he says, you want people to get but a 40-year-old from sydney, wildly rich in america and you want that opportunity so that australia, she was trapped in they can create jobs. the back of the aircraft and was you want fairness in that opportunity to get wildly rich. that's what it is all about. unable to get out. sometimes what you hear from i spoke to a few of what these protesters, just hate the happened and what they saw. rich and there's a difference, a take a listen. >> this thing just went up and big difference. that will do it for us for it went down. i thought that i was going to today. see people bobbing up and down fredricka whitfield right now. >> i would say a little hot in the water. there was no one. water with lemon for that throat there. >> thank you. >> take care for the day, all then they popped up. three of you. thanks so much. amanda knox. i think they went down to rescue she's spending her first morning the others and came back up, in the united states. she is back in seattle, washington. starting over, starting her life look -- >> reporter: again, the victim over after italian justice overturned her murder conviction 40 years old, she did not after four years in prison. survive the crash. knox arrived at the airport with also identified her mother hear her family and spoke last night. >> they're reminding me to speak y in english because i'm having problems with that. harriet and her partner helen, those were the others who were onboard. they fortunately survived the crash. ntsb, once again, will be

i'm really overwhelmed right now. interviewing the pilot to try to i was looking down from the get some answers about what airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real. happened yesterday. >> jason carroll, thanks so much. the woman who died, that was to what's important for me to say be a part of her 40th birthday is just thank you to everyone celebration who has believed in me who has still ahead -- a wisconsin man trying to figure out why governor rick perry's office defended me, who has supported my family. deletes its e-mails after 70 days. he's wondering if perry's got secrets. i just want my family is the my name is robin. most important thing to me right now and i just want to go and be with them. so, thank you for being there for me. >> cnn's drew griffin was there. this was a very emotional moment for her and her supporters wasn't it, drew? >> yeah, it was. i think, you know, after hearing that statement again, fred, you could hear in her voice just how unprepared she is, perhaps, to

handle the emotions of what's going on right now and certainly the pressures that the media would like to put on her to hear her story. it was an incredible moment of not only joy for her family, but on their faces, i could see relief. it finally was sinking in that this four-year ordeal was over. >> any idea, what's ahead for her now? >> you know, it's anybody's i'm a wife, i'm a mom... guess. the family has been saying they and chantix worked for me. it's a medication i could take and still smoke, would like amanda to basically detox. while it built up in my system. to stand down from this jail [ male announcer ] along with support, term that she was in to figure chantix is proven to help people quit smoking. out what she wants to do. it reduces the urge to smoke. and they were literally telling me that they were hoping that some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, would take six weeks or so. depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions amanda knox does fancy herself while taking or after stopping chantix. as a writer. i know there have been a lot of if you notice any of these, offers for book deals, but we stop taking chantix and call your doctor right away. don't know what is ahead for tell your doctor about any history of depression amanda knox. i think particularly because the or other mental health problems, family was going to allow amanda which could get worse while taking chantix. to decide her course. don't take chantix if you've had a serious allergic >> drew griffin, thanks so much or skin reaction to it. for keeping us posted. if you develop these, we'll check back with you and stop taking chantix and see your doctor right away

get more on the reporting of as some can be life-threatening. amanda knox's freedom now. if you have a history of heart or blood vessel problems, all right, now, to the tell your doctor if you have new or worse symptoms. occupy wall street rallies. get medical help right away they are striking a cord across if you have symptoms of a heart attack. use caution when driving or operating machinery. the country. common side effects include nausea, los angeles, chicago, denver all trouble sleeping and unusual dreams. my inspiration for quitting were my sons. starting their own movements fighting against corporate greed they were my little cheering squad. [ laughs ] and the protests are about to get a lot more muscle. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. several new york unions are joining up now. susan candiotti is live at the base camp in lower manhattan. susan, there is a planned march today. how big is it expected to get? >> yes, ross, go ahead. >> susan, if you can hear me. all right, we're going to try -- >> yes, i do hear you. thank you very much. >> what's happening? >> so, this is the protest part. we have been here, gosh, we've talked to you about this before, as well. we're almost three weeks at this protest movement.

where they're getting a lot of help this day from unions and for big demonstration later on a wisconsin man thinks that texas governor rick perry is in the day. there could be hundreds of them keeping too many secrets. joining the cause, as they put he's been pushing perry to be it. among them, we have gibson from more opened and transparent with his e-mails especially now that detroit and his grandmother, sharon. they have been camping out here he's running for president. for four days now, been spending but these efforts come with a the night. steep price. you told me you wanted to come >> reporter: to find the man out, why? because you left school, you're who's become an unlikely thorn in the side of rick perry, drive a sophomore in high school to come to this. >> for me, i think this may be more than 1200 miles from the one of biggest protests of my texas governor's mansion to generation and this generation may ever see and i'm not sure it wisconsin, to meet john will happen again. washburn, he's computer i would like to see it happen again but it's iffy for me. programmer, open record advocate >> you're keeping notes here. and the lead character in a you plan on discussing this with battle over forcing rick perry your economics class, you told to save thousands of government your teacher you were here. e-mails. >> doesn't like the idea of what did they say? people looking over his >> most of the class were pretty shoulders, seeing what he's happy. get to answer questions in doing, where he's going, but the whole idea of american class. our teacher was like, send me government you don't trust back a report on it. people with power, you watch that's what the notes are for. them. >> reporter: four years ago, he >> sharon, why did you decide to learned that rick perry's staff destroyed many of its e-mails come out here? you're sleeping on the ground over seven days. here to make what point? open records advocate says that

>> well, i'm hoping this will be this is an unusually short time. the start of a big movement and i want to be a part of it to washburn created a program that show that we're not happy with sent open records request to the what's going on in this world governor's office every four and in america with people days. this is the back and forth get unemployed. as my sign says, people are those e-mails? losing their homes and their >> yes. >> reporter: to but it's the price that perry's office student loans are not being forgiven, but the banks get $16 trillion. i'm really infuriated by that. charged wash buburn that surpri i'll just do my little part. i'm out to help. him. >> thank you very much, both of >> i laughed at loud the first time i saw it. you, for joining us. >> reporter: did you ever come again, they'll be joined by an across a response like this. expected hundreds and hundreds >> nope. of others who belong to various certainly not for this kind of unions who will be out here money. >> reporter: it wouldn't be the last time that governor rick offering their support later this day. back to you. >> thanks so much, susan, on perry's office would shock john that. washburn. as word spread, rick perry defended his e-mail destruction president barack obama signed a temporary spending policy. >> why not have them stay around bill. the measure that passed the longer for the purpose of open house yesterday kept it funded records? >> how long? through november 18th. >> i don't know, you tell me. the extension is designed to give congress time to debate and >> i said seven days. pass bills to fund the rest of >> governor, do i get to pick? the 2012 fiscal year.

