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john hendren joins us live with the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning. it was supposed to be a showcase event for the struggling indy car series. but with speeds up to 225 miles an hour and a crowded field, aggressive driving was a worry from the start. drivers and indy fans called it the worst crash they had seen. >> cars in flames, wreckage, carnage. terrible. >> it's the most horrific race i have ever seen in my life. >> reporter: then came the tragic announcement. >> indy car is sad to announce that dan wheldon has passed away from unsurvivable injuries. >> reporter: he was trying win a share of a $5 million bonus when his car flow over another in lap 11. >> you know, one minute, you're joking around before driver intros. and the next -- dan's gone. ♪ >> reporter: fellow drivers and fans alike mourned the loss of the two-time indianapolis 500 winner. >> i think i'm getting old. i have been through too many of these already. you ask anybody in the field if we could choose way to go -- that's the way. >> we're all going to miss him. a little bit of eve

john hendren has all of the details from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob. a republican debate could get interesting. it's supposed to be about jobs and the economy. for two candidates, it's likely to be about attacking each other. get ready for a full frontal assault. >> romney has flip-flopped on some of the issues. >> a lot of reasons not to like me. >> reporter: as a republican presidential candidates prepare for a debate on the economy in new hampshire tonight, rick perry, down in the polls is on the attack against front-runner, mitt romney. >> you're going to find in a campaign like this that people running against me, will take what i've said and turn it into something else. >> reporter: perry has won ten of ten elections in a scorched earth campaign. >> he puts his boot on his opponent's neck and doesn't let off. a victim of his own performance in past debates and due to the meteoric rise of herman cain. >> i never felt pressure going into the debates. not because i'm overly confident. but because i'

rob, back to you. >> john hendren in washington for us. thanks, john. >>> it appears that the president's much-touted jobs bill is dead in the house. republican leader eric cantor, says the bill taken as a hole, will never see the light of day. but it could be that lawmakers could vote on bits and pieces of the plan that both sides can agree on. >>> protests against wall street are spreading beyond new york city. dan harris has a look at the demonstration and what the protesters want. >> reporter: it started with fewer than a dozen college students. but when video of a police officer pepper spraying female protesters went viral, the movement grew. this past weekend, 700 people were arrested when they stormed the brooklyn bridge. now, major unions are joining in, as are celebrities, like susan sarandon and alec baldwin. and similar protests are popping up across america. you want to see more of this and not just here? >> yes. >> we're mad. we're angry. and we're standing. >> reporter: this is a functional little city. let me give you a tour.

abc's john hendren has the latest from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, tanya. you're right. there's a lot going on in the republican presidential race right now. michele bachmann and donald trump will meet in new york later today. but all the excitement revolves around an unlikely favorite. the guy from godfather's pizza. here's a sentence no one expected to hear. the new republican front-runner is herman cain. he says he's more than just a flavor of the week. >> the difference between the flavor of the week and haagen-dazs black walnut because it tastes good all the time. >> reporter: it's a fast-changing republican race. cain is leading the pack with 27%. romney is behind with 23%, within the margin of error. cane comes with a simple plan he calls 9-9-9. 9% income tax. 9% corporate business tax and a 9% national sales tax, a plan that comes with its share of controversy. >> the sales tax. >> i understand. don't confuse the new hampshire sales tax with this. >> reporter: mitt romney has focused his fire on a

we begin with abc's john hendren. >> reporter: rarely has the death of a corporate chief inspired such a spontaneous outpouring. >> a force of nature. >> one of the great visionary leaders in america, maybe the world. >> reporter: at the apple stores that steve jobs founded, flowers and candles. he was the thomas edison of his day. >> people want large, color screens they can put photographs on. people want motion video. >> reporter: he transformed the way we work. >> i want to show you macintosh in person. >> reporter: and he loved it. >> you have to find what you love. if you haven't found it yet, keep looking. and don't settle. >> reporter: a 20-year-old jobs launched a revolution from his parents' garage with buddy, steve wozniak. >> this is like jfk or martin luther king. >> reporter: he was fired in the '80s. >> i was publicly out. >> reporter: he was rehired in the '90s and spent the last eight years battling cancer. >> i wanted to mention this. >> reporter: in his final years, he was gaunt but still an inspiration. >> remembering that i'll be dead soon is the most important too

