david kerley, abc news, washington. >> a long strange trip for sure.e saying, analysts looking, more deeply at poll numbers. saying newt gingrich is starting to climb and could emerge to the head of the pack. >> i'm surprised cain is doing so well given all of these allegations. i think one thing when you have one woman, maybe come forward and talk sexual harassment, two or three. so surprised he has so many supporters. >> raised a ton of money after the scandal. >> more. >> turning to politics overseas, a new leader will guide greece through the next stage. prime minister george papandreou is stepping down after sparking worldwide outrage by putting that bailout plan to a popular vote, a later he reneged. the government will be faced with pushing the dead rescue plan through the parliament. >> out has been over a month since american exchange student amanda knox was acquitted. she stayed out of the public eye since then. now her former boyfriend and co-defendant is shedding light on their nightmare. abc's scott goldberg has the story. >> reporter: to

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> and another protest to report on tonight this one in washington where thousand environmentalists garred outside the white house today in protest against that controversial proposed keystone oil pipeline from candida from canada to the gulf of mexico, some say it's a disaster waiting to happen. the decision on 7 billion project expected by the end of the year but may be postponed pending review from the president. >>> drones hugely successful in remote, dangerous reasons, racking up a long list of terror takedowns but tonight who else have they taken out? nick schifrin from pakistan on a teenager who spoke out trying to stop the drones because of the innocent lives he says have been lost. and then he was accidentally killed by a drone just days later. >> reporter: everyday inside pakistan the cia hunts and kills. u.s. officials say remote con tropd drones are highly accurate. 6 they have killed more than a dozen of the world's most wanted terrorists, and they are so precise, they never make mistakes. >> reporter: but, saadullah would disagree. he s

abc's david kerley teams up with your partners from espn tonight as we hear from the player for the first time. >> reporter: ramos thought he would never hug his family again, frightened he wouldn't survive the ordeal. he talked to our sister network, espn. >> i'm very happy with my mom, you know, i'm safe now. that was a hard time for me. >> ramos gets a piece of that one! >> reporter: 24 years old, just two seasons in the majors but ramos' big league contract made him a target back home in venezuela. >> translator: these people know what they are doing. they do this for money and kill innocent people. >> reporter: but the kidnappers made a critical mistake. after snatching ramos, they dumped a stolen car just 35 miles to the west. police found the car, got a tip and raided a farmhouse. a fire fight broke out. ramos was rescued. and six of as many as ten kidnappers were arrested. ramos says he will play winter ball in venezuela, adding on wednesday, he'll be more concerned about security. and then it's back here to washington for another season with the nationals. >> you know, i want to

and here's abc's david kerley tonight. >> reporter: silent halls, quiet offices. a deadline 24 hours away and no non-stop negotiations. >> the reality is to some extent starting to overtake hope. >> reporter: all that's left the official declaration of failure with democrats claiming republicans wouldn't budge on taxes. >> we have to have on the table the revenue. and, again, that is the sticking point. >> reporter: the summer debt ceiling debacle, the downgrading of american credit worthiness, led to the formation of the so-called super committee. 12 members tasked with cutting more than a trillion dollars of debt. failure triggers automatic cuts across the board to defense, medicaid, medicare, but not until 2013. so even creating a new procedure the super committee couldn't change the underlying political positions, only frustrating americans even more as we found out when we set up cameras to "tell washington." >> wake up. you work for us. >> put the politics aside. do what you're elected to do. >> it shouldn't be that difficult. >> reporter: the only good news

abc's david kerley is in washington. >> reporter: pakistani anger poured onto the streets today. the death of 24 soldiers, a devastatingly painful blow. those men were buried today, another insult to sack pan's psyche. >> the relationship now, i believe, has hit a new low. it appears now to be as close as we've seen to a real break in relations. >> reporter: it was 2:00 saturday morning, as u.s. special forces and afghan commandos were set to raid a taliban camp around the corner. suddenly, they say they came under fire. afghan sources tell abc news an air strike was called in, which hit the pakistan border post. this isn't the first time insurgent fire has come from a spot from close to a pack stab border post. the number two american general recently charged that some pakistani soldiers are helping the taliban. >> the collaboration is in some cases local collaboration with the insurgents. >> reporter: in retaliation for this latest incident, pakistan closed two border crossings, which the u.s. uses to resupply troops in afghanistan. and demanded that the u.s. vacate an air base

