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political university for the republican white house hopefuls. most of the candidates have iowa on their schedule today with their eyes on the all important caucuses less than three weeks away. that includes newt gingrich, who's iowa campaign director resigned amid reports he called romney's mormon faith a cult. but do voters share that view? and could that be part of the reason why mitt romney isn't xweting even more support? joe johns is joining us with more. he's been taking a closer look at romney's faith. i guess the question is mormon faith holding him back? >> it's a very good question, wolf. what about mitt romney's faith? one of those questions a lot of people dismiss as soon as it's asked. partly because people of both parties say they want to believe that a presidential election ought to be about issues, that the religion is beside the point, but polls show it was an issue four years ago and believe it or not, it's still an issue today. >> when you ask a lot of evangelicals and social conservatives about mitt romney's faith, this is a kind of absolutely you'll get on the record. >> i don't think that his faith is a consequence to most cauc caucusgoers. what they're concerned about is his stance on issues and his commitment to those things. >> but a top aide in iowa because he referred to mormonism as a cult, in a state where evangelical voters could have a big voice. >> romney's mormon faith has implications for his run in the primary season, but not for a general race against barack obama. certainly, white evangelicals take a dim view of romney generally. they support newt gingrich by a wide margin and most do not see the mormon faith as a christian faith. >> last month when pew asked white protestants to use the word, 11% used the word, cult, and a majority of voters, 53%, said they don't believe mormonism is part of the christian religion. richl ard lamb said this shouldn't disqualify him. >> i would describe mormonism as another religion. perhaps as the fourth abrahamic religion as joseph smith playing the role of mohamed. orthodox christianity is not, but it's another -- it's a new religion. it's an american religion. >> theologically for the record, it is known as the jesus christ of latter day saints. church found eer, joseph smith, who lived in the u.s. in the 1800s, established documents different from the catholic and protestant churches. but politically, what does this mean for romney? people may have thought this was answered four years ago. apparently, it wasn't. the study shows opinions about mormonism are almost identical to views the public held about romney the last time around. bottom line, republicans who say it is not a christian religion are less likely to support romney for the republican nomination, yet 79% of white evangelical republicans would strongly back romney in a general election run against the president. the issue though, he's got to get past the primaries. south carolina is a state where four years ago, the majority of the people voting in the republican primary were white evangelicals, so that could be an issue there as well and i'm also told by pew, could be an issue in florida, too. potential problems going forward for mitt romney. on the other hand, it's very clear from him that he says there are some people he's just not going to get the votes from and if religion matters to them that much, that could happen, but he thinks that's not what a majority of american voters are going to do, wolf. >> thanks very much. kind of thing that a lot of people don't speak about publicly. they don't even mention it, but privately, apparently, has an impact. the religion of mitt romney. i want to go to jim acosta in iowa city, iowa. something just happened that could be of interest. what's going on over there? >> that's right, wolf. as you know, this is a big day for newt gingrich. he's coming to iowa as he is leading in many of the polls in this state and he was scheduled to have an event a few moments ago here on the campus of the university of iowa, where he was going to talk to some students and faculty members about his plans for a big brain science project if he's elected president and as he was getting started, some occupy wall street protesters here on campus started to interrupt his speech. just play a little bit of that to give you a sense. >> attitude towards poverty and poor people! insulted by your disregard for -- this country! and so this went on for several minutes. after a while, security had to remove those protesters. there was one gentleman in the crowd who was clearly a gingrich supporter who walked up to one of the demonstrators in the audience and actually snatched a piece of paper from that protester and so, it got a little tense at one moment, but then the former speaker was able to get on with his speech and give his comments to that crowd and coming up in an hour from now, we're going to talk about the other problems newt gingrich is having today. mainly coming from mitt romney. he has opened up a major offensive against the