might be hiding osama bin laden. 20 years, 2 wars and many miles couldn't break the bonds. a remarkable reunion in iraq. well, be glad that we beeped the last word. ivy league kids shouting degrading words that aren't even worthy of the gutter. a sexually-charged pledge ritual at one of america's prestigious colleges. we want you to weigh in. hi, everyone. i'm kyra phillips. you're live in "the cnn newsroom." we begin with the politics of anger and the power of change. congress braces for what could be the bigger upheaval in years. two weeks from today americans take part in the crucial midterm elections and the control of washington could hang in the balance. president obama isn't on a ballot nor is the economy but both issues are driving voters to the polls and opposite sides of the political decide. case in point, last night's debate in west virginia. >> when you have a laws like obama care, for instance, that will destroy the health care system, when i see a situation like cap and trade, so bad for west virginia, when i see things like card check, when you look at t.a.r.p. and the stimulus program that failed america, these are programs we need to change in this country. >> i'm not here blaming president obama. we need to fix it. the bottom line is that we had all of the states falling through except west virginia. the stimulus package was passed. we have been criticized, i have been criticized for not spending all the stimulus quick enough. we shored up because we knew it would come to an end. we didn't support the second round of stimulus and do not. >> that shadow of president obama continues to loom, this time over the governor's race in new york. the republican nominee grabbed hold of voter anger early on and won the backing of the tea party movement. carl paladino stumbled in the polls and remained on message voicing the disgust and disconnect shared by a lot of voters. >> i'm not your career albany politician. i'm a builder from western new york. my critics, they want to say i'm angry. no, i'm passionate about saving new york. our government doesn't need a tweaking. it needs a major overhaul. now. >> we have to have zero tolerance for any waste, fraud, abuse or public integrity or public violation period. enforce the laws. that's what i've been doing as the attorney general. if you break the law, you will go to jail. >> as you probably know, paladino's biggest misstep business the opposition to same-sex marriage. critics accused him of being homephobic and resurfaced last night. candidates were asked, do you support same-sex unions. >> do you support same-sex marriage, yes nor no? >> i do not. >> trying to squaez time in here. sir? >> i don't have to think about my answer. i support gay marriage. >> miss davis? >> i strongly support gay marriage. >> green party strongly supported gay marriage. we married gays with the mayor and deputy may your that started the ball rolling on that question. >> speaking for the freedom party, they have not taken a position on gay marriage. >> and mr. cuomo, strongly support gay marriage. >> sir? >> rent too damn high party feels if you want to marry a shoe, i'll marry her. >> the laughs few and far between in other races. the attacks are getting uglier. cnn's brian todd with the seedy tactics. >> the kentucky senate debate. >> reporter: a high-profile senate debate in kentucky turns personal from the opening bell when republican candidate rand paul tears into the opponent. >> how ridiculous are you? you embarrass this race. >> reporter: he's referring to this ad from democrat jack conway about a so-called secret society paul accused of joining in college. >> why did rand paul once tie a woman up, tell her to dow down and say his god was aqua buddha? oo. >> reporter: a claim that paul dismissed repeatedly. but at the debate, conway ignored the apology. >> when is it appropriate to tie up a woman and ask her to kneel between a false god? >> reporter: they what do you make of this? they launch into this. >> this is around the country. washington, d.c. is terribly unpopular. politicians are unpopular. the voters are in such an angry mood they're voting against the least acceptable option. >> reporter: the idea says reid wilson is to drive up the negatives of one's opponent. we also looked at other types of personal attacks. the mccain family did a double hit this weekend. check this out. >> barbara boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the united states senate today. i know that. i have had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her. >> reporter: next day, megan mccain lights up christine o'donnell, a fellow republican on abc's "this week." >> turns people on seen as a nut job. >> reporter: the comment was an off the cuff thing in a talk show. john mccain was at a rally. question is, is that kind of campaign tactic effective, the personal attack? >> the -- i think the thing that's not effective about this particular attack is from a surrogate and people aren' going to be going into the polling place in san francisco or in san jose or in sacramento and saying to themselves, well, john mccain thinks i should vote for car lee fiorino so i will. the first lady is more popular than her husband. the same democrats may run from her husband more than happy to embrace here before the adoring crowds. ed henry joins us now with a closer look at the marketing of michelle obama. ed, the first lady has become pretty much the antithesis of dirty politics. >> reporter: well, yeah. i was on the trail with her last night and last week in chicago and advisers acknowledge she's not involved in politics really much before. only a little bit of dabbling of it in 2008 but she was even then sort of a reluck tantd warrior and now as first lady, easy to pick off issues like healthy eating and standing up for military families. it's very positive and doesn't have to take the blame or responsibility that her husband has to take for some of the crises in the country right now. once she gets involved as she is more and more in the final weeks, the numbers may come down a little bit and inevitable. they acknowledge in private because she's sort of seen as apolitical and once she's involved, that's going to drag here into this and trying to counter that by making it a very positive message. you don't see her out there like you saw in brian todd's piece, the candidates slashing each other but mrs. bom is in connecticut and new york yesterday and in california and washington state next week. and basically, what she is doing is being very upbeat and positive about her husband's message. >> talk about the overall strategy for the dems moving forward. >> reporter: look at the schedule. today, vice president biden has three stops. washington, california, nevada. what's common about that? three big senate incumbents in murray, boxer and reid. the majority leader. i'm going tomorrow with the president for a big west coast swing and hitting the same western states and then