conservative party headquarters. the police seem totally unprepared for this. only a handful of police bobbies or street cops here initially were trying to protect the building, but before they could be reinforced by riot police and some students did get inside and they smashed some windows and some even got to the roof of the offices of this party that is, of course, in the ruling government trying to lead the push to triple state college fees. here's what one student in the peaceful part of the demonstration said earlier explaining the protests. >> we are seeing unprecedented levels of action from student and stand standing up to the fact that we have been singled out in 60 years. also we're seeing a simultaneous tuition fees. students will not stand and this is a clear message to government. >> so it is looking like a standoff, chris. and the police seem to be getting more control of the building. a small fire set by protesters and some objects thrown at

police. neither police nor the vast majority of students seem want to escalate this into something more serious. chris, back to you. >> that is good news, thank you, jim. instead of a lavish sea food buffet more than 3,000 passengers aboard a stranded cruise ship are eating spam, pop tarts and canned crab meat after the ferry took supplies to the crippled liner. an engine fire left the carnival "splendor" without air conditioning, hot water or phone service since monday. a tug boat is now towing the ship back to port. miguel joins me san diego. what do we know about the timeline for these folks? >> well, chris, it's certainly not going to be a wick aquick ay job. the tug boats are out at sea. we're told they are out 200 miles and they are coming in here towards san diego at about four miles an hour. that said, we're expecting the

cruise ship back here, the cruise ship "slender" to arrive here in san diego with 4,500 people aboard some time late thursday evening. now, that timeline could shift. matter of fact, the port could shift, we're told. we're told by carnival that if that tow process takes too long or the winds just aren't moving in the right direction that the tow could go back to insun ensa. a fire broke out in the engine room on monday morning around 6:00 a.m. and took three hours for crews it put that fire out and during that time all the passengers were told to go up to higher level on the upper decks of the board where they waited for several hours and then it took, after that fire was put out, they lost vital supply lines to some of the power of the ship, it lost propyls and the ship could not propel itself and they sent out the "u.s.s. reagan" to support. they dropped 70,000 pounds of supplies, as you mentioned. span and crabbed can meat.

not the luxurious spread these folks thought they would have. this ship is on its way back to san diego and it could take at least 24 more hours more likely 48. >> miguel, thank you. if you felt the race for senate in alaska was wild before, throw in a lawsuit and the fact this vote count is getting closer. nbc news correspondent crikrist welker has been covering this from alaska. joe miller is gaining on lisa murkowski. >> this all happened thanks to some absentee ballots, chris, that were counted yesterday. joe miller now trailing the write-in total by about 11,000 votes compared to 13,000. lisa murkowski, as you said, is the main write-in candidate. this all comes on the heels, by the way, of the miller camp filing a motion for an injunction. they want to halt this counting process that is going to take place right here in this

warehouse or in the outskirts of juneau. miller camp basically arguing that lisa murkowski's name should be spelled accurately in order for a ballot to be counted. at this point in time election officials are looking at voter intent to determine whether or not a ballot should be counted as accurate. take a look behind me, this will all unfold at these tables right here. 15 teams of two sorting through about 90,000 write-in ballots. very exciting. there's going to be one person monitoring each one of these 15 tables. so, we will be watching all of the developments here from the outskirts of juneau and bringing that to you. we have been talking to a lot of folks and they say they're really happy that every single ballot is going to be counted and they're happy this process is playing out, however, they're also really anxious to see who actually won this senate race. >> aren't we all. thank you so much. republicans might actually be getting ready for a change in

command as they zero in on the 2012 presidential election. already on thin ice, there are reports some senior party officials are trying to push out republican national committee chair michael steele. his term ends in january and there is an effort under way to make sure he doesn't get re-election. let's bring in our company, jeff johnson, steve wigal. what are you hearing? are they trying to push him out? >> there is an effort to try to get him out. by the way, chris, an effort to get him out for the last couple of years. variouses different kind of scandals with some of the expensatives that have taken pl and some of the republican leaders don't like the fact that michael steele loves to be in front of the camera too often. do you fire after the coach after he wins the game, 56-0? i think because of the big election the republicans have, that's the bottom line. i just don't see this effort succeeding in getting rid of

