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i'm andrea mitchell live in new york. a taliban assault in kabul has afghanistan's government on edge, raising questions for the united states' effort to stabilize the regime. today's coordinated attack on the u.s. embassy and nato headquarters is among the most brazen yet in the nearly 10-year war. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is here in new york with me. richard, this is pretty brazen, as we say. right there, against the u.s. embassy, fortunately didn't hit the embassy, but did wound some people. >> it did kill some people, as well. six people, according to afghan police and afghan other sources. very brazen. not very effective. what happened, as far as we've been able to understand, is four to six militants went into a building. it's a 13-story building, overlooking both the embassy, and nato headquarters. and they're right next to each other. and from the rooftop of this building they started to fire rocket-propelled grenades, automatic rifled, perhaps some mortars, as well. they didn't land -- they

>> reporter: that's right, andrea. and all this week leading up to this there were statements from eric cantor and john boehner saying we don't want a government shut down. we went through that road. that was hurtful for them, if you saur our own poll, 82% disapproval of congress a lot of people feel that's because there's this talk of shutdown. when john boehner said on this issue, he lost 48 republicans on a government funding bill, that is very normal. he put blame on democrats, i thought i had a bipartisan deal and democrats would vote for this. democrats did not like this particular bill because it cut 1.5 from president obama's green jobs car initiative. for the first time they came together as a collective whole and kind of checkmated the republicans and said, if you want to go to a shutdown over fema funding, which is that green jobs program as an offset of that, we're more than happy to do it. john boehner today in his press conference said something that i found very interesting, usually he says the house wor

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i'm andrea mitchell in new york. the white house hoped president obama's trip to new york would allow him to highlight the success of his foreign policies specifically libya, but the move by mahmoud abbas to request statehood has rewritten that story line. chuck todd is nbc chief white house correspondent and host of "the daily run down." it has been a game plan gone awry. >> it has. they did the initial briefing, you know, you could -- you could tell, they didn't mention the israeli/palestinian issue. we all knew this palestinian statehood issue was going to come up. they did their initial briefing last week for reporters and it was about libya and the meetings he was going to have with various things including setting up a possible meeting with -- with hamid karzai of afghanistan and different things they were trying to put on the schedule. it wasn't until the q and a period then they got into that and they know like everything in -- any time they dip their toe in the middle east israel/palestinian issue blows it u

good day i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. president obama made a rose garden pitch for his rose garden bill. >> i want to you pick up the phone. i want you to send an e-mail, use one of those airplane sky riders, dust off the fax machine, or you can just like write a letter so long as you get the message to congress. send me the american jobs act so i can sign it into law. let's get something done. let's put this country back to work. >> kelly o'donnell is nbc news capitol hill correspondent. you remember snail mail, send us a statement. they were going to send it to the congressional budget office but what are they saying behind the scenes? >> reporter: they have two tracks, the conciliatory tone for the larger political landscape they want to appear cooperative on the side of jobs but when you get to the nitty gritty is where it becomes difficult. once they get the nonpartisan but official numbers of the plan, the cbo score, that will say a lot. privately they're talking about real concern how would it be paid for. we heard

andrea denies the charge. >> byrd: all rise. your honor, this is case number 540 on the calendar in the matter of hutton vs. pike. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. young man, have a seat. >> judge judy: mr. hutton, the defendant is your former girlfriend. it is your claim that she and her minor son -- this young man here, i assume -- are responsible for slashing the tires on your car. you indicate that you have surveillance tape which proves that she slashed your tires. miss pike says she did not do it, nor did her son. she is counterclaiming, and she alleges some very serious harassment by you of her after the breakup, and she is counterclaiming for $5,000. so, some quick background. when did the two of you no longer remain a couple? >> it was about july of '07. >> judge judy: and how long had you been together? >> since about july of '04 off and on. >> judge judy: did you ever live together? >> yes, most of the time. >> judge judy: in whose home? >> a frie

