suzanne malveaux is still out.e taking you around the world in 60 minutes, and here's what we're covering for you today. a car bomb rocks a normally quiet part of beirut in the middle of rush hour causing chaos on the streets and fears about what might come next. fareed zakaria will put it all in perspective for

i'm suzanne malveaux. welcome international viewers. teams and correspondents covering this like no other network can. coverage of super storm sandy. talking about flood, fires, massive power outages result of sandy in the med lane exic. 21 people died in the united states from the storm. right now more than 7.5 million customers in 15 state have no electricity. according to early projections, damage from the storm between $10 billion and $20 billion. in new jersey, rescue crews plucking people off rooftops after a natural levee broke and flooded three towns in bergen. queens new york, fire destroyed dozen homes, 50 burned to the ground, 30 were on fire. and head of the new york transit authority says the city subway system is facing the biggest disaster in its history, including flooded tunnels and power outages. a short time ago, we heard from new york mayor michael bloomberg. >> make mo no mistake, this is a d devastating storm, first ever experienced. first responders heroic job. they are conduct life saving search and rescue missio

i'm michael holmes filling in for suzanne malveaux who is on assignment in south africa. you'll hear about that later. we are, as always, going to take you around the world in 60 minutes, and here's what's going on. >> more explosions rock syria amid new accusations from the international community. this time the syrian air force said to be dropping deadly cluster bombs in the populated areas. human rights watch has released video of the russian-made bombs. the group says those bombs, well, they're particularly dangerous, vicious really, because they explode in the air just above the ground and release dozen of smaller bombs or bomblets that can kill or maim long after impact. russia says no evidence that that report is accurate. >>> after more than 40 years of fighting, the filipino government has signed a landmark peace deal with muslim revel leaders. this is a big deal in that part of the world. the deal promises to set up an autonomous region in the south giving muslims there greater political powers and more control over natural resources. the philippines, of course,

suzanne malveaux is still out. we're taking you around the world in 60 minutes, and here's what we're covering for you today. a car bomb rocks a normally quiet part of beirut in the middle of rush hour causing chaos on the streets and fears about what might come next. fareed zakaria will put it all in perspective for us. also -- ♪ snoelt they started rocking 50 years ago. the rolling stones celebrate a truly golden anniversary. >> panic, violence, death, and fear returning today to beirut, lebanon. that's where a car bomb blew up in one of the city's busiest and most peaceful neighborhoods. the latest official word. eight people dead. almost ten times that many wounded. the explosion filling the street with burning wreckage, broken glass. this all happened just a few hours ago. police are still helping the injured securing the area and trying to find out who did this. mohammed has been covering this. you're not that far from a where this happened. you heard it go off when you were out there reporting on another sto

i'm suzanne malveaux. we're going around the world in 60 minutes.e's what's going on right now. >> people w work at the u.s. embassy in yemen for more than 20 years shot dead. men on motorcycles, they ambushed his car, and she they killed him. officials in yemen say it looks like the work of al qaeda. more of what we know about the killing and why he may have in justple of minutes, revelation teammates of superstar cyclist lance armstrong. one says we hid from doping tests. he said armstrong had & his teammates, they were part of the most sophisticated and successful doping program in cycling history. the agency says 11 cyclists came forward to admit their use of banned performance enhancing drugs. we'll have more on that later in the hour, but, first, a new jobs report that really surprised a lot of folks, including a lot of economists who just found out this morning the number of americans filing new unemployment claims plummeted last week. fell by 30,000. that is 339,000. it is the lowest level in the past four and a half years. many economists p

i'm sitting in for suzanne malveaux today. we will take you around the world in 60 minutes, as we do every day. all right. let's start with this. i take responsibility, that's what secretary of state hillary clinton is saying about the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya, the september 11 attack left four americans dead, including the u.s. ambassador. cnn foreign affairs reporter broke the story with an exclusive interview during the secretary's trip to peru. >> i take responsibility. i'm in charge of the state department, 60,000 plus people all over the world, 275 post, the president and the vice president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by security professionals. in the wake of an attack like this, in the fog of war, there's always going to be confusion, and i think it is absolutely fair to say that everyone had the same intelligence. everyone who -- >> bad intelligence, it seems. >> everyone who spoke tried to give the information as they had. as time has gone on, the i

