he has since recovered. time for your money. less than one year until the presidential election, where is the u.s. economy headed? i m christine romans. less than half of americans believe things will be going well in this country one year from today. even that faint hope appears ton on decline. the number of americans thinking things will get better has been steady dropping. no surprise as unemployment remains high and housing prices are not recovery and there s fear of another global recession. alexus glick, experienced on wall street and covering and will cain is the cnn contributor, cloudy with a chance of rain has been your forecast. anything to part the clouds? i don t think anything will part the clouds until europe clears up, which might be a while. we re in for stable slow growth but there s more risk. it became more difficult and expensive for spain to bore rerow money. there s potentially a funding problem in europe. explain why that is so important? europe
breaking news, i said i m happy, i m sad, i m scared, i m nervous, i m elated, i m feeling very ambivalent. and it s just it s very, very difficult for me. this is a pain that i ve lived with for the past 30 years. and now i m going to have to look at it more closely again as it unfolds, as i will. according to the holiday reporter actor christopher joaquin has hired a lawyer. he was on the yacht when wood went overboard. however, joaquin is not considered a suspect. his lawyer says joaquin plans to cooperate fully with the investigation. and a wildfire near reno, nevada, is now 65% contained. officials say they re going to let evacuated residents back into the neighborhoods today. 15 homes were destroyed. at least 40 damaged. investigators say they believe the fire was caused by electrical sparks. 1,000 detroit city workers faced layoffs this holiday season. the mayor says they are necessary to make up the city s $45 million budget shortfall. the layoffs could save t
stories including this, moammar gadhafi s son, saif is in custody. he has been on the run since his father was driven out of power. libya s national transitional council says he was caught after a fire fight in the desert between the southwestern town of o bari and sabha. matthew chance joining us from london with more details on this. he had been on the run for a long time and was close to what he thought might be exile or safety. it seems so. i ve spoken to the international criminal court in the hague, which is where there have been indictments issued against saif for crimes against humanity, such as the involvement in mass murder in libya. they say they ve had contacts indirectly with saif gadhafi to discuss his possible surrender to the icc in the hague. obviously that s been taken over by events. his convoy was apparently captured in the south of libya, safe gadhafi taken by aircraft to the western mountains where we understand he s currently being held. what i have l
high school, but does this go too far? we ll let you hear it yourself. it was caught on camera. also this morning, it s that time of year. the hottest toys out there, we have a really hot toy for you. in particular, it has some really hot language that some parents say should get it pulled off the shelves. we ll let you hear what a talking doll says and you tell us what you think. this is your cnn saturday morning today here in atlanta, 9:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas, 7:00 a.m. in reno, nevada, wherever you may be. we are glad you re right here. right now, we need to talk politics and we need to talk who said what s going on in washington, d.c. washington, d.c. and also, you know, in some of those main states where they re going to be voting here. we re just six weeks away from them casting votes in iowa. right now, a couple of republican presidents are at events in iowa. this is congressman ron paul there for the warren county gop breakfast. also rick santorum, he ll
night is back. the delightful chelsea handler. why don t you shut up? just shut up. what she thinks of demi moore, ashton kutcher breakup and why she s called the anti-oprah. this is a live, uncensored, piers morgan tonight. good evening. breaking news tonight. thousands of occupy wall street protesters marching across new york city s brooklyn bridge. some of the marchers shouting this is what democracy looks like. this is what america looks like. the march comes at the end of the day with clashes with police, mass arrests and traffic jam es in lower manhattan. well over 300 people have been arrested and some of the demonstrations are going on across the country and indeed around the world. i want to go straight live to lower manhattan. amber, probably not as big a day as we were anticipating. what would you describe the mood tonight? reporter: well tonight, piers, things have really come down. the marches have come full circle. they started off early morning in zucco