. >>> continuing on, i'm brooke baldwin, here we go, t.j. holmes live in las vegas for tomorrow's presidential debate. matthew chance is in gaza covering the prison exchange and karina huber has news about your cell phone bill. time for reporter roulette. we'll begin with matthew chance. matthew? >> reporter: brooke, thanks very much. that's right within the next few hours there could be one of the biggest prisoner exchanges for some time here in the palestinian territories with isra israel. 1,027 israeli -- palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails will be swapped for just one israeli soldier, gilad shalit, arrested in gaza five years ago. a lot of anticipation, excitement here in gaza for that to take place, in israel a lot of concern that too much of was given away for the release of just one man, brooke. >> when do we know yet we can expect the exchange to take place? >> reporter: they're keeping those details very much under wraps, at least here on the sort of palestinian side of things. we're expecting in about nine hours now, about

hour two, i'm brooke baldwin. city and the military gets polled and a lot happening in the west. time to play reporter roulette. alison kosik, let's start with you. we've been talking about the debit card fees and now checking fees? explain? >> we're being feed to death between the air lies and the banks. city bank is now jumping on the bandwagon. if you don't carry a $60,000 in your banking account, it will cost you $20 a month the regulations are tighter on banks and making it tougher for them to lend money. some senate democrats are saying, switch if you don't want to pay it or go to the credit unions as well. that's another option for you as well. >> are there more fees to come, dare i ask? oh, yes. this is not going away any time soon. and they are saying that they have to raise other fees to pay for the costs, like payroll, they have to pay for their employees, technical networks. regulators say, wait a minute. there has to be consumer protection, especially after the financial crisis. but we are being nickelled and dimed to death for our banking, brooke. >> alison kosik at

i'm brooke baldwin.t stop and pause for a moment, take a minute to consider the words president obama spoke now, just about over an hour ago. he said the u.s. role in the iraq war is essentially over. >> today, i can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. after nearly nine years, america's war in iraq will be over. we will continue discussions on how we might help iraq train and equip its forces. again, just as we offer training and assistance to countries around the world. after all, there will be some difficult days ahead for iraq. and the united states will continue to have an interest in an iraq that is stable, secure, and self-reliant. just as iraqis have persevered through war, i'm confident that they can build a future worthy of a history as cradle of a civilization. here at home, the coming months will be another season of homecomings. across america, our servicemen and women will be reunited with their families. today, i can say that our t

i'm brooke baldwin.targets of a suspected rapist all belong to the same sa report. what he apparently knows about these women may further prove these attacks aren't random. >>> the search is on for survivors of a devastating earthquake. see what crews are finding amidst the rubble and the ruin. >>> i'm calling on congress to pass the american jobs act. >> but since congress isn't budging, president obama declares he's going at it alone. his new plan affects mortgages and college loenz. >>> plus, the dangerous chase for a great white killer. >> he was our brother and we loved him. >> how crews are hunting the shark believed to have attacked an american diver. >>> pink slips for praying? >> when i perform my prayer daily, they send me home. >> a fight is escalating between muslim drivers and a giant rental car business. sunny hostin is "on the case." >>> have you heard about a crime wave that could shatter a sisterhood? four different rapes have p happened in less than a year, the last attack less than ten

i'm brooke baldwin. amanda knox is almost home. >>> there is a red tide riced on t the west coast. >> reporter: friends, family members, and supporters have been waiting for this. her homecoming after four years behind bars in an italian prison. take a look at the news tribune. after four years she's free. and "the seattle times," nightmare is over, knox is coming home. we believe she's on a british airways flight that is expected to arrive here 7:50 eastern time and 4:50 pacific. from there, when the plane lands, her parents are expected to address the media as well as her lawyer. now, whether or not amanda knox herself will address the media, that remains unclear. we understand that decision will be made by her while she's on the plane ride to return home. we under her first wish is to lie down in a green field and she will have plenty of time for that because her family wants to spend a lot of private time with her to catch up for that past four years. brooke? >> sandy, thank you very much. let's go t

