and the numbers are stunning, tamron., nearly 30,000 people are believed to have died in this drug war. and if you go down the road to el paso and across the border from there, the city of juarez, last year 2,800 people were murdered in that town. this year the number is going to maybe surpass the total. they're already at 2,100. including 100 police officers. these numbers are staggering. the threat is staggering. the type of violence is awful. it doesn't show any sign of letting up. and the drugs coming into the united states, the u.s. drug users, deent seem to be shrinking in terms of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine. >> mark potter is live for us in loredo, texas. thank you very much, mark. >>> how safe is your car? the government is unveiling a new safety rating system to make it harder for cars to earn top safety scores. the reason for the change is they say too many cars were receiving top marks making it hard to figure out which is the safest to buy. the executive editor for car and magazine joins us now fro

i'm tamron hall. we're following the emotional, tearful rescue playing out in chile. 18 out of the 33 miners that have been trapped more than 2,000 feet underground are seeing their loved ones and breathing fresh air for the first time in 70 days. the amazing pictures have captivated the world for hours. first out around 11:00 last night was florencio avalos, whose son burst into tears when he saw his father's face. he was followed by mario sepulveda, who they're calling super mario. he pumped his fist in the air, showing that he is a survivor. we've been watching the miners emerge one by one for about 15 hours now. kerry sanders has been at the scene all night. we're going to get to kerry in a second. kerry, if you were watching msnbc, he was right there. he was live with lawrence o'donnell covering this event. and you could see the joy because kerry has been talking with these family members day after day, waiting to see if it was possible that their loved ones could be brought out of that situation

i'm tamron hall. the news nation is counting down just eight days to go until the 2010 midterm elections. in just 45 minutes president obama heads to rhode island to try to fire up democrats there. back in 2008 president obama won 83% of the vote in that state. this year the president has his work cut out for him. it is a fierce battle for the senate in at least four states. nevada, pennsylvania, illinois and colorado where candidates are running neck and neck. and a new poll from politico shows independents are siding with the gop. right now is richard wolffe at the white house. good to have you on. let's start with independent voters. what is -- why are they in so many numbers, in such large numbers appearing aside with republicans? why do they feel will be different if this we see this republican takeover so many predicted? >> well, there are a couple working theorys out of the white house and folk who is advise obama. first of all, independent a big growing group. a lot of them grew before 2008 as

>> hi, tamron. we're getting reports of this latest attack, which has taken place between the capital here in islamabad and the path. it seems that once again it involves tankers, trucks, carrying nato supplies to the border and stranded at the side of the road by the border crossing. it seems to be open season on these fuel convoys, stranded, waiting on the road without security, like sitting ducks really. this morning's attack, we do have more detail on that, involved the torching of 25 fuel tachke tankers in the southwest of this country, attacked by gunmen, the taliban claiming responsibility. firing at the trucks and setting fire to the wheels. now, that was the sixth attack since the border was closed a week ago. there's no sign of when the border may reopen. there's some hope that a report today, a joint report by nato and the pakistan military, which examined a border incursion incident believed to be the reason the border was closed in retaliation by pakistan. in that report, nato said, yes

tamron? >> janet shamlian live for us in texas. thank you very much. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood wants to know why the nation's biggest transportation project was slapped. thursday he slapped the project saying the initial $8.7 billion budget could balloon. more than $500 million already spent on this decades long project. the transhudson tunnel would have doubled the number of commuter trains from new jersey to manhattan. >>> on the defense, lou dobb goes after a report that says he hired undocumented workers. plus, the outage in britain over a new docu-drama that depicts a member of the royal family captured by the taliban. ♪a young man with ambition ♪ met an old man at the top ♪ asked him if he d a secret ♪ ♪ and the old man stopped and thought and said: ♪ ♪ free 'cause that's how it ought to be my brother ♪ ♪ credit 'cause you'll need a loan for one thing or another ♪ ♪ score 'cause they break it down to one simple number ♪ ♪ that you can use ♪ dot to take a break because the name is kinda long♪ ♪ com in honor of th