next week, the first lady's hitting washington and california. why? they're basically strategy to create a firewall. they know that the house is very much in danger of flipping to the republicans. they're hoping to keep the senate in democratic hands. if they lose any of those senate incumbents out west, the senate could flip, as well. so they're trying to desperately save those big senate democrats out west. that's sort of their firewall strategy and what's interesting is looking at the travels, not going to republican or so-called swing states to get the democratic pickups. it is all playing defense on democratic turf. it tells you all you need to know about where the white house is right now. >> thanks so much. first, a top nato official claims that osama bin laden living a good life in pakistan and pakistani intelligence agents are keeping him safe. now, we're finding out that washington's giving that country $2 billion to fight terrorists. we're trying to find out if the investment makes sense. how new is the new edge with myford touch? 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>> reporter: it's a very interesting question, i ckyra. i talked to an official and quite a long list of things that pakistan is asking for. it's still an army that's very much geared towards a conventional conflict, a conventional war with india. they say they don't have the basic tools of counterinsurgency and asking for training and asking for gear. things like body armor, night vision goggles, protected vehicles. and of course, also things like helicopters because they've been telling us flat out their helicopters are way too old to operate in a lot of areas, a lot of them exceeded the life spans and a lot of them right duty trying to help flood victims. kyra? >> same time, we talk about so much about this yesterday, fred. barbara starr in kabul and a main nato force said pakistan is protecting osama bin laden living in a home. i for americans, we know him as the man that orchestrated 9/11 and changed our lives forever. and to think we're giving money to a country that is allegedly protecting the man that america wants to see taken into custody, killed, put behind bars, anything. >> reporter: yeah. you know, there seems to be frustration on the part of u.s. officials and military officials and it's not only about bin laden. i mean, one of the things that the uss trying to get the pakistanis to do for a long time and launch offensive in north waziristan. that's an area the u.s. says leadership is. that's why we're seeing drone strikes in that area and the pakistanis saying they don't have the resources to do that. also, they have started offenses in other places, as well. one of the things i think you are seeing with the $2 billion is a carrot and stick mentality saying, all right, you can't say you can't do the offensive without the resources. here are the resources. go into north waziristan and start. the americans know a lot of taliban fighters in afghanistan and a threat to american troops are coming from that place, kyra. >> fred, in islamabad, thanks. bank of america restarting foreclosures in 23 states. we'll tell you what put the foreclosures on hold and what the bank found. breathe in, breathe out. as volatile as markets have been lately, having the security of a strong financial partner certainly lets you breathe easier. for more than 140 years, pacific life has helped millions of americans build a secure financial future wouldn't it be nice to take a deep breath and relax? ask a financial professional about pacific life. the power to help you succeed. checking top stories. bank of america restarting foreclosures in 23 states. it reviewed more than 100,000 cases after complaints that some documents were not being properly vetted. former jet blue flight attendant stephen slater due in court this hour. his outburst with the passengers and then the cruise down the emergency slide exit from the plane. slater apparently working out a plea bargain. police don't plan to charge seau for driving the car off a cliff. he was arrested on domestic violence charges. neither drugs or alcohol were involved that driving incident. two women from baghdad's elite class. the other, a sur vant in her house. they were sisters at heart but they went down different paths. one moved to the united states and later founded an international organization that's helped more than 800,000 families. the other found herself living on charity an then one day she decided to join an international group that helps women. recently they reunited amid handguns and tears. our ben wedeman was there. >> reporter: she's looking for a long lost friend in a dusty back street south of baghdad. >> should we enter inside? >> reporter: but it's the wrong house. >> wrong nghbor. >> this private? >> yeah. [ speaking foreign lack wage ] >> that's her. >> reporter:zana moved to the united states in 1990. this is the right house. it looks like the right woman. through the mist of 20 long years, recognition dawns. >> zana. zana. >> yeah. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: they come from opposite ends of the iraqi society. zana from baghdad's privileged elite. her father was the personal pilot of saddam hussein. hadeia from a poor, farming family. >> sent her as the age of 7 as a live-in maid. so she can support her family. >> reporter: although she was a servant in zana's home, they grew up together as friends. as sisters they both say. zana went to america and enrolled in university and after a trip to bosnia, became active helping women in war zones, eventually founding a group called women for women. which after the u.s.-led invasion began work in iraq. shortly after zana left iraq, radia married and went on to have six children. her husband ran a small shop. remember you once told me i would become like a hen with a bunch of chicks running behind she recalls. but her life fell apart four years ago when gunmen killed her husband outside their home in baghdad. she and her children fled, penniless to car bah la. she enrolled in women for women in the spring of this year. unaware the founder was zana. over the years, each had tried but failed to find the other. i lost hope i would ever see my friend again, she says. zana explains how she discovered she was still alive. >> she writes a letter to the american women who's sponsoring her, telling her when i was a child i worked with this family and their daughter's name, she used my father's name. my family's name and describes her life. >> reporter: the battered photo album holds images of a vanished past. each picture stirring up long-forgotten memories. the iphone full of pictures of friends and family from a completely different time and place. >> and so interesting because i recognize the younger woman in her. i recognize the memories, that's what's triggering emotion. i don't recognize this woman. so weird. >> reporter: so much has changed for both of them. yet so little. ben wedeman, cnn, iraq. just two weeks to go until the election and an analyst is predicting a democratic blood bath. we'll take a break and talk more about that in the "a.m. extra." -i can't always get to the bank. -but i can still bank. i have the bank of america mobile banking app. i can take care of things on my break. i can check my balance... while i'm on a bus. waiting at the barber shop. at the studio. oh, my paycheck's already in. 