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facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning.ead your comments later in the hour. >> how did she lose all the weight? >> weight watchers. a spokesperson. >> she exercises like a fiend. hours a day. i mean, she really exercises, and she eats right. you know, follows the weight watchers program still. >> at her peak, she wasn't taking care of herself? did she say that? >> she didn't exactly say that. >> right. >> she's aware of the controversy herself. she's very careful what she says about it, because she doesn't want to anger fans, because when she was a size 16, she did embrace her weight and her curves and people liked that about her. so for her now being supposedly a size zero, time's are tough when it comes to her fans. >> she's beautiful. every weight she's been, she's a very, very beautiful girl. >> and she won her oscar at her highest weight. >> right. >> there you go. >>> still to come this morning, president obama and house speaker boehner each drawing a line in the sand with their respective jobs plans. we'll talk with

facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning. more responses later in the show. >> part of the president's jobs bill is for extended unemployment insurance and weren't of the things they want to change, you lose unemployment insurance if you start your own business or company, trying to make it for yourself. they want to change that. so you can still get the benefits but try to start something. try to start a job, and that would be a big change, and that's because they're trying to change the way we're doing some of these unsafety net programs. >> and a lot of opposition to the plan? republicans don't want long-long unemployment to continue after 99 weeks? >> talking about that, you put another year on that. talking about a chronic problem that needs to be addressed with retraining. not just more unemployment benefits. there you go. but there aren't jobs on the other end. that's what the real problem is. >>> i guess he was hungry. right? video surveillance from a mr. beef outside chicago. police say a guy with a late-night snack

facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning.ponses later this hour. >> eager to hear the responses from viewers on that. >>> a shocking political development. a prominent democrat has actually said something nice about two republican candidates for president, and it happened right here on cnn. >> i need a drink! >> this is really crazy. former president bill clinton, in "the situation room" with wolf blitzer, semi-endorsing jon huntsman. behold credibility. >> you'd be happier if romney or huntsman got the nomination than rick perry. >> they'll both lose if anybody this i've endorsed them. i'm just saying that i appreciate the fact that they are trying to navigate a landscape that bears almost no relationship to what's produced successful economies in the world, and had are lots of countries now doing better than we are in some areas, because of the very ideas that apparently you have to support to get the nomination. if you're anti-government guy you've got to say every tax is bad, every regulation is bad, every program is bad.

facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning. later this hour. >>> we found the real batman. this is very cool. an american professional wing suit flier, jeff corliss, the bird man, jumping nearly 7,000 feet, soaring through the skydiving into a cave -- >> no way. >> in central china. banned from the empire state building when he tried to parachute off of it and so he went to chain no to do this. i don't actually see him going in, reports are that he did. take a look at this. does he actually get into that cave? >> he flies right through, it appears. now he'd going to land. >> this is the other part of the trip. flies through it and comes out the other end. didn't it seem like that? the speed he was going at? >> i didn't know there were professional wing suit fliers. >> oh, yeah. >> there you go. >>> still ahead, she was called a diabolic she devil. a diabolic she devil. they called her in court yesterday. court lawyers have their turn in the appeal of the amanda knox conviction. that's next. >>> and no secret the new jersey gove

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facebook.com/americanmorning, and facebook.com/americanmorning.he opinion pages are still buzzing about perry's comments about social security. members of the "usa today" editorial board call perry's views on social security both curious and troubling. writing, social security is most certainly not a ponzi scheme. in the same paper, perry himself has written a piece defending his beliefs, writing, quote, for too long, politicians have been afraid to speak honestly about social security. we must have the guts to talk about its financial condition if we're to fix social security and make it financially viable for generations to come. now, although perry contends that lawmakers need to fix the problems, the president yat hopeful not offering any indication yet as to how he would actually enact reform. the "wall street journal" editorial board calling attention to this. in his failure to produce any solutions for the program, writing, quote, this is the journal, writing, the problem with his hot rhetoric is that it can turn off many voters before they

facebook.com/americanmorning.l read your comments later this hour. >> in this country, congress is in charge of the purse strings for the postal service even though the postal service runs on its own budget and money. they can have savings accounts and phone cards in their post office. in a way congress has ham strung the agency. it's not as flexible. >> is it possible to privatize the postal service. >> it has been done. i think there are a lot of options. i have to say this, as far as postal services go while a lot of people complain about it, in a lot of those other countries, mail delivery is a not as efficient in the united states. they lose a lot less, get your mail six days a week, doesn't happen in most countries. >> he would like congress to quickly let them drop the saturday mail service, and cut jobs. hundreds -- maybe 120,000 jobs. >> most don't have saturday mail service. >> and they want to cut service on saturday because of these retiree health benefits it is required to pay for the next 75 years. >