loo please stay tuned for the very lovely and talented suzanne malveaux with "newsroom international." >> syrian activist saz at least 87 people have been killed already today, including at least a dozen children. >> this video shows a man crying beside a truck full of dead bodies. we have blurred these images. they are just incredibly gruesome. the man is crying "my child was killed." he is calling out to god and to anyone who will listen. this is in a town in northern -- this is after government war planes dropped several bombs on the people there. >>> a suicide bombing in eastern afghanistan leaves 14 people dead, three nato service members among the victims. we do not know their nationalities yet. the taliban is claiming responsibility for this blast. the afghan interior ministry says the attacker drove a motorcycle packed with explosives into a group of soldiers and afghan police on patrol. >> this was a scene outside the building for the punk rock band pussy riot. protesters scuffled with police. some got hauled away. while that was going on outside. inside the hearing was being

congratulations. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux. newsroom fwreer cussing on who has the advantage in tomorrow's debate, mitt romney or president obama. could the unemployment rate be the october surprise that shakes things up in the election? and imagine flying the plane and your seat comes loose. it happened twice. we'll get right to it. we're 32 hours away from the first presidential debate. president obama and mitt romney taking the stage at the university of denver in colorado. a live picture. this inside that will. where the two men will face off for the first time. lost at stake for both candidates. according to our latest poll which is an average of five national polls it is tight race among likely voters the president has 49%, mitt romney at 46%. now both men in past moments wished they could have a do over. we recall a heated exchange between hillary clinton and president obama back in 2008's debate in south carolina. >> while i was working on those streets watching those folks see their jobs shipped overseas you were a cor

i'm suzanne malveaux. here's what's going on right now. sandy moving quickly across the warm waters of the caribbean sea towards the bahamas. the storm slammed into southeastern cuba early today as a category two hurricane. winds up 110 miles per hour. trees are down. power is out across parts of cuba. late season storm also brought heavy rains to cuba's capital havana. in jamaica, sandy flooded streets, damaged homes, caused widespread power outages. at least one person was killed near kingston. another died in haiti. severe weather expert chad myers watching all of this, tracking the storm what do you think is going to happen? is it headed to the united states? >> yes. yes. yes. i'm afraid. a couple of days ago we had all of our computer models running. the hurricane center does. ten of them turning the storm out into the ocean. one model turning it back up toward new york city. we went, wow. 10-1. let's probably think the ten is right. not. it just hasn't been how it happened. all these other molgzs are turning the storm become to the u

let's get to work. >>> i'm frederica wit field in for suzanne malveaux.e're focussing on mitt romney's changing stance on abortion. plus, the wives are more popular than their husbands. could they help sway voters? we're talking about a sfoer out of florida where a parking garage has collapsed trapping several people. rescue crews are on the scene in florida. we don't know exactly how many people are trapped, but one person has been taken to the hospital. a spokeswoman for miami dade fire and rescue says the parking garage was under construction when it collapsed. they're calling it a pancake collapse because the floors fell on one another from top to bottom. we'll, of course, update you as we get more information there in florida. our affiliates there helping us out. >>> now to a huge affirmative action case. it's a student that claims she was denied admission to the university of text technical because she is white. that student abigail noel fisher, that's her right there, sued the school after being rejected in 2008. fisher says u.t.'s admissions polic

i'm suzanne malveaux. here's what's happening right now. 32 days until the election, and now this. >> this morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. >> nation's unemployment rate has dropped now below 8% for the first time in almost four years. the labor department figures just out this morning show unemployment now at 7.8%. we're covering all the angles of our story. christine romans is live in new york. jessa yellin is in washington with the political impact, and richard quest joining us from london with the global perspective. want to go first to christine. let's zero in on the numbers and what it means here. 114,000 more people now going to work. what does it say about the state of the economy, and where the jobs are now? >> it says, quite frankly, suzanne, that you're seeing steady hiring. not robust hiring, but steady hiring, and when you look at the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8% we know that there are people who are getting part-time job

i'm suzanne malveaux at the worldwide headquarters of cnn welcoming in our viewers from the united states and the around the world. you're all here in the cnn "newsroom." >>> disaster on top of disaster. how much can one city take? unbelievable flooding, millions of people with no power, and now this fire. 80 homes burned up in this neighborhood in queens, new york. we are live there in just a few minutes. there's people down in the jersey shore. here's what they are dealing with as well. the storm called sandy ravaging the entire coastline. the g's office says at least six people with now dead in the aftermath. in long branch and pleasant beach and seaside heights, nobody has electricity. the storm knocked over trees, ripped out electric lines, and today more than two million people just in new jersey are without power. rail service, path trains that run up and down the coastline, forget about that. buses too all suspended. transit officials say it's going to be days, probably weeks before any type of commuter train service starts again between new jersey and new york city. now, look at

