That the Obama Administration ignored security problems. But Obama Administration Officials Say the documents dont tell the whole story. So lets bring in our intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly, who has been going through all of this. What new details are you finding in the cables and the emails . Reporter the cables certainly give us more detail into the thinking of ambassador stevens in the months, weeks and even hours before his death. For example, we know that just hours before the attack that killed him and three other americans, he expressed concern over the rising security threats in benghazi and in nearby town where is the ambassador believed that islamic extremists were gaining a strong foothold. He was also worried that there was no deterrents to act against those groups, and the u. S. Security presence was shrinking rapidly. The ambassador noted that this was becoming a huge issue and a huge problem for them. And that the drawdown from some 34 u. S. Security personnel t
Of battleship. We go to the scorecards on a special early start. Good morning. Welcome to early start, everyone. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. The debates are done. More debates. President obama and mitt romney going toe to toe over americas role on the world stage. And by most accounts, it was a more forceful president obama who came out on top last night. The majority of analysts and voters agreeing mitt romney was on the defensive for much of this Foreign Policy faceoff. A cnn poll of people who watched this third and final debate shows 48 favored obama with 40 for romney. The president now two for three in the showdowns in the polling. He also won the second debate by seven points after taking a 42point beating in debate number one. Senior Congressional Correspondent dana bash live from boca raton, florida. The Million Dollar question is how much of an impact will this debate have on the outcome of the race, if any . Reporter it sure is. You know, if you look at this election season,
John mccain. But i want to start with, intelligence correspondent laurla suzanne kelly. The fbi is expected to take the lead on this investigation. So, it is not clear. Fbi will take the lead on interviews and cia. Others will be there . That is what was expected. You understand what this looks like with Law Enforcement. But we are told that right now the fbi is told to take the lead. They would be able to uphold in court but that the Intelligence Agency agencies know. So, his name is ali alhazri. We know that he was posting details of the attack as it was happening on his social media websites. We know that officials detained him and turned him over to tunisia. Cnn has obtained an email that details within eight hours that the shelter location is under fire where the navy s. E. A. L. S were veeventually killed. They were in a position to know a lot about the attack in realtime. They did know that there were mortars being used. With the threat of information like that, and that is only
This is amanda rubio, the 12yearold daughter of florida senator marco rubio. Shell spend the night in a Miami Hospital after a golf cart accident today. She has a head injury and is in fair condition. Her dad, the senator, was campaigning with mitt romney when he got the news and headed immediately to miami. We have a lot more planned for you this saturday night. Heres what else were working on. Ridiculous rhetoric. Explain to me why retard is inappropriate. From ann coulter to donald trump, the partisan election blather explodes. We take a stand. The poll, so many of them, who do they call . My cell phone or land line, should we believe them . We have of questions for the pollster who knows it all. Here comes sandy, the massive hurricane barreling up the east coast heading straight towards the biggest city, new york, philadelphia, boston and d. C. All that, plus, selling your virginity. What your Halloween Costume set about your inner freak factor and why Christina Aguilera may be sit
Gerri our top story, new momentum to put a kill switch on all cell phones. Its a way to permanently that is disable them so they are useless to thieves. Congress now taking up the issue. Smartphone theft counts for a third of all robberies in the u. S. According to the fcc take a look at these surveillance tapes. Phones snatched, people assaulted, beaten for their phones. Some victims, even killed, with me now, paul whose daughter meagan was shot and killed for the iphone. With us meagans sister. They are behind this new effort to make sure no family goes through what they went through. Welcome to you both. Great to have you here. Youre on set with me. I want you to tell me what happened to your sister. Well, my sister was walking to her car and at the time she was in st. Louis. My family lives in chicago. She was traveling there to the weekend and visit friends and play in alumni volleyball game at st. Louis university where she played volleyball. She was walking to the car calling my