speaking out on controversial pardons, former mississippi governor, haley barbour defends his position to pardon 200 people. a convicted murderer who says he deserves to be free. it is almost there. two ships just off the coast of nome, alaska to bring precious fuel. we have been keeping an eye on a rescue operation taking place off the western coast of italy this morning. here is the emergency. a crowded cruise ship that is tipped over on its side. there are 4,000 passengers and crew on board. we are hearing as many as 70 people are still missing. a journalist is at the port where survivors are being taken. good morning. have you spoken to any passengers? caller: yes, they all describe a familiar scene. they just finished eating dinner. the ship s electricity went off and felt a shutter as the ship ran on to the sandbar causing a huge gaping hole in the hull of the ship. right now, the ship is on its side, about 90 degrees resting on a bed of rocks and shallow water. you
game yesterday. turned into an all-out brawl between crosstown rivals. we ll let you see more of this. we know suspensions are coming. you re not going to believe what some of the players said after the game. also, many of you b i kno you re dreading it the in-laws are coming for the holidays. that may stress you out and some of that stress may come from religious differences. all it that in our faces of faith, tips how to deal with it. let s start with the presidential debate from last night. you could tell we re getting close to the first votes. last night we heard a lot of back-and-forth and a lot of it actually got perm, maybe even more so than we ve heard in the past. take a quick listen. if you will cheat on your wife, if you will cheat on your spouse, then why wouldn t you cheat on your business partner or why wouldn t you cheat on anybody, for that matter. i ve made mistakes at times. i ve had to go to god for forgiveness. i ve had to seek reconciliation
people are an invented people. we re going to have reaction to his controversial remarks. plus, look at this live picture from arlington national cemetery. hundreds of volunteers are laying wreaths on the graves of american s fallen warriors. and if you think it s just too cold to get out of bed and go to work, it may change your mind. a total eclipse of the moon. you re looking at live images there right now. we want to start this hour with controversial comments from a republican presidential candidate, newt gingrich. take a listen to what he said. i believe with the jewish people have the right to have a state. i believe that the commitments that were made at a time, remember, there were there was no palestine as a state. and i think that we ve had an invented palestinian people who are arabs and historically part of the arab community. now he said the palestinians are an invented people. he made those comments during that interview as you saw there on the jewish c
ornament on it. if you live in rhode island, however, it is a holiday tree, taking christ out of christmas. the subject of this morning s faces of faith. but we begin with the end for herman cain. here is part of his announcement, if you missed it yesterday. i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters, not because i m not a fighter. all right. but he won t be fighting on as a presidential candidate. the campaign is suspended. doesn t mean he s not still going to have some kind of impact. our political reporter shannon travis is here in studio with me. you ve been following herman cain for quite some time. he can continue this fight. plan a was being president, plan b is starting a website. plan b is also still being a playmaker in republican presidential race. plan b is this website, the cain solutions, where he says he ll keep promoting the 9-9-9 plan,
before this man allegedly tried to kill president obama, he sent a tape to oprah winfrey. you ll hear what he had to say. also, you remember the story of the baseball player kidnapped in ve vein zela, he s safe and back with his team. let s start right now with the break being story out of libya. where saif gadhafi has been captured apparently trying to flee. he was caught mere the algerian libya poureder. he is wanted by the criminal court. what do know? reporter: t.j., we re joined by a guest who can give us more information on this significant capture. i am joined here by a national transitional council military liaison and if you could tell us what happened? how was he captured? the full details is not clear at the moment. we released the information. he was caught near the border. he is currently en route to sdplin tan from what i last heard. the exact details are kept from us for the moment for his own safety and security. what state was he in? was he wounded or