good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. it's 8:00 in the east, 5:00 out west. good to have you with us. we begin with a controversy surrounding lance armstrong. he appeared publicly for the first time since the release of a u.s. anti-doping agency report. now, that report detailed what was called overwhelming evidence of armstrong's involvement in doping as a cyclist. armstrong addressed supporters last night at the anniversary celebration for his livestrong charity. >> it's been an interesting couple of weeks. it's been a difficult couple of weeks for me, for my family, for my friends, for this foundation. i get asked a lot. people say, man, how are you doing? and i say -- and i say this every time. and i mean it. i say i've been better, but i've also been worse. >> armstrong has repeatedly denied doping allegations. he stepped down as chairman of

livestrong on wednesday. to michigan now where police are searching for a gunman they say is randomly targeting people in a shooting spree. authorities believe the shootings, at least 15 so far, across three counties are connected. now, no one has been injured, an they have set up a multi-agency task force to try and track down the suspected shooter or shooters. he's supposedly firing a handgun from his car at other drivers. they are apparently looking for a dark older model chevy cavalier or ford mustang. new evidence of security concerns in libya coming straight from ambassador chris stevens before he and three other americans were killed in the deadly consulate attack. republican leaders of the house oversight committee have released a batch of cables and e-mails from the ambassador and other diplomatic security workers. they say the documents are evidence that the obama administration ignored a rapidly deteriorating security situation in libya. ambassador stevens wrote this cable in august. the absence of significant deterrence has contributed to a

security vacuum that is being exploited by independent actors. what we have seen are not random crimes of opportunity but rather targeted and discriminate attacks. but obama's administration officials are saying that the documents don't tell the whole story. they also say the release of the unedited e-mails could endanger the lives of the libyans working with the u.s. there is a tense situation going on right now off the coast of israel. overnight israeli soldiers stormed a ship headed for its coast. passengers say they were trying to break the sea blockade of gaza that's been in effect since 2007. sara sidner is in israel at the port where the ship is actually headed. good morning. what happens to the ship and the people aboard once it does arrive there? >> reporter: randi, at this point in time what we know is just a couple hours ago, the israeli military did end up boarding the board called the "estelle." there's several members of

people on that boat from parliament from countries such as sweden and norway, greece and spain. what we know is the boat has been commandeered by commandos and that boat is being towed into the port. that will take several hours as it's slow going trying to get a boat that have size into the port. and we understand from the israeli military, who we just spoke to their spokesperson, who said there were no incidents of violence. this was a mostly peaceful operation and that nobody has been injured in this incident. you will remember that back in 2010 there was a much different situation with another boat. that boat filled with dozens of activists. nine turkish activists were shot and killed by the israeli military as commandos stormed that boat. the israeli military said they had to use excessive force, they had to use force to protect themselv themselves, that they were first attacked. however, international community, including the u.n. report, said that israel overdid it. they used excessive force on

those who were on that boat, and that caused quite a controversy for a while. it also weakened relations between israel and turkey. >> sara sidner in israel for us. thank you very much for the update. 17 days left until the election, and the presidential campaigns are turning up the heat in the swing states today, though it's the vice presidential candidates doing all the talking. republican vp candidate paul ryan will be at rallies in western pennsylvania and belmont, ohio. vice president joe biden is holding an event inst augustine, florida. president obama is at camp david preparing for monday's debate and mitt romney is doing debate prep, but he'll attend a fund-raiser in palm beach, florida. more than 2 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting. 23 states have already started. 11 more start next week. and when it comes to early voting the obama campaign has been boasting that they are winning.

romney's camp, however, says they are not. cnn's political editor paul steinhauser joins me now with more on this. paul, do we know who is right here? >> reporter: yeah, exactly. the boasting coming from vice president biden yesterday in florida. democrats are happy. they are saying they are seeing early numbers, and they are very confident with what they are seeing in the early voting. republicans are countering they see a lot more republicans registering to get absentee ballots or to vote early than compared to four years ago, victor. what's the truth? well, we really don't know because you don't know what the vote is right now. all you do know in some states whether it's democrats or republicans voting early, but there's no guarantee that all the democrats voting early are casting votes for president obama and all republicans are casting ballots for mitt romney. as you mentioned 23 states, nevada today becoming that 23rd state to start a form of early voting. by election day we think a third of the people who are going to vote will have voted early. victor? >> both candidates enjoyed a

night of white night and tails and maybe surf and turf together and then back to business, right? >> that al smith dinner was a light moment. that was thursday night in new york city. forget about that. that's all over. take a listen to both candidates yesterday on the campaign trail. >> if you say earlier in the year i'm going to give a tax cut to the top 1% and then in a debate you say i don't know anything about giving tax cuts to rich folks, that's -- you -- you need to -- yeah, you need to get a thermometer, take your temperature because you've probably got romnesia. >> they have been reduced to petty attacks and silly word games. just watch it. the obama campaign has become the incredible shrinking campaign. this is -- this is a big country with big opportunities and great challenges, and they keep on talking about smaller and smaller things. >> i think you're going to hear

