lcd hgtv for under $500, make sure they have more than four in stock. they'll be in limited supply. gold prices are going up. beware of advertised deals of gold filled or overlaid jewelry. those are fancy ways of saying gold-plated jewelry. don't get me started on how they fudge whether the sale price is valid in store, online or both. go out and shop if you want to, be wary. that's my xyz. ali, thank you. we are less than a week away. if you can believe it, from the start of some of really the busiest travel days of the year. passenger outrage abounds. calls for protest, allegations of sexual assault and refusals to the new heightened airport screenings, the pat-downs, perhaps you have had to go through this recently. let's take a look at how all of this got started. >> we're going to be doing a groin check. that means i'm going to place my

hand on your hip, other hand on your inner thigh, slowly go up, slide down. going to do that two times in the front and two times in the back. >> all right. >> screening, we make that available -- >> we can do not out here, but if you touch my junk i'm going to have you arrested. >> john tyner caught world attention when he said heck no. many more people have been speaking out. why the outrage? this is way. take a look at these pictures with me. these are pictures from denverpost.com. they show really how these new pat-downs, what they look like. in ohio we learned authorities there are investigating allegations of sexual assault the against the tsa. john pistole says he is not backing down. what is the solution now? do we need more advanced

scanners? perhaps privatization of airport security? homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve has this report. >> reporter: privacy has become a punch line. >> you know what tsa stands for? anybody know? touch someone's ass. that's what it stands for. >> that excessive body pat-down, there's your stimulus package. >> reporter: even overseas the new protocols are generating laughs. a taiwanese animation asks, what's next? not everyone is amused including members of congress. >> i wouldn't want my wife to be touched in the way that these folks are being touched. i wouldn't want to be touched that way. >> reporter: the head of tsa said he and other top officials had gotten the pat-downs. yes, they were intrusive -- >> if you're asking am i going to change the policies, no. >> reporter: pistole said the old pat-down procedures weren't thorough enough to find things

like the underwear balk but technologies being tested now might cause a solution. new machines look like paper doll cutouts. possible threats are highlighted but there's no anatomical detail. in tests he says the machines are sounds alarms when they shouldn't. >> that results in more pat-downs. >> reporter: in the meantime a few passengers receiving pat-downs have become angry, belligere belligerent. in indianapolis, one screener was actually punched by a passenger. >> punched by a passenger, jeanne meserve has been all over this tsa story. jean, you know, talk about public outrage. we have video. i want to get your reaction. this will be the first time i've seen this video as well. guys, let's play the video. we have a child getting patted down in one of the airports. look at this little boy. you see the tsa agent, you know, following procedure. maybe touching around his pants, scanning, you know, his body for

anything. a lot of people would look at this and other instances pointed out in your piece and wonder has the tsa gone too far? >> first thing i say, brooke, look what the tsa screeners are wearing. white shirts. they haven't worn those a couple years. this is not current video. they're now all dressed in blue. let me tell you what they're saying about kids. they're saying kids 12 and under will not be subjected to enhanced pat-downs. obviously the kids have to go through screening. they have to go through either the body imageers, which might, of course, give some parents discomfort. they have to go through metal detecters and if something alarms the tsa will still have to do something to try to resolve it, we're told they'll try and treat this with sensitivity. as we know, things vary from airport to airport, from screener to screener. i'd be surprised if we didn't hear some tales of woe and outrage after this next heavy travel week, brooke. >> what about people now are talking about private security screeners.

my question to that is, doesn't the tsa still set the standards, wouldn't these private screeners still have to follow all the protocol? >> that's exactly right. they have to -- the private firms have to be approved by the tsa, they have to follow the very same protocols, so going to a private screening company at an airport wouldn't do away with the pat-downs. it wouldn't do away with a body imageer. but there are some people like congressman micah who's very influential and in the whole transportation area on capitol hill who believes the private firms would be more accountable, that they'd be more responsive, that there wouldn't be as much bureaucracy. i can tell you, there have been a number of studies over the years that have evaluated private screeners, since they're at about 16 airports now, and the tso screeners. in some cases they perform equally poorly and others, the private screeners a little bit more. so, you know, the jury, some people would say the jury is still out on whether -- how much of a difference it would really make on the private screenings, but we do know orlando is now

opting to go with a private firm. they're going to do away with tsa screeners erers there. >> we're hearing the tsa any minute may make an announcements with regard for pilots going through the security measures, the screenings. can you do me a favor and stand by, i'd love to get your reaction once we hear from the tsa momentarily. stand by for that. thank you. there have been false alarms before. we could be on the verge of a major break in the natalee holloway case. i know a lot of you have been following this for years now. the latest is that the jawbone and a molar found on an aruban beach has gone through preliminary tests. we're going to get the latest on that ahead. it's happened yet again. dozens of coal miners are missing after an explosion. two did manage to survive the blast. might there be others? that's next in top stories. [ beeping ]

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there is a lot going on today on this friday. including the fact, again, we're awaiting a statement from the tsa regarding pilot screening. we'll bring that to you momentarily. also, we're watching the story, another cable network news anchor been disciplined. talking about msnbc. they took the morning program co-host joe scarborough off the air. suspending him two days after the website politico uncovered he had given a couple thousand dollars to a number of political candidates. one of them his brother. and that is against the rules over at msnbc. the same network suspended yet another of its on-air staff, remember keith olbermann earlier this month for a similar moll

policy violation? scarborough said he was being kind to friends and family and has apologized. president obama back overseas today. this is his arrival at the nato summit in lisbon, portugal. the most pressing issue for him there, ending kba ining combat in afghanistan, when to pull out, where exactly a cease-fire would take hold and who factually will provide what military support during that transition. afghan president hamid karzai is there attending the summit as well. rough timeline here, nato hopes to turn over three provinces in afghanistan to local security forces by june of next year then several more provinces just a couple months after that. the nato summit in portugal goes on this weekend. this is the entrance to a coal mine in new zealand. and deep inside, deep underground you have 27 men, they're trapped. we don't know how they are. conditions unknown. something caused an explosion

there today inside that mine. right now there's no power in the mine and no communication with the miners. emergency crews had to get some sort of ventilation system running before they can start any sort of rescue mission. weafrica. >> very, very happy. >> ah, the couple, the bride and groom to be, kate middleton the blushing bride, no stranger to scrutiny in the united kingdom. she's about to reach a whole new level of fame. speculation heats up over her choice of wedding gown. more on that in just a couple of moments. look at these beautiful gowns they have set up in the studio. i hope you stick tarnd for that. apparently senator harry reid got an earful from his fellow democrats. let's just say the problem there isn't quite the message, it was the messenger. stand by.