how about a month. a new "washington post"/abc >> you don't get to pick. news poll finds only 14% of and that's the end of the americans approve of how congress is handling its job. conversation. >> reporter: governor perry went 20% somewhat disapprove and 62% on the say that he didn't want state employees organizing open strongly disapprove. it's congress' worst showing in records request for people going more than two decades of the on fishing escapades. "washington post"/abc news poll. >> the president of the united we now know new jersey states. >> reporter: so after perry governor chris christie will not announced that he's running for be running for the white house. so, how does the gop reshape up? president, john washburn fired up the automatted open records our political deputy director paul steinhauser takes a look. advocate. good to see you this morning. bill for that is now how much? some are not really this >> 2304. surprised that he said, no, i'm not in. >> exactly. >> reporter: $2304 for four days he had been saying no for so long that he said maybe not, got of e-mails? >> correct. if he wants to see them all it a definite no yesterday. where does the race for the will add up to $210,000. republican side stand right now? a hefty price tag. fred, three polls out in the last 24 hours and they all but john washburn say it's the indicate something special that principal of his battle that's priceless ed, here in the the texas governor is dropping. check this one out, this is from studio, is washburn financing cbs news.

tied at the top, according to this one, at least. all of this himself? mitt romney the former >> he has done about 20 of these massachusetts governor, he was open records over the past four the frontrunner and now back in the top spot but sharing it with years. he took doe nalgss to pay for him, herman cain, yes, the former godfather's pizza ceo the first batch. with 17% and in the other two obviously, this is too much for him. it doesn't sound like he's surveys came a strong second ready -- he said that i got much place. you can see right there. perry at 12% and then go down to newt gingrich at 8% and ron paul better time -- the congressman from texas and >> is this gaining traction? everybody else a little bit >> lot of people are following lower. so, the numbers have changed and him closely. definitely the way the race is people in texas are wondering has changed, as well. talking about perry, he needed a why has taken the wisconsin guy big number, but not in the polls but in fund-raising. to forge this battle with the rick perry's campaign announcing this morning that they raised texas governor? the governor's office is saying, $17 million just in the first seven weeks of their campaign. that is a pretty impressive look, we're following the rules number and it's something they that have been in place for needed because, as they've been years, even before governor dropping in the polls, they perry took office. needed to show they had they're saving and protecting financial support. that's why we look at these all of the e-mails that they are campaign cash numbers. legally obligated to protect. let's talk about romney. many open records advocates with christie out of the race simply don't believe that. now, he secured a big donor for >> thank you for bringing that

christi oh. for us. all right the nba, let's co-founder of home depot and talk basketball now, wiping out signing up to be a romney the rest of its preseason and possibly the first two weeks of supporter. >> a gubernatorial race this one the regular season, that story plus the baseball playoffs next in west virginia. what's going on? >> special election last night in sports. [ male announcer ] it's a fact: in west virginia for governor. the republicans there were trying to tie the acting democratic governor to barack obama to president and trying to nationalize this race and democrats didn't know this was a local race. the democratic won the race, a your nutritional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. very narrow margin. all these special elections we proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. keep a close eye on them and three out of four doctors recommend the ensure brand what they tell us about next year, fred. >> good to see you from for extra nutrition. washington. ensure clinical strength our next political update in one hour. a reminder for all the has revigor and thirteen grams of protein latest political news, you know to protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. exactly where to go, our website, cnnpolitics.com. and immune balance to help support your immune system. coming up, she can hardly believe it's real. ensure clinical strength... amanda knox back home in seattle a day after her italian helping you to bounce back. courtroom drama. ensure! but what's next? nutrition in charge! now that she is notorious. should we order panda blossom, panda moon...

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division matchups. but you're not getting gas. yankees beat the tigers last true. not this time. night. evening their series at 2 now. uh, don't have to gas up very often. the phillies took a 2-1 series so you have to go to the bathroom? no. lead after beating the cardinals yes you do. and the diamondbacks won, but thought these were electric? still trail the brewers, two yes, it's a uh, games to one the nba by the way, a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? i know you're up to date on this one. they have canceled the rest of its preseason games. the league's move comes after the latest contract talks between the players and owners broke off, the nba plans to cancel the first two weeks of the regular season if there's no deal by monday. no talks as far as we have know have been scheduled. all right, apple unveiled its newest iphone yesterday. checking stories across the already, rival samsung is filing country you. the arizona's interstate 10 is a lawsuit to stop it. back open after blinding dust storms caused a trio of multiple alison kosik at the new york car crashes yesterday. stock exchange with more on one person was killed, 15 more hurt. that. in california, a section of >> reporter: samsung wasting the sequoia national forest is little time, it wants to stop the iphone 4s to being sold in

closed because a giant sequoia tree fell right over a trail italy and france. the it's accusing apple of using there. and in chicago, they came for an offer they couldn't its wireless. this is nothing new, though, apple and samsung they have been resist. going at it for months. test some electronics and get paid 75 bucks to fill out a survey and keep what you tried they have filing suit after out. suit, claimi ining patent turned out the recipients of the offer were fugitives and the deal was really a sting operation. infringement. >> the other guy kept calling us >> so, apple investors, they're because he was running late for his opponent. responding how? he asked us if we would keep the >> reporter: well, right now, company open a little longer and shares of apple are down just we alijed to him. slightly, probably a he took off five buses and continuation yesterday, when the sprinted down the street to get phone was unveiled. here. >> the sheriff says more than you saw some disappointment from 100 fugitives were picked up in the two-week-long operation. investors when you saw the stock drop 4%. back to seattle, washington. it recovered at the end of the amanda knox says she is day. investors not too there they overwhelmed to be home free. didn't come out with a brand-new her emotional return coming four spanking phone. years after she entered an the nasdaq is higher as well. italian prison and a day after her murder conviction was investors still have eyes on overturned.

