i'm carol costello. we fwin with that bit of breaking news. dramatic efforts to tamp down some of the ugliest anti-american violence in the arab world. it comes at a critical time. protests have swept across a massive region, 11 countries in all, from morocco in the west to iran in the east. also knew this morning, a starting development. powerful religious group, the muslim brotherhood, has ordered nationwide demonstrations be canceled. rioting outside the capital, with more than 200 people injured. senior international correspondent ben wedeman is live in cairo. how significant is this intervention? >> reporter: it's significant in the sense that there were a lot of tension about the possibility that those nationwide demonstrations the muslim brotherhood called for could result in an escalation of violence. they were canceled. however, demonstrations go on. in fact, there are still several hundred young men, for the most part, outside a wall set up by egyptian security near the american embassy. they a

i'm carol costello. we begin this hour with muslim outrage and new flare-ups of anti-american violence. one flash point, kabul, afghanistan. crowds of protesters turn on police when they try to block their march toward the u.s. embassy. at least 15 officers are hurt and their vehicles set on fire. in indonesia protesters bombard police outside the u.s. embassy in jakarta. they pelt them with rocks and use slingshots to whip marbles at them. only a volley of tear gas managed to chase away the crowd. also google india is blocking internet users from viewing the low budget movie that has ignited the fury. the movie follows the afghan government ordering an indefinite block of youtube. anna coren is in the afghan capital of kabul to tell us about the protests there. good morning. >> reporter: hello, carol. as you were saying, these protests hit the streets earlier this morning here in kabul. 300 protesters trying to make their way to the u.s. embassy were stopped by police. they attacked the police and 15 of

i am carol costello.e in one of the most iconic crime mysteries in u.s. history. police in the detroit suburb of roseville may be breaking new ground in the 1975 disappearance of the former union boss jimmy hoffa. minutes ago crews began drilling a core sample from what used to be a driveway. they say a credible tip alerted them to a possible burial just around the time hoffa vanished. susan candiotti is in the neighborhood. i know, susan, you have been down this road before. >> reporter: i have. we were back here in 2006 when fbi received what it believed to be a credible tip, and they dug at the horse farm quite a bit. they spent a lot of money doing so but didn't find anything. now they're working on another tip. as you can see what's going on just over our shoulder here, the digging has begun inside that shed. what the police department is doing with some expert help is digging a small hole in concrete inside there so they can fit in a drill to get a soil sample. then they hope to deliver that on mond

i'm carol costello. ref rage. a lot of people sayal deba aing ruining the day. it's not just about saving face. it's about saving sunday. >> reporter: in controversy here. the winning touchdown call of the infamous disputed play was by the book. still, nearly everyone is talking trash, from the ladies on "the talk." >> feels unfair, looks unfair it is unfair. >> to republican vice president candidate paul ryan. >> did you watch that packer game last night? >> reporter: to the president of the united states. who says -- i've been saying for months, we've got to get our refs back. oh, mr. president, that is a bipartisan plea. roger goodell, the nfl commission sir trying. now from contracts with the once beloved men in stripes. players yearn for their return their mouths are. many are >> what would you give of your own salary to get the real refs back? >> i'm not going to get into that. you know, let the league take care of that. so i try not to worry about that, just worry about the things i can control. >

i'm carol costello. all roads lead to new york city.rld leaders are headed to the united nations for this week's general debate. the un's chief is warning iran's president to tone down his normally fiery rhetoric and most walk out of his speeches as a sign of protests. he likes to make headlines by railing about topics such as israel and homosexuality. listen to what he had to say when he sat down with cnn's piers morgan. >> what will your response be? >> translator: the response of iran is quite clear. i don't even need to explain that. any question and any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself. my question is this. why should the world be managed in such a way that any individual can allow himself to threaten a rich and deeply rooted historical ancient country such as iran, a great country such as iran based on an excuse of his own fabrication. so anyone can do this. another country can say i am guessing that country b is doing activity x. >> do you fear -- >> translator: i will attack this country. can this be a success

