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and more ways to customize your technology. ♪ >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." in. alex is off today. remnants of that october snowstorm are lingering. residents are waking up to downed power lines and damaged cars from falling trees like these pictures from right here in new york city. here's what you need to know. power is out right now for 3.1 million people, stretching all the way from maryland to massachusetts. new york city and philadelphia airports are working to clear the backlog of passengers this morning after about 1,000 flights were canceled nationwide because of the storm. in all, three deaths have been blamed on the storm. states of emergencies have been declared in massachusetts, connecticut, new york, and new jersey. let's go live right now to hartford, connecticut, and the weather channel's paul goodloe. paul, 760,000 people without power in connecticut. how are things where you are right now? >> reporter: well, right now things are warming up. and again, that number, craig, it translates to basically six out of every ten homes here in connecticu

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my handle is at alex witt. i'll read your tweets later in the show. >>> an a apparent military accident. bombed by mistake. killing at least 30 soldiers. the bombing happened saturday night at an abandoned school in the southern arabian province during the heavy fighting with the al qaeda militants. the school was used as a shelter by soldiers of the 19th brigade. >>> developing this morning, fallout from the killing of u.s. born terrorist anwar al awlaki. the state department is issue ewing a new alert for all americans traveling overbroad. there's an increased violence against u.s. citizens. he was killed in yemen friday in a drone attack. andrea mitchell is joining me from washington. andrea, good morning. >> reporter: the state department issued the -- because his followers will respond by retaliating against americans both here in the united states and traveling abroad. the state department warning caused the american born yemeni, the preeminent advocate of violence. his importance was he inspired lone wol

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i'm alex witt. here's what's happening. he changed the world and today, martin luther king is officially memorial liesed on america's national mall. we'll bring you live coverage. >>> he stood side by side with dr. king in the fight for civil rights. the reverend jesse jackson. we'll talk with him for reflections on those times and how the u.s. has changed for everyone. on the road again. after delivering an address at the mlk memorial, president obama heads to some key states to push his jobs bill. >>> on the gop trail, more 999 talk. build a big long fence, lots of cash and almost no cash. an eventful day for some of these republican candidates. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." it's 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west. we begin with a new era on the national mall. the dedication to martin luther king, jr. is the first time a nonpresident has been celebrated with a monument on the mall, making this also the first monument to a black leader. president obama will deliver a speech at the

i'm alex witt. it's 10:00 a.m. in the east, 7:00 a.m. out west. we begin with the race for 2012. ron paul is the big winner at the values voter summit. passionate supporters handed him another straw poll victory with 37% of the vote. rick perry finished in fourth with 8%. mitt romney pulled in just 4%. for romney, it's on the heels of a controversy stirred by a texas pastor who said mormonism is a cult. it's raising the question whether romney can appeal to christian conservatives, a critical republican voting block. reaction on that in a moment. there's other big news on the campaign trail. herman cain who finished second in the values voters summit straw poll won a landslide victory in the minnesota straw poll. he took 52% of the vote among minnesota leaders. michele bachmann was the next votes, 40 points behind at 12%. rick perry stopped in iowa trying to fend off tough questions about his immigration

innovation for all. ♪ >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt."l street is still occupied with protests. demonstrations have been held from san francisco to chicago. in fact, they have spread to dozens of other streets, including minneapolis. a total of 45 other states have been the target of protests. lilia luciano is here with us in new york. you've been there a couple of hours. have you seen the crowd swell? >> reporter: well, the crowd is definitely organizing, alex. they are moving on to start a rally at around 3:00 p.m. they are moving from the park here into washington square. originally it was going to be a march but it sounds like that's been called off. they are just going to move out there. they are going to rally there and then tonight they plan to hold what they usually do, where their concerns are voiced out, where their plans for the rest of the week, for the days ahead are also explained. but one thing that i found very interesting, yesterday, last night, i went to one of those general assemblies and because they can, they don't ha

good morning, i'm alex witt. a surprise move from the obama administration. one key component to the health care law is being dropped but some democrats say they will fight to save it. what's the political impact? >>> the silent majority. is there an america out there that has a different take on politics? a new article suggests that is exactly the case. we'll examine that for you. the battle with iran. new twists today in the plan to kill a dip lomat in the u.s. >>> mission to the bottom. world. the story of ailing american scientist in an arcsh antarctic race to save her. meanwhile, welcome to "weekends with alex witt." 9 a.m. on the east, 6 a.m. out west. we begin with a major program from president obama's landmark health care plan which would have provided long-term health care insurance. it's been scrapped. the community assistance living program would have been voluntary and provided long-term care paid for by premiums and not needed tax dollars. this program was a long-standing priority of the late senator ted kennedy. eliminating c.e ining it is thee

