supported the protesters who occupied tahrir square. they have supported all of the arab spring protests including against world leaders the u.s. this from lisa, they're not camping, they're protesting. engaged in an act proprotected by the first amendment. thanks for your comments this morning. >> next time i see you, carol, it will be halloween. we will dress up like each other or something like that. that will do it for us. we'll be back bright and early monday morning at 6:00 a.m. eastern. alina cho takes it over right now at "cnn newsroom." >> good morning, ali and carol. i'll see you both on monday. meanwhile, welcome to all of you. u.s. stock markets opened this hour, can they keep the rally going. investors riding on good news. the dow finished up thursday, 340 points. this could be the best october in a quarter century. the economy is growing. the gross national product for

the third quarter was nearly double the figure from april to june and that's thanks to consumer spending and more business investment. alison kosik will join us in about half an hour for the opening bell, but right now let's talk to global editor at large with reuters. good morning. so, what a difference a day makes. the dow futures are already down this morning and we've learned that whirlpool is cutting 5,000 jobs in north america and europe. it looks like that big rally from yesterday was not the real turn around we were hoping for. >> well, i think the rally yesterday was really mostly about europe. and i think the big question that the markets are asking is not so much is everyone going to be fantastic. is there going to be a huge economic rebound in the u.s. and in the world. the question is, is there going to be another disaster or is it going to be a slow, grinding, but ultimately positive recovery? the news this week has been, you know, the chance of disaster prompted by europe not getting

its act together really decreased this week. that's why i think, you know, we should be cautiously optimistic. this is a good, this is a good outcome and it's not certain that europe will be okay, but if europe, you know, pulls back from the cliff, that is really good news for the world economy. >> isn't that because the european deal isn't completely done yet? that is part of the problem. also part of the problem, as you say, the housing crisis which isn't going away. >> that's right. i mean, you know, to start with europe. the european deal, first of all, the is haven't been dotted and the ts haven't been crossed. we're not 100% sure it's going to be fully executed. the other thing, we can't be 100% sure that the europeans have put enough money behind that firewall. people this week have been talking about how europe needed a financial bazooka and it's heavy artillery, but maybe not quite a bazooka.

when if cot comes to the u.s., absent the european issues, the u.s. economy is still shaky. a big issue, as you said, is housing. the other thing that really concerns me, because, also, of the huge social implications is unmployment. >> of course. >> even with the slight recovery we're seeing, the unemployment number isn't budging and that's because you need a really strong recovery to start seeing unemployment go down. >> that's right. we need to see it fall below 9 %. >> all right, thank you so much for your perspective on this. meanwhile, the "occupy wall street" is on the move and on key. today protesters are planning to march to five major banks and financial firms. they're delivering 6,000 letters railing against corporate greed and corruption. meanwhile in atlanta, 100 protesters have broken camp at the martin luther king center. they say the civil right icon

helps inspire protest. the group was kicked out of a city park a few days earlier and promises to stay at lmk site. several private land owners offered them a place to stay. a protester seriously injured is now showing signs of recovery. scott olsen is an iraq war veteran that suffered a broken skull tuesday. he was struck by a tear gas canister fired by police officers. today his condition has been upgraded to fair. last hour, we heard from his roommate on cnn's "american morning." >> he's awake now. he's not able to talk, though. although he knows what he wants to say, he's not able to articulate it. he's able to write, but his spelling is pretty bad at the moment. they're expecting a full recovery. >> oakland's mayor has come out with a statement apologizing for the violence and promising an investigation. the occupy movement isn't limited to the united states, in london the protests spurred st. paul's cathedral to close.

that's a first since world war ii. today the doors are back open and zain verjee has reaction from london. zain, good morning. this is crazy. >> it is. good morning to you, alina. let's go straight to the headlines and give you a taste of what they're saying. the parable of st. paul's written by the former archbishop of cantberry and the very fact that they are prepared to continue their own protest at the expense of christian worship in one of our greatest cathedrals surely gives the lie to the protesters' claim that they represent 99% of society. the church is now well and truly in the dock. narrow path between serving the needs of the wealthy and those of the poor. the problem with these good intentions is that over the centuries what has evolved is a naturally cautious and inherently tepid church. finally, alina, take a look at "the guardian." the guest editorial said the

anti-capitalist peace camp is a communial right, a plea for sanctuary, the situation cries out for st. paul's clergy to seize the occasion. some resigned yesterday and decided to step down and throw his support behind the protesters. alina? >> just an incredible story. zain verjee live for us from london. thank you, as always, great to see you. politics now. herman cain is adding to his coughers. paul steinhauser is here with more on that. hey, paul, good morning. >> herman cain the former godfather's pizza ceo rising for the gop nomination and bringing more cash. catch this, $3 million. that's what the cain campaign said they brought in since the beginning of the month. that's more than he raised in

the july, august third quarter of fund-raising. mark block, the chief of staff to herman cain, the guy smoking the cigarette in that web video earlier this week, he made the news earlier on erin burnett. why is campaign cash important, pays out for commercials, get out the vote effort, et cetera. alana, one other thing. hillary clinton. what if she decided to run for the white house in 2012? not going to happen. take a look at this "time" magazine poll doing better against mitt romney than president barack obama. also doing better against rick perry and herman cain and hypotheticals. alina, fun to talk about, but i think hillary pretty straight on this. she has no desire to run for the white house next year. >> she's not going to make her boss mad. four more years and we'll wait and see. we'll have your next political update in one hour. this reminder for all the latest political news. go to our website

cnnpolitics.com. halloween's not here yet, but snow is in the forecast this weekend for parts of the northeast. let's check in with meteorologist rob marciano with a look at that. is this true, rob? >> a bit of a trick maybe or a treat for some. check out some of the video from amarillo. same system affect the northeast come tomorrow night and sunday morning. a snow across amarillo setting records, not a whole lot. but just over 2.5 inches was enough to do that and coat the streets and roadways and coat the trees, as well. these are some of the totals across the northeast kind of a preliminary storm before the big one. seven inches in massachusetts and halifax 6 inches and here's the next system which is going to be rolling up the appalachian mountains and you see it here gathering a little bit of strength and this is rainfall that will be rolling up through the mid-atlantic and eventually up towards the northeast where the air is chilly, but not super, super cold. this is early for this to happen this time of year.

