he is facing charges of interfering with the flight crew. >>> right over to carol costello now in lashristine and ali. welcome back to las vegas. in 13 months we might look back due to rick perry's decision to attack mitt romney affect his campaign. herman cain who somehow managed to stay above the fray or did he? our next guest is amy tarcani and she chairs the republican party. let's talk about the first part of the debate. everyone piled on herman cain for his 9-9-9 plan. a lot of people in nevada are in economic distress. did his explanation of 9-9-9 resonate? did people understand his plan now? >> it was cute, i think he was trying his best, but the many people that i spoke with are still kind of lost. so, i don't think it was too clear. >> he was trying to say that it would not raise taxes on middle class americans and most economic experts say it actually would. did he convince people that it would not? >> no. no, not the people i spoke with. they still have questions. it seems too convoluted. >> do they still like herman cain, though? >> he has a high likability factor. becaus

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. 46 past the hour.down to a showdown. ♪ >> the mayor of new york say protesters need to leave zuccotti park by 7:00 so it can be cleaned. occupying protesters are saying right where they are. they have begun cleaning up the park themselves. as they see it the cleanup order is really an eviction notice. >> mayor would do a lot better cleaning up wall street than zuccotti park. and not only that we have more than 650,000 signatures from every country in the world. supporting the people who are occupying wall street. the mayor needs to not evict them. >> these protesters have been there for almost a month protesting the weak economy and a political system many deem corrupt. >>> lawmakers are pondering the best response to the alleged iranian plot to kill the saudi embassy on american soil. top white house officials tell a senate committee sanctions are paying offer and they now want to ratchet up the pressure on tehran. several lawmakers want stronger measures like crippling iran's currency by sanctioning

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york.tes past the hour. >>> over 2 million people in the northeast are waking up withouttrity this morning. it's all because of an unusual october snowstorm. it's blamed for at least five deaths. more than two feet of snow fell in some areas over the weekend. officials say it will take days to fully restore electricity, new york, new jersey, connecticut and massachusetts all under states of emergency. as for trick or treaters, halloween has been postponed or canceled in some areas. for more on the storm and the damage is caused, we'll take you live to our boston affiliate -- we'll take you live to boston and janet woo from our affiliate hdh. what's it like in boston now? >> reporter: well, actually i'm not in boston. i'm in tewkesbury, north of boston. this was not the jackpot for snow but this town hit the jackpot for power outages. at this hour, 90% of the town is still out of power, making for a cold and miserable night. these folks are not only getting a white halloween, which is unusua

i'm christine romans in for carol costello live from new york. time is now, it's been about two weeks since a missouri baby disappeared from her home. now 25 members of the missouri national guard are joining the search for 11-month-old lisa irwin alongside local and federal investigators. police say they haven't had any breakthroughs in this case. they're hoping a fresh set of eyes will help the investigation. two anonymous people are offering $100,000 for lisa's safe return. she is now 11 months old. >>> the maryland man held in aruba hets back to court. gary giordano hopes to win his release. his lawyer argues there is no evidence to hold him. giordano says he was snorkeling with robyn gardner in august when she disappeared. he was arrested three days later while awaiting a flight back to the u.s. family and friends say she would never go snorkeling. >>> the trial of michael jackson's doctor is on hold. the father of the prosecution's last witness passed away. dr. stephen schaffer began giving his testimony last week, expected to give more tes

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. want to go ahead live to oslo. >> the committee has decided the nobel peace prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between ellen johnson surlaf, name ma bow lee and tav co-carlin for the nonviolent struggle, safety of women and women's rights to full participation in peace-building work. we cannot achieve democracy and piece in the world unless women receive the same opportunities as men in all levels of society. in october 2000, the un security council adopted resolution 1325. the resolution for the first time made violence against women in armed conflict an international security issue. it underlined the need for women to become participants on an equal footing with men in peace processes and in peace work in general. ellen johnson surlif is africa's first democratically elected phenyl male president. since her inauguration in 2006 she has contributed to securing peace in liberia, to promoting economic and social development and strengthening the position of women. lam

