. >> reporter: but there were bright spots to see, like the one we saw as we passed by, bill mullens, a flag ceremony on his front yard, blocks away from the atlantic ocean, bill mullens feels lucky to be here. >> i always try to express it, what is it about the jersey shore? >> i don't think you can describe it, unless you live on the jersey shore, we're blessed to be on the ocean, a double edged sword, of course, but for all the good, absolutely worth the bad. >> reporter: those with roots here may have to put the roots deeper in the sand in the future. as we go to the break we'll show you some of the web information for those asking how to help, we'll come back with a final look around, right after this. >>> we're back, this is room 205 at the white sands motel here at point pleasant beach. and look, this was never a four seasons, closer to something like a three or two. but this has always been a classic part of the jersey shore experience. this is beach front property, never more so than it is now. like a lot of folks around here they will have to reassess because of what the sto

. >> the day after the storm hit, kathleen mullen of new jersey found a bundle of love letters washed. they were written between 1942 and '47, sent by a woman to her fiance in world war ii. he passed away. and she's in a nursing home. but mullen tracked down her niece in virginia who will get the letters and preserve her family's history. that's an awesome story. >> it is. >>> and we've all heard that three's a crowd. there's probably no one that knows that better than a california woman who just gave birth to the heaviest triplets ever. >> this hurts just reading this. the new baby boys weighed in at a total of more than 20 pounds. the biggest one, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, all by himself. and for those wondering, they were conceived naturally and delivered by c-section. >> since it's thanksgiving time, doctors showed off a big turkey to give us all an idea of what 20 pounds of baby is really like. >> enjoy your rest, momma bird. how do you always have my favorite coffee? well, inside the brewer, there's a giant staircase. and the room is filled with all these different kinds of coffee and

mullen has people making dinner for him.lowing his leaves over to mullen's yard because he knew he had four people over there. >> the chairman at the time. okay, let's go to another perhaps not quite as sexy topic and that is the fiscal cliff. meetings on friday, everyone came out of those meetings and was so optimistic and thought they were so constructive. we've heard that before. what's different now? >> did you look at the body language as they walked out of the white house? i have never seen a less enthusiastic -- i guess we will now go out and talk to the press. we will all be positive. >> constructive meeting. >> it was very constructive. now, we have here somebody in the leadership so maybe he can tell us if we should be optimistic. >> i heard nancy pelosi say we should be optimistic. >> there's reason to be constructive and optimistic because it's simple math. we've got -- i sat on both simpson -- i sat on the super committee. you can only come up with so many ways to deal with the deficit. it is arithmetic and so -

chris mullens looking downfield. burns. and he will come up with it. 36-yard catch. the bulldogs td. 13-7. three second left in the half. richardson. plows in. yard out. westfield >>> guinness world record day. 28 lady cramming into one minicooper in london. 28. that's right. breaking the previous world record of 27 people jammed into a minicooper. took about 10 minutes for them all to cram in there. they mary gonzales had a cold, she also has asthma. so she sees her allergist who has a receptionist susan, who sees that she's due for a mammogram. mary has one that day. that's when she finds out she has a tumor. she has a successful surgery and because her health provider has an amazing connected system, she has her life. i don't know what you have but i have kaiser permanente. kaiser permanente. thrive . >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. to

. >>> chris mullen had his number retired at oracle arena and when owner jay locob took the mic, fansned a night obviously celebration into -- of celebration into something ugly. >> show a little bit of class, this man is going to change in franchise. [ booing ] this is crazy. >>> mel i can cabrera on -- melky cabrera was on pace to be the mvp. he left the giants clubhouse without saying anything to his teammates. >> you don't ever know what's going through someone's head for whatever reason when they're making decisions like that. but he's going to have to obviously suffer the consequences. >> 2-2 pitch on the way. cabrera takes, strike three called. >> the gianted moves on and the -- giants moved on and didn't miss a beat. >>> this year's top turkey goes to the nfl and their officials whose labor dispute cost the packers a game on monday night football in seattle. jennings clearly had the interception in the end zone but for some reason the replacement officials ruled the seahawks' receiver golden tate scored a touchdown. >> it was awful. >> how? >> look at the replay. and them the