a lot more -- a lot more of that, victor, between now and november 6th. as you mentioned, you won't hear much from the candidates this weekend. basically both men under lock and key. debate prep for monday's final presidential debate. that one is on foreign affairs, and that one will be held in florida. victor? >> thanks, paul. the third and final debate is money. cnn's live coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. eastern. we have much more ahead this hour. >> here's a look at what's coming up. binders full of women, abortion rights, equal pay, but what's the number one concern of women voters this election? the answer may surprise you. they are the 8% to 10% who may decide the election. all morning we're putting the uncommitted voter in focus. backpacks, cell phones and babies? that's what some students are now bringing to school. we'll explain. i'm so glad you called. thank you.

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welcome back. there are now ifs, ands or buts about it. the presidential race between president obama and mitt romney is tight and extremely tight. >> every vote counts, and with 17 days until the election, you can say the key voting bloc has become just 8% to 10% of voters. they are the uncommitted. the voters who have a preference but are still swaying, not completely convinced by president obama or mitt romney. that includes jeremy epstein who asked the first question at the debate. jeremy, what is keeping you from committing to either the president or the governor? >> i think that i'm uncommitted because there's still another debate. there's a lot of time before november 6th and i don't want to make a rash decision about this since this is my first election, and both these candidates have

two different paths where they want to lead our country so i want to make an informed decision. >> for you, jeremy, is it education, is that the issue that's really hanging you up? >> well, between education and the job rate for people who graduate college, i think that's very important to me. >> okay. so the number one issue for most voters in this election and the past two elections actually is the economy. so let's start with what president obama and governor romney have said about jobs. >> the unemployment rate was 7.8% when he took office, it's 7.8% now, but if you calculated that unemployment rate taking back the people who dropped out of the workforce, it would be 10.7%. we have not made the progress we need to make to put people back to work. >> the most important thing we can do is to make sure that we are creating jobs in this country but not just jobs, good paying jobs, ones that can support a family, and what i want to do is build on the 5 million jobs that we've created over the last 30 month in the private sector alone.

>> so do you worry that the president hasn't done enough, or do you worry that romney won't do any better? >> i think i would be more worried that mitt romney won't do any better considering where we are at right now for the economy, so i guess that would be my answer. >> okay. is this a matter of you liking both candidates? because there are a lot of people, and i'm sure you've seen the "saturday night live" skit where they say who are the candidates and be specific. you've seen the parodies. is it that you have not picked one or you like one more than, you know, the other, or the lesser of two evils? what's your decision-making process as it relates to the two men? >> well, i've been telling people if i had to vote like today or tomorrow i think i'd vote for the incumbent, but i don't want to make a decision like this based off a once in a lifetime experience where i was up and close with both candidates and they were talking to me, so i just want to keep informed and try to really make a good decision about this. >> what about their personalities? does that weigh in at all, or is

it strict lit issues for you? >> well, i think i'm in a weird position because i do know both of their personalities from being up close with them. i'm trying to keep that out of my decision-making process because that shouldn't influence me or anybody else's decision whether or not you like a candidate personally. it should be what are they going to do for the country? >> one more shot to see the two candidates, the president and governor romney, on stage together. the third debate, foreign policy. how important is foreign policy in your decision? >> i think it's very important because mitt romney has been attacked by the obama campaign for not having a lot of foreign policy experience, and i think in a few polls he's actually made up quite a bit of points because of that, and i think that's one of the most important things because foreign policy in this country is important because romney -- if he's going to lead our country, he should know a lot about it, and i think that's one of the most important things about my decision and that's why i think i remain uncommitted. >> so you have 17 days. i'm sure you well know, to make

up your mind. will you still vote on election day if you're undecided and just be a decision right there in the voting booth? >> no. i'm going to make a decision beforehand. i'm just uncommitted because there's another debate and i want to stay informed. i don't want to make, like i said, i don't want to make a rash decision after what great experience i was able to have. >> do you think that the people who have voted early, millions and millions of them have, do you think they are wrong for voting weeks before election day? >> no. >> before the debates even? >> no, because if they feel like their mind is entrenched and they don't want to change their mind or if they feel like this candidate is better than that candidate, they should vote. they have the right, and i think that's good if they made up their mind. i just haven't made up mine. >> listen, we wish you luck in making up your mind. jeremy epstein, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> and we'll hear from more uncommitted voters and what's holding up their vote in the next hour. kids having kids and bringing them to school. guess who is paying for it? we'll explain.

but first in this week's travel insider, cnn's elise labbott takes us to jerusalem and shows us the unique sights and smells -- she tells us what she smells and the sounds at a one of a kind market. >> reporter: jerusalem's old city is famous for its history and culture but i love to come to this market on jopa street. this is where you'll find the real tastes and smells of israel. outside the market you have the freshest fruits and vegetables. the produce in this country is really great. you've got all these nuts and great nibbly things that they call bisetts. also a whole alley of different restaurants where people can come and eat lunch, but the thing i like the most about these markets, is you can find israelis and palestinians from all walks of life here. no matter what the divisions are in this country, everyone can agree on one thing, good food. elise labott, cnn, jerusalem.

