don t feel as though you re doing enough to control gas prices. what did the president say? we ll hear his response. former news of the world editor rebecca brooks is arrested. they arrested the former aid and five other people. it stems from the alleged phone hacking scandal that now closed the newspaper. we begin this hour in depth in afghanistan and a reality check on the safety of american troops there. antiamerican protests are boiling up again two days after a killing spree. the taliban vowing to avenge the killings by beheading americans anywhere in the country. the suspect of the attack, a u.s. army sergeant, has been moved to a safer confinement area in kandahar. a fou hours ago defense secretary leon panetta arrived in the region. he ll try to shore up the strained relationship between the two alleys as it threatens to unravel. also this morning, unsurge gents opened fire on a delegation of afghan rebels as they visited the site of the massacre. one brothe
going in a mad dash. we re seeing violent scenes even. they re tearing down doors. people being arrested. you know what they re all after? a shoe. not just any shoe, though. an air jordan. we ll explain. also, possible ground breaking lawsuit against the nfl. a number of former players suing over concussions they say they got while playing the game. one of those players, jamal lewis, in studio with me in just a matter of minutes. don t miss that. let me start with this major political road block now for newt gingrich and rick perry. both candidates failed to qualify for the virginia primary. neither of them came up with enough valid signatures. this means now that there are only two candidates that will square off in virginia s march 6th showdown. let me bring in our athena jones. first of all, how could this happen? how could they not make the ballot? virginia has stringent rules. among the most stringent of all the states. you have to get at least 10,000 signatures from a
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. it s friday, october 21st. ali s off today. welcome to american morning. it s been a long week. a big week of news. it s been a very long week. i must say, i had a great time in vegas. i know. vegas seems like a year ago. doesn t it? all of the gadhafi news yesterday. you can back from the big debate and the gadhafi news. moammar gadhafi killed in his hometown, captured alive. almost 24 hours after reports he was mortally wounded there is still a fog surrounding exactly how it happened. right. and new videos popping up all over the web showing his final moments. we want to warn you. these videos obviously are graphic. this one showing a badly wounded extremely bloody confused gadhafi being man handled but is clearly alive here. the statement says he was killed in a crossfire. later pictured show his dead body with a bullet wound to his head add close range suggesting he was executed. news of his death
i m really overwhelmed right now. interviewing the pilot to try to i was looking down from the get some answers about what airplane and it seemed like everything wasn t real. happened yesterday. jason carroll, thanks so much. the woman who died, that was to what s important for me to say be a part of her 40th birthday is just thank you to everyone celebration who has believed in me who has still ahead a wisconsin man trying to figure out why governor rick perry s office defended me, who has supported my family. deletes its e-mails after 70 days. he s wondering if perry s got secrets. i just want my family is the my name is robin. most important thing to me right now and i just want to go and be with them. so, thank you for being there for me. cnn s drew griffin was there. this was a very emotional moment for her and her supporters wasn t it, drew? yeah, it was. i think, you know, after hearing that statement again, fred, you could hear in her voice just how unprepar