and barnum & bailey circus are slapped with a large fine! we'll explain when we come back. >>> i'm tara mergener at the white house. herman cain is pressing ahead with his campaign but as his support slips, which g.o.p. candidate is gaining? o >>> prosecutors in ohio are deciding whether to charge a 16-year-old murder suspect as an adult. rafferty has been accused of luring men with fake help wanted ads on craigslist. in order to kill them. police believe they have found three victims and they say there could be more. rafferty is being held near akron, ohio. his alleged co-conspirator and mentor, 52-year-old rich beazley, is due in court on friday. >>> ringling bros. and barnum & bailey circus has been slapped with a large fine for its treatment of elephants. tells entertainment which produces the shows under the big top is being ordered to pay $270,000. the company is admitting no wrongdoing but has agreed to implement new training protocols for circus employees who handle animals. >>> herman cain is attempting to keep the focus on his plan

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. >>> the owner of the ring brothers and barnum bailey circus has agreed to pay a record $270,000 fineiolated federal animal welfare laws related to performance animal . ringling brothers did not admit to wrongdoing in addition to the record fine the company agreed to make sure all employees undergo animal come lyons training. the usda began -- began its probe after several allegations of abuse regarding performance elephants by peta and other animal rights groups. >>> :48 now. >> -- 6:48 now. >>> dangerous place in here folks, don't try this at home. >> when were you pregnant -- >> she has to get accustomed to her new center of gravity. >> i guess so. >> right in front of the camera, i just stopped! >> i would blame the fog if i were you. >> you look great, nice having you back. >> thank you, good to be back. >> busy morning traffic-wise the fog has had a hand in that problem. still out there, but quickly dissipating the winds on cue started at 6:00 this morning, and continued to increase and the fog continues to be chased away by the -- it is only a matter of time, possibly 9:00, tha

. >>> the leaders of ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus are paying up for allegedly mistreating animals. they've agreed to settle an animal welfare suit for some $270,000. it's the largest fine ever assessed eed under the animal welfare act. oos department of agriculture claims elephants, tigers, zebras, and other animals were mistreated and improperly housed. the circus disagrees but decided to settle to avoid what it called costly and protracted litigation. >>> bargain shoppers bought so many deals on cyber monday, it set a record. a firm that tracks online shopping says sales jumped 18% from last year. meanwhile sales on mobile devices were up more than 7%. >>> today the obama administration will launch a new campaign to expose the dangers of buying counterfeit products. this comes after they seized the domain names of thousands accused of selling counterfeit products. selling counterfeit products is a federal crime. >>> for the first time in four years the capitals will take the ice tonight without bruce boudreau behind the bench. after losing 10 of their last 15 games, the

. >>> ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus has agreed to pay a record $275,000 fine. the company admits no wrongdoing. the lawsuit claims the circus violates the endangered species act. >>> well, millions of parents give their children fruit juices, but there are new concerns about what is in them. manuel gallegus reports for wjz from new york with the troubling results. >> reporter: consumer reports tested 88 samples of apple and grape juice and found both arsenic and lead. >> we think it's especially important for children whose young, small bodies are growing and who are much more vulnerable to those exposures, based on the frequency of how much they consume juice. >> reporter: 10% of the juice samples had arsenic levels above what is allowed in drinking water. specifically, a type called inorganic. and 25% had more lead than what is allowed in bottled water. what do you think about lead and arsenic in these juices? >> well, that's not a very good thing. i wouldn't be happy about that. and i wouldn't purchase it any longer. >> that's crazy. i would never guess that

barnum. a showman. >> part of you's thinking, is this another michael stunt? >> yeah, yeah. i was hoping for that. i kept hoping and then it got worse and then when they said, dead, of course that i didn't believe until it stayed there. >> you saw that on cnn? >> yeah. it all went up from heart attack to something happened. >> not breathing. >> and then dead. i was like, okay, wait. and then it didn't go away. i thought this is crazy. i called his assistant. he said,it's a madhouse. i thought this is the real deal and went numb. i remember being numb for days and days. couldn't cry. i think anger. just every emotion except i couldn't cry. i didn't cry until i did the tv shows with jermaine in london "move like michael jackson" and i was doing an outtake how you do for the show reading something that said michael jackson was -- i kept saying michael jackson is -- they're like, you have to say was. i got it this time. michael jackson is -- okay. finally when i got was, it was over. it was over. >> and for you? what were you? >> i was at the staples center. i had a list list of

