thank you for much for being was. and joe bebe is back, contributinged for for rolling stone. let s get right to it this mo morni morning. the investigation into whitney houston s death, her body is back in new jersey. they are refusing to say whether or not she drowned. they re waiting for the toxicology reports. in past cases, we know it could take weeks or weeks. he also won t comment on whether alcohol or drugs may have played a role in her death. look at a body and not know what the cause of death is. you might have a suspicion, but the person could have suffered a heart attack or an embolism or something. and no matter what medications they re taking, until we run a toxin and see the level and see what s in the system, we re not going to speculate. he s been on tv a lot saying a lot of nothing lately. how come it takes eight weeks to do a toxicology report? this is typical. let s be honest. we re talking at many, many tests. you know, initial reports say i r
there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain safe in his life boat while ignoring the orderis to return back to his sanking ship. listen. for our non-italian speaking viewers like myself who are having a hard time. pop that back on the screen. this is basically what we were telling you in the transcript yesterday where he was saying, i understand, listen, because you can hear schettino s voice panicking. i understand there are people coming down the ladder. you must take that ladder the opposite direction. get on board the ship. tell me how
norquist weighed in on the newt gingrich endorsement. here it is. the union leader endorsement is very important. i think highly of romney and he s been the front-runner. newt, romney, one of those guys is moving forward. they both looked you in the eye and said they re not going to raise your taxes. kristen welker is live. good morning to you. new york senator chuck schumer was also on meet the press in a week after the failure of the debt super committee. he s now making predictions. reporter: that s right he is. good morning, alex. senator sumer still thinks, that lawmakers can get a deal done on deficit reduction saying it would be based on that which was laid out, the proposal laid out by the simpson bowls commission which called for $3 trillion in new revenues and cuts to spending. now, he also weighed in on this issue of these automatic cuts that will go into effect in 2013 if there is no deal on deficit
let s get you up to speed on this tuesday, november 22nd. a million man sit-in is taking place on tahrir square as violence erupts around it. security forces are using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters armed with rocks and molitov cocktails. you re looking at live pictures right now of tahrir square. 24 have been killed, many injured. they have a new demand, this time aimed at egypt s military leader. we have a crowd here angry, young, furious at the loss of life here over the course of the past three days, demanding that the supreme council step down. mr. ivan watson, national security takes center stage at the presidential debate tonight. the stage is set just a few blocks from the white house. wolf blitzer will nar rate. a new cnn poll shows the former house speaker leading the republican pack for the first time with 24%. mitt romney follows with her man cain in third place. the cnn national security debate with the republican presidential candidates. that
republican candidates gather in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it is the first test for newt gingrich as front-runner. cairo bracing for a million-man sit-in. police beating demonstrators on the fourth straight day of violence, and now late word three americans have been arrested. is there anybody out there? nasa relaunching a program to listen for alien life, searching for signs, on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it s tuesday, november 22nd. ali and christine are off this morning. i m alina cho along with carol costello on this american morning. so glad you re with us. glad you re with us. up first this morning, breaking news out of cairo. three americans arrested outside the interior ministry in tahrir square accused of throwing molotov cocktails. thousands of demonstrators are packed into the square for a million-man sit-in. a short distance away, our reporter says soldie