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doing yourself more harm than good. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. president obama's $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the president's senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wrote "the more people know about the american jobs act, the more they want congress to pass the plan." axelrod also takes aim at critics of the bill's millionaires tax quoting "while republicans claim it is class warfare, the american people are seeing right through their opposition to asking the wealthiest to do their part." some democrats have doubts and while they control the senate there is no guarantee the bill will get the 60 votes needed to clear tonight's procedural hurdle. the occupy wall street

protest is on the march, uptown where a lot of the rich people live. organizers plan to visit the homes of such money men as jpmorgan chase, news corp ceo rupert murdoch among others. the new york police department puts the tab at $2 million in overtime as for the protest. >> we are the united states of america. >> reporter: overnight in boston things got tense when police say demonstrators refused to leave a downtown area. 60 people who did not comply were arrested. if you're a pro basketball fan now may be the time to find another sport to follow. the nba commissioner david stern canceled the first two weeks of the regular season. the reason, of course, management and players are still at loggerheads over a new labor agreement. >> we now know where we are and where the players are. we don't have to guess about it and we part on good terms with

the negotiators. we just have a gulf that separates us. >> right now, we're not at that place where a fair deal could shall reached between ourselves and the nba and, you know, at this point we're not sure how this will proceed. >> stern says no further talks are scheduled. he says the league lost some $300 million last year and is seeking cost-cutting help from players. for their part players are calling for an average salary cap of $7 million which would be an increase of $2 million above their current average salary. surveillance video captured a gun battle inside a houston gas station. take a look. two suspects are seen dashing into the station and opening fire on two clerks who ducked for cover. look at that. one clerk is shot in the leg as one of the suspects jumps over the counter and looks for money. suddenly the other clerk opens fire hitting the suspect twice in the upper body as he jumps

back over the counter. oh, geez. both suspects managed to get away. it wasn't long before the wounded suspect was arrested. the other suspect remains at large. as for the injured clerk he is recovering at home. turning now to the battle for the white house, herman cain is surging in the polls among republican leading voters. in a new "washington post" bloomberg survey he came in second before mitt romney. romney was the favorite of the -- of 25% of those questioned. cain followed with 16%, next was texas governor rick perry with 13%. texas congressman ron paul got 6% and michele bachmann was favored by 4%. the other candidates received lower figures. the pot was conducted ahead of tonight's republican debate. that debate will be held in new hampshire. it could be a harbinger of what happens on wall street this morning. right now markets in asia are

surging, but not so much in europe where stocks fell in early morning trading. investors there are focused on slovakia's parliament. the dow gained 329 or almost 3% to close at 11,433. that was the biggest one-day surge in two months. the big rally was due in large part to a pledge from european leaders to produce a plan for solving the eurozone's debt crisis by the end of the month. let's head to atlanta now and jacqui jeras. wow, some dreary weather heading for parts of the south. >> it's really ugly. not a fun drive in for me. it was like at 3:00 in the morning. unfortunately, you know, it's going to be like people starting heading in rush hour, lots of clouds across the southeast, it's kind of on and off. light and misty and heavy dow p

downpours. we could see 1 to 3 inches in parts of the carolinas, into tennessee and the central apartment layings and look at that cloud deck already starting to spread into the northeast and we'll watch those clouds thicken up there as we head into the afternoon so that's why we're going to start to see delays. major delays expected over an hour in atlanta today. d.c., metro and charlotte will have delays probably just under an hour. kansas city, a lot of fog there this morning. be careful driving and flying. seattle and portland expecting rain and wind and that fog in san francisco as we take a look at the big picture, the nation's midsection is seeing the best weather today but we will see a few spotty showers from the great lakes towards the gulf coast. it's really the northwest and southeast seeing the worst of the weather. all right, carol, check out this story. this is amazing to me. anybody who runs a marathon in my book is huge, right? try running a marathon when you're 38 1/2 weeks pregnant. there you can see that's baby

