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0 this is first look on msnbc. we begin this morning with campaign battleground. president obama, mitt romney are campaigning in the swing state of florida where both candidates will play up their policy on immigration and trade jabs at comments each made in the past. brian mooar has details from washington. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, veronica. romney is pulling a page from the 2008 playbook accusing president obama of trying to redistribute the wealth. as president obama and mitt romney cross paths, their war for the white house shifted over video tapes. romney s obsessment still causing problems for his campaign. republicans are firing back. they are using a 1998 recording of then state senator barack obama talking of making government more efficient in a conference. how we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution because i believe in redistribution. at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody s got a shot. he said some years ago something which we are hearing about today on the internet. he said he believes in redistribution. all right? do you want to talk about redistribution? governor romney and congressman ryan would redistrub ute to the wealthiest of americans. reporter: a war of words caught on tape. place for politics. a top u.s. security official said the deadly attack in libya on september 11th where the american ambassador was a terrorist strike. they doubt it started as a spontaneous protest. daniele has more from washington. reporter: sitting before the homeland security committee, three top officials called this scene last week, the deadly assault in libya where four americans died. evidence the u.s. continues to be vulnerable to terrorist attacks. much else remains unanswered. was al qaeda involved? we are looking at indications individuals may have had connections to al qaeda. reporter: was the attack planned like the libyan government insists or spontaneous? i just don t think that anti-islamic film made in the united states. they accused the magazine of pouring oil on the fire. here is your first look at stories around america. in texas, split second heroism saved a woman after a drunk driver plowed into his car. it sent the wreckage of the police car at the pair. both are recovering. in florida, a school bus camera captured a violent confrontation. a mom went after a 17-year-old boy who was in a fight with her son the day before. the mom chased the teenager on the bus and started pulling his hair. she is charged with child abuse. finally, in kentucky, this is devotion. a mad dash by university of kentucky fans who waited all night and raced to find a place to camp out for three days in hopes of landing tickets for the first open practice of the season. the tradition grows ever year. this year, with good reason after they took home their eighth national title. now we turn to dylan dreyer. we have folks camped out all day long for tickets to snl and the today show. that, to me, makes sense, but practice? it wasn t even the first game. they are winners. but you re right, it s practice. we are going to see it is falling back through eastern michigan. heavy at times and thunderstorms are occurring out that way as well. other than that, minus a few thunderstorms across florida, there s not a lot going on. we have been in a quiet weather pattern where a cold front moves through and high pressure moves back in. we don t have to worry about a lot. we are going to see this cold front to the south and east. heavy rain through eastern michigan. this moves through lake erie and on tear ya. through texas, it s going to be warm today. highs getting into the 90s and close to 100 degrees. here is a closer look at the thunderstorms approaching flint, michigan and the detroit area as well. we will see, i d say about an inch or so of rain from the thunderstorms and the showers and storms continue across florida. as we go into tomorrow, this front loses a lot of steam. it shouldn t bring the northeast a lot of rain as we go into your friday. veronica? housing sparks. mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the richest of them all? your first look at business headlines is straight ahead. coming up, history chases and a fond farewell for one american coach. you are watching first look on msnbc. now, that s what i call a test drive.