welcome back to the newsroom. have you heard about the raucus caucus? this is the talk on capitol hill. this time yesterday we cut away to show you this guy. where is he? walking to his podium. he was coming out of a meeting with fellow democrats, talking about senate majority leader, there he is, harry reid. what we didn't know at this time yesterday was apparently that meeting had gotten pretty heated and the target of a lot of the heat was, guess who? president obama. gloria borger is our senior political analyst and gloria, what is happening there? what do we know about that meeting among the senate democrats? >> well you know, nothing really

focuses the mind like the prospect of losing political power. i think senate democrats are rightly very nervous about the next election of 2012. they have almost three times as many democrats up for re-election in the senate as republicans, and so they're really, really scared about what's going to happen. what you had was kind of a therapy session, right? and they sat in there and they -- they, like, senator nelson of florida was saying, you know, barack obama's not popular in my state. this is a real problem for us. there was some democrats who felt that the president these needs to be more partisan, there are other democrats who felt he needs to be less partisan. this being a group of democrats they couldn't agree on what they were going to do. they wanted to vent a little bit which needs to happen after you've all gotten together for the first time after you've taken a sm lahellacking. did they come out of there with any message? no. >> the president's word, taking a shellacking, we're hearing

from the democrats officially saying they have the right message but wrong messenger. we did a poll on tax cuts. it shows the democrats' plan beats the republicans' pretty soundly. 49% of americans want tax cuts for all but the wealthy. you know as well as i do that is the democrats' plan. my question for you is this. how can you have the public totally behind you or a lot of the public behind you on the whole tax thing which is huge, in and of itself, and lose an election as the democrats did? >> right. it's really interesting, and the tax issue was always very, very tricky in politics. what happens is when you ask people in a vacuum and say, okay, would you like to repeal those tax cuts for the wealthy? people will say, yeah, we'd like to repeal those tax cuts for the wealthy. once the democrats, say the democrats were able to that. once they did that the republicans would label them as people who want to raise your

taxes. somehow the notion of raising the taxes on the wealthy would go away. and democrats would be known as tax hikers. and that always works against them. so in the abstract, people say, yes, but when it comes down to brass tax and you say to people, what's raising taxes here, and if it's the democrats, they come up on the short side of that. that's always been a problem for them which is why the democrats couldn't agree what to do about the tax cut issue before the election. and punted it into this lame duck session. >> well, let's talk about something positive that, you know, we were reporting on yesterday. we heard from the president, himself, right, gm, we know they officially went public yesterday. the president was out, took it live, said we created 75,000 new jobs in the american automotive industry. let's listen to the president real quickly. >> auto maymakers are in the mi of their strongest period of job growth in more than a decade since gm and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy, the industry

created more than 75,000 new jobs. for the first time in six years, ford, gm, and chrysler are all operating at a profit. in fact, last week gm announced its best quarter in over 11 years. >> so gloria, why does the president not get credit for this? is he turning into the president getting no credit for all the good and all the bad? >> during the election, during the midterms we had the news that a significant amount of the t.a.r.p. was being repaid. you didn't hear them bragging about that either because the notion of bailouts, whether it was to the banks on wall street or whether it was to the automakers, is just so unpopular that during the election even when there was good news they couldn't talk about it because they thought it would only backfire on them. so at this point the public is sort of going to sit back and at

some point if the american taxpayer makes money on its investment in general motors, an if all of the t.a.r.p. money is repaid with interest and the american taxpayer makes money on that, by the time of the next election you can be sure the democrats are going to be talking about it and may get some credit for it. the last election there just wasn't enough time. >> perhaps we'll be saying change, you know, for the democrats in another two years. we'll have to wait and see. gloria borger. >> right. >> thank you. talk about political theater, you have the hearing into charlie rangel, full of drama, even after his punishment was recommended. there he was sitting down. look at some of the moments that really went under the radar yesterday. that is next. and just in, we've been talking about the tsa here. new screening measures for pilots. jeanne meserve has the details coming if from the tsa in just a moment. [ advisor 1 ] what do you see yourself doing one week,

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just got some news in from the tsa regarding specifically pilots in the security screening process they through along with you and me. i want to bring back in homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve. i'm staring at this press release. what jumped out at me is they're taking additional step to streamline security screening for the pilot. is this a good thing for them? >> oh, the pilots have been pushing for this for some time.

they say it's been a ridiculous waste of resources to put them through the same kind of screening that the general public goes through and they, too, embrace objections to the scanning machines and pat-downs. a couple of pilots have been involved in a lawsuit filed this week against the tsa. let me tell you what they're going to do. now immediately pilots when they get to the sterile area of airports are going to present their airline i.d., another form of identification, the tsos at the checkpoint are going to run them against the database of flight crew deck members. they'll be able to verify who they are and pass them through. eventually they want to expand something that's been piloted in three airports, that's baltimore, pittsburgh and columbia, south carolina. they've been trying out something called crew pass for a while. this gave pilots a special identification which had a biometric, they would present that and be able to get through screening. it has been judged a success and

the tsa in this press release says it's looking to expand that. doing this for pilots certainly will decrease the pushback they've been getting from that. prominent pilots including the heads of the unions and also sully sullenberger, the famous pilot, has been out there complaining about these new security procedures. >> he's officially been saying, look, you're handing us the biggest weapon you could possibly hand us in the sky, why do i need to be doing through the pat-downs and the full body screening like everyone else when you're entrusting me with a plane? >> exactly. they say we are partners in security. many pilots have been trained to use firearms in the aircraft. they're saying come on, guys, we're with you, not against you. can't we work on a better way so we don't have to go through these machines and through the pat-downs? they've been particularly concerned about the machines because they traveled so, so much and there is still as you know a very active debate about the radiation levels in the body scanning machines and they

voiced concerns because they have to go through them so often and get exposed to radiation when they're up in the air. >> news just in from the tsa. jeanne meserve, thanks for sticking around. appreciate it. >> you bet. one more developing story for you. we have gotten word the house ethics trial of democrat maxine waters, it's been delayed. it was scheduled to start soon here, november 29th. just a short time ago, the ethics committee released a statement saying the case has been refered back to the subcommittee and you know we have people digging and making phone calls right this second to figure out precisely why. that brings me back to this man. congressman charlie rangel whose ethics case is nearing its end. we pointed out to you yesterday mr. rangel looked like a broken man. look at him sitting there. there were tears at some point. sitting there before the committee. at one point crying. after we left you the committee reached a decision to recommend censure for the 20-term democrat for violating 11 house rules. take a listen to some of that.

>> the committee voted 9-1 to recommend that mr. rangel be censured by the house and to be required to pay restitution for any unpaid taxes. >> i know how much discussion went into this decision, but as i started out earlier, i hope you can see for the record to make it abundantly clear as the record would indicate that any action taken by me was not with the intention to bring any disgrace on the house or to enrich myself personally or to -- considered by counsel to be corrupt. that would be a great help to my family and my community. >> so there was mr. rangel speaking. he released a statement saying

this, this has been one of the most difficult days of my life. all of this has been brought upon me as a result of my own actions. in the end i hope you would judge me on my entire record as a soldier and dedicated public servant, not by my mistakes. to my beloved colleagues, constituents and the american people, i am sorry. charlie rangel. you may not know the name or perhaps didn't just a couple days ago. ronni chaisson. you know her work, "the hurt locker." she traveled in exculusive hollywood circles. friends are shocked by the reports she may have been targeted by a gunman who shot her on a beverly hills street. that is next. also, a cab driver in some hot water accused of taking a passenger on a ride so fast, so harrowing, she picked up her cell phone and called 911. we have the call and the cabbie's side of the story. coming up. ♪