i'm andrea mitchell.bama's healthcare law could be diedecided by the supr court right in the middle of the 2012 election season. it will not push for an appeals court to take up the case which accuses congress of overstepping its balance by mandating health insurance for all. the appeal for the lower courts may have taken months until 2013 after the presidential election. now, though, the administration likely will be appealing directly to the supreme court. that decision could come by next summer. >>> the latest marine to receive a medal of honor turned down the offer to become a new york firefighter. he missed the application deadline. he was traveling with events to receive his award. they extended only to accommodate him. meyer is opposed to being the one-person exception. >>> closer inspections are under way. and just yesterday the national park service released this surveillance video showing the dramatic moments during that 5.8 magnitude yaquake. >>> more than 270 people are injured in shanghai. th

andrea? >> and another republican, michele bachmann, this week blamed president obama for the arab spring. let's watch this. >> you want to know why we have an arab spring? barack obama has laid the table for an arab spring by demonstrating weakness from the united states of america. >> so i guess in bachmann's world, the arab spring is a bad thing? >> right. well, you know, it's interesting. a lot of people were confused by those comments, because, again, republicans, this administration, certainly, have come out and said that the arab spring is representative of the fact that democracies are emerging in the arab world. it will be interesting to see if this resonates with any republicans, with tea party members. so far we really haven't had any indication that it has, though, because, again, the arab spring has really been held up as an example of the fact that there are more democracies emerging. andrea? >> kristen welker at the white house. thank you very much. joining me now bill bushten,

andrea? just reading -- there was a story in today's "new york times" about a pennsylvania family, a couple, who were completely wiped out by the floods. and for people like that, to see the shenanigans, you know, what's going on with the politicians in washington, it's just mind boggling and infuriating. >> reporter: exactly. >> one has to ask, don't they get it? and is there a way for the house to come back or for them to do some sort of voice vote and get this thing done this week before fema runs out of money? >> reporter: there are ways. and we do find that members whose home districts have been particularly hard hit seem to be able to reflect that sense of panic and frustration of the real people in their districts who are suffering because they are seeing it. same thing with senators who have states that have been particularly hard hit. the big issues have been the same fights we've seen before. if you're going to pay for some piece of legislation like funding fema, how would republica

the san andreas is the main fault. there is the hayward fault. the difference between the two is that the san andreas is predominantly offshore. the hayward fault actually crosses beneath populated areas and poses a larger threat. as we speak, there is a 67% probability of a major earthquake on one of these faults in the next 30 years. it is of major -- high probability. it is a magnitude 6.5. the 1906 was 7.9. the 1957 earthquake was 5.7 on the san andreas. the loma prieta was 7.1. it was so far with it we got a little effects of it. that is the overview of the geology. >> i would like to setup a wonderful old chart of san francisco from the 1850's and 1860's. let's look at this northeast corner of the city. it is really interesting. i am sure that frank has a lot to say about it. the thing i find absolutely surprising about this is that there is this large area called mission bay. out in the middle of the bay is mission rock. many of you have been to mission rock resort. this is part of the shore line now. look how far off shore it was in the 1

andrea and mike? >> our time right now is 6:39. anny hong is up next with your weather first and monika is checking the roads. >> we'll also have some of the responses and the correct answer to the question of the morning. stay with us. ♪ oh, won't you be good to yourself? ♪ ♪ and don't you feel like coming home? ♪ ♪ ♪ it'll be like coming home [ male announcer ] some rooms feel like a fish bowl. but in our roomy suites, you can spread out and live a little. with breakfast, dinner, and drinks included, you'll feel right at home. ♪ la la-la-la-la la la la ♪ >>> welcome back. it is 6:44. hope you're enjoying the morning because we are, too. glad you're with us. one last sunny day says anny. >> not forever. >> just for the next -- in the next few. >> not the last forever. >> we're not whining, are we? >> i'm excited about it being fall. >> i like the changes definitely in the season. we're looking at another warm, sunny day. couple of clouds moving in this afternoon. most of us should be dry for this fri

beside that the muscle rock, the next promenade to the north and san andreas fault. >> muscle rock is what? the middle ground? >> in the fog. >> the bunch is just coming out. >> it's the point furthest south. >> okay. and why is that important to us? >> muscle rock is where the san andreas fault comes into san francisco cocaine and city a nd -- county and city. >> this is -- >> coming out into the water. >> going into the water, and out past fill rock and frank, where are we going from there. >>çó port race, it comes up between valleja so,. >> that's balinsa and point rat fault comes in between those two. >> okay. how far offshore is the fault where where we stand? >> about a mile and a half to two miles offshore. >> i have a question. i always hear that earthquake shaking and earthquake hazards are increased the closer you are to the fault. do you think that's right? >> that's correct. >> okay. so we're pretty close here, so that means that should the fault rupture on the san andreas fault, we have more potential damage than if you're further away based on if the soils were uniform.