june. june miller was born right after the marathon. her mother made it through. her doctor gave her permission to do this, by the way. he said run half the marathon and then walk the second half. she said she paid for it. so she was still pregnant. she was going to run it. good for her. mom and baby are both doing well, but i still say pregnant or not pregnant i'm not doing a marathon. >> that's like insane. i saw her interviewed right after she had the baby and she looked great. it was like nothing to her. so the secret to having an easy birth is to run a marathon before you give birth. >> she said she started having contractions before the end of the race, so -- >> that's just a little crazy, don't you think. >> help those things along a little bit. >> hopefully the baby will become a runner. who know. >> she's got to be an avid runner. no way you could do that unless you're running marathons for year. >> or either that when the baby grows up she'll hate running.

some republican voters became deflated after the news chris christie would not run for president but jimmy fallon has ideas an how to energize the gop. here's your punch line. >> after chris christie and sarah palin announced they weren't running it seems like republicans are trying to hard to keep people excited. take a look at this promo for tomorrow's debate. >> eight republican presidential candidates will go head to head. newt the gingrich that school chris ma'am. rick the corn dog perry. michelle i'll be bachmann and ron paul. slandering, arguing and some of the most insane political conversing you've ever seen. >> is what gives me the experience to put together a plan to help restructure -- >> do it down with gop, yeah, you know me, tuesday night at dark mouth college.

>> oh, i love that. i needed to laugh this morning. coming up, if you are a woman and you are about to down a multivitamin with your morning coffee, you are going to want to hear our story before you do. and the world's largest social network is finally on one of the world's most popular tablets but first our quote of the day. this is the quote, the fact that, you know, some moron can stand up and make a comment like that, you know, first of all it's outrageous in reaction to a dallas pastor calling mormonism a cult and discouraging voters from voting for mitt romney. can you guess who said that? it's nine minutes past the hour. 0 [ beep ]

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it's 11 minutes past the hour. today's quote of the day "the fact that some poron can stand up and make a comment like that, you know, first of all it's outrageous" if you guessed jon huntsman, you guessed right on yesterday's "situation room" with wolf blitzer in reaction to a pastor calling mormonism a cult. huntsman is mormon like mitt romney. it's helped fueled global revolutions and been visited by a silting president and that spooky guy you barely knew from high school is still trying to friend you on it.

another milephone tore facebook. let's head to hong kong and kristie lu stout. tell us about it. >> hey there. finally there is the ipad app for facebook but we've been waiting for over a year. why the delayy some rumors suggest it was a rift between the frais ceo mark zuckerberg and apple's executive team over apple's social network ping. another say facebook wanted a web-based application but one former facebook developer the lead engineer on ipad app has blogged about all this. his name jeff verclean has been in the work since 2010 and wouldn't get into details by why it was delayed but said this was a frustrating experience for me. it was a large contribution to the reasons why i left facebook, unquote. but even though there is a facebook app for the ipad finally, carol, there is still no app yet for google's android

tablets. back to you. >> i'm sure it's only a matter of time. something else that's really cool this morning, teenagers who like science or gadgets or just like making youtube videos two of their -- if they sell their idea they get a ride to the international space station. this is pretty incredible. >> reporter: yeah, it's incredible. here are the details. if you're a student age 14 to 18 or you know one, listen up and take notes. on monday they announced a space contest called space lab and the prize as carol mentioned you get a chance to get your experiment flown to the international space station and students can work on their own or in teams of up to three. all you have to do is make a two-minute video pitch for an experiment to be conducted in zero gravity and it can cover science questions in biology or physics but there are rules. for example, no use of dangerous animals, no explosions, and nothing sharp. now, the deadline is december the 7th.

