. troops in afghanistan. and more than an affair? searching the home of mistress paula broadwell. >>> fashion faux pas. known for its runway shows but racism in the briefest of briefs? >>> we talk to michigan state head coach tom izzo live this hour. "newsroom" starts now. >>> and good morning from washingt washington. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. this morning, a shocking new development in the sex scandal that toppled one of the most respect respected men in washington. now it has snared another top general, john allen, commander of all international troops in afghanistan. today the feds are sifting through a mountain of e-mails and messages he traded with a woman named jill kelley. a mind boggling 20,000 to 30,000 pages and agents are searching for anything inappropriate. now here is the common link. that woman, kelley, jill kelley, she's the one who received harassing e-mails supposedly from petraeus' jealous mistress, paula broadwell. petraeus admits to the affair with broadwell and has said that this woman, kelley, is a family friend. we'll take a lo

top u.s. commander in afghanistan. was nominated to become nato's supreme commander as well. he has denied any wrongdoing. so, how are these people linked to the scandal? how are they connected? follow us. we'll try to explain this. general patreaus resigned after admitting to having an extra marital affair with paula broadwell. a friend jill kelley asked to investigate harassing e-mails see whas receiving from paula broadwell. the "wall street journal" saying the fbi agent who initiated the investigation at kelli's request is under scrutiny. the agent has not been identified but allegedly sent kelley shirtless photos of himself. started with a complaint about harassing e-mails. he here's what we know about the woman who made that complaint, jill kelley, married to a cancer surgery, she has three daughters, lived in tampa, well-known among washington social circles. they have been friends with general patreaus and his family for five years. friends describe kelley as an innocent victim about e-mails accuse kelley of flirting with patreaus. how does this impact the careers of the two

philadelphia than you would have if you were a soldier serving in the conflicts of afghanistan and iraq. that is absurd to me. >> reporter: since 2006, more than 7,000 students have come through the cradle to grave program. >> like i don't want that to happen to me. like i want to be able to live, be something that my mom would want me to be. >> we want to really teach them the preciousness of life, and that in an instant your life can be changed forever. >> reporter: change they want for the better. sarah hoy, cnn, philadelphia. >>> who is black in america? is being black determined by the color of your skin, by your family, by what society says or something else? our soledad o'brien will examine provocative questions about skin color and race in our new documentary "who is black in america?" that premieres sunday december 9th at 8:00 eastern on cnn. frpts mitt romney lost the election but may have made history. his loss could go down as the last presidential campaign to bank on the white vote for a win. i spoke about this to al cardenas and patrick milsap who is newt gingrich's f

afghanistan, that may cost another commander his reputation. we now know that the president knew of allen's troubles on friday, a short time ago the white house, press secretary, responded to the latest turn of events. >> he has faith in general allen, believes he's doing and has done an excellent job, at eye save and i would refer you to the pentagon for the process under way with regards to general allen. >> all right. right now let's get to the heart of general allen's reported troubles, his relationship with jill kelley. cnn's nick payton walsh just spoke with a senior official who is close to general allen. nick, this official is certain he's claiming that there was no affair between kelley and the general. is that correct? >> reporter: absolutely. not even that there wasn't just an affair, there was not anything of romantic nature between them. absolutely clear his mind he views jill kelley as a bored socialite who many times knew lots of the commanders at centcom because of her role there as an honorary ambassador, organizing social events, but absolutely clear that the e-mai

loved ones in the iraq and afghanistan wars. >>> lawmakers have pointed questions about the fbi's investigation into general petraeus' extramarital affair. they want to know why they weren't told, and they want to know if national security was breached. peter king talked to candy crowley today. >> it seems that this has been going on for several months and now appears that the fbi did not realize until election day that general petraeus was involved. it just doesn't add up. >> petraeus resigned from the post as cia director friday and mitt head had an affair. and then sources said that the affair was with his biographer paula broadwell. more on that in a few moments. >>> bipartisan agreement appears to be in the work. charles schumer and lindsey graham says that their path including a tough love to citizenship. they teamed up in 2010, and that plan went nowhere, but the republicans may have fresh motivation after election losses last week. >>> the death toll from superstorm sandy has climbed to 113 with two more deaths reported in new york. two weeks after the storm crashed throug