that's the latest from here, tamron. now back to you. >> thank you, janet. >>> coming up, a duke university student creates, if you can believe it, a mock thesis on her sexual partners. little did she know, but she probably should have expected, it's now public. >>> then democrats are getting support from a group that they would least expect. why the nra is now backing a lot of candidates on the left. >>> plus -- super women. who is the most powerful woman in the world? not wonderwoman. some of these women. we're going to tell you who makes the top of the list. stufy, can i get a refill? i wanted skim. come on, get your head in the game, stufy! thanks, stufy. man, i love that cookie. host: could switching to geico realis a bird in the handre on worth 2 in the bush? appraiser: well you rarely see them in this good of shape. appraiser: for example the fingers are perfect. appraiser: the bird is in mint condition. appraiser: and i would say if this were to go to auction today, appraiser: conservatively it would be worth 2 i

i'm tamron hall. the news nation is following troubling new numbers out today that show that more americans are losing their homes. banks seized 102,000 properties in september. it's the first time foreclosures topped 100,000 in a single month ho. more than 816,000 homes were seized this year in the first nine months. among those now fighting to hold onto her home is this single mom in florida, who said she repeatedly tried to work things out with her bank, but has only gotten the runaround. >> i have two daughters also in limbo. because they go to school here. and it's really hard on my kids. >> this all comes a day after all 50 state attorney generals announce they're launching an investigation of foreclosure practices. the states are accusing some banks ofç using faulty documen to evict people. a new york times report cites incompetence, disorganization and sheer laziness by some banks. diana olick joins us now from washington. this is one of the hottest topics you can find these days. people are

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>> hey, tamron. let's call it the ghost of nicole. still calling it a scary situation for new england. boston, the heavy rain just moved in within the last hour. laguardia, kennedy, definitely terrible delays now. ranging from anywhere from a half hour to over two hours. the heaviest rain over vermont or nn. a lot of wind energy with the system as well probably bringing down tree branches. power outages. there's still a likelihood here. we're getting lots of reports of that. over 20 miles per hour sustained. gusting over 40 or 50 miles per hour. new york city, starting to get the drier north wind in here. that's good news. the rain should be shutting off soon. the delaware river is out of its banks, including record flooding along that river. where you see the green on this map, these are flood watches from eastern new york on up to the parts of maine and the counties closed in here that are circled in the lighter green, that's where we have flash flood warnings in effect until 3:00 eastern time. be aware, it's going to be a really di

>> it is, tamron. and it's very troubling.ership not just in the operational phase, but particularly the propaganda is becoming more and more americanized, they're really targeting the american audience in english. very sophisticated with very specific ideas for people to come back to the united states. they are truly trying to elevate their game here in the heart land of the u.s. >> now, this has ties, michael, apparently to the yemen-american who inspired a shooting. >> that's right. a long-known american resident. lives in the united states for a long time. been in yemen for a while now, plotting to try to motivate americans to pick up the al qaeda cause. very fluent in english. know how to use the al qaeda narrative, which inspires the faithful, as well as americanized english to get their target audience. >> i'm curious, michael, obviously this affiliate of al qaeda, they know this makes national news. they know our intelligence experts will jump on this and analyze every bit of this online magazine. is this meant as some

>> reporter: it's hard to say, tamron.hey're members of the drug cart cartel. a number of newspapers reported that. late last night a high ranking mexican official denounced the report saying there are no suspects whatsoever. will they' whether they're trying to protect the investigation or there's no suspects, we don't know. the county sheriff following the investigation on this side of the border says he's not heard any word of any suspecteds. it's been 11 days. they still haven't found david hartley. this poor girl tiffany is nearby hoping for closure here. hoping they will bring her husband home, at least his body video. this is a stop by texas troopers of tiffany and david hartley and their truck as they were coming here. it was for an expired registrati registration. they were ticketed. he clarified they were headed on the lake. >> thank you for the latest on this one. the director for the company at the center of the toxic red sludge spill in hungary is under arrest. the government is freezing the company's assets t

tamron? >> all right.y forces on high alert after saudi officials warn of a potential attack by an al qaeda group against europe against france in particular. >>> the wall street journal is reporting ten popular facebook applications have been sending identifying information, including names and friends' names to advertising and internet tracking companies. according to the paper, the issue even affects people who use the strictest priftyvacy settings. it's 6:00 past the hour. let's get a check ofheatwe her from al. >> it makes s s you see the "s network." >>> a weak frontal system draping from the east coast to west coast. we have scat ert showers, thunderstorms, nothing major today or really the next few days. an upper level low over southern california that's going to bring showers and mountain snows to the southwest, rain across the upper great lakes. plenty of sunshine. beautiful weather through the southeast. >>> you can see overcast skies still over oakland airport this morning. as we show you the s

i'm tamron hall. the november midterms just 22 days away.ouse within minutes, headed to florida. it is the president's latest strong push to get the democrats who helped elect him in 2008 to return to the polls on novemb

