Thanks to everyone for getting things going today for that ireport. Were going to jump right into the president ial debate. Last night was the third and final faceoff between barack obama and mitt romney. This debate was held in boek ka raton, florida, and it focused on foreign policies. Were talking about ways in which the United States focused on the rest of the world. Election day is xktdly two weeks away. Last night was the last chance they had to present some of their ideas to a large audience all at once. Here is some of what happened. I absolutely believe that america has a responsibility and the prism of helping defend freedom and promote the principles that make the world more peaceful. Those principles include human rights, freedom of expression, elections because when there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They dont vote for war. So we want to promote those principles around the world. We recognize that there are places of conflict in the world. We want to end t
his name is quazi nafis. he s under arrest, accused of trying to bomb the federal reserve bank of new york. he s from bangladesh, he was in the country on a student visa, studying cybersecurity at southwest state university. the new york daily news reports that friends there who knew him are shocked at his arrest. they say that nafis was a pious muslim who helped underprivileged children. the feds say he admired osama bin laden. our national correspondent, susan candiotti has been following this story. first, tell us about this guy. well, he s only 21 years old and he looks so very young. again, a college student who came here on a student visa back in january and then the feds got on to him. they say he used things like facebook, for example. said he wanted to destroy america. said, i wanted to do something to inspire the brothers coming after me. those are his words, according to prosecutors. but he thought he was getting help from people who would be able to help him c
the fbi. that s when they set up this elaborate sting operation. and then, once this was set in motion, they said that he is the one that selected a target, the federal reserve bank, after actually first mentioning going after president obama. but he quickly laid that aside. so this is what they are saying that he said he wanted to do, why he selected the federal reserve. quote, i came up to this conclusion, that targeting america s economy is the most efficient way to draw the path of obliteration of america. i decided to attack the federal reserve bank of new york, which is by far the largest, by assets, and most active, by volume, and most influential of the 12 regional federal reserve banks. it looks like he did his homework, according to prosecutors. he also said, as you mentioned, soledad, that he was inspired by osama bin laden and american cleric, anwar al awlaki, who was killed by a drone attack. here is the police commissioner of new york, ray kelly. awlaki, of co