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new details in the real hive hollywood murder mystery. who killed one of the movie industry's most powerful publicists and why? ronni chaisson was shot several times early tuesday morning. she was driving home, literally minutes after walking on the red carpet. attending this premiere and party for a movie. she's known as the promotors behind "slumdog millionaire," "driving miss daisy" just to name a few. why would someone want her dead? i want to bring in kareen wynter, in los angeles. kareen, i read this this morning and thought, wow, the thought she might have been targeted. that's a new development today. what do you know? >> well, we learned quite a bit,

the revealing interview that the mayor of beverly hills did yesterday. first of all, brooke, just to update you, police have their hands full. this is a case where they're sifting through all the 911 calls that came in following the gun shots that rang out. listen to this. the mayor of beverly hills, jimmy dijim jimmy deshel says the shots in the passenger side window of chaisson's car came from another vehicle and perhaps the shots may have been fired from the passenger side window and not from the sidewalk or street. chaisson was driving her benz that night. the rchb the mayor suspects it's an suv, it appears the shots were fired from a taller vehicle. the mayor told local reporters, quote, the most indication is it was targeted, a random killing will not happen like this. five shots in the chest area and it seems like it wasn't just a random killing. get this, brooke. the mayor's own press secretary on the phone with all day long

is trying to distance the mayor from what he said saying this was the mayor's speculation and it doesn't reflect the police investigation, but this is the case they're far from cracking. police have no suspects, no motive. they're trying to find out the exact location where chaisson was shot and right now they're reviewing all the 911 calls made largely from that residential area. to try to piece together this timeline, brooke. >> what i'm hearing from you right now, it sounds like police don't have a lot. still right now. at least what they do have, of all places, perhaps, for this to happen, is this affluent area of beverly hills. all these homes have cameras. so they have a lot of surveillance cameras, footage they can go through. anything from that yet? >> they've taken to the streets, brooke. they're going door to door, trying to get footage from residents in that affluent area where the shooting happened. they want to get their hands on this footage that could provide important clues here, brooke. again, they have no suspects. no motive, but they believe someone somewhere may likely

have video of what happened. this neighborhood is lined with mansions and fancy security systems. o it's quite possible that there's a camera or two, maybe even more that caught this crime on tape. right now their lips are sealed. police aren't saying anything, if anything they found on any, of, perhaps, footage. >> i know you're digging as is our whole bureau i'm sure in los angeles. as soon as you get anything, let us know. thank you. >> absolutely. all right. i know you have to be just a wee bit curious about the wedding of prince william and kate middleton. just a teeny eeny bit. i definitely am to be honest. it may have something to do with the fact i am or should be planning a wedding of my own. i did call in the best of the business when it comes to selecting a gown. look at this. monte duram. recognize this guy from tlc's "say yes to the dress?" he's good enough to join us life in studio. his advice for the princess to be and maybe me coming up. i can't believe i used to swing over those rocks...

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planner who knows royal protocol through and through. britain's royal couple could be closing in on a venue for the big day. kate given a tour of westminister abby. you will also remember prince william proposed to middleton with his mother's sapphire and diamond engagement ring and queen elizabeth was married at the abby as well. look at that rock. gorgeous, right? but what dress will the budding princess choose? if anyone knows bridal fashion it's monte duram with "say yes to the dress." what a pleasure to have you guys in here. i wish if only you could see all the people standing that way watching the segment. let's begin, both of you, with, look, british royal weddings you think about that must be fairly formal. when we talk gowns, right? >> extremely formal i would think. obviously there will be a nod to

tradition. i think she'll put her own little twist on it. we're in agreeance it will probably be very traditional. >> i think so. >> when we say traditional what does that really mean? >> traditional means keeping with protocol. it's maybe covering, covering the arms, like princess diana did. maybe not strapless. maybe a shrug like we brought here. different things. >> let's go through some of the dresses. these are maybe guesses. >> guesses. >> ballpark maybe of what she could be wearing. they're all gorgeous. i'm in love with this one. >> isn't that gorgeous? >> that gown is by chris, it is toulle, something in style now, dimensional flower. all of that is done by hand. isn't it lovely? those are crystals in the center of the flowers and a sweetheart neckline. that gown is strapless. i don't know that kate would go for strapless. >> what do you say, monte?

>> i definitely do not think she's going to do strapless. i think it will be a fitted waist, though. >> looks so princess. >> exactly. >> fairy tale. >> monte, can you tell me about this one? >> this one is a duchess satin which, again, is a formal fabric. it's actually one of the highest fabrics made. in quality and texture. so you have a light sheen on it. here is a very slim gown. gives a modern touch. a sweetheart neckline i think she'll opt for something higher than this. a shrug. there we go back to tradition. satin, lace, buttons. you can't get more traditional than that. >> she will not be showing much skin? >> i really don't think so. i think it may be scooped or maybe slightly "v." i don't think it's going to be very daring. >> what about all the beading on this third one? might we see something that ornate? >> we they.

i don't know. we may. we brought this because a true princess gown we thought of this one. this is blush pink. it's by eva malade. it has the bustles down the back, the beading on the security. it's truly princess. >> it is. if you look back in history per grandmother in law to be, her gown was very heavily beaded and ornate. >> we have pictures of elizabeth and princess diana. can we pull either one of those up? i'd love to compare and contrast what we've seen in the past to what, prancerhaps, we'll see in future. starting with princess diana. >> here we go -- >> queen e llizabeth. >> here we go with a queen that's very fitted. see the neck line is reminiscent of the period. a long sleeve. see it's embroidered. there are flowers, rosettes on this gown with brilliance.

she had the pages carry her train down because it was so heavy. she was escorted down the aisle with pages carrying her train. >> diana, everyone remembers this. 1981. look at the poof. >> yes. big, long, fluffy, if you will. >> we will. >> and here is another nod to something diana is of a royal house. she wore a spencer tiara. she had a family tiara. so with kate not being of that house i'm sure queen elizabeth will loan or better yet give her one as well as she did diana. >> we will likely not see diana's tiara -- >> i don't think so because it belongs to the house of spencer. >> show me the sparkliness in front of you. >> these are more pieces that are reminiscent of princess pieces. they are by maria lana. they're very ornate. they sit at an angle and have that crown effect on them. these are more in line of what we were thinking she would wear

with the gown. with the blush or over. right? >> totally. with the blusher and the veiling and europe is usually 100% silk. here we were synthetic blend with blushers and veils so they stand out more. see the veils are heavy and lay flat against the face. >> which one do i get to try on? they're sparkly. >> yes, yes, yes. we're going to get you prepared. so -- >> so yeah. >> it truly is, it can be worn a myriad of ways. >> you look gorgeous. >> what do you think ? >> done. done. >> in my ears getting thumbs up. just need my dress next. >> you just got jacked up. >> i got bling on my head. thank you so much. we'll be right back. i feel like i should curtesy.

we could learn any time really if that jawbone and that molar a tourist found along the beach in aruba if it belongs to natalee holloway. we'll take you live to aruba for a report, latest in the testings. does a thought of a pat-down from the tsa make you want to say, forget about it, when it comes to flying? what if the screener was not a tsa employee? that's a thought. today's latest wrinkle in the air travel controversy. i will talk to the man who used to be in charge of securities at tel-a-viv airport. they do it differently there. stay tuned.

