>> first he climbed into double digits. and then the good buzz after the debates. and we'll hear more from him this week, won't we? >> we'll see. tomorrow is another republican debate. we'll see if everyone begins attacking herman cain. >> it will show he's moved into more of a front-runner status if they start attacking him. that's it for us. kyra is up next. good morning, ladies. good to see you. well, the boundaries of presidential politics. this morning, the debate over whether religion fits in if at all. a texas pastor and supporter of rick perry has launched an ugly attack on mitt romney and his faith. he says mormonism is a cult, and romney is not a christian. romney calls the comments poisonous and, rick perry has distanced himself from him. but other gop candidates are also navigating the political minefield, careful to not alienate either the mainstream voters or the evangelical christians. >> he is a mormon. that much i know. i am not going to do an analysis of mormonism versus christianity for the sake of answering that.

i'm not getting into that. >> i think what the real focus is here again is on religious tolerance. that's really what this is about. and i think again to make this a big issue is just ridiculous right now. >> we're covering all the angles for you. paul steinhauser is in washington. and shannon travis is in iowa. let's go ahead and start with you, paul. bachmann and cain ducking the debate shows. just how delicate the balancing act proves, i guess, how delicate that balancing act needs to be. so what do you think? is this the end of the topic, or are we going to hear a lot more? >> i don't know if we'll hear a lot more, but we'll hear more no doubt about it. there's a debate tomorrow night. it could come up there. you heard that sound bite there "state of the union" with candy crowley. bachmann and cain didn't want to touch this issue. what about romney and the controversy over his faith? he doesn't want to touch it that much either. it was kind of telling that saturday at the values voters

summit he did not specifically mention jeffress, the preacher from texas, by name. and that's how i think what you're going to hear from romney this time around. remember, mitt romney dealt with this four years ago. in fact, he had to give a speech in texas about his mormon faith. this time around, it's for him been there, done that. and i don't think he wants to deal with this again. he feels republican voters know who he is. and he feels he doesn't have to deal with this again. he wants to deal with the economy, kyra. that is the overwhelming issue for all americans, including social conservatives. >> what do republican voters think about this point and about this subject? does it even matter to them at this point? >> to some, it does. look at this poll. this is interesting from abc news and "the washington post." you can see right there, one in five likely republican primary voters say they would be less likely to support a mormon running for president. but that's down from 36% four years ago, when mitt romney was first running for the white house. so for some, it is an issue. and remember social conservative voters are very influential in picking the next gop nominee, especially in states like iowa,

which leads the primary and caucus calendar, and south carolina, the first southern state to vote. so overall, not that big an issue. but in some areas it still does matter, kyra. >> paul, thanks. join us in about 10 minutes as we continue the discussion with richard mau, who leads an evangelical school in california and wrote an opinion piece for our belief blog. now we go to rachel in new hampshire. the next gop debate is there tomorrow. so who has the most buzz going forward? >> well, first, kyra, let me give you what i'll call the new hampshire disclaimer, which is that voters here take their job very seriously, and they want to hear from most, if not all of the presidential candidates here in new hampshire before they make up their mind. that being said, i can tell you that mitt romney has a significant lead in several poles that we have seen statewide. romney has a summer home in the state, and he was governor of massachusetts which is the next door state. so the voters are very familiar with him.

we have also seen herman cain surge here. we have seen him surge nationally, and he is doing the same in new hampshire. we haven't physically seen much of cain here in the state. and another candidate we have not seen much of is michele bachmann. she has not been here for more than three months, but she's here now, doing a three-day swing, hosting town halls across new hampshire. >> and what about rick perry? where does he stand in new hampshire? >> rick perry has been here several times since he jumped into the presidential contest. and he's -- there have been enthusiastic crowds turn out for him, but he also gets some of the questions about illegal immigration that we've seen him get in other states. and let me just tell you, the candidate i probably spend the most time with is jon huntsman. he is struggling nationally but doing better here in new hampshire. he moved his campaign headquarters up here because he really sees this as the path to success for him. >> and the primary date hasn't been set yet? >> that's true. we're not sure how long we're going to need to wear our snow shoes up here.

two states, florida and nevada, moved up the nominating contests, which means new hampshire is in kind of a bind because the secretary of state is determined to protect that first in the nation primary staats. and that could push the primary into the first week of january or even into december. but that secretary of state is the only man who makes this decision. he has understanot told us what decision is, and we're not sure when he will. >> stay tuned. now to iowa as republican leaders jock toe lock in a caucus state for. shannon travis is there in des moines. romney ahead in the polls. but pretty much a no show in iowa. >> yeah. let's talk about who's showing up and who's not. like you just said, ro mney has been paying scant attention to iowa. the reverse of what rachel just said. he's been spending a lot of time in new hampshire, and the polls reflect it there. but the irony is, although he hasn't been to iowa that much,

kyra, he still tops a lot of recent polls for iowa, tops or at least is doing very well. so he hasn't been showing up here. one really quick anecdote. as i have been going around to different bachmann and perry events here in iowa, there is always a romney guy here who stands at the front door and greets the other candidate's supporters and says i just want to let you know even though mitt romney is not here, his campaign is alive and well here. just really two other quick notes. perry and bachmann are obviously competing heavily here. they have been stumping here a lot. they are trying to compete for pretty much the same voters, conservatives and evangelicals. and rick santorum, there are 99 counties in iowa. and he has visited about 70 so far. >> the latest on the caucus date? >> yeah. the latest on the caucus date, we have a tentative date of january 3 for iowa. and they are trying to move to have the iowa caucus on the third to kind of box new hampshire in to having their

primary in january as opposed to december, which is what rachel just talked about. >> gotcha. shannon travis, thanks so much. and we are expecting more demonstrations from occupy wall street protesters. the movement is 24 days old now, and it seems to be gaining more momentum. let's bring in christine romans. are politicians -- what do you think, starting to pay attention to their message? >> they really are. i would say the movement is maturing and enduring, and that means people in washington are trying to figure out what side of the occupy wall street and occupy washington movement they want to be on. first of all it looks as if democrats are trying to endorse this and say, look this shows you that people are unhappy, people are unhappy with the way things are going. and corporate greed, and follow our policies, and some republicans are saying, hey, wait, they are trying to refocus and say, if you want to be mad, be mad at this white house and these economic policies. listen. >> it's class warfare. some of them are there because they don't have a job. yes. but the fact of the matter is,

why aren't there jobs? go and picket the white house. demonstrate in front of the white house. >> when we said everyone should pay their fair share, the other sides there's class warfare. no. it's not. it's the most endearing american value, fairness. it's about everyone paying their fair share. >> so, you know, after 23, 24 days now, clearly the very upper reaches of the political campaigns, and in washington, people are taking notice. and i will point out that this weekend at least in new york, you saw big union officials starting to come by from the big teachers union, also from the afl-cio. and you saw things change a little bit in washington square park. you saw people break out into working groups and have breakout sessions where they were discussing the kinds of things they are looking for and how to get what they want done. and some of the things they want are pretty specific. they want more money for the s.e.c. for example. some of the groups wanted more

money for the s.e.c. to go after corporate criminals. they wanted more lawyers that had expertise to dig in there. they want the buffett tax. they want more taxes for rich people. and they want to bring back something call that was barriers and limitations for what banks can do. so getting more specific in their demands. >> and what's the buzz around this threat to the new york stock exchange website? >> this is something that the hackers consortium anaunsed last week, that at 3:00 or 3:30 they'd try to take down the new york stock exchange website. the ceo of the new york stock exchange not commenting to me about that. no surprise there really. but i will tell you that it is the website of the nysc, which nothing is traded on the website. that's just the corporate website. but we'll be checking to see whether they are able to get through there and what sort of message that sending just about sort of the pillars of wall street, and capitalism in america. kyra? >> christine, thanks.