michael steele. >> you know, though, the same argument that a lot of folks made about nancy pelosi. she was demonized for doing what her job is to do. raise money and get through the president's program. what do you think is going to happen here, jeff? >> well, i don't think that he's been favorable amongst many gop members from the very beginning. ia never want the camera on him because you don't know what he's going to say. this is not about him winning the game, 56-0, this is about the democrats losing the game, 56-0. i don't know if this is something he can take credit for when it comes time for his re-election. >> i am wondering, dave, if he didn't do something really, really smart. he did this fire pelosi bus tour and it went to 48 state and just so happened he stopped along the way and met with a lot of rnc members. who is in the rnc and who is the rank and file gop are. how do you read this, dave? >> well, that's not the reason he's more likely it win.

that reason is that he spent a lot of time irritating republicans in some swing states by devoting attention to people in guam and other territories that have flthree members but n that electerally important. he got locked in for the votes he needs, he got about two-thirds already because of all the attention he lavished on republican officials who didn't have much at stake in this election. and the fact that he's irritated some people in ohio, for example, where they wanted more gotv get out the vote money than they got. he irritated people who demanded him out like that jim bob made it very awkward for him with a bunch of resolutions. by having a lot of endorsements by lower ranking people. >> steve, go ahead. >> what i find interesting, chris, about this whole debate is that, you know, going back to the football analogy of 56-0, wouldn't it be interesting if the republicans sort of fire

their coach, michael steele and the democrats retain their coach, nancy pelosi. probably should be the flip situation. i have to say as a republican, myself, i am kind of excited about the idea of two more years of nancy pelosi and the head of the democrats and the house. >> would you be excited, do you think, jeff, about two more years of michael steele? >> i would be ecstatic of two more years of michael steele. it would give us all a lot more entertainment. >> a lot of people who are being touted as possible replacements, none of them household names. so, we'll continue to watch this story very closely. gentlemen, thank you. "the wall street journal" steve moore and jeff johnson and we have more with our company coming up later on. cheney, c oondi. check out his exchange this morning with matt lauer on

"today" show. >> looking back now, utchadviser was the most insightful and gave you the best advice and why? >> pretty unfair question. like saying which one of your children do you love the most? >> well, you know. >> i had a lot of good advice from a lot of good people. hank paulson gave me very good advice during the financial crisis. condi rice gave me great advice for eight years. colin powell, dick cheney's advice was consistent and strong. >> pick one. pick one! >> he can say sit there and pick one and i'm the guy that gets to pick and i'm not picking one. >> you'll hear more from president bush including what he misses most about being president coming up later this hour. practically every expert asked about this missile, seems to be stumped. we thought of someone to ask. scientist joins us to help debunk the mystery in the sky.

unproven and senseless is how bobby tillman's mother is describing the horrific incident that killed her son. now is when millions of americans have to choose their health care plan. oh, richard lui, do the hard work for me. >> i know what you're talking about, chris. some spend more time picking out what they have to wear in the morning than their health insurance. the mistake that could cost you more and how to think about your planned choice. i'm getting new information on this breaking news. these protests over tripling student fees at universities in the uk. eight students have now been taken to hospitals, we are told. the number of police officers have also been innjured. these have been largely peaceful protests. tens of thousands of people, but a small group seems to be gather in one area and it has gotten pretty heated at times and now, again, some students hospitalized and some police officers injured. we'll keep you posted on that.

