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why does it cost so much? we're going to break it down for you. good morning, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. alex witt is enjoying the weekend off. he is not on the ballot, but you wouldn't know that due to his travel plans. it's a coast to coast swing from massachusetts to california with a few stops in between. savann savannah guthrie is joining us. this is an aggressive push coming from the white house. was this planned all along? >> no, he think it was. i think it was clear even a year ago that this is going to be a really tough environment for democrats with unemployment so high. certainly that has proven to be the case. you also see republicans getting a real fund-raising event in the early going. historically, the party in power always loses seats in a midterm,

anyway, but of course, the democrats are bracing for huge losses and potentially the loss of control of one or both houses of congress. the president remains at probably the most popular figure in the democratic party currently holding office. and so he's on the campaign trail out there fund-raising as well as appearing with individual candidates and the nap you just showed tells the story hoob, particularly that swing out west. we'll see him in california and in washington state. those are two key senate races. some people call that the democratic fire wall if they can hold on to california and washington senate seats, then they will hold the senate. so those are crucially important races to the senate. senate majority leader harry reid is in a tough battle for his political survival there. >> and savannah, if things don't go the way the white house is hoping for, is the administration prepared to work with a republican house? >> well, they are. their bottom line is they think

the democrats will squeak by and hold on to power, but if that's not the case, as many analysts think, at least the house going to republicans, as the president looks at this as something of an opportunity. he says, you know, for a couple of years, the president has had a strategy and it's one he said he grudgingly admires in terms of a political sense, that they've held steady and held the line, opposing most of his initiatives. the president thinks that if the republicans regain control of one or both houses of congress, the onus is really on them and that voters will expect them to govern, expect them to get something done. and so the president used that as an opportunity. >> savannah guth ree at the white house this morning where the beeping has already started. >> it's always a construction site around here. >> savannah, thanks. it is not only the president hitting the campaign trail. his predecessor is working to get out the vote. former president clinton was in california yesterday where he framed the election in economic

terms. >> we're moving out of this because we're focused on the future, dealing with the big things, and all we're asking for is two more years. you gave them eight years to dig the hole. you ought to at least give ug four years to dig out of it. >> mark, how important is bill clinton to the democrats right now, especially out on the campaign trail? >> he's incredibly important. and for the same reason why president obama is important, hitting the east coast and the west coast. savannah just mentioned, this midterm election for democrats is going to be all about turnout, the more democrats who turn out to vote in november, the more likely it is that democrats can hold on to the house, hold on to the senate. if they don't turn out, we're looking at a huge republican wave. that's why we're seeing both president obama and bill clinton in addition to first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden, any democrat who can help, they're out on the campaign trail. >> but is he considered to be more useful in certain spots than president obama would be? >> yeah. we're seeing former president

clinton deployed to more rural southern states like arkansas, kentucky. he was in los angeles last night, but that's more the exception. a place where president obama really isn't that popular, that's where bill clinton is going in. on the other hand, president obama has been out on the east coast, the west coast, particularly trying to get the younger voters, more minority voters fired up in voting in november. >> i want to get some of your insight on the midterm races right now. let's start in indiana. brad ellsworth, how do you see the race playing out? >> well, this is a republican pick up opportunity and they're probably going to win here. this is all about political environment. if the election were held in 2008, a year that was benefiting democrats, brad elseworth would probably have the lead here. but this state is going to be tough for democrats which is a reversal of just two years ago when president obama won this in the presidential contest. >> take us into wisconsin. senator feingold is facing tough

challenges from defender ron johnson. >> this is not looking good for russ feingold. he's one of the most endangered incumbents for democrats right now. trailing blanch lincoln in arkansas. russ feingold's show he's trailing in the high single digits, so things are looking rough for him and this is looking like a republican pick up. >> and another one to watch, kentucky. we've got the rand paul jsh jack conway contest. >> this might be democrat's best pick up opportunity. right now you have rand paul leading by a few percentage points. this should be an easy win for republicans. but rand paul is seen as maybe a little too conservative for the state. so we'll watch this contest. right now, paul has the slight edge, but certainly it's a race to ach. >> mark murray, thank you, sir. >> thank you. so the pentagon is bracing

for the possibility of a new document release by wikileaks. a pentagon task force is in the process of reviewing some 400,000 classified documents related to that conflict. we've all heard it before, it is doubted as the happiest place on earth. but tempers were flying on a disney shuttle bus in orlando. this is home video, take a look, taken of a shoving match that broke out between a shuttle driver and the pass eker. the passenger was holding his baby after the fight broke out. the fight broke out after the bus driver told the passenger that the bus was full. >> waiting here and everyone passed through before us. >> disney is saying that the driver is on paid leave while it reviews that case. it got a little heated. two people are in the hospital with serious injuries today after the driver of this volvo station wagon took the