>> well, tamron, yet again, earnings. we are in the midst of earnings season and investors are watching this very, very carefully. now, thus far, we've actually seen some pretty good reports from a lot of these companies. overall, they are making their numbers. many are beating their numbers, but one of the big issues that keeps getting raised over and over again is just exactly how much are they seeing in terms of sales, in terms of revenue. yes, they are making profits, but a lot of that is coming from cost cutting, which doesn't necessarily bode well for the future. so that's the issue, keep an eye on it. >> will do. thanks, trish. >>> tonight, game six of the american league championship series with the rangers leading the yankees three games to two. last night the phillies beat the giants 4-2. giants lead that national league series three games to two with game six tomorrow. >>> police in california are looking for at least six people who robbed a jewelry store thursday. when they realized robbers were unarmed, store

our thanks to tamron hall and bill karins.>> we will. so come on down. wear your costume. we're going to be in our costumes. it's going to be fun, trust me. >>> good morning. i'm kris sanchez. more than a dozen people hospitalized because of overdozes at a bay area concert. >>> a three-decade-old sex abuse scandal resurfaces, a man accused of beating a bay area priest. >> his father murdered because olivet became his life. we go back to texas with aubrey huff. he is home but playing against the team and the idol that inspired him. our exclusives coming up on "today in the bay." hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. as an unhappy choice between a longtime politician with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. well, let me tell you my story. my husband and i came here as newlyweds. we raised our family here and the california dream came true for me in ways i could never have i

. >> yeah, tamron. and it's about 33 degrees outside, you can find a little to complain about, darling. >> the site behind you is beautiful. i know, okay. i can say that. i'm dry inside. >> reporter: i know, i know. sorry about the the buzz kill right there. sorry about the buzz kill. >> thanks. >> reporter: i mine, i could almost reach out and touch the snow pictures. somebody brought me down a little bit from the mountains. i tried to hide it in the corner so it wouldn't melt too bad so you can see a little bit of sno there. there's a lot of water in this. you can ring it out like a sponge. it won't last long. we're just a little bit above freezing here. i do mean a little bit. like 33 degrees. this storm is causing problems. there's some trees down. also a woman injured in her home as a tree came down on her house. so we are gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. you can see a huge thing on the satellite radar combination continue to pull off to the north, the winds will only get stronger on the back side.

matt lauer along with ann curry. >> and tamron hall.e, when a new product comes out, how do you decide whether to buy that product right then or do you wait until the next version of that product comes out? >> i always wait, you never do. >> most times i do. 3-d tv, i will buy when it comes out. >>> also coming up, we have got martha stewart in the house. >> we're going to talk about some savory desserts. and later, an 1 #-year-old that's removed from a cheerleading squad because of a cheer called shake your bootie. >>> and then a counter intuitive way to lose weight. a registered dietitian will tell us why you should be eating fat and drinking alcohol and sleeping more if you want to shed pounds. >> that soishtds good. . >> how about a check of the weather. >> let's check it out and show you right now. >> 60s and 70s in the southwest. and for your daytime weather, wet weather down to the southwest. we have got some showers around the great lakes, beautiful weather down through florida, mid-atlantic looking gorgeous, although a few show

and my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's coming up next. >> hey, andrea. the next hour the new jobs report and how it could stoke political flames with weeks to go before the midterm. plus a democratic women's group claims a republican takeover of congress would mean a dangerous world. jess will join us to defend that statement. but you think home filters can be a pain in the tucus. well check this out... boo-yah! shazam! h2...o! hydrolicious! look what i can do! magic bananas! adios contaminos! introducing the first faucet filter that installs with just one click and removes 99% of lead and microbial cysts. check it out at purwater.com. ♪ will save us. [ crunch ] look! [ helicopter noise ] [ grunting ] [ male announcer ] introducing new wheat thins crunch stix. [ e. clark ] i'm an engineer. i love my job. i can see what it's doing for the community on a day-to-day basis. natural gas is cleaner burning than most fossil fuels and it's vital to our energy needs. increasingly we're finding gas in hard to reach areas, but now we've developed new technology tha