. >> you have a lot of fodder for your weekend show, so we'll be watching it and also for suzanne malveaux's shows which is up and coming. thank you for taking the time to be on our show today. fareed zakaria, and as i sign off, i do want remind you "newsroom international" starts right now with suzanne malveaux. >> kuhn dem the president for leading from behind, declaring it is time to change -- criticized the obama administration for not having an overall strategy in this region, and here's how he summed it up. the know the president hopes for a safer, freer, aligned middle east with us. i share this hope, but hope is not a strategy. we can't support our friends and defeat our enemies in the middle east when our words are not backed up by deeds. >> now, wolf, we know he was referring to a lot of the protests around in the region, and even the killing of the u.s. ambassador in benghazi, libya, but when you listen to what he is saying here, how much of it do you think is about a failed strategy or what is simply out of the white house's control at this point, what is going on in the middle e

i'm suzanne malveaux. the presidential race just 13 days to go.ng dead even. the president is now on a swing through iowa, colorado, and nevada. today romney campaigns in nevada this afternoon. iowa tonight. this look, this hour we're looking at the role of the gender gap. whether news endorsements as well even matter. we're also going to have a report from ali velshi and john avland. they're on the road talking to voters in the battleground state of florida. abortion back in the headline today after a comment by republican senate candidate. today he is defending his remarks. here is what indiana senate candidate richard murdock said in the debate last night while explaining his position on abortion. >> i believehat li begins at concession. the only exception i have is in that case of the life of the mother. i struggle with it myself for a long time, but i came to realize life is a gift from god, and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> so in a news conference he accu

i'm suzanne malveaux. we'll get down to it here. we are talking about this powerful life-threatening storm on a collision course with the most populate area of the country. hurricane sandy taking aim at the mid-atlantic coastline and the northeast. at last check it was about 205 miles southeast of atlantic city, new jersey. massive storm could affect 60 million people. we are talking from virginia to massachusetts. forkers to expect sandy to combine and cause a cold front that will cause massive power outages, and snowstorms and flooding. mountain areas of the state could get two feet of snow, so already starting to fall, and fema, federal emergency management agency, says the storm damage from wind alone could reach $3 billion. we're also going to be hearing from the president about 45 minutes or so from the white house. he is going to be making a statement, updating the conditions of what the federal government is doing to tackle this horrific storm. forecasters expect that sandy will make landfall as early as tonight. the eye of

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suzanne malveaux will be back in the chair soon enough. in the meantime, i hand the baton over to brooke baldwin who continues with "cnn newsroom" after this. >> the ruminations of ashleigh banfield on this monday. i'm brooke baldwin. let's jump right in, president obama obama, mitt romney, both lying low, cramming for tomorrow night's town hall debate. you see the sign, it is happening at hofstra university. the president playing catch-up and they will be debating one another inside this hall, this is hempstead, new york. we have a correspondent right there. so stand by for that as we catch you up on where we are today. >> we haven't dedicated our electoral votes since 1984 to the republican nominee. it is time we change that. let's make sure -- >> paul ryan campaigned this morning in his home state of wisconsin, talked up the packers, talked up mitt romney and reminded supporters that wisconsin has developed a habit of voting democratic. we will talk about how wisconsin may prove crucial here. >> we have republicans trying to redefine ra

. >>> i'm ashleigh banfield sitting in for suzanne malveaux in the second hour. let's get to it. and mitt romney locked in a dead even race with just 15 days to go before the presidential election, and just hours from now they're going to face off in their third and final debate. the race is tight and the decision was somewhat split on the previous two debates, so that seems to have raised the stakes even higher for tonight. the focus will be foreign policy. you can expect to hear questions about the iran nuclear threat, fall-out from the deadly attack in lib yashgs and more tough talk on china and the u.s. economy. we saw mitt romney get a big boost after his strong performance in the first debate and president obama seemed to regain his footing after debate number two, and tonight's match-up could be a decisive moment in this race. cnn's political editor paul steinhauser tells us what to expect in style and substance. >> when we have four americans killed there, when apparently we didn't know what happened, that the president the day after that happened flies to las vegas for p

i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. let's talk about the presidential race. voters like women, and they're targeting those make or break swing states. wisconsin is one of about nine battleground states that will likely decide who wins the white house. our miguel marquez went to a swing county in wisconsin to talk with women voters. some of them still trying to make up their minds. >> here we are milking cows in racine county, wisconsin. what else would we be doing in a place that offers -- this is a county and state in play, a place that hasn't voted for a republican since reagan in 1984. the rank family has farmed here since grover cleveland was president. they have run the family dairy for 16 years. >> look there. >> twice a day 3:00 a.m. and p.m. they milk their 80 cows. >> this is a first. >> reporter: they want to expand, but credit. their biggest concern? government debt acting like an anchor on the economy. >> either of you made your mind up about who you are going to vote for? >> i have a pretty good idea. >> yeah. >> reporter: but still could change