former speaker to try to blunt his momentum here in this state. he gave an interview to the "new york times" in which he called the former speaker zany. a web video, a web ad that is highly critical of the former speaker and there's a lot more than that to tell you about coming up at 5:00. we'll tell you about that and more. >> he's got a news conference scheduled as well, isn't that right? >> that's right. he's scheduled to give a media availability as unfortunately the jargon they use out here. that means they don't answer the questions that we have. just a few and then move on. but he's scheduled to do that in about an hour and he'll obviously be asked about this assault from the romney campaign w. so little time left before the voting in iowa, newt gingrich, this is a big moment for him because just a day ago, a couple of days ago in new hampshire, he put out this plea to all the gop candidates to say let's make this a positive campaign, stay away from the negative attacks. mitt romney has basically put that aside and said, no, i'm coming after you, newt gingrich. i want to take you down to prevent you from having any momentum out of iowa. >> we'll stand by for live coverage of that so-called media availability. we'll check back with you, jim. thanks very much. and then there's ron paul. he hasn't had a turn as republican front-runner, but he's a top tiered candidate, certainly in iowa, with a powerful and passionate operation and a victory there is not out of the question. he is in new hampshire right now and will join me this hour. but first, let's bring in lisa sylvester. she's got more of what i'm calling the ron paul phenomenon as it's going on right now. tell us about this amazing support that he has. >> well, wolf, ron paul supporters have literally spent years building up support in iowa and he has found his perfect target audience in that state. reducing the size of government and lowering caucuses and now, paul is running neck and neck with rockne. >> so many people know him for his flashing smile and charisma. >> at the headquarters in des moines, volunteers work the phones. it's a hub of activity in contrast to the iowa campaign offices of mitt romney, which was still closed at mid-morning. paul is leaps and bounds ahead of romney and newt gingrich in the ground game in iowa and it's now paying dividends. >> when people join our campaign, they rarely leave. they're real solid, determined supporters. they understand the message about about agree with that. so i think it's a very good sign and i think in political terms, it means that we're probably piquing at the right time. >> the latest polling shows romney and paul tied at 17% in iowa and gingrich at 22%. paul supporters are not likely to sway in the political breeze. they eagerly eat up his message. smaller government, fiscal discipline and strict interpretation of the institution. paul's support comes from a variety of passionate groups. the youth, tea party members and home schoolers, a group very politically active in iowa. steve day says paul has a good cannes of pulling off an upset in the state. >> organizationally, he's very well organized. has a devoted following. also several people that have done a very good job for lack of a better word, ev. >> he has a style that plays not well in just iowa, but also in a new hampshire deli. he also has what some see as political baggage. particularly on foreign policy. paul wants to end all foreign aid including to israel and he wants the u.s. to have a much smaller role on the world stage. that might make it tough for paul to sell his message beyond the iowa caucuses. ron paul's strategy included wooing independents in iowa. if there is enough momentum coming out of iowa, that could reshuffle the whole gop field. >> we're going to be speaking with him live this hour in a few mings. thanks very much. president obama welcomes home soldiers. for some new and personal battles are just beginning. plus, a congressional hearing exposes disarray at the nuclear regulatory commission. >> for each of the commissioners, do you believe that employees, professional staff of the nrc have experienced intimidation, hostile or offensive conduct on behalf of the chairman, by the chairman? 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go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. post a comment on my blog or go to our facebook page. meanwhile, president obama and the first lady at ft. bragg today welcoming home u.s. troops. >> i can't tell you, i have to tell you that when i look out at this crowd, i am simply overwhe overwhelmed. i am whoever overoverwhelmed and proud because i know the level of strength and commitment that you all display every single day. when ever this country calls, you all are the ones who answer. no matter the circumstance. no matter the danger. no matter the sacrifice. >> i'm sure you realize why i don't like realize following michelle obama. she's pretty good. and it is true. i am a little biased, but let me just say it. michelle, you are a remarkable first lady. you are a great advocate for military