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and good morning, everybody. its wednesday, october 5th. a very cool, crisp day here in the northeast. welcome to "american morning," everyone. >> lots of news to tell you about today. first, amanda knox is back on american soil. what a homecoming it was. knox touched down in seattle shortly after 8:00 last night, p.m. she thanked everyone who supported drew griffin was there. what was it like? >> reporter: before she even spoke, before anyone spoke, you could just see the relief on th...

clear they oppose everything from bank foreclosures and job shortages to corporate influence and greed. now several labor unions are endorsing the occupy wall street movement and plan to join protesters today. we go live to wall street. susan, whats the latest on the unions getting involved? have you seen any union members there? >> reporter: yes, some of them are showing up here randi at this public park. this park population has been steadily growing as the morning goes on. and they ...

two-faced. dominique strauss-kahn wants a u.s. judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him linked to a sexual assault case. the criminal charges were dropped but the accusers filed a civil case. the former imf chief claims he has diplomatic immunity when the case was filed. im zain verjee in world business today starts next. good morning from cnn london. im charles hodson. this is world business today. the top stories this tuesday, september 27th. at home and abroad, greek transit worke...

a terror attack on the country. intelligence owe fushls saying they have credible, specific but unconfirmed information for a threat against potentially new york city and washington. moments ago michael bloomberg spoke to reporters. >> the threat at this moment has not been corroborated. it is cred arable but has not been corroborated. but we live in a world where we must take these threats seriously and we certainly will. the nypd is deploying additional resources around the city and ...

im gloria borger. john king is off today. thanks for joining us on what turns out to be a very significant day on the campaign trail. mitt romney who has been taking a rather low-key approach to his republican opponents so far today decided to take some jabs at the man whos replaced him as the official frontrunner, texas governor rick perry. and he did it in perrys home state. >> thank you. >> during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to ...

and he did it in perrys home state. >> thank you. thank you. >> during a speech to the veterans of foreign wars convention in san antonio, romney pointed to his own business resume and then took a shot at people he called career politicians. >> im a conservative businessman. i spent most of my life outside politics. dealing with real problems in the real economy. career politicians got us into this mess, and they simply dont know how to get us out. get ready for even more romney vers...

moammar gadhafis grip on libya appears to be ending. rebels say they control 80% of the libyan capital today, pockets of gadhafi fighters are holding out. they still control this hotel thats home base for foreign journalists. gadhafis whereabouts are unknown. his loyalists continue to defend his compound. rebels keep rolling with no major resistance. they pour into the street to celebrate after they have taken much of tripoli. >> we were outside the windows screaming. everyone realized...

gadhafis last stronghold, reaching the heart of tripoli, celebrating on his turf and cnn was on the back of the truck to witness it all. >> amazing. im carol costello. president obama telling moammar gadhafi to face the facts and give it up. the white house already hoping the rebels are ready to lead out on this "american morning." all right. good morning, carol. good morning, everyone. it is monday, august 22nd. this is "american morning." im christine romans. >> im carol costello. ...

far. if we stay true to form, that means we will see a huge rally today. cross your fingers and hold on, folks. also this morning, five nato troops killed in a bomb attack in southern afghanistan. coalition troops have killed nearly 200 militants in recent weeks. keeping an eye on afghanistan, of course. keeping an eye on great britain. britains prime minister says london police waited too long to arrest rioters this past weekend. he said that when he was speaking to parliament i...

ive never taken my last offer off the table. and theyve never agreed to my last offer. >> boehner says house legislation needs to be posted on-line today and voted on on wednesday if they want to raise the debt ceiling by the august 22nd deadline. timothy geithner is the guy who might not have the money to pay the countrys bills on time. heres what he told cnns candy crowley on "state of the union." >> what we cannot do, this is very important, it would be irresponsible, is to leave th...