>> well, it is not enough, andrea.to the republicans and whether the republicans reach back is a big question, and the other question that follows is if the republicans don't reach back then barack obama has gone more than halfway there, and he is doing everything he can to make things better and is the republican intransigence getting in the way, and that blame game, because i can not imagine the current political environment with the broad stimulus to be passed. that blame game is the critical piece to be fought out over the next five or six months as we run up to the republican presidential primary, but i don't think he is super confrontational, but the policies he proposes will pass in any large measure either. >> we will have all of this tomorrow, the aftermath of the is speech. thank you, chris cillizza. that does it for us on this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." and tomorrow the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and the nation's first homeland national security leader tom ridge. and the man going after al qaeda's

andrea mccarren is outside the mosque in falls church with more information. andrea? >> reporter: well, j.c., take a look at the sea of international media that has descended on this northern virginia mosque. that's because anwar al-awlaki was the imam here. back in 2001 and 2002. that's when he left for yemen. it was here that he and major nadal hasan crossed paths. after the fort hood attacks, al- awlaki hailed him as a hero. now, very few of the worshippers who just left from the morning prayers have been speaking with us. however, we did talk with one man who has been praying at this mosque for the last 20 years and knee al-awlaki when he was the imam here. >> that's what i believe. >> reporter: he said he was pleased with the killing but when al-awlaki was the imam here, he never heard him speak of any violence or any anti- american sentiments. we just did speak with some people leaving from the prayer. and apparently al-awlaki's name was not mentioned today. we're getting reaction now and hope to speak with the current imam. we'll have the very latest for you to

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can be completely curable if you find it at the right time. >> and thanks to an you'll screening, andrea says her cancer was detected in the earliest stages and has not spread. she's very happy to report her prognosis is terrific, which all of us and everyone at home is very happy to hear. i'm lynn berry, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> the popular game angry birds as has come to life in china. the game involved navigating slingshots which launched birds. the real life size version features toy birds, pig balloons, and giant catapults. players found the game tricky, but the theme park hopes to find enough skilled players for a tournament at some point. >>> who said yoga is just for people? in the philippines two nature lovers have mastered the technique of balance with an unlikely subject. rocks. it's an art form that definitely requires focus and patience. it's their way of raising awareness for environmental issues. they use ordinary stones found in nearby rivers and forests to create the gravity-defying sculptures. >>> and one man

>> andrea: you don't agree with republicans being banned, do you? >> bob: yes. >> andrea: why? >> bob: for those voting against the unions? >> andrea: you said you were for oppressed people. >> bob: i agree they're oppressed, republicans but they voted against the labor unions. why let them in the labor day parade? >> andrea: that is it for us on that note. thank you for watching "the five." see you tomorrow. >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm grog gutfe3 >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm grog gutfeld. holder for the most squats done in a vaselhoe kiddie pool while wearing a coconut skinny top and grose py jeans. at's go to wdy levy f3 a pre game report. >> give the drummer grome, jeyeica. oue."top grtory, oseesstent obaa schedules an address before congreste f3 t3 gr je nightdes feeaepublit.n dreumdential debate. will this finally lead to heae lo oevrduehmpweae."tmee,? wd former actress darrell hannah is arrested for oseotruti de dlae ped dipelhoe from cw drerto the u.s. gulf coast. a quick note toia@ >r sqwers r, eevndesegeiaf f we do this story we will explain who darrell hw hhri wd

i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. it is a tug-of-war on capitol hill with the newly minted super committee locked in the middle. house speaker john boehner says sorry, mr. president, no new taxes to help pay for the jobs bill. are we in storer another d.c. styles jobs bill. senator mark begich, you are one of 36 senators who called for a bipartisan approach that puts you in a special category. looking at what the speaker has said and what the president said, where do you see room to negotiate? >> i hope it's just a little bit of what you have described as washington gridlock. i call it washington show and tell so hopefully we'll get beyond that and honestly as we sat yesterday, 36 of us, bipartisan effort, one of the issues i was excited to talk about, the whole issue of the tax reform debate, if you washed and listened to each one of those democrats and republicans yesterday we got busy talking about how we can move forward on real tax reform that's necessary to propel this country forward. there's a proposal about s

