i'm randi kaye. victor blackwell is on assignment. it is 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 out west. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we start in the middle east. this has become a fairly common sight in gaza this week. israeli planes have been carrying out air strikes over gaza since wednesday. meanwhile militants on the other side have fired more than 200 rockets into israel. israel is massing troops near the border with gaza. they have got 30,000 troops there now and have 75,000 reservists getting ready. at least 42 people have died since the operation began. meanwhile, world leaders including representatives from the united states and the u.n. are calling on both sides to show restraint, but restraint seems to be in short order right now. ourarah sidner is live in gaza with a bird's eye view of the conflict. are you seeing more air strikes right now? >> reporter: absolutely, and in just the past few minutes we could hear the loud blasts of air strikes all night long into morning, 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning, blast after bl

randi? >> kareen wynter, thank you very much. >>> we have much more ahead on "cnn saturday morning" which starts right now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm randi kaye. victor blackwell is on assignment. 7:00 on the east coast and 4:00 out west. thank you for starting your day with us. we start this morning in israel where troops are massing on the border with gaza this morning. the move comes days after back and forth bombardments. israel has launched dozens of air strikes while militants in gaza have fired nearly 200 rockets into israel. we are on both sides of the border in the line of fire. our sara sidner is in gaza city. let's go to southern israel where israeli tanks are on the move. the israeli defense forces say at least 30,000 troops are being mobilized along the border with gaza and thousands more are getting their marching orders. as we said, cnn's frederick is live along the border. you have been on the front lines there. what type of military activity are you seeing? >> hi, rand

i'm randi kaye. it is 10:00 on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. on the west. we start in gaza this hour, as people there have to fear death from above. israeli war planes have been relentless in their attacks on targets in gaza. they are hunting rocket launchers, but dozens of civilians have been killed as a result. the latest round of this conflict started wednesday, and there is no end in sight. sarah sidener is in gaza city for us. what are you seeing at this hour? are you hearing or seeing any air strikes? >> reporter: we're hearing drones above, but just five minutes before we started this show, we saw rockets coming out of central gaza, literally a few hundred yards away from us. we could see the rockets going up into the air, and they were sort of white, and then they would disappear and they were pointed, of course, towards israel. usually when that happens, you see that happening and then you hear the sound of planes above shortly after. and then usually that area is pounded in air strikes. we have

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randi? >> fred, appreciate your reporting there. >>> now, let's go to gaza where israeli warplanes battered dwauza city earlier this morning. sara sidner is there. what have they hit? >> they've hit quite a few places. we know they have hit the police headquarters. we were here at 4:00 in the morning when that happened. i want to show you the video of our photographer dan morgan was live shooting this video. we're standing right behind him and the windows rattled and the building shook and all of a sudden we saw this big ball of fire just behind us. we are in a building that is about 11 stories tall looking down on gaza city in the middle of gaza. now, this building that got hit last night was actually the police headquarters. i want to show you the result of that blast from last, from early, excuse me, early this morning around 4:00 a.m. if you take a look there, dan is zooming into the picture. you'll see smoldering rubble. that is the police headquarters that was hit around 4:00 a.m. and

>> randi, let's speak about the fact.e is no jewish settlement and we see hundreds of missiles flying from gaza inisrael. why are they still coming from iran? you cannot blame any incident on that. foun nr unfortunately, we hear the leaders of hamas say it very clearly. the same leadership that condemned the u.s. for assassination of osama bin laden, we cannot allow the situation that israelis cannot believe in israel and under the threat of missiles. we are very determined to take care of this problem and we'll do whatever is necessary to get rid of the hamas region. >> you do believe it was hamas that started this then? >> well, it is the fact. i can count hundreds and almost thousands of reasons why hamas and it's on a daily basis. we waited once, twice and if it happened in the u.s. and you had missiles flying to new york city, washington, d.c., i'm sure the u.s. would have acted long before we waited, maybe too long. but now we are determined and we are calling for the talks to get ready and we're telling to the hama

randi. >> we certainly will. hopefully we'll find out on tuesday the way this is going. >> yes, good point. >> paul steinhauser, thank you very much. >>> much more ahead this hour. >> here's what's coming up. >>> sandy has brought devastation across the northeast, but it may also have been the october surprise. we have the latest on the recovery efforts and sandy's impact on the election. >>> battleground wisconsin. three days left and now it's all about the ground game. we'll take you to one of the contentious swing states. >> i'll tired of both obama and mitt romney. >>> she can't vote, but she's already crying about the election. find out why this toddler just can't take it any more. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...but you still have to go to the gym. those little things for you, life's about her. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a question of blood flow. ci

