security, both admitting today that they never visited libya, but lamb insists the government had the correct number of assets in benghazi at the time of those attacks. critics clearly disagree with that. we have team fox coverage. ed henry covering criticism, the administration and its response. first, the katherine herrage with more on today s testimony and in that testimony, a lot of blame to go around. bill, thank you. through newly released e-mails and testimony, one theme dominated. official in washington was preoccupied with reducing the number of american security personnel and replacing with libyan guards even after attacks on diplomats. for the military and state department diplomatic security personnel on the ground, a terrorist strike on the consulate seemed inevitable. requests for more security ultimately rejected and the bureaucratic nightmare of political washington. it s not the hardships, not the gun fire, it s not the threats. it s dealing and fighting
old boys. officials in syria are calling this shelling a tragic accident. still, turkish lawmakers today voted to authorize cross border attacks. in the united states, secretary of state, hillary clinton, called the turkish foreign minister and pled the united states support. syria was the ally of turkey but now it is a bitter enemy after syria erupted in a bloody civil war 19 months ago, a violent revolution which human rights groups say has killed some 30,000 people. the chief fox correspondent, jonathan hunt, is like with the news. tensions are clearly still very high along that border. jonathan: they are. syria share as lengthy border with turkey. it is just on the syrian side of that border where the rebels are in many towns the strongest. it is across that border that many of the refugees from the civil war in syria have fled. it is a border that turkey says it has the right and more importantly, perhaps, the
cnn saturday morning. it is saturday july 14th. i m randi kaye. egyptian security steps up its effort to find and free a kidnapped american couple and their tour guide. a staggering number of murders on the streets of chicago. 259 so far this year. we ll track how illegal weapons get into the hands of killers. and the anticipation builds for london 2012. gold medallist dominique dawes and jacqui joie ner courier si joins me. we begin with the search for two american tourists and their guides. they were kidnapped in the sinai peninsu peninsula. it s the third time american tourists have been kidnapped in that area this year. elise labott has been following the developments for us from jordan. she joins us by phone. elise, what is different would you say about this kidnapping compared to the others that we ve reported on before? reporter: well, randi, in the past a lot of these kidnappings were about money. a lot of them were trying to make a little extra money. what th
i am. i don t use it very often. did you change your password? a lot of people did overnight. drives me bananas. with all the things that are password protected, i hate having a lot of passwords. they say you have to make it super complicated. you re a mom of two kids, working full-time, hard to remember those details. it s 5:00 in the morning, welcome to early start, i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. i m 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started for you. this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news this morning. defense secretary leon panetta making a surprise visit to afghanistan. panetta arriving after a deadly wednesday in afghanistan. a twin suicide bombing on a market in kandahar killed 22 people and injured 50 others. nato also under scrutiny after an air strike killed 18 people, including women and children believed to be civilians. the u.s. also saying one of its armed helicopters was shot down by enemy fire, killing two crew
iran says it s new nuclear power plant is just weeks away from operating at full capacity. tehran says they have also shown it s the iranians deny western claims that they are developing a nuclear program for military purposes. as king of water against somali militants ramps up, it s warning against terror threats. al sab bob militants are in the process of planning attacks in places like hotels, shopping centers and beaches. troops sent inside somalia to battle militants after a series of cross border attacks. secretary of state hillary clinton is set to meet with analysts agree this could be a break through in ending the war in afghanistan. but the taliban demands that may