it's about the message. >> reporter: brooke baldwin, cnn, atlanta. >> so critics of the movement say that the exhibitionist behavior destrakts from the message. tweet me or brooke @donlemon@cnn or @brookebaldwin cnn. >>> when the number of tlc started feeling weird symptoms, she went against one doctor's advice and it saved her life. dr. sanjay gupta explains her condition. >>> plus, 47% of americans, can't name one american presidential candidate. and as numbers sinks in the polls, rick perry has a message for voters. >>> and the 1980s gave us big hair and nintendo and rub bix cube. it also gave us good music and very, very bad music. rolling stones asked its readers to vote. remember this song. ♪ oh, mickey, you're so fine you blow my mind ♪ and then don't worry be happy, rock me amadeus and the safety dance and wake me up before you go go. can you guess which [ male announcer ] attention medicare beneficiaries. the annual enrollment period to switch your current medicare coverage is earlier this year. it begins october 15th and ends december 7th; so now is the best time to review

toss it over to brooke baldwin. >> hi, randi. i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up.pictures. week number three with the wall street protests in lower manhattan and still without a clear mission or leader. the protests spreading to other cities today. several unions have now joined the protests against corp raid greed and big companies. >>> in seattle for the first time in four years, amanda knox is spending the day at home with her family. she arrived last night after the italian court overturned her murder conviction from 2007 for the murder of her roommate, meredith kercher. i want you to listen to what amanda knox said when she finally got home. >> remind me to speak in english because i'm having problems with that. >> i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane and it seemed like everything wasn't real. what's important for me to say is just thank you to everyone who has believed in me, who has defended me, who has supported my family. i just want -- my family is the most important thing to me right now and i just want to go be with the

now they sit down with our own brooke baldwin for this week's "music monday."wanted and i want what i got ♪ >> for people who haven't been indoctrinated in the indigo girls live experience, how do you describe it? >> it's pretty joyful, raucous. a lot of people know the words so there's aa lot of singing along. >> it's just -- there's the harmony thing, you know? we just have it. ♪ and here is what i've learned about you ♪ >> from the very beginning, i mean, we're just a couple of friends in high school that had something in common. >> we recorded our practices on a little cassette. i still have them, actually. but you can hear how gleeful we are, now he, oh, wow, we can sing together and do this and this. we were very earnest about it and we had teachers who mentored us. we got lucky, honestly. we got really lucky. >> is one of those songs on 1200 curf curfews? one of the cassettes? ♪ it ain't fair you know >> one of the oldies. >> nice. >> that's pretty deep. >> nerdy! ♪ satisfy my silver tongue again ♪ ♪ sing me lullabies >> but let's talk about this. >> new

time to go over to brooke baldwin. >> i'll take it, mr. johns. we start with political pop.win. let's get you caught up with everything beginning at this hour. rapid fire. beginning with a father-son reunion five years now. gilad shalit was released after five years. huge crowds celebrated in the streets. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is going to meet with transitional officials to offer medical help to help with the transitional government there. >>> and a 15-year-old florida girl last seen with the son of win of those three arrested in the philadelphia enslavement case. she's not a victim, she's a run away. that is what we're hearing from philadelphia's police commissioner. police say four mentally challenged adults were kept shackled in this philadelphia basement, all in this alleged scheme to steal their social security checks. by the way, we're actually going to hear from some of those victims. chilling accounts, their time in the basement. >> now moms and dads, beware of bumper pads in your toddler's crib. they say they should never be used. there is a risk th

brooke baldwin from here. brooke? >> ran randi kaye, thank you very much. let me set this up for you. first and foremost, we thought we would be hearing from the president right about now. we have a live picture. let's show everyone. we were expecting and should be expecting still to see the president today speaking at a workers union, pitching the jobs bill, which by the way, is expected to be rejected in a key procedural vote by the senate today. keep your eyes on the right side of the screen. why has he not appeared? we do not know. i do not know if that is at all affected by the picture on your left-hand side of your screen. this is live from the d.o.j. which we should be hearing from. two key players there, first the attorney general, eric holder, and also fbi chief robert muller. the issue -- and i want to bring jill dougherty back in, this major plot thwarted by the dea and the fbi. this plot, i've never heard anything like this, involving saudi arabia, u.s., mexico, and aran. bring us up to

