what cell phone game was so addicting that alec baldwin got kicked off a flight for it? this is your "a.m. wake-up call." good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for wednesday, december 7th. from the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. a new accuser saying former penn state coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12 and gave him booze. these demonstrators attempting to take back the

capital. they're staging sit-ins in front of congressional offices and camping out on the national mall. it's decision day for seniors. it's the last time you can change your medicare part "d" prescription drug plan. let's get a check of today's weather. rob marciano with a seat in atlanta. >> good morning. we're looking at an active weather pattern, topsy-turvy, that seems to be the theme of the early season winter that's been crazy so far. rain stretching into the northeast. the heaviest stuff is across the ohio river valley. look at memphis, arkansas, little rock included. seeing some accumulation snow overnight, even as far south as louisiana. that's what we're watching carefully. also potential for seeing rainfall across the northeast. that could be flooding at least during the rush hour, street flooding, 2 to 4 inches of some rain here during the night time, the night and in through tomorrow. the backside of this, carol, is going to be potentially bringing snow into the i-95 corridor, at

least west of there. we'll talk about that and highlight who will get it and how much in about 15 minutes. carol. >> i guess we're due. i'm bracing myself, though. >> a little bit. >> thank you, rob. >> all right. new developments in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a 19-year-old man has come forward with new allegations that former assistant football coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12. this accusing claims that sandusky gave him alcohol first. patriot news reporter and contributor sara gannon broke the story. she joined erin burnett last night. >> he was in a swimming pool with jerry sandusky and other kids, was then separated from the other children, taken on a tour with jerry sandusky, taken to the football building and

into an office in that football building where jerry sandusky gave him whiskey, started talking to him about his life and then molested him before taking him back to the camp. >> sandusky is charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse involving eight other young boys over a 15-year plan. preliminary hearing has been set for tuesday. sandusky's denied the charges and only has admitted to horsing around with the boys. former illinois governor rod blagojevich will find out how long he's going away today. blago was convicted on political corruption charges including trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. he still hasn't admitted to the shakedown scheme. they want him to serve 15 to 20 years. his lawyers asked for mercy saying that blagojevich was a pawn of his advisers. we're now inside a month until the iowa caucuses. new cnn polls will be out in

just a few hours showing where the republican candidates stand and if they're like the others, they will show that newt gingrich is dominating nationally and in key primary states, despite his double digit leads, gingrich has plenty of critics within his own party, including glenn beck. as jim acosta shows us this morning. >> the individual mandate -- >> reporter: on his radio show, glenn beck turned up the tea party heat in newt gingrich, rubbing his nose in his own past support for a mandate that requires americans to buy medical insurance is both a key component in the new health care law and poison for many conservatives. >> may 2011. >> we ought to have a requirement you have health insurance or post a bond or in some way indicate you'll be held accountable. >> you seem to be very interested in the government finding the solution. >> well, let's go back to what i just said. go back and listen to what i was

asked on that show and what i said i'll stand by. >> support for an individual mandate? don't ask me to explain this. >> reporter: conservative outrage over gingrich's position on health care is featured in a new tv ad from rival ron paul. it's a test for the new gop front-runner. >> i am completely opposed to the obama care mandate on individuals. i fought it for 2 1/2 years in the center for health transformation. >> reporter: on the website, the group advocates a requirement that anyone who earns more than $50,000 a year must purchase health insurance or post a bond. gingrich's past support for an individual mandate could be a bitter pill to swallow in the tea party. right now he has 82% of tea party support, far ahead of romney, whose own health care mandate is a major turnoff for voters in iowa.

45% of caucusgoers in iowa say it's a reason to oppose romney. >> at the end of the day he'll find that he changes his positions much in the same way as romney. >> reporter: he's also in this ad with nancy pelosi. >> we don't always see eye to eye, do we, newt. >> no. but we do agree our country must take action to address climate change. >> do you still believe in the inconvenient truth as outlined by global climate change advocates? >> well, i never believed in al gore's fantasies. >> reporter: the problem for gingrich, he did the ad for al gore's alliance for climate protection. gingrich calls the spot one of his dumbest mistakes. gingrich is riding high in the polls with four weeks to go until the iowa caucuses. the question is whether some of his past positions on key conservative issues will catch up with him in time to slow him down. jim acosta, cnn, washington.