loved ones in the iraq and afghanistan wars. >>> some lawmakers are outraged that the fbi left them in the dark about its investigation into general david petraeus' extramarital affair. new york congressman peter king talked with cnn's candy crowley today. >> it seems this has gone on for several months and now it appears they're saying the fbi didn't realize until election day that general petraeus was involved. it just doesn't add up. >> petraeus resigned from his post as cia director after his affair with his by og gra fer paula broadwell went public two days ago. much more on the investigation in a few minutes on cnn. >>> a bipartisan plan for immigration reform appears to be in the work. charles schumer and lindsay graham say their plan includes a tough love path to citizenship. graham and schumer teamed up on immigration back in 2010, and that plan went nowhere. republicans may have fresh motivation after election losses last week. >>> two newly reported deaths in new york have raised the death toll from superstorm sandy to at least 113. nearly two weeks after the storm crashed t

anymore. today, the u.s. general in charge of allied troops in afghanistan, the top commander john allen is himself the subject of a pentagon investigation of allegedly inappropriate communications with jill kelley. yes, that jill kelley, we're talking about the same tampa housewife whom david petraeus' then mistress paula broadwell apparently saw as a rival. a whole new chapter in a saga that since last friday has been one bombshell after another. and so far, all of them have something to do with kelley. she's a volunteer military liaison at the air force base, home of the u.s. central command in tampa, florida. kelley complained to the fbi last spring when paula broadwell was having an affair with petraeus allegedly harassed her with jealous e-mails. petraeus admitted the affair with broadwell but denies any elicit contact with kelley. so does general allen who was scheduled for a senate confirmation hearing this very week to become nato's supreme allied commander. today that's on hold, but he will continue in his position as the investigation continues. and all of that as the pentagon

our men and women through a remarkable period of service in iraq and afghanistan where he helped the nation put the wars on a path to a spochbsable end. as the dredger of the kri cia he has continued to serve with characteristic, intellectual rigger, dedication and patriotism. by any measure he has made our country safer and stronger. it's only a two-paragraph statement. here is the last paragraph. today i accepted his resignation as the director of the central intelligence agency and i'm confident the cia will thrive and carry out its mission and i have the upmost confidence in the aekting director and the men and women of the cia. my thoughts and prayers are with david and holly petraeus who has done so work to help families through her own work and wish them the best during this difficult time. there will be some consistency obviously at the cia through this. there have been some five different directors in eight years who have headed the agency and the president himself pointed out deputy director who was a career intelligence professional with 32 years at the agency. >> i have t

afghanistan. i know this is confusing. he retired from the military to take up the directorship of the cia, which catapulted this story to the top of the list. he quit last friday when his affair was exposed through anonymous e-mails that broadwell sent to remember that woman at the beginning of the show? jill kelley? she sent the e-mails to jill kelley and the most pressing questions is whether mrs. broadwell got her hands on some secret military information that she sure as heck was not entitled to see and that's why the fbi did this. late at night, fbi agents raiding mrs. broadwell's north korea home on monday. it's why a 16-month panel discussion that might never have seen the light of day at the aspen institute all of a sudden now becomes very interesting. some added cig significance, shall we saw, because mrs. broadwell talked about being in general petraeus' inner circle in afghanistan. >> and i was embedded with general petraeus in afghanistan and it was a little confusing for some of the folks there because i'm also a military reservice, so a will the of my former peers didn't