overseas now. tense situation in egypt again. at least 25 people were killed after violence erupted at a gathering to protest the burning of a christian church. max foster in our london bureau today. let's talk about how these protests are so different from ones past. >> today the egyptian prime minister, kyra, is talking about these protesters bringing us back to the tense violent period at the onset of the recent revolution. so actually saying we're going back to that really dark time in egypt. very worrying. conflicting reports about the number of injured and dead that the health ministry today is saying yesterday, late last night, there were a total of 23 people dead and more than 180 injured. this all happened yesterday. as you say it stems from the burning down of the christian church a week ago. the christians feeling under attack in egypt right now. this is what the world media is saying about it. the arab news saying as egypt

undergoes a chaotic power transition and security vacuum, christians are particularly worried about the increase of show in power by the ultraconservative muslims. but the daily telegraph sees it a different way here in the uk. sec tarrianism will only get worse in egypt. >> so a suggestion there from that it could be worse than the arab spring, when there was so much hope after that in egypt. >> sure was. and we'll keep an eye on the clashes, max. thanks. a prominent texas minister labeled mormonism the cult. after the break, we'll talk to an evangelical leader who says he disagrees with that term. and sir paul mccartney ties

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president of fuller seminary and evangelical school in pasadena. he wrote an opinion piece for our belief blog, and says that jeffress went too far when he used the word "cult." good to see you. tell me why "cult" was the wrong word to use here. >> kyra, mormonism has become really a major religion. i mean, it's in the millions around the world. it has a world class university. it has scholars. and in fact church leaders with doctorates from places like harvard and yale and other ivy league schools. it hardly fits the image of a cult, where a cult is a group of people who see themselves on the margins of the culture. true believers. they're the only ones who are recipients of the divine favor. i have been in dialogue with mormons for the last dozen years, a group of mormon scholars, group of evangelicals,

co-chaired by myself and a professor at brigham young university, robert millet, and we have had a lot of good discussions of the sort that you would never have, say with scientology or the jehovah's witnesses or hare krishna. >> interesting that you talk about the definition of a cult, and it's us versus them, and the fact that they don't engage in dialogue and smart conversation. do you think that jeffress was behaving like a christian here? >> well, i don't want to judge his christian commitment. but i do think there's a tendency among evangelicals who want to draw lines and are willing to use language like "cult" in order to put down another group, when really they ought to be spending some time asking the other group what they believe, and exploring the issues. i think there's a real danger in, you know, the bible teaches us that we should not bear false witness against our neighbor.

we need to tell the truth. if we're really in a struggle for the truth these day, then it's very important that we make sure that we're telling the truth about other people. and i find that the word "cult" has come to have such a negative connotation that all you need do is say it, and you worry that somebody who's a member of that group has some kind of secret plot to take over and things like that that i think are very disturbing. >> final question, richard, for you. does it matter what your president's religion is? >> well, it does matter. i care deeply about the values issues. on many of the issues that are discussed in those kinds of values arena kind of discussions, i do support various moral issue kinds of things. at the same time, i think they often set the agenda in much too narrow -- set of narrow terms. i do care. but for me, i think the

important thing is to look at the ability to lead, the ability to pursue policies that promote the common good. for me, as a christian, i'm very concerned about the poor and the marginalized, and i care deeply about what a candidate says about those things. and so just saying i'm a christian or i'm an evangelical isn't enough for me. i need to carry on that kind of conversation as well. >> richard maow, what a pleasure to talk to you this morning. thank you. >> thank you, kyra. if you'd like to read the article go, to cnn.com/belief. paul mccartney takes another trip down the aisle. we'll have all the details from his celebrity wedding right after the break. and all work and no play makes harry a dull prince. luckily, he squeezed in some bar hopping between chopper flights in california. we'll have all the details. eve? over 3 million. you say you can beat any advertised price on tires?

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very low key. paul mccartney is a newly wed. he tied the knot with his longtime girlfriend. she is an american, nancy shevell. it's his third marriage, by the way. the wedding of course drew quite a crowd of spectators. >> it certainly did. and he's been married twice now at the same town hall. this is where he married linda mccartney back in 1969. this was the big event. it was very private, but there were lots of photographers outside on sunday to catch the moment. and stella mccartney, paul's daughter, famously didn't get on with his previous wife, healthier mills mccartney. but he can assume she does like this choice, because sheet designed the outfits of both her father and nancy shevell. a few stars going there. ringo starr was invited. the only other surviving member of the beatles. this would have been john lennon's 71st birthday. so he there was in spirit i

guess. also interestingly barbara walters is there. she is related to shevell, and rumor has that barbara walters introduced this couple. so lots of stars there. and of course shevell of course has her own money. so you won't have the same sort of issues that they had with the previous wife. let's say that. she is a member of new york's metropolitan transportation authority, and her father is pretty wealthy. >> she's quite an independent, hard-working woman. and you're right, max. that was the talk when they first met. this is somebody that's got her own life going on, and probably this will last a lot longer than the last one. >> fingers crossed, yeah. the last marriage was pretty disastrous. ended up in that court case where the judge had a few choice words for heather mills, if you remember. but this seems different. >> let's hope so, max. thanks. a quick market check now.

obviously, we'll get back to her after a quick break. she'll be ready in just a second. also coming up, the income slump. why it just kept going after the recession officially ended. one contributor says the occupy wall street protesters are the idea of the democratic party. another says that politicians need to tread carefully around the issue. that's coming up.

