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he was killed and she escaped unhurt. >> you could hear them and feel them passing by you. i saw two hit next to me. that's when i looked back and saw that david was shot. and the day time talkinger, ellen degeneres, pleads for the bullying to stop. she wants to be the face for hope and kids. those stories and your comments right here right now in the cnn newsroom. let's begin with breaking weather news right now. rob marciano is in our severe weather center. rob, reports of two confirmed tornados in the flagstaff area? >> yes, just west of flagstaff. i said phoenix, but i meant flagstaff. it is in belmont where the weather service is. two tornadoes touched down earlier this morning. what's important to know now is that we still have one, two,

three tornado warnings for the same area, so these tornadic cells continue to roll and train over the same area. so typically in this situation, we talk about flash flooding. when you get storms that train over the same area, in this particular case, we're talking about cells that have a lot of spin and tornadic cells training over the same area. dangerous, dangerous situation here that is happening. this includes flagstaff and belmont and south towards sedona and cottonwood where the storms are dwefing as they come off the mountains and across the i-40 area. with the cells that rolled through earlier, we have seven reports of injuries and property damage to businesses along the medical mont area, and those people with the injuries were treated at local hospitals or on

the scene and released. you get an idea of what we're talking about as far as the severity. this is extremely rare to happen, not only at this time of year and in this area. there are only about four tornadoes there a year in this area of arizona. the situation we have with this stubborn storm that refuses to go away and causing snows in the sierra and rains across parts of southern california and creates this flow across the desert and high desert north of phoenix such that we have a dangerous situation on our hands. tornado warnings in effect until 11:00 local time. >> more watches, warnings. you'll give us a heads up and we'll get back to you. as soon as you get video of this damage, let us know, and we will get it on the air. >> we would love to get i-reports but i urge you not to do that until the weather cleared in your area.

and we're just getting details about a huge corruption bust in puerto rico, federal agents said to be executing numerous arrest warrants. rafael romo is on the story for us. what have you learned? >> we have been able to confirm that anywhere from 60 to 100 police officers have been arrested related to charges of drug trafficking and all the sales of weapons. it started early this morning and it's being called a mega operation in puerto rico, and the fbi participated and federal authorities participated in the raids. we obtained video from wapa, and you see some of the people arrested, dozens of them being taken into a police station from a bus. this happened very early in the morning, and we understand there will be an announcement in less than a half hour from now where all of the details will be given, but, just to take a look

into what's happening, tony, puerto rico has long been seen as a transit point of drugs between south america and the united states. so we don't know kwet if these arrests are related to that kind of drug trafficking, but a newspaper in san juan, puerto rico, the capital of puerto rico, rourting that as many as 133 people were arrested but so far we have been able to confirm the numbers are as much as 100. >> so a briefing of some kind, what, inside the hour here, from the fbi and the justice department or a combination of both? >> from attorney general eric holder. he will give us details at 11:30 eastern. other big stories, western targets under attack in yemen. britain's foreign office confirms one of its vehicles was attacked in the yemeni capital and a french national was killed when a security guard opened fire at an austrian oil and gas

company. protests at the supreme court. justices hear the private vaes rights of grieving families against those of free speech protesters. albert snyder has sued ray phelps for staging a protest at his son's funeral. a court awarded them millions of dollars for that later thrown out by an appeals court. we are watching wall street where the dow is inching closer to the 11,000 mark, pretty flat right now. it has been sort of an up and down morning. analysts pointing to the job market but on the global market, there are emerging economies, talking about china and brazil to possibly outpace our economy here in the united states. timothy geithner says that's why

it's important to shore up the economy. >> the gatest risk is that the largest economies underage cheefb in growth, and we believe in the united states we need to continue to provide well targeted support for recovery as we put in place measures to help ensure fiscal responsibility with sustainability over the long term. relatives of the man reportedly killed by pirates plead with mexican authorities to search for his body. his wife says he was shot on falcon lake but mexican officials say they have no way of knowing if the incident took place until they get a formal complaint. will ripley has more on the wife's frightening account of what happened. >> you could hear them and feel them passing by you, and i saw two hit next to me, and then that's when i looked back and saw that david was shot, and i actually saw him fly over the jet ski.

>> reporter: testifiny hartley describes the terrifying moments. she says men or three boats opened fire on her and her husband david. they were sight seeing on jet skis near this old mexican church. >> after i got to him and jump. ed off my jet ski into the watch, he was face down. i rolled him over and that's when i noticed he was shot in the head. i had to pull him to my jet ski, and a boat came up to me and had a gun pointed at me, and i'm telling them, don't shoot, don't shoot. and they left. they left me. they could have shot me, but they didn't. rf hartley says she doesn't know why the men began shooting. she struggled to pull her husband's body out of the water but didn't have the strength. >> when i was pulling him up, i kept hearing god saying, you gotta go, you gotta go, and i

looked back at the other boats to see where they were, have they were heading back to me and i had to decide to leave david or stay, and ultimately, if i stayed, i may be killed or kidnapped, and so i let david back in the water and then i started heading back to u.s., but i had to pass them in order to get there. and then that's when they had started shooting again. >> reporter: you saw your husband way bullet wound in the head. do you think there's any chance that he is alive? >> no, i don't. it's been four or five days, i mean, since thursday. no, i don't. i don't think there's any chance. >> david hartley's mother says she believes her daughter-in-law's account of what happened. she says the family is willing to go to mexico and search for

his body if the authorities won't do it. here is part of her interview with brooke baldwin. >> i hear that mexico will not let us go over there. they don't have the resources to do a thorough search. so it's like, you know, if that's the kcase, please let us cross the border and search for him. >> perhaps to add insult to injury, here's what i ready from the newspaper, they are reporting that mexican authorities are questioning tiffany's story. they haven't sure it happened the way she's describing it, three boats, ak-47s and the like, shooting your son in the head. they're not necessarily buying it. how do you react to that? >> that's insane. the way tiffany told it is what happened.

i don't know if they're trying to steer things in a different direction so they don't have to look because they don't think it happened, but it did happen, and it happened the way she said it did, and we need to go over there and search for him. we need help to push the mexico government into letting us over there to retrieve him and bring david home. >> oh, boy. firefighters respond but they don't put a drop of water on the burning house. what is going on in tennessee? back in a moment.

