[ applause ] >> every member of our team is as important as the other. that's a lesson we all have to remember. as citizens and as a nation. as we meet the tests of our time here at home and around the world. to our marines, to all our men and women in uniform. to our fellow americans, let us always be faithful. and as we prepare for the reading of the citation, let me say god bliss, dakota. god bless our marines and all

who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] >> the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fires, firing rocket

propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns, from fortified positions. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off, corporal meyer seized the initiative. with a fellow marine driving, corporal meyer took exposed gunner position in a gun truck as they drove down the steeply terraced terrain in a daring attempt to disrupt the enemy attack and locate the trapped u.s. team. disregarding intense enemy fire, now concentrated on their lone vehicle. corporal meyer killed a number of enemy fighters with the mounted machine guns and his rifle. some at near point blank range as he and his driver made three solo trips into the ambushed area. during the first two trips, he and his driver evacuated over three dozen afghan soldiers. when one machine became inoperable, he switched to another gun truck for a third trip into the ambushed area where his accurate fire directly supported the remaining u.s.

personnel and afghan soldiers fighting their way out of ambush. despite a shrapnel wound to his arm, corporal meyer fwhid more trips into the ambushed area in a third ground truck, accompanied by four afghan vehicles to recover more wounded afghan soldiers and search for the missing u.s. team members. still under heavy enemy fire, he dismounted the vehicle on the fifth trip and moved on foot to locate and recover the bodies of his team members. corporal meyer's daring initiative and bold fighting spirit throughout the six-hour battle significantly disrupted the enemy's attack and inspired the members of the command forced to fight on. his unwavering courage and steadfast devotion to his u.s. and afghan comrades in the face of almost certain death reflected great credit upon himself and reflect the highest traditions of the u.s. marine corps and the highest marine service.

[ applause ] >> let us close in prayer. god made this ceremony serve as

a reminder of the responsibility that come with receiving the grace gift of freedom. and as we depart this hallowed hall and return to our daily lives, we pray that you would ennoble and enable us. when called upon, we would recall the resolute fearlessness of sergeant dakota meyer, and all those who wear the stars of valor. and live up to our responsibilities to bring honor to you and to this country. it is in your holy name we pray. amen. >> thank you all for joining us here today. we are grateful for dakota. we are grateful for all our men and women in uniform. and i hope that all of you have not only been inspired by this same, but also will enjoy the hospitality of the white house. i hear the food is pretty good. thank you very much, everybody. god bless you.

>> sergeant dakota meyer, we salute you. we'll take a quick break and then cnn newsroom will continue after this. catamaran sailor. i can my own homemade jam, apricot. and really love my bank's ise your ratcd.

i'm sorry, did you say you'd love a pay raise asap uh, tuly, i said i love my bank's raise your rate cd. you spen8 days lo at sea ? no, uh... you love watching your neighbors watch tv ? at ally, you'll love o raise your rate cd that offers a one-ti rate increase if our currentates go up. this is t kind ruck that has it all. ♪ gue thameans youan dit all. it's thevseason of doing now combine the all-star editn discount with oer offers for a tal value of $6,000. or quifieduys can get 0% apr for 60 mont plus $1,000 llan ll sileradmols. get to your evy aler and ghat truck today

i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely.

and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. welcome back to the "cnn newsroom." we'll begin with a story tough to tell. take a look at this picture. this is elizabeth escalona and her 2-year-old daughter in happier times. back on september 7th, she was rushed to a hospital. she was covered in bruises. her ribs and a leg were broken. she had a concussion. this little one was in a coma. at one point she wasn't even expected to live. jocelyn not only survived. she was just released from the hospital. her 22-year-old mother is sitting in jail. held on half a million dollar bond and the police say an extreme case of child abuse. some going as far as calling it torture. here's what the dallas police department says is among the things jocelyn's mother is

accused of doing. dragging the 2-year-old by her feet from the kitchen. putting glue on her little hands and sticking them to the wall. taking a jug of milk and hitting the toddler in the stomach with it. police say this was punishment for the child soiling her pants. i want to bring in the reporter, tanya. you've been according the story for the dallas morning news. like i said, the dallas police say this is clearly a case of excessive child abuse. first i have to say how is jocelyn. >> as far as we know, she is doing much better. one of the police officers that has been involved in the case says that jocelyn is an example of how resilient children are. last week, thing were looking really bad. this week she has made dramatic improvements. she is walking. she is responding to touch and sound. and of course, she is out of the hospital. and in foster care with her siblings, from what i understand. >> what is it that sets this

case apart? some are saying it was a miracle she survived. >> i think what sets it apart is the glue. people, the e-mails that i've received from readers, they really respond to the issue of the glue. putting the glue on the child's hands and then pressing her hands against the wall. that is really shocking to people. unfortunately, in my many years as a police reporter, i've seen many cases of child abuse. it is the glue that really bothers people. >> that would resonate with anyone whether you're a parent or not. we know on the day jocelyn was rushed to the hospital, her mother changed her facebook profile. took the time. took pictures of her and jocelyn and posted this. why does god put obstacles in my life? what is this mother's story? we mentioned she is 22. how many other kids does she have? what is her background? >> we don't ang whole lot about her. she has three other children. ranging from 7 to 1.

given that she is 22, that means that she had her youngest at around 15. i talked to a relative yesterday who said that elizabeth's childhood was very difficult. very rough. and the relatives said she thought that elizabeth was overwhelmed by having so many children. and she is also pregnant again. and i'm told that she is within her first trimester. so this would be her fifth child. >> again, so she is pregnant. she has several other kids. 33 kids. you said these three other kids are in the custody of other family members. four other children. >> well, jocelyn and her three siblings are in foster care. yesterday there was a court hearing. cps hearing. and both fathers of the four children appeared in court. and cps is going to conduct home studies on both fathers to determine whether or not they're suitable placement for the

children. and difficult to say what will happen with that. there is a court hearing november 16th where we'll find out presume play with will happen to the four children. >> so two fathers. what is their reaction to this? >> jocelyn's father, when he left the courtroom, he was in tears. he didn't want to stop and talk. he seemed very clearly overcome with emotion by what had happened to his child. him and, he and elizabeth were living together in an apartment here in dallas. so they were together. now the other -- >> they were. >> yes, they were. the other father avoided us. we couldn't get to him. he went out a back way and we weren't able to speak with him. my understanding, i heard from the relative i spoke with yesterday. was that jocelyn was actually born in mexico. and had spent most of her brief life in mexico and then recently, she had been brought back to the states to live with

elizabeth and her father. >> so there have been no other reports of any other family members, neighbors, even siblings saying anything to authorities. this is the first time that we know of, of this happening. >> this is the first time we know of. cps has a policy in texas that unless there is a child death, they don't talk about a family's history. so if there are other reports to cps, we don't know about it. i am not aware of any other complaints to the police regarding elizabeth or her children. >> elizabeth is in jail as we mentioned. on $500,000 bond. what does she face here? >> here in texas, that is a first degree felony. she faces up to life in prison. it is just as serious as being charged with murder. a very serious charge. here in the state of texas. >> tanya, thank you so much for coming on and talking about this. i know so many of you are moved by stories like jocelyn. i sit here and read your tweets during the show.

i read your posts on facebook. i know stories like this affect you. you want to help change the system. my team today picked up the phone. we called the texas department of children and family services and they reminded us, they are always in need of good foster parents to take care of children in protective custody like jocelyn here. and i'm sure that goes for your state as well. coming up, paying a surprise visit to tripoli today. the reason includes money. our senior international correspondent nic robertson just touched by in niger where some of gadhafi's family members escaped to. also, it is bigger, better, and easier to find. the most compelling video. check out the cnn ground breaking new video experience. c nmpb nm cn.com/video. exciting as a video game. i need to reach peter, who's falling behind.