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afghanistan in 2010. i know it was a really bloody summer while we were there. i saw a lot of bodies come back. >> my job was quarter master. we helped out with amphibious operations. i was so focused on the navy at one point in time, i never imagined myself being a firefighter. i never imagined myself going through the training. it's been challenging for me, but the challenge has been more than welcome. >> i hope i get picked up by some fire department, or i'm also hoping for some police work, just getting experience and hoping for a job. >> it means a lot because i have a lot of veterans in my family. when we have veterans day, i paved the way for people that are going to come behind me to do their time and service. to come home and to celebrate a veterans day or, you know, to have people acknowledge the fact that, you know, i did something like this, it touches my heart, it really does. >>> in just a moment, war stories with a twist. veterans in focus will be right back. ♪ ♪ >>> many veterans struggle to deal with the experiences they had in combat and feel as though those exp

november. before that, he was the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan. we get more on his legacy and unexpected resignation from chris lawrence. >> reporter: he sent this letter to the rest of the cia on friday admitting to them that he had an affair and that he went to the white house on thursday and asked president obama to accept his resignation. on friday, during a phone call, the president did accept that resignation. effectively shaking up the national security team just days after the election. by the time david petraeus got his first taste of real combat, he was a 50-year-old major general. in 2003, he commanded the 101st airborne during the march on baghdad. it was in iraq that he asked a roert, tell me how this ends suggesting trouble the u.s. would have there in later years. they gained the nickname king david, used affectionately by supporters and by those who labelled him a celebrity general in 2007 president bush assigned petraeus to lead the troops in iraq and he wrote the petraeus doctrine. a scandal brought him back to command another war when presiden

not sure any of us breathed until we got word they had crossed back into afghanistan. >> the president normally known for his caution had chosen the riskiest course possible and it paid off. >> i can report to the american people and to the world that the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> usa! usa! usa! >> to those on the left who watched how the obama presidency played out, the surprise was his aggressiveness. to those on the right, the surprise was his aggressiveness. they kept thinking he was a community organizer from chicago who had no concept of how to use american power. >> since then, president obama has pulled troops from iraq. created a plan to leave afghanistan. and drastically expanded the use of armed drones to target terrorists. >> he may be known as the drone president. the president who relied on technology to do the business of troops. >> my most sacred duty as president and commander in chief is to keep the american people safe. drones are one tool that we use. >> even if the target is an american. in 2011

afghanistan who is nominated to become nato's supreme commander. he has denied any wrong doing. >>> well, this is supposed to be his time to shine, and now only after a week after the re-election he has his hands full, of course, with the scandal as well. how is it going to, if it is, going to overshadow his initiatives? we'll ask our own fareed zakaria up next. oh, let me guess --ou see this? more washington gridlock. no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] p

brave men and women in uniform. the war in iraq is over. the war in afghanistan is coming to a close. al qaeda is on a path to defeat. osama bin laden is dead. we've made progress these last four years. we've made progress these last four years, but the reason we're all gathered here in addition to listening to bruce is because we know we've got more work to do. we've got more work to do. as long as there's a single american who wants a job but can't find one, our work is not yet done. as long as their family is working harder andrd

iraq and afghanistan should always be able to rely on support from the u.s. government. so what have we learned from the veterans in your life? >> so interesting. we talk about all that they have given. one way is to pay attention to the major life lessons that these people who have sacrificed and gone into this situation and brought back. we reached out to people like you and asked what are the biggest life lessons that you have learned from the veterans in your lives and i want to show you some of the answers we got. never take life too seriously, laugh often, speak your mind unpoll jet clee and vote. that's from brooke villarreal, a daughter of dickie sykes. and appreciate the time you have with people you love. no matter how much something hurts, you can survive. this one, folks, is from donna douglas. she gave us this picture with her husband, michael douglas, who was an army sergeant in ' '70s. their oldest son was killed in the iraq war in 2008. a couple more. you can always find the good in someone or something. that's from michael vaf nau. they are both serving right now. an

set of accomplishments in both iraq and afghanistan, will have put him in history in a very special place. and although it may have an asterisk by his name based on this affair, the fact remains that this nation has been well served by his general. >> this is shocking to a lot of people. i'm sure you were shocked as well. is there any reason to think our national security was compromised, and why the resignation? was there any other choice? >> well, in terms of whether the security was compromised, there inevitably will be some sort of investigation that accompanies his resignation. i'll wait a mike a decision and a judgment once i hear the facts in the case. and quite frankly, the resignation was the honorable thing to do, and if you can expect anything from david petraeus, he will do the honorable thing. >> as i said, senator feinstein said she is shocked at this. she really didn't want the resignation to happen. do you think this will affect the testimony regarding the benghazi attacks? a lot of people are thinking that, is this timing strange or did it have anything to do with t

