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she basically refuses -- >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. i'm just dehydrated. there's nothing wrong with me. new york. >> that's all the time we have. thanks for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "john king, usa" starts right now. >> thanks, wolf. good evening, everyone. tonight's star power on the campaign trail as president obama, first lady michelle obama, bill clinton and sarah palin all out making their appeals 19 days before the big midterm election. a consequenceal day in court for the obama white house. the justice department files an appeal overrule to the pentagon ordering it to stop the don't ask, don't tell policy. >>> and a judge challenging the constitutionality of the health care bill can go forward. >>> we start with the mining rescue in chile. they announced they expect to release three miners tonight and, quote, many more tomorrow. the men he said were subjected to great stresses for more than two months so we won't immediately see which problems could develop. another fallout from the men's ordeal, chile's president promised

change our way of caring ♪ >> reporter: these frogs don't croak -- ♪ under pressure >> reporter: jeanne moos-- ♪ pressure >> reporter: new york. >> thanks, jeanne. that's all the time we have. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "john king, usa" starts right now. >>> thanks, wolf. and good evening. a busy night in politics, including some developing stories this hour we're watching. one is debate in florida's contentious three-way senate race. and christine o'donnell's old friend, now nemesis, bill maher, will be with us to talk about some new polls that underscores the uphill fight that o'donnell is facing. >>> but we begin with two other dramas involving leading women in both the democratic and republican parties. secretary of state hillary clinton tonight squatting down talk she'll be on the ticket with president obama in 2012. and sarah palin blames what she calls the mainstream for stirring up trouble. we call it reporting our jobs. with us to sort the truth from the spin, or at least to try, in new york, cnn contributor and senior political columnist for the dailybeast.com, john

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> remember, you can always follow what's going on in "the situation room," i'm on twitter, you can get my tweets at wolfblitzercnn, all one word. "john king usa" starts now. >> good evening, everyone. as opening lines go, i am not a witch is tough to top. it's from christine o'donnell. a risky new campaign ad that is more proof, if we needed any, this is a campaign year like none other in my memory anyway. first, some things that annoy me. as a usual consequence of election, four weeks from today, how you vote will affect the debate over taxes and spending, over the new health care law, illegal immigration, climate change and more. one thing it is not about is whether democrats like putting people on food stamps. a very smart man who was once speaker of the house is telling republicans to close this year's campaign by drawing a sharp contrast between, and i quote, the democratic party of food stamps and the republican party of paychecks. you deserve better. i'm not here to pick a fight with newt gingrich. democrats are full of foolish diversions and mislea

jeanne moos. >> is he a good kisser? >> reporter: cnn. >> i thought he was a good kisser, yeah, absolutely. >> reporter: new york. >> that's it for me this hour. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." "john king, usa" starts right "john king, usa" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks, wolf, and good evening, everyone. call a drnlgs almost any democrat today, and you'll get a version of this message. things are getting better. or things are bad but not as horrible as we thought a month or so ago. it's odd at the least when someone gets excited telling you they think they're going to get pummeled but not destroyed. but odd is the new normal this year. as evidence of recent gains, democrats cite record fund-raising last month for the democratic national committee. and some positive data in some recent polls. i made a lot of calls and sent a lot of e-mails on this theme today, and this was my favorite response. it's a bit snarky. from a leading republican campai

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> it's just one of those things, john, you could watch all day.. the last miner, luis urzua shutting the capsule door on his own. >> the last rescuer out was funny, too. they had that webcam down there. this is how sadly they were about the whole thing. he waved good-bye and bowed got in the capsule and went up. just an incredible day all the way around. >> we're going to take a break and, of course, much more of "american morning" continues. we'll be right back. (announcer) everything you need to stay balanced on long trips. residence inn. everythinge do it's beln it's a yea 50 milpromise. wi complenta schemaintee and /7 roaide assiance. beusen y ce the st bif, faaronar you do? your medicare card. [ laughing ] but don't let me or anyone see it except your doctor or their staff. and don't tell anyone your card or social security number over the phone. guard your card. [ woman 2 ] i hear unauthorized card use is a big source of fraud. the new healthcare law lets us crack down on criminals and win against fraud. making medicare stronger. and speakin

