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To understand where you are getting your information you know general petraeus. and a people have affairs. it is it awful but can you talk about what was so serious that he had to quit? >> anybody with security clearance and particularly top secret clearance and cia director who knows more secrets in the government is obligated under government regulations not to place himself in a compromising position which is what he . he could be black mail foreign intelligence service could have compromised...

well share that with you. in the meantime, good morning, welcome to early start. >> happy friday. we had some crazy weather here in new york overnight. maybe some tornadoes upstate. well have the latest in just a few minutes. plus dr. conrad murray is reaching out to the late king of pops mother now. youll find out why coming up. but first, well talk about politics and mitt romneys rocky start in london. this was a trip intended to charm the brits, to show off romneys statesmanship...

zz h zoraida sambolin has the day off. >> that is awesome. its caught on camera. im ashleigh banfield. its nice to have you with us every morning. its 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. lets get started with this. go vote for someone else. how about that for a campaign pitch. fighting words for mitt romney after a pretty rough reception at the naacp convention. it was a tough sell to begin with though anyway. governor romneys really trying to convince african-americans that theyd be better s...

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uncertainty. what are your sources telling you, how hard is it to break through? we had rumors before, what is fact and rumor? >> reporter: clear tough, especially because the debate over hosni mubaraks health has constantly been coming up in the course of thepast year and a half since he was ousted from power, similar protests in tahrir square, warnings that his health was deteriorating, and this as he was being brought on charges of corruption, as an accomplice to the deaths of hundr...

japan, one arresuspected of mur >> reporter: we are learning more about the case. tokyo police were holding him on different charges but now holding him on murder charges, looking to advance their case against this unidentified man, unidentified because hes still considered a minor under japanese law. for the minor of fur dg long, an irish exchange student found dead in a tokyo hotel room, strangled to death. the tokyo police say the only other person in the room was the 19-year-old. t...

Twice as many were involved as new details are emerging. >> this violates most basic rule of being a secret service agent. you dont allow a potential enemy into your security zone. you dont put yourself into a compromising position your job is to protect the president of the united states. >> decision 2012, what does mitt romney want to say to president obama? >> start packing. thats what id like to say. >> good day. im andrea mitchell, live in washington today. in our daily fix, in dueling deve...

Have been. thats really what this is about. it was irresponsible, the wrong thing to do. i dont want to use it to indict the entire secret an intense investigation and my committee and my direction is conducting their own investigation because we want to find out how it was allowed to happen and how it can be prevented in the future. this is as story as old as mankind and we are using women to obtain secret information. in columbia we are -- you are the president of the united states coming in, ...

The issue is were there people in that hotel with secret service personnel who which michael isikoff points out, had the minute to minute schedule of the president of the united states. >> nor do i seek to minimize it. i would like to know, are we talking about one agent? or were there a dozen agent? one guy with a hooker in a compromising position? why have 11 of them been suspended temporarily. thats what im inquiring about. >> thats the excellent point. is it one guy who was away and misbehav...

Put his security at risk. >> the basic rule of the secret service, you dont allow a potential enemy into your security zone, you dont put yourself into a compromising position, because your job is to protect the president of the united states. >> a compromising position. 21 hookers leaving a hotel room in cartagena. does that qualify as a compromising position, susan? >> just doesnt get any riskier. >> as far as we know. >> i mean, listen, you can do anything you want with this story. the very f...