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we have breaking news out of florida where schools in penbrook pines which is south of ft. lauderdale, florida, have all been put on lockdown because of what school officials tell the associated press is a credible threat. now, we don't know what that threat is. they'll only say it's not directed specifically at the school. however, there is s.w.a.t activity in the area in order to minimize movement and activity at the schools as a precaution, they have been put on lockdown. trying to keep everything as normal as pall. we'll let you know as soon as we know what they consider to be a threat credible enough to close down schools in an entire client in south florida.

mystery or missile or just condensation from a jet? more than a day and a half after a mysterious object lit up the sky, the military still doesn't have an explanation. the pentagon insists there was no threat to the u.s. i'm joined now by the host of science channel series professor. i know you looked at this. everybody has an opinion about it, what's yours? >> first of all, it's not super man. second of all, i looked that videotapes frame by frame and something just doesn't add up. if it was a missile, it should be accelerating. up to 15, 18,000 miles per hour and this thing is moving at a very slow velocity. it seems to change direction. missiles don't change direction and, also, it isgoing in the wrong direction. we fire ballistic missiles east to west and sometimes north in a

polar orbit. this seems to be going in an easterly direction in the wrong direction. >> that would make you rule out the government? >> it's probably an airplane. >> that's it. >> it's probably an airplane. now from hawaii to phoenix planes regularly go over the los angeles area in an easterly direction and because you're looking edge on what looks like to be a vertical launch is actually a very shallow horizontal maneuver. other contrails of airlines look very much what we see in the news. >> however, the faa, of course, has been inundated with calls about this. they say they've looked, once again, at their air traffic control tapes and there's nothing to indicate a fast-moving object in that area. >> that's consistent with an airplane. no fast-moving missile and they say nothing unidentified. in other words, all they see are the usual airplanes. >> why don't they just say it's

a plane? >> because they're not sure. they are being cautious. so, all the dots connect to say that it's an airplane. now, of course, maybe it's a missile. you can't rule it out. but it doesn't fit the characterics of a ballistic missile launch. wrong direction, wrong acceleration and wrong angle what just seems to be an airplane. sometimes the simplest solutions are the correct ones. >> definitely not a ufo? because we can go with that for a lot longer than a plane. >> maybe the aliens are trying to send us a signal. >> thank you so much. we shall see because people aren't done talking about this. thank you for coming in. we want to go back to florida because we are finally getting some pictures in from this breaking news story. this is in pembrook pines. what the school officials are telling the associated press is that there is some sort of credible threat credible enough that they have locked down these schools, but they say the threat

is not against the schools specifically. what it is, we don't know. they have brought in s.w.a.t teams. they are concerned enough that they don't want any kids out there today. so, they're saying they're trying to keep them in as much of a routine as possible, but the schools are in lockdown in pembrook pines. as soon as we get information on what that credible threat is, we'll bring it to you here on msnbc. going to the doctor can be stressful enough, but with the new health care law choosing your insurance could be a really big headache and a costly one. we'll break it all down for you. you remember captain sully burger? he became a hero when he landed on the hudson. he's back weighing in on his new security measures at the airport go too far and maybe we'll ask him about that mystery missile. wall street is getting back on its feet.

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live pictures now from london where protests continue over a plan to triple the cost of tuition going to university there. these protests have gotten violent. eight students we're told have been sent to the hospital. a number of police have been injured even though among the tens of thousands of people these have been largely peaceful protests, the small group have clashed with police and as we just said, a number of people who have been hurt. we'll continue to follow this for you as you're looking at those live pictures from london. meantime, more information on that breaking news coming to us out of broward county, florida. we're now told via the associated press that there are two separate threats that caused all schools throughout broward county, not just pembrook pines to be in lockdown. authorities say an e-mail was sent saying that something big was going to happen around government buildings in broward county and then the pembrook

pines police department, south of ft. lauderdale, they said they got a possible threat this morning in reference to schools just within the city of pembrook pines. so, all the schools, we're told, in broward county are in lo lockdown as a precaution. they're calling it a credible threat, specifically we don't know what that is. but we will keep you posted as we get more information from there. four young men being held in the savidge and deadly beating of a georgia teen are extending condolences to the boy's family. at the same time, they say they're innocent. according to the "atlanta journal constitution" the four suspects told a local tv station they had nothing to do with the murder of bobby tillman who died after being stomped, kicked and punched to death at a house party over the weekend. meantime, his family and friends held an emotional vigil and today investigators are looking for more suspects in the case. one of those investigators is david mcdade, district attorney for douglas county, georgia.