i'm carol costello. the anti-american violence spreading in the middle east. protesters in yemen scale the embassy walls and set fires. in cairo, egypt, force used tear gas there. it is over a film that was produced in the united states and said to be insulting to islam. >>> u.s. drones join the manhunt for those who killed a u.s. diplomat and three other americans. concerns over the tep id response by the new regime in egypt. >> i don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we don't consider them an enemy. >> we're covering every angle of this developing story. first, let's take a step back and look at how things have unfolded over the past 48 hours. the outrage first ignited tuesday in egypt. protesters converged on the embassy. within hours, crowds gathered outside benghazi, libya. armed militants killed the u.s. ambassador and three of the staffers. today, crowds storm the u.s. embassy in yemen. riot police eventually turned them back with tear gas. also today, demonstrators turn out in iran

now is the time. >> reporter: carol costello, cnn. >>> welcome back to the cnn newsroom.'re monitoring severe weather in the northeast section of the country particularly. can you believe it? this is queens, new york. and a tornado proving to be just how severe the weather is. it touched down just a few hours ago. the threat of more tornadoes is still out there. meteorologist alexandra steele is tracking this storm. very treacherous, very dangerous. that's why the u.s. open women's finals has been postponed until tomorrow. >> that's right. the video you just showed of the funnel cloud, that was queens, new york. this is washington, d.c. come and take a

good morning, i'm carol costello.ur top stories, chris stevens worried constantly about security threats. said that his name was on an al qaeda hit list. new information coming from a source close to stevens who also said the diplomat worried about the growing al qaeda presence in libya. stevens died in an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi last week along with three other americans. >>> on capitol hill, the focus is on fast and furious, the justice department's inspector general is set to testify about his report into the weapons trafficking program. that report recommends punishment for 14 people, but since there is absolutely no evidence, attorney general eric obama knew about the tactics of that program. >>> there's a new sign the economy has changed people's behavior for the better. compared to last year, there were 1.4 million fewer people in the lowest credit scoring range. experts say many people who had high debt loads and poor credit before the recession have since cut down on spending and their credit

i'm carol costello. thanks for joining us today. stories we're watching right now in the "newsroom," we're a couple of ways away from the opening bell. investors looking ahead to see what the federal reserve will do when it meets this week. the central bank's two-day meeting begins on wednesday. the opening bell, by the way, will be rung by representatives from some top businesses in colombia. >>> in south florida police are investigating a crash that killed one of their own while escorting president obama in a motorcade. the 20-year veteran died yesterday after a truck hit his motorcycle. the white house says the president did not see the crash. the president has expressed his condolences to the officer's family. >>> in new york people are still cleaning up after two tornadoes touched down over the weekend. the first one hit a queens neighborhood. moments later another one with winds around 110 miles per hour slammed into brooklyn. the storm knocked down trees, power lines and damaged buildings. no one was hurt. >>> this morning in

i'm carol costello. we begin this hour with new anti-american violence erupting across much of the muslim world. in bangladesh, thousands of protesters take to the streets, and some burn a mock coffin with obama's name scrolled on the side. across the region the united states shut many diplomatic facilities because friday prayers often fueled mob rage. some of the ugliest violence, thou though, is in pakistan. in peshawar, protesters set fire to two movie theaters. joining us live from islamabad with more, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. a national holiday, a day to show your love for the approvest muhammad. it turned out to be a day where many pakistanis showed their anger against america, demonstrations in every major city in pakistan and sometimes it got very violent. one news van driver in the city of peshawar shot and killed. here in the capital of islamabad, protests are dying down. here is what it looked like earlier today. friday prayers have just concluded. what we're seeing are

i'm carol costello. we're coming up on 30 minutes past the hour.es we're watching now in the "newsroom," a couple minutes away from the opening bell at the new york stock exchange. wall street expected to hope flat today. this as investors keep a close eye on the european debt crisis. yesterday stocks finished down reaching two-week lows. ringing the bell today -- [ speaking in foreign language ] mexico. i tried. and the prime ministers of the uk and japan speak later this morning along with the presidents of egypt and yemen. biggest speech could come from the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad who will speak in a couple of hours. protests are expected before and during his address. >>> and two senators demanding more information is on the deadly attack that killed the u.n. ambassador to libya, chris stevens. sending a letter to the secretary. they want to know about the threats and security concerns in benghazi before the attack. stevens was one of four ameri n americans killed in that september 11th attack. >>> okay. so i must ask you to indul