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so a new report from two former analysts from the u.s. census finding that this has been a very tough situation for households, even after the recession has been officially over. you can catch this whole story on this on the front of "the new york times" today. but i will tell you a little bit -- something really interesting here. a couple of reasons. your house value is likely down. your job is likely either you've lost your job, or if you haven't lost your job, you are back into the work force and people are taking new jobs with significantly less pay. so their wages are not keeping up with the general increase in the cost of living for them. also keep in mind, people who are out of work now are out of work more than 40 weeks. remember all of those years we told you need three to six months of daily living expenses in the bank to get you through a tough spot. that tough spot is now longer than anybody's rule of thumb ever was for how to get through a rainy day. so all of these things sort of conspiring to show you that the recession officially over, but it doesn't feel like it. i also think it's instructive

for what we're seeing in occupy wall street. and what we're seeing in terms of politically how anxious people are in general about their feeling about how difficult it is to stay in the middle class. these numbers bear that out, kyra. >> all right, christine romans, thank you so much. and you've go to think that the wall street protesters will point to that report and say, see, see? let's talk more about occupy wall street. guys, your quick thoughts so far on the protests to set the scene. >> i think it's fantastic that we finally have americans who appear to be what we would consider left of center engaged more than just in the political process and blogging about it. it's good to see them out in the street and voicing their frustrations and being visible. >> will? >> kyra, i want to be really careful here. i don't want to be dismissive. i really and sincerely want to be respectful of a group of people who are voicing an opinion. i have not been down to occupy

wall street. i have read and listened and talked to as many people as i could here and everywhere about this place. but i think this occupy wall street movement right now is just a rorschach test, an ink blot test. people see in it what they want to see. it's a projection of what they already feel. have i my opinions but that's what we are seeing right now. >> so we've heard herman cain and newt gingrich slam the protesters. listen now to what michele bachmann had to say. >> i went by one of the protests in washington, d.c., on friday, and i saw a lot of signs from unions that were there. so i don't know how spontaneous these protests were. but it seems to me that their anger should be directed at the white house, because barack obama's policies have put us in one of the worst tailspins economically that we have. >> all right, guys. republican congressman paul ryan threw in that republicans, quote, want to lower the

barriers against americans who want to rise. so lz, do you think republicans should turn the movement into an opportunity to fight democrats in the white house? >> you know what? i think that it is really smart to not try to hitch your wagon to a movement that doesn't seem to have a leader and is somewhat rudderless right now. i think it's wise that they do look at the things that are frustrating the protesters and try to direct those themes at the white house. but honestly, i don't know why we are still listening to someone like a michele bachmann anyway, because every time she opens her mouth, she seems to be contradicting herself and making stuff up anyway. i wouldn't take too much of what she has to say into account in this conversation. >> now to john lewis, who as we all know marched in the civil rights era. he said these individuals all across america are saying in effect that the banks and other businesses are holding millions and billions of dollars. they need to invest in the american people and put people back to work. lewis seems to think that they

just want a fair shake. will? >> i think we've got two separate messages coming out here, kyra. this is where my opinion comes into play, and that is if this movement, as so many characterize it, "the new york times," john lewis, is about a rigged system, if it's about banks that don't have to suffer the consequences of capitalism, they don't have to actually suffer failure, i stand with them. but i also wonder, why don't you just join the tea party? that's what the tea party was about. i sense as lz talked about themes, i sense some bigger themes. i sense themes of not wanting to deal with your own bad decisions, the consequences such as debt you took on, a job you lost. and project that and be angry at people that have succeeded. in a sense, i think this becomes the id of the democratic party, a sense of entitlement, a sense of envy, constantly limiting inequality. that i don't agree with, and republicans you don't have a chance of attaching yourself to that nor should you. >> bottom line, lz, will this make a difference in 2012?

>> yes. i think it will, because it is starting to engage people who may have been frustrated or who may have just been paying attention to a cursory topics in terms of the general election. this is going to force people, hopefully prompt people, to look closer at the politics of people they are electing and make more informed and intelligent decisions. yes, it will help. >> will? >> yeah. i think it will be somewhat relevant in 2012. it will be a player. but will it be a benefit or a detriment? that remains to be seen. >> guys, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. and coming up, she taught hundreds and hundreds of kids through the years. among them, cnn contributor bob greene. he'll join us to talk about those special teachers that change our lives. and also he says goodbye to mis-barbara.

from kindergarten through high school, we spend over a decade in classrooms being taught and influenced by our teachers. and if we're lucky, we had that one special teacher who went the extra mile and made a bigger difference in our lives. for me, it was jessica patton. i was in her journalism class at helix high school in san diego. and it definitely changed my life. just the other week, in fact, ms. patton was my special guest at a salute to teachers event that i co-hosted in my hometown, which leads me to cnn.com contributor bob greene. he just wrote his own salute to a teacher he'll never forget. bob, tell us about ms. barbara. >> well, kyra, ms. barbara -- her name was barbara drugan. but her whole adult life she asked to be called ms. barbara. in 1947, straight out of st.

mary's academy, she started teaching kindergarten. and the remarkable thing about her, she passed away last week at the age of 85, the remarkable thing about her is she never forgot anyone. 20 years, 30 years, 40 years later. she would run into an adult who was a parent or a grand parent, and she knew their names, their parents' names, their brothers and sisters' names. and as you said, you were very lucky if you live in a town, in a community, where there is a person like ms. barbara. and they don't get recognized much. and i think it's probably a good thing that we do. >> you say that she remembered every student, every name. bob, it's so important for us to never forget our roots as well. and the people that helped us become the adults that we are. >> well, and she was so remarkable, that after she retired, there was a story in a community paper in town saying that they looked -- they needed volunteer crossing guards for the intersection.

they already had patrol boys and girls at the other corner, but they needed adults to volunteer. and they announced a meeting. and ms. barbara went to the meeting, and she was the only person to show up. and for the next -- for the next 27 years, as she grew old, she was on that corner every day in her crossing guard uniform, vest, helping those children come across. and i asked her once, because she was there in the rain. she was there in the snow. and as she got old, i said to her, wouldn't it be better on terrible weather days like this for you to stay home? and she said, no, it's on days like this that i'm needed the most, because the drivers may have bad visibility. there might be accidents. and these are the days that i have to be out there. >> i tell you what, teachers are absolutely remarkable people, when you find the right one. bob, thanks so much. >> thank you, kyra. you can read bob's piece at about ms. barbara at cnn.com.

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all right. it's been nearly two years since the government task force recommended against regular mammograms for women in their 40s. and since october is breast cancer awareness month, we asked elizabeth cohen to take a look

at what that means over the last two years and what the current recommendations are. so tell us what have we seen? >> since that recommendation came out, and you remember sort of the hullabaloo that caused, it really does seem that it's possible that women in their 40s are less likely to get mammograms. there was one hospital at the university of colorado, they decided to measure what was happening. in the nine months following that recommendation that women in their 40s didn't necessarily need mammograms, in the nine months after that recommendation, they saw 200 fewer women than they usually do. so that's a lot. 200 fewer women at one hospital in nine months. >> a lot of women were worried too that insurance wouldn't pay for them. >> right. and it turns out that that worry really might not have been -- might have been a needless worry, because it turns out that insurance is paying for them. at least from what we've heard and from what research we've done and from the health insurance folks themselves. they say insurance is still paying for mammograms for women in their 40s. they didn't stop after that recommendation. one reason may be they're not

all that expensive. so they kept paying for them. >> so here we are, in our 40s. do we fete them or not? bottom line. >> the bottom line is that most groups do recommend that women in their 40s get regular mammograms. what's interesting is that even women with good insurance, kyra, the rates of mammograms are going down. for some reason, even before this recommendation, we do not have great mammogram rates in this country. so women in their 40s need to know that most groups do recommend that they get regular mammograms, and it's definitely worth discussing with your doctors. >> saves lives. makes sense. >> and a teeny tiny amount of radiation. and maybe an unnecessary biopsy at the least, but that's it. students across the nation are speaking up about the constant bullying they face every day. >> they physically abused me. mentally abused me. emotional abused me. and i will admit it, i have thoughts of suicide in ninth grade. >> anderson cooper takes a closer look at the roots of bullying, next.