president obama taking his push to extend a payroll tax cut on the road. it was in kansas stressing how vial a deal is to your paycheck. >> this is a make or break moment for the middle class and all those fighting to get into the middle class. because what's at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement. >> the white house has even placed a countdown clock on its website to pressure congress. republicans and democrats cannot agree on how to pay for the tax break. the democratic plan on the table right now calls for a 1.9% surtax on millionaires to get the cash. republicans say many millionaires create businesses.

a new movement called take back the capital. many camping out in halls outside lawmakers' offices hoping to impact key legislation that will come up before the end of the year. sfrl hundred more camped out along the national mall. in the meantime, occupy protesters are occupying foreclosed homes. in cities across the country, protesters tried to occupy boarded up houses to give them to homeless people. march is also disrupted court auctions on homes seized by the banks. it's been called the toughest illegal immigration crackdown in the nation. much more harsh even than the one in arizona. now the alabama attorney general is suggesting changes to his state's law. he want tos repeal sections of the law being challenged by the justice department. the law requires proof of citizenship for any interaction between a person and the state. critics say that could keep people from getting some of the most basic human needs. sensitive military secrets

in the hands of america's ene enemies. we are now learning new details about the top secret u.s. drone that went down in iran last week and who might want to get their hands on it. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence has the latest. >> reporter: aviation experts say commonly used drones like the reaper and predator can't even come close to what the rq-170 can do. >> this is a plane that not only goes faster than those systems, that's not only tell thinkier than the previous generation, that cannot only gather much better intelligence information about what's going on on the ground, it's also a system that's smarter. >> reporter: the radar is the same sophisticated stealth technology that allows america's newest fighter jets to outperform their russian and chinese equivalents. >> it's something that really takes radar to, you know, 21 cst

century capabilities. >> reporter: how much of it, if any, is now in iranian hands? reports from state-run tv claim iran brought down the plane. they've not broadcast any pictures of the actual crash but claim the drone is relatively intact. >> i'm very skeptical that the iranian -- of the iranian claim of having shot it down. it is entirely possible that with the technology by which this drone is operated, that as the u.s. government has suggested, they just lost control of it and so it landed inside iran's border. >> reporter: a u.s. official says it was flying along afghanistan's western border with iran and the flight crew lost control of the aircraft just before it went down. experts say they're not worried about iran starting a production line of knockoff drones. but iran could provide parts to its allies who can reverse engineer the technology. >> the best way for the iranians to ensure that it ends up -- a counter ends up this anywhere

hands is not to try and build the counter on its own but provide it to russia or china to build it and sell it back to them. >> reporter: believe it or not, it's happened before. when an american spy plane was shut down by serbia in the late '90s, the russians and chinese exploited that technology and are still using it in some of their weapons systems today. chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. still to come, serious allegations against some dea agents and they're coming from both sides of the border. it involves money laundering and mexican drug cartels. details ahead. a blogger finds a way to expose the private life of facebook founder mark zuckerberg. what you can expect as soon as tonight on the east coast. okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less.

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morning. a new accuser has come forward in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a 19-year-old man claims former football coach jerry sandusky gave him alcohol and then sexually assaulted him when he was just 12. sandusky is charged with sexually abused eight other boys. mark zuckerberg needs to check his privacy settings. a facebook glitch allowed a blogger to access one of his private albums. he then made the pictures public. noggthin the big bank will lay off 4,500 workers in the next two months. it's charging 400 million bucks this quarter to cover severance payments associated with layoffs. in sports, leave the flip-flops at home. major league baseball involves a new dress code for media

members. no short skirts and sheer tops are a no-no. baseball is the first pro league in north america to create a no-wear list. let's get a check of today's weather. i can't imagine wearing a see-through to cover a baseball game. maybe some people do. i don't know, rob. >> i did that. the problem was it was coupled with a super short skirt and that was frowned upon when i walked in the locker room. sorry for all the other media out there. >> now i'm going to have that image on my mind the entire day. >> it's kind of like a bad song, isn't it? good morning, carol. take a look at these numbers out of new mexico. to give you an idea of what's to come in some spots in the u.s. temperatures yesterday record-breaking in estancia, minus 21. there is a las vegas in new mexico, they got down to minus 9. some of the temperatures are flip-flopping across the country. 39 in houston and 61 in new york.