i'm victor blackwell in for suzanne malveaux. we have a live look at roswell, new mexico.alloon connected to felix balm fwart n baumgartn baumgartner. he'll use the balloon to go up two hours. he's supposed to start at 1:40. so let me give you the time line here. at 1:40, he'll begin his ascent up 23 miles, he'll then try to jump and break the sound barrier which is 120,000 feet. he'll be moving at 700 miles an hour. and he's trying to break a record that was set back in 1960. we'll watch this from roswell, new mexico. brian todd is there. but again, he's not doing it just for a stunt. there is a lot of science behind this and could make space travel safer. he can do the jump. i can't say the words. we'll watch felix baumgartner from roswell, new mexico. >>> question for you. when's the last time you went to church, temple or synagogue, any place of worship if sn if your answer is it's been a while or never, you may be part of the rising number of americans who say they have no religious affiliation. a new survey by pew forum on religion and public life founds a whopping 3

i'm suzanne malveaux. we are teaing you around the world in 60 minutes. here is what we are working on right now. >> this is not what a cease-fire is supposed to look like. it doesn't look like that is happening. we'll also have details of a large car bomb that floweded in damascus just a short time ago. we are live from neighboring lebanon in just a minute. in afghanistan at least 40 people are dead after a suicide bomber hit a crowded mosque today. witnesses say the bomber was wearing a policeman's uniform. like i said, today starts a major muslim holiday. the mosque was so packed at the time of the explosion many people were praying outside. silvio berlusconi sentenced it to four years for tax fraud. it's a complicated case that dragged on for years involving berlusconi's media company and a swiss bank account. prosecutors say the company bought the tv broadcasting rights for some 3,000 american films. well, then they resold those rights at inflated prices, made a bundle avoiding taxes. berlusconi, he is expected to appeal. he is not going to serve any

. >>> i'm suzanne malveaux with a check of top stories.king at the markets, the dow taking a big hit. the board here, down by 219 points. sell-off started after dupont and 3m reported weak earnings. could be the biggest one-day drop since june. the dow sank 205 points on friday. apple's i pad has been dominant, of course, in the tablet computer market. get ready for baby brother. apple expected to unveil mini ipad this afternoon. the biggest change, a smaller screen, less than eight inches but expected to keep features that made its big brother a best-seller. >>> and hopes for a cease-fire in syria shattered by more violence today. fighting shows no signs of letting up. activist group says syrian warplanes struck the northern city of aleppo. government tanks shelled a bakery where people were lined up to buy bread. a u.n. envoy to syria called for cease-fire during the muslim holiday that begins friday. we return to cnn's replay of the third and final presidential debate. >> i want to try shift it, because we have heard some of this in the

i'm suzanne malveaux. right now the whole country talking about one thing. last night's historic debate. we're going to dig through the facts, the figures cutting through the spin, and then at 1:00 p.m. eastern we're going beyond the soundbytes. we're going to replay the whole debate in full so you can get a sense for yourself. two different visions of the country's future that these candidates represent. lots to talk about. let's get right to. all right. mitt romney coming out swinging. many viewers from the left and from the right say president obama took a shellacking. dana bash has the highlights. >> reporter: right out of the gate it was clear, mitt romney came to play. >> the president has a view very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago. that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle down government would work. >> president obama sounded a familiar alarm. warning of romney's been there done that economics. >> the approach that governor romney is talking about is the same sales pitch that wa

i'm suzanne malveaux. here's what's going on righ now.he world,of urse, watching and anticipating the stage for the first presidential debate. the university of denver in colorado. now, this is where for 9 on minutes president obama, former massachusetts governor mitt romney will go at it tonight head-to-head, face-to-face, and while they're on the stage, whole lot will be happening behind the scenes. want to bring in cnn political director mark preston who gives us a look. >> heetsz head inside where the action is going to take place. >> she must be wonder whoing will be sitting in the audience tonight for this first presidential debate. i don't know the answer, but peter here with the commissioner on presidential debates does. >> on wednesday night at the university of denver we'll have students, vip's, and those that the campaigns have invited. they'll be on floort and on the balcony behind us. >> how do you get invited if you don't get an invitation from one of the candidates? >> it would be very difficult to get into the debate. >> w