good morning, thank you very much for being with us. >> good morning. >> can you tell us aside from the four young men in custody why do investigators believe there are more people involved in bobby tillman's death? >> we have a number of witnesses that have described the attack and some of those witnesses described the possibility of others being involved. >> what can you tell us about what you know about this attack? >> it's probably the most senseless, brutal killing i have ever been involved in investigating. disturbing. >> this was, as far as you know, just some kids who randomly chose this young boy to hurt? >> the evidence at this point is it was entirely unprovoked. they didn't know bobby tillman and he didn't know them. they just did it because they can do it. >> where does your investigation stand right now? >> very busy. got a lot of work to do. a lot of people to interview. >> do you think that there is a situation here where people

could possibly be prosecuted, even if they weren't physically involved in this attack. there was a case back in california where there were a lot of questions raised about what the responsibility of people is who may have talked about this, depending on their level of involvement in this. how complicated is this for you to sort out? >> it's certainly a moral question that has to be answered if the people stood by and whether they face criminal liability is another issue. most of these people were all young teenagers. i think we have some evidence that some may have actually tried to intervene. i know we have at least two that reported that they did. >> so, at least two people actually did try to stop this? >> we have several that have claimed that they did attempt to intervene. one being a young lady. >> as a district attorney, what is the level of proof that you're looking for in terms of who gets charged and who doesn't? >> the burden of proof in this case, like all cases, is beyond

a reasonable doubt. we just need to prove the case and with 50 to 60 young people there we'll sort it out and we'll get to the truth in this case. >> well, thank you very much. david mcdade, district attorney for douglas county. thank you very much for joining us. just want to let you know that here on "jansing & company" tomorrow i'll talk to the mother of this young victim. so, we'll have that for you. in the meantime, we look at these pictures from south florida. in lockdown throughout broward county all the schools after there apparently were a pair of threats. one that came into broward county saying something big was going to happen around government buildings, but a specific threat made, according to pembrook pines police to schools in that district. we'll keep you posted on what's happening there in south florida. florida. we'll be right back. as we all kn saving people money on rv, camper and trailer insurance... ...as well as motorcycle insurance... gecko: oh...sorry, technical difficulties.

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hikes that could tripthal costs of going to school there. at least eight of these protesters have been hurt and sent to the hospital. a number of police have been injured. the student government organization that's been organizing this has said that they're extremely disappointed that a handful, a few hundred of these protesters have turned violent. there were about 50,000 of them who have come. he said to protest peacefully. a number of times small fires have been set. so, this is an ongoing situation there in the uk where you probably know there have been massive cuts to try to balance budgets there. this is one of the outcomes of that. some other stories making headlines today. president obama arrived in south korea where he'll attend the g-20 summit. the president could find himself on the defensive over the federal reserve's decision to pump over $600 billion into our economy. a move some countries view as harming the overall global recovery. federal officials have announced plans to require cigarette packs and ads securing

more prominent and graphic health warnings. the new warnings will cover half a cigarette pack and include images of dead bodies, cancer patients and diseased lungs. the number of federal workers earning $150,000 or more a year has doubled since president obama took office. "usa today" finds that the biggest pay hikes have gone to employees who have been with the government for 15 to 20 years. a group of muslim men are accusing the federal government of targeting them because of their religion. the group was being held up by customs and the men were unable to make their pilgrimage to mecca. finally, the betty white train shows no sign of slowing down, but her next stop might be surprising. yesterday she was made an honorary forest ranger. she calls it a childhood dream. i'm sure the publicity is a dream for the parks, as well. tomorrow may be veterans day, but today is the 250th

birthday of the american corps. we wanted to send a shout utout to everybody in the military. mysterious missiles in the skies over california makes you want to talk to someone with practical experience. joining us right now captain sully sullenberger of the here e of the now miracle on the hudson flight. >> good morning, good to be with you. >> i know you're in washington talking about pilots flying tired, fatigued. very important issue. what should the public know about this? >> well, they should know that it's an issue that directly affects everyone who travels, not just pilots but all our passengers. the current rest rules have not been updated in over a generation and right now the faa is in the process of updating those rules and it's very important that we get this change right because everyone who flies will be living with these new rules for decades to come.

