down, too. u.s. stock futures are in the red in pre trading. a lot of this comes after the federal reserve gave a cynical view of the economy. we'll talk more about this with christine romans in just a few minutes. back to troy davis now. he has been put to death. the debate over his guilt or innocence and over the death penalty itself goes on. the state of georgia executed davis last night by lethal injection for the murder of a savannah police officer in 1989. supporters claimed there was too much doubt in the case. the original prosecutor says there is no doubt. despite protests and last-minute appeals, the u.s. supreme court refused to grant a stay and his time ran out. media witnesses to the execution says just before the procedure began, davis told the victim's family he was innocent. he urged them to keep digging for the truth. >> he asked his family and friends to keep praying, to keep working and keep the faith. then he said to the prison staff, the ones he said who are going to take my life, he said to them, may god have pler see on your souls. his last words were to them, may god bless your souls. he put his head back down. the procedure began. about 15 minutes later it was over. >> there were protests at the u.s. supreme court, too, in washington, d.c. as davis's supporters hoped justices would intervene. as i said, they did not. another execution last night that didn't attract nearly as much attention. texas put to death lawrence brewer convicted in a murder case that outraged a nation, the dragging death of a black man, james byrd back in 1998. he was a former leader of a racist prison gang with kkk ties, the 11th person executed in texas this year. palestinian president mahmoud abbas still plans to request full united nations membership tomorrow. now he says he doesn't need a response right away. president obama met with him last night as well as with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president obama is calling on both sides to get back to the negotiating table. earlier he explained why the united states might veto mr. abbas's controversial bid for statehood. >> peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. >> the iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad addresses the u.n. general assembly today. thousands of iranian americans are expected to protest his appearance. the justice department says the gambling site full tilt poker cheated players out of hundreds of millions of dollars. one of the company's lawyers is now responding to those accusations. he says, quote, the fact that there may have been mistakes made by management does not mean that a business becomes a ponzi scheme, end quote. he goes on to state that the company is trying to attract investors so it can pay back players. let's head to atlanta and rob mars an follow. i know we have to talk about tropical storm ophelia. but you'll update us on the sat lie falling to earth. >> yes. nasa is giving us a timeline as to when it may re-enter the earth's atmosphere. let's talk ophelia, up there about 22,000, 23,000 miles away. no threat of this satellite falling into the ocean. ophelia looking healthy against all odds, almost a hurricane, 65-mile-an-hour winds, moving west about 14. still almost a thousand miles from any land mass. the forecast is encouraging. we've been saying all week it's tough this time of year to get a cape verde storm all the way to the u.s. it's trying. it's going to miss the carbene and wants to recur v out to sea. the national hurricane center keeps it as a tropical storm for its entirety. obviously making an approach towards the east coast. speaking of the east coast, going to be wet. this slow-moving front is going to stall out and we'll see unsettled weather for a good couple days and for the northeast right through the weekend. that will cause travel delays as well. behind it, 58 degrees in minneapolis and 63 in chicago. new york metros will see delays of an hour or greater. d.c. and philly, delays maybe up to an hour. quite frankly, this is the only graphic we have. it shows all the satellites spinning around the earth. obviously they're smaller than that and the earth doesn't spin quite that fast. the uars satellite is scheduled to re-enter the earth's fats fear sometime tomorrow afternoon they're saying, carol. nasa is saying they have some confidence it's not going to be coming over at least north america. at least for our u.s. viewers this morning -- i know this show goes international. at least for our u.s. viewers, you can breathe a bit of a sigh of relief. this thing is supposed to come in, break into a couple dozen pieces, some will be pretty big. most of them hopefully will splash into oceans. >> i'm writing this on my facebook page now. this satellite is scheduled to re-enter the earth sometime tomorrow. it probably will not fall on the united states or all of north america, but somewhere in the ocean. >> hopefully somewhere in the ocean, but not in north america. this is better than what they've been saying all week which is tomorrow plus or minus 20 hours. we have narrowed the margin of error to a six to ten-hour period, to sometime tomorrow afternoon. apparently that takes north america out of the equation. we'll have to pinpoint that a little better for you and certainly have a more accurate prediction tomorrow morning. >> that's a wide warning. everybody not living in north america be careful. >> so selfish of us to say that. you know what? i'm going to do more digging and see if i can't take a few more countries out of the danger zone here in the next half hour. >> that would be kind of you. thank you rob marciano. we appreciate it. coming up, as i told you, world markets are tanking right now. futures looking bad this morning. we'll tell you why. we'll talk more about that with christine romans. also many people are waking um to find all kinds of changes on their facebook pages. some say it's like waking up and finding your furniture has been rearranged. we're taking a closer look. first let's get to our quote of the day. this is the quote, we're home alone, there's no adult in charge. clinton would never have made these mistakes. find out which newsmaker said that about president obama. that's coming your way in 90 seconds. stick around. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. it is nine minutes past the hour. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." back to our quote of the day. we're home alone. there's no adult in charge. clinton would never have made these mistakes. that quote is contained in a new book called confidence men. it attributes the statement to larry summers. tons of criticism has come out about this book including a flat-out denial from the white house. the white house press secretary even said parts of the book written by ron suskind were plagiarized oovps. the outrage posts are up over thousands of facebook customers not thrilled with the site's changes. let's check in with kristie lu stout in hong kong. facebook friends are not happy this morning. >> a lot of people aren't happy. there have been so many changes to facebook, some popular, but many not at all. for example, birthday reminders, they're squished under a ticker-like function and also a new category for close friends, news stories in the news feed instead of posting for your friends. this follows other recent updates on facebook like the realtime news ticker and the subscribe button here on wake-up call last week. expect more changes at the fate developer's conference of facebook. new button. even more buttons on facebook. these ones will read listened and read. these are for users to tell friends about their favorite songs or articles. with even more changes ahead, if you're a facebook user, brace yourself. back to you. >> why do they keep making these chang changes. >> some say it's to form a better social connection with the users. your friends or co-workers are there are there, but the magic is gone. in a way they're trying to rekindle the magic in the relationship. >> doesn't sound like it's working, at least with some facebook fans. let's switch gears and talk about amazon. amazon just made it easier to go to the library. explain. >> i like this. i like this initiative. you can borrow kindle books from your local library. this is how it works. you visit the website of a library that offers digital services from overdrive. you check out a kindle book using yourg card, click get for kindle and it's yours. the books are available at more than 11,000 libraries in the u.s. you can read it on any generation kindle or the kindle reading app which is free. carol, something to check out. back to you. >> anything that makes reading easier is good because reading is good. i love the read. that's awesome. thank you, kristie lu stout, we appreciate it as always. she isn't saying yes, she hasn't said no either. will sarah palin make a disney time soon about 2012? her response to the question, you know, the question that keeps popping up. we'll have it just ahead. it's 13 minutes past the hour. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ♪ visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. usaa. we know what it means to serve. this is t kind ruck that has it all. ♪ gue thameans 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go wrong appealing to american's love of math. that's how you're going to sell your program to americans, you're going to love it, it's not war, the thing we're best out, it's math, the thing we're 32nd out of 65 in the world at? or, as we like to think of it, the top 10%. >> he's got a point. there time for your political ticker with tim farlly host of "morning briefing" on sirius potus live from warn wash. >> i hope you're not expecting me to come up with human on based on quad raddic equations. >> i won't ask for an algorithm either. president obama is heading to ohio today to pitch jobs. he was just in ohio a few days ago. >> i know. isn't it funny how he's going to wind up being in the back yard of speaker of the house john boehner and speaking at a bridge, that happens to go over the ohio river into kentucky, the home state of the senate minority leader. clearly the president is using this as an opportunity to push the stimulus package, deficit plan, american jobs act, all three wrapped into one. this bridge, by the way, was opened up in 1963, about the time that president kennedy was assassinated. as a matter of fact, that's what put off its dedication. that will be the backdrop today as the president makes his pitch and saying republicans are intransigent. why not do it in the their back yard? >> republican presidential hopefuls meeting for a two-hour debate. this time it will take place in orlando. but one person will not be on that stage because she just hasn't decided just yet. >> i know. it's a tough decision to make. gary johnson does get on the stage. that brings it to nine, extra innings i guess for the fox debate, the former governor of new mexico. sarah palin, this is the question that people have asked. james carver said it talking to anderson cooper. she runs on her own timetable. the