john hendren, abc news. >> oh, boy. he'll be missed. >>> the electronic outpouring was immediate. in fact, isad is a trending topic on twitter this morning. >> very appropriate. and president obama tweeted this very telling statement here. the president tweeted, there may be no greater tribute to steve's success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. >> another statement, his rival and close friend, bill gates said, the world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. >> and another king of silicon valley, mark zuckerberg said this on his facebook page. steve, thank you for being a mentor and a friend. thanks for showing that what you build can change the world. >>> an iconic american brand. but his innovations are beloved around the world. this is the scene outside an apple store in tokyo today. the vigil there is growing by the hour. there's a candlelight vigil in the evening there. >>> jobs bought pixar from george lucas for $10 million. the comp

john hendren has details. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, tanya. good morning, rob. frustration over the stagnant economy is really spilling out into the streets. but this movement isn't the tea party. it's like the tea party's liberal counterpart. >> united we stand. >> reporter: they are united in a growing national movement. >> this is a kind of revolution. power to the people. >> reporter: the wall street movement began with a few protesters in front of the new york stock exchange, and has become to occupy america. spreading to nashville. to cleveland. >> if we all had good-paying jobs, then we wouldn't be here. >> reporter: and as far as los angeles, a place with one of the highest foreclosure rates in the country. they are the anti-tea party, protesting corporate greed and massive profits for bailed-out banks, a movement not embraced by many republicans. >> don't blame wall street. don't blame the big banks. if you don't have a job an you are not rich, blame yourself. >> reporter: they call themselves the 99%, struggling in this economy, while 1% profits. >> we

abc's john hendren breaks it down for us from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya. it was a lively debate. but it failed to shake up the gop presidential field. the front-runner came out strong, as expected. and the insurgent from texas did not have the big night his supporters had hoped for. you know you're in the lead when you're taking fire from behind. herman cain, former ceo of got father's pizza took plenty for his 9-9-9 plan. >> 9% income flat tax. and a 9% national sales tax. >> you turn it upside down, i think the devil's in the details. >> i think it's a catchy phrase. i thought it was the price of the pizza. >> reporter: also coming out on top, front-runner, mitt romney, who had a simple talking point of his own. >> right now america's in crisis. if that does happen, i do. and i've done it. >> this is a two-person race. it's herman cain and mitt romney. a month ago, it was mitt romney and rick perry. >> reporter: hours earlier, romney captured the endorsement of the week. anyone hoping rick perr

john hendren reporting for us this morning. thanks. >>> as john mentioned, the pan am 103 family members are sharing the relief now that gadhafi is dead. judy avrid's husband, jerry, was a flight engineer and was onboard that flight, in the cockpit when the plane went down. she says gadhafi's death does bring a sense of closure. >> thank the lord that's over with. and i hope and pray for the people of libya they can have a new life. something good can come out of this. they can have some of the freedoms we have here in our wonderful country. >> judy avritt was left to raise two children by herself. now, they're grown and she is a grandmother of five. >>> in the broader scope of american foreign policy. obama administration officials touting this, saying we take credit not just for this. but we've seen osama bin laden, and we've seen anwar al awlaki. just in this calendar year, america taking deep strikes at terror leaders and terror networks around the globe. >> as you noted, there really will be a power vacuum now. there could

we begin with abc's john hendren. >> reporter: an emotional four-year journey finally brought amanda knox home. >> i'm really overwhelmed right now. i was looking down from the airplane. and it seemed like everything wasn't real. >> reporter: speaking for the first time as a free woman home from prison, her convictions for rape and murder overturned in an italian appeals court. she seemed at a loss for words. >> thank you to everyone. who has believed in me. who has defended me. who support mid family. >> reporter: it was a homecoming that was nearly postponed for decades. >> she's overwhelmed. she'll be able to get out and just try to, you know, get back home and get back here, where she, you know, grew up and everything like that. it's very overwhelming to her. >> i feel like a huge rock fell off me. now, i can look forward to sleeping at night. >> reporter: freedom leaves the knox family chained to more than $1 million in crippling legal bills. bills that forced amanda's parents to take out mortgages. amanda's sisters took out two jobs. >> you realize what amanda's going through a

