. >> reporter: tensions have simmered in the mideast after last week's violent protest but the unrest has spread to other parts of the globe. today large protests in indonesia, philippines, pakistan can buhl, where thousands of afghans burned cars and threw rocks in protest of the anti-muslim film that mocks the prophet mohammed. the fourth day of protests in afghanistan against the low budget film produced in the united states. this man says they will continue to protest, unless

this poll was taken after the mideast developments unfolded so the mideast is fully in this poll, correcthat is correct, at least mideast developments to date are polling in this pollment and right now, 48% of voters trust obama more than romney. 45% trust romney more, in terms of handling the middle east and unaffiliated voters lien in romney's direction, a pretty even split. >> you were mentioning the democratic convention moments ago, you've got a poll of romney versus obama in north carolina after the convention, in the state itself. look at that, mitt romney is way out front. >> that's right, well, six points is a comfortable lead, but it's not way out front. north carolina is a state that i don't think is it going to be on the president's list as we go into the fiennal weeks of the campaign. it's a state he barely won. and bigger places like ohio, virginia and florida, romney absolutely has to winnowo and florida, and right now, we've got the president up by a point or so in each of those states. stuart: but the news this morning is that your national tracking poll shows mitt romney

good morning, everyone, is the president's mideast policy collapsing?n, the mob attacks our embassy. in egypt, angry clouds still there in a tense standoff near the embassy in cairo and tomorrow, expect huge anti-american demonstrations across the muslim world. no further statements yet from mitt romney or the president, but foreign policy is now a campaign issue. and it's costing you money. gas is spiking, and much of the country pays $4 for a gallon of regular. and it's also overshadowing ben bernanke, we've just received another bleak jobs report. so it's widely expected to announce a new money printing oranges today. stocks though on hold. and violence in the mideast may be keeping wall street in check. yes, another day for the history books, as "varney & company" begins. [ male announcer ] what if you had thermal night-vision goggles, like in a special opsission? you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep, you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade ar

. >> reporter: tensions have simmered in the mideast after last week's violent protest but the unrest has spread to other parts of the globe. today large protests in indonesia, philippines, pakistan can buhl, where thousands of afghans burned cars and threw rocks in protest of the anti-muslim film that mocks the prophet mohammed. the fourth day of protests in afghanistan against the low budget film produced in the united states. this man says they will continue to protest, unless the infidels correct themselves. the protests aren't likely to die down any time soon. in will be none the leader of hezbollah has called for massive demonstrations there this week. -- >> in los angeles right now coptic christian and muslim leaders are holding a news conference to denounce the violence in the mideast over that anti-islamic movie. these are live pictures of that event, very peaceful because they are talking about the rights of free speech and other things. the filmmaker is a self-described coptic christian. >>> shiny new record for apple, the company sold more than two million preorders for ip

. >> mideast nations are bracing for more anti-u.s. protests. muslim leaders are coming to the u.s. to protest. >> and police are gearing up for more rallies and protests on the one-year anniversary on the occupy wall street movement. >> good morning, i'm sue hall in the traffic center. it's friday. so far it's lighted. we do have some overnight road work we will update you on just couple minutes. >> i'm mike nicco. check out live doppler. low clouds but right now, it will be dry for the morning. we'll talk about a cooling trend and temperatures below average next week. >> eric: it's 4:30. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. >> arson investigators are busy in antioch where three fires broke out owe night and all within a short time. amy hollyfield is live at a strip mall. >> reporter: good morning. it started at the 99 cent store behind me but it's part of a strip mall. take a look at the video. there is what firefighters saw when they arrived. this is why they were concerned. big fire, big strip mall. they went to a second alarm and called for more firefighters to help them out. t

for 40 years, we have imported oil and have been connected to the mideast.d enough oil and natural gas to get off of it. if you look at the straits of aur meuse today. only 2.4 million barrels of that is in coming. we don't need that. we can go without. now, if that's the case, we have got to look at our whole situation different. our -- we have more energy, the cheapest energy in the world, and we have more energy than anybody else has in the world. >> but we're not -- in other words, you are saying to us, if we took the 18 wheelers and in five years convert it to natural gas, it saves money and we can reduce by 75% -- >> sure, the 2.4 million barrels, we have the fifth fleet over there and four carriers, two directly in the persian gulf, and two outside, and all of that is going on, and at the same time we are getting people killed every day. now we have this situation in libya and egypt. i would get out of the mideast is what i would do. >> we can do that in five years? >> we can get out of the middle east quicker than that? >> why doesn't obama say we wi

