also with us al hunt. he is my partner for this evening. i'm pleased to have him always. good to have you back at may table even though it's different than the normal. it's normally at night not during the day. having said that, tell me what it is that you think is the principle argument that the obama administration has to suggest they ought to be re-elected. >> charlie i think the central argument has to do with our vision of the future vs. theirs. the president's record is strong and his vision of the future is one that builds as we say so many times from the middle out. there was the view of going back to tired and broken economic policies from the top down that didn't work, won't work again and aren't good for the economy or working americans. i think we have a pretty central kind of decision for the country to make, which way to we want to go? do we want to go back to economic policies that didn't work and weren't fair. >> charlie:so when we say that, what are we talking about? what specific do you think mr. range of motion nip is suggesting and mr. is suggesting th

al hunt yoins you for this discussion as well as a number of others as we explore what is happening to the democrats in charlotte. so welcome to both of you. it's great to have you here. we congratulated mr. hunt last night. >> 40 years in 0 covering conventions. a number of people thought it was my birthday so i accepted congratulations for my frt birth at a. >> charlie:what i want to know what was your age the first convention. >> i was 29. >> charlie:40 years ago, was it. >> yes it was. >> i got you beat. >> charlie:how has it changed? >> well, it's changed first of all in the media. in the old days television covered it gavel to gavel. in one of two there was some suspense going in 1966 you didn't know if ford or reagan was going to win. wasn't tightly scripted as they are now. i still love it. this is a gathering of mitt co-s all over the america. >> plumbers with have their convention. >> exactly why shouldn't politicians. you meet interesting people. i'm sure they can trade notes. a state rep from oregon and alabama have interesting things to talk about. >> charlie:john what do

the only journalist out there i may not call on is my husband, al hunt.tor for bloomberg news in washington. i have to decide whether i will let him ask questions. at any event, let's start with you. you have done newspapering, you have been in government. u.s. state department spokesman during the carter administration. you come from a greek newspaper family in mississippi, where you stood for the new south. -- a great newspaper in mississippi, where you stood for the new south. were you see the party in 2012? >> the party and its position in 2012. >> i think i unblocking everybody's the -- i may step off. >> each of us were told we had three minutes. proportionate to each of our predecessors have and 10 minutes each. if i do the math, that means i have 16 minutes. given the amount of time each of them took for their 10 minutes. i will not use that 15 minutes. i am neither a scholar nor a person who has studied the figures during much. this will be impressionistic, so you can put down your pants. in 1928, my grandfather came back from voting in the presi

. >> in today's "new york times," al hunt cautions the psident not to look like president al gore didates this week and the ones to follow, it's this potential for showing gore-type scorn for your opponent that's the chief danger for mr. obama. do you agree, peter? >> i don't know if that's the chief danger. certainly it is a danger. one of the interesting things about that particular state, you know, just to talk about the location a little bit more is that with the economy struggling so much, with housing struggling, with unemployment so high in that state in nevada, that state really reveals a lot of the weaknesses of romney and the romney campaign. romney's entire message is that the economy is struggling and it's obama's fault and therefore you should vote for me. yet, romney is behind in every single poll that i'm aware of in nevada. he hasn't been able to wrap it up in this state with one of the worst economies in the united states. that really shows, you know, the limits of that message and how much his campaign is struggling to get it across. >> craig, can we talk about -- is

the only journalist i may not call on is al hunt, the bloomberg executive editor for washington and i have to decide whether i'm going to let him in. you have done it all, you have done newspapers. you come from a great newspaper family from the state of mississippi. you were leaders in repositioning the democratic party. where do you see the democratic party in 2012? >> the party and its position in 2012? >> what makes your -- let's make sure your microphone is working. >> let me begin by making sure we were going to have three minutes proportionate to our predecessors. that means i have 15 minutes. i will not use that 15 minutes because i am neither a scholar nor in fact a person who has studied the figures very much. this is going to be impression is sick, so you can put down your pants. in 1928, a grandfather came back from voting in the presidential election and announced to his sons actual shock and surprise that he couldn't help for itself, that he had pulled the eagle after all and had voted democratic. why was that a surprise? the democratic party had begun the process of des

