kelly wright has more. >> president obama is expected to talk about a wide range of topics when he speaks in front of world leaders at the u.n. general assembly. he will declare recent acts of anti-american violence and protests through out the muslim world and the killing of chris stevens dois not spreading good commonwealth across the world he will talk about nuclear threats from iran and united states is committed to its relationship to israel the strongest ally in the middle east. while he is in the u.n. he is not expected to be with any world leaders. jay carney explained monday why the president has made no public plans. >>> the president just recently had a conversation with prime minister netanyahu that lasted more than an hour i believe, and that was just one in countless conversations that they have had. as you know the president has met with and spent time on the phone with prime minister netanyahu more than any leader since he took office. >>> many are the president. republicans are blasting president obama for being in campaign mode during his visit. they criticized the presi

kelly wright and jamie colby will take it from here. tune in fox news sunday tomorrow with bank of america senior strategist david axle rod. check for your local times and channel. thank you for watching, make it a great day everybody, see you next time. a weather alert. threats for severe weather alert across the country. welcome to america's election headquarters. i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby, i can smile, things are better for the folks in the path of hurricane isaac. the remnants are inland from the gulf. the storm, take a look at it. the heavy rain and approximately west, still. that could be news for farmers struggled on to the most devastating drought in more than 50 years. the damaging winds though could spell trouble. >> yeah, i really it would be great if it could come in and soak in and the rain is not going to hurt anything, we don't need a lot of rain, hopefully keep the wind out and rain coming nice and soaks in and doesn't all run off. >> chief meteorologist rick reichmuth, live in the extreme weather center. i ca

welcome to america's election headquarters, i'll kelly wright. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. taliban is claiming responsibility for giving two u.s. marines at camp leatherneck in. and nearly 20 armed militants stormed the security perimeter using automatic weapons and rocket propelled grenades and explosives, forces killing nearly all the attackers, and saying they attacked the base bus prince harry is there, doing military duty at that base and to avenge an anti-islam film that insulted the prophet muhammad. let's get the facts on this. connor powell streaming live from afghanistan with the latest, connor? >> jamie, it's been a deadly 24 hours in helmand province. the growing line of insider attacks. and taliban had a blazon attack on camp leatherneck, home to rah means and prince harry is there as part of an apache helicopter unit deployed there and the taliban say they launched this attack in order to not only capture prince harry, but also, to, in response to the ongoing turmoil in the middle east and anti-islamic video. at no time during that attack, small arms, grenades

> kelly: with that, we welcome you to a brand new hour of america's election headquarters, i'm kelly wright. >> i'm jamie colby, an interesting new twist to the whole story, congressman king joins a growing list of lawmakers, why ambassador rice initially declared the benghazi attack, a reaction to a protests in cairo over an anti-islam film before acknowledging it was a coordinated attack. and christopher stevens and three other americans were killed in the september 11th attack in benghazi and molly henneberg is following the story live in washington what happens next. >> she has her supporters including the president saying she's done extraordinary work at the united nations and providing the best knowledge that the administration had at the time. and john kerry, democratic chairman of the foreign relations committee says she's a quote enormously capable person, but republican congressman peter king is it not convinced. he wants to know why five days after the attack that killed ambassador chris stevens and three others, ambassador rice stated publicly on several talk shows it was a spon

. >> i'm kelly wright in for eric shawn. >> two groups are expected that killed a u.s. ambassador. our greg palkot is streaming live from tripoli with the latest developments in libya. >> reporter: remarkable. we have been watching the government seeming to crack down on the militants. they have been causing so many problems and it might have something to do with the killing of the ambassador and other americans. we have been watching an outpouring of violence. we saw compounds being ransacked. we saw protestors and militia members being killed, being injured. by monday night according to the government all the armed gangs have to get into line. they have to give up weapons and follow orders from the government. one of key targets of this is the islamist militant group, they have left two different cities. they are directly expected of involvement on stevens and consulate in benghazi. but the probe into the attack. on the face of it it's a good thing. we are seeing quick, rough justice because all the indications we are getting from officials is that investigation into the death of

kelly wright has more details on that. od morning, kelly. >> up to now the campaign has been focused on the jobs and economy. now a sharper focus on the campaign trail an the question of national security and president obama's foreign policy. republicans will blasting the president on this attack claiming the obama administration failed to provide adequate security for ambassador stevens and americans and more. >> he plays a small ball game when he has a disaster overseas in the middle east and northern africa which he said he could solve and he didn't. we have a disaster in the economy this this country somehow the president thinks he is entitled to four more years. i think he should worry about intelligence briefings, getting the economy back on track instead of debate prep and interviews with a lens and meetings with jay-z and beyonce. >> as criticism mounts over the handling of the attack the senior advisor and robert gibbs about the administration. >> you say this was a terror attack. nobody wants to get to the bottom

. >> kelly wright is covering this angle for us. he's live in washington with more. >> according to reports we are getting from fox news our national intelligence correspondent goes on to report there are two-ways to the assault what has been relayed to the intelligence source is in the first wave the attackers were heard to say we got him. speaking of the ambassadors. the second wave went after the motorcade and support personnel. the head of the house intelligence committee who publicly stated it was a premedicated attack explained this was going on. on the attack in benghazi u.s. officials say there was a small demonstration during the day of the attack. at the time of impact during which took place on the u.s. embassy. during that attack stevens and three other americans were killed. they continue to raise more questions about what steps the obama administration could have taken to make the area more secure. the attack is an indication that proper steps may not have been taken to keep the benghazi area clear. >> the big talker t