>> randi, the protests seem to be spreading. according to the interior ministry starting last night and continuing on to terrell morning hours, there were protests, demonstrations in the northern city. according to the government officials, they tried to attack the offices of the muslim breerhood and that's when you had clashes between the muslim brotherhood and their supporters and anti-mohamed morsi protesters. there were a number of injuries there. also reports of demonstrations in the city of as yut. i'm going to carefully step aside and have a live look at what the square looks light now. i would say a few thousand people still here and we're continuing see the clashes between the protesters and police this morning. this morning there was fire to try to disperse crowds. why this is taking place in the square, there are a number of moves and decisions being made by opposing factions to apply pressure on mr. morsi, opposie ing factions have decided to call for a 1 million-man protest and also the muslim brotherhood has called

randy pierce survives his brush with death, but not every driver is quite so lucky. a tanker truck explosion brings a bridge of concrete and steel crashing to the ground. >> this looks like a terrible collapse of this roadway. as you can see, the fire is still burning. >> july 24th, 1998. it's friday afternoon and interstate 40 is jammed with travelers racing to get an early start on the summer weekend. but many drivers don't realize these snake-like curves near connolly springs, north carolina, can be difficult to navigate. even deadly. fire and rescue crews race to the scene of a tanker truck that has spun out of control and slammed into a bridge. as they get closer and closer, a thick billowing cloud of black smoke looms ominously on the horizon. >> we've had a lot of wrecks, single vehicle including tractor trailers and small passenger vehicles. this is one of the most dangerous areas of interstate 40 in north carolina. >> traffic comes to a standstill. some motorists even resort to driving the wrong way in the emergency lane in order to exit the freeway from an

>> that's exactly right, randi.st stunning pieces of this election was to crystal's point, i think she and other latinas in the party would continually warn the gop about this. mitt romney made a calculated -- made a calculation in this election that he would be able to grow the white vote for him to the extent that he could absolutely ignore the minority vote and that was a bad calculation. >> and i think maria -- we're agreeing a lot today so this is progress. i think -- >> there you go. >> listen, it's nice to see the two of you agree, a little compromise. we can use some more of that in washington. >> that's exactly right. >> crystal, maria, nice to see you both. thank you. >> thank you, randi. >>> a company that was a huge financial donor to the romney campaign makes good on a threat in response to president obama's re-election. we'll tell you what just happened to more than 100 of its workers. [ ross ] in the taihang mountains of china, hand-carved on the side of a cliff is the guoliang tunnel. what?! you've g

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i'm randi kaye. so glad you're with us. we start this morning with the presidential election just two days away. president obama and mitt romney seem to be squeezing every last frequent flyer mile out of this campaign. they've got a combined 16 stops in eight states before heading home, and we'll be there for all of it. our correspondents are spread across the states to bring you all the up-to-date developments, so be sure to keep it right here. the flurry of activity means it's a close race, right? you could say that? take a look here. it shows likely voters evenly split, 48% to 48%. here's what voters said if they had a favorable impression of the candidates. president obama, 54%, and you see it there, mitt romney, 53%. the last time we saw numbers like this, an incumbent without a sizeable lead was 1992 when george h.w. bush lost to bill clinton. >>> it has been a hairied pace for the correspondents as welt. political correspondent paul steinhauser joins us from his home base in washington. yesterday you were in pennsylv

