accommodate the passengers this morning and get them to the final destinations. the second flight that had to return to newark because of problems with the plane. the faa says the plane today did return after reports of possible smoke in the cabin and cockpit. and the flight going to germany turned around because they had engine problems. as we learn more we will keep you update #-d. updated. efforts against iran appear to be losing steam courtesy of iraq and there doesn t seem to be anything we can do about it. we ll have a live report, right after this break. you know why i sell tools? tools are uncomplicated.
the faa said the plane was found for seattle and had possible smoke in the cabin and the cockpit. no injuries reported on the flight. last night, another united flight, this one bound for germany, had to return to the airport after it experienced engine problems. we will keep you updated. as you saw earlier, the white house confirmed that vice-president joe biden will stay on the demratic ticket. but our next guest says that may only be because secretary of state hillary clinton turned down the job. ed klein, author of the amateur, is live from new york. good to have you today. thanks for joining us. thanks for having me on your show, shannon. shannon: all right. tell us what you know. you say, according to sources within the clinton camp, what do you know about a possible offer to the secretary of state? this took place actually before joe biden s latest gaffes. it was a luncheon in the white house, between valerie jarrett, who as you know is the president
and president clinton taking on a special role at the democratic national convention. and we ll talk about the quirky rule, the unfair rule that cost the americans their medal. this man caused one of our best olympians a shot at gold in london. we re going to chat a lot about that. see how you feel as well. right now mitt romney is on a plane to poend la, the last stop on his international tour. romney left israel this morning, where he gave a tough talking speech on iran. we must not delude ourselves into thinking that containment is an option. we must lead the effort to prevent iran from possessing nuclear weapons capability. we should employ any and all measures to dissuade the nuclear regime from its course. no option should be excluded. we recognize israel s right to defend itself, and it is right for america to stand with you. cnn s sarah is live in jerusalem. how is mitt romney s plan different from president obama s? first, he said he would support israel
right for america to stand with you. mitt romney trailing in polls when they are asked which candidate would handle foreign policy better. it s a critical time for him to recover from what some say were big gaffes made in britain. michelle is the co-chair of the obama campaign s national security committee and former defense secretary under president obama and in the situation room during the osama bin laden raid. nice to see you. thank you for talking us with this morning. do you see a big difference between mitt romney s foreign policy stance when it comes to iran and president obama s foreign policy stance when it comes to iran? they both talked about no option being off the table. there really isn t that much substantive difference, soledad. the president has made clear his policy is to prevent iran from gaining a nuclear weapon and that all options are on the table. right now we re focused on imposing the most crippling sanctions in the history of any country. those
cop. gunman finally surrendered and has been charged 13 counts of attempted homicide. at least one officer is injured and expected to be ok. new details released this morning about the death of rodney king, the man whose police brutality case sparked the 1992 riots in los angeles. here s what we know so far. there s an autopsy that will be performed either this morning or tomorrow. police are also opening up a drowning investigation after his fiancee found him at the bottom of a pool. so far, cops say there are no signs of foul play. but in the meantime, t.m.z. is reporting that the 47-year-old allegedly drank and according to them smoked marijuana hours before his death. check out this fiery crash at the nascar sprint cup in michigan. denny hamlin with engine problems. his car catching on fire and crews had to pull him from the flames. he s ok. and his bad luck not having an effect on dale earnhardt jr. after four years, it s been four years, he finally got back to