commander of the allied and u.s. forces in afghanistan for the moment at least. >> no one should leap to any conclusions. no one should leap to any conclusions here. general allen is doing an excellent job at isaf in leading those forces. he certainly has my continued confidence to lead our forces and to continue the fight. but his nomination has been put on hold as a prudent measure until we determine what the facts are, and we will. >> allen could be in the final hours of his role as the nation's top military leader in afghanistan. the senate could confirm his successor as early as tomorrow. >>> now the intersection of that political scandal and personal tragedy. in just a couple of hours lawmakers begin closed-door hearings on the terrorist attack that killed the u.s. ambassador to libya and three other americans. the white house faces withering criticism over how it responded to security concerns before and how it handled the investigation after. david petraeus was expected to be a key witness before the sex scandal forced him to resign as cia director. he recently traveled to lib

is the justice party nominee for president. he wants an immediate end to the war in afghanistan. and he wants health care coverage for everyone. virgil goode is the constitution party nominee, a one-time democrat who turned republican. he served in the house of representatives from 1997 to 2009. he hails from the battleground state of virginia. and gary johnson, he's the libertarian nominee, he's a formerriment republican governor of new mexico who believes america should end the war on drugs and legalize marijuana. for the first time ever, last week a debate involving these four took place. longtime talk show host larry king moderated the debate in chicago. he's joining us right now from los angeles. good to see you, larry. >> good to see you, fred. always good to be with you. >> excellent. at that debate, we heard everything from marijuana to new constitutional amendments. things obama and romney have steered clear of. let's take a listen. >> let's legalize marijuana now. and right now in this country, we are at a tipping point. >> we're calling for a constitutional amendment. >> t

. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> tomorrow, a handful of states could change the discussion of the country on two very controversial issues. same sex marriage and legalizing marijuana. we're about to talk about both here. first, pot. look at the map. washington state, oregon, colorado, you will be voting on legalizing marijuana. i'm not talking marijuana for e medicinal use here. they'll decide if they want to legalize it for recreational use. let me bring in my favorite married political power couple, our cnn contributors john avalon and margaret hoover. john, i read your column in the daily beast today, you run through several key interesting, colorful ballot initiatives if you will. you call colorado to quote you, ground zero, for the most ambitious ma

turn it into a book. so i got a visa and went to afghanistan, actually went on a few trips and embedded both with the troopers in the field and also at headquarters. >> dana, are members of congress concerned about the level of access that she was granted? >> in a word, yes. part of the concern is that she kind of wore two hats. she was somebody who was a military officer, and so she, we believe, had some sort of security clurns once upon a time. but the other hat she wore was as a journalist because she was david petraeus' biographer. but talking to people, i do not know her, but talking to people who did know her, knew her pretty well, it was an open secret how close she was to david petraeus and she could get information to him and from him pretty quickly if people who knew her could get to her and get to him. >> all right. dana bash, as you said, the layers of the onion still being pulled back. thank you, dana. >>> now this. >> one clip is especially disturbing. what appeared to be rebel fighters curse as they fire. the man, unarmed, is gunned down. >> up next, a chilling c

him by e-mail. and of course, as you know, she spent time with him in afghanistan and went on the long runs we heard her talk about in interviews. so it seems like she's known him for several years. >> thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> here's a question for you. is the republican party in need of a makeover? how do they revamp the party after tuesday's losing election? a restaurant is hard, try running four. fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [ female announcer

