right now, the immediate danger is over in eastern ohio after dozens of wild animals were on the loose. the question now is, will ohio change its laws? you'll hear from the governor. live pictures out of greece. more than 100,000 people are in the streets protesting the government's austerity plan, what it means for you here in the united states. plus, researchers are making a connection between the number of your facebook friends and your brain. really? good morning to you. it is thursday, october 20th, this is your "a.m. wake-up call," i'm carol costello, joining you live from new york this morning. the state of ohio coming under fire after the killing of dozens of exotic and rare wild animals. officials say terry thompson released 56 animals from his private preserve about 5 amiles east of columbus on tuesday and then killed himself. we want to warn you, some of the images you are about to see are quite graphic. officials killed 49 of those

animals, including lions, bears, leopards and 18 endangered bengal tigers. officials say only a monkey has not been accounted for. the humane society lashed out at the governor for allowing a statewide ban for buying and selling exotic animals to expire in april. >> at the end of the day there will be legislation. >> officials say they had no choice but to kill the animals because of the danger they posed to the public. now, the man who owned those animals was released from prison just a few weeks ago. terry thompson served a year for possessing illegal firearms. he and his estranged wife kept the animals in cages on a 73-acre private reserve. friends say they were animal lovers but he, thompson, had been convicted of animal cruelty. officials have not said what might have caused him to kill

himself. secretary of state hillary clinton is in kabul, after after this morning for talks with afghan president and other top officials there. she's expected to assure president karzai that the united states remains committed to the reconciliation efforts in the nation. they're also expected to talk about pakistan's relations with afghanistan. clinton's visit come as the nation pursues peace with the taliban after the longest war in u.s. history. tens of thousands of angry greek protesters are jamming the streets of athens this morning. take a look. these are live pictures of the protesters gathered outside the parliament building, all part of a second day of a general strike. protesters are venting their rage over a new tough round of budget-cutting measures aimed at reducing the huge national debt. the government says the move sim pairative in order to secure continued payment from an international bailout fund. new developments this morning in the deadliest attack on a u.s. military help capitoler in the afghan war. these are the first pictures released by the defense

department on the downing of a u.s. chopper back in august. all 38 people on board were killed, including 22 navy s.e.a.l.s. the s.e.a.l.s had been called in to reinforce other troops already under fire. just before landing, the chopper was hit by rocket-propelled grenades. barbara starr explains how it all went down. we don't have that. i apologize for that. the report also says the taliban commander in the united states was -- that they were pursuing, turned out to pose mainly a local threat. in other words, they were chasing another helicopter that did not pose a major threat. barbara starr, we have it now. she'll explain more. >> reporter: the steep mountain valley gave the taliban the critical edge to see what was coming at them. investigators were told, quote, there's two ways in, two ways out, north or south.

as was routine even with this area full of taliban troops and weapons, u.s. military planners were not given critical information about the helicopter's specific route. information that could have further helped avoid risk. one of them told investigators, quote, one of the outcomes of this was, hey, we have been asking for it, but we never received it. now, we are getting them. >> all right. the report also says the taliban commander the u.s. was pursuing turned out to pose mainly a local threat. he was killed last month in combat operations. but by the time the chopper came in for the landing many of the taliban fighters had been killed or captured. officials are pointing to a possible cause of the listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe. it may be due to unsanitary conditions at a packing facility. another least 25 people have

died from the outbreak. the number of new cases seem to be diminishing. the cdc says it's too early to declare the outbreak over. a california judge has thrown out a claim that the network committed fraud by not paying them for merchandising sales. the cast was seeking $10 million. the ruling means that the case will go forward only with a breach of contract suit, thus preventing the actors from receiving punitive damages. cbs says it's thrilled by the court's ruling. the attorney for the actors say they'll push forward with the lawsuit. the trial is scheduled to start in june of next year. let's head to atlanta and check in with reynolds wolf. any problems at the airports this morning? >> we see quite a few, especially in chicago. let's take the graphics full screen. chicago, one of the biggest culprits of your delays. gusty winds, rain mixed in. new york metros, wind, morning showers, d.c. metros.