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take it seriously. >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex witt." half past the hour. he or won't he? the new jersey governor is reportedly rethinking his decision to remain on the sidelines of this presidential race but with filing deadline weeks away, christie has little time to make up his mind. mike is at the white house. what's the word? >> reporter: you said it, will he, won't he? how many different ways has he said no over the past several months. he says he doesn't think he's ready to be president of the united states but now after urging, over the course of the last week from party faithful, from party big wigs, from party donors, apparently chris christie is having or may be having a change of heart. >> over 60 years -- >> reporter: as chris christie himself might put it, it's put up or shut up time. >> get off the beach. >> reporter: after months of flat refusals -- >> no, i'm -- >> no, i'm not running. >> if you don't feel it in your heart, you have no business running. >> reporter: after months of flat refusal, the tough talking governor is said to be havi

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." it's 11 o'clock on the nose on the east coast. 8:00 a.m. out west. we have reaction from house budget committee paul ryan on the president's jobs bills which he says will not pass. speaking on "meet the press" he says the president's ideas have already failed. >> what's concerning about it is he put ideas in the jobs bills that have proven to fail already. instead of trying to get compromise, he's embracing conflict. he's running around the campaigning on a bill that won't pass. can't get it out of the senate right now. rather than working with us on ideas. >> i'm joined by nbc white house correspondent mike viqueira, good sunday morning to you. the president always calling himself the uniter. now ryan saying he's not going to compromise. >> reporter: no question that after labor day we've entered a new phase in washington. if you thought politics was bad, divisive, you thought there was gridlock before, it's likely to only increase. there are some possibilities down the road. we'll talk about those a little bit later. the president put his

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." in just minutes, reverend al sharpton's rally will kick off in washington. the rally is on the national mall calling attention to the jobs crisis and pushing for president obama's jobs plan. joining us live on the phone, good morning, reverend sharpton. how is it going this morning? >> it's going well. e buses and trains on the way in and we expect to have a large crowd. we want to put front and center that in the middle of this beltway discussion, people's job, we must have a sense of urgency that people right now can't pay their mortgages, can't pay their rent. we have 14 million people unemployed. so as we prepare this weekend to remember dr. king, we cannot put him as a memory without putting what he stood for alive and front and center in our times and that is jobs and justice. we call for $25 billion and we are going to continue this. >> and this job is to start marching again. to whom do you hope that this makes sense and the most impact? who are you talking to today? >> the co

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so you can feel good about what you take to feel better. >>> welcome back to "weekends with alex wittur, amanda knox's appeal enters the final stages in italy, the world is waiting to hear what she will tell the jury in her defense. she's convicted for the 2007 murder of her british roommate. what can we expect? let's get answers from lisa green. legal analyst and head of communications at the law firm paul weiss. welcome back. good to see you again. >> very good to be here. >> i mean, to say it's been fascinating to watch this case make its way through the legal system over there, so much different than what's going on here. this appeal, is it really a new trial? >> yes, this case has been like a crash course in comparative law, alex. this is just one of the many examples in which it's different than what might happen in the u.s. when amanda knox and her co-defendant sought an appeal, they got a complete do-over. we're seeing the closing sections of that. >> she is going to speak tomorrow. with wo that happen in the u.s.? not necessarily in a murder case like this. >> here's the thin

i'm alex witt. thanks so much for watching.n weekends with alex witt, saturdays starting at 9:00, sundays starting at 10:00. but up next we have "andrea mitchell reports". >> hi, alex, good to see you on a weekday. thanks so much. >>> up next, are the protests on wall street a sign of bigger things to come? who's leading the charge? plus, romney makes a big play for florida voters by going after rick perry on social security. >>> and i talk with sarah jessica parker about the struggle of balancing work and home. "andrea mitchell reports" up next right here on msnbc. the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. that's what they do with great grains cereal. they steam and bake the actual whole grain while the other guy's flake is more processed. mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal. is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal

welcome to "weekends with alex witt." al qaeda leaders were american citizens and awlaki was the target and the drones made a direct hit. he was killed along with samir khan who won an english language website. also killed was ibrahim ibrahim al asiri. >> i think it's interesting that ibrahim al asiri was killed along with these two. he was the mass officer boum making responsible for coming up with ideas like the cargo bomb plot and i think operationally, if that's true, that's very, very significant and it's a major blow to their military capabilities, as well as their ability to recruit and spread propaganda. >> so what now for the jihadist message here in the west? >> well, look, i think we have to be careful. these are the people that we knee are the most prominent but that certainly doesn't mean that they are the only one. there are other english-speaking jihadists out there, including people already in afghanistan, pakistan, and yemen. the individual from southern california is still out there, a regular spokesman

i'm alex witt, officials say the death toll is 520.ed a 19-year-old survivor from a collapsed building today but rain and snow are hampering efforts. thousands are fleeing parts of bangkok thailand as flooding threatens that city. officials say the entire city could be under water in the coming days. >>> 47% of adults say they have a gun in their home or on their property. according to a new poll that is up from 41% a year ago and the highest recorded since 1993. new hope for the nba season, the league and its players will resume negotiations later it's after 15 hours of negotiations yesterday. rick perry would like you to talk about his tax plan or mitt romney's alleged flip flops but he keeps tricking over the ç message, first over the birther comments then the word he may duck out of national debates. robert, thanks for joining us. >> great to be here. >> i'm curious about this strategy. it worked for perry in texas. he famously did not have debates in the last run up for the governor. why does the campaign think this will work nat

