soledad?father/daughter dances and mother/son ball games certainly in cranston, rhode island. the aclu says those events violate the state's gender discrimination laws. public schools have no business fostering the notion that girls prefer to go to formal dances, boys prefer baseball games this type of gender stereotyping only perpetuates swroutdated notions of girl and boy activities and is contrary to federal law. is this about gender discrimination? you're practically laughing. >> that statement was just trolling will cain, with the boy and girl in quotes there. >> i think, as we were saying before, soledad, there's a logic to t a lot of kids do not have a mother, do not have a father, who obviously may not -- who put in tough decisions. >> sensitivity. not necessarily gender discrimination. teachers should know what the situation is in their own classroom. whole generation of people came up going to the mom prom, boys go to the dance with their moms. >> so it's less about gender discrimina

. >> good morning, soledad. there's going to be a congressional hearing today to talk about that report from the justice department's inspector general. it said just a variety of things. i think this inspector general's report read operation fast and furious and related matters revealed a series of misguided strategies, tactics, errors in judgment, management failures that permeated atf headquarters in the phoenix field division, and at the headquarters of the department of justice, referring 14 people for possible disciplinary action. it did not recommend anyone for criminal prosecution. almost within the hour of the report released, two of the highest ranking individuals named in the report were out. former atf director kenneth nelson and deputy assistant attorney general jason winestein. this report also found no evidence that attorney general eric holder knew about a lot of the facts in operation fast and furious prior to january 2011. of course, that was important, because eric holder, as you know, soledad,

>> reporter: good morning, soledad.we were in the midst of it. there were altercations with police. we saw a number of arrests. they're not being allowed to get on wall street. why they want to get there on this first anniversary of the movement is they want to try to form a human chain around the new york stock exchange. now, i've been told by protesters last week they were going to try to do this. they said it's an act of civil disobedience. we want to make our message heard. they knew that there would be arrests. that was part of the plan. we did call the police. they're telling us they're not going to give any number of of arrests until the end of the day when they have a final tally. >> poppy harlow. one has to imagine they're not going to allow a human chain around the stock exchange. thanks, poppy. we'll check back with you. >>> another big story we're following is week two of the chicago teachers strike. a tentative deal is on the table. 350,000 kids, though, are still out of class. cnn's kyung lah is live from

>> well, you had to finish the sentence, soledad. i said i'm not concerned about the very poor that have a safety net, but if it has holes in it, i will repair them. >> got it, okay. >> the challenge right now, we will hear from the democrat party, the plight of the poor, and there's no question, it's not good being poor. and we have a safety net to help those that are very poor. but my campaign is focused on middle-income americans. my campaign, you can choose where to focus. you can focus on the rich. that's not my focus. you can focus on the very poor. that's not my focus. >> i think there are people who would say, yeah, and i guess that's true. you know, he kind of went later and backed away from those comments. but i think people hearing these clips from inside this private dinner, with very wealthy donors, $50,000 a plate to attend this, they actually, what he said there was the truth. was what he was thinking, that he doesn't care about the very poor. >> again, he didn't say he didn't care, soledad. let's -- >> no, he said he

soledad? >> jill dougherty, thank you. appreciate it. let's introduce our team, dana bash is with us, our senior congressional correspondent and jason chaffetz, a republican, surrounded by democrats this week. >> as long as i'm next to dana, i'm okay. >> from utah, a romney supporter as well and we're talking to jack markel an obama supporter. joe klein is with us. and we have john berman the anchor of "early start" doing triple duty this morning. the big question that was teed up about the i republicans and now the democrats have so deal with it this week, are you better off now than you were four years ago? $64,000 question and it's been a struggle for some dems to answer that? >> it has been. the two davids that head up the obama campaign, david plouffe and david axelrod couldn't answer it. one did give an answer but not an answer a lot of people in obama campaign were thrilled about. >> can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago in. >> no, but that'

to soledad. >> the issue being that he said he wasn't going to worry about them.f it. >> you almost don't have to say anything. just say let's hear more of the tape. i worked on presidential campaigns, both win and losing. the last thing you want to do is insult anybody. you want to fight for every vote. the big problem for governor romney is this whole episode reinforces beliefs that are starting to set in about him at a crucial point in campaign, that is that he's not ready to be president. that he says these inappropriate things like he did at the olympics, that he lets people like clint eastwood get in there and give this kind of crazy speech at the moment where everybody's forming important opinions about him. he's not ready for prime time. that's the big problem. >> in light of that comment, let's play some more. he made a comment about mexicans. that i'd like to play and get your take on it. >> my dad saab as you probably know, was the governor of michigan, was the head of a car company. but he was born in mexico. and had he been born of mexican parents i'd