there's your low across the delmarva and picks up some steam. a classic nor'easter. how strong does it get and how close to the shore will it be and how cold is the air? to get this much snow in october would be a record setting event and we do expect to see from three to six inches of snowfall mostly away from the i-95 corridor north and west, but there will be some areas, alina, that will see over a foot of snow in the higher terrain there. some spots, leaves on the trees and that will cause problems in weighing down the branches and potentially -- >> when is it going to start? >> tomorrow afternoon through sunday morning. there will be wind around us. boston, new york city probably won't get much more than an inch, but outside the cities, we could see certainly more than that. >> you'll have to sneak the flight to the northeast pretty soon. >> that and maybe some trick or treating just for old time sake. >> thank you, rob. presidential campaigns heat up and the current frontrunners refuse to cool down. mitt romney and herman cain are

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put. the man who freed 56 animals before killing himself will want custody. the state of ohio will keep them quarantined. joined president obama for dinner last night. the four are donors to obama's re-election campaign. they won the right to dine with the commander in chief in a campaign sponsored raffle. only in america. it's been a busy week of presidential politics. mitt romney and herman cain are slugging it out for the top spot in the polls and this morning, we've learned that michele bachmann is getting a nasty shove from a former cornerstone of her base. joining us now is candy crowley, chief political correspondent and host of cnn's "state of the union." so so, candy, let's talk about bachmann. how big of a deal is this? >> let's caveat what this call for her to step out of the race, where it's coming from.

it's coming from a sizable portion of the tea party, but the tea party is this sort ofmorphous group where a member of the tea party could be just a one-man band sitting in some city some place or it could be, as this group seems to be, a rather larger group. nonetheless, it is very, it is very desperate and so one tea party segment doesn't speak for the other. now, to the question of how does it hurt michele bachmann, let's face it, she is in the low double digits in most of these polls. i don't see it hurting her any more than she's already been hurt. i do see it as indicative of one thing, that is, a beginning of a realization by the conservative wing of the party or the tea party wing that if there is going to be a chance for a not mitt romney to win this, they'll have to wdwindle down the not mitt romneys. the two party candidates and favorites herman cain and rick

perry seems to be doing, in perry's case, slightly better than bachmann. so, they're going to kind of coilous around someone and they need to narrow this field of tea party candidates and that's what you're beginning to see with this particular push. >> they're trying to get behind somebody who they think they can win. herman cain smoking campaign ad and rick perry announcing he might skip some of those 18 debat debates. what is your big take away, candy? >> actually, my big take away is always the economy because that's what this election is going to be about. borrowing some huge international incident. and what we have seen, as i'm sure you've been reporting, is big boost in the stock market. we've seen the president out there doing all these executive orders aimed at veterans, aimed at home owners in trouble and aimed at students. all those sort of kitchen table issues. the president sort of trying to reconnect with voters they feel they don't know this president

any more. to me, what you're seeing. they're certainly not doing any dances at the re-elect campaign headquarters, but you are seeing a slow creeping up, at least for this week of the president's approval numbers that are still well below 50%, which if you're an incumbent, you don't want to do. sort of looking that huge picture, which is a year from november, it has been a pretty good week for the president and a not so great for republicans. the republicans, you know, romney had some stumbles and herman cain had some stumbles, but they have time to make this up. the larger picture, i think, is sort of a net kind of weak plus for the president this week. >> and what do you have coming up on sunday on "state of the union"? that's the big question. >> the president's top campaign adviser david axelrod will be with us, as well as ron paul. get his take on the tea party power and any number of things going on in the republican race. >> i'll see you again on sunday and i'll be watching, again, as

always. join us sunday for state of the union with candy crowley right here on cnn. the seventh billionth person is expected to be born this weekend and ireporters are creatively covering the countdown. >> one plus one plus one plus one -- >> we'll show you some of the best ireports, next. kim kardashian pulls a fast one helping out her younger brother. your "showbiz headlines" are next.

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headlines. peter jackson isn't finished shooting his first hobbit movie in new zealand but a host for next november's world premiere. the capital of wellmingten, which happens to be his hometown. bret michaels is helping the phoenix hospital that helped save his life. the poison singer is designing a relaxation room for patient's families. he spent two weeks there after suffering a stroke last year. kim kardashian was secretly trying to help her brother, rob. actually, it was the number to vote for rob on "dancing with the stars" guess what, he did end up surviving this week's cut. pretty good strategy. as the world red fraez the birth of the 7 billionth person expected to arrive this weekend. zain verjee is looking over some

of the best ireports. what have you got for us this morning, zain? >> a lot of ireports that are pretty cool. when you throw out a number like 7 billion, alana, you need to get your head around a massive figure like that. let me show you this ireport that was submitted by a seventh grade teacher in chicago who lost all their students to try to visualize a big number like 7 billion would be. shows seventh graders running around the building and if they ran around the building for 7 billion seconds, it would take 217 years and 133 million laps. and then take a look at the ireporter jerry gonzalez's video. he's saying that we need eight glasses of water a day for optim optimal health. in a year, we consume about 920 glasses of water, therefore, he says, we need to live 2.4

million years to consume 7 billion glasses of water. so, you heard us both talking there. let me just show you the last ireport. i really like this one. this is from andy clinton. take a listen to this as coco the monkey and the rooster teach kids about the number 7 billion. ♪ how many is 7 billion that's what i want to see ♪ ♪ how many is 7 billion oh, count along with me ♪ ♪ 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 ♪ >> he kind of sound like you every now and then. just joking. >> what are you talking about? >> i'm just joking. and he was actually estimating in that video that he was

counting at a rate of two counts per second and at that rate it would take approximately 111 years to reach $7 billion. you know, so, i just want to throw down this challenge for you, alina. how many designer outfits would you like around manhattan to make 7 million? >> that i don't know the answer to, zain, you always do this to me. you will have to come over here, cross the pond and we'll have to slug it out. you hear me? >> we will. >> zain verjee, great to see you, as always. >> you, too. bank of america sparked outrage last month when it announced a $5 debt card fee. remember that? now, a month later, are big banks following suit? alison kosik following this story for us from "new york stock exchange. what is going on? >> this is surprising especially after the outrage after bank of america said it was going to start charging its debt card

users $5 a month. now it seems most banks will not be follow b of a's lead and most say it's not because of outrage over b of a, but, come on, that influence had to influence their thinking just a little bit. first of all, chase will be continuing testing debt card fees through next month but chase will not make those fees stick. same with other major card issuers. u.s. bank corp, citigroup, all of those will not have those monthly debt card fees either. but reality is, they've still got to make up for all that lost revenue from a new regulation that limits how much money banks can make from those swipe fees. alina, what that essentially means is we could pay another way because, you know this, banks could be very, very creative. >> some might say fritricky. the opening bell is less than six minutes away and the last time i checked, the dow futures were down after that huge rally on the dow yesterday. what are you expecting today,

alison? >> exactly. the tdow, nasdaq, s&p not such big surprise. i'm talking about the european debt plan and how europe will implement the debt plan and pretty normal to see a step back after such a big surge on the markets because look how well the markets did. the stock market gained about $500 billion today and i think that momentum will carry through today. alina? >> you'll watch it all for us, alison. thank you. coming up, a republican rock star accused of lying about his family for political gain. florida senator mark rubio denies it and depends his bad memory. and coming up, a landmark birthday for a national treasure. the statue of liberty turns 125 years old and celebrates with some 21st century editions. we'll explain in a live report just ahead. i want healthy skin for life.

