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john and christine. >> jim, thanks. >>> u.s. officials are claiming russian jets are flying in syrian air space. they say u.s. satellites are picking their activity. no isis targets in the area. there are questions about the motives behind the russian military build up. >> maybe it will come up when president obama and president vladimir putin meet on monday. >>> republican leaders moving ahead with a series of bills to prevent a shutdown. the procedure vote is expected monday. this issue is for all federal funding to be extended through december 11th, including planned parenthood. house speaker john boehner is not indicating if he is willing to hold a vote on the spending bill that does not defund planned parenthood. >>> time for an early start on your money. european and asian shares are mostly higher. could be a good end to a tough week for stocks. in part, because of the federal reserve warning of slowing global growth. that is the under current of the market. the fed janet yellen made the right call not raising interest rat

john and christine?thanks, jim. >>> secretary of state john kerry will deliver a speech in philadelphia today in support of the iran nuclear deal. it is called a major speech. this is part of the obama administration's full-court press to push the agreement through congress and, right now, the prospects look pretty good. two democratic senators say they support the measure which means the president needs just one more vote to essentially keep the senate from blocking the deal. >>> time for an early start on your money. asian stocks closed lower after another wild swing in stocks. it plunged 4% and rallied and recovered with a small loss when it closed. dow now down 12.5% from its high. the s&p 500 fell 3% and back into correction territory. ominous start to september which is historically the worse month for stocks. the problems? fresh worries about china's economy. plus tumbling oil prices. prices fell a whopping 7% yesterday, even for oil, that is a big hundred dunn way move. oil prices moving lower ag

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. big news in the republican primary race and big moment for donald trump here in new york city today. the gop frontrunner and all of the republican candidates asked to sign a loyalty pledge vowing support for the eventual nominee while ruling out a third party run. this is a pledge trump has rejected in the past, but today, he will meet with reince priebus here in new york. all signs indicate trump will sign the document. trump will hold a news conference at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. this is not enforceable. he can sign the pledge and go back on it later. >> is this normal you have the party to sign an oath? >> the national party, yes, across the board. again, there is no way to enforce it. >> nontroversy. >>> trump and bush are escalating their feud. trump telling bright bart news i like jeb, he's a nice man, but he should set the example by speaking english while in the united states. the former florida governor who speaks fl spea speaks fluant spanish. trump is described as the cand

christine and john. >>> thanks, ed.ng rise in murder rates in cities across the united states. milwaukee tops the list with 104 homicides so far this year. that's a 76% increase over 2014. st. louis, baltimore, washington, new orleans and chicago also suffering these high murder rates. some officials believe intense scrutiny of police departments and use of force made officers less aggressive and emboldening criminal criminals. >>> the family of kate steinle plans to file a claim against the san francisco sheriff, bureau of land management and immigration and customs enforcement casting blame on the agencies for her shooting death in july. the suspect, juan sanchez lopez was in the country despite being deported five times. >>> the supreme court refusing to intervene on the behalf of kim davis because it conflict was her religious beliefs. her continued refusing could result in fines or jail time. she will consider what to do next. >>> a late summer heat wave hitting the east. let's get to meteorologist pedram javaheri.

john and christine. >>> thank you, ed.more police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will stand trial. the judge denied the dismissal and rejected to remove the state attorney from the case. the charges range from police misconduct to involuntary manslaughter. gray died of spinal injuries in police custody. >>> the police response to unrest in ferguson, missouri is an example not to handle the issues. that is after the report from the michael brown shooting last summer. the report cites poor community relations with police and military style tactics that simply antagonize demonstrators. >>> south carolina governor nicki haley spoke to the press club. she says the strategy of yell and scream has gained national attention, but made it part of the problem. >> most of the people who live in terror because local police are too intimidated to do their jobs. black lives do matter and they have been disgracefully jeopardized by the movement in ferguson and baltimore. >> haley says south carolina can be a model for easin

christine. >> certainly a tragedy there. thank you so much for that, becky. >>> we have breaking news out of yemen. at least 29 people dead in a bomb attack in a mosque. this happened as worshippers were attending prayer service. the officials say the death toll there could rise. at this point, no group has come forward claiming responsibility. a number of attacks on mosques. >>> the defense department denying reports that rebels in syria have defected to al qaeda. earlier this week, 71 rebels returned to syria after the training course in turkey. one of the rebel commanders distanced himself from the pentagon claiming the group will fight as an independent faction. those rebels have surrendered their pentagon weapons. >>> and hackers who stole security files from government employees got away with 5.6 million fingerprint records. that is 4.5 million more than originally reported. that is coming before the state visit to washington from chinese president xi jinping. they believe china is responsible for the data breach, but