i'm carol costello. we begin with mitt romney and his late-night defense of some remarks he never wanted you to hear. they come from a hidden camera at a closed-door meeting with some big donors. romney rips nearly half of all americans, saying they're in the bag for obama because they rely on government handouts. listen. >> they are victims who bloev that government has the responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it. that is entitlement and that the government should give it to them. and they will vote for this president no matter what. and the president starts off with 48, 49 -- he starts off with with a huge number. these are people who pay no income taxes. 47% of americans pay no income tax. so our message of low taxes doesn't connect. he he'll be out there talking about tax cuts for the rich. that's what they sell every four years. and so my job is not to worry about those people. i'll never convince them they should take p

i'm carol costello. we begin with that breaking news from the persian gulf. iran has reportedly test fired anti-ship missiles in the waters off of the southern coast. iran regularly holds such drills. both to test the military readiness as well as showcase it to the world. this video is from a similar test back in january. this maneuver is significant. possibly troubling for several reasons. i will tell you why. according to an iranian news agency the drill was close to naval exercises in the persian gulf. the test comes amidst spiking tensions with israel and mutual threats of military action and it comes at o a day when president obama and republican no, ma'am me mitt romney ring delivering key speeches on u.s. foreign policy. ing in fact, mr. romney is about to speak in minutes. governor romney spent yesterday attacking mr. obama for international crises from the killing of americans in libya to the anti-american uprising in much of the muslim world. is this missile test a new talking point? the forme

i'm carol costello. thanks so much for joining me today. cnn newsroom continues right now with ashley banfield. >> thank you so much, carol costello. hi, everyone. i'm ashleigh banfield. it's 11:00 on the east coast which means it's 8:00 on the west coast. this was the question hanging over the dnc like, i don't know, a dark cloud? guess what, we now have the answer. within the past hour, convention organizers have had to announce that tomorrow night's nomination acceptance speech, the big one by president obama, is not going to be taking place at the situation on the left of your screen. instead it's going to be at the time warner arena on the right of your screen. the weather is the reason. the risk of bad storms is just way too high at this point to be going to the bank of america stadium after all. and that means that 50,000 stadium ticket holders who cannot be accommodated in the smaller venue are more than likely feeling as though there is rain on their parade. cnn's dana bash joins me live now from charlotte. obviously this wasn't ne

i am carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. have a great weekend. "cnn newsroom" continues now with ashley banfield. >>> carol costello, thank you very much. i am ashley banfield. let's get right down to business. a couple guys that never seem to hit it off in the first place are expected to talk on the phone today. i bring to your attention because the fate of the world is at stake. you may roll your eyes. don't. the guys in question are president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a whole lot was made of the fact they did not meet in person when they both travelled to new york for the u.n. general assembly and the white house wants you to know they do stay in touch, that there are phones in the white house and the u.s.-israeli relationship is air tight. mr. netanyahu just seemed to take great pains to smooth over what had seemed like friction between himself and our commander in chief all over how the world should respond to iran. >> i very much appreciate the president's position as does everyone in my country. we share the g

. >> carol costello there. what struck me in talking to journalists, i found a gender split in the way males felt and females -- >> carol costello nailed it. for women, not just journalists, but everybody -- my mother, for example -- aarp saying, wow, i've never heard her speak. fabulous, genuine. remember she got up and went, yea! you know, she was just so real. and really stuck by her husband. he said he will not fail, and i think that the media concurred. >> i thought it was an effective speech and her job was to humanize her husband and all of that. when she said, i love you women, and went on and on about the problems of working women paying the bills, obviously not a problem she had. it struck me over the top pandering. let me get a male voice that might agree with me. >> i disagree with you because the job of a politician is to communicate to and for the voter. no president, no first lady shares every single experience with the voter. barack obama, president of the united states, is a millionaire, as he

i'm carol costello. we begin in charlotte where the party faithful are still basking in the glow of last night's fiery speeches. we'll share in a moment. but first, a glimpse of the heavy hitters on the schedule tonight. the headliner, bill clinton. he'll deliver tonight's nominating speech. and democrats hope display the political genius that has made him campaigner in achievement >>> also speaking, a darling of the democrats, senate candidate elizabeth warren. the harvard law professor is well known for her sharp tongue and pointed barbs. and also sandra fluke, who was catapulted to fame when rush limbaugh called her a slut because of her views on contracepti contraception. the challenge of today's speakers, building on the momentum of last night. how can you top michelle obama? >> believe it or not, when we were first married, our combined monthly student loan bill was actually higher than our mortgage. yeah. we were so young, so in love, and so in debt. and that's why barack has fought so hard to inc