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i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up on some of the stories making news this hour.here in ohio. every animal has been caught except for two. frantic hunt under way because they were set free, people having to stay inside as ohio law enforcement was hunting down lions, tigers, bears, wolves, grizzly bears. the man who owned the farm let the animals loose before he killed himself. >>> also coming up, we have wildlife animal expert, jack hanna, live on the show today to tell us about some of the exotic pet regulations, how the laws perhaps should be stricter. >>> the fbi and homeland security have been called in to cover this bizarre courthouse break-in. this is in san antonio. five people have been arrested and three of them were caught in the courthouse in the middle of the night. two were in a recreational vehicle outside. the sheriff's office in san antonio says that these men were playing with the judges' gavels and robes and were just walking along the halls. a live report coming up in the next hour. >>> take a look at this. this was the scene in athens today as

let's hand it over to brooke baldwin for now. >>> hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. caught up rapid fire. let's begin with breaking news out of perugia, italy. a decision is expected in an hour and a half. amanda knox, the college student appealing her conviction for the brutal murder of her roommate in italy. and today we heard from amanda knox herself speaking in fluent italian, pleading for her freedom. she said she had nothing to do with the murder of meredith kercher. >> translator: i haven't done the things that they are suggesting i have done. i haven't murdered. i haven't raped. i haven't stolen. i wasn't there. i wasn't present at the crime. >> two judges and six jurors are considering knox's appeal, obviously we'll bring you the decision as soon as we get that around an hour, hour and a half from now. >>> now to this story. take a look at this billowing black smoke with me. this is a chemical plant near dallas, texas. >>> a note was found with what police are calling a credible threat in michigan, it happened in a suburb of detroit this morning. a teacher f

i'm brooke baldwin. let's begin with chris christie. going to do t the governor of new jersey shutting down the speculators today, those who were wondering whether or not he would be joining the race for the republican presidential nomination. governor christie made the announcement less than two hours ago and we're going to drill down on this in just a second with the best local team on television. moving on for now, though, we're watching for amanda knox to arrive home in seattle in mere hours from now. knox, her family, flew out of rome less than 24 hours after an italian court threw out her conviction. they are planning a huge welcome home for knox but let's not forget the victim here. meredith kercher was raped, stabbed, and slashed to death at the age of 21. her family not happy at all with the court's decision to free amanda knox and her ex-boyfriend, raffaele sollecito. >> this is such obvious worldwide media attention and makes it incredibly difficult. >> we will have more of the kercher until a couple of minutes. >>> the iphon

to discuss the outcome of this trial further and are joined by a tour of brooke baldwin from the norwegian defense research establishment thank you for coming on the program today so firstly what do you think is the driving force behind this case and i think probably it is the case that the on the coalition government wanted to get rid of a competitor for the gold coming elections next year and possibly also for the parliamentary elections next year there are of course additional factors such as the gas agreement with russia which has been made mentioned and the probably also there are what could i say more emotional content of this so some gas implications as we know several times now in recent years there's been some gas wars between ukraine and russia also you suggest a political motivation behind today's verdict but there's a view that as a result of the trial now could actually gain political points as a victim of president you know coverture would you agree with that. well that's a possibility but that has been the gist of it for a long time and. polls in kiev show that so far this i

cnn "newsroom," brooke baldwin, picks it up from here. >> hi, randi. good to see you.o speak in detroit, michigan. as soon as we see him step behind the podium, we'll bring it to you live. in the meantime, let's get you caught up on everything taking place. rap if i had fire. let's go. handcuffs filling the streets. protesters speaking out about wall street and corporate greed. dozens under arrest, including 14 people in new york alone. and just into us, some brand-new ireport video from wall street. the guy who shot this claims police ran over someone's leg in this video and then slammed his face into the street. let's look at live pictures out of new york. who is paying for these protests? i'll speak with the man who sl in charge of getting the cash. >>> defense minister under fire for allowing a guy to advise him even though not on the government payroll. he blurred the line between work and his personal life. >>> mitt romney has given his plan for jobs. now rick perry is taking his turn. >> i'll work to open up alaska's abundant resources to oil and gas exploration