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my colleague, tamron hall, launching a new program this afternoon. "news nation with tamron hall". will join her live 2:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> democrats could get a huge boost in november if latino voters head to the polls. numbers don't lie. it's almost a 3-1 advantage for democrats with registered latinos but all signs point to a weak turnout for a group that may not feel their issues are a priority in washington. an arizona state student and organizer for promise arizona, who wanted to change that, and help to register 20,000 latinos and get them excited about voting. good morning. thank you very much for being with us. good to see you. as you're talking to latinos, what are they telling you? >> they have a lot of energy. they're very excited for this upcoming election based on the things going on here in arizona. they're looking forward to showing the type of power that they can have here in arizona and making sure that their voice is heard this year for the elections. >> how did you do this? how did you get 20,000 new people registered? >> we had an enormous amount of help

fixodent and forget it. >>> i'm tamron hall.sitting back. those are the words from president obama, marching orders, if you will, for his base. the president takes off. two big campaign stops within just 26 days of the midterm elections. plus, your decision 2010 update. sharron angle's lead. carl paladino's mystery announ

and it turned into a two thousand and ten counter maybe september would feature m s n b c reporter tamron hall right now you can flip to november and headline news robin meade could be smiling with her pretty little face or just go straight to december and find hadi ghaemi robot can vesting her love for the president i'm just putting the idea out there guys but for now it does seem like some things only happen in russia. now while you're on a sunny miami beach enjoying your vacation well you may be surprised to learn that a convicted terrorist could be sitting next to you sound bizarre well it's not rowdiest pena lives in the u.s. and the once a scape convict is now a political prisoner living quite a luxurious life our kids are hot happiness shows us how this jury to freedom can be seen as a double standard when it comes to america's war on terror. early last month a convicted been a swollen terrorist escaped from this prison in caracas the future of roll dia's pinioned was sentenced to nine years in prison for plotting explosives in foreign consulates in venezuela this past may he was g

i'm matt lauer along with al roker and tamron hall is joining us as well. a lot of nice people are here, a lot of the eyes of the world on what's happening in copiapo, chile, where the scene is just remarkable, those 33 miners who have been trapped under ground for 70 days now, are being brought to the surface one at a time. just an incredible reunion with their family members. >>> and it's wednesday, that's the day we always like to help folks with their financial emergencies, with our "today's" money 911, today we'll be telling you how to put away a little bit of money even if you're living paycheck to paycheck. we'll be answering oppressive money questions "today." >> how do you plan a holiday celebration? sharing tips on how to get stains out of your dress or jacket if you party too much. tips on how to get stains out fast and easy. >>> also earlier we talked about hollywood couple courteney cox and david arquette who talked about it on a very candid radio interview about their relationship. >> that's crazy. >> it you want to get back together it might

it's now four minutes past the hour, let's go back outside to ann and tamron. >> al made sure we got a chance to look at what the weather is, and here's al now. >> let's check out your weather and show you what's happening for today. we're looking at strong storms in the southeast, including atlanta. more rain and snow in the rockies, we have got some afternoon thunderstorms as well. working their way through the upper mississippi river valley. that's what's going on >> it looks like the chance for rain will be increasing as the head through the debris of the time we get into late morning and early afternoon hours, showers will roll >>>. >> and that's your latest weather u natalee? >>> al, on "today's" consumer, shopping scams. the official holiday season doesn't j doesn't get underway for a couple of weeks, but they're perfecting their strategies now. thinking about the holiday shopping season, is it safer still to go to the stores or is it better shopping online. >> you think you would be is safer shopping at the stores, but there are risks to both. online it's really getting bad.

. >> out on the plaza as well, matt lauer, tamron hall, and we're talking about the show that she executive produces. we talked about how you came one the concept. how do you come up with the schools to help. >> we want to represent schools all across the country. so we went to detroit, we went to nashville, we went to a tiny town in california called needless. the only high school in town. we went to baton rouge, we really just wanted to go across the country and help everybody. >> when you change a school, you change a community. >> that's a very good point, even if you go into a school and put in a football field. on the weekends, they can impose games, onscene with auditoriums and media rooms, when you do something for that school, you're really helping the entire community. >> how did it feel to see this work help all the people in the community? >> we had over 15,000 people volunteer. so when they come in and see the school's done, of course tears of joy, as you can only imagine, lots of laughter because you're working with kids and who knows what they're going to do. just people over

tamron hall is here with what's up next. >>> we're following a lot of stories for you this hour. the shocking admission. the buzz story for all the wrong reasons. outrage that gautamalan patients were injected with syphilis and gonorrhea. plus the east coast is trying to dry out after more than a foot of rain in some places. is more on the way? >>> and the president's right-hand man leading the white house. what does this mean for the west wing and the president's agenda? pearblossom highway? it's just outside of lancaster. sure, i can download directions for you now. we got it. thank you very much! onstar ready. call home. hi, daddy! i'm on my way. send to car and...done! you have one saved destination: dillon beach. would you like those directions now? yes, i would. go north on route 1. check it out. i can like, see everything that's going on with the car. here's the gas level. i can check on the oil. i can unlock it from anywhere. i've received a signal there was a crash. some guy just cut me off. i'll get an ambulance to you right away. looks like our check engine light's on.