. >> i'm christine romans. a new batch of e-mails from hillary clinton's time as secretary of state released overnight by the state department. most of the 7,000 e-mails are mundane. some are eye catching over the private e-mail server. in one exchange, they expresses frustration of a treatment of the classified sending it over the classified messages system. it's a public statement. just e-mail it. when she receives the draft remar remarks, she responds, these worthy of being top secret. another from chelsea blasts the relief efforts in haiti as i incompetent. and more than 100 in the batch marked classified retroactively. we have elise labott with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, 125 of the 7,000 e-mails released last night have information that has now been upgraded to classified. percentage wise, that is double than the previous charge. it suggests the state department is erring on the classified more because of the scrutiny from the intelligence community. the information was not marked classif

christine. >>> thank you. seattle duck boat involved in the crash on the bridge last week failed to get an axle repair that was recommended in 2013. this is not clear if the owner of ride the ducks was aware of the warning. a fifth student died on sunday. more than a dozen others are still hospitalized. >>> new details emerging of freddie gray's arrest and transportation. one officer told investigators gray asked for medical help, but did not get it because they thought he might be faking his injuries. gray died from a spinal injury sustained in custody. the report says some police statements providing differing accounts of what happened. the judge orders trials separately. >>> the tsa reported a record number of firearms turned up recently. agents found 67 guns in one week in september alone. officials say 56 were loaded. 26 had a round in the chamber. the new head of the tsa has said his top priority is closing security gaps at check points. >>> china's president set to speak before the united nations. plent

john and christine? >> thanks, jim. >>> secretary of state john kerry will deliver a speech in philadelphia today in support of the iran nuclear deal. it's part of the obama administration's full-court press to push the agreement through congress and, right now, the prospects looking good. two democratic senators, casey and koons, say they support the measure which means the president needs just one more vote to essentially keep the senate from blocking the deal. >> he might not need a veto. a possibility at this point. >>> new revelations the united states has launched a secret drone campaign to hunt down isis operatives in syria according to "the washington post." according to the cia they are involved in a clandestine targeted killing program and also conducted several keldeadl strikes and one killing an extremist. the secret drone program marks a significant escalation of the cia's involvement in the fighting inside syria. >>> 10 minutes past the hour. time for an early start on your money. stocks a

christine, john. >>> thank you, jason.early 500,000 people forced from their homes after deadly floods. we have pictures and rescue efforts next from japan. >>> devastating flooding in eastern japan. more than 2 feet of rain has fallen since monday. the downpour sent flood water raging through communities and it left three people dead and nearly two dozen others missing. for the latest from cnn, we have will ripley in joso city, north of tokyo. the rain has stopped and the sun is out, but it is still a dangerous situation. >> reporter: that is right, christine. this is the first time cars have been able to drive along this street. cars are finding if they drive on the water-covered streets, they are getting stuck. one driver got stuck thinking he could cross. you can see what happened to the cars. they were floating because the water was higher here yesterday. this is one of the areas where you saw the pictures of the rescues happening. people standing on the apartment balconies. standing up on this second story waving for

john, christine. >>> barbara starr, thank you. judge set to make a pivotal ruling for six police officers accused in freddie gray's death. those details next. >>> police in baltimore bracing for protests as a judge prepares to rule today for six officers charged in freddie gray's arrest and death. this hearing comes after unanimous approval of the $6.4 million civil settlement with the gray family. the mayor says it will avoid years of litigation. has no bearing on the criminal trials of the police officers. >> the civil claims is unrelated to the criminal case of the police officers. this should not be interpreted as passing any judgment on guilt or innocence of the officers. >> still the police union claims the settlement is proof the six officers cannot get a fair trial in baltimore. >>> new this morning, former tennis star james blake says he was man handled by police officers in what new york officers admit was mistaken identity. he was waiting for a car outside his hotel to take him to the u.s. open. he said police officers

john and christine. >> critical, indeed t. moderator, cnn's jake taper the cnn political correspondent dana bash and radio host hugh hewitt will join in the questioning. i had a chance to talk to jake about the candidates. he says the candidates will have a clanlsz to face off with each other and front-runner donald trump, but it will fought be a free for all. >> we have questions. we have order. this is a debate. we do want people to bring some sort of spontaneity to it. if they want to weigh in on a topic and i haven't called on them, we'll see what happens. generally speaking, we do have an order. everybody will be called on in every block. that's the hope in any case. and we're going to have as much engagement as possible. now, i will say the candidates who want to take the debate and use it as an opportunity to pivot and recite their seven talking points i think they will as in the last debate vanish. the one was engage and have exchanges not with me but with their fellow candidates who i will be asking them to address. i

