chris parker is with us tonight. what you are about to hear you are not going to believe. >>> this holiday weekend families are gathering to remember what we are thankful for in our lives. here's something you won't hear. being thankful for getting cancer. our next guest is saying that. here is crystal parker. i had to double read that. you say you are thankful for getting cancer. why? >> it was an experience that changed my life. it helped me to put things in perspective. i have always been a prayerful person with a great spirit. this helped me not worry about a lot of things that weren't important anymore. >> you had breast cancer. what was your reaction to that? >> i was like, okay, god, i got the opinion. i said okay, god, this is what i have to deal with. what do you want me to do with this? >> were you angry? >> not at all. that's what was so exciting. during my treatment i was able to talk to people who were bitter and angry. a lot of my mission was to be there as a present and share my experience with other p

chris, back to you. >> all right, carl parker, thank you. >>> a new study shows that a simple medication could lead tot loss with no dieting and no exercise. researchers in texas gave monkeys a protein compound called etapoteid. it targets the blood supply of fat cells and kills them. after just 28 daily injections of the drug, obese monkeys lost an average of 11% of their body weight. researchers have applied for fda approval to begin trials in people. >>> the november 23rd deadline is fast approaching, but the congressional super committee working to develop a plan to reduce the deficit has hit another roadblock. they're trying to find at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings over ten years. kelly o'donnell is live for us. what's the latest problem? >> reporter: it seems very bleak because you've got some of the entrenched positions we've seen from erepublicans and democrats back and forth over time. what has been going on is they have been offering each other proposals, and there has been some sniping back and forth about that. now, republicans say they are willing to make some changes in tax reven

chris matthews. welcome to the show. with us today, cnbc's jim cramer, "the washington post's" kathleen parker, cnn's gloria borger and "the huffington post's" howard fineman. first up, barack obama's hopes in a race against mitt romney rest on next year's economy. on sunday's "new york times," the electoral college analyst says if there's no g.d.p. growth next year, it would give romney an 80% chance of beating obama but if there's 4% growth, the tables are concerned. the obama campaign will pummel romney to make him unacceptable. >> you're campaigning as the man who can fix the economy. look at your record, sir. two u.s. plants were closed, 2,000 workers were laid off. chris: far from running from his ties to business, romney is boasting about his success. >> that business was one of the largest and most successful and in my party, we celebrate success, we don't attack success, we celebrate it. chris: jim cramer, you tend to agree. here's a piece of a cramer rant about the president and business. >> disdain is off the charts. he's hated like jimmy carter was hated and i think we got to tell our viewers that and when the

chris, back to you. >> you are right, carl. nice to have more moderate temperatures with so many people still without power. thank you for that, carl parkereaking news to tell you about. a plane that left new york, landed in poland making an emergency landing. it's a boeing 767 at warsaw international. apparently what happened was its landing gear wouldn't come down. and so the plane had to land on its belly. you just saw it there. 240 people were on board. they had to circle, which is what they do to burn off fuel because of those hard landings that they make when the landing gear won't come down. but serve oeverybody is off, we told. no injuries at this point. >>> just two weeks before the supercommittee has to deliver its recommendations to reduce the country's deficit by $1.5 trillion. today thereat committee will hear from former co-chairs of the bipartisan debt panel. allan simpson and erskine bowles. earlier they told congress they must act. >> what's right for this country is to solve this long-term fiscal problem. we face the most predictable economic crisis in history. the fiscal path we're on is not sustainable. they know it, a

julie: michelle parker, a missing florida mom, they say the cross necklace could turn up clues to where she is. chrislin's company handles cases like this. how may this cross necklace lead police to to kind of tips? >> any time there is jewelry that's unique it helps as an identifier. somebody sees the necklace, they may not notice the mom the, they will say i have seen that necklace it was on a lady in this part of orlando. but it's an odd case. julie: let's talk about the ex-boyfriend, the ex-fiance. the man she was fighting about over an engagement ring on the people's court. after the taped episode she turns up missing. we are getting more information about his background. he was in the military and record show he was dishonorably discharged. and record from the pentagon show he was court margsd and several charges including domestic battery and drug possession. i'm no detective but what are you thinking when you hear this? >> you are enough a detective to know that's where the case starts and may end. you have dale smith not only was he convicted of drug possession in 2003, but also domestic bat