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20 minutes after the hour, and we have more now for you on malala yousafzai. >> she is the pakistani schoolgirl activist who was shot in the head by the taliban, and she's showing signs of a remarkable recovery. here's her doctor. >> she's doing very well. in fact, she was standing with some help for the first time this morning when i went in to see her. she's communicating very freely. she's writing. she has a tracheostomy tube in

because her airway was swollen by the -- by the path route of the bullet, so in order to protect her airway she has a tracheotomy tube in so she's not able to talk though we have no reason to believe she won't be able to talk when the tube is out which may be in the next few days. >> doctors also point out that she has a long way to go and is not out of the woods just yet. >> and we have more on that devastating car bombing in lebanon. it happened during rush hour in beirut's -- that's the capital of the country. the blast tore balconies off apartments. left rows of mangled cars and charred buildings. now a top lebanese intelligence official known for his anti-syria stance was killed in the massive explosion. more than 100 people were injured. nick payton walsh has been covering the story for us and joins us now from beirut. are the lebanese officials blaming syria for this blast, and, really, how fearful are they that syrian president bashar al assad is now going to come after them? >> reporter: it's not lebanese

officials making those claims at all. there are some people from the pro-western coalition here that mr. wissam al hassan was aligned to. syria itself has condemned the blast, as has syria's ally here in lebanon, hezbollah. it's a complicated political mixture here, victor. we're really talking about many people who historically blame syria for the problems inside lebanon pointing the finger at this point. the evidence isn't particularly strong. as i say syria deny it, but it's the historical legacy here that makes many people feel that syria are to blame. many for themselves fearing for their own lives. we heard from one key lebanese power broker, part of the government coalition. let's hear what he had to say. >> when you see what he's doing with his own people, after 18 months, 19 months, killing people, destroying cities, kidnapping people, torturing people, can you not but realize that he's taking revenge.

he took revenge on wissam hassan because wissam discovered a plot. >> reporter: it's going to be difficult for the authorities to point a finger clearly at any particular group given how complex investigations have proven here in the past, but what's happening with the blame game it's amplifying uncertainty here. it's amplifying fears amongst lebanese of continued retaliation or reprisals. just seen today this morning out on the street on the main road to the airport angry sunni youth from affiliations close to wissam al hassan, protesting his death along a major security front line in the city, causing concerns that the protests could continue and destabilize the capital here. real concerns about that. victor? >> again, we reported that an official known for the anti-syria stance was killed in this explosion. have we heard from others who have that anti-syrian stance, and do they think they are also in danger? >> reporter: absolutely. as i said, we just heard from

john platt wblatt who himself s was concerned about his own safety. we went to his residence about an hour outside the city. he said he himself did not feel safe. he believed the murders who killed wissam al hassan could target him because they had almost carte blanche, pointing the finger, as you heard, directly at the syrian president but the fears are here about what the next step is. is lebanon on the brink of further chaos? people this morning are more uneasy about what comes next rather than expressing anger out on the street, but it's that fear about what happens next. is there a reprisal, or are there further killings to come, victor? >> we know there's been shelling back and forth across the turkish border with syria. do we expect that lebanon will fire back against syria if they get the intelligence that shows that indeed syria was behind this? >> no. that's not going to happen. very unlikely indeed.

one of the key constituents of the government here, the government coalition is the political party of hezbollah who are very strongly allied to damascus. in fact, accused of people, and they deny this of assisting the assad regime. the u.s. government says that they have been supplying materiel support to damascus during this syria war what. may happen is further destabilize. it was racked by civil war in the 1980s and the fear that the same sectarian violence that divide the country in the 1980s civil war is playing out across the border during syria's 20-month long revolt. we'll see this already fragile country torn apart even more. >> thank you. mitt romney is on the rise. polls show his support is actually growing among women, but then came the debate and questions about women's issues, so what are women saying now? we'll take a look. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics...

