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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 weakn...

How about that? i have a '92 ford ranger that i had to sell because it just wouldn't run anymore and this shuttle's still going. what do you think the pilot had for breakfast this morning? >> wheaties. >> you know -- that would have been good. no, no, no. two eggs over easy, bacon and fruit cup, rwanda coffee black. that's not my breakfast table going up into the shuttle. delivering an alpha magnetic spectrometer two to try to find -- >> do you know what that is? >> it is going to try to find the origin of the universe. looking for the end of the big bang, i guess. every time that thing goes o...

path through louisiana's cajun country. >> we're fortunate that were have what we have, we haven't an opportunity to get out. material things we can replace. our family and what we believe in daily, just can't put prices on that. >> did you put up the sign? >> yeah, i put it up, i'm proud of that sign. it's just what we say, we will be back. >> almost a week after the mississippi crested in memphis, the river remains 11 feet above flood stage. president obama is in memphis today to get a look at the flood damage. and to comfort families who have lost their homes. zero and liftoff f...

Lt. in that same organization. well, one heck of a light show early this morning on the space coast in florida. take a look at this. >> 5, we have start, 2, 1, booster ignition and liftoff of shuttle endeavour, nasa's final -- >> shepard: shuttle endeavour lifting off for last trip to space station. delivering a new room and observation deck. this could be the final night launch for endeavour, final one with the four remaining missions stay on course. he was with michael jackson the day he died. we're told he was the last person to see michael jackson alive. and today he finally surrendered to...

People are dead. >> it's horrible, man. we got some people up there, they got little kids at home. we lost them. >> more than two dozen others have been injured. some say they were tossed 40 feet just by the sheer blast alone. it happened when workers purged a natural gas line. space shuttle "endeavour" is a go. take a look. >> two, one, booster ignition, and liftoff. >> they had liftoff early this morning. with that, "endeavour" headed on up to the international space station. it will be up there for two weeks. enjoy the show, because, folks, this is the last scheduled night launch for the ...