assault-style rifle. again, this is a very active scene. you can see from these live pictures from choppers in the area what's taking place on the streets there. as we understand it, there are three active crime scenes at this time. a person of interest, possibly the main suspect, is reportedly near a preschool. this in the cupertino area, a preschool named good samaritan so police are actively looking for him. we can see that they have emergency people, personnel on the scene there that are working on people that may have been injured. police and s.w.a.t. are also at a second location. as we said, there are three different active locations. now, reportedly they're planning to storm a home in the area where they think that this gunman or suspect may be barricaded. there is an injured person at this third location, that's a parking lot that we saw just a moment ago, near a retail structure. apparently the streets are homestead and wolf streets. again, this is in cupertino.

you may also recognize the name as being the home of where apple headquarters are. as you can see there on the map, it's just south of sacramento there. more toward the midsection of northern california. again, three active crime scenes in cupertino, california, where as many as three people may have been killed in a workplace shooting. but again, we are still getting these reports in. we're getting a reporter on the scene from our affiliate and we'll bring you more information as we get right here on msnbc. let's go back to the story about the gop field in the race to face president obama. who's going to move forward now without chris christie throwing his hat into the ring? we are getting a new look this morning at where the remaining candidates are standing with voters currently. mitt romney is back on top with republicans in this new quinnipiac poll. but look at this, herman cain surges past rick perry and sarah palin is still showing a pulse with conservatives in this country. governor romney looks strong in a head-to-head matchup against president obama, up four percentage points among

registered voters. but as bad as things look for governor perry, he's still right in there with the president, trailing only by one percentage point and out with strong fund-raising numbers as well. let's bring in our panel to talk about this. david goodfriend and john fehre. john, i want to start with you, i want to put up more for everybody about this poll. governor christie was going to be in this race, he'd be tied with mitt romney. so does romney benefit the most and is rick perry the one that's in real trouble by the fact christie is out? >> first, it's still pretty early. i do think that mitt romney gets a post-christie bump that will help him. i would say, though, that the perry fund-raising numbers is very good news for the texas governor. $17 million in the last 40 days is a pretty big haul. the other guy that's coming up in the polls, the likability factor for her mman cain is hug.

he might not be the best presidential candidate but he's a likeable guy. people are saying, let's give herman cain a try. >> christie was never formally in, so i should say while he was doing this active strip tease with the republican party, maybe he's going to do it or maybe he's not going to do it, but given we have this final no, you can bet he'll be on the trail attacking the president. take a listen to this. >> i'm not prepared to make any endorsement today. you know, as i've said before, i'm not a halfway kind of guy. if i feel like there's someone in the field who is -- gives us the best chance to defeat the president, i'll endorse that person and i'll work hard for that person. >> right now is this, david, a better threat or a bigger threat to the president to see christie out there as an attack dog without having to put an endorsement behind anybody at the moment? >> well, i think the big news on chris christie is not so much about chris christie, it's about how the republican establishment

was just hoping that he would come into the race. so i ask you, what does that tell us about what republicans think of the remaining candidates in the race? there must be something really missing from this lineup for republicans to have been hoping so much that chris christie would step into the race. what is missing? well, for one thing, i think there's a lot of discomfort among southern conservatives with a mormon nominee. they're not comfortable with it. the polling shows that. i think that's unfortunate, but it's a fact. i'll tell you who i fear most as a democrat, i fear mitt romney most. i think he could stand up and say, you know, president obama is not a bad guy. i just know more about economics than he does and he could walk away with this thing under that theory. and yet republicans still seem reluctant to fall in line behind him even this late in the game. that's the big news here. it's the fact that the republicans feel there's something missing from this lineup. that's what chris christie's maybe yes, maybe no scenario

told us. >> meanwhile democrats are seeing a difference in president obama. he took on house majority leader eric cantor yesterday in texas for stalling his jobs bill. take a listen to this. >> the republican majority leader in congress, eric cantor, said that right now he won't even let this jobs bill have a vote in the house of representatives. won't even give it a chance to be debated on the floor of the house of representatives. i'd like mr. cantor to come down here to dallas and explain what exactly in this jobs bill does he not believe in. what exactly is he opposed to? >> and his cantor going to be the democrats' nancy pelosi, so to speak? >> you know, i don't think so. it's awfully hard to demonize a guy like eric cantor. his name i.d. across the country is fairly low. he's a great guy, i like him a lot. i don't think you can demonize eric cantor.