and some proposals in this new rule are good. some absolutely are not and are a giant step backward. one in particular, unbelievably to me is a proposal to increase to up to 25% the amount of time pilots would fly a day from eight hours of flying to ten hours of flying and i can tell you from my own personal experience and just from common sense that flying more hours per day is not the answer to solving pilot fatigue. >> i wonder if you could have done what you done if you were exhausted? >> absolutely not. my first officer jeff skils and i had 208 seconds from the time we hit the birds and lost thrust in both engines until the time we landed. there was not even time to have a discussion about where to go and what to do. we had to work intuitousatiivel if we were not at the top of oour game, we could have not had the same outcome. fatigue is a serious problem that was a factor in last year's buffalo crash that claimed 50 lives and that we need to make

sure that every crew is as alert and able to deal with whatever may happen on the last flight of the day as the first. >> i know you probably kept up, too, on this controversy. a lot of people don't want to go through new security machines that essentially show them naked and, so, the other alternative is to have a pat down and some of these pat downs now, at least over the last couple weeks, they can be much more intrusive than they were before. we're even hearing from tsa agents today reading reports that they're uncomfortable with just how personal some of these pat downs are. what do you think the answer is? do you think that either of these things is necessary? >> i would like to see in this country us take a more intelligent approach about the uses of our limited resources. and then trying and instead of trying to screen everyone and everything absolutely and spread our resources so thin, i think we need to take better use of our intelligence and see where the threats may actually be. in terms of the professional

pilots, we have means now, if the government would choose to implement them through biometric means and through secured database identify every current working crew member and not to submit them to the additional scrutiny and the additional radiation, which we already get too much of spending day after day at high atitudes and much of the pilot group now is being recommended to instead of going through these machines to request a manual pat down in the presence of another crew member as an observer. >> two very important topics. can i ask you about one not so important. but everybody is buzzing, cyberspace is going crazy over this mystery missile story out of california. i wonder if you ever looked out the window and saw something you couldn't identify or if you have a theory about what this might be? >> i have not had a chance to study that videotape, but i will answer the first part of your question and in over 30 years as an airline pilot and the total

flying career of 43 years i have never seen anything in the sky that was unexplained. i have seen many wonderful sights daytime and nighttime but i have never seen anything that was unnatural. >> no ufos. >> nope, not yet. >> captain sullenberger, it's a pleasure to have you here, sir. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. we have been telling you what is going on for the 3,000 plus passengers aboard that stranded cruise ship. they're eating span, canned crab meat and they don't have any air conditioning. the military had to deliver essential supplies after an engine fire left the carnival "splendor" without power, hot water and phone service. since monday now a tug boat is towing the ship back to port. david zambrano joins us live and he's onboard that ship. thank you for joining us. what is it like right now? >> well, it's a little stuffy. we have some passengers that have full service restored as

far as water and bathroom services, but no light, no power, no electricity, no air flow. there are rooms that are in that are in the dark and they have no air flow because they use the air conditioners to do that. their bathrooms are all backed up and they're really uncomfortable and those are the people on the lower levels inside the ship. >> how would you describe the overall conditions? is it pretty nasty onboard with the heat and some of the bathrooms backed up? >> i think it could be had they not gotten some of the bathrooms on three quarters of the ship working yesterday. we were without bathroom facilities for a day and a half and everybody was in the same clothes. it all started when 30 pieces of luggage landed in the water. we have people on the board that don't have any clothes to wear. they're just walk around in robes.