we are all over the place, rain moving up towards the new york area. snow moving into memphis right now and some of the snow will be making its way up towards the northeast as we go through time. mostly west of the i-95 corridor. there are the highlighted amounts. there will be problems. we'll highlight those airports of issue in 15 minutes. carol. i'm not wearing a skirt right now even though i'm sitting down. >> i don't believe you. lawmakers are calling for a probe into the u.s. drug enforcement administration. this following claims that the agency may have laundered money from mexican drug cartels as part of an investigation. zain vergee joins us with the details. she's live in london this morning. really? >> reporter: yes, really. now, senior mexican officials are pretty mad about this, one saying this was really, really bad. you can't fight crime by violating criminal laws of the country itself.

now what a lot of other officials in the u.s. are saying and former dea officials are saying it's absolutely essential to be able to infiltrate a cartel and do all this money laundering stuff to know how the inner workings actually function and only that way you can track the financial trail. that's what they say you need to hit in order to deal with the cartels. "the new york times," carol, last week reported that these agents, the dea agents, handled shipments of hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal cash across the border between the united states and mexico. a lot of people on both sides are calling for an investigation about this. carol? >> wow. zain vergee reporting live in london for us this morning. did you hear about this? alec baldwin kicked off an american airlines flight at lax. he was booted from playing words with friends on his mobile device. then came a storm of angry tweets.

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u.s. stock futures are trading higher this morning as investors are optimistic after news that eu leaders may create two rescue funds to fix the euro zone debt crisis. at the closing bell, the major indexes finished mixed. the dow and s&p both closed up and the nasdaq ended lower for the day. the auto belt is getting a boost. according to a new forecast, a hiring boom is expected in ohio, michigan and pennsylvania. 200,000 workers will be likely hired in those states, plus indiana, by 2015. lawmakers say they plan to overall new york state's income tax, hiking taxes for the highest-earning residents and offering a tax break for the

middle class. this weeks before the millionaire surcharge expires. under the package the state will raise nearly $2 billion. timothy geithner is in paris to meet with nicolas sarkozy and other european leaders. investors are closely watching these meetings hoping something will be resolved in the euro debt crisis. christine romans live in new york to talk more about geithner's role. good morning, christine. >> good morning. he's pushing for obviously for a solution to these problems and the u.s. is in it, even though this is europe's issue, carol, as you know, the u.s. is in it because this is our biggest customer. destination for american goods. if europe doesn't get its act together, american factories will close and people will lose their jobs. no question. we're all in this global row boat together. tim geithner wants to make sure we're rowing in the same direction. they're talking about a fire wall between countries, if italy starts having problems, there's a financial fire wall they'll be

able to enact and the size of the european rescue fund, they're talking about doubling the size of all of that. all of this is negotiations. as ali and i like to say, this is incremental. every little piece of this story is incremental. tim geithner, the u.s. treasury secretary there. so far this morning, so far this week, there's been optimism that european leaders get it, they get that they're behind the curve and working hard to get ahead of the curve. >> credit scores. yes, we'll talk about credit scores. they're about to get detailed if one company gets its way. tell us more about this. >> it's a company called core logic. please follow me on twitter. the core logic is finding ways to enhance your credit score, working with traditional credit agencies putting new things in there like whether you're under water on your home. some are speculating what kind of prescriptions you're taking.

what your property tax liens, if you're behind on your homeowner's association dues. i'll be honest with you, the credit rating agencies know way more about you than they think you do. and one executive at a credit rating agency told me about a year ago, we know what you're going to do in your finances before you do. they run these algorithms on how you behave, how other people behave in your own age group and income group and zip code. they sell this information to the banks so they know what -- whether you're a good credit risk, the kind of person they want to sell a certain product to. your financial life is being analyzed in ways that we never would have even dreamed of ten years ago or so. so this is just a new little twist on that, carol. think about this. >> don you wish -- yes, it's creepy. don't you wish you could sunshine the mirror back on them, get all the dirt on them?

>> i don't know if they're under water on their loan, i don't know why it matters to me. >> the bank, they sell the credit agency sells the information to the banks. we know banks aren't always on the up and up. why don't they shine the light on the banks, too? >> i would say we've been shining the lights on the banks over the past few years. pay your bills on time. that's the number one factor in a credit score is paying your bills on time. all these other things i'm talking about are all little factors in an overall number. overall credit report, right? if you pay your bills on time your credit score will be golden. bottom line. >> christine romans. we'll talk more about this, you're right, this is creepy. i'll see you in a bit, christine. >> bye. >> thank you. tweets are forever, at least the public ones. federalnewsradio.com reports that the library of congress struck a deal with twitter allowing the agency to receive an archive of every public tweet