reporter: but there are bright spots to be seen like the one we witnessed when we passed by bill mullenso was having his own flag raising ceremony in his front yard. blocks away, he feels lucky to be able to live here. >> i always try to express that. it's hard to express what is it about the jersey shore? >> i don't think you can quantify it unless you live here or live on a coastal state. we're blessed to be this close to the ocean. it's a double edge sword, of course, but for all the good, absolutely worth the bad. >> double-edged sword, indeed. people love going there. they're going to rebuild. people are going to go there again. it's just such -- >> you know when the beach season opens, memorial day, fourth of july, it's a big event and people flock there to help the jersey shore. >> absolutely, folks will. i'm lynn berry and this is "first look." stay tuned. "way too early with willie geist" starts right now. >> how are you? are you okay? >> we're going to help you. we're going to get it all together. all right? i promise you. i promise you. you're going to be okay. you're safe, ri

a lot of people go back to the 2009 statement that admiral mullen made about the fact that the debt and the deficit were, are a leading national security concern. many others have been looking at this issue of a very shifting set of tectonic plates out there where we see countries rising in power largely on the backs of their economies, and in order to understand that, um, and really change the way we work on our foreign policy issues, we have to understand how that affects the way that other countries are interacting with us. secretary clinton has embarked on a massive campaign within the state department called economic state craft of which this office is part, and it's -- there are two main pillars of it. the first is one that the state department needs to be part of domestic economic renewal. so we have over 200 embassies boots on the ground, and that we need to be using those embassies much more effectively to support national export initiatives, to do something that is very different for the state department which is look at ways to attract inbound foreign direct investment which

troops to afghanistan from mike mullen says nearly half of the thirty thousand troops ordered to play by president obama are already in theater and we can see positive impacts right here at cylinder but through the recovery act this company received a loan to expand its operations i was fixing our broken immigration system. is not only a political issue not just an economic issue but a moral imperative as well paid champion out as a big republican night as major networks project they're taking control of the house and this midterm election of two thousand and ten by the time the dust settled earlier today republicans had scored the largest party turnover in seventy years that nine point eight percent unemployment rate is the highest since april of this year valor and sacrifice are no more limited by sexual orientation than they are by race or by gender or by religion or by creed this morning i am proud. to sign a law that will bring an end to don't ask don't tell day of rage burning fury in the streets of egypt. nation egypt is probably changing forever and it may not stop there what

admiral mullen going from zero wheelchair who gets the opportunity they can use his brain. says lou to apply what he has learned of special ops to the problem of al qaeda. it is not by coincidence he is second to in command to succeed general mcchrystal as commander. when it comes time to launch the mission against bin laden to present to the president what he thinks his men can do if that is the option to pursue. a minor character then rhodes was a graduate student at nyu but the interest gravitated toward the real world and became a speech writer, worked on capitol hill and worked for obama's being the person the white house and was supposed to draft statements if they killed bin laden what they would say if they failed there was seriously bady bad possibilities that had to be worked through and thought about in advance. that was an interesting story line. michael morrell is interesting he went from president bush's brief per one 9/11 two rising to become chief of analysis that the cia during the bush term. he will tell you he was one of those ultimately responsible to de

there's all kinds of people who have been in top positions, mullen, who has been the joint chiefs offf. there are people who get mentioned. but the thing i think with the panetta decision and the timing is sort of critical there. if we're facing the potential for a military showdown with iran, we're facing a lot of other iran situations, a lot of other tense situations around the world, it's quite possible that panetta gets drafted to stay a little bit longer until some of these situations are worked out. tim geithner is another example, treasury secretary. while we have a fiscal cliff situation, this debt limit crisis a few months after that, i think with geithner, it's also an issue of timing. people talked about the chief of staff potentially replacing him at treasury. you're not going to do that until this fiscal cliff, this big deal has been sorted out. >> so, that actually does factor into all of this. we were talking during the break about obviously it's not just these things the president has to deal with. it is the fiscal cliff. he's speaking later today. >> yes. >> how do y