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concerning a particular witness the federal prosecutors hoped to call. this is a man who was scheduled to testify. he was the man who sold galani components used in the attack in tanzania. the judge said this witness could not be called to the witness stand saying that the government wouldn't have even know about this witness had galani not confessed while he was being interrogated by the cia. prosecutors said they were not going to use any information during that time period when he was questioned. the judge said you would not have found this man on your own, so therefore you cannot call him at this particular time. the government is appealing the judge's decision. the judge very sort of impassioned said that quote the constitution is the rock on which our nation rests. we must follow it not only when it is convenient and when fear

and danger beckon in a different direction. he says this particular witness cannot be called. this was a ruling that clearly favors galani, and the prosecutors have 48 hours to figure out what think are going to do next, whether they want to appeal the decision. they say, look, we would have found him anyway. the judge says, well, you probably wouldn't have, and the judge also made the point that while this is being tried here in civilian court, that even if he is not found guilty, he is being held as an enemy combatant, so if there is no verdict, he's still not allowed out. he will be held as an enemy combatant. >> once again, explain to us why the judge made this ruling, what it is specifically he is saying about this first witness, this key witness for the prosecution and why that witness will not be allowed to testify in this

trial. >> reporter: well, because the u.s. government is basically saying it is not going to use anything that galani may have confess to the while he was being interrogated by the cia, any sort of secret interrogations. that's off the table. we are not going to litigate it or contest it. however, there's this one guy we want to call to the stand. he's a guy. he wants to testify and tell us how he sold his bomb components to galani but the judge says you can't pick and choose what you bring in or not when you have taken the whole thing off the table. not only that, tony, he says the constitution will not allow it. this, you know, we have been talking about how this is a test case for the obama administration. by saying that the constitution does not allow this to happen, what he is doing is setting the standard. he is saying that this is the law. this is what the country is built on, and, therefore, you

cannot basically rewrite or readapt. we're going with the constitution. that's our basis for making the decision. >> off the table, according to this judge, really means off the table. that's what it sounds like. deb feyerick for us. >> reporter: that's exactly right. >> if the government is saying it's off the table, it's off the table. back to deb next hour for more on this. in afghanistan where war enters its tenth year, today there is word political figures from afghanistan and its neighborhood have opened talks to end the conflict. ivan watson live from kabul right now. good to see you. what's being talked about here? >> reporter: well, tony, let me just direct you to what a high-ranking afghan official said in an exclusive interview with cnn a few hours ago and says members of the taliban want to talk peace with the afghan government. take a listen.

>> there have been approaches made to the afghan government by various groups of people and individuals claiming that they belong to the taliban and they want to come and they want to join the main social political stream of the afghan society, and they want to live in peace. >> reporter: now, tony, i do have to point out that the afghan government has been trying to get the taliban to put down their weapons and convince commanders to join the government in the process of reconciliation for years. it's trying to reboot that reconciliation process tomorrow with the meeting of a high peace council. that same afghan government officials, though, concedes that it's very hard to find somebody to negotiate with with the taliban. it's hard to figure out who is in charge with this very amorphous and insurgent society.

>> it seems that the point you made a moment ago is the key point. is there any indication that the taliban would accept a condition for talking that goes along these lines, you have to end the fighting, you have to put down your weapons? >> reporter: that's right. you got to bridge a huge gap to get two warring parties to sit down at the negotiating table and what you got right now is the taliban insisting it will not talk peace until what it calls foreign-occupying forces, some 150,000 u.s. and nato troops leaves the country. the u.s. for its part says it negotiated peace -- would require the taliban to cut ties with al qaeda and follow the afghan constitution and put down weapons. there's a lot of space between these two enemies right now. the afghan government seems to be trying to fit somewhere in between. >> ivan watson for us in kabul, afghanistan, thank you. a man convicted in a

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the fire might jump to the neighbor's property who had paid the fee. >> i thought they'd come out and put it out, even if you hadn't paid your $75 but i was wrong. >> anybody that's not inside the city limits, it's a service we offer. either they accept it or they don't. >> my goodness, the home owner's son went to the fire station to complain. he is facing charges. why? because he punched the fire chief. 12 days from now the penalty phase begins in the case of stephen hayes, found guilty of killing a connecticut woman and her two daughters. prosecutors want a death sentence. dr. william petit, the sole survivor of the horrific home invasion attended every day of the trial, listening to the details of how his wife was raped and strangled. he later responded to the verdict. >> there is some relief, but my

family is still gone. it doesn't bring them back. it doesn't bring back the home that we had, but certainly guilty verdict is a much better sense of relief than a verdict of not guilty. >> let's look at what is next to come in this case. joining us from new york, sunny hostin. great to see you. what a horrible case here. >> reporter: good to see you. >> we talked about it for days and weeks and months over the couple of years of how gruesome it is. how likely is it that stephen hayes will get the death penalty? >> reporter: well, i think it's hard to say. the supreme court always says death is different.

the judge in this case indicated that this phase of the case could take up to a month, and this trial only took approximately eight days. so we don't know. the prosecution certainly has to prove aggravating factors. that's what they have to do, and one of those aggravating factors is that this series of crimes, really, that he was convicted of, were conducted in a heinous way, atrocious way, in a depraved manner. now the defense, it's their turn to show mitigation, to show that his life should be spared, and i think that is really also the question on everyone's minds. how do they do that? i think we will hear a lot about stephen hayes. i think we're going to hear a lot about his i.q. and drug addiction. >> realliy. >> reporter: they are going to try to make sure he does not get the death penalty. we may hear from stephen hayes himself. >> really. let's put the mitigating factors

aside but talk about the aggravating factors. is the case there to support a death penalty? >> reporter: i really think so, and as you know, tony, i was in connecticut. i've been in the courtroom and listened to the evidence. i saw the photographs and saw the jury's reaction to it, and this is the same jury that will decide whether or not to recommend death. i think the prosecution certainly has enough aggravating factors, absolutely. >> once a jury renders a decision here in this penalty phase, can the judge change it or must of the judge accept it? >> reporter: you know, in many states, the judge can decide not to accept the jury's recommendation. i don't think that really is going to happen here, tony. if this jury comes back with a recommendation of death, i believe he will be given the death penalty. >> sunny, thank you. appreciate it. does the president really need a sign to tell people who

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[ applause ] >> oh, boy, so after the president's speech -- is there more to this? after the president's speech, an aide hustled out to retrieve the seal. two reported tornadoes down in the flagstaff area. we'll get the latest from rob in a minute.

