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i listened to george pataki. half the things he said were just off the wall. i mean, you look at libya. the president did the most intelligent thing possible. and the republicans are complaining about it. they call it leading from behind. the president led from the front but managed to keep american troops from having to go in, managed to liberate a country together with nato and others who did a lot of the heavy lifting, be which is great and i would think americans would cheer that and our goals were advanced and after chris stevens was tragically killed, 30,000 libyans came out with signs saying, we love america, we love chris stevens. that's america at its best. on the mitt romney, you have this confusion, you have completely helter skelter policy. >> tomorrow at work people will be talking about it and i have to say there's nothing from the romney side that i remember but that line about we don't have as many horses in the military anymore, that sounds to me like what people are going to be saying at work tomorrow. >> well, i hope so because this is serio

i got a call from governor george pataki and from mayor rudy guiliani is saying, tommy, we need help right now. i was the only cabinet secretary that was able to get an airplane in the air and we sent 50 tons of medical supplies up to the city of new york by 5:00 in the afternoon. the next morning i had 200,000 gloves, to hundred thousand masks. following morning i was in the city of new york, the first cabinet secretary there come before the president. i met with the governor, i met with the chief of police, the fire department, i walked down west broadway with 6 million firemen. we had to wear a mask because the debris in the air was so thick that you cannot see. i went to the hospital and went around and talk to doctors and administrators and held the people that were injured, later died. they wanted some particular products and some doctors which i sent up there. then i went to the morgue and saw individuals out there. they needed help. i commissioned some people from my department to come up there. then i asked the department of defense to set up a hospital ship comfort and sent

it bothers me because i was there helping out and if you talk to george pataki and mayor guiliani, they said i was a force of nature because i was up there so often helping people get things. deny give the appropriation. -- congress, she did not appropriate the money. congress did not appropriate the money. that is why they did i get the treatment they did. it put in a rejection as to who could get it. talking about her judgment, not only did she vote against this. she voted against the alldinejad -- out of 535, sectors except three condemned ahmadinejad. tammy baldwin voted against the sanctions. i do not question her patriotism. i questioned her judgment. on these things that make america less safe. >> discussion about iran. why did you take $60,000 from a group that is opposed to sanctions which he tried to raise in the last the day. >> it is unacceptable for iran to become capable of producing a nuclear weapon. it is a threat to the u.s., either to the region -- a region and toe israel. i support the president's call options on the table approach. and have voted early in my career a

our team joining us, governor george pataki, former governor of new york.editor in chief and richard socarides. upgrading that number since last night, 22 deaths in new york. 6.6 million people still have no power. about a third of that number is in new york where the flooded subways have made it really hard to get around. look at these pictures. bus service is back, one bright spot, in limited fashion. people can expect long wait times if you're going to take a bus. lots of property damage to talk about. this is breezy point in queens. look at that. that is just stunning, the damage there. mayor bloomberg, new york city mayor bloomberg said it's going to be a mammoth job. >> it looks like a tornado, right? >> doesn't it? look at that. these pictures, it just -- i'm sure in person it looks even worse. rob marciano is in new york's chelsea neighborhood where the building right behind him collapsed. the front of it is gone. good morning, rob. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. yes, this has been a stop for many, a looky loo here in new york city, an extraord

george pataki, form er governor of new york, joins us now. good to see you.ood morning, soledad. >> good morning to you, sir. what's your take away. obviously it's very dramatic. but you were running this state for a long time not too long ago. what do you think? >> well, it's dramatic and more than that, the safety concerns are not over yet. you still have downed power lines. you still have flooded subway tunnels and the best advice is to continue to listen to the experts, listen to the emergency responders, like the police and fire. and don't make any unnecessary trips outside. it might not be raining or windy, but the danger is still there. >> we have heard that the new york stock exchange is closed for a second day in a row. that's historic. it's not happened for some 120 years. from con ed, they've been saying this is the worst they've ever seen. transportation people, dealing with the subways, say they've never seen anything like this. what's the potential price tag of this? >> soledad, this is going to be in the billions. no question about it. with the