in philadelphia, the wind will keep you grounded on the tarmac. boston, detroit, basically the same situation, delays under an hour in both those locations. in terms of temperatures, a lot of people waking up with things well belove normal. take a look at the morning lows in the upper 20s. these will remain in place through friday morning. something else we have, the cool temperatures not just across the northern plains, back into central rockies, denvering with colorado, 37 degrees. 50 in albuquerque, 55 in portland and 06 in washington. 66 in miami, 54 in boston and 67 in new york city at this time. we're waking up also to a neat discovery. check this out. a viking warrior grave discovered, this one in edinburgh, near scotland. they found a viking sword, an ax head and a bronze ring pin

discovered. they believe this was actually a warrior. the grave is pretty big, too. it's 5 meters in width, a really big area. looking through the checklist of the viking sword, ax head, bronze king pin, what better way to start off your day. had i known this story was coming up i would have worn my viking helmet. >> darn. >> i was looking for an excuse to wear it, too. hopefully we can rerun the story at some point. i'll bring it in. you can see the horns. good stuff. >> kind of glad i didn't see that. >> oh, come on. >> trying to imagine that right now. >> a little bit of nightmare in your morning hour. >> thank you so much. >> see you in a bit. it's been one heck of a week in the world of politics. late-night comedians just can't get enough. here's your "punch line." >> things got physical.

at one point during the debate, mitt romney put his hand on rick perry's shoulder and said, i'm speaking. later he put his hand on newt gingrich's chest and said are those real? michelle obama said her daughter's watch "keeping up with the kardashians" but president obama didn't at prove. obama said if i want to see a giant ass who doesn't do anything, i'll have lunch with joe biden. i was shocked, too. >> that was cold. researchers make a connection between the number of your facebook friends and the gray matter in your brain. we'll explain, just ahead. first, our "quote of the day." you have to make voters hate the other guy to win. it was not from anyone in the political field. learn who said that in 90

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he went on to say, in the past, there's a way to make a better choice between the candidates. researchers say there's a connection between how many facebook friends you have and what's beginning on in your brain. let's go on to kristie lu stout. >> it's more like a correlation. there's a direct lunk between the number of friends you have on facebook and the size of certain parts of your brain, namely the areas of your brain known to play a role in memory and emotional and social interactions. this is according to researchers at the university of college london. there's a which came first, the chicken or the egg dilemma here. they're not sure if a people haver brain density because they have more facebook friends or they're predisposed to be savvy social networkers.

the next step for the researchers is to see how a brain on social media changes over time. a lot more study, a lot more brain scans ahead. carol? >> i'm just glad it doesn't make you dumber, because we always hear that. yes, i'm heartened. you have this really cool camera to tell us about. this could be groundbreaking in the world of photography. >> that's right. it was unveiled this morning here in hong kong at the asia d-conference. it's called the litro. it shoots first and focuses later. it works by recording all available light in a particular scene. the design is very consumer friendly. it has two buttons and a zoom slider. it's a social camera, meaning you press a single button and you can instantly share your snaps on facebook. the price point is $399. order them now on the company's website for delivery early next year and for the hard-core gadget geeks out there, move pretty fast. it's first come, first serve.

back to you, car. >> $399? >> for a first generation high-quality camera that's a pretty good price. >> you would say that, you technogeek. kristie lu stout. live in hong kong. he's not even the republican nominee, at least not yet. the democrats are using mitt romney's own words against him. what does this say about their strategy heading into 2012? we will tell you. home menu orange chickenans women men and uh pandas... elbows mmm [ male announcer ] wanchai ferry, try it yourself. but they also go beyond banking. we installed a ge fleet monitoring system. it tracks every vehicle in their fleet. it cuts fuel use. koch: it enhances customer service. it's pretty amazing when people who loan you money also show you how to save it. not just money, knowledge. it's so much information,

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14 minutes past the hour. some people call tuesday gop presidential debate vegas fight night. rightfully so. things got heated and fast. so why not have comedian jon stewart recap a few of those moments? here's your punch line. >> congresswoman michele bachmann set out to show that even in a tight field, no one puts crazy in a corner. >> i suggest that if you want to become president of the united states let both people speak. first, let me speak. >> i love you, brother. >> i don't think you should do the brother thing. i don't know if you remember a couple of weeks ago, there was disclosure that you leased a ranch called -- >> the name of the place was called niggerhead.