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"larry king live," hilary swank is there. now, on line, what can be done to put an end to bullying. an ac 360 report. once again, rob marciano, severe weather center. new information. we're still waiting for pictures and i-reports, and you are right to warn people to be careful. >> the problem with this particular setup is that we're seeing one cell develop after the oh, and even that we've seen at least two tornadoes touch down to the west of flagstaff in belmont, which is right there, these purple polygones are more warnings that have been posted. this one looks nasty, a new

tornado warning that may have just come out. that one just coming across the border and heading north. these are moving very quickly and training over the same spot. we would think of this typically as a flash flood situation but the main concern is the twist that's in the atmosphere, all from a larger situation and the speed at which these are moving over a fairly mountainous area and dropping down in the flagstaff area. it is part of a system with rain in southern california and snow across parts of the sierra nevadas, and a piece that's broken off from a low and rotating up in through phoenix and rising up into the mountains and getting super cell development. we have a tornado watch in effect until noontime local. it may die down temporarily this afternoon. on the east coast, you have your hands full as well.

this is not extreme weather but we are seeing damp and dreary weather across the east and a wet day for folks in boston. quickly, tony, to update you on this thing, subtropical depression number 17. it is creating a whole lot of rain for places like st. croix and eastern parts of puerto rico. this is where the center is, and the forecast is to take it out to sea. so i don't think we have to deal with it in the lower 48 but in puerto rico, and the desert southwest getting hit hard today. >> explain this to us all as we take a look at these pictures. do we have the picks in phoenix. is this part of the system? >> this is yesterday, part of the larger system, not what's going on today. but we are getting impulses rotating around a larger system. there was an impulse came through phoenix yesterday that

triggered a flash flood situation and hail in some spots the size of golf balls or better, and that is rare and then to have the tornadoes around flagstaff is rarer. >> my mom will call and ask the question. why do you guys go out and do that? it's pretty dramatic stuff. >> there is no better way to demonstrate. he's taking a beating. >> watch the rob marcianos of the world get buffetted. >> what you need know when you are thinking of buying a big ticket item.

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ass and called him our imam child and it had to do with economic policies, particularly letting the bush era tax cuts expire at the end of the year. this is from ed henry. bob woodward told cnn that the possible of president obama pairing up with hillary clinton. the white house spokesman, robert gibbs, pouring cold water all over that saying it's not so, and take a lift ton what hillary clinton herself said about the whole thing at an event in washington. >> we have a great relationship and i have absolutely no interest and no reason for doing anything other than just dismissing these stories and moving on because we have no time. we have so much to do and i think both of us are very happy doing what we're doing. >> reporter: so sounding like a

no there, right, tony. and this is my personal favorite story on the ticker today. has to do with "dancing with the stars." was sarah palin's husband todd asked to be on the show this season, and she is making is sound like that was the case. that the show's producer wanted her husband on there, but their daughter bristol is on the show. she narrowly made it to the fourth round of competition. >> narrowly made it. she survives to dance another day. good to see you. your next political update in about an hour and for the latest political news, you know where to go, cnnpolitics.com. ♪ ♪ ♪ another day ♪ another dollar ♪ daylight comes ♪ i'm on my way [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ another day

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quickly now. back to the severe weather center and rob marciano and tracking the torntd tornadoes ground. >> damage, injuries. none of which seemingly are severe. pictures have yet to come in. our affiliates enroute and trying to get a handle as to what has gone on. we know that there was a train derailment. there was a tractor trailer at least one that was toppled over and we mentioned the injuries and any time you see this many pink poll gones of a warning, this is not good.

this county down through here, that cell looking potent, heading up toward the sedona area and belmont west of flagstaff and two touchdowns and injuries and damage there. a couple of cells over the same area. i believe we have somebody on the phone from the area. jim coke, can you hear me, sir. >> caller: yes. >> where are you located and what can you tell me you have seen and heard in the area? >> caller: i'm standing in the storage lot at camper's world just off of i-40 and there's literally just rvs scattered everywhere. it looks like somebody just picked them up like a handful of dice and rolled them. pieces and parts. there's at least two, three rvs picked up and tossed out into i-40. a minute ago -- what's that? >> where are you in regards to belmont and how far away from the flagstaff area?

>> caller: well, i'm on the east side of belmont still in the town and that's about 10 miles west of flagstaff on i-40. >> all right. so, we've got numerous rvs turned over. you are under a tornado warning again right now. >> caller: yeah. there's still heavy storms in the area. wind's blowing moderately. starting to rain a little bit. i am keeping a real close eye on the skies, though. >> how -- this is by r count extremely rare for this sort of activity this many tornadoes touching down. i mean, arizona only gets about four a year. clearly, this is a rare event. what are people around you saying and commenting on? are people in a bit of a state of shock as to what's going on? >> caller: they are. a spoke to a gentleman a few minutes ago saying he moved from the midwest out here to escape the tornadoes so he gets here and finds more of what he tried to get away from. >> what are some of the authorities telling you right

