kim jong-il died two days ago. two full days went by before the a initial announcement came out. that s how tightly controlled the media is there. when it did arrive, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god they had been told he was. the grieving as you would imagine is intense for a leader they had been told first walked at three weeks of age. talked at two months and authored, not read but authored 1500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumb struck on receiving the news. like this gathering. they, like most north koreans not aware that eschar offed lobsters and had cognac while north koreans starved to death during the familiar inhis economic policies created. the mourners who made their way by the masses past a statue of kim il-sung did not know how how it is. when kim il-sung died, north koreans were told that a thousand white cranes tried to carry him off to heaven but were prevented from doing so by the pull of his
let s get you up to speed on this tuesday, november 22nd. a million man sit-in is taking place on tahrir square as violence erupts around it. security forces are using tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters armed with rocks and molitov cocktails. you re looking at live pictures right now of tahrir square. 24 have been killed, many injured. they have a new demand, this time aimed at egypt s military leader. we have a crowd here angry, young, furious at the loss of life here over the course of the past three days, demanding that the supreme council step down. mr. ivan watson, national security takes center stage at the presidential debate tonight. the stage is set just a few blocks from the white house. wolf blitzer will nar rate. a new cnn poll shows the former house speaker leading the republican pack for the first time with 24%. mitt romney follows with her man cain in third place. the cnn national security debate with the republican presidential candidates. that
engines! road rage. nascar crowd boos the first lady before the last race of the season. this is your am: wake up call. and good morning to you. it is monday, november 21st from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. an accused terrorist behind bars in new york city this morning. 27-year-old jose was a u.s. citizen who was taken into custody on saturday and arraigned late last night. he s accused of building homemade bombs and plotting to plant them in police cars and they say he planned to target u.s. troops arriving home from iraq and afghanistan. the supercommittee ending up like all the other mere mortal committees announcing they failed and the trigger about to go off to an automatic across the board budget cuts. 20 people killed as protesters returned to cairo s tahrir square and things take an ugly square just one week from elections. let s head to atlanta and get a check of today s weather. meteorologist bonnie schneider is in. good morn