phrase drive through window a little too literally. the vehicle smashed into the window and the wall of the restaurant after police said the driver mistook the gas pedal for the brake. the driver was notimpaired. so two of the 33 miners rescue dollars have been released from the hospital but two. kerry, how are the miners doing that remain in the hospital? we said there are two left there, correct? >> yeah. well, the doctors say that their conditions are at least not life threatening, but they're getting some extra attention, which i guess they need because one has pneumonia and another one has a persistent lung disease that actually is related to the mine long before being trapped down there for so long. but i'm sitting in the park which is awfully quiet right now. but this is where most of the partying has been taking place here in the center of this

capital here of copiapo. folks here gathering and enjoying. sonta is sitting next to me. i'm going to ask him a quick question in spanish about how much he thinks their story is worth. [ speaking foreign language ]. he says he doesn't have a number, he doesn't have a price. but as you know, the 33 miners would like to sell their story. and it's not so much selling an interview with a reporter like me. it's what they're interested in doing is putting together a package, which means a book, a movie, doing a television program and they -- the family members have talked about some wild figures, up to $20 million. but truth be told, gracias, the figure is one that hollywood agents say when you take in the all the worldwide rights on this might be a doable figure. but if there is a deal in the works, it's going to behind

closed doors and i certainly don't have the details of whag what's being put together on that. but it's certainly curious and interesting. we've heard from some of the miners. in our interviews with the miner webs it's been more about how they feel, they'll talk about that, that god played a role, that their faith is stronger and that they're thrilled to be back with their families. when the questions turn more towards tell us about the experience of being down there, those first 17 days when there was no contact with the surface and food was so limited, those are the details that they're holding back. >> and kerry, the guys, they already had an accountant well before they got out of the mine, correct? they had somebody that was going to be working on the opportunities for them. >> not only an accountant. they had a notarized agreement, which is, you know, really tells you that their plan is to stick together and the accountant supposedly is going to take all the profits that they get so that it can be evenly

distributed. we'll see how it plays out here. 33 people spread across a very large area. they all go to different ports to go home. and so the brothers who were so tight, these 33 guys, they get back to their families and people begin to paw them. for now, they say the packet they have is one they're sticking with. >> kerry sanders in chile for us, great to see you. thank you. the fbi may have missed some terror attacks provided before the terrorist attacks in mumbai. and what did a texas city councilman say with so much emotion and so much pain that he hopes will save the lives of others like him? frequent heartburn ?

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so it wloox looksic fall has come and gone already in parts of vermont. look at that, one resident web described the scene. >> you can't beat it. i meeven, we're just down the road at 3,000 feet. it's full on fog. you can see the foliage. come up another 300 feet, two inches. we're almost 4 inches right here right now. >> the weather champ's jim cantori is live in stowe, vermont. jim, is this unusual for the area to see a snowstorm so early like this? >> it's actually not. last year, almost to the date, we have a snowstorm down in central pennsylvania where some of the hills there got as much as 9 inches of snow. it depends on if you can get a cold core of low of cold air pretty much sitting over a spot. in this case, it happened to be new england as opposed to

pennsylvania. yeah, viola. if you remember the gam last year between the patriots and the seahawks, they had snow on the game for october. so it's not that uncommon. it creates a beautiful shot. you can see the snow, the undertone, the wind stripping all the leaves off the trees. what wind we have is making for a pretty scene this morning. there's probably a couple inches of snow left over here. maybe 2, 2 1/2. remember, the ground is still warm and it's melting it from underneath. so there's no problems on the road. it was pretty much gone this morning, even though it was just pumping last night and yesterday. let me take you up to the top of the mountain. you can see what it was looking like down there. it was coming down horizontal. it was whiteout conditions there. it was amazing to fly in from georgia and go up to the top of the mountains and be in a winter wonderland in less than 24 hours. right now at the top, a foot of new snow. back to you, thomas. >> not too bad and this is good

snow for making motley looking snowmen? >> yeah. i'm afraid it is. you mean one like this? >> oh, it's a perfect example, yes, yeah. yes, b that is it. >> i just happen to have an example with me, thomas. but the good news is, that motley looking snowman will be more motley as we go through the afternoon. the sun will come out, temperatures are going to get up into the 40s and he'll continue to droop a little bit. >> you see, i set up the questions and you hit the home runs, you know? jim, good to see you. thanks. >> thank you. for the latest weather advisories and the forecast where you can, head to weather.com. well, a texas city council member bears his soul and people all across america are tuning in to watch. respond to go a rash of teen suicides nationally, joe burns shared a story of bullying in of gay teenagers. >> tuesday's ft. worth city