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at least seven people are dead after a highway accident in indiana. a minivan may have hit a deer and stopped before a tractor trailer hit it. the dow moved past the 12,000 mark pushed by reports of the european debt deal. the market opens in less than a minute. the st. louis cardinals had two late-inning comebacks to beat the rangers in game six of the world series. the deciding game seven is tonight. this morning we have a couple of updates on the "occupy" oakland movement. an iraqi war veteran seriously injured is now showing signs of recovery and the mayor of oakland under fire for the violence has issued an apology. dan simon is live outside the hospital in oakland. so, how is this man, scott olsen, doing this morning? >> we're actually told he's expected to make a full

recovery. his roommate came out just a short time ago and told us that he is doing well. that he has some bruising on his brain, but should be able to make a full recovery. you know, what happened to him has really sort of galvanized the protesters and it caused some intense negative public relations, some negative pr for the city of oakland and it caused the mayor to rethink the policy of telling the protesters to leave that plaza in front of city hall and reverse course and said they could come back and she issued a statement last night. take a look. >> i am very deeply saddened about what happened last tuesday. it clearly didn't turn out the way we wanted it to. people were hurt and i take responsibility and i apologize to those who were hurt. >> it really raises the question, why the city? why city leaders told the protesters to leave only to say

they could come back a couple days later. the scene has caused them to rethink their policy and caused the city of san francisco to rethink things, as well. they were scheduled or they were supposed to tell the protesters to hit the road, as it were a couple of days ago. the city of san francisco a couple days ago telling the protesters to stay there, as well. >> we just saw the video of just how heated things got there. during the protests. what is it like right now? >> it seems remarkably calm after the protest we saw a couple days ago when you saw that enormous clash with police and the city has basically flip-flopped and said, you know what, you're welcome to stay now and the mayor has asked that they not camp overnight, but that plea is apparently being

ignored. we're now seeing signs of another tent city cropping up there. like i said, what happened to that iraq vet, scott olsen, has been a focal point, a rallying point for the protesters here in oakland and also around the country and i think, you know, that's caused the city to sort of back off and let the protesters do their thing and they don't seem to be interfering at this point. >> all right, and similar situation, of course, well much larger playing out in new york. dan simon, thank you very much for following this story for us. i want to do a quick check of the big board now. the dow down about 21 points after a huge rally yesterday. the dow was up 340 points crossing above the 12,000 mark. you can see, it still is on the news of european debt deal. we'll have to see what it does today, but so far the dow is trading lower. coming up, there's a thin line between a lie and a mistake. so, which side is senator mark

rubio on? your opinion might depend on your politics. we'll dig into it, next.

36 minutes after the hour. a whole lot of republicans think florida senator marco rubio would be the perfect vice presidential pick next year, but some democrats say he lied about his family for political gain. now, rubio is on the defense. jim acosta explains. >> reporter: during a series of events in florida, marco rubio admitted what is now widely known that he botched the details of his own family story. his parents did not come to the u.s. after fidel castro seized control of cuba in 1959. they came in 1956 as his corrected site states now. >> does it change anything? absolutely not. >> reporter: a democratic leaning political action committee called americanbridge

21st century say the dates do matter. suggesting in this video he is not a cuban exile because his parents left the island before he took over. >> it's hard to be a political when your raised by exiles. >> reporter: the senator insists his parents are exiles because they couldn't go home. >> and they spent the rest of their lives, my mom is still alive, separated permanently from the nation of their birth. that makes them both exiles and immigrants. >> we hold republicans accountable. >> reporter: but acknowledged in an exclusive interview with cnn his group wants to do more than just set the record straight. >> does it have anything to do with the fact that he's being talked about a vice presidential candidate in 2012? >> yeah, i think that it does. i'm not making, i'm not making any bones about that. >> you're trying to knock him out of contention for 2012? >> i think what we're finding

here. >> are you trying to knock him out of contention for 2012? >> i'm trying to allow the american people to know a little bit more about marco rubio. when he ran in 2000 -- >> why don't you just answer the question. he finally did. >> we think marco rubio is someone who is being talked about. >> reporter: for 2012. >> more by the media to be vice president. >> reporter: this was a consideration. >> yes, it was. >> one junior senator that made it to the white house, do we have another one here? >> reporter: despite pleas from republicans, even in his home state, rubio has ruled out being on the ticket in 20 12. that hasn't stopped the chatter in washington. a vice presidential nominee rubio will take florida away from president obama who won the state from 200,000 votes in 2008. american bridge has plenty of money to go after rubio raising hundreds of thousands of dollars from unions and big california donors. like j.j. abrahams, the director

of the new star trek movie. but these phasers aren't unstunned. according to republican congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen. >> many groups want to destroy his reputation. >> reporter: his own political activity accuses liberals of "coordinating attacks on the senator." jim acosta, cnn, washington. >> jim, thank you. this whole marco rubio controversy is the focus of a new op-ed column on cnn.com. a cnn contributor and nationally syndicated political columnist. reuben, good morning. you heard his report, some democrats are suggesting that rubio's family aren't really cuban exiles because his parents left the island before castro took over. are we splitting hairs here? are voters really going to care about this? >> well, yes. i think, good morning, we are

