the real credit goes to the community of salt lake city, salt lake count county and the state of utah mitt romney made those mounts. credit where credit due. it's not to say that mitt romney didn't have a roll in the olympics going better. he admits one of the ways he did that was to get federal money. rocky around, the third party candidate running against mitt romney in the presidential election was mayor of salt lake city. he said he cut an ad for mitt romney because he thought did he a good job there. give us that perspective rocky. >> i did cut an ad with mitt romney because my dealings with him through the olympics he was a good, moderate, reasonable person very detail-oriented and he was really great for me to work with on the olympics. but you know, he shared a lot of his positions with me as he did with the massachusetts voters who is pro-choice, pro-gay and lesbian rights. i thought wow as a republican he could bring that party that was really becoming right wing, nutty, extreme back to the middle. but look what he has done. he has taken it further to the right than i think

he was mayor in salt lake city, utah.ebates how would he pull them to the left? that's when we come back. >> congress and the white house are on the take, and it's the american people who are getting burned. you disgust me. prove it. enough is enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding. guaranteed. d-con. get out. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet but they're gonna fall in love get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary not commission. they'll get straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: who do you think the larger force in america, the democratic party? the republican party? or independent? really, if you gu

dozens of people hit the water in salt lake city for the annual pumpkin regatta. they removed seeds and the thickened shell. and the winner has carved from a 1,000-pound pumpkin. >>> well, now for a look at morning road conditions. snow-covered passes in the sierra nevada, cascades and north rockies. rain drenches highways from seattle to san francisco. a quick ride from minneapolis, st. louis, kansas city and dallas. >> a pretty good day for flying. weather-related delays only expected in san francisco. >>> well, now to the controversy plaguing lance armstrong, the international cycling union is expected to announce this morning whether it will appeal the sanctions issued by the u.s. anti-doping agency. >> after getting stripped of his medals and losing most of his corporate sponsors, armstrong was in austin texas over the weekend for the celebration of his livestrong charity aimed at fighting cancer. >> obviously, it's been an interesting, 57bd as i said the other night, at times, a difficult two weeks. people ask me a lot, how are you doing? and i tell them, we

he was mayor in salt lake city, utah.ow, if he was in the debates how would he pull them to the left? that's when we come back. >> congress and the white house are on the take, and it's the american people who are getting burned. home of the brave. ♪ ♪ it's where fear goes unwelcomed... ♪ ♪ and certain men... find a way to rise above. this is the land of giants. ♪ ♪ guts. glory. ram. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> cenk: who do you think the larger force in america, the democratic party? the republican party? or independent? really, if you guessed independents, you're right. look at this chart since 1990 independents are winning. they used to be lower than democrats and republicans until 1990 but then they take off and as you see they're at the end they're starting to pull away. that's 43% number for the republicans is wrong. independents actually higher than both republicans and democrats. okay so obviously the independents since they're so strong they're representing the upcoming presidential debates right? wrong. they're not represen

a wintry mix from rapid city to salt lake city. some snow in the cascades. and some showers from seattle to portland. >> 50s in the pacific northwest. mostly 40s in the northern rockies. 70s in the midwest. 80s around dallas, miami and new orleans. and way above normal in the mid-atlantic. >>> and coming up after the break, the first reviews are in. what people who had gotten their hands on the ipad mini are now saying. >>> and bad guys hit the bookstore. barnes & nobel customers have been hit by a big credit card security breach. >>> and later, a day of surfing turns deadly as a shark goes on the attack at a popular beach. >>> welcome back, everybody. this may come as a surprise to some folks. the u.s. is about to become the world's biggest oil producer, ahead of even saudi arabia. crude production is up for the fourth-straight year. and oil imports may fall by half by the end of the decade. one analyst says north america could become, quote, the new middle east. >>> and if you made a purchase last month as a barnes & nobel store, watch out. the book seller