and push janet who's 6 chapters ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] with interactive learning solutions from dell, mrs. davis can make education a little more personal. so every student feels like her only student. dell. the power to do more. (rawhen an investmentrsation) lacks discipline, so every student feels like her only student. it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing.

call it an even bigger nod to the legitimacy of the national transition council. nicolas sarkozy and david cameron paid a surprise visit to tripoli. they are the most senior western leaders to visit the capital since moammar gadhafi lost control of the capital last month. and both these men are pledging continued support of libya's new leadership. they're also pressing for libya's assets to be unfrozen so the new interim council will have access to billion of dollars. they say gadhafi must face justice and vow to have nato help track him down. >> we must keep on with the nato mission until civilians are all protected and until this work is finished. we will help you to find gadhafi

and to bring him to justice. and we also want to help you to take the dangerous weapon out of libya. >> our senior international correspondent nic robertson just land in the nearby nigeria where several members of gadhafi's family have fled. we know that they want him back including saudi, who i know you communicated with multiple time in the recent past. how would this work? has a formal extradition request been made? >> reporter: that seems to be why they are sending a delegation here tomorrow to do, to make that representation to government officials. the justice minister has said, from this government's perspective, they wouldn't want the government officials, the government officials who have crossed the border from libya because they say they're still fighting in libya, still

dangerous. they come here as a guest. they say he is not, it is not up to them where he goes. but at least in the initial analysis, they're not ready to hand him over to the national transitional council so far. he is believed to be in a palace here. i've been and changing communications with him in the last few minutes. and certainly, from what i understand, talking to him, is that his, he is not free to move. his movements are controlled by some degree by the government here. and that seems to be what the national transitional cloins do. come here. tell the government to has not them over. the government in nigeriaer is an incredibly poor government in africa. receiving millions and millions of dollars fromly father over the years. the biggest mosque here in this town where the streets are full of sewage. most of the roads are dirt roads here. gadhafi spent a lot of money so

he has a lot of favors to pull. this government may yet end up with gadhafi in its family. >> tell me, beyond saudi, how many other gadhafi family members there in country, and couldn't they just continue to go into hiding? not go back? >> reporter: at the moment, it appears that that seems to be one of the options they have. to stay in hiding. but they can only do that if the government allows them to do it. the government brought them to the capital. saudi gadhafi, the only a family member we're aware of that the authorities have talked about. he came with about seven or eight of his associates. the government here calls them low level. but also a number of high level former military officials crossed over. they're also believed to be in the capital. no doubt the national

transitional cloins want them back, too. it is an unspecified number. we expect to get more details tomorrow when this delegation arrives here. >> let me ask you just to the north of you in libya. if you can speak to the significance of both sarkozy and cameron traveling to libya. what does that signify for you? >> reporter: i think really it means, the fact that they traveled together. these were were kind of joined at the hip from the beginning of the sort of military air operations and turned the rebels' revolt into a rebellion that could succeed. just when gadhafi's forces were poised to go in. she fired shells into the city. for these two leaders to arrive, it is really legitimizing the transition and recognizing the transition that has happened in the country. and cameron and sarkozy said

there's no way gadhafi can come back. no doubt, behind doors they're putting a lot of pressure on this new transitional government to make the right moves, to do the right thing, to get a handle on the international concerns about the islamic elements in this country. people might gravitate to the likes of al qaeda. concerns in the west about that. and about the missing weapons that have been stolen. they'll bring a lot of concerns and a lot of thing they'll want the national council transition leaders to take care of. securing the bases as well as living up to the words that they've spoken about. >> certainly a tremendous amount happening. of course, behind the scenes. nic robertson in niger. thank you for calling in. this guy came here to wipe out my office. and i believe that if he had killed me, that he would have killed everyone else in his

pathway. >> that man there is a judge. police say another man walked straight into his courthouse, armed, wanting blood. find out why the judge was involved in the gunman's personal life. plus, a mom up and disappears. the day she did, her husband said he took his two young kids out at midnight during a snowstorm to go camping. now a major discovery could be a huge break in this case. [ male announcer ] what if we told you that cadillac borrowed technology from ferrari to develop its suspension system?

or what if we told you that ferrari borrowed technology from cadillac to develop its suspension system? magnetic ride control -- pioneered by cadillac, perfected in the 556-horsepower cts-v. we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs.

dangerous plaque that can build up in arteries over time... high cholesterol is a major factor. but these other health factors can also contribute to plaque buildup. so if you have high cholesterol and any of these other health factors... it's even more important to get your cholesterol where your doctor wants. talk to your doctor about crestor. when diet and exercise alone aren't enough... adding crestor can lower bad cholesterol by up to 52%. and crestor is proven to slow plaque buildup in arteries. crestor is not right for everyone, like people with liver disease...

or women who are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. simple blood tests will check for liver problems. tell your doctor about other medicines you're taking... or if you have muscle pain or weakness. that could be a sign of serious side effects. ask your doctor about high cholesterol... plaque buildup... and if crestor is right for you. if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. al qaeda's chief of operations in pakistan died in an attack there this week. this is according to u.s. officials who did not provide cause of death. we now know the u.s. frequently uses armed aerial drones in this country. the same country where a commando raid took out osama bin laden back in may. this latest terror operative killed was considered a possible successor to al qaeda's second in command who died back in

august. police in arkansas are just amaze that had more people were not kill in this week's courthouse shooting spree. we have new video here. you can see the bullet holes inside and rout side that courthouse. the gunman james ray paramedic fired more than 70 rounds from his high powered assault rifle. he also had two semiautomatic handguns on tuesday. he was killed by police. for the first time now, we are hearing from that judge that palmer was apparently looking for when he started the shooting rampage. crawford county circuit court judge gary cottrell apparently resided over his divorce and custody hearing. the judge wasn't there when palmer started shooting but his secretary was. she was shot in the leg. >> basically her statement to me was, judge, he came here specifically to kill you. that's what she said. this guy came hear to wipe out my office. and i believe that if he had killed me, that he would have killed everyone else in his

pathway. i honestly believe that. >> the gunman's reasoning for singling out this judge still remains uncertain. the judge said he doesn't remember any specifics of palmer's case which he heard three years ago. the parents of that once missing autistic boy have now lost custody of him. according to kcbs, an affiliate in los angeles, the court granted the parents visiting rights every monday. joshua robb here came to national attention after he ran from his school in twin peaks, california. he was missing about 24 hours. he wandered far out into the woods in the san bernardino national forest. he had recently been removed from his parents' custody after someone reported the boy was tied to a pole. the parents explained, they were moving and were worried joshua would simply run off. and an an throw apologist is examining human remains found in the desert yesterday. they were found during the search for susan powell.

the salt lake city mother who disappeared back in 2009. her husband told authorities, he had taken his young sons winter camping in near zero weather. noted idea where his wife went. he is the only person of interest in this case. what are your dreams? >> i don't have none. >> candid, heart breaking words from this child living in poverty. up next, cnn's will ask this young man and his mere can't find a job and sometimes can't feed her family. is there hope america dig itself out of the jobs crisis? if so, how? you've been getting some ideas. [ courier ] the amazing story of whether bovine heart tissue

can make it from australia to a u.s. lab to a patient in time for surgery may seem like a trumped-up hollywood premise. ♪ but if you take away the dramatic score... take away the dizzying 360-degree camera move, and take away the over-the-top stunt, you're still left with a pretty remarkable tale. but, okay, maybe keep the indulgent supermodel cameo... thank you. [ male announcer ] innovative medical solutions. fedex. solutions that matter.