question is, is she going to get in as a republican? will she go in as a third party candidate? i think what we're seeing, carol, her currency right now is her influence on the electoral process, whether or not people pay attention to what she's saying. once she makes that decision, she either becomes an enemy or antagonist, opponent for the other republicans or she becomes irrelevant. i think she's dragging it out as long as she can. this isn't to say she won't get in. i don't see a path to the nomination for her, nor a path to the presidency. that's aside from the fact that she wants to have some sort of seat at the table. i don't think he's going to get into it. james carville is a lot smarter than i am about these things. >> you never know. most republicans don't want her to get into the race. i'm not sure she really cares about that. >> no. i think you're right. i think she doesn't care what anyone thinks except what works in sarah palin world. >> and it's working for her because she remains part of the political discussion, and every time she gives a speech, people do come and listen to her. maybe she's traveling down the right road, tim. >> she energizes people. there's no question about it. she can bring in a crowd. she can raise a lot of money, she gets people to pay attention to what she's saying. i don't know that that translates into getting votes and voters at the booth. as you and i discussed the other day with some of the polls, electability is important. she's fishing from the same lake that governor rick perry is. i'm not sure she can withstand the onslaught he might be able to throw her way. >> we're on pins and needles. tim farley host of msh morning briefing" on sirius potus radio. protests greet the pope in germany. hat the demonstrators want. that's just ahead. first, today is the national day of hobbits, really, celebrated on september 22nd. that's because it is the day that bilbo and frodo were born in the pook "the hobbit." it's 20 minutes past the hour. an airline's job, is to take you from where you are... to where you need to be. and we're not just talking about points on a map. with a more 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back in his homeland of germany today. it's not the warm and fuzzy homecoming he might have been expecting. let's head around the world with zain verjee live in london. why are so many catholics in germany so angry at the pope? >> hi, carol. they want reform basically. they're looking for change in the catholic church. they want discussion and reform on things like women in the church, celibacy in priests, the sexual abuse scandal obviously, as well as dealing with gay rights. what they want to see from the pope who is from germany on this trip is some kind of symbol, some kind of signal that there will be that kind of change. it's unlikely many critics say that that will happen. the pope is actually going to be giving a speech to parliament as well. but there are suggestions that so many people in parliament may just walk out in protest of pope benedict xvi. i want to give you a little flavor from one of the newspapers in germany. its headline red "the ob stint nant." a pope lets the germans fall away from belief. essentially what's happening in europe, you're seeing a lot less attendance in the church, less membership in the church. the society has become a lot more secular. so what people want to see is reform and change on key issues that are central to the catholic church. >> wow. the same sort of sentiment among catholics in america. but i can't imagine lawmakers walking out during the pope's speech. that's pretty radical actually. >> it is, absolutely. it's something that is rare to see, but there is also a big amount of support for the pope, too. in germany he's got a sold-out mass of something like 70,000 people at the olympic stadium. and he's also going to be meeting with jewish and muslim leaders, too. here you're looking at live video of some of the welcoming ceremonies of his holiness of pope benedict xvi. >> zain verjee, thank you so much. it's 25 minutes past the hour. here are three things to put on your radar. a new jersey man filed a formal complaint over toll increases at new york city bridges and tunnels. he claims the hikes spry late his rights and unfairly target poor commuters. striking teachers are expected to vote on a new contract proposal brokered late last night. more than 20,000 students have been out of school since last week. in a few hours, the u.s. embassy in libya is set to open. we're expecting the u.s. flag to be raised at about 8:00 a.m. eastern. we'll check on the markets. frankly not looking very pretty this morning. we'll do that when we come back. ♪ whoomp, there it is! ♪ whoomp, there it is! ♪ whoomp, there it is! ♪ whoomp, there it is! ♪ can you dig it? ♪ can y'all dig it? ♪ can you dig it? ♪ can y'all dig it? can you dig it? ♪ [ female announcer ] what happens in diapers should stay in diapers. new luvs ultra leakguards with heavy dooty blowout protection. outstanding protection for your little heavy dooty champ. good morning to you. it is thursday, september 22nd. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello joining you live from new york. it's half past the hour. 5:30 eastern time. the big story right now, the world markets are taking quite a dive. take a look. at asia, the hang seng down nearly 5%. in europe a similar scene. let's head to christine romans who is live with me here in new york. christine, why? >> three little words, serious downside risk. that's what the fed says the economy faces. that is strong language from the federal reserve, a federal reserve that is careful to parse its language and words very closely. also the operation twist where the fed is shifting $400 billion from short-term treasuries into long-term treasuries. what does that mean? it's an effort to keep the economy going, keep interest rates low all along the yield curve. that's exactly what the market expected. the fed did exactly what the market expected. so no big surprise in there, no big extra stimulus push even though it's $400 billion, often awful lot of money. markets worldwide focusing on the serious downside risk to the economy. they're worried that even with this action the fed is still concerned that there could be recession? the u.s. you have gold down, oil down, stocks down. when you look at the stock 600, one of the european stock indices, all but one of those stocks is lower. hang seng and hong kong down some 5%. that was a big move. 5% in any given day is a big move for a stock market average. look out below today. we'll see how things shape up in the u.s. at this point it looks like it's selling just about everything across the board, carol. >> i was hoping you would put a happy twist there on the end, but no. >> the economy is in a dangerous position. everyone says the world economy is slowing, the u.s. economy is slowing, even in more static position, i would say. the imf yesterday said they expect 1.5 growth. that's not enough to make anyone who lives here comfortable enough to spend money. we haven't gotten out of this dangerous period 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[ junior ] ...and they've helped build my business. 33 minutes past the hour. good morning to you. troy davis, a man convicted of killing a police officer, has been executed. he died by lethal injection in georgia at 11:08 p.m. eastern time. until the very end, davis insisted he did not do it. hundreds of thousands of people around the world believed him. his supporters included former president jimmy carter, pope benedict, the naacp and many celebrities and politicians. all the attempts to save his life failed including a last-minute appeal to the u.s. supreme court. davis was convicted in the 1989 killing of an off-duty police officer, shot to death outside a burger king in savannah, georgia. his mother says after 22 years she feels justice has finally been served. >> has justice been served? >> in my mind, yes. in my mind it has. it took a long time to get some, but it does in my mind. there's no reason to celebrate or do anything. it is not good for both families. i'm sure his family is suffering terribly right now, too. >> joining us now, atlanta criminal defense attorney b.j. bernstein. good morning, b.j.? >> good morning, carol. this case galvanized people around the world. oddly enough another man was put to death, executed on the same night and nobody mentioned his name. so why this case? >> there were a lot of factors. i think a lot of it had to do with the primary evidence against him was evidence by eyewitnesss. and there has been so much proof now that many times that type of evidence is not reliable. and in this case, seven out of nine witnesses recanted what they said. and when we live in an era for the innocence project to have shown that over 200 people have been imprisoned and they were innocent and freed by dna, i think it causes people question, why are we putting to death someone when we're not sure whether he did it. >> well, there were 20 separate court reviews of his case, and in every instance the courts came to the same conclusion, that he was guilty, including the u.s. supreme court who reconsidered the case until the very end. it took them three hours, but they said, you know, his execution should go forward. >> but at the same time over 200 people who spent 15 to 20 years in prison, had similar review, and review by appellate courts in their cases, and it turned out they were wrong. that's the problem with the ultimate penalty of death, is we have a system that says beyond a reasonable doubt to incarcerate you. but do we want to incarcerate and put to death someone who may be innocent? >> i guess perhaps the ironic thing about this, there were all these protests and all this outcry, but probably nothing much will change as it applies to the death penalty. >> i'd like to think not because i know a lot of people are saying that. but this exposed a new generation to seeing and feeling and discussing this issue. yes, maybe the hearts and minds of other folks who went through that conversation, but social media again has raised the conversation in an age group that has never really considered it. so it may not be immediate, but i think with time and continued conversations, this case actually could be a movement to reexamine a lot of factors in our criminal justice system. >> b.j., thanks so much for waking up early. we appreciate it. b.j. bernstein joining us this morning. some 23,000 nurses at 33 hospitals are putting down stethoscopes and grabbing picket signs, a strike against kaiser permanente and sutton health. the hospitals say they're ready for the walkouts, hiring replacement workers and rescheduling nonemergency procedures. the ceo of hewlett packard may be shown the door less than a year after he took the job. the tech giant has stumbled under this ceo with stocks falling 47% on his watch. that's more than $40 billion. but rumors that he may be replaced by former ebay chief executive meg whitman made the stocks pop. hp ended the day up 6.7%. want to know