country stood up called members of congress showed up at meetings and made opinions known. this is a huge victory. if we make it through next week it s a huge victory for grass roots democracy. for professional legislation watchers this was all shaky and we could see the holes in it as it moved along. but mitch mcconnell certainly created the illusion if it was that this was getting close to passage. in the end the defectens came before the cbo score. that s right. they knew the score wos show what they continued to show that more than 20 million would lose coverage. it s not unimportant that in fact the three defectens we saw recently were all republican women. this was these are bills that have been literally drafted without a single woman in the room. . we need to improve the health care system and that means you bring everybody and you can t
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