from cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. it s october 29th. good morning. i m ailelina cho. a classic nor easter in october. we ll tell you how bad it will get and where. and breaking news out of afghanistan. a suicide bomber attacks a nato convoy in kabul. we ll get a live report from the region in just a moment. but first, cities throughout the northeast are getting ready for a major snowstorm. an october nor easter is rare, not unprecedented, but rare. here s a look at new york city right now. the rain is coming down. three to five inches of snow is expected when it s all over. the city is among those preparing for the early snow. and the big apple isn t alone. snow is expected from baltimore all the way to boston. and here s what the radar looks right now. one of the biggest problems besides the snow is what happens next? and that s potential power outages. the trees. still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow. high winds. th
just hours after we left prison, we were able to swim in the waters of the gulf. we stayed up all night with our loved ones and we watched the most beautiful sunset we ve ever seen. these experiences will be with us for the rest of our lives. we would like to thank oman for welcoming us and hosting our families. also present at the press conference were both men s families as well as sarah shourd, bauer s fiancee. while they refused to answer any questions, they were all smiles when they were presented with gifts given by omani officials. both men made their way to the tarmac where they said good-bye to omani and u.s. officials before boarding the plane that will start them on their long waited journey back home. muhammad jam june, muscat, oman. let s go to politics now and a shocking finish in the republican battle in orlando, florida, this evening. tonight s winner with 986 votes, 37.1% herman cain. and there you heard it, herman cain surprised many by winning the
doing unique thing, daniel, with social media here. very unique strategies that many of us who have used social media have never heard of, like michele bachmann. he shouldn t be surprised they re active on social media. politicians go where the people are. last time we economiced. 750 million users on facebook. and they re trying to target people and do it in specific ways. in some cases cultivating ads to maybe go after certain people. going through profiles. trying to get to people with similar interests as a particular candidate and giving them that message from michele bachmann and even going into certain games with facebook. almost like a virtual door to door campaign. you re inside a game called farmville, people are familiar with, an addictive game. growing your own vegetable garden and selling things to friends, they can actually be inside that game and find you. give you some sort of how do they find you? they can try to find you.
also found photographers of susan powell. and it doesn t look like she knew those photos were being taken of her. now the house held subcommittee is holding a hearing on the shortage of drugs, primarily for chemotherapy and serious infections is endangering patients lives and forcing hospitals to purchase them from secondary suppliers at higher costs. and tareq salahi is telling his story to matt lauer. that comes up in seven minutes pap sad story. the candidates for 2012, beginning more social, shall we say, as the candidacy for vice president emerges. trying to make their case and spread the word. daniel sieberg is the author aef the digital diet and our go-to technology guru.
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