splitting hairs. i don't think voters will care about this and i think rubio can make a compelling case. you can be an exile and immigrant. you can be an exile and considered both of those things and that would mean that economic exiles. these people from mexico, immigrants that come from mexico could be considered economic exiles. they can't go home either because opportunities for them there. i want to focus on what jim acosta said. this is a first rate journalist you have working at cnn, he zeroed in and wouldn't let this person get away with this double talk of why they were going after rubio. when i was writing this column i couldn't figure if i had more contempt for rubio trying to feed me this story that he was the only cuban american when his family came from cuba or did i have more contempt for those trying to smear rubio because he's a threat to them and they know he's that good and he has a bright future and they're trying to take him out. kudos to jim acosta for nailing

that guy down and getting to know that this guy is political. >> jim acosta the best in the business. he's a friend, i'm a little bias. let's talk about that bright future. marco rubio for those who don't know is a 40-year-old republican senator from florida. gop rock star on the short list as a possible vp candidate, even though he has ruled it out himself. but he appeals to latino voters and wouldn't this be a great way for republicans to have a chance at winning florida in 2012? >> no, they'll win florida, i think, anyway in 2012. i think rubio would help them win florida. but where rubio becomes a cost completely, not a smart move for rick perry to choose marco rubio because he has single handedly because of his views on immigration turned off many mexican americans. two-thirds of tlatino pie are mexican, mexican/americans.

california, texas, arizona all those other places because he's not very popular out there. >> all right, reuben, thank you very much. you can read his op-ed column at cnn.com/opinion. if you like, join the conversation. you can even leave a comment for him. coming up, a lady who doesn't look a day over 100. the statue of libby turns 125. to celebrate, his torch has gone high tech.lusi e 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. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. usaa. we know what it means to serve.

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jury next week. the defense's propofol expert, their last and most important witness will be back on the stand today. outside houston, a tanker carrying an estimated 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel explodes into a fireball. happened late last night closing down portions of the freeway. we're told the driver of the truck is okay. around boston yesterday, the first snow of the season fell and some roads are still slick today. some areas saw up to three inches with more expected this weekend. today a national treasure turns 125 years old. we're talking about theliberty. it is celebrating its anniversary with modern day technology. a series of live cameras are mounted on her torch and giving you views never before seen. susan candiotti is live for us on liberty island with more on this. hey, susan, good morning. >> good morning, alina. it is a cold but beautiful day out here on liberty island. the sun is shining and this is a

big day, as you said, for many reasons, including this one. 125 years ago on this very day the statue of liberty monument opened to the public for the very first time. in 1886. but as you said, alina, looking up at the statue now, you'll see amazing views you've never seen before as they kick off some digital cameras that have now been mounted on the statue. and specifically on the torch. there are five web cams that will be streaming live video, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. these five cameras will show you gorgeous views, including, for example, a view from the torch looking down. a view of the crown itself. also, you'll see the skyline of new york city and beautiful views of the harbor. they're going to be incredible. and to see them, you can go to the national park service website nps.org, i believe it is. national park service and you'll be able to see all of them.

also, it turns out, today they naturalized 125 people from many, many countries. that ceremony just ended. >> all right, obviously, we're having some technical difficulties with susan candiotti, but more on this historic day. the statue of liberty turns 125 later on. coming up, new hope for an nba deal, but today's talks are critical. if the league wants to have games in november. we'll have that story ahead in sports. dy jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even more. cleaner, domestic, abundant and creating jobs now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power, today. learn more at anga.us.

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st. mary's college holds a news conference after moving 200 students to a cruise ship following an outbreak of mold in student dorms. at 6:00 p.m. eastern in new york, one of the machines dr. jack kevorkian the machines dr.i voronenko yan used goes to auction and sugarland returns to indianapolis for a free concert. the first since seven people died during a stage collapse in august. we are following lots of developments. let's check in with alison ko k kosik. >> wall street is delivering a treat for investors this month. october's shaping up to be the best month for stocks in almost four decades. i'm going to have a check of action in the next hour. and i'm mark preston in washington. michele bachmann's candidacy for presidency was fueled by the pea party, but one of their spokesman is saying she needs to

drop out of the race. in london on the historic agreement to give girls equal rights to the british throne as boys. >> that's music to my ears, max. thank you very much. we look forward to all of that. thanks. and there are no limits for this college swimmer. phyllis joins the pepperdine university swim team and the best part of it, she's 49 years old. we're going to tell you how she did it, which includes work as a professional model. that's in the next hour.

welcome back. jeff is here with a look at sports and it was a late night last night in the world series. >> it really was one of the most exciting nights anyone's ever seen. not once, not twice -- the rangers were one strike away, but the st. louis cardinals would not die. the first time. two strikes, st. louis hometown boy to deep right. nelson cruz, you have to go all out for that. the game is tied at 7. we go to the top of the 10th. josh hamilton gets the lead back for the rangers. a two-run shot off jason mott. texas thinking we are going to win this. 9-7, rangers.

but the cards down to their last strike again. this time, it's lance berkman, he comes through. we are tied at 9. then in the bottom of the 11th, it's freese again. he delivers a knockout punch. deep to center and gone. the cardinals win 10-9 on the walkoff home run. the fan who caught the ball gave it to freese in exchange for an autographed bat. can this game be topped? we find out tonight in game 7. one game decides it all. this could be a key day. in the nba lockout talks, players and owners appearing optimistic after the meeting, but they have to tackle the biggest dispute today, the revenue split. college football.

houston quarterback keenum through touchdown passes nine times against rice last night. this one was special. it was his 135th career touchdown pass. that sets an ncaa record, but he wasn't done. he threw for four more after this. everyone keeping an eye on keenum and houston. their one of the smaller schools that could get one of the big bowl games. >> i want to talk about the world series. this is the deciding game. >> tonight. >> st. louis has the hometown advantage. clearly helped last night. >> going back, it's been 32 years since a road team has won a game 7 in the world series, so you have to give the cardinals a favor. both teams used up all their pitchers last night. both teams are scrambling. chris carpenter, looks like he'll start tonight, but he's not going to be able to go as long as he usually goes.

>> the rangers have never won a world series. >> we were just talking during the break, a tv station in texas sent out a text to fans, hey, the rangers have won the world series, they hit the send button too early. they have another shot tonight. >> it's not over until it's over. somebody famous said that once. police dashboard cameras capture eye popping video all the time, but rarely like this. jeanne moos has more. >> please step out of the car, miss. oops. this miss was missing most of her clothes. >> clocked a vehicle going 110 miles an hour. >> the 28-year-old may have been half naked. she was allegedly going full speed, as fast as 128 before stop p sticks thrown on the road disabled her tires. >> step out of the vehicle! step out of the vehicle!