right back to the blackfinn salon in charlotte, senior adviser to the president, valerie jarrett, and al huntive from charlotte. i'm so g lad you called. thank you. we're not in london, are we? no. why? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your accounts for unusual activity, you could also set up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] at wells fargo we're working around the clock to help protect your money and financial information. here's your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] wells fargo. together we'll go far. >>> when people ask me whether being in the white house has changed my husband, i can honestly say that when it comes to his character and his convictions and his heart, barack obama is still the same man i fell in love with all those years ago. yeah. he's the same man who started his career by turning down high-paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those communities an

the prison at guantanamo bay, extended the patriot act, and expanded the use of unmanned drones to hunt alda. but in the spring of 2011 came the daring cross-border mission that won him praise across the political spectrum. intelligence operatives had reported that america's number one enemy, osama bin laden, was possibly hiding in a safe house in pakistan. elite navy s.e.a.l.s were prepared to go in, if the president so ordered. but it was a tough call. the mission would require invading pakistan's sovereign territory. intelligence put the odds at 50/50 that bin laden was even there. if the mission did not succeed, it would be a disaster in political terms to rival desert one, jimmy carter's failed military effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never be certain we'd gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency, and i think this is true of every president, presidents i admire, presidents i've been critical of, where you really do put politics aside. where you have grea

the prison at guantanamo bay, extended the patriot act, and expanded the use of unmanned drones to hunt al spring of 2011 came the daring cross-border mission that won him praise across the political spectrum. intelligence operatives had reported that america's number one enemy, osama bin laden, was possibly hiding in a safe house in pakistan. elite navy s.e.a.l.s were prepared to go in, if the president so ordered. but it was a tough call. the mission would require invading pakistan's sovereign territory. intelligence put the odds at 50/50 that bin laden was even there. if the mission did not succeed, it would be a disaster in political terms to rival desert one, jimmy carter's failed effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never be certain we'd gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency, and i think this is true of every president, presidents i admire, presidents i've been critical of, where you really do put politics aside. where you have great clarity about the pro

the prison at guantanamo bay, extended the patriot act, and expanded the use of unmanned drones to hunt al spring of 2011 came the daring cross-border mission that won him praise across the political spectrum. intelligence operatives had reported that america's number one enemy, osama bin laden, was possibly hiding in a safe house in pakistan. elite navy s.e.a.l.s were prepared to go in, if the president so ordered. but it was a tough call. the mission would require invading pakistan's sovereign territory. intelligence put the odds at 50/50 that bin laden was even there. if the mission did not succeed, it would be a disaster in political terms to rival desert one, jimmy carter's failed military effort to rescue the iranian hostages in 1980. it would be much safer to launch a drone attack, but also less sure, because we'd never be certain we'd gotten our man. >> i will tell you that there are moments in your presidency, and i think this is true of every president, presidents i admire, presidents i've been critical of, where you really do put politics aside. where you have great clarity abou

the a's on pace to be the number one seed for the american league wild card and still in the hunt to win the al west, three games behind the rangers. >> april, may, june or july, here they are just rocking. >> gangbusters. >> yeah. >> that's awesome. i'll put down money for the wild card game. >> you treating? >> sure. >> she is not treating anybody. >>> best part of asking the question when you already know the answer. nice to have you here terry. plenty of ribbing from ter troy kristen this morning, stay tuned. southwest wind gusting to 31 at fairfield, marine layer back, not very moisture laden clouds are high that means hard to get rid of. you have to warm up the ground overturn the atmosphere if the clouds are above the ground it defeats the purpose. expect a slow go, most winds out of the west right now. low pressure out to our west, that is going to keep the sea breeze and the cooler conditions in our forecast for today. all of us starting grey this morning. 40s, a few mid 50s out there, clouds open up, especially inland and around the bay by noon, cloudy at the coast, 50s there 60s bay,