to afghanistan and went on a few trips, embedded with the troopers in the field and headquarters and at some point i think he realized i was taking the research seriously, sharing hardship with the troops and risk and decided to open up a little bit more access but we had a relationship before i went there as far as this dissertation was concerned so it took it to another level. >> reporter: that access is at the root of this unfolding drama, an investigation by the fbi into alleged harassing e-mails from broadwell to another woman close to petraeus uncovered communications between broadwell and petraeus that were consistent with an extramarital affa affair. those e-mails led to the generals aresignation accepted friday by the president of the united states. we will continue to follow that story, of course, but it's half past the hour. we want to look at today's headlines for you.. nearly two weeks after sup storm sandy, frustration boiling over in some areas of the northeast. >> can't get light on or anything for my kids, i can't get power, heat, garbage pickup. >> more than 280

uniform, the war in iraq is over, the war in afghanistan is ending, al qaeda has been decimated. osama bin laden is dead. >> you can't doubt the cheers, but what about the president's speech? so much said in one sound bite. is it all true, though? let's go to fareed zakaria, the host of cnn's "fareed zakaria gps." fareed, we know osama bin laden is dead. but the auto industry is back on top? are we less dependent on foreign oil? is the rest of what the president said accurate? >> don, i think broadly what he said was accurate, with the exception of the first part. let me go to the rest of it. the auto industry is back. the auto restructuring is really a great american success story because it was a government bailout, buddied with a very tough bailout as romney correctly says, obama forced those companies into bankruptcy, forced them to restructure, forced them to become competitive. not something you normally think of when you think about government ownership. this was more like a private equity fund. in the housing is up which is a huge and very important piece of this. and energy we

from petty officer william cook on the third, his third tour in afghanistan. >> joy, there are no words that can express my thanks for the sacrifices you have made for our family in the past year. have fun tonight, i love you and miss you and promise i'll be home soon. >> but the halftime show was definitely not over. ♪ where at least i know i'm free ♪ >> petty officer cook sprinted onto the field, much to the delight of the jaguars crowd and his stunned family. now to the story of navy reservist justin white of wichita who just made it home in time for his son's fifth birthday party. only aiden didn't know it was his dad. he just beat in a light saber du duel. and for more of these heart warming home for the holidays videos, logon to cnn.com/video and click through the welcome home collection. i'm don lemon. see you back here in just a moment with the latest in the possible ground war in the middle east. it could happen in a matter of hours. meanwhile, "the situation room" begins right now.

abroad in iraq and afghanistan should also be able to rely on support from the u.s. government. >> if you find yourself struggling with the wounds of war, which is posttraumatic stress disorder, a traumatic brain injury, we'll be there for you as well with the care and treatment you need. no veteran should have to wait months or years for the benefits that you've earned so we will continue to attack the claims backlogged. we won't let up. we will not let up. >> president obama also mentioned, this was the first veterans day in ten years that no americans are serving in iraq. >>> as the country celebrates veterans day, how much do we really know about our veterans? josh levs is here with some surprises and a little bit of a quiz as well. >> yeah, a little bit along the way. a lot of people don't know about veterans, and i've been learning a lot. i want to show you a couple examples. i pulled up some facts for you. let's start with this one. how many veterans are there in this country? i'll give you a few choices. 17.5 million, 21.5 million, 23.5 million. >> i'll go with c. >> 21 po.5 m

afghanistan under review, investigation for sending potentially inappropriate e-mails, two other four-stars just went through investigations for irregularities in the travel and expense accounts. a number of lesser if there's such a thing of generals and admirals also in recent months under investigation for variety of things, so panetta's issued an order saying that he wants the joint chiefs of staffs to look at ethic training for senior nil tear leaders. what are we talking about here? basically, you know, don't cheat on your wife. don't cheat on your taxes. don't go get too drunk in public. you know? and don't cheat on your expense account. you think it's the blinding flash of the obvious, wouldn't you? but we have talked to a number of officials say panetta is just very aware of the public perception right now and he wants to make a case to the senior leadership and to the american public that the pentagon's taking this seriously. that they're trying to do something about it. but really, fred, you know, this is something all senior leaders should already know. >> yeah. and then th