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. president obama's $447 billion jobs bill faces its first vote in the senate later today. in a warning to republican critics, the president's senior campaign strategist says that voting against the measure could cost them the election. next year in a member row release the by the obama campaign david axelrod wrote "the more people know about the american jobs act, the more they want congress to pass the plan." axelrod also takes aim at critics of the bill's millionaires tax quoting "while republicans claim it is class warfare, the american people are seeing right through their opposition to asking the wealthiest to do their part." some democrats have doubts and while they control the senate there is no guarantee the bill will get the 60 votes needed to clear tonight's procedural hurdle. >>> the occupy wall street protest is on the march, uptown where a lot of the rich people live. organizers plan to visit the homes of such money men as jpmorgan chase, news corp ceo rupert murdoch among

i'm carol costello live from new york. the obama administration could spell out tough new action today against iran in response to an alleged iranian plot to murder saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states. two men have now been charged including an iranian-american. one of the men still at large. attorney general eric holder spells out the charges against them. >> the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. they're charged with conspiracy to murder a foreign official, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, and conspiracy to commit an act of international terrorism, among other charges. >> u.s. officials say the plot never really got off the ground because the two suspects were dealing with u.s. government informant. more now on the events as they unfolded from our foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty. >> reporter: the united states and the obama administration are treating this as a very big deal. immediately, the treasury department came out and said that it was san

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york this morning.ned 30 minutes past the hour. prosecutors in the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor are expected to wrap up their case today. cnn's ted rolands is in los angeles with the latest. >> reporter: when court resumes, dr. steven schaeffer will be back on the stand. he's an expert in propofol. he helped write the libl that appears on propofol bottles. he told the jury that dr. murray's care of michael jackson was egregious. he documented what wasn't in the jackson home which should have been. he showed a video of an operating room going through all of the different things in an operating room which would be normally used to administer propofol and would be there in case something went wrong. he says that murray missed the mark on every single point. in fact he said murray's first mistake was giving propofol in the first place. >> the very first time michael jackson said i need propofol to sleep, a doctor would say, you have a sleep disorder. and you need to be seen by

i'm carol costello joining you live this morning from new york. hour. >>> you're waking up to some of the best economic news in recent memory. i'm serious. consumer spending helped lift third quarter gdp in the u.s. 2.5 points, nearly double the rate last quarter. this morning, the major indices start with gains from thursday, up 30 points. the dow is heading for its best month in 24 years. the broader s&p, october could close as its best month since 1974. so should be, i don't know, should we be living la vida loco? >> ask the question with more optimism, carol. you did not sound optimistic. everything you read should be read with more gusto. the dow up 3% yesterday, all the major indices. possibly the best month on the broader s&p 500 which looks like your 401(k) -- what did you say, 24 years? >> will it last? we hear the good economic news. >> here's the thing. why is the dow up? why were the markets up the way they were yesterday? two reasons. one is the one you talked, gdp growth, gdp is the biggest measure the economy that we have. all of th

carol costello is joining us from new york. and, carol, a lot of people think that mitt romney perhaps flip-flops on different issues, different sides here. what do we suppose is kind of the measurement here? his own health care plan? >> interesting wait he answered rick perry's question. he didn't really answer the question. he deflected it. he's thinking up new ways on to you to address this health care thing. the biggest thorn, though, in mitt romney's side is what his opponents call romneycare. as i said, that's what opponents call the health care plan. romney created it in massachusetts had he was governor. turns out the obama administration was entranced with romney's plan and according to nbc news, obama officials met with romney's advisers to create obamacare, and, yes. both plans include a requirement to buy insurance. romney says, yeah. so? >> the truth is, our plan is different, and the people of massachusetts, if they don't like it, then get rid of it. right now, 3-1, but i'm not running for governor of massachusetts

