i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. hurricane sandy is already causing a lot of preparations to get under way all along the east coast, from north carolina up to maine. let's bring you up to date on already some of the cancellations that have been put in place in some of the northeastern cities as well as mid-atlantic. let's focus on new york where already subway and commuter train service has been suspended for tonight. there are mandatory evacuation orders of low-lying areas. evacuation centers are going to be open in 72 public schools. you'll have to check your listings locally and port authority says train stations will be closing at midnight, and public schools in new york city will be closed tomorrow. let's move on to now the state of new jersey where a state of emergency has already been declar declared. mandatory evacuations in parts of the state are already under way, and many of the tolls are suspended in the garden state area so that people are able to safely and slowly evacuate. buses are being sent to atlan

that will do it for me, i'm fredricka whitfield, and don lemon, right after sanjay gupta. >>> hello and thank you for joining us this week. i'm in northern california. i'm going to tell you there is something already in your medicine cabinet that many believe could be a cure for cancer. i'll explain it. also, i'll introduce you to a boy who was terribly bullied over a speech problem. now he found a way to help his speech issue. and a way to feel satisfied with eating. >>> we begin with marijuana, on the ballot in six states, the question is, should doctors be allowed to prescribe marijuana for medicinal use. here in california, the first medical marijuana law took effect about 16 years ago. but i'll tell you, being out here the controversy is still controversial, and it confuses many people. here to talk with us is the doctor who is the author of the pot book, a complete guide. dr. holland, thank you for joining us on the program. >> it is my pleasure, dr. gupta. >> you know, it is interesting being out here, people talk about this all the time. there are many states where this is alrea

i'm martin savidge in for fredricka whitfield.re the stories we're watching right now. a manhunt under way in inglew d inglewood, california, after five people believed to be related were shot earlier this morning. according to police, three were children, two were adults. a 4-year-old boy has died along with a 30-year-old male victim. three others are in stable condition. police are now searching for a 55-year-old black male who was last seen wearing a dark hat and painter's mask. i want to bring in now art barren, from our affiliate, kcla or kcbs. art, the police say that the family may know who the shooter is. what is the connection? and what sparked this? >> martin, i have been speaking with some neighbors today in inglewo inglewood, and what i'm hearing time after time is the person they believe is the gunman, the suspect, was someone who rented out a room, a back house, if you will, from the residents there in inglewood. and the other thing that we're hearing is that apparently he became behind on his rent, and so they sued

i'm fredricka whitfield. we begin with a university of alabama college shooting campus. officials say gilbert collar was naked and acting erratically. they say he confronted the officer, rushed him several times and ignored warnings to back off. the school says the officer shot the young man in the chest once. his friends say they're shocked at what happened. >> you could ask anyone that knew him, he was a great, loving guy, always made people smile, you know. he's not the kind of guy that people knew him and said he would do something like this. >> cnn legal contributor paul allen said alabama law may well come into play in this case down the road. >> alabama also has virtually the identical stand your ground law that florida has, so do you know that the officer in this case can probably say he was -- he felt that he was in danger of his life and he was standing his ground in shooting. so i'm betting as this proceeds, you may see that law that we've heard so much about in the zimmerman case in florida rear its ugly head in alabama. >> the officer involved in the shootin

. >> i am fredricka whitfield.mgartner is getting ready to sky dive 23 miles above earth in attempt to become the first person to go faster than the speed of sound. already, he has just broken a record now ascending to the highest point of of any human, that any human has gone in a balloon. he is right now many, many miles above earth, roughly 105,000 feet above earth. baumgartner is roughly, maybe under 10,000 feet away from his goal when he would actually leave the capsule that he is in at the bottom of that balloon that's already taken a different kind of shape. if you saw it earlier, it was a tear dropped shape. now it is more of a lima bean formation. this is live pictures with delay of roughly 20 seconds of baumgartner in that capsule. pretty extraordinary to see these kinds of images that far away. mission control is in roswell, new mexico. you will be hearing some audio momentarily from them. you can also see him kind of conversing likely with mission control right now. brian todd is watching closely as is

i'm fredricka whitfield.tens of thousands of people on the east coast from north carolina to maine is on alert as a huge storm threatens to cause major destruction. they are pounding the carolinas right now. the storm is about 250 miles east of cape hatteras, north carolina carrying about 70-mile-an-hour wind. it's moving north and expected to turn toward the east coast tomorrow. we'll be right back.