this is real research in orbit. pretty school stuff. if you fit the bill start at youtube.com/spacelab. back to you. >> no dangerous animals. that leaves me out of the running. >> no explosions. >> no explosions. kristie lu stout, thank you so much. the candidates vying for the republican presidential nomination get ready to go head to head once again. just ahead a look at who has the most at stake heading into tonight's debate. it's 14 minutes past the hour. . for convertibles, press star one. . i didn't catch that. to speak to a representative, please say representative now. representative. goodbye! you don't like automated customer service, and neither do we. that's why, unlike other cards, no matter when you call chase sapphire preferred, you immediately get a person not a prompt. chase sapphire preferred. a card of a different color. (phone ringing) chase sapphire preferred, this is julie in springfield.

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herman cain has been gaining popularity with voters and comedian, well, they're certainly taking notice. here's stephen colbert's take on why he has become so darned popular. >> listen, how much cain believes in himself in the last paragraph in the book, he says "well, i'm just about at the elevator up to the family quarters, but bear with me for just a minute more as i confirm who i am. it's obvious i'm the president of the united states of america." folk, this is a brilliant strategy. with that one sentence cain has taken away obama's strategic advantage of being america's only president. cain has picked up all the voters who don't like romney, used to like perry and can't have christi. republican voters have been reduced to using the same

criteria as a 4:00 a.m. barroom pickup. he has a pulse and no visible cold sores. >> that is so wrong but i know but so very funny. time now for your political ticker host of morning briefing on sirius potus. >> the girls all get prettier at closing time, mickey gilley. >> in a more serious way it takes place in new hampshire. it will be the economy. but there is a lot at stake for rick perry slipping in the polls of late. a web video attacking mitt romney. take a look. >> now, i'm a conservative businessman. >> the white house has pointed to the massachusetts law as the model for its obama care. >> i agree. >> jimmy carter throwing his

weight behind mitt romney. >> follow the path we pursued we'll find it's the best path. >> in my bock i said no such thing. >> noting that the line about doing the same thing for everyone in the country. >> most of you probably missed it because it's very early in the morning but my favorite part is when mitt romney looks into the mirror and sees barack obama. it's just kind of weird and horror movie-like. but it's interesting that rick perry is still attacking mitt romney and ignoring harman cain in and mitt romney is trying to attack president obama as often as he can. mitt romney has still maintained the status as front-runner and tonight's debate is another opportunity for -- an opportunity he can't miss for rick perry to go after mitt romney and re-establish his credentials. i don't know he feels like he has to attack herman cain, that that could take care of itself in time because he has more money and i think he's got the ground game going but he's going to go after mitt romney no question about it. supposedly he's prepping for the debate and that will be the next

step and we'll be watching closely for it. >> oh, boy, has he been prepping. there was an article in "the new york times" a couple of days ago that the biggest suggestion for rick perry was get some sleep. >> yeah. that's good advice. he was a little tired last time. >> we'll see if that works. president obama, let's talk about him today for just a little bit because he heads to pittsburgh today to push his jobs bill while the senate prepares for a crucial vote i guess that will happen sometime tonight. >> you know, this procedural vote you mentioned at the top of the show and the david axelrod memo, it is to end the debate on whether they should debate the bill. that's how cranky they're getting. harry reids senate majority leader has an op-ed about the procedural chicanery and tom foolery taking place. the problem for the president it's not just about republican, three democrats are solidly

against it. and unless the president and senator harry reid get all the democrats in on it they can make the republicans look like exclusive obstructionists. it's unlikely the bill will make it through the senate. we'll see how the vote goes but even if it gets through the senate is it has an unlikely path through the senate. that's why the president is going to talk to a popular group today. people in the electricians union in pittsburgh. where he's headed. >> okay. let's continue on that cynical note all about politics. do you think the american people are buying the president's jobs bill? >> well, according to polls, most people seem to enjoy what or support a lot of elements of it. what is key here, though, it seems that the white house is saying and this is part of a strategy session they had friday with democratic senate members and the caucus and that is that they will accept portions of this, so we'll see exactly which

