from cnn center, this is cnn saturday morning. it s october 29th. good morning. i m ailelina cho. a classic nor easter in october. we ll tell you how bad it will get and where. and breaking news out of afghanistan. a suicide bomber attacks a nato convoy in kabul. we ll get a live report from the region in just a moment. but first, cities throughout the northeast are getting ready for a major snowstorm. an october nor easter is rare, not unprecedented, but rare. here s a look at new york city right now. the rain is coming down. three to five inches of snow is expected when it s all over. the city is among those preparing for the early snow. and the big apple isn t alone. snow is expected from baltimore all the way to boston. and here s what the radar looks right now. one of the biggest problems besides the snow is what happens next? and that s potential power outages. the trees. still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow. high winds. th
thanks for joining us. i m alina cho, t.j. holmes is off this hour. a halloween weekend surprise for millions of people from the mid-atlantic to nudge. more than a foot of snow is expected to bury some areas. millions of people could be left in the dark. also, student loan debt is now higher than credit card debt in the united states. president obama has a plan to ease the burden. but will it work? we ll hear from a financial expert. and a rags to riches story in india. the son of a poor farm worker becomes the country s real life slum dog manage heillionaire. but first, the top story. at least 13 american service members are among those killed in a nato convoe attack. it happened in the heart of the capital city of kabul. what happened, nick? it appears that a suicide bomber drive ago vehicle, perhaps a red toyota car we hear from afghan police drove this load of explosives into a nato convoy. pictures of the aftermath show what appears to be a rhino nato bus. 13 of th
millions of dollars by the u.s. government but many of those victims say they have to the seen a penny what does the government say about that? and certainly something to cheer about. they barely made the playoffs, now the st. louis cardinals are the world series champions. we will show you the celebrations. we begin this morning with cities throughout the northeast getting ready for a major snowstorm. it s happening before halloween. let s take a look at new york now. the city is preparing for up to a foot of snow, and they aren t alone. snow is expected from baltimore up to boston. and take a look at the radar, here s what it looks like now. one of the biggest problems, potential power outages. heavy snow could leave about a million people without electricity. the trees, still plenty of leaves on them. you have forecasters saying heavy, wet snow, high winds, those are all the perfect ingredients for potentially a large problem with the electric grid. all right. let
between a police officer and a man being followed for having a license plate that did not match his vehicle. the officer was not injured. police are now putting up road blocks to try to stop the gunman. we ll keep an eye on this and bring you developments as they happen. and now the deal that set off the rally. the details have stopped it. a day after stock prices soared around the world on hopes that europe had finally dealt with its debt crisis, they re back down to earth as we learn more about the breakthrough. blue chips on wall street are more or less flat. and the same goes for europe, though asia had a bit of a catch-up rally. speaking of asia, we find the head of the eu bailout fund that s set to grow to $1 trillion euros. it wasn t clear yesterday where the new cash would come from, but now it s more than clear that europe wants a big chunk from china. beijing isn t making any promises beyond ordinary trade and investments in european bonds. now, let s get back t
creepy camp site. they later said, we were in a position where we had to deploy gas to stop the crowd and people from pelting us with bought el its and rocks. a spokeswoman for the occupy yes, sirs say the cops went beyond what is necessary. meanwhile in georgia police arrested more than 50 occupy atlanta protesters after they refused to leave their camp by midnight. they said, quote, this movement is moving toward escalation. you know what else is moving toward escalation? escaloators. let that sink in for a moment. i want to talk about the stuff going on in oakland. do they use too much force? it is hard to tell unless you are on the ground. in fairness there was a guy who was hit with a projectile and hospitalized. look, they are in the park. they are illegally in the park. they were told to leave. what is weird he the are using more force than anyone. does anyone else think that is strange? i blame michael bloomberg for this whole thing.