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right now it's time for a preview of "weekends with alex witt". >> i'm going to hang it up.om the obama administration. one key component to the health care law is being dropped. democrats say they'll fight to save it. we'll talk about political impact. going global, we'll take you live to new york and london where the occupy wall street protests are escalating and the situation is tense there. also the silent majority, is there an america out there that has a different take on politics? a new article suggests that is exactly the case. we'll examine that at the top of the hour. chris, back to you. >> thanks. so, what do we know now we didn't know last week? we now know rush limbaugh thinks mitt romney isn't a conservative. we're going to find out just how many of a veto mr. limbaugh has over republican field. we know perry is so indifferent to climateologist they edited a report to revens to rising sea levels. he know as powerful as the governor of texas thinks he is, the sea levels will rise whether or not his lackeys allow the simple fact to be stated. we know the cost of

. >>> hey, everybody, i am alex witt. a declaration of the end of the war.s after the death of long-time ruler, moammar gadhafi. >>> and hundreds are believed dead in turkey after a powerful earthquake in the country. the 7.2 quake hit and more on that later. >>> videotape in the past, some police officers viewed it as another tool for big brother to use against them. no longer. now, more and more cops find the use of video cameras in their cars and station houses to be another effective form of backup. they've helped save millions in legal fees and have been invaluable for taping reputations. but for officers who cross the line or lose control, video can be a powerful force against them. the march 1991 beating of rodney king in los angeles, caught on home video. the july 2000 beating of thomas jones in philadelphia, captured by a news helicopter. incidents like these have helped shape the public debate over police treatment of minorities. but they might have gone unnoticed if they weren't captured on tape. in april 1996, on this rural road in riverside coun

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i'm alex witt.pertino, 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

what issa was saying to alex witt about an hour ago, the question was very, very clear. there was no ambiguity in the questions, and he was asked the question repeatedly. what you point out and the justice department points out, he inferred a different issue, number one. and number two, there are hundreds of programs that he gets weekly briefings on, presumably. >> exactly. and, you know, i've seen the memos. they were released by the committee. it's in the course of hundreds of issues that the attorney general has briefed on, everything that happened at the justice department that week. and those memos don't say anything about the gun running or gun walking part of this. they don't say anything about how they had gone wrong. they simply mention, we've got an organized crime task force and it's called fast and furious and there may be events on it this week. and they're very short mentions. and the suggestion here is that the attorneys either didn't remember him, or if he did, he certainly didn't know there was any problem with them. >> something tells me this is not the

i'm alex witt. the saudi crown prince has died today from an illness in new york city.ullah. he was 85 years old. >>> an american has been killed by a great white shark off the coast of australia. the man was reportedly diving in a popular tourist area. this is the third fatal shark attack off the western australian coast this year. more news later. but now back to "taking the bait." >>> returning to our story, police have just arrested a texas prison guard for soliciting a bribe from the wife of one of his prisoners. he was caught red-handed in an undercover police sting operation that was aided by the prisoner's wife and her friend. here again is victoria corderi. >> reporter: the undercover operation is a success. and the police have their evidence. they've recovered the payoff money. and the jailer is headed to jail. >> you have a right to remain silent and not make any statement at all and that any statement you make may be used against you and probably will be used against you at trial. do you understand? >> reporter: dora and maria have pulled it off. >> everythi

i'm alex witt. a new case in the case of missing baby lisa irwin.adaver dog reacted to the scent of a dead body inside the home. investigators discovered soil in the backyard that was disturbed. and the heir to the saudi arabian throne has died in new york city. he was the half brother of kig abdullah. now back to "catch a con man." >>> in london, we're the apparent targets of a scam. what the scammer doesn't realize, he's our target. cheers. our mission, to put a face on an international crime syndicate through some big-time scam baiting. >> anthony, i would like to talk to you. >> and capture it all on hidden camera. we're supposed to give this man, mr. basille, a $14,000 upfront fee. in return, he says we'll get millions. we're in berkeley square, and we've convinced mr. basille to come window shopping at this rolls-royce dealership. i tell him i'm looking for a good way to spend my expected windfall, but mr. basille has no intention of ever turning any money over to me. as far as the cash i'm supposed to give mr. basille, he'll never see his eit

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