. >> let's bring in former new york governor george pataki and former governor ted strikland.d to see you. governor strickland, do you think governor romney earned some undecided voters last night? >> i would give him a b-plus on style. i would give him a d-minus on substance and truthfulness. i don't think he was a truthful man last night. >> in what way, specifically. give me what you think is as "the washington post" likes to put it, your four pinochios. >> he doesn't have a $4 trillion tax cut plan, obviously he does. that's a big deal. >> let me play what president obama, that's one area where president obama hit him. let me play exactly what the president had to say about that. >> for 18 months he's been running on this tax plan. and now five weeks before the election he's saying that his big bold idea is nevermind. >> governor pataki, does governor romney owe his performance last night to the fact that he's pivoting more to the middle? >> not at all. he's been consistent with his campaign and what he's always believed in. you had a clip on how he worked with democrats.

i mean, republican governor george pataki was not that long ago and given what was going on around the country in 2010 it is not inconceivable that november 2010 could have offered a very closely fought race for the new york governorship between andrew cuomo, democrat, and whoever the republican was. turned out not to be a close race at all. andrew cuomo won by a 30-point margin. a 30-point margin. why did he win by a 30-point margin? because this is the guy the republicans had running against him. crazy carl. remember him? the republicans ran crazy carl paladino as their gubernatorial nominee against andrew cuomo. the guy with the baseball bat. that's how we got new york governor andrew cuomo. it is also, that campaign is how we got a legitimate innovation in american political campaigning. carl paladino was such a crazy candidate, such a crazy out there campaign, that he invented something in american politics that i think has never been done before. which is scratch and sniff. a scratch and sniff political flier which even now two years later after that election still sort of smells

governor george pataki of new york. >> interesting in listening to the governor.ackdrops, 9/11. these agencies learned to coordinate with each other. a terrible event that made it so that all of the emergency responders have a central system. it could come in handy in this devastation. >> that's a good point. >>> when we come back, the nation's capital also feeling the effects of sandy. we'll take you there live, tell you which government offices are closed, what landmarks are in the path and whether or not we're actually going to get that jobs number on friday when we come back in a moment. ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. governor of getting it done

i listened to george pataki. half the things he said were just off the wall. i mean, you look at libya. the president did the most intelligent thing possible. and the republicans are complaining about it. they call it leading from behind. the president led from the front but managed to keep american troops from having to go in, managed to liberate a country together with nato and others who did a lot of the heavy lifting, be which is great and i would think americans would cheer that and our goals were advanced and after chris stevens was tragically killed, 30,000 libyans came out with signs saying, we love america, we love chris stevens. that's america at its best. on the mitt romney, you have this confusion, you have completely helter skelter policy. >> tomorrow at work people will be talking about it and i have to say there's nothing from the romney side that i remember but that line about we don't have as many horses in the military anymore, that sounds to me like what people are going to be saying at work tomorrow. >> well, i hope so because this is serio

also former governors ted strickland and george pataki, as well. first, though want to get right to john berman for a look at the stories making news this morning. >> good morning. we start with some good news. she was shot in the head by the taliban because she fought for women's rights. this morning there is brand-new information on the condition of 14-year-old malala yousafzai. it is promising news. doctors in the uk say the pakistani teen has been able to stand up and is communicating freely. she's writing, not talking yet, but she has -- because she has a tracheotomy tube inserted. doctors say the bullet grazed her brain, and there is some physical damage. she's also being treated for an infection. >>> a libyan militia leader who is the suspected ring leader behind the deadly attack in benghazi is basically thumbing his nose at american and libyan investigator. ahmed abu khattala and despite reports he is in hiding he socialized with journalists last night at a hotel in benghazi. he told writers he was present during the consulate incident out