>> i'd go easy on that brother. >> time now for your political ticker with tim farley, host of morning briefing on sirius podus, live from washington. >> i assume your presence this morning is evidence that you did not win big at the tables in vegas. >> i even played at the airport and nothing happened. bad luck, don't you know it. let's talk about the democrats, because they are out already with a new ad targeting democratic presidential candidate mitt romney and they're using his own words against him. let's listen. >> i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. >> we hired a lawn company to mow our lawn and they had illegal immigrants working there. we said, look, you can't have illegals working on our property. i'm running for office for pete's sake, i can't have

illegals. i'm running for office for pete's sake. >> well, first of all, tim, it's interesting. mitt romney is not even the nominee yet, yet the democrats are making ads about him. i guess this gives you a hunt of what strategy they will use if mitt romney is the republican nominee for president. >> i think you're right. it does indicate they are believing he will be the man. it's also interesting because they are portraying him, in that two-hour debate, they come up with that line. this is not something new. the republicans had a problem with mitt romney and the democrats are picking up on it and taking advantage of it. they see mitt romney as a political opportunist. he's just not somebody who is vetted through a particular philosophy. he's somebody that finds the right way to go, like water running downhill and goes that way. there was a conference call last night, it immediately went to mitt romney and the

discussion. when somebody asked a question about herman cain's 9-9-9 plan. >> let's talk about vice president joe biden. i'll ask you this question after, of course, we listen to joe biden. he was pushing the president's job bill and got into a little trouble with a reporter from a conservative outlet afterwards. let's listen. >> the only thing i've heard from my friends who oppose this, this whole jobs bill and this, this is just temporary. well, let me tell you, it's not temporary when that 911 call comes in and a woman's being rape, if a cop shows up in time to prevent the rape. it's not temporary to that woman. it's not temporary to the guy whose store is being held up and a gun pointing at his head if a cop is showed up and he's not

killed, that's not temporary to that store owner. give me a break. temporary? i wish these guys had some notion what it's like to be on the other side of a gun or a 200-pound man standing over you, telling you to submit. folks, it matters. >> okay. so, tim, is joe biden doing the president a favor or making things worse? >> well, it's one of those piece of strong language and nancy pelosi did something similar, pretty much tarring with the republicans that they are in favor of killing women on abortion issue. i want to go back to a quote from the 1800 election where -- this has a long history of being used. murder, rape, robbery, adultery and incest will be openly taught and practiced. the soil will be soaked with blood and the nation black with crimes.

that was a newspaper editorializing against thomas jefferson and john adams in a testy election in 1800. this has a long political tradition. this is not so much a gaffe by joe biden as it is a change in strategy. when you start using this approach, you are going away from the brand that the president established so successfully in 2008 and whether or not that is the pathway to success, it has been for candidates before. can it be for this president who was behavior all that in 2008 remains to be seen. i think that is something we'll see plenty of. >> tim farley, thank you for joining us as usual. >> thanks. drug cartels in mexico are targeting teenagers in the united states. not as clients but as employees. we'll have details for you next. get out a piece of paper, grab a pencil and jot something down. today is national day on writing. the u.s. senate actually passed

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that drug cartels are now recruiting kids in texas. let's head round the world with zain vergee. she's reporting live from london. good morning, zain. >> reporter: good morning, carol. this is a disturbing new strategy and basically it's coming out of the fact that a lot of these cartels think they can give a minimal amount of money to teens and they'll take it, something like $50 for an operation to get them involved in something like that. and also, the laws are more lenient with minors. so that's become attractive as well. what happened earlier this month actually was that a 12-year-old boy was caught in a stolen truck with something like 800 pounds of marijuana. that just gives you an idea of how young the people they're going for are now. here's what the former u.s. drug czar had to say about this development. >> the dominant criminal enterprise in the united states, more than 260 cities, i was just in portland, oregon, talking to

their police department, is elements of mexican cartels. they're moving hundreds of metric tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, ecstasy, marijuana across that border. >> the u.s. border patrol, carol, launched a pretty intensive campaign in high schools to educate the students there and warn them of the dangers of doing any kind of drug smuggling. carle? >> wow. let's talk about something good. a new little baby girl for the french president and his beautiful wife. >> reporter: and that's all we know, because we're not getting too much information from france, because essentially carla bruni is saying she wants to keep the baby girl oust public spotlight. she's also been quoted in a french newspaper as saying she couldn't wait to have the baby so she could get back to having a few drinks every now and then

and one or two cigarettes as well. the french president nicolas sarkozy was in germany for a pretty important meeting on the euro zone economy. he came back for about 30 minutes or so to check and see if everything is okay. good news. baby girl, mother and baby are doing well and carla bruni doesn't even want to talk about it. >> i was just thinking if an american first lady said she couldn't wait to get back after being pregnant so they could have a few drinks and a couple of cigarettes, people would find that outrageous here. >> at least carla was honest. >> yes. i admire that. i do. zain vergee reporting live from london. thank you. coming up, a prosecution witness says dr. conrad murray, if he had performed one simple move it could have saved michael jackson's life. another jobs bill showdown in the senate. could happen today or tomorrow. but can it pass?