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>> so, quick check as we hit -- we haven't hit the opening bell yet? there we go. perfect timing. >> we are expecting a lower open. bank of china raised the interest rates for the first time since 2007. the move designed to control inflation in china and it could wind up slowing growth elsewhere and a weight on the markets today and keeping our eye on company earnings today. bank of america reported it lost $7.3 million last quarter. goldman saying that marking conditions challenging and that's something that's wor worrisome for the markets, kyra. the recession is technically over. even apple which blew away earnings really great earnings, opened lower. is opening lower despite the huge earnings gain. as for the markets we are down 100 points for the dow. the nasdaq is off about 40 so a rough start to the day. kyra? >> okay. alon, keep checking in. thanks so much. >> okay. well, it's definitely crunch time on the campaign trail. two weeks to go until the elections. here's what's up for grabs. 100 seats in play in the house. the republicans need 39 for a majority. on the senate side, 37 seats in play. the republicans need ten for control. so, what are some predictions about what this means for democrats? one expert says a bloodbath and cnn's john roberts talked to the nation's top political prognosticators. shall we say? >> it kind of depends on what your definition is of a bloodbath. losing control of the house would be a bloodbath. there are some predictions that democrats will lose both the house and the senate but according to the rothenberg political report it doesn't look that way. needed for republicans to take control. 178 in one vacant. and the rothenberg political report predicting 40 and 50 seats. her's the way nathan gonzalez sees the lay of the land. >> i think the most likely scenario is that republicans take the house and fall short in the senate. republicans need to essentially win every competitive start on the table and even though in a wave election, we see one party get a lot of those toss-up or competitive seats, they usually don't win them all. republicans need to win, they need to defeat senate majority leader harry reid that we were talking about and they also probably need to win two out of three states, that being washington, california and west virginia. and as ed talked about, the west coast is one of the firewalls that the democrats are setting up in their effort to hold the senate majority. >> all right. what act the impact of the tea party on election day? >> well, here's the thing. the tea party could give them a victory in a place like nevada but that could deny them a victory in delaware where it looked like assured victory of mike castle. now it is increasingly looking like the state goes to chris coons, the democratic nominee. he is running well ahead of christine o'donnell so while the tea party gave them a boost in one area of the country, it could be that the lynchpin for taking control of the state of delaware may be in democratic hands and deny them an overall majority and will be interesting, kyra, playing out the way the rothenberg political report is predicting of a democrat occupying the white house, control of the house in republican hands, control of the senate in democratic hands. will they be forced to work together? or will it be a recipe for political stalemate? yet to be told that tale. >> see how it works out. as we were talking about earlier this morning, hard to get any decision made if we see this type of mix. >> hard enough now. >> hard enough already. exactly. >> democrats in control of everything. >> john, thanks. cooler heads, calmer voices. dissension in the ranks of "the view" after two of the co-hosts walk out in protest. what started it and where it's leading. your core competency... is competency. and you rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i'm getting an upgrade. 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[ success yes we [ bleep ]. yes means -- >> no means yes and you can look online if you want to know what the bleeped word is. i won't say it. get this. that chant was one of the more g-rated ones. pledges of the delta kappa ens lon fraternity shouting it fresh men women live. imagine being a 18-year-old young woman in a new place and hearing it from the room at night. imagine your daughter hearing that. hearing a gang of young men moving around in the dark chanting about rape in an area that's supposed to be a safe home away from home. not exactly ivy league behavior, is it? morally irresponsible, gross, creepy and not funny at all even though the guys must have thought it was. in this day and age, it's caveman behavior. to the national fraternity's credit, it told the yale credit to stop all the pledge activities for now and the school held a forum. a couple of years ago pledges of another frat held up a sign saying we love yale sluts an very little punishment. the editor of the yale mag sean said quote please join us in asking that this time yale take action on behalf of the female students. yale's women endured enough. it must cease now. we want to hear from you. does the punishment fit the crime? should yale come down harder on the fraternity and those involved? tell us what you think. i'll read your comments in the next hour. we're back in a moment. it's a belief in everything we do. it's a 5 year, 50,000 mile promise. with complimentary scheduled maintenance. no-cost replacement ofear and tear items. and 24/7 roadside assistance. because when you create the most beautiful, fast cars on earth, you create an ownership experience to match. special lease and finance offers available for a limited time. see your local jaguar dealer for details. 