mayor dougherty said even though it impacted the morning commute, motorists took it in stride. >> no complaints. >> reporter: for all of the inconvenience for commuters. it appears the water main break had no impact on any of the residents in the area. no one lost water service. reporting in havre de grace, jeff hager, abc2 news. >>> workers completed their work a few hours taig and the -- ago and the road has been reopened. >>> a water main break in the city closed an elementary school. water started gushing on york road and york -- gill ford. when the main first broke people from a nearby church had to be evacuated. >>> a 12-inch water main break is felled. it happened in the 1800 block and affected morgan estate university for -- state university for several hours. you can always count on abc2's time saver traffic, 24/7. did there for instant maps and even the lowest gas prices in your neighborhood. >>> clouds continue to flow into maryland, but we have seen at least a few breaks of sunshine. you can see that flow from the north and west. temperatures have been struggling to get o

indeed that of his colleagues, glen dougherty, sean smith, tyrone woods. i know you all join me in honoring and appreciating their service and devotion as well. chris and i worked together for a time almost a dozen years ago. he was even then fully committed to his work. an authority already in the middle east. a fine student of arabic. much more. he gave me careful and cogent advice and council as we wrestled together with the many growing problems that even back then were en endemic to the country's work. i learned about benghazi, as the critical changes in libya began to unfold. his leadership there at a time of great importance and danger was a tribute to his courage and bravery. his skill and dedication as a diplomat. to his commitment to a new and better libya. benghazi in a real sense, as you have heard today, became his city. as it is with a deep sense of fate that in benghazi he and his colleagues gave that last full measure for his country and his many friends in the city where he died, continuing to defend and prosper their hopes and their aspir

until those conclude, it may be very difficult to really put an end to this debate. >> jill dougherty so much. >>> meanwhile, president barack obama delivered his annual thanksgiving address giving thanks for the blessings we all share as americans. >> thanksgiving is a chance to put it all in perspective, to remember that despite our differences, we are and always will be americans first and foremost. today we give thanks for blessings that are all too rare in this world. the ability to spend time with the ones we love to say what we wep want, that already brave men and women and to tell our children that here in america no dream is too big if they're willing to work for it. >> the president also expressed his gratitude to fema. first responders and volunteers who have come to the aid of superstorm sandy victims. >> i'm jason mcclendon from alabama. i want to give a shout out to my wife and my two sons and family members while i'm deployed overseas and tell them happy thanksgiving and go falcons. get 36 months interest-free financing through thanksgiving weekend at sleep train, and s

first let's go to cnn's jill dougherty at the state department.r the first time here. it's a 911 call, kind of a strange one that requires explanation that was placed over the weekend. what exactly happened here? >> well apparently there was some type of intruder or intruders on her property. so she calls 911. and i think, john, the important thing for our viewers is to pay attention to how she describes herself in this 911 call. let's listen to it. >> i'm an honorary consul general, so i have inviolability, so they -- they should not be able to cross my property. i don't know if you want to get diplomatic, protection involved as well. but now it's against the law to cross my property, since this is now like, you know, it's inviolable. >> you know, so honorary consul general. well, it turns out that she is, you know, variously described as a socialite. i think you could always call her perhaps a social climber. but in any case, she was an honorary consul for the south koreans. we understand, from the official south korean news agency, and in this

jill dougherty, appreciate that reporting.0 eastern tonight for a full wrapup of the day's events. it often gets much more active during the night during those

it is a lot on the desk. >> jill dougherty, thank you, at the white house.n, to you. >> not always the case, but the romney campaign actually thought it was going to win the election, which makes this quite a stinging loss for the republican nominee. it leaves the republican party with a lot of soul searching to do. our national political correspondent jim acosta is our man following the romney campaign. jim, what are you hearing from the inside? >> reporter: john, former campaign advisers say mitt romney is expected to get rest and spend time with his family in the days after the hard fought election. as for what happened last night, the adviser tells me the campaign thought they were going to win this election up until the very end. that's consistent with what we heard from mitt romney on his campaign charter heading into boston last night. he thought he was going to win too. he said he had no regrets and was proud of his campaign. but as for why this campaign went down in defeat, that adviser tells me that they are pointing to what the obama campaign was

we'll hop scotch all around washington where jill dougherty is standing by. take me through what we can expect from the big six, the leaders of the house, the leaders of the senate, joe biden, and the president and all getting together to try to stop a crisis, a financial crisis in the way of the fiscal cliff. where do we stand and what's today going to accomplish that we haven't been able to accomplish up to now? >> well, right now you can't really say what they will accomplish because right now we're hearing what we have heard all along, and you peninsula i had that piece of tape from the president pretty much what he said all along about protecting middle class americans. i think where you're seeing a little shift on the republican side talking about revenue -- well, they're saying they're open to increasing revenue. they're not talking about taxes. they're talking about tax rates. if you translate all of that, it means that they believe that, number one, they have to get more money in. how do you do that? they don't want to raise tax rates. they do say th

