the bill rape will continue to rise. all crimes will continue to rise. you think it s appropriate for the vice president to use language in such we ve got to go. you hear the vice president there make a reference to flint, as in flint michigan. last week the vice president raised the spectrum of rising crime republicans keep blocking the president s plan to keech teachers and first responders on the payrolls. in 2008, when flint had 265 sworn officers on the police force, there were 35 murders and 91 rapes in the city. in 2010, when flint had only 144 police officers, the murder rate climbed to 65, rapes, to pick two categories, climbed to 229. in 2011, you now only have 125 shields. god only know what the numbers will be this year for flint if we don t rectify it. the vice president going through the statistics in flint. that was a week ago. republicans began complaining within minutes of that event. but yesterday in philadelphia, the vice president escalated t
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it is wednesday, october 19th. welcome to american morning. craziest story ever. this thing you just said about wild animals on the prowl. just spoke to an affiliate reporter in zanesville, ohio. there are some 24 animal, things like tigers, cheetahs, cougars, giraffe, on the loose right now in ohio. they ve closed schools. they have highway signs saying, if you see wild animal, please, stay in your car and call 911. they found the owner of this wild animal preserve dead, a hole in the fengs ace and cages open. unbelievable situation. we re on top of it. a whole bunch of parents worse nightmare. also that debate last night. a lot of fighting there. that s not a way to bring up your kids. carol costello, live from las vegas. the good u.news, too late for t kill kiddies to watch that. 20 years aworked in that market near zanesville, ohio. the exotic animals laws were laxed way back then. i ll be interested to hear
the dark. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is on capitol hill looking into the story. kate, what s going only here? this was not supposed to be like this. reporter: hey there, wolf. i m standing out front as people are passing by. behind me is this nondescript room. this is where the super committee will meet again this evening behind closed doors which has some government watchers, since this committee has such a huge job before them, some government watchers are calling this approach troubling. good morning. reporter: the so-called super committee began its work with a promise of transparency. i believe the american people deserve to have full access to committee business the way they do with every committee here in congress. there will be ample opportunities for the public to have their opinions heard. reporter: but with just seven weeks before their thanksgiving deadline, the committee has met in public only three times. the 12 members meeting more
announced another stimulus measure inform boost the economy. we will get the reaction around the world. hong kong s hang seng index is off 5%. that s a big move for one day for a stock index. japan s nikkei is down 2%. in europe, more of the same. french, jer planing markets all plunging by more than 4%. have you gold down. you have oil down. you have selling basically acro across the board. downside risk, this is an economy in the u.s. and worldwide that s not out of the woods and markets are responding accordingly. we will talk more later about this. sure. cries of injustice and closure for one family after 20 years. the state of georgia executing by lethal injection death-row inmate troy davis late last night. davis was convicted of shooting and killing off-duty savannah police officer mark mcphail, a father of two children. several witnesses that helped put him away changed their stories even while strapped to the gurney insisted he did not have a gun. a crowd of hu
inside a hospital in somalia to remind us that they aren t statistics, they are people in pain. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . after weeks of blatant political flirting, the texas governor rick perry is now ready to commit. cnn has learned he will major a formal campaign announce mementd our new poll, jim, shows he will be very competitive. that s right. he comes in the top tier, wolf, you re right, rick perry, according to a source close to the governor has told cnn that the texas governor will be announcing he s running for president on saturday. he will be doing this, not in iowa where most of the republican kaechbts are right now. he will be at a red state.com, conservative blog conference that s occurring in charleston, south carolina. now we understand that the texas governor is going to put aside any doubts. he is running for president. you mentioned that cnn poll, wolf he is as close as the republican parties gets to an un-romney. rudy giuliani, w