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a new protest movement in d.c. these demonstrators bringing their demands right to congress like literally right outside their offices. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." good morning to you. this is your "a.m. wake-up call" for wednesday, december 7th. for the time warner center in new york, i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. another allegation against former penn state coach jerry

sandusky. the attorney for a man who was 12 at the time says in 2004 sandusky gave the boy whiskey and molested him in the penn state football building. this boy was not among the eight boys included in the earlier grand jury report. if you're eligible for medicare, notice that big red circle on your calendar, because today is december 7th, the last day for medicare open enrollment. in other years the deadline was december 31st. this year it is today. for details go to medicare.gov. alec baldwin was booted off an american airlines flight yesterday in los angeles. he's addicted to the game wores with friends. he slammed the rest room door so loudly the captain got involved. either way, he had to take a later flight to new york. we'll get down to the nitty-gritty of this story on "american morning," rob marciano. >> what word was he so

frustrated with that he had to slam the bathroom door? is isn't that scrabble, isn't that what it is, words with friends? >> basically it's scrabble. you're right. i feel his pain. >> he had some nice luggage on that video by the way, if that's any consolation. let's look what's going on across the south. accumulating snow in little rock, arkansas last night. a couple inches there. 1 to 2 potentially around west tennessee and even through northern parts of mississippi and alabama. come on. snow is accumulating and icy bridges being reported in tipton, tennessee. 2 to 6 inches in spots potentially way from the larger cities. right now it's all rain. temperatures in the metros near 60 from d.c. to new york city. we'll keep it as rain throughout the day today. but they turn it to snow tonight and tomorrow. there's your accumulation. if you are traveling today, d.c., philly, the usual spots will likely see over one-hour

delays, alec baldwin if you plan on getting on a plane today, that was for you. >> i'm sure he appreciates that. >> i do love him in "30 rock." it doesn't deter my fanship him. >> he's a funny man but he has a temper. thank you, rob. new developments in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a 19-year-old man has come forward with new allegations that former assist and the football coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12. this accuser claims that sandusky gave him alcohol first. patriot news reporter sara ghannam broke the story. >> what he's saying is slightly different than what the other accusers have said. this is why. he said he was a second mile camper staying at second mile facilities in 2004 when he was 12 years old. he was in a swimming pool with jerry sandusky and other kids, was then separated from the other children, taken on a tour

with jerry sandusky, taken to the football building and into an office with that football building where jerry sandusky gave him whiskey, started talking to him about his life and then molested him before taking him back to the camp. >> sandusky is charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse involving eight other young boys over a 15-year span. a preliminary hearing has been set for tuesday. sandusky's denied charges and only admitted to horsing around with the boys. former illinois governor rod blagojevich will find out how long he's going away today. he's expected to speak at day two of his sentencing hearing. blago was convicted on political corruption charges, including trying to sell president obama's former senate seat. prosecutors want blagojevich to serve 15 to 20 years. his lawyers asked for mercy, saying blagojevich was a pawn of his advisers. with less than a month to go until the iowa caucus, newt

gingrich is the man to beat. he leads his republican rivals in four different polls. yahoo! political news reporter, chris moody is there in iowa this morning. chris, why is he surging in iowa? he really doesn't have an organized campaign there. >> you're right. he just opened his campaign office a couple of days ago here in des moines. he has little ground game and little organization here. i was in the office just yesterday and they were just putting up chairs and tables. they didn't even have phones set up yet. they just got their first phone in iowa yesterday. he's got to start organizing. he's done a great job bulling his support around the country. but now he has to get people to the caucuses by january 3rd. >> why the sudden love for gingrich in iowa? >> i think it's still part of the anti-romney sentiment. over this entire campaign romney has polled steadily at 20%, which means there's 80% of the

republican electorate who do not like mitt romney. they're looking for someone else. they see late in the game newt gingrich coming along. they've known him as a republican leader they feel they can trust and they're giving him a serious look and i think it could last until january and then going forward into the other primaries. >> we'll see. you're also working on a story about ron paul, reaching out to religious conservatives in iowa. is it working? >> well, he has made a major push to reach out to religious voters to values voters here in the state. his ads have focused on his faith and belief in pro-life principles. he's made it clear he came to his political ideas through biblical faith. however, when a religious conservative looks at him, they ask him, okay, you believe in pro-life. you believe a marriage should be between a man and a woman. are you going to pass federal legislation mandating that? because of ron paul's libertarian leanings, he'll say