portions will be passed. i guess the ultimate answer to your question, though, carol, will be determined at the polls next november as to whether or not this argument does or does not work and where we are in the economy at that point and who the republican candidate is and all those other questions that have yet to be answered and only time will tell. >> kind of makes your head want to explode. tim farley host of morning briefing on sirius potus radio. thanks for joining us. torturing detainees to get a confession. that's the finding of a new united nations report. the troubling details for you next. first go ahead and celebrate you today as we mark it's my party day. your party can be as simple or elaborate as you want it because, remember, it's your party. it's 21 minutes past the hour. [ male announcer ] for sore muscles use new bengay cold therapy,

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24 minutes past the hour. according to a new report afghan detainees are being coerced into con federal governments through corps tur. around the world with monita rajpal. a disturbing report. >> reporter: they're saying according to this report there is compelling evidence as how they're describing it of systematic abuse of detainees in afghanistan and it revealed

children who were being held under the age of 18 were also tortured. it was a year-long investigation that included interviews of more than 300 detainees in more than 40 detention centers across afghanistan. the readiness of its security force is in question. there are also questions about the fact that these -- that the training of these forces and the running of these detexas centers are funned by western powers such as the united states so how complicit are they and how much of what was actually happening within these prisons was widely known and, of course, if any of the information obtained from the detainees who had been tortured was useful to u.s. intelligence. now, an american official who spoke on the condition of an minimumty has been quoted in a report as saying that they didn't know of anyone who knew these alleged abuses took place, but in another report, a senior nato official is quoted as saying they knew this was happening but the question

that's being asked is, quote, he says, what do we do about it? the afghan government explicitly condemns torture but the transparency and accountability were questionable. carol? >> monita rajpal, live from london, thanks so much. it's something you hope never happens when your flight lands. new video of a plane skidding off a runway. before you pop that mull vie vitamin why researchers think you might be putting yourself at risk. it's 26 past the hour. capital one's new cash rewards card

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good morning to you. it is tuesday, october 11th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you

from new york. 30 minutes past the hour. bad news for basketball fans, the nba has canceled the first two weeks of the regular season after players and owners failed to reach a labor agreement. lead commissioner david stern says the to sides remain far apart on all major issues. no further talks are scheduled. the key disputes are over salary caps and revenue sharing. with the cancellations and entire season in doubt the economic fallout could be huge. we have much more analysis coming your way in about ten minutes. president obama's $447 billion jobs package faces a key procedural vote later today in the senate. among other things it cuts payroll taxes for workers and employers and extends unemployment benefits and give tax credits for hiring the long-term unemployed. the president will spend part of his day in pittsburgh pushing his jobs plan, of course, the bill faces fierce republican opposition. a top official faces child

molestation charges. police arrested dr. kimberly lindsay along with her live-in boyfriend. the case involves a 6-year-old boy. lindsay is a deputy director for the laboratory science policy and practice program office at the cdc. caught on camera. video of a passenger plane skidding off the runway. take a look, the national transportation safety board just released pictures of a southwest plane at it overran the runway at midway airport in chicago. this incident happened in april. you see it there. flight 1919 from denver landed in rainy weather and was moving too fast when it tried to turn on to a taxiway. it ended up in the mud. it was recorded by a camera on the runway. no one was injured in that incident. opening statements expected today in the trial of the so-called underwear bomber. the 24-year-old nigerian national faces charges for attempting to bomb a

detroit-bound northwest airlines flight on christmas day in 2009. the defendant is acting as his own attorney. ladies, if your morning routine includes a daily vitamin supplement, you might be doing yourself more harm than good. i'm not kidding. a university of minnesota researcher says they offer very little benefit. the data suggests older women taking the supplements had slightly higher death rates. nutrition experts call the findings puzzling and say more research is needed. netflix now reversing course but will the new change help bring bad customers -- bring back customers rather who dumped their service? we'll tell you. it's 32 minutes past the hour. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank.