carol costello out of new york. hanks. >>> republican presidential candidate mitt romney deliver, his first major foreign policy address in about 35 minutes. he's going to speak at the citadel in south carolina. cnn political producer shawna shepherd is here with a preview. what can we expect? >> reporter: yes, kyra. governor mitt romney is coming to south carolina to deliver reform policy speech of his campaign. he's chosen the citadel, the military college of south carolina, to deliver this speech, and he'll be laying out his vision for what he's calling an american century. he is going to be pushing a strong economic and military footing for the -- to increase -- to improve the military spending and -- increase military spending. lay out key actions he will implement in this first 100 days in office. expanding the united states war ships fleet. >> shawna, apologize. we're having an issue with your mike and will try to get that fixed. get back to you if indeed we can get a better connection. i'm so sorry, but we wi

wakeup call," i'm carol costello joining us live from new york this morning.past the hour. >>> the libyan people are beginning their first full day of life without moammar gadhafi in more than four decades. the death of the former libyan leader has prompted celebrations from benghazi to tripoli with people pouring into the streets. >> we are very free, and i feel that my birthday is today. really i feel that i'm six hours old. really. libya's free without him. >> we are so happy. it's a great -- the greatest moment in all my life. >> colonel gadhafi was captured while hiding in a sewage drain in his hometown of sirte. we're told a vehicle transporting him was hit by crossfire. he died soon after that. the transitional government will formally announce the country's liberation on saturday. >>> from the streets of libya to the streets of the world. first outside the libyan embassy in london. waving flags and shouting cheers of joy. and in the united states, here's what white house staffers could see out of their window -- singing, dancing. people banging on drum

i'm carol costello live from new york.ce department says material from the united states ended up in iraq as explosives, and they went through iran to get there. confused? a lot of people are. let's head around the world with zain verjee. you're going to sort this all out for us because it sounds disturbing. >> it really is. it's very worrying, and it spans the globe. basically, prosecutors are alleging that components that were bought at a u.s. company in minnesota then went to singapore. now, there were 6,000 radio frequency modules that were bought. you know, those are things that are used kind of between printers and computers, for example. but they also can have a military use. now, they were exported to singapore. this company believed that that was the end destination, and those modules were just going to be used in a telecommunications project. but no. what happened was, prosecutors allege that those modules were then sent to iran and then eventually ended up as unexploded ieds in iraq. about 16 of them, according

our very own carol costello joins us on the phone. carol, a wild debate last night.whole thing. who do you see as the winners and losers? >> reporter: it's so hard to tell. i see definite losers, and i'm going to say herman cain because all of the other candidates ganged up on herman cain in the beginning about his 9-9-9 plan and whether it would raise taxes on the middle class and lower class in america. and it was pretty clear that cain came out the loser because he couldn't adequately explain why it would not raise taxes on middle-class americans. and then cain just sort of faded from view, and you never really heard from him again until, of course, the very end of the debate when he talked a little bit about foreign policy but not in an effective way. >> all right. rick perry came out swinging against mitt romney last night. i want to listen again, carol, to this exchange. >> and mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals in your home, and you knew about it for a year. >> governor romney? >> rick, i don't think i've ever hi

carol costello is here with the answer to the question, would jesus occupy wall street. .j. i enjoyed your interview with don king. >> that wasn't an interviewment i got talked back to. >> i was right behind don king. i was laughing. anyway, back to our "talkback" question, the question this morning, would jesus occupy wall street? responses are pouring in. christ is certainly against greed and abuse against the working class. he purposely went out of his way to minister it those who struggled. as to acts of violence, christ is against that, too. all protesting needs to be peaceful. this prosecufrom brenda -- isn't the government made out of people? yes, jesus would show p up and support it. not to mention, those republicans who like to criticize and slam down ows. jesus would say, go to work losers! government is already big enough. no more giveaways. i you have two jobs why can't you losers find one. i think jesus would be more gentle than that. this from tad -- i would say jesus could occupy those who abuse their authority and power. in this case, jesus would raise his