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so i brought it to mike at meineke. we gave her car a free road handling check. i like free. free is good. my money. my choice. my meineke. bottom of the hour. welcome back, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. here are five stories we're watching this morning. >> attorneys for george zimmerman will be able to see central arteryion's school and social media record. a judge ruled in zimmerman's favor. zimmerman is accused of second-degree murder for killing the unarmed 17-year-old in february. he claimed it was self-defense. more trouble for the transportation security administration. the tsa has started the process of firing 25 agents and suspending 19 others for not

following required procedures at newark's liberty international airport. the largest group of agents ever to be sanctioned by the agency. it was shown they did not properly screen or they can bags. >> let's talk money. the dow dropped 205 point on friday, almost 2% on the anniversary of the worst crash in history, october 19th, 1987. the dow jones industrial average dropped 22%. today's markets were showing concern over worse than expected corporate earnings and the instability in europe. well, as saying goes, everything's bigger in texas, and nothing was much bigger than old big text, the symbol of the texas state fair in dallas for the last 60 years. this one really breaks randi's heart. >> it does. i've lived in dallas for a couple of years and seen that guy. >> it's so sad. >> flames took big text down within ten minutes. size 70 boots, he wore. 75-gallon hat. thankfully no one was injured in

that fire. >> sorry to see him go. that's for sure. and lastly, voters are getting a heavy dose of television ads this year, but the campaigns are not stopping there. some candidates across the country are using illegal automated phone calls or robo calls to target voters as well. it's not surprising many find those calls annoying, and if you're one of them, there may be some good news. the federal government is stepping in and offering anyone $50,000 for the best idea to block robo calls. the women's vote. some say it will be key in governor romney's quest for the white house and president obama's bid to stay there. both candidates making their pitch out on the campaign trail. >> when governor romney says he's going to get rid of funding for planned parenthood, don't mo boo, vote. when he -- what he apparently doesn't understand is there are millions of women all across the

country who rely on planned parenthood, not just for contraceptive care but for preventive care. >> this president has failed america's women. they have suffered in terms of getting jobs. they have suffered in terms of falling into poverty. this is a presidency that has not helped america's women. >> and when it comes to the issues, a new "usa today"/gallup poll shows women in the critical swing states rank abortion first. you see it there, 39% with jobs, health care, the economy and equal rights and pay rounding out the top five. joining me now to talk about all of this and much more is crystal wright, a conservative columnist and blogger at conservativeblackchick.com and good morning to you. a lot of back and forth about binders and women, but really at the end of the day there are obviously real issues at stake here. you say this poll that we just showed on the screen there is inaccurate. how so? >> randi, we're just not seeing this poll played out in the

broader polls and the broader electorate, and when people, you know, the gallup poll, the rasmussen poll, the real politics poll, all have romney ahead of president obama, and the number one issue, even for women, has been the economy, and it continues to be. it's not about what i would say the politics of our vajajay, the politics of our pocketbook, and certainly what president obama and the democrats have done because president obama doesn't have a plan for the american people, how he's going to move the country forward, anything different thanhe's done the past four years, he's devolved into this campaign of name-calling and distractions. first it was big bird. then we had the binders comment, and, you know, the women full of binders, even though romney hired a lot of women when he was governor of massachusetts, and now he's talking about rom nearbyia. i just wonder what's next, and i think women don't like to be pandered too. >> i'm sure women are certainly concerned about jobs, but you can't -- you can't say that they

don't care about the issue of abortion. i mean, if you look at what the governor has said. he's pledged to appoint supreme court judges to overturn "roe v. wade" so women are taking notice, right? >> right. well, randi, he hasn't said that he's going to appoint judges to legislate from the bench, if you will. what governor romney has said is "roe v. wade" is currently the federal law of the land. he has no plans to introduce legislation to repeal it. however, he is pro-life and he's going to leave the abortion issue to the states, so that -- i think abortion and reproductive rights i still am not buying that poll that you just -- that, you know, we just talked about, that that's the most important issue facing women. women whether they are stay-at-home moms or working women really want more money so they can do more things with their family, put more food on the table and -- and that's i still think the number one issue. i think the reproductive rights issue while i'm not saying it's not important, i'm still not buying this one poll that says

it's the number one issue facing women today. >> let me ask you about contraception. >> right. >> during the republican primary governor romney said he supported and then opposed the blunt amendment, a bill that would reverse the obama administration's requirement to have health plans cover birth control. earlier in the week he said this. >> i don't believe bureaucrats in washington should tell women whether they can use contraceptives or not and i don't believe employers should do the same. every woman in america should have access to contraceptives. is that a contradiction? >> no, i don't think so. what governor romney said is every woman should have access to contraceptions if she chooses to do so. he didn't say that the government should pay for it or that employers are mandated to pay for that contraception, or for that matter an abortion, and i think what's interesting is you all ran a segment right before i came on about i think teenage moms bringing their

