i m ban ban. zoraida sambolin. it s 5 a.m. in the east. the accused ohio school shooter is due to appear in court today. later on in the program, you ll hear from a student grazed by a bullet in that attack as parents waited outside in desperation. more questions about warning signs. were they missed with this alleged shooter? the. the daytona 500 officially ended in the wee hours of morning. it was delayed ties by rain. then two hours by a horrific fire. you re looking at it there. the flaming wreck at the daytona 500 much the winner crossing the finish line a few hours ago. rick santorum is asking something weird. he s asking democrats to come on out and support him. do him a solid and help defeat mitt romney. we ll explain a little bit more about what s behind that. trouble at sea for the costa concordia s sister ship. it s drifting away after a fire. everyone is safe. we have a lot more details on that for you. it is one minute past 5:00 in the morning. we r
everybody. herman cain s accuser now has a voice. the republican presidential candidate, well, listen to how he reacted, confirming the allegations. you know, i ve been in washington all week and i ve attracted a little bit of attention. yes. the accuser has now come out and confirmed some of the details. you ll hear what he has to say about this whole cain drama. also, a family court judge caught whipping his daughter. she says it s abuse. he says it s punishment. but did he cross the line? and when do you know that corporal punishment has crossed the line? headline low to you all. this is your cnn saturday morning, november 5th. thank you all for being here. i m t.j. holmes. we have to start right now with the sad news we got just a short time ago about the death of andy rooney, the legendary cbs 60 minutes commentators. cbs confirmed that a short time ago. he was best known for haas essays at the end of 60 minutes. it was just a month ago that he announced his re
challenged the president s birthplace after which president obama produced the birth certificate, and trump said that the president doesn t know what he is doing, end quote, and charged that the world has lost respect for america because we are not tough enough, and he said that he could end the gas problems with a single call to saudi arabia, but none of that is to be. gloria borger is standing by, our political analyst in washington. here is a question for you, did anybody in the race consider trump to be a factor, or like so many people i have been hearing from on twitter think it was a publicity stunt? well, i think they thought it was a real publicity stunt, but when they saw him going up in the polls before the whole birther thing was denounced by barack obama, before barack obama put out the birth certificate, they actually started to take him a little more seriously. i was talking to a senior republican strategist today who said this whole trump episode is
challenged the president s birthplace after which president obama produced the birth certificate, and trump said that the president doesn t know what he is doing, end quote, and charged that the world has lost respect for america because we are not tough enough, and he said that he could end the gas problems with a single call to saudi arabia, but none of that is to be. gloria borger is standing by, our political analyst in washington. here is a question for you, did anybody in the race consider trump to be a factor, or like so many people i have been hearing from on twitter think it was a publicity stunt? well, i think they thought it was a real publicity stunt, but when they saw him going up in the polls before the whole birther thing was denounced by barack obama, before barack obama put out the birth certificate, they actually started to take him a little more seriously. i was talking to a senior republican strategist today who said this whole trump episode is what he c
actually recovering and business is getting better? well, that s an interesting point. and ken cohen made a point to say, yeah, exxonmobil, we re a huge taxpayer. they provided us with this graphic as part of their conference call. pays more taxes than virtually any other publicly-traded company in the united states. 59 billion to the u.s. over the past five years compared to earnings of more than 41 billion from u.s. operation. exxonmobil points out that energy is, you know, makes up 9.2 million jobs many this country, investing in if energy shares has been great for public pension funds, but it s also getting a lot of criticism, obviously, because of the high gas problems. there s a renewed call by the president and democrats to get rid of this $5 billion in taxpayer subsidies for the industry. an election issue, for sure. jenna: and everyone s very frustrated as well with those higher prices. lori rothman, thank you very much. jon? jon: a new leader, jenna, for our troops on the g