i'm brooke baldwin.h rapid fire, a two-week old baby pulled out of the earthquake rubble there in turkey. the child's mother and grandmother have are been rescued but the child's father is still trapped. so far, more than 400 people are daddy. in 24 devastating 7.2 earthquake that hit turkey on sunday. >>> also today, former leader moammar gadhafi has finally been buried. a spokesman says that gadhafi, his son, and top advisor have been buried in a secret location. until then, he had been in a storage room. >>> police have a horrifying video of this little girl getting run over and then ignored by passersby. a 24-year-old man is charged with manslaughter, accused of being one of the driver who hit the girl. it's an outcry in china. more than a dozen people can be seen walking, driving, biking past her and not doing a thing to help. now, take a look at this. look inside. the los angeles courtroom where here he is, dr. conrad murray is on trial for involuntarily manslaughter. jackson's former nurse is back

>>> top of the hour now, i'm brooke baldwin and you're watching cnn. this is the border of washington and oregon. we are waiting for the big boom, chad myers. what is the purpose of the demolition? >> well, it was going to cost $33 million to take it out and $138 million to revamp it. and they've taken them up in the past couple of years to allow them to swim up the stream and now new fish have new grounds that eventually in three our four years will spawn. >> do me a favor. we're going to move along and bring it back to this live picture. chad myers, now to this. >>> the rich are getting richer in america. new video of a baby rescued from the rubble and twitter war with the taliban. time to play reporter roulette. the new report contains the top 1% making more money and that's not the case for middle class. where does it come from and what does it say? >> you're absolutely right about that. this came out of the congressional office. it looked at how much income here in the u.s. has grown from 1979 to 2007. you know what it found? that the wealth gap i

i'm brooke baldwin. riot gear, chants, handcuffs filling the streets across america today. protesters speaking out against wall street and corporate greed. dozens under arrest. including 14 people alone in new york. also just in to us, brand new ireport video from wall street. the guy who shot this claims police ran over his leg and then slammed his face into the street. >> move it! move it! >> what's your badge number? >> and from ireports to live images here, this is live picture there in flew york where more demonstrators are showing up to protest. mitt romney's giving his plan for jobs. and now rick perry is taking his turn. >> i'll work to open up alaska's abundant resources to oil and gas exploration, including the awwar coastal plain and oil reserve of alaska. >> in his first major polic pol speech. >>> and look at this. a sharpie colors in his hair because the school said his haircut violated the school policy and instead of calling mom, they colored it in with a sha sharpie. this sl what his mom has to say. >> if the parent gives you the okay, that's fine. but to t

the so-called slut walk movement is growing global leave and our own brooke baldwin talks to them aboutost 3,000 supporters lining the streets of new york city chanting carrying banners and standing in solidarity for the cause known as "slutwalk movement." a police told a group of college campus girls that in order to not be victimized they should stop dressing like is the luts. >> reporter: those words sparked controversy a. diverse group all carrying one message. >> grand are a pid rapids -- >> blaming a victim is unacceptable. >> it's been used a as tool of torture or genocide. >> while the name sparked controversy, the organizers used it as a vehicle to get their message out. some see it as a revival of feminism. >> in different times of society, women have stood up. and burning bras was considered provocative. i think at different times to meet what's going on in culture and society, women have taken different avenues to do that. >> caroline turner says clothing is never supposed to be an excuse for an assault. >> you can't ask a wok not to wear what she wants to wear and say that