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(voice 3) great exercise guys. let's run it again. . here's what we're working on. deejay with th cnn express in aiken, south carolina this morning. hey, t.j. >> reporter: hello, kyra. what is the formula for a small town surviving an economic downturn? how about the equestrian tree and true southerners and yankees who want to play golf? i'll put together for you next hour. i'm josh levs, whether it's desperation or bad behavior, thieves in the u.s. are ripping off stores left and right, and it is costing every american family. i'll show you what's being stolen and what's being done about it at the top of the hour. i'm stephanie elam in new york. have you ever wondered what your deep ancestry looks like, where you're in? i did. i took three different dna tests to tell you what i found out. i'll tell you if it's worth taking more than one test. i saw who you're related to. we'll see new a few minutes. if you have gone to a lot of movies this year, you may have noticed latina actresses playing key roles. if you haven't noticed, that's the point of the story. hispanic actors say something pretty interesting has happened. kareen wynter explains. >> reporter: jessica alba in "valentine's day." eva mendez in "the other guys" and salma hayek. all latinas, all movie actresses and part of a rising trend of hispanic actresses taking on roles where their race is not central to the roles they play. alba was a wife, and hayek was adam sandler's significant other in "grown ups" vandango.com recently fold this trend. >> hispanic actresses are getting the roles they are looking for, and we started the year strong with jennifer lopez in"the backup plan." she is half port reek can and half dominican. she was in "the losers and the taker." we had america ferrara in "the family wedding" and the list goes on. >> reporter: and it has nothing do with their ennisty adds the columnist. >> the fact that they're hispanic is secondary to the character. >> reporter: the changes are welcome since it was not that long ago that they played maids in countless films. >> you had elizabeth pena playing a sassy maid and servant. you had lupe, who was in hollywood for years, 20 years, and she always played that maid that delivers those crazy punch lines. we're seeing less of that now, and seeing more hispanic actresses with meatier roles. >> reporter: perhaps the search in latino moviegoers fueled the trend. although whites make up the majority of the population of moviegoers and ticket sales, it's actually hispanics who are more likely to go to the movie. 37 million hispanic moviegoers purchased 3 million movie tickets in 2009, the highest of any ethnic group. the just look at the roles played by america fair rer ra in ugly betty and eva longoria in "desperate house wives." >> there is an audience there, and studios are finally tapping into that, and they're realizing that hispanic actresses can pull in an audience. >> reporter: and at the same time bridge the gap that plagued latina stars who are starting to earn their place in the spotlight. >> as we were preparing for this segment, we were kicking around the latino typecasts of yesterdayeryear. the hispanic actor always sufficing the ethnic character, eric estrada as a mexican-american biker, and fantasy island, remember that? who could forget julio fuentes, the junk man with the good fortune of moving next door to fred sanford. >> hey, senior, you need to move. do you dig? >> i'm sorry. i don't understand. >> it's nothing. >> we want to talk more about this with jorge moreno, the co-founder and publisher. see how things have changed from the mid-'70s primetime television. there's no way that would fly today, would it? >> no. i think the days of "sanford and son" and playing the nanny are gone. we have to acknowledge people like rita moreno, who pioneered actresses in hollywood with "west side story," the first latina to win a oscar, a graham and a tony. i think it's a good time right now for latinas and latinos to play roles that are good, meaty, that give them a balance, and to be able to talk about their background and things they have been able to experience and bring that to a role. i think it's a wonderful time in hollywood. >> we will talk about in a a second. you started your magazine in 1994. with regard to breaking stereotypes and lifting up the latino image. how much progress have you been able to see since you started a very hip and positive magazine for latinos until now? >> one of the rate stories i like to tell is rosario dawson. we were able to document her career as just an abstract act tess in an independent film to one of the biggest actresses in hollywood. we also always try to find that new face, that new talent that's emerging, like america ferrara. we try to be the first ones to bring some kind of attention to talent that we see out there. one of the great talents that's just bubbling is mario diaz, who was in like four sundance films, who is someone who is a great actress, who plays really cool, funky roles, and we're seeing more and more of those opportunities for latina actresses. >> you mention america ferrara, and she was the star of "ugly betty" and she's one of your favorites, and she's starring in a movie getting a lot of hype called "the dry land." why do you see her as a good example now of positive images for latinas? >> because i think that the body type. she's not the pretty, sexy actress like j-lo, but she's a great actress, and i think film companies like my entertainment putting out a film like "dry land" where america gets to see her versatility is a great way to show that the latina actresses -- they are actresses who happen to be latina, but the great thing about the dual culture is that they can pull from so many places to bring a role to life. >> you know what's interesting as i'm looking at "dry land," and her character is so strong. they could have easily cast a white woman in this role. taking a look back -- we kind of laughed about "sanford and son," but when you think about "i love lucy," and eric estrada was a total stud in chps. there were positive roles for latino men, at least, years back. >> yeah, and one of the things that a lot of people don't realize is that desi arness owned the rights to his show. you see his great grandchildren, and they are still receiving residual payments from the show. he was one of the first latinos to own the rights to his show. that's huge back in the '40s and '50s when shows shows came out. i think it's a great time. there's a challenge out to hollywood that scripts, regardless of who the characters should be, should give latina actresses a chance to play those roles, and not only that, but see that latinas come in all colors, like people who are black. zoe was a co-star in the biggest film ever "avatar" i think we buy a lot of tickets and have a lot of great talent, and we actually come out to the movies and support the films. >> thank you so much for your time today. >> thank you. >> you bet. top of the hour. we're's talking about the politics of anger and the power of change. congress braces for what could be its biggest upheaval in years. two weeks from today, americans take part in the crucial midterm elections, and the control of washington hanging in the balance. some campaign workers are hoping to tip the scales with something as innocent as a cell phone camera. believe it or not, they quietly follow a rival candidate and wait to pounce a political blunder. a five-second clip can erase months of campaigning. dana bash takes a closer look at this. >> plgs moore, if elected, will you support nancy pelosi for speaker? >> reporter: that's not a reporter. that's someone with her opponent. >> would you support nancy pelosi for speaker? >> this is dakota, he follows me and asks me that question. >> reporter: she a tracker, an opposing campaign's aide who looks for gotcha moments to turn into 30-second ads. here's an ad where charl shea-porter is making an unpopular admission. >> i think i have a 90% rating with the president. 