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>> susan candiotti, reporting live to us this morning. let's listen to more of those audiotapes from jerry sandusky. here he says his wife of 45 years remains by his side. >> we must fight unfairness a, inconsistency and dishonesty. people need to be portrayed for who they really are. we have not been complainers. when we couldn't have kids, we adopted. when we didn't have time to prepare for a atrial we still gave it our best. we will fight for another chance. we have given many second chances and now we'll ask for another one. it will take amore than our efforts. justice will have be more than just a word, fairness be more than just a dream. it will take others somebody aapolit aapolitical to take the record forward. i ask for the strength to handle everything and the willingness to surrender only to god regardless of the outcome. >> criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor, cnn legal contributor. hello, ba paul. >> good morning, carol. surely the judge has heard this, do you think? >> oh, yes. the drama last night when networks

susan candiotti, excellent reporting, as always. phil mudd is the former director of the cia counterterrorism center. >>> other stories making news, john berman's got that for us. what are you looking at? >> good morning, soledad. a senior member of al qaeda has been killed by a u.s. drone attack in yemen. the attack took place in a farmhouse in southern yemen. nard al that shrksadoti were am those that were killed. this is a very funny event hosted by the new york arch diocese. the president campaigns in new hampshire before heading to the big apple, where he will also tape "the daily show with jon stewart." the third and final presidential debate takes place monday night. that will focus on foreign policy. cnn's live coverage from boek ka raton, florida, begins at 7:00 eastern time. >>> the women behind the candidates also on the stump. ann romney sits down to talk to the women of "the view." mitt romney bowed out of that opportunity. and mrs. obama sits down on "live! with kelly and michael" to talk about the spouses of the debat

here's susan candiotti with her. >> it was refreshing because i didn't think it was real. >> reporteril last week this woman was doing about three years in prison on a drug conviction. then she was suddenly set free. what is it like to be out of prison? >> yay, i can breathe. >> reporter: free because of the bizarre alleged actions of this woman, former massachusetts chemist annie ducan. >> can you tell us what happened. >> reporter: the state of massachusetts is accusing her of tampering with drug evidence that could call into question at least 34,000 cases going back to 2003, 34,000. at the moment she faces only three charges. however, in boston alone, the d.a. estimates as many as 500 convicted felons could be set free. how big of a mess is this? >> at this point, susan, we don't know. >> reporter: at this lab, now closed by the state, ducan allegedly mishandled drugs seized by police for evidence at trial. she allegedly estimated the amount of drugs at times by simply looking at them and certified some drugs as cocaine that are now testing negative. she didn't just write down the

susan candiotti live for us in pennsylvania. thank you for that. >> got to tell you, that tape to me is stunning. i don't think i ever heard anything like that from a guy who is about to be sentenced. >> exactly. from a guy about to face a judge. >>> four weeks to go until election day. two new polls show the race for the white house basically tide. in one poll, mitt romney's strong debate performance essentially erased obama's lead. the same poll last month had romney trailing obama by eight points. the latest gallup tracking poll has obama leading romney 50% to 45%, a margin that grew yesterday. but neither of these numbers may be telling the whole story. coming up, we take a look at these results with peter hamby. >> my head is spinning with all the numbers. >> right. >> according to the cdc, the death toll is now at 8. 105 people in nine states are infected. health officials say 75 medical facilities in 23 states received the contaminated steroid injections. the company that makes the medication has voluntaeearily recalled i

our national correspondent suzanne candiotti has been on this story. walk us through this plot and how the fbi says they busted him. >> sure. after coming here and after studying in college and then moving on to new york, not surprisingly this guy uses social media. he gets on facebook. according to prosecutors, he hooks up, he connects with someone that he thinks is going to be able to help him. then he can recruit for the cause. unfortunately for him, fortunately for us it turns out that this is someone who is a source for the fbi. well then it's for him, according to prosecutors, it's all about jihad. it's all about destroying america, wrecking the economy. he even talks about the possibility of doing something that would stop the presidential election. and what he didn't know was that the people that were brought in to this in this undercover elaborate fbi sting were all people who were working undercover for the fbi and for the new york police department. then he set about to select a target. prosecutors say it was his idea after new york police c