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good morning to you. it is thursday, october 20th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york this morning. it just turned 30 minutes past the hour. prosecutors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor are expected to wrap up their case today. cnn's ted rolands is in los angeles with the latest. >> reporter: when court resumes, dr. steven schaeffer will be back on the stand. he's an expert in propofol. he helped write the libl that appears on propofol bottles. he told the jury that dr. murray's care of michael jackson was egregious. he documented what wasn't in the jackson home which should have been. he showed a video of an

operating room going through all of the different things in an operating room which would be normally used to administer propofol and would be there in case something went wrong. he says that murray missed the mark on every single point. in fact he said murray's first mistake was giving propofol in the first place. >> the very first time michael jackson said i need propofol to sleep, a doctor would say, you have a sleep disorder. and you need to be seen by doctors who specialize in sleep disorders. not by having me show up with propofol. every night when michael jackson was expecting to see dr. murray with propofol, dr. murray should have said, michael jackson, i am not giving you propofol. i'm not giving you anything. you have a sleep disorder and you need to be evaluated by a sleep doctor. that's what a responsible doctor

would do. >> reporter: the defense is expected to start its case on friday. they'll try to convince the jury that michael jackson accidentally killed himself by administering that fatal dose of propofol when dr. murray was out of the room. the jury could get the case as early as late next week. ted rowlands, cnn, los angeles. a fourth suspect has now been charged in the case of four mentally disabled people locked in a philadelphia boiler room. jeanne mcintosh is the daughter of the suspected ring leader. her bail set at $1 million. it's believed they were held captive so their social security checks could be stolen. the philadelphia mayor calls the case sheer madness. a preliminary hearing for the suspects is set for monday. after president obama's $447 billion jobs bill stalled in the senate, the new plan is to chop up the bill and get congress to swallow the bite-size pieces. senate majority leader harry

reid is hoping to get a vote today on one piece of $35 billion teachers and first responders job bill. democrats want a half percent surtax on that. the united states and north korea are gearing up to restart negotiations designed to end pyongyang's nuclear program. special envoy stephen bosworth will lead a team of u.s. officials and meet their counterparts in geneva, switzerland next week. this is a precursor to full-blown six-party talks which stalled in 2008. a new food recall to tell you about. more than 3,200 cases of taylor farms bagged salad cowl be contaminated with salmonella. h-e-b, marketside and taylor farms. the salads were sold in 14

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rushing from the bedside of his wife, back to frankfurt where talks were falling apart about a european rescue fund. imagine that drama, having a baby, the first french president i think in years to have a baby in office and then also trying to give birth to this rescue fund with the germans and it really -- it's really contentious moment about how they're going to go forward. that's one of the reasons stocks are down this morning. it paints a picture of the european drama happening right now about the banks. meantime, another story we're following this morning, carol, that you and i have talked about before, these few little words, the unemployed need not apply. these are words that are showing up on job applications on career builder and other places as well. companies and recruiters that are saying if you don't have a job we don't want you to apply for this job because you will not be considered. there are three democratic senators who are asking career builder to stop allowing companies and recruiters from using what they call

discrimination in these ads. you'll remember the president's jobs bill had a measure in there to make it illegal to exclude the unemployed from consideration for job postings. of course, the president's jobs bill went nowhere. these democratic senators are trying to force career builder to voluntarily do something about it. we asked career builder whether they would be telling employers and recruiters if they are going to use those few little words. career builder said they encourage recruiters and employers to consider everyone but they still are using those postings, car. >> it's despicable, isn't it? >> when you think there are 9.1% unemployed and look at 16% unemployment for african-americans, 11.3% unemployment for hispanics, certain sections of young people where the unemployment rate is 24% and those people are exexcluded from consideration, you're talking about companies

that are -- and recruiters -- who are saying there will be structural unemployment in our economy, we're not going to consider any of those people. only the people that currently have jobs will be considered. it's an interesting and fascinating discussion. so far in terms of legality it's gotten nowhere. this is perfectly legal to do. >> christine romans, thanks so much. a monster storm tears through south florida, roofs ripped off, homes torn apart and cars sent into living rooms. not kidding. we'll have more on this just ahead. first, it is time for your get smart question of the day. the senators for disease control released a new report detailing what percentage of americans over the age of 12 take antidepressants. is it "a," 11%, "b," 23% or "c," 45%? i'll have your answer in two minutes. 38 minutes past the hour. ♪ ♪