president obama is not going to run against eric cantor, he's going to run against mitt romney, as david said, or rick perry or herman cain. my guess, it's going to be mitt romney. my guess is, that mitt romney's message on the economy is going to be much stronger than barack obama's message. so barack obama -- the president has really got to start thinking how do i fix this economy. if i fix the economy, then i can actually move forward. how do i fix the economy? it's not by running to the left, it's by running to the center and finding ways to work with the republicans in the house and senate and get something done. he's not trying to do that. he's trying to demonize characters on the right and it's not going to work. >> but john, if i may, what the president has said over and over again is let's meet in the middle and he gets rebuffed. so the enemy to progress really is the house republican leadership. he's tagging them with that and it's working. what a lot of polling shows is as low as the president's numbers are, and i will concede that, they are low, who's worse? house republicans. so you can't tell me by going to people and saying, look, here

are some ideas for legislation and their stopping it, that isn't right on when it comes to policy. if eric cantor were smart, he'd say i'll agree to this, this, and this, let's go. >> which is what he's done. eric has done that. he said i'm going to move this, this, and this. what i'm not going to do is i'm not going to raise taxes which kills jobs. in this fraj fragile economy, raising taxes is the worst thing you can do. >> john, how have lower taxes provided for job amplification in this country? they have had low taxes for years now. the jobs aren't there. >> the fact of the matter is senate democrats don't like the job increases the president has proposed. that's why senator reid has not stopped the idea. mitch mcconnell said, okay, let's bring this up for a vote. let's see if we've got the votes, mr. president. harry reid said, no, we're not going to do that. you know why? because senate democrats don't like the president's package. they don't like the tax increases because they know it's

going to kill jobs. >> gentlemen, we've got to leave it there. good to see you both this morning. thank you. right now the ntsb is about to give a briefing on that deadly crash on a helicopter crash in the east river. it went down near the united nations, and a tourist from sfra australia, celebrating her 40th birthday, was killed. police rescued three of his loved ones. they have dramatic video of them bringing them to safety. >> there was danger from the first takeoff. as soon as it lifted off, everything was normal. all of a sudden, it started spinning around. and it looked like, uh-oh. >> now, the other three passengers on board were hospitalized, two of them are listed in critical condition. kansas city police are expressing frustration today over a lack of clues in the case of a missing 10-month-old baby girl after a day-long search on tuesday. police found no sign of young lisa irwin who was last seen sleeping in her crib after her mom put the baby to bed.

police are investigating whether an intruder climbed a window and snatched the child. peter alexander is live from kansas city, missouri, with more for us. peter, a lot of parents, a lot of people have to be taken off guard just thinking an intruder was that easily able to sneak into this little child's room. >> reporter: there's a lot of concern obviously. this community is heart broken right now with the disappearance of a 10-month-old baby girl. we'll put her picture up on the screen for you. her name is lisa irwin. this adorable girl, her parents say, disappeared from her home monday night to tuesday morning when her father got home from work at 4:00 a.m., he found the little girl missing. now if we come out live and show you a live picture, this is the scene right now outside that home in kansas city. you can see about a dozen investigators who came here within the last 10 to 15 minutes. they have arrived with some of the evidence-sniffing dogs in hopes of finding any clues, any evidence that leads them to this young child. yesterday we saw them leave with two bags of children's items. they have also interviewed the

parents of this young child. the unmarried couple lived here with two other children from two previous relationships, but the 10-month-old they say disappeared in the middle of the night. they have been cooperative, according to investigators, who spoke to them until roughly 10:30 yesterday. they have not yet made a public plea. we anticipate that could happen at some point as early as today. >> peter alexander, peter, thanks very much. back home and welcomed by cheers and applause of many, a tearful amanda knox thanking family and friends for standing by her over the last four years. we go live to seattle and speak to one of these friends who's been a leading champion for amanda's safe release. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the peace of mind of owning a 2011 iihs top safety pick.

