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October 02, 2012 | | DEBATES Romney’s behind and the debates are his last best shot to turn things around. The Daily Beast’s Michael Tomasky tells us how Mitt can make it happen—and what Obama can do to stop him. SINKING At least 36 are dead after two ferries collided off the waters of Hong Kong late Monday. In the city's worst disaster in years, a boat carrying 120 passengers sailed into another boat traveling the opposite direction. The boat that quickly sank, the Lamma IV, was carrying staff members and family of the company Hong Kong Electric to a fireworks show. The other boat, which did not sink, was a regular ferry that sails between Lamma and Hong Kong island. As a rescue team continues to search for survivors, police arrested six crew members. ALARM BELLS Jihadists twice set off explosives at the consulate prior to the incident that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens—and even announced threats on Facebook about escalating attacks on Western targets in the run-up to the 9/11 anniversary, according to whistleblowers reaching out to House Republicans. The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake reports. MODEST "Abandon" is such a harsh word. But after a troop surge in Afghanistan—and a failure to weaken the Taliban—U.S. officials are no longer aiming for a peace deal with the Taliban. Instead, senior coalition officers tell The New York Times that the military is now satisfied with letting Afghan officials hash out an agreement after coalition forces withdraw. The failure to strike a meaningful relationship with the Taliban brings into question the "gains" Obama reported when announcing the troop surge in 2009. OFF THE RAILS It has all the makings of a Hollywood disaster movie—only it happened in real life. An Amtrak passenger train collided with a rig at a track crossing just outside of Hanford, Calif., Monday. The impact partially derailed the train, injuring at least 40 people as it skidded to a halt over a quarter mile from the crossing. It’s not clear if the truck had been crossing the tracks when the train crashed into it, or if it struck the train broadside as it passed through. Said one passenger about her experience when her rail car started leaning: “I thought, ‘Oh s--t, what’s happening?’ I don’t normally cuss, but I was scared.” | | 
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