kelly wright is live for us. >> good morning. >> good morning to you well. sharp distinctions with the convention behind them they are campaigning very hard making their appeal to voters. governor mitt romney will be in ohio today. that's a key battle ground state. romney needs to win it. he is taking aim at president obama on the sluggish economy and jobs. >> the president has kept in place a series of policies that have made no progress against unemployment and is shrinking job market. the number of individuals who are in the job market today is in an awful 30-40 year low. people can't find work. if this president is re-elected you will see chronic high unemployment you will cee-lo wage growth if any at all there will be this fiscal calamity at our doorstep. >> over the weekend president obama was in florida sunday. focusing on the romney ryan medicare plan. >> their voucher plan for medicare could bankrupt medicare. our plan strengthens medicare. no american should have to spend their golden years at the mir see of the insurance company. >> on the greater

jon: kelly wright in washington for us. kelly, thank you. ann: for more on the white house response to the terror attack in libya i'm joined by democratic senator from dell wear -- delaware chris coons a member of the senate foreign relation committee. >> good morn. patti ann: he said they were not misleading after the killing of ambassador stevens was an attack was spontaneous response to this video and not a preplanned terror attack on the 9/11 anniversary. do you agree the administration did not lead the public. >> i agree the administration did after the attack was appropriate to launch the thorough investigation on conditions of the ground and led to this tragic attack. what i think the regretable some folks tried to inject our own domestic partisan presidential campaign into what ought to be a thorough and thoughtful review of what is actually happened on 9/11 in benghazi. clearly it is tragic we lost an american ambassador and three of the folks who served the united states with him. i think frankly to parse too closely the quick resp

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kelly wright any ann con wa co. what do you think? will they be forgiven as it was is just the platform committee run amuck? >> it was not just the platform committee. there was only one reference to god left in the entire platform. tally up to many times abortion or gay marriage are mentioned in there. obsessed in the issues that aren't in the top five for anybody's polling. on the issue of god, geraldo, let's tell them where god really was in the platform. it was in a phrase that appeared in 2008 when obama won with a much more handy margin than where he is right now so maybe he should find god again in his platform. it said god given potential that everybody has the right to work hard according to their quote god given potential. it wasn't even god by himself. it was hyphenated god-given potential. and they ripped that out. >> geraldo: look how they paid in terms of the embarrassment. i was critical fo of the republicans for putting a harsh acin their platform. a gay amendment to the federal constitution. do we really need that? >>

kelly wright and jamie colby are standing by for more news. don't miss the senior advisor, robert gibbs stop by with chris wallace. make it a great day, everybody. everybody. >> a fox news alert, major developments in libya, the story continues to grow. thousands of libyans angry over the killing of a popular american ambassador have stormed militia compounds in benghazi, sending the armed thugs packing and also setting fire to their weapons and ammo. welcome everybody, to a brand new hour of america's election headquarters, i'm jamie coally. huge developments. >> kelly: welcome, everybody, u.s. ambassador chris stevens was well liked among so many libyans. his killing and the murder of three other americans at the u.s. consulates in benghazi, apparently the the last straw in what has been simmering tensions between ordinary libyans, and the armed militias, who roam the streets there. greg palkot streaming live from tripoli now joins us. >> kelly, we were just speaking to an aide to the president here in libya and say they're happy with the ev

a fox weather alert a possible tornado touching down in new york city, hello, everyone, i'm he kelly wright. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby, this is one of the we'll report, you decide. look at the video into fox news, a massive funnel cloud. let's just listen for a moment. . [wind blowing] >> wow, look at the size of this massive funnel cloud, kelly. it moves through the breezy point section of queens, just outside of where we are. >> kelly: wow. >> jamie: the forces of mother nature overwhelming and they also had large hail, powerful wind, dangerous lightning, descending on the area and knocking down trees and power lines and tossing around sand near the beach. large amounts of debris also flying around, including huge metal trash bins. and meteorologist maria molina is live in the fox extreme weather center having a busy day suddenly because of this. when will we know if it's an actual tornado, maria? >> the national weather service will have to come in and acertain the damage and the wind speed on the system. we can see on the video it clearly looks like a tornado and we have reports from br

four syrian officers injured and two syrian activist groups say that about 5,000 people kelly wrightedgust making iwere killed in august. a mango recall in new jersey. f and f produce company recalled several because of concerns about salmonella. they issued the recall in an abundance of caucuses caution. >>> the state of texas is locked in yet another battle with the federal government over its strict voter i.d. law. the state was dealt a serious blow when a three judge panel ruled that the law violated the voter rights act. texas had the burden of proveing that its voter i.d. law did not adversely empact minorities. the fight is far from over. texas attorney general greg abbott joins us live from austen. your reaction to the ruling this week? >> shannon, we have only begun to fight about oater i.d. the reality is voter fraud is rampant across the country. look at acorn and the fact that more than 200 dead people voted in the texas premare in the last election and so we are trying to use voter i.d. as one of the ways of cracking down on illegal voting and cheating at the ballot box. s

bill: kelly wright, thank you on that in washington. >> reporter: you're welcome.tha: all of that raises the questions about the white house's explanations to all of this and are they reasonable? let's bring in our panel kirsten powers, columnist for "the daily beast" and fox news contributor and tony sayegh, campaign analyst and consultant for talk radio news service. >> good morning. martha: we saw what the response was to all of this for the white house. basically the initial response was that it was spontaneous. then it sort of elevated itself to an evident terror attack on our consulate there. you know, how are they doing handling all of this, kirsten? >> they're -- not very well. the question is whether they lied or whether they're just completely clueless, and neither are great scenarios because, i understand what robert gibbs was saying this was the best information that they had at the time, and it was couched that way by susan rice but the point is she said this is our best assessment of the situation. and how could that be your best assessment when it wa