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm christine romans.ter headlining the cnn debate, donald trump failed to denounce a supporter who stood up and claimed president obama is a muslim and quote not even an american. cnn's sara murray was there. >> reporter: good morning, christine and alison. trump back on the campaign trail in rochester, new hampshire after his performance with the debate. he is fielding questions in new hampshire, something he doesn't do all that often. it got off to the problematic start with one supporter. >> i'm from white plains. amen. we have a problem in this country. it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. you know he's not even an american. birth certificate, man. anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. that's my question. when can we get rid of them. >> we are looking at a lot of things. a lot of people are saying that and a lot of people are saying bad things are happening out there. we will look at that and plenty of other things. >> reporter: you can see donald tru

i'm christine romans. it is a monumental week for your money.ld cut interest rates for the first time in nine years. that would shift the foundation under everyone. chief janet yellen and the policymakers could take away the emergency stimulus that has been propping the economy and stocks for six years. the recent turmoil for stocks may complicated fed's timeline. more expensive car loans and credit cards. everyone would feel it. >>> gas prices have dropped 27 cents in the past three weeks. according to the survey, the average price is $2.44. remarkable down more than $1 from a year ago. gas is cheaper than milk. cheaper than bottled water. prices are expected to keep falling as refineries are switching to the winter blend. >>> parents, is your child looking at college? the white house launched a new college scorecard. it gives them important information about how much the typical graduate makes ten years down the road and the average monthly loan payment for a graduate of that college. too many families are borrowing too much money and they don

john, christine. >> rosa, thanks. the pope's meeting with the president, he spoke to 300 bishops. he praised their courage as they bring healing to victims of sexual abuse by priests. those are words of outrage. he said they showed quote cowardace, not courage. he was met by people at the campus of washington university. he was there to cannonize a new american. junipero serra. many see serra as a symbol of the mission ancestor of oppressi oppression. from there, the pope made an unscheduled visit. he met with the nuns from the little sisters of the poor. they have been fighting obamacare that requires birth control in health plans. he focused on their ministry to the elderly poor. the speaks person said he spoke to us from the youngest populism to the elderly. he may not have spoken about the lawsuit, but that sent a message. >>> the pope will be welcomed to jfk airport by mayor de blasio. you can imagine security for the pope's visit is a top concern for the new york police department. the nypd says there are no kno

i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik.ping this morning, donald trump on the defensive after the republican debate after he fails to correct a supporter at the new hampshire town hall. a supporter who claims president obama is a muslim and quote not even american. cnn's sara murray was there. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump on the campaign trail here in new hampshire. fresh off the performance at the cnn gop debate. he is fielding questions from voters in new hampshire. something he doesn't do often. it got off to a pretty awkward start when one voter said the problem with america is muslims. >> i like this guy. >> i'm from white plains. we have a problem in this country. it's called muslims. we know our current president is one. you know he is not even american. birth certificate, man. anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. that's my question. when can we get rid of them? >> we will look at a lot of different things. a lot of people are saying that bad things are happening. we will look

john and christine. >>> dana bash. hillary clinton says she will not hesitate using force against iran. clinton offered strong support for the nuclear deal in a speech in washington. she mixed in a sizable dose of caution. we have cnn's brianna keilar with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton heads to ohio today after laying out support for the president's iran deal in washington. clinton said the u.s. should seize the chance to block iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ripping up the deal is unrealistic and dangerous. clinton emphasized her skepticism saying her motto would be distrust, but verify. she would not hesitate to use military force to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. she showed flashes of rumor in the speech. something her advisers urged her to do as they try to turn around her falling poll numbers. here she is laughing off a coughing fit. >> i apologize my voice. suffering under massive allergy assault. yes, republican histiamines are everywhere. >> r