one of the smartest guys we happen to know is tackling the

issue of jobs. i'm talking about fareed zakaria. next joining me live from new york. good to see you as always. let's talk about some tough numbers here. we have new unemployment claims topping 400,000 last week. the highest mark since june. with that in mind, obviously, an election coming up. we've got the president saying the government needs to step forward and lead. we have the flip side saying the government needs to get out of the way. why are voters being presented with these same old two choices? neither of which seems to be working. is there some solution out there that our leaders, our political parties are just incapable of grasping? >> well, you know, it is a superb question. really what we should be doing is looking at this as a kind of problem. a practical problem. what are the best solutions. and then worry about what does the ideology mean? which side of the box does that

put you on? first just ask ourselves, what are the things we can do. to his great credit, the ceo of general electric trick and president obama's job czar is trying to do that. increase employment very easily. we've talked to him and we look at a lot of specific examples. for example, tourists come into this country and they spend a lot of money. we make it really hard for people to come into america. why not double the number of tourist visas? you could easily do it. maintain security. the people coming to america from china, for example, are not a security threat. there are so many simple areas where we could he's economy panned employment right now that we're just unable to do. the system doesn't work anymore. >> you mentioned jeffrey, whom i know. not only is he the job czar. i do want to talk about these people at the top of the white house. i'm sure you've read it.

the democratist strategist james carville. essentially gone ballistic. the whole headline is what should the white house do? one of the suggestions he has, start firing people. so here's my question. let's say the president fired his entire economic team. he comes to you. calls you up. i need you to right this ship. this economic ship. what is your first move on jobs? >> the first movie would do, the the biggest move without any question is infrastructure. you have unemployment in the construction industry. at about 20, 22%. millions. people in construction who are unemployed. you have the reality. this is something the private sector never does. this has been a government if you know. it is not that the government goes out and builds roads. the government hires private construction company so these are private sector jobs about it has always been the government involved. taking the lead.

right now you just don't have much consumer demand. whatever you do for company, you give them tax holidays, tax rates. they're not going to hire a lot more people because there isn't a demand for the products. the one thing we know we can do is take advantage of this incredibly cheap interest rates we have. borrow for 30-year money. in other words, with very low payments. and rebuild america. rebuild our bridges, our highways, our airports, our power grids, our smart grids. that's the biggest thing we should be doing. >> we've heard you talk infrastructure. we've heard you talk about innovation. i have new numbers. they show that the rate of poverty fareed has climbed to the highest levels. so is this. i want you to listen to this young man. interviewed for stir done by poppy harlow. >> the spirits of these people, they are completely gone.

>> all right. what are your dreams? >> i don't have them. >> i have none. i walked away from that yesterday and it resonated. and at the same time, you have the president saying this is america. how can we have a kid, 12 years of age work no dreams? what would you tell him? >> the american dream is really fundamentally about a job. a nice house, a car, a family. the center has always been a good job with rising wages. what i would tell this kid is not to despair. the greatest danger here, and we've we see this statistically and through history. the greatest danger is if somebody feels a sense of despair and doesn't search, doesn't educate himself. it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. people unemployed for more than six or nine months, it becomes harder and harder for them to

ever get a a good job with the rising wage. they sort of lose the, just the drive. the energy. the hope more than anything else. i think you cannot lose hope. >> don't lose hope. you have this big prime time special on sunday night telling us, you know, don't lose hope. don't despair. get back to work. give as you quick preview. >> we begin by trying understand the jobs crisis. this is actually a much bigger crisis than the last two or three years. we've been having difficulty creating jobs in america for ten years. maybe even 20 years. and we explain why. and it is all these new forces, technological change, globalization, that are pressing on the american worker. then we go to very practical solutions. i really believe in trying to figure out how to solve this problem. we talked to the ceos of general electric trick, dow chemical, we talk to day bailey hutchinson. the whole emphasis is okay. how would you create more

manufacturing jobs in soon. how would you create more jobs in the travel and tourism soon. how would you fund infrastructure so you don't bust the budget. and we come one the very simple, doable solutions. i hope somebody in washington is listening. >> i'm taking notes. i know we'll continue this conversation tomorrow and i want to focus more on solutions. people want to hear concrete specifics. thank you very much. let's remind everybody this week know your special airing, gps, getting back to work sunday 8:00 eastern. >> ladies and gentlemen, this case is about the fact he shot her almost dead between the eyes. >> prosecutors say millionaire killed his wife in cold blood. but the defense is giving this whole other side of the story as opening arguments begin here. you'll hear what the suspect

told this 911 operator when he picked up the phone to call. you'll hear some video of him laughing and dancing behind bars. introducing the schwab mobile app. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done. open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. ♪ this ason, you needtruck le e silvera to take on that list oyours. t'chevy season of ding. and there isn a tt time for a truck, with chk rk after mark of pe doing per.

♪ go yor chevaler today. get the truck and g that list done ♪ [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno.

a cold-blooded murder or a tragic know? throws the central questions jurors are beginning to weigh after opening statements in the

murder trial of the millionaire developer in florida. he is bob ward. charged with second-degree murder here with his wife, diane. nearly two years ago in their mansion in orlando. they were married, by the way, more than 25 years. ward initially told this 911 dispatcher that he shot his wife. but later that it was an accident and then later claimed it was a suicide. i want to you listen to the 911 call he made that very night. >> what's the emergency? >> i just shot my wife. >> you just what? >> i just shot my wife. >> where's your wife? >> she's right here on the floor. >> prosecutors seized on that call in their opening statement today. >> ladies and gentlemen, this case is about the fact that it was bob ward that shot her almost dead between the eyes.

because the 911 call that came in. the very first words out of bob ward's mouth about his wife, of 25, 26 years. i just shot my wife. >> meantime, you have the defense coming forward today saying, that was not the case. >> diane ward was killed by a single gunshot wound as she struggled with her husband over a loaded gun. this entire incident happened in the blink of an eye. her death was an unexpected and tragic accident. no crime was committed by bob ward on the night of september 21st, 2009. >> and then there's this video. do you see this? this is of ward dancing and laughing with family members during this jail house visit

after his arrest. ward's attorneys have filed a motion to have this video thrown out. but it has been widely distributed by the media by now. his trial expected to last two weeks. some more than others, but we're all nerds. >> welcome to the number one school in america. as test scores drop across the board, across the u.s., what is this school doing right? could it change future of education?

joining me this hour, the

founder of financial advice blog. and stacey francis, a certified financial planner. also president of francis financial. first question for you. this is a pretty straightforward one. elizabeth writes, how can i get a loan without you a cosigner if i have a limited credit history. >> the truth is that you might not be able to do so if you don't have a cosigner. you do have a couple options though. one is to wait. build your credit rating and then try to apply for a loan later. the second is maybe put up some collateral of some form. she wasn't very specific about what kind of loan. i don't know if it is a home loan, whatever. but really lenders want to see you have some skin in the game. >> especially now. which is a good thing. stacey, your question come from ali. an ira balance of $50,000. will have about 10,000 in taxable income this year and next year. is it wise to convert to a roth ira? >> it may not be that wise for

him. he is age 51. the first hurdle he has to could have, can he faye tax from outside money. if he is able to do that, he has to look at how long can this money stay with the ira. the longer, if it can be in there one, two, three decades. three deck arkds possibly. but the younger you are, the more sense it makes for you to do that roth conversion. >> thank you, ladies. folks, if you have a question you want answered, send us an e-mail any time to the cnn health desk. i can my own homemade jam, apricot. and really love my bank's ise your ratcd. i'm sorry, did you say you'd love a pay raise asap uh, tuly, i said i love my bank's raise your rate cd.

