shut up, piers! all right, that s enough. off you go. we ll be right back. get off. russell brand. who knows what might happen? this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. our big story tonight. he was on top of the world as the star quarterback for the atlanta falcons. a record $130 million contract. millions more in endorsements. but it all came crashing down in 2007. when the police raided the house he owned and uncovered an illegal dog fighting ring. he spent 18 months in prison. he declared bankruptcy in 2008. and was released from prison the following year. now he s the starting quarterback fothe philadelphia eagles. did he ever expect to make such a spectacular comeback? he tells the story of his long road to redemption in his book finally free, an autobiography. michael vick joins me. welcome. thanks for having me. what does finally free mean? the title speaks for itself. i think finally free. frame of mind, you know, free in the body, free in the so
their crimes were horrific. governor barbour is unvanl to answer questions. despite our are repeated attempts to reach him. his office issued a statement which we will read a portion of shortly. when he has spoken about this, not on this program, the governor suggested these men committed crimes of passion and experts say such killers are the least likely to reoffend. we have shown you he is wrong on both accounts. this man, one of the four killers he shot a clerk three times on his way to the convenient store that he was robbing. on his way out, he shot a clerk twice more as the clerk was begging for his life. he got away with $60. osmond was spard possible death sentence when he ratted out his partner. this was not a crime of passion. this man shot and killed his estranged wife and badly wounded her friend randy walker. tammy s mother said he relentlessly stalked her before seeing an opportunity to strike and she was holding on to her baby. doesn t sound like a crime of p
will on the streets. journalists get a look at the violence syria doesn t want you to see. it is amazing to me how this guy has been shot this many times. i mean, he s superman. i have been shot three times. my fingers have bullet holes. did you hear had a? part man, part terminator. shot three times in a robbery. a marine pulls out the bullets with his own hands. and now he s talking about it from his hospital bed on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 29. this is american morning. a lot going on today. let s get right to it. that s right. good morning, everybody. glad you are with us. i m alina cho. up first, dramatic shift in the political landscape with five days to go before the iowa caucuses. just look at this brand-new c cnn/ time poll. mitt romney on top in iowa now. followed closely by ron paul. newt gingrich plunging and rick santorum suddenly rolling right to the top three. gingrich now 11 points behind romney. he s
reporter: mr. cain, mr. cain, jim acosta with cnn. are you vowing to stay in the race? we are reassessing and re-evaluating. reporter: are you staying in the race. we re re-evaluating and reassessing. reporter: how soon will you have a in the next several days. cain appeared on fox news. we should point out he routinely refuses to come on this program. somehow de he did find time to down with fox s neil cavuto. on ginger white, why would she say she s known you 13 years, and you say nonam more russ relationship, why would she say, out of the blue, he s not fit to be president? neil, i have no idea unless the people who i believe are putting her up to this maybe that was one of the lines that she was supposed to use. i have no idea. herman cain saying he believes ginger white was put up to it. when asked who put her up to it, take a look. we have no idea who it is, but i just happen to know that the reason that i was trying to help her as a friend fin