no, i'll leave it to the states. a lot of religious conservatives tell me here, if he's not going to go to washington and mandate it, we're going to look somewhere else. they believe him but he's not the guy to push through their ideas on a federal level. >> we appreciate you being here. >> thanks for having me. president obama was in kansas stressing how vital a deal is to your paycheck, emphasizing the widening inquality between the rich and m middle class in america. >> this is a make or break moment for the middle class and for those fighting to get into the middle class. what's at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement. >> the white house has even placed a countdown clock on its

website to pressure congress. republicans and democrats can't agree on how to pay for the tax break. the democratic plan on the table right now calls for a 1.9% surtax on millionaires to get the cash. republicans say many millionaires own businesses that create jobs and should not be taxed more. protesters are taking demands to congress as part of a new movement called take back the capital. many of them camping out in the halls outside lawmakers' offices hoping to impact key legislation that will come up before the end of the year. several hundred more camped out on the national mall and are planning to march this morning. in the meantime, occupy protesters are now occupying foreclosed homes. in cities across the country, protesters tried to occupy boarded up homes to give them to homeless people. march has also disrupted court options on homes seized by the banks. investigators now say a 7-year-old georgia girl died of blunt force trauma to the head. the body of 7-year-old rivera

was found in a trash bin outside of her apartment building. she had been sexually assaulted and stabbed. investigators say they found blood in one vacant apartment unit. they believe her killer probably lives in the complex or had access to it, but they have no suspects in custody yet. it's been called the toughest illegal immigration crackdown in the nation, much more harsh even than the one in arizona. now the alabama attorney general is suggesting changes to his state's law. he wants to repeal sections of law that are being challenged by the justice department. the law requires proof of citizenship for any interaction between a person and the state. critics say that could keep people from getting some of the most basic human needs. a big heads up for more than 42 million americans, the medicare open enrollment period ends today for seniors. the deadline coming three weeks earlier than in previous years. today is the last day seniors can enroll in a new prescription

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44 minutes past the hour. here's what we're following this morning. a new accuser has come forward in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a 19-year-old man claims former football coach jerry sandusky gave him alcohol and then sexually assaulted him when he was just 12. sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight other boys. stinstead of busting myths, they busted up a california house. they accidently launched a cannonball through the front door of this house. incredibly, no one was hurt. in money news, at&t keeps its spot as the nation's worst carrier for the second year in a row. that's according to consumer reports. the ranking is based on customer satisfaction surveys. at&t users biggest complaints, voice quality and customer support. verizon was voted the best carrier. in sports, leave the

flip-flops at home. major league baseball reveals a dress code for media members. no super short cuts, nix any team logos and sheer tops are a definite no-no. they say the guide are not in response to a single incident. they are the first league to create a no-wear list. got all that, rob? >> got it. there is no professional baseball team in new mexico. where they're probably not wearing short skirts and short tops right now. check out some of the temperatures across that state. record-shattering numbers in estancia, minus 21. there's a las vegas in new mexico, minus 9 there and some other numbers well below the freezing mark. check out 26 in dallas, 33 in houston, below 30 in san antonio and austin. meanwhile it's 61 in new york city. atmosphere kind of turned upside down right now. we'll fix that in a little bit.

rain moving in across the northeast. some of this will be heavy at times. wet day, get the gear out, d.c., philly, new york, all big cities there. snow right now falling in memphis and it's accumulating on some of the surfaces, slick drive there. we have 2 inches of little rock last night. most of the rain will turn to snow across the northeast but most of the accumulation will be west of the i-95 corridor. it's not the time of year to be wearing any sort of, well, baseball attire. >> i was just going to say that segue was so convoluted yet charming at the same time. >> i'm glad you enjoyed that. >> i did. >> we'll submit it for an award. >> an emmy perhaps. >> see you in a little bit. >> thank you, rob. >> all right. okay. an australian man found guilty of blasphemy in saudi arabia sentenced to 500 lashes plus a year in jail. australia's government is urging saudi arabia to reconsider. zain vergee joins us live from london with that story.

so what did this man do? >> it's exactly unclear what he said. it's come under some kind of a blasphemy law which suggests he could have said something about the prophet mohammed. he's a shia muslim. he was on a pilgrimage to medina where the prophet is buried. his family has said that he suffers from really serious health problems. he's diabetic. he has a bad back and the australian government is saying, look, show leniency and let him go. this is the situation with this man. the government is trying to figure out what exactly is going on. as it stands officially he's going to get 500 lashes and a year in jail for whatever he said. we're still trying to figure that out. >> let's turn our attention to better news, happy news, fantastic news, i think. a royal pregnancy?