>> oh, she stepped out all right. stepped out wearing a white thong and some sort of see through fish nety thing. she also sports lots of ta toots which we neetsed when she kicked up a rukous. video of near naked drivers is pretty rare, though we did find a near naked motorcycle rider pulled over in florida. >> i asked what happened to his clothing and he said he lost it. >> we wanted to ask her what happened to her clothing, but when we got someone on the phone, she asked us to call her lawyer. a seven-mile high speed chase with a half naked driver even landed her on automotive blogs. she's been charged with driving while impaired, speeding, wreckless driving. the only good news is that admirers seem smitten with the

driver -- >> in 26 years of working as a police officer, i don't recall having a subject in such a state of undress. >> early reports indicated she was wearing high heels, but that was a product of wishful thinking because those are clearly sneakers. at least she didn't get charged with dwuu. driving while undressed. good morning, everybody. you're in the "cnn newsroom." thanks for joining us. the u.s. stock market has been open for 30 minutes. can it keep the momentum from yesterday? the dow finished up yesterday 334 points and news broke that the u.s. economy has been growing, but is it enough? our alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange for us. how are things looking this

morning? >> market's taken a bit of a step back. not a huge surprise after yesterday. the dow right now down eight, the nasdaq s&p also down slightly. we got a report on the economy that's not helping much, showing that spending picked up last month, but incomes were virtually flat and a lot of that spending came from people's savings account. there is a silver lining to tell you about. we are getting ready to close out a fantastic month. take a look at how well the s&p 500 did in october. it's up a whopping 13%. not a bad month. in fact, it's the best month in 37 years and the dow, not far behind. it welcomed change after all the volatility we've seen in august and september. now, we have less uncertainty and those recession fears have faded. seeing things stabilize a bit even though we are taking a

small step wak this morning. >> it is a friday and things tend to be slower on friday, but having said that, the big news yesterday was the european debt deal. what's ahead for the markets now? >> guess what? we get to go from one debt problem to another. analysts say the focus is going to shift back to the u.s. debt debate happening in congress. remember, the super committee is meeting. it's got a deadline less than a month away. it has to cut $1.2 trillion in debt. if no deal is reached by thanksgiving, some automatic spending cuts are going to kick in. so either way, we're going to see these painful cuts. they have that deadline coming up. november 23rd. >> thank you very much. the occupy wall street protesters are showing no signs of losing steam this morning despite increasing run-ins with the law. >> the whole world is watching!

>> this was the scene overnight in nashville. police arrested about 25 protesters when they refused to leave their tent city on the a plaza. a short time ago, the charges were dropped. in oakland, protesters hold a vigil for a man seriously injured this week. he's an iraq war veteran who suffered a fractured skull. today, his condition has been upgraded to fair. turning to politics, republican presidential candidate michele bachmann is being urged to quit the race and it's coming from an unlikely source. a local tea party group, the movement has long embraced bachmann as a favored candidate. senior political editor, mark preston, is joining us from washington. so, mark, what does it all mean? >> certainly not something michele bachmann wants to deal with as we're heading in the

final stretch of this race. the first votes will appear on january 3rd in iowa. but american majority is saying it's about time for michele bachmann to step aside. in fact, let's look at what the president of that group, ned ryan, had to say yesterday. some very harsh word frs this group, american majority. he says -- now, michele bachmann, who really rode her candidacy for the nomination on support of the movement is not backing down. in fact, her spokesman released a statement yesterday saying that she is going to stay in it and the fact of the matter is the tea party movement is a decentralized movement. it is not a cohesive movement, so this gentlemen might say one thing, but there are thousands of tea party activists across the country that might believe another. >> michele bachmann has been trailing in the polls, so in

some ways, this is not a surprise. suspect this about the tea party trying to get behind a candidate can win? >> and you're right in that. the question arises now, are republicans, whether they're establishment republicans or tea party activists, are they trying to ko aless behind the electability? her best days were in the midsummer. but she is not going to get out. she is going to stay in the race. in fact, she's going to be in "the situation room" later this afternoon with wolf blitzer. we'll hear her address it head on. but her husband is going to be in south carolina this afternoon and they are filing papers to run in that primary, so michele bachmann, for all the pressure she might get from this group, she's not going to back down and one more thing i should add, the largest tea party group, the tea party patriots put a statement out yesterday praising her for her support of tea party principl principles. so don't expect it to happen.

>> thank you very much. and speaking of tea party, we want to go live now to alabama where gop candidate herman cain is speaking to a tea party group. let's listen in. >> uniform in harm's way unless it is clear what the mission is. it is clear what victory is and it is clear that we are going to give our men and women everything they need to win because that's what they do any time we get in a conflict, our men and women want to be in it to win it and we must give them what they need. this economy's on life support. that's our biggest domestic problem. it's on life support because this administration does not have a clue as to what is the

economic engine of this economy. it is the business sector. not government. and you must put fuel in the engine that moves the economy. this administration put a trillion dollars in the caboose. and the economy dbt grow. now, this administration wants to put another $450 billion in the caboose and want us to believe that this time the caboose is going to push the engine up the hill. no it will not! it didn't work with a trillion. it's not going to work with 450 billion. we need to put some fuel in the engine in order to drive this economy. first, throw out the current tax code.

a sign back there, abolish the irs. when we throw out the tax code and we put in 9-9-9, it will just be s. service. won't be any ir. >> you're listening to herman cain talking in alabama saying among other things, let's be in it to win it, the economy is on life support and throw out the tax code. let's replace it with 9-9-9, his now famous tax plan. let's check in with other republicans on the campaign trail. rick perry is still struggling. he's back in new hampshire today. our cnn "time orc poll shows him at 4%. romney sits atop our poll by a wide margin. he holds a town hall meeting in manchester tonight. a new poll shows the democrats would be better off with hillary clinton as their nominee. instead of barack obama. it shows she would edge out the

three most prominent republicans, but not as easy, he, rather, but not as easily as mrs. clinton. the results were taken in october 9th and 10th. it shows clinton ahead of former massachusetts governor mitt romney, 55 to 38%. clinton would also beat cain by a wider margin and rick perry would face a trouncing, according to the poll. shows clinton would whip up 58 to 32%, but she says she is not running against her boss. happening now, people fleeing thailand. we want to get to sarah sidener. she's live in bangkok for us. just how bad is it there? >> reporter: we're in the eastern part of bangkok and water has gone everywhere from to your ankle to your waist.