i'm martin savage in for fredricka whitfield. we're on breaking news in wisconsin.ss shooting at or near the azana spa. that's near the brookfield mall in the brookfield

i'm fredricka whitfield. one down and two presidential debates to go. there could be more than one october surprise. first, mitt romney, the overall consensus, he had the big within in the first debate wednesday night. then thursday, he made headlined by saying his 47% comment of americans don't pay taxes is a mistake. >> clearly in a campaign with hundreds if not thousands of speeches and question and answer sessions, now and then you're going to say something that doesn't come out right. i said something that was completely wrong. >> and friday, another october surprise. president obama getting a boost with the new unemployment rate report. the rate dipping below 8 persh for the first time since the president took office in 2009, which brings us to the next surprise. the obama campaign cash that was raised last month. september proved to be a lucrative month for the president's re-election campaign. democrats raised $181 million. that's a record. joining me live from washington, peter hamby. that's a whole

i'm fredricka whitfield. let's get you up to speed.shuttle "endeavour" lumbering through the streets of los angeles at 2 miles an hour. its permanent display at the science center of california. thousands of californians are turning out to see this slow massive tour. >> there are just four weekends left before election day. and mitt romney and paul ryan are spending this one campaigning in the key state of ohio. ryan is making three stops there today. romney is holding two rallies. this morning in columbus, he put in a little time pressing for the next big debate for president obama. that showdown is scheduled for tuesday night in hempstead, new york. >> president obama is preparing for the debate for the next three days in williamsburg, virginia. he's under particular pressure to do well after getting critical reviews in the first faceoff last week. the town hall style debate will be hosted by our own candy crowley. >>> and police are investigating a troubling incident at president obama's campaign office in denver. officials say a sh

i'm fredricka whitfield.rn next sunday, november 11 after the election tuesday. we want to bring you the latest coverage of hurricane sandy. tens of millions of people along the east coast from north carolina to maine are preparing for a monster of a storm that could have a devastating impact on the entire region of the outer bands of hurricane sandy. right now pounding the carolinas. the storm is about 250 miles southeast of cape hatteras, north carolina, carrying 75-mile-an-hour winds. sandy is moving north, and it's expected to turn toward the ea

our fredricka whitfield asked where he was known as snarling arlen. >> and arlen specter has passed awayred him on capitol hill. you know him well, his politics, him as a person. why did so many call him snarling arlen. >> he could be cranky. he doesn't suffer fools lightly. he was a very smart guy, very smart guy. a lawyer, he had been a prosecuting attorney. the history that he covers in his career, not just the senate, and i think he was there like 30 years, but he was on the warren commission. he was one of the attorneys for the warren commission, which looked into the jfk assassination. so just the time that he spent, all the supreme court nominees, because he loved the law. he was on the judiciary committee. he played such a pivotal role in selecting some of the supreme court justices that now sit on that bench and approving them. so he had such a span of history. he was also really got battered about in the end by politics. he started out a registered democrat. but ran as a republican. got elected to the senate as a republican, and at the end of his career, when he was getting rea

hello, i'm fredricka whitfield in for brooke baldwin. with just 13 days until the election, the campaign for the white house is headed west today to some of the swing states west of the mississippi. this hour we'll hear from mitt romney. he will speak to supporters in reno, nevada, before jetting off to iowa for a speech tonight in cedar rapids. president obama was first on the trail this morning in davenport, iowa. and take a look at this. before the day is over, he'll have appeared in four states, in addition to iowa. he's got stops in colorado, nevada, plus "the tonight show" taping in southern california. here is the president ticking off some of his achievements at stop number one today. >> i said i'd bet on american workers and american ingenuity and while the other guy was saying let detroit go bankrupt, i went in there and worked with them, the workers and the management, and we saved a dying auto industry that is back on top of the world. on issue after issue we are moving forward. after losing 9 million jobs in the great recess

i'm fredricka whitfield. you hear plenty of noise and lots of spin on the presidential campaign trail on the big issues, and you can expect we'll help you figure out where the candidates stand on issues that relate to the latino community in particular. we size up issue by issue how barack obama and mitt romney plan to tackle these key american challenges, but before we get to those, here's a look at top stories making news today. >>> we start with a deadly shooting on an alabama college campus. a campus police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old freshman at the university of south alabama overnight. school officials say gilbert call lar was naked and acting ear rattically. he confronted the officer and rushed him stooimpls and ignored warnings. they say the officer shot the young man in the chest once. his friends say they're shocked at what happened. >> you could ask anyone that knew him. he was a great, loving guy. always made people smile. is not the kind of guy that people knew him and said he would d

i'm fredricka whitfield. we'll be back in one hour to talk to that family. we'll hear candy crowley talk about how she's going to handle her duties moderating the presidential debate. >>> the presidential election is less than one month away, and america is headed toward a fork in the road. welcome to "your money." i'm ali velshi. on november 6, you will choose one of these two roads. the country will follow one of them and today i want to take you into the future. a look at 2016 under a president romney or a second term of president obama. but first, here's where we are today. the u.s.'s largest trading partners are struggling, and that is strengthening the economic storm that's headed over from europe to the united states shores. this week the international monetary fund cut its forecast for global growth for both this career and next year. that's the world economy and the u.s. economy. the ims cited two reasons things could get worse. first, if european leaders fail to support their ailing economies, and second, if leaders here in the united states let us

