president obama unveils a plan that could help thousands of homeowners. good morning. i m dave clark. i m tori campbell. a 55-year-old man was hadl was paddling near hunters point with when the kayak flipped over. here s more. reporter: there s a crew out there searching the waters trying to find tom. they are still working, hoping for a positive result. let s take a live look at chopper 2. they ve been at it all night long. it s been going on 15 hours since tom s kayak hit the wake of a barge and flipped over. the coast guard says even on the nicest afternoon with calm watt with calm waters, it can still be dangerous. you need to wear life jackets, have proper radios and just be vigilant. reporter: the coast guard expects help out here later this morning and they will reassess search efforts at daylight. right now, the temperature is in the low 60s in the water. there is always the fear of hypothermia, especially given how long he s been out there. back to yo
indy 500 champ dan wheldon s death. we ll ask if the sport may need to make serious changes. and the world anticipates biggest scrabble event was rocked by a cheating charge as one competitor calls for another to be strip searched over a missing g. we ll get to the bottom of this international incident. it s tuesday morning, october international incident. it s tuesday morning, october 18th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs and good tuesday morning to you. i m erica hill. good to have you with us. beautiful sunrise. chris wragge off this morning. i m jeff glor. some people take their scrabble very seriously. there was a strip search this year. two years ago, a player was accused of eating a tile. yeah. you may think it s just a board game. it s a story we all love. we want to begin, though, with this breaking news. gilad schalit, the israeli soldier captured more than five years ago back in israel with his family. the price for his freedom is the release of more than
brand-new cnn/orc poll shows cain in a dead heat with mitt romney at the top of the gop field and cain s gain is rick perry s loss. the texas governor now a distant third. if you don t believe fortunes change in a heartbeat, take a look at this. just a month ago perry was riding high and cain polled a mere 9%. want to bring in my comrade in politics, paul stein houser, the venetian hotel at casino. hey, paul, can herman cain take these numbers to the bank or should we expect, you know, a bounce-back? yeah, i wouldn t take them to the bank yet, because, joe, this race has changed so much. listen, back in the summer we saw michele bachmann jump up in the polls, then go down. we saw the same thing with rick perry. will it happen to herman cain in maybe. other polling from our brand-new cnn polls, two-thirds of republicans say they re not 100% married yet to their candidate. they may change their mind. only about 1 in 3 republicans say i m definitely sticking with the candidate
brand-new cnn/orc poll shows cain in a dead heat with mitt romney at the top of the gop field and cain s gain is rick perry s loss. the texas governor now a distant third. if you don t believe fortunes change in a heartbeat, take a look at this. just a month ago perry was riding high and cain polled a mere 9%. want to bring in my comrade in politics, paul stein houser, the venetian hotel at casino. hey, paul, can herman cain take these numbers to the bank or should we expect, you know, a bounce-back? yeah, i wouldn t take them to the bank yet, because, joe, this race has changed so much. listen, back in the summer we saw michele bachmann jump up in the polls, then go down. we saw the same thing with rick perry. will it happen to herman cain in maybe. other polling from our brand-new cnn polls, two-thirds of republicans say they re not 100% married yet to their candidate. they may change their mind. only about 1 in 3 republicans say i m definitely sticking with the candidate