now? other than the damage that you have seen, are there people out and about? traffic trying to move along? you said there's damage and debris on i-40? >> caller: there is somebody. i-40 westbound is still closed. i-40 eastbound is down to one lane getting the cleanup done. there are people out and about. mostly, you know, sightseers coming to see the damage and, you know, playing lookyloo thing. >> you have cells heading your way. maybe snap photos or videos for us and send them in. jim koch on the ground there in belmont, just to the west of flagstaff. thanks very much. stay safe, sir. here's what's going on again. he is right about in this area so he mentioned that there's some weather north and west 0 of here and that cell but another cell that's just training right over the same area so, you know, i can't remember the last time i've seen something like this even in tornado alley, the way

they're training over each other, tony. what's happening on a larger scale is the low that refuses to release and move eastward rotates pieces of energy. we have one rotating up into the mountains and only help feed those thunderstorms or at least develop them. and we're developing them into supercell thunderstorms and the case at least of this morning with tornadoes and a number of warnings still in effect. living in this these areas certainly want to take cover until it rolls through until further notice. >> thank you. we want to get a quick market check because another story we're following today is perhaps dow 11,000. i'm trying to sneak a peek at where we stand right now. carter evans at the new york stock exchange for us. are you there? >> yeah. i'm here. you know, we are getting closer to 11,000, tony, but it certainly isn't because of the reports, the economic reports we have been getting today.

i'm talking about some bad news about jobs. in fact, a loss of 39,000 in the month of september. this is according to private payroll firm adp. i have a little chart that kind of breaks down for you over the last couple of months what we have seen from adp. we are coming off seven straight months of job gains. wall street was expecting another gain today and we saw cuts in the construction, manufacturing sectors. and that's swamping out any gains of the service sector. yesterday, we were talking about service sector and why expansion was so important because it accounted for about 80% of the jobs in the country so while we're seeing that, we are seeing cuts in other areas and just not so good. >> yeah. we have the government's labor report on -- monthly labor report on friday. so, you take a look at these numbers. you reflect on what we receive in terms of data yesterday. and how's that report beginning to shape up as one that's a positive report, negative report or mixed? >> well, you know, initially what analysts were expecting was

that the report was going to be flat. they were expecting to see a gain in private sector jobs and then a loss in government jobs. you know, the census jobs, a few of those leftover and expecting to kind of cancel out but with this report showing private payrolls cut by 39,000, over the last few months, these adp reports have been pretty good indicators of what to expect from the government and right now that's not so good so it looks like we could see our unemployment rate tick up to about 9.7%. now, that's not because of the job losses. this is because there were a lot of people who just gave up looking for jobs but they're back out there in the job market and looking for jobs again and counted again in the unemployment rate. that's why we might see that tick up. you know, though, i got to tell you. the news is not so good and probably asking about the gains today, right? >> uh-huh. >> well, it doesn't have anything to do with this report, that's for sure. the reason is the value of the

dollar in relation to other currencies fallen so that boosts the value of the equities a little bit and what the traders on the floor are talking about. the low value of the dollar causing the rally and not the economic news we are getting. >> see you next hour. thank you, sir. a family buries a son killed in iraq while a church group taunts the mourners. next hour, we'll get an update on a case weighed by the nation's highest court that's testing the limits of free speech. plus, fresh hope for those trapped miners in chile. looks like the rescue could happen in a matter of days. but will some of them have to lose weight to see freedom? we'll get a live report. they put a white check on the top of every box to let people know that their cereals have healthy whole grain, and they're the right choice... (announcer) general mills makes getting whole grain an easy choice. just look for the white check. 20 minutes later,

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again, everyone, i'm tony harris. top of the hour and anything can happen. here are three developing stories we are watching closely for you this hour. tracking tornadoes in arizona. chad meyijeryer s is all over i us. dow inching toward 11,000. will we hit it? what does it mean for the economic recovery? supreme court battle between a grieving father and a religious group displaying anti-gay slogans. >> no one should be buried with what the phelps did to him. >> what they want to do is they want to litigate our religious doctrine. well, you don't do that in america. >> wow. hot, hot stories for you this hour in the "cnn newsroom." let's get to chad meyer s on the

story of tornadoes. two touching down earlier in the flagstaff area. >> sure. we expect more because the storms are still rotating. they're rotating a lot like midwest thunderstorms do. although we're talking about places like sedona and just west of flagstaff, kind of a higher elevation here and i have a brand-new tornado warning for cocinino county. weather service seeing the doppler-indicated tornadoes. because a lot of times we show you this, tony, that map with color and then some boxes, i'll get slightly more technical. i want to show you what we look at behind the scenes. we look for colors not the same. they're right next to each other. there's green and red. watch right there. there's red next to green. red next to green. why do we care? because, like a train whistle, when a train goes by you at a stop sign and the whistle's

blowing, it sounds different from one way as it sounds different as it's leaving that difference in sound the s the doppler effect. the doppler effect is what we see on the map and one wind is going this way and one wind going that way and if you get winds that do this, clearly, something could be on the ground. >> yes. >> and in fact, bill from arizona is with us on the phone right now. sir, tell me your title first of all and tell me what you see. what do you know? >> caller: well, i'm bill pribil and sheriff of coconino county and sitting in front of a house destroyed by the tornado. partially collapsed. the roof is gone. the windows shattered out. about a mile of destruction. we have a camper world here. we're estimating about 30 trailers were destroyed in their inventory. >> wow. >> caller: we had a train

derailment from this tornado and it's just -- something we don't experience here and we have vehicles upside down. many, many, you know, hundreds of home -- well, at least 100 homes with windows that are gone and damage. so it's -- >> we have heard of seven people treated and released. are you doing any type of search for other victims? >> caller: the search took place early on. at this point, we have -- we feel that we have minor injuries new york city serious injuries and everyone is accounted for. >> what are your plans with the weather in the area? are you sending out crews to repair things or wait it out with more weather coming? >> caller: utility companies are checking for gas leaks and those types of thing. the power is out. beginning to hail very hard right now. you can probably hear it in the background. >> yes. >> caller: and as you had mentioned on just a second ago we may end up getting more tornadoes. seems to be we're right in the track right now for that

possibility. and so -- >> certainly down toward -- go ahead. >> caller: we're hesitant to put people in the fields because of the weather. >> absolutely. tob tony, once you get things damaged, pieces are already loose. sheriff, we know there's a problem with i-40 west of flagstaff. what do you know about that? >> caller: well, we had i-40 closed down for a period of time. department of public safety shut it down with two semis that were overturned because of the tornado. and obviously, we wanted to get emergency vehicles into the area and didn't want the traffic plus with the fear of more tornadoes, we continue to get tornado warnings. last thing to do is have traffic on the interstate and a torn come through. >> sheriff, i know you're a businessman. thank you so much for joining us and the call and the time with us. we'll be back with you later on tonight. thank you, sheriff. another warning while we were just talking just came in.