in fact, over here, if you can see over my right shoulder, former new york governor george pataki surroundedof reporters, as he's putting his spin in favor of mitt romney tonight. and look around the room. this half of this large room at hofstra university dedicated to television outlets and networks. you can see they have their various booths so the democrat and republican surrogates can come and do interviews afterwards. and across the room, the other half dead indicated to radio reporters, print reporters, bloggers, hundreds of them, including from the foreign press here tonight. this is the spin room, already slowly swirling, wolf. >> is your head getting dizzy yet, or is it okay? >> reporter: it will. >> i know, get ready. jim acosta in the spin room, as well, a different location. where are you, jim? >> that's right, wolf. i'm also in the spin room, same room brianna is in, but different vantage point. wanted to show this wide view of what's going on in here right now. and wolf, i have to tell you, if this debate were a washing machine, it would have two spin cycles, one before the deb

and former new york governor george pataki will be my guest. his scathing resignation letter.s a new investigation into former investment banker greg smith, and it shows there might be more to that story. we're going to hear this morning from the journalist who got an exclusive look into the investigation. >>> and cheering in god's name. really a conversation about free speech, versus church and state. with one texas cheerleaders, they won the right to put those religious phrases on their banners. but it all goes to court in the summer and the question now is will the decision last? we're going to talk to the -- the cheerleader who brought that suit, her mom, and her attorney this morning. right at the top of the hour. >> big court decision. that should be interesting. zoraida? >> thank you very much. 42 minutes past the hour. hollywood film star and sultry sex symbol, vivica fox, is taking a break from the movies to focus on her new gig. she's a reality tv host. fox is the host of a brand-new lifetime series "prank my mom." where sneaky sons and daughters pull practical jokes

the governor of new york george pataki, the former governor.will be joining us as well. dozens of homes were burned to the ground, many more partially burned in queens new york neighborhood. we were talking about this story. breaking news yesterday. this morning we'll talk to a man who lived in this home for 35 years. he lost everything in this disastrous fire as did his neighbors. we'll talk about what happens as they rebuild. president obama is going to get a look at the damage himself just days before the election. he'll tour the flood zones in new jersey. with someone he's often at odds with, we were talking about earlier this morning. governor chris christie. he says listen, i call them as i see them. sometimes i'll praise him, sometimes i won't. we'll talk with jen psaki from the obama campaign. that's all ahead at "starting point." >> all right, fantastic. >>> superstorm sandy brought air and ground traffic to a halt. a grinding halt. two of the three major new york airports are reopening but look at laguardia. closed. still. due to floo

it bothers me because i was there helping out and if you talk to george pataki and mayor guiliani, they said i was a force of nature because i was up there so often helping people get things. congress deny give the appropriation. -- congress, she did not appropriate the money. congress did not appropriate the money. that is why they did i get the treatment they did. it put in a rejection as to who could get it. talking about her judgment, not only did she vote against this. she voted against the ahmadinejad -- out of 535, all sectors except three condemned ahmadinejad. tammy baldwin voted against the sanctions. i do not question her patriotism. i questioned her judgment. on these things that make america less safe. >> discussion about iran. why did you take $60,000 from a group that is opposed to sanctions which he tried to raise in the last the day. >> it is unacceptable for iran to become capable of producing a nuclear weapon. it is a threat to the u.s., either to the region -- a threat to the region and to israel. i support the president's call options on the table approach. and have

and if you talk to george pataki and mayor giuliani, they said i was a force of nature because i was up there so often helping people get things. and congress didn't give the appropriation she's talking about from things, people didn't get it. that's true, they didn't. but it wasn't because we didn't try. the federal government -- she's the congress, they didn't appropriate the money. that's why they didn't get the treatment they did. plus, they put a restriction in as to who could get it. we had to interpret the federal law. if we could have given more money out to more people, we would have. and talking about her judgment, not only did she vote against this, she voted against the ahmadinejad -- out of 535 people, all senators, all the representatives except three individuals condemned ahmadinejad. tammy baldwin voted present. she voted against the sanctions. i don't question her patriotism, i question her judgment on these things that make america less safe. >> moderator: we've slid into the discussion about iran that's been going on, too, and i'll have you explain your vote on the