some have e wak waited, but there are some staying put. let me give you a look. you're seeing one of the roads, and almost every road in this part of bangkok, is seeing some water, but you are seeing vehicles drive through it. so not high enough to stop traffic. as you go deeper into the neighborhoods though, you're seeing real problems. what we did see though in central bangkok is that -- where a lot of tourists are familiar with, that area has been able to stay dry through much of that. seeped in a little bit to places like chinatown and places closer to the river, but it quickly receded today. the government had warned people we can no longer stop these flood waters from coming into bangkok, but what happened today was heartening. a lot of the water just drained

away. though in the next 12 to four hours, another big test. this is when the water will get the highest. it will l really push against a river banks and if any of those flood walls, a problem in the city. >> thank you very much. coming up, she wouldn't be queen if she had any brothers, but her future great grand kids, well, they may have an equal shot. in ohio, what should be done with the monkeys, leopards and bear that survived last week's safari by local deputies? also, the statue of liberty turns 125 and celebrates with some 21st century additions. we'll explain just ahead. at bayer, we're re-inventing aspirin for pain relief.

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last night. how did they do that? the four are donors to obama's re-election campaign and they won the right to dine with the commander in chief in a campaign sponsored raffle. only in america. prince william and kate can have that first baby now. boy or girl. it will have equal rights to the british throne. max, we've been hearing this would happen. is it official now? >> no. but a major milestone. a major milestone has been reached. the queen is queen in 16 countries, so what david cameron was trying to do was get agreement of the prime ministers in all those countries on this. and they have agreed, so that was a major milestone. prime minister's been trying to change this for decades. now, these prime ministers need to go back to their countries and get the laws changed in the parliaments, but no great stumbling blocks expected there.

there was so toing and froing. is this sexism built into succession, so if catherine has a girl followed by a boy, the girl will be queen. also, that girl could mary a catholic and continue to be queen and that wouldn't be possible under the current rules. so, it is historic, but we're heading that way. >> it would be huge if it did happen and it looks like it's going to happen. are there any people against this, max? >> not really. i think the problem has always been getting the prime ministers and all these different legislatures on it. it's so complicated. there are some traditionalists who want to keep the current system. there are those who are actually concerned that once you start looking at the succession rules, perhaps you start considering the whole monarchy and is that relative today. but it's interesting today, the queen actually opened the

meetings in australia where these debates were held and referred to women in that speech, so she's very much behind it although she can't be seen to be getting too involved. she is the queen and many would argue the two most successful monarchs in history were queen victoria and queen elizabeth, so there's certainly a general agreement that this rule should be gone in the modern age. >> and the world loves william and kate. and they'll love their children. so, boy or girl. that's great. all right. max foster live from london with that update. thank you very much. charlie sheen is making a comeback. we'll tell you about his new tv deal next in your showbiz headlines and a 49-year-old woman makes a college swim team. fiphyllis is her name. we're going to talk with her live later this hour. 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. from free checking to credit cards to loans,

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19 minutes past. a new rihanna video sparks a new rihanna video controversy. a.j. hammer is here with the details. what's going on this time, a.j.? good morning. >> good morning. yeah, rihanna seems to have found herself yet in another controversy that ties back into her being a victim of domestic violence. a british rape activist is saying her new video for "we found love" is sending the wrong message. the video shows rihanna and her costar, a chris brown look alike, in a relationship as it decent grates. and i guess that is one possible

interpretation. i don't want to minimize that, but it is not the first thing that came to mind when we took a look at this video. but because of her history, everyone's always watching for this and i don't think partly sunny it's fair that she is somehow judged differently because she was a victim. i guess some are going to have to take a look at it and judge for themselves. >> she's always going to get attention whatever she does. let's talk about kim kardashian. she's pulling funny business to help her brother, rob, on "dancing with the stars" and it involves justin bieber. >> is it funny, if you believe some of the headlines, earlier this week, kim kardashian actually tricked people into voting for her brother. on monday during the show's elimination, kardashian sent this tweet out. she said -- and then she gave a number, but it was rob's

"dancing with the stars" number. call him. he's taking calls for the next hour. well, rob did survive the round. some people who have you believe this fooled fans into voting for him, i don't know, i want to give people more credit than that. >> i saw it on twitter. >> yeah, and here's the thing. first, she had tweeted to her mans, hey, support rob by calling the number and it was the very same number, same 800 number on there, so obviously it was a joke. in fact, she later tweeted she was joking. did it fool anyone? i don't know. was it funny? that's also debatable. was it really a factor in getting rob through? >> i think it could. >> the two couples up for elimination this week, i think they were headed there. >> you follow it more closely than i do. this is the best story coming up. charlie sheen's making a comeback. this one's for real. what is this about, a.j.? >> looks like he has a new job.

his new series, "anger management," has been picked up by fx. it is an a dapation of the movie, you'd have sheen playing the jack nicholson part. if those ten episodes do well, the network's going to order an additional 90. i know that sounds like a lot, but this is this new production model for networks. this is a big deal for sheen and his production company. the movie makes sense for the network. fx owns the rights to the film and it airs reruns of sheen's old show and is known for other edgey shows. my question, if the show's not going to debut until next summer, which will sheen do to stay relevant to headlines?

i don't really want to wonder that. >> the show that he is in is "anger management." it's a great story. thanks very much. if you want information on everything breaking in the entertainment world, a.j.'s got it this evening on "showbiz tonight." 11:00 p.m. on hln. want to bring you something just in to cnn. reuters is reporting that a gunman fired shots in the u.s. embassy in the bosnian capital. cnn is making calls to the embassy and will bring you more information as we get it. cnn heroes. ordinary people who do extraordinary things. we will honor all of our top ten heroes in a tribute this year, but first, actress kristen davis introduces us to one of her heroes, a midwife, who is committed to making mother hood safer. >> hi, i'm kristen davis. as an ambassador for ox fam, i'm

committed to finding lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. now, i'm thrilled to help introduce one of this year's top ten cnn heroes. now, more than ever, the world needs heroes. the moment that a woman falls pregnant in indonesia, she is 300 times more likely to die in the next 12 months than if she was not pregnant. if you have money, you can get excellent medical services, but the poorest people don't always get the services they need. >> my name is robin limb. i'm a midwife. most call me ebu robin because ebu means mother. i've learned about the dangers of motherhood when my own sister, she died as a complication of her third pregnancy. i was just really crushed. i came to bali to reinvent my life. hi, baby, hi. we started a clinic run by

indonesian midwifes. we offer prenatal care. birth services. no matter how poor they are, their race, their religion, we teach new graduating classes of midwifes how to do a more natural, gentle birth. the women can stay as long as they want. each baby, each adult, deserves a clean, healthy, loving environment. those are a human right. >> and who are the top ten cnn heroes for 2011? check them out at cnnheroes.com. vote for your top choice and watch cnn heroes live on sunday, december 11th right here on cnn. if hillary clinton ran for president next year, none of the republicans would stand a chance. that's what a new poll is showing and coming up, we'll run that by our own political buzz panel.

