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Hurricane sandy devastated the east coast. these were the scenes of destruction. the storm killed an estimated 160 people in the u.s., damaged hundreds of thousands of homes, and cost billions of dollars. out of the storm came this iconic image. new jersey governor chris christie and president obama embracing. it was less than a week before the presidential election. a true symbol of bipartisanship. later christie slammed republicans in congress who dragged their feet on storm aid. >> there's only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims. the house majority and ...

Happening now in the newsroom, cleaver attack in london. the bloody killer confessing on camera. meet the man who recorded it all. >> that's very sad for me, to see someone die, you know, because he didn't do nothing. >> would you tape a terrorist with blood on his hands? also, $2 billion in damage and some 13,000 homes destroyed. will the feds pony up with storm aid or play politics? plus, all eyes on texas this morning as the boy scouts vote on whether to lift its ban on gay kids. and weiner roast. anthony weiner back on the trail, his first campaign event delivering pizzas to reporter...

For issues, storm aid, things like that, that democrats favor. he also knows that in the senate there are a number of senators who are very uncomfortable with the sort of constant battle that's been going on. so i think he's trying something here. but i think it is very, very important that this president not play the big three cards at this point. if he does, he'll get nothing. >> chris, what do you make of some of these senators didn't even know what the president had put on the table? number one, it's on the website. so they're not doing their homework. but that had not been communicated by...

Ago coupe, opening the way for travels in northern mali. >> new crackdown on prescription drug thieves it involved hiding g.p.s. tracking devices inside decoy pill bottles. the new york city police departments will start asking pharmacies to legitimate supplies. if there is a robbery investigators will be able to track down the thieves. this comes in response to a growing black market nor prescription drugs. several high profile climbs including the 2011 pharmacy holdup on long island, new york that left four people dead. first, they lost their homes to the storm. then they lost everything els...

Funding. we're talking politics here, congressman. in the new york daily news, headline, stabbed in the back, new york polls blast sandy betrayer boehner. and "the new york times" had -- >> you know what -- >> look at this stalling of storm aid makes northeast republicans furious. you weren't one of them? >> no. well, let me put it this way. i was unhappy that boehner didn't respond to the governor. he should have said, you know what? we're going to deal with this step by step and in the first week of the new congress we'll get it done. but we're not going to pass the $60 billion bill. that wo...