>> get out of here. >> honestly. again, but in a different cell in the county. the cells are lined up one after the other. this is just northwest of paige springs. we are talking about an area that people use. this is very much an area people go drive through. you have the red mountains, sedona and cottonwood and south of flagstaff. i love the area. prescott. they're not all packed together. you might have one house with 50 acres around it and then another house with 100 acres around it and very beautiful homes and it's hard to say, you're going to get the tornado warning sirens to go. people are hundreds of miles apart. you can't have a siren every 15 minutes or every 10 miles for everybody to hear a siren so you have to have a tornado alert weather radio. >> yes. glad you're making that point. >> on your desk and running in arizona, massachusetts or florida. you have to get this. and if it's a christmas present

for someone, it might save their life. >> chad, but we are talking about arizona here. >> yes. >> right? desert southwest. going on here? we had rain and we can recycle through the pictures. we had heavy rain. a deluge in phoenix yesterday. we had hail in phoenix yesterday and now we are talking about tornadoes. what? west of flagstaff. what is going on here? >> well, everyone thinks that the valley of the sun is not humid and it's the place to go to retire but if you've been there, there's this thing called monsoon and it is not dry or dry heat and sometimes 117 feels like 128. this is a low pressure that is parked itself over l.a. we have had calls and e-mails and ireports in l.a. all week about rain -- not the rainy season but you are right under the low. well, what happens here in the upper levels of the atmosphere, tony, you have flow going like this. and the flow going like this. kind of around this low.

and why does that matter? because you have to understand that rising air will make thunderstorms. sinking air make s clear skies. >> get those pictures of phoenix from yesterday. get them as chad is -- okay. there you go. >> if in the upper levels of the atmosphere, 20,000 feet up, you have air that's separating, it's diverging in the flow, that's actually a low pressure center. it's sucking air up. the air that's going up then becomes a thunderstorm. and it's all the way -- it's all because of how the low pressure set itself up not with a warm or cold front but upper level divergence causing the air to be sucked in from the ground, the surface to the upper atmospheres and when there's enough humidity, there's some humidity in the air right now. not a lot but with some humidity, you can get tornadoes. i have seen tornado days when everything looks amazing.

worked in r and lived in oklahoma. we'll have tremendous tornadoes today and nothing happens. too much of a good thing is never a good thing, either. they're right in the sweet spot for weather like this. >> sounds like my life. wow. chad, appreciate it. good stuff. thank you. another big story for you, the dow jones industrial average once again could poke its head above 11,000. cnn's chief business correspondent and host of "cnn ne ne newsroom" after this program ali is good to see you. >> tough act to follow after chad. stuff popping. >> what do you think about 11,000? will we hit today and maybe not today but -- >> 35 points away from it today. financially significant? is this psychologically significant. it's not. it's neither of those things. it is a round number and higher than we have had in several months.

here's the important thing. can i go to the wall for a second? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> the dow's at 10,970. go back and look at the dow from three years ago. october of 2007 until now. i think we have got that but maybe we don't. three years ago in october of 2007, tony, was when the dow hit its high. it was up above 14,000 if you can see in the top, left corner and that was the beginning of the end. by beginning of 2008, we were in recession. see how it kept going down until middle of 2009. just above 6,000 and then a slow but steady increase. take a look, 2009, there was a remarkable, remarkable gain in the stock market and what happens is we get scared about this and we don't invest in the stock market. what's happening is this stock market is telling you, what it's basically telling you is companies believe other companies bought as a discount. times get better. you might buy more of something

than you like because the value will go up. companies are buying other companies thinking times will get better an the companies worth more later. regular investors like you and me are not getting into the stock market and the 11,000 might be a reminder to you to say, lots of bad things are going on in the world. somethings are okay. and it might be time to make sure that you're in a very balanced and legitimate and reasonable way invested in the stock market. >> folks have been afraid of this. >> right. rightfully so. >> rightfully so. seen the value of the 401k plummet. >> yep. >> you have always said and written a book. do we have the book cover and everything else? you are still in print. you say, look. you have to take a longer view of this. >> the economy doesn't care you're mad. and i wrote this book, by the way, right at the beginning of 2009. end of the 2008 when it was the worst of the crisis and my message then was, guys, there's going to be opportunity. 300 million people in this country. some things are wrong and always

going to be wrong. but the beauty is there are people, there is demand in the world and the demand is not in our shores sometimes. >> china, brazil. >> the rest of asia without china 8% gdp. >> brazil! that story is ridiculous right now. >> brazil hasn't reached the height yet so there's ways to make money. and one of them, the beauty of the country to buy stocks in companies with ways to make money. half of the revenues, more than half of the companies on the s&p 500, half of the revenues come from outside of the united states. get your foot in the water. >> things are happening here. we understand the unemployment picture is what it is. >> absolutely. it's the biggest problem. >> it is. but there are things happening here that you need to pay attention to. >> that's exactly right. the book simple. cnnmoney.com with information on this. get yourself understanding when's going on in the world to start to take advantage of this.

not talking about the dow at 12,000 saying do you think it's time to get in? >> yes. terrific. see you at the top of the hour. >> all right. another big story right now, a huge corruption bust in puerto rico. new details coming in just a moment. you are in "the cnn newsroom."