what it's like inside the world of polygamy? ask the dargers, the utah family that says it inspired the hbo series "big love." husband joe and his wives, alina, vicky and valerie have written a memoir love times three to give the world a fuller view of the polygamist culture, one that isn't filled with child brides and prairie dresses. >> we have warren jeffs and that's the image out there. but the largest contingent of fundamentalist mormons is people just like us. >> another purpose for writing the book is to show the diversity and define ourselves as who we are and we are not, you know in acceptance of forced underage marriage, sexual abuse and those kind of things. it does take some education. >> polygamy is a felony in utah, punishable by five years in prison and it's been outlawed by mainstream mormons. republican front-runner rick perry blasts president obama in a brand new ad. is it good enough to win over voters. our get smart question of the day. forbes is out with the list of the 400 richest people in america. who topped the list? 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>> certainly not in the top ten, but i wish i did. >> like 347? >> oh, yeah, that's right. i do. i wish. let's talk about rick perry, the republican front-runner. he's released this brand new campaign ad going after president obama. let's look at a clip. >> no jobs created. zip, zero. >> zero new jobs. >> change has come to america. >> zero. >> one in six americans are living in poverty. >> that's one in six americans. >> we're pointed in the right direction. >> headed in the wrong direction. >> i'm just getting started. >> i wish we could see the rest of the ad. at that point it gets really interesting. the beginning of the ad is, president obama has created this terrible situation in america where nothing is working economically. then the ad switches other to color and rick perry and talks about rick perry and being american and speaks of patriotism and love of america. what is he trying to say? >> first of all, this is a web ad. at this point they have no plans to buy tv time. this is an ad they hope goes viral on the internet that their supporters will pass around. the most interesting thing about this ad is it doesn't mention the republican candidates for president. it only mentions barack obama. what this suggests is that at least for now rick perry has a general election strategy. he's hoping to just dismiss his seven or eight republican candidates, the candidates who will be on stage tonight, and just move on to the president and suggest to the voters that, hey, i'm a republican and running against barack obama and here is how we contrast with each other. it really suggests a general election strategy by rick perry which is something he can do while he's the front-runner. if he isn't the front-runner at some point in the campaign, he may have to turn his attention to fellow candidates who are republicans. >> mitt romney is sort of catching up to him now. so is it a smart move? >> right now rick perry is still ahead in the polls. the latest gallup poll had rick perry at 31% and mitd romney at 21%. that's an improvement for romney. i think he can run the strategy. similar to the strategy that mitt romney ran when he was the front-runner. they simply look ahead to the general election and they'll do that for a while and do that as long as they can. but at some point he may have to look to his side and see what's going on with his fellow candidates as he will tonight at a republican debate. >> speaking of the republican debate, rick perry, will he talk a lot about the mid east peace process now that president obama yesterday came out seemingly supportive, strongly supportive of israel? >> rick perry has been very critical of the president on israel. an old adage, politics stops at the water's edge. not so much this year. rick perry has been extremely hard on the president on israel. his position doesn't really differ from the other republicans. mitt romney accused the president the same day of throwing israel under the bus. they're both trying to score points with their base. israel is an important topic, not just for the jewish vote, but evangelical christians which is very important to rick perry's campaign. if given the opportunity, tonight he will certainly go after the president on israel. i'm not sure how much they'll talk about israel, mostly because the candidates agree. i suspect they will spend a fair amount of time tonight talking about issues where the candidates might disagree, such as social security or immigration. rick perry likes to call himself the human pin nñata. >> it will be interesting as usual. sam feist, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thanks carol. tsa agents can look through your bag, and pat you down. this woman says her afro was searched thoroughly after she passed through security. first, on this date in history in 1893 the first american-made car was displayed, made by two bicycle makers that were brothers, showing off their invention on the streets of springfield, massachusetts. it's 47 minutes past the hour. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to live and work in. somewhere in america, we've already answered some of the nation's toughest questions. and the over sixty thousand people of siemens are ready to do it again. siemens. answers. just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see...south western vegetables...60 calories. ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? 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