it did not matter what deck you were on, you still smelled it. brian: let me ask you about the compensation they re talking about. $500 i understand or a free cruise next time? what have you heard about the compensation for what you just went through? i don t believe it is enough for what anybody went through on that cruise. steve: what they re offering is they re refunding the price of whatever you paid for the cruise, an additional $500 and a discount on a future cruise. how much do you think you should be compensated, brandi? that is a really hard question because i can t put what i went through into a money figure. but it was definitely an emotional one and i don t think you can replace money with an emotion. brian: i understand you have your own business that s been in hyper space because you have been unable to get on land? correct. alisyn: in other words,
rights and the gop supposed war on women. i know people who have been sitting on the sidelines saying he s got it, he s got it and that stuff happened and said i got to write him a check. there s a threat. when the choice is laid out there s a threat of what could possibly happen. mitt romney is, you know, against federal funding for contraception, against planned parenthood, being in existence. but i don t go ahead. i wanted to go to the money figure, because it shows the competitive nature of the race. when you unpack the 45 million bit, the obama campaign raised $11.8 million in the reporting period. governor romney s raises $11.5. in terms of enthusiasm, you ve got to be clear it s dnc money and campaign money. there s a lot of energy on right with respect to third party groups. i did clarify, as a good point, rick santorum raised $9 million there a lot of money,
recovery and the dramatic new message she has for her constituents. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzerment you re in the situation room. first the battle for the white house. the issue is national security on cnn. i ll be moderating a debate tuesday night right here in washington with the republican presidential contenders. and with the spotlight getting brighter on those at the front of the pack, they could have the potential to the potential to be a game changer. joining us now for a preview, danielle pletka. she is with the american enterprise institute. james carafano, director for foreign policy at the heritage foundation and norm orenstein. he also writes a weekly column for roll call. i want to point out the debate will be co-sponsored by the american enterprise institute and heritage foundation. thanks to both of your organizations for helping us with that as well. let s get to what you re looking for, dani
good morning to you. it is thursday, november 17. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. happy one last day until friday. welcome to american morning. up first this morning, new developments in the penn state child sex scandal. jerry sandusky s tv sbrir this week where he said his behavior with young boys was not sexual abuse, just horse play, may have been the last straw for some of his alleged victims. sandusky s words led new people to come forward. sandusky charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse involving eight boys he met through the charity, on 360 last night, anderson cooper spoke to the mother of one alleged victim, victim number one in the indictment. she says it was hard for they are son to watch the sandusky interview. he was very upset about it. he said i watched it after that. he said he cried. i said, why with s he crying? he said because i m afraid he might go free. he is afraid sandusky might go free? yes. the
good morning to you. this is your a.m. wakeup call for thursday, november 17th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. new questions about what police knew and what they knew about it in the penn state child abuse sex scandal. a coach who s taken a lot of heat for witnessing the alleged sexual assault on a little boy and not reporting it says he went to the cops years ago. but two law enforcement agencies are now saying that s not true. the secret service catching up to the man accused of shooting at the white house with an ak-47 that he left at the scene. one bullet was lodged in a bulletproof window facing the south lawn. and severe weather that ripped across the southeast has killed at least four people. the concern now there could be more victims beneath the rubble of some homes. let s check in with meteorologist reynolds wolf. the southeast getting pounded the last 24 hours. a very intense line of storms th