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a new details about a massive sweep of law enforcement officers in this a drug trafficking case unfolding in puerto rico right now. attorney general eric holder calling it, listen to this, largest police corruption investigation in the history -- in the history of the fbi? senior latin america affairs correspondent raphael romo joining us. share more. >> reporter: no small change,

tony. thinking about the fact that the fbi has a 102-year history. >> yes! >> we are talking about the arrest of 133 people in the island of puerto rico, a u.s. territory. more than 90 of them police officers. they have been arrested and the charges are all related to drug trafficking. we also understand, according to attorney general -- u.s. attorney general eric holder that two u.s. army personnel are involved in this operation. the investigation lasted two years. it just ended but they say that it's ongoing. 750 fbi personnel were flown into puerto rico to participate in this investigation. and so, it's a very much an ongoing situation at this point. >> okay. now, there was a briefing last hour by the attorney general, correct? anything to listen to? >> exactly, i wanted to point out a statement that attorney general holder said about what

this means in the scope of drug trafficking in the area. let's hear what he had to say. >> now, without question today's arrests will disrupt drug trafficking operations in puerto rico and help to strengthen law enforcement operations across and beyond the island. to the people of puerto rico, let me say this. as you continue your fight against drug trafficking, violent crime and corruption, we will continue to stand with you. >> this is very important, tony, because when we talk about disrupting the drug trafficking operations not only in puerto rico but in the region -- >> right. >> puerto rico has long been a transit point for drugs from south america and as the war on drugs in mexico gets tougher, puerto rico has become the chosen point of the destination for drug cartels to send their drugs into the united states so this is very significant and just think about it. 133 people being arrested today and this is still ongoing.

>> i want more details on this. i want to know how this played out in practice but that's reporting for another time. raphael, appreciate it. thank you. >> absolutely. a major first amendment case in front of the supreme court today. when does speech some say is vile and inappropriate for the time and place get first amendment protection? the case involves anti-gay protests by church members outside funerals of u.s. service members. they were outside the supreme court today as the justices heard oral originalments inside. kate baldwin looks at the legal battle. >> reporter: marine lance corporal snyder was 20 when he was killed in iraq. tell me about march 3rd, 2006, the day you found out that he was killed. >> it was probably the worst day of my life. if you lose a parent, you're an orphan f. you lose a spouse, you're a widow or a widower. if you lose a child, there's not even a word to describe it.

>> reporter: even after all this time, i mean, the pain is -- >> it's still there. it's still there and it's no different. >> reporter: but albert snyder said that was only the beginning of the nightmare for his family. ♪ america members of the kansas-based westboro church led by fred phelps picketed outside matthew snyder's funeral as they have done hundreds of times before. the church believes soldiers are dying because god is punishing the country for, quote, the sin of homosexuality. matthew snyder was not gay. >> i'm sorry they let him have anything to do with the [ bleep ] army. >> here to tell them they sent their child to hell. >> reporter: the funeral was here, st. john catholic church. albert preparing to bury his only son and here nearby on this public street is where the westboro church members gathered

for the angry protest, triggering this constitutional battle. >> it comes down to dignity. no one -- i don't care if you're not military, no one should be buried with what the phelps did to him. >> reporter: snyder sued for defamation and invasion of privacy but the phelps family argues they're protected by their rights of free speech and religious expression. the fight has now made it all the way to the high court. sean summers is albert snyder's attorney. >> when they protest outside of a prooit funeral, they're not trying to advocate for or against a particular position. all they're doing is harassing a family to hijack someone else's private event. >> reporter: the phelps family declined to be interviewed about the case but told the court they weren't tar getting matthew snyder personally saying, quote, the church's speech was public-issue speech, highly disliked and needing protection.

adding, quote, the church does not require an invitation to be on a public right of way peacefully picket. >> what they want to do is litigate our religious doctrine. well, you don't do that in america. >> each one of them are going to hell. >> reporter: the phelps have the support of free speech advocates and some media groups. albert snyder has the support of 48 states and members of congress. you and your family suffered so much. why do you want to take this fight on? >> so other people don't have to go through the same thing that we went through. >> my goodness. kate baldwin, live now from the supreme court. and kate, you were inside the court building inside the courtroom for the oral arguments on this case. if you would, describe the arguments you heard. >> reporter: fascinating. each side was able to have 30 minutes and that's pretty typical. very tough questions coming from the justices for both sides.

it really seemed that the justices were struggling with the big question here of where and if to draw the line between the right of someone to hold a private funeral and the right of people to protest and what they consider public issues. without the legal arguments here, many questions about what makes someone a private figure, when do they enter the public sphere, what is public-issue speech and become speech targeting an individual? almost like harassment or forcing intentional distress upon someone. also, the question of setting. is a funeral a setting that requires more protection than other settings? a lot of tough questions on both sides. it is the highly emotional case and i say this, i'll say it again. a case does not make it to the supreme court because it's easy and a slam dunk. tough issues here and it seems because of all the battle to see within the justices asking the questions, it seems that it would suggest we could get a very narrow ruling here rather than what you can see sometimes

which is a broad ruling with broad implications for people throughout the country so we'll have to see how they land on this. >> solid reporting on this through and through. thank you. buried almost a half mile understood ground for more than 60 days now. we have a live report for you.

talk about a light at the end of the tunnel. there's new hope for the trapped miners in chile. the drilling to the chambers could be done by this weekend. cnn's karl penhaul joins us from outside the mine and, karl, this is amazing when you think about the initial reporting on this

and you were there. that it could take up until, what? the end of the december, around christmas to get the miners, to get to the miners. now we are talking about possibly, what? by the end of the weekend? >> reporter: well, you are right. that was the initial forecast, wasn't it, tony? sometime before christmas but there is good news. we have heard that the leading drill, the plan "b" drill one you can make out behind me in the last 12 hours has cut through 160 feet of rock. that means there's only 220 feet to go to break through to get right through into that tunnel where the miners are. now, if you calculate that in 12 hours that drill bit went 160 feet, within the next 24 hours there could be breakthrough into the tunnel and then the government says that plan "b" drill will be taken offline for a while while some maintenance is carried out.