i'm brooke baldwin. here we go. republicans rolling the dice in vegas. >>> coming to a mcdonald's near you, tv lunch, tv dinner, and time for flannel pjs. it's time to begin with reporter roulette and i want to begin in vegas with mr. john king at the scene of the gop debate. john, what's the one thing that you're going to look for starting at 8:00 eastern? >> a lot of attention has been focused on herman cain. my question is, does rick perry show up? he started off at the top of the polls and now is in a freefall. so does rick perry show up? is he combative defending his views and is he as feisty at the end as he is at the beginning? because a lot of people have said that at the course of the two-hour debates, he starts to fade. that's my question. mr. cain will be the center attention as well. >> let's talk herman cain versus mitt romney. is it a fair fight? >> well, sl tl a fair fight? everything is fair in love and politics, right? is it a fair fight? you know, it depends on how you look at it. in the sense that

i'm brooke baldwin.rds. >> a very violent situation. >> in just minutes we'll go live to ben wedeman in cairo. >>> the desperate hunt for a missing 10-month-old takes a huge turn. why investigators are looking at the family's home to get inside the mind of a possible kidnapper. >>> plus, hundreds of american guns in in the hands of drug cartels. how? the u.s. government essentially gave them. >> who authorized it and why. >> new warnings of subpoenas in the fast and furious kand al. >>> the baby at that time was profusely sweating. >> police say a dad leaves his 5-month-old inside a hot car while he goes on a date at mcdonald's. find out who finally saved this little girl. we can do better. >>> police in missouri are testing out the story of the parents of this missing baby girl. authorities tried to reenact a possible abduction at her kansas city home. keep if mind it it's just been about a week since the parents of 10-month-old lisa irwin say they last saw her sleeping in had her crib. they told police

i'm brooke baldwin.ampion. fans began placing photos and memories of dan wheldon at the gates of the indianapolis motor speedway just minutes after hearing he had been killed in a horrific racetrack crash. >> i know this is a dangerous sport. i know we're exposed to that every day in normal life as well. but you don't think about it, and today we have to think about it. we lost one of my best friends. >> dan wheldon the reigning indianapolis 500 champion died yesterday in this fiery pileup in laungs. he was just 33 years old. >>> renee-you nicole douceur is finally somewhere other than the south pole. the american researchers has been fighting to be evacuated ever since august when she suffered an apparent stroke. severe weather kept her grounded, no planes in or out. a u.s. air force transport was finally able to reach the pole and today she arrive nd new zealand for treatment. >>> a surprising revelation today from the mother of missing little girl baby lisa in kansas city. she says she was drunk the n

i'm martin savidge, in for brooke baldwin.man cain is on damage control. >>> many employees forced to pay more because of weight or lifestyle. >>> and millions right now without power. it is time to play reporter roulette. joe johns in washington, the political world is abuzz involving herman cain. what's the latest? >> the latest is that herman cain says this is a witch hunt. this all started with a report in politico which claimed that there were two women who charged him with various forms of sexual impropriety, if you will, improper conduct, in the 1990s when herman cain was working at the national restaurant association. the report was that there was actually some type of a settlement and that the settlement was sealed. well, now we know from a speech and question and answer session at the press club here in washington, d.c., that herman cain says he was falsely accused of sexual harassment. he says he didn't know that there was a payout, and, if there was, he says he hopes it was a small one. in his view, again, a witch

i'm brooke baldwin. beginning with president obama will be speaking live in mesquite, texas. while there, he will encourage congress to pass his jobs bill. this is as polling is still at an all-time low at 42%. >>> the governor of new jersey shut down speculators as those were wondering whether chris christie was going to run for president for the 2012 election. >>> and the iphone 4s, not an actual iphone 5 as of yet. it looks like the opened iphone 4 but apple says it's all new on the inside. a chip that is twice as fast as the older one and 8 megapixel camera and sprint customers, it will be available for you. price range is $199 for the 16 gigabyte and 299 for the 32 gig. >>> it's all fine now after a couple of tense moments in times square when someone reported an unattended package on a bus in new york city. turns out the item was a back back. the bomb squad checked it out and it is harmless. >>> the agency, nasa, is going to begin taking applications from the general public instead of strictly from military and scientific communities. if you are interested, they say to

