we'll bring you all the highlights. good morning to you. happitry, it's october 28th. this is your "a.m. wake-up call." i'm carol costello in new york. you're waking up to some of the best news in recent memory. gdp up 2.5%, nearly double the rate of last quarter. we have gains on thursday, up 340 points. the dow is heading for its best month in 24 years. the broader s&p, october could close as the best month since 1974. cnn's erin burnett asked pete kenny for his take. >> are you optimistic. >> i am. the drivers that we've been getting are positive, surprisingly positive given weakness in some of the sectors of the economy but also the eu, toe as you had mention there's a lot of work to be done, it still takes a lost risk off the table, particularly for the financials. on a day like today, you've seen tremendous leadership by the financials, that's a good indicator that there's room left on this move up. >> right now european markets are all looking up. the ftse, the dax, all with green arrows. you can see it there. same story in asia, u.s. futures are down but just barely. let's get you up to speed on the occupy wall street movement. this morning in new york, protesters plan to march on the headquarters of five major banks to deliver "quote, angry letters from the 99%. they plan to deliver them via paper airplane, singing telegrams and bicycling pirates. they'll have to be out by 8:00 this morning. a group leader says they have offers to set up on a private piece of property. the oakland mayor has apologized for tuesday's clashes that put an iraq war veteran in the hospital. cnn's affiliate reporter scott olson -- affiliates report scott olson is in fair condition. the mayor is planning to meet directly with occupy leaders while asking protesters to stop overnight tamping on property. 24 wounded rebel fighters will be transported from libya to a hospital. it's a gesture of support and partnership with the libyan people. that's officially on monday, the mission of nato. the council promises to address concerns about the number of arms remaining in libya and reports of reprisal killings. post-election violence has broken out in tunisia. it happened after election officials said they found campaign finance violations and promised to eliminate the seats won by several candidates. this video purportedly shows demonstrators attacking the office of the islamists and another party. the moderate group won the most seats in the election, capturing 90 of the 207 seats in the new parliament.s rallied outside as well. dr. paul white is testifying on behalf of dr. conrad murray. the prosecution argues that jackson died after murray injected him with propofol but dr. white testified that jackson may have accidentally killed himself. >> i thought that there were questions if in fact murray had administered the drugs that he described in his conversations with the police department and in doses that he described, i would not have expected michael jackson to have died. >> closing arguments are expected to begin next week. fans are calling game six of the world series one of the most exciting games ever. the texas rangers were trying to win their first world series title and they came oh, so close. the cardinals were down to their last strike twice. but never gave up. didn't stay up for the unbelievable finish? don't worry. here's what's happened. bottom of the ninth, cardinals down to their last strike and down two runs. david freeze, the guy hits a shot into right field. two runs score. game tied. remember that name. extra innings now. texas scores two in the top of the tenth. the bottom half, lance berkman, two outs. he was down to his last strike. he singles to center field. that ties up the game again. the cards scored in the got o eighth, ninth and tenth innings and then in the bottom of the 11th. david freeze again, a solo shot to center field. cardinals win, 10-9 and extend the series to a winner take all game seven. that's tonight in st. louis. wow. i'm exhausted after that. let's head to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. >> i tell you what, your tigers didn't make it, my yankees didn't make it. i couldn't turn it off. i turned it off in the sixth inning last night. that was a poor decision. >> you shouldn't have. >> got to get up to make the doughnuts this morning. should be a good night for game seven. a batch is moving across the southeast. here it is on the radar scope. take a look at it. all right. take a look at rina. the clicker has gone m.i.a. rina's circulation is over cancun. as far as that radar scene i was talking about, memphis, in the rainfall heading towards atlanta, might see delays there. new york metros will see delays as well. the bigger story will be the next snow event that will probably come towards the northeast tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. winter storm watches have been posted for interior parts of new england. let's go to outer space now and show you pictures from the international space station. this is -- they've been taking these shots for the past couple of -- i guess we don't have the tape. anyway, there you go. at night. there you go. you see the lights of the cities, this thing traveling about 17,000 miles an hour. that's a ride. another spacecraft set to go for a ride. in less than an hour, carol, i think you mentioned it already, the npp, this is a new weather and climate satellite that's going to go up in this show at 5:48 eastern time. we will carry it live for you, just minutes away. carol? >> there will be no technical glitches, i'm sure. >> no. hopefully. >> i hope you find your clicker. >> got it. >> thanks, rob. we just can't seem to get away from the 99 versus 1%, even when talking about handing out candy for halloween. here's comedian jay leno with your punch line. >> according to the "usa today," 74% of americans plan to hand out candy this halloween although president obama thinks it should be just the top 1%. >> when blackberrys around the world went down for millions of users, plenty of people were frustrated. no, they were angry. one man is taking action. saying an apology and some free apps, not enough. facebook rolls out a new option. they're comparing it to you giving someone the keys to your house. i don't know about this. but first our quote of the day. there's harsh comments aimed at republican presidential candidate michele bachmann. here it is, this is a quote, she's a back bencher, has been a back bencher congress person for years. this is not a serious presidential campaign. find out who said that in 90 seconds. eight minutes past the hour. 