andr andrea? >> ali, this is the same scenario that a year ago you and i were in tehran and sara shourd got out and bail was paid, and the flight to oman. this is oman brokering this. do we know who put up the money? >> reporter: we don't. as you know when you were here, it was difficult to get an answer. we knew the money was put up, but we didn't know by who. we knew that oman was -- nobody really raised their hands to putting up the money. what we do know is that the omanis have good relations with the united states and iran. it's always to their benefit to be the broker between two nations that have no relations. two very powerful nations. iran is a very powerful nation here, a big oil exporter. we know everything that america is capable of. this is beneficial to the omanis to broker a deal like this. >> indeed. and finally, clearly president ahmadinejad wanted this to happen last week. he told ann curry it would happen last week. then he gets to the united states, there is this holdup. clearl

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in falls church, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >>> d.c. police say a man who lost his life after a fight outside a mcdonald's may have been the one who started that fight. 33-year-old pat casey died after four days in a coma. police say the afghanistan war vet was disturbing customers at the mcdonald's and even blocked people from leaving. they believe he may have been drinking. >> the initial push came from, we believe it was mr. casey. it may have been someone that was with him. we are ironing that out. but that was the initial push that put a subject down on the ground. >> now captain michael says someone from that group pushed or punched back. casey fell, hit his head, he suffered a severe brain injury and he died on tuesday. his parents told a far different story. >>> an unusual sentence was handed down in a montgomery county hate crime case today. it is not the prison time that got our attention. everybody on this case expected the suspect, steven armstrong would be sent to prison. but as scott broom tells us, nobody expected the jud

you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." [ ticking ] [ grunts ] we are! got it. [ male announcer ] don't be the last to know. get it faster with 4g. it's the network of possibilities. at&t. >>> the last thing that the white house needed was to appear to cave in to the speaker and that's what happened. the last thing that congress needed and the white house was to have a spat that looks like they couldn't resolve anything. there might be a good explanation for how this came down. i haven't heard it. >> washington's weaknesses have been on full display in the last 24 hours. the white house apparently decided to pick a fight for the president before they knew he would win, failed to consult with congress on congress' home turf or house republicans were petty. it's all ugly. glenn, the tick-tock on this makes nobody look any better. >> yeah. thanks for bringing me on for the petty and ugly segment there, chuck. >> you need the cover, buddy. we all need the cover right now. >> this is pathetic. you know this. the question that i have is when they were sitting

andrea and mike? >> time for the first "your money" report of the morning. >> jessica is here with headlines. so, an up day? maybe another one. >> maybe. fingers crossed. stocks are headed for their worst quarterly performance in three years. investors, of course, still concerned about europe's debt crisis. whether or not that's going to trigger a global recession for the second day in a row, we saw big morning rally then it lost steam by the close after being up 260 points. here's where things ended checking the numbers. dow stands at 11,153, finished the day up 143 points. s nasdaq was down almost 11 and the s&p 500 was up 9 points. the nasdaq dragged lower by shares of advance microdevice which sank 16% after the chip maker cut its quarterly sales and profit forecast. here's a story everybody's talking about. say good-bye to free debit card transactions if you're a bank of a america customer. b of a plans to start charging customers a $5 monthly debit card fee. customers will be charged the fee if

. >>> david gregory, moderator of "meet the press" and andrea mitchell. of course the economy is broken, but adding to that, our politics are broken right now, to it's against that backdrop that the president walks in the chamber. >> at some point, i spoke to money managers this week who are dealing with americans who are watching their savings and wondering about what's happening with the economy let alone jobs, and said this is a fund -- with regard to what's plaguing the economies around the world, notably in europe, that's where the president's trying to fill the void here, saying government can do some things, another big stimulus package. i spoke to another top republican aid. i don't see that getting through until that supercommittee does its work on cutting more out of the deficit. >> the options are fairly limited, putting people back to work, it's private sector, public sector, you could call it a public works program, using other words. >> that's what the president was betting on at least in part. but he doesn't have the political capital to do