council meeting started off like most others. >> i have never told this story to anyone before tonight. >> but councilman joe burns used the public venue to share a deeply private story. >> but the numerous suicides in recent days have upset me so much. >> burns displayed photos of teenagers who had recently taken their lives, kids taunted by bullies because they were perceived as gay. then, joe burns revealed his story. >> coming out was painful. one day when i was in the ninth grade, i was cornered by some older kids who roughed me up. they said that i was a -- and that i should die and go to hell where i belonged. >> reporter: burns was compelled to speak out after a rash of troubling headlines. news like this suicide of rutger's student tyler clemente who jumped off a bridge after his roommate outed him online and the 17-year-old in new york who was sod omized by gang

members after revealing he was gay. >> they're stigmatized for being gay. >> for nearly 12 minutes, burns spoke from the heart. you could have herd a pin drop in that room. but his audience was much bigger. his story went viral, a half million hits on youtube in just a few days. and it's not just the texas councilman affected by the headlines. >> this needs to be a wake-up call to everyone. >> talk show hosts -- >> i attempted to kill myself. >> and reality tv stars have spoken out. >> these are all efforts to tell kids that we love them and they don't need to conclude that there's no hope for them. >> i understand how you feel. but things will get easier. please stick around to make those happy memories for yourself. >> afterwards, burns was given a standing ovation.

but what the councilman wants is to save lives. >> and as of yesterday, that video had over half a million views on youtube. coming up in the next hour, you'll see part of my interview that i had with joel burns, coming up on nbc saturday. it was a trip to the zoo that a little girl won't soon forget. and if she does, there's this video that's all over the internet that's going to show her encounter with the mean old lion. watch. ♪

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necessary for business applications. after advising u.s. citizens in europe following report that terrorists make plotting attacks in the continent. so you just got back from assignment overseas and you were in london. how is the travel industry respond to go what's being told to all of us, the consumers? >> in london, curiously, they're holding in at arm's-length. i tried to get in step with tourism in london. they basically said we had no official statement. i also tried to get in touch with school operators from america who do business over there, bring americans when they knew what my angle was. it is an alert. it's not a warning.

and to hear from them that there's a minimal impact i think speaks volume for the average american travel he. because there has been a minimal impact from normal average every day american vacationers from going over there, even though the prices are really cheap. there are some deals out there right now. we have british airways giving discounts. the radisson hotel is offering free afternoon tea, free dlish breakfasts. that's about $75 of a value. they're trying to stimula ewe t i stimulate tourism. >> what's the bottom line right now? >> i think it's like anything else in new york. you need to use caution with

what you do. some of the bombings that have taken place have been before the security line. once you get yourself behind those lines into the airport where you are more embedded in a more secure way, the dwiker you get there, probably, the better. >> has the economy rebounded? >> it's inching up there. it's going back and forth and back and forth. we were getting to a point where we were seeing it improve. for example, raddison said it went up 1%. that's still a gain. but something like this can be not good for the industry. >> thank you so much. >> you're welcome.

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hi, everybody, good morning. at half past the hour, here are your headlines. there's yet another mine disaster. an explosion today in central china has what the has killed at least 20 miners and trapped 17 others. mining accidents last year in china killed 2,600 people. in chile, all 33 miners with the exception of two have been sent home. the wife of the american mastermind of the mumbai terror attacks reportedly warned the fbi that her husband was in an active militant group. the fbi looked into the tip, but there's no indication what

action if any was ever taken. president obama returns to the campaign trail today. he's going to be stumping to massachusetts this afternoon for democr the democratic governor. in nevada sharron angle and harry reid are in a statistical tie. those are your fast fact headlines. there's new information that officials knew about the plans for the 2008 mumbai attacks long before they ever happened. federal agents were tipped off three years ago before the shooting and the bombings occurred. >> explain this. what more can you tell us? >> an american man was training with this extremist group in pakistan and went on to carry out those attacks in india. the man was called david hadley and the alleged came about after his wife phoned a tip hot line.