european debt fears. >> what's important for me to >> okay, we like the word say is just thank you to upbeat. everyone who has believed in me. thank you so much, alison. who has defended me, who has all right n the next hour supported my family. the cnn newsroom, president obama is pushing his jobs bill hard but herman cain has a plan of his own, it's called the i just want -- my family is the most important thing to me right now. i just want to go and be with 9-9-9 plan. them. could it work? so, thank you, for being there we're breaking that down. ♪ for me. >> some of the supporters formed the group, friends of amanda. [ male announcer ] we're not employers or employees. their spokesperson and provided legal counsel. not white collar or blue collar she's with us now from seattle. good to see you, an. or no collars. how is she doing? we are business in america. >> beautifully. and every day we awake to the same challenges. what a wonderful statement, what a wonderful thing to have her but at prudential we're helping companies everywhere home in seattle. what a wonderful thing just to find new solutions to manage risk, see that airplane touch down. it's just a wonderful result capital and employee benefits, so american business can get on with business.

after such an ordeal that he and ♪ her family alhave been put through for so many years. seattle is thanking her and thanking her lucky stars she is back and just so neat to see her so american business can get on with business. montgomery and abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. say thank you to seattle and thank you to the world and thank you to everyone who supported which provided for their every financial need. her and defended her and everyone's pleasure to do so. >> psychologically, she is going through a lot. we heard one of her family and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, members say speak english, not italian. she wants some normalcy and she their tree had given its last. wants a barbecue and roll around but with their raymond james financial advisor, her lawn, et cetera. is she likely to do that soon or they had prepared for even the unthinkable. go into seclusion for a bit first? and they danced. >> i think the family is, they want to have her in seclusion see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. and give her some privacy. i guess the paparazzi. the true paparazzi italian are here, too, gone to her home. she just needs to decompress. not a detox, but decompression to just be amanda. just be with her family. the world needs more energy. where's it going to come from? just cherish her freedom and do the simple things in life. ♪ that's the thing we keep that's why right here, in australia, hearing, we've been hearing chevron is building while she has been in prissen and updates and when i talked to one of the biggest natural gas projects in the world.

her own the phone. enough power for a city the size of singapore for 50 years. she just wants the simple things back. the things we take for granted. what's it going to do to the planet? we all need to let her do that natural gas is the cleanest conventional fuel there is. and she'll talk when she's ready. she sure wanted to say thank you we've got to be smart about this. to everybody yesterday. it's a smart way to go. it was really a wonderful day. ♪ >> while in prison she kept a journal. do you see her sharing that in any way with the public? >> she might. she's a great writer and she fancies herself a writer and she should because she's very good. she also had a diary that was published early on in this case because she kept one early on. i think that could be something that she would share and she might be able to write a book, things like that. she's very thoughtful and very mature and very level headed. and i think she has a lot to share with the world about what happened. there's eight books, as you know, written about her right now. the only one that can really write her story, the amanda knox story, is amanda herself. >> is she expressing a real concern about that or expressing a concern about possibly being

extradited? >> she's been through so much money determines the and so much that has been unexpected that even in the front-runners in the political trial where she should have been acquitted, of course, she was contest. convicted. new campaign funding numbers out that having been said, this this morning and political -- prosecutor himself is convicted of abuse of office. senior political editor ed we always say every day is preston joining us now with halloween to this prosecutor, details on that. you know, claiming satanic cults any surprises? the money is rolling in. >> it certainly is. and that she is a witch and she devil and she's safe in seattle rick perry, who has been in the and the only way an extradition race for 49 days, he has raised would occur is if there is some $17 million in 49 days, that is evidence behind it and we know now that the dna forensic half the time that he had to raise money as opposed to all of evidence was found by forensic the other candidates. now the other leading candidate, experts contaminated and mitt romney is expected to have inadmissible. the chances of her being extradited from the u.s. raised between 11 million and $13 million in this third quarter. now, we should note that mitt romney did very well in the second quarter. he raised over $18 million. >> thank you for your time, money a big determining factor appreciate that. >> thank you. we know no one will like in which republicans are placing this. another day, another bank fee. their money on who should be the this time citibank is hiking republican presidential nominee.

fees on its checking accounts. of course, we wait to see who we'll know to the new york stock exchange for details on that. and then later, a parade of everyone is going to announce. down in florida, a couple of big dr. conrad murray groifz announcements in florida now delivered dramatic testimony in that chris christie is not his involuntary manslaughter trial. you'll hear it for yourself. running for president. three state representatives are going to back mitt

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>> cristen and mark. >> okay, so, guess what, the crowd actually booed the news. reality star kristen cavallari scored pretty well all three weeks. the longest running sitcom ever but "the simpsons" could end over a salary dispute. they want the voice actors to take a 45% paycut. the cast try to negotiate a smaller cut, so far no luck. the original playboy is weighing in on the cancellation of the "playboy club." hugh hefner says he's disappointed the nbc drama didn't find its audience. it premiered two weeks ago to low ratings. now to the michael jackson death trial. dramatic testimony from the women in dr. conrad murray's life. prosecution witnesses were

called to raise questions about how much attention the doctor was giving to an ailing michael jackson. randi kaye has the story. >> reporter: prosecutors trying to persuade the jury conrad murray is responsible for michael jackson's death shows he was busy making phone calls and sending text messages instead of monitoring his star patient's iv. they paraded women out in dr. murray's life. michelle bella who met murray in 2008 told the jury she was contacted by the doctor in the hours before jackson died. >> did conrad murray send you a text on june 25th of 2009? >> yes. >> reporter: this woman, murray's former girlfriend who prosecutors say was on the phone with murray the moment he realized jackson stopped

breathing. >> i said, hello, hello. i didn't hear anything. that's when i pressed the phone against my ear and i heard mumbling of voices, it sounded like the phone was maybe in his pocket or something. i heard coughing. and nobody answered. >> reporter: the timing of this phone call is key. here's why. murray called her at 11:51 a.m. >> how long into your conversation with him would you estimate that he stopped responding or speaking back to you? >> well, when i realized five to six minutes, but he probably could have been off the phone before that. >> reporter: call only lasted six minutes. prosecutors say that would mean murray knew jackson was in trouble at 11:57 a.m. remember, 911 wasn't called until 12:20 p.m., 23 minutes later. next came nicole alvarez.