jeanne moos watching the video for the best moments. >> reporter: hold on to your hats, there's goinghree times by the same miner. there were kids getting hugged. there was hugs accompanied by laugher. faces being cradled. there were murmured endearments. as a young miner on a stretcher got his face rubbed and after all that, the glint of the sun on $180 sunglasses donated by oakley. this is what the ride up looked like and the light at the end of this tunnel must have looked like heaven. no many but some were overcome, usually the relatives -- there were some romantic stories. for instance, this woman sent a note down to her boyfriend proposing. he said yes and then there was yonny barrios, the miner whose wife discovered he had a mistress waiting for him. according to the daily mail, it was the mistress who showed up when barrios surfaced. fixing her hair before the reunion. barbara walters joked that the predicament would lead him to say -- >> put me back down there. >> reporter: though he might have a personal hole to dig himself out of, it's nothing to the hole he just left. a ho

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> ali, i'm still buzzing on that story. that will carry me for the next week. >> tony, you have a great one. >> you, too, sir. >>> i'm ali velshi. i'll be your guide through the information coming your way. what kind of guide am i if i'm looking the wrong direction? you'll get access to the information of today and the impact it will have beyond today. we'll showcase the innovation. let's get started right now. here's what i've got. it is an international mystery that's taken a horrifying and gruesome turn. it started with a missing tourist in mexico. now, the leading official has been beheaded. plus, he stayed sober for 30 days and then smoked marijuana every day for the next 30 days. what is he thinking? i'm going to have a serious chat with a star of "super high me." and i don't have perfect pitch, but now i'm told that a simple app can turn even me into a good singer. i want proof. >>> now, it's not a record that anybody wanted to reach. in september, 102,000 homes were repossessed, taken back by the banks. those are pe

here's cnn east jeanne moos. >> reporter: what do two kermits have to do with homelessness?performing their song "under pressure" in front of a homeless song. ♪ turned away from it all like a blind man ♪ >> reporter: and they were just warming up. ♪ why ♪ love, love, love, love >> reporter: practically overnight, the passionate puppeteer became known as the homeless man, and his video got more than a million views. >> people worrying about whether i was homeless or not. >> reporter: some were suspicious, where was the homeless' guy's cup for change. ♪ can't we give ourselves one more chance ♪ >> reporter: turns out the homeless sign was borrowed from a real homeless man. the setting in the background as well. and puppeteer sky slay made it clear that he's not actually homeless. >> this isn't about me. this is about the men, women, and children on our streets who don't have bright, green puppets on their hands, for people who aren't so always easy to see. >> reporter: it took sky and filmmaker brian maris only three takes on a saturday morning in long beach, california, to ma

cnn's jeanne moos serves up this most unusual story. >> reporter: doesn't mcdonald's happy meal haverapher made headlines with her happy meal project. sally davies says she bought a happy meal, kept it on this shelf in her apartment and photographed it. every few days for six months. there's day one. there's day 180. no mold, or as one newspaper asked, you want flies with that? >> that's the burger. >> reporter: no smell, though still a slightly greasy field. the biggest structural change took place between day 42 and day 49. when a section of the upper bun broke off. but the lack of decomposition had folks freaked out. oh, that's really disturbing. some accused sally of falsifying the photo. >> why would i lie? why would i do this? i'm not getting paid to do this. >> reporter: she started the project to prove a point to a friend, but what does it prove? as a food scientist, what does this experiment tell you, anything? >> nothing much. >> reporter: food signist says it's just dehydrated food. >> if you took a steak home and cooked it and then forgot about it, you'd get something sim

jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> thank you, jeannie. thanks very much.

now, here's two more cents from jeanne moos. >> reporter: instead of running around in his underwear,'t think he is serious, check out his new presidential look. >> dude, i got to be honest, you are the naked cowboy still, right? >> hey, how are you doing? >> yes. >> reporter: hard to believe is that the half-naked tourist mag nat of times square with, minus the hair. >> for president? >> absolutely. obama's going down. >> reporter: don't let the underwear puns fool you. >> i like to keep things brief. >> reporter: robert burke has a degree in political science from the university of cincinnati. he wouldn't be the first cowboy president. >> what? >> reporter: and he has already run for mayor of new york. ♪ no one's ever done more with less than me ♪ >> if i can literally build a global brand with a pair of underwear, boots and hat, think what i can do for the city of new york. >> reporter: what he did was drop out of the race, fed up with the red tape and $250 fine he had to pay for failing to file a required form. except in his attire, he is a conservative. >> unapologetic commitment

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