there is san andreas, here is the lake, the reservoirs in the area. you're just coming out of the foothills into the mountains, into the pine region. but you're right in that transition zone, 93 there right now, no wind, very little wind, it is light, that is good news. the problem firefighters are having with this one is likely getting access to it. as you saw there is not a lot of roads in this area, a few dirt roads, even a paved road. right now, fog, shallow along the coast, there was a spare the air day, that is how thick the atmosphere is. over the top of your house in san jose, that is about 5000 feet thick. the particle get stuck in that, air quality will be better tomorrow. temperatures will come down tomorrow by a few degrees. your forecast then for tomorrow morning, very dense fog along the coast because it is compressed. and it will push inland but not as far inland as livermore valley or walnut creek, fog in albany, four to eight degrees cooler, still 90 near inland. tracking this, this is down the road weather story. towards friday and s

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i am going to be really pleased when it is all done, considering where it is relation to the san andreas fault. president vietor: is there a motion? commissioner: so moved. commissioner: 2nd. president vietor: some comments. commissioner moran, and i am sure it was a fiercely debated at the management level. >> we did not have as many owner-initiated changes. the situation was an appeal. president vietor: right, right. commissioner caen: you have stated here to authorize the general managing to consider and if appropriate to approve. is that not a little wishy- washy? i would like to know the numbers as opposed to "if appropriate." >> the way it works, because you're in construction, decisions need to be made very qckly because of the standby cost a lot of times, the way we work it is whenever we go over the 10% contingency, all of these additional change orders need to get funneled through the general manager, which normally they would not, so that is kind of what that language states. basically by approving these agenda items, you are intrusting the general manager in making a judgment

i'm linsey davis. >> and i'm andrea canning.publicans refuse to consider tax increases to cover the deficit. the president says it's absolutely necessary, that the rich are not taxed at the same rate as anyone else. but does his plan have a future? >>> also this morning the 44-year-old suburban mom accused of having sex with her son's teenaged hockey teammates. her arrest and the uproar it's causing in her southern california community. >>> and later this half hour, how would you like to get in shape without ever leaving your desk? will you keep watching if we tell you how easy this is? we'll tell but the new office chair that's designed to tone you up while you're sitting down. what an innovation. >>> but first, the looming showdown over the federal government's red ink. president obama wants higher taxes on the rich. >> republicans call that class warfare. tahman bradley is joining us from washington with the details on the budget battle. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: good morning, linsey and andrea. the president was fir

. >>> hi i'm andrea mitchell.icans willing to wait for chris christie. he fuels speculation with what he didn't say at the reagan library. president obama's approval is slipping among hispanic voters. >>> and education nation, realm emmanuelle takes on the education crisis. the chicago mayor joins us. we'll see you in 15 minutes on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> a verdict in the appeals trial of amanda knox could come as early as saturday. amanda's father says the 24-year-old is on edge as a decision about whether she will spend the next 20 years in prison draws near. >> today at visitation she was very anxious. she knows she's innocent but to be just a couple days away from having somebody determine your future that you have no control over is extraordinarily hard on her. >> nbc's chapman bell joining me live from peruggia italy. her legal team is expecting to present closing arguments tomorrow. what are we expecting? >> that's right. we are expecting amanda knox's legal team to start closing arguments tomorrow.

up next "andrea mitchell reports." andrea? >>> hi craig, safe weekend to you.ea mitchell reports," nbc's pete williams tracking the latest on the possible new terror threat to new york city and/or washington. plus we'll talk to joe lieberman and former homeland security secretary governor tom ridge. and the man who is going after al qaeda's money, treasury's undersecretary for terrorism is with us. "andrea mitchell reports" right here next on msnbc. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my tongue. [ male announcer ] get to a better state. state farm. helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with t

cha chuck todd is in for andrea. >> you could have cut into my time. up next we have john boehner set to call on the super committee to reconsider broad tax reform.