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while bullying is in common in most schools across the nation, one has to wonder what more we could do to stop it. and to stop kids from killing themselves because of it.

our anderson cooper worked with a team of sociologists on a six-month pilot study into why bullying happens. this is what he found out. >> they are calling me like gay, faggot, dumb as. >> i get comments like you're a disgusting. >> reporter: like a lot of schools in america, the wheatly school has a bullying problems. >> they physically abused me, mentally abused me, emotionally abused me and i had thoughts of suicide in ninth grade. >> more than 700 students at wheatly were asked very specific questions about aggression in their school like did a student at your school pick on you or do something mean to you? did you pick on or do something mean to another student at your school? the results were eye-opening. a key finding, bullies, what researchers called aggressors, are often also victims. do you think somebody is an aggressor and somebody is a victim or do you think it crosses over? >> everyone is a bully and

everyone is a victim. >> everyone is a bully? >> whether you know it or not, you have bullied someone. >> the study also shows why kids bully. sociologist robert farris calls it social combat, using aggressive bullying behavior to climb the social ladder. >> it's pretty much a race to the top. by getting to the top, you view yourself as one of the important people of your school, and that is -- that's the reason why bullying occurs. >> the study found the higher they get, the more aggressive and victimized they become. 56% of wheatly students surveyed said they were loved in either aggression, victimization, or both. more than 80% of incidents were never reported to adults, and this is in a school district that takes the issue seriously. they have anti-bullying programs from kindergarten through 12th grade and awareness assemblies throughout the year. principal sean feeney. >> it breaks my heart when they keep that all inside and we're not aware of it.

so, you know, our goal, of course, is to try to reach all of our students. >> well, it's time for us to take a stand. this week 8:00 p.m. anderson cooper and cnn brings attention to america's bullying crisis. saturday night watch "bullying, it stops here" led by anderson. let's check some stories making news. at 11:00 eastern republican presidential candidate jon huntsman outlines his vision for foreign policy, and then later that hour also in new hampshire, fellow gop challenger mitt romney holds a town hall meeting in milford. at 12:45 eastern president obama visits with wounded service members at walter reed military medical center. we're following lots of developments in the next hour of cnn "newsroom." let's start with paul steinhauser. >> i think it's fair to say politicians love an opportunity. maybe that's why it seems republicans and democrats appear to be cozying up to that occupy wall street movement.

the fallout from weekend clashes in egypt which left 26 christians dead. details at the top of the hour. and i'm deb feyerick in new york. medicaid fraud cost taxpayers $18 billion a year. hear one man's story. kyra? >> thanks, guys. also next hour, behind the scenes of chanel, an all-access pass to carl lagerfield and his fashion machine.

let's check those numbers real quickly. dow industrials, where are they? >> hi, kyra. the dow is up, seeing a bit of a rally today on good news coming out of europe after france and germany said they are committed to containing the crisis and recapitalizing the banks. we don't really have details on what that means and german chancellor merkel said we'll have the details at the end of the month. three more weeks where the markets can mull over what happens happening in europe. we're seeing net flflix after losing half its value in september after announced they would not have two separate sites for its streaming and dvds. some areas got rain in one

day. cities like houston may experience flash flooding. and in massachusetts the boston globe says misiceland 1974 is the woman who turned in mob boss whitey bulger. she said she connected with him when his girlfriend would feed a stray cat every day. she called the fbi after seeing a news report while she was in iceland. and in florida the competition where competitors put on their human made flying reasons. obviously, some of then didn't work very well and they flew off the pier, got their grade. those who achieved the flight win a really big prize. not sure what the prize was. do you by chance know? >> float is really the wrong name because it's really anti-float. >> their homemade flying reasons that sink. okay. all right. well someone loves their lunch meat. twoords and the ratiger woods a

raiders win one for al davis. >> i don't know if anyone was looking for tiger woods getting hit with a hotdog but you didn't get to see it. someone threw a hotdog at woods as he was putting in the final round in colorado. the pga isn't releasing the video so you will have to use your imagination. maybe it's a little more fun when you think about someone tossing a hotdog at tiger. he did take it in stride. >> some guy just came running on the green and he had a hotdog and evidently -- i don't know how he tried to throw it, but i was kind of focusing on my putt when he started yelling. next thing i know he laid on the ground and looked like he wanted to be arrested really because he laid on the ground, put his hands behind his back and turned his head. >> okay. the hotdog thrower was charged with disturbing the peace. let's do baseball. brewers have a high gravity inning to beat the cardinals in the opening game of the nlcs. there is ryan braun smacking a

two-run ground run double. he also homered. next up prince fielder, two-run shot. this is huge for fielder. he's a free agent after the season which means, you know, these could be his last few days in the brewer uniform. the brewers win 9-6. they play game two tonight. nfl, raiders at houston. the raiders wearing al davis stickers on their helmet. the first game since their owner died. he had been with the team for nearly 50 years. dare yius hayward, playing inspd for al davis. the final play of the game, the texan was a chance to win but matt shaw picked off in the end zone. the raiders win 25-20. an emotional win for raiders coach hue jackson in his first season. look at him on the sideline after the win. if this were a tv show, it would be called dick evick's pi. he threw three picks in the first half. he did rally. eagles with two touchdown passes and then he were driving nem for what could have been the

game-tying score but then he was picked off again. his fourth interception clinches it for buffalo. the bills win 31-24. >> thank you. see you tomorrow. >> okay. occupy wall street, it's 24 days old now and it seems to be gaining some momentum. take a listen. we've seen it spread throughout the country. presidential candidates can't ignore it. neither can the president. protests came to his front door as well. now hackers are threatening to crash the new york stock exchange's website. we have team coverage of the story. karina is at the stock exchange, paul steinhauser is in washington. let's start with you, paul, and the political fallout. it seems everybody is trying to capitalize on the movement now. >> you're right. politicians love an opportunity and this movement seems to be getting bigger and stronger by the day. it's an opportunity for both sides. you mentioned the republican presidential candidates. they are definitely speaking out about this and trying to redirect the anger of these protesters at the white house.