many, like jewelry maker kaitlyn mullen were unsure of what would happen with taxes, jobs. >> i thinkpeople are just scared to commit a large amount of money to anything whether it be a couple hundred dollars for custom jewelry or a home. a lot of people are nervous. >> reporter: no one expects any quick fix for the economy. >> it's big and it's going to take some time and a lot of work, and it would be nice to get at it. >> reporter: but they are more than ready to start building up again just as soon as the other washington settles down and gets back to work. tom foreman, cnn, washington, virginia. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet. ♪ with a remarkable new interior featuring the available

to make sure we're balancing our budget and finally paying down the at the time which admiral mike mullennal crisis the worst threat to america.time which admiral mike mullen said is the national crisis the worst threat to america. so we get it, now we have to act on it and put the country first. >> robert, is your greatest concern that it would go to wasteful spending? >> no, not at all. i think the devil's always in the details. when you ask most americans do they want the wealthy to pay their fair share, they'll say yes. but the follow-up question is do you think you're wealthy, no, no, absolutely not, don't raise taxes on me. so the question becomes how do you define wealthy. 250,000 to a small business owner respect is that wealthy? for me it was bill clinton's speech at the democratic national committee. we've seen him at the political spouse, as the global philanthropi philanthropist. on that stage at that night. he was something else, was a leader of the party, a voice of basic democratic values, a role that is more suited to him, a role that you didn't realize you missed until yo

. >> andrea: how about general petraeus and general mullen, sending thousands of pages of e-mails?the american people. our -- allen. general allen. our enemy is looking that going what is the united states doing? they look crazy. final point, the dad saying that more is going to come out and the fact that broadwell, we have her on tape, in october saying there were militia men held in the compound. a bell went off. how does she know there were militia men that could have triggered the benghazi attack. this woman knows and we were sold a story about the video by her lover. >> bob: what was the f.b.i. going through 30,000 pages of general allen's e-mails when it's none of their business? >> dana: you have a good point that americans will be scratching their heads saying that means any e-mail i have, i think because it is a cyber crime, there were threats. an agent is friend of kellys. i'll look into it. falls in love with her. shirtless photographs. then they find the e-mails. with petraeus. you really could not make it up. tomorrow, president obama will speak about this, if anyone a

secrecy of that part of the mission, an e-mail from a top admiral to joint chiefs chairman michael mullenthe paucity of documentary evidence in our possession is a reflection of the emphasis placed upon operational security. later on may 2nd, a note of gratitude. the deputy commander of the fleet tells the commander of the carrier group, thank you and your magnificent strike group for what you did for your country today. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> fascinating. >>> it is a push to let small mom-and-pop stores in on that holiday shopping rush. but for many businesses along the northeast coast, even small business saturday might not be enough to help them rebound from superstorm sandy. kr >> announcer: you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to re

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course, about which presidential candidate might create more jobs but like jewelry maker caitlyn mullen will happen with health care regulations and whatever comes next. >> people are scared to commit a large amount of money to anything, whether it be a couple hundred dollars for custom jewelry or a home. a lot of people are nervous. >> reporter: no one expects any quick fix for the economy. >> it's big and it's going to take some time and a lot of work. it would be nice to get at it. >> reporter: but they are more than ready to start building up again just as soon as the other washington settles down and gets back to work. tom foreman, cnn, washington, virginia. >>> all right. tom, thank you. americans respect the only ones following the election. ing of, folks from around the world are watching as well. just like machiamericans, they an opinion about it, too. runnin. fortunately we've got ink. runnin. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted t

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and there are a couple of distinguished americans, ambouses bass dorpickerring and admiral mullen, the former head of the joint chiefs of staff who are reviewing the whole matter to get to the bottom of it, not just to find out, you know, where things went wrong, but how to fix it. so that, you know, our diplomats and the service people we send overseas are as safe as they can be. they are serving in dangerous places. you can't eliminate risk. but you want to do as much as you can. that's what the president's goal is. >> chris: i understand all of these inter-agency issues and that does take time. but i am going to ask you a straight straight-forward questions about the president's personal involvement that he could answer today. number 1, the u.s. consulate in benghazi was attacked twice before the 9/11 fatal assault. in fact, in august, and repeatedly, security officials there asked for more security, said they felt they were vulnerable and the situation was so dangerous that the british diplomats and the red cross pulled out of benghazi. question: did the president know about that?