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here's susan candiotti. >> it was refreshing because i didn't think it was real. >> reporter: but it real. until last week,ie -- eliza johnson was doing a sentence for a drug conviction, and then she was suddenly free. >> i can breathe. >> free because of this woman. the state of massachusetts is accusing dukin of tampering with drug evidence that could call into question at least 34,000 cases going back to 2003. 34,000! at the moment, she faces only three charges. however, in boston alone, the d.a. estimates as many as 500 convicted felons could be set free. >> how big of a mess is this? >> at this point, susan, we don't know. >> reporter: at this lab now closed by the state, dukin allegedly mishandled drugs seized by police for evidence at trial. she allegedly estimated the amount of drugs at times by simply looking at them. and certified some drugs as cocaine that are now testing negative. she didn't just write down the wrong thing. prosecutors accuse her of doctoring evidence to change test results. >> she would take known cocaine from an area that she knew was cocaine and actual

susan candiotti takes us to newa newark, home of a missing team's business. >> reporter: it's home toe it to the stanley cup finals last year, but the arena is awfully quiet these days. the nhl has locked out players, preventing a puck from dropping in the preseason and two weeks of the regular season so far it's definitely gut-wrenching. >> reporter: tom bloom runs edison ale house, bar and restaurant right across the street from the prudential center. >> every day i look out and see the windows dark, it gets discouraging. >> reporter: business could drop to 35% and 45 if it continues. the bar's profits are on ice. >> if the devils were playing on a tuesday night as opposed to a nonevent night you're talking about a 75% swing in revenue. >> reporter: in newark the lockout is a double whammy. they already loft their aa team. the city's hoping this hotel that opened last month will help revitalize the area, but an empty arena turning a profit devilishly difficult. >> it doesn't feel good is an understatement. it's depressing. but it's good the city wants to press on. >> reporter: the l

>> susan candiotti, thank you very much. anti-government rage boiling over in beirut. the situation there is very complicated. nick paton walsh has more on the intelligence chief's death and why so many people are on the edge in lebanon. >> reporter: sunday's funeral started with great ceremony honoring the life of the top intelligence official killed in a car bomb on friday. his funeral procession moving through central beirut to martyr square where it was met not only by the political elite of the country but also by crowds, thousands of lebanese, some here in grief, some here in anger. anger still high here in this country for the belief that many have of syria's involvement in this assassination. syria having condemned the blast but still deep-seated hostility in many lebanese toward that government leads them to believe they're behind this assassination. as the protests in the square continue, they were addressed by leading political figures, one of them the form prime minister who said he thought the government should resign and the time for dialogue was not now.

susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >>> president barack obama is in los angeles at this hour. he's there raising cash at a fund-raiser. you may recall he just set a record of $181 million in september. white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president. dan, at this point he's on record to raise almost a billion dollars now, and that's not including those outside super-pacs. how much is he expecting to raise tonight? >> reporter: well, millions of dollars, and we'll try to break that down later on in the evening, exactly how much they're expected to raise. they really believe this is important money that they need for a couple of reasons. first of all, the race is very tight. when you look at the national numbers, the race is very close. then you break it down to those key battleground states in ohio, in florida, in colorado and virginia. very close there as well. so they need it this money to really beef up their ground operation going into election day and also saturate the air wae waves with the telephone ads. they're bringing in millions of dollars. a lo

. >> reporter: susan candiotti, cnn, boston. >> susan candiotti will join us in the 3:00 eastern hour for more. this is shaping up to be a historic weekend for nasa. the mars rover curiosity will try something that's never been done on the red planet before. we'll show you some of the latest pictures from mars. >>> nasa could make history on mars this weekend. it will order its recover curiosity to scoop up martian dirt by activating its robotic arm. it will analyze the soils makeup. curiosity is looking for minerals using x-ray defraction. this process has never been done on mars before. baseball's national league wild card playoff friday was wild. atlanta lost to the st. louis cardinals and fans littered the field. a call in the eighth inning with one out and runners on first and second, the braves hit a pop up to shallow left field. the ball drops, though. and the players didn't throw out any of the runners. the umpire called the batter out. he not base wos have been loaded. the newfoundland fly rule is used to letting players to let a fly ball drop to get two outs. the braves mana

. >> reporter: susan candiotti, cnn, boston. >> susan candiotti will join us in the 3:00 eastern hour for more. this is shaping up to be a historic weekend for nasa. the mars rover curiosity will try something that's never been done on the red planet before. we'll show you some of the latest pictures from mars. sleep train's inventory clearance sale ends columbus day. get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. save 10%, 20%, even 35% on a huge selection of simmons and sealy clearance mattresses. even get free delivery! don't miss 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. the inventory clearance sale ends monday. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> nasa could make history on mars this weekend. it will order its recover curiosity to scoop up martian dirt by activating its robotic arm. it will analyze the soils makeup. curiosity is looking for minerals using x-ray defraction. this process has never been done on mars before. baseball's national league wild card playoff friday was wild. atl

