welcome back to the lead. in our national lead, it s been more than a month since 19 families lost their loved ones in a wildfire. they were an elite group known as hot shots. at the only survivor of the hotshot crew was separated from the rest of his crew. he spoke to abc news about losing the men he calls brothers. asked a million times, why am i sitting here, and why isn t why aren t they sitting here with me? i was still with our vehicles in one of buggies. i can hear whoever didn t bring their phone, i could hear phones ringing, knowing that it was their wives, their family.
and good morning, everyone. it s friday, december 2nd. ali and carol are both off today. i m christine romans along with alina cho on this american morning. so glad you got the memo. i know. we re both feeling a lot like christmas this morning. up first, the countdown is on for herman cain. he s heading back home to atlanta this morning in the decision to whether continue his campaign could be in his wife s hands. cain says we will know by monday at the latest whether he s in or out of the race, and yesterday for the very first time, cain admitted that getting out is an option. he okay knowledged he did give money to the woman he said she had a 13 jeer-year affair with . his wife only found out about ginger white when the rest of us did. that is correct, and she was hurt that she didn t know about this friend that i was helping financially. she was aware of many of the other friends that i have helped. ginger white spoke to lawrence o donnell on msnbc last night a
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