it sounds like soledad o'brien. >> my god, soledad o'brien. how could you not get that?play. i'm sure the answer -- you were right. soledad o'brien. that's okay. i understand. >> how much did she lose? >> she lost out on 10 grand. do you believe that? >> soledad o'brien. hispanic and irish. how hard was that? oh, well. next time, i guess. >>> president obama is nearing the end of his first term and despite his promise in 2008 to bring the two parties together, the past 3 1/2 years have been plagued by partisan gridlock. in his new book, the price of politics. bob woodward puts the focus squarely on the relationship between the president and republican house speaker john boehner saying their inability to make meaningful compromise has left many of the nation's problems unaddressed. there was so much effort, most of it sincere, but so little result. americans are now left with a still struggling economy in the midst of a struggling election, it's a wort of status quo but only worse. >> i see you have a picture of bob woodruff of abc up there. we get mixed up all the time.

and these kind of numbers point in that direction also, soledad.ot catastrophic enough to drop the bottom out from president obama, but no tail wind behind him at all. and just setting us up for grinding trench warfare. >> is the strategy that you just try to get your base to turn out bigger numbers? >> yes. >> is this a different -- i could a related strategy, just focus on those undecided numbers who aren't necessarily well reflected, for example, for the democrats, that's a challenge? >> it is. because i think ron was saying is exactly right. there are so few undecideds that this just makes the strategy that we did see in both parties even more important. like we saw particularly this week at the democratic convention, they did such an interesting job, i would say, of trying to pinpoint every single constituency of the party to try to get them out. but the other thing i would say, because this doesn't necessarily move the ball either way, it's a reminder of the history of this. and that president obama would be making history if he wins re-elect

. >> good morning, soledad. yes, president obama, as you mentioned, is going to be speaking about iran and other hot spots in the middle east. certainly we've seen huge stories developing in the last two weeks, especially after the killing of ambassador stevens in libya. for the united states president, once again, there will behose tough remarks about iran, saying time is not limited. the u.s. president is going to be saying that there is just a time limit to diplomacy. the u.s. and many other nations extremely worried about iran's nuclear capability. iran's leader, mahmoud ahmadinejad, yesterday told the united nations in a speech about the rule of law that the security council members should be changed. they are allowing, in effect, israel to possess a nuclear weapon, while all the attention is focused on tehran. earlier in a meeting with reporters, he, in effect, again, questioned israel's legitimacy. this issue, of course, has been seen on the u.n. stage here for years. sometimes it's a side show. there are

soledad?nk you very much. oscar-winning actor and musician jeff bridges will stop by the cnn grill. he's already gotten the party started here in charlotte. he's got a serious issue he wants to talk about. democrats calling for betty white to make their day at the dnc. how would the golden girl do compared to clint eastwood. that would be an interesting match-up when you think about it. you're watching "starting point" live in charlotte. we're back in just a moment. at usaa, we believe honor is not exclusive to the military, and commitment is not limited to one's military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation's military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. with our award winning apps that allow you to transfer funds, pay bills or manage your finances anywhere, anytime. so that wherever your duty takes you, usaa bank goes with you. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different. >>> welcome back to "starting point" -- almost said the starting point grill. what a good

>> let's go back, soledad.rventilating is the fact that at the time when this was -- this news first broke about the ambassador's concern about an al qaeda hit list, the fact is the state department -- we didn't know yet, the government had not acknowledged, that it was a terrorist attack. right? so this was an indication. we had information and an obligation to report it to the public that we had information quite the contrary. that at least in the ambassador's mind, there was a very distinct terror threat directed at him. so you can quibble with whether or not we reported it or how and when we went about reporting it. but the fact of the matter is, look. in all my time in government, there are -- there are a handful, very rarely, where the government will make an argument to a news korgs that there's an overriding national security interest to withhold something. that's not what the government argued here. the government suddenly became the champion of the family. the answer is we didn't need -- cnn didn't ne

soledad? >> all right, christine.h. >>> still ahead this morning on "starting point," the 2012 democratic platform has not gotten a lot of attention until now, and not because of what was in it, but because of what it was missing. the lack of a reference to god, omitting jerusalem as the capital of israel. next we'll check in with debbie wasserman schultz about the political blunder. you're watching "starting point." we're coming to you live from charlotte, north carolina. back in just a moment. good morning. how are you? i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them, so i've found a way. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. massmutual. we'll help you get there. >>> welcome back to "starting point." tonight, president obama is going to accept his party's nomination. but democrats hit a snag on the