"cnn newsroom" with carol costello starts right now. good morning, carol. >> hi, soledad. happy birthday. >> thank you. >>> happening now in the newsroom, the message from mitt. the romney campaign attempting to get his campaign back on track this morning. op-ed in "usa today," the president taking to late night to respond. >> my expectation is that if you want to be president, you've got to work for everybody, not just for some. >> we're just two weeks from the first debate. the clock is ticking. has the damage already been done? >> reporter: i'm kyung lah, live in chicago. this hour, the school bell will ring at the elementary schools. thstrike is over. that story, coming up in a live report. >>> plus, the mystery in the papyrus. newly revealed fragment, centuries old, where jesus makes a reference to his wife. >> monks, da vinci. >> from the days of dan brown's "da vinci" code we're asking, what if jesus was married? >>> also fire, tornado, an amazing sight in the outback of australia. flachls tunnelling 100 feet into the air. >>> and suspension. toronto blue jays short

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. we begin with politics and your pocketbook. minutes ago, a dismal jobs report. last month, employers created a lot fewer jobs than expected. bad news for the economy, and big news in a presidential race that's deadlocked and sprinting to the finish. here's the latest. according to the feds, employers added just 96,000 jobs last month. that's a very weak number. it's far fewer than the expert has predicted. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. so break these numbers down for us, alison. >> one analyst said this is a shocker to him. it's a big miss and a big disappointment. as you said, only 96,000 jobs were added in august. that is way below what was expected. and when you think about it, what was expected was at least 120,000 would have been added. and that was even lower. so it really winds up being a bigger miss. the unemployment rate fell to 8.1%. the headline, when you see that, you think, wow, that's great. but then you look deeper int

. >>> cnn newsroom with carol costello begins now. good morning, carol. >> hi, john. happening now in the newsroom, they are stretching out and suiting up, the nfl's referees turn return to their field of expertise tonight. with the replacements gone, football fans can now direct their anger elsewhere. >>> fbi agents investigating the lady attack at the american consulate in libya still haven't reached ben gas zip. exclusive information on why u.s. officials still respect there more than two weeks after the gunfire. >>> where is jimmy hoffa? we have been asking that question for almost 40 years. now, investigators some new information that's leading them to a home in suburban detroit. >>> and it's one of the most famous paintings in the whole world. now, the mona lisa might have a twin. a new group claims da vinci created another version of mona. newsroom starts now. >>> good morning to you, thank you so much for joining us. i'm carol costello. >>> nfl fans along national night nair is finally over, the regular referees coming back on the field, starting with tonight'

i'm zoraida sambolin sitting in for carol costello. president obama on the road to charlotte, that's what he's calling his campaign blitz through four key states as he heads to this week's democratic national convention. >> on thursday night i'm going to offer you what i believe is a better path forward, a path that will grow this economy and create more jobs and strengthen the middle class. and the good news is you have to choose the path we take. you can go with their plan to give massive new tax cuts to folks who have already made it. or we can go forward with my plan to keep taxes low for every american who is still trying to make it. [ applause ] >> senior congressional correspondent dana bash is in charlotte working really hard, i might add. there have been some crossed wires on the democrats' message. tell us all about that. >> reporter: look, it's the fundamental question that has been asked since ronald reagan ran for president back in the '80s and that question is, are you better off than you were four years ago. it's a fund

. >> with carol costello, which begins right now. >> thank you very much. we are remembering the victims and the triumphs since the attacks. and minutes from now remembering the lives lost at the pentagon. president obama will soon be on his way there. there, he will be laying a wreath. they'll have a ceremony and also deliver some remarks. not only the president but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, army general martin dempsey will deliver marks as well. >> we are also in shanksville, pennsylvania, where the final hijacked airliner crashed into a field after hero passengers fought back. vice president joe biden is there. we're expecting him to speak at the top of this 10:00 hour, an hour from now. >>> first at new york's ground ze zero, a sign of healing. an overnight breakthrough that now clears the way for a museum on the site. we'll have more on that in a minute. poppy harlow is at ground zero. >> it is a beautiful, clear, crisp morning here. really reminiscent about 9/11 itself, a day just like that day. we spent the morning talking to family