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christine roman is here in new york with me. let's talk about netflix. i guess it did a big flip-flop. >> forget about that whole qwikster thing. the streaming business and the dvd by mail business. forget about that they're going back to the future. they want to go back, carol, to the day when the stock wasn't 60% below where it is today. many of you know the drama pa but the netflix backlash has been something i haven't seen in a long time in a company in corporate branding and raised prices 60% and rebranded its dvd by mail business to qwikster which people said qwik what? the ceo of this company had said he lived in fear of going the way of, you know, blockbuster, one of these companies that was an early mover and found itself struggling to adapt to new technologies. instead the way the company behaved and its corporate strategy has been worse almost

than failing to move with the times. so there you go. r.i.p., rest in peace, netflix. it lost a million customers because of this. >> wow. third quarter earnings, i know we're supposed to talk about that. >> yes, third quarter earnings. this is what drives sentiment in the stock market. the stocks are reflected -- the stock market prices reflect what companies are earning. we know that in the months and quarters after the recession ended and the recovery began, corporate america felt that recovery and had double-digit profit growth but that might be slowing and we're going to learn more when companies report their earnings reports and get alcoa after the bell. aluminum prices have fallen dramatically. we'll see if that's reflected in there. thursday, google, jpmorgan chase

and all these banks. this is really important, the investment banks, banks have been lowering their expectations for what earnings will be like because the economy is slowing and we have some major problems with systemic banking problems in europe. in fact, jean claude trushe making pretty dramatic comments about big risks because of their banks and banks' exposure to greece. the whole system is interconnected, of course, so we'll be closely watching to see what the banks here have to say about their earnings. >> we'll talk more about it on "american morning." thank you, christine. you heard his name a lot during the 2008 presidential race. now joe the plumber is back in the spotlight. this time for his own political ambitions. we'll fill you in. just ahead. but first time for your get smart question of the day. first lady michelle obama kicks off a 24-hour jumping jack

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between 3:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. good luck with that. time for your political ticker. the economy is expected to be the big focus as the republican presidential candidates square off tonight at dartmouth college in tampa new hampshire. mitt romney spent time campaigning there yesterday trying to tout himself as a champion of the middle class. missing on the trail rick perry who perhaps has the most at take. poll numbers have been slipping as herman cain surges ahead. cain finished second behind romney in a new harvard poll. remember joe the plumber? he's the man who emerged on the national stage during the 2008 presidential race. he questioned then north obama about his plan for small business growth. well, he is now ready to enter politics himself. joe the plumber whose real name is samuel werz werzlebatcher.

nba players coming up with a profit sharing deal, no, more of the season may be at risk and as mark mckay tells us it's just not the fans hurting. >> reporter: these doors won't be opening for basketball any time soon. the league's decision to cancel some regular season games made sure of that. but that decision just doesn't impact team owners and players. it also affects surrounding businesses that count on those games being played. >> there's definitely going to be a decrease in business on what would have been home games, we usually get a nice pop two hours before the game then depending on how they do some after-game business. >> we always try to make sure we have a good showing of conventioneers to come to the restaurant but as far as filling the void there's nothing we can do. our hands are pretty much tied. >> reporter: the nba just completed one of its most

successful seasons in year, attendance, merchandise sales and television ratings were all up but that momentum could be lost if the current lockout continues for an extended period. >> these two sides should be sitting in a room in new york city for the next, you know, week, two week, however long it takes to get done but right now they seem content to not negotiate, not meet and to sort of let this thing play out and see who blinks first. >> reporter: the cost for this waiting game will be expensive. nba commissioner david stern said the league lost $200 million by canceling the preseason. if a significant amount of regular season games are lost, as well, the league will find itself having to satisfy broadcast partners who paid billions to televise those games. >> the nba is going to have to make good with their tv partners. they're not going to continue to pay for no games. and, you know, has an effect on the tv partners because they use nba games which are strong ratings drivers for, say a tnt,