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christine, boris. >> thank you, rosa. the pope's u.s. tour, including washington, new york and philadelphia has triggered one of the largest security mobileizations in american history, jointly run by the fbi, it involves, city, state officers, part of the reason is we know the pope is spontaneous. he often reaches out, interacts with the huge crowds he draws and it's also complicated by the variety of places he will be visiting. >> each venue is different and presents different challenges, an outdoor event as opposed to an indoor events. an outdoor event as we see on the ben franklin parkway in philadelphia creates enormous challenges. we have to adapt to that. have you to have structure. if you don't have structure, you have man and you have to have routes available so if there is an incident, we can certainly get the holy father out of the city. >> make sure to stay with cnn for live coverage of the pope's visit all day long. >>> another big high profile visit today, china's president touring washington state. tensions between the u.s

i'm christine romans. >> it's september 30th. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. breaking news, just a few hours ago the state of georgia executed a female inmate for orchestrating the 1977 murder of her husband. her death by lethal injection followed pleas for mercy from her children and from pope francis. cnn's martin savage has more. >> reporter: it went well beyond the time she should have been dead. prison official put the execution on hold to let the legal process run its course. >> she was very strong and she was very assured in whatever the process was going to be and she handled her successful the poise there was a beyond belief. >> but when the last court turned her dourn, time and hope ran out. her attorneys weren't the only once fighting on her behalf. her grown children begged the parole board to commute her life in prison. >> she is so supportive. i can talk to her about any troubles i have i know she's my biggest cheerleader. my brother and i want my mom to live. she is all we have left. >> even the vatican weighed in with a letter saying quote, ple

. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, september 22nd. the pontiff will fly to washington for his first visit to the united states. this is a unique gesture by the president and sign of great importance he is placing on the pope's visit. the white house is trying hard to not take political advantage of the pope. with more on that, here is jim acosta. >> reporter: the white house is going to great lengths to take the politics out of the visit to the u.s. that may be impossible as pope francis and president obama are strong allies as the white house led the charge on same-sex marriage and the pope says climate change is a grave issue with grave implications. the president counted on the pope for the nuclear deal and policy on cuba. with the next election heating up, the white house is trying to downplay the issue it is all about politics. here is what the white house press secretary had to say. >> no plan or strategy put in place to stage an event to advance political agenda. >> reporter: some republicans are steamed that the white house is

i'm alison kosik. >> i'm christine romans.r attacks ahead of the gop debate on wednesday night. donald trump expanding his already wide lead and ben carson in second place, solidly. all of the candidates in single digit s scrambles to device a strategy to end donald trump's reign. republican party chairman reince priebus warning jake tapper he is expect to referee a rough game. >> you know what every canned difficulty will do what they need to do to benefit their own campaigns and there will be more elbows thrown at that debate. you will have your hands full. >> it should make for an exciting debate in simi valley, california. that is where cnn's athena jones is located. she has the latest. >> reporter: good morning, christine and alison. we are two days away from the debate at the ronald reagan libra library. the stage is set. the podiums are up. the candidates are getting ready. one of the big themes of the season has been the strength of outsider candidates like donald trump. he is the gop frontrunner and ben carson who is

christine, boris. >> okay. thanks for that. new york and philadelphia has triggered one of the largest mobile security operations in american history. jointly one u run by the secret service and fbi, it will involve federal, state and city law enforcement officer, their tasks complicated by the fact this pope wants to spontaneously reach out and interact with the huge crowds he always draws and be i the variety of locations he'll visit. >> each venue presents different challenges, an outdoor event with an indoor event. an outdoor event such as the ben parkway in philadelphia, it creates enormous challenges, we have to adapt to that. we have. we have to have structure f. you don't have structure, you have man. we have to have routes available if there is an incident we can certainly get the holy father out of the city. >> stay with c in n for the pope's visit all day long. quite a lot going on here today. we will bring you those events as they happen. >> another visitor, china's president touring washington state with tensions b

i'm christine romans. let's get an early start on your money. stage for the cnn debate, they want to focus on the issue like the economy. minimum wage, dr. ben carson, the candidate who says he is willing to raise the federal minimum wage. trump wants immigration restricted. and then finally ceo pay, trump took a shot at pay for ceos and hedge fund managers. >>> mark cuban says he could crush donald trump in a presidential election. the billionaire businessman said he would beat hillary clinton. he said in an e-mail, i think the conformity the republicans require on social issues will make a far easier for any democratic nominee not named hillary. i think she has lost her shot. cuban says he has no interest in running, but if he did, he would simplify the tax code and address income inequity and computer automated trading in the stock market. everyone was abuzz. he could win against trump or clinton. >>> the republican presidential debate is one day away. "new day" starts now. >> carly is giving me a hard time although her poll numbers are horri

