affect the u.s. economic recovery with higher prices. more compensations cost for costa cruises. the costa allegra ship are offered full reimbursement. first off though, greece has made a lot of sacrifices to try and secure its second big bailout from the eu and the imf. unfortunately though, it seems as though it still hasn t made enough. eurozone members holding a meeting in brussels decided to withhold more than half of the $175 billion that athens so badly needs to stay afloat. that s the portion due to go straight into the government bank. while greece struggles, another aspect has been sealed. the finance ministers have approved the funds required to safeguard a $274 billion debt swap for greece s private creditors. they have lost more than 70% of their value on their bonds in real terms. early this week what we saw with standard and poors becoming the first of the big credit rating agencies to define in as a default. with them tasked with deciding whether default i
ahead, 477 for what? the lopsided prisoner exchange between israelis and palestinians taking place overnight. hamas calls is a great day. some israelis say the price for a captured soldier is just too high. a live report just ahead. and i m christine romans, getting congress to pass the jobs bill piece by piece. some say the president s trip is more about one job. saving his own. now president obama is responding on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning to you. it is tuesday, october 18th. welcome to american morning. a little chill in the air here in new york, but not where carol is. out in the desert, carol costello is getting ready for politics in the desert. joining us live this morning, good morning, carol. oh, good morning. you know the best thing about las vegas right at this moment? gambling? besides that. it s 3:00 in the morning here, and there s a starbucks open. at a casino. i m loving it. and there are people
wednesday october 12th. american officials are outraged and say iran will pay. this texas used car salesman is the unlikely suspect in an alleged assassination plot backed by iran. the u.s. claims that mons orr arbab arbabsiar was going to kill the ambassador of the united states. saying ar baubs yea wanted to blow up a restaurant killing the diplomat and potentially many americans right along with him. officials gathered in washington and gathered the diplomatic corps at the state department to ensure them they are safe. the obama administration is also deciding how to respond to iran. it s an outrage that violated one of the fundamental premises of which nations deal and that is the sanctity and safety of their diplomats. this is really over the top. they have to be held accountable. the u.s. linking the alleged plot to the elite quds force that is part of iran s revolutionary gad, but it is far from clear if quds was acting on its own or from top iranian leaders. iran
at least it s a plan and that resonates with voters, but most economists say it wouldn t be and forcing to use tear gas good for the country, and it would hurt the poor, actually, to control rioting inmates. in this country. reporter: right. yeah, and when you put these i m carol costello on this questions to herman cain he b w american morning. blows them ot and says your captions by vitac www.vitac.com analysis is incorrect. you don t have the facts straight. last night he offered up an good morning. it is wednesday, october 12th. economist, or someone he called an economist saying this person welcome to american morning, and it is a busy one. has basically signed off on my sure is. economic plan, a man named rich politics and this amazing terror lowry. turns out he s not an economist, plot. first up, iranian and mexican he s a financial planner in cleveland, ohio. so questions are starting to be drug lords, part of an alleged raised about herman cane cann p
with all that talk about the 999 plan last night, kyra. i thought it was the plug for the 9:00 show. no, you could probably read the thought bubble coming out of mitt romney s head last night. he was basically saying i could get used to this because so much of the attention at this debate was focused on herman cain, the former ceo of godfather s pizza. probably felt like one of his own pizza because his rivals that table were turning up the heat. jobs, jobs, jobs. herman cain find out what happens to candidates who shoot up in the polls. they become big targets. when you take the 999 plan and you turn it upside down, i think the devil s in the details. cain s economic plan and sets rates at 9%. also create a new 9% national sales tax. if i think it s a catchy phrase. in fact, i thought it was the price of a pizza when i first heard about it. here s what we need. we need something that is doable, doable, doable. it will pass. it s not the price of a pizza. it was