facebook.com/americanmorning.gued to read your comments later in the show. >> i once asked an adviser to several presidential candidates why, what's the driving force? is it love of country? is it -- i just want to make sure i'm still in the game so i can get more money for speeches later? he said it is three letter, e-g-o. >> e-g-o? >> ego. do you think you are the run that can lead the free world. there's a certain something about that. >> that makes me really sad. >> rob marciano, brighten us up, please. >> he has a pretty good crib to go home, too. free room and board. >> but your workday is like every day all the time. all those speeches up can't go on vacations because people will complain because you don't deserve a vacation ever. >> it is a thankless job. i don't know many people that would want it. too bad. >> showers and thunderstorms rolling across the east coast again today with this stubborn circulation that continues to pump up tropical moisture. lit get cooler in the days to come. flash flooding wit

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facebook.com/americanmorning.comments later this hour. >> $100 million over ten years. that's like -- when you talk about money they are trying to save. that would be easy. just do it. >> in fairness, although many of our lawmakers millionaires, some are not. they have to keep homes in two different states. >> we have to be careful not to eliminate the possibility of those people who are not independently wealthy but maybe really smart? maybe want to compromise, don't run for office. >> true. >> keep all of these things in mind. pli we want to hear what you think about this. >>> patriots in damage control after tom brady made a huge error of having an honest moment. telling fans to get sauced. check it out. >> yes. they are drinking early. nice and rowdy. 4:15 game. lot of time to get lubed up. come out here and cheer for their home team. >> he's so cute. >> patriots media relations came out and said he didn't mean drinking alcohol early. he meant water. >> come on. >> stay hydrate. >> lubed up on gatorade. >> tha

facebook.com/americanmorning. i will read your comments later this hour. >> let's hope it is not doa. >> i hope not. >>> moammar gadhafi's sons are speaking out as the saturday deadline for the regime to surrender quickly approaches. speaking to a syrian tv station, he called on gadhafi loyalists to clean the country from those gangsters. he said his father is fine and drinking tea and coffee with his family. he didn't reveal where the fugitive dictator is, his brother also said he won't surrender to opposition forces. good to know he's drinking tea and coffee. >>> ten years, ten years now, after 9/11, america is still not prepared for another attack. the disturbing details in a new 9/11 commission report. who didn't do what and why ahead? >>> a liberal democrat accusing members would like to see african-americans, quote, hanging on a tree. this morning he is standing by those words. ♪ everything you need to stretch out on long trips. residence inn. ♪ everything you need to stay balanced on long trips. residence i

facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning.ll read your comments later this hour. >> 54 comments before we even sat on the set? people obviously striking a cord. >> a term used to keep things from getting done in our country and people do really care. i'll be interested to hear what you have to say. stay tuned. >>> meanwhile, "dancing with the stars" kicking off its 13th season last night. 13 seasons? when all over, seemed the most talked about contestant, chad bono, can really cha-cha. did i say that? the judges raved praising his footwork and choreography. wow. not bad. as for our own nancy grace, she made her debut starting out behind the anchor desk. really? but soon she was on the dance floor showing her sassy side. the judges telling nancy, she's got the moves. >> oh, look at her go. >> she looks great. >> he twins were in the audience, too. >> good for her. >> i don't know that i could do that. >> i could not do that. i would forget the steps. >> that's why i was never a cheerleader. >> that and for many other reasons. >