take a listen. >> wall street didn't pass a trillion dollar stimulus bill that didn't work. wall street didn't create these economic policies that are not working. this was done by the white house. they need to be protesting the white house, not wall street. >> from what i heard so far most of the wall street activists are a tribute to the bad education that they get nowadays. they don't understand free enterprise, don't understand the american system. >> you also heard the same thing from congressman michele bachmann who is also running for the nomination, saying the same thing, blame the white house. kyra? >> what are dems saying? >> they're trying to capitalize on this movement as well and basically they're saying they're in solidarity with the protesters and unions which are also aligned with the democrats are trying to cozy up to the protesters. take a listen to the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. >> well, i support the message to the establishment, whether it's wall street or the political establishment and the

rest that change has to happen. we cannot continue in a way that does not -- that is not relevant to their lives. people are angry. >> and democrats go one step further. they blame republicans and they say to the protesters, listen, we, the president and democrats in congress, passed those wall street reforms which keep wall street in check and they say republicans are trying to repeal that. >> paul, thanks. let's head to the new york stock exchange. what this about a cyber tlehrea? >> we think it's coming from the group of hackers known as anonymous. they crashed a website of a wide variety of corporate websites. the threat is being attributed to a youtube channel. a computer voice says on october 10th the new york stock exchange shall be erased from the internet. on october 10th expect a day that will never, ever be forgotten. now, it's important to note by

nyse, the new york stock exchange, they mean the website and not the trading platform. so trading would not be affected at all, and there is some dispute over whether this will even happen. anonymous is saying it's not really them, that it's some independent hacker, if it's anyone at all, so it's a bit murky right now. >> what are those at the new york stock exchange staying about this? >> well, they're calling it a rumor, and the exchange says it does not comment on rumors or security matters, and we can tell you that physical security though which is always extremely tight down here at the stock exchange has been stepped up ever since the occupy wall street protests began. so it's probably safe to say they've bolstered cyber security as well. again, officially no comment. >> thanks. let's head to iowa where all eyes are on the candidates and the calendar. republican leaders are jockeying nor an early caucus date. shannon, if voting happens in early january, time is running pretty short. who has been there the most? >> reporter: yeah, so many minds to convince and so little time.

in terms of who has been here the most, rick perry since he jumped into the race in late summer, he's been coming pretty faithfully pretty much every week to iowa in addition to going to other states. michele bachmann, you know, she won the ames straw poll. ron paul has been regularly campaigning here as well and rick santorum, somebody we don't talk about that much, he's not in the top tier of kndcandidate he's intent ton visiting all 99 counties. he said iowa is a must-win for him. those candidates have been here a lot. we expect to see them a lot more. >> meanwhile, not so much for romney. >> reporter: not so much for romney. romney has been a bit of a no-show. he hasn't been here that much. he certainly hasn't been campaigning here very much at all, but one really funny an

dean neck dough, he has a guy who goes around and stands out and says romney may not be here but we want you to know his campaign is alive and well. >> shannon trafvis, appreciate it. this could be a critical week for president obama's plan to put more americans to work. members of his own party have been slow to rally behind his bill. it faces even longer odds in the republican controlled house. lawmakers are expected to block the bill. the justice department and attorney general eric holder could be facing subpoenas over the botched sting operation fast and furious. it funneled illegal guns into mexico with the hopes of building new cases against the drug cartels. it's blamed for the death of a u.s. border patrol agent and congressional republicans are demanding answers beginning with holder.

>> clearly he was overseeing an organization that let 2,000 weapons walk, knew they were letting it walk, and concealed that from not just congress but also from the ambassador in mexico, the mexican people, and so on. >> isa also said holder has showed little cooperation explaining the operation. holder denies misleading lawmakers when he testified back in may that he only recently learned about that sting. let's head overseas. a tense situation once again in egypt. at least 25 people are killed after violence erupted a the a gathering to protest the burning of a christian church. cnn's max foster joining us from london. how did it start, max, and what's made these protests so different from before? >> well, about 9% of egypt's population are coptic christians. they felt targeted ever since the arab spring really, and that really escalated about a week ago when a church, a christian church, was burned down, and it

all erupted really on sunday. you see these pictures here, major unrest and violence on the street and a great deal of concern that is happening after all the positivity of the arab spring. the arab news is saying copts, troops, in deadly clashes. as egypt undergoes a chaotic power transition and security vacuum in the wake of this year's jup rising, christians are particularly worried about the increasing show of power by ultra continental muslims. sectarianism will only get worse in egypt. the army has inherited all the vices of mubarak rule without any of the certainties of permanent or all-pervasive control. until it either steps out of politics or comes up with its own plan for stabilizing the country, sectarianism and all ever its many other problems will only get worse. a real push for more democracy right now in egypt after the uprising. >> there's been a cuil for an

emergency meeting of the national justice council? >> yeah, absolutely. there's lots of questions about authority right now and who is in charge and the army should not be charge, it should be democratically elected. so questions really coming up now about how egypt is run. it was great while the uprising was taking place but things are settling down, they're not sorted, and there's a lack of accountability in egypt right now. >> max foster, thanks so much. blowing the whistle on medicaid fraud. we'll tell you what one man did to expose it and how it nearly killed him. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately.

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four people treaded water for 20 hours, including a 4-year-old girl, after their boat sank saturday afternoon. the coast guard managed to rescue them but one woman drowned. in chicago the firefighters burn foundation lost one of its heroes in a marathon yesterday. william was running to raise money for burn victims but collapsed just 500 yards from the finish line. he raised over $2,400 which far exceeded his goal. california has the toughest law in the land concerning teens and tanning. the new law makes tanning beds off limits to kids ages 14 to 18. previously they were allowed to tan with a parent or legal guardian's per mis. federal prosecutors are cracking down on what's been called a culture of corruption in the health care industry. medicare and medicaid patients being charged too much or billed for treatment that they never got.

cnn's deb feyerick tells us about the vietnam vet who blew the whistle. >> reporter: going through his medicaid statements one day, richard west relized he was being billed for nursing care he wasn't getting. you weren't even here on some of the days that the company alleged they provided services for you. >> i wasn't here. i got no service. >> reporter: and yet here it is. it's billed. the 63-year-old vietnam veteran suffers from muscular dystrophy and requires nurses seven days a week just to shower, dress, and replace the oxygen tank he needs to breathe. yet when he called the medicaid hotline to report maxim health care services and complain his nurses were leaving early or not showing up at all, he was told he was wrong. >> they were getting paid for eight hours and i was getting sicker and sicker.

and they did nothing. >> reporter: his spirit intact, the former u.s. infantryman hired a lawyer and filed a whistle-blower lawsuit in 2004 triggering a six-year criminal investigation. are you surprised at just what people will try to do to rip off the medicaid system? >> i'm surprised every day. >> reporter: tom o'donnell heads new york's office of investigations for health and human services. it turns out maxim with hundreds of offices wasn't just overbilling richard west, but medicaid recipients across the country. >> probably the most agregregio thing they did was they were overbilling and fraudulently altering the time cards. >> reporter: how much money were they essentially ripping off? >> i think the actual amount was about $61 million. >> reporter: prosecutors recently announced they had reached a deal with maxim health care services which cooperated with investigators and has now restructured under new management. >> none of us can afford our government's coffers to be bled by fraud.