. >> reporter: tensions have simmered in the mideast after last week's violent protest but the unrestas spread to other parts of the globe. today large protests in indonesia, philippines, pakistan can buhl, where thousands of afghans burned cars and threw rocks in protest of the anti-muslim film that mocks the prophet mohammed. the fourth day of protests in afghanistan against the low budget film produced in the united states. this man says they will continue to protest, unless the infidels correct themselves. the protests aren't likely to die down any time soon. in will be none the leader of hezbollah has called for massive demonstrations there this week. -- >> in los angeles right now coptic christian and muslim leaders are holding a news conference to denounce the violence in the mideast over that anti-islamic movie. these are live pictures of that event, very peaceful because they are talking about the rights of free speech and other things. the filmmaker is a self-described coptic christian. >>> shiny new record for apple, the company sold more than two million preorders for ipho

what we're trying to do in the mideast, and what people in the mideast are trying to do to us -- even corrupt country in which to live and you see it can be better and quite frankly you are demanding it be better. you are demanding economic opportunity. chris stevens risked his life because he believed those demands were just. and the people we were fighting in the people the libyan people were fighting have no interest in this agenda. of being able to choose a better path for young women, to be able to be tolerant, open, except free markets, and have a people or people can live their own dreams. antiworld of which we are fighting, your dreams are defined -- in the world which we're fighting, your dreams are defined by the ayatollah. your dreams are defined by someone else, where you should go and what you should be, based on their interpretation of god's plan for you. now that to me is so unacceptable that it compels people like chris stevens to risk their lives. and that is what is at stake. the people in libya, egypt, afghanistan, tunisia, iraq have been exposed to different way of

i would get out of the mideast is what i would do. >> we can do that in five years? >> we can get out of the middle east quicker than that? >> why doesn't obama say we will take all government vehicles -- >> just 200,000 vehicles. that would be leadership if he did that. get off of opec oil. but oil, what we purchase from the mideast, from saudi arabia in particular, some of that goes to the taliban and just get out of there and come home. they don't want us there. you are trying to change a culture that has been there for centuries, and if, you know, you want to change it to a democracy, if they came over here and imposed their culture on us, we would -- of course we would not even consider it. and that's their attitude there too. >> they are not going to change for their spouse. >> exactly. >> and we are going to the final segment and we will bring everybody back together here, and we will sit with the economic team, and when we come back, what do you think is the greatest thing as a country, and what do we look forward to, and we want to do that when we come back.

>> the mideast is in turmoil. we better get to this story tonight. everything will probably be nice and calm there tomorrow. and they rubber stamp the large sugary drink ban. the shocking story that isn't shocking at all. that's why i use the term rubber stamps, people. and what is behind the just completed white house underground construction project? here is a hint, future landings on mars. greg? >> thanks, andy. >> you bet. >> i had a great birthday party which you should have been there. >> who was there? >> marco, sven, cole and captain cart wheel. >> are you talking about your stuffed animals again, aren't you? >> unlike you they are always there. >> maybe they have a higher tolerance for cold play. >> i never listen to them. >> i am not talking about the band. >> you are disgusting. go away. let's welcome our guests. she is so hot her family tree includes the equator. i am here with fox newschannel anchor julie anne huddy. >> you are horrible. >> and he is so sharp on weekends he mentors porcupines. and in guam he is considered a passion fruit

terry, now that this guy is de taifned will the mideast go back to the picture of tranquil tee? >> i hope so. the whole thing was on his head. what was his name? listen he is kind of a shady past. we have got guys with like $100,000 of money in the freezer , tax cheats, dudes with nightsticks outside polling stations. those guys are okay. get this guy in jail. >> we haven't found the terrorists yet, but we got him. >> by the way, the world will love us again. >> andy, welcome to the show. glad to see you. very clean cut comedian. doesn't have the drug problems. >> he smells good too. >> was this really about probation violations or was it about something else? >> they are holding on to him as a bargaining chip in case extremists get a nuclear weapon. remember the guy with the anti-muslim video. we'll trade you. >> that is actually a good idea. anne, what do you think about this? >> are we appeasing muslim extremists by jailing him? only one of those two answers. >> this seems a little like -- i don't think we are arresting and jailing everyone with a probation violation. but i d

rush to douse the flames and salvage ties with the muslim world while experts point to america's mideast policy as being responsible for the. last year and see austerity protests once again people want the belt tightening measures to end over a million and a half people in spanish catalonia calling for independence. u.s. sanctions against iran failing to curb tehran's oil trade as heavy consumer nations are once again exempt from the measures. mr jere van dyck a man who was held captive by the taliban for forty five days shares his personal view on the true reason for the u.s. military operation in afghanistan this is our city. eleven years ago america began its war on terror and today in afghanistan a u.s. war continues to be waged by current guest has a very unique perspective on what has happened in continues to take place there joining me now to talk more about this topic is journalist and author jerry van dyke mr van dyke wrote a book called captive my time as a prisoner of the taliban thank you for joining our team thank you mr van dyke as i mentioned the war on terror began some e