>> susan candiotti. thanks. >>> the u.s. took a big lead into the final day of the ryder cup.ut eventually, it just all fell apart in the face of a european comeback. >>> it's being called a historic win over the americans. the european team rallying from behind to win golf's prestigious ryder cup. even on home turf, america's best golfers just could not quite pull it off. shane o'donahues who more from medinah country club. >> reporter: everything pointed towards a victory in the ryder cup. they had home advantage. their players were in inspirational form, and they had a seemingly insurmountable lead going into sunday's 12 singles matches. 10-6 was the gap. but they came up against a european side clearly in inspired form, as they bulldozed their way through sunday's singles matches to eventually accumulate 8 1/2 points from a possible 12. the home side were left shell-shocked. >> played great. as i said, tiger played great. a lot of guys played great and just got beat by guys who played a little better. >> definitely tough losing. nobody wants to lose. but you know, they pla

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. >> "outfront" tonight is susan candiotti. find out how easy it might have been for this young man to get a student visa? >> i talked to another student that attended that same university in missouri, and this is a student from bangladesh. he told me that the process he thought took a really long time. i said how long? he said a month and a half. i don't think that's that long. he said he was asked three questions and three questions only in an interview in bangladesh. the three questions were, number one, how did you learn about the school? okay. easy enough for him to answer. he read about it on the enter the net and figured he could afford it. number two, he was asked what do your parents do for a living, and the third question is your grades aren't particularly good. he admitted to me they weren't. why do you want to go it to school in the united states? and the student told me that he told the interviewer, i thought maybe if i worked really hard i could do better in the united states. >> and that was the simplicity with w

as susan candiotti reports, for one woman who ended up behind bars on a drug charge, her new freedom. >> it was refreshing because i didn't think it was real. >> reporter: but it was real. until last week, maliza johnson was doing three years in prison on a drug conviction. then she was suddenly set free. what is it like to be out of prison? >> free now. yay! i can breathe. >> reporter: free, because of the bizarre alleged actions of this woman. former massachusetts chemist, annie dookhan. >> can you tell us what happened? >> reporter: the state of massachusetts is accusing dookhan of tampering with drug evidence that could call into question at least 34,000 cases going back to 2003. 34,000. at the moment, she faces only three charges. however, in boston alone, the d.a. estimates as many as 500 convicted felons could be set free. how big of a mess is this? >> at this point, susan, we don't know. >> reporter: at this lab, now closed by the state, dookhan allegedly mishandled drugs seized by police for evidence at trial. she allegedly estimated the amount of drugs at times by simply lo

susan candiotti is live for us from bellefonte, pennsylvania. susan walk me through what he says. >> reporter: hi. it's a remarkable statement coming on the eve of the sentencing. he lays the blame at the feet of a lot of people and he's not one of them. he defiantly lashes out at police, at investigators, at penn state and, yes, even the victims. >> they could take away my life, they could make me out as a monster, they could treat me as a monster, but they can't take away my heart. in my heart i know i did not do these alleged disgusting acts. my wife has been my only sex partner and that was after marriage. >> now why would he release it at this time? there was a meeting in chambers yesterday and the judge made it clear that jerry sandusky was not allowed to criticize the system when he spoke in court at his sentencing. what's the next best thing? arrangements were made for him to make a statement and release it by a radio station. now victims will also get their chance to speak in court after jerry sandusky talks for about five to ten minute

susan canned yoesan candiotti i in new york. what do you know?e u.s. attorneys office and the fbi. we're learning about a plot, a plot that would have used explosives to take out the federal reserve bank, which is located in lower manhattan. the significance of this, by the way, is part of a sting operation that was conducted by the fbi, and the new york police department as part of the joint terror task force. we're told that the explosives in this case were not active and so that no one was in any danger. however, this operation being conducted involved, according to federal authorities, a 1,000 pound bomb that was supposed to be used to blow up the new york federal reserve bank, which is, of course, in manhattan's financial district. this particular spot is the biggest of the 12 federal reserve banks in the u.s. and certainly has the largest reserve of gold bullion anywhere in the world along with a large amount of cash, as you can imagine. this is located very close to wall street. again, the details just coming in, but the man under arrest a

thanks very much for that, susan candiotti.r more information from the new york city police commissioner, ray kelly, he's expected to hold a news conference momentarily. we'll monitor it and bring you details as they come in. stand by for that. >>> other news -- the latest face-to-face contest may be over, but the debate between president obama and mitt romney is going full force out there on the campaign trail. kate baldwin is watching what's going on and has some more. kate? >> that's right, wolf. both men are picking up pretty much right where their heated exchange left off last night. we'll go live to an obama rally in ohio in just a few minutes. but first cnn national political correspondent, jim acosta, is with the romney campaign in leesburg, virginia, right back on the campaign trail, jim. what's the latest? >> that's right, kate, mitt romney will be out here in about an hour from now, he has a country music act warming up the crowd here in leesburg, virginia. not surprisingly, kate, mitt romney is sounding like a candi