>> reporter: the company will pay $150 million, half of it to reimburse 41 states that were overcharged. nine maxim executives and employees have pleaded guilty to various charges. others were fired for misconduct. in a statement to cnn, maxim's new ceo praises richard west for uncovering the fraud saying the company takes full responsibility and has established a new infrastructure. quote, including an entirely new senior management team and an unrelenting commitment to strict compliance with all laws. although prosecutors did not accuse maxim of compromising patient care, west says he almost died twice because of life threatening infections he got when nurses failed to show. >> there were nights i didn't know if i would wake up, and that's the reality. >> deborah feyerick joining us

now. how is the company able to do business? >> that's what's so interesting. the company reached a deal with prosecutors. they took a deferred prosecut n prosecution. they made sure their offices know there's one way only to do it and that is the right way. they have changed their forms. so they're really trying to fix the company so the people who are receiving services don't suffer. the problem is there's no overall oversight in terms of who is watching each dollar as it is spent, so what ends up happening if you don't have whistle-blowers or if the strike forces you heard tom o'donnell talk about, if you don't have the strike forces out looking for this kind of fraud, well, it just doesn't come to light. so it's really a difficult situation, especially because people rely on these services. >> and mr. west could probably get some serious cash for exp e exposing this scheme. >> yes, he could. he's bound to get $15 million. of course, there are the lawyers' fees, he's going to run that down. now he has to start paying for

his own health care and that expensive. there's not going to be that much at the end of the day. >> we'll follow up for sure. thanks. coming up, michael jackson's kids join a superstar tribute to their dad. more on the concert and the rest of your showbiz headlines straight ahead. first, "money" magazine out with a list of the best jobs in america. here is a peek. >> if you want to go from a top gun to a top job, then become a pilot. pilots make an average of $89,000 a year and more job openings are expected over the next few years. it's easy to see why it landed on money's best jobs list, especially if you are leaving the military. as a pilot you enjoy a flexible schedule and never have to take your work home.

she's been gone for a minute but rosie o'donnell is returning to tv. "showbiz tonight" host a.j. hammer has that and a couple other stories. >> a lot of people are excited about this. rosie is back in the daily talk show game with a return to tv tonight. it's called "the rosie show" going to kick off at 7:00 p.m. eastern on own.

her first guest is russell brand. it will air live. she relocated to chicago for the new show. she took over the oprah winfrey's show former offices. rosie is revealing she's going to have ten minutes of standup, guest interviews, and then playing games at the end of every program which should be interesting. a lot of buzz around her return because really this marks the big reboot of oprah's own network. of course, o'donnell's last talk show ran from 1996 to 2002 and we know she later did a short stint on "the view" that was back in 2007. so we are welcoming rosie o'donnell back to daily television. moving on to some sad news today. mikey welsh, who was most famously known as the basist for the rock band weezer died saturday in chicago. he hadn't played with weezer for ten years. he planned on attending the riot fest show on sunday. chicago police tell cnn officers responded to a call on saturday

at a hotel after staff had entered a room. apparently they found someone who was unresponsive and not breathing. authorities say welsh died of an apparent drug overdose. the results of an autopsy performed sunday have not yet been released. he played with wezer from 1998 until 2001. he left after suffering a nervous breakdown and became a painter, kyra. always sad news to report something like that. >> yeah. we've got one more story to talk about and that's michael jackson's kids. the highlight, shall we say, of a highlight concert for their dad. >> yeah. i think it really was. now, there were moments that were leading up to this michael forever tribute concert organized by some members of michael's family where we thought this thing wasn't going to go down. there had been some disagreement we talked about within the jackson family about whether or not it was appropriate for a concert to take place while conrad murray was on trial for jackson's death. acts kept pulling out so we didn't know if it was going to play but it did.

saturday night in cardiff, wales, christina aguilera, glad disknight, th gladys knight. prince, paris and blanket were there. it's a rare appearance for them. they showed up on stage during the four-hour show and they were dressed in outfits reminiscent of what we might see their father in. they went on stage brief to introduce a video that was recorded by beyonce. the stadium was not sold out. it holds around 75,000 people, kyra, so it was really only about two-thirds full. some reports say scalpers were offering tickets for 50 bucks. that's a discount from the original prices of $90 and $300, but hopefully enough money was raised that went to some of the charities that were involved. now it's over and the controversy goes away. >> all right. and we'll talk about another story in entertainment. a.j., thanks. if you want information on anything breaking, a.j. has got it every night. "showbiz tonight" at 1 1:00 p.m.

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checking top stories. 21 deaths have been linked to thecontaminated. it looks like the upcoming nba season keeps shrinking. labor talks show no promise of reaching a compromise before today's deadline. that likely means at least the first two weeks will be canceled. two american professors have won the nobel peace prize for economics. thomas sergeant of new york university on your left and christopher sims from princeton studied how changes in government policies affect a nation's economy. ♪ you can feel it all over

♪ you can feel it all over people ♪ >> steph vi wonder sings and president obama sends his congratulations to civil rights acaan. joseph lowry celebrated his 90th birthday with soledad o'brien hosting the big event. political buzz, your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions, 30 seconds on the clock. playing today pete dominick. lexus mcgill johnson, and cnn contributor will cane. first question, guys, a texas pastor who backs rick perry says mormonism is a cult. do 2012 voters care about the religion of their president? will? >> yeah, to some extent but the question is how much. i contend mitt romney's mormonism in particular won't count that much. i think the more interesting question is should it matter. you know, for religion to be so important as it is to people, for it to be our intellectual

foundation, or philosophical bearing, how we make decisions, i don't know why we have exempted it from the conversation. i feel we've walked this political correctness one bridge too far. i don't think religion should be outside the bell am of realm of. >> i think americans care our president believes in a god but i don't think they are particular about what that god looks like. i think this is a conversation for evangelicals and 50% of the gop base is evangelical, at least the primary voting base, and i think that's really where all of these commentary are going, but i think really this has been a bad couple week for rick perry and the fact that he's been dealing with the morm mormonism issue is about whether there's tolerance in the gop. >> this guy said mormonism is a cult. i looked up the definition of

cult. it's a relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. there's about 6 million mormons in the u.s. and 12 million worldwide. i mean, if you ask me all religions have strange and sinister beliefs, but unfortunately american voters do still care about religion, unlike the uk and places like australia. and certainly republican voters are divided between evangelicals who believe hatemongers like pat robertson and jerry falwell and those atheists that support ein rand. >> ron paul wins a straw poll over the weekend. are republicans any closer to settling on a candidate. >> it's like ideological speed dating. i keep watching the republicans shift people in and out, and, you know, and i think it says a lot not only about the fact that the foo he would is so weak, but also poor mitt romney. he can't get any love whatsoever. i have this image of him like a cinderella with one shoe on just

