the fills on forresponsible for getting france and perhaps the world to intervene there. he s just back from tripoli. then as another baseball season comes to a close in america, we sit down with michael lewis, the author of moneyball, to talk about baseball and its lessons for business and life. first, here s my take. regular gps watchers will know that i was in tehran last week to interview president mahmoud ahmadinejad. you can go to our web site and watch excerpts of the interview. being in iran made me think it our policy toward that country which strikes me as being stuck in a time warp. you will remember that early in the 2008 presidential campaign, barack obama signaleded that he was going to have a different foreign policy than george bush, less black and white. and he chose as his example, iran. he argued that simply pressuring the country was not a policy, and obama offered to talk to iran s leaders to try to establish a dialogue and reduce tensions. well,
the prism of halloween. with ellen davis of the national retail federation. when the economy is suffering, halloween spending soars. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. an economic trifecta thursday boosted the administration and maybe the president s re-election chances, too. new figures show the economy grew by 2.5% in the third quarter, almost double the growth in the previous quarter. and european leaders struck a deal to settle greek debt and bolster the euro. then world markets surged in response. wall street ending thursday up over 300 points. meanwhile, out on the campaign trail, the president tried to reconnect with voters where they are hurting. he launched a spate of initiatives he can execute without congressional approval helping homeowners with underwater mortgages, lowering student loan payments, training for veterans to work in the health care industry, and informational tools for small businesses. joining me now, senior campaign str
happy, happy, happy friday! my favorite day. i know. besides saturday and sunday. it s october 28th. welcome to american morning. christine has the morning off. that game you know, i was so sad, because the yankees were out so early, but, boy, these guy, the rangers and cardinals have really kept this going. good. good baseball. up first, bernie madoff victims are saying don t buy this scam. saying they re having trouble finding sympathy after madoff s wife madoff said he s happier in prison and his wife told 60 minutes the couple tried to kill themselves. the story from our susan candiotti. i think anything that comes out of their mouths is self-serving and are lying. reporter: richard and cynthia friedman lost their life saving to bernie madoff, so did eileen kent s parents. when they heard ruth madoff talk about a failed suicide attempt in a new 60 minutes interview. i don t know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves, because it was it
u.s. oil companies, are raking in near record profits, so why are they still getting huge taxpayer subsidies? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. he skipped the last presidential debate and sidelined himself in iowa saying he wants to focus on the first of the nation s primary state. jon huntsman is betting almost everything on new hampshire, but is trail ng the state while romney is enjoying a substantial lead and now, huntsman is joining some of romney s sharpest critics in questioning romney s conservative credentials. jon huntsman is joining us now from salt lake city. thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. an honor to be with you. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says you agree with george will on that? those are pretty tough words, wolf. all i can say is this is the time when this nation wants leadership. we ve been looking for leadership for
ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. let s go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we don t know the final number, but we know it s very positive. it is. the numbers are settling. we re seeing the dow up 340 points. the nasdaq s&p up more than 300%. the bulls busted out of the opening bell and never looked back. this is what investors have been waiting for. these debt problems plaguing greece. and besides plugging greece s debt hole, this plans to safeguard against future shocks. it s a step forwards in instilling stability in the marketplace. being there is such a powerful positive reaction, do investors see this as a done deal? is this crisi