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welcome back, everybody. new testimony resumes within the hour in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. prosecutors plan to call police to the stand as they press their

case forward. if the prosecution has its way, we may hear an audio tape of a detective interrogating conrad murray himself. yesterday we saw a parade of murray's mistresses on the stand, each grilled about his behavior. prosecutors are trying to portray murray as a womanizer more concerned about dating and texting than saving the singer's life. >> i am an actress with the screen actors guild since 1998. >> did he give you his telephone number? >> yes. >> well, i was just talking and the next thing you know i said hello, hello? and i didn't hear anything. that's when i pressed the phone against my ear and i heard mumbling of voices. it sounded like the phone was maybe in his pocket or something. and i heard coughing. >> legal analyst and former prosecutor ricky kleman joins me. yesterday was pretty explosive from the testimony that we see on the stand but let's talk

about this audio tape of murray's interview with police that may be played today. what makes this so crucial to the prosecution's case? >> the prosecution really needs this audio tape. it is the only recording of dr. conrad murray and it is done on june 27th. at that time by virtue of simply putting it on tape, it is frozen in time as to what he says the correct timeline was on june 25th, the day, of course, that michael jackson died. in addition to the question of the timing, which is crucial to both sides when they look at a question of cause of death, time of death as well as what did dr. murray say, but also what drugs did he say that he had administered, this is very powerful evidence. >> let's talk about the mistresses, because yesterday was pretty explosive in terms of testimony as well as the strategy of having these women come on the stand and talk about

their relationships with the doctor, basically painting him as a person that used michael jackson as a chick magnet and then distracted by the fact that he needed to uphold all of these relationships as well as being the father of seven. >> well, thomas, i couldn't have said it better myself, i must confess. when you look at this, the defense wants to show dr. murray as a caring, conscientious doctor. the prosecution, on the other hand, wants to show him as a careless, negligent, reckless doctor. so what better way than that, than to smear his character by saying this is a guy who didn't even care about a patient. this is a guy who simply cared about dealing with women. he has two phones. he's texting one, he's not taking a call from one on another, he does have a phone call with yet a third. plus what the prosecution has done and what the judge has allowed the prosecution to do is to talk about the occupations of these women. here you have a middle-aged

woman who's dealing with meeting hostesses, waitresses, actresses, and it is to paint someone of bad moral character. >> rikki, good to see you. we'll talk again tomorrow as we wait for what's going to happen in court today. thanks again. >> thank you, thomas. so free at last after four grueling years in an italian prison, amanda knox is now focusing on the future and piecing back together the life that was torn apart by a murder conviction. her release is the culmination of an exhaustive four-year legal battle and a pr push to paint her as a wholesome college student that was victimized by a flawed italian legal system. the friends of amanda was a counter to those who labeled her as a she-devil. >> i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real. what's important for me to say is just thank you to everyone who's believed in me, who's

defended me, who's supported my family. >> i'm joined now by tom wright, a friend of the knox family who started friends of amanda. tom, it's nice to have you here today. give us your overall reaction after all the work that you've invested into this website to know that amanda is safe and free back in the u.s. >> thank you, thomas. it's a wonderful feeling. we're just overjoyed for the family. she landed yesterday. she's gone into seclusion with her family and resting comfortably now. 72 hours ago she was serving an unjust 26-year sentence in an italian prison. and then she appeared before the court, she addressed the court, proclaimed her innocence. they listened. they acquitted her and then she flew home. she came through rome, london and yesterday she landed. there were 200 news people, there were 30 cameras and police and finally now she can get some rest. >> tom, tell us about the website because internationally through tabloid headlines,

amanda was painted as a she-devil, given the title of foxy knoxy, just a deluge of negative things that were out there. why is this website so important for the image that needed to be portrayed from the knox family. >> from the very beginning she was libelled and slandered both by the prosecutor and in the international press. it was an impossible situation to be incarcerated as a 20-year-old american woman who was an out standing student, an athlete, someone who was very well liked and popular here in the states. when we started seeing these reports, it was outrageous. the only -- the only tactic we could think of would be to found a website and begin to put the truth up there and tell the true story of who amanda is. over the coming weeks and months, i think that everyone that has cared about her so long is going to see who she really is and who she really is, is someone that's going to make a very substantial contribution and lead a very successful life. >> is there any doubt in your

mind that this day would finally come? >> no, there never was. well, we knew that it would be a difficult or deal for her but we knew that he was strong and smart and had a lot of friends that cared about her. >> a lot of hard work done by you and the staff at friends of amanda. thank you, tom. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. occupy wall street organizers say today could be the biggest day yet with several labor unions joining the cause in a planned nationwide college walkout. we go live to wall street for a report for you. and in south carolina, the push to right what many believe was a horrific wrong 67 years ago, the execution of a 14-year-old african-american boy who was put on trial with no defense. we have new information on those efforts to clear his name. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there,