>> good wednesday morning, christine, yes, i think the rain is certainly going to help.t be a washout or a significant amount of rainfall. i think both fires in northern california will see a quarter to half an inch of rainfall. anything as far as rain will increase the humidity. it's good news for the firefighters. the other story, of course, the big story out of southwestern utah, where we have this rainfall is believed to be on the rarity, somewhere between one and a 200 year escent. about two inches per hour for that region, of course, the flash flooding, the quintessential flash flooding scenario. you see the water levels rise quickly up to four feet. it drops within one hour back to about a foot. within 15 minutes, you have another second wave of waters come up to over 6 feet. in this sort of scenario certainly catches people off guard and makes it a deadly story, in what has occurred across this region of utah. we leave you here with high temperatures across the eastern side of the country. summer variety for just about everyone. upper '80s for minneapolis. around

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i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik. it is 30 minutes past the hour. the white house claims it has new clarity of russian objectives after the first face-to-face sit down with president obama and vladimir putin in two years. the clarity and some military coordination in syria seems to be all the u.s. has achieved at this point. the two leaders toasting at lunch, but look at them. an icy glare there. then shaking hands stiffly before meeting for 90 minutes in the united nations conference room. obama and putin facing off in speeches outlining differences for how to fight terror. putin saying it is a mistake for refusing to cooperate with the assad regime. this morning, president obama hosts a summit with countries fighting isis except for putin who is not expected to attend. for more, let's bring in cnn's matthew chance. how much of an issue is it that putin will not be attending this meeting today? >> reporter: i don't think it is necessarily going to spell the end of any cooperation with russia and the united states. th

>> reporter: well, iain, we just spoke with christine kessler the transgender woman from south carolina who is now making plans to have her sex reassignment surgery over the next 24 hours. this after a judge denied her parents motion to stop that surgery. the last 16 months christine has been planning to have a sex change operation schedule for yesterday. but buck county common pleas court judge stepped in the 11th hour stopping that surgery for today's emergency hearing. that's because her parents from ohio filed an injunction arguing christine was not competent enough to make an informed decision. they cite depression and former substance abuse issues dating back to her childhood. but after a day long hearing a judge denied that motion and ruled christine is competent enough to make her own decisions. she spoke us moments after that order was handed down. >> i have compassion for my parents and i really feel bad, you know, that if they're suffering, you know, like i hope that some day they can have some piece about this and, um, you know they can see -- that they got loving of loving

get a load of this, christine.c, the fed meeting that sets interest rates, fomc meets the week after the deadline. if there is a shutdown, could this influence janet yellen? >> i say there is never a good time to raise rates. when you look at this happening, you could almost argue they should have done it by now. they should have -- it is never a good time to start a diet. never a good time to raise interest rates. let me switch gears and ask you about donald trump. he will unveil his tax plan at 11:00 a.m. we will carry all of the details. he talked about it on "60 minutes." listen to what he said. >> there will be a large segment of our country that will have a zero rate. that's something i haven't told anybody. >> you are talking about? >> people in the low income brackets that are supposed to be paying taxes. many don't anyway. >> we know these broad brush strokes. the lowest bracket is 10%. the substance portion do not pay taxes because the way the tax code is written to give them benefits. cut corporate taxes

john and christine. >> jim, thanks. a lot of questions about what pope francis might say on the visit to the u.s. he will probably discuss the flaws of american capitalism. a theme he has stuck to since the 1990s. pope francis wrote a book in 1998 with a focus on the limits of capitalism. it lacks morals and promotes greed and selfish behavior. over the years, he has been critical of the way capitalism caused destruction of the environment and increased inequality. he tweeted inequality is the root of all evil. >>> overnight, a new position by ben carson on the idea of a muslim in the white house. he is standing by the statement, carson did add exception. >> if someone has a muslim background and they are willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we have and clearly will swear to place our constitution above their religion, then, of course, they will be considered infidels. at least i would then be willing to support them. >> carson's statements provoked several responses from his republican oppo

, christine lagarde, heard the case before a panel. the ruling was overturned in february this year as links between the lawyers and judges were exposed. christine lagarde phot accusations she had given him preferential treatment -- fought accusations she had given him preferential treatment in exchange for political support. find that not only was he not robbed, but the banks did him a service. since the contentious sale, the 72-year-old has filed for bankruptcy, spent time in prison, and then placed under investigation for fraud. 's mosttill one of france colorful and controversial figures. >> time will tell what happens with this affair. let's bring you up-to-date on other stories we are watching. concerns of a slowing global economy has prompted india to cut interest rates to 6.75%. a bid to kickstart economic growth. india has been undeñaw=>>ú>7 09/29/15 09/29/15 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica this is democracy now! >> the united states is prepared to work with any nation, including russia and