al qaeda elements. shep? >> shepard: jonathan hunt live at the united nations. president obama and governor romney are set to take off next week in the first presidential debate of this election. pressure is on, no doubt, with less than six weeks until election day and early voting already underway in many states. and a fundraiser today, president obama focused on a theme of political unity. >> i'm not fighting on behalf of rich values or poor values or 47% values. >> the republic nominee expressed optimism about his chances in that key battleground each as he appeared to acknowledge it will be an uphill battle. >> we really would shock people if early in the evening of november 6th it t. looked like pennsylvania was going to come our way and did come our way. that can happen. >> well, the real clear politics average of all the polls in pennsylvania give president obama an 8 point advantage now. the average of the national polls shows a tighter race with governor romney trailing by 4. campaign carl cammeron live in boston now. how are the candidates preparing fo

hunts the chancellor of the university system there. and he processly prosclitizes, makeing it matter to families and governor. >> al gore: let me say a wordut jim hunt in the context of political history. you know the upper south, north carolina tennessee across arkansas some parts of kentucky and virginia, northern alabama this was an area where there were progressive democrats going back to the new dealer are a. jim hunt is in that tradition. i was in that tradition. my father was. bill clinton was. but there has been since the nixon years a progressive takeover of the south by the republican party. in north carolina there is a case in point where one extremely wealthy businessman has spent an enormous amount of money to take over the state legislature, to finance candidates for congress, senate, governor. there was a long story about jane mayor, a terrific reporter, one of the best ever, writing in "the new yorker" detailing this story. so at this point in time a great, great leader like jim hunt in my judgment, would have a difficult time in his own state because of what has been done by the power of big money unrestrained aimed at ch

to mislead the american people at a time when as we all know that this administration has been hunting down alhroughout the middle east and northern africa as well. >> i don't know if you heard, david, mike huckaby suggests this could be worse than watergate. watergate he points out no one was killed. here four americans were killed. he's suggesting there was a cover-up. >> well, there was certainly a lot of rear end covering. that's for sure. that seems to be the administration's first imperative after the death of ambassador stevens. but hey i think this will have political power. the economy obviously issue one in this election. but national security is issue two. president oma was elected in great part because of his promise to change america's relationship with the rest of the world. he made a point of this. his very first tv interviewag being inaugurated with the network and traveled to cairo in june of 2009. didn't go to israel on that same trip as would seem logical. in order to send a message but how he was doing a reset of america's relationship with the im world. and he had an attit

boehner about the debt deal and some of the tactics on the war on terror or is he calls it the hunt for alworked really hard on this 90-minute documentary. >> i did. >> you were invisible. >> i was working, i wear, getting interviews. >> i'm really looking forward to this. thanks so much for doing it. i know viewers will be happy, as well. here's important information you need to know. stay with cnn for this brand new documentary. it premieres, obama revealed airing tonight 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can see romney revealed, gloria borger's excellent documentary that will air right after "the situation room" at 6:30 p.m. eastern tonight. two excellent documentaries. >>> the democratic squengs heating up. and it hasn't even started yet. it begins tomorrow but includes interesting musical guests that will be playing here. also, system musical guests already playing at carolina fest. we're going there. stay with us. we believe small things can make a big difference. like how a little oil from here can be such a big thing in an old friend's life. we discovered that by blending enhanced botanical o

now washington is hunting the militants responsible. al qaeda cells in libya are a likely target. al qaeda recently threatened retaliation against the u.s. for its killing last summer of al qaeda's second in command, a libyan militant. intelligence officials suggest killing u.s. ambassador chris stevens in benghazi may have been al qaeda's response. a shock to the state department and his friends. >> we've lost really a great statesman. we've lost one of the highest quality people that anyone could ever know. >> as coffins of the american personnel were loaded on a train in tripoli, outside the white house a candle light vigil to honor the dead amid promises of delivering justice. >> reporter: the clashes in front of the u.s. embassy here are somewhat sporadic. they will have moments of intensity and then die down. they could become significantly worse tomorrow. there are also nationwide demonstrations to denounce any kind of american anti-islamic stance. those demonstrations have been endorsed by the political party of the egyptian president. matt? >> all right, richard engel in