93% with the house. all along, i have said this is what i believe. >> reporter: it's an exploding trend in political ads this year, using candidates' own words against them, often with video captured by trackers. >> it's that candid camera, gotcha moment. any time you can get your opponent on film saying something that is not popular with voters and you can put that in your ad and feed it out 30 seconds at a time, it's effective. >> reporter: remember george allen's macca moment? >> this fellow over here, he's with my opponent. >> reporter: a tracker shot that, and what appeared to be a racial slur by allen helped sink his campaign. now, four years later, flip cams, cell phones and advances in technology make this brand of negative campaigning more effective. colorado voters see it from both senate candidates. >> i am pro-life, and i'll answer the next question. i don't believe in the exceptions of rape or incest. >> ken buck, too extreme for colorado. >> reckless spending is a habit. bennet voted for obama's failed stimulus. >> i voted for it, and i'm glad i did. >> dana joining me live from new york. who exactly are these people behind the camera. who do they work for, and are they getting paid, dana? >> reporter: some are, and some aren't. talking to campaigns across the country and the strategists who run them and are in touch with them on a national level says pretty much every campaign, democrat and republican, has somebody like this tracking the candidate's opponent. there are some paid by opposition research firms that the campaign has hired and some are just support, and volunteers who kind of walk around and do this. the point here is that there is so much cluter and so much information that is hitting voters right now, what these candidates and campaigns believe is that if they want to have a negative ad against their opponent, it is much more powerful to not have a narrater say something, but to capture the opponent saying something in their own words. that is the money ad for the perspective of these campaigns. >> if everyone has these types of trackers, you would think candidates would always be on guard. >> you would, wouldn't you? look, we're all human, even politicians, and they're out there, and many of them are tired. it's not just somebody like you saw at the beginning of a piece, walking with them with a camera in their face or a cell phone in their face. many times it's just a candidate at a town hall and innocently, perhaps, answering a voter's question, and if that answer doesn't necessarily go on message it can instantly be used against them. >> we will keep following every angle of this as it gets more nasty and shadier in some ways. vice president joe biden is in san francisco for a closed fund-raiser for senator barbara boxer and then goes to vancouver, washington for patty murray. former president bill clinton begins three days of appearances in florida. the man who wants to be the next speemer of the house, john boehner is in south georgia for a campaign event with veterans. two years ago, young voters helped sweep barack obama into the white house. they were energized and mobilized. today they are largely standing on the sidelines. t.j. with the cnn express in south carolina. t.j., what are the young voters telling you? >> reporter: you just summed it up there about standing on the sidelines. listen to these two guys. let them sum up for you just what they're thinking as we go into the midterm and i'll tell you what i'm doing here in aiken. this very telling and hopefully washington is listening as well. how closely are you following these midterm elections? >> not too closely. >> reporter: why not? >> you work 60 hours a week. there's not a lot of time left for anything else. you know, i mean, it's also business here. >> there's this whole problem of voting in america where not enough beam go out to vote but at the same time there are people going out to vote who don't know what they are voting for. where does the real problem lie there? >> the worst thing is to have an opinion on politics and not really know what's going on. so it's probably this classic story of young people that don't really know what's going on in politics. alvin green, all of the way. >> reporter: you hear them there, and they sum it up and explain it well. young people don't really know what they're voting for this time around. some people go in uneducated when they vote. adults do that. don't just put it on the young folks. last time around, young folks could see hope and change. barack obama is not on the ballot right now. that's the difficulty. that young man was talking to me from columbia, south carolina, up the road from where i am now. i made my way down to aiken, south carolina, a community of about 25,000 or 30,000, a community that stayed below the unemployment rate nationally because it's a small community, but they have a formula for success that works here. there's a history here of nuclear materials, if you believe it. after world war ii, there was a site here used to make a lot of materials used for nuclear weapons. about one-thd of those materials came out of this area. the materials aren't made, but the site is still here and employs thousands. you also have an equestrian industry here. who knew? that has been able to maintain itself and people here. retirement community, people come down here to enjoy their time off. that works, and, quite frankly, people tell me, you have just true blood southerners down here. they have a formula that specifically works for them here in aiken. doesn't work for everybody but they found something that works here. they made it through tough times here or better than most. >> t.j., we'll follow you as the bus moves. as you know, the election bus is on the road. t.j. will be in macon, georgia tomorrow. we will follow the express every day in the newsroom and bring you what voters are saying from each stop. is it a labor of love or money? more and more military wives serving as surrogate mothers for cold, hard cash. sure i'd like to diversify my workforce, i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. 