with us today access tv dan rather, the bbc katty kay, "the new york times" jodi kantor and abc's sam donaldson. first up the petraeus story and it has us disturbed. washington is just as dumbfounded, torn between wonder at the dysfunction of our national security leaders and of course reluctant curiosity. dan, why does this same thing keep happening? it just happens, these powerful men, even as disciplined as petraeus. you know petraeus. >> i do know him and like him and think he's been a great patriot and public servant. but in answer to your question, i simply don't know. what we do know is it occurs, has occurred not just in our time and our country but all through difficult times. part of it is i think people who reach the pinnacle begin to think they can do things that other people can't do. they think i'm so high, nobody will ever find out about this. best i can do, unless you want to accept what my great grandmother used to say, there's simply no damn good. chris: we'll stop short with that but maybe you want to talk. >> i agree with dan but people in high positions, they're s

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i am katty kay. an assault as engines rise between syria and israel. it is a fortress like no other. how did one intruder slipped past security to get his hands on the keys to the tower of london? on publice to our viewers television and around the globe. the conflict in syria has widened with israel saying it will respond with severity if any more mortars landed in the heights. this has happened twice and wise israel has responded. today with direct hits on syrian units. the violence comes at the same time as the arab league has recognized the newly formed syrian opposition bloc as legitimate. on the ground, aircraft co. continued their bombardment. >> the war is brought perilously close to the turkish border. one of the bombs brought by syrian air force jets exploded barely 10 meters from the frontier, shattering windows and the turkish side. activists had several people were killed in the bombing. government forces try to recapture the town that fell to the rebels last week. the hostilities that more refugees streaming across the border. turkish amb

of ohio, the reverend al sharpton will be here, also eugene robinson, but first harold ford jr., katty kayeacham. look at this dramatic exit. >> all right. >> katty leading them out. >> i'd say this is a tad bit contrived. >> democracy plaza. >>> all right. time now for the must-read opinion pages. we've got this incredible shot that we're coming in on. joining us now while we're still sort of getting ourselves together here. you know what? i think they're all drunk, actually. msnbc political analyst and visiting professor at nyu harold ford jr. you're all put together, of course. pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. i'm scared to talk to him. and washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay joins us. >> can we set the table really quick. >> set the table. >> jon meacham put this in historical perspective for us today. >> since world war ii, only -- >> you're making this up, aren't you? >> i am, i am. >> go ahead. >> three incumbents have lost competitive races like this out of 11, i think. so we tend to rehire. the three who lost for president, ford, president bush, and

and in washington, washington anchor for "bb krrgs world news america," katty kay. good to have you all on board. willie, hi. >> hello, mika. >> a lot to get to. that's my sweater. aftermath of the storm. sorry about that. we're not put together this morning. the death toll is rising on this. we've got a couple of new facts to bring to you. we've been watching the coverage now three days straight. everybody's exhausted. breezy point, my god, that story, i was seeing michelle miller's report on cbs, her second one. it is just amazing what has happened there. we'll get to more on that in just a moment. we're also five days away from a presidential election. and there are some literally logistical issues with that. but bill karins was watching this morning, and you said something that really rang true. three days after a disaster is when the novelty wears off, when it really starts to hurt. bill. >> yeah. i've been going through these the last 15 years of my career, and this is the end of the glow. everyone's all together. it's a novelty. you're getting through it. if

>> josh, it's katty kay here.orld where we know everythi everything about everybody, who was it responding to these e-mails to something like "hell yeah like obamacare." is it kids? big donors? it sounds like it's pitched more at a younger donor. >> that's a great question. i asked them, did you send different messages to different age groups or gender? and the answer turned out to be no. this was really almost more an art than a science. in that when you hit upon an effective subject line, it tended to perform better among all age groups, all genders and all categories than anything else. and it was strange not just to me but to the people who wrote these e-mails themselves. which ones wound up being the most effective. and the most effective subject line over the course of the campaign was just "hey." just the word "hey." >> campaign fund-raising. >> josh, to your point, it's actually art and not science, as somebody who's done messaging the last 30 year, common sense tells you an e-mail that's sent out in a tra

and then just -- >> halperin, heilemann, and katty kay. >> katty, you don't have to go to burton thisterday. >> yeah. and you bought glasses. >> you look great. >> actually, i can see something now. there's a world out there and there are things you can read on the ipad not just pictures. it's funny. >> really? >> yeah. changed my world. >> i don't do a lot of reading. >> you just wear the glasses for show, right, joe? >> makes his eyes look bigger. >> what is that thing? >> mika is hold iing on to, lik some object encased in lucite. >> it's a twinkies. >> it's an embalmed twinkie. louis just gave it to me. >> you may not even have to do that because they're so preserved you could just leave it on your desk. >> i mean, seriously. you know what, here is another coincidence. like when you drop it -- >> oh. >> it makes the same sound. >> there is a reason that it possibly might be going out of business, and i'm not trying to be mean because there's a lot at stake. >> we begin with the ongoing fight on capitol hill over the administration on the attack on the u.s. consulate the in benghaz

the museum, this is a 15 minute period >> next, we have katty kay at the bbc interviewing amy klobuchar who just killed in this election. she won in minnesota by 35 points. people are saying she owns the state lake hubert humphrey and is better looking. [applause] .. >> with the statue of strom thurmond. [laughter] whenever it did said in a room stays in the room. we never talk about the male senators. [laughter] but the group has worked well together sometimes on legislation or women's health, of burbank, but mostly before to the relationships. my first bill was with olympia snowe. a number of women are problem solvers that you have seen this in the election. but they saw her someone to compromise and there we're elected officials who had the quote that was accurate that said riven politicians speak softly and carry a big statistic. maybe not anymore but there is a model with men coming elected officials who had the quote that was accurate that said riven politicians speak softly and carry a big statistic. maybe not anymore but there is a model with men coming against all odds hoping f

. >> next we have katty kay of the bbc interviewing senator amy klobuchar our who just killed in thisn. she won in minnesota by 35 points. people are saying she owns the state like hubert humphrey. and is better looking. [applause] >> well, thank you very much for joining us here. congratulations on your victory. convincing. not a tight race up there in minnesota. >> no. it was actually a lot of fun in our state. we had some amendments that were divisive and no one ever thought we could beat them. we did, and so the voter turnout in minnesota was 76% of eligible voters. [applause] >> and now, of course, you will join a new senate make up in january in which there will be 20% participation by women. >> that's right. 21 for the first time in history. i was telling katty, i was in the green room about, this morning we for the first time had a traffic jam in the women's center's bathroom a. [laughter] never happened. >> there's only two stalls are not going to say who that would be. there were five of us in there. so it's very exciting speak so, you know, things are good for women in poli