natalee holloway. did part of her body wash up on the beach in aruba? that is what we are still sitting here waiting to learn. you know it's been five long years of emotional up and downs for her family. imagine if you're her parents. you know, every optimistic turn has led to a dead intend a quest to find out what exactly happened to her the night she vanished. i want to go to jean casarez in aruba, correspondent with trutv's "in session." was a jaw bone and also a molar that some tourists found in the sand. if it's human and if the teeth are human here, how close might we be in learning if they are, indeed, natalee holloway's? >> reporter: well, you know, brooke, we should be very close because you can compare dental

records, and we do know cnn's susan candiotti confirmed that the dental records are at the hague, but everybody is waiting here on the island of aruba. right behind me is the public minister's office. that's the prosecutor's office, and they are the ones that actually helped investigators take what is believed to be that jaw bone and that tooth attached to the hague. they're using dna because they have the biological mother and father of natalee holloway and those dental records. but as i talked to the prosecutor's office today through the day, they say that they are calling the hague on a constant basis to see if there are any updates, and the hague is responding to the forensic institute that, no, they are not ready to discuss their findings. >> i imagine here, the parents, you just ultimately want closure, and especially with the mother, beth twitty. i know she went all the way to peru, as have you, to try to get that closure from the suspect here in the disappearance, joran van der sloot. jean, do we know whatever came

of that meeting? >> reporter: we know that they met at castro castro, one of the maximum security prisons of the world. they met in a small room that was off of where joran van der sloot's cell was. it was all videotaped, and now his attorney is saying that there were bribes involved for them to get in there, and there is an investigation under way with everyone, from the director of the prison to the prison guards, but on the other side, it was told to us by the dutch journalist that got them in that there were no bribes at all, that they were told they couldn't discuss the stephanie flores case that they did not. it was all above board. the fact is, they met, they spoke, but she got no answers from joran van der sloot. >> i think it's worth reminding everyone that joran van der sloot, although he is very much linked with the stefany flores murder, he has never been formally charged with regard to natalee holloway. >> reporter: no, he has not.

and you know, when i got on the island yesterday, i wanted to talk to everybody i could find about their thoughts about this case, and they all are waiting for this jaw bone. they all want to know if it is natalee holloway. they also say that joran van der sloot, they never knew one way or the other about his involvement, allegedly, natalee holloway's disappearance, but they were fixated on our coverage in peru with joran van der sloot because this is where he grew up, and they really said that now they have grave concerns about any link between he and natalee holloway because of lima, peru, and the first-degree murder charges he's facing there. >> final question, jean, real quickly. if this is natalee holloway's jaw bone, what would be the next step, legally speaking? >> reporter: well, i think prosecutors in the building behind me are really going to have to look at the evidence they have, and they're going to have to say, first of all, number one, forensically speaking, we have our first evidence that purports to show

that natalee holloway is deceased, because we never had any evidence that she is deceased. this would be that. and number two, would this corroborate with everything else they had? videotapes of joran van der sloot, confessions around the world, allegedly for money. but they always said they couldn't bring charges because they couldn't corroborate joran van der sloot's stories. >> we will have to wait and see. and i know you're waiting there right in front of the prosecutor's office to see if, in fact, the jaw bone -- whose it might be. jean casarez, we'll be checking back in with you, live from aruba. thank you. michael steele, that's a name you know, and he is very much on the defensive yet again. so, who is attacking his leadership now? it is just one of the stories in our "political ticker." wolf blitzer all over it, next. what? i didn't buy this cereal to sweet talk your taste buds it's for my heart health. good speech dad. [ whimper ] [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and its whole grain oats can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy.

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team on television. cnn equals politics, and wolf blitzer is, as always, at the cnnpolitics.com desk. let's talk about michael steele, back on the defensive, defending his record as head of the rnc. what is he saying? >> well, he's saying that he's done an incredible job over the past two years, and if you look at the results, it's very, very impressive. going back to those special elections in virginia and new jersey, even in massachusetts, republicans won, and more recently in the midterm elections, republicans did great, capturing a whole bunch of seats in the house and in the senate gubernatorial races. and if you look at the state legislatures around the country, hundreds of pick-ups for the republicans. so, by all accounts, if you're the chairman of the republican national committee and you've got a record like that, you think you're doing a great job. he says this -- "i am happy to report that our efforts were an overwhelming success. because of the surge in grassroots support for the gop, over 44 million voters turned out to cast ballots for republican candidates in 2010."

now, he wrote this memo in the face of criticism he's getting from some other republican big-shots, including haley barbour, former chairman of the rnc, the governor of mississippi, who's saying he didn't necessarily deliver as far as fund-raising is concerned. some other republican insiders don't like the way he's been dealing with fund-raising and they'ved in clear they'd like him to step aside. it looks like he's interested in continuing for another two years. the election for the chairmanship is at the end of january. we'll see if he succeeds or fails to stay on as chairman of the republican party. another story we're following, the cnn poll of polls. it's an average of the major polls on how the president is doing. right now in our poll of polls, overall, 47% of americans approve of the job the president is doing, 48% disapprove. about half the country likes the way he's operating, half doesn't like the way he's operating. those numbers have been pretty consistent. having said that, the democrats did not do well in the midterm elections, so it's obviously a

problem right now. some of the other interesting poll numbers we're going to discuss in "the situation room" at 5:00 p.m. eastern, brooke, you'll be interested in whether the country is moving in the right direction, wrong direction, do they expect the economy to be better a year from now as opposed to right now. james carville is going to be joining us in "the situation room." he's made some controversial comments about president obama in the last few years. we'll press him on that. and one final thing, brooke, and i think you're going to like this. i think a lot of our viewers will like this. >> yes. >> are you listening? >> i'm with you, wolf blitzer. >> do you know who doug e. fresh is? >> your pal who did the dougie after the soultrain awards. >> guess where he's going to be today? >> in "the situation room." >> that is correct! doug e. fresh will be in "the situation room" with me, the so soul train will come to "the situation room" on this day. i want everyone to start getting excited and to think of the possibilities. >> because when we think "soul train," we think --