. >> reporter: christine says she has identified as female since the age of 13 and dressed as a woman in college. and repressed it for years with alcohol and drugs. >> which really is a hard thing when you are torn apart like a rag doll. >> reporter: tuesday was the day agony ended, doctor christine mcgin had performed a thousand regender assignment surgery wrist and she was scheduled to perform her operation until the parents, claude and ingrid kissler traveled from yeah to the doctor's on to stop it. >> they filed court papers a alleging christine born a boy named christopher suffers from mild retardation, suicidal thoughts and serious medical conditions that make surgery to risky. they say christine is not mentally stable and they want to be named guardians so they can get her treatment. >> this isn't a competency hearing, guardianship hearing, thinks a difference of opinion hearing. >> reporter: christine's attorneys say using the court's to stop gender reassignment the is unheard of. christine says, that she has been preparing for her surgery, for a year, and plans to move forwar

i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik. the white house claims it has new clarity on russian objectives this morning after the first face-to-face sit down with president obama and putin in two years. that clarity and military coordination in syria seem to be all the u.s. achieved. the two leaders toasting at lunch with an icy glare and shaking hands stiffly before meeting in the united nations conference room for 90 minutes. obama and putin facing off in speeches for how to fight islamic terror. putin calling it an enormous mistake for refuse to cooperate with the assad regime. president obama blaming assad for the power vacuum that allows isis to spread. president obama will host a summit with leaders from dozens of countries fighting isis, except for putin who is not expected to attend. for more, let's bring in cnn's matthew chance. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, alison. that meeting that president obama will host and russia unattending because they say we will not take part in any military action in syria unles

john and christine. >>> fascinating. the most important and surprising political story overnight may have been this. joe biden. very emotional. casting doubt on the potential bid for the presidency. this came during a remarkable appearance on "the late show with stephen colbert." he spoke about his faith and parents and raw pain about the death of husband son beau. >> look, i don't think any man or woman should run for president unless number one, they know exactly why they would want to be president and two, they can look folks out there and say i promise you you have my whole heart and passion and energy and soul to do this. i would be lying if i said that i knew i was there. >> he doesn't know he's there. it's fascinating to hear him say that. so candid with colbert. especially with how he's coping with the loss of his son. he told a story about a moments during a recent visit to a military base. >> i was talking about the backbone of this country. all of a sudden it was going great. and a guy in the back yells, major

only at gnc. >>> hi will, i'm christine romans.y start on your money this wednesday morning. big rebounds for stocks around the world on the last day of a terrible quarter. if sentiment holds, stocks in the u.s. will rise today to close out september. it was the worst quarter in four years. investors say good riddence and wonder if now might be the time to get back if for the end of the year. perhaps the worst has been factored into commodity and stocks. that's the narrative this morning. >> when will the feds raise interest rates? will commodities prices find the floor and will looming debt ceiling deadline usher in a political fight in washington? >>> more oil jobs slashed as a result of cheap energy. chesapeake plans to cut 15% of its work force, that's 740 employees. most will be in oklahoma city. that's where chesapeake is based. their stock has plunged nearly 70% over the past year, during that time, u.s. companies have slashed more than 86,000 jobs because of falling oil prices. the tesla model x suv is finally here. they ha

i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik.onald trump declaring his allegiance to the republican party and pulling further ahead in the polls. after declaring he would not sign a gop loyalty pledge, the front running trump did that. why the sudden about face? >> the best way for the republicans to win is if i win the nomination and go directly against whoever they happen to put up. for that reason, i have signed the pledge. >> look at this. look at the latest monmouth university poll. 30% is a new high for trump. for more on his decision to embrace the republican party, we turn to cnn's dana bash. >> reporter: i have covered politics for a long time and i have never quite seen an event like what happened at trump tower. that is the chairman of a party flying from washington to go to the home of the candidate to sign a pledge to be a member of that party. this is the world of donald trump. of course, all of this is happening because trump is relatively new to the gop. he is doing well. he has his highest poll ratings nationally