you spen8 days lo at sea ? no, uh... you love watching your neighbors watch tv ? at ally, you'll love o raise your rate cd that offers a one-ti rate increase if our currentates go up. ally. do you love your bank ? when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. report to share with you today

showing sat scores dropping across the country and dram cli. what does it take to be the number one school in america? cnn's ed lavenderia, visited a school. >> we'll see. i got them yesterday. uh-huh. >> don't let the kra krcrayons baby wipes fool you. >> you're seeing the tiny dots and pixels. >> she is students are learning how to do java. >> going to have a quiz on thursday. >> at the school in dallas, this is considered a basic course for freshmen. >> we want them to really quench that thirst for knowledge. >> mrs. wells is the school of science and engineering. newsweek named it the number one public high school in america. here's why? >> some of your students take three math classes a day. >> absolutely. we have students that can handle that challenge, pre-calculus and

calculus in the same year. >> the third thing do is this. >> students take a rigorous series of math and science courses that most schools don't offer. dozens of college level labs in their junior year. the students have won so many academic contests, they've run out of room to show off the trophies. >> all of these are our trophies. we have tons of trophies here inboxes. just everywhere. >> this school has a unique culture and sense of humor. 400 students all completely infatuated with learning. christian is a senior. he says students feel at home here. >> everybody here is a nerd. in a way. some more than others. we're all nerds. inside we're all nerds. that got us here and get us through here. >> it's not a question of if you'll go to college but which top school you'll get into. alfredo's father dchbt graduate from high school. he has his sights set on m.i.t.

>> i was upset because i wouldn't find it in the mail. the day i told my mom, i didn't think i'm in. she went to get the mail and this was there. i was so happy. i was relieved. >> american students are fall behind the rest of the world in math and science. parents like sylvia carlson say the school is preparing the two kids she sent here to compete. >> that's what our country needs. so what better way to foster scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, the thing that we need for our country to continue to climb that mountain and to stay on top. >> here, everyone has this common bond because everyone loves math or science, everybody understands the physics joke that you just told. it's a great environment. i felt that way. >> they're funny. >> that's the point. creating a space where young minds flourish. ed lavender a, cnn, dallas.

ed, thank you. still ahead, a major bank loses $2 billion. poof. gone. why? because of a so-called rogue trader. richard quest is joining me to explain whether it's fraud or what's called in the banking industry fat fingers. a week after president obama unveiled the plan, the republican leader john boehner has different ideas. wolf blitzer is standing by. he's next. this shrimp and i want to try this kind and this kind. they wait for this all year long. [ male announcer ] it's endless shrimp today at red lobster. your favorite shrimp entrees, like garlic shrimp scampi or new sweet and spicy shrimp. as much as you like any way you like for just $15.99. [ trapp ] creating an experience instead of just a meal that's endless shrimp. my name is angela trapp. i'm a server at red lobster and i sea food differently. ♪ whoa! hey! [ dog barks, growls ]

♪ whoa, watch out, little man. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you take away the worry, it's easy to enjoy the ride. hey, bud. hey, dad. [ male announcer ] introducing cadillac shield. the most comprehensive suite of owner benefits offered by any luxury auto maker in the world. tha's what it feelse ke to be member.y. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze.

but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. let's go to washington now, shall we? check in with wolf blitzer. including what two things, new republican poll numbers and of course, speaker boehner's job

plan. wolf? >> brooke, it's very interesting that if you listen to what john boehner had to say, he has major disagreements on the jobs initiative from the president. but he also said it's time for everyone to work together. let me play a little clip of what the speaker had to say. >> there are some in both parties who would frankly rather do nothing. they would prefer to sit this out and wait to be dealt a better hand down the road after the next election. you know, the old kicking the can down the road. guess what? that's not what i was selected to do. and i know what the hand is that we've been dealt and instead of ducking from the challenge, we need to rise to the occasion and liberate our economy from the shackles that this government put on us. i'm ready. i think for the sake of our country and our economy, i hope all of us are ready. >> you hear i similar message from the president. he says, forget about politics right now. the country is in serious

economic trouble. everyone has to work together. the problem is that the devil is in the details. there are major differences between what the speaker has in mind and the republican majority and the house of representatives and the president and the democrats have in mind when it comes to taxes, government regulation and other substantive issues. if they can work out a compromise, that would be impressive. it doesn't look like that's going to happen necessarily. you mentioned new poll numbers we have. we did polling among republicans across the country. talk a look at this. among republicans, basically evenly split between those who are tea party advocates and those who aren't. are you an active member or a supporter of the tea party movement? among republicans only, 49% say yes, 51% say no. republicans evenly split whether they want to identify directly with the tea party movement. take a look at the demographics. of all the republicans, regular republicans, let's say, as

opposed to tea party republicans, you look at the these numbers and they're up on the screen. take a look at this, brooke. tea party republicans are more educated, 64% to 53%. they're more male members, 63% to 45%. they're older, 50 and older for the tea party. and more born again, 46 to 40%. interesting demographics. a little bit surprising, maybe, to some people. but it's interesting to see how divided the republicans are 50/50 basically between tea party supporters and nontea party supporters. we'll talk about a lot of this and much more to follow-up on the debate i moderated earlier in the week. john huntman, one of the presidential candidates will join us live in the situation room and mitt romney will join us live as well. two major republicans coming into the situation room later today. brooke, i know you and a lot of viewers will want to watch.

>> yesterday, you said you have a big show today. you do. we'll talk about that in the second hour. political ticker update in half an hour. now, take a look at this. >> banking giant loses a whopping $2 billion and the person behind the scenes getting the blame. is this a case of fraud or fat fingers? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. how scared are you of possibly being executed? >> in just six days, troy davis could be taking his last breath. but hundreds of thousands from jimmy carter to desmond tutu are raising serious doubts that davis killed a police officer. it was tragic, horrifying and kay aught ib. >> cnn investigates this 11th hour decision. >> plus, s.a.t. scores dropped, some to the lowest level in decades. are american students sinking right along with their scores?

and everyone is buzzing about this mystery light. we're going to space. okay. lot to get to in this next hour. welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. i want to begin with this. one rogue trader, $2 billion down the drain. that is the word today out of london. british media now identifying the culprit as this man. he's a 31-year-old trader for the swiss bank ubs. he was arrested overnight. one trader, $2 billion, gone. that is the allegation. let's bring in richard quest live in london. richard quest, how can one trader manage to lose $2 billion? did it happen quickly, blink of an eye or over a long period of time? do we know? >> reporter: no, that we don't know and that's going to be one of the core questions.