i'm fredricka whitfield with a look at our top stories right now. venezuela and people are going to the polls to vote for their next president. in new orleans, venezuela nationals lined up to vote in the early hours of the morning. chavez is hoping to hold onto power but he's facing a strong challenge from his 13-year rule from his opponent. it's a big week for candidates in this country. president barack obama is hoping to build momentum from that lower unemployment rate to hold a fundraiser in los angeles today, then eahe's heading to ohio. mitt romney is rallying in florida. he's giving a major foreign policy speech tomorrow. >>> we're following a shooting on the campus of the university of south alabama. a student

i'm fredricka whitfield in atlanta. we're keeping a close watch on hurricane sandy making its way along the atlantic coast. in the meantime, the campaigning for presidency continues. you're looking at president barack obama in new hampshire while obama as well as mitt romney will be modifying their touring, crisscrossing the battleground states because of the weather. for now, the president is taking advantage of this visit, his tenth visit to new hampshire. >> 70 degrees and sunny. can everybody please give it up for your outstanding united states senator, gene shaheen? your next governor, maggie hessen. your next congresswoman, annie custer. and i've got to say something special about one of the most talented singers, songwiteriter that america has had. he's a great friend, he's been working his tail off on behalf of the campaign. i couldn't be prouder he's working with us, james taylor. give him a big round of applause. i love you back. ten days, new hampshire. ten days. ten days and you'll be stepping into a voting

i'm fredricka whitfield. your money starts right now. >>> a new report out friday points to a steadier labor market but some conservative conspiracy theorys are trying to spin it for political gain. i'm ali velshi than is your money. let's get to the facts. christine romans has the numbers for us. >> hello. we have an unemployment rate in the united states that dropped to 7.8%. that's down from 8.1%. the prior month. that's one survey. that's the household survey. the other survey of businesses shows net jobs created 114,000 jobs created. below average for the year but a few thousand more than economists were expecting. let me show the long term unemployed. 40% of people out of work in this country have been out of work for six months or longer and then there's the underemployment number. we report this every month. 14.7% of the labor market are either unemployed or working part time. they would like to be working full time. they are not being used to their potential. those are the headline numbers from hat j

i'm fredricka whitfield.s an hour, making its way through the streets of los angeles. on crenshaw drive in the inglewood section of l.a. it's on its way to the california science center where it will be on permanent display for thousands of southern californians who have only seen it on their tv screens, seeing it up close is quite the experience. you can see it's going particularly slow right now because one of its wings is ever so close to that tree. they're not going to cut down the tree, but we understand they're trimming a few branches or at least they have had to trim a few branches of some trees so that the "endeavour" does not make cack. and remember, this is l.a., well known for its traffic jams, but endeavour

i'm fredricka whitfield. "your money" starts right now. >>> the election is less than two weeks away. the weather here in florida may look all right, but that economic storm i've been telling you about is still headed our way and this week, it got much stronger. welcome to "your money." i'm ali velshi. recent polls show a dead heat in the presidential election. the economy is still issue number one and the very voters who could decide this election are still undecided. >> i try and keep an open mind. >> i have not heard anything of substance. >> i'm looking for more. i mean we're talking about another four years. >> the questions are all about the economy. >> i'm not up at the white house. i don't see rich people all the time but i see a lot of poor people. >> microcosm of the issues we're facing in america. you can find every one of the major issues that were involved in the great recession. housing. >> when the whole mortgage debacle happened the banks weren't lending any more money. >> social security, med

. >>> coming up at noon, fredricka whitfield will talk more about this case with the legal guys, todaynn newsroom. >>> women still make less money than men in the work place. what's it going to take for women to close the gender pay gap. first, a woman car mechanic opened her own shop with new ideas about how to fix the industry. gary tuchman be shows us how she got started in her own business. >> reporter: carolyn left college with plans to work in a non-profit organization. and then her car broke down. >> i was like, you know, have i learned anything? i ended up taking night classes because i wanted to know more and discovered i loved the work. it was like a mental oil change where i could just forget everything i was told i was supposed to do and actually pursue something i really loved. >> reporter: hybrid and electric cars became her passion. she couldn't find a j working on them. i decided to open that shop. there was a better way for me to get the experience i wanted but i had new ideas about how to translate the benefit of the hybrid car. being green, high tech and cutting edge

. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield in for brooke baldwin.t west with 13 days until the election. president obama and mitt romney are blazing trails in the western swing states. we heard a short time ago from governor romney at his first stop today in reno, nevada. this evening he'll be in cedar rapids, iowa. and talk about a blitz, take a look at the president's travel plans. he will be in four states today, then four more states tomorrow. just a short time ago he stopped in for lunch at antonella's pizza in davenport. jessica yellin is following the president on the trail. >> reporter: hi, fredricka, here in davenport, iowa, president obama turned out and was quick to ask the crowd to vote. this battleground tour is all about two things, getting out the early vote, and energizing undecided voters, trying to sway, i should say, undecided voters to come over to his side. to them, he's pushing his economic message and telling them he has a detailed plan, a specific plan for the second term. we got a bit of a glimpse of that when an interview h

i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. let's talk about the presidential race. voters like women, and they're targeting those make or break swing states. wisconsin is one of about nine battleground states that will likely decide who wins the white house. our miguel marquez went to a swing county in wisconsin to talk with women voters. some of them still trying to make up their minds. >> here we are milking cows in racine county, wisconsin. what else would we be doing in a place that offers -- this is a county and state in play, a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed here since grover cleveland was president. they have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> look there. >> twice a day 3:00 a.m. and p.m. they milk their 80 cows. >> this is a first. >> reporter: they want to expand, but credit. their biggest concern? government debt acting like an anchor on the economy. >> either of you made your mind up about who you are going to vote for? >> i have a pretty good idea. >> yeah. >> reporter: but still could change

suzanne malveaux, usually that is her program, but today we have the fantastic fredricka whitfield standing in. see you tomorrow. >>> it starts right now on capitol hill. lawmakers are demanding answers about that attack at the u.s. consulate in libya that left the ambassador and two other americans dead. the attack defendant's exhibit happen the way the obama administration initially said it may have. this violence does not start with a span takenus protest over a now notorious saent islam film. let's get straight to some of the details now. jill dougherty joining us now from the u.s. state department. what are they expected to set straight? >> very interesting reading. some of these documents. there are statements coming out by the key people who will be testifying today. they -- i have been reading through them, and i think there were a couple of very important moments. that came essentially from the u.n. ambassador, susan rice, and in the testimony by ambassador patrick kennedy, which we expect to hear, he says that any official who was in -- was testifying at that particular time that

. >>> i'm fredricka whitfield. brooke baldwin up next in the "cnn newsroom." >>> got some breaking news for you at the top of the hour. welcome. i'm brooke baldwin here. here what he is we know. seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong and his cycling team today being accused of running and let me just quote this here, quote, the most sophisticated professionalized and successful doping program the sport of cycling has ever seen. those are the words of the u.s. anti-doping agency. the usada, about to release 1,000 pages, 1,000 pages of evidence in this long running effort to prove that the cycling great cheated by using performance enhancing drugs. don redell with me, he anchors world sport on cnn international. we have bill stricklin, editor at large, bicycling magazine. bill, i want to begin with you. because i want you to explain to me in terms of specifics, if -- i read the statement from the usada ceo pointing to undeniable proof of this doping conspiracy. what kind of evidence is there? >> we know the

hello, i'm fredricka whitfield in for brooke

. >>> it is the top of the hour, you're in the cnn news room, i'm fredricka whitfield.ting its sights on the east coast, and many are bracing for impact. forecasters say sandy could be one of the largest, most destructive hurricanes in recent history. and right now it is about 300 miles off the south carolina coast, expected to make landfall early sometime next week. the national guard has been deployed in virginia, and several states, plus the district of columbia are already under states of emergencies. covering the stories from all angles in just moments, we'll be joined by athena johnson in alexandria, virginia, bonnie schneider will have the latest from "the weather center." so the hurricane has forced the presidential candidates to change their plans, as well, both planning not to go to virginia as scheduled. but today they're in other battleground states. president obama just wrapped up a rally in new hampshire, he won that state in 2008 and wants to keep it in his column. we'll go to new hampshire for more in just a couple of moments. and mitt romney, focusing o

i'm fredricka whitfield. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer begins right now. >>> thanks very much. an interview with president obama that none of us were meant to see. it goes public. it includes some revealing remarks about his opponents and his plans for a second term. also, mitt romney's sidetracked by some controversial remarks about rape and abortion by a senate candidate he endorsed. and newly revealed e-mail, they're raising new questions right now in the hours following the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> just 13 days until the presidential election and the obama and romney campaigns, they are kicking into overdrive as the candidates make their final push to win the white house. cnn correspondents are following their every move. they're reporting from coast to coast and from all the most crucial states, any one of which has the potential to decide who the next president of the united states will be. let's begin this hou