>> wolf blitzer, right. >> wolf blitzer. >> obviously, and doug e. fresh. >> and doug e. fresh. we'll all be watching, i can promise you that, wolf. thank you. how do i go on from there? another cnn equals politics update in 30 minutes. you can also get the political news online. go to cnnpolitics.com or go to twitter@politicalticker. final check here of the billboard as it is all closing down for the day. the dow up 24 points, just about, 11,202. not too bad. pretty big day yesterday. gm finally going public. quick reminder, you can always get the latest numbers at cnnmoney.com. passengers are revolting now at the airports. accusations of groping, even abuse, but wait until you hear what they're doing at this one airport that may have all of us rethinking our own security. i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now. tens moments 34,000 feet in

the air. >> the pilot came on and said we've got a little problem up here in the cockpit. >> a pilot spots a crack in the windshield. wait until you see and hear what happens next. a cab driver accused of kidnapping his passenger. >> please help me. i'm in a taxi that will not let me out of the taxi. >> but wait a second. the driver says that's not what happened. so, who is telling the truth? a week of desperate searching ends in tragedy. >> this is probably the saddest day in knox county history that i can remember. >> the bodies of a mother, her young son and a family friend found in garbage bags in a tree. so, who led police to the scene and what did the young girl who survived it all have to see and hear? here we go, hour two. welcome the men and women watching us right now on american forces network all around the world. we're going to move fast, let's go, "rapid fire." first up, at least 27 miners

right now missing after an explosion in one of new zealand's biggest coal mines. listen to this. two miners managed to walk out of there, but we are told both are recovering in the hospital. and crews now just waiting to begin the search-and-rescue mission. but first they need to repair ventilation inside the mine before they can head in there. it is still not clear what caused the blast. of course, updates as soon as we get them. next, new york city and the people who worked at ground zero following the 9/11 terrorist attacks have reached a deal. more than 10,000 first responders say they are battling health issues after being exposed to toxic debris. so, after years and years of bitter fights, their attorneys say the city has agreed to pay more than $700 million. next, big welcome, welcome to congress. 95 newly elected freshmen smiling for the cameras. there they are on the steps of the capitol. it is what they call the traditional class photo. this is the largest group of house freshmen in more than six decades, and yes, we looked closely.

two of them wearing cowboy hats in the picture. they are finishing up a week of orientation. next, the war is changing now in afghanistan. for the first time in nine years, u.s. troops will use heavily armored tanks on the battlefield. the military saying the extra firepower will help protect troops when they go into insurgent safe havens. the tanks scheduled to hit the war zone by early spring. next, tragedy in ohio. after a week-long search, the bodies of a mother, her young son and a family friend found in garbage bags inside a hollowed-out tree. the discovery comes days after police found her teenage daughter bound and gagged inside a basement. she is alive, back with relatives, but take a look with me at the chilling scene. look at that. three white hearses showed up near the wooded area where they found those three bodies. i want you to listen now to police describing the shocking find. >> this is probably the saddest day in knox county history that

i can remember. you know, as elated as we were sunday morning when sarah was rescued, i think the tragedy today is just devastating. >> investigators say the man accused of kidnapping the girl is the one who told police where to find those bodies. there he is on the right side of your screen. that is matthew huffman, currently behind bars. next, twin sisters shoot themselves in the head in a suicide pact. that's the new development today, according to some investigators in colorado. we first told you about this bizarre case just a couple days ago. police say the women went to the shooting range near denver, and we are told surveillance video shows those two sisters falling out of the same gun stall about half a second apart. one sister is dead, the other is in the hospital. she told police about their plan but will not say why they wanted to die. next, another day, another delay for space shuttle "discovery." nasa is saying that the shuttle's final launch will happen no sooner than december 3rd. you know that date.

it's been pushed back a couple of times here due to bad weather, gas leaks and technical issues. next, we are now hearing what sparked a massive security scare for a plane heading to namibia -- from namibia, rather, to germany. crews found a suspicious piece of luggage yesterday and inside of it found some kind of clock attached with wires but no explosives. well, get this -- turns out the device is a kit aimed at training screeners on how to detect bombs. it's from a u.s. company, and the owner tells cnn he sells them to police, to governments, even the tsa, but has no idea who bought this particular model. the flight eventually took off and landed seven hours later. next, another scare in the air, this time on a delta flight from atlanta to california. the pilots are forced to make an emergency landing because of this. look at this picture! windshield cracks. listen to how one of the passengers describes the frightening moment. >> the pilot came on and said, "ladies and gentlemen, i just want to let you know we've got a

little problem up here in the cockpit. we're going to be descending kind of rapidly." he says "we need to get down below 10,000 feet. we have a crack in the windshie windshield." >> so, all is well. the plane did land safely. no word yet exactly what caused that massive crack. next, a daring jewelry heist caught on video. look at everyone scattered. several men broke into the glendale store monday. they smashed glass counters with hammers, took everything they could, got out of there. well, turns out, days later, police arrested four men after a similar heist in south pasadena. we're talking california here. police looking into whether the men might be connected to both of those robberies. and finally, wesley snipes being asked to surrender. a federal judge ordering the actor to begin serving a three-year prison sentence for tax-related crimes. in 2008, a jury convicted snipes of failing to pay millions and millions of dollars to the irs. well, today the judge rejected snipes' request for a new trial. no word as to where or when mr. snipes may be turning himself

in. and you ever been in a cab and the driver's going so fast, you want to yell "slow down!" well, that's what happened to one passenger. she was so scared, she dialed 911 and accused him of kidnapping. we have the call and the cabbie's side of the story. stay tuned for that. and later, as i just mentioned, the bodies of a mother, a son and a family friend have been found in ohio, but the mystery still has not fully been solved. why were they killed and how did that teenaged girl manage to survive, and is the prime suspect talking? that's ahead.

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how about a frightening ordeal inside of a cab? here's the story. a massachusetts cab driver pleading not guilty to charges he kidnapped a female passenger this weekend. ose kwame says he did nothing wrong in the early hours of saturday morning. the woman accusing him says there was an argument after kwame took her and a male friend to the wrong street. she's alleging kwame let the friend out, sped off, she's still inside, telling him "stop, stop." he wouldn't. >> he would not let me out of the taxi. please help me. please, please help me. like, please. i'm really, really worried about this. oh, my god, this is crazy. >> not even stopping for the cops. kwame maintains he was taking the woman to a police station, adding the two passengers

"refused to pay." >> they refused to pay, so i don't think i -- >> don't have money to pay. that's why they press charges that he's kidnapped them. he did not kidnap them. >> police ultimately caught up to the cab. nobody was hurt. kwame says he thought the police were there to help him. cnn reached out to the cab driver. he did not talk to them, but top cab responded, defending kwame and blaming this whole thing on a language barrier. he also said kwame has a perfect record, no complaints in the 22 years he's been driving with the company. there will be a couple of mornings without this man. joe scarborough of msnbc has been suspended. his mistake and msnbc's reaction, next.

we're less than a week away, if you can believe it, to thanksgiving, and that's really the beginning of craziness in the airports, right? so, we've been talking a lot about these new full-body scanners and some of the more aggressive patdowns that the tsa has been tasked to do to all of us. a bunch of you have been tweeting in. i want to roll over to twitter board and read some of your tweets. barry tweeted -- "the number one concern at airports is and should always be passenger safety!" a lot of people agree with him. thomas tweeting "private companies are not the answer for airport screening. private companies work for profit. the quality of people are not the same." and donna west -- "patdown is a misnomer. this is a hands-on search. i don't care if it's a male or female, tsa or not. it's an invasion!" and a lot of you agree with that. we'll have a little bit more,

actually on some of these procedures and it will be pretty interesting. we're talking to a guy who ran security for a different airport, took a very different stance on the security and it seems to be working. we'll talk a bit about that later in the hour. stick around for that. also, passengers and pilots have been griping about the tsa security measures -- invasive, too much radiation, most likely not effective. and the last one is really the point -- is the system really able to prevent another terror attack? coming up, as i mentioned, i'll get another perspective from the man who used to run security at the airport in tel aviv. stay there.

