Downed power liens started this fire. The big problem for the firefighters, a lack of water appreciate your. 50 homes have burned to the ground. Two dozen more are in the process of burning. We are following the story for you as the day continues. Well have more information on that. More to tell you about, including floods and Power Outages. New york city brought to its knees in a large way. Superstorm sandy was an epic weather event, many people are calling it. Millions of lives have been disrupted now. A transformer explosion happened at a con ed plant about 15 blocks from where im standing right now. What that has done is put basically this neighborhood in Lower Manhattan completely in the dark. They were concerned about this transformer so theyve shut it off as well. That has plunged tens of thousands, people here but more than 600,000 people across new york and into Westchester County are without power today. Backup generator failed at nyu langone Medical Center, probably about 35
This is the third and final president ial debate pitting mitt romney against president obama. Weve just received these pictures of romney walking through the debate site in boca raton, florida. Tonights focus, Foreign Policy. And for both men, the stakes could hardly be higher. The tight race has gotten even tighter and tonights contest could give either candidate the chance to pull ahead in these final critical days of this campaign. Cnns National Political correspondent jim acosta is in boca rattan getting ready for the debate. Whats the latest there . Reporter wolf, here in the debate spin room, democratic and republican operatives are predicting another feisty debate between president obama and mitt romney. A top Romney Campaign strategist tells cnn they are expecting another aggressive performance from the president. For mitt romney, debate night may be shaping up to be another fight night with president obama. While both men will be seated at a round table, a setting engineered f
This is piers morgan tonight. Good evening. Our big story tonight, big changes. Thats what mitt romneys promising, just 12 days to go before election day. Listen to what he told the crowd a little while ago in perhaps the aptly named defiance, ohio. This is a time when america faces big challenges. We have a big election. And we want a president who will actually bring big changes and i will and he wont. The new cnn poll of polls has romney with a one point lead over the president. Other polls have romney and obama tied in colorado and the president up three points in nevada. Meanwhile, president obamas got at least one vote in the bag, his own. He voted for himself, taking a brief break from his battleground state marathon to cast his ballot this afternoon in chicagos Martin Luther King Community center. Joining me now, a man who knows more than almost anybody else about running against barack obama, senator john mccain. Senator, how are you . Fine, piers. How are you . Youve been spi
As commander in chief, i will maintain the Strongest Military in the world, keep faith with our troops and go after those who would do us harm, but after a decade of war, we all realize we have to do some nation building here at home. Weve been through tough times we always bounce back because of our character, because we pull together. If i have the privilege of being your president for another four years, i promise you i will always listen to your voices, i will fight for your families, and i will work every single day to make sure america continues to be the greatest nation on earth. Thank you. Bob, mr. President , folks at Lynn University. Good to be with you. Im optimistic about the future. Im excited about the prospects as a nation. I want to see peace. We have an opportunity to have real leadership. Americans will continue to promote principles of peace to make the world a safer place, and make people in this country more confident that their future is secure. I also want to mak
State department knew about the military sophistication of the military assault. Frank townsend will join us shortly. Bob b enair and john mccain wil join us as well. But i want to start with, intelligence correspondent 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. Its not clear that the cia will take the lead and other intelligence will be there . Thats what we understand 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 will be there as well. They want to know how many other people they can lik nk to the attack in benghazi. 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. As it was happening . As it was happening. Specta