private sector added 110,000 jobs in october. and president obama makes a new push for money to fix the nation s roads and bridges in a speech this hour. he ll call on congress to pass the transportation component of his jobs bill. which includes money for infrastructure. the president will use a bridge in washington s georgetown area as a backdrop and we ll take you there live. the speech is set for 11:25 eastern time. and we have new pictures today of a jetliner s dramatic emergency landing in poland. earlier video showed it from a side angle. here, you can see the plane coming in, with no landing gear at all. somehow the pilot manages to steer it onto the runway on its belly. no one on the flight from newark, new jersey to warsaw was injured. one of the presidential candidates, herman cain s accusers may speak out about her allegations of sexual harassment. her attorney says the key is getting the national restaurant association, where the complaint was filed, to wai
green square is right on the coast there. gadhafi s compound, a few miles away has taken a pounding from nato air strikes. today is the scene of ferocious gun battles. for now it s still in the regime control. and as for the libyan dictator, he may still inbound hiding or on the run, but three of his sons are in custody. and that included the man on the left, and he is wanted for crimes against humanity, just like his father. and then rebels also captured this woman, a well-known anchor on state tv, and witnesses say she is unharmed and state tv has gone dark. and then sara sidner has spenlt the day on the streets in the capital. what is happening there now? reporter: i wanted to go back to what you talked about, the last bit you talked about, the woman who was a news anchor on tv. everybody knew her and she worked for libya state tv. we were there just after she had been detained. they said that she was detained with her brother. it was peaceful. we wanted to see her to se
gadhafi s last stronghold, reaching the heart of tripoli, celebrating on his turf and cnn was on the back of the truck to witness it all. amazing. i m carol costello. president obama telling moammar gadhafi to face the facts and give it up. the white house already hoping the rebels are ready to lead out on this american morning. all right. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 22nd. this is american morning. i m christine romans. i m carol costello. thank you for joining us. ali has the morning off. a lot going on. let s get to it. that s right. up first, breaking news, new explosions overnight coming from moammar gadhafi s tripoli compound. three of his sons are in custody but gadhafi s whereabouts are still unknown as history continues to unfold in libya this morning. quite a sight. rebel forces say they control most of the capital and gadhafi s forces in one tripoli neighborhood are negotiating their surrender. listen. talk about
good morning to both of you. good morning. good morning. all right, so i understand that you were outside the church and what did you see that was a little unusual? well, actually, i was inside the church. and i was waiting in the lobby area to pick up my children from their basketball camp. and as they were coming out of the door, all of sudden, we heard a loud crash which sounded like glass breaking. so, of course, everyone was stopping and not moving to try to figure out what was going on so at that time, someone said, deer. and we looked out of the window and there s a courtyard that is on the other side of the window for outside of the church. and there was a deer out there. so we thought the deer had crashed through the window and then had gone outside and was in the courtyards. ok, so right, go ahead. no, go ahead. i was just going to say so you you observed it and you
ted rowlands reports that rising waters have closed the casinos that normally pump millions into the community. that s the main entrance into the lobby area for the casino hotel. reporter: harrah s casino/hotel in tunica, mississippi, is surrounded by eight feet of water. what used to be the valet dropoff now looks like venice. areas in tunica is expected to be closed for a month. gaming revenue is lost for the entire month of may, and that equates to $10 million taxes from tunica county into the local organizations here, so it is a big hit. reporter: state law required that when the casinos here were built, they had to be offshore, and that means that the casinos, themselves, are floating on large barges, so they are dry, but they are dark and empty which is bad for everyone living in tunica.