VELSHI: Fifty minutes past the hour. Here's what you need to know to start your day.</s>VELSHI (voice-over): Breaking news out of Virginia. A magnitude 3.4 aftershock was felt just after 5:00 a.m. eastern. It was centered around 32 miles east of Charlottesville, Virginia. You'll remember the east coast was rocked by a 5.8 magnitude earthquake last week. President Obama visiting Paterson, New Jersey, on Sunday, the city hit hard after Hurricane Irene. It flooded out with more than 15 feet of water. Cleanup only starting after the water slowly begins to recede across the northeast. Five crews in Texas and Oklahoma -- fire crews in Texas and Oklahoma are doing battle with wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes in the two states and put hundreds of others in jeopardy. The flames have forced evacuations in both states The suspect in the disappearance of American, Robyn Gardner, in Aruba isn't going home to Maryland any time soon. An Aruban judge ruled Gary Giordano can be held for another 60 days. He's been in custody since Gardner went missing last month. The U.S. is wasting $12 million a day in Iraq and Afghanistan according to a nonpartisan commission on war time contracting. The panel says that massive fraud and waste has cost America up to $60 billion over the past ten years. Federal prosecutors have decided not to retry former baseball star, Barry Bonds, on perjury charges. Bonds still faces up to ten years in prison after being convicted of obstructing a grand jury investigation into performance enhancing drugs. And they were painting the town red in Bunol, Spain, the site of the world's largest tomato fight. As many as 20,000 people took part in the Annual Tomatina Festival, flinging 120 tons of ripe tomatoes. That's strange. It looks like a lot of fun.</s>VELSHI (on-camera): That's the news you need to start your day. AMERICAN MORNING back right after this break.
War Report: U.S. Wasting $12 Million A Day