gretchen: top of the morning. it s thursday, october 13. i m gretchen carlson. thank you so much for sharing your time with us today. herman cain is catching on. looks like he s the new top dog. new polls show the former pizza guy running away with the lead. he delivers. steve: rest easy, everyone. your blackberries are fixed. not mine. that s what the company says. so why are most of them still quiet this morning? turns out there is a catch. brian? brian: i just got your e-mail. i am going to be at work today. steve: okay, good. brian: medical miracle was caught on camera. a deaf woman hearing her own voice for the very first time. here you go. technically the device is on. can you tell? that s exciting! brian: can you imagine that? that woman here live to share with you that incredible experience. fox & friends starts right now
republican front-runner for the president. according to the latest national poll. leaving many analysts wondering if the georgia businessman s plan resonating. all that and more on american morning. good morning, everybody. it is thursday, october 13. it is certainly not a good morning. i can t get messages from people, i can t send messages. mine was down yesterday but back now. mine was up yesterday but i e-mailed this morning. our executive producer said i will be late. that s the e-mail i sent. he is panicking going where are my anchor. if you don t know what we are talking about, millions of blackberry users are without service this morning. now four-day blackout spreads to north america. the outage primarily affects e-mails and internet access, not the ability to make phone calls or text. weird. problem started monday affecting customers in europe, middle east and africa. by tuesday, it has spread to south america and yesterday customers here in the un