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>> well, this agency said they have a requirement that they want the mom to already have two children. there's two reason for that. one haven't they want to know she's capable of carrying and delivering a baby. if you have got two, you have your proof there. the other reason is they don't want the mom to say, i want to keep this baby. if you already have two of your own, it decreases the chances. we spoke with a woman nanled darcy swartz. her husband is in the army. when she was 40 years old, she carried a surrogate, and it brought in some money and got the idea from the show "army wives," brought in money and also she said it was a wonderful thing to see the look on the parents faces that couldn't have a baby on their own and she gave them their baby. it wasn't her eggs, and it wasn't the other husband's sperm. she was not genetically connected to the baby at all. >> how much did she get paid? >> we heard about 20,000, and she said, i was in that ballpark. it's about 20,000 to 35,000. you get more if you have been a surrogate before and proven yourself and you get more if you carry twins. a lot of them, about half, end up carrying twins. >> oh, my gosh. who pays for the pregnant woman's medical care? >> this gets sticky because tricare pays for it, the military insurance, because the military wife is swun of their customers because she's pregnant. we spoke to tricare and they said we would like to get out of the business of paying for surgery gate's prenatal and delivery care. they said we are going to try to hit them up for the money. that's going to be a hard thing to do. if a woman walks in and is pregnant, you assume it's her baby and you pay for the care as her insurance company. >> it's interesting in these tough economic times. military, a lot of men and women don't make a lot of money and they have to go to different extremes to make money. >> they say they do what they have to do, and it makes them feel good that they are giving this gift of life. >> beautiful gift. >> it is a beautiful gift. >> shoplifting, you might not do it, and not know anybody else, but the five-finger discount may be costing you hundreds of dollars a year. create your own business site with intuit websites. just choose a style, then customize, publish and get found. sweet. get a 30-day free trial at intuit.com. anople really lover, i jugot ae our claimservice. gecko:speciallthe auto repair xpress. repairs are fast and they're guaranteed for as long as you is thisyyourcphone?ey, th! gecko: yeah, 'course. sswhere do you po you...carry... for as long as you is thisyyourcphone?ey, th! waitress: here you go. boss: thanks gecko: no, no i got it, sir. ncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. that's a big coat you're wearing. lots of pocket room. >> see you. >> i'm sure i'll bump into you. >> yes, the old five-fingered discount, as shown in the old movie "empire records." it's funny on the big screen but in real life, it's pretty expensive. shoplifting could be costing you hundreds of dollars a year. cnn's josh levs here to explain just in time for the holiday shopping. >> make everybody feel great, right. we are talking about whopping figures here. there is a global retail theft barometer that comes out every year. look at this here, $39 billion just in the united states. this is the cost to u.s. retailers of left and employee errors along the way. nearly $40 billion costs to the retailers, and it trickles down. every family on average is paying $423 extra in your bills at all of these retail stores because of this theft that's going on and the goods that are disappearing. i will tell you this, figures substantially higher in the u.s. than globally. retail theft is damaging the economy all around and we're talking about all steps of the supply chains. there's shoplifting and employ crimes. here in the u.s. and north america in general, retailers are different from the rest of the world in saying that here employ employee theft is a bigger problem. retailers are losing 1.5% of all their sales. there's good news. losses are down, dropped about 7% since the previous year. that's probably because retailers are pumping all this money now into protecting goods. they have increased spending by about 12% to protect their goods. what we're seeing is there is a lot of the efforts going on. it seems to be paying off but it's still a huge problem in this country. >> what are they stealing? >> some of the most stolen items, cosmetics and perfumes. these make sense, small, stem them in your pockets. also there's a lot of theft of auto parts. the whole supply chain. some might be retailers, some might be before they get to the stores themselves with employees. building materials, those are disappearing. among the most stolen things in this country, fashion, name brand fashion. anything that's an actual name brandeis appears quickly and accessories. i posted the whole link on facebook and twitter. it shows you from our folks at cnnmoney, how this is trickling down to your wallet. it's good to see there's improvement in the effort against shoplifting. we have a long way to go when our economy is paying $40 billion a year. bank of america restarting foreclosures in 23 states. it reviewed more than 100,000 cases after complaints that documents were not being properly vetted. former jetblue flight attendant steven slater due in court in this hour. how can you forget him? the outburst and the cruise down the emergency slide. he's been working on a plea bargain. junior say you will not be charged for driving his car off a cliff. police say neither drugs more alcohol were involved in that driving incident. take a look at something that some folks thought was cool but others thought was a really bad idea. it's united airlines 646 flying really low in san francisco as part of a blue angels air show. take a look as it buzzes the bay and the golden gate bridge. some people found it thrilling to be so close to the roar of a huge jet. others thought it was too reminiscent of 9/11 and others didn't like the thought that a commercial plane was involved in a military air show. have you ever traced your family ancestry? there can be real big surprises for those that do. at least that's what our stephanie elam found out. tracing your family history can lead to some pretty big surprises. our stephanie elam found out firsthand when she decided to find out more about her ancestors. tell us about that and what gave you the idea. >> i also have been interested. i remember as a kid tracing pictures of my great grandfather. it's also intrigued me. maybe now that i'm a mom that's it. i wanted to find out more. i wondered if i took three different dna tests would they tell me three different things. there was a lot of stuff that went into making me me. the results i found out were kind of surprising. i'm going on a journey to find my roots by taking dna tests from three different companies, african ancestry.com rk 23 and me and ancestry.com. the question is, will these tests give me the same results. first up, my mom's dna, which each economy traced back to africa. african ancestry told me i have some of the same dna as the guinea people. on my dad's side, it was unexpected. >> this is showing a line of very, very successful european men. the relatives there that we know of is john adams. >> john adams? >> but mountain put that into perspective. >> reporter: it's the most common line in western europe. but here's my dad. why are his results so european? >> many