families. and you're cute. i'm just saying. gentlemen, that's your goal. to mary up. >> for some u.s. troops, the end of the war marks the beginning of a difficult new phase in their lives. david is joining us from ft. bragg with more. what are you seeing and hearing there, david? >> wolf, troops came here today with questions on their mind and they walked away feeling that the president gave them some strong answers. >> welcome home. welcome home. >> soldiers out of iraq and home for the holidays. that alone is worth celebrating. but troops at ft. bragg are looking for more. assurances from the president their sacrifices will not be overlooked. >> there's a lot of stuff behind these things that we will never understand. we do know the government's going to do its cutbacks. >> after eight years, soldiers worry about holes opening in safety nets, medical support and treatment for pt srsd. >> how much pain are you in now? >> on a daily bases, it's aches and pains. >> iraq vet wesley dodd came home in 2008 with a knee injury, ptsd and eventually, an addiction to pain medication. do you consider yourselves lucky? >> absolutely. i'm alive. i came home alive and i can't say the same. i've got a number of these bands. this is corporal ryan woodward. he was killed when i was there. sergeant brian tutan. he was killed when i was there. there's a lot of people that don't come back. it's not easy, you know? >> and addiction wasn't dodd's only problem. his addiction led him to falsify a prescription. he got caught, arrested and is now on probation. he's worried more soldiers coming out will have problems like he did and he's worried that safety net may not be there are for him. right now, the president -- and america will stand up for you, whatever your needs are in the future. >> let's hope so. thanks very much, david. here's a question. should the federal government be allowed to order drivers off their cell phones? we're going to put that question to republican presidential candidate, ron paul. a lot of other questions as well. he's standing by to join us live. also, elizabeth taylor's jewels are sold at auction. that and a lot more news coming up. lisa sylvester is monitoring some of the other top stories. the united nations chief issues a desperate plea. >> ban ki-moon says the bloodshed in syria cannot go on any longer. he cites reported that more t n than,000 people have died during the civil unrest. an activist group says 33 more people have died today in sierra. and contrary to his claim, james murdoch may indeed have known about widespread hacking that went on. the paper's former lawyer testified today that he is pretty sure he showed the e-mail evidence to murdoch in 2008, years before the scandal broke. yesterday, parliament posted that he was warned about hacking. and facebook takes a step to help prevent suicide. a new mechanism allows users to anonymously flag suicidal posts. facebook then investigates and may come back with an e-mail offering the person a private chat with representative. and liz taylor's jewelry seem to carry the same allure. her collection brought a record breaking $150. that includes the diamond that fetched $8.8 million and the 50 karat pearl, it sold for $11.8 million. this was given to her by actor richard burton and was once part of the spanish crown jewel. they say that's the highest reported price ever for a pearl at an auction. a gorgeous piece of jewelry. $11.8 million. someone's going to have a nice holiday present there. not even close. >> thanks very much. we're waiting for newt gingrich. he's getting record to take reporte reporters' questions in iowa. also, is the u.s. right now on the verge of another government shutdown? we're talking about that and much more when the republican presidential candidate, ron paul, he's standing by, live. and a hostile, dysfunctional workplace. what's going on at the nuclear regular la tear commission? >> i have offered to my colleagues that we sit down with a third party. someone that we all could agree on. >> we really need a koucounselo for the nuclear regulatory commission? we need a counselor for that? get the technology they love, on the network they deserve. like the powerful droid charge by samsung, or get the samsung stratosphere, and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. this was the gulf's best tourism season in years. all because so many people came to louisiana... they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi. the best part of the gulf is wherever you choose... and now is a great time to discover it. this year millions of people did. we set all kinds of records. next year we're out to do even better. so come on down to louisiana... florida... alabama... mississippi. we can't wait to see you. