happening off the court that s getting attention. are you mom enough? time magazine wants to know. this cover spurring shock and talk about attachment parenting and it s really the way you should raise your child. good morning to you. i m carol costello. they are alive. alexandria and kyliyah bain are safe and sound and they have now been released from the hospital. the two tennessee girls turned up in a wooded area in mississippi after a nationwide manhunt. the fbi says their kidnapper adam mayes is dead. he shot and killed himself as police closed in. mayes is suspected of killing the girls mother and their older sister in a bizarre case of violence and obsession that first exploded three weeks ago. martin savidge is in alpine, mississippi with the latest. good morning, martin. reporter: good morning, carol. it good news in an otherwise bittersweet tale that two younger girls have been found alive. this played out a hundred yards down the road in a wooded area beginn
crushing debt in several countries like greece. all of that actually effects americans in a very real way. the most recent wave of economic chaos in europe causing the dow to plunge nearly 800 points since last week. if you have a 401(k), an ira or many other investments, that is not good. on monday president obama is meeting with a couple of leaders of the european union to talk about the crisis and offer some guidance. the backdrop for this meeting? the congressional supercommittee s failure to agree on a plan to get our own fiscal house in order. with our debt now topping $15 trillion. chris niedermayer is a former deputy director at the u.s. securities and exchange commission, knows a lot about how the markets work and how it gets affected by this kind of thing in washington. there doesn t seem to be a whole lot of leadership at either end of pennsylvania avenue on trying to get our fiscal house in order. there really isn t, jon, and i think the frustration of the american public
everybody happy. back to you. bill: we ll try and get the governor on the air and have him explain his position. that is a fascinating sky behind you in washington d.c. it looks like halloween night. reporter: kind of scary, i m going to stay inside. bill: thank you, peter. we ll see you soon. heather: there s a brand new poll showing americans do not think any action will be taken on the debt crisis before the election next year, the rasmussen poll revealing an overwhelming 81% believe that a deal on major spending cuts is unlikely before the 2012 elections. those cuts are what the 12-member supercommittee had been working on, but, well, they just couldn t reach a deal. scott rasmussen is president of rasmussen reports.com. he joins us now. thanks for joining i. happy to be with you, heather, and that poll shows the american people have a great grasp of what s going on. spending by government in the america has never once gone down
anywhere. mitt romney was for the payroll tax cut in august. mitt romney was against it as a temporary little band-aid in october, and then in november so far, at least, in november, he has been for it. the biggest news in d.c. politics right now is the big congressional supercommittee has failed. one of the things people hoped was going to be worked out in the negotiations was this issue of the payroll tax cut. also the extension of unemployment benefits. according to the congressional budget office, if those two things don t get extended it will have a huge negative impact on the economy. since the supercommittee failed to act on those two things, there will now be the usual level of political fighting about those things with the added spark that the combatants in the fights are going to be people running for president. here s the thing, though. the election is a really long way away. the election is a year away. and we all have to live in this country no matter what happens in thi
anywhere. mitt romney was for the payroll tax cut in august. mitt romney was against it as a temporary little band-aid in october, and then in november so far, at least, in november, he has been for it. the biggest news in d.c. politics right now is the big congressional supercommittee has failed. one of the things people hoped was going to be worked out in the negotiations was this issue of the payroll tax cut. also the extension of unemployment benefits. according to the congressional budget office, if those two things don t get extended it will have a huge negative impact on the economy. since the supercommittee failed to act on those two things, there will now be the usual level of political fighting about those things with the added spark that the combatants in the fights are going to be people running for president. here s the thing, though. the election is a really long way away. the election is a year away. and we all have to live in this country no matter what happens in thi