. >> good morning, soledad. we certainly expected protests in pakistan today but we didn't expect them to start in the morning. but that's exactly what we saw. demonstrations in islamabad, peshawar, lahore, some of them turned violent, more than two dozen people injured in peshawar. one person killed, and it's only halfway through on this friday, and more demonstrations are expected. in pakistan, deepening concern for an explosive day of protests. for the second friday in a row, hard-line religious groups have called for anti-western demonstrations. on a day declared by islamabad as a national day of love, for islam's prophet muhammad. by 9:00 a.m. local time, small groups of protesters had already torched toll booths, looted stores, and clashed with police in several cities. friday's demonstrations come a day after hundreds of protesters, and many young men in their teens and 20s, tried to storm the capital's diplomatic enclave. a secured compound that houses foreign embassies. in karachi, pakistan, several tea

soledad? >> all right, zoraida, thank you. as you have heard the tone of the speeches here at the dnc went from brazen attacks on the romney campaign to inspirational speeches from first lady. one of tonight's speakers is on the starting point team, connecticut governor malloy. that the entire -- someone will come out like governor strickland, he warned us that's what he was going to do and he came out on the attack, sort of moderated by high inspiration. >> if you can't stand the heat you should stay out of the kitchen. mitt romney has a record and we can talk about it. it's fair game to talk about. speakers are going to do that. we're going to also talk about what the president has accomplished. and he's accomplished a great deal and actually much more than he gets credit for. >> whose fault is that? >> i wish you would tell a story about the president a little more. the fact that we've created 4.5 million private sector jobs. >> that number was thrown out there a lot and you know when the fact checkers look at that, they sa

"starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >>> morning. welcome, everybody.romney stands by his message after his those people controversy and president obama takes some digs on letterman. listen. >> one of the things i've learned as president is you represent the entire country. my expectation is is that if you want to be president you've got to work for everybody, not just for some. and -- >>> this morning brand-new fallout from the right. will romney's campaign be able to recover? we'll discuss that this morning. plus there's a new cartoo of the prophet muhammad

>>> later on "starting point," soledad o'brien talks with de y debbie wasserman schultz.ut her own controversial and frankly, contradictory remarks. >>> plus, he took the torch from the likes of john mcenroe, agassi, andy roddick's emotional farewell at the u.s. open. you will not want to miss that. all that and much more coming up in the next hour here on cnn. if you change the channel you will regret it forever. first, a text from hillary in the middle of bill clinton's speech? if you've checked your facebook overnight you might know what we're talking about already. it is hilarious. that is coming up next on "early start." [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. we've got a lot of empty cans. capella university understands back from rough economic times. employees are being forced to do more with less. and the need for capable leaders

right now when i talk about soledad o'brien and i see banfield that's the new model they're beginning to try at c.n.n. that is an issue that might be the solution now the real issue for c.n.n. is not that they're not biased it's that they're they're bland they don't anything they don't give you a conservative perspective which watch news does you might agree or disagree but they clearly give you one they don't give you a progressive perspective as current television does m.s.m. b. sees a mixed bag there conservatives and progressive cetera but c.n.n. they also don't give you the news so what they give you is the pentagon says this democrats say that republicans said that why say you very much mr saddam refer but that doesn't really help us with what is the reality every drone strike there's a news out today standard and then where you did a report together and from a we've killed hundreds of innocent civilians in pakistan the pentagon says no we haven't winfield any and this is civilians and the rest the president who c.n.n. dutifully report the pentagon says we have not killed any ci