limping around the ball waiting for people to anoint him because he's been running for like five years. so, you know, i think they'll settle on romney but they'll be so sad about it that i think it's going to have -- they're going to have a hard time in the general. >> will? >> you know, it's funny that the candidate who argued for the legalization of heroin just won the value voter summit. you know, tony perkins, the leader of the family research council, said this thing has been fixed. that 600 ron paul voters showed up and cast their votes. you know, the thing about it is i think the support will end up with mitt romney. back to your previous question, mitt romney won the value voter summit in '08. i think the value voters summit suggests something. we're still looking for a candidate. we'll probably center on mitt romney in a couple weeks. >> pete? >> listen, i'm not a ron paul fan, but the difference between ron paul and barack obama and ron paul and mitt romney is ron paul doesn't hold up his finger

and test the wind and decide which way he's going to advocate for policy. ron paul is not influenced by special interests and corporate money the way mainstream candidates and the democratic and republican parties are. again, i don't agree with a lot of what he says, i think a lot of what he says is bizarre but he's not as influenced in special interest. people should take that seriously and take his voice on that stage seriously and i'm glad he's up there to mix it up with the best of the carnival barkers. >> michele bachmann dismissing her latest poll numbers with candy crowley. >> candidates go up, candidates go down, and what we're very concerned about is making sure that the message gets out there. >> so is bachmann realistic about her campaign's future? alexis? >> you know, i think anybody donating to michele bachmann's campaign at this point is really donating to her psychotherapy fund because she is completely delusional. she has no opportunity to go up

at this point, no opportunity really to be vp much less win the nomination or the general. so i think she should let it go. >> will? >> let me be contrarian for a minute. look, we have seen over the past couple months little booms, two to three-week booms in each of these mitt romney alternative candidates. there are five primaries within a month's time in january. there could be another boom or who knows what candidate during that time. michele bachmann can hold onto that hope. that being said her biggest risk is her message continues to get out. that's what will keep michele bachmann from having one of those booms. she is her biggest problem. >> pete, bring us home. >> michele bachmann, she's like, i don't know, one of these mike huck abees with all the likability, kyra, and, you know, what she believes is realistic is comparing religion to science fiction. she believes those things are equitable really. she's bizarre. i don't know why we're talking about her.

did candy crowley asked her if she got stung by bees. i'm concerned about her, seriously. >> we're talking to the guy who has no hair and didn't shave today. what's up with that? >> right, right. >> listen, i just got done with a before picture for a hair loss pill. >> i'll see you guys tomorrow. oh, boy. well, it's the competition for homemade flying machines and it took off this weekend. i'll show you more of the fun when we go "cross country" next. and sir paul mccartney ties the knot for the third time. just about ten minutes we'll take you to london for all the wedding details. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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a quick look at the numbers. good news, we're in positive territory. >> yes, we are. the major indices are in positive territory right now. we've got the dow up by 278

points, all 30 dow components are in the green right now, and the other major indices are up by almost 3%. nice little bounce today and this is on the back of news coming out of europe after france and germany said they will do what is necessary to recapitalize the banks. really seeing a lot of bank stocks getting a nice bounce. with you but we do not have the details. they will be copping out in three weeks which is an eternity in wall street terms. we could expect to see volatility later in the day and in the weeks ahead. checking stories cross country. in drought stricken texas much-needed rain fell over the weekend. some areas got more rain in one day than the state saw all summer. the boston globe says miss iceland 1974 is the woman who turned in mob boss whitey bull injury. she befriended him when the couple would feed a stray cat every day. she learned their true identity after seeing a news report in iceland and called the fbi.

check this out in florida. red bullhead their flutag competition. they put their flying machines to work. flew them right off the pier, at least tried to. those who achieved the flight win some sort of cool prize. karl lagerfeld and chanel. alina cho got a rare look behind the curtain. >> reporter: not just in france, but around the world, karl lagerfeld is mobbed wherever he goes. he's not just a celebrity designer, auto he is a celebrity. why do you think it is that people are so fascinated -- >> it's a very good question. i don't know what it is. it's a strange scene. i think it's flattering.

i don't sing. i'm not an actor. i have no scandals. >> reporter: he does do this. lagerfeld chanel show is arguably the most anticipated fashion spectacle of the paris collections rtion something he's been doing at chanel since 1983. when he was hired as artistic director. it's so much work, so many collections. and you're so involved. >> i have it in the blood. you know, when i was asked to do it, chanel wasn't trendy at all. if you can make something, okay, if not, i sell it. and be made something out of it because he gave me total freedom. >> reporter: lagerfeld answers to no one. rare for a company the size of chanel, a nearly $2 billion privately owned business that sells not just those iconic quilted handbags and ballerina flats, but clothes, jewelry, makeup, and perfume.

you know, chanel no 5. the one marilyn monroe famously said she went to bed with. an icon like the company's founder coco chanel. >> it's up to me to update it. >> reporter: lagerfeld made chanel cool again. >> i had to find my mark and go what it was, what it should be, what it could be, what it had been to something else. it sounds complicated but it's not. >> reporter: what makes you do that? >> i don't know. i don't ask questions. thank god i get answers i don't know from where. when i make big efforts, it's for the garbage. when i make no effort and suddenly i don't know it happens, it's much better but you cannot count on it. sometimes you work a lot for the garbage can for nothing and then suddenly a light goes on.

>> reporter: and it can happen at any time. in addition to his duties at chanel, he's the creative director of fendi, has his own label, and this season launched a mine at macy's. he's an avid photographer, an author, and owns a bookstore. outside of fashion, lager feld has designed bottles for coca-cola and here he is in an ad for a washer and dryer? >> i'm a walking label. my name is labelfeld not lagerfeld. >> reporter: how does he do it all? >> i have a kind of alzheimer for my own work. and i do that on purpose. it's a very good thing. today to many people remember what they did. forget it all and start again. >> reporter: even at twice the age of his xes tocompetitors, is an attitude that served him well, made him rich, and virtually irreplaceable at chanel. >> it's a good thing for him, a good thing for me, and not such

a bad thing for fashion. >> fashion: backstage pass airs this weekend at saturday. somebody wanted tiger woods to wear a hotdog. he threw the delicious frank at tiger during a putt. well, he could have at least thrown a bun too and some mustard. and paul mccartney takes another trip down the aisle. we'll have all the details from the celebrity wedding right after the break.