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the occupy wall street protests are gathering steam this morning with union leaders

now joining the anti-corporate demonstrations. thousands are expected to march today in lower manhattan and there are calls for a massive student walkout in cities across the country today. >> there's the rich and then there's the poor and then there was us. the rich are stepping on our necks and trying to squash us down, but this is called an uprising. and we are taking back what is ours. >> it's for all of you who are tired of watching the banks get bailed out while we get sold out. >> wealth disparity, corporate personhood, these things are unacceptable while millions are on the streets starving. >> nbc's mara schiavocampo joins us now. set the scene for us and describe the atmosphere on wall street especially since this has grown since september the 17th to today. >> reporter: today people are planning for what they're expecting to be a very big day here. they're essentially going to be two events taking place. labor unions, several labor unions are organizing a rally at foley square a couple of blocks

away and they will be marching here where they will be merging with the occupy wall street folks for an even larger rally. i'm joined by tyler, one of the protesters, who's been here practically since the beginning. tyler, why don't you describe for me what the mood is today on what people are hoping will be a very big day for your group. >> there's a palpable excitement at the plaza today in the anticipation of the over 10,000 students, community and union members that are going to join us today in support of the occupy wall street movement. we're just very excited about the potential that this rally is going to show the rest of america that you can make a change if you go out and let your voice be heard. >> reporter: you know, all along a lot of people have been asking about demands or missions statement. there has been some clarification of a missions statement. can you just summarize that for me? >> we've come up with a list of frustrations that we've been feeling, whether or not the corporate golden parachutes, the frustrations over corporate

money in the lobbying process and campaigns and just clarifying those types of specific problems that we see with the current system. we've listed all of those on our website on occupy wall street.org. >> reporter: thank you so much, tyler. you know, tyler is still working even though he's here every day. he goes home at night, he works overnight and he comes back here. that's really typical of a lot of people who are here. they are just very committed to what's going on here and so they're making whatever changes they have to make in their lives to be here and to contribute to this cause. as you mentioned, thomas, it is growing and spreading across the country. now word of solidarity protests taking place around the world, in fact, so this movement certainly doesn't seem to be losing momentum at this time and today is expected to be a very big day for them. thomas. >> mara, thanks so much. i want to pass along a programming note that mara will join tamron hall this afternoon. tamron will host a special edition of "news nation" live from the occupy wall street protests just as the nationwide

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there are three active crime scenes right now. not clear if they are ought connected, but police and s.w.a.t. teams are at the home of a second location in cupertino where there was a second shooting and an injured person is at the third location. of course we'll continue to watch this and bring you any new developments as we get them right here on msnbc. to the markets where investors got some good news ahead of the opening bell which may be a sign of a good jobs report. 91,000 private sector jobs added in september. that's better than expected but it had some red flags when it came to layoffs. meantime, apple's rollout of the new iphone 4s is hitting more than one snag. samsung is targeting the phone to ban sales and techies are underwhelmed with the phone. apple stock dropped like a diva when they failed to deliver the iphone 5. courtney reagan joins us now. before we get to the markets, let's get to apple and the rollout and what you're hearing

there from cnbc about what people were expecting as opposed to what they got. >> reporter: yeah, it seems it was a little disappointing for both apple fans and investors alike. like you mentioned, shares of apple really dropped fairly precipitously after that announcement, down as much as 5% at one point, because the new iphone isn't really an entirely new model. it's more of an upgrade to the iphone 4. it's the iphone 4s, not the iphone 5 which is what most folks were expecting. so, you know, the biggest improvement i will say is a spruced-up camera. apple says that it's more sensitive and shoots faster with a better flash. there's also a new feature that translates voice-controlled commands into actions, so as they understand it if you say show me grocery stores in the area, it will generate a list. so it is also supposed to be faster but again it's not an entirely new model. physically, it looks a lot the same. but i do want to make sure that we're up to date on the markets. the employment report did show