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all right, here we go. it's another friday, another cable news anchor suspended from

his day job. msnbc is putting joe scarborough on the bench for two days. he told his bosses today he made several political campaign contributions, and that violates policy over at nbc news, as we found out just a couple weeks ago when keith olbermann was in the penalty box. so, keep in mind, though, joe scarborough is a former republican representative from florida, and joining me now, cnn's howie curt iie kurtz, who doubt have plenty of fodder for his sunday morning talk show "reliable sourced." as we were talking about, mr. olbermann one or two weeks ago. i suppose nbc set the bar there and so they couldn't look the other way. >> yeah. i was just on the phone with msnbc to write a piece for "the daily beast" and they had to suspend joe scarborough. it had to be the same length of suspension, for two days, which is what olbermann got. but there are a couple key differences here. scarborough contributed only to state candidates in florida, including his brother, by the way, and other friends that he

has from his political career there. and secondly, he issued a very contrite statement of apology, which olbermann apologized, but he apologized to viewers, not to msnbc. and scarborough, by contrast, said that he should have known the policy and apologized to msnbc. he promised not to do it again and he accepted the punishment without complaint. >> you brought up the scarborough statement, and i have to be blunt, and to your point about giving to family members and state house representatives in florida. he said "to be blunt, i had no interest in their campaigns other than being kind to longtime friends. because the contributions involved local, noncompetitive races and were given for personal rather than political reasons, i mistakenly believed i did not need approval from msnbc. i also apologize for that oversight." then you have bill griffin, president of nbc, saying, look, he violated the rules. >> and scarborough knew that going in. he asked for this meeting today, once having learned about this provision that he says he forgot about. it's over a series of years, they're $500 contributions, but

still, talk show hosts, people employed in the network news division should not be making political contributions. he knew he would be suspended going in, and they hoped to get this through without the melodrama that olbermann went through, debate over how long he should be off the air, and go on. and the apology helps msnbc wrap this up. boy, these things always seem to break on a friday and disappear into the weekend news cycle. >> we noted that as well. here's my final question for you, though. is it a verbal endorsement from a morning show host, national morning show host, worth more than just $500 as a campaign contribution? >> well, national talk show hosts shouldn't be endorsing anyone, but do they offer their views when they're commentators and talk show hosts, and isn't that worth, you know, 100 times more than writing a $500 check? >> that's my question. >> of course! and that's the reason why these guys -- i know there's a debate about this, is it an old-fashioned policy? they should respect this policy, because one, people in the news division shouldn't give money to

politicians, period, and two, they could be a lot more effective to their cause by using the big megaphone they have than by opening up a checkbook. >> see, howie kurtz, if everyone behaved, what would you talking about on sunday morning? >> i would be out of a job. >> we'll be looking for you on sunday. thank you. it's been a busy, busy afternoon of politics and the news keeps rolling along. gloria borger has the latest for us on "the political ticker." that is next. and need a lift? there are easier ways to get around, guys. look at this. this is something you've got to see. stick around. oh, my gosh. 16 minutes could save you 16%. come on. isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers, more savings, and discounts up to 40%. where else are you gonna get discounts like that? but first, talk to your neighbors.

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political team on television. that includes gloria borger. she is at the cnnpolitics.com desk. gloria, what do you have? >> reporter: i am. well, we have that one more democrat has conceded today. seven-term incumbent bob etheridge of north carolina kind of said, okay, there was a recount, and he lost. the interesting thing about it, brooke, though, is that he's a veteran who lost to someone named rene elmer's. she is a former registered nurse who has absolutely no political experience. and i had lunch yesterday with a veteran house republican who said to me that by his count, there are at least 23 new members on the republican side who have never held political office before. so, she's going to join those ranks, and that's going to be a very, very interesting group because they don't want business as usual. they want things to be run differently. now, the latest count that we have is that the republicans have overall gained 61 seats in

the house. you know, you and i have been talking about this an awful lot, but the pew research center did a poll asking americans what they actually absorbed about this election. and while most people do know that republicans did better than the democrats in this last election, less than half know that the republicans actually took over control of the house. and by the way, only 38% of them know who john boehner is, who's going to be the new speaker of the house come january. now, there is one more election on our radar, and it's not 2012, it's the internal election that's going to happen in january about who's going to be the next chairman of the republican national committee. we've been talking about it an awful lot. michael steele running for re-election has been a very controversial chairman, as you know. i've talked to lots of republicans throughout the midterm who were complaining about him, saying that he didn't

raise enough money, he didn't do the get out the vote effort well enough, he didn't deploy resources the way he should have. and so, he's going to have a fight on his hands. and today he put out a five-page memo defending his record, and you can see, brooke, that he's really going to start to fight back. so, this should be one kind of internal party race that we should pay attention to because it's going to have great implications as we head into 2012. >> absolutely. we will wait and see come january. gloria borger. thank you, ma'am. you can always get the latest political news. go to cnnpolitics.com. they're hip, they're on twitter. go to @politicalticker. and the hikers captured in iran. shedding new light on how they got so close to the iran/iraq border and their life behind bars. it's compelling, it's interesting, but will it help or hurt their efforts to get them released? that's ahead. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro.

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there's this new documentary that hopes to increase international pressure on iran. now, the filmmaker wants to force them to free those two detained american hikers. recently, they released hiker sarah shourd. she contributed to the film "free shane and josh." well, this film sheds new light on to what they're doing and what they did to lead to their imprisonment in tehran, but is it enough to sway the government to pardon those two remaining hikers? here's cnn's kareen wynter. >> i just told them that we would always be together, that nothing could separate us, and i was going to tell the world the pain and the suffering that they

were in and that every minute i was going to be fighting for them. >> reporter: sarah shourd says it's that fight to free these two jailed american hikers that's fueled a new documentary pushing for their release. shourd's fiance, shane bauer, and friend josh fattal, have spent more than a year imprisoned in iran, labeled by that government as spies. they're supposed to stand trial, and shourd says right now it's more critical than ever to sound an international alarm on their innocence. >> to appeal to the iranian authorities. a documentary is so powerful in that it can bring light and clarity to a very obscure region of the world for a lot of people. what we did, you know, our whole life up to that fateful moment that we were detained. >> reporter: a moment shourd says still haunts her. she, too, was imprisoned for more than a year and freed in september on humanitarian grounds. but in the documentary, shourd, who had moved to the middle east as a peace activist, recounts

that day their lives changed. on july 31st, 2009, the trio, who described themselves as tourists, went on a hike on a trail in northern iraq and say they were ordered on to iranian soil. >> there was no fence, no flag, no indication of a border of any kind. i looked up and i saw a soldier, and he was holding a big gun, a rifle. and then he was motioning with his arm. he was doing like this, for us to go further down the trail. >> fattal had just gone to iraq to join the two when on the advice of an iraqi native, the three decided to visit this scenic destination which was a popular destination. jack kaufman who produced the documentary, got his hands on exclusive footage like private videos and photos to piece together along with some dramatized scenes, the story of what happened to these americans. >> being locked up in a small