>> abc's john hendren. that really is remarkable. he hit a rough patch in his life and led him to this. he wanted some kind of violent ending. >> we saw earlier, we heard reported that he was an animal lover. a kind man, according to some people who lived in that community. others say he was not so nice. you're getting mixed reports there. it's hard to believe an animal lover would decide to end his life in this way. >> it is. we'll have the latest of the case on "good morning america" later this morning. stay tuned for more details as this developing story continues now into a second day. >>> shifting gears, now. police and fbi investigators have wrapped up a major search of the kansas city home where the little baby disappeared. they were seen taking away bags of potential evidence from that house in kansas city. >> police refused to say what they found inside the home. 10-month-old lisa irwin was last seen nearly two weeks ago. >>> and more disturbing details are coming out of that captivity case in philadelphia. two brothers of t

abc's john hendren is live with the latest. >> reporter: it's a scene out of a far-fetched horror film. 48 exotic animals, many of them man-eaters, are roaming the country side of rural, ohio. >> there were grizzly bears and black bears there. there were cheetahs. there were lions and there were tigers. >> reporter: animal farm owner, terry thompson, was found dead. his fences opened. a figure of curiosity in the community, he had just been released on federal weapons charges. >> we hear noises every once in a while. we tried to figure out what it was. it's not a domestic animal or anything like that. >> reporter: the staff from the columbus zoo were on the scene, hoping to tranquilize the animals. but sheriff's deputies have organized the hunt not normally seen outside of africa. >> we're shooting to kill. >> reporter: two duhhen animals have been gunned down. two dozen more remain on the loose. >> scary. you don't know where they're at. and if the cops don't catch them, they'll be running wild, and crazy. >> we recommend staying indoors right now. we're going to recommend to a couple

john hendren, abc news. >> unbelievable story. >>> also, new details this morning in that tragic crash that killed indy car driver dan wheldon. a coroner has determined that wheldon died of blunt head trauma sustained in sunday's awful crash. we'll have reaction to the crash later in this half hour. >>> breaking news overseas where an elaborate prisoner swap is under way in the middle east. one israeli soldier is being traded for hundreds of palestinian political prisoners. abc's alex marquardt is live on the phone from the west bank. alex, what's the latest? >> reporter: good morning. i'm waiting for some of the palestinian prisoners to be released here. you can hear the loud festivities going on behind me. lots of singing and chanting. palestinian flags waving, as well as a big, green hamas flag. we can confirm this morning that gilad shalit has left the gaza strip, where he's been held for four years by hamas. he's been handed over to egyptians. the wheels have begun turning for the release of almost 500 palestinian prisoners being exchanged today for shalit. now, if all goes accord

john hendren reporting. back to you. >> thank you. >>> investigators carried out a search warrant at the home belonging to the parents of the missing missouri baby. authorities will not say what they found during the extensive search. 10-month-old lisa irwin missing since october 4. they have no suspects and no major leagues in the disappearance. >>> a new associated press poll shows voters are more indecisive than ever in the race for president. among those surveyed, the present sides say that president obama does not deserve a second term. among republicans, a former massachusetts governor mitt romney is the top choice to replace a president with 30%. herman cain and rick perry rounding out the top three. >> id has been interesting watching the numbers fluctuate. >> much more still to come. 6:07, 56 degrees. >> still ahead, john beck, what the new redskins' starter now says about the quarterback controversy. >> lindsay lohan leaves court in handcuffs. what is next for the struggling hollywood star. >> the

reporting live for abc 7 news john hendren. back to you. >> thank you. >>> lindsay lohan could face jail time when she goes back to california court today for probation hearing. she is supposed to be performing community service after pleading no contest in effect case in may. the prosecution says she violated the terms when the shelter where she was volunteering fired her. >>> expect to pay more a post office next year. don't plan on a trip to the apple store today. now more on what is making news. >> topping america's money apple stumbles in the latest earnings report. iphone sales were disappointing as many customers waited for the new model that did not go on sale until after the quarter ended. all apple retail stores today will close for several hours so employees can watch a companywide memorial service for co-founder steve jobs. it will cost another penny to mail letter next year. 45 cents. next january will be the first rate hike in two and a half years. forever stands purchase now will still be good to mail letters nex