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>> i don't know who would be crazy enough to run for president although i can name some of them right now, right? >> yes. >> let's talk about those crazy people who want to serve their country running for president. several reason presidential candidates are stumping today, not one, not herman cain. michele bachmann is in iowa, newt gingrich in south carolina. herman cain is attending a tea party event in alabama. >> didn't that the strike you as odd? i was looking at the schedule and said it makes sense to be in iowa. it's the first primary spot, a caucus state. new hampshire will be a very big, important event. you see newt gingrich is in south carolina. herman cain in alabama. what up? he's going there and then he's going to a football game tomorrow in alabama. now i understand alabama's a wonderful state and birmingham is a beautiful city and god love the people of alabama. but when you are campaigning for president of the united states you have to get in front of people. you have to shake hands and kiss babies. herman cain is not doing that. whether he says it's going to be because he has the unconventional campaign is -- his spokesperson, mike block, who is on that weird and odd tv video that we saw smoking the cigarette, there's allegations out today, too, that he is engaged in voter suppression in his past and a few other shady thi thing. the biggest thing right now, is he serious about running for president or is he on a book tour? that's the thing a lot of people are asking. >> the weird thing is, he comes in second in most polls, in iowa, in south carolina. does he really have to be there? >> is it about that or people are looking for someone other than mitt romney and he's the most attractive alternative at this particular point. i think that will fade quickly when we see people getting to the polls and the money run dry. it seems to be the trend we're seeing. >> we'll see. let's talk about the democrats now and hillary clinton. many democrats are call for hillary clinton to run for president in 2012. check out this time poll. this is a "time" magazine poll. if hillary clinton were the democratic nominee she'd trounce the gop front-runners. she leads romney by 17 points and herman cain by 22 points and rick perry by 26 points in a hypothetical matchup. this might be an eye opener for president obama who has a much smaller lead among those candidates. can the republicans take advantage of this because there's just no way hillary clinton is going to run for president in 2012. >> i think you're absolutely right. i don't think they can take advantage of it. it goes to voter enthusiasm. that is is it on both sides? there is a lot of that lack of enthusiasm on both the republican and the democratic side for their candidates, president obama has, according to a new ap survey lost a lot of the donors he had in 2008. these are the smaller individual donors. and hillary clinton fills the void right now. she's done an extremely credible job as secretary of state, both republicans and democrats look to her as being a successful leader in their role. it's obvious she has not had to take ownership of any of the problems we've had in the country for the past couple years which the president had to do. that said, there are a lot of people that were wishing that. it's a counterfactual, a what if that will never happen, as you said, carol. i don't think republicans take advantage of it but it's not going to help the president that people are thinking it would be nice if somebody else were to run for president, wouldn't it? >> although in fairness, hillary clinton has not had to deal with the economic problems as president obama has. >> exactly. >> she's sort of been removed from the fray. it's a lot easier to be popular when -- >> right. she's not had to take ownership for the problems in the country that existed over the last several years. that's the president. it's on him. she hasn't had to deal with that. >> sometimes people don't think about that. >> that's true. tim farley, host of morning briefing on sirius potus. what the transitional government says will happen to anyone who may have played a role in killing moammar gadhafi. wee dales just ahead. are you a choc-a-holic? 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[ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it is 24 minutes past the hour. as nato ends its mission in libya, now that moammar gadhafi has been killed, there are some who want an investigation into how he died. let's head to london and check in with zain vergee. good morning, zain. there aren't a lot of tears over the former libyan leader's death but there are a lot of questions. but there's something new about to happen. what are you hearing? >> there are so many questions about the circumstances of his death. even though we've all seen the gruesome video of some of his final moments, there's a question still being asked by the ntc as to who specifically killed him. now, what they're looking for, carol, is some kind of an investigation into what exactly happened. they're saying that whoever was responsible for killing him should go on trial. that having been said, officials in the ntc say that they want to move forward. it's important to have some sense of reconciliation within the country. many analysts i've spoken to really point to one thing that can be worrying. they say if ntc officials can't control different militia groups, revolutionary fighters, what does the future of libya look like? but this is the situation right now. they want to investigate and put on trial those who killed him. >> on another topic, st. paul's cathedral in london closed when occupy protests were demonstrating out front. they plan on re-opening the cathedral today. what's next for the city? what action will they take next? >> the mayor boris johnson said that essentially he's going to call for new laws to prevent tent cities from popping up in the city of london and anywhere else in the country so that legal action can be taken against protesters. boris johnson said they actually erupt like boils is the way he put it across the city. st. paul's cathedral will be opening today. that's a big deal if you consider this cathedral didn't close, the last time it did was actually world war ii. you can see video of the protesters still out there. one senior cleric, though, carol, actually quit his job because he said he actually supported the protesters. we'll see what happens today, though. >> zain vergee, live in london. thanks so much. just ahead, i have some good news to share with you about the economy. plus, republican senator marco rubio. his name has bee