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29 minutes after the hour. checking top stories now, at least seven are dead after a highway accident in indiana. police say a van may have hit a deer and stopped before a tractor trailer ran into the van. whirlpool says it's cutting 5,000 jobs. mostly in north america and europe. the manufacturer is also shutting down a refrigerator

factory in arkansas. the dow now down 15 points. investors may have more doubts ab about the european debt deal yesterday. it crossed the 12,000 mark yesterday on news of the initial deal. political buzz. it is your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions. 30 seconds on the clock. today, maria, sirrous host, pete dominic and columnist for "the hill." welcome, guys. the tea party group american majority tells cnn they are urging michele bachmann to drop out of the race calling her a back bencher. do you agree with this? mar maria in. >> i had mixed feelings because lord knows i've done my share of criticizing michele bachmann for her misguided out of the mainstream right wing policies

that i think would be hurtful for the country, but of anybody on that stage and on the gop stage competing for the nomination, she has done a better job of carrying the tea party banner and also as a woman, by bet sort of got up for michele bachmann. michele bachmann, you stay in this race sister. >> well done. i like your curls. okay. pete, to you. what do you say to that? >> no, listen. i'm a comedian. i don't want michele bachmann to leave. i don't herman cain or rick perry to leave for the same reason. i fully support michele bachm n bachmann. my issue is gas prices and she promises she'll get prices down to $2 a gallon and believes women should submit to their husbands. i want my daughters to understand that as well, so i need to get her message out for all of those ridiculous reasons. >> all right. okay. there you have it. sherry, what do you say to this?

>> michele bachmann has every right to be in this race. she's a congresswoman. she's been a successful employer. she's a very strong, independent woman. this also shows that the tea party is not this great big organized party. they are centralized around a few key very important fiscal issues, so you have some people that claim to be tea partiers that want her out. others support her. i think it reenforces the movement and i think she should stay in. this is just one guy who is part of the tea party who supports another candidate, so i think she's doing just fine. >> and the buzzer goes off. a new "time" poll shows if hillary clinton were running for president next year, she would destroy romney, cain and perry and even fair better than her boss, the president. hillary has said she is not going to run, so does this matter, pete? >> no. it duoesn't matter. why is "time" magazine asking

this question? who other ideas do they pitch around? we should ask if superman would beat mitt romney. which is poshlly possible, shiny objects for us to swat at. it's like a ball of yarn for a cat. >> i happen to think it's interesting. okay. >> it's interesting. >> your time is up. let's talk to sherry. >> you're right. >> hillary clinton is not dealing with domestic issues. if she were in the race, that might be different, if she had to engage. this is bad news for barack obama, not for republicans. you know that bill clinton doesn't really like barack obama. there's already this gap, now, the obama campaign has to deal with this with both clintons. they're going to be begging them to come campaign for them and the clintons are still the ones that kind of hold all the cards

here, so this is a very interesting dynamic for the democrats. >> maria, you're chuckling. >> no, this doesn't matter in the least. though i agree with you for the immedia media, this is total catnip. but i will say this. it's easy for people to say that hillary clinton will beat everybody because right now, she is one of the most popular secretary of states ever because she is not in the rough and tumble of politics, so it's easy to be above the fray. she has done a fantastic job as secretary of state and being our number one diplomat around the world. so, i think that's what a lot of people are reacting to, but she's not in the day-to-day. if she was, the numbers would probably be a little bit different. >> now is the time for your buzzer beat er question. 20 seconds. you know the rules here. kill osama bin laden, open a $10,000 bottle of wine. now, that's the bet that leon panetta made with a restaurant owner friend. now, he learned that he'll been uncorking that bottle of 1870

wine this new year's eve. a nice way to celebrate or a waste of good wine? sherry? >> personally, i find it in poor taste -- and that sort of thing, a plug for my column today, i address that. but i also think we have different rules for soldiers and people in combat. they may have a little bit better reason to celebrate. panetta falls into that category. >> maria? >> there's no question that this is an event to celebrate, just ask any american. in fact, i think anybody around the world. this was an evil man who had eluded presidents past and i bet when he does raise that glass, he's going to celebrate our men and women in uniform just as he should. >> okay, great. i'm not surprise d and pete, i'

afraid to ask you, but go ahead. >> i like that. i like that. keeps you on the edge. i agree with sherry that it's in poor taste to celebrate in any way publicly about this. i'm sure they didn't want to this leak out and it's bad. it will be used for propaganda reasons. i can't tell the difference between a box of wine and a bottle from the 1870s. i'd like to see him celebrate cutting our massive blow to the defense budget that apparently, we're preparing for an alien attack for. i'd celebrate that. >> thanks, as always for the spirited discussion. coming up, a new play about martin luther king jr. has got a lot of people hopping mad. and coming up, phyllis reffo swims for pepperdine university. that's not the good part. the good part, she's 49 years old. more than twice the age of some of her teammates and we will take to her live. hat's why nortt offers a full team of experts

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king jr.'s life. it's dramatic, emotional, controversial for the very human way it portrays him. soledad o'brien traveled to memphis with the playwright. here's a preview. >> we have got some difficult days ahead. but it really doesn't matter with me now. because i've been to the mountain top. i don't mind. >> wednesday, april 3rd, 1968. >> mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the lord! >> the last speech he gave. he finished exhausted and returned to the nearby hotel. his favorite room, 306. it was the last night of his life. have you ever had a chance to be

inside dr. king's actual room at the hotel? >> no, only in my imagination. >> she has imagined dr. king's last night for almost 30 years of her life. >> they never let anyone in this room almost never. >> yeah. >> this is all the way the room was when he died. it's so small. it's too small to contain his dreams. you know? he was a king. he was worthy of more, but he stayed like a regular person. cigarettes -- >> and coffee. >> lot of coffee. the phone and the bible and wow. >> your set designer. >> he came here, measured everything for eight hours. >> why did that matter to get it exactly right? >> it was just important to do it right and to bring the a

audience inside of this room in a very tactile way. i really feel particularly in terms of the set, this fly on the wall perspective, i think he really got this wright. >> and how about the man himself? >> i think we'll never, ever know what was inside of his brain and what his exact thoughts were, but i really feel as though we get to the core of him facing his fears. facing that door and being like, i know there's someone waiting on the other side, but i'm going to open that door and walk out in spite of. >> i have to say, soledad, i'm biased because we're friends. i think everything you do is great. but having said that, it is chilling to watch that. you have been inside room 306 at the lorriane hotel before, but never with cameras. what was that like for you? >> it's amazing.