overall, the general mood is just patience and just waiting to see when we can get back to the port in san diego. >> are they keeping you up to date and giving you lots of information and are people just sort of going with the flow and are most people trying to be as cooperative as they can given the circumstances? >> they're trying to. a lot of the people, there are people who are complaining and those are the people who don't have anything. those are the people on the first floor. i talked to a couple yesterday who said they were on the first level and this is a 13-level ship and they were on the first level on the interior side and they have no windows and they have no air so they have to sleep with their doors open, number one. number two, they have to go to the third or fourth floor to use the restroom. this woman i talked to was slightly handicapped so she needed help every day by the crew members or by someone in her family. >> boy, that's tough. i know for probably most of the people on there this is something, obviously, that they were looking forward to for a

while. carnival says they're going to give you a full refund and a coupon for another free cruise, will you go cruising again? >> i would. i would. this is just a fluke thing. a lot of first-time cruisers on this ship. a lot of people this was their first time, their first cruise and they were all saying the same thing. a lot of them said they wouldn't come back and a lot said that they would. it just really depends. as far as the food goes and what they have been getting for everybody, it's been very creative. i think i'd have to say accomplish the crew for working so hard and not even sometimes going without rest to make sure that the passengers are as comfortable as they can be. not all passengers are going to be as comfortable as others, but they're doing their best. >> david zambrano, you sound pretty good and you the right attitude there. i hope you get back really, really soon. thank you for talking with us. continuing to follow that massive student protest in

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continuing to follow the breaking news out of broward county, florida, where all schools are in lockdown after what were apparently two separate threats. one sent talking about something bad happening at government buildings in broward county and

another specific to pembrook pines. we are told all the students are fine and they're all in lockdown and classes are going along as normal. about 233,000 students in broward county, florida. we'll keep you posted based on what we are hearing is a credible threat determined by police s.w.a.t teams on the scene. his new memoir just hit store book shelves and george w. bush is in the middle of a media blitz charming his interviewers including a live interview with matt on "today" show. he says there is something he misses about having the top job. >> what do you miss most about the presidency? >> i miss being the commander in chief. that was an easy question to answer. i love the military. i love the military and the united states and we are a lucky nation to have people who volunteer to serve. >> let's bring in our company jeff johnson, steve moore, david weigal and, jeff, i can't help

seeing you laugh. he said he missed being commander in chief. >> the military was one of his favorite things and he does love the soldiers but he also loved fighting. >> he loved going to war. >> i think his record showed that he loved going to war. he felt war was necessary when other people didn't feel war was necessary. this isn't breaking news. this is something he proved through his administration. to me, it was almost like, this is what i want to be for halloween. the somber nature of what it means to be commander in chief especially when he was commander in chief during a time when we lost so many servicemen and women under his watch. >> this huge debate over what to do about extending or not extending the bush tax cuts. he defends his policy. listen to this. >> if you raise the top rate, you're taxing job creators. >> but we've been living under that system for so, why shld we continue down

that path? >> i don't accept that premise. for 53 or nearly 53 weeks we had consecutive job growth. the longest period. one of the longest periods in american economic history. >> he has been very specific about saying he doesn't want to weigh into current political debates but he had a lot to say about this and about the importance of small businesses. a lot of them being in that tax bracket of over $250,000. do you think he made his case? >> yeah, chris, i don't think we should all be surprised by the factt that he made this tax cut issue really primary in a lot of these interviews that he made because, after all, those tax cuts are probably his greatest domestic policy achievement. that is his legacy and when he was interviewed this morning about this, he was basically defending his legacy. i thought he did a good job of it. he sounded a lot like me. by the way, i want to correct something he said. he said we had 53 weeks of

straight job growth. actually, we had 53 months straight of job growth which was 8 million jobs created after those tax cuts took place. that was a good economic record, actually. >> david, he said he was not absolutely not defending his legacy. that's not the point of the book or the tour, but is that what you heard? >> well, yes. i'd actually like more interviews about these things because he's good about talking about bush's economic record and bush's economic record did not look good in january 2008 to january 2009 and his defense of what the tax cuts achieved. i don't think it's actually what republicans want to hear. republicans right now are having some success in framing the tax cut issue as obama raising something that's been working very well. bush talking about this does, as lauer pointed out, remind us that we have these things in effect. we had job growth and we had a massive collapse at the end of the presidency, which bush, i think, i like what he said about that time period.

