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Other top stories in the situation room right now. >> wolf, a new show of strength of u.s. military strength and a promise of retaliation by north korea. american and south korean forces launching their annual training exercise today. tension is high in the region right now after south korea blamed the communist north for sinking its war ship. north korea says it will respond to the military drill by dealing a, quote, merciless counterblow to the u.s. we're awaiting word from federal officials and bp officials on whether they'll move ahead with a plan to plug the ruptured oil well in the gulf ...

In libya. bp says it has finished pumping cement down the ruptured oil well at the bottom of the gulf. thad allen says this will virtually assure no more oil pledging the government is committed to finish that clean-up. in a couple of hours, we'll get the latest government gauge of unemployment. july's report is expected to show a slight rise in the jobless rate which is now hovering near double digits. cnn is uncovering new details about a man who's risen to the top ranks of al qaeda according to the feds. they say he spent much of his life in new york and florida and now he seems to ha...

The economy stinks so bad right now, they can't find jobs so those people who wanted to work longer so they would get a bigger social security check actually now in an emergency situation have got to go ahead and start collecting social security because there are no jobs out there. >> to the tune of three million extra. a third more have applied early to cash in social security than previously thought or expected and that according it a boston college study released as compared to 2009. people saying cash me in. i give up. it's been over a year. when you're 59 years old, it's been over a year....

Solar but arguably more important. the new rules aimed at cleaning the air only muddies the water for the entire biomastery and could result more reliance on coal and other fossil fuels. >> brett: bp says they have finished pumping cement into the blown-out well. the next step involves pouring more mud and cement through an 18,000 foot relief well that intercepts with the original well. >> look what happens next, following a judge's ruling about california's gay marriage ban. fox all-stars join me after the7

Surrender yourself here and not make the situation worse, do you know what i mean? >> the cops are going to try to kill me. >> no, they are not going to. we have to get you to relax. >> i'm relaxed. >> reporter: moments before taking his own life, thornton warned the dispatcher he wouldn't surrender. >> tell my people i love them. >> yeah. >> and i got to go now. >> still haunting to listen to that, the entire call lasted roughly four minutes. at one point omar thornton referenced the s.w.a.t. team that was closing in, but by the time they had arrived, craig, he'd already taken his own life. >...