she called to report him after a domestic dispute. according to the washington post, she showed them some audio cassettes, some written material, described as e-mails and phone calls to pakistan individuals who she thought were extremists. she said he had been trained in pakistani camps and with the group behind the mumbai attacks. the fbi refused to discuss that 2005 tip. they didn't say what action was taken, but we know that u.s. anti-terrorism officials warned indian intelligence several times in 2008 about a possible attack on mumbai. this obviously raises questions about american sxelgs' ability to connect the dots, thomas. >> what more can you tell us about hadley and his background? >> well, david hadley pleaded guilty in march to a dozen u.s. terrorism charges in the case with the mumbai attacks. and in order to hide his

pakistani background, he changed his name in 2005 and his used his mother's name. he was born in washington and his father is a well known pakistani broadcaster. his mother is from a wealthy philadelphia family. he moved to pakistan while he was just an infant and he returns to the u.s. at the age of 17. he got married, he got divorced and he slid into the criminal underworld. he's been arrested a few times for drugs and smuggling heroine, which is how he came under the radar in the first instance. he was arrested last october by the fbi. and he's now apparently a treasure trove of information about al qaeda. "the washington post" calls him a prized informant on this. >> thank you very much. 10,000 empty plates were set out in front of the eiffel tower today. this is to commemorate world food day. other world food day events are being held in more than two dozen cities and towns around france.

police in eastern india gave praise to their weapons today blessing their rifles as part of a festival where hindus worship the tools of their trade. for other lines of work, vehicles can be blessed in the very same way. a new report says mexican state police have suspended indefinitely there are l their search for anl american born man. david hartley was shot on september 30th. joining me now via skype is steve. what more have we learned about mexican officials and the fact that they are now calling off the search? >> well, we've learned that they have called off the search. they say that it's temporary and that they will resume at some point. of course, we have our doubts about that. i think that if the search resumes again, it will be something of a surprise to all of us here in nevada.

>> you know, it was just on tuesday a mexican police dmand commander involved in the case was found dead. it was a horrific incident where he had been decapitated. now there are reports that the search for david hartley are completely ending. so if your estimation, how can americans properly respond to this, especially american law enforcement to the response that mexico is having? are drug gangs taking control here? >> well, i think that there is certainly considerable drug gang activity. as far as are they taking control? i don't know that you can say they've taken total control, but certainly they are having a significant influence on what is going on in mexico and certainly on mexican law enforcement and to a certain degree on government. but i do believe that president calderone in mexico has been trying to focus on controlling the drug gangs and drug cartels through use of the federal

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a day. >> day and night, pilots perfect their skills, always hoping to snag one of the wires. though most of the action may appear to be on the flight deck, it's actually the men and women below who defend, maintain and navigate this $6.2 billion vessel. just ask helicopter pilot scott walgren. >> there are unit owes this ship that can operate in a vacuum. every one of the lives count on each other. >> where does a ship like this fit in given the nature of warfare today? >> we're spending a lot of time training special operations to project our power on land. what's a place of big piece of equipment like this in that kind of strategic environment? >> you need to have secure air space above any area, especially in an area where you may not have land basing rights or land

based aircraft. >> i set up communications for the boat so he can talk to the airplanes that fly on board as well as any submarines that may be under there. >> what's it like being one of the very small number of women on this ship? >> the navy is hard work for anyone, but in my department, they believe more of a brain world, not a physical world. >> what kind of ammunition do you have around this ship? we have missiles, all services, air to ground, air to air, small arms, hand grenades, anything that goes booms or prevents booms. >> the real offensive striking power of an aircraft carrier are those aircraft that we hear up above us on the deck. our job is to protect the ship so it can carry on you those defenses out. >> when you look, the aircraft and fuel and i coordinate all that. >> they work for you? >> they work for me? they're fueling all the

aircraft? >> yes, sir. >> so much more than how long ship and what it's powered by and how much technology it has. it's thoughts 19 1/2, 20-year-old patriotic men and women who man this ship that truly bring her to life. >> and that place is a huge floating adrenaline rush. and the thing that impressed me the moeft most was that the majority of the ship's company, the people that make it work, average 19 1/2 years old. >> and jack, that is really amazing that that is just how long they are. in the piece, i saw you asked the captain how useful it is to have this type of aircraft carrier when we're fighting in southeast asia. your response to his asia gentleman? >> well, it was a politically correct answer, but in the end, we have about a dozen, maybe more of these aircraft carriers out there and we have to be able to fight unlikely enemies like

china, who is about ready to launch its own aircraft carrier, russia still and we have to be prepared for the big wars even as we're fighting small wars around the globe. >> i was amazed by the fact that they make 15,000 meals a day on board. >> i did have some. it's really good and better than mres or no food at all, which is what we had back years ago in the field. >> absolutely. jack jacobs, great reporting, sir. >> thank you so much. >> it was great fun. in the united kingdom, there may be the most expensive iphone in the world. the phone is encrusted in nearly 550 diamonds and the back of it is made from rose gold. the main navigation includes a 7 1/2 karat pink diamond. when you're not using it, you can put it in its granite chest. all of that for backside 8 million. but if that's pricey for you, buy an ipad that has 2.5