so, thus far, but really useful if bush would explain why that happened and whether it was a mistake as he did as hud did to encourage home ownership with so many people who couldn't afford homes. his record, very complicated. i would like to hear more of this unravel. >> he did answer a lot of serious questions. but it also seemed to me like he's having a lot of fun. he brushed off questions he didn't want to answer. listen to this part. >> i have no desire it debate. my debating days are over. i knew when i laid out the book people would chomp on different issues and, you know, sometimes spit it out and sometimes swallow and i am please would the response. in other words, all i ask is that people take a look. >> buy the book, read it. but do you think he'll change any minds here? >> i think that he's incredibly likable guy. i watch him and as somebody who didn't agree with many of his policies, i would love to have a

drink with him. i think his story is incredibly compelling. i think the book is going to do well because as many people purchase it as many people who didn't like the bush policies or the man. he's an interesting man as a president and as a citizen. >> he'll do this tour and some more stops to make. we're glad he started at msnbc. we are waiting for the presumed next house speaker to speak john boehner. we'll follow that right here on msnbc. - i volunteered. - i was drafted. - i enlisted. - i was nervous. - and there i was in asia. - europe. - the gulf. - and i saw things. - incredible things. - and people you never forget. - i did my job. - for my country. - my buddies. - for total strangers. - and i was proud. - so grateful. - for my family. - my freedom.

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we continue to follow breaking news from london, starting to get more details ar the protesters who now seem to be disbursing. at one point there were about

50,000 of them and a small group of them broke their way into the lobby of the building that houses the conservative party headquarters. they used sticks and chairs to strike tv cameras. broke windows from inside of the offices. employees had to be evacuated. they said vast youths were rampaging. as many as eight students had to be hospitalized, some police officers as well. we'll continue to keep our eye on that situation. all over a proposal to triple the fees to go to college there in the uk. believe it or not, house slipping is back. the practice of buying a house and then quickly selling it for a profit was all the rage a few years ago and it's fallen on several reality tv shows including this one "flipping out" on bravo still on the air. now that the housing market seems to be near rock bottom, investors are gerting back into the house flipping game. i'm joined by personal finance

expert carmen, this is not for the feint of heart? >> not at all. dare sha vu here. if you're going over foreclosures so many things in your way. you have 20 be completely committed to it and a real pro. talking hundreds of hours. assembling a team -- >> hundreds of hours? >> hundreds. we know the banks have gone ahead and move forward with foreclosures. right? still, owners and former owners are going back and suing, trying to get their homeses back. >> basically, who really owns that home? was the foreclosure legal? who's going to lend you the money to buy the home? a lot of foreclosures only accept cash. where will you come up with that? you need a team on your side. what about the damage? foreclosed homes sitting on the market for months, some over a year. squatters. nature has taken over. you're going to put a lot of money into repairs. this really is not for the feint of heart f. your house -- aren't there houses to be flip that are not in foreclosure. somebody wants out. maybe lost their job? >> sure. a short sale, is much better

example. harder to get to them and those listings. if you can, a much less "iffy" procedure. the owner has to accept the short sale offer but a lot less legal wrangling. >> not that i was thinking about it, if i was, you talked me out of it. almost good to see you. thanks for coming in. that's going to do it for me this hour. i'm chris jansing. see you back here tomorrow and every weekday at 10:00 a.m. contessa brewer picks things up. two breaking stories. schools in south florida on lockdown because of a threat. and students in london are demonstrating against a plan to hike college tuition. plus, we'll talk to one of the passengers on that stranded cruise ship towed now through the pacific ocean, and a woman fired for criticizing her boss on facebook. what this post means to other employment situations.

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all right. update on breaking news we've been following. broward count skiles on bok cloun. update from officials in a press conference. apparently this was an unspecify threat. let's listen in. >> respond to a school in pepber pines and start shooting. that call came from a radio station that initially received the call. subsequently we got ahold of an e-mail also sent to that radio station before the call was made earlier today. that e-mail was from the person who we believe is the threat. he indicated in his e-mail that something big will happen at a government building, maybe a post office, maybe even a school. as of this time we have no confirmation as to the identity the speck person. we're following up numerous leads as we speak. all agencies in broward count