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it's a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning london's readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, what's happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this overseas trip. but his campaign is confident he can clear the next hurdles ahead. mitt romney hit the re...

Of missouri. every county, has been declared a natural disaster area, opening up federal assistance to farmers. one of the biggest impacts has been on the corn supply. as bill karins told us yesterday, despite farmers planting the largest corn crop in 75 years in states like indiana and kentucky, more than 90% of that crop is now in jeopardy. as farmers rationed corn for feed, live stock and ethanol, the shortage could push up prices of almost everything we buy in the grocery store. here now to give us a sense of how long this is going to last, if there's any help on the way, bill karins. what...

that. >> that is very bold. very bold. can't wait to share the ending with you. good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm zoraida sambolin. >> i'm john berman. this morning mitt romney is in ohio. so is bobby jindal and jeb bush. >> parade? >> coincidence? it is sort of a parade. all about the veepstakes. also the key state of ohio. more coming up. also nelson mandela's 94th birthday. we'll hear from former president clinton who just visited with the icon in a cnn exclusive. that's coming up. first, zoraidzoraida, the b story affecting so much of the country, the weather and ...

Mighty happy to get this snow dump, huh? >> yeah. i tell you what? a really interesting story. everybody you talk to here they say one thing. how happy they are to get it because they need it. take a look at this drought map. you can see where the drought is we have been talking about this for a year now. worst drought they have ever had here. this snow falling very close to where a lot of drought is. right around guymon. they got 9 inches of snow. they have planted the winter wheat. this is the best thing can you do is get this wet snow to sit on top of the ground and slowly melt and melt int...

marketsite. "american morning" starts right now. >> no vote on the debt plan again. i'm christine romans. as the u.s. economy lurches closer to a financial crisis, the political crisis continues. house speaker john boehner calls off a vote, unable to convince hardline conservatives in his party to sign on to his plan. >> i'm kiran chetry. more than 90% of texas is now in extreme drought. the state could sure use a lot of rain and now tropical storm don is expected to make landfall along the southern coast today. >> and it's happened again, a muslim-american soldier in police custody ...