andrea and mike? as we bid good-bye to this month, there are new laws taking effect in maryland in less than 24 hours. >> if you've been in the gray area when it comes to text and driving, a lot of the loopholes are now being closed. surae chinn is live in silver spring probably with a cell phone in hand. good morning. >> i do have my cell phone. good morning to both of you. yeah, no gray areas with this law in place. starting at midnight. starting tomorrow. so, listen up, maryland. cracking down on texting while driving. not just texting while driving, it is while texting while you're stopped at a light. we have lon anderson to talk about the loopholes that have been closed because this is a really tough law on texting. >> it really is. but to maryland legislature's credit, they've passed a law that really closes the loophole. so, what this means, starting tomorrow, if you're driving in maryland and you're reading or playing with your blackberry or you're texting on your smart phone, whatever, police

you lost your daughter andrea ten years ago. >> my daughter andrea was murdered ten years ago. i didn't lose her. she was on the 92nd floor. all of them were murdered that day. >> reporter: the north tower? >> north tower. >> reporter: this is andrea, right? >> this is. close to the heart. >> reporter: i have heard from some people that they felt a bit of hope today, that today wasn't as somber as some anniversaries. >> the memorial is beautiful. it's been a long ten years. i was honored to read names again. like i told you, i don't think they will be doing that in the next year or so. it's a passage for me. >> reporter: what will you leave here feeling tonight? >> i'm with friends. i have a whole new york family. >> reporter: that's what came out of it? >> i'm blessed. >> reporter: if you can believe it, somebody going through a tragedy like that saying "i am blessed," don. certainly leaving feeling much different than he and their family did when they lost their daughter ten years ago. he told me the moment they saw the plane hit the tower they got in their plane from wiscons

andrea, good evening. >> good evening, savannah. as the u.s. takes down al qaeda leaders, one of the most lethal threats to u.s. troops in afghanistan is a terror network based in pakistan that america's top outgoing military leader says is an arm of our so-called ally, pakistan. the threat, a deadly terror network called the hakani an organized crime family based in pakistan the u.s. says is responsible for brazen attacks in the after kban capitol. the 20-hour firefight against the u.s. embassy two weeks ago and the bombing of the intercontinental hotel in june. admiral mullen made trips to stop terrorism and said he fails. as he prepared to step down today as chairman of the joint chiefs he blew the whistle saying the terrorists are an arm of pakistan's spy agency. why was he so blunt? he told national public radio -- >> i am losing american soldiers. the haqqanis are killing american soldiers and from that perspective, i think it's got to be addressed which is the reason i spoke to it. >> reporter: mullen forced the administration to confron

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that's why andrea made sure her two young children sit next to mom or dad when they fly jie. they don't understand when the seatbelt light flashes, what that means. they don't know where the bathrooms are. and our kids can't pull big bags out of the compartment. >> so the family booked seats together when they flew united to wash wash dc this summer. they would each sit by a parent. days before the flight united e-mailed saying there was a change in aircraft and they had new seat assignments and they were not sitting together. >> we were scattered across the plane. >> sander was row 23 and anika row 24 and each next to a complete stranger. united airlines told andrea by phone it couldn't put them together because there were no open seats. >> we explained that our children were 4 and 6 and we were told it is legal and perfectly acceptable for children to sit apart from their 35eur7b9s -- from their parents. >> she couldn't imagine what would happen if they needed help during the flight and a stranger would be a surrogate parent. >> i don't think it is a person's responsibility

. ♪ >>> i'm andrea mitchell.xt on "andrea mitchell reports," debate night in california as the republicans get ready to rumble. we'll check in with jon huntsman. plus "hardball's" chris matthews and politico's mike allen give us the insiders track on what to watch for. will mitt mix it up with perry. we'll talk debate strategy with romney senior advisor vin weber. we'll see you in 15b minutes right here on "andrea mitchell reports." >>> sperm banks have made it possible for any donor to be a father without any strings attached. for some sperm banks that are running low on doe norris, they're relying on the same donor over and over. now one donor can lay claim to fathering 150 children. the practice is raising some serious questions against critics. here's george lewis. >> reporter: sharon from seattle had two children via artificial insemination from the same sperm donor. >> how did mommy get the sperm? >> goog. . >> reporter: it wasn't quite that random, but in a documentary airing the 27th of this month on the

andrea. if this child is jewish. he needs to be sircumicized. you don't want your boy to feel strange. that's true. i think my anxiety is fear of having a boy. i am terrified of boys. they are wild and smelly. i said, there is no way to know that. well i know for a fact you don't need it. like i wanted to