what this project for a new american century was about is they said we want to control the oil rich mideast proactively we want to preemptively go in there with strikes when we think something's wrong this would have been one of those times where they would have gone in preemptively with a strike the truth is and here's what people need to understand we we when we talk about it we talk about the economy talk about jobs we talk about domestic issues this is a man when i look at him i see a mushroom cloud behind his head this is a guy if you remember just a couple of weeks ago was talking about how russia is our number one geo political enemy is if the cold war cold war is still knocking around in this head he's the same guy during the primaries who thought it would be a good idea to invade north korea good idea to invade iran so we have to take this guy very seriously because we're not talking about a tactical problem a tactical war that's going to take place in the middle east we're not talking about libya by themselves or iran by themselves we're talking about iran plus china libya plus ru

the greatest thing for stability is getting more people to work, more young men to work in the mideast and projects like this, dow chemical is building a large petrochemical plant in saudi arabia, a couple on the boards in egypt, all those are creating new jobs and that's what we need to stabilize things. >> you've just come back from china. everybody is dominating the news as being japan and china and how damaging that can be to trade. what have they told you about that spate? >> that spate was automatic over the headlines when i was there just about a week ago, but i think the important thing is our economy we need to be exporting more and consuming less. they're looking to do less exporting and create more of a consumer economy. that was the much more dominant theme when i was in china last week. >> there was rhetoric coming out of the united states towards china and the wto discussions, a lot of things being put to the wto right now. >> i think there's not a trade war. that may be a great headline, but not the reality on the ground. right now we export over $100 billion worth of go

so now you look at the situations in the mideast today. you have iran, and if iran goes nuclear you are going to have already the saudis have said that, publicly said they are prepared to go nuclear. several other gulf states will pipe bombs. pick up the phone, and by a few. how many petrodollars do you offer for how many bombs? nevermind this bit about a 20 year program. you just take the bombs and you put them underneath the aircraft, all those american have 16th, and you don't have to have fancy safety devices because they won't have time to figure that stuff out. now you've got in close proximity, hundreds of miles away in some cases, with supersonic jets, and bases that would be highly vulnerable, small countries with even a small number of nuclear weapons can effectively obliterate them. and very little communication. there was no hotline in 1962. that was bad enough when the soviets wanted to send a message to the ambassador wanted to send it to moscow. they give it to western union. you hope the kid didn't stop to see his girlfrien

my next guest scott tailor did 8 years as a seal including harry assignments in the mideast. by all accounts they went down fighting. does this sound like the attackers in benghazi was part of a plot not a mob that de test add movie. >> i think it is pretty obvious it was predetermined and preplanned all of the signs point to it. egyptian warnings in the jerusalem post things that happened it is heavy weapons you don't bring heavy weapons to a protest. i think it was absolutely predetermined. >> i had plenty of bullets my way in libya they couldn't hit the side of the barn. this seems pre-meditated. predetermined does that mean al qaeda? >> i think the administration is being quite careless right now coming out confidently with jay carney and ambassador saying it wasn't predetermined it was about this film. even though they have the knowledge they don't have the investigation yet. the ambassador is typically in prip polly not benghazi. it is tough to say. i think it was predetermined. >> should the consulate been beefed up ahead of time given the warnings we mhave had? >> i t

there are millions of people around this world, particularly in the mideast, that are fighting a 100ristians and screw jews a lot following -- and jew to sit back and not accept that fact and blame these deaths on a movie theory or something else, i think it is reckless for this president to do. >> heather: let's talk about the economy with you kristi moving beyond foreign policy in august there were 20,000 unemployed veterans. president obama's latest budget proposed half a trillion in defense cuts over the next 10 years. the department of defense estimated that president obama's defense cuts could result in as many as 1.5 million jobs lost. what can president obama to win the veteran vote? when you are talking about numbers like that in this economy. >> it is important to point out ryan budget cuts veterans benefits by 13%. it is important for the president to emphasize what he has done for the military and veterans, whether it is aid for military families or whether it is increasing benefits for veterans or his post 9/11 g.i. bill there's a strong record he has to try on and he sh

