at least it s a plan and that resonates with voters, but most economists say it wouldn t be and forcing to use tear gas good for the country, and it would hurt the poor, actually, to control rioting inmates. in this country. reporter: right. yeah, and when you put these i m carol costello on this questions to herman cain he b w american morning. blows them ot and says your captions by vitac www.vitac.com analysis is incorrect. you don t have the facts straight. last night he offered up an good morning. it is wednesday, october 12th. economist, or someone he called an economist saying this person welcome to american morning, and it is a busy one. has basically signed off on my sure is. economic plan, a man named rich politics and this amazing terror lowry. turns out he s not an economist, plot. first up, iranian and mexican he s a financial planner in cleveland, ohio. so questions are starting to be drug lords, part of an alleged raised about herman cane cann p
welcome to american morning. good morning to you, and to you. it is a busy week. breaking news. freedom coming for two u.s. hikers held priter in in iran. they could be out with the half hour. right to mohammed jamjoon covering this. what s the latest? reporter: well, ali, we ve heard from a lawyer from the the two detained hikers tells us a second judge in iran has signed the paperwork, the bail paperwork for josh fattal and shane bauer. the lawyer says now he can take that paperwork and start the procedures to free them. he expects they will be free with the half hour. also, iranian news agency saying they will be handed over to swiss embassy officials in about half an hour from now. ali? we ve had false starts on this the last couple of weeks. the idea here, of course, it s through the judiciaries, any likely to stop this as far as you can see? reporter: ali, i apologize. having a little problem hearing you. we ve heard in the last few weeks, wrangling going on b
but you won t get away. the video that has everyone talking on this american morning. good morning. it s wednesday, august 3rd. this is american morning. a lot going on today. we should get right to it. yes, we should. isn t the debt deal done? it s not done yet. they have to do the super committee. and decide what they will cut, cut food inspectors, education grants, they are going to cut stuff out of education. at least some of it is done? some of it done. one of the bitter and dangerous debates this recent history is now history. the bill to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending is law. this is a picture of president obama, he signed the bill in private. nobody around him. notice that. he doesn t look very happy either, does he? he called the compromise a first step toward fixing the economy, though, and argued more must be done. this is, however, just the first step. this compromise requires that both parties work together on a larger plan to cut t
and i believe that she can be very competitive. be sure to catch john king usa at 7:00. he s aboard the cnn express following the palin bus tour. will we see her on the 2012 ballot. insights at 7:00 p.m. eastern on john king usa. do you think sarah palin will run for president or is she doing this for publicity? we want to hear your opinion. e-mail us at cnn.com/am, give us a tweet, @cnnam or facebook.com/americanmorni facebook.com/americanmorning. we will read some of your responses later in the hour. you re @at christine romans, i m @alina cho. hip-hop and reggae singer shaun king ston hospitalized after crashing his jet ski into a bridge in miami beach. police say the 21-year-old had a female passenger on board when he crashed. he is reportedly in stable
on this holiday morning. and we ve got a lot of news. we begin with the weather. first a new wave of spring storms is pounding the midwest. in fact, some of the worst damage is in battle creek, michigan. a storm packing 80-mile-an-hour winds snapped trees, brought down a lot of power lines. in fact, across the state some 100,000 homes and businesses lost power. a violent storm hit the chicago area. ferocious winds uprooting trees and sending them on the tops of houses and cars. the trees just doubled. it was the strongest wind i ve seen in a long time. that s the important part. nobody got hurt. houses can be rebuilt, people takes a long time for them to get rebuilt. the severe weather grounded 450 flights at o hare airport sunday. could be more of the same today. we ll let you know whether there could be more of this. that s not exactly the news you want if you re coming back from your holiday vacation. we want to know what s in store for you today. rob marcian