carol costello is particularly excited today. very big morning today and tomorrow morning. she's in las vegas. good morning, carol. >> good morning, ali and christine. it's kind of windy here. in fact, a little bit ago i thought the tent was going to blow down. so that could create more excitement. seriously, though, we are at the gambling capital of the world. a fitting location for tonight's western republican presidential debate, because think is a city that makes or breaks fortunes every single day. a lot of preparation has gone into tonight's event co-hosted by cnn and the western republican leadership conference. in just three days, 45,000 square-foot set built from the ground up at the convention center. including two humongous monitors, enormous chandelier and seating for 1,500 people. working around the clock since friday. it is quite the political circus here in las vegas minus the big white tent. lop they have one here in las vegas, they could just ship it over. tonight a field of seven presidential hopefuls will face t

>>> i'm carol costello. a city decriminalizing domestic violence to save money. alli velshi, virus hunting is his game. his new book and his efforts to stop the next global pandemic before it gets started on this "american morning." >>> good morning, everybody. it is thursday, october 13th and it's 8:00 in the east. >> do you feel like the morning is getting a little better because i'm getting e-mails? >> ignorance is bliss. >> you're right, it was a nice break. i'm sure if you have a blackberry you know what i'm talking about. if you feel let down by that beloved blackberry, you're not alone. for a fourth day the service is testing the patience. making progress and restoring service after it went down monday, affecting customers in europe, the middle east and in africa. by tuesday, the outages had spread to south america and yesterday customers in the united states ask cnd canada we hit. dan simon live in san francisco. dan, is your blackberry working right now? >> well, cnn has graciously provided me with an iphone, so, i don't have this problem. i should tell

carol costello joins us from new york.te is supposed to take up the jobs bill sometime later today, you know, the jobs bill, hit it, mr. president. >> let's put construction workers on the job. let's put teachers in the classroom. let's give small businesses a tax break. let's help our veterans pass this bill. let's meet our responsibilities. >> the president has said that a ga zil ontimes in eight different cities, if you need a refresher course, the president jobs bill cuts the payroll tax and provides money to hire more teachers and construction workers and infrastructure job and boost tax on millionaires to pay for it all. republicans have their own mantra. >> what this week has shown beyond any doubt is that democrats would rather talk about partisan legislation they won't pass than on actually passing legislation we know would create jobs. >> because of those tax increases on millionaires buzz but you knew that. if you are buying what the president is selling? are you sold on the president's jobs bill. facebook.com/c

. >>> carol costello joins us on the phone from las vegas. ll, that's the big question, isn't it? i think most voters like cain's plan because it's a big, bold plan. hey, at least he has a plan. most voters i talked with here in nevada don't quite understand the plan. i talked to the mayor of las vegas yesterday and asked the mayor about the 99 plan and asked v . mayor goodman looked at me and said 9-9-9, how will that create jobs right now. she also said what i'd like to see is the federal government or some candidate putting pressure on banks to loosen things up so they can sit down with people who have bad mortgages and work out a deal so those people won't have to move out of their homes. everybody here is excited to sit down and listen to the debate tonight. they are excited to hear about herman cain's 9-9-9 plan. again, unless it creates jobs right now, unless it helps people with their mortgages, in the end they may not buy it. >> achbtd in nevada we know the mortgage -- that is ground zero for the mortgage crisis. it's unbelievable, th

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. a big week on tap in washington.pected to vote on the president's jobs bill. it includes funding for infrastructure projects and job training. the package will be paid for by a tax on millionaires. there is strong republican opposition both to the bill and how it's being paid for. unemployment remains at 9.1%. the reason democrats argue that a jobs bill is essential right now. >>> chicago mayor and former white house chief of staff says president obama's re-election is far from a sure thing. speaking on nbc's "meet the press," he says americans will hold the president accountable for the bad economy. >> the bottom line -- you may say the president is looking at the long term. how much trouble is he in for re-election with this economy? >> there's no doubt there's a challenge politically because the economy is not where the american middle class family needs it to be for their bottom line. >> but he defended his former boss for making tough decisions that will benefit the country in the long term. >>> it is day 24 of