here is abc's david kerley. >> reporter: iowans incensed, disgust in dallas, seething in seattle. thousands of personal protests this weekend as customers urged to take their money out of big banks. >> i've seen them charge me ridiculous fees, rearrange transactions to charge me the most in charges. >> reporter: most withdrawn going local nonprofit credit unions, 300 new accounts yesterday, six times the norm. credit unions saw a total 650,000 new accounts by last thursday. and they told us today they think that number will reach one million. it started with the $5 fee bank of america planned to charge for debit card use. this california woman was so mad, she started the online movement to transfer the money out of big banks. >> it seemed unfair a corporation would target people they viewed as weak or complacent. >> customers shredded debit cards and the bank cancelled the fee. >> it's gaining momentum and for bank of america it was too little too late. >> reporter: even a million accounts lost is one-half of one percent of all bank accounts in the country and big banks say they'l

david kerley joins us now. david, iowa is a pivotal state for ron paul. if he wins in iowa, he's likely to stay in the poll. >> reporter: this is an interesting year, bianna. just six weeks now until iowa voters go to their caucus. the first presidential contest. and at this point it's still a toss-up. in a megachurch -- >> i truly gave my life to christ. >> i actually gave my life over to the lord. >> reporter: the candidates put their christian conservative credentials on display. but also found ways to talk about war and the occupy wall street movement. >> that they took over a public park that they didn't pay for. to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for, go get a job right after you take a bath. >> reporter: and for herman cain, another long pause to a question. >> phase four -- >> reporter: about being diagnosed with cancer. >> before my wife and i were about to get in a car, i said, i could do this. she said, we can do this. >> reporter: missing from this iowa christian chat, mitt romney, he was in new hampshire. but his name did come up.

david kerley. abc news, washington. >>> extraordinary. he looks terrific for someone that just went through a two-day hostage ordeal. now i keep thinking about it, this is a big guy, healthy, strong person. six to ten people took him. this is serious, serious business. >> gunfight. everything. this, yeah, amazing that after two days it ended the way it did. >> extraordinary. we have a happy ending to something like this. >> you can see the relief on his mother's face right there. great shot right there. >>> also a great shot, a spectacular new view showing planet earth in a whole new light. take a look at this. stunning time-lapse video taken from international space station. august to october. edited by a german filmmaker. this has not been altered in any kind of way. shows the images across the u.s., the continents. capturing everything from the brilliant northern lights to thunderstorms. and easily recognizable sights. great lakes, boot of italy. that video is unbelievable. >> remarkable. >> right? >> extraordinary. >> like the opening

abc's david kerley has the story. >> reporter: if you're going to call yourself jetman, you i may as well fly with jets, right? see those two jet aircraft? look at the little speck to your right. here's the zoom in. there. that's the jetman, flying in formation with those jets over the swiss alps. take a closer look. this is a guy wearing a swing he designed himself, with four kerosene-burning jets. and eat able not just to keep up. it's the latest feet from eve rossi. he soared the grand canyon this summer. another aviation first. in 2008, this solo flight across the english channel, which, for most people is the definition of extreme. for him -- >> it's not extreme. little steps. now, it's clear. if i give you that wing today, it would -- okay. it would be crazy. >> reporter: but the path to this was not without turbulence. two years ago, he found himself in a water rescue off the coast of spain after failing his first attempt to fly between the continents. >> i did my best. >> reporter: but now, by jumping out of a helicopter, igniting his engines and formation flying, yves rossy

for "good morning america," david kerley, abc news. >> little-known fact, andrea canning used to be a jet pilot. how do you think you'd feel about that? >> i don't know. flying up there in an f-18 next to the jetman. not so sure i'd do that. never know. >> never know. although, it's good you won't have to be put to that test. >> exactly. >>> coming up on "gma," the aruba shocker. why is the man suspected in the disappearance of robyn gardner about to go free? and what could happen to him when he comes home? >>> plus, shop till you drop? or maybe not, perhaps? is it smart to be a part of the retail frenzy this weekend? or should you hold out for better deals later? things you need to know before you head out to the malls this morning. >> becky worley on the case this morning. >>> and forget the team edward versus team jacob debate. the big question this morning, is the new "twilight" movie actually making people sick? that story coming up. love your pandora bracelet. he went to jared. the ballet slippers? i used to dance. hearts? it's called the red hot love bead... i've said too much.