general while he was leading the war in afghanistan. they got to know each other. the fbi checked petraeus's e-mail accounts and said they had not been compromised. petraeus was interviewed by the fbi, but it is unclear if broadwell has been questioned. i want to bring in joel kelly, her husband released this statement earlier today. this is the statement. it says, "we and our family have been friends with general petraeus and his family for over five years. we respect his and his family's privacy and want the same for us and our three children." we are also now learning that paula broadwell revealed information regarding the investigation of the attack on the consulate in benghazi, li a libya. a video of her speaking in denver has now surface odd youtube. >> i don't know if a lot of you heard this, about the the cia annex had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get these prisoners back, so it's still being vetted. >> so i want to bring in suzanne kelli in washington, and, first of all, tell us a

over, the war in afghanistan is ending, al qaeda has been decimated. osama bin laden is dead. >> we're on the move, ohio. the reason you are all here today, the reason i'm here today is because we know we've got more work to do. as long as there's a single american who wants a job and can't find one, our work is not done. slopgs there is a child anywhere in this country that's languishing from poverty our fight goz. we are not finished yet. we've got more work to do. >> we understand we cannot succeed without ladders for folks that work hard to get into the middle class. our fight goes on because america has always done best when everybody is getting a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share, and everybody plays by the same rules. that's what we believe. that's what you believe. that's why you elected me in 2008, and that's why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. >> in four days, just four, four days for four years. >> in four days you have a choice to make. it's not just a choice between two parties or two candidates. it's a choice between two di

little more. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> here we are. in the wake of hurricane sandy. the northeast absolutely devastated by the superstorm. we are learning because of the response to sandy and because of concerns to climate change, the mayor of new york city, mayor michael bloomberg is endorsing president obama. wolf blitzer, i want to go to you and ask. i interviewed the mayor a month or two ago and asked if he'd open up an endorsement. does this surprise you? >> he was on the sidelines four years ago. it is a surprise coming this late but he wrote this long article just now and i just been reading it, brooke and made the case given what happened in new york and new jersey and connecticut over the past few days, the results of this superstorm, the

the conflict in afghanistans or iraq. that's absurd to me. >> reporter: since 2006, more than 7,000 students have come through the cradle to grave program. >> i don't want that to happen to me. i want to be something. >> we want to teach them the preciousness of life. that in an instant your life can be changed forever. >> reporter: change they want for the better. sarah hoye, cnn, philadelphia. >> sarah, thank you. >>> who's black in america? is being black determined by the color of your skin, your family? by what society says or something else? soledad o'brien examining questions in the new documentary "who is black in america" december 9th at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. >>> new austerity measures for greece lead to a familiar faceoff in the streets of athens. take a look. protesters as many as 70,000 showing up against police here demonstrating against budget cuts they say they can't take after years of belt tightening here. the public rage is evidence here and didn't stop lawmakers from adopting the new cuts including raising the retirement age to 67 and reduces pe

. and ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >>> we mentioned that speedy condemnation of the october jobs report from team romney, and at any second, the candidate, himself, is due to give what is called a closing argument in his running mate's home state of wisconsin. we have been watching

sacrifice of the brave men and women in uniform, the war in iraq is over. the war in afghanistan is end ending. al qaeda has been decimated and osama bin laden is dead. we have made real progress. >> good job, man! >> this guy had a lot of coffee this morning. you are fired up. okay. so, listen, hold on a second, right. we have made real progress, but we are here today, because we know we have more work to do. as long as there's a single american who wants a job and can't find one, as long as there are families working harder but falling behind, as long as there's a child anywhere in this country whose languishing in poverty and barred from opportunity, our fight goes on. we have got more work to do. our fight goes on, because this nation cannot succeed without a growing and thriving middle-class. our fight goes on because america has always done best when everybody has a fair shot and everybody is doing their fair share and everybody is playing by the same rules. that is what we believe. that is why you elected me in 2008 and that is why i'm running for a second term as p president of