doing some things differently which i'm actually very encouraged by soledad o'brien actually been field in the mornings are challenging politicians from both much more aggressively c.n.n. used to and i think that's a really positive development i hope that works for them in the ratings and they learn from that c.n.n. is guys are in the audience hungry for sorry to interrupt you there c.n.n. is suffering the most in terms of ratings so does that kind of show that viewers are flocking to to bias news like fox news or m s n b c because we're seeing that. they're not really turning into c.n.n. as much. right now when i talk about soledad o'brien and actually banfield that's the new model they're beginning to try of c.n.n. that is an issue that might be the solution now the real issue for c.n.n. is not that they're not biased it's that they're vanilla they're bland they don't anything they don't have your conservative perspective which fox news does you might agree or disagree but they clearly give you one they don't give you a progressive perspective as current television does m.s.m. be she

i should say later on "starting point," soledad o'brien will talk to debbie wasserman schultz. her controversy and and flat-out contradictory explanations for this change in the platform. brianna keilar talked to her last night. it was a stunning infer view. we'll get to that later. first, more about this speech. i want to bring in ryan lizza a cnn contributor and writes for the "new yorker." he's the principle writer this week of the clinton/obama relationship. could bill clinton possibly have done anything more for barack obama? >> you know i've been looking at all the reviews this morning and even among conservatives. the harshest criticism you can find is that it went a little too long and maybe it should have been edited down. the more i thought about it watching the speech, when you know these guys have had a difficult relationship, when you know at the bottom they're not close friends as bill clinton said in an interview before the speech, he said we're not close friends. >> we don't have a romance. >> they don't have a romance. when you know that and watch the speech an

equilibrio con nosotros mismos, tenemos que estar en armonÍa con nosotros mismos , incluso si hubiera soledad de forma gris a dar un paso atrÁs, sin tener en cuenta que despuÉs pueden dar cinco hacÍa adelante. vamos a una pausa, pero antes un adelanto con deportes... buenas tardes para todos, que bien que siguen con nosotros y rapidamente vamos con las novedades de la champions que hoy se jugaron varios partidos. el real madrid jugando en casa paso muchos problemas para derrotar 3-2 al manchester city, con goles de edin dzako, junior, kolarov, karim benzema y cristiano ronaldo. tambien ganaron, oporto, paris saint germain, arsenal, schalke 04, malaga y borussia dortmund. sufrida victoria de real madrid en casa 3-2 sobre manchester city le costo ganar al real madrid en casa. maÑana juega el barca. vamos ahora con las grandes ligas porque tenemos buenas noticias. nate mclount dio a baltimore un buen comienzo abriendo el juego con un jonrÓn y los orioles vencieron anoche a los marineros en seattle 10-4, para mantener interesante la contienda en la divisiÓn este de la liga americana. matt wieters

soledad is off today. our starting point, tough talk on iran from president obama at the united nations, as iran's leader mahmoud ahmadinejad prepares to take the podium today. he's given fiery speeches before. he will inflame an already heightened tension in the middle east? >>> the battleground votes. new polls show president obama ahead in ohio, florida, and pennsylvania. and in some cases, by double digits. can mitt romney win the presidency without the power of these swing states? >> no. and by the way, check out this incredible video. a tornado touches down, ripping through homes and buildings. it is all caught on camera. >> wow. a busy morning ahead. our guests include michele flournoy, co-chair of the obama campaign nation security advisory committee. tiki barber, former player for the new york giants, rudy giuliani, former new york city mayor, ben cohen, co-founder of ben & jerry's ice cream and singer cyndi lauper. >> it is wednesday, september 26th. "starting point" beginning right now. first we

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soledad o'brien is coming up next.r ohio governor ted strickland about the best advice he has received. take a look at this. >> perhaps the best advice i've ever received that i chose not to follow was this, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again. and didn't give up. there's no sense being a damned fool about it. the fact is i've never given up and i don't think we ought to ever give up because life of full is challenges and we need to continue to confront the challenges and that's what i tried to do. never give up. >> i wonder who gave him that best advice. 59 minutes past the hour. that's it for us, "starting point" now with soledad o'brien is live in charlotte and starts right now. >>> welcome, everybody, our starting point, sharp attacks, democrats kicking off their convention with a parade of political stars attacking the gop. listen. >> santa claus, he would fire the reindeer