movement right here the same thing's been in the program just as party candidate former there salt lake city is well we appreciate your time. pretty threatening a walk ahead of the government spending cut cd and say that even due to your pay freeze which could be extended as well as increased workload on top of it all of which is ruining medical staff morale was small the national health service is already losing the trust of the people it serves to police found. clearly in agony but in supposedly safe hands in hospital that's what janine harvey says distort when she came down with severe pain last december despite over forty visits to doctors in three different hospitals janine cervical cancer diagnosed rhyming in city hospital doctors here failed to spot janine harvey's cancer not once but twice all the hospitals missed it too exposing a council of the barrier that nets of the death of the thirty three year old mother of four just months later her family now say they want to news story to be hard to say that others can avoid a similar freights at one point doctors even suggested that jeani

about to face a challenge of an entirely different sort. >> could the scandal over salt lake's olympic bid shatter our city's the olympic games? >> the 2002 olympics were in trouble. salt lake city was embroiled in a bribery scandal that threatened to bring down the games. so the search was on for someone to repair the damage. >> romney knew finance, politics and was a mormon. and that made him the top choice. >> they called me instead of mitt because they knew mitt would turn them down flat. >> she called me at work and said, i want you to -- don't say no, mitt. i think you ought to go run the olympics. don't be ridiculous. that's absolutely crazy. i'd never do that. but over time she convinced me. >> so, despite ann's health issues, the romney's left bain and moved to utah in 1999. but when romney really left bain capital is now controversial. on paper, he remained chief executive officer, raising the question of his responsibility for companies that laid off workers when he was in utah. he says that he was gone from the company completely, that the olympics were all-consuming. >> when he got there, it was

narrator: a bribery scandal threatened the salt lake winter olympics. >> growing scandal is turning into a gold-plated disaster... >> narrator: in salt lake city, the home of the mormon church, they needed help. >> the payoffs have become a part of the games, and salt lake got caught... >> the story here always was that we were looking for a "white knight" to come riding in and save the olympics. and a lot of people saw that in mitt romney. >> narrator: romney knew this might be a chance to serve his church... >> strongly urging the appointment of romney... >> narrator: and raise his profile nationally. >> question of whether to close the deal with mitt romney... >> narrator: but there was a problem: ann was sick, diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> she told me that over the holidays they had all been out at their house in utah, and that she was so... felt so powerless because she couldn't get out of bed. >> i knew there was something seriously wrong with me. i was very fatigued, and i was in bed a lot, really in bed most of the time. i just couldn't really take care of myself, even. >> he was worried about my mother's heath. and he wanted t

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salt lake city, going for obama instead of romney.t's a close race as we get down to the last couple of weeks. >> david, thank you. >>> let's go to senior columnist for "newsweek" and "the bailey beast," john avlon. how likely is a repeat of the 2000 election? how damaging would it be for the country? >> it would be tough because of course it would compound all of the polarization that's in our politics right now. as we know, we've been there before. and this is premature. it is possible. it is still too soon to say. it's likely, but what we can't say for certain, is this is tight. this is a photo finish we're heading to. the poll's all over the place. and it's down to the key battleground states. >> not premature to talk about monday night's debates. it's striking how impactful the debate vts been this year. you can see the debate performances in the polls shortly thereafter. monday night's debate, is it likely to have as much impact, given it's a focus on foreign policy and we've had two of these things. >> as you said, this year, a

rocky anderson, the former mayor of salt lake city is running for president. he has run no huge hurdles to organize the new justice party anderson says the two major parties have a strangle hold on the ballot. >> i'm sorry hour five minutes are -- our five minutes are up. thank you for coming in. we want to remind you if you'd like to see a this again, you may as well as other candidates' statements on abc2news.com/politics and don't forget to vote on tuesday, november 6th. >> thank you very much for having me. >> let's take a look at your planner, cloudy down to 65 degrees. that will start to develop. pockets of drizzle. we'll show you this on maryland's most powerful radar. >> no complaints. we'll take it. >> have a good night. barnhill: you hear a lot of talk about question seven... so let me tell you what i know: if question seven passes, my company's going to... bring table games, like blackjack and poker... right here to baltimore. a twenty-five million dollar investment... that'll create five hundred new jobs. all right here. today, marylanders are spen

