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united nations building in new york. lets go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? >> reporter: well, brooke, were here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and...

their fair share. >> that brings me to whats being called the buffett rule, named for billionaire who says the super rich are undertaxed. the president is insisting people who earn is million a year or more pay as much in taxes or more as ordinary wage earners do. republicans are up in arms but the president says it is not class warfare -- it is math. gloria, does the presidents math actually add up? >> well, what he did today really was lay down a political marker. this is a president...

an unconscientious motorcyclists was saved. why they risked their own lives to save someone else on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. its wednesday, september 14th. ali has the day off. >> he does. tired after that big tea party. bob turner winning the race to fill anthony weiners vacant congressional seat. it is the first time in nearly a century that a republican has captured the traditionally democratic ninth new york district, ...

>> i said three words. should i have said something else? what is more to the point than "beware of cockpit intrusion". >> is that america 11 trying to call? >> they are the people who awoke september 11th living ordinary lives. >> i was in my office sitting in that chair. >> suddenly thrust into one of the most horrific days in this nations history. >> they said, we have some planes. >> nobody move. if you try to make any moves, youll endanger yourself and the airplane. >> we clearly ...

workers. his take on the gop field. >> if they were both on the particular, it would be spectacular. they could focus on the economy. >> and the former scouts love for his hog. this is "piers morgan tonight." when arianna huffington talks, people tend to listen. shes number 31 of forbess list. she is the author of third world america, how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and betraying the american dream. and arianna joins me now. knowing you, i would imagine youre a bit ...

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 ...

destroyed. this didnt end when the wind died down. this was and continues to be a very big deal and water is the reason why. you are looking at where the town of prattsville, new york used to be. parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely. they dont have much to return to. the correspondent who shot this compared it to joplin, missouri, after the tornado. she was stranded by rising flood waters. she joins us shortly. still stranded there actually tonight. irene dumped as much as...

and water is the reason why. youre looking at where prattsville, new york, used to be. prattsville, parts of it are gone. the town of 600, parts of it washed away. everyone got away safely but dont have much to return to. of course, compared to jop pin, missouri, she was stranded there by rising floodwaters and joins us shortly. still stranded there tonight. irene dumped as much as a foot of rain on to full rivers and reservoirs. look at that truck trying to get through. that water has...

>> this was the best scenario. we took the appropriate precautions. >> ill ask a woman who may be new yorks next mayor if the city get it done and cory booker from the front lines. and maverick billionaire mark cuban is not afraid to say what he thinks about the economy, sport, politicians, just about anything. tonight he says hell raise hell. watch out, america. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. of all the places to be hit by a tropical storm who expected vermont to take s...

tonight, hurricane or hype? vermont reeling from the worst flooding since the 20s, but was irene overblown? >> it could have been worse. >> we are not out of the woods yet. >> did government and the media go too far? >> better safe than sorry. >> we want to protect people and protect peoples lives. >> this was the best scenario. we took the appropriate precautions. >> ill ask a woman who may be new yorks next mayor if the city get it done and cory booker from the front lines. and maver...