there's the commission headed by ambassador pickering and chairman mike mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, other by the u.s. government. these investigations have been done in a deliberate, comprehensive way and we will soon know what their findings are. i think it's better for us as a collective here in the united states, to wait for those commissions and not rush to judgment and not be unfair to a very fine public servant in susan rice. >> and let me just share with our audience and you what senator mccain said just after that session on capitol hill with susan rice. he went to the newseum for a package discussion on syria and this is one of his offhanded remarks. >> but i believe in american leadership, i believe in the greatness of america, i believe that this president can lead. i believe that his secretary of state, whoever that might be, can also lead. >> john mccain's humor, we understand, but he was certainly treating this as though it is very much in play. of course, as we point out, the president has not nominated her, but we understand all of our reportin

many, like jewelrymaker caitlin mullen were unsure of what would happen with taxes, jobs -- >> i think of people are just scared to commit a large amount of money to anything, whether it be a couple hundred dollars for custom jewelry, or homes, you know. people are nervous. >> no one expects any quick fix for the economy. >> it's big and it's going to take some time. and a lot of work, and it would be nice to get at it. >> but they are more than ready to start building up again, just as soon as the other washington settles down, gets back to work. tom foreman, cnn, washington, virginia. >> the ridiculous is up next. confusion over m.i.t. sweat shirts at polling places nearly cause two people their right to vote. ñç@rÑo when back pain slows you down, trust icy hot for powerful relief. [ male announcer ] the icy hot patch. goes on icy to dull pain, hot to relax it away. so you're back to full speed. [ male announcer ] icy hot. power past pain. >>> time for the "ridiculist." tonight, we are adding confusing sweatshirts. that's right, damn you confusing sweatshirts. here's what happened. t

mullen from oklahoma. he is a cherokee native american.t's compared to 17 minority democrats that were elected. >>> speaking of the house democratic caucus, look at this. white men no longer make up a majority of house democrats. when the new congress begins in january, democrats expect to have 61 women, 43 african-americans, 27 san hispanics and 10 asian-americans leading their caucus. >>> newly re-elected member of congress jesse jackson jr. is in the middle of a plea deal for misuse of congressional funds according to the "chicago sun times." the congressman has not plead guilty but discussions with federal authorities are ongoing. jackson won re-election tuesday despite being absent from congress for medical reasons since june. >>> finally, former congresswoman gabby giffords is expected to attend a sentencing hearing today for jared lautner. her husband is expected to address the court. >>> the complicated recovery effort of hurricane sandy is now compounded by the nor'easter. monmuth, new jersey suffered from last week's storm. watch

of course, there's an investigation being undertaken now by admiral mullen, former head of our joint chiefs of staff, as well. and when that process plays out, we're going to have a lot more answers to questions about what happened. the key thing right now, though, i think -- and i think senator mccain would agree with this, we need to make sure we do everything possible to bring to justice those who committed these acts that led to the death of four americans. that's the most important thing right now, in addition to making sure that every embassy, every consulate, every -- every installation where we have our diplomats who are very brave americans on the ground doing important work that we do everything we can to secure them. but i think that we're going to have more answers when we go through the process of the investigation. >> senator casey, thank you very much. and still to come, what is next for general petraeus? a man who worked closely with him, a friend, and has spoken with him since the scandal broke at length joins us on the program. >>> plus, why did months go by before

but admiral mullen and mr.ickering, these are respected leaders who are going to see what happened, what lessons can we learn from this. >> why not put out the facts before the election? are you deliberately waiting until after election day before you respond to these questions in a detailed fashion? >> absolutely not.t. q you know, all the information, obviously, that has been commented on has been, you know, because we have released it. an investigation like this is very important.us we have to get it right so we can learn lessons here. and i think the president has been very clear. he wants to understand -- make sure the country understands fully what happened. what lessons do we learn from that. and hold folks accountable. i will speak for one moment on the politics. it's remarkable. look back at 2000 in october. the "uss cole" bombing took place weeks before the election. 17 sailors were killed tragically. and what then governor bush said was, we need to speak as one voice. w campaign, president bush and t