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this is your "a.m. wakeup call." . good morning to you, it is tuesday, november 22nd. i'm carol costello. here are this morning's top stories. republican candidates gathering in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it's the first test for newt gingrich as the front-runner. a new poll shows he leads mitt romney by 4%. giving up a lot of the blame, not much shame is the congressional super committee calls it quits. lawmakers announcing they cannot reach a deal to cut at least $1.2 trillion worth of deficit now even more painful cuts loom. ...

into life-threatening torrents. we'll get an update in a few minutes. but first, breaking news on the international manhunt for moammar gadhafi and members of his family. several hours ago, a senior rebel commander told cnn that one of his sons, khamis gadhafi died sunday night. also today, algeria revealed it had allowed gadhafi's wife and daughter and two of his grown sons and some of his grandchildren to enter the country for what they call humanitarian reasons. nic robertson is in tripoli now. can you update us on the latest on this humanitarian so-called giving of them refuge ...

>> absolutely. egyptian women since 2005 when the mubarak regime startwide sexual violence, women started speaking up. you see them speaking out in organizations, and i recently saw a film called cairo 678, where he speaks out against sexual violence against women. the fact that men and women are speaking out is very important. >> we appreciate your perspective, thank you, mona. >> thank you. pro testers in egypt are doing all they can to preserve the movement that ousted the dictator. thousands have gathered again in tahrir square. ivan wattson is in cairo with what some are calling the fri...

Stable about a month and a half after its longtime dictatoryial president was overthrown. >> ivan watson for us in cairo. ivan, thank you. 44 minutes past the hour. taking a look now at our top stories. the u.s. military says an american war plane crashed in libya today after experiencing equipment malfunction. the pilot and weapons officer ejected safely and both are now out of libya. officials say the f-15 strike eagle had known to libya from italy. in japan, workers succeeded in restoring power to the control room of one of the reactors at the earthquake damaged nuclear plant. the nex...

Revolution. a huge fire broke out at the interior ministry building in downtown cairo. it happened after a peaceful demonstration. cnn's ivan wattson joins us from cairo. ivan, any word on how this fire started? >> reporter: we just got off the phone, randi, with the spokesman for the interior ministry. and he suggested that it may have been caused by an electrical malfunction on one of the top floors and that a lot of uniforms and pieces of furniture that were stored there are a part of the reason why the fire spread so quickly. kind of difficult to believe, he said the investigation should b...