babies to school. if we really want to focus on policies to help women, we should be teaching young women to abstain and delay sexual activity so we can reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies. i think that's quite empowering, and that's what i would like to see as a woman. >> crystal wright, appreciate the conversation. thank you very much. >> likewise. president obama comes back swinging in the second debate. mitt romney unknowingly puts himself in a bind, and honey boo boo. don't we love honey boo boo? she picks a president. here's what you may have missed in the week that was. >> that's why i put out a five-point plan. >> governor romney doesn't have a five-point plan. he has a one-point plan. >> it's alive! it's alive! >> you want to rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him. >> he started talking about binders. >> it was a debate few will forget this week that was, and the sequel, oh, it had some real stingers, like this. >> took the president 14 days

before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terror. >> get the transcript. >> he did in fact, sir, so let me call it an act of terror. >> can you say that a little louder, cannedy. >> he did call it an act of terror. >> and this. >> i went to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks, and they brought us whole binders full of women. >> binders full of women. cue the president. we don't have to order up some binders to find qualified, talented, driven young women. >> ross perot was driven to endorse romney this week. president obama, well, he got honey boo boo. >> barack obama? >> and the boss. ♪ >> voting matters. elections matter. think of the events of the last 12 years and try to convince yourself they don't. >> it was an ugly week for lance

armstrong. >> what am i on? i'm on my bike busting my [ bleep ] six hours a day. >> what he's not on anymore, nike's payroll. the company dumped him after the massive evidence supporting those doping allegations. >> i think the best thing he could do is really confess the truth. >> armstrong says he's never doped. he also resigned as chairman of his charity. speaking of resignations -- >> i have a job to do and i haven't finished it. >> he has now. >> citibank ceo vikram pandit also resigned this week. his abrupt departure shocked wall street, but he'll be just fine with the $261 million he earned at citibank. and another leader falls, literally. australia's prime minister went down hard wednesday on a trip to india. ladies, the takeaway here is -- >> if you wear a heel, it can get embedded in soft grass.

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ups? ups. not fantasy? who would have thought? i did. we did, bob. we did. got it. he is the seven-time tour de france king, a cancer survivor and popular for advocating for cancer. he's been burdened by doping allegations and this week it all came to a crash. armstrong has lost major endorsement deals, including nike, worth millions and wednesday he voluntarily stepped down as chairman of the cancer charity he founded 15 years ago, livestrong. if that weren't enough, mounting evidence of doping allegations against armstrong by the u.s. doping agency contends that he lied under oath opening a

pandora's box of legal issues. >> good morning, randi. >> an insurer may try to recoup a $5 million performance bonus and "the london times" says it's considering legal action for fraud against armstrong. do these companies have a case here? >> well, interesting question. those cases both arise out of situations where in the case of the performance bonus, he was paid a $5 million performance bonus for winning one of the many, many races that he won in his career, and the insurance company paid out on that because they had a policy. so now they are saying, hey, he was, you know, blood doping, participating in blood doping and it was an illegal win, we shouldn't pay. on the other hand, the british newspapers, the newspaper in particular, one of murdoch's papers was sued for defamation when they accused him of using illegal performance enhancing drugs, and they ended up

settling that case as well. i don't think they are going to win these cases against lance armstrong because usually when you settle a case, there's sort of an air-tight agreement that's signed between the attorneys saying that all further claims are waiveded, and obviously at the time of the lawsuits both sides were saying that their position was the correct position. >> rate. >> in other words, the paper was saying, hey, we had good basis to believe he had used illegal drugs, as did the insurance company, so when you settle the case, you're kind of saying i'm giving up these claims. >> right. >> so i don't think they are going to win on that. >> armstrong's former manager said in a statement, quote, he will continue to be involved in legal proceedings related to the u.s. anti-doping agency charges against him, and hopes to receive a fair hearing. does armstrong though still have a good defense? i mean, since he hasn't been officially found guilty of lying or doping? >> i think armstrong's in serious trouble. the agency in issuing its report based the report on testimony

from 26 witnesses, 15 riders who participated in races with armstrong, 106 th of them his roommates and frankly even his wife was quoted or mentioned in the report on 30 separate occasions. the agency, the u.s. anti-doping agency said it was as strong a case or a stronger case than any case in the history of the agency, so nike pulling away the endorsement contract, it says to me this is a very strong case against lance armstrong, and i think he's going to have a problem winning any cases in the future arising out of it. >> so if he's found guilty, i mean, how big is the damage here? do all the titles get stripped, and what about more lawsuits because now some of the people who have helped raise money for his charity, livestrong, not big corporations, were saying we were duped. we want our money back. >> i do think his titles will be stripped. i don't think that people who were involved in his charity

will have a legitimate ground to sue him. now, this charity, i think, you know, randi, the real tragedy is that this charity is such an enormously successful charity. it's helped so many people around the world with cancer. who knows what's going to happen to this charity. i can't picture it surviving because of the importance of his name, so i think that's the real tragedy of the lance armstrong downfall here, the destruction of his charity. >> well, i absolutely agree with you there, because it is certainly so important. paul, thank you. >> nice being with you, randi. >> see you back here actually next hour to talk about corporate ceos pressuring employees not to vote for president obama. paul will be back for that. and lance armstrong speaks live tomorrow to the cancer charity livestrong that he founded 15 years ago. i'll be reporting live from austin, texas, starting at 6:00 a.m. researchers might have discovered an all-natural way to potentially double training results without steroids. cnn's gary tuchman has this