cell 23 hours a day, you know, hardly being able to get any sunlight, and these two remarkable, young, curious, innocent people. >> i cried and screamed all night long. i think it was clear to the people questioning us from the very beginning that we weren't spies. >> reporter: quite the opposite, argues shourd, whose activism included teaching english to iraqi refugees in syria. her fiance, shane, was an accomplished photojournalist who had done films for amnesty international and worked on other human rights projects like the crisis in darfur. >> i would recommend that people stand around this side. >> reporter: and josh fattal, an environmentalist, headed a sustainable living community in oregon. their parents, who are profiled in the film, agonize over their release. >> we're hoping it strikes the compassionate chord and pushes for a humanitarian release. >> reporter: while the u.s. and iran have had broken diplomatic relations for decades, last month, secretary of state hillary clinton spoke out on

fattal and bauer's behalf. >> we do not believe there is any basis whatsoever for them to be put on trial. >> we have enormous support from many parts of the government, but the kids are not home. >> reporter: sarah shourd says that's why she's working tirelessly to share their story with the world so shane and josh can finally make it home. >> i'm very hopeful. i just want it to be tomorrow. >> reporter: kareen wynter, cnn, los angeles. >> if you're interested, you can see the documentary. it's called "free shane and josh" on the website dedicated to their release. that web address is freethehikers.org. and ahead, one of the bravest 9-year-olds we've ever seen. you've got to see this. be right back.

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taking a cue from the wright brothers as they push to make their brewery soar. nor "today's solutions." >> reporter: aubrey davis and eric reese don't think like your average business owners. >> our t-shirt sums it up best. "beers with character, characters with beer." >> reporter: the two north carolina residents own the outer banks brewing station located less than a mile from where the wright brothers flew their first airplane. they say it's america's first wing-powered group hug. though other businesses may buy wind credits, these two owners actually have a turbine right on site, generating about 10% of the power they need. >> we had originally talked about doing solar, but wind is a more viable, cheaper source of energy with the resource that we have here. >> reporter: the 92-foot, 10-kilowatt turbine saves the brew pub between $200 and $250 a month. but it's not just about saving money, it's about allowing people to interact with green

technology. >> it's all theory until you can see it. so, we got it in our backyard and people can come by. >> reporter: they partnered with the north carolina solar center to offer a touch-screen computer to detail exactly how much energy the turbine creates. >> before, it was that's kind of strange, kind of out there, and then gas hit $4 and everybody was coming by going, hey, this might be something to look into. >> i like to think, for the people that aren't really careful, that you might learn something while you're drinking one of our beers.

okay, it's one of my favorite parts of the show, and i'll tell you, this is going to make your skin crawl. it makes my skin crawl. there's this california couple who gets more than they

bargained for after a trip to the grocery store. you've got to see this. watch with me here. under this car, you see this guy kind of hanging out, not really moving? oh, now he's moving. this is a massive, ginormous boa constrictor who took a really good liking to one couple's car while they were grocery shopping. yikes! you can imagine their surprise when they walked out, opened their door, found a nine-foot boa waiting for them. you see the animal control officers? it took them, apparently, about an hour to capture this long, nasty thing, which by the way, was wrapped around the engine. and you thought the movie "snakes on the plane" was scary. hello! next, you have probably heard of bungee jumping and sky diving, but how about wing walking? check it out. you're strapped to a 22-foot wing of a plane 500 feet above the ground. not for the faint of heart, but this is a very real hobby for a man you see -- not right there. well, you see him in the middle of the plane. 90-year-old thomas lackey. there he is with his big award.

apparently, he's broken the guinness world record for oldest wing walker. i should probably mention, he was the previous record holder as well. congrats to him, 90. over to paris, where there is another guinness record you probably haven't heard of. i hadn't. this is a male and female balancing act. they're in the running, get this, for the most stairs climbed while balancing a person on the head. did you hear me right? most stairs -- there they go, up, up, up, with this -- i guess that's a guy? i don't know, hanging out at the top, balancing them. needless to say, you don't want to try this at home. i don't think wolf blitzer is. i don't know how his balance is. wolf blitzer with a closer look, coming up, at the president's approval ratings. did he take a beating after the midterm elections? we'll be talking to wolf. that is next.

we have another developing story for you this friday. we have just gotten word that the house ethics trial of democrat maxine waters has been delayed. it was supposed to start coming up here on november 29th. just a short time ago this afternoon, the ethics committee released a statement saying the case has been referred back to a subcommittee and we're digging for details. we've got people on the phone, making phone calls, working sources, trying to find out

precisely why. and this brings us back to this moment. this was charlie rangel yesterday afternoon, whose ethics case is now nearing its end. and as we pointed out to you just yesterday, mr. rangel looked like a broken man. in fact, at one point while he was sitting there, and perhaps a little later, he shed some tears. so, after we left you after our show yesterday, the committee, the full committee there reached a decision to recommend censure for the 20-term democrat for violating 11 house rules. let's take a listen to some of that. >> the committee voted 9-1 to recommend that mr. rangel be censured by the house and to be required to pay restitution for any unpaid taxes. >> i know how much discussion went into this decision, but as i started out earlier, i hope that you can see your way clear for the record to make it

abundantly clear, as the record would indicate, that any action taken by me was not with the intention to bring any disgrace on the house or to enrich myself personally or considered by counsel to be corrupt. that would be of a great help to my family and my community. >> so, we heard from congressman rangel. we're also reading the statement that was released just last night. "this has been one of the most difficult days of my life. all of this has been brought upon me as a result of my own actions. in the end, i hope that you would judge me on my entire record as a soldier and a dedicated public servant, not by my mistakes. to my beloved colleagues, my constituents and the american people, i am sorry." well, elizabeth smart's kidnapping certainly captured the entire nation's attention eight years ago, and now, as we're watching this whole trial

really wind down in utah for the man accused snatching her from her own bedroom, well, coming up this weekend, cnn is examining the story behind her abduction, and our martin savidge has a preview. >> reporter: it had been nine months since elizabeth smart disappeared from her home when police finally got a break. after brian mitchell's photos appeared on "america's most wanted," police received two 911 calls. the callers said they had seen mitchell on this street just outside salt lake city and that he had been walking with a woman and a girl. police found mitchell and his wife and a girl wearing a gray wig and sunglasses. at first, she denied her identity, but police knew it was elizabeth. >> and then everett calls me right after that and says, "tom, they've called me and asked me to come out to sandy to the police station," and he's in the car driving out there as fast as he can. and i did told him, i said, ed,

i think you're going to go see your daughter. and then edward calls me and says -- and he's just in tears and says "it's her, tom," you know, "thank you." >> reporter: it was the moment they had hoped for all those months but never knew would come. >> and i'm so grateful for the prayers and the help and the eyes out there. it is just absolutely wonderful. >> reporter: ed called john walsh and asked him to come to utah. >> all the brothers were there and all the kids, and when she walked down those stairs, that was incredible. that was probably the best day i've spent on this show. >> how about that? we're calling it "taken: the kidnapping of elizabeth smart." it airs tomorrow night, 10:00 p.m. and sunday night 10:30 eastern. as president obama meets with nato leaders today in lisbon, a new cnn poll of polls indicates the public is kind of

