BLITZER: Let's quickly check some other top stories in THE SITUATION ROOM right now. The plane that carried Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey to Afghanistan for an unannounced visit was hit by shrapnel from rocket fire today while on the ground at the Bagram Air field outside Kabul. A spokesman says Dempsey was in his room at the time of the incident and quote, "not in any danger." He says two maintenance personnel were slightly wounded. Ecuador's president is lashing out at British authorities over suggestions they may enter the Ecuadoran embassy in London to arrest Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. The Ecuador leader says that would be in his words suicidal. The comments come after a letter from the British Foreign Office cited a little known law that could suspend the embassy's diplomatic protection. Assange is taking refuge in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crime allegations. Sales of the racy "50 Shades of Grey" trilogy helped the country's largest bookstore chain boost its bottom line and beat Wall Street expectations in the second quarter. Sales at Barnes & Noble stores climb 2 percent to $1.1 billion. The company CEO says "50 Shades" books clearly had the biggest impact on the numbers. Some of the top stories coming into THE SITUATION ROOM right now, another story we're following, a deadly train derailment. What we're now learning about what happened and the two young women who were killed.
Top General's Plane Damaged In Rocket Attack; Ecuador Slams Britain Over Embassy Threat; "Fifty Shades" Gives Boost To Barnes & Noble