violent perhaps organized strike in libya perhaps related to that film but others throughout the mideast region definitely related to the action of that movie. the arab spring moving int something that looks a little bit different right now. back to you, folks. >>> in addition to the marines and war ships being dispatched to libya there was word the u.s. was planning to strongly beef up security at all of the embassies worldwide in particular in the middle east. but still they were able to reach t-- breech the grounds in yemen literally going on as we speak? >> i have been to that embassy and it's not a major fortress outside. the they are protected by the marines. we have no confirmation u.s. marines fired at protestors. we do understand yemeni security did fire into the crowd and no information about any deaths or injuries. as you noted president obama very much stating that security will be beefed up through out the region. he was on the phone overnight to the leaders of both libya and egypt. particularly egypt. he wants to make sure that that situation doesn't get out of control. the

what we're trying to do in the mid-east and what the people in the mideast are trying to into have a people, you've been exposed to a life outside of the country life of the country in which you leave and you see it can be better. and quite frankly, you're demanding a better life. you're demanding an equal say if you're a young woman. and you're demanding a class if it's not available to you today. chris stevens risked his live because he understood those ideals were just understood what we were fighting. and the libyan people who who we are fighting are the ones who have no interest in this agenda, of being able to choose a better path for young people, to being tolerant, open, accept free markets and have a place where people can live their own dreams. and the world of which we're fighting, your dreams are defined by the ayatollahs. your aspirations are defined by someone else's view of where you should go and what you should be based on their interpretation of god's plan for you. now, that to me is so unacceptable that is com compels people like cis steven cis likeo risk their liv

mitt romney, the president is not far not even knowing that mideast policy. colossus over that, but and romney has not end and romney will not. today her chosen venue. but the media on notice. here now, and unleased. >> we always feel like we are getting bigger and more than anyone else. it's just what happens. neil: to you think the media is fair? >> that is going to get me in trouble if i answer that honestly. neil: do you think it is disproportionately so? any mistakes you guys make is exaggerated and not so with the president. but do you agree with that? >> i always think that anyone who is getting picked on has a bias as well. you know, but you cannot think about that or dwell upon that and worry about, you know, how i am being perceived. you have to just go forward and keep going with what he believed and not worry about the critics. and one thing i know is that he is a guy that has enormous integrity and enormous experience. neil: to see get frustrated by this response? to see if frustrated by these polls? making momentum. oh, my god. i'm down. neil: n

military bases throughout the mideast.s the tensions grow new york city posted to presidential nominees of ring to vastly different visions. president obama address the general assembly and suggested he has little ability to shapeless happening on the ground. >> as we can solve every problem and the world the united states has not and will not seek to dictate the outcome of a democratic transitions abroad. >> reporter: a few minutes earlier republican mitt romney appeared with former president bill clinton at the initiative and accused mr. obama sitting on the sidelines while the mideast unravels. >> syria has witnessed the killing of tens of thousands of people. the president of egypt is a member of the muslim brotherhood ambassador in libya was assassinated in a terrorist attack. moving toward nuclear weapons capability. we saw a field at the mercy of events rather than shaping events. >> reporter: the president did not call it a terrorist attack. an assault not just on america but the values of the un and declared he un

we got a mideast -- who knows what's going on in the mideast.the midsoutheast falling apart in front of our eyes. you see it on television every night. >> you do see that president obama is ahead in the key state? >> i believe obama is ahead. if i were the obama campaign i'd feel a little better. feel like things are ahead, we're working but nervous we've got four debates ahead, and a mideast. who knows what's going to happen next? the obama approach to the mideast is not working. iran now has three times more enriched you'uraniuyou'ruranium president obama came into office. his asproech not working. egypt is trying to put sharia law. three guys walked out of parliament because they're worried that egypt's going to become a sharia state. an american ambassador killed for the first time since jimmy carter. 30, 40, demonstrations against america. >> and pulling out of iraq and afghanistan? >> that might be the problem. >> the problem is -- >> no, no. the prident killed bin laden, great, wonderful. applauded for him. nobody applauded more than they

. >>> the mideast and traffic implications for folks trying to head out to see the flyover later today. what one might be busy through monday. also the gun and did this is the abuse until this was what did nothing right now. we have so little money construction most of it has been cleared for a two- minute ride into san francisco. you might see this is lynch closed in that area. >>> new this morning black put is reporting massive outages in europe. the company said it is largely working to fix those troubles right not at also apologizes for the inconvenience. the interruption occurs just as apple fans of finally getting reforms. >>> i'm here in union square at the apple store were about a hundred people have camped at overnight for a long anticipated release of the new phone. the release comes almost the year after the death of apple founder steve jobs. she says is why she's been hisses greeted yesterday afternoon. >>> because i had of life on foot and its outdated. i love apple products at a time they tried and true that will go. >>> some people have been reported to been steady among

saying you are all consumed in the mideast crisis but not so consumed you are actually to be consumedhe white house to deal with it. i've had enough of it. white house that dares to call mitt romney opportunenistic and the same time passing up an in-person chat with israel prime minister, at least to me seems idiotic. i am wondering, after the first lady saying that american is greatest threat to our national security. not mentioning violent bombs, attacking might be right now slightly more urgent threat to our national security. that is where it's at. all right. well, her husband is under attack for criticizing the white house response to the violent attacks, and the u.s. interest in the middle east. now ann romney is speaking