split over his handling of duties at the white house. wolf blitzer is joining me now from "the situation room." wolf, let's take a look at a poll together here. the latest poll is finding, overall, 47% of americans approve of how the president is handling his job and 48% disapprove. so, 47%/48%. what do you make of the numbers here as the president is preparing either to work with or do battle with this new republican majority in the house? >> well, if you just look at those numbers, it's pretty surprising, at least to me, as someone who's watched politics over these years, why the democrats and the leader of the democratic party is the president of the united states, why the democrats did so poorly in the midterm elections, because that job approval number in the high 40s, that's actually pretty good relatively speaking. usually, when a president has that kind of job approval, his party or hers should not necessarily do as badly as the democrats wound up doing. so, there are deeper problems that the democrats have. obviously, the biggest problem is the 9.6% unemployment and the sense that the country is not

necessarily working, moving in the right direction but going in the wrong direction. that right track-wrong track number on the polls is the most important number in trying to assess the political environment out there. and right now, the country has the wrong track going up, the right track going down. >> here's another number. let's look at this one. apparently, this new pew survey finds 46% of americans polled did not know that the republicans had won the house in the midterms! >> i don't know what they've been doing. i have no idea what they've been doing. obviously, they haven't been watching you and me. >> not watching you and me, right, exactly. >> i don't know what they're watching right now, maybe "dancing with the stars" or something like that. but they're not watching the cable news channels, i can tell you that. if they were watching any of the cable news channels, they'd know exactly that the republicans did very, very well on november 2nd. >> okay. well, democratic strategist james carville is coming out, saying look, i'm not apologizing for a statement he made about the strength of hillary clinton

versus president obama. and this is embarrassing. basically, carvil is quoted as saying if hillary clinton gave one of her [ bleep ] -- let's say bleep -- to president obama, then he would have two. yikes. >> i know. he's going to be in "the situation room" in the next hour, james carville. we're going to discuss this and we're going to talk about it, because it's obviously a little bit of a slap at the president coming from a fellow democrat, someone who supported hillary clinton. so, all sorts of suspicions are out there as well, conspiratorial theories. we'll pick his brain and ask him about the bleep and the bleep. >> the bleep and the bleep. that's all we'll say. that will be the tease for your show. that and we are talking, mr. blitzer, about doug e. fresh, your buddy. so, listen, i want to take your doug e. fresh and raise you a princess tiara, because i'm sure as you're a busy guy, can't watch every minute of my show -- let's roll the video, guys -- of course, we're talking about the

royal wedding. by the way, i don't know if you knew this, wolf, i'm kind of engaged. >> i know. there's a lot of disappointed people out there. >> earlier today, these guys from tlc's "say yes to the dress" sort of, not totally twisted my arm, "doin' da butt" this tiara, head band thing on my head. what do you think? >> you look gorgeous. but then again, you look gorgeous all the time. so the wedding with or without the tiara. you want my input, is that what you're saying? >> i dowe. bling or no bling? >> i'm going to speak to you and give you the honest opinion -- whatever you think works because it's your wedding. you're going to have to live with that picture for the rest of your life. if you want the tiara, wear it. if you don't want it, don't wear it. but i know one thing for sure, you're going to look fabulous no matter what you wear. >> thank you. i'm blushing. >> and congratulations, and we're very excited. i hope the two of you are going to be happy for a long, long time. >> you know, wolf, i hope we will be happy, but you know what will make me happier?

>> what? >> you doing the doug e. at my wedding. guys, let's roll the video, just because we can. there you were. when was that, a week or two ago? >> that was at the soul train awards in atlanta that b.e.t. is going to air. doug e. fresh is going to be coming into "the situation room" today, today. and guess who else is going to be coming into "the situation roo room"? >> who else? >> brooke, you're going to be very excited. "the situation room" soul train dancers. they're coming in to doug e. with doug e. fresh in "the situation room." this is a moment of zen that a lot of folks will want to watch. >> your moment of zen. i like that. >> i want everyone to see the doug e. in "the situation room." >> you made my day. i'm speechless. >> you made my day with the wedding. when's the wedding? >> that i don't know yet. some time next year. maybe after the royal wedding. maybe some time after. >> your wedding will be a royal wedding. >> thank you, wolf blitzer. have a wonderful weekend. we'll be watching for the doug e. and your show. all right, at the end of the day, are random screenings and extra patdowns just a waste of your time?

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if you touch my junk, i'm going to have you arrested. >> yikes. this is all part of the passenger rights protests, really, now, around the world. certainly, that sound bite has been. this is john tyner from san diego. he jumped into the spotlight this week after refusing the new screenings, the patdown and full body scan. recorded his entire conversation with a tsa agent on his cell phone. so, now more and more people, perhaps you included, speaking out against procedures that some call invasive and sort of hits home here when you see images like this. these are pictures we got from "the denver post." they had a photographer there at denver international and took a bunch of pictures of what people are dealing with right now. and yes, it is very personal and

close and some are alleging sexual assault. a lot of people wanting not to have to deal with this. but others are calling for protests. so, bottom line, tempers are flaring and it brings us to some important questions. are we tolerating too much here in the name of safety or are we just being too sensitive? do the procedures really work and might there be a better way? for answers, we bring in raffi ran, former security chief at israel's airport and logan airport consultant. and kate hanni, passenger bill of rights advocate. kate, i'd like to begin with you. you saw the pictures, right from "the denver post" when they're getting patted down in all kinds of places. and a lot of people say, look, the tsa, i get it, they're out for our own safety, but they've gone too far. >> they've gone too far. we're getting 1,000 complaints a day from people who are literally saying they won't fly if the only option is either a

scan or a very intrusive patdown. and some of the reports we're getting are akin to being molested, and they're from people that are very fragile or elderly or children who, apparently, you know, in my opinion, in most people's opinion, don't present any risk. >> but again, we've heard from john pistole, head of tsa, saying look, we know what the threat is coming from the enemy and this is necessary. raffi, i want to turn to you because we invited you on because of a clear record of success at tel aviv's airport, and it's really legendary. talk to me about the screening. the screening starts, really, even before you hop out of your car. >> well, that is correct, but watching the process that is going on around the country, i must say that the american public has to decide, as long as we want to deliver one single level of security to everybody, we have to understand that it will be increased from time to

time according to the threats. >> absolutely, and that's exactly what the tsa is saying, but if we may just go to tel aviv specifically, because we're fascinated with the security there, the interviewing, the checking of the car, the luggage. if you can, sir, walk me through how it works over there. >> well, it's different because the security in tel aviv is delivered on a completely different paradigm, which is first of all identifying the level of risk for every individual passenger and then adjusting the level of search to the level of risk. that is going to be a very successful approach, and it allows us to let most of the public not be subjected to the kind of searches -- >> the pat-downs. >> -- that you see in american airports. >> the full body scanners. kate, i want to hand it off to you before we go. do you think if you're a low-risk passenger, not much of a hassle, would it work here in the u.s.? >> absolutely, it would work here. there's a technology called

biometrics that would give the united states the ability to domestically prescreen passengers with