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from the cnn center in atlanta, georgia, this is your cnn sunday morning for october 9. 6:00 a.m. in atlanta. im t.j. holmes. as always, we want to say a special good morning to our service men and women watching us right now, the american forces network. thank you for being here, and thank you for what you do. lets talk about the president first and the jobs bill. this is going to be an important week. in just a couple of days, the presidents jobs bill will get an important test. th...

were glad you are right here. lets start at the top of the hour with republican presidential candidate mitt romney. hes facing criticism and questions for being a mormon. this time its coming from the pastor of a mega church in dallas. his name is reverend robert jeffress. you may recognize that name and face. jeffress introduced governor rick perry at the conservative values voter summit in washington, d.c. he was critical of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and told ou...

for mitt romney, theyre giving some credibility to a cult. you stand by that comment? >> absolutely. thats not a fanatical comment. thats been a historic position of southern christian ee advantage gelky. i think mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those r of us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. >> what do you say to those voters out there who say that religion as mormonism shouldnt...

faults? >> and a new book tainting the legacy of walter payton. we talk to the author, right here, right now on cnn. hello, im don lemon. you know near the cnn newsroom. well start with a word that you may find uncomfortable. it is a controversy thats putting a hopeful into an uncomfortable position. governor rick perry has to respond to his association with the most poisonous word in the english language. perry and his family it is reported that they leased a hunting camp that went ...

the most pressing issue there is greece. >> reporter: yeah. thats right, ali. what i should also mention, though is that the markets have certainly learned over the last two years this euro in crisis has gone from bad to worse. what they wish for and, then, again, what politicians deliver. what they would ultimately like to see, these leaders agreen on a bold action on a statement promising bold action like raising the euros bailout fund to cope with countries like greece that theyre s...

breaking news. the american embassy in kabul, afghanistan, coming under fire in an intense attack. word out of iran, the two american hikers convicted of espionage could soon be free. lets go ahead and start with the bold attack on americas signature presence in a war-torn country. rockets and machine gun fire aimed directly at the american embassy in kabul. gunfire coming from every corner of the building. take a listen. and were now being told that it was a well-coordinated attack....

hunkered down for the weekend. about 14,000 active duty and national guard troops had been put on standby. thats the view of the storm from the white house. suzanne kennedy has a closer look to the folks who live in the district of columbia and the situation there. in fact, suzanne youve moved since last we talked. where are you right now? >> this is 39th and edmonds. this is the first tree that fell. cnn sunday morning, coming to you early. suzanne malveaux joining us for this cover...

im t.j. holmes bringing you the latest on the massive storm. hurricane irene that could affect about 20% of the population of the united states. here you are getting a look at the path of the storm. the projected path of the storm right now. some 65 million people are being threatened by this storm. its in some of the largest cities of the country that are under threat of the storm. we are talking about new york, washington d.c., baltimore, boston, philadelphia. all areas not accustome...

carolina coast. as many as 65 million people all along the eastern seaboard are going to be impacted in some way, shape or form by irene. and many people are already trying to find shelter where they can. take a look at the size of this storm. eight states from north carolina to massachusetts are under states of emergency. and right now, this first hurricane of the season that is impacting so much of the east coast is pummeling north carolina. it barreled ashore on the outer banks of n...

welcome back to the newsroom where the news unfold live this saturday, august 27th. im fredricka whitfield. we continue to watch hurricane irene and all that it is doing and wreaking havoc along the east coast. right now, live coverage from our affiliate out of norfolk, virginia, wavy, wayv vy as it i referred to. sure talking about a child that might be trapped. lets listen in. >> two people and their cat rescued after their boat was anchored and they got caught in some vicious water ...