ahead, 477 for what? the lopsided prisoner exchange between israelis and palestinians taking place overnight. hamas calls is a great day. some israelis say the price for a captured soldier is just too high. a live report just ahead. and i m christine romans, getting congress to pass the jobs bill piece by piece. some say the president s trip is more about one job. saving his own. now president obama is responding on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning to you. it is tuesday, october 18th. welcome to american morning. a little chill in the air here in new york, but not where carol is. out in the desert, carol costello is getting ready for politics in the desert. joining us live this morning, good morning, carol. oh, good morning. you know the best thing about las vegas right at this moment? gambling? besides that. it s 3:00 in the morning here, and there s a starbucks open. at a casino. i m loving it. and there are people
wake-up call. i m christine romans in for carol costello. this morning race officials will begin deciding how they ll investigate a wreck that killed a two are-time indy 500 winner. 33-year-old dan wheldon was one of a record 34 cars on the las vegas track. on lap 12, the unthinkable. cars spinning out of control, bursting into flames, several actually going airborne. three drivers were treated for injuries, wheldon was airlifted to the hospital where he eventually died. the race was canceled. but the drivers did return to cirque tl track five times as a tribute, some of them in tears. dan wheldon s factr in law remembers one of the last times they spoke. i just told him that i just wanted one thing, dan, i told him, i said you need you to win. i didn t say i need you to win, but that would be the birthday present i d like to have from you. he said my car is kind of slow, they re working on it. so hopefully we ll do our best. i said have a safe race. he was supposed to go
brand-new cnn/orc poll shows cain in a dead heat with mitt romney at the top of the gop field and cain s gain is rick perry s loss. the texas governor now a distant third. if you don t believe fortunes change in a heartbeat, take a look at this. just a month ago perry was riding high and cain polled a mere 9%. want to bring in my comrade in politics, paul stein houser, the venetian hotel at casino. hey, paul, can herman cain take these numbers to the bank or should we expect, you know, a bounce-back? yeah, i wouldn t take them to the bank yet, because, joe, this race has changed so much. listen, back in the summer we saw michele bachmann jump up in the polls, then go down. we saw the same thing with rick perry. will it happen to herman cain in maybe. other polling from our brand-new cnn polls, two-thirds of republicans say they re not 100% married yet to their candidate. they may change their mind. only about 1 in 3 republicans say i m definitely sticking with the candidate
it was a worldwide display of sympathy and solidarity with the protesters of occupy wall street. most were peaceful, though some arrests were reported. rome got ugly, strongs of peaceful demonstrators fled as anarchists began throwing moltov cocktails. shop windows were smashed, riot police moved in. occupy participants were upset by the outbreak of the violence saying their demonstration was hijacked. prosecutors call it a first of its kind indictment charging a bishop and a catholic diocese for failing to report suspected child abuse. st. joseph, missouri, deny the offense which is a misdemeanor. the jackson county prosecutor says finn did not report for five months that a priest in his charge had child pornography. and among the more off beat stories, a mcdonald s employee in new york city is charged with felony assault after confrontation with two female customers. this is youtube video showing how one of the women cursed, then jumped the counter. the cashier beats th
it was a worldwide display of sympathy and solidarity with the protesters of occupy wall street. most were peaceful, though some arrests were reported. rome got ugly, throngs of peaceful demonstrators fled as anarchists began throwing moltov cocktails. an unknown number of people were hurt. and you see there from the images fires burning, including our government building in one case. shop windows were smashed, riot police moved in. occupy participants were upset by the outbreak of the violence saying their demonstration was hijacked. here in the united states, prosecutors call it a first of its kind indictment charging a bishop and a catholic diocese for failing to report suspected child abuse. bishop robert thin in st. joseph, missouri, deny the offense which is a misdemeanor. the jackson county prosecutor says finn did not report for five months that a priest in his charge had child pornography. and among the more off beat stories, a mcdonald s employee in new york city