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. a possible federal government shutdown is looming as congress bickers about funding. let's talk about that with ron paul of texas. he's joining us right now from the first in the nation primary state of new hampshire. congressman, thanks very much for coming in. before we get to the presidential campaign, put your congressional hat on for a moment. agree on almost anything nowadays and there could be a government shutdown as early as this weekend unless the appropriations bills are passed. what's going on? why is congress so dysfunctional? >> this seems to be business as usual. how many times have we gone through this in the last couple of years? sort of to be routine. at the last minute, they go down to the wire and negotiate to the bitter end. always trying to get one angle over the other one. i don't think think the government's going to shut down. it hasn't happened in a long, long time. i don't think it's in the interest of either party to do it, so they'll probably come up with some compromise at midnight and settle the argue. >> but it does send a horrible message when various agencies are told, get ready, so-called nonessential personnel may be out of work as early as saturday or sunday. it sends an awful message that the people in washington can't get their act together. i'm just saying it. if you disagree, go ahead. >> no, i think the problem is is that the people in washington that i know don't admit that we have a serious crisis on our hand. a financial crisis and they don't know how bad it is. because we're bankrupt and yet, we're getting -- and we're preparing ourselves through the federal reserve to bail out all of europe and there's no money and the debt is the problem, so they're up against a wall and nobody wants to cut anything. but if they knew how bad it was, they would cut and start living within our means. and that means looking at all the budget, but no, they're going to delay it. they think it's a football game and they're going to play it and see who's going to get the best edge in the next election to see who can maintain or gain power and they haven't changed their ways, but they won't admit the necessary admission of that we are bankrupt and we better do something abt or this condition in our country and through the the world is going to get much worse. >> a couple of the issues on the agenda right now, increasing taxes unless action is taken. the payroll tax cut will go away. the tax rate for 160 million americans will go up. where do you stand on extending the payroll tax cut for another year? >> oh, i want to extend it because i see it as a tax increase and the system isn't run like it should be. we're supposed to have money in the bank and have a trust fund. that doesn't exist. many of these funds from social security have been spent overseas, so i want them paid for, but i don't consider paying for it by punishing one group and taking that money and giving it to the other group. i'd pay for, extend the tax credit cut and pay for it by overseas spending. for instance, why are we going to pretend that we're leaving iraq and we really aren't and we're going to maintain the biggest embassy in the world and have 17,000 personnel there that are contractors making twice as much as our military? you can save billions of dollars doing that. so, yeah, you have to address it. nobody wants to gif up a neck el on these expenditures and that's the best place to cut in order to save our system and take care of our social security beneficiaries and the health care, the people who have become so dependent. i have no idea why they won't consider this. evidently, the lobbyists were spending this overseas and the military is so powerful that neither democrats nor republicans want to talk about cutting overseas spending. bring troops home. that would save billions of dollars. so, the money is there, but this idea that you have to raise taxes on the -- in order to pay for the payroll tax cut makes no sense and that's why they're arguing about it. >> just to be precise, 17,000 americans. about half diplomatic support staff. the other half would be contractors and you're right. they're going to be getting a lot more than u.s. troops. unemployment benefits. are you ready to extend the full range for another year? >> yeah. i'd extend the cuts. so they don't have to pay for it. i don't want to reinstate the taxes. >> no, unemployment benefits. >> i'm sorry. i misunderstood that. i'm not ready to extend that. i think that you subsidize long-term unemployment, you get more of it, but we have to change other conditions so people, you know, that's why the budget has to be balanced and tax codes changed. regulatory codes changed. monetary policies changed, so that we can get these jobs, but just further extending it, believe me, there's less incentive. to go back to work and make $8 an hour, if you can get $8.50 while on welfare, it's not likely. you can't extend it forever. that's where the problems come from. we're bankrupt. to assume that we can and print the money is just digging a much bigger hole and that's why we have to admit the truth. >> should the federal government have a rule in indicating when you can use your cell phone while driving? >> no, i look t in section 18 and they didn't say anything about telephones in there. that is really nitpicking away and if some state decided you shouldn't do it, they