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it is 40 minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." now to answer the get smart quef the day. the centers for disease control released a new report detailing what percentage of americans over the age of 12 take anti-depressants, "a," 11%, "b," 23%, "c," 45%. i actually guessed 45%. i was wrong, thankfully. the answer is "a," 11%. the other information from the study, women are 2 1/2 more times likely to take andy depressants than men. only one-third of people with severe depression actually take antidepressants. let's head to atlanta and reynolds wolf who's a happy guy. no need for drugs. >> none whatsoever. not at all. some happy things this morning. we had a tornado that struck south florida. on the face it might sound bad, but the good news is, no injuries, no fatalities. amazing video to show you.

this is from western broward county. they weren't quite sure as of yet. national weather service said this was an ef-2 tornado that came through, causing substantial damage. anytime you have a tornado that plows through a populated area and you have no fatalities and injuries, that's a good thing. something that will not be so good for some of you today, your travel troubles. we have quite a few delays. major delays expected in chicago, gusty winds, also scattered showers, maybe a boom of thunder farther so the south. new york city metros, delays under an hour. same story for philadelphia, boston and detroit. home of the detroit tigers. the freeze threat that will extend through friday morning for parts of the upper midwest, western great lakes, central plains and to the southeast, here in atlanta, we expect the chilly temperatures to continue as we round out the workweek. 37 in minneapolis, 59 in washington, 67 in new york and 61 in los angeles. your forecast of the day, it looks like you'll see the rain

in parts of the great lakes and upper ohio valley drift its way to the east. plenty of sunshine for the central plains and for the world series, here's what you have for tonight, rangers and cardinals first pitch, expect around 8:05 clear skies, a little bit of a breeze out of the west at 10 miles an hour. that pushes the ball to the outfield. if you get something that flies close to the warning tracks it might give it the old heave-ho if you're looking for the long ball. >> the texas rangers needed the long ballast night. for some reason the bats have died down. who knows. >> sorry if you're a fan of the detroit tigers. >> i still love the tigers. >> of course you do. >> the lions are doing great, right? >> very much so. >> they played the falcons by the way, just so you know on sunday. >> good deal. let's get to the day's sports headlines. st. louis hosting texas in the best of seven series.

the cardinals got off to an early start with a lance burkeman two-run single in the fourth inning. game two tonight in st. louis. more talks today between the nba players and the owners. there were long negotiating sessions on tuesday and wednesday. the owners locked out the players in july because of a labor dispute. both sides arguing over several issues, including salaries and revenue sharing. the nba already canceled the first two weeks, excuse me, of the regular season. police say a women's shelter in mexico was turned into a brothel. those seeking help were instead forced into sex with strangers. details for you just ahead. first on this day in history, october 20th, 1968, former first lady jacqueline kennedy marries aristotle onassis in turkey. he was 62. she was 39. 44 minutes past. [ male announcer ] it's true...

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good morning to you. thursday, october 20th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york this morning. it is 47 minutes past the hour. a heartbreaking story, police say a women's shelter in mexico was turned into a brothel. let's head round the world with zain vergee live in london. i almost don't even want to talk about this. women would go to the shelter seeking help but instead they

were forced into prostitution? >> reporter: that's exactly right. it is absolutely awful. this is in juarez, mexico. women would go to the shelter for violence against women. they thought they were being protected, take an way from the situations they were in before. it turns out the female director of the center was forcing women again to have sex with strangers. the director is in police custody. what happened was one of the women from the shelter was walking down the streets and grabbed a police officer and said, please, please, please, help us. and the woman was consequently arrested. an investigation is taking place right now and an interrogation of this woman who is with police. >> unbelievable. let's head to cameroon now. a woman gave birth there and the birth is seen as a bad ohman.

this woman gave birth to con joined baby girls. why is it a bad omen? >> there are stigmas associated with things like this. so these are conjoined twins. they're joined at the chest and the abdomen. the parents are pleading for help, because the situation is that they don't have the money, the health care is not good enough and then they're dealing with stress from the villagers who aren't happy about the fact that these twins were even born. the hospital they're in is a presbyterian hospital, a basic one. they don't have the level of sophistication to conduct an operation to separate these two twins. the father and the mother is saying, please help. and i hope that these baby girls can be separated but i mean, it's cameroon, a teeny little village there and time is of the essence. >> such a sad story. hopefully someone will come through with help. >> yes. >> i'm sure they will. i'm hopeful.

