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officials say nothing suggests an attack is imminent. they only say recent incidents reinforce the terror threat. and hope for a grand debt fix was dimmed just a bit in washington. some democrats and republicans are picking apart the latest plan with the same old complaints. liberals say it cuts social security and medicare. conservatives say it raises taxes. republicans have refused to raise the nation's debt limit without deep spending cuts and no tax increases. the deadline now is just 12 days away. somalia's president is asking the world for immediate help to feed his country...

>> reporter: sarah jessica parker lent her voice to the audio guide. in 2006 she was mcqueen's date to the met when the costume institute opened another exhibit. she still has the pins he used to fit her dress. >> he really is and probably will continue to be in a league of his own. >> reporter: on opening day, the alexander mcyeen exhibit drew a record number of visitors. you can see it, too, through the end of july. coming up, she had no intention of getting into fashion. she just wanted to look good in her tight white pants. >> how did you come up with the idea? >> honestly my own butt. l...

flood walls. those walls could fail. the city's mayor talked about his concerns with our ed lavandera. >> are you worried about it flooding? this is the heart of the city right here. >> it is the heart of the city, primarily protected by that wall right there. it would take a failure of that wall before this would be at risk. what we're really concerned about is that high river stage raising the water level back where the lake is, and if that got topped, because that level of protection is not nearly as high as that, if that got topped, the water is going to flow throughout the city....

Maher" on had hbo, standup comic, best-selling author. we called him today in view of this announcement tonight and asked him if he would come as an old friend. bill will be performing at the orleans show room in las vegas on the 17th and 18th of july and at the ameri star casino in kansas city on july 30th. thank you, bill. >> i'm honored you would ask me to take over the desk, larry, thank you so much. i'm ready to step in at a moment's notice. >> larry: what a -- so you're making an announcement tonight. >> do you want to finish the hour or would you like me to take over right now, larry? >...

>> he was a good kid. he was 20 years old when he died. i always tell people that if he wouldn't have been a marine he probably would have been a standup comic. he was a really funny guy. it's really funny that he went through this, because matt was one of those people that truly lived by the motto that if you don't have something nice to say about somebody, don't say anything at all. and to have somebody do this to him is just not right and it's just not right to the other 200 family members that they've done it to. >> mr. snyder, we really appreciate you coming on today. we thank you for you...