abc's david kerley joins us from washington with more. d, david, iowa really is a pivotal state for ron paul. one pollster saying if he can win in iowa, he's likely to stay in the race all the way. >> reporter: it's a possibility because this is a strange year, bianna. things are happening this year that we haven't seen in other presidential cycles. just six weeks now until iowa voters go to their caucus. the first presidential contest. and at this point it's still a toss-up. in a megachurch -- >> i truly gave my life to christ. >> i actually gave my life over to the lord. >> reporter: -- the candidates put their christian conservative credentials on display but also found ways to talk about war, even the occupy wall street movement. >> they took over a public park they didn't pay for to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn't pay for. you need to assert to them, go get a job right after you take a bath. >> reporter: and for herman cain, another long pause to a question. >> stage 4 -- >> reporter: -- about being diagnosed with cancer. >> be

here's abc's david kerley. [ chanting ] >> reporter: iowans incensed. disgust in dallas.in seattle. [ applause ] >> reporter: thousands of personal protests as customers were urged to take their money out of big banks. >> i have seen them charge ridiculous fees, so they could charge me the most amount. >> reporter: that anger added up to $4.5 billion withdrawn. most going to local nonprofit credit unions. at redwood credit unions in california, 300 new accounts. six times the norm. credit unions saw a total of 650,000 new accounts by last thursday, and they told us they think the number will reach one million. it all started with the $5 fee bank of america planned to charge for debit card use. this california woman was so mad she started the online movement to transfer money out of big banks. >> it seemed unfair a large corporation would target people they viewed as weak or complacent. >> reporter: customers started shredding their debit cards, and the bank canceled its fee. >> i think it is gaining momentum for bank of america too little too late. >> reporter: even a mil

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> police in suburban seattle say they're working on about a dozen leads in the case offing toddler. it's been more than a week since the 2-year-old was last seen. his mother said she left him in her car when it ran out of gas and then walked to a service station. the police talked to locals at a road block and got more information this week end. >>> major break through. 1 in 10 adults may have diabetes by 2030. that means 522 million people worldwide will have type i or type ii diabetes. that is conservative. since it doesn't include the impact of increasing obesity. >>> drinking only two sugary drinks a day put women at more than four times the risk. >>> now sports. starting with tiger woods. had he hit this putt yesterday, he would have moved into a tie for the lead. it wasn't to be. and woods finished two strokes back. as for our nfl highlights, we get those from espn news. >>> good morning, i'm max bretos. this is your espn news update. week ten of the nfl including key divisional matchups. the saints visit the falcons. top spot on the line. fal

david kerley, abc news, capitol hill. >> such a debacle. >> sad. triggers, that's the way they set this up. months ago it will trigger massive cuts to defense and dough most uk programs. that will happen when they declare failure later this week. >> you would think they went into it in good faith. you would think. >> republicans at the start said no tax increase. pulled something big off the table. before it started. each party could have been better off putting, people in the middle, moderates, maybe they would have had better luck. just a complete failure. sad. >> of exactly. well our other major story is the arrest of a suspected terrorist in new york. jose pimentel was arraigned last night and is being held without bond. authorities say he wanted to bomb police vehicles, post offices, and members of the military. he is described as a home grown terrorist who admired al qaeda. wabc's lucy yang looks into the suspect's past. >> reporter: he told us that jose pimentel is his sister's son and lived with him all the same, the 63-year-old uncle said

abc's david kerley is on the story in washington this morning zblsh not a good morning for mitt romney. he loses that key endorsement in new hampshire. tomorrow, social conservatives. in iowa, in the caucuses will try to meet and figure out who they can vote for, anti-romney, believing that romney has ignored them. >> i actually gave my life over to the lord. >> i truly gave my life to christ. >> reporter: these iowa social conservatives in the audience met secretly after last week's forum, mad at mitt romney for being a no-show again. >> this is calculated effort to pick a single social conservative that conservative voters can rally behind and hopefully win the caucuses and deny romney any great momentum going into new hampshire. >> reporter: they met to try to pick the antihe romney in iowa. look for one conservative rather splitting the votes which could give romney a chance to win iowa. they narrowed their list to four. but each of them have their weaknesses. newt gingrich, the baggage of his lifestyle. michele bachmann, who has made historical flubs. rick perry, with his disastro

