our chief meteorologist is live at the weather center. you look at this and you hope it does not jog left. >> it will make a huge difference, if it jogs left, it will have big impact. there is fiona, by the way, the storm he was talking about. and it will move back over the same spot. not the kind of st...