that growth is steady in the private sector and a bit better than expectations which could suggest an upside for at least the private sector of that jobs report that comes out on friday. however, it could just be a temporary boost from the conclusion of that verizon worker strike, because manufacturing and construction employment fell. and then separately we got this report from challenger, gray and christmas that showed the number of planned layoffs in september jumped to the highest level since april of 2009, so we're getting some mixed employment messages today. but, so far things are looking okay for the markets. it's relatively a quiet day in comparison to yesterday's wild final hour that drove the dow higher by 3% in the last 40 minutes. right now stocks are higher, but off the highs of the session. thomas. >> it's a modest wednesday morning but green arrows across the board. we like that for the late morning so we'll see how the afternoon goes. courtney, great to see you, thanks. so the holiday season is

just around the bend. sorry to tell you this. but for many job seekers, companies can offer much-needed temp work and one company doing that is ford. the michigan-based automaker says it will add 12,000 hourly jobs to its u.s. manufacturing plants by 2015. but ford is not the only company out there looking for new workers. many retailers are looking to hire seasonal workers starting this month to get a jump on the holiday shopping rush. i'm joined by personal finance expert. nice to see you this morning. i hate to remind everybody that the holiday season is fast approaching because it makes me itchy to think about that but this is good news for people looking for work. let's look at the overall picture of businesses expanding an looking for workers. >> more than half of retailers say they plan to hire more this season which is an 8% jump and it spans across the board, whether you're best buy, j.c. penney, macy's, only amaha stea.

there are 100,000 jobs with opening right now. you want to hit the malls, hit the strip malls, take your resume, go in person and talk to hiring managers. >> we've got best buy at 15,000 seasonal jobs. >> a slowdown from last year but, hey, we'll take it. best buy is not expecting the best holiday season for its company but other companies like macy's, toys r us, are expecting a boost in sales and so they're seeing their expectations for hiring increasing as well. >> when we look at macy's, 78,000, toys r us, 40,000. these are big numbers. >> j.c. penney, 37,000, target more than 90,000. and here's the thing about target. last year they ended up hiring 40% of their seasonal staff members as full-time workers, so there is a huge silver lining for those of us who do get seasonal work. it may end up being a full-time job. >> there is a difference between seasonal work and temporary job. explain the difference. >> seasonal work is you come in

for the holiday season. you're right, it gets a little confusing. but the fact is right now a lot of employers are hiring for whether it's seasonal worker, temp workers, part-time workers, and that could end up being a full-time, maybe even benefits paying job. >> that's the best thing, get the foot in the door and then kick it wide open and find out how to stay on board. any recommendations for job seekers out there that are looking for these aecvenues, the type of jobs? >> apply online, go to the corporate hiring websites for these respective companies, but go inside, tell them you are flexible, that you have an open schedule. let them know if you shop there. if they don't have to train you to teach you about inventory and you have a familiarity, that's less money they have to invest in you and you are a more likely candidate for the job. >> how much you love it there. >> but don't spend your money on discounts in the store. don't blow your paycheck. >> all right, thanks so much. appreciate it. and if you have a company that you would like us to feature or suggestions for our

"hiring now" segment send me a tweet@thomasaroberts. some other headlines we're watching in the news today. take a look at the blinding dust storm. it's blamed for a highway pileup in arizona that killed at least one person and injured 15 others. just look at that. dozens of vehicles were involved in three major crashes along interstate 10. they just couldn't see. the victims saying that they -- or the victims were having to be airlifted to the hospitals because of the poor visibility, but look, you just can't see what's coming f front of you and a lot were mac trucks on the war. according to a new pew research opinion poll surveyed vets who served after 9/11. nearly 4500 u.s. troops have died in iraq and afghanistan and the cost of the combined wars, that has topped $1 trillion. he was the youngest person ever put to death in the history

of the u.s. and many say that he was not only wrongly accused, convicted and executed, but that modern justice may clear his name. now a lawyer wants to reopen the case of george stinney jr., a 14-year-old electrocuted back in south carolina in 1944. mark potter has more on this story that you may have first read on thegrio.com. for years george has been haunted by the case of 14-year-old george stinney jr., the youngest person executed in the united states in the 20th century. >> everyone wanted blood. they actually got blood. >> from a child? >> from a 14-year-old child. >> in the spring of 1944 in the tiny mill town of alcolue, south carolina, he was accused of brutally beating to death two white girls, ages 11 and 7, who were picking flowers along the railroad tracks that separated the white and black sections of town. >> their bodies were found out

