the iranians are referring may be a u.s. unarmed reconnaissance aircraft that had been flying a mission over western afghanistan late last week. the operators of the uav lost control of the aircraft and had been working overtime to determine its status. so in fact u.s. officials are saying the crew reported right before they lost this plane, unmanned plane, that they lost flight controls right before it went down. but so far the key thing is they re not saying it was shot down. they re not saying what kind of drone it is. but shot down or not, the real question here is the real bottom line, do the iranians now have their hands on classified u.s. technology. the u.s. knows it is not going to get it back. in this particular case, barbara, the u.s. can t go in retrieve it or destroy it as it might be able to do if this material would have ended up in another country. well, that s absolutely right. when helicopters or drones go down in places like afghanistan, and they want t
alarming study showing that so many people don t know how to treat or protect themselves. this is your a.m. wake-up call. and good morning to you. this is your am wake-up call for thursday, december 1st from the time warner center in new york. i m carol costello. here are your top stories. stocks around the world surging after the federal reserve and other central banks make a move to stop a global financial meltdown. the dow had its biggest one-day point jump of the year. talking to his wife, checking the cash flow, herman cain getting close to making a decision on the future of his presidential campaign with new allegations of an affair threatening to tear it down. marking the end and the beginning. iraq holding a ceremony this morning honoring u.s. soldiers who are leaving after more than eight years of war. let s head to atlanta now for a check of today s weather. rob marciano is here. good morning, rob. good morning, carol. things at least on the eastern ha
morning in politics. listen to this. word we are just getting that could further boost newt gingrich s still-surging campaign. the influential new hampshire union leader newspaper has now endorsed the former speaker. they have thrown their support behind him now for the republican nomination for president. they have put out their endorsement in today s paper. let me read you a bit from it. and it says, and i quote, republican voters too often make the mistake of preferring an unattainable ideal to the best candidate who is actually running. that candidate is newt gingrich. new hampshire, as you know, holds the first in the nation primary. that s happening a week after the iowa caucus. so gingrich who has seen his campaign surge over the past several weeks actually is now picking up an influential endorsement. he has moved up in the polls in new hampshire as we know, going up to the double digits but still it has been mitt romney who has been surging and had at least 40% i
workers burning off the beaks of chicks without painkillers. it shows one swinging around a bird with a rope. the undercover footage comes from its facility in colorado. it produces the eggs for mcdonald s. 27-year-old nathan runkle is the executive director for mercy for animals, a company he founded when he was 15 years old. they re dedicated to preventing cruelty to farm animals. to know that this abuse was taking place for mcdonald s and egg mcmuffins and appalls pea. we re hoping the company steps up to the plate and makes meaningful policy changes. after they were exposed mcdonald s vowed to stop buying eggs from this company. they say based upon recent information, we re no longer accepting eggs from sparboe. this is not a food safety issue for our menu items. we can assure our customers that eggs in our entire supply chain meet mcdonald s high standards for quality and safety. the president of the company put a message on website. it s fired four people and orde
a.m. you know what, the end of an era at penn state. the nittany lions have lost their coach of five decades, a university president has been fired and a sex scandal has rocked the campus and this country. last night you saw the students protesting on campus, in town and right in front of joe paterno s home. hey, look, get a good night s sleep. all right. study, all right. we still got things to do. all right. i m out it maybe now. thanks. pray a little bit for those victims. coach. you are a legend, joe! penn state! pray a little bit for those victims. jason carroll in state college, pennsylvania. so, let s talk about how the board acted so swiftly and why do you think it did so? well, i think if you were to listen to the vice chairman of the board that said wednesday was the first time, kyra, that the board really had a chance to sit down and deliberate the entire issue, the board basically saying that they thought in order to have coach paterno out there coachi