now, viewers at the civil rights museum, people who visit, can go see what's inside the room, because they put up a giant piece of glass, but they keep it temperature controlled. you can just look outside. so, to go inside and see everything left as it was when dr. king died is actually kind of chilling. it's really strange and interesting and katori hall has really spent her life thinking about dr. king. she was chat, chat, chat and the minute she walked in, almost couldn't get a word out. >> she's young, african-american and is is getting flak for the show. >> of course, her topic is dr. king. she has a personal -- an icon, is now portrayed as a regular man. when she had the play running in

london, i think people didn't have that same emotional attachment. so, you know, people feel very strongly and passionately about his image, but she's very tough. she kind of doesn't care and also i think has a fictionalized account. has two of the best actors on the face of p planet. the show that we went to in previews, people loved it. loved it. >> i can't wait to see it. when we both get back to new york. as i have said, it takes this for us to at least see each other face to face. thank you so much for joining me. solidad's full report is part of this weekend's cnn presents. coming up, a lady who doesn't even look half her age. the statue of liberty turns 125 years old and to celebrate, her torch has gone high-tech. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up

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today, the statue of liberty turns 125 and is celebrating with a series of live cameras are now mounted on her torch. giving views never before seen. our susan candiotti is live for us on liberty island with more. good morning. >> good morning and yes, they have a name for it. it's called torch cam. there are five cameras mounted and we're going to see beautiful views from the crown itself of the crown rather and looking down from the torch, you'll see the beautiful skyline of new york harbor and the skyline of

new york city and they will be available for you 24/7 if you go to the national parks service. also to mark the occasion, 125 new citizens were sworn in this hour from 46 different countries. we spoke with one of them about how excited he is today. >> coming to new york by ellis island, the statue of liberty symbolizes freedom from whatever we're running from and for me, just a personal achievement that i've been dreaming for years and years and i am extremely excited to be here and i cannot wait to take that oath. i might even cry. >> now, everyone here lucky to be here this day because starting tomorrow, the monument itself will be closed to the public after today because they're doing some renovations, some safety improvements to the base itself, so you can't go inside until that is done, but

for today, it's gorgeous out here. happy anniversary, the statue of liberty. >> thanks so much for that. what a life. professional model, businesswoman and now, college swimmer. phyllis reffo is swimming with the pepperdine university swim team at the age of 49. we will take to her, live. there she is. after the break. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer... with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto insurance product like it. better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual.

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we've heard before about college athletes making the team without being recruited, but this is one walk-on story you are not likely going to forget. phyllis reffo has made the swim

team at pepperdine university and she is 49 years old. older than some of her teammate's mothers. phyllis, you're gorgeous, so i hate to keep talking about this fact that you're 49 years old, but having said that, this is why you're here. you only picked up swimming six years ago, which to me, is incredible. how did you get to where you are now? >> well, when i started swimming six years ago, it was just to try to keep up my fitness level. i sustained so many injuries that it was difficult to keep doing what i was doing. so, swimming was a noninvasive type of activity where it didn't put any stress on any of my joints, so going from swimming at the malibu masters at malibu high school to attending santa monica college and swimming there one afternoon, my professor, the water polo and swim coach, saw me working out

and invited me to come try out. he had me come by when they were training and he coached me a little bit and then asked me to participate on the swim team. >> then you moved over to pepperdine and joined the team. have you been swimming a lot? >> yes, i swim twice a day. >> for the team. how are you doing on the team? >> i'm doing fine on the team. i'm improving on my times and my technique and stroke is getting much better. i'm really excited about having the opportunity to improve. >> now, at 49, you are older than some of your teammate's mothers. how are your teammates treating you? >> they're really great. they've been very social with me. they've aattracted me all over the campus and participate in every way they interact with each other. i'm one of the girls. >> you are one of the girls. absolutely. you also are are one of the girls in your own family.

you have two daughters, 12 and 14. what do you think about this? >> well, at first, i think they were a little confused. you know, they just want their mom. but they're really proud of me. they're proud of having seen me go through process of junior college and swimming with them and then going through the whole process of transferring from a junior college to a four-year university and every one that i had applied to accepted me, but my dream was to come here to pepperdine. they were very excited about that. then to get on to the swim team. there's been some attention with my being on the swim team. >> when i was younger, i used to want to go to pepperdine, too, but to play tennis. having said that, i think it's great. i think a part of the reason, we should bring this up, part of the reason why you put your college life on hold was because you were a very successful model after high school. talk about that. >> well, i had left calgary,

alberta, which is where i was born, to go to l.a. and i worked in l.a. for a little while and there was some interest from europe. so i went back up to canada, then over to europe to participate in the contract that i was going to take advantage of there. so, i started in milan and i would go to paris and munich and london and zurich and i would just travel around as work required. i also spent some time in new york and in japan. >> well, it was a glamorous life, but you have an equally glamorous life now. a walk-on at the pepperdine university swim team at the age of 49. we thank you for joining us. just a joy for me to talk with you. >> thank you for the invitation. coming up, the occupy wall street movement is marching to the wall street banks today. we're going to take you there. and from our sister network, hln and "dancing with the stars"

fame, we're going to talk with nancy grace and her dance partner. plus, the candidate's favorite movies revealed. judging from the hat, you might think that herman cain leans toward westerns, or does he? ♪

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you might not like perry's tax idea or cain's plan, but what about their taste in movies? mark preston is here with that. some pretty revealing details here, right? >> no question about that. this is from our friends at "the washington times" who went out and asked several of the candidates what are your favorite movies. what is herman cain's favorite movie? it's "the godfather." . newt gingrich, what would his favorite movie be? he is a historian, so no surprise when he chose casablanca. michele bachmann initially said "brave heart," then added "saving private ryan." then rick perry, you figuree