while they put a camera down into the rescue shaft that's been drilled so far to test a little bit the integrity of that hole. and so, very much seems that the government knows very well when they can get through to these miners but a timing it, that's subjected them to some criticism from political opponents saying they may be playing politics with the rescue and that the government is playing with the timing and trying to complete this rescue operation just before the president is due to go off on a tour to europe mid month and i want to bring you up to date, as well. something else to give us an indication that the final countdown is beginning because just as we're on air, i can see a convoy of vehicles coming up the hill and we're going 0 show you this and pan off and show you. we can see some cranes coming up. this is a convoy of probably about ten or 15 trucks. >> wow. >> reporter: and what these trucks appear to be bringing in

are cranes, bringing caterpillar parts and they're appear to be bringing what looks like to be the structure for the winch system. what's the relevance of that winch system? it is the winchers that are going to put the rescue cages up to the surface. the cages that have been dubbed the phoenix capsules. with the help of these winches they hope to pull the rescue cages up and anything up to about 40 miles an hour which would mean they could be hoisted from the tunnel up to the surface, that half mile journey in about 15 minutes or less. but again, let's stay on that picture and have a look at it because just down there every time a piece of this heavy machinery key to the rescue operation is brought in, the family members who have been camped out here in this tent village they called camp hope they turn out to wave the chilean flags and chant messages of support for the people that

are driving these trucks. and that's a say to see we can see caterpillar track past just now and i want you to see this bit of equipment and that is what looks to be the part of the winch system, part of the structure for the winch that will lower the phoenix rescue capsule down into the ground and hoist those miners one by one back to the surface. and again, the fact that this gear is arriving on site now as we speak seems to me to be another indication that this rescue operation is well ahead of schedule and that in many senses the final countdown has begun, tony. >> wow. amazing on the fly. play by play of that scene playing out behind you, karl. karl penhaul for us, appreciate it. thank you. got to tell you. you don't see this very often in phoenix, arizona. hail the size of golf balls and

water running through the streets. >> it's hailing, yeah. look at this, james. we got hail here. wind is blowing. knocking down road signs. this is something, james. get under there. let's talk and you stay there. look at this. >> powerful storm system to blame for the nasty weather in the desert southwest and arizona and tornadoes today. chad is tracking all of this for us and we'll check in with him in a couple of minutes. back in a quick moment. f@@

all right. very quickly. you know the story of this morning, the story of the hour weatherwise. it is two tornadoes. chael touching down. >> four. >> we're up to four now? >> yeah. >> chad in the severe weather center. >> we don't know, could have been wind damage. they looked. out their window. it was out the window of the weather service office in flagstaff. >> are you kidding me? >> one mile away and they could see it. they confirmed that one right away. tony, it's been a crazy morning out here. i want to show you the storm right now i'm worried about. here's sedona, beautiful picturesque area. beautiful red rocks. drive through something like out of a movie and a lot of movies shot there and this cell southwest of flagstaff is spinning and violently. i don't know that i have any eyes on the storm right now to

confirm it's on the ground. sedona. the highway back toward clarkdale and cottonwood. moving to the north. a little bit to the east. flagstaff here. probably missing flagstaff but, tony, the town that got hit is right there. these are one storm. we call it a train. one storm moving over the same areas and the same areas. now, i believe we have pictures of a real train that should be on the tracks -- >> right. >> that are not on the tracks. we get the pictures. the ireports. they come in and out and get them out to you. what we have here, what we had and i think i saw it out of the corner of my eye, some of what was a trailer park. an rv sales area. not in these rvs but torn apart. we literally just we see this over and over when you get something light like this. the next picture, around the other side, shattered the bottom

off of this. back out here toward the freeway, this is the interstate toward i-40. see the trucks not doing very well. i-40 shut don't and probably getting overturned semis out of the roadway. eastbound with one lane open for a while and as cleanup continues, they have to shut them down periodically so they can get the trucks in the right places and get them turned over so i-40 west of flagstaff a mess and more weather to come. >> my goodness! >> yes, sir. >> what a couple of hours for you and the team over there in the weather center. thank you. voters, 27 days from a nail-biting decision on control of the u.s. congress. the midterms showdown and how we got here with senior political analyst gloria borger. right, honey? yep, all day. good thing you're starting here. we compare your progressive direct rate to other top companies', so you can save money! look! we saved a lot! and quick, too.

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personal pricing now on brakes. tell us what you want to pay. we do our best to make that work. deal! my money. my choice. my meineke. 27 days left until the midterm elections so where are the candidates? they're not doing a lot of national tv interviews. cnn's wolf blitzer talked with contributor jack cafferty about that on "the situation room" yesterday. >> jack, we have been inviting the candidates, democrats and republicans, from all over the country to appear, come on the show. we'll talk about the issues, the substantive issues facing the american people, national security issues, economic issues, jobs. you know what most of them say? >> no. >> not happening.

not interested in doing a serious substantive national interview. and it's not just republicans and conservatives. it's a lot of democrats, as well. i think they're scared. >> well, i think a lot of the incumbents are terrified and then you've got the tea party candidates, the far right wing very conservative o'donnell types who, you know, by definition are a part of a fringe element in the country so they probably want to stay out of the mainstream spotlight an and so the voters go to the booth relatively uninformed. i don't know if that's a good thing. do you? >> no. >> no. >> i'd like them to come on the show and answer the questions. >> talk to the wolfman. >> that's what i say. jack, thank you. >> okay. senior political analyst gloria borger joining us from washington now. gloria, look. the real question here is, in your view are democrats and republican candidates running

out the clock here, not taking tough questions from you, from jack, from wolf and other members of the best political team own television for fear of mistakes and gaffes? >> it is interesting. when you think of folks avoiding like o'donnell or angle or paul, they're really candidates who have made mistakes. right? the last thing they want in the world is for someone like a wolf blitzer or you or me to start asking them questions maybe they won't be able to answer. they don't want to get themselves in any hot water. rand paul did some national interviews. got himself in a heap of trouble so you can -- you can understand. if you're his campaign adviser right now, you are saying, we don't want to get in any trouble. we just want to run the campaign. we want to keep it very local. we want to talk to the people we think are friendly to us. >> yes. >> because after all, they want

to win. and they don't think that people like us will help them win. >> yeah. here's the real reason i wanted you on the program today. you have this -- i have to say it. you have this terrific piece on cnn.com. >> thank you, thank u. >> it is a how we got to this point piece. this point being a moment where republicans seem poised for a significant win in a couple of weeks. you write about the moment for republicans when it all started to come together, august 2009. the ar ten specter town hall meeting. let's listen and then i have a question for you. >> sure. >> one day god's going to stand before you and he's going to judge you and the rest of your damned cronies up on the hill! >> okay. we've just -- we've just had a -- we've just had a demonstration of democracy. okay? you want to be led out of here, you're welcome to go. now, wait a minute.