they are strong ratings drivers and that helps boost ratings for other programming. >> mark mckay reporting. players won't start feeling financial sting until november when they would normally start colleging their paychecks. the detroit lions and their legion of fans are celebrating big time this morning. for the first time in 55 years, the lions are undefeated through the first five games of the nfl season. yay. they hit the milestone by defeating the bears 24-136789 people are so excited around the country the detroit lions and gentlem best, you see him there, are trending topics. okay, back to news. outrage from an iranian opposition group claiming that a harsh sentence has been handed down against an actress there. we'll have the details for you in a live report.

good morning to you, tuesday, october 11th. your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. 46 past the hour. developing this morning, outrage from an iranian opposition group claiming that a harsh sentence has been handed down against an iranian actress for starring in a movie. let's go around the world with reza. tell us about it. >> reporter: yeah, carol.

human rights groups are starting to put pressure on the iranian government to overturn the sentence and free this actress. her name is marzieh vafamehr, 38 years old. she was according to an opposition website sentenced to one year in prison and 90 lashes after she appeared in a movie called "my tehran for sale" roundly criticized by hard-liners because it depicts iranian society is one that oppresses artists, filmmakers and actresses. in it vafamehr plays an actress who can't play in tehran and leaves and touches on a lot of taboo subs like drug use and aids. in the movie she appears without a head scarf. it was shot in 2008 in iran by an iranian-australian filmmaker. never meant to be distributed in iran but with the internet these days it started appearing online, on youtube and that's when this opposition website says in july she was arrested

and sometime during the past week according to this opposition website marzieh vafamehr was sentenced to one year in prison and 90 lashes. her lawyer says she's appealing it and, again, carol, a lot of human rights groups outraged putting a lot of pressure on the government to overturn the sentence. >> and she's the only one being punished for taking part in this movie. the producer and director, there's no punishment handed down on them, right? >> reporter: well, that's probably because they're in australia. the producer and the director both based in australia and according to this opposition website other performers in this movie were briefly detained. they were released. she was kept in custody and, again, sometime over the past few days, she was sentenced. every few months it seems a case emerges in iran that really depicts this ongoing fight between iranian authorities and artists, filmmakers and

actresses who have been long fighting for their creative freedom and human rights. this appears to be the latest case, carol. >> reza sayah live in islamabad, thanks so much. president obama's $447 billion jobs bill faces its physical vote in the senate later today. the president's senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election next year. in a memo, david axelrod takes aim at critics of the bill's millionaire's tax quoting "while republicans may claim that this is class warfare, the american people are seeing right through their opposition to asking the wealthiest to do their part." some democrats also have doubts about the bill, though and while they control the senate, there is no guarantee the bill will get the 60 votes needed to clear tonight's procedural hurdle. we'll keep you posted. the occupy wall street protesters in new york are on the march today and they're going uptown. why uptown you ask because that's where a lot of rich

people live. organizers say they plan to visit the homes of jpmorgan says jamie dimon. news corp ceo rupert murdoch among others. as for the cost of three weeks of protests, the new york police department puts the tab at $2 million in overtime. overnight in boston, things got pretty darned tense when police say demonstrators refused to leave a downtown park. about 60 people who did not comply were arrested. they were also part of occupy wall street. we now know the cause of steve jobs' death. a public health official says jobs died of respiratory arrest brought on by a pancreatic tumor. he died last week. he was 56. now to atlanta and jacqui jeras, any flight delays to speak of this morning. >> not yet but think there will

