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fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. that's a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist bono talked to anderson cooper who is reporting from somalia this week. >> people watch the values...

single day. we saw it for ourselves and you're going to see it tonight. according to the united nations, 600,000 children are now on the brink of starvation, 600,000. as we learned last night, the world food program now has less than three weeks of food aid left. we're going to talk to u-2's singer bono. we will show you also, how you can help hour, you can make a difference. 600,000 kids, we're going to be telling their stories tonight. breaking news back home. a problem the developing world would be lucky to have but is jeopardizing a lot of future s back home, not mention the gl...

streak, tiger woods returns to the pga tour. in less than five hours he tees off in the bridgestone invitational. congress celebrated its long overdue deal on the debt crisis by racing out of town for summer recess. lost in that cloud of dust, funding for the faa and thousands of workers who now can't be paid. >> personally, this is devastating. i've spent -- i spend most of my day trying to figure out what -- what can i not ay, what can i pay, where can i get extra cash. we're pretty much going to burn through all of our savings within a monday. athena jones is on capitol hill. ...

for this wednesday, august 3. we have just gotten confirmation that bomb squad officers in australia have secured the safety of an 18-year-old girl who was in a house with a suspicious device attached to her. the operation to free her lasted three hours, they say her life was potentially at risk. nearby houses were evacuated and neighboring streets closed off. i'll talk to a reporter there in just a few minutes. stocks across the board are lower today, investors are worried about the weak economy and the debt deal that has done very little to reassure the markets. the dow has bee...

hey, kiera. >> good morning, guys. great to see you. here's some of the stories that have us talking this morning. nervous investors awaiting this hour's 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 caribbean. warnings up in haiti and the dominican republic. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com well...