from martin wolf of "the financial times." then a snapshot of the economy from starbucks chairman and ceo howard shultz. next up, the u.s. economy's breaking point. where are we weak incentive that's what the author of "money ball" and "the blind side, "michael lewis, will give his insights on. finally, solutions, what will fix the problems that ail us? i'll talk to tom freedman of "the new york times" about his book. >>> also, want to see the hottest new thing on the globe? take a trip to mumbai or shanghai. i'll explain. >>> and of course a few thought on steve jobs. >>> first, here's my take. barack obama busy apparently committed blasphemy. in an interview in florida last week, he dared to say that america had gotten soft. the denunciations came in fast and furious. >> the american people are pl plenty tough. what we've got is a soft public. it's not that we've become soft. it's that he's on our shoulders, and he's too heavy. >> if you watch the clip, here's what the president actually said. >> the way i think about it is,

at least that's according to martin wolf, the chief economics editor of "the financial times. was also talking with fareed zakaria on gps. >> i believe that we have to accept that there is going to be this very long-term process of healing, as housing markets stabilize, investment in housing stops falling, this affects both sides of the atlantic. unemployment finally really stabilizes and while the household's finances are cured. we have to accept that. and while that is happening, there has to be a commitment, a very strong policy support, however unpopular and risky it is. >> but the chief economics correspondent, basically he's stating what so many people have been saying for so long, which seems to have gotten lost in the latest political wranglings. it is housing and it is unemployment. neither of those two issues can be healed quickly. certainly not in the speed that a lot of economists and protesters are hoping. >> no. i think the frustration on that, andrew, is likely to grow, because clearly the recovery is slow. if it is indeed a recovery at the moment. indeed, the l

wolf? >>> martin, thanks very much. happening now -- >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> the hard charging republican front-runner herman cain forced to stop and confront shocking allegationes from the past. what cain was accused of, what is means for his campaign. right now, we will hear from reporter ken vogual from politico. >>> plus, an end to the mission, libya gets a new leader but is libya ready to stand on its own. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> herman cain has been flying high. a leader in the republican nomination. suddenly there are stunning allegations of sexual misconduct, threatening to potentially dramatically hurt his campaign. they date back to the 1990s, brought by two women who reportedly received a financial settlement. herm yan cane flatly denies the jl gagss. they were first reported in politico. he says the allegations are totally false but why was his campaign seemingly caught flat-fooded by something going back more than a decade. joe johns has been digging teeper

so we got some big news, all this coming up, martin right here, in "the situation room." >> come watching with thanks very much, wolf. >> everybody remembers the big high school rivals, just who they were. there just isn't any evidence left of the smack talking you did years ago before the big games. fast forward now to 2011, and you've got the defending georgia state football champs and they are playing their rivals in the sub suburban area. it is trending today. my daughter pointed this out today. i think saturday maybe. these two videos are great. >> it is fun. high school students decided to produce their hip-hop video. and they brought to t to their rival high school and it's totally viral. >> let's take a clip at it right now. >> where you at ♪ ♪ we don't even -- are you even on the map ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ well, where you at? we don't even see you, are you even on the map ♪ ? ♪ everybody mark their calendar on 10-28-11. ♪ snow that's the day we send every brongo up to heaven. ready to back up all our facts. hear you talkin but can't hear you screamin ♪ >> that was all done by students. >> by students. it was aamazing. i

but the robotics lab of lockheed martin found an engineering marvel in this fall chore. our reynolds wolf." >> reporter: bill findses inspiration from above. >> you think of maple seeds, how they fall from the tree every year. they start to generate lift as they spin. ands this' come down from the tree. >> reporter: it's a natural way to fly that's being used in a new way. a single-bladed copter called samurai. >> it has a propeller to provide power. it has a flap for control. >> reporter: tiny sensors and software algorithm give him the ability to fly. the operator just tells it where to go. >> all the complexity of the system resides within the software that's implemented to control samurai. we can build these very small, or we can build these very large. and we can adapt to those users' needs. >> reporter: but the main use is surveillance. >> think of a soldier operating in an urban environment or a police officer who wants to follow a criminal. or they could be used in disaster relief to get a bird's-eye view of the situation. >> reporter: bill sees this as the future. >> if we can le