the police apparently were called in after ubs last night discovered the hole in the books. and then within two hours of them being called in, they had found the trader at his desk at ubs and arrested him. he's now in custody. we know he was trading on the delta one trading desk. highly speculative derivatives. we also know that his boss has resigned according to the financial times. but what he did how how he constructed the trades, was he trading with himself as a fictitious party? how long it had been going on for? we don't know. these are the questions that will be crucial in determining whether this is another case of a rogue trader out of control or, brooke, something perhaps where it happened very recently and the bank was on top of it quickly. even so. $2 billion, what a lot of monday you i. >> you have this 31-year-old, this could have been bad

judgment on his part, fat fingers could have hit an extra zero. >> reporter: no. >> or there's the suggestion of criminality here. >> reporter: let's start with fat fingers. this is where you have a keyboard and you hit the wrong thing. fat fingers can usually be very quickly unwound if it's done immediately. either by the bank taking a short loss or by simply literally reporting it to the exchange an the deal being unwound. fat fingers is not the end of the world. this, however -- it could be but it's most unlikely. >> okay. >> reporter: what's more likely is a position was taken that mushroomed out of control and the losses started to get hidden in fictitious accounts and the money got -- he was literally probably buying and selling to himself. that's one possibility. the final possibility that you rightly talk about, criminality. well, you know, in all the cases

of rogue traders that i've seen, the big ones, that we've seen, bearings others, they tend not to be criminal. they tend to be somebody thought they were better than they were, they got into waterway deeper than they could handle and that's when things went horribly wrong. >> richard quest, not that this should ever happen, given the trauma of the economic meltdown, you cover this each and every day, given the measures, all the new measures to tighten banking regulation, how could this -- we don't know how long a period of time this happened. how could this have been allowed to happen, gone unnoticed? >> well, that's the point. traders have authority to trade. but within the systems, there are, of course, ways in which they can get rounded. the compliance people should spot it. but they may not spot it for a day or two which could be out of control. the risk desk should know

whether or not they're -- the risk desk on every part of the bank should know how much is at risk for the banker. there are ways around it. let me put it another way to you. in theory, you can secure your house or apartment against a burglar coming through the front window or the door. but they still do it. they manage to get around it. that's basically why you're never going to be able to stop it. what the question will be is, did they nip this in the bud before it could have got a great deal worse and as there a chance to spot it sooner? we don't know. >> so we don't know then how bad the hit is to this bank ubs or even if we -- >> yes. >> we do know? >> yes. we certainly know what the effect is to the bank, ubs. it is bad. it could cause them to make a loss in this quarter. but this bank, like all banks have been suffering lately, it's manageable. it's nasty. it's like having a black eye and a broken leg.

you really don't want to have had that happen to you. but the fact is, they're going to be able to take their knocks and lumps. it is not, let me clear this again, it is not going to bring down the bank like it did in 1995 with bearings. that is not going to happen. >> still, a black eye and broken leg is painful. richard quest, thanks for staying up in london for us. thank you so much. now, interesting, this is happening. rapid fire. beginning in california, california father charged with felony child abuse after allegedly throwing his son over board into a busy harbor. he was accused of repeatedly slapping his seven-year-old son on the face before throwing him off the boat in newport beach harbor. he faces up to six years in prison. if convicted, the father says he was playing around with his son and admits to being drunk tt. listen to what he told an affiliate about the incident shortly after it happened. >> what if he went o under the

both and drowned? >> it doesn't work like that. sorry. >> how does it not work that way? i think a little kid is going over board, the kid could get hit by the front or the boat or sucked into a propeller. >> we're on the fan tail, we're on the back. the bow. we jumped off well prior to them actually slipping. >> and anthropologist is examining human remains found in the utah desert yesterday. the remains were found during a search for susan powell. she's a salt lake city mother who disappeared in 2009. her husband told authorities he had taken his young sons winter camping near zero degree weather and had no idea where his wife went. he, by the way, is the only person of interest in that case. house speaker john boehner, wasted no time swearing in the two republican members of congress today. bob turner of new york taking the oath of office just this morning. we reported on this yesterday. he became the first republican to win the ninth congressional district seat, the see vacated

by former congressman anthony wiener and mark alma day was sworn in to represent nevada's second congressional district. a former state senator and chairman of the state gop. when bruce and esther huffman accidentally recorded themselves trying to use their webcam, they never dreamed they would become viral video superstars. the couple's granddaughter posted the video on you-tube and you know this one. they became an instant hit. check it out. >> look at the monkey. >> did it capture? i put it on capture. >> how do you take a picture? what buttons do we push? webcam 101 for seniors has gotten more than two million hits and counting. now this. the officer ran over and seconds later, officer mark mcfail was shot and killed. it was tragic, horrifying and chaotic. two decades later, it still

isment. >> next week troy davis is expected to be put to death for killing a police officer. hundreds of thousands of people are begging the state of georgia to call off the execution because of evidence that is now raising doubts about whether he did it. cnn investigates ahead. coming up next, we're all proud of today's medal of honor recipient at the white house. but would you believe he thinks he's more of a failure than a hero? hear his story, his own words. what happened that day, what happened on the battlefield. as i said, you're going to hear from sergeant dakota meyer, as we honor this marine today.

at liberty mutual, we know how much you count on your car and how much the people in your life count on you. that's why we offer accident forgiveness, man: good job. where your price won't increase due to your first accident. we also offer a hassle-free lifetime repair guarantee, where the repairs made on your car are guaranteed for life or they're on us. these are just two of the valuable features

you can expect from liberty mutual. plus, when you insure both your home and car with us, it could save you time and money. at liberty mutual, we help you move on with your life. so get the insurance responsible drivers like you deserve. looks really good. call us at... or visit your local liberty mutual office, where an agent can help you find the policy that's right for you. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. wounded and bleeding. u.s. marine sergeant dakota meyer from columbia, kentucky

braved enemy gunfire multiple times in afghanistan to save his fellow servicemen. [ applause ] president obama paying tribute to meyer's courage under fire just two hours ago, they were at the white house awarding him the medal of honor today. at 23 years of age, he is one of the youngest living marines to receive such an honor. what's even more staggering is that meyer was only 21 when he saved his buddies in afghanistan. >> it's been said that where there is a brave man in the thickest of the fight, there is the post of honor. today we pay tribute to an american who placed himself in the thick of the fight. again and again and again. in so doing, he's earned our nation's highest military decoration. the medal of honor.

we are extraordinarily proud of sergeant dakota meyer. medal of honor, as you know, a awarded for battlefield heroics. let me tell you about his story. he saved more than a dozen u.s. marines and nearly two dozen afghan soldiers out off from help, pinned down by taliban gunfire. sergeant meyer and -- they defied orders. juan jumped behind the humvee, meyer manned the gun turret. they made for as into the area where the troops were being ambushed. meyer didn't stop there. he braved bullets to retrieve the bodies of several fallen comrades holding true to the motto, no man left behind. >> president obama spoke about them today at the ceremony. >> today we remember the husband who loved the skrout doors, lieutenant michael johnson. the husband and father they called gunny jay, gunnery

sergeant edwin johnson. staff sergeant aaron kenifik. the medic who gave his life tending to teammates. hospital man third class james layton and a soldier wounded who never recovered. sergeant first class kenneth westbrook. dakota, i know that you grappled with the grief of that day. that you've said that your efforts were somehow a failure because your teammates didn't come home. but as your commander in chief and on behalf of everyone here today and all americans, i want you to know it's quite the opposite. you did your duty. above and beyond. you kept the faith with the highest traditions of the marine corps that you love. because of your honor, 36 men are alive today. because of your courage, four fallen american heroes came home. and in the words of jane layton's moms, they can lay their sons to rest with dignity. sergeant meyer accepted the

award with humility not for his own heroism but on behalf of the fellow marines. here he is, sergeant dakota meyer in his own words. >> i'm dakota meyer, i'm from columbia, kentucky. anyone who receives the medal of honor and we're still here to talk about it, that's a great honor to receive it. but there's a huge price that was paid for it. i'm accepting the award on behalf of the guys that died that day. the men and women serving, the men and women who will serve. the marine corps. it's a huge pride to be a marine. it's a great honor. it's more than just a uniform. more than just a job. it's the way of life. it's a brotherhood that sticks with you even after you're out of the marine corps.