well, a perfectly good hotdog was wasted in the final round of the open in california. the target, tiger woods. not everyone relishing the moment. pga won't even release the video. sorry. the hotdog thrower was charged with disturbing the peace. the brewers beat the cardinals. the brewers exploded in the fifth inning. prince fielder hit a two-run homer. then milwaukee got six runs in the fifth. they take game one, 9-6. game two is tonight. the raiders at houston. they hwore al davis stickers on their helmets. the texans had a chance to win on the last play but matt shaw was picked off in the end zone. coach hue jackson in tears after the game. obviously a very emotional win for everyone on that team. overseas paul mccartney is a

new new ly wed. marriage counselor max foster joining us from london with all the details. >> no access to the actual service itself but we did see the couple going in and out of the town hall. huge amounts of photographers have all been camping out waiting for this moment to happen, and they're wearing outfits you might be interested to hear designed by paul's daughter, stella mccartney. she's approved the mare rang. other guests, ringo starr, but also barbara walters we're told actually introduced them because she is related, a second cousin, to nancy shevell. so it all went off very smoothly, we're told. and a happy married couple. this was also kyra, where paul married linda mccartney in 1969. so he's been married twice in the same building. >> and you and i were talking about how this relationship quite different from his past

relationship that shall we say didn't work out so well. nancy shevell independently wealthy, got her own thing going on. >> heather mills less so. i think that's what you're saying and she ended up taking sir paul to court and only getting a fifth of what she claimed. yeah, she's a member of new york's metropolitan transportation authority, very successful career, independently wealthy. so people are saying this is a better match than perhaps the last one. >> we shall see. max, thanks. coming up, when your kid raised by same-sex parents hearing words like this can be pretty frustrating. they would call me gay, faggot. >> anderson cooper sat down with some kids and experts and explained why more needs to be done to stop bullying in schools. i'm really glad we took this last minute trip!

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let's check some stories making news later today. at the top of the hour at 11:00 eastern, republican president yam candidate jon huntsman outlines his vision for foreign policy. later in the hour also in new hampshire, mitt romney holds a town hall meeting in milford. at 12:45 eastern president obama visits with wounded service members at walter reed military medical center. almost every day there are kids across the nation who fear going to school because they're bullied beyond the limit. sop don't even want to live anymore. anderson cooper sat down with these students and a few celebrity guests who are joining the fight to end bullying. here are some of their stories. >> how often do you get bullied, do you get pushed around? >> almost every day. >> almost every day. >> yes. >> and damion, how about you? you're straight but your two dads are gay and you're on

gymnastics team which people make fun of you for. what do people say to you? >> they would call me gay, fag boy, gay boy. >> what do people call you? >> they call me dyke, [ bleep ], faggot. i have been even called words i'm ashamed to say to this day. >> dillon, you have recently been taken out of the school. you're now being home schooled. did you just not feel safe in school? >> kids made me feel like i was the grossest person in the world, and they would just go against walls and say here comes the he/she or here comes the trash and she just made me feel gross and i didn't feel safe at school, so i just left. >> i'm sitting here and i'm stewing with rage and i just feel so angry and so upset for the four of you and your class experience, and it seems to me that this is all backwards. instead of taking it up with the kids that are tormenting daily and using abusive language and

being abusive to their students, this young man can't even go to school anymore. he shouldn't be the one having to stay at home. i just want you to know that people do care about you. i care about you, and i really feel touched for your experience. >> you and your wife are raising a daughter. when you hear these kids, what goes through your mind? >> well, you know, these kids do need to know they are loved and it's really, really sad that they don't have an advocate and i think this neutrality policy is abdicating the responsibility, the adults' responsibility of protecting these kids and it's really very sad. it makes me very sad. >> how do you get through the day, kyle? >> i pray every day that i didn't have to go back to school. and -- >> you pray every day you don't have to go back to school? >> yeah. i would hide under the seats of the bus, and i would -- >> you hide under the seats? >> i would. and then i'd go to the nurse three times a day at least. >> just to get some place.

>> yeah, to go home. >> to go home. i understand at one point how many kids did you know who were bullying you? >> 40. >> 40 kids? >> yeah. >> you could identify 40 kids. >> yeah. >> i want to thank you kids for your courage and your strength. i think you're just so impressive and so brave and i think you have tremendous courage. thank you. i appreciate that. [ applause ] yesterday when i interviewed kyle and i was talking to him, i said is there anything else you'd like to say. he said i would like to sing a song. he said that to me today when he came and sat down. he said can i sing? so kyle is going to sing his favorite song. [ applause ] ♪ you'll go far. listen to me when i say ♪ ♪ how beautiful i am because god makes no mistakes ♪ ♪ you're on the right track baby i was born this way ♪ ♪ just love yourself and you're

set on the right track baby i was born this way ♪ [ applause ] >> wow. it's time for all of us to take a stand. all this week 8:00 p.m. eastern anderson cooper and cnn bring attention to america's bullying crisis. then saturday night watch "the bullying: it stops here" at 8:00 eastern. president obama steps up pressure on congress to sign off on his jobs plan. a plan that's expected to come up for a key vote this week. but with fierce republican opposition, can any part of this plan pass? we're talking about it next. en. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought you five new pairs. love you. did you see the hockey game last night? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

let's see what's crossing our political ticker. white house correspondent brianna keilar, this could be a huge week for the president's jobs bill. >> reporter: it's a big week, kyra, certainly politically. we'll be following it all week long. you know, the president has been urging congress to take up his jobs plan in its entirety. a few of the things in there, payroll tax cuts for employees as well as employers. there's also infrastructure spending for construction jobs. there are tax credits for hiring veterans and for hiring the long-term unemployed. well, this vote that we're expecting to see tomorrow evening in the senate is likely the only vote that we will see on the president's plan in its

entirety. it's actually expected to fail because there's a couple democratic senators who aren't on board and republicans almost uniformly are opposed to this. the big sticking point, kyra, how to pay for this $447 billion plan. senate democrats in the white house have proposed increasing taxes on americans who make $1 million or more. so you can see how this is shaping up, even though this vote is going to fail. if it does, you will see the white house and congressional democrats kind of accusing republicans of trying to protect millionaires, and that's why this is going to be certainly a big week politically. >> republicans on the hill, too, pressuring the administration on another front. you're hearing about some subpoenas possibly being issued soon. >> reporter: that's right. congressman darrell issa is the chairman of a powerful house kp and a thorn in the side of the oaks right now for sure. he is talking about issuing subpoenas raps this week having to do with with that operation

fast and furious. you probably heard about it, the failed program where atf agents essentially allowed illegal guns to -- the plan was to let them walk across the border from arizona into mexico, and the idea was that they would trace those guns to mexican cartels. but, of course, this whole program became quite controversial when some of the weapons ended up turning up at crime scenes where americans as well as mexicans had been murdered. so one of the big questions that you're hearing from republicans has to do with attorney general eric holder. he testified in may that he'd only known about the program for a few weeks. well, some documents were released last week prompting republicans to charge that maybe he knew much sooner than that. the administration, president obama, has stood behind eric holder but that's what these subpoena are all about. it will continue to be a battle. >> brianna keilar at the white house. thanks so much. your next political update in an