he actually was close friends with ruppersberger. what that does for the delegation is now there is only one republican from maryland on his congressional delegation. it really did change the dynamic of the delegation. the big thing that is getting a lot of response from the democrats. it may be -- you really get a sense of the crowd reacting to the scenes all across here. one morgan state university student said, i did not know the country was so divided. it is a big epiphany for hire, but not for the rest of us who have been watching this and did predict a long night ahead. >> of the reason why -- all the more reason why every single vote counts. >> republicans have made pushes in several statewide races. let's check in with kerry cavanaugh, where state gop leaders are gathering tonight. >> it has been a disappointing night for the republican party in terms of local races. joining me is a national member of the republican delegation. talk about the impact of the loss of that congressional seat. what are your thoughts on the fact th

consulate in benghazi and congressman dutch ruppersberger saying the former cia director made it clear there was terrorist involvement. >> he reinforced the fact that initially, the first 24 hours, he felt at that point or the cia felt at that point that this was a protest as a result of what happened with the film with egypt. he clarified that after more information came in, there was not a protest. >> general petraeus' testimony comes today the morning after cia acting director michael morell and james clapper the director of national int intelligence went before members of congress in two other hearings and hours after attorney general eric holder defended the decision not to bring members of congress into the loop sooner. >> we follow the facts. we do not share outside the justice department, outside the fbi the facts of ongoing investigations. we made the determination as we were going through the matter that there was not a threat to national security. >> let's jump right in and bring in our friday morning political power panel. we have jackie kucinich political reporter for "usa

dutch ruppersberger held off a challenge from nancy jacobs. all the incumbents held their seats with the exception of roscoe bartlett who was upset by john delaney. >> the maryland's congregational is made up almost entirely of democrats. andy harris is the sole conservative voice for maryland. >> it was a disappointing night for -- his colleague roscoe bartlett was defeated in the sixth district. we asked how that will affect his ability to get things done in the citd.c. >> we have huge issues with over-regulation and threats of over-taxation. our unemployment rate is higher than other parts of maryland. i will work with people in the first district. i will look beyond party labels. the election is over. i will work with my two senators and the rest of the delegation to help the district. >> the first former secret service agent to run for federal office but he was unable to oust ben cardin. the party is digesting disappointing results in maryland. members are talk about how to turn it around for the next election cycle. >> we have a more res

secondly, what is -- has dutch ruppersberger done. i don't think he has done anything to improve the bleak practice. as a former business owner, i think i know what it takes to create jobs in the private sector. the federal government has got to support small businesses and not by passing more taxes and strangling regulations. congress doesn't hold townhall meetings or make an effort to get out in the community to listen to people. being a member of congress is not a spectator sport. the issues are extremely important and you deserve more than a spectator. you deserve a teammate, someone who's going to roll up their sleeves and get to work and listen to you. after being in washington for over a decade dutch has become washington. he votes the way he's told to by his party bosses like nancy pelosi and claims to be a moderate. he's no moderate. if you elect me,ly work against the gridlock. i'm known in the maryland senate for working with parties from both. if you elect me, i will not do a disappearing act the day after the election. i

state senator nancy jacobs campaigned against ruppersberger who we know was elected tonight. we talked to her about the race. >> i think we layed a lot of ground work for the future. and there's a lot of people that are very enthused about run ag republican congressal race that did not feel that way before that felt like there's no chance whatsoever. i believe that there is a chance for the republicans to have a resurgence in maryland. >> jacobs represents hartford and cecil county. she retains her seat as state senator. >> it was not a good night for republicans. speaker of the house john bone boener said he would be sad to lose one seat. he lost it when bartlett was not re-elected. the western maryland republican farmer and college professor lost to john delaney who who is a self made millionaire who is now one of the richest members of congress. . >> all right on the weather front, continuing to watch the storm to the south here. as we look at this, you can see it just off the carolina coast here. showers coming down and this is just the beginning. we expect drizzle by fir

sanjay gupta, dutch ruppersberger, and "twilight" actress, elizabeth reaser. it's thursday, november 15th, and "starting point" begins right now. >>> morning. welcome, everybody. our starting point this morning, those escalating hostilities between israelis and palestinian militants, threatening to trigger a full-scale mideast war. israel is targeting hamas sites in gaza with air strikes, while militants fire rockets across the border into southern israel. the tipping point for this new violence was israel's assassination of the top hamas military commander. brings us right to sara sidner. she's live for us in gaza city. sara, good morning. >> good morning. yes, we've been seeing air strikes again and again here in gaza city. we've seen more than a dozen air strikes since we've been here, which is a few hours. on the other side of the border, we've been seeing rockets coming in. we're talking about dozens of rockets since the targeted killing of ahmed al jabari, the head of hamas' military wing. now, what we have also seen in the streets are thousands upon tho