. >> is anybody deterred from attacking america's interest in the mideast because bin laden is dead? o coherent foreign policy at a time when we need one. >> from these defenders continued to try to push this 1998 audio of then senator barack obama. >> i actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody's got a shot. the campaign complained that some new stations are refusing to air the audio claiming it is dated. >> when you account for the margin of error, the race is neck and neck in some states and leaves mitt romney in striking distance and some other battleground states. >> the candidates for u.s. senate in virginia square off for debate in northern virginia. democrat tim kaine and republican george allen went head-to-head and both wasted no time taking shots at each other on issues from medicare to the definition of marriage. a new poll shows tim kaine over george allen. you can see our story on the senate debate on our website wjla.com. >> a special lead student was shot six times but was released from the hospital today. court docum

this time the republican presidential nominee says peace in the mideast is not possible. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas have both declined to comment. this video comes from the website mother jones. shot the same florida fundraiser in which romney also said nearly half of all americans see themselves as victims who want government help. karen travers has more on how in could affect the presidential race. >> reporter: mitt romney's rough september may have gotten worse. video clips posted by mother jones rocking the presidential race and have the romney campaign scrambling in the clips, romney seen describing wealthy donors at a may fundraiser that nearly half americans who are solidly for president obama >> reporter: romney said as an election strategy he can't worry about those voters. >> reporter: last night he held a late night press conference but didn't offer an apology. >> it is not elegantly stated. >> reporter: the obama campaign said it was shocking that romney believes half of americans view themselves as victims. the video gets to the heart

now, obviously you have heard about the tensions in syria, iran, throughout the mideast. but there is a battle brewing much closer to home. >> tonight the food fight sweeping school cafeterias nationwide. >> students who say healthy lunches now mandated under federal guidelines are leaving them hungry. >> jon: news flash! extra extra, children think school lunches suck. (laughter) we now go out to our own captain obvious who has been following this story since schools began serving lunch. (laughter) all right, what's the problem? >> smaller portions, fewer calories, less meat and cheese, and more fruits and vegetables. >> some kids are complaining that their lunch doesn't fill them up. >> the new rules limit elementary schoolers to 650-- 650 call reerx 700 calories for middle schoolers and 850 for high schoolers. >> jon: extra extra, school lunches suck! and the portions are too small. (laughter) so you hate the food and you want more of it. but i guess look f the government is actually policing students and reses-- restricting their caloric intake that does seem a bit dr

the man behind the anti-muslim film that sparked much of the mideast violence identified.maker's door after digging into his shady past. >> this is the house that cnn and all the media has tracked the man that we now know to be nakoula basseley nakoula. he's hunkered down in there, he's not coming out. he's the shadowy maker of a low-budget anti-islamic film who has a criminal past and many aliases. someone who doesn't want to be found. and as we discovered for good reason. in 1997, bacile spent a year in prison convicted of trying to manufacture methamphetamine. he spent another year in federal prison for fraud. these are just some of the documents for criminal cases against sam bacile or nakoula basseley nakoula. it is by going through these that investigators had a hard time tracking him down, as well. the guy had several addresses. many social security numbers. and lots of names. court documents showed he used at least 17 different names, including sam bacile, kitbag, difrat and thomas tanas. anyone having anything to do with sam bacile is scared to death across los an

this time the republican presidential nominee says peace in the mideast is not possible. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas have both declined to comment. this video comes from the website mother jones. shot the same florida fundraiser in which romney also said nearly half of all americans see themselves as victims who want government help. karen travers has more on how in could affect the presidential race. >> reporter: mitt romney's rough september may have gotten worse. video clips posted by mother jones rocking the presidential race and have the romney campaign scrambling in the clips, romney seen describing wealthy donors at a may fundraiser that nearly half americans who are solidly for president obama >> reporter: romney said as an election strategy he can't worry about those voters. >> reporter: last night he held a late night press conference but didn't offer an apology. >> it is not elegantly stated. >> reporter: the obama campaign said it was shocking that romney believes half of americans view themselves as victims. the video gets to the heart