4.5 million people took the underground that day, the highest number ever. rich ar? ancient but much loved, annabel. what about the sales of merchandise in stores and online? there was concern early on when the olympics first started that folks weren t showing up, tourists were staying away, they weren t buying. well, that s proved not to be the case. merchandise is selling well according to the organizers. it s estimated 750,000 people have visited the megastore in the olympic park, i think most were there on the day i was in it last week. it was unbelievably pack. some items reportedly sold out in three days. britain is suffering economically right now, but there is some good news. according to visa, visitors to the uk have spent more than $1.4 billion in the last two weeks. and those from the u.s., you ll be interested to know, have been spending the most. and there are plenty of more unusual items up for sale, too, as perfect souvenirs of this incredible games. lots of objects
bill: in the neighborhood where the attack took place, some folks weren t surprised. you by yourself or if you are not from around here, you don t know anybody around here, you are a target. automatically. and with all that trayvon martin stuff going on, a lot of dumb stuff is happening. people are reacting on different races for dumb stuff, you know, so, you know, it could be related to that or it could be people just want to act stupid. bill: so let s recap. looks like a cover up by the virginian pilot newspaper. looks like the norfolk police are confused. was it a hate crime or not? the justice department has so far ignored our request for comments but attorney general holder has a responsibility to look into the situation and we will hold holder to that. this is a major story. we cannot have americans of any color being set upon by violent mobs. that cannot stand in this country. the factor will continue to demand justice in virginia. and that s the memo. now for the top st
really bad. bill: in the neighborhood where the attack took place, some folks weren t surprised. you by yourself or if you are not from around here, you don t know anybody around here, you are a target. automatically. and with all that trayvon martin stuff going on, a lot of dumb stuff is happening. people are reacting on different races for dumb stuff, you know, so, you know, it could be related to that or it could be people just want to act stupid. bill: so let s recap. looks like a cover up by the virginian pilot newspaper. looks like the norfolk police are confused. was it a hate crime or not? the justice department has so far ignored our request for comments but attorney general holder has a responsibility to look into the situation and we will hold holder to that. this is a major story. we cannot have americans of any color being set upon by violent mobs. that cannot stand in this country. the factor will continue to demand justice in virginia. and that s the memo. now fo
and good morning, everybody. it s wednesday, october 5th. a very cool, crisp day here in the northeast. welcome to american morning, everyone. lots of news to tell you about today. first, amanda knox is back on american soil. what a homecoming it was. knox touched down in seattle shortly after 8:00 last night, p.m. she thanked everyone who supported drew griffin was there. what was it like? reporter: before she even spoke, before anyone spoke, you could just see the relief on their faces. first the attorney addressed the crowd. if the if there were questions. mom and dad addressed the crowd? any questions for them? no. everybody just wanted to hear from her. amanda knox, and when she came to the podium, she said she had to remember, i have to speak in english now. i m really overwhelmed right now. reporter: after spending four years in an italian prison, amanda knox could hardly believe she was back home in seattle. i was looking down from the airplane and it seem
web site showed a doctored photo of house speaker john boehner holding a gun to a little girl s head. it claimed members of congress had taken a group of visiting school children hostage. the onion said boehner and the bipartisan gang planned to kill the kids if they didn t get $12 trillion. funny? crossing the line? you be the judge. i can see where the folks weren t too happy with that one. in light of news of the day. all right. here s your friday forecast now. dry out here in the northeast. with just a few morning showers from south jersey to the carolinas. thunderstorms in florida. an early sprinkle from new orleans over to san antonio. showers from milwaukee, chicago, cleveland, pittsburgh. and thunderstorms in the rockies. 82 in salt lake city. 90 in boise. 77, albuquerque. 50s from twin cities to indianapolis. 76 here in new york. 91 in miami. and now to the moment we have been waiting for all morning long. it is time for our bam. nice timing on friday. day five