romney. so now people are taking everything he says seriously, whether he likes it or not. as to whether you like what he s saying or not, that s entirely up to you. keeping them honest, whatever political position you happen to have, the position for herman cain or anyone wanting to be president, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? here s what he said saturday about illegal immigration. i tell you what, when i m in charge of the fence, we re going to have a fence, it will be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on the top, it will be electrocuted electrified. and there s going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. herman cain at a campaign stop in tennessee on saturday. sunday on meet the press, he said, just joking. on immigration, you said it at an event in tennessee that you would build an electrified fence on the border that could kill people if they try to cross illegally. that s a jo
polls and now is in a freefall. so does rick perry show up? is he combative defending his views and is he as feisty at the end as he is at the beginning? because a lot of people have said that at the course of the two-hour debates, he starts to fade. that s my question. mr. cain will be the center attention as well. let s talk herman cain versus mitt romney. is it a fair fight? well, sl tl a fair fight? everything is fair in love and politics, right? is it a fair fight? you know, it depends on how you look at it. in the sense that herman cain you could say, no, it s not a fair fight. mitt romney ran for president last time, he s an experienced politician. he s got infrastructure in all of the key states. he has this overwhelming advantage. however, look at what the tea party did in 2010. a guy who has no political infrastructure. he s ran for office but never been elected to office before. a lot of voters like that. do enough voters want a president who has never held off
ahead, 477 for what? the lopsided prisoner exchange between israelis and palestinians taking place overnight. hamas calls is a great day. some israelis say the price for a captured soldier is just too high. a live report just ahead. and i m christine romans, getting congress to pass the jobs bill piece by piece. some say the president s trip is more about one job. saving his own. now president obama is responding on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning to you. it is tuesday, october 18th. welcome to american morning. a little chill in the air here in new york, but not where carol is. out in the desert, carol costello is getting ready for politics in the desert. joining us live this morning, good morning, carol. oh, good morning. you know the best thing about las vegas right at this moment? gambling? besides that. it s 3:00 in the morning here, and there s a starbucks open. at a casino. i m loving it. and there are people
cain or anyone wanting to be president is this, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? here s what he said saturday about illegal immigration. i tell you what, when i m in charge of the fence, we re going to have a fence, it will be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on the top, it will be electrocuted electrified. and there s going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. herman cain at a campaign stop in tennessee on saturday. sunday on meet the press, he said, just joking. on immigration, you said it at an event in tennessee that you would build an electrified fence on the border that could kill people if they try to cross illegally. that s a joke, david. it s a joke. that s a joke. that s not a serious plan. that s not a serious plan, no, it s not. you got a big laugh. that s a joke. i ve also said that america needs to get a sense of humor. that was a joke, okay? the head of
for locking her sister s boyfriend in a closet until he starved to death. more recently she had a house in florida and she had the i.d.s and social security numbers or powers of attorney for some 50 other people when they arrested her. finding those people, learning their storieses no small job but some questions are still being answered. just this morning police in west palm beach confirmed a 15-year-old girl who was last seen in july with gregory thomas or thomas s teenage son was found apparently safe in philly. the girl s mom is elated. i just want to hold her and love her and just i don t know, i don t have i want to hold her and just want to hold her. now we want to bring in cnn s sara hoy, who has been covering the story up close. tell us about your visit to the virtual dunch on. last night we were able to go into the basement, it was dark and cramped and smelled. the smell of urine was so strong it burned my nos trillions, there was a metal mop bucket with fec