developing right now, in less than an hour, a judge in london set to decide whether wikileaks founder julian assange will be extradited to sweden. an incredible emergency landing caught on camera. pilots forced to land a 767 packed with passengers on its belly. get your morning coffee. and pitch in to create jobs. that s what starbucks is hoping millions of americans will do next time they stop in one of its stores. and good morning to you. it is wednesday, november 2nd. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello joining us live from new york this morning. thanks for being here. if you re just waking up today, new claims that he s not telling the entire truth about sexual harassment allegations made against him. one of the two women who accused cain of inappropriate behavior says she wants to speak out about the scandal that s overshadowed cain s campaign. the alleged incident occurred when he was chief executive of the national restaurant association in the 90
now is not my time. we saw the governor s sense of humor, the command of the room as he answered questions for a long time. gin acosta was right there. he was heavily urged to run, he was flattered, the pressure came from people of high stature, in the end it wasn t enough, why? reporter: well, john, answering that question should take a couple of minutes but chris christie, who never is at a loss for words held court in the news conference room for an hour and listened as every reporter in the room basically poked him with a stick, trying to get at why he was not going to make this decision to run for president. he was asked about whether or not it was that compressed primary calendar that all of the republican conditions are looking at right now. he was asked about his weight, whether or not his health might be an issue. he was asked whether his views as a republican are just too moderate for the party. but in the end chris christie said you could not get around one iss
part of that political process of creating a state and they created the currency without putting in place some of the political mechanisms needed to manage a single currency. so ways of transferring money from germany, rich countries like germany and france, and it get transferred here in the states like new york to arkansas or something like that. i think the euro zone crisis is really about providing the political excuse to build the federal institutions in europe and the arguments are really about what are the terms in which the rich countries are willing to pay money to the poor countries and the poor countries are willing to reform themselves so they ll be less of a drain on the rich country resources in europe going forward. and just as a political process, it is very messy and one that has to be in the context of a very long history in its determination to create a state in europe that is much more akin
first, here s my take. this was u.n. week, and there was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the world s finance ministers and leader meet to talk about money. i think it s fair to say that we are confronting the worst economic moment since the days after the collapse of lehman brothers in 2008. growth has slowed in europe and the united states, and it is slower even in the bubbling, emerging markets. some european countries now have deep problems with their debt burdens that appear unmanageable, and that problem is spreading to major european countries like italy. europe s banks have too little capital and too much bad debt on their books. they are posed for a lehman-like event. and here s the worst part in light of these problems, key governments are doing almost nothing. the real culprits are the leaders of europe. they have been kicking the can down the road for two years. they now have to face the f
cnn london. libya s interim leadership is giving civilians until thursday night to leave the gadhafi stronghold of bani walid. many have been streaming out of town. . a western diplomat tells cnn an official from oman is on his way to tehran to help the negotiatings in the case against two hikers sentenced for spying in iran. iran s judiciary says it is considering a request to set bail in the case. this seems to contradict previous statements by the hingers attorney and iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. pakistani disaster officials say flooding has killed at least 2 3 people in southeast pakistan in recent weeks. the u.n. says 300,000 people have been forced from their homes and into temporary camps. officials say 80% of the cash crops are damaged or destroyed in the province. british lawmakers are asking whether social media contributed to the extent and intensity of the riots that left london smoldering last month. representatives from facebook and twitter will