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leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as dont ask, dont tell has...

since recanted or recounted their stories. theyve also pointed out that theyve had people come forward saying that someone else was responsible for this murder. all of that was before the board. everyone came back from that meeting with the board thinking that they got their point across, that the board was definitely listening, asking a lot of questions about this case. apparently, had they had done their homework and were very, very familiar with this case. so, both sides coming out ...

pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just havent telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that theyre concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that th...

environment clean. well, then there are excessive regulations that unnecessarily increase the cost for consumers and small businesses. and those excessive regulations are making it harder for our economy to create jobs. the congressional calendar is so full it appears congress wont even consider the jobs bill until october. the u.s. supreme court will review the case of texas death-row inmate duane buck. justices want to know whether a racist comment tainted his sentencing hearing....

they also met. whats also interesting, kyra, rick perry met with three of donald trumps children. you know, i spoke to michael cohen who is trumps top political adviser. i just got off the phone with him and cohen said he spent some time with perry, as well. they talked about the economy and jobs and talked about family. all topics we would expect to come up during the conversation with donald trump. what is the take away from trump? cohen tells me that trump likes him as an individual...

than the testimony in court? none. none. >> hes set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the presidents jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. its the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaste...

public. is this a referendum on the obama presidency? >> there had been polling done ahead of this election and it showed that the economic recovery was the number one theme. the fact that bob turner, who was a former cable tv executive, has never been a politician before, although hes run in some other races. the fact that he could beat a democrat in this district where the democrat was really expected to win this race easily until the past few weeks. democrats became increasingly ner...

breaking news. the american embassy in kabul, afghanistan, coming under fire in an intense attack. word out of iran, the two american hikers convicted of espionage could soon be free. lets go ahead and start with the bold attack on americas signature presence in a war-torn country. rockets and machine gun fire aimed directly at the american embassy in kabul. gunfire coming from every corner of the building. take a listen. and were now being told that it was a well-coordinated attack....

thanks so much. just hours from now, eight presidential candidates will square off in tampa, florida. rick perry the front-runner and also the main target of his fellow republicans. and perry may have made the bulls-eye even bigger by attacking social security, a program considered sacred by millions of older americans. jim accosta is in tampa. and lets begin with word of a new endorsement were hearing about this morning. >> reporter: thats right. if mitt romney was looking for a spark...

anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, u.s. intelligence officials are uncovered a new terror threat and describe it as specific credible, but unconfirmed information about a potential al qaeda plot. its believed to involve three individuals and explosives such as a truck or a car bomb. washington and new york are cited as possible targets. we are covering this from all angles. fran townsend is in washington and susan candiotti in new york and barbara starr at the pentagon. fran, lets...