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york.nutes until the top of the hour. the american student, amanda knox, made an emotional appeal overnight to get her murder conviction overturned. now her fate will be once again decided by an italian jury. she spoke before the jury a short time ago. let's listen. >> translator: i am the same person i was four years ago, exactly the same person. the only thing that is different from now from four years ago is my suffering. in four years i've lost my friends in the most terrible and unexplainable way. my trust in the authorities and police has been damaged. i had to face charges that were totally unfair, without any basis. >> amanda knox is now been taken by van to the jail to await the jury's decision. becky anderson is live outside of the courthouse. becky, this was very, this was a very emotional statement from amanda knox. she, she was crying through a lot of it. >> yes, speaking italian, back now at the prison, about 40 minutes from here. this is the courthouse where the jury is now d

i'm christine romans in for carol costello. it is 28 minutes after the hour. all right.silicon valley investor and senior administration officials warned the president not to visit a california solar equipment maker. new documents show that the president was warned about a visit to solyndra could prove embarrassing. they have investigating a half billion dollar loan to the bankrupt company alone via stimulus for a company that is now out of business. cnn has learned new jersey governor chris christie will make his intentions clear this week. he had been pressured by some to get into the race. sources now say he is mulling it over with his wife. any decision about seeking republican presidential nomination is expected within the next 48 hours. >>> prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor are expected to call two of that doctor's girlfor examples as they try to establish a time line of his death. monday two emergency room doctors testified murray pressed them to revive jackson even though he was certain -- they were certain that michael jackson was

i'm carol costello, joining you live from new york this morning. it's 47 minutes past the hour.eijing, singapore and points in between and beyond, steve jobs and his amazing innovations changed the way people went about their daily lives. richard quest joins us from london with insight on the steve jobs' revolution. richard, your first reaction to jobs' death? >> reporter: well, obviously you look at it from so many different areas. i was just writing a list of listening to the various tributes coming out. what are the common words people say, innovator, entrepreneur, visionary, chief executive. but the thing with steve jobs is, he pulled them all together. not only did he have the ideas, he executed them and managed to get them into the consumers handses and shops. i say that and it sound so trite, bear in mind, carol, how many business leaders fail at some stage in that process. he didn't just do it with one item, the apple computer or the apple. he did it with the apple 2 and the iphone, itunes, and so on. and then, of course, you have the sideline where you have pixar and yo

carol costello has more from new york. carol, what we heard about the tea party at first is they didn't have an organized leadership, they weren't sure who was speaking for their organization and people are talking about this protest movement, becoming somewhat of a model of the tea party. >> reporter: absolutely. the tea party was a grass roots movement. suzanne, ever since the don of the tea party, they have yearned of a revolution of their own. how better to get than railing against wall street. >> that's the end result of banker overplaying their hand. they were already filthy rich. >> moore is lending his hand to the movement. the movement has spread to other cities with the help of facebook and twitter. hundreds of people have been arrested. we see some protesters dressed like zombies. they're attracting allies. including union. clout, money, anger at the powers that be, it kind of sort of sounds like the start of something. although protesters don't consider themselves political animals. >> we don't want to be, you k

i'm carol costello live from new york. it is a new day in every sense of the word for amanda knox.n the united states for the first time in four years. she returned to the u.s. with her family yesterday, just one day after an italian appeals court overturned her murder conviction in the death of her british roommate, meredith kercher. knox fought back tears thanking family and friends for their support during her time in prison. >> what's important for me is just saying 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 and be with them, so thank you for being there for me. >> italian prosecutors say they will appeal the knox ruling to italy's supreme court. >>> the wall street protesters are getting some reinforcements from groups who know a thing or two about demonstrations. several unions are endorsing the so-called occupy wall street movement and plan to join the protesters in new york's financial district today. the protests started several w