cold pool of air 40s salt lake city, 50s denver, seattle, portland, 70s and 80s ahead of it is veer weather possible today traveling and kansas city, chicago, minneapolis, no delays now at any of our airports they will be there and we'll probably have some here also. >>> 4:48. vallejo police offering $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of suspects in brutal crime. 28-year-old ashley mills was six months pregnant with twins when she was shot to death with her fiance september 6th at that home. investigators are qualing this a quadruple murder because of the twins. police setting anonymous tip-line: 1-800-488-9383. we have the link to that number on our website abc7news.com. >>> employs at napa state hospital are continuing to improve state two years after a mental patient murdered one of their co-workers 100 held a candlelight vigil last night to remember donna gross on the two year anniversary of her death she was strangled in the courtyard of the hospital. since then safety improvements include alarm devices that send out an employee's check location. -- exact location. >>

salt lake city, highs up in the 40s. snow with higher elevations. >>> once again, the timing if we're going to get that big super storm in new england, it looks like it would be probably monday or tuesday next week. >>> bill, thanks so much. disturbing details of the murder of a 12-year-old little girl and the fallout from a massive solar flair. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, the obama blueprint for hunting terrorists. it's called the disposition matrix. details straight ahead. you're watching "early today." >>> stories making news this morning. today's washington post reports the obama administration is developing a new way of pursuing terrorists. the disposition matrix contains terror suspects names laid out against resources available to track them down. it's designed to map out ways to reach suspects beyond the reach of unmanned drones. >>> colorado's secretary of state says 300 more suspected non-citizens have been found on the state's voter rolls. the names were among the more than 3900

newspaper support today, including the tampa bay times in florida, "the denver post," and even the salt lake city tribune. >> everybody take a seat, otherwise, clint eastwood will yell at them. last night in new york city, it was all smiles and friendly barbs. the two men took a break from the heated campaign to co-headline the al smith dinner >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening because he will laugh at anything. >> after my foreign trip in 2008, i was attacked as a celebrity because i was so popular with our allies overseas. and i have to say i'm impressed with how governor romney has avoided that problem. >> nice to relax and wear what ann and i wear around the house. >> each praised the other. >> i admire him as a family man and a loving father, and those are two titles that will always matter more than political ones. >> don't tell anybody i said so but our president has many gifts and a beautiful family that would make any man proud. >> and campaigning in pennsylvania, the first time any member of the gop ticket has been in that state. the first ti

lakes, from grand rapids to chicago. >> if you're flying today, airport delays are expected in cities on the board. seattle and salt> the release of 21 names, all of them alleged clients in the so-called zumba prostitution case. >> talk about talk of the town. those names are said to be clients of fitness instructor, alexis wright, who is accused of running a sex for money operation, out of her studio in kennebunk, maine. her attorney and realtor are on the list, along with husbands and dads out there. many of the alleged johns believe to live in portland, maine, about 50 miles from kennebunk. >>> a new warning about tainted drugs from a massachusetts pharma pharmacy. other drugs may cause life-threatening illnesses. the new warning involves a second steroid used for heart and eye emergency. 15 people have died from meningitis linked to that farm is a. >>> two hikers who vanished at montana's glacier national park were found alived and uninjured yesterday afternoon app a three-day search. the men are veterinarians from virginia and said to be experienced hikers. their wives reported them missing friday, after they