>> i think earlier this year i nominated tim dougherty to the bicycle committee and he was confirmed; he is highly qualified and an active member of the advisory committee. he fill the remainder of the term. he is up for a full new term. it did not receive confirmation of the hearing until early this week and he's actually in los angeles at a bicycle related conference. he has done a great job on the advisory committee and i would like to forward to the board subject of the public comment. >> supervisor kim: you like to speak, please step up. seeing none, public comment is now closed. normally it is approximate list committee to have the individual speak but a)this is a reappointment, and second, is a nomination of the supervisor and the supervisor is here on his behalf. we have a motion, tim doherty, seat 8. we have a motion we can do that without a position. (gavel) please call item number three. >> (reading) >> supervisor kim: we did hear this item already at the november 1 meeting. and number of applicants could not make it. we want to give them an opportunity to come forward toda

first to our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty.here's concern about what's happening in egypt right now, jill. >> reporter: there is. they're watching it, joe, very carefully. the state department wants to have more details, because after all, remember, just this week, he was being referred -- mr. morsi was being referred to as a statesman and there was a lot of responsibility put on his shoulders. he was praised a lot by president obama for coming through and helping to clinch this deal. now if there is some question, if he could be taking some power that would concern the united states, they want to know more. >>> and also don't forget that while secretary clinton was in cairo, just this past week, she was meeting with mr. morsi and in those discussions, she talked about the constitution that they are writing, and about the concern that they want many different groups included, including women and others, other minorities, and most importantly, not to go back on one of the goals of the revolution and that was not to concentrate t

here came by, matt dougherty, just a few moments ago and talked with us just about, you know, how they'rethey're going to need state help. this was a boardwalk, as you well know that stretched more than a mile, and in stretching more than a mile, it also was a big target for the hurricane. the hurricane literally ripped it up. that's all that is left. you see some of the pillars remain. the hurricane strap didn't hold. nothing did. this town is going to have to be completely rebuilt, but already, already they brought that water level down three feet. all of the streets and the city of bellmawr, this sunday morning are drying out, here clear of water. that's tremendous progress, and a little bit later this morning just about an hour and a half or so there's going to be a mass to honor the first responders that put their lives on the line, the people in their community, and all over the jersey coast, new york, this entire area that's been hit by the storm to honor them. it's going to be an important moment. the mayor was on his way to that. we talked to a city councilwoman. she is well atte

there are 12 years of abdication. >> to that point, jill dougherty, hillary clinton is in the region. what are you hearing from the state department? what can she really do at this point? is it too little, too late? it certainly seems like egypt has been in the forefront of these kind of talks. >> yeah. and that's what she's doing. she's meeting obviously tonight two hours with benjamin netanyahu and all of those senior officials, foreign minister, et cetera. but then she goes tomorrow, wednesday, to ramallah where she meets with mahmoud abbas, then she goes to cairo. that's really the key, one of the keys, because mohammed morsi can speak and has influence with hamas, and hopefully can do something. but i think fuad is right, they haven't been able to really, you know, change much of anything and now the president who didn't want to get involved for awhile or found that it was kind of useless not going anyplace is involved by sending very dramatically his secretary of state. >> at some point, anne-marie slaughter, do you see some sort of recognition of hamas? >> no, but i really have

international treaty to stop the development and use of autonomous weapons for more i'm joined now by bonnie dougherty a of the international human rights clinic at harvard law and a senior researcher in the arms of vision of human rights watch bonnie welcome so this all sounds like something out of a science fiction movie how far is this from becoming a reality. well most experts predict that within twenty to thirty years these weapons could actually exist and as you mentioned precursors are already in existence and deployed or in development around the world. now we've reported on a lot here at our table the use of drones and how they have become a key part of military operations these days now these the u.a.e. as they are they fly without a pilot on board what sets these killer machines apart from drones drones continue to have a human in the loop in that there is a person decides when the machine should fire with fully autonomous weapons or killer robots they would determine not only identify the target but choose to fire at will as a result it is not a problem so much with the targeting but with