industrial average now down about 104 points. >>> you've been sounding off on our talk back question, carol costellour responses. carol? >> people had a lot to say about this, the talk back question today, should the president bypass congress if he thinks it will help the economy? michael, this does not seem interested in doing anything, why not? somebody needs to do something. this from mike, took him three years to discover we can't wait? i can't wait for this walking disaster to vacant the white house. the only thing he can accomplish is raising tons of money from hollywood fat cats and other naive folks. >>> has the congress done one thing to assist in job creation? no, i say go for it, mr. president. this from keith, why do we have a congress again? have any of you read the constitution? you deserve to live in the tyranny you are wishing for. keep the comments coming. i'll be back with you in about ten minutes. >>> thanks, carol. top of the hour, i'm joe johns. let's get you up to speed. a thrilling scene, two days after turkey's earthquake, live pictures right now of a rescue under way. we'll

i'm carol costello.> good morning. i'm alina cho. talk about an october surprise, and i'm not talking about politics. >> no. >> that storm was really -- >> it was vicious, wasn't it? >> it certainly was, and it came through fast and left just as fast, but boy, did it leave a trail of destruction. >> yes, it did, and that's up first. the aftermath of a rare and deadly october nor'easter, the storm dumping wet, slushy, heavy snow from maryland to maine. close to three feet of snow fell in new england, leaving millions without power this morning. it's literally postponed halloween in parts of new england. the "boston globe" reporting some towns rescheduled the holiday for friday instead. local officials don't want the kids out with so many power lines down. >>> and it was one of those weekends where travelers heard trouble. 40 passengers stuck on an amtrak train for 13 hours when a rockslide blocked the tracks in central massachusetts. >> at least they had a working bathroom on that train because they didn'

i'm carol costello joining you live from new york.th western culture and western-style television creeping into china, the chinese government finally says enough of that stuff. let's go around the world with zain verjee. she's live in london. so reality tv plays in china. american reality television. and the chinese government doesn't approve? >> yeah, dance with the stars, "american idol"-type shows, d e dating shows, talent shows. the chinese government is not happy about this. there's been a crackdown on shows like this. let me just illustrate one of the programs. it's called "if you are the one." it's a dating show in china. and the chinese government is saying this isn't good anymore. they want shows on the air, they say, that promote morality. now the problem with putting on shows that promote morality is that you lose viewers. that's one of the thing analysts are saying. also, too, don't forget that these kind of shows have a voting system. just like in the u.s. and china is not really a democratic country. but all of a sudden

carol costello joins us for more from new york. carol, come on.d me a political geek the last hour but i think there are a lot of people like me who love these contests. you learn more about these folks. yeah? >> well, i love them, too, but i'm not so sure about everyone else in america. it seems every time you turn around there is another republican debate. eight so far. at least another dozen to go. it's fair to say there are more debates this election cycle than ever before. one candidate rick perry appears to be saying enough is enough. >> these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it is pretty har to be able to sit an lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. >> incidentally, perry's campaign spokesman says his guy may be skipping some future debates because rick perry prefers answering questions directly from the voters or maybe perry just prefers not to have debate moments like this. >> stt mitt romney that was on the side of -- against the second amendment before he was for the second

carol costello with your responses. ot of folks looked at president obama and very carefully about what he believed, what he didn't believe, whether or not he went to church, who his pastor was. it looks like everybody gets this treatment. >> you mean reverend wright? >> yeah. >> yeah. that mattered a great deal to voters. so our question today, can't forget that, should a candidate's religion matter? this from al, initially some may think to say no, but when you think it through it just might. not because it's religion per se but because of the ethics and a practice and instill in their practitioners. this -- no, but their morals should. people think you can't and moral person without being religious, which is sad. harry -- doesn't matter a single bit. this voter based on personal character and prospective political agendas. once in office, frankly, romney's picks for foreign affairs are morer withsome than his religion. this from don -- absolutely. it will be examined every time a person makes a decision. i wish we cou