through, big time. painkiller prescription. oxcontrin makers planning to test their drug on children as young as 6 years old. the cash behind the candidate as big corporations give millions to obama and romney. cnn digs into who s raking in the most green. will the election be decided by wall street and not main street? and home of the beret. the u.s. olympic team in french hats and blue blazers. do these guys look ready for the olympics or a croquet match in the hamptons? good morning to you. i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. we begin this morning with a terrifying airline flight into miami. this morning, we are learning just how bad it was. flight 1780 was en route from aruba when it slammed into turbulence on its initial descent about 30 minutes before landing. pilots landed without major incident but a dozen people were injured, five of them taken to the hospital. i never felt something like that in the past. basically, we didn t know anythin
i will talk to one woman who spent 50 years in a polygamist family and is now speaking out against it. good morning, everyone, i m randi kay. it is 5:00 on the west coast and 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. my car said it was 112 in atlanta and it is going to be hotter, and the same today with excessive heat warnings issued for 19 states which is complicating the efforts to get the power back on for millions who lost electricity in storms over the past two days. many cities have cooling centers open to help people get a break from the heat. as for the strong storms are being blamed for 12 deaths now, and have left a path of downed trees and damaged homes and millions are waiting for the power to come back on, by it could be days before that happens. cnn s athena jones is live in springfield, virginia, for us, and athena, welcome, and how is the cleanup going? good morning, randi. well sh well, the cleanup is going in spits and starts. you can see the debris out here in the m
take a look at this video. a 7-eleven customer channels his inner bruce lee during a holdup in florida. a masked man trying to rob the store and didn t see this one coming as he tried to kick the knife out of his hands. we don t know this brave man s name but cops say he chased the suspect for about a block and then lost it. president obama insisted that he would close guantanamo bay. instead, it s getting millions of dollars of upgrades. there s a new soccer field for detainees. that costs $750,000. other lavish upgrades including cable tv and enriching your life classes for detainees like painting and resume writing? commander at gitmo claims the upgrades have made things safer for detainees and the guards. brian? all right, gretch. the nfl facing a mega lawsuit. a lot of them. more than 2,000 former players taking on the league over concussion related injuries. the suit consolidates more than 80 pending claims alleging that
minute, we didn t think he could win. now a lot of the democrats realize barack obama can actually lose and if you look at some polls that came out yesterday, romney s leading in ohio and florida and michigan and currently tied in colorado. 12 minutes after the hour. let s get started with the show officially. is the white house leaking national security secrets to make the president look good? even top democrats want an investigation. this has to stop. when people say they don t want to work with the united states because they can t trust us to keep a secret, that s serious. that is serious and chairman of the house intelligence committee, former f.b.i. guy himself mike rogers here live next. and no joke, the f goes to whoever misspelled a word in this high school diploma. i can t see it in that fancy cursive. i can t either. [ male announcer ] what s in your energy drink?
maybe so. terrorism, 47% to president obama with mitt romney only at 34%. bringing the u.s. together, i find that fascinating. they still pick president obama even though there s been a lot of discussion about dividing the nation especially in the last year under this administration. if the election was held today, 43-43, we d be tied. now to your headlines. the violence against civilians in syria with showing no signs of letting up. look. the latest report, the latest reported mass killing involving about 80 people. many of the victims are women and children. we ve learned observers for the united nations actually coming under fire as they tried to reach the site. the u.s. condemning syria s president assad saying he has doubled down on his brutality and duplicity and secretary of state hillary clinton has called for him to leave. and we have an envoy heading up to moscow to try to convince