always get something new out of these and we certainly did last night. you won t see another one of these for another two weeks. so, we got quite a treat last night. we ll break down what we saw in that showdown, which was over national security and foreign policy. and these candidates, yes, they re all in the same party. it is clear, though, they are not on the same page. you see who will join me, our foreign affairs correspondent, she is jill dougherty. always good to have her. and deputy political director paul steinhauser. newt gingrich may have hurt himself last night. we ll start with a look at how far apart the candidates are on the issues of afghanistan, pakistan, homeland security and jill is breaking that down for us in this report. with eight republicans on stage, president barack obama got a few knicks. . if you love what president obama has done to our economy, you ll love what he has done to the national security. the candidates had the knives out for each
also american permanent presence in the country in the year ahead. another attack in the south of the country in kandahar where two were killed by a man wearing an afghan army uniform we understand from an army commander down there. in fact, he may have been trained by the two nato personnel he killed. we hear they possibly were australian but they re not confirming that. nick paton walsh, thank you so much from kabul. here in the u.s. from the mid-atlantic it to new england, a rare october surprise. a powerful snowstorm could paralyze parts of the region this halloween weekend. preparations for the storm are already in full swing. among the big concerns, power outages and travel delays, and it s already, by the way, snowing in parts of new york, massachusetts and other states across the region. some areas are expecting more than a foot of snow. pretty hard to believe, and we re not even at halloween yet. alexand andra steel. that s monday and days away. surprise. i tak
severe weather center. first let s get to cnn s chad myers. chad, it looks like winter has already arrived in western pennsylvania and it did it early. reporter: it really surprised a lot of people. and it even surprised me because on wednesday, this really wasn t forecast to be a one-foot snow event. then it surprised me today when i went to the rental counter at the airport and said, i need a four-wheel drive. and he said, why? now we re in this position where snow s coming down. a couple of trees on some lines. i don t think they re power lines, more like cable lines or telephone wires. now that it s starting to get dark, things are starting to get colder. this coldness will begin to freeze all this muck on the roadway. there s stuff on the side of the roadways. this stuff here, it s just hard it s got salt and grime and stuff in it. that s going to freeze and this road will become one big ice chunk. we re seeing accidents all across the roads and highways in york coun