now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. now, wait a minute. wait. wait a minute. >> so gloria borger, why was this such a defining moment for republicans? >> well, you know, it's interesting. republicans at first, barack obama was so popular, don't forget. the republican staff in the senate was given marching orders. you can attack barack obama's policies but don't attack the president personally because he's so popular. then obama started proposing all kinds of things because he clearly sees himself as a transformational president and didn't see himself as a guy that won because the other guy george bush was unpopular. proposes all these things and what they start seeing in the congress, republicans look at polls as much as they can, and for the first time in july before this town hall meeting they started seeing the 40% number for barack obama on

disapproval on his top policies. on health care, on stimulus, on bailout. right? suddenly, they said, wait a minute. something is up here. and then i talked to a bunch of republicans who are actually sitting in their office that day watching this event unfold. and they realized, wait a minute. something is happening out there. we've been watching the polls but some folks didn't realize it until they saw that movement crystallize and the angry town hall meeting. don't forget, arlen specter was a republican. right? he had changed parties because he thought, well, the opportunity was there for him to win as a democrat and as you know he didn't even survive his primaries so, you know, overnight is a lifetime in politics. two years is a lot longer and the tables flipped on the democrats. >> all right. gloria, that's terrific. again, it's a wonderful piece at cnn.com. >> appreciate it. >> yeah, yeah. good to have you on the program.

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and welcome back. the weather update. we now have information about the railroad, about the train itself that has been derailed west of flagstaff by the tornado earlier this morning. the public information officer of burlington, northern santa fe on the phone with us right now. what can you tell us about this train? >> caller: we had a train stopped in belmont this morning around 6:30 a.m. and stopped there because of the tornado warning when, unfortunately, the tornado came through and

actually hit the train, derailing 28 cars. >> there's another tornado warning just to the south of this train derailment right now. are there men and women that are working on this or do you say stay away from it now? >> caller: we have crews working on the track. i'm not at the scene. i don't know if they have cleared out for the moment but we have people out throughout the day and evening to get the line reopened. >> were there any injuries? >> caller: no. we had crew members on the train but they were not injured. >> this is a very populated with other trains. is there a standstill now? is this a problem with other trains for the day? >> caller: it is blocking both of the main lines through the area so traffic eastbound and westbound is stopped. you know, depending on how the day goes and did weather goes, we hopefully plan to have the line reopened around midnight tonight. >> i know you're not there but is the track itself torn up, as well? or just the train?

just fall over for more work for the track itself? >> caller: right now, it appears minor damage to the track. certainly we'll know more once we clear the cars away. >> thank you very much. there are more storms out there on, believe it or not, tony, and more storms to the north and west of sedona and another cell that is spinning and i believe the tornado probably on the ground about 10 miles from that train derailed and now people outside trying to get the train back on and going to be another storm on the way. i'm sure they're gong to hear about it soon. back in two minutes. >> difficult morning and afternoon. back in a moment.

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27 days until the midterm elections. time for your cnn politics.com desk update. the host of "john king usa" with the best political team on television joining us live from washington, d.c. great to see you. when's crossing right now? >> we have a busy day on the ticker. 27 days out, more and more from the campaigns. that is case of good and bad news from the democrats. a study poll of latinos said they favor democrats asked their preference for congress. 65% of latinos say in the poll they support the democratic candidate for senate and congress. you think they'll be happy. 32% of the latinos thought quite a lot about the november election and a sign many may not

turn out to vote. here's another one that's all over the political world right now in terms of buzz. there's talk in washington for months. will obama replace the vice president joe biden? maybe turn to hillary clinton in 2012. bob woodward last night stoked this by saying it's on the table. this is within of the items trending. the white house denies it and secretary clinton at a forum here in d.c. this morning and said absolutely no interest of the vp candidate and so much to do. both of us are very happy doing what we're doing. let me close with this. a conversation with gloria borg ear few minutes ago. there's new information. also a lot of great commentary and columnists. gloria borger's column, great. tuning in, checking with the ticker, look for the stories, as well. the insights and context. >> terrific stuff, john. i have a question for you i

asked gloria a couple of moments ago and i believe you may have had a conversation on this point last night on your show. 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. aren't democrats and republican candidates running out the clock? 27 days ahead of the midterm elections not taking tough questions from the likes of you, from gloria, from wolf? for fear of mistakes and gaffes. >> we do see a lot of that this year. to the credit of many candidates, many doing town halls, taking questions, willing to do local and national interviews and seeing debates and there's a connecticut senate debate. california governor's race and there's some of it and i think one of the newspapers called it the year of the missing candidate or incredibly disappearing candidate. candidates in the final days ahead in the polls, they say, play it off. no big interviews so i don't stumble and some behind making mistakes in the past, tony. say rand paul of kentucky within told by national republicans stop doing national interviews.

when you do, you get in trouble. do conservative talk radio. you see play to your base used in politics, watch the candidates. that's what they do. go where they're safe and don't take risks. >> "john king usa" here 7:00 p.m. eastern, appreciate it. your next political update in one hour. for the latest political news go to cnnpolitics.com. having just a bit of fun with two little bunnies and the result goes viral on the internet. josh is next with what's hot. ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world.

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