police shot the insurgents. officials have recovered the bodies of the three remaining victims of the explosion in a kansas grain elevator. three others were also killed. the price of peanut butter is going up, some brands as much as 40%. the hot, dry summer devastated the peanut crop. a baby girl born this morning in the phillipines is being called the 7 billionth person in the world. it s almost impossible to pinpoint the exact 7 billionth person. the united nations chose today to mark the occasion. herman cain and mitt romney are in a statistical dead heat at 23% and 22% respectively, yet the des moines register reports romney has visited the state just three times this year, and herman cain only once since the straw poll where he placed
it s stunning. that s extraordinary. also, don t forget this. i moved to america by choice. it s the most extraordinary nation. you saw 2.5% growth in the last quarter. we d kill for that in the uk right now. and that s mind you, we drive it through financial extraction. if so many people are unhappy here in the united states, where the economy is worth $14 trillion a year, you next competitor is china at $5 trillion a year. hang on a minute, with these globalized protests, it s quite scary what could happen around the world. how so? what would you be afraid of? it s scary that it s happening here, first of all, when bear in mind you re by far the number one country in the world. where a country so wealthy would have this the 7 billionth person was born today. over half the world live on less than $2 a day. america is incredibly privileged, but it s unhappy. it s unhappy because of the obvious sense of injustice through platinum citizenship and multi basically,
charges against him. and baby makes 7 billion. a new milestone for the global population on this american morning. good morning to you and happy halloween. happy halloween! whoo! it is monday, october 31st. welcome to american morning. i m carol costello. good morning. i m alina cho. talk about an october surprise, and i m not talking about politics. no. that storm was really it was vicious, wasn t it? it certainly was, and it came through fast and left just as fast, but boy, did it leave a trail of destruction. yes, it did, and that s up first. the aftermath of a rare and deadly october nor easter, the storm dumping wet, slushy, heavy snow from maryland to maine. close to three feet of snow fell in new england, leaving millions without power this morning. it s literally postponed halloween in parts of new england. the boston globe reporting some towns rescheduled the holiday for friday instead. local officials don t want the kids out with so man
official. again, 13 americans killed in attacks today. it is now 5:45 local time in the afternoon. we will be speaking with general barry mccafferty on what this means, how this happened and what this means going forward. that will be in 20 to 30 minute. the global population is expected to reach 7 billion on monday. the milestone has many wondering about the predictions by a burgeoning population. anne thompson has more. reporter: the sound of joy from theette s 7 billionth person will also be a sound of alarm. the child enters a world where 900 million people have no access to clean water. nearly 1 billion go to bed hungry. 2.6 billion have no adequate sanitation. but the nature conservancy lead scientists says we can thrive in an increasingly crowded world. this planet can certainly support 7 billion people. but the trick is, how do we deal with common resources that we