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from the two debates, but i don't know which debate they are from, so if you could -- i have two pictures. there's -- there's one picture. i don't know if you've got that, and then there's the other picture, and i'm wondering can you tell me do you know which debate was which? >> when mitt romney claimed that obama did not call the benghazi attack in september an act of terror until two weeks later and then obama said check the transcript, and candy crowley, the moderator said, yes, i was there, it's true, he did call that. mitt romney was so furious at candy crowley he took her right out of his lady binder. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. it's 9:00 in the east, 6:00 a.m. out west. thanks for starting your day with us. we begin with a controversy surrounding lance armstrong. he appeared publicly last night for the first time since the

release of a u.s. anti-doping agency report. it detailed what was called overwhelming evidence of armstrong's involvement in doping as a cyclist. armstrong addressed supporters last night at anniversary celebration for his livestrong charity. >> it's been an interesting couple of weeks. it's been a difficult couple of weeks for me, for my family, for my friends, for this foundation. i get asked a lot. people say, man, how are you doing? and i say -- and i say this every time, and i mean it. i say i've been better, but i've also been worse. >> armstrong has repeatedly denied doping allegations. he stepped down as chairman of livestrong on wednesday. >> to michigan now where police are searching for a gunman they say is randomly targeting people in a shooting spree. authorities believe the shootings, at least 15 so far across three counties, are connected. no one has been injured. they have set up a multi-agency task force to try and track down

the suspected shooter. he's supposedly firing a handgun from his car at drivers. they are looking for an older model chevy cavalier or ford mustang. >> to politics now and the countdown to election day, just 17 days left. the vice presidential candidates are the ones on campaign trail today. paul ryan will be speak in pennsylvania and ohio. joe biden is speaking in florida. president obama is at camp david preparing for monday's debate. mitt romney is doing the same thing. he'll attend a fund-raiser though on the island of palm beach in florida. more than 2 million people have already cast their ballots in early voting. 23 states have already started. 11 more start next week. and off the coast of israel a tense situation. overnight the israeli navy stormed a ship headed for port. passengers say they were trying to break the sea blockade of gaza that has been in effect since 2007. everyone aboard was taken into custody. new evidence of security concerns in libya coming

straight from ambassador chris stevens before he and three other americans were killed in the deadly consulate attack. republican leaders in the house have released the batch of cables and e-mails from the ambassador and other diplomatic security workers. they say the documents are evidence that the obama administration ignored a rapidly deteriorating security situation in libya. ambassador stevens wrote this cable in august. the absence of significant deterrence has contributed to a security vacuum that is being exploited by independent actors. what we have seen are not random crimes of opportunity but rather targeted and discriminate attacks. but obama administration officials say the documents don't tell the whole story. earlier we spoke with democratic congressman eliot engel who is a member of the house foreign affairs commit bethese documents. he says the consulate attack has become a political football for republicans. >> i really find it interesting that the republicans are trying to use this for the election

when -- when congressman ryan, my colleague, had a budget which cut $330 million out of diplomatic security which is less than what the administration requested. so, you know, i want to get to the bottom of it, and i want to find out if there were any kind of improprieties, and if there are, heads should roll. >> let's bring in our intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly who is has been going through all these documents. suzanne, good morning. some of the information we've already known, but what new key details are you finding in these cables and these e-mails? >> reporter: well, we're finding a lot of great deteal in terms of what the thinking was behind the scenes in the months, the days and as you mentioned, victor, even the hours before ambassador stevens' death. there was this growing concern about the imbalance between islamic extremists in the area who were becoming more active and a shrinking u.s. security presence. now what we learned from these cables is just sort of a lesson by numbers, if you will. we learned that last july ambassador stevens was noting a drawdown from 34 u.s. security

personnel to 27. now, this is significant because these are people who are actually trained by the u.s. and they are not reliant on the local police forces which oftentimes don't have the same levels of training, but, again, a month later, keeping those numbers in mind, ambassador stevens expected the u.s. security-trained personnel to go down to just seven. so we started at 34 down to 7. august 2nd, the embassy in tripoli requested some extra bodyguards to help an 11 extra people. again what, we've learned from the cables though. there was a real concern about being too reliant on the libyan police force to help protect the u.s. presence there. one cable even noted host nation security support is lacking and cannot be depended on to provide a safe and security environment. so it's tough to mince words over something that direct. a week before about the attack the cable from benghazi said that police had established a 24/7 presence at the mission in