they, too, had met in a las vegas club. alvarez testified from april to june, murray had packages delivered to her apartment. >> did you have any sense of what these packages contained? >> no. >> reporter: the man who knows is tim lopez, a las vegas pharmacist who testified murray ordered vials of propofol from him and had them shipped to an address in santa monica, california. turns out, that was murray's girlfriend's address. the defense tried to lessen the blow. >> was there anything wrong with shipping medication to an address provided by a doctor? >> no. >> okay, so, as long as the doctor directs you to ship the medication and tells you i will have control of that medication, that's okay for you, correct? >> yes. >> reporter: the coroner says michael jackson died of acute propofol intoxication. >> mr. lopez, after reviewing

all of the orders placed by conrad murray to you, can you provide me with the total number of propofol vithat was sold and shipped to conrad murray? >> i can confirm the number. >> is the number 255? >> yes. >> reporter: 255 over 2 1/2 months. in fact on may 12th, 2009, just two days after conrad murray made an iphone recording of michael jackson sounding wasted and slurring his words, prosecutors say murray ordered another 65 vials of propofol. yet, the defense says conrad murray was trying to wean michael jackson off the drug. randi kaye, cnn, los angeles. and stay with cnn for the latest developments in the trial of dr. conrad murray and for expert coverage throughout the day. be sure to tune to our sister network, hln. all right, alison kosik is

at the new york stock exchange. keeping track of all the fees in the banking industry. bank of america upset a whole lot of customers last week with a $5 debit card fee. well, now, another bank is upping the fees. alison, who is it this time? >> oh, yes. so, this time it's citigroup. citigroup will begin charging for checking accounts. get this, if you have an easy checking account with citigroup, they'll charge you $15 a months if you don't carry a $6,000 balance in your combined accounts. right now easy checking is free, so, yes, they will nab you for that. now, if you have an upgraded mid-level checking account, they will charge you if you don't carry a $15,000 balance. they say get used to this because more of these big banks announcing more and more of these fees because the reality is the regulatory environment is changing right now. it's getting tougher on the banks, but some senate democrats are telling consumers, you know what, if you don't like these

fees and you think they're too high, just switch banks and take your business else where. frederiqricka fredricka? you'll run out of options if all the banks start doing it, too. alison kosik, thanks so much. herman cain makes major headway in a new poll and chris christie says no to a presidential bid. how this changes the gop playing field in the race for the white house. straight ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] we're not employers or employees. not white collar or blue collar or no collars. we are business in america. and every day we awake to the same challenges. but at prudential we're helping companies everywhere find new solutions to manage risk, capital and employee benefits, so american business can get on with business. ♪

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you'll never roam alone. a look at our top stories right now. amanda knox is back home in seattle for the first time in four years. an italian appeals court threw out her murder conviction of her roommate. thousands of people protested against the greek austerity package in athens today. financial experts say it's just a matter of time before greece defaults. the cdc says 18 people are now dead from cantaloupe contaminated by listeria. at least 100 people in 20 states have gotten sick.

all right, now to politics and a brand-new poll herman cain is on top. he is tied for first place with mitt romney in this cbs news poll. one man not on the list, chris christie, the new jersey governor officially said he's not running for president. >> in the end what i always felt was the right decision remains the right decision today. now is not my time. new jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me. >> what does thismegop candidat? good to see you. roland martin a cnn contributor here in atlanta. good to see you, as well. >> good to be hanging out you with you. >> we'll have to get you on the sofa. >> i know, i feel left out. >> the field, apparently, is set now. with christie out and cain

rising in the polls. who does the republican party have to throw their weight behind? will, you first. >> we'll see a lot of support supporting the chris christie's will go over to support romney. which is interesting because all the things we liked about christie he is a blunt, straight talker and he took positions that weren't necessarily good for getting electing. by saying we need to make cuts to education, health care. all those things that christie did, romney is kind of the opposite. he tells you what you want to hear buzz ecause he wants to be president really badly. romney is competent and he will earn that. >> this whole thing has been a reality show. how many times does the guy say i'm fought getting in. folks in the media going, will he run?

will he run? and the moment after, will he be on the vp short list? >> they were trying to encourage him to get the to the race, he said no. >> that was the establishment not happy with mitt romney and not happy with governor rick perry. >> now, here's the whole deal. all of this stuff is meaningless. the people that matter will be in iowa, new hampshire, florida, south carolina, nevada where the votes are. all of these polls and all this stuff right now means nothing. at this point, in 2007, then senator barack obama was down 31 points to then senator hillary clinton. what happened in iowa? votes matter. all this stuff right here is just nonsense. >> i just think it's a little funny to hear roland's bewilderment at the republican party trying to talk chris christie or paul ryan into the race. had to put up with the candidacy of john kerry. we might be looking for the strongest candidate we can find. >> not looking for the strongest one because you have people who are looking for the perfect

candidate. if you look at chris christie's record, he was going to have with a problem with social conservatives. >> granted. >> he was going to have a problem with evangelicals. he was about that much stronger than rudy giuliani. at the end of the day you have people who are simply unhappy. i think if you're mitt romney, you're sitting back and you're saying, fine, you let herman cain run out there and run his mouth. you let governor rick perry, like in a marathon, take the lead. mitt romney is sitting there saying, when all of you guys come to your senses, i'll sit right here for the nomination. >> i think you're right. >> you mention giuliani. too late for giuliani, even with that name recognition. >> he ran a horrible campaign anyway. >> too late for him, or even like a sarah palin to jump in at this point. >> she's not running. they're not running. >> the field is the field, i agree. this is what it's going to be. >> let's talk about the enforcement of a chris christie. he still has important stature within the republican party. how important is his endorsement for any one of these candidates? >> not important.

