all the pomp but none of the pressure. want to know the best job in the country? we ll have one comedian s take. good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. thank you for starting your morning with us. we begin in syria where rebels are braces for what could be a final showdown with the government military. the government troops are advancing on the city of aleppo. warplanes and tanks have been pounding the commercial hub relentlessly. opposition fighters say they have surrounded aleppo s highest point, where regime forces are already holed up. senior international correspondent ben wideman is in syria. reporter: clearly, the syrians far outgun the rebels. and the concern is that we are really on the verge of a major government counteroffensive to win back control of aleppo, syria s biggest city, and its commercial hub. of course the concern among syrian officials in damascus is that if aleppo falls, that s really the end of the game the fighting is forcing a surprise move
fire onboard, and a terrorism official says the u.s. cannot confirm the claims. this morning, we are learning about the plot and how it was uncovered. we knew the saudis tips off the u.s. at that time and there are reports that a saudi tip three weeks is earlier but officials on alert and that did not mention cargo planes or specifics but when the saudis put it out there, thes u.s. knew to look out. alisyn: thank you, did reid supporters intimidate voters in the senate election? the justice department is looking into complaints filed by lawyers for his defeated opponent, sharron angle. the focus of the investigation? e-mails. they show that a casino executives urging employees to vote for reid and the feds are looking into allegations that the reid camp broke campaign finance law. these guys have pushed the pedal to the metal and now they
harassment. after a brief discussion of work, he would turn the conversation to a discussion of sexual matters. went over to his desk to get the coke. looked at the can and asked, who has put pubic hair on my coke? as a black american, as far as i m concerned, it is a high-tech lynching. over the weak end, virginia thomas called anita hill and demanded an apology saying, quote, i would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. give it some thought and certainly pray about this and come to an understanding why you did what you did. well, this morning on her way to work, hill was visibly annoyed and did not give any comment on camera. can i just ask you a quick question? i m on the way to teach my class. i don t have any comment at this point. i d really like for you to get out of the street because i don t want anybody to get hurt. are you surprised by i need for you to get out of the street.
candidate running on her side noeveof the fence and she says you need to get out of this so i can win and let s look at the quote: i believe you can do real harm not to harry reid but to me and i m not sure you can win, and i m not sure if i can win, if you are hurting my chances and that is the part that skiecares and promised that if he dropped out of the race she d give him access to people like mitch mcconnell if she were to get into the senate. what do you make of that. it keeps the focus on her, which is exactly when the reid camp and the democrats want. they can t run on their record because the situation is difficult, particularly in nevada and can t run on a bunch of future promises, because they have exhausted them, and they have to run against their opponent and portray the opponent as somebody who is off the charts. and as long as the campaign and the news about the campaign is focused on the challenger it helps senator reid and how long
magazines, from talk radio in delaware. these are issues out there that are keeping people in delaware from jumping aboard the bandwagon and if she wants to win she has to deal with them. if she doesn t she is unlikely to win. kneel fool i am angle on after the victory and she had a little pop but she fell down a lot in the polls and everyone in the reid camp said, well, this is a gift from heaven. and she was down a few points and now up a couple of points but my point in mentioning o donnell, there is a great deal of baggage and a lot of issues to address and things she has said that strike some as odd, do you think the people are of a mind they don t care? that almost the less you comport yourself like a senator or a governor, it is almost to your