justice party nominee rocky anderson, the former mayor of salt lake city. in rocky mount, virginia, constitution party nominee virgil goode, the former six- term congressman who was first elected as a democrat and later switched to the republican party. we are reairing parts of last as presidential debate, pausing to give third-party candidates a chance to respond the same questions put to republican mitt romney and democrat president barack obama. we return to debate moderator candy crowley of cnn. >> lorraine osarios has a question for you. >> how are you doing? romney, what are your -- what you plan on doing with immigrants without their green cards and are currently living here as productive members of society. >> thank you. thank you for your question. let me step back and tell you what i would like to do with our immigration policy broadly and include an answer to your question. first of all, this is a nation of immigrants. we welcome people coming to this country as immigrants. my dad was born in mexico of american parents. my wife's that was born in

and 80s from new orleans to new york. 60s from salt lake city to seattle. >>> and when we come back this morning, with all the talk about jobs, we get some all-important numbers later today. >>> then, more coffee, more jobs. starbucks announcing ambitious, new plans. >>> and lights, camera, will you marry me? what might be one of the most intricate wedding proposals ever. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, from wall street to the campaign trail, the big focus is today's release of the september employment report, the next-to-last one before the election. and it is likely to show more jobs created last month than in august. but not by much. and ahead of the numbers we get another snapshot on jobs. the number of americans applying for first-time unemployment benefits rose slightly for the week. up to 377,000. >>> if you thought mortgage rates couldn't go any lower, think again. rates have tumbled to all-time lows for the second-straight week, falling as the federal reserve buys bonds to help boost the market. rates on 15-year loans are down to 2.69%. and 30-year mortgages are at a record l

and from salt lake city into the pacific northwest. >>> the state where gas prices are soaring this morning. 5 bucks a gallon could be in sight. we'll tell you where. >>> and forget free. facebook wants you to pay to make sure that your friends read your posts. >>> and later in the show, the breakout star of the denver debate is, yeah, that big fellow right there. the one and only big bird. >>> welcome back, everybody. well, millions of california drivers are facing some pretty serious sticker shock. a pipeline closure and refinery problems have sent gas prices there to the highest ever for this time of year. up 5 cents in a day, to an average of $4.23 a gallon. and get this. it could climb another 30 cents by this time next week. this comes even as gas prices actually fall for most of the country. >>> nasdaq is investigating an unusual price spike in shares of kraft foods, in what could be another high-profile glitch. it canceled some of wednesday's trades after kraft shares surged 29% in one minute. nasdaq isn't giving details. it says it's looking into potentially erroneous transactions.

. >> utah, salt lake city, first snow of the season. show you pictures in the next half hour. >> thank you. >>> coming up, meet the real-life home alone girl, the brave 10-year-old who foiled a home invasion with a dramatic 911 call. >>> and can you imagine ross and rachel not ending up together? the creator behind "friends" reveals how one of television's most beloved couples almost didn't make it. >>> and these parents getting payback when their daughter misbehaves. why it's stirring so much debate right now. >>> and one of the biggest weddings of the year. justin and jessica, brand-new photos. a lot of details, coming up. [ male announcer ] we're all on a journey to financial independence. ♪ whether you're just beginning the journey... ♪ ...starting a family... ♪ ...or entering a new chapter of your life. while the journey is yours, pacific life can help you protect and grow the assets you'll need along the way. to learn how, visit pacificlife.com. pacific life. the power to help you succeed. just begin with america's favorite soups.

the center of power used to be in salt lake city. it is still, to a degree. it was frowned upon. there was gambling and prostitution down there. with all this money, i think the folks up there when, hey, we should get our hands around this and get control of the situation. it made for strange bedfellows. really odd marriages of really different cultures in a way that we had not seen before. tavis: what are you learning so far about walking in the shoes of a wise guy, trying to go good? >> is really an interesting perspective. let's -- try to divorce yourself from me for a moment. this is part of my process. reading, talking to individuals, taking in information from whatever quarter i can find it. the attitude is, not speaking for myself, what separates me from law enforcement? nothing. they are just the people with the badges. they do things that are as corrupt and more corrupt than me. they are fighting for theirs. i am here so that i can get what i need for my family. not just my nuclear family, but my "family." that means being the best in business, being -- when i spoke to j