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reporting live for abc 7 news, john hendren.k to you. >> thank you. >>> a bizarre story. >>> 7 is on your side. the death toll from the mysterious outbreak due to the tainted cantaloupes is rising. the cdc says that 25 deaths in 12 states including maryland are now linked to the outbreak. more than 120 people have been second. the cantaloupe or grown at a farm in colorado. >>> we are learning more about the extent of the recent cholera epidemic in haiti. one of the caribbean country pose the most prominent health experts says nearly a half- million people were sickened. 6000 people died. it's believed the disease was inadvertently brought to haiti by u.n. peacekeepers from nepal. >>> this graphic video is causing an uproar all across china. this is a two-year old girl lying on the ground after she was hit by two vans. nearly 20 people walk by or drove by and none of them helped the injured toddler. eventually networker picked the girl up and gave her to her mother. the child is still alive, but in a coma. >>> kansas city police

john hendren reporting. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:03. libyans at home and abroad are still celebrating in the streets this month. jummy olabanji is outside the libyan embassy in northwest d.c. with reaction. good morning. >> good morning. many local libyans say they have been waiting for this day for decades. a lot of them gathered eyes night outside the white house. we were there as they celebrated with tears hugging each other many of them holding the libyan flag and the american flag, a sign that democracy could be coming to their native country. many gathered in arlington and other places where they watched in disbelief on al jazeera television. many people left their native lands because they were afraid and are looking for to going back now that he is no longer in power. many of them said yesterday this is a bittersweet victory. >> i am pretty certain that a lot of libyans would like to see him suffer. at the same time if it is over, it's over. >> a lot of local indians told us yesterday they hope that this serves as a message to o

john hendren, abc 7 news.k to you. >> thank you. >>> massachusetts senator scott brown is responding to allegations of plagiarism on his senate web site. he blamed his staff for lifting part of a 2002 speech by former north carolina senator elizabeth dole word for word. the passages were about values that parents instill in their children. spokesperson says it was used as a template and inadvertently transferred without being rewritten. >>> wall street protesters in new york preparing for a possible showdown with police. the owner of the parks wants them to leave by 7:00 a.m. so crews can spend the day cleaning. some demonstrators believe this is an attempt to end protests against corporate greed. they are planning to rally at 6:00 this morning. >> that is 45 minutes from now. >>> the blackberry blackout is over abandoned by phone goes on sale. >> tanya rivero has more. >> blackberry is back. research in motion says the blackout is over and it has fixed the problem and services returning to normal for millions

reporting live for abc 7 news, john hendren. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we are in it until something starts to change to push legislation through. >> they have to hear. >> demonstrators will be back out all across the district protesting corporate greed and the afghan war. the rallies are organized by two separate groups. october 2011 and occupied d.c. >>> today marks a solemn milestone. 10 years since the u.s. invasion in response to the attack on september 11. scattered demonstrations,. the president has planned no public events to mark this occasion. 1700 u.s. troops have died since the war began. president obama has said combat operations will end by 2014. >>> carmela dela rosa will have to wait until january to learn exactly how long she will spend in prison. a jury convicted the virginia woman of first-degree murder in the death of her two year-old granddaughter. they recommended a 35-year sentence. jummy olabanji is in a satellite center and with what is next for dela rosa and how her family reacted to the guilty verd