i'm carol costello. we begin in charlotte where democrats are setting the stage for the big finale. but an elder superstar of the party may have stolen the show. we'll listen to some key moments of bill clinton's rousing speech to the party faithful in just a moment. expectations were high, and by virtually all accounts the former president delivered. that will make a tough act to follow for vice president joe biden, who delivers a "primetime" address on this final night that culminates when president obama delivers his acceptance speech and makes the case why he should be re-elected. stock bill clinton, though. he made history even before stepping up to the podium. it is the first time a former president formally nominated his success successor. over the course of 48 minutes, he praised obama, mocked republicans, and electrified the democratic crowd. keep in mind clinton ad libbed nearly half of his speech. listen. >> i want to nominate a man who's cool on the outside but who burns for america on the inside. [ applause ] >> when president barack obama took office, the economy was i

i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >>> thank you very much. hi, everybody. good to see you. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 on the west coast. let's get down to business. whatever happens in november, whatever happens tonight in charlotte is something that barack obama will never do again, accept his party's nomination for president. you cannot turn on your television or fire up your computer without hearing what mr. obama must do on the closing night of the democratic convention. but it mostly boils down to this -- top bill. bill clinton. or at least live up to the set-up that was delivered in vintage bill clinton fashion on actually a night that typically belongs to the running mate. but do not fret for mr. joe biden. he, too, will be on the marquee for tonight. and watching it tonight is cnn's dana bash. dana, you just don't sleep. i see you working until 2:00 in the morning and up again at 5:00 a.m. for the morning shows. so many people say these speeche

i'm carol costello. we begin, of course, with breaking news. anti-american mob attacks embassy in libya. the white house confirms that u.s. ambassador to libya, j. christopher stevens, is dead along with three other staff members. a radical islamic group led the hours long siege in benghazi, libya. the militants were apparently enraged by a cheaply made online film considered offensive to islam. just last hour one libyan leader joined the international chorus in condemning the tack. >> translator: we apologize to the u.s. and to the american people, to the government and also to the rest of the world for what happened yesterday. and at the same time, we expect the world to cooperate with us in order to confront to what is meant out of this kind of cowardice, criminal act. >> that is the libyan ambassador -- i'm sorry, libyan prime minister. cnn foreign aaffairs reporter elise labott is at the state department. you've known ambassador christopher for years. tell us about him. >> carol, what can i say? he was considered, really, at the state depa

i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >> thank you very much. hi, everybody. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 in the morning on the west coast. let's begin with this. the biggest soapbox on earth. at this hour the lectern at the u.n. general assembly will belong to one of the world's most device sieve leaders. the brez of ghana. the person i'm peeking of none other than mahmoud amadinejad. you've heard of him. he's about to make his final address as the president of iran. it is not going to be standing room only, especially since the u.s. delegation has just decided that it's going to boycott the whole process. not walk out, don't even walk in in the first place. here is the explanation that the u.s. delegation gave us. i'm going to read verbatim. spokeswoman erin pelton says, i quote, mr. amadinejad once again uses his trip of the u.n. not to address the legitimate aspirations of the iranian people but to spout paranoid theories and repulsive slurs against isra

here now is carol costello. >> reporter: jimmy hoffa. mafia-backed union guy remained unbowed despite the efforts of then-attorney general robert kennedy. "hoffa: the movie." >> the justice department has plenty on you, mr. hoffa. >> you don't impress me. i don't need $300 million. and my brother elected president will [ bleep ] -- >> reporter: in 1975 he disappeared. an american anti-hero was born. many believe the mafia killed hoffa and buried his body under the former giants stadium until they eventually dug it up and built a new stadium. no body, no love amp in 2004, floorboards were removed from a detroit home to look for traces of hoffa's blood. no go. a haorse barn was razed -- no hoffa. his brother is a member of the international group of teamsters without a connection to crime. still, he can't escape his father's note right. he urged fellow members to defeat tea party candidates. it was the way he said it that caused a firestorm. >> you know what, everybody here's got a vote. if we go bad, we keep the eye on the prize, let's ta

. >>> cnn newsroom with carol costello begins now. good morning, carol. >> hi, john. the nfl's referees turn return to their field of expertise tonight. with the replacements gone, football fans can now direct their anger elsewhere. >>> fbi agents investigating the la