deborah feyerick, thank you. >>> more on the breaking news out of libya to tell you about. word now arrests have been made in the attack that killed a u.s. ambassador. the prime minister i want to tell you just spoke with cnn of what's going on down. you'll hear about that and fareed zakariah will join me live. [ male announcer ] whether it's kevin's smartphone... mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on up to 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. add a tablet for only $10 per month. the more data you share, the more you save. at&t. >>> hinted of the breaking news just before we went to commercial break here but this is coming from the one very own christiane amanpour on the international program here on cnn. and it is saying that at least one person, one person is arrested in the killings of u.s. ambassador to libya christopher stevens and three other americans. the libyan prime minister said on thursday speaking to christiane am

i'm deborah feyerick in for don lemon. two americans were killed in afghanistan today. one u.s. soldier and one u.s. civilian. officials say they died in a fire fight either with insurgents or troops of the afghan army. investigators are not yet 100% sure exactly what happened. three afghan soldiers also died in an incident at a check point west of kabul. >>> in iraq at least 30 people were killed today in a wave of bombings. seven ex-pleases hit in or near bagdad. it is the deadliest day in iraq for nearly a month. shiite muslim communities appear to be the main targets of the attacks. the violence comes days after dozens of dangerous prisoners broke out of a jail in northern iraq. >>> in los angeles crews are working quickly to finish this bridge dem nigs over the 405 freeway. some scary, scary moments when a portion of the mulholland bridge came down unexpectedly, narrowly missing a couple of workers. it was feared the construction would cause massive traffic jams on one of the nation's busiest freeways. so far those fears have not come true. the 405 is expected to open back

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i'm deborah feyerick in for randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell.ories we're watching this morning. number one, the u.s. has warned iran to stop providing arms to syrian president al assad. hillary clinton asked syria's neighboring countries to refuse using the air space to transport those weapons. the u.s. announced a $15 million in nonlethal support for syrian opposition forces. >>> staying in iran, the country's news agency was fooled by the folks at the onion. took credit for a story claims a gallup poll found that rural white americans prefers ahmadinejad over president obama. they removed the story once they realized the onion was not a legitimate news organization.

i'm deborah feyerick in for randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. five stoese're watching this morning. number one, the u.s. has warned iran to stop providing arms to syrian president al assad. hillary clinton asked syria's neighboring countries to refuse using the air space to transport those weapons. the u.s. announced a $15 million in nonlethal support for syrian opposition forces. >>> staying in iran, the country's news agency was fooled by the folks at the onion. took credit for a story claims a gallup poll found that rural white americans prefers ahmadinejad over president obama. they removed the story once they realized the onion was not a legitimate news organization. >>> our third story, president obama is now a net job creator. that's according to new data from the labor department. about 4.3 million jobs were lost in the president's first years, but revised figures show about 4.4 million jobs have been recovered since then, including 125,000 jobs since early 2010. >>> in money news, bank of america will pay more than $2.4 billion to settl

ier deborah feyerick in for randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. thanks for starting your day right here with us. we start with a surprising admission from the intelligence community. they are now saying the deadly attack on the consulate was a deliberate and organized assault. four americans were killed including ambassador chris stevens. it a violent end to a spontaneous protest over an anti-muslim film. but an investigation found c evidence to the contrary. >>> criticism from republicans over the initial response. now, one high-ranking republican wants u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice to step down. new york congressman peter king says rice is to be held account aable for her statements on the attack. here's what he told our wolf blitzer. >> i believe this was such a failure of foreign policy message and leadership. such a misstatement of the facts as known at the time and for her to go on all those showers and be misinforming the american people and our allies and countries around the world, to me, somebody has to pay the price f

i'm deborah feyerick in for randy fay. -- randi kaye. an act of terror. >>> also, jimmy hoffa's remains could be under a michigan storage shed. >>> and how much would you pay a man to marry your daughter? we'll tell you what a hong kong billionaire is offering. we start with the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. u.s. intelligence officials now say that it was a deliberate terrorist assault. it's a different assessment from earlier when they claimed it was a spontaneous attack following protests over an anti-muslim film. u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in that attack. cnn intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly joins me live from washington. did intelligence agencies really not have enough information, or were they covering up parts, as some are suggesting? >> that's a great question, and i think what we're starting to see now is a little bit behind the curtain, if you will, with the intelligence community coming out with this very unusual statement really about what it knew. although it's

here's cnn's deborah feyerick. >> reporter: for teresa lacoco getting anywhere with her elderly parentsallenging enough. but getting to the voter i.d. card which they have never needed before is absolutely daunting. >> it's just a horrible experience. they're not giving people the right to vote if they make it impossible for them to vote. >> reporter: the number of pennsylvania voters who may not have the right i.d. come november vary widely. state officials say it's 100,000 people. civil rights activists and community organizers like lisa frank say it could be upwards of a million. >> the huge information chasm that the state has created that folks like me are running around trying to fill. by having one-on-one conversations and saying let's look together and make sure you're ready to vote. >> reporter: republican lawmakers passed a new voter i.d. law in march, saying it's designed to protect voter sp integrity. but a comment in june by a top state republican which appeared on youtube has raised serious questions. >> voter i.d., which is going to allow governor romney, to win the state

deborah feyerick reports. >> reporter: when father nedict groeschel celebrated his 50 years with then friars of renewal, he could not anticipate the anger he'd face over his comments concerning priests and sexual abuse. those comments have drawn fire from survivors and the new york archdiocese. the popular catholic author, radio host and tv figure known simply as father benedict, describing convicted serial pedophile jerry sandusky as this poor guy, before going on to defend predatory priests for blaming children for their own abuse. in his words, a lot of the cases, the youngster, 14, 16, 18, is the seducer. describing a father/child dynamic. saying, quote, they won't be planning to get into heavy duty sex but almost romantic, embracing, kissing. perhaps sleeping. but not having intercourse or anything like that. the archdiocese condemned child sexual abuse as a crime to be prosecuted fully. >> i'm with cnn. i was trying to find father groeschel. >> father's not -- he's not here. >> he's not. okay, thank you very much, ma'am. >> reporter: 78-year-old father benedict established this

>>> i'm deborah feyerick in for don lemon. the number of americans, military and civilian killed in afghanistan now is more than 2,000. the latest deadly incident happened today at a check point west of kabul. officials say one u.s. soldier and a u.s. civilian died. they're not sure if they were fighting insurgents or inside attackers from the afghan army. >>> checking the race for the white house, three days before the first debate, president obama is out west. he landed in las vegas a little while ago where he's going to hold a rally later this evening. mitt romney is keeping a low profile this weekend. he went to church this morning outside boston but heads to colorado tomorrow where he will hold a rally and, of course, continue his preparations for wednesday's debate. >>> key decision makers from across washington attended today's annual red mass. they include six of the nine supreme court justices. what is the red mass? it's an annual event that aims to bring people tok to pray for members of the judiciary before the cour