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abc's john hendren has our campaign update. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, rob. the guy who is leading the republican pack has never held any public a city council jb. the improbable rise of herman cain and his 9-9-9 plan is nothing short of stunning. >> six weeks ago there was some pundit who said i should just drop out. they don't know herman cain. >> reporter: cain has leapfrogged one-time front-runner, rick perry. that earned cain the ultimate compliment, attacks from his rivals. this one from perry's wife, anita. >> when i hear 9-9-9, i want to call 911 because it will raise the taxes. >> reporter: cain is now leading in polls. spirit airline has lunched its own 9-9-9 advertising campaign. but cain has a long way to go to turn the buzz into a winning campaign. he has little organization. he hasn't been to iowa since august. >> we are trying hard to get mr. cain here in october. and hopefully, we'll be able to achieve that. >> reporter: it's an unpredictable year. and voters are angry and restless. >> incorporations. >> reporter: this occupy seattle protest t

john hendren joins us with more. >> reporter: good morning, rob and tanya.in and donald trump have not ruled out running in to 12. but all the excitement in the gop campaign seems to revolve around the one new jersey governor who has said repeatedly he'll not run. if chris christie is joining the republican presidential roster, he's still not talking. >> if he wants to come and play, we'll be glad to have him come. >> reporter: those close to the new jersey governor say he'll decide within days. one potential opponent went on the attack, accusing rick perry of racial insensitivity. >> it shows a lack of sensitivity for a long time of not taking that word off of that rock and renaming the place. >> reporter: perried that rock painted over years ago. cain said he and other gop candidates should have spoken up when some in the audience booed a gay soldier in a recent debate. >> yes, that would have been appropriate. >> you want to be commander in chief, you can start by standing up for men and women who wear the uniform of the united states. even when it's not

john hendren joins us from washington. >> reporter: it's come to this. one prominent pastor who supports rick perry says rival mitt romney, a mormon, is not a christian. that brings up a topic usually only whispered in the campaigns. the "m" word is now out. >> in my estimation, mormonism is a cult. >> reporter: megachurch pastor robert jeffreys endorses rick perry. he describes mitt romney and john huntsman as being members of a cult. >> i want to thank you for a rousing introduction. he knocked it out of the park as we like to say. >> reporter: romney sought to rise, kennedy-like, above religi religion. >> let no agenda narrow our vision or drive us apart. >> reporter: a problem that some have among the faithful. >> the next president of the united states needs to be a man, i'm speaking generically, man of sincere, authentic, genuine christian faith. >> reporter: so is mormonism a cult. don't ask her man cain. >> he's a mormon. that much i know. i'm not going to do an analysis. >> reporter: don't ask michele bachmann. >> this is so inconsequential. >>

here's abc's john hendren. >> reporter: this is the dungeon of the horror house. >> it looks like a dungeon. these people were stored like surplus meat in a basement. >> reporter: it is here, police say, that four handicapped adults were held in pitch blackness, one for more than a decade. >> we're human beings. >> reporter: the landlord made the discovery, pushing open a door to find starving children. they were held by their three alleged captors who stole their social security and disability checks. >> this is a terrible case. but it's one that might get even worse, quite frankly, before it's over. >> reporter: that, because police found the social security numbers of 50 people. the trail tracking the alleged kidnappers from texas, florida to virginia and finally here to philadelphia. >> a case is going to take a long time before we fully understand the depth of it. these are just four people that we know of. >> reporter: the grandmother of herbert knowles learned with shock. >> he was a trusting person. and just took complete advantage of him. >> reporter: the four captives are recoveri

john hendren is joining us from washington this morning with the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, yunji, good morning, rob. libyan's flamboyant leader had been on the run for weeks. the end came at the people who he claim until the last, loved him. these are the final moments of moammar gadhafi's life. the libyan leader, the world's most-wanted man, is battered, dazed and visibly afraid. just months ago, gadhafi insisted these libyans, all libyans, adored him. >> i they love me all. >> but if they do love me -- >> they will die to protect me and my people. >> reporter: gadhafi's final hours began when revolutionary fighters raided his last stronghold. the dictator was shot in the head and died on his way to the hospital, but there's confli conflicticonflic conflicting accounts. this man takes credit for the final shot. the shot heard arnold the world. >> this is a momentous day in the history of libya. the dark tyranny has been lifted. and with this enormous promise, the libyan people have a great responsibility. >> reporter: secretary

john hendren joins us from more on theth candidates 30 in the polls. >> aside. -- more on the candidatee polls. >> that's right. the man from godfather's pizza. the new republican front-runner is herman cain. he is more than just the flavor of the week. a difference between he flavor of the week and dazs black walnuts, because it tastes good all the time. he's leading the pack with 27%. mitt romney at 23%. herman cain as a simple plan 999.calls 9 percent flat income tax, 9% tax, 9% sales tax, coming with its share of controversy. >> you are going to have to pay anyway. >> but mitt romney has focused rival, rick perry's refusal to denounce a prominent says that mitt not a real christian. ism is a cult. >> it's the wrong direction for the country. the president is focusing on jobs. take no for an answer. despite will go on. >> president said that he will defeat.pt he says that senators will now on its plan one a time. hendren, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. degrees. >> still to come, more changes could be on the way at metro. a new cleanup plan on the table. >> the occupy movement

