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ahead, 477 for what? the lopsided prisoner exchange between israelis and palestinians taking place overnight. hamas calls is a great day. some israelis say the price for a captured soldier is just too high. a live report just ahead. and i'm christine romans, getting congress to pass the jobs bill piece by piece. some say the president's trip is more about one job. saving his own. now president obama is responding on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning to you. it is tuesday, october 18th. welcome to "american morning." a little chill in the ...

exchange because many palestinians were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against israel. we'll be heading to shalit's hometown where fred pleitgen is. this is a very heart-wrenching moment for many israelis who are concerned about potential retaliation given how many of these soldiers have been released and with actual euphoria from many palestinians. fred pleitgen is with us now in gilad shalit's hometown. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, christine. certainly the people here in shalit's hometown of mitzpe hila. there was controversy where people were saying th...

Would prefer mr. cain over the president. so is this a sign of cain's lasting power or just more evidence of the president's perils in the polls? we will ask master political larry sabato when he joins us live next hour. meantime, president obama is hitting the road kicking off a three-day bus tour through north carolina and virginia. >> the bus is pretty hard to miss. and over the next few days, we are going to take this bus through north carolina and virginia, and i'm going to get a chance to hear from folks about how they're doing. megyn: the president says he is hoping the tour will help...

Megyn: with the country's $14 trillion in federal debt, questions are being raised about president obama's new request to have congress send another $35 billion in aid to local communities. in an effort to get americans back to work, the president says. the move comes after his $447 billion jobs bill failed, and now mr. obama is trying a different piecemeal approach. >> in the coming weeks, we'll have them vote on the other parts of the jobs bill; putting construction workers back on the job rebuilding our roads and bridges, providing tax cuts for small businesses that hire our veterans. megyn...

Bill: ed, republicans are outspoken about this jobs bill. how is this debate shaping up especially with democrats in the senate that don't like it? >> reporter: the bottom line what the president will do on this bus tour is to try to target individual pieces. we've seen him do that before but he will try to put an even finer point on it. here at the asheville, airport. talks about infrastructure spending. has only one runway. needs some repairs. go to a high school talking about making sure teachers don't get laid off. the argument struggled with, congress going nowhere. when you talk to senio...