the state department quickly disavoid it, the ambassador to ejust a minute, ann patterson was here inshington, she had nothing to do with it. yet romney went out and not only issued that tough statement last night but this morning at the news conference he doubled down on it and people are saying maybe he should have held back. >> i don't see why he should have held back. i think the statement was irresponsible. it was a terrible mistake. the state department withdrew it, which kind of makes clear that it was a terrible mistake. and mitt romney didn't say anything suggesting that the president shouldn't take action or should take action or kind of interfere in the decision-making that the president makes here. the real end result of this is going to be what kind of action, not what kind of words, but what kind of action does the president of the united states take here to what is -- i don't want to escalate this, but you know this and i know this. this was an act of war. >> was this an al qaeda operation? >> that's what it looks like, but i mean you come into an american embassy, amer

did the united states ambassador in cairo ann patterson, did she personally approve that statement?any authorization from washington to go ahead with that nirnl statement? was that statement released before there was significant violence at the u.s. embassy? cairo? there were a few thousand egyptians trying to to rm that wl and unanswered questions trying to answer through the course of the day but the bottom line is there's a national security crisis affecting the u.s. and egypt and libya right now and there's a real political battle under way, as well. >> all right. interesting to see if heads roll, as well. thank you very much. everyone, don't forget, wolf's own program begins at 4:00 p.m., "the situation room" right here only on cnn. thanks, wolf. >> thank you. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing

ambassador ann patterson, who is a very respected, esteemed, if you lshgs foreign service officer, career the former u.s. ambassador of pakistan -- did she personally approve that statement, which the state department later disavowed and romney used as a sort of wedge to try to go after the obama administration? these are all questions that i think still have to be determined. we're working on them even as we speak right now. >> all right. a lot of unanswered questions. wolf, good to see you, as always. thank you. >>> wages are shrinking again, but the port rate is getting better. we're going to take a look at why that might happen. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick...and then i got better. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people

ann patterson knows how to deliver a tough message and understands well the implications of today's incidentwas sort of a bizarre statement out of the american embassy in cairo after the protest that said it was condemning sort of people using the universal right to free speech in order to make harm or do harm to another's religion. look, in this country, wolf, as you know there's a broadway play called the book of mormon that absolutely pokes fun at the mormon religion. we believe in the freedom of speech and we don't believe the first amendment if somebody is offended by what you say that that's enough to condemn them for having said it. it certainly is an official government statement. it was an odd statement by the u.s. embassy in cairo. it's inexplicable to me the lack of egyptian security forces. and we ought to expect there will be real consequences to this incident. >> let's hope everyone calms down over there. the stakes clearly are enormous right now, fran. thanks very much. let's go to our white house correspondent, dan lothian. dan, you're getting reaction to this latest flap ove

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wolf and patterson park for a sinkhole cleanup. 63 and 95 headed south towards the beltaway in the area of white marsh boulevard. at 75 we're at 62 miles an hour . no delays there. 97 and anne arundel county towards 50 and anap will you explain, things are looking good. live look outside at the top side of the beltaway at york road, you can see the inner and outer loops are moving just fine. looks like sno no problems north or southbound headed in and out of the harbor tunnel. stan? >> taking a look at some of our top stories this morning. four people are dead, eight others seriously injured after an alleged drunk driver slams into a crowd of people at a las vegas bus stop. witnesses say gary was driving at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his car. it went airborne before spinning out and crashing into the bus stop. he is also charged with four counts of d.u.i. resulting in death. negotiates -- me the negotiators met saying some progress has been made but not enough to stop the strike from stretching into a fifth day. despite a rally on chicago's west side, officials say they remain optimistic they can reach a deal over the weekend. and the actress best known fo