>> zero. >> he's a governor of new jersey. republicans are not going to win new jersey. okay, it's not going to happen. so, really, what does it get you? at the end of the day, if you're a candidate, you have to run on your own record. this is not like when senator obama ran, when senator ted kennedy came out for him. christie does not have that level of enthusiasm. >> well, will, right now money is being thrown the way of mitt romney. co-founder of home depot said my money is going to mitt rommy, especially now that chris christie is out. his endorsement may be rather weighty, especially for those who may have been waiting for chris christie. >> no pun intended. >> forget i said that. well, you know, say for instance there are others who couldn't wait to throw their money towards chris christie and now, you know, might they be following the co-founder of home depot's lead? >> yeah, no, i think that's exactly what's going to happen. i think all the support that has been kind of sitting on the

sidelines will now begrudgingly move over to mitt romney. i agree with what herman is saying. he will have his rise and fall, rick perry had his rise and fall. at the end of this long thing, that is a marathon, mitt romney will probably be the man standing. that's not necessarily what barack obama wants to see. mitt romney presents a threat to barack obama's presidency. >> do you agree with that? a threat to the obama white house? >> anybody can be a threat when you look at the state of the economy. when you're the white house, you recognize how tough it is going it be. the contrast come november between the gop nominee and the president. you can't sit there and say, oh, who do i think will be the better person because they all have to run. >> oh, please. >> anything can happen between now and the primary season. >> poising itself for which candidate of that field, which is the greatest threat in your view, will? >> the white house for the next six months will try to pretend like rick perry is the greatest threat and rick perry will be the winner because they want it

to be rick perry and he has shown the ability to shoot himself in the foot over and over over the past couple months. silence on mitt romney, except when they call him weird. >> they're not terrified of mitt romney. a long horn would say something silly like that. at the end of the day, look, you have to run against who the nominee is going to be. and, so, it will still be the contrast and it's still not a bank that mitt romney gets the nomination. this is why you run. a lot can happen over the next four months. i have to say, fred, earlier, a lot of what roland said, he's a texas longhorn. they always follow us aggies. >> i have two texans here, this is scary. >> well, you know a real texan and then a faux texan. >> will, you can't let him get away with that. >> i'd fight him if we were in person right now. >> right. i have cowboy boots and he has prada boots. >> hold your feet up, roland, i'll hold mine up.

we'll see who has boots on. >> thanks so much, appreciate it. >> thanks. we have some breaking news we want to share with you right now. cnn affiliate kgo reporting that two people are dead and least four others wounded in a shooting in cupertino, california. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you details as we get them. also, we're going to head to lower manhattan, the occupy wall street protests are actually spreading beyond manhattan. some say it's tough to take the protests seriously, though. one cnn.com opinion writer tells us why it's time to take notice.

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at first glance, the occupy wall street protests make a lot of people kind of scratch their heads and ask, so, what is this

all about? some observers see an unfocused crowd carrying quirky signs, wearing costumes, like this group dressed as corporate zombies. but in a new cnn.com opinion piece author douglas rushkuf argues this movement is groundbreaking. douglas, you say this is america's first true internet era movement. explain. >> well, in some way, i guess the easiest way to think about it is traditional movements from the civil rights movement or the women's movement, environmental movement even. from the 20th century, they're more like a book. you know, they have a beginning, a middle and an end. they have a goal and we reach that goal. they have a political campaign and you win and it's done. >> it's a collective, it's a focused goal. this one is an interspersement of several goals, is it not? >> there's sort of a wider array

of things and i think that's been very confusing to main stream media because those of us in main stream media are trying to figure out what these people are saying so we can communicate that to our viewers. we get frustrated when they just won't tell us what it is they want. the problem is what they're looking at now are the many different symptoms there are of the sort of wider economic problem. those symptoms are environmental, they're our labor problems and union problems and education problems and there's housing problems and there's corruption problems. so, many different people are talking about many different aspects. many different symptoms of the same disease. the beauty of the sort of internet style engagement is that they're patient. they're waiting, they're waiting, they're arguing, they're discussing and teaching each other and try to allow their agenda to come together over time. >> well, with that patience,

waiting for what, waiting for an answer, several answers and from whom? >> well, think of it like this. you know, the idea of congress, say, was that people would argue and discuss and arrive at an agenda, series of solutions to a problem. that's, obviously, not working. they're not having an onhahones discussion over there. if you go to occupy wall street and walk around and rather than just try to cover them. if we just go and listen, what you hear are people discussing issues in a much more profoundly intelligent way than being discussed on our debate shows and in the halls of congress. and that's where, you know, it's really not rocket science to figure out what's going on, what's wrong here. we understand how legislation is done. we understand that disparity of wealth is getting greater. we understand that the derivatives market doesn't really serve the real economy. >> one thing that most people do

agree that it's interesting and it's been intriguing and it is growing. douglas rushkoff, thanks for your time, joining us via skype. >> you can read doug's piece at cnn.com/opinion. if you like, join the conversation, leave a comment for him, as well. all right, straight ahead, the world's first super bus. it looks more like a lamborghini than a bus, however. but you'll find out how fast it goes and who will be among the first to ride in it. [ man ] natural gas vehicles are used somewhere...

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scene of what apparently reportedly has been a workplace deadly shooting in cupertino, california. our affiliate kgo reporting that two people are dead and four others wounded in this shooting. of course, we'll continue to follow the developments as we get them. and checking stories across country now. in basthrop county, texas. a new blaze broke out yesterday burning 1,000 acres. check out this close call for firefighters and the photographer covering this restaurant fire monday in franklin, ohio. the windows are blown out of this bitstro because of backdraft. they were able to escape unharmed. this year's white house holiday tree will hail from wisconsin. it was selected by the white house groundskeeper on monday.

it will be cut down in a couple weeks and then presented to the first lady right after thanksgiving. all right, overseas, the world's first superbus hits the streets of, i bet you can bet, you won't find it at your local bus stop. cnn's zain verjee gives us a quick look. zain, what is this bus all about? have you given it a go yet? >> oh, i wish. it does look like a pretty amazing lamborghini and it does go 150 miles per hour and take 23 passengers. fred, you know this experience when you go into your luxury limousine or your private jet. >> i know that experience well. >> it's that kind of style, you know, when you're -- it's that kind of a style for the passengers who have that experience. so, this was actually developed by an astronaut, as well as a former formula one aerodynamic expert. it only has a price tag of over