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facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook coin com/"american morning."acoma, washington, also this morning. the teachers decided to go on strike after months of negotiation, about class sizes, pay and whether seniority should have to do with jobs. they'll try to force teachers back to work. >>> and former baseball allstore manny ramirez, arrested and charged with battery after a domestic dispute in florida. he retired at the start of the season instead of taking a 100-game suspension for his second violation of the league's drug policy. >> his reputation's just about shot. huh? a really sad story. >>> ahead to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. how's the weather? >> start to feel like fall. the fall classic is upcoming in october. the world series, the football season is starting. come on. days are getting shorter. nights are getting longer. the harvest moon last night. what else do you need? a chance of thunderstorms across upstate new york. parts of pennsylvania. obviously, flood ravaged areas could cut later today in advance of the cold front. he

facebook.com/americanmorning. facebook.com/americanmorning.'ll read your comments later this hour. >> used the word poison, he came back with the word brainwashed, there you go. >>> florida throwing a wrench into the election. boy, have we heard that before. this time it's the race for the republican nomination. why a move by the state could shuffle everything around. >>> it's 23 after the hour. (announcer) everything you need to stretch out on long trips. residence inn. just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see...south western vegetables...60 calories. ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? yup. so you were checking me out? yup. [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. >>> welcome back. "minding your business," future prices are down. stocks rallied then headed south. then a late-day surge sent the dow up more than 1 4 points. the s&p was also up, the na

facebook.com/americanmorning. thanks for your comments this morning, we sure appreciate it. >>> let's head to atlanta and kyra phillips. >> thanks, so much. >>> president obama is waking up with a whole new reason to worry. that is republican bob turner celebrating a huge upset in a democratic stronghold of new york city. he won the seat of anthony weiner, the disgraced lawmaker whose sexting scandal went public. is this a referendum on the obama presidency? >> there had been polling done ahead of this election and it showed that the economic recovery was the number one theme. the fact that bob turner, who was a former cable tv executive, has never been a politician before, although he's run in some other races. the fact that he could beat a democrat in this district where the democrat was really expected to win this race easily until the past few weeks. democrats became increasingly nervous. this is a district where democrats outnumber republicans 3-1. it's not as liberal as many people might think. there are a l

if you want to continue the conversation, facebook.com/americanmorning. >> stay with us for the president's speech live at 6:00 p.m. ebegin and seven is the speech and 8:00 is the analysis. >> we throw it over now to kyra phillips. >>> two stories facing our political future. barack obama will unveil his plan to create jobs and his same own job may be on the line. mitt romney and rick perry faced off in a national debate. jim acosta has the story lines for that. also this hour, my interviews with two very different members of congress republican joe walsh who is boycotting the president's speech and democrat maxine waters who is invoicesing her own skepticism. we will hear from her in about 15 minutes. >>> aeeight republicans on trad and two candidates trading the most punches. jim acosta has the highlights in los angeles. this is rick perry first presidential debate. how did he do? >> reporter: he felt like the republican party pinata. he was. the other candidates on the stage did their best to take a whack at the new gop front-runner but rick perry showed he can hit back. rick perry and m

if you want to continue the conversation, facebook.com/americanmorning. >>> "cnn newsroom" begins right now with kyra phillips. >>> days before the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. it's believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, let's start with you. specific, credible, but unconfirmed? tell us exactly what that means. >> i think it's most important to work backwards. unconfirmed is the key thing and driving all of the intelligence and law enforcement community. specific that you're hearing that word because, yes, they think it's a car bomb in either new york or washington. they do have some information that three individuals entered one being united states sit he send. they believe

facebook.com/americanmorning. >>> and now over to the cnn newsroom with kiera phillips. >>> in just about 90 minutes, president obama will be talking about a new tax rate for millionaires, part of his plan to reduce the deficits. republicans call it class warfare and say the fight is on. christine romans identifies the people. and who else besides millionaires could pay for the price of the cuts? brianna, let's break it down. where exactly where the $3 trillion come from? >> so $3 trillion over 10 years in deficit savings, kiera. the plan from the white house would have $580 billion in spending cuts, some of which would be to medicare and medicaid. but the biggest chunk, $1.5 trillion, half of the president's plan, would come from increasing taxes. we're talking about on wealthy americans. some of the taxes we have talked about before, limiting those itemized deductions that the wealthy take. closing loopholes on hedge fund managers, oil and gas companies, corporate jet owners and also letting the bush era tax cuts for the wealthiest americans expire when they are set to. also a little mo

facebook.com/americanmorning. >>> that will do it for us today. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bull's-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and let's begin with word of a new endorsement we're hearing about this morning. >> reporter: that's right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark to help his campaign, he may have gotten it this morning. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty has announced that he is getting behind the former massachusetts governor. so that is good news for mitt romney. but this debate comes this evening, kyra, as a new cnn/orc poll shows that there is a big lead for rick perry. the race is basically boiling down to rick perry and whoever can keep up. texas governor rick perry has ditched his cowboy boots for his running s

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