alex? harry connick jr. got more than he bargained for when he was a guest judge on a popular australian variety show when one group of performers showed up in black face, he was left vivly uncomfortable, certainly not speechless. he gave the group a zero for starters and walked off the show during a commercial break. plecht surprise on wall street this morning, brand new numbers beat expectations for their september sales. this month reports an important clue for how wide shoppers will open their wallets this holiday season. bertha coombs is following it for us. you can't spend what you don't have. >> exactly. that's sort of what we saw in the numbers. september marks the first time in a year that we've seen an increase in month-to-month retail sales year over year, depending on which index you