response to a long-standing request, although that leaves a lot of questions as well, victor. for example, if libyan police were providing 24/7 at that mission for security, where were they when this attack began? >> and it adds to the who knew what when question that chairman eisan sa is trying to get to the bottom of and that leads to the most important question in this investigation. was there anything that could have been done to prevent the attacks on the consulate? >> you know, that's what really -- politicians on both sides are going through, trying to say yes, no, back and forth, but the details really come into how intelligence is done. are you able to go through something like this and actually predict whether someone was going to plan an attack against you? that's how you stop something like that from happening. that comes for instance tell jens. are you able to intercept cables, communications? do you have people working on the inside? they call that human intelligence where they are telling you that people are planning an attack. those are the kinds of things that would have been far more likely to prevent 9/11. the security posture would have

made it a lot more difficult for the islamic extremists, the people who launched this attack to be successful, for sure, but the intelligence is the key component when it comes to predicting something hike this. >> suzanne kelly, thank you. with just 17 days until the big election all eyes are focused on battleground states like ohio and florida, which, according to new polls are basically split between president obama and mitt romney, and combined florida and ohio are worth 47 electoral votes. a pretty big chunk of the 270 a candidate needs to win. cnn political editor paul steinhauser joining me now. so paul, with the final and very critical debate this monday night in boca raton, how are the candidates preparing to win these tossup states at this point? >> this is interesting because you won't see president obama and mitt romney really on the campaign trail this weekend. as you mentioned, they are getting ready for final showdown so they are behind closed doors.

it's the surrogates. a few minutes you'll see republican vice presidential candidate campaigning in ohio and where is vice president biden, he's in florida and even though the top guys are off the trail the surrogates and number twos are out there. it's all about campaigning right now. it's all about the tv ads, and especially it's all about the ground game, the get out the vote efforts from both campaigns, randi. >> how is it looking in ohio? what are the polls saying there? >> start with ohio. take a look at this, this is from fox news, they put a poll out last night, conducted entirely after the debate, and can you see right here a three-point advantage for the president in that battleground state, but that's basically all tied up. it's within the sampling error. let's take a look at unemployment level in ohio as well, the final state unemployment reports came out yesterday so we're getting a better sense and in ohio, there's florida, let's do florida on unemployment, 8.6% back in january of '09. where does it stand, 8.7%,

higher than the national average, randi. >> those will probably play. one more unemployment report before -- one more jobs report before the election. >> you got t.one more national report. these are the last state reports. talking about florida, let's also talk about our poll in florida. we came out with a poll yesterday in florida and take a look at this. this is about as close as it gets right now in florida. mitt romney at 49% among likely voters and the president at 48% among likely voters. can you see the numbers from late in august. our poll like the fox poll was conduct entirely after the last presidential debate which was on tuesday, of course, randi. >> so interesting because it really does seem as many times as people say debates don't matter, they seem to have mattered this time around, and we have one more left. >> you got it. >> nice to see you. thank you very much. a key in those swing states will be the uncommitted voters, so with less than three weeks left until election day what are they looking for? >> we will take a look.

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the polls in several key states are just razor thin, so every vote counts. as many as 10% of potential voters are leaning one way, but they say they could change their minds. one of those people is laura palmer. she worked in the bush administration, and now she's not happy with what she's hearing from either side. >> i came to d.c. initially for a political appointment at the

department of labor, and i was there for the last ten months of the bush administration. on the one hand i was really happy to get to see people working together and collaborating, but, on the other hand, i got to see firsthand what the gridlock that people talk about being in d.c. is. as someone who has started a business for the first time ever, i think that both candidates see the importance of small business >> you ready? >> good girl. >> our country needs to focus on creating policies then courage the type of behavior that we want in creating opportunities in business and to trust the people that are wanting to move forward with taking risks and implementing ideas. this is laura palmer. in terms of gay rights, the government should promote freedom for individuals. that ranges from whether or not we want to belong to a particular church, to who we decide to live our entire lives

with. if we have a president who is going to push really hard in restricting freedom on this front, then that's going to cause me concern. i think there are a lot of americans that are like me that are right in the middle. often we don't really give space for someone's middle ground because there's so much fear and anger that we're projecting. >> hello. >> so by the time a lot of these leaders that may start out with great intentions and lots of courage, by the time they make it into the spotlight a lot of times it's the extremes that are really permeating their field that are affecting their decisions. i think that both candidates have enormous capacity to campaign from the heart. one of the things that i love to teach clients are these really easy techniques. when you do them, it will be real for you that they work. you know, who can argue with believe in america? who can argue with hope and

faith, but both parties are still spending too much time projecting anger and mischaracterizing each side, and -- and that's not helpful. this is your central meridian. this is your confidence and belief in yourself. it also helps keep you centered and in your own space. i would like to see the candidates focus more honestly on solutions. i mean, i still have hope. i still have hope and faith, and i'm still believing in america. i'm going to watch the candidates until the end, and i'll be looking for them to set themselves aside and stand up to lead. >> all right. let's talk about the lilly ledbetter fair pay act. it challenges enuke wall pa s e first piece of legislation president obama signed as president and an issue in the debate. coming up at 10:00 a.m. eastern lilly ledbetter will join us to talk more about the candidates