it's a bad day, it's -- to describe it, it's probably the worst day of my life. not probably. it is the worst day of my life. it's a bad day. i didn't just lose four marines. i lost afghan buddies too. i lost six from our platoon and i think that's something we all need to keep in perspective. it's not just four guys. we were so close to the afghans working alongside them that i mean, they were like your brothers too. i was applying aid to as many of them as i could. we were under heavy fire the entire time. i know i applied quite a few tourniquets trying to stop the bleeding on a lot of the guys and trying to apply aid and comfort in the situation that we were handed. i didn't do anything that any other marine wouldn't do. i don't see myself as a hero. i'm the furthest thing there a

hero. i went in there to get my guys out alive and i failed. so i'm more of a failure than a hero in my eyes. do i think i deserve it? no. but i'm not on the awards process. i don't make that decision. nobody asked me if i thought i deserved the medal of honor. i would much rather have all my guys here alive than to get the medal. >> do you feel guilty? >> oh, yeah. how do you not feel guilty? i do. there's ton of guilt that comes with it. >> we all kind the contract. that's one thing. that's probably what gives you sleep at night. you know, we all signed up for it. i was going over there, i was will to die for the country. just like every one of them, like any men and women serving. we sign a contract. every single day i think about what happened and how i'm going to carry on my life and honor those guys and i think what it does is it gives you an extra -- an edge to everyone else. because you know, it's not just

me. i'm not just going around for myself now. now i'm doing it for other people. once you have that instilled in you, it's not -- it gives you an extra edge. if i can't look down, i don't have a reason to push on, i've got four reasons on my wrist. i keep their names on my wrist. >> sergeant meyer, we thank you. there was a lighter moment there. we wanted to share a little one-on-one time with the president before today's medal of honor ceremony. there they are. two men sharing beers on patio outside the oval office yesterday. certainly no secret american students are falling behind. in fact, way behind the rest of the world and the classroom. there's a new report today showing s.a.t. scores dropping dramatically in virtually every single category. up next, we have questions. we'll talk to a member of the group who administers the s.a.t. and find out why this is the case and how to fix it. be right back. they don't fill photo albums

with pictures from an online search. it's okay. the internet will be just fine without you. that's why we built the first search engine for the real world -- the dodge journey. and then we left three somewhere out there. if you can find one, you can have one. all you have to do is get out there.

as the u.s. is grappling on how to fix our schools, i want to share a troubling report with you today. essentially it shows our country may not be doing a very good job getting students ready for college. the report finds, s.a.t. scores for the graduating class of 2011 on average dropped across the board. needy remind you, the s.a.t., that test many high school seniors take as a benchmark of how academically prepared they are for college. the higher the score, the better the college the student can get into it. this comes from the group who administers the s.a.t. let's look at how the 2011 class fared. in math, the average score dropped one point. reading dropping three points. that's the lowest reading score on record by the way.

the average writing score down two points. here's another troubling finding for the class of 2011. the combined score taking reading, writing and math into consideration, it is 18 points after the 2006 mark. we wanted to know more about the findings. so we went to jim montoya. he is with the college board, the group that administers the s.a.t. and conducted the study. he joins me from new york. jim, i remember the number two pencils and the scan tron sheets and bubbling in the answers. many of us do. you have students, you have teachers, you have core curriculum in the high schools. who are what is to blame for the low scores? >> well, brooke, first let me this. this is a call to action. the fact of the matter is, college education has never been more important, particularly in this 21st global economy. america is falling behind. we have to fix it. >> so as we fix it who are are we looking at whose performance

is poor. is it the students or the curriculum in the high school. >> the important message is we have to be focused on rigor. what we know is the students who do best on the s.a.t. and those best prepared for college have taken a rigorous course load in high school. that needs to be a focus. more students need to think about college and more students need to take a rigorous course load. >> when we looked at the numbers, you can see that the reading section where scores dropped the most. why do you think it was the reading? >> well, i think that there are quite a few reasons. but most important, we need students to be reading more. when i meet with students, when i meet with parents, i'm always encouraging them to read. the reason? college hasn't changed since we were there. reading, writing and math are incredibly important. >> but what is it? is it these kids these days listen to me, facebooking too

much or too much time on the computer and not picking up a book? >> well i think that students do need to read more books. i'm always encouraging that, i'm an academic. we go back to this point about rigor. it's not only rigor. it's really expanding the universe of students who are thinking about college. students need to understand that the best way to prepare for the s.a.t., the best way to prepare for college is to read, is to write, is to take rigorous courses in math and science. >> let's get more specific, though. let me throw this at you. if you could catch a student just entering high school, give me the three things that student should do that will absolutely, without a doubt, strengthen his or her s.a.t. score? >> well, the very first thing that a student would do is to sign up for rigorous courses. you know, it's so important that in high school students take at least four years of english, at least three years of math, at least three years of science and

of social science. but the courses that a ninth and tenth grader choose will determine whether they're able to take the rigorous courses once they get to be a junior and a senior. second, i would encourage students to read. reading and writing are just key. will it be the newspaper, whether it be novels. it's really important for students to stay aware of the world through reading. and third, i would encourage them to look at the world around them. they are entering a global economy. and through their extracurricular activity, whether it be united nations or whether it be an international club, they really have an opportunity to embrace the universe. >> they do. i'm always pleasantly surprised when i'm sitting here during the show and getting tweets from high school students, some of whom are very engaged with what's going on. we appreciate that. jim money toa thank you very much for talking s.a.t. with me. >> my pleasure.

still ahead here, what honor showed up -- what showed up in the sky last night? a mystery light causing buzz and guesses. we're getting answers today. democrat james carvel is not afraid of speaking his mind. he tells obama to fire people in the white house. find out his reasons next. [ indistinct talking on radio ] [ tires screech ] [ crying ] [ applause ] [ laughs ] [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] your life will have to flash by even faster. autodrive brakes on the cadillac srx activate after rain is detected to help improve braking performance. we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs.

whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of protective rock between the fracking operation and the groundwater. natural gas is critical to our future. at exxonmobil we recognize the challenges and how important it is to do this right.

let's goat jim acosta with the latest news. jim, we know more new poll numbers are out. a well-known democrat, whose opinion i have here. what should the white ous do? panic. dpakt exactly. that's talking about james carville there. let's hang on to that. let's have the viewers stick around to hear about that. that's a doozy. in the meantime, we had the cnn tea party debate a few days ago. we wanted to know what is basically the tea party having in terms of an effect on the republican party right now. it appears that the republican party has been infused with some pretty conservative believes. take a look at the poll numbers from cnn orc. looking at the divide. really in the republican party right now. asking republicans, are you an active member or supporter of the tea party movement. yes 49%, no, 51%.