be a whole lot of them later on this morning, carol especially across the southeast and as we head into the afternoon it will spread into the northeast all due to an area of low pressure storm system bringing this huge shield of clues from the florida panetta all the way up into new england. the rain, though, pretty confined here to parts of georgia into the central appalachians and the carolinas. it's going to be heavy at times, in fact, good one to two inches could be expected widespread. a few areas will get a little less than that but overall a nuisance for you and going to make things tough to travel. so major delays expected in atlanta with the rain and the low clouds today. delays expected but under an hour for you in d.c. and charlotte. kansas city, fog this morning so it'll be rough on the roadways as well as the airways. our storm in the pacific northwest will keep rain and wind in the forecast for seattle and portland and some fog this morning in seattle. san francisco, rather, excuse me, as you take a look at the big picture, though, the

nation's midsection overall looking good but a weak front will be enough to bring spotty showers. tomorrow will be a worse day for you as that front in the pacific makes its way to the midsection but really nice to start out your day into the northeast so enjoy it before those clouds really thicken up and lower down. dramatic video coming in out of england this morning of a cliff collapsing. take a look at those pictures. these are the famous cornwall cliffs. there have been a lot of storms there recently and the waves really washing up had eroded this cliff. it's been estimated somewhere in the order of 100,000 pounds of rock and debris crumbled down about 150 feet to the water below. crazy pictures, carol. >> i know. dramatic pictures. thanks for sharing. i noticed you're wearing black. i didn't know if that had to do with your tigers or anything. >> it was such an emotional roller coaster because the tigers stunk and then the lions

were -- >> they won, yeah. >> they were like the new england patriots. mixed emotions. i know. so i don't know what to think this morning. but i'm just going to concentrate on the lions. >> good to have one winning team for sure. >> thanks. are you getting up for work thinking this is just not worth it? well, maybe it is time for a change. coming up a breakdown of the best jobs in some of the fastest-growing industries but first let's take a look at the word of the day, shall we. solar dimming. find out what it means and why you need to know after this short break. it's 53 minutes past the hour. [ male announcer ] it's true...

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four minutes until the top of the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." back to our word of the day, actually it's a thing. solar dimming. what does it mean? it's a cyclical drop in the sun's radiation that can trigger unusually cold winters in parts of north america and europe. solar dimming is an important new finding because scientists say it can improve long-range forecasts and help countries better prepare for blizzards. now you know. you've possibly heard about someone throwing a hot dog at tiger woods at a tournament sunday. the comedians aren't done talking about it or should i say joking about it. >> they're playing a golf tournament. one of those big-time pga deals. a guy charges the green and throws a hot dog at tiger woods. the guy was arrested and fascinating thing about this legally half that hot dog goes to tiger's ex-wife. >> tiger was furious.

not that the guy through the hot dog. he hit the green. tiger hasn't done that in two years. the guy hit the green. go on, i tell you, it was a tough day all around for tiger. here's a news story. >> a surprise for tiger woods at the tournament in northern california as tiger was lining up a putt on the 7th green a fan tossed a hot dog at him. things got worse for tiger later on at the 13th green. >> i thought that was funny. okay, in business news this morning, well, the upswing continue on wall street? to the nasdaq marketsite and check in with carter evans. will it remain on an upswing. >> what do you think? >> no. >> up next, down today. here we go. take a look at futures. down 67. nasdaq down 10. s&p 500 down about 8 1/2.

we are going to get the minutes from the fed's most recent meeting today. alcoa unofficially kicks off earnings season after the close reporting its third quarter numbers today. >> i'm sure you'll keep us posted. tell us something better this morning because cnnmoney.com has a cool feature called best job. tell us about it. >> yeah, best jobs and it takes a look at this from all different angles. take a look here. this is one of the slide shows on cnnmoney.com. the number one in this category is a software developer with a median pay of $82,400. a great job. if you can get it. >> and cnnmoney.com will tell us how, right? >> they'll tell you exactly where -- no, no, they won't tell you where but they'll tell you where you should be looking. >> good, good enough. carter, many thanks to you. "american morning" continues right now. terror on trial. i'm ali velshi. the man accused of trying to