$10 million and shipped to the united arab emirates so that one of their chefs can commute from mumbai to abu dhabi which is a 75 cumulate. it only takes hour and a half to make that commute with traffic, but this bat mobile, kind of looks like that. >> it does have a batmobile kind of thing to it. >> so, lucky guy. passengers who can afford it will probably have to pay quite a hefty price for a ticket, though. not like the local bus stop. >> no, it's not. >> but, hopefully, that's how our future travel will be. >> that's not bad. something tells me, it could have been pricier if not for the sponsorship. you see all the stickers on the side of the limo. they're helping to foot the bill and maybe keep the price kind of low, affordable by united arab emirates standards. all right, zain, thanks so much, appreciate that. all right, back in this

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no talks are schedule. new jersey governor chris christie, he is not running for president and jeanne moos brakes down the drama. >> reporter: we tend to fall hardest for the guy who's hard to get. >> is he or is he out? >> reporter: say it ain't so. >> it's a no until it's a yes. what i said i would reconsider my no. and i did. but the no never changed. so, new jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck are with. >> reporter: governor christie giggled his way through a douchl questions. >> that's just a shock to the people of new jersey. >> reporter: his decision not to run for president, disappointed nobody. we're here to mourn the unborn,

weight jokes that will not be told. late-night comedians will have to be content. >> i saw him on the truck scales. >> reporter: with the routines that already managed to squeeze in with the court ship of christie. >> if you run for president,ly give you this bucket of chicken, extra crispy. >> oh, okay. >> reporter: governor christie said that he doesn't mind when comedians joke about his weight, that's their job. >> all i care about is that they are funny. >> reporter: but when political commentators say things like this. >> governor chris christie can't be president because he's just too fat. >> those who have wrote about this, are among the most arrogant people i know.

>> the guy who was sent off to go and come up with jokes that weren't about being fat, that guy was really good. >> fat jokes does guised as food jokes. fat jokes disguised as cheap jokes. >> chris christie is so cheap, when he steps on the scale it reads one at a time. >> reporter: not only can he take a joke. >> he would go, hey dad, come to me but he's been grounded. >> reporter: jean ne moos cnn, new york. the occupied wall street rallies are striking a chord across the country. big cities and small. they're all starting their own movements fighting against what they call corporate greed and the protests about to get a lot

more muscles. several new york unions are joining today. let's get started first with susan kond gotti live at what's being called base camp, it's a big day for occupy wall street. what more can we expect? >> reporter: well the question is how many people will turn out for this one. one of the large unions that will be here, has about 25,000 people that belong in the new york metropolitan area, but how many of them will show up today? organizers of this protest movement, certainly hope hundreds will join them. again, people camping here all night. just getting up now, having something to eat before they join that march, much later this afternoon. the main reason the unions say they are joining this group is

because they serve this message of this group fighting corporate greedz. because unions have taken so many hits in the recent years, that's why they're here in joining in this protest movement. they applaud the courage of the young people who are part of move sflmt and how is the message being spread? >> reporter: well, the message is being spread a lot through social networking. over twitter, over facebook. and in fact, if you look over my shoulder, see which direction, you see someone tweeting, working on their blackberries right now, you'll see lot of laptops set up around. and of course, there's media coverage, certainly our turning our cameras on this group also spreads the word and that's what they want. >> all right, susan candiotti, at base camp there at lower manhattan. let's check in with alison

kosik. >> reporter: fred, since this movement started a few weeks ago, i have been talking with traders, they understand the frustrations, you know, they're equally frustrated as the folks out there on the park right now. you know, they have also had wit the gridlock in washington and the state of economy as well. the traders i talked to, they want them to understand they're getting hit hard as well. they're facing layoffs. if you look at the trading floor here, it has fewer people than ever before, because it's more electronic, once again, they understand that the new york stock exchange is the symbol of american capitalism. occupy wall street is targeting wall street. traders are the face of the financial system. the traders say they understand the protesters need a place to go to air their grievances.

>> alison, thank you so much. amanda knox, she's spending her first morning in the united states. she's back in seattle, washington, starting over, after the eitalian justice overturned her murder conviction, after four years of prison, knox arrived at the airport with her family and spoke last night >> what's important for me to say is thank you to every who's believed in me, who's defended me, who supported my family. i just want my family is the most important thing to me right now and i just want to go and be with them. so, thank you. for being there for me. >> let's go to cnn's sandra eno in seattle. what happened after that moment,

where has she gone? >> reporter: well, fredricka, she spent the night in seattle, her first in the united states for four years, presumably surrounded by her family and of course her closest friends, staying very low key, you heard in her voice, trembling we motion. she didn't take any questions from reporters, mainly just wanted to thank supporters, this has been a long drawn-out four years of fighting to get her freed. obviously, she just said that all she wants to do is be with her family. now her nightmare is over. listen to her reaction for coming home. >> i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real. >> reporter: so, as she wakes up

here in the seattle this morning, fredricka, we can only presume that she's had the best night of sleep in four years. amanda knox's acquittal has created quite a media storm not only here in the states but around the world. zain verjee has been following that. >> reporter: let's look at the sper national herald tribune, it goes on what about the kercher family? it would have done no honor to their daughter had two people grown old in prison for an accusation that could never be proven. asking those questions again and looking honestly at the case, may bring them some case. check out the italian newspaper -- every trial has a lottery.