it's all a bit of a mess right now. >> jill dougherty for us. the petraeus drama is playing out while the fiscal cliff, remember that, inches closer and closer towards us. just 48 days away. brianna keilar joins us from washington, d.c. so, brianna, i guess you have this fiscal cliff, that the administration is dealing with, at the same time you have this unfolding scandal. how is the administration, or has the administration really been dragged into the scandal? >> it's certainly been a distraction. if you watched the white house press briefing yesterday you could see almost all of the questions revolved around this scandal involving generals petraeus and allen. so we know that. certainly. but, jay carney, the white house press secretary, was downplaying this was a distraction, saying the president is still very much focused on the fiscal cliff. we do know, however, that this situation has taken some of the president's time, a limited amount of time, carney said. but at the same time, we know that a lot of staff hours get dedicated to something

cnn's jill dougherty is following those developments for us this morning. she's in our washington, d.c. bureau. good morning, jill. >> hello, soledad. well, this is it. both sides are going to be there. they're looking at the tone. they're looking at the president, what kind of tone will he set? you have to say that they're coming in both sides with their essential positions intact. all, both sides are saying that there is some room for a compromise. so, the essential thing is how do you compromise? if you look at the positions, let's say, of the republicans, and it's most strongly, as i say, relayed by senator mitch mcconnell, he does not, and they do not, want any tax increases. so let's listen to him first. >> and let's be clear, an opening bid of $1.6 trillion of new taxes just isn't serious. it's more than simpson-bowles or any other bipartisan commission has called for. it's been unanimously rejected in the house and senate, it's twice as much as the white house seemed ready to agree to during last summer's debt ceiling talks and look at it in the con

i want to bring in jill dougherty at the white house. president has been on the phone with israeli prime minister netanyahu and mohamed morsi. do we know the content of the discussions? what did he say? >> when it comes to netanyahu, of course, he expressed appreciation and also the most important thing, talking about the president obama would push for additional funding for iron dome, that protection from incoming rockets. and also for other missile defense programs. that is very, very important for israel because if they did not feel secure, they would not have gone along with this. that's one of them. and then the other sigh, i think, anderson, is the praise you're getting from president morsi. this is going to be very important. president obama praising him for his personal leadership. remember, here in the united states, there has been a lot of criticism, especially on capitol hill from republicans, about egypt. and this is a way of president obama being able to make the case that perhaps for egypt there could be something in it. so

. >> jill dougherty in washington, thanks so much. >>> 18 minutes past the hour.ou're watching "early start." let's go to christine romans with the day's top stories. with everything happening in the middle east, we were just talking oil prices. >> i watched prices, they were up almost 3% yesterday, down a little this morning. we'll continue to watch the markets and their reaction to what's happening in the middle east. >>> meantime, a new poll finds that more americans are concerned about the fiscal cliff than the scandal involving former cia director david petraeus. 36% of republicans, 35% of democrats and 31% of independents say they are following the debate on the fiscal cliff very closely. how does that compare with the petraeus affair? well, only 28% of republicans, 21% of democrats and 19% of independents are following the investigation, quote, very closely. >>> florida senator marko rubio didn't give an answer when asked by "gq" how old the earth is. his response? "i'm not a scientist, man." it's estimated more than 4 .5 million years old. there are multip

jill dougherty is standing by over at the state department.gh speech as we're looking at live pictures from ramallah. palestinians celebrating and waving flags. that was a pretty tough speech against this resolution. we just heard the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice deliver. i was a bit surprised. were you? >> reporter: the body phrasing was very strong. essentially said the same points for a long time. felt this would accomplish nothing for the palestinians. the situation the next day in fact that phrase the next morning when they wake up, they've used that phrase before. so i think it was more of the tone. it was very, very tough. and, you know, this is more complicated after what happened with hamas and gaza and the recent conflict with israel. because don't forget secretary of state hillary clinton was just in the region recently. and she met with mahmoud abbas, the leader of the palestinians, the legitimate representative let's call it. and he was really almost a nonperson, a nonplayer in bringing that cease-fire about. he doesn't

. >> cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is at the state department. can lawmakers force petraeus to testify? >> you know, they definitely want him, you can see that. in fact, senator feinstein of california, who is head of the senate intelligence committee, wants him, is hoping that he would testify as early as friday. he was scheduled to testify this week. in fact, i believe it was thursday. that's not happening. but, you know, youf got two things. one is they believe that the information that he has, obviously, would be valuable. and, in fact, in some cases they would say crucial. the other thing is there are allegations by some republicans that the timing of his stepping down and all of his scandal is connected to the investigation. now that is surmisal on their part. that's allegations. there certainly is a lot of interest in getting him up there to tell what he knows. >> jill dougherty, reporting live for us this morning. >>> it has been eight months since the president has held a news conference at the white house. as you know, a lot has happene

and cnn contributor and jill dougherty, our foreign affairs correspondent.ne marie, is it as simple as that, that israel says they are willing to talk and settlements aren't an issue? >> no, and it's above all not as simple as saying that hamas is a terrorist organization, and they have to stop. israel of all nations should understand the symbolism of david versus goliath. the more they act and the more casualties, the more destruction in gaza, they have done this repeatedly and they themselves understand that this is only a temporary solution. there has to be a negotiation. the most positive thing we've heard tonight, anderson, is that everything could be back in play. it's been frozen for months and months, so everything could be back in play, but hamas has got to be part of the solution, at least as represented by the egyptians. you can't just pretend they are not there and negotiate only with fatah. >> what about that? honestly, what is likelihood of a long-term solution, the likelihood of what a long-term negotiation really is? many have said israel has