"starting point" with soledad o'brien starts right now. >>> good morning, welcome, everybody.cing for protests after friday prayers over the publication of cartoons showing the prophet muhammad. embassies, schools already closed. this morning buildings have been set on fire in pakistan. we're going to bring you a live report from islamabad. also, president obama admits his biggest failure. >> my biggest failure so far is we haven't gotten comprehensive immigration reform done. so we're going to be continuing to work on that. >> he promised comprehensive restorm. he broke his word. >>> and it's the d

soledad, we have not recovered all that we lost in the bush recession. that is why we need to continue to move forward. >> o'malley will many speakers at the democratic national convention. many people today are enjoying the labor day holiday with celebrations all across the d.c. metro area. the town greensville posted a 67 annual labor day parade this morning. a little something for everyone to enjoy out there. beauty quee including miss greenbelt, and floats as well. still to come a deer in the deep end of the pool. and hundreds turned out to keep heroes goodbye to a navy seal killed in -- to give my heroes goodbye to an abc killed in afghanistan and made a differenc -- what made a difference in pa >> a suicide attack on the u.s. government vehicle in pakistan has killed two pakistanis and wounded 19 others including two americans. more than 200 pounds of explosives ramp into the suv. security for -- peshawar claims that security forces were rescuing americans from the suv. there was a sea of red white and to honoring a navy seal killed in afghanistan.

soledad soledad oh obrien has more. >> tell me what you think about plt clinton's speech? revisionist tonight, a revivalist. he actually took us back and brought us to the day, and did he it in a way that everybody can relate to and can go home and talk about. we have to get energized. this is not 2008. this is a different kind of campaign. it means we have to have people excited to go out and bring others out. >> it seems to me he was walking people through almost with a white board sort of thipng, if you will, to talk about what they, meaning the gop, are saying versus what the democrats are saying. is he going to take this message further, do you believe? does it end right here? >> president obama asked president clinton to remain involved in the campaign, and i think that's a smart move. president clinton has the highest approval rating of any president or former elected official on a national level. people will listen to him, including that 7 or 10% of the independents who are still trying to make up their minds. >> do you think what he said will work for them, that t

with soledad. >> somewhere around there. long time.vid bloom, me and you hanging out. >> that's right. >> so listen, going to call this the fashion po po. so let's go through the list now. >> okay. >> to the fashion police. we are going to rip off joan rivers. edie fal coker the actress on "nurse jackie" saw her a little while ago, she looks hot. >> she does and look at that body. i mean, the body is amazing, first of all, i don't know what her age is, but is that the chic mullet dress, night time by the front and daytime by the back, but i love the gold belt and any woman who can show off that midsection around the back is an amazingly confident woman. i think she looks fantastic, freshed a modern. >> business in the front, party in the back. >> sew fee ya investigate garra from "modern family" looks spicy. >> look at the detail on that dress though. many women would absolutely be scared to death to pull that off. keith hole in the front, it has a very mermaid appeal to it, all that grimmer is totally gold tonight for her. >> oh, yeah

or here to the new prison next door to fulsome or here to the new prison next door to soledad. if they are starting to look familiar, it's because they are all built on the same plan. a plan san quentin officials want to use for a new death row. called a 180 design it's been a big part of the state prison building plans for the last 20 years. years when the numbers of prisons and prisoners in the state grew by leaps and bounds and identities changed about hue to keep them confined. -- and ideas changed about how to keep them confined. to see the difference take a look at two members of the arian brotherhood prison gang. this one serving time in maximum security at pelican bay. and this one in the maximum security section of death row at san quentin. in the past few years, prison officials floated the idea of moving death row to the city of fulsome near sacramento. not to this prison the one johnny cash sang about, built by chain gangs from stone from the quarry near by but here in the high security prison next door. a model of what san quentin hopes to build. in san quentin, de

. >> thanks, soledad, i look forward to getting back home. >> i got a call the night that david died,going on. i knew it was horrible. >> to say it's a difficult morning doesn't even come close. >> i just remember thinking that my only responsibility was to his family, to melanie and his daughters. >> and of course a lot of fun in between which is one of the perks. there are a lot of perks working on saturday and sunday mornings. >> david bloom looked like a 12-year-old. enthusiastic about everything. he would vibrate with enthusiasm and was fun. >> and we're on the road this morning in jerusalem. >> we went all over the world. wow, let's go to israel, and we went to israel. >> we did a show from hawaii. >> i don't really remember much about hawaii. maybe i had one too many peina colada s. >> we worked hard. >> we work very hard. i thought there was something magical about taking the show on the road. >> the aussies on one side and the usa on the other. >> we did our knockoff version of "where in the world is matt lau lauer." >> we wouldn't know where each other was going. mine was la