who will give those two kids back their 1400 days spent in jail. and the guardian said -- that reference to the prime minister berlusconi who has a bunch of cases pending against him. >> pretty harsh observations and headline there is. thank you very much, zain. turning now to u.s. politics. president barack obama has signed a temporary spending bill, ending the latest threat of a government shutdown the measure which passed the house yesterday, keeps the federal government funded through february 18th, it will give congress time to pass and debate

bills. a new washington post/abc news poll, finds only 14% of americans approve of how congress is handling its job. 20%, somewhat disapprove and 62 .strongly disapprove. its congress's worst showing in two decades in the poll. and those poor poll numbers for congress, likely won't get better than any time soon. >> reporter: it seems the fighting has returned to capitol hill. despite rep cent talk of trying to get along with each other. we heard the president repeatedly targeting congress, calling on congress to pass his jobs bill. he's talking one lawmaker the number two republican in the house, eric cantor, listen to a little bit of president obama yesterday. >> i would like mr. cantor to

come down here to dallas and explain what exactly in this jobs bill does he not believe in. what exactly he is opposed to? >> now, eric cantor's spokesperson brad dayspring said -- president obama needs to understand that his my way or the highway approach simply isn't going to work in the house or the democratic senate, especially in light on his abysmal record on jobs. now, this all comes after eric cantor came out speaking to reporters this week to say, basically to shoot down any chance that there would be a vote on the president's full jobs bill, the interesting part, the very same time this was all developing yesterday, similar back and forth was happening in the senate, top republican in the senate, basically tried to call the president's bluff,

forcing a vote on the president's full jobs package, mitch mcconnell kind of giving the president what he's asking for, republicans in the senate seem pretty confident that the votes aren't there to support the full package that the president is putting forward. it made for some interesting political theater, as the fighting over creating jobs continues here. >> thank you so much. white house now. dr. conrad murray's love life is now part of his involuntary manslaughter trial. was he too busy with his girlfriend to pay proper attention to his patient? and a dust storm halts interstate traffic, creating pile yups of vehicles. details in the news room next. my doctor told me calcium

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what you tried out. the recipients of the offer were fugitive and the deal was really a sting operation. >> another guy kept calling us, because he was running late for his appointment. he literally took five buses, jumped off the last one and sprinted down the street to get here. >> more than 100 fugitives were picked up in the two-week long operation. in the michael jackson death trial, the jury is learning more about dr. conrad murray's busy love life and the powerful anesthetic propofol. cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is joining us. what stood out for you. >> we were in los angeles last week, if you remember, they sort -- the defense, for conrad murray, trying to make this case, this is a doctor trying to wean michael jackson off of

propofol, that michael jackson had been taking propofol for a long time. what stood out for me over the last couple of days was how much propofol dr. murray was buying, a lot of it, also fred, you mentioned this whole the conversation about the girlfriends, there was a particular moment where they talked about when he was talking to his girlfriend and he probably realized that something had gone terribly wrong with michael jackson. and the girlfriend was able to describe what she heard on the other end of the line, that was important, it blishestablished exactly more of a time line of what was happening. the remarkable nefrts the emergency room that took place to try and revive michael jackson. people didn't realize at the time that he had been declared dead at the home and in the ambulance, they still did some

remarkable things in the emergency room at dr. murray's request. these are how things are unfolding. some important details coming out. >> you know, the emergency the first responders reported that they didn't know, that dr. murray didn't know anything about propofol being used. having had known that, would that have changed the method in which they were trying to revive him? >> probably not. it's important fron your frame reference. it was suspicious behavior, he was not forthcoming, this is indicative of someone who is covering something up. the defense said it probably wouldn't make a difference. it sounded like paramedics arrived at michael jackson's home he was no longer alive. >> so, you know, what happens if conrad murray is fond not

guilty, is his medical license, is his medical ability to practice in jeopardy? >> yes, it is. maybe not quite clear as you think. if he's found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, he could spend up to four years in prison. right now, he has licenses in four states, the states still decide themselves how they're going to handle his medical license, which obviously takes into account the court ruling, it's not completely dependent on it. right now, his hawaii license is expired. his california is suspended. he's still licensed in texas and nevada. not as clear cut as you think. >> all right, fascinating. dr. sanjay gupta, thank you so much. a wisconsin man is in a real thorn -- rather is a real thorn apparently in rick perry's side.

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i find it hard to believe. we're talking about the simpsons. if the producer and the writers can't come to terms, this season could be the last. a.j. hammers joins us with the latest. >> reporter: this is bumming me out, fred. this could turn out for this big showdown for the simpsons. as a huge fan, this isn't the way this show should end. it's been more than a quarter of a century that this show has been on tv. the actors who voiced the key characters are in a big battle with the studio, 25th fox over cost of production, the studio said that it needs the actors to take a major pay cut in order for it continue. 23 seasons in, the simpsons is as creatively vibrant as ever and beloved by millions around the world. we believe that this brilliant

series can and should continue, but we can't produce future seasons under its financial model. daily beast is reporting that the actors make around $8 million a season each to voice their characters. fox wants them to take a 45% pay cut. i'm going to start up a collection, because we can't let this happen. >> okay, you were on the set of "dancing with the stars" and the couple that was eliminated. they find that decision balas fennelous. what happened? >> it's been really fun for me sitting in the audience of "dancing with the stars." i was just as shocked as some of the contestants itself, one of the seemingly better dancers, kristin cavallari got sent packing. the stars with some of the judges' lowest scores and our own nancy grace, managed to hold

on for another week. chaz told me backstage, he was sure to be the one let go. now that he's going to be here for another week, his mom cher is going to be there. >> she texted me yesterday, right before the show, she said, you know, i didn't want d to come, i wanted everybody to feel your presence and i said, i think you have made your presence known, i tweeted back, okay, so if i get through next week, does that mean you're going come? she said yes. >> all attention will be on cher. >> chaz and cher. >> yeah, lastly, let's talk about house shopping for kurt cobain's only daughter. >> francis bean, has more than teen spirit, she's got a brand-new property. she's 19 years old. she reportedly dropped $2 million of her inheritance on

aen historic home. now, frances is an inspiring artist, she was only to afford the lavish property thanks to this multimillion trust fund to secure her financial future after her father's suicide. fred, it look like she's planning on calling california home in what i think will be a very stylish way. so much. and you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it this evening. showbiz tonight, 11:00 p.m. on hln. politics now, herman cain ties mitt romney at the top of the gop poll. is it time for republicans to settle a front-runner? our political buzz panel squares off in just a few minutes. >> to be able to have the same

