top of the hour. chances of the downgrade after the supercommittee failure. and a great excuse to pour yourself an extra cup of coffee. mark preston, live for us at washington, d.c., the home of the cnn debate tonight. the republican and constitution hall in the heart of washington, d.c., we are just steps away from the white house. these candidates are focusing on trying to sell themselves on a very, very key issue. that is national security. an issue that has not really been discussed a whole lot, brooke, so far in this campaign n addition to that, they are going to talk about the economy which has been said by some military folks as the number one national security facing the economy is the american economy and being able to turn it around. it will be interesting to turn it around. we have some candidates on the rise, such as newt gingrich, and some on the decline, such as rick perry, and of course all of them in the middle trying to vie for support as we head right in
captain dennis davern was one of those people. in the past he said that wood s death was a direct result of a fight with wagner onboard his fight. listen to what davern told today show this morning. you re saying that wagner did not do everything he should have done to look for her after she went missing. exactly. was he responsible for her death in some way? well, like i said, i think we all made mistakes that night and that wasn t my question. was he responsible for her death? i am not asking about your story. yes, i would say so, yes. robert wagner s publicist gave cnn this statement. wagner s family, fully supports the efforts of the l.a. county sheriff s department and trust they will evaluate any new information relating to the death of natalie wood wagner is valid and comes from credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death. authorities have scheduled a news conference scheduled