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there. in about 100 soldiers are on lockdown at a military base in washington state. that means no one in, no one out. commanders at joint base lewis mccord are looking for anyone who may have possession of some sensitive military equipment that didnt turn up during an inventory last month. and crowds of people packed public spaces across syria again today demanding the ouster of president bashar al assad. officials from the arab league are talking today about whether to increase t...

other candidates a joke. its the donald whos the one theyre really laughing at on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com and good morning. its tuesday, december 6th. ali and christine are off today. im alina cho along with carol costello whos well rested on this "american morning." thanks for joining us. >> ive had four days of sleep. so watch out. up first, whats red, white and blue and cant agree on how to save you money? congress, of course. offering a pr...

a new week and new shake-up for the battle for the presidential nomination. newt gingrich is now the solid front runner in the state of iowa. but today his focus was on new york. and a meeting with donald trump. lets go to new york. theres jim acosta following this for us. whats the latest with newt gingrich the front-runner and donald trump? >> well, he is in the big apple and you can say he is singing new york, new york, start spreading the newts. he his message he is can win the rep...

halfway around the world, thousands of michael jackson fans are attending a tribute concert in wales today. the pop icons three children are attending it also. several of jacksons siblings are performing. it comes as jacksons physician stands trial for involuntary manslaughter in the singers death. for the first time this week, we heard dr. conrad murrays interview with detectives. >> everything happened very quickly. just about the time i was gone and i came back. so i started immedia...

balance between public safety and free speech. susan candiotti reports on it now. >> reporter: marching around manhattans financial district, protesters are baiting the drama against corporate greed, now in its fourth week, occupy wall street is creating a delicate balancing act for police between free speech and public safety. >> as long as these demonstrations go forward, were going to do everything we can to see to it that they are done peacefully and in an orderly fashion. >> repor...

embassy in afghanistan in kabul. two dead, one an american citizen. monitoring the situation from our bureau in abu dhabi. an apparent breach of security inside a heavily guarded complex in kabul. what do we know about it. >> reporter: bear in mind where this was. this was a part of the u.s. embassy compound and annex will many are working. one of the employees started shooting in various directions. he was later shot dead. his victims appeared to have been one u.s. citizen, also an em...

is he eating? is she sleeping? >> well, you know, its been very tough for her. you know, especially these last three hearings. its been, you know, everything against her. so, you know, with literally her life hanging in the balance of what the decision is in the courtroom, its very tough to sleep. she has been thinning down a bit too. >> were you, kurt, in court today when that lawyer called your daughter a sex-loving she-devil? >> yeah. you know, it was -- this particular lawyer, you ...

about jobs and also trying to raise a little money. jobs were the emphasis last night at a speech to the congressional black caucus. some in the congressional black caucus have been critical of the president saying he hasnt focused enough on african-american issues including african-american unemployment which right now is at 16.7%. listen to the president telling the crowd he expects them to be with him. >> im going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling rig...

ilgts is ten minutes past the hour. back to your quote of the day. quote -- that was former new york city mayor rudy giuliani. he said that to piers morgan and said it just last night. he was talking about a presidential bid and if he might, you know, kind of ran, he could probably win. apple, and nike, are making our high-tech headlines at this hour. lets head straight to hong kong and kristie lu stout. this apple thing is getting weirder and weirder. >> weirder and weirde...

unions part of the solution or part of the problem? there will be more than 19 million students in college this fall. how to make sure that pricey investment pays off. we begin with a passionate debate over public school reformp. with me steven bril, and he spent two years immersed in thousands of pages of documents and hours in the classroom in an interviews for his book "class warfare." take a look at this poll from 1976 asked if teachers unions, helped, hurt or made no difference in...