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. monday, september 21st. new controversy in the race for president this morning. ben carson says a muslim should not be president. donald trump suggests we might already have a muslim. >> could you imagine supporting or being comfortable if a muslim ever became president of the united states? >> i can say that, you know, it is something that at some point could happen. we'll see. it is something that could happen. would i be comfortable? i don't know if we have to address it right now. it is something that could happen. >> you said you had no problem. >> some people said it already happened. of course you would not agree with that. >> now ben carson and donald trump find themselves in a reorder for battle for president. carly fiorina riding away from her cnn debate performance. she received a rock star welcome in michigan and says she has ever intention of milking the attention and focusing on her campaign. >> more people know who i am and we know based on what's happened before this debate that as people com

. >> and i'm christine romans. nice to see you. hillary clinton directly apologizing for using a private e-mail server while serving as secretary of state. the democratic front-runner trying a new response to stubborn controversy, bringing the message of regret to ellen degeneres and on facebook overnight, she goes on facebook and apologizes. for the latest let's bring in briana krieler. >> reporter: hillary clinton is still leading in the polls. she's been dipping and bernie sanders and vice president joe biden not even a declared candidate are on the rise. in polls, democratic voters say they actually don't really care about this e-mail controversy but it is killing the clinton's campaign to cut through the message that resonates with voters. so, for the first time after months of resistance, hillary clinton trying to turn the corner on this by very directly apologizing. >> in retrospect, certainly, as i look back at it now, even though it was allowed, i should have used two accounts. one for personal and one for work-related e-m

madam christine lagarde, the managing director of the imf.k to you. >> thank you to you, sarah eisen. it is slowing, the recovery, meaning the imf is not asking the fed not to raise. we said the best thing is to move and then not to have to move back. then saying it would be a pity if lawmakers are getting used to the dysfunction surrounding the replacement, for instance, of the speaker of the house. >> yeah. saying we should leverage the u.s.'s relative strength in this global economy. quite a few important comments. including that this market downturn overall looks healthy, but she's concerned about the impact on leg people. >> even suggest, i thought was curious, that emerging markets exposure to rising intus rates in her view, some of the volatility. they said it has been priced in. we will see. of course, we're closing out the quarter. nice morning rally. it's fading as we speak. we're up about 160 points on the dow. that's well below session highs. we did get some bearish oil inventory numbers. we'll be watching the afternoon session. l

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. >> the tall blonde in the dress and heels is christine kitzler. >> are you surprised that this actually ended up in court? >> i am shocked. >> by now she expected to be in recovery from gender reassignment surgery. >> when i was eight years old or so, i knew something was wrong. it was an empty feeling. >> we began at the beginning of the week, in a routine manner, i called christine, we made sure she was ready for surgery, and all of a sudden, i walk into my office on monday and her parents are in my office. >> it was a day in court with parents who know her as christopher. fighting for a guardianship order and mental evaluation. >> these are loving and carry ing parents who drove from cleveland ohio to be here. because they wanted to make sure their son is making an informed, conscious safe decision. >> the judge rejected their plea. leaving the decision on christine's future up to her. >> i'm not surprised or anything, i know in a this is right. i mean, it's just right. >> reporter: her attorney and her doctor tell me they have not seen a case like this before, which is why it was be

kpix 5's christin ayers was there this evening. christin. >> reporter: yeah. we have actually been here since this checkpoint to let people into middletown opened around noon today and you can see people have been lined up all day up and down this highway trying to get back into middletown. you can see there is a checkpoint set up here signs that say residents only. people are passing through for the first time as law enforcement officials give them the okay to finally go back home. these among the first cars to roll through the middletown checkpoint around noon today. >> this is going to allow you to drive in the community that's not closed so leave that sticker on there. >> reporter: a bumper-to-bumper backup of evacuees who have spent days waiting to find out what happened to their homes. >> a lot of loss, a lot of fire damage. devastating. >> reporter: now waiting just a little longer. >> been waiting all week. kind of a nice moment to get up there but on the other hand i'm not sure i'm ready to see it. >> reporter: this middletown rest denied said his hom

i'm christine romans. >> i'm alison kosik. up next, bernie sanders surging ahead of hillary clinton and closing the gap in iowa. look at the latest nbc/marist poll. with a commanding nine-point lead in the granite state. in iowa, sanders trails clinton by 11 points. the former secretary of state led him by 24 points in july. hillary clinton campaigning the labor day in iowa. >> it will be a hard election. the other side has said they will spend, do and say anything to win back the white house. i have a little experience with that. i am confident whatever they throw at me, i can throw it right back. >> for more on sanders' sudden surge, let's bring in correspondent jeff zeleny in iowa. >> reporter: as we begin the campaign season, the traditional start of the campaign, the race is more unsettled. in iowa and new hampshire, hillary clinton can feel the burn from bernie sanders. bernie sanders is leading by nine points according to the most, poll in new hampshire. in iowa, where i am, she is only leading by 11 points. that is cut