a lot of republicans involved with the tea party movement now. what has it done to the believes of the republicans? if you look at are you conservative, what are your political views as a republican versus a tea party heb, it is pretty striking. wanted to look at individual issues, such as we asked the question should the department of education be eliminated and pretty startling findings if you are an active member of the tea party. you are likely to believe that 62% of tea partiers believe that the department of education should be eliminated. all other republicans 22%. we also asked the question is global warming a myth or a fact? 58% of tea party republicans say yes, it is a myth. and 38% of republicans. very interesting there. really shows you the dramatic effect that the tea party has had on the republican party in terms of making the party more

conservative. brooke, you asked about james carville. very interesting. he had an op-ed on cnn.com about what the white house should do right now. you've seen the poll numbers showing the poll numbers basicallies the approval numbers dropping for the president. all of these economic concerns for the president right now. james carville does not mince words. he basically said that at this point the white house should panic. and basically, start to do three different things. three or four different things. one of them, he said, is to fire people and not just some people, but a lot of people. here's what he had to say. he said people often ask me what advice i would give the white house about various things. today i was mulling over election results from new york and nevada while thinking about that very question. and he said that the thing that he would do would be to start firing people. so some pretty stark advice from james carville, brooke. >> four different pieces of advice. you can go to cnn.com/opinion.

mr. acosta, thank you very much. amid this decadence,there were acts of unspeakable cruelty. this house belongs to hannibal gadhafi. what went on in here was truly horrendous. >> that is dan rivers. he brought us this young woman's story. this is a nanny. once a nanny for moammar gadhafi's family. says they poured boiling hot water over her for not keeping a child quiet. now, one government is offering her asylum and treatment. dan rivers is now standing by live for us. we're going to go to dan with this exclusive access next. 's hw it ought to be my brother credit 'cause you'll need a loan for one thing or another score 'cause they break it down to one simple number that you can use dot to take a break because the name is kinda long com in honor of the internet that it's on put it all together at the end of the song it gives you freecreditscore-dot-com, and i'm gone... offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com

[ male announcer ] if you're in a ford f-150 and you see this... it's the end of the road. the last hurrah. it's when ford's powertrain warranty ends. but in this ram truck, you've still got 39,999 miles to go. ♪ guts. glory. ram. ♪ while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®. the nascar nationwide series, so lily and i are back on the road again. i know pleasing fans is a top priority, 'cause without the fans, there'd be no nascar. just like if it weren't for customers, there'd be no nationwide. that's why they serve their customers' needs,

not shareholder profits. because as a mutual, nationwide doesn't report to wall street, they report to their customers. and that's just one more reason why the earnhardt family has trusted nationwide for more than 30 years. nationwide is on your side.

want to take you to malta, an island in the med train i can't off the coast of libya where a young nanny is getting much needed medical care after being abused by family members of moammar gadhafi. she suffered horrible burns to her head, chest, legs. we told her story after she was found in this abandoned home in

tripoli. she worked as the nanny for the children of gadhafi's son hannibal. hannibal's wife poured boiling water on the woman when she refused to beat one of the children. dan rivers has been covering the story ever since he broke it. he's live at the hospital in malta where she's getting this treatment and has this exclusive access. dan, how is she? >> reporter: she's doing pretty good, actually, brooke. she's just arrived here at 5:30 local time on a specially charted plane that the government provided for her in malta. they have gone to extraordinary lengths to make her feel welcome. she was brought into the sort of ministerial vip lounge when she arrived, put into an ambulance and taken to the hospital. we had a chance to ride in the ambulance with her and had a brief chat with her. she's clearly very, very relieved to get out of libya.

not so much because she wasn't getting good medical treatment there. but just because of the psychological pressure of still being in the country where those barbaric acts happened to her. where the boiling water was poured over her, she says by aline gadhafi. it's a relief to know she's going to get really good treatment. she's been taken to an almost new hospital here and plastic surgeon arrived too see her straight-away. >> it's nice to see her up walking and able to climb the stairs into the plane. certainly, her story has touched a lot of hearts. what happens to her, though, when the medical treatment ends? can she stay there in malta? will she want to? >> well, they -- yeah. the prime minister himself of malta has been very touched by the story and has effectively said she can stay here as long as she wants.

they're offering her asylum, educational facilities as well. she wants to go back to ethiopia. as soon as she's treated. she wants to go back to her family. >> dan rivers, thanks for updating us on her story. now,listen to this. how scared are you of possibly being executed it. >> gary tuchman talking to a man convicted of killing a police officer is days away from being executed. there is a race to save this man's life from jimmy carter to desmond tutu. many people are arguing there's new evidence that proves troy davis may be innocent. we'll share the investigation with you next. e always connecte e always connecte we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities.

are you wondering about your options? with over 30 years of medicare experience, unitedhealthcare medicare solutions can help. just give us a call. the annual enrollment period to switch your medicare coverage is earlier this year, from october 15th to december 7th, so now is a great time to review your situation. i'm looking for help paying for my prescriptions. [ male announcer ] that's a part d prescription drug plan.

choose a stand-alone plan, or combine it with a medicare supplement plan. it's all in our free guide. is there a single plan that combines medicare parts a & b with medical and drug coverage? [ male announcer ] absolutely. many medicare advantage plans can give you doctor, hospital and prescription drug coverage all in one plan. remember, the annual enrollment period is earlier this year. call unitedhealthcare now or visit us online to get this free answer guide from unitedhealthcare medicare solutions. call right now. human rights groups are rallying in georgia this week asking that a condemned man's life be spared. troy davis is set to die for the murder of a police officer in savannah. today in atlanta, davis supporters delivered more than

600,000 petitions to the georgia pardon and parole board seeking to stop the execution. cnn's gary tuchman has the davis story. the reason so many are calling for his life to be spared. >> it's anything but a routine question. >> how scared of you are possibly being executed? but it's relevant because the man i'm talking to x troy davis, may soon be a dead man. a jury took a few hours to decide he was guilty of murdering a police officer in savannah, georgia. a few more hours to decide on lethal injection. brenda forest was one of the jurors. >> he was definitely guilty. all of the witnesses were able to i.d. him as the person who actually did it. >> there was no dna or physical evidence against davis. the primary he was con viced, witness testimony. the slain police officer's wife trusted the witnesses. >> they were just so adamant about what they saw, when they saw it. >> but this is how the juror feels today. >> if i knew then what i know

now, troy davis would not be on death row. the verdict would be not guilty. >> what she knows now is this. almost all of the prosecution star witnesses have changed their stories. some saying police pressured them to say troy davis did it. one of those people is darryl collins,a prosecution witness who signed a police statement implicating troy davis. >> i told them over and over, i didn't see this happen. they print what they wanted to print in the statement. >> savannah police officer was working an off duty job here. for this burger king restaurant that is currently out of business. there was a homeless man being harassed and intimidated. the officer ran over. seconds later, he was shot and killed. it was tragic, horrifying and chaotic. two decades later, it still is. the man who admitted to harassing the police officers and told them he saw troy davis shoot the officer.

wanted posters went up, a reward to catch the dangerous cop killer. racial tensions inflamed. after the shooting, troy davis was in atlanta, four hours away. his sister says, scared for his life. >> my brother decided to hurricane himself in, they had a shoot to kill order. >> a pastor got in touch with davis, volunteered to pick him up and drive him back to savannah to surrender. he says davis insisted he was innocent. he never told the story to a reporter before was stunned the da's office never interviewed him. >> you're with this man for four hours, bringing him back for police custody. they never interviewed you. ha he said, if he had a weapon, if he admitted to the crime. >> nothing. this is the one case where nobody wanted to know. i don't think now looking back that anybody cared. >> the pastor is one of many who now believe facts be dam ned.

he was going to be arrested for murder. they said the interviews were taken with no coercion. a number of witnesses signed affidavits changing their original testimony. dorothy fairly is one of them. she writes, i was scared if i didn't cooperate with the detective, that he might find a way to have me locked up again. so i told the detective that troy davis was the shooter even though the truth was that i didn't see who shot the officer. a witness named jeffrey writes, the police talked to me and put a lot of pressure on me to say troy did this. they made it clear the only way they would leave me alone is if i told them what they wanted to hear. >> davis' attorneys tried to convince jurors that silverster koels was the killer. we talked to his family members but could not track him down. >> i don't believe red coles killed mark at all. >> among those who believe the case should be reopened are politicians who don't always agree with each other, ranging from former president jimmy carter to conservative former georgia congressman bob barr.

