mormon reps are not laughing. church spokesman issued a statement in the desert news saying sadly the cover is a reflection of the bias and speculative nature of the article itself. narrow and incomplete. meaning a good deal of information given on how church resources are used. what is the story behind the vast and secretive holdings? josh green is the senior political editor for bloomberg business week. josh, good day. glad to have you here. good to be with you. cover art controversy aside, article points out some of the church s key business interests in holdings on a for-profit level. they own everything from the newspaper we just quoted, desert news there in salt lake city to a tv station that got a hospitality business and life insurance company that s very profitable. what does that chunk there tell us about the church s investment choices and how they earn money, if anything? well, this is really a fascinating story. and the mormon church in in addition to being a churc
through, big time. painkiller prescription. oxcontrin makers planning to test their drug on children as young as 6 years old. the cash behind the candidate as big corporations give millions to obama and romney. cnn digs into who s raking in the most green. will the election be decided by wall street and not main street? and home of the beret. the u.s. olympic team in french hats and blue blazers. do these guys look ready for the olympics or a croquet match in the hamptons? good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. we begin this morning with a terrifying airline flight into miami. this morning, we are learning just how bad it was. flight 1780 was en route from aruba when it slammed into turbulence on its initial descent about 30 minutes before landing. pilots landed without major incident but a dozen people were injured, five of them taken to the hospital. i never felt something like that in the past. basically, we didn t know anythin
this morning, authorities stop a pilot they say was just about to pilot they say was just about to fly his airliner drunk. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we start this evening with the so-called underwear bomber. he ll spend life in prison for trying to blow up a plane on christmas day 2009. we all remember it so well. but this is what the blast could have looked like if he had succeeded. 2, 1. wow. that s a re-enactment from federal officials. but thankfully the bomb fizzled in real life. our deb fehrik was in the courtroom today. deb, how did he react when that very video was played? reporter: well, you know, it s so interesting. the fbi had put together that bomb, that demonstration bomb very similar to the one that mutallab had sewn into his underwear. that s what the explosion would have looked like if all 200 grams of ptn explosive had successfully detonated. as the defendant watched the video, kate, he said all alla akbar three times. god is great, god
earlier this year. as it turns out this preacher is known for preaching loudly against any homosexual behavior. long s attorney categorically denies the allegations calling them retaliation and a shakedown. a church spokesman says pastor long will hold a news conference tomorrow morning. a sheriff in ohio warning realtors do not go out on appointments alone. this morning after the murders of two agents who were showing homes. police say they found the latest victim inside an empty house in twin lakes, which is about half way between dayton and columbus. 51-year-old andy vonstein s wife called 911 reporting him missing yesterday when he didn t come home from work. i called on star and they called the car and said there was no response from inside the car. i m so scared. shepard: i m scared, she said. police say the on star device led them to his body. we re told somebody shot and apparently robbed him. investigators say they have a person of interest in the case.
versions of what happened ultimately raise questions that the public is entitled to know, what was going on in the church and why were the police never called to investigate. here s cnn s anderson cooper. in late 03 there was a beating every day. and if it wasn t him doing it, it was from him inciting others to do it to these. in front of other people. in front of other people. reporter: since first come forward last year in the st. peertszburg times with allegations of abuse against church leader david miscavige, marty rathbun and other scientologists have found themselves under vigorous attacks from the church they once dedicated their lives to. the former scientologists are accused of working together to destroy the church. tommy davis is the church spokesman. the church is going to defend itself. it s going to defend itself for its own sake and for the sake of the parishioners. these individuals are out there and they re lying. reporter: current and former senior sci