i think what barack obama is going through the race. michael jackson. i watched him transform himself from the child he was to the figure he became. all those facelifts and distortions. i found it to be a very sad, sad journey. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening, we start with breaking news tonight. a live shot from downtown new york. the clock is ticking. a potential confrontation of the group occupy wall street. they have to clear out by 7:00 tomorrow morning to clean up. they say it s an excuse to get them out. the united autoworkers union is going to show up. my next guest knows more about this than anybody else and why they are so fired up. it s michael lewis. what do you make of all this occupy wall street? are they right? do you know what they are protesting about? do they know what they are protesting about? nobody put a fine point on it but it s not hard to see why people might be outraged by wall street. i mean, it is incredible, really, what s
stand, reports of explosions near a compound where he may be hiding. and i m carol costello. a new poll predicting a tight race in 2012, whether obama versus romney, bachmann, perry or paul on this american morning. good morning to you. it is tuesday, august 23rd. this is american morning. we have a lot going on today here. this weather in the united states. that s right. politics and, of course the developments in libya. start with breaking news in the battle for libya this morning. the arabic news network al arabiya reporting explosions near the compound where moammar gadhafi is believed to be hiding, this coming as the regime is teetering on the bring of collapse. nobody has seen gadhafi since the opposition rolled into tripoli over the weekend. his son, saif al islam, made a surprise appearance after the libyan opposition claimed they captured him. he showed up at a western hotel with journalists and spoke to matthew chance and said his father is alive and