here? >> they were found just a little further down where it tails into a ditch. >> the local sheriff said stinney confessed to the crime, although there is no written account of that or of any physical evidence. the trial records have disappeared. his brother, charles, a retired new york bishop and his sister say george was with his family the day of the murders. that family, run out of town right after the arrest. >> we had to leave that same night. >> on the day of the trial, this courthouse was packed with an overflow crowd of 1500 people, all white. blacks were not allowed. the trial itself lasted only two and a half hours. the defense put on no case. the all-white jury convicted stinney in ten minutes. his court-appointed lawyer never filed an appeal. on june 16, 1944, stinney, the prisoner on the right, walked into an execution chamber. at 95 points and only 5'1", he was too small for the electric chair and had to sit on books to be electrocuted.

his tiny fingerprints still on file in state records. >> we are asking for an apology from the state of south carolina for actually putting a child to death, a barbaric practice. >> his research drew the attention of attorney steven ma kenzy. he believes the confession was coerced and has agreed to help clear his name. >> had he been tried today, this case would never have seen a jury. a judge would have thrown this case out. >> reporter: the decision on reopening an investigation rests with county solicitor, earnest "chip" finney who worries there's not enough evidence now to prove stinney's guilt or innocence. >> i would need to have something in order to move the case back to court, something more than just the emotion in the community about it. >> reporter: many in that community are convinced stinney's trial itself was a travesty of justice, a horrible stain on american history. mark potter, nbc news, manning, south carolina. >> it's an amazing look back at history. we first reported on this

exclusive story from thegrio.com last thursday. joining me to discuss this more is joanne reed. as we talk about this story and learn more about it, i think it's eye-opening for people to hear the facts. convicted in just ten minutes. no appeal filed in this young man's behalf. you spoke to the brother, george's brother, charles, and what did he say about trying to get justice now and to clear his brother's name? >> right. our video journalist went down and spoke with charles who was 11 at the time. he was the younger brother. he said they were very close and looked so much alike they were sort of best friends. he just talked really about the pain that his mom, his dad and his sister went through. i mean they weren't even allowed to be there. this young man went through the trial and the execution alone without his mom and dad. they weren't there when he was questioned. they were in fact whisked out of town before the trial even began.

so what he said is that none of this, even if it's successful, would bring his brother back and will erase the pain that his family went through. >> what are the racial attitudes in south carolina to righting this wrong? >> well, it's interesting. the family members of the two young girls continued up until a couple of years ago when an a.p. reporter talked to them to believe that george stinney was guilty. there was an attitude of looking to lynch this young man. he had to be moved to columbia, south carolina, even to be held before the trial. so it was a very hostile, volatile atmosphere. the father lost his job in the mill, lost his home, had to, you know, get out of town. but now i think what you see is still a sense of, well, what about the two young girls. people still believe he was guilty. so you'd have to actually prove i guess to some folks that this young man didn't do it. so it's still difficult. >> it seems like there would be failed justice all the way around because then there is someone that is responsible for

those murders that is not getting the justice that they deserve. >> yeah. and there are beliefs in the town and people have an idea that it might have been an adult. first of all, these two young women were killed with a railroad spike. this 90-pound young man to have overpowder and killed two girls, a lot of people in the town believe there was a white gentleman that was probably more responsible and at the least an adult was responsible for this, not a child. >> we'll continue to follow it. nice to see you, appreciate it. joanne reed. and for more information on this story and the grio's interview with george stinney jr.'s brother, you can log on and learn more for yourself right there. a gunman has been identified in the deadly workplace shooting in northern california. the story we've been following throughout this hour. we'll bring you much more right after this break. cranberry juic! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition.