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and here's tamron hall. >> hey, andrea.president, vice president, first lady and former president clinton all hitting the campaign trail as democrats decide where to spend and where not to. with just three weeks until the midterms. i want to talk with house majority whip james clyburn live. plus al qaeda with a magazine showing how to kill, using a pickup truck to mow down americans. how this has ties to a radical islamic church. >>> and just a few more hours until the trapped miners could finally see the light of day. but the trip to the surface will not be an easy one. "news nation" starts in three. i needed more customers, so i got my nephew to build a website. i hired someone to make my website... five months ago. we are building a website by ourselves. announcer: there's an easier way. create your own small-business site with intuit websites. just choose a style that fits your business and customize, publish and get found in three easy steps. sweet. all from just $4.99 a month, get a 30-day free trial at intuit.com. oh

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he'll be talking to tamron hall at 2:00 eastern time on msnbc.on getting hot and heavy with a pop singer in a new music video. but was that the proverbial last straw that broke off his engagement with bristol palin? >>> program note for you, tomorrow on "the daily rundown," chuck and savannah continue their series "back in business." it's aimed at helping older, unemployed americans find work. tomorrow, which sectors are hiring experienced workers? >>> we were talking about youth vote and president obama trying to get it out. we just got this in from the press secretary robert gibbs who tweeted today a conversation with president obama next week will be hosted by mtv, cmp and b.e.t. apparently it's going to be commercial free one hour. he's going to be in front of a group of young folks, a youth town hall meeting is what they are calling it. about 250 invited young people. so we will hear from the president next week. >>> take a look at the music video made by a young person, mr. levi johnston. apparently this is the rumor it led to his second br

. >> we will have great guests and regulars on the show and tamron hall will still be here with us. >we have a lot of news including the unbelievable admission. two top administration officials are saying that a top secret medical experiment carried out by the united states actually happened. there is apologies for it and we are waiting for the big announcement from the white house. in a few minutes, president obama is expected to officially announce the departure of rahm emanuel. we'll bring you that breaking news right here on msnbc. shippe. saved ourselves the hassle. i'm not too sure about this. look at this. [ security agent ] right. you never kick off with sales figures. kicking off with sales figures! i'm yawning. i'm yawning some more. aaaaaaaand... [ snores ] i see your point. yeah. [ snores ] [ male announcer ] we understand.® you need a partner who delivers convenience. next time use fedex office. ♪ [ male announcer ] we touch a lot of things throughout the day. so it's nice that clorox disinfecting products help kill the germs that can live on surfaces for up to 48 hours.

my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next. >> coming up on news nation, we talked about differentthe democratic base unhappy with the current administration. coming up, we'll look at the independent voters as well as the gay and lesbian community and whether president obama has made end roads or if he's loosing ground with key blocks. >>> plus, a girl who made national headlines for a strange medical condition is behind bars after police say she confessed to murder. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. and celebrex is not a narcotic. when it comes to relieving your arthritis pain, yo

good morning. >> good morning, tamron. you are absolutely right. a lot of focus on earnings today. you have got coca-cola to talk about, goldman sachs. so definitely a lot going on. apple and ibm came out yesterday after the bell, didn't have very good news as far as investors were concerned because they didn't see the kind of growth that they wanted. specifically, for example, with apple, when it came to the number of ipads that they were selling. iphones were good but some weakness elsewhere. keep an eye on those two. >> trish, thank you. >>> and today it's game three of the national league championship between the rangers and the phillies. the rangers beat the yankees, 8-0, helped by cliff lee, who struck out 13. the rangers lead that series two games to one. a man in chesapeake bina who drop cell phone in the toilet. when he reached in to get it, his arm got stuck all the way up to the shoulder. no word on if the cell phone works or if he cares. it is now 7:13, back to mat, and al. >> if you had dropped a cell phone into the toilet, what would you have done? >> al and i would b