. >> john hendren is live in a request with the latest. good morning. >> good morning.to this. one supporter of rick perry is using mitt romney's religion against him saying something that is used only whispered on the gop presidential campaign. the m-word is out in the open now. >> mormonism is a cult. >> pastor robert jeffress endorsed texas governor rick perry before a crowd of religious conservatives. he described jon huntsman and mitt romney as members of a cult. mitt romney saw to rise above religion. it's a problem for some among the gop faithful. rick perry has been explicit in saying that that religion is not a cult, abut many of his supporters are not convinced. john f. kennedy had a similar problem when he saw to become the first catholic president. >>> the senate is expected to hold a key test vote on president obama's jobs bill. of the $450 billion bill will cut payroll taxes extend unemployment benefits, and give tax credits to some businesses. even if it survives the senate, it faces a tough battle in the house. >>> the contract negotiations will begin th

john hendren joins us from northwest with highlights from the debate. good morning. >> good morning. it was a lively debate but failed to shake up the republican presidential field. the front-runner and outsiders came on strong as expected. it did notyou know you are in the lead when you are taking fire from behind. herman cain, former ceo of godfather's pizza took plenty for this 9, 9, 9 plan. >> 9% national sales tax. >> you turn it upside down and i think the devil is in the details. >> i think it's a catchy phrase. i thought it was the price of a pizza. greg smith>> right now america is in crisis. you want to have someone who is smart. >> this is a two-person race. herman cain and mitt romney. it used to be mitt romney and rick perry. >> mitt romney is the man we need to lead america. >> anyone hoping rick perry would recapture the lead might have walked away disappointed. >> i am still speaking. >> rick perry had trouble getting a word in edgewise. >> he was basically the man who was not there. >> the reason that we talked revolution in the 16th ce

john hendren has a preview. >> president obama starting in greensboro today, the second day of his bus tour in north carolina and virginia. he's trying to raise pressure on congress to pass his jobs bill, one piece at a time. he is doing that, a 400 after congress failed to pass the bill as a whole. the first part is $35 billion to help state and local governments to help fund the teachers police are opposites, and firefighters paid for in part by a tax hike on millionaires. joe biden is pushing the jobs measure in pennsylvania and philadelphia later today. the republican presidential candidates will appear tonight at a debate in las vegas. jon huntsman is trying to win friends in new hampshire to hold the nevada, as early on tenerife 14. the battle is on. i knew what is now holding its caucus on january 3. new hampshire is considering holding various in december. -- iowa is now holding its caucus on january 3. new hampshire is considering december. >>> insiders speculate iowa gop leaders would move the data up earlier to be in new hampshire to be the first contest in the nation. new h

reporting live with for abc 7 news, john hendren. back to you. >> thank you. these occupy protesters are cities all across the country. marched through new orleans.f they are denouncing corporate greed. in philadelphia, hundred city hall.utside 10 people were arrested during a rally outside a bank of america branch in los angeles. say they plan to keep up the rallies for months. today marks 10 years since the afghan war began. in the country say that the getting worse bear. many afghan people say they don't feel safe. with u.s. and nato forces find themselves targeted by the taliban. 1700 u.s. troops have died since 2001. president obama has said combat afghanistan will end by 2014. >>> 35 years in prison. ahat is the sentence recommended -- a fairfax county jury recommended killingman convicted of granddaughter. her attorney said she was insane she threw the towel off a at tyson's corner mall. -- through the title. child.w the >> there are no winners in this case. young parents lost their grandmothernd a could and the rest of her life behind bars. when the gu