thank you, zain, we appreciate it. secretary of state hillary clinton is in afghanistan this morning, holding talks with the afghan president, hamid karzai. washington is calling for a new three-way partnership between the united states, afghanistan and pakistan to fight insurgents. she said the plan also calls for bringing back into society those fighters willing to accept specific guidelines. clinton also announced she will leave for pakistan later today for talks with the pakistani foreign minister and other officials. new developments to tell you about this morning in the deadliest attack on a u.s. military help capitoler in the afghan war. these are the first pictures released by the defense department on the downing of a u.s. chopper in august. all 38 people on board, including 22 navy s.e.a.l.s were killed. the s.e.a.l.s were called in to help other troops under fire. a military investigation says the steep mountain valley where

the chopper was shot down gave the taliban a critical edge. the state of ohio coming under fire this morning after the killing of dozens of exotic and rare wild animals. officials say terry thompson released 56 animals from his private preserve, 55 miles east of columbus on tuesday and then killed himself. we want to warn you, some of the images you are about to see are quite graphic. officials killed 49 of the animals, including lions, bears, leopards and 18 endangered bengal tigers. six other animals were captured. officials say only a monkey had not been accounted for and the monkey might have been eaten by one of the other animals. the humane society lashed out at the governor of ohio for allowing a statewide ban of buying and selling exotic animals to expire in april. >> at the end of the day there will be legislation. >> officials say they had no choice but to kill the animals

because of the danger they posed to the public. officials are pointing to a possible cause of that deadly listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupe. the food and drug administration says it may be due to unsanitary conditions at a colorado farms packing facility. at least 25 people have died from the outbreak. in another development, the centers for disease control and development says the number of new cases appear to be diminishing. however, the cdc says it's too early to declare the outbroke over. it's a wireless carrier you've probably never heard of but that is about to change. now that it's made a deal with apple. but first, let's take a look at the word of the day. it is troika. find out what it means and why you need to know right after a break. it's 52 minutes past. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did?

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five minutes till the top of the hour. good morning to you. some people call tuesdays gop presidential debate vegas fight night and rightfully so because things got heated and fast. why not have comedian jon stewart recap a few of those moments. here's your punch line. >> congresswoman michele bachmann who having apparently untangled the arms of her straitjacket set out to show even in a tight field, no one puts crazy in the united states. >> if you want to become president of the united states, you have to let both people speak. so, first, let me speak. >> i love you, brother. >> i don't think you should do the brother thing. >> i don't know if you remember but a couple weeks ago there was this disclosure that you leased a ranch called --

>> the name of the place was called niggerhead. >> right. i'd go easy on that brother [ bleep ]. >> let's head to the nasdaq market site. carter. >> i love that i come after that segment because it's always something crazy, then let's go to carter. >> i know. >> we're going to get unemployment numbers and reading on existing home seams. our futures are looking pretty good. dow futures from the cnnmoney.com premarket page up 73 points, nasdaq up 15, s&p 500 up about 6 points. >> okay. you were going to tell us about this teeny tiny company that's about to make lots and lots of money, at least it hopes. >> it's call ed c-spire. have you ever heard of them? >> no.

>> how did this carrier only in the south with less than a million customers land the iphone? there's speculation right now that apple really wants to try and compete with google in these smaller markets. android aall over the place. this could potentially open the door to other small wireless carriers carrying the iphone as well. so, there's a possibility that everyone can have the coveted iphone, if you can get one. >> i know. i know. i know someone who she got an e-mail message that her phone is going to be shipped and she was so happy, i thought she was going to pass out. >> and all of that over the 4s. i can understand all of this over the 5 but it's just a little upgrade. >> no, people like siri. >> siri is pretty cool. >> carter evans at the nasdaq market site. back to our word of the day. the word is troika. what does it mean you ask? it's the word the greeks use to

describe the european union, the international monetary fund and the european central bank. the group says greece must adopt even harsher measures to keep receiving billions of dollars in international bailout loans. now you know. troika. here are three things to put on your radar today. lawmakers could vote as early as today on the first part of the president's job package. the $35 billion aid package is geared to avoid layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police officers. at 2:00 p.m. eastern it's back to the negotiating table for nba players and owners. the league has already canceled 100 regular season games because of the lockout. and today is spirit day. millions of people will be wearing purple as a sign of support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth and to speak out against bullying. "american morning" continues right now. an animal absoluter in ohio. i'm christine romans. police forced to ki