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italy's prime minister. i want to start with jason carroll. jason, we know today's weekly news conference with the legendary joe paterno canceled. the new york times reporting that he has days, maybe weeks numbers. what are you hearing? >> well, for one thing, let me tell you just literally, we have a comment from joe paterno, caught up with him outside of his house, i'm reading this for the first time. i know you all have a lot of good questions. i want to answer them. we're going to have more of his comments coming up. also, i can tell you with regard to that report that he would...

exchange because many palestinians were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against israel. we'll be heading to shalit's hometown where fred pleitgen is. this is a very heart-wrenching moment for many israelis who are concerned about potential retaliation given how many of these soldiers have been released and with actual euphoria from many palestinians. fred pleitgen is with us now in gilad shalit's hometown. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, christine. certainly the people here in shalit's hometown of mitzpe hila. there was controversy where people were saying th...

murray's team says jackson gave himself the fatal dose. yesterday jurors heard jackson slurring his words in an audio recording made just weeks before he died. he was talking about his upcoming shows in london. >> when people leave my show, i want them to say, i've never seen nothing like this in my life. >> murray faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if he is convicted. iran is planning to send navy ships near the atlantic coast of the united states, at least that's what a commander has told iran's state-run news agency. why, you ask? that commander...

pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just haven't telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that they're concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that they flipped, as well, back in 2008. and then there's the two big states, kyra. there's ohio and the...

this "american morning." good morning. >> zogood morning alina. >> it's early. >> it is early. >> not so early for you. >> always great to have you here. >> carol is off, christine is off. >> that's right. >> we've got you back, which is fantastic. >> we've got a really serious situation going on in texas. >> it's -- it seems to be getting worse although in some parts getting a little more control over it. these raging wildfires we're telling you about sweeping across the country right now. the governor rick perry is describing the disaster as, quote, a monstrous storm of smoke and...