. >>> brooke baldwin will pick up from here. >> randi, thank you. hi, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin.lty just as the feds were launching his case against him. this is a guy who two years ago tried to blow up the airliner flying into detroit with hidden explosives hidden in his pants. and today did you get that text? maybe not. blackberry says that its outage spread today and most affecting text and internet access, not phone service. >>> to texas now -- >> i could not for the life of me think that he would be capable of doing that. >> that is the estranged wife of this man here. we'll have much more on him in a moment. he's the iranian used cars salesman in the nexus of this case. eric holder issued a subpoena that covers communication about a botched plot. they doubt holder's denial of prior denial of the p controversy. >>> the family of little family lisa irwin turns to a prominent investigator to try to find her. phil stanton is in kansas city with ed lavandera with some news. >>> police scouring the bottom of a lake again today. they are looking for possibly dozens of bodies. the

i'm brooke baldwin. stocks soar, wall street likes what it's seeing and patients using their shoes. let's begin with you at the new york stock exchange. tell us about the dow and in doing so, talk to me about europe. >> reporter: okay. the dow has been in rally mode all day. right now it's at 358. the nasdaq s&p had been in rally mode. for the market overall, it is shaping up as one of the best months ever. this all happening because this european debt deal is giving investors a big shot of confidence. this is deal that wall street has been waiting for. these debt problems have been years in the making. so here's what this dleel do. it will do several thing. first it will have banks write off half the value of their greek bonds so greece won't owe them as much money. it will free up cash so greece can pay other bills. it will do two other thing. it will force banks to set aside more cash and it boosts the european bailout fund. these are insurance american purchases are meant to prepare europe. >> we've talked so much about greece but i think we need to talk about italy. economicall

. >>> hour two, brooke baldwin. the future of apple after steve jobs. and it is now cheaper to buy a home than ever before. time to play reporter roulette on this thursday. dan lothian, let's begin with you there at the white house. dan, we listen to the president this morning answering many questions and not only did he take on republicans, he's taking on, again, millionaires. >> reporter: that's right. what we are talking about here is that surtax to pay for the president's jobs bill which senate democrats are pushing 5.6% on those making over a million dollars. we did not see or hear a full-throated endorsement of this from the president. in fact, though, what he said was that he was comfortable in that he thought that this approach from senate democrats was fine. the president supporting this as a means of paying for this jobs bill which, of course, that's been the big issue. how to pay for all of this. >> president obama, though -- >> will congress do something? if congress does something, then i can't run against a do-nothing congress. if congress

i'm brooke baldwin. a dramatic decision minutes away from will italy, also a high-profile trip to middle east, bank outrage hangover and snow in october? paula newton, i want to begin with you. we are about a half hour away from the decision being read in that italian courtroom. set the scene. tell me who you've seen. >> reporter: could i possibly express to you how tense it is right now? just a little while ago amanda knox left the prison where i am right now and is in the middle of a packed courtroom waiting to hear what will become the rest of her life. she earlier had made this emotional plea to say, look, i am innocent, i did not murder, i did not rape, i did not steal. i was not even there. i spoke to an italian parliamentarian who visited with her in this prison today. said she was serene, calm, singing religious songs. but most important, brooke, she said that she felt within hours she would be out of this prison and on a plane back home to seattle. brooke? >> just to confirm because we have thes

brooke baldwin shows us how a revolutionary golf ball is making a splash in this week's solutions. >>o some of the best lobster fishing. bringing in millions of dollars each and every year. but what's left behind is a lot of waste. so researchers at the university of maine have come up with a way to put it to use. and it sounds like a hit. up can't hear the difference but this ball is made of recycling lobster shells. it is 100% bio degradable. >> we took the concept and reduced it and made a product out of it. look like a golf ball, perform like a real golf ball as much as possible. >> reporter: the ball breaks down in the ocean and just about two weeks time and could be used for driving ranges on cruise ships. and the lobster fishing industry could really feel the swing. >> we are taking something that used to go to the landfill and now has value. >> reporter: the balls are being handmade in the lab at the university of maine working on plans to get them into mass production and into the water soon. brooke baldwin, cnn, atlanta. [ shapiro ] at legalzoom, you can take care of virtual