african-americans have at least one pattern in a line that traces back to europe because of the relationships between, probably, between slaveholders and slaves. >> reporter: so while perhaps shocking, history helped me understand the results, but the lack of a family history is often a reason why blacks trace their roots. >> we're the only group in this country that can't point to a country of origin. the only ones. that's why dna testing for ancestry has particular importance for us historically and psychologically. >> reporter: ancestry.com's john herrera points out there is more to the story than the dna. >> you need to look at more than just the dna. you need to look at all of the family history. >> reporter: this jeanologist did reveal history about might dad's father roland, his father john and his father creed. >> you have such strong people in your family tree. you look at creed and john, who go from not being able to read to owning land, born into slavery and becoming landowners, always improving themselves. it's quite a legacy that you have. >> reporter: it was pretty amazing to go on this journey and for anyone that's interested, i definitely suggest doing it. when you take a look at all of the things they told me here, especially about my mom's side, the way they broke it down is if you have african ancestry, that's what they are testing for. they will be able to pinpoint it. they're looking at modern day. so this dna i found relates to guinea. what ancestry.com was giving me my deep ancestral roots into africa. they were all in sync. >> you have some prestige in that family line. >> whatever. at first, you go, john adams, but when you think about half of europe is walking around -- half of england is walking around with the same arb-dna, not so prestigious. but what is great is to see that my great grandfather being born into slavery, 18 years old when the civil war ends and learning to read, learning to write, olding property. finding out they all owned property gives is a well-roundedness you can't put a price tag on. >> what a fabulous story. this thursday night, soledad o'brien examines how some are fighting the financial crisis from the pulpit. 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>> they're very busy. they are operating phone banks. they are literally going door to door, knocking on dooring, urging them to vote, telling them, remember, this is your polling location, if you need a ride on november 2nd, we will take you to your polling location, democrats hope this important part of their base can deliver for them on election day. >> reporter: the warmest of receptions for house speaker nancy pelosi, in pittsburgh to rally women union members. >> we're not going back. we're going to win because the women of steel, the women of steel are going to help us lead the way in our country to that great victory. >> reporter: her appearance at the united steel workers women of steel conference is a unique site. these days you are more likely to see her here. >> nancy pelosi -- >> reporter: in republican political ads than on the campaign trail. for many moderate democrats, she and president obama are a lib built but these union women are loyal. these are friendlies. >> she's done a lot of good things for us. she rangeled health care with grace and tact. >> reporter: because a lot of people are looking at the economy, and they are deciding that the obama administration hasn't delivered on it. you see it differently? >> yes, i do, because i believe that they have delivered. they have delivered some things. are we going to achieve everything we want, in, what 18 months that he's been in office? no, we're not going to. we know it's a slow process. >> reporter: that's the kind of understanding democrats need. women are an important part of the democratic base, and the reason that democrats count on them so much is they trend toward democratic candidates, whereas looking at men, they tend to support republican candidates and there's a big enthusiasm gap right now. if you look at the latest cnn/opinion research corporation poll, 38% of likely male voters say they are extremely enthusiastic about voting in these midterm elections. compare that to just 23% of likely female voters who say they're extremely enthusiastic. closing that gap won't be easy as union members tasked with getting women out to vote know all to well. can they make the difference? >> in 2000, 22 mill single women didn't vote. had they voted, they could have impacted the election. >> reporter: and, kyra, as we said, speaker pelosi has not made a lot of campaign stops like the one she made here in pittsburgh, but her office insists she has been contributing big time for democrats. how? through money, raising money. they told us she's raised over $57 million for incumbent democrats as wells a candidates. >> brianna keilar in pittsburgh, thanks. behavior like cave men on the campus of an ivy league university. the campus that gave us both bushes, william howard taft and dr. spock. yale university, five presidents have gone there, actors, scholars, leaders. it's global reputation speaks for itself, which makes this fraternity pledge ritual on the campus all the more shocking. >> no means yes! no means yes! >> no means yes, and you can look on line if you want to know the bleeped word because i'm not saying it. get this, that chant was one of the more g-rated ones. the pledges of the delta kappa epsilon fraternity were shouting this stuff in the area of campus where freshman women live. imagine being an 18-year-old young woman in a new place and hearing that from your room at night. imagine your daughter hearing that, hearing a gang of young men moving around in the dark chanting about rape in an area that's supposed to be a safe home away from home. not exactly cream of the crop ivy league behavior. it's morally irresponsible, gross, creepy and not funny at all, even though these guys must have thought it was. it's caveman behavior. the national fraternity has told them to stop all pledge activities for now, and the school has already held a campus forum to talk about yale's sexual climate. a couple of years ago, pledges from another frat went to the women's center and held up a sign that said "we love yale sluts." the editor of yale's magazine says please join us in asking that this time around yale take action on behalf of it's female students. yale college's dean did post a response to our story on our blog. mary miller says yale doesn't censor free speech but does wall for an environment of civility and respect. she adds that at least 150 students largely from the women's center and the dke fraternity met to begin a dialogue that hopefully leads to mutual respect and whalgts important to realize is that the fraternity accepted responsibility opening a new level of discourse on the topic of sexual harassment. we asked for your thoughts on this story. eddie says, i don't believe the punishment fit the crime. there should be re-education for every member of that fraternity as well as the pledges so this does not happen again. i also suggest that the chapter pay a fine for disturbing the peace and hazing. jan sarks the punishment fits the crime but does not restore balance or educate the young man reguarding the degri of offense. they should be educated regarding sex, power and gender. education, isn't that yale's business? colleen says, if these pledges were spewing racist speech or comments against thoeps of different sexual orientation, you can bet yale would be doing more about this. that fraternity would be shut down instantly. why don't women get the same consideration? we always want to hear from you. log onto cnn.com/kyra and weigh in on this. checking top stories. former jetblue flight attendant steven slater reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. he'll plead guilty to a felony charge and must enter a mental health program. he cursed out passengers and left the plane on the emergency chute. 