al qaeda. one suspected militant known as the white widow is being hunted now in kenya.ve mckenzie has the story. >> reporter: this british mother is a wanted woman. samantha was once cast as a victim. the pregnant wife of one of the suicide bombersho hit london in 2005. she condemned the attack and then vanished. as she surfaced here in mobasa. intelligence sores say sam than was now part of an east african-based terror cell. they she became known as the white widow. we're here to track her down. in december kenyan police helped by british authorities raided these three homes in the dead of night in pursuit of a complex web of terror. >> devastating. devastating. >> reporter: they found enough bombmaking equipment to wreak havoc. >> the nature of the weapons we recovered in that house, the information received prior and after that, it would be in the intentions must have been sinister. ♪ >> reporter: kenyan intelligence officials say the cell planned to destroy the m eh la bridge, the mombasa ferry, and unspecified western targets. police arrested several kenyans and a

al qaeda group is the key suspect now and a senior u.s. official says american surveillance drones are expected to join in the hunt for them. the fbi is also investigating. as we said at the top of the program, american warships have begun steaming closer to libya. a marine yunlt is heading to trip loli to beef up the forces there. >> we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i have directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. make no mistake, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> well, later today after that speech on the cbs evening news, president obama also had sharp words for mitt romney, who's come under fire from democrats and some republicans for his statements lashing out at the obama administration's response to the attacks in benghazi and cairo. statements that whatever you believe about american foreign policy are simply not factual. we'll get to the battle over that in a moment. first we do want to focus on the attacks themselves, what happened last night and what is happening rig

. >> also, our military and the fbi now on the hunt in libya for the killers of those four americans who died in our consultate. tonight, al-qaeda praising the death of u.s. ambassador are chris stevens and in citing others to go after troops. we witness the latest efforts to protect americans under threat. >> we begin with a fox you bent. urgent. brand new details on the surprise attack in afghanistan that killed two u.s. marines yesterday. here is what is key. and you will notice the trend here. we are now learning about 15 taliban insurgents stormed that base wearing u.s. army uniforms. at the post our marines share with the british forces. the international security assistance forces telling us the ambush was well equipped, well trained, well rehearsed. armed with automatic rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers and suicide vests. attackers access the base airfield by breaching one point in the perimeter fence. organized into three teams now we know again they were dressed in our u.s. army uniforms. the insurgents targeting aircraft, hangars and other buildings. at least six jets completely destroyed. two others

let's talk about it it seth jones, the author of, hunting in the shadows, the pursuit of al qaeda since 9/11. he just current from trips to the united arab emirates and saudi arabia and afghanistan. big picture, seth, why so much turmoil in the middle east right now? >> well, i think there are a range of militant groups that still exist in these areas. several of them are directly associated with al qaeda, and i think what they're trying to do is fill a vacuum in countries from libya through eindependent if and yemen and into the gulf. we're seeing as part of these protests i think efforts to try and take advantage, as we're now seeing in libya, by al qaeda's affiliate ansar al-sharia, to target u.s. interests. so i just don't see this as just being spontaneous. jon: but haven't some of the top people in the obama administration told us that al qaeda is essentially on the wain? we have, by taking out usama bin laden and others we have decimated that organization? >> i think they said that publicly. i think in reality we've seen quite the opposite in a range of places. al qaeda in iraq.

intel officials knew it was an a terrorist attack and actively hunting down what they believed to be alda elements in benghazi, eastern libya. they were looking for one specific person. they labeled it terrorism from day one to get a policy response. it was internally labeled that terror. this is before susan rice went on the sunday shows, all five of them. there has not been a single fbi agent bret reports on the ground in benghazi as of this day today. more on the breaking news right after the break here on "america's newsroom." martha: a bombshell report that is just coming in this morning, and that is that u.s. intelligence officials labeled the libya consulate attack aster or 24 hours after it happened. this is just the beginning, tip of the iceberg this morning on a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. secretary of state hillary clinton is suggesting for the first time that the ambush was the work of terrorists in north africa. martha: we are learning way before susan rice went on all of the sunday sws to say the attack