Twitter, debate one brought us 10. 3 million tweets. Debate number 2, the number fell to 7. 2. Last night it fell further to 6. 5 million tweets which is still a lot of people. Right after it was over we had a chance to do more normal polling and we asked debate watchers who won and here are the numbers. 48 gave the victory to president obama. 40 said governor romney got the best of it. As dana bash reports, regardless of the outcome, both men had a specific game plan to further their case. Mitt romney came wanting voters to see him as commander in chief. The commander in chief came determined to make sure that didnt happen. I know you havent been in a position to actually execute Foreign Policy, but every time you have offered an opinion, you have been wrong. Time and time again the president s Harsh Criticism dripd with sarcasm. A few months ago when you were asked what is the geopolitical threat facing america, you should russia, not al qaeda. You should russia. In the 1980s or now
Today, august 20th, 2013. Good morning everyone. Happy tuesday. Im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and natalie morales. Dick van dyke keeping that trademark sense of humor. Could have been a really scary situation. The imagines are so scary but if he is smiling about it and making jokes then its okay for to us smile, too. So happy hes okay. Well have more on that in a little while. Meantime new developments tied to the ongoing saga tied to yankee star Alex Rodriguez. His attorneys are preparing a lawsuit now against the team doctor. Well have details on that in a moment. But lets begin this Tuesday Morning with developments on the tense situation in egypt following the violent crack following the violent crackdowns. Richard engle is in cairo. Richard, good morning to you. There is an article on the front of the New York Times heres the headlines egypt in tumult as court orders mubarak freed. Hes free but the article goes on to say that may not actually ever happen.
And people who say theyve lost everything in the worst floods in a century. And 50 years after Martin Luther king jr. Shared his vision people in the u. S. March again for equal rights. U. S. President barack obama is with his security visorse adt the white house to discussion their options. The u. S. Navy is reported the expanding its presence in the see the ship in the region. Meanwhile the u. N. s top disarmament official arrived in syriac and angle can kane wants access to the site of wednesday alleged chemical attack, we have the latest pictures of the attack, a warning, you may find some of them upsetting. [ crying ] the two tiny bodies hang limp in his arms. What will i do now, crisis the father, a man destroyed by grief. Pictures like these of the many men, women and children indiscriminately killed by what all evidence suggests was a chemical attack and shocks the world. The Syrian Government still refuses access by inspectors. An agreement only to expect the sites of three pr
What we do know is. The wildfire is less than 7 miles from Yosemite National communities. Pam kron 4s Charles Clifford is explain exactly where this is all happening. Charles . Reporter well continue to monitor the fire near yosemite. Reporter high fire danger remains a problem in the bay area this evening. In the north bay. For the latest on the local threat. Im here in the kron4 meteorologist jacqueline reporter the west of the fire is the town of growth and evacuations are in place for all over the advisorys near downtown growth plan. Most of this has had mandatory e evacuations. There is one to the north of sonora and another to the south of creeley. In the news room Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Pam take a look at the dry bush on the north bay is not just the north bay dealing with the dry bush. Gary conditions are improving slightly it has not moved to the north of us yet. We are seeing a lot of Lightning Strikes, but they are mainly over the sierra. As we take a look at satellit
And tackling drug violence, hue one town in mexico is trying to turn things around. France has called for a forceful response if it is confirmed that the Syrian Government used chemical weapons. The u. N. Condemned the alleged attack that reports say killed more than a thousand people. We are very concerned about the reports that chemical weapons are alleged to have been deployed near damascus. These reports are serious and should it be true, it would be a monstrosity. Jackie roland is live in paris for us. What exactly did the French Foreign minister say . Well, the French Foreign minister said if these allegations were proven to be true, it would be an absolute carnage and there needs to be an international condemnation. He went on to clarify. He said there was no question of sernding force sending forces onto the ground in sierra yar. Syria. He said then decisions would be taken in another way. He said it was possible that the french could react with, for example, the british and th