wolf in a moment. >> what's up! >> from witch's brew to last minute costumes -- >> witch's brew? >> i didn't say that. jill martinte halloween finds. >> and a remarkable survivor story. when she was just 17 julieann was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the peruvian jungle. she managed to hike to safety. we'll hear her story. this is the first time she's talking about it in detail. >> also expanding your cooking repertoire with smoked sausage and jamaican flavors. we love it. first jenna wolf is here with a preview of "weekend today". >> we have a good show coming up. we are gearing up for our paranormal adventure you don't want to miss. the syfy ghost hunters took lester and me to a penitentiary in philadelphia many say is haunted. >> were you scared? >> that's my fake scare. remember lester's legendary turn at susan boyle and then last halloween we were snooki with the pickle. at the time that was what they said was her thing. and the situation. wait until you see what the three of us have in store for sunday in our own halloween extravaganza on the plaza. lester will be cold. >> again. >> and amy and i wil

wolfe is here. >> some states are saying it's okay to do away with that. >> horrible. >> yeah, and then jill martin "today" show viewers. >>> look who's in our studios right now, one of the most talented actors anywhere, kevin spacey, he has a new movie out. by the way a quick reminder, coming time for halloween again, monday, october 31st, we'll have our annual halloween contest. if you have a great costume in mind, come on down to our plaza, it's not too early to start preparing, monday, october 3 1st here on "today". we're giving out great prizes. setting the bar high. >>> let's talk about the weather. >> we're getting some rain in the northeast. let's take a look at the next couple of days. showers and thunderstorms along the southeastern coast. little breezy, cooler than normal conditions. tomorrow, lot of rain, thunderstorms here in the mid-atlantic states. few showers moving into the pacific northwest. sunny and mild from the gulf coast off into the southwest. sunny and cool up into a >> good morning. there is a chance for it ranchero. the best chance will be north of baltimore. >> and that'

wolf. >> reporter: you know, perhaps one of the best ways to get a solid understanding of the kind of guy that dr. martinis to speak to people who knew him best. that's where tom howe comes in. you knew him for years as a friend and driver. >> i spent four years with sclc and a year and a half i drove with the family. >> reporter: how about you drive and i will answer questions. >> i will show you where dr. king used to hang in this town. >> reporter: as dr. king's friend and personal driver, he's in familiar territory -- especially on the street named for the man he knew so well. >> we're on martin luther king right now. here is the southern cross bedding here, that's where martin luther king at 14 years old for two week got -- daddy king got him a job. he threw mattresses. >> reporter: was he intimidating? >> not at all. i wouldn't have to worry, reynolds, but driving. he was a terrible driver. >> reporter: he had a great send of humor? >> great sense of humor. he would be cracking jokes and would have a great sense of amusement about him. you would never know that he just came back from -- he one time

wolf. appreciate it. >> reporter: thanks, suzanne. >>> we have some sad news to report. civil rights leader reverend fred shuttleworth died this morning in birmingham, alabama. you may recall he was the reverend martinreate the southern leadership conference along with martin luther king junior and ralph albehr nathy. his house had been becomed several times. once with his wife and kids inside. the bomb had malfunctioned. it had spared their lives. fred shuttlesworth he was 89 years old. a friend of his a fellow activist, an icon in the civil rights movement andrew young is joining us by phone. mr. young, if you can tell us what he meant to the civil rights movement and what he meant to you as a friend. >> i would think that it's honest to say that fred shuttlesworth probably saved the civil rights movement. we had been bogged down in albany, georgia. and people are saying that nonviolence wouldn't work. fred said, look, the only thing we can do is nonviolence. you have to come to birmingham. and birmingham was probably the meanest place at that time. there had been 60 unsolved bombings in 1962. and fred had not only had his house bombed, he had been beaten by the klan and almost left for dead. he s