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welcome back, everybody. i want to update you on that breaking news coming to us out of california. this is apparently more

information about the suspect being identified in a california workplace shooting in cupertino. shareef alman is a 45-year-old african-american male. he is from san jose. the suspect is being linked now to a second shooting, a woman whose car he allegedly attempted to carjack. earlier in this hour there were three different active crime scenes as the police were looking to track down the shooter. there are some people that were shot and we are learning more information about their identities and also about their conditions and we'll bring you more information as we get it about this. the suspect identified now in the california workplace shooting. in other news for you today, some incredible history being made in san francisco on both the political front and the lgbt front. the city's first openly gay candidate for mayor launching an ad campaign featuring his 5-year-old daughter. take a look at this. >> i ride muni every day. i enjoy it the most when i'm with sidney. she doesn't notice that it's too

crowded or that it can run a half hour late. i'm bevin duffkey and it's not enough just to get it done, we have to get it done better. >> the ad did spark some controversy, but the outcome was equally surprising. joining me now to talk about that and his political quest in san francisco is mayoral candidate bevin. great to see you this morning. >> thank you. >> explain to all of us what kind of reaction this ad has been getting from people in and around san francisco, especially one where you are showcasing your modern family. >> it's been incredibly positive to me. so many people have said that just like me that they experience the city through their child's eyes and how much their child loves riding on muni. i think as a public official it deepens our understanding of how our city runs, i experience muni, our parks and schools, our libraries with my 5-year-old. >> when you talk about the fact

that you are a dad running for mayor of san francisco, there was some negativity thrown your way back in 2006 when sidney was born. >> yes. >> public criticism. >> yes. >> explain why, because you have been in the public eye there working for the city for years now. so explain the fact that there was this backlash toward you. >> well, there was a person who was a news anchor and a radio commentator, sort of a very conservative radio commentator, and oddly even though he supported same-sex marriage, he felt it was wrong that i had had a child with a lesbian friend of mine. he felt there would not be love in our household. and it was -- it was quite hurtful at the time and i assure you that we're a family of intention. we work very hard to have our child and we work hard to be good parents, like any parent does. >> does that make you angry that you have to prove that you are a parent of good intent? >> no, not so much. you know, when you're in the public eye, you have to expectm. when you're in the public eye, you have to expect that people are going to question you or question your motivations, and i

think you have to have an internal compass about you. and having a child is about love. my mother escaped from nazi germany and raised my pretty much by herself and i never knew anyone in her family. she's been gone for many years now, but it means a lot to me. i understand that people can view it differently but i take the long road. i think down the road people will see my child is a happy child, she loves public life, and only wishes this commercial was longer. >> as i understand it, billy holliday is your godmother? >> yes, my dad co-authored "lady sings the blue." san francisco, we have some issues around loss of african-american population, so i'm the only candidate talking about a black agenda. but billy holliday was in my life throughout my early childhood and it means so much to me. it's beautiful to see those pictures there. >> san francisco mayoral

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welcome back, everybody. it's time for october 5th flip side. october 5th being an interesting day for some reasons. it's the most common birthday here in the united states. it also happens to be my birthday. as a birthday treat to me and to you, we're looking back at b badlipreading.com's shot of governor rick perry. >> tuna, eggs, doritos, cheesecake, tamale. see ya. >> i cannot wait for a medieval cookie, cinnabon, hot, yellow kool-aid, and save a pretzel for the gas jets. >> now they're at it again with the tea party conservative from capitol hill serving as a punch line. >> we've been camping for six nights and two mornings in oahu.

and from where i'm from, mama gets a what what. change my facebook pic to see gulls. i'm not leering from a sporty chevy hybrid. with one cockeyed bore, i'm going to cure everybody who's nauseous. and my sister talks to bigfoot, who's her neighbor. three's company had two dumb girls. janet was so mean and so good, you know? and when i buy stickers for folks in prison, i bring milk, not backyard mess. it's a prison party. >> all right. so all candidates be ware, because the next joke could be on you. happy birthday to all the 10-5ers out there. apparently there's a lot of us, due to the fact that new year's eve was exactly nine months ago. happy labor day to my mom, too. see you back here at 11:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. >> to our birthday boy, happy birthday. we have some serious stuff to talk about. >> yes, you do. >> you know what we're getting to, everyone. a deadly shooting at a

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good wednesday to all of you. i'm alex witt. we begin this hour with breaking news out of cupertino, california, where a massive manhunt is going on right now. at least two people are dead, six others injured after a workplace shooting. the gunman is reportedly still on the loose. he may be carrying an ak-47 rifle. police have identified the shooter as shareef allman. they say he walked right into a routine safety meeting at the lehigh cement planned, happened around 4:30 a.m. west coast time and started shooting. the suspect has been in contact with police, apparently, and has threatened to continue shooting. we're keeping a very close eye on all of this. we have a kntv reporter making he