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> police in suburban seattle say they're working on about a dozeng toddler. it's been more than a week since the 2-year-old was last seen. his mother said she left him in her car when it ran out of gas and then walked to a service station. the police talked to locals at a road block and got more information this week end. >>> major break through. 1 in 10 adults may have diabetes by 2030. that means 522 million people worldwide will have type i or type ii diabetes. that is conservative. since it doesn't include the impact of increasing obesity. >>> drinking only two sugary drinks a day put women at more than four times the risk. >>> now sports. starting with tiger woods. had he hit this putt yesterday, he would have moved into a tie for the lead. it wasn't to be. and woods finished two strokes back. as for our nfl highlights, we get those from espn news. >>> good morning, i'm max bretos. this is your espn news update. week ten of the nfl including key divisional matchups. the saints visit the falcons. top spot on the line. falcons down three. matt br

abc's david kerley is in washington this morning with the play-by-play. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. you know, the topics were afghanistan, pakistan, torture and national security issues. but the question and the drama was, would rick perry remember all of the agencies he wants to eliminate? and found out, once again, he's still using humor to deal with his performance. >> governor perry, you advocate the elimination of the department of energy. if you eliminate the department of energy -- >> glad you remembered it. >> i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me, too. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it was the inside joke. and not just once. perry hit it again when he called for cutting foreign aid. >> as a matter of fact, we ought to try to do it with some of the agencies that i was trying to think the name of the other night. >> reporter: perry avoided a brain freeze last night. and the man leading some of the polls, herman cain, who once made this gaffe, mocking a u.s. ally -- >> when they ask me who is the president of uzb

david kerley has more from washington. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning. these two republicans are really being pummelled. newt gingrich has new scrutiny over the millions of dollars he earned in the private sector. money he says was not for lobbying, just for advice. everywhere he goes, the former house speaker has been bombarded with questions. questions about his past business dealings. >> if i'm able to answer them in a way the american people feel comfortable, then, i think i'll be a legitimate front-runner. >> reporter: and new revelations continue to emerge. gingrich paid by the chamber of commerce. paid millions of dollars by health companies trying to influence the health care reform law. this on the heels of reports that he was paid by freddie mac, the government-backed mortgage company that received a massive bail out. >> they've been critical of fannie and freddie. did you take millions of dollars? >> i didn't take it. >> are you willing to return those funds? >> they weren't paid as a candidate. >> he's trying to position himself as the outsid

abc's david kerley is in washington this morning with the play-by-play. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. you know, the topics were afghanistan, pakistan, torture and national security issues. but the question of the drama was, would rick perry remember all of the agencies he wants to eliminate? and found out, once again, he's still using humor to deal with his performance. >> governor perry, you advocate the elimination of the department of energy. if you eliminate the department of energy -- >> glad you remembered it. >> i've had some time to think about it, sir. >> me, too. [ laughter ] >> reporter: it was the inside joke. and not just once. perry hit it again when he called for cutting foreign aid. >> as a matter of fact, we ought to try to do it with some of the agencies that i was trying to paint the name of the other night. >> reporter: perry avoided a brain freeze last night. and the man leading some of the polls, herman cain, who once made this gaffe, mocking a u.s. ally -- >> when they ask me who is the president of uzbe

david kerley is watching it all from washington. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. you're getting killed in the media and the public. what do you do about it? for rick perry, he uses jokes. and for herman cain, he's been defiant on the sexual harassment allegations. and his supporters love it. cain has blamed the media, trying to beat back accusations. but he also tried his hand at humor, when a supporter raised anita hill's name. >> is she going to endorse me? >> reporter: that didn't work. but the question, is cain's strategy of denials and blaming the media paying off? the latest polls say yes, it's working. in one poll just out, he's leading romney and gingrich. and is right there with the leaders in a second poll. but there's also some signs of erosion. more women say they are less likely to vote for cain. >> some people are responding to this cloud as if it were true. but the good news is, most people aren't buying it. >> reporter: the business man, nonpolitician, remains a darling of some. >> the people t

