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Consequences, there will be consequences if the assad regime makes a terrible mistake by using these chemical weapons on their own people. Earlier today, leon panetta. Well have a report from the pentagon on syria in a moment. First, shock waves in washington. A powerful republican senator suddenly calling it quits. South carolina senator jim demint will step down december 31st to lead the heritage foundation. Its a powerful conservative think tank in washington. Demint says he can be more effec...

Protests against political moves by the president , Mohamed Morsi, have turned deadly. Tanks, armored personnel vehicles, all stationed outside the president ial analysis cairo. Not only are they guarding the palace, theyre also keeping apart supporters and opponents of morsi. Hundreds of his islamist supporters already taking to the streets in cairo this morning. Opponents are gathering not very far away. Last night the two sides clashed right outside the palace. The violence killed at least fi...

Ahead. A packed two hours for you. New york mayor cory booker will join us. And poet journalist, angela davis will join us as well. Gold medal olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas has written a new book. And judy chu is with us, and the macks join us, and singer adam lambert. Monday, december 10th. And starting point begins right now. Wow, thats an ominous little graphic right there. Yes that is because the fiscal cliff is what were talking about this morning. Thats the starting point. President obama ...

Correspondents dinner at senate minority leader mitch mcconnell as a pucnchline. some people dont think i spend enough time with congress. why dont you get a drink with mitch mcconnell they ask. really? why dont you get a drink with mitch mcconnell. >> the senator is returning the serve. the re-election campaign tweeting a picture of the republican leader sitting at a bar with an empty seat and two drinks. greetings from coal country out of kentucky. ahead on "starting point," the michael jack...

A natural ice crackling reaction in plymouth lake, minnesota. no official return, what you see and hear is the sun drying the moisture out of brittle ice. causing to crack and splinter, much like glass. wow. >> happening right now, live pictures as the tony award nominations are being announced right here in new york city. there you go. tony winner sutton foster and jesse tyler ferguson doing honors. best musical. nominees include "bring it on," matil matilda" and kinky boots." the tony award ce...

Her past clients include susan smith. you remember susan smith was convicted of drowning her two children. this lawyer judy clarke also represented unabomber ted kaczynski and tucson shooter jared loughner, as well. these clients all avoided the death penalty, getting life sentences, zoraida, instead. >> all right. thank you very much, john. it has been six months since hurricane sandy caused massive devastation in new york, new jersey, and in connecticut. in broad channel, new york, the panet...

marathon bombing investigation. female dna has been found on fragments of one of the explosive devices. now the big question is, whose is it? the fbi is visiting tamerlan tsarnaevs widow at her parents home in rhode island and leaving with bags of dna evidence. theyre also trying to piece together katherine russells every move in the days before and just after the attacks. meantime, the medical examiner knows what killed tamerlan tsarnaev but not releasing the details because the famil...

0 president and coo of the golden state warriors and jason collins high school coach greg hilliard. plus trading jabs at a debate for a south carolina congressional seat. >> when we talk about fiscal spending and we talk about protecting the taxpayers, it doesnt mean you take that money we saved and leave the country for a personal purpose. >> she went there. elizabeth colbert-busch comes out swinging against opponent mark sanford. but who won the night? and this just in to cnn, a militia in lib...

0 okay. its all slithery. eat your vegetables, kids. theyre good for you. theyre tasty and nutritious. not to mention a fun way to get a frog in your throat. thats it for us. the fbi focused on the widow of one of the boston marathon terror suspects, after this startling revelations, female dna found on a bomb fragment. plus, the russian connection. did this boxer-pushed-jihadist, turn tamerlan tsaranev to terror? and jason collins coming out as gay in the nba. theres a lot of dialogue abo...

0 obviously the bombing investigation in boston will be a big focus. thats all for "starting point." stay with cnn for continuing live cover rage. a special "newsroom" with chris cuomo starts right now. >> good morning, all our viewers on the east coast and those on the west coast just getting up for the special edition of "newsroom," im chris cuomo. carol costello on special assignment in boston. we have new developments on several front of the boston bombing investigation. a new person of inte...