>> you know, randi, that's hard to tell.nk we'll know who has done a better job until tuesday night. i hope on tuesday night because it really is that close in florida. today i think governor romney has a slight advantage here in florida. he has had a very good ground game. the economy in florida has been very hard hit. we've been very hard hit by the housing crisis. there's a lot of disillusioned voters who voted for president obama four years ago. i think president obama is just off muff with enough groups that were part of his coalition to win florida four years ago that it could erase the margin he had four years ago. he is off some with hispanics from where he was four years ago. he is off some with the youth from where he was four years ago. he is off some with jewish voters from where he was four years ago. he is off with white voters, and he is off with seniors from where he was four years ago. i think it may just be enough to give mitt romney florida on tuesday night, but, again, it really is a very close race. >> m

randi, victor?id mattingly, thank you very much. >> interesting to hear the company say we have the jobs but we just need to fill them. >>> five days after sandy slammed into the northeast, and still some people cannot get into their homes with mountains of sand, houses ripped apart and gas leaks, some areas look like war zones. we'll show you more. that was me... the day i learned i had to start insulin for my type 2 diabetes. me... thinking my only option was the vial and syringe dad used. and me... discovering once-daily levemir® flexpen. flexpen® is prefilled. doesn't need refrigeration for up to 42 days. no drawing from a vial. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. flexpen® is insulin delivery... my way. levemir® (insulin detemir [rdna origin] injection) is a long-acting insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes and is not recommended to treat diabetic ketoacidosis. do not use levemir® if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. the most common

look at randy -- randy moss. he is back at the west virginia. 49ers had last week off so there he is in front of a 7-11. tweet, tweet, tweet, randy moss. people think that everything you do -- >> you pit it on tv. >> slow night. >> don't tweet so much. play with your kids or wife or dog, but don't tweet all the time. who is the most overrated player in the nfl? they polled 103 players and made it anonmiss -- anonmiss, recollection ryan, belichick, and ryan. ryan was asked about the poll today. the most overrated coach in the league. >> my first thought was, you know, i looked and i saw who was second and i thought, i finally beat belichick at something. i knew it would take time but i got him. >> andrew luck, another great move. along with 30 teammates, his shaved his head in support of his coach who is undergoing treatment for a form of leukemia, so there it is. the colts are off to a 5-3 start. the solidarity is right there with him leading the way. walt white is named tonight new manager of the colorado rockies, and mark mcguire is now the hi

randi? >> athena jones, thank you very much. >>> now that marijuana is legal for recreational use in two states, how safe really is it and what can pot do for your health that other medications can't? our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta will weigh in. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing skin or eyes. tell your doctor about all you

>> plenty of fallouts from this, ran randi. first off we should tell you that the judges club here in egypt has called for a nationwide judges strike. remember, many judges support mr. morsi. they're working against mr. morsi. one of the leading pro-democracy activists here. he spoke to reporters today and he called for mr. morsi to rescind all his controversial decrees and also the stock market today in egypt. this was the first day of trading after the decrees were announced on thursday, randy, and the stock market is plummeting. so keep your eyes on that. if that continues, more pressure on mr. morsi. >> reza sayah for us in cairo. thank you. one person is injured after being injured in a fire at a state department. it started in some ductwork. construction cruise working in the building put out the fire. >>> a big animal rescue operation to tell you about. firefighters found 65 dogs chained up needing food at water. it's believed they were kept for illegal dog fighting. they have been turned over to animal rescue and are at

>> reporter: you know, belmar -- come on, randi. this is a place that you know very, very well, up close and personal. and as you can see, the trucks are here, there's the mounds of sand. this, of course, for our viewers, there used to be more than a mile of beautiful boardwalk here. this is really one of the jewels of the entire jersey shore. it was ripped out by the force of hurricane sandy and now because it's a bowl here they're having to pump water from inland lakes to get it back into the sea, drain it, allow the residents to come back to their homes. they still don't have power yet, ran randi. they don't think they'll have it until next friday. people are really cold out there. they're shivering a little bit. but at the same time, they're thankful for what they have. they're having a mass today to honor the first responders who risked so much to ensure the safety of everyone, not only here in belmar, but right up and down the entire jersey shore. i want to bring in somebody, though torque talk about the issue you were talking

randi?k you very much. >>> several veterans who served in iraq and afghanistan are celebrating their 2012 victory. in fact, it was a his tore uk election for them. barbara starr has more on the veterans getting ready to take their seat in congress. >> reporter: republican tom cotton, a veteran of iraq and afghanistan was one of the big winners tuesday, seizing the fourth congressional district seat in arkansas. >> although i don't know what committee i'll be assigned to, ultimately i want to play a central role in helping guide america's national policy and foreign policy. >> reporter: cotton, a law school graduate was an infantry officer with the 101st airborne division. nine veterans from these wars have just won congressional seats, seven republicans and two democrats. >> this is definitely historical. there are going to be more iraq and after gaffe stan veterans. >> reporter: seth lynn says iraq and afghanistan veterans may finally have found their political voice. >> and i think a lot o