11 people have died as a result of flooding rains from a super typhoon in the philippines. that storm over the south china sea and threatens to drop rain in vietnam and parts of china. the obama administration announcing $2 billion in an aids package for pakistan. it's meant to help them fight terrorists. this just in, coming to us regarding the pentagon. apparently there was an unknown shooter that fired upon the pentagon earlier this morning. the bullets did hit the building. two bullet holes were found. a witness heard about five shots being fired. happened about 4 v 50 a.m. this morning. right now, we're told that nobody was hurt. the windows, bullet-proof, of course, did not shatter but there will be a press conference about 11:30 eastern time from the pentagon. investigators are closely watching the end of the quarter earnings report. bank of america reporting a third quarter loss of $7 billion. cnn chief business correspondent ali velshi joining us with that. >> don't change the channel because we're talking about earnings. i know this is what people do. why do i care about earnings? they are the report card. it's your kid coming home from school and telling you how they did. your kid -- i'm not joking these days, your kid is america's banks. bank of america has a loss of $7.3 billion. they would have made money but for the fact they are down $10.4 billion. why? this is what they say, because of a one-time charge as a result of new limits on debit card fees that are part of this dodd/frank act. what does that tell you if a bank loses $10.4 billion because they can't charge you? that means they were charging you a lot of money on credit card fees. goldman sachs, they came in with $1.9 billion profit on $8.9 billion revenue. that's what they took in. they cite challenging market conditions. poor goldman sachs. here's a company doing something right. i'm tired of being down on companies. one company is announcing thousands of new jobs created. let me tell you about that. this is intel corporation. everybody knows intel. intel is creating several thousands of jobs by revamping a number of existing factories in a couple of at those wi be consuction, but they may be 800 to 1,000 jobs that end up lasting, high tech jobs. i'm joined by the ceo of intel. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> this a big deal, and as a result of this announcement, had you a telephone conversation with the president of the united states. what did you two talk about? >> i don't think high had a conversation with the president this time. two years ago when i made a similar announcement he called. he hasn't called this morning. >> he hasn't called you yet but you told him you liked what he was doing in terms of things creating jobs in the united states, and that's what you are doing now. but you told one of my colleagues sometime ago that it cost you a lot more money to build a factory in the united states, a manufacturing facility in the united states and to maintain it than it would overseas, and three-quarters of your company's revenues are from overseas, so why choose to build it in the united states? >> well, about three-fourths of our factories are in the united states. this is not new for us. we are building this generation of thee factories in the u.s. there's a brand new factory in oregon and retooling four other factories in oregon and arizona for a total of about $68 billion. it's a very significant investment. it does cost a bit more to build one of these factories from scratch in the u.s. it's not labor costs as one might think. it's about the type of grants other countries give you, tax credits and those types of things. what i have been calling on the administration is to is to consider doing those kinds of things for anyone who wanted to invest in the u.s., foreign or domestic company torque create an incentive to retool manufacturing in this country. >> you are not up to the level that you were in in terms of employment at your height but you are bringing some employees back. when do we get back to that sort of employment? we know large companies like yours in america electively are sitting on some capital, and many companies, unlike yours are not deploying that, building factories and employing more people. what has to happen to get them to do that in order to bring employment back up or unemployment back down? that's something our viewers are concerned about. >> our story is different than others. we did a restructuring the company in '06 through '08 before the recession because we wanted to change the direction of where the company was going. so i don't think we have any plans to get back to those peak levels. we exited a number of businesses to get to the levels where we're at today. we are comfortable with the current levels in terms of being able to build factories and manufacture product for our customers. the broader question, for other folks, i think that is a combination of the economic climate and their view of the regulatory environment or capital environment to deploy assets, and right now i see us out of the worst in terms of the recession, but slow growth in the u.s. over the neck year or two but positive, and on the on the other hand i see a regulatory environment that is very difficult to build factories, to get permits. the taxes are not competitive compared to the global scale. when you weigh those, you will see people keeping their powder dry for a while until those get resolved. companies like intel have to make these investments because technology moves on. >> we lost the satellite but he finished the sentence. >> efficient guy, stead what he it to say and time was up. >> time is money. >> intel hiring people, good sign. there is money on the sidelines in corporate america. it's not being deployed. that's a good sign of money being deployed and if can he see more of that, we might put a dent in the unemployment rate. m. 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