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>> so you're saying you went in with low expectations, but then it xieded your expectations? >> that's what helping in this movie. there's no surprises out there about what this movie is. but it does achieve them all. it's funny, funny, funny and everybody in the theater was laughing out loud. the stunts are crazy. this is going to explain why this movie is going to be number one with over $40 million. it's a massive movement. >> and in 3d, does that make difference? >> it does. there's stunts happening that you might want to be further away, actually. but it's very close, it's funny. the director said putting it in 3d was an interesting move because it delayed the comic timing b with but it pitched perfectly. >> so it's not "avatar" though. making headlines is jennifer anniston and her camp reacting to comments made by joan collins. collins said, there aren't that

many good looking actresses today. there's angelina jolie. jennifer anniston is cute. >> there's so much rubbish said about jennifer anniston. she wants no part of it. surprisingl surprisingly, they did react. they said jennifer is aware of the xlepts, and will not dig phi them with any remarks. >> and she is a beautiful girl. >> she's beautiful. i think what joan collins is talking about is that whole movie hollywood star power which angelina does have. >> she does have that. speaking of which, she is currently in hungary. she is directing a film. she's not starring in the film. >> first job as a director. she wrote the movie, as well. it's a movie set in bosnia. it's can all caused a little trouble over there because the movie is a love story about a

serbian fellow, a muslim lady who fall in love during the troubles over there and they have a baby through a rape. it's a very, very graphic script. and people in bosnia are pretty upset about this, so there's some discussions about delaying filming until angelina can speak up and sdmrexplain what really happens in the film. >> but you say go see "jackass 3d" right? >> it's a funny, funny film. now we're going to a on various websites. you seattle girl at a zoo with her family. she's encouraged to continue singing. and a lion jumps up right there. then you hear her crying. what was that -- is it hakuna matata, that word? the little girl is okay, but she might have a lot of trouble experiencing the "lion king." >> he creeps up on her and

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it may be the last thing that comes to mind when talking about taxi drivers. they're holding a public hearing today considering a new ordinance requiring cabbies to be polite not just to their passengers but at all times to city officials and people op the street. residents are divided. >> a cab drivers don't give the necessary time to help people, especially those who are not from the d.c. area. >> i don't necessarily know that it's something that we should seriously look at or spend time and money on, quite frankly. >> under the proposal, any driver who receives too many rude complaints could have their

permit taken away. many cabbies say the rule unfairly regulates their personal behavior. democrats fighting an uphill battle to get voters excited about the upcoming election. this week the democratic national committee introduced an ad designed to remind both new and seasoned voters that elections can be game changers. >> two years ago, you defied the conventional wisdom in washington. you proved that the power was stronger than the forces of the status quo. november 2nd we face another test. we cannot sit this one out. >> a political report wer "the washington post." it almost makes it seem like the president would be on the ballot. how unusual is an ad like this to air? >> well, this is really the only chance that democrats have. barack obama powered to the white house by 15 million, young

voters, new voters, minority voters. these are voters who identify with him. not part of the disaffected liberals who went by the wayside. so their thinking, the white house. the spirit of the 2008 campaign. >> the surge voters they're called. college students' enthusiasm dropping for the president. that's 47%, that's compared to 60% a year ago. 27% now disapprove, that's up from 15% before. how troubling is this for democrats? >> it's very troubling for democrats, that's why you see barack obama on -- tomorrow he'll be out in ohio. he'll be talking to young students there. he was out in wisconsin doing the same thing. they're very much trying to get these young students engaged again. they're bringing out young acts

like the roots and john legend to really connect with these folks. so this is really their only hope for staving off these massive losses in the house and senate. the thing about these young voters is they're not a normal part of the democrat base nor are they the usual voters who turn out in the midterms. et is about reminding them of how much they are a part o this 2008 campaign. how cool they thought obama was, how much hope they had. they're getting back -- getting the band back together from 2008. >> getting the band back together, and hitting the road with 17 days to go. nia-malika hend areson, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> there's a new website that boldly makes predictions. what does it say about the nail biter in nevada. and how nice guy s fare in the pursuit of love. [ female announcer ] does your volume pass the afternoon test?

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