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>> all right, randi kaye live in virginia. a long day there. >>> polls just opening in new york, as well. new york not a swing state. but the new york metro area still reeling from superstorm sandy and now everysomeone bracing for a new nor'easter coming their way. so voting has become a pretty big hurdle for people displaced from their homes. new york's governor andrew cuomo trying to remedy that. he signed an order allowing them to vote at any polling place. cnn's alina cho is at a makeshift polling station in brooklyn, new york. good morning, alina. >> john, good morning to you. i'm at the only school in new york city that is serving as both an emergency shelter and a polling station today. the polls are open here in new york. a line has formed around the corner, about a dozen people on line. these are people who are not displaced, but they are very excited to vote. including one woman who even brought a chair. she said she's very serious about it. but you're absolutely right. late yesterday, just hours before the polls ope

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>> well, good morning, randi. first of all, i want to thank you for having me on and allowing me to speak from my community. to answer your question on what it is like in oceanside. it's like being ignored and abandoned a little. we still have no power on my block. that means no heat, no hot water. everyone on our block lost at least everything on the first floor of our homes. the garbage and contents of our homes are piled high in front of everyone's home and there has been no garbage truck or garbage pick up on my block for over 12 days before the storm. as i said, every car on the block has been destroyed and most still on the street, they're trash, as well. not seeing any police or fema and really no one to help restore our power. >> nobody has come by to check on all of you and check on the community there? >> no, it's in short, oceanside really looks like a war zone. and we see lots of trucks on the main road heading to long beach and certainly they've been devastated, as well. but oceanside seems like the c

i'm randi kaye. we start with new details on the scandal that led to the resignation of cia director general david petraeus. >> the woman who wrote the biography was sending harassing emails to another woman close to the cia director that prompted the fbi to investigate. also we know from that source that the investigation led to the discovery of e-mails between broadwell and petraeus that indicated the affair. more details are coming out about the timeline of events and when u.s. officials were notified of the circumstances of this investigation. the fbi informed the director of national intelligence james clapper about the investigation on tuesday night, election night. just as some polls were beginning to close. that director clapper as a friend, colleague, fellow officer and admirer urged petraeus to step down from his position. we know as well from that intelligence source that director clapper informed the white house about the investigation on wednesday and then on thursday the director and --

chief randy adams i'm from cnn. we caught up with randy adams in simi valley.of the city of bell saw you milked them for he a sal salary that was extraordinarily high and now you're trying to do the same thing with the state. >> well, i disagree, of course, with those types of characterizations. when one day i'm able to tell my complete side of the story, i think you'll see there is a completely different side to that story. unfortunately, i can't talk at length about it, but that's the situation. >> do you think you deserve to make double what the lapd chief made? >> i've made all the comments i can make at this time. >> reporter: adams would not elaborate on camera, i did manage to speak to his attorney by telephone, who says adams is a good cop, a lifelong public servant who does deserve to double his pension to half a million dollars a year for that one year service in bell. but the people who run california's pension system say absolutely not. what is he asking for? >> basically he's trying to double his pension from $19,000 a month, which is far surpassin

i'm randi kaye. 7:00 on the east coast, 4:00 a.m. on the west. we're learning much more about the end of the line for general petraeus. he stepped down as cia director two days ago after admitting to having an extramarital affair. now we know from a u.s. official that the affair came to light during an investigation into e-mails sent by petraeus's biographer paula broadwell. we also have a better timeline. james clapper was informed tuesday evening. the president was told thursday, hours before his face-to-face meeting with general petraeus. there are still questions about why congressional leaders weren't told until friday. but let's get back to general petraeus. an official tells cnn that james clapper encouraged petraeus to step down after learning of the affair. joining me now is rejeve from