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a look at our top stories now, amanda knox is back home in seattle for the first time in four years, an italian appeals court threw out her murder conviction of her roommate. conrad murray's trial continues today. as they press their case as murray is karim mali responsible for michael jackson's death. at least 10,000 marchers shut down central athens today protesting greek awe stherty measures. one-strike closed airports, governments and schools. political buzz, your rapid-fire look at the best political topics of the day. playing today, cnn contributor maria cardono, pete domenic and

talk radio host dana loesch. first question, it's official. we all know by now that chris christie is sitting this one out, is the gop field now set, dana? >> i'm not sure, there was a headline on poltico yesterday, making some inquiries for final filings. there could be someone else getting in the race. we know that christie is definitely out. i don't that it rules out him doing something as a vp. >> okay, maria, you next in. >> i do think that it's set, but the biggest challenge is going to be how are they going to sell to the american people a medicare and social security ending jobs killing investment slashing, competitiveness slashing, billionaire,

millionaire, protecting gop agenda that puts corporations before the american people. i'm a huge tina fey and i think she would be great. >> okay. all right, pete, you know is this stage set in your view? >> yes. >> might she jump in? >> yeah, well, yes. tina fey, i would like to revive her sarah palin impression, yes. yes, the field is set. she only held out until chris christie ruled out. i personally am holding for bob dole. i'm a big bob dole, or maybe john mccain will run again. he could run again. it could be mccrain/mccrain. >> let's talk about what we do now right now. herman cain tied with mitt romney with gop presidential candidates. is it time for the party as a

whole to commit to a contend center maria? >> no, it's not time. that's the reason why primary processes were put into place. so none of us, were not, it's the republican voters that will choose the nominee, look four years ago, this exact same time, giuliani and thomas were at top of the pack. so, there's still a lot of time left. it's not up to us, it's up to republican voters. we might not see the numbers that we're seeing today. >> dana, is that really true? because money talks. >> there are times when something happens in the universe, i agree with answer that maria gets. also, it's very important to look at fund-raising. we got the thuird-quarter

reports. there's a lot of speculation as to whether or not herman cain has the momentum to go out in a battle with mitt romney. so i think it's too early to discount. >> okay, pete, should the party being throwing its support behind a particular candidate. >> i know that dana and maria agree, they both told me i'm the best looking bald man on record, absolutely. >> i'm saying it on the record now. >> no it's way too early now. i love watching these primaries. i love watching hillary and senator obama at the time to beat the hell out of each other. that's good for the democratic process, it's good for it now in the republican race. we should see as many ideas as

possible. there's no way you should get behind one. >> it makes for good sport right now. >> your buzzer-beater, 20 seconds each. several unions are joining this occupy wall street demonstration, participants said that their move system not political, is that possible, dana in >> it's about time they actually joined. they have been helping to put them together. a.c.o.r.n. has been trying to organize this since march. make it official. show up. >> okay, but it is political? >> of course, it's political. absolutely it's political. very political. all about a political agenda. >> maria, they say it's not political, this is about principal? >> it is. it's purely about economics, but what happens is, when you have a political party in the gop right now, that has starkly aligned themselves with the one person of the wealthy and protecting

big oil and gas corporations with their tax subsidies and has done nothing but hurt the middle class, of course it becomes political. >> pete, you get the last word. >> fred, a lot of this occupy wall street movement is economic inequality. say what you will about unions. they're the only organization the only organization that advocates for the middle class that has been stagnanted for the last 30 years. >> no. >> amen, pete. >> all right, pete, getting the last word on that. >> thank you the all of you. all week, we're going in depth on our mobile connected society, you know back in the day there were no apps to measure your heart rate or web

forums, you had to actually go to a doctor, like our dr. sanjay gupta. so, an jsanjay a ton of medical questions at your twitter account. what's the lure? what's going on people asking you questions via twitter, et cetera? >> i think there's a few things that are quite attractive. the immediacy of social media. drug recall, what you should be eating and not eating. you get that sort of stuff immediately. what i think that also interesting is, the real conversations that could take place not only between doctors and potential patients and doctors and people who are curious for content and also among peers. if people have similar medical maladies to be able to talk to

each other in ways that couldn't happen before, we talked about support groups that were hard to organize, you had to do those things in person, so much of that can be done online now, i think that's a big point of attractiveness now. if you go to my twitter account, you look at the various tweets that people are tweeting about a particular topic, you can learn a lot. >> wow, people, ings tinltively are turning to the internet now, certain ailment, sickness or disease, they want to self-diagnose, do you like that idea? >> you know, it's funny, because a lot of doctors have been really resistant to this and you know, understand mri so, because there's a lot of misinformation out there as well. i will say two things about that, i think that ship has sailed. the second thing is, as i have

been looking into this now for a couple of years and following some of these sites you find that the crowd does a pretty good job of vetting out misinformation. you know, things don't get retweeted as much or comments being made in trying to set the record straight. i think it actually does a pretty good job. what we also find, most people like you say, will go to the internet trying to find things, it doesn't seem to be substituting their visits to the doctor. that potentially -- that trend of not actually getting medical information from your doctor, that doesn't seem to be happening. >> it means you got more questions to answer when they see you at the doctor's office. >> i get them a lot on my twitter account as well. >> dr. sanjay gupta, thank you. this is unwelcome deja vu, a wild fire ignites.

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checking stories cross country now. bastrop county, texas, a new blaze broke out yesterday, burning 1,000 acres. check out this close call for firefighters and the photographer covering this restaurant fire monday in franklin, ohio, windows blowing out of this bistro because of a back draft. firefighters were able to escape unharmed. this year's white house holiday tree will hail from northeastern wisconsin. it was selected by the white house grounds keeper on monday. it will be cut down in a couple

of weeks and presented to the first lady. the pilot of the helicopter that crashed in the east ohio just radiod that he was having problems. moments later, the chopper slammed into the river, leaving one woman dead and now questions. are they learning anything more about their investigation. >> reporter: those search for answers is under way the ntsb, the national transportation safety board, the investigators have become their inquiry, they have interviewed the pilot once, they'll interview him again today. in addition to that, they also recovered the helicopter, we have some pictures of that as it happened. they recovered the jet ranger from the east river last night. recovered mostly intact. that will be a pivotal part of the invest dpags as well. we're expecting a briefing from

ntsb, 20 minutes from now, i wanted to review what happened here yesterday. at about 3:22, yesterday afternoon, that's when the pilot paul dudley radiod that he was having problems with the aircraft, unable to keep altitude, he radioed in that he was having problems. witnesses said that they noticed that the aircraft was having issues in the air, it spun around, crashed into the east river, turned on its side and very quickly it sank. the pilot and trescued.