. >>> the owners of ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus settled up after being assessed a huge fine. they agreed to settle an animal welfare suit for $270,000. the u.s. department of agriculture claims the animals were mistreated and improperly housed. the circus disagrees but says it decided to settle in order to avoid what it called, "costly and protracted litigation." >>> you know what your mom always says? you ought to go to the bathroom before you leave the house. >> one nfl player forgot to heed that advice and wound up answering nature's call in front of 70,000 fans. with 1:43 left in the fourth quarter of a tie game sunday, the chargers look to their kicker for the win. when the camera went over to nick novak, he was relieving himself next to those gatorade bottles. he went on to miss two field goals to top it all off, and the broncos won in overtime. novak played at the university of maryland and spent two years with the redskins. we were talking between the commercial break. i've never seen anything like that during an nfl game. >> thank god for small favors. at

race, and what does that say about a party that most resembles now a clown car from the best days of barnum& bailey. also penn state, what happened when mike mcqueary allegedly saw jerry sandusky molesting a -- violating a child? he says he left immediately, and now he says he stopped it and called police. if his credibility is questioned, how will that affect the prosecution? it's clear the republicans can't touch president obama on foreign policy, so the new shiny object is iran, and it's nuclear ambitions. some want to bomb iran, but have they even thought what the consequences would be? finally, which republican candidate said in new hampshire he doesn't care what the rest of the country thinks or fears? that's in the sideshow. we start with newt gingrich. joan wall somebody editor at large for salon.com and david corn is from "mother jones" and an msnbc political analyst. one of the more ridiculous answers at last week's cnbc republican debate. asked about his ties to freddie mac, newt gingrich said they paid him to offer advice as, quote, an historian. let's watch. >> i offered advice

according to a usda news release, field entertainment which produces the ringling brothers and barnum and bailey circus has agreed to pay $270,000 for allegedly systematically abusing and exploiting elephants. as part of the settlement the company admits no wrongdoing or violation of usda policy. >>> well, hurricane season officially ends today. take a look at this video from the national oceanic and atmospheric administration showing all 19 tropical storms, of which 7 become hurricanes, including 3 major hurricanes. the storms led to 120 fatalities and more than $11 billion in damage. hurricane irene alone accounted for 43 deaths, and $7.3 billion in damage. >>> cnn's own larry king is part of a group hoping to buy the los angeles dodgers. while king's stake is relatively small, he says the possibility of ownership would be a huge thrill. >> it would be a thrill of a lifetime to be a part owner, partial owner of a team i grew up root being for as a child in brooklyn. >> the team's current owner agreed to sell the franchise after a six-month legal battle with baseball commissioner bud

spelled entertainment which produces the barnum and bailey brothers circus agreed pay $270,000 but admitsngdoing as part of a settlement with the government. accused of abusing and exploiting elephants that took part in the greatest show on earth. >>> and former new york mets manager accepted the job replacing francona replaced after the season collapsed. >>> that's the news you need to start your day. "american morning" back after a break. >>> good morning and welcome back. it feels like david versus goliath. in one corner trying to trademark the slogan eat more kale he prints on t-shirts in his garage in vermont. the other corner, chick-fil-a claiming his slogan clashes with their "eat more chicken." trademark phrase and are threatening to shut him down, but he's not backing down. >> it's t-shirts and it's chicken sandwiches. it's apples to zebras. >> and you've never sold a chicken sandwich in your life? >> i have not sold a chicken sandwich, no, and will not. >> this is not the first time chick-fil-a came after him pap few years ago he received a cease and desist letter. pro bono back