randi kaye. >> and i'm victor blackwell. 8:00 on the east coast and 5:00 out west. thanks for starting your day with us. starting with some sad news from the entertainment world. as we've been following this morning, the death of larry hagman. his family says at 81 years old he died of complications from cancer. >> you have dishonored my daddy's name and everything he stood for. maybe you and bobby can live with this, but i can't. >> that's the character he's best known for. the j.r. ewing character from "dallas," one of the best known tv characters of the last 30 years really. d "dallas" was a long running hit in the '70s and '80s and you may remember him as major nelson from "i dream of jean any." barbara eden said i had the pleasure of watching the texas tornado that was larry hagman. can i honestly say that we've lot not just a great actor, not just a television icon, but an element of pure americana. much more on larry hagman later in the hour. >>> black friday has come and gone, but the nat

. >>> a police -- police arrested randy lamar sr. this morning, several hours after he shot and killed a richmond boy. the shooting happened early this morning. the man has not been released. >>> he is charged with 10 felony counts including attempted murder and several sex offenses. >>> a man is now in custody accused of killing a teenager back in may. jacob marro was arrested after an off duty officer recognized jarro. a 23-year-old man was also wounded in that shooting. >>> three people flying in nevado survived their plane crash. the plane was registered in new port beach. >>> tonight we learned the identities of four people killed in a horrific crash this week on highway 50 in el dorado county. three of them members of one oakland family. 38-year-old su,zhao. only the daughter survived. the rest of her family survived. patti lee reports on what investigators have found so far. >> reporter: chp investigators are trying to determine why a prius crossed the lanes to oncoming traffic. a placevville family was in the sierra mini van

i'm randi kaye. glad you're with us. on the swing states as both candidates make their final push. in the aftermath of super storm sandy, gas rationing starts in new jersey today in an effort to cut down on those long lines at the gas station. plus, during this tragedy, a man has become a much-needed angel to one new jersey community. >>> just three days to go until election day and the presidential candidates are launching a weekend battleground blitz to win over undecided voters. today, president obama campaigns in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, and virginia. mitt romney stumps in new hampshire, iowa, and colorado. their running mates are also going nonstop. vice president joe biden in colorado today, and paul ryan in pennsylvania, virginia, florida, and ohio. ohio could be the biggest battleground of the election, and the race there is tight. a just released cnn-orc poll shows obama ahead by just three points, well within the margin of error. an nbc "wall street journal" marist poll shows a wider gap with obama leading by six

i'm randi kaye. >> i'm victor blackwell. thanks for starting your morning with us. >>> the emphasis on the election took a back seat brought on by superstorm sandy. both candidates put the talking points in their back pocket. but now with just three days left, the candidates are back on the trail with the talking points at the ready. we also have our correspondents spread out throughout the battleground states to bring you more on the election and the final push for both candidates. >>> let's step away from the map and let's get to the message for a moment. paul steinhauser is live in harrisburg, pennsylvania. paul, really a flurry of activity and travel for president obama and governor romney. what is their message for these final three days? >> victor, it's interesting, both of them have the same message. change. they're saying it in different ways. you're hearing a lot about change as they crisscross the campaign trail in the final days. both were talking about the message yesterday, last night in ohio. take a listen. >>

we have two reports, first tracy mitchell and second randy shandobil on the ruling the court made. >> reporter: we'll hear argument now on number 00449 george w. bush versus al gore. >> reporter: gore's team wants the court to restart the recount it suspended last week. >> expect for four or five counties all of the counties would be completed about another day. and maybe even those counties could be now. >> reporter: some justices seem concerned that the standard for determining what constitutes the vote is to minimal. gore's attorney wants to count anything that deserns. >> reporter: the intense questioning during the 90 minute proceedings was interrupted by rare moments of laughter once when the attorney of federal of states called the justice by the wrong name twice. >> justice berner. >> i'm just telling you you better cut that out. >> reporter: neither candidate was in the courtroom but bush's legal team filled him in immediately after the proceedings. >> are you nervous. >> feel pretty calm. >> reporter: the united states supreme court rejected the florida supreme court's plan