philadelphia than you would have if you were a soldier serving in the conflicts in afghanistan or iraq. that's absurd to me. >> reporter: since 2006, more than 7,000 students have come to the cradle to the grave program. >> i don't want that to happen to me. i want to be able to live, be something my mom wants me to be. >> we want to really teach them the preciousness of life, that in an instant, your life can be changed forever. >> reporter: change they want for the better. sarah hoy, cnn, philadelphia. >>> so who is black in america? is it being determined by the color of your skin, by your family, by what society says, or is it determined by somebody completely different? my colleague who is better than anyone else in the business on this one is going to examine provocative questions about skin color, discrimination, and race in a new documentary "who is black in america?" and it's premiering sunday, december 9th at 8:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. what if there was a new way to deal with money that focused less on fees and more... on what matters? maybe your bank account is taking to

help. >>> it's been more than three years since a bomb blast in afghanistan took the life of army captain brian bubba bunting. as part of our series veterans in focus we take a look now at how his wife mickey continues to keep his memory alive in the eyes of two young sons that he left behind. >> there you go. >> scoop it up. scoop it up. >> lacrosse is something that bubba and i just always dreamed of watching our kids play. he really analyzes the game, and he plays it well, which is just like his dad. ♪ >> bubba always dreamed of being a dad. that's kind of all he ever wanted to be. he was gone for about ten months and was training the afghani national police. he came home for about two and a half weeks. that was his r & r period. it was awesome. connor had changed so much, so it was really cool to see bubba's reaction to all the new things that connor could do. he really, really, really loved his friends and family. he would do anything for them. even if that meant, you know, paying the ultimate sacrifice. ♪ once he was back and he was there for about four days, that's when

ending the war in afghanistan, so we can... do some nation-building here at home. that's the right path. so read my plan, compare it to governor romney's... and decide which is better for you. it's an honor to be your president... and i'm asking for your vote... so together, we can keep moving america forward. i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> as you well know, the election is so close, a handful of votes could decide who wins the white house. according to the brennan center for justice, 14 states have laws restricting voter registration drive, early voting, forcing some voters to show an idea. those 14 states are worth 185 electoral votes, 68% of what's needed to win. so, is voting fraud a big problem? will what i just said affect the election? nicole austin hilary joins us from washington this morning. good morning. >> good morning, carol. >> let's talk about these new laws put in place in many states across the nation. how will this affect voting tuesday? >> in 2011, the brennan center issued a report. when we first saw the onslaught of these laws being introduced acro

afghanistan to pay down our debt and rebuild america. putting hard hats back to work and make our schools state-of-the-art all across this country. hiring our veterans because if you fought for our freedom, you shouldn't have to fight for our job or a roof over your head or the services you've earned when you come home. that's what will keep us strong. that's my commitment to you, and that's what is at stake in this election. yes, change is a future where we reduce our deficits, but we do it in a balanced, responsible way. you know, i have signed $1 trillion worth of spending cuts, got rid of programs that aren't working. i intend to do more, but if we're serious about the deficit, we can't just consult our way to prosperity. by the way, we can afford it. i haven't talked to bruce, but i know you can afford it. i can afford it. mr. romney can afford it. as long as i'm president, i'm not going to kick some poor kids off a head start to give me a tax cut. i'm want going to turn medicare into a voucher just to pay for another millionaire's tax cut. so, wisconsin, we know what changes

what other people think of president bush, the war in iraq and afghanistan, they can look to africa and say that's an impressive piece of the bush legacy. when this president looks at the world, you remember we talked about this in the past, he told dmitry medvedev, give me until after the election, i'll have flexibility. when you look at the world what do you think in a second obama term what do you think? >> the first thing, i think when he look at his legacy, he's going to look for the consolidating of health care. make that work. make obama care work. i think he feels 20, 30, 40 years from now people will remember him and presidents get one or two lines as the guy who did universal health care. in foreign policy terms, i think he wants to be the man who moved america and america's attention squarely to asia, who made america a pacific power because he recognizes to be a superpower in the 21st century, you have to be a pacific power. i think he wants to, you know, get us out of the middle east, lower the military footprint of america's involvement if a region i think he feels at