good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach who s taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying that s not true. the secret service catching up to the man accused of shooting at the white house with an ak-47 that he left at the scene. one bullet was lodged in a bulletproof window facing the south lawn. and severe weather that ripped across the southeast has killed at least four people. the concern now there could be more victims beneath the rubble of some homes. let s check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. the southeast getting pounded the last 24 hours. a very intense line of storms th
of ten people think the super committee will fail to reach a deal over a trillion dollars of deficit cuts. luke, they re running out of time. do we have any reason for optimism, though? no, not right now, thomas. reports from aides on both sides are that they are at the kuwait a stalemate on the super committee. the committee as a group has not met together for some time. it s basically going into little sort of side groups. few republican here, few democrats here may meet cross party within the super committee itself. the main issue is the one that s plagued this congress for so long. democrats don t want to move and republicans don t want to see their taxes raised. one thing that s leaked out over the past weekend is, okay, perhaps the super committee could agree on a way to raise taxes, create new revenue, agree on a number but not necessarily how that would be implemented and carried out. that responsibility would then super committee would instruct that to be fall on the house w
thank you. and the clock is ticking for dozens of lawmakers searching for a compromise on capitol hill. americans are pessimistic when it comes to expectations. george washington university battle ground poll shows 7 out of 10 people think the super committee fails to reach a deal in deficit cuts. some optimism from eric kantor who told reporters he believed the committee would reach an agreement. kelly o donnell joins us. let s start with the optimism from both sides. what s fueling it? fanta fantasy? i think both want to be optimistic because there nine days left and that s a window to keep talking. i am told from both parties that there small conversations going on and trying to reach a way to break open what has been not an
i did. welcome to american morning. first, let s get started. could be a tipping point in the wall street movement. patience with the protests wearing thin and more and more cities grown tired of the headaches associated with the protests. in portland, oregon, a standoff on the city streets overnight. more than a dozen arrested as police cleared the city parks of makeshift camps. the mayor of portland telling cnn the every campments are now public health hazards. and two policemen arrested when police tried to remove furniture and tents set up in a park. and in philadelphia, the city s mayor telling reporters what started out as a peaceful protest is now threatening public safety. occupy philly has changed. we re seeing serious health and safety issues playing out on almost a daily basis. occupy philly is fractured with internal disagreement and disputes. the people of occupy philly have also changed, and their intentions have changed. and all of this is not good fo
7-1/2 years and i didn t even get a lousy t-shirt. remember, president obama wants to run against a do-nothing congress. three weeks ago they passed a free trade agreement on bipartisan basis they have been trying to pass for five years he canceled the signing ceremony. instead he had a signing ceremony about this ineffective, executive order if they don t talk about entitlements or the healthcare bill. they do have a signing stat statement. bob: yeah, yeah, yeah. andrea: it s dishonest after decreasing the deficit. he ran for office and promised a balanced budget. he has been spending an spending and spending. in december he came out and said we need to make the strong deficit cuts and criticized paul ryan for his really good budget plan.