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cnn's jill dougherty is at the state department and, jill, i guess we're learning new information fromtic officials about the cabinet position. >> well, yeah, i mean, in a way it is new, ted, these officials are saying that there is support for secretary rice that is susan rice, the u.n. ambassador for the united states, for taking the position had she leaves of hillary clinton as secretary of state. and that name, susan rice, has been bandied about for quite a long time, but now, you know, the drumbeat is increasing and secretary clinton, remember, has said she will leave at the end of the term, that would mean january, but she's also indicated that she might stick around until the president is able to replace her and that would mean, of course, that the president would have to nominate someone and that person would a have to get through the senate. that's where the plot thickens because susan rice, as we all know, is part of this unfolding saga about benghazi and the attack that killed the u.s. ambassador and other americans in libya. so she has been blamed a lot, of course, for comi

but again a lot of caveats about that. >> jill dougherty for us this morning.resting. it sets up for hillary clinton as she arrives this very -- it sounds like fragile, tentative, any sin -- synonym you want to use there. >> as soon as we saw the news overnight it seemed something was going on in the region. >> that's exactly right. it's not at a presidential level but that's how these things kind of work, kind of precooked. you have to wait for it to fully bake. >> king abdullah of saudi arabia has laid out two peace plans that have been passed by art absent league. the president and secretary clinton should certainly speak to the saudi arabians. they will play a key figure in the ongoing negotiations. >> as jill was talking about the short term and the long term. the short term cease fire for the immediate moment is valuable, but really this -- how long has this region been in this kind of -- >> century. >> what is the long-term solution? that is a huge, huge problem. >> peace. >> no, no, that's the outcome of a long-term solution. >>> let's turn to business

cnn's jill dougherty is at the state department. what is in this statement?cern and the united states is making it clear that they're watching this very closely, that there is concern by this -- about this move by president morsi, and as you can hear in this statement, what they want to know is exactly what it means because after all, this is very soon after president morsi was brokering or actually bringing together the elements for a cease-fire in gaza. his reputation was very high, and now this. so here is what the state department is saying. the decisions and declarations announced on november 22nd raised concerns for -- concern for many egyptians and for the international community. one of the aspirations of the revolution was to ensure the power would be -- would not be overly concentrated in the hands of any one person or institution. and that, in fact, is the state department says that when secretary of state hillary clinton in fact was in cairo, she was meeting with president morsi, she was talking about this constitution, which is in the process of

jill dougherty live at the white house this morning. back to the middle east.r to war as the crisis intensifies between israel and gaza. i told you moments ago there was smoke coming from the holy city of jerusalem. we're trying to figure out where it was coming from. let's talk with ben wedeman in the area. can you tell us more? >> reporter: i am in tel aviv on the coast and we understand from our bureau in jerusalem. the air raid sirens went off for quite some time and israeli channel 2 is reporting that more than one missile landed north of jerusalem and we don't have any information at this point about injuries or any damage that may have taken place. we were able to speak on the phone with a spokesman for the hamas movement who said that they indeed were the ones who fired that missile and this is significant because in the 2008 and 2009 war between hamas and israel no missiles reached that far. nothing in the area of jerusalem which is 80 kilometers or about 50 miles from gaza. now, here in tel aviv earlier in the day, in fact, there were also a missile l

during amazon book review of patriot history of the united states had met steve dougherty and arkansas businessman historian computer expert from evening shade. we first became a top to bottom review of sidney p. church history the united states and over time i discovered he's a wonderful co-author, so i asked him to help me with history of the modern world. he proved especially good in areas where it was the tennessee former intelligence officer in the army, he brought a new perspective to the cold war, especially the second volume we are working on now. as john mentioned, this is volume one deficit to 1945 and volume two will be out about this time next year, 1946 to president. i have to warn readers, such as those who see me speak before probably know me for a little more lighthearted insertion, but this is instead dominated by two unspeakably deadly wars sandwiched around a nearly worldwide depression and characterized by such villains as miscellany, stallman and hitler. i don't even think joe biden cannot get that material. while we have some sidebar section, one of my favorite is