. >> seven democrats won includ ing dutch ruppersberger. >> it was a difficult -- disappointing night for democrats. andy harris is the only republican member of maryland's congressional delegations. roscoe bartlett was defeated in the sixth district. we asked how that will affect his ability to get things done. >> we have huge issues with over regulation and threats of over taxation. our unemployment rate is higher than other parts of maryland. i will look beyond party labels. i will work with my two senators and the rest of the delegation to help the district. >> the effort to capture a senate seat failed. history was made as the first former secret service agent to run for office against ben cardin. the party is digesting largely disappointing news in maryland. people are talking about how to turn it around during the next election cycle. >> 5:12. 38 degrees at the airport. it is back to work for washington. >> how long they have to make a move before things change for americans. >> we are taking a look at the area roads. >> now insta-weather plus and traffic pulse 11 together. >>

dutch ruppersberger is a top member investigating and he said he will be asking questions. you have folks from the fbi and cia and he wants to know how and why the fbi began investigating this in the first place. >> it should be interesting. >> 39 degrees at the airport. the new concerns about certain so-called energy drinks. >> the bill is about to come in for bp for the massive oil spill back in 2010. >> violence in the middle east intensifies. what is being done to resolve the crisis? >> we have your favorite tennis- playing mascot. he has a surprise in the next segment. >> some early morning problems on the roads have been [ male announcer ] what can you experience in a seat? inspiration. great power. iconic design. exhilarating performance. [ race announcer ] audi once again has created le mans history! [ male announcer ] and once in a great while... all of the above. take your seat in the incomparable audi a8. take advantage of exceptional values on the audi a8 during the season of audi event. ♪ >> good morning. this is a live look from our cam.r we'll talk about the

you so you hear that, dutch ruppersberger basically delineating between the initial hit on the embassyon the consulate i should say and then the second hit which he says was much more organized on the cia annex. they have just listened to testimony from general petraeus about what knows about that night. one of the big issues here are the talking points that were circulated, that led to the appearances on sunday by susan rice. the cia, former cia director saying they were not as he saw them, when they were turned around and interpreted by the white house and by susan rice. we'll have a lot more coming up on that moments away. bill: you have libya. you have israel. you have the ongoing petraeus matter we have talked about and you have the congressional leadership in the house and the senate, republicans and democrats, about to sit down face-to-face at white house. we'll have that for you when we continue. martha: important meeting number three of the week at the white house about to get underway there. today's guests are the leaders of congress. president will sit down with them to talk

nascar driver curt busch, dutch ruppersberger, jordin sparks and elizabeth reaser "twilight" star all tomorrow. carol cost ello is in "newsroom." >>> florida socialite whose name keeps popping up in the wrong places. lawsuits, foreclosures and an 911 call. >> i'm honorary consul general so i have inviolability so, um, they should not be able to cross my property. >> who is she and why does she have such powerful friends? >> hiding in the sand and changing his appearance. now he's talking about his end game. you'll hear more from him. >>> think you're feeling pain at the pump? these jordanians are warning their king rising gas prices could cost him his throne. >>> warning, wanke, you may be driving too close to another car. >> oh, my gosh! >> new technology that could save lives on the road. >>> good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us this morning. more new details on jill kelley, the tampa socialite linked to a respected marine corps general and widening sex scandal. each day it seems more and more loik a bad reality tv show. we've seen kelley march i

>> first off, i want to give credit to congressman ruppersberger, who started first the frequent flyeriles for our soldiers and now we expanded it to our hotel miles. my wife, myrna, involved in helping military families as to what more we could do. hotel for heroes came out of those meetings, that this is another way that we can fill a gap where we can, as individuals, help our service families. >> senator ben cardin and dave coker, president of the fisher house foundation, wish you the best of luck. i hope lots and lots of people donate hotel points and frequent flyer miles as a result of seeing this on cnn. happy holidays. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >>> in the spirit of awesome thanks giving, take a lock at this thanksgiving surprise for one las vegas military family. riley morris was in the middle of a dance class when her dad, sergeant major morris walked into the room. he wasn't supposed to be home yet from his 14-month tour in afghanistan. his kids were not expecting him for thanksgiving. love pictures like this. >> that's great. >> the family says they're thankful to

captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> that's dutch ruppersberger, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. again, david petraeus testifying on capitol hill before both the house and senate intelligence committees, behind closed doors. and it may be that the senate intelligence committee is wrapping up. it was tweeted that senator conrad says after the petraeus intelligence briefing, it is very clear susan rice used the talking points signed off on by the c.i.a. also in washington today, president obama at the white house hosting the first formal discussion between the president and congressional leaders on solutions to the so-called fiscal cliff, the pending tax increases and budget cuts, january 1, if congress doesn't act. the meeting got under way at the white house just about an hour ago or so. and the president started it with some comments to reporters. >> i want to welcome the congressional leadership here and thank them for their time. i think we're all aware that we have some urgent business to do. we've got to make sure th

nascar driver curt busch, dutch ruppersberger, jordin sparks and elizabeth reaser "twilight" star all cost ello is in "newsroom." >>> florida socialite whose name keeps popping up in the wrong places. lawsuits, foreclosures and an 911 call. >> i'm honorary

we're joined by congressman dutch ruppersberger. >> i think there is a lot of information out there thatctually correct. >> we want to correct the record, if there is something incorrect, we want to fix it. >> there were a lot of issues clarified today. we met with the chairman of the intelligence committee and the director of the fbi and his deputies. >> so give us an example. >> i'm not going to give you an example, a lot of it is classified information. we felt very secure when the meeting was over, there were a lot of kwis unanswered, issues out there, and we wanted an exact time line. >> here is what the president said today, his words were very precise, and you tell me if there is anything you know that would alter it. >> sure, go ahead. >> i have no evidence at this point from what i have seen that classified information was disclosed, that in any way would have had a negative impact on our national security. >> it's an ongoing investigation, until that investigation is complete,ly not comment. >> we know that paula broadwell's security clearances were removed today apparently as

john cardin won a second term, harris won and ruppersberger won for the sect district.stay. and in the race for the white house, president obama has maryland's ten electoral college votes the question is what's the most controversial bill that a-lo lous same sex