and talk about who came out on top. and rick perry called it a ponzi scheme before. a big lie being told to the american people. so we ask you, the voters if you avee. your answer s ahead. and i m carol costello. president obama steps up for his jobs bill but are republicans willing to compromise and are you willing to give up popular tax deductions to help pay for the plan on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, september 13th. welcome to american morning. more from ali on last night s debate just ahead, but first, two big breaking stories. it s 6:00 a.m. eastern. right. first to afghanistan where the u.s. embassy in kabul is under attack right now. it appears tackers enter a nearby building under construction and are now firing rocket propelled grenades at the embassy. suzanne malveaux is live at the capital there. what s happening there? i don t think we have her. reporter: we re about a mile and a half away. can you hear me now?
to such behavior. reporter: but is it illegal? here you have an adult a grown man, able to probably by hand carry out these threats to do serious bodily harm or kill these children. in fact, james jones is facing two misdemeanor charges ever disorderly conduct. he now admits that was a mistake. an alligator turns the tables on the wrangler as agonizing minutes go by. you ll see how he got out of it in one of our hot shots. on the webisode, we re looking at some of the most viewed stories on msnbc coin com. an actor from the 40-year-old virgin convicted of murder. stabbed his ex-girlfriend more than 20 times with a kitchen knife during an argument in 2008. he played haziz in the movie. in just released transports of his parole hearing, chapman says the ex-beatle was more accessible than liz taylor.