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so imagine your boss pressuring on who to vote for in the presidential election this year. well, believe it or not, some

corporate ceos are warning employees a vote for president obama could cost them their jobs. listen to the head of murray energy corporation blame the obama administration for recent layoffs at his company. >> president obama is responsible entirely for the closure of that mine and the loss of those jobs. >> and listen to governor mitt romney encourage company bosses to talk with their employees about their vote. >> there's nothing illegal about you talking to your employees about what you believe is best for the business because i think that will figure in to their -- their election decision, their voting decision, and, of course, doing that with your family and your kids as well. >> let bring in cnn legal contributor paul callan, paul, good morning. is governor romney right when he says there's nothing illegal about bosses telling employees basically who to vote for? >> he's absolutely right. i have to say, randi this, thing has stirred up a firestorm, hornet's nest of discussion about is it right for employers

to do this, to say, hey, you vote for obama, the economy is going to tank and you're going to lose your job. now, a lot of employers are saying that to employees, but you know something? under existing u.s. law that is perfectly legal. it's protected free speech. it's the employer expressing his political opinion, and it's legal, even though a lot of people think, hey, it's coercive. the employer has a lot of leverage here that the employee doesn't have. >> right. >> but romney i think is technically correct. i think it's bad politics but good law, i have to say. >> one thing for bosses to suggest to their employees who to vote for, but to pressure them, saying if i lose money here and we go out of business, obviously they are pressuring them in terms of job security, is that legal as well, do you think then? >> oh, it is legal because -- i mean, a boss is simply saying, hey, listen, in my opinion if you vote for obama and the democrats, our business is going to go out of business or we're going to have to downsize, that's just his expression of

opinion. now, on the other hand, if a boss said if i find out that you went into the voting booth and voted for obama you're fired, that could be coercive behavior that might be illegal under federal election law, but just the general talk that they give to the employees, perfectly legal. >> and in terms of the bosses finding out who their employees actually vote for, i mean, isn't that private though? i mean, so even if they pressured them they may not know. >> they won't know. of course why we have a secret ballot box in the united states. nobody knows who you vote for, and, you know, there's another reason that this doesn't come up very much. it's bad business to inject politics into the sale of products. businesses, the only party they are interested in is the green party, and i'm not talking about the environment. about imtalking about money. if you anger 50% of your potential customers getting too involved in politics you won't sell your products. most businesses are low key about this sort of things and

don't make public speeches to employees or to the public, and that's what i think protects us from this abuse. >> certainly can have an impact on employ esthinking it's in their best interest tole keep stores open and jobs. >> romney says talk about it. maybe you will lose your job if i don't win. he says it helps but i think it will hurt them because people resent that whole being burning around. malala yousafzai, the brave pakistani girl shot by the taliban after speaking out for girls. well, she's in a british hospital this morning, and we'll what the doctors are saying now about her recovery.

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checking our top stories now. a tense situation off the coast of israel. israeli troops stormed this boat trying to break the sea blockade of gaza. >> the boat was carrying humanitarian supplies to the palestinian territory. now it was about 30 nautical miles off the coast of israel when it was stopped and all passengers were taken into custody. >> we have more now for you on malala yousafzai, the 15-year-old pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the taliban for speaking out for girls. well, she is now showing signs of a remarkable recovery. listen to her doctor. >> she's doing very well. in fact, she was standing with some help for the first time this morning when i went in to see her. she's communicating very freely. she's writing. she has a tracheostomy tube in because her airway was swollen by -- by the passing of the bullet so in order to protect her airway she had a tracheostomy tube so she's not

able to talk though we have no reason to believe she wouldn't be able to talk once the tube is out which may be in the next few days. >> but doctors also point out that she has a long way to go and she is in the out of the woods yet. >> now charges of voter fraud in the swing state of virginia. a campaign worker is accused of throwing voter registration forms into that dumpster that you saw. colin small faces 13 counts of voter fraud. investigators say he worked for a private consulting firm which was contracted by the republican party to register voters. the sheriff says he through out eight voter forms and do not believe this is wyatt spread. >> her fight for equal play has changed the paycheck you, your mother and sisters and daughters bring home. next hour we'll be joined by lilly ledbetter, the woman behind the very first piece of legislation president obama signed into law. her candid take on romney, the president and abortion and why fewer people are rallying behind the president.