. >> christin ayers is in calistoga tonight and she has more. christin? >> reporter: yeah, the big news tonight was the lake county sheriff telling people here the death toll on this fire could ruse even as firefighters start to get control of the flames and get closer to getting evacuees back home. for days they have been waiting for answers for permission to return home. tonight, people evacuated from the valley fire got grim news. >> as many of you know already, we have had three confirmed fatalities. i hate to say it but i expect to find more. >> reporter: followed by perhaps the best news many had heard all week. >> we are going to repopulate the next 24 hours. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: a time line for when people can finally go home. >> we are looking at seven days. we are looking at seven days. the command team, the management team, we are looking at it. >> reporter: but there are many questions that could not yet be answered. >> for the people who lost their homes, is there going to fema brought in? >> we are going to get you in as soon

we've got writer christine flowers. we enjoy what you write. ajay raju, attorney.nd renee amoore, gop state official. >> good morning. >> it was amazing after watching the septa tickets linger and linger and linger. once they got to these actual tickets for events, they went in seconds. but the question is, did they go to people who really are going to use them or people who saw an opportunity for profit? "a free ticket that i can now resell on ebay or someplace else." what is the message to be taken out of how fast those tickets went -- that this is going to be a blockbuster event or people who are looking to profit? >> you know, i think that there's a difference between a septa issue. and if there are only gonna be 500,000 people in town, those tickets were going to go quickly. i mean, so the ticket -- but i do think that the city has done -- the convention & visitors bureau, visit philadelphia, and the administration have done a better job over the last several weeks toning down people's sense of how challenging it's going to be to move. it's gonna be challengin

our christin ayers is live along highway 29 and christin, it sounds like it could be a long road home. >> reporter: definitely. we talked to some of the people lined up along this road earlier today. it was jammed with cars in both directions as far as the i can see. many of those people telling me they just wanted to go home. dozens of evacuees with everything they could get out before the fire roared through middletown. for the past week the wait something the hardest part. >> it's terrible. it's terrible. just nervous right on the edge of wanting to scream. >> reporter: today, it finally ended. >> this is going to allow to you drive within the community. >> reporter: a caravan of whack wes made their way back into middletown to see for the first time what's left. >> i expect about half the city to be gone. i know several friends that have lost everything in a matter of minutes. it just went up. >> reporter: his apartment survived but others are coming home to scenes like this. everything they owned burned to the ground. their lives and livelihoods left in ruins. but the people of m

. >> i'm christine romans. it is monday, september 21st. let's start with controversy in the republican race for president. ben carson says a muslim should not be president. donald trump suggests we might already have a muslim president. >> can you imagine supporting or comfortable with a muslim ever became president of the united states? >> i can say that, you know, it is something that at some point could happen. we'll see. you know, it is something that could happen. would i be comfortable? i don't know we have to address it right now. it is something that could happen. >> you said you had no problem putting a muslim. >> some people said it already happened, frankly. you wouldn't agree with that. >> trump and carson find themselves in reordered battle to become president. carly fiorina vaulted in second place in the cnn/orc poll. riding the wave from the cnn debate. she received rock star applause in michigan. she intends to milk every minute of the attention. >> we know based on what happened before the debate, people come to know and m

christine lagarde said policymakers must a certain that u.s.inflation and jobs are strong enough to justify a rise in interest rates. she spoke as ministers discussed the pressures that such a hike may place on a fragile global recovery. rise of come, it must be for good and not followed by a u-turn in strategy. in a $50 million investment artificial intelligence. they will establish joint centers. the plan is for toyota to develop vehicles that can recognize objects and interact with other road users. coming up -- migrants dreaming big as they try to carve out and france. here's some of their stories later in the program. hikead: and a fed rate will still hit the markets hard. "asia edge" returns in a couple of minutes. ♪ storiesecond look at making of lines run the world. week,d: man arrested last and police found bomb making materials in his apartment. police are hunting another man who showed that apartment. 20 people were killed in the attacks on the shrine and more than 120 wounded. angie: north and south korea are due to hold talks on re