everybody's wondering. >> yes. is she with child? is she not with child? we don't know. it's just a rumor, but rumors come from somewhere and what happened was last night there was this event with gary barlow singing at a big charity concert. will and kate were there, along with prince charles and camilla. kate was at the event and she was holding a black clutch in front of her stomach, just like this. because she was like this and how she put it, everybody thinks maybe she's hiding something. >> you can't hide anything in that dress she was wearing, zain. i don't care it you have a little handbag or not. >> well, that's the rumor. and we won't know till we know and there's some kind of a confirmation from the palace. yes. don't know but always great to talk about it. and we'll keep a close eye on

kate, her dresses and the clutches. >> i'm sorry. this is the actual dress she wore. i thought she was wearing that green dress. it's this dress. i take it all back. >> yes. >> that dress could hide -- hm-mm? >> it could, right. >> yes, because print hides stuff. i can't believe you know the brand of the dress. >> i do. i don't know why i know that either. it was like $100 from high street here which is like main street. that's what she was wearing. >> that's awesome. okay. we'll keep wondering. thanks, zain, we appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. today marks the 70th anniversary of the japanese bombing on pearl harbor, at tack that launched the u.s. into world war ii. 120 survivors are expected to arrive in hawaii for the annual commemoration. there will be rifle salutes and wreath presentations to honor and remember the nearly 2,400 people that died in that attack.

in the meantime, the pearl harbor survivor's association will disband later this month. here's what we're working on for the top of the hour. gop republican presidential hopeful mitt romney, did he hide records during his term as massachusetts governor? and we'll find out more about what got actor alec baldwin thrown off an american airlines flight. it's 50 minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." of potato.eces ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

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an 8-year-old boy showed up at a recent book signing with a very special message just for congresswoman michele bachmann. and it left the gop presidential candidate speechless. here's your "punch line." >> what's your name? elijah, very good to meet you. >> do you have something to say? >> you said it but i think my ears were too far away. come a little closer. >> okay. >> my mom is -- miss bachmann -- >> that kid is lucky it was bachmann.

newt gingrich would have put him to work scrubbing toilets. alec baldwin was booted off an american airlines flight. see why he's vowing to never fly with them again. what happened on this flight? >> well, it seems like alec was play on his iphone, words with friends, which all of us do all the time. we all know what it's like to sit on an airplane and be told time and time again to put your handheld devices away. we all know alec is -- likes to push the limits on everything. and he seems to have been playing the game way too long and got into a tussle with the flight attendant. he also seems to have angered people by getting up and using the bathroom, even though the seat belt sign was on. some reports were saying the captain ordered him off. they actually pulled back to the gate and sent alec on his merry

way. what got everyone so interested in this, alec was tweeting the entire time and he tweeted, his maybe now infamous hash tag, no wonder american airlines is bankrupt. he tweeted later that day, there's always united. we have sound, interviews with passengers on the original flight. was first class. one of those passengers was former boxing champ oscar de la hoya. let's listen. >> i actually felt alec baldwin was turning off his devices and i don't know, he just got a little angry. >> he was on his phone and he didn't want to get off the phone, then he's talking to the bathroom and became irate and they had to remove him from the flight. >> so what's the airline saying about all of this? >> the airline is saying that,

first of all, they tweeted alec, please get in contact with us. please direct message us, which was very funny. they also said that they released a -- they tweeted themselves, our flight attendants were following federal safety procedures on electronic devices when aircraft door is closed. and they also said they wouldn't comment on things that may or may not have happened on the flight. i think the reason everyone is so interested in this, everyone's been there, everyone understands twitter and it's kind of funny. you feel like you were there following these tweets from alec. and he does not pull punches. >> well, i understand it from the perspective that i really don't believe if i leave my cell phone on or continue to play my game that the plane will crash. i just don believe that. >> exactly. has there ever been proof of that. >> i'm with you. >> i think it's just they want you to -- they just want you to concentrate on what's happening,

a flight leaving the ground or landing. i don't know. that's for another segment. >> we should obey the rules or we'll get kicked off the plane like alec baldwin. thanks so much. we have to run. that's it for this edition of "a.m. wake-up call." "american morning" continues right after the break. you make it a great day. so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. just a second. just, just one second. ♪ what are you looking at? don't look up there. why are you looking up? ♪ get outta the car. get outta the car.

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