an iranian christian pastor arrested on christmas after serving nearly 3 years in prison now a free man. he is now at home with his family although he initially faced possible execution for refusing to renounce his christian faith. he was freed in november with 45 days left on a downgraded sentence but when he was arrested last month a judge said he must finish his sentence. brian: the call to pug a plug on a power company the call to pull the plug on a power company in the wake of hurricane sandy. a panel branded lipa broken beyond repair and recommended it be replaced by a company like con ed son. lipa was criticized for taking too long to restore power. gretchen: the octomom is back on welfare, unfortunately. the mother of 14 had taken
has not been destroyed. rick: well that s good to see. that woman was talking about no lights and no gas, no water. what are you hearing and what are people saying about the recovery efforts on the ground? well, generally speaking they re pretty happy that con-ed has tried to get in here, tried to do what it can. con edison, which is responsible for the power in this part of new york, says that they have restored it pretty much across the board but there are a few pockets. and as governor andrew cuomo, the democratic governor of new york said, if 99% of people have got power but you re the 1% that hasn t, it doesn t matter that they re patting themselves on the back for the 99%. we spoke to one woman today said in her situation it is not entirely con-ed s fault that they haven t yet got power. listen to this. the people in my building attacked con edison. they were throwing bottles and cans and everything and con ed son.
fatalities. mayor michael bloomberg said there were 23 friars throughout new york including this one. you re watching an explosion at a con ed son power station at manhattan s east side. con edison said this is the worst storm outage situation it has ever had to deal with. overall, more than 8 million people are without power up and down the east coast, travelers continue to be stranded. more than 18,000 flights across the country have been canceled. this photo from the jetblue terminal at laguardia airport shows why. president obama arrived at red cross headquarters in washington, d.c. as relief efforts continued. this storm is not yet over. we ve gotten briefings from the national hurricane center. it is still moving north. there are still communities that could be affected and so i want to emphasize there s still risks of flooding. there are still risks of downed power lines, risks of high winds and so it is very important for
the author of what s wrong with white people. what mitt romney wants to do with fema. this puts the candidate in a pretty tight spot, doesn t it? well, yes, of course it does, ed. i mean this moment really reminds me of that moment in 2008 when john mccain had his crazy reaction to the economic crash and wanted to suspend his campaign and go back to washington and really looked like he didn t understand what was at stake or what was going on. mitt romney looked ridiculous at that rally today. i mean he was talking about cleaning up one time he had to clean up a football field of rubbish and comparing that to disaster relief and i m not somebody i think it s kind of silly when we say we can t play politics at this moment. there s always politics and right now we re having an election. we re having a debate over the future of our society and things like disaster relief are really quite pertinent, so it s not that he can t to me it s not that he can t campaign but go out there and
and the truth? he has no shame and no soul. if you re lying in the beginning you ll be lying in the end and shows a sense of desperation to try invoke fear. they know good and dag gone well that the president threw a life line out to the auto industry whereby one of every eight jobs in ohio over 850,000 jobs aristic willed to that industry and for them to try to scare the citizens is despicable. we won t forget this is the game governor that joined forces prosecutor with the republicans and supported senate bill 5 which would have taken away collective bargaining rights. gm will invest $500 million into that plant, ed. he is lying in the beginning and he ll be lying all the way through this. i don t think the obama campaign could hand a better script to the romney people and say, here, do this and implode in the state of ohio but the question is, chris, what are you