rooney s funeral will be private but a memorial service is expected to be scheduled. former heavyweight boxing champ joe frazier has liver cancer. frazier s manager says the 67-year-old is seriously ill and currently in hospice care in philadelphia. he was diagnosed just last month. fight fans will remember that frazier was the first man to meet muhammad ali back in 1971 but then he lost two later bouts with ali. thousands of connecticut power and light company customers can expect another cold night without service. that freak fall snowstorm that hit the northeast last sunday left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the dark. and as of this morning, some 215,000 of them are still without power. the utility vows 99% restoration by tomorrow night. and a little more breathing room for greece which has been teetering on the verge of bankruptcy. prime minister george papandreou met with the country s president said just hours after narrowly winning a vote of
afghan president karzai apologized and offered condolences to families after the attack. hopes for serenity and prosperous future in the post-gadhafi era may be fading a bit. new fears are consuming people there particularly in muammar gadhafi s hometown of sirte where he was captured and shot dead. libyans worry their interim government may lose control and their nation could plunge into a cycle of tribal violence and retribution.ç david is streaming live from tripoli. what can you tell us about the rise of the islamists? reporter: hi, yes. it is already a very traditional islamic society here. but there are real concerns about the rise of islam. we understand really that tunisia, the neighbor that has moved already towards becoming an islamic state.
because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. reports from libya, muammar gadhafi one-time heir apparent is ready to surrender. he once vowed to die fighting, but he now reportedly wants to face an international criminal court. and perhaps escape the same grizzly fate as his father. the 39-year-old is wanted for war crimes. his father and a brother were captured and killed last week in gadhafi s hometown of sirte. police are preparing to reinterview the two older brothers of little lisa irwin, the missing kansas city baby. she s been missing for 10 weeks. they last spoke to the brothers
former libyan leader moammar gadhafi buried in a secret desert location along with his son and a top aide. this according to a government representative. the islamic led prayers were read over the bodies. gadhafi s body had been on display in a freezer in misrata after he was killed in his hometown of sirte. it cost the united states over a billion dollars and there are some who want to make sure america is reimbursed for doing its part in bringing about positive change the one man, peter welch, as well as foreign operations wants to see that money back in the coffers of the u.s. it s nice to have you home with us this morning. take us through how you would like to accomplish this feat of
morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. good morning, alina. good morning, everybody. welcome to american morning. it is tuesday october 25th. i m alina cho along with carol costello. ali and christine are off today. up first this morning, presidential politics as texas governor rick perry trying to one-up herman cain s 9-9-9 plan and get back the good graces of gop voters. this morning perry will unveil his economic growth plan that includes a flat tax. cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser joins us from washington with more details. he has this 20% flat tax, but taxpayers is actually opt out if they like their tax rate better? reporter: yeah, and banking on most americans not liking the way they have their taxes right now and hoping for some of that 9-9-9 that boosted herman cain from an afterthought to a front-runner in the gop nomination. yes, basically this morning the texas governor rick perry unvams his plan. cut, balance and gr