troy davis has been hours away from execution three times. he's now one week away from his fourth execution date. gary tuchman, cnn, savannah, georgia. troy davis is scheduled to be executed next wednesday, september 21st. switching gears here. folks are buzzing after a mystery light appears in the sky. here it is. is it an asteroid or a plane or close encounter? chad myers, as always, all over this one. that is next. but first, want to share this report out today. ranks the most economically powerful cities around the world. the outputs of $400 billion each year. did any cities make the cut? the top five. paris coming in at fourth. chicago, taking the number three spot in the most economically powerful cities here, london. what other cities cracked the top two. that's after the break.

newly released report ranking the most economically powerful cities. what are the top two? taking the number 2 spot, new york city with an economic outpit of $1.1 trillion.

the number one city is, what is it? number one, tokyo. back here at home, people from phoenix, to l.a. hit social media after seeing this mysterious object lighting up the sky. chad myers, you know what, i saw this thing first thing this morning. i thought, is it the piece of satellite? we were talking about it yesterday. >> it was too ironic that we talked about this thing that was going to come down in the next couple of weeks. we don't know when. could have been last night. >> one chance in 3200. it was part of a asteroid that broke off, turned into a meteor, flew through the atmosphere, warmed up, got the colors to it. people said the top of it looked bluish green. >> that looks orange there. >> right. that would tell us the bluish green would be like a nickel. go to you-tube, look at peak

skill bolide, and the one that came down looks like it. nasa is saying it's bigger than a baseball, smaller than a basketball and probably didn't hit the ground. >> how often does this kind of thing happen? >> a couple times a day. >> what? >> yes. it happens a couple times a day. it happens now, you wouldn't see it because the sun is out. half the world is not going to see it. then the other half of the world is ocean. nobody there to see it there. >> fascinating. >> as long as it doesn't hit anybody. >> that's right. like the satellite which it didn't or we'd be talking about it. chad myers, thank you very much. couple minutes from now, situation room starts bowolf blitzer. >> you were saying yesterday, brooke, today is a big show. i i think today is bigger, yes? >> it's big. we have two republican presidential candidates on the show. mitt romney will join us live here in "the situation room." john huntsman will join us live.

we'll speak with both of them separately. we'll follow up on the debate that occurred monday night. also james carville, separately, as well. as you know, a lot of our viewers know, he's got strong words of advice for the white house, president obama. i'll give you a hint, panic, and that's a strong word right now. this is a good time, he says to start panicking if you're a democrat and if you're president of the united states and you want to get re-elected. i'll talk about way wants to do. i know he wants the white house to start firing people. he also wants the white house and justice department to start indicting some people. we are going to go indepth. james carville will be here in "the situation room." as you point out, a really big show. >> big indeed, wolf blitzer. we'll see you in a couple of minutes on "situation room." remember the infamous white house party crashers? we talked about this yesterday.

tar tariqsalahee thought is wife might be kidnapped. [ doorbell rings ] hello there. i'm here to pick up helen. ah. mom? he's here. nice wheels. oh, thanks. keeps me young. hello there, handsome. your dinner's in the microwave, dear. ♪ where do you want to go? just drive. [ engine revs, tires screech ] mom? ♪ membership rewards points from american express. the social currency.

what makes us number one in motorcycle insurance?

we love bikes. we love riders. and most of all, we love to ride. perfect hair every time. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. call or click today. housewives" star, michael salahi

ended up in memphis, tennessee, with journey guitarist neil schon. police confirmed she is okay. joe johns as the political pop. do tell me what you learned. >> sometimes on "political pop" you don't know where to begin. we've got the white house gate crashers known for their publicity stunts back in the news in a made-for-tv drama. this story has so many threads you could forget that michaele and tareq salahi are having a bankruptcy auction at their virginia winery this weekend. yesterday we had the mysterious disappearance of mrs. salahi. her husband reported her missing to authorities. we were sure she had not been abducted. she had run-off with the rock and roll band journey to be with

guitarist neal schon. journey is, by the way, famous for that rock and roll classic song "don't stop believing" with the lyrics that begin about the smalltown girl living in a lonely world, took the midnight train going anywhere. it's going to stay in my head for a while. >> it's been in my head all day. >> exactly. anywhere turned out to be memphis. tareq salahi is said to be devastated. it was the warren county sheriff that came out with an official statement yesterday confirming that his office had been in touch with mrs. salahi. take a listen. >> mrs. salahi advised she did not want mr. salahi to know where she was. she was very sorry the sheriff's office had to be involved but did not want to go home right now. >> so end of the surprise, huh? now there is one interesting

fact. even on this show, she actually is involved in music herself somewhat. >> she tried her hand in music, yes. >> she performed a song called "bump it" live on tv and has not gotten great reviews. we figured we would show you a snippet of it. >> let's watch. ♪ speaker's on like a techno rock ♪ everybody in the club make your way to the front ♪ rhythm is the base that will make the crowd jump ♪ bump it >> yeah. >> i'm speechless. i do not think we played that on this show because i'm pretty sure i would have remembered. >> you know music, right? what do you think? >> really? >> yeah. >> really? >> seriously? >> seriously? no comment, no comment, no comment. talk to me a little bit more. take that off the screen. take it off. you're learning more about the

bankruptcy. the bankruptcy sale of their winery in virginia. >> right. we took a look at the bankruptcy documents which list a lot of their creditors. the largest 20 claims add up to close to $2 million. it's called oasis vineyards. they are auctioning kitchen, catering equipment, wine-making equipment, unfinished wine, 200 cases of cabernet. still no indication that the auction is being called off or affected in any way because of the drama here. "wall street journal" says they filed for bankruptcy protection in 2008 in the middle of an ownership dispute that divided the salahi family. tareq salahi did not answer our calls or call back either. >> some days we find these "political pop" stories and sometimes they come to us. >> they come us to. >> thank you very much. before we go, a couple of

updates for you. that california dad is now charged with felony child abuse after allegedly throwing his son overboard in a busy harbor. do you remember this story? this man is accused of repeatedly slapping his 7-year-old son on the face before throwing him off the boat in newport beach harbor. he faces up to six years in state prison if convicted. the father says he was playing around to his son. admitted to being drunk at the time. listen to him in his own words. >> what if he went under the boat and drowned? >> it doesn't work like that. sorry. >> how does it not work that way? little kid goes overboard and the boat's moving, the kid could get hit by the front of the boat or sucked onto a propeller. >> we were on the back, the bow. we jumped off well prior to them slipping. >> also the parents of that once-missing autistic boy lost

cost i did of him. a california court granted the parents' visiting rights every monday. he came to national attention after he ran from his school in twin peaks, california, on monday. was missing for about 24 hours. lost in the woods in the san bernadino national forest. he recently had been removed from his parents' custody after someone reported the boy was tied to a pole. the parents explained they were moving and were worried joshua would run-off. an anthropologist examining human remains found in the utah desert yesterday, they were found during the search for susan powell, a mother who disappeared in 2009. her husband told authorities he had taken his young sons camping in zero degree weather. he is the only person of interest in the case. that is it for me. i'm brooke baldwin in atlanta. let's go to wolf blitzer, "situation room" starts right now. it's i time for the