david kerley is in washington and on the story this morning. ood morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. herman cain continues to claim that these allegations of sexual harassment are baseless. but one of the women, through her attorney, says just the opposite is true. >> please welcome, herman cain. >> reporter: for herman cain -- a lovefest in front of a group backed by conservative billionaires, just hours before an attorney for a woman who claims she was sexually harassed by cain not once, but numerous times. >> she made a complaint in good faith, about a series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances from the ceo. both complaints were resolved in an agreement with her acceptance of a monetary settlement. >> you know, i've been in washington all week. and i've attracted a little bit of attention. excuse me. >> reporter: the lawyers words different from cain, who throughout the week changed the story of the sexual harassment allegations. finally he said he recalled a single incident that resulted in a settlement. the lawyer f

abc's david kerley is covering all of this in washington. >> debate is probably the wrong word to use when we talk about what happened last night. the real fireworks came after the event when cain lashed out reporters for an issue that has dogged his campaign for more than a week. >> don't even go there. >> reporter: herman cain lashed out at reporters again last night. >> please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> reporter: when asked if he was ever to address questions about sexual harassment allegations he said this before -- >> herman cain and newt gingrich. >> reporter: agreeing on most issues, trading notes and compliments. >> i'm supposed to have a minute to disagree with something that he said but i don't. >> i'm going to side step the great temptation to discuss 9-9-9. >> reporter: before a texas tea party audience, they gave the conservatives what they wanted. private tiezing social security and medicare. >> let's get politicians out of that decisionmaking. >> this is a battle to be the alternative to mitt romney. we have seen a number of candidates already. now the

abc's david kerley is covering it all in washington this morning. te an interesting evening. >> reporter: i tell you what, dan, debate is probably the wrong word to use when we talk about what happened last night. the real fireworks came after the event when cain lashed out at reporters for the issue that has dogged his campaign for a week now. >> don't even go there. >> reporter: herman cain lashed out at reporters again last night. >> please send him the journalistic code of ethics. >> reporter: when asked if he was never again going to address questions about sexual harassment allegations, he said this -- >> you got it. >> thank you so much for coming. >> reporter: hours before -- >> herman cain and newt gingrich. >> reporter: billed as a lincoln douglas debate it was more herman and newt's most excellent adventure, agreeing on most issues, trading notes and compliments. >> i'm supposed to have a minute to disagree with something that he said, but i don't. >> i'm going to for this evening's purpose sidestep the great temptation to discuss 9-9-9. >

abc's david kerley is on the story in washington this morning. ood morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. not a good morning for mitt romney. he loses that key endorsement in new hampshire, as you mentioned, and tomorrow social conservatives, a very important bloc in iowa, in the caucuses will try to meet and figure out who they can vote for, a single candidate, an anti-romney, believing that romney has ignored them. >> i actually gave my life over to the lord. >> i truly gave my life to christ. >> reporter: these iowa social conservatives in the audience met secretly after last week's forum, mad at mitt romney, a no-show again, hoping to stop him and plotting how to do so. >> i think this is a calculated effort to pick a single social conservative that conservative voters can rally behind and from their point of view hopefully win the caucuses and deny mitt romney any great momentum going into new hampshire. >> reporter: so they met to try to pick the anti-romney in iowa. the idea, vote for one conservative rather than splitting the vote

david kerley is watching it all from washington. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, bianna. so, you're getting killed in the public and the media. what do you do about it? for rick perry, he uses jokes. and for herman cain, he's been defiant of the sexual harassment allegations. and his supporters love it. cain has blamed the media, trying to beat back accusations. but he also tried his hand at humor, when a supporter raised anita hill's name. >> is she going to endorse me? >> reporter: that didn't work. but the question, is cain's strategy of denials and blaming the media paying off? the latest polls say yes, it's working. in one poll just out, he's leading romney and gingrich. and is right there with the leaders in a second poll. but there's also some signs of erosion. more women say they are less likely to vote for cain. >> some people are responding to this cloud as if it were true. but the good news is, most people aren't buying it. >> reporter: the business man, nonpolitician, remains a darling of some. >> the peop