have the authority to do that, but what if i came up with a statistic andic prove that eating in a car causings more accidents. reckless driving, they're liable and responsible and should be punished for this, but this idea that the federal government's going to write a rule about when we're going to use cell phones and force them to buy a certain type that's already in your car, that's more government than we need and one of the reasons why we're in such a mess. >> we've got a lot of questions for you. our viewers on facebook, twitter, if you have a question for ron paul. here's one. would you consider mitt romney or newt gingrich as your vice president? >> probably not. not unless they change their ways and beliefs and convinced me of it. >> you're doing amazingly well in iowa right now. you're not surprised a lot of the so-called pundits are surprised. do you think you will win the iowa caucus? >> i think i have a good chance, but i'm not working on a daily basis, you know, i'm assuming i'm going to win this thing. no, i'm not at that point, but i'm assuming we're going to do very, very well and have a much better showing that anybody has given us credit for. >> because if you win iowa, it shakes up the situation going into new hampshire, iowa, florida. want to give us a name of someone you would consider as a possible vice president? >> probably not today. i haven't thought it through and there are so many people i know that would qualify, i would hate to pick one or two names out. time will tell later on maybe. >> one more question before i let you go. in the past, i called you an isolationist. i got hammered by your supporters out there. they say, ron paul is not an isolationist. he's a noninterventionist. tell our viewers once and for all, the difference. >> an ice laigslationist builds walls around the country. they don't like to travel around the world and they like to put sanctions on different countries. some of the people who call me that are more in favor of sanctions and limited trade. they don't want to trade with cuba and want to put sanctions on anybody who blinks their eye at them and yet the office is what we believe in. we believe nixon did the right thing by opening up trade doors with china because that is when we quit killing each other and we're more at peace because they have become our banker. it's what the founders advised to get along with people, trade with eem people and to practice diplomacy rather than getting, having this militancy of telling people what to do and how to run the world and building walls around our own country. that is isolationism. a far cry from what we believe in. >> you want to bring all u.s. troops home. not just from iraq and afghanistan, but from germany, japan, south korea. is that right? >> yeah, because i believe in national defense and our first responsibility, probably one of the major responsibleties of the federal government is a national defense and fighting these wars does not help us. afghanistan brought the soviet ewunion to its knees and is bringinging us, too. those wars there have contributed $4 trillion worth of debt in the last ten years, so yeah, i want to bring them home and i think we'll be stronger for it. we'll have a stronger national defense and a lot stronger economy. if we're serious about straighten up this mess, we have to deal with foreign policy and fiscal policy and tax policy. >> congressman, good luck. >> thanks a lot. >> mitt romney turns to wall street for some campaign cash and then some democrats on the attack. has president obama raised as much money from wall street big shots? we have some answers, coming up. i habe a cohd. and i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. 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>> i'm a very passionate person about safety and i often made my colleagues in discussions and about safety and that's been my style and practice. >> in other words, they're all wrong and you're exactly right. >> one congressman called on him to step down as nrc chairman. he says he has no intention of doing that, wolf. amazing. simply driven by personalities. the commission charged with regulating the nuclear safety of america. that braugts almost dispolice chief members of congress. what do you need, a counselor now just to get through your problems? another said quote, i feel like i'm refereeing a fight. this is something members of congress and this key congressional committee, they have better things to do with their time than referee a fight like this. >> very shocking. thank you. mitt romney was filling his campaign coffers today up on wall street, which is an equal opportunity piggy back, certainly for democrats and republicans. mary snow is taking a closer look into this story for us. what are you finding out? >> wolf, the republican presidential hopeful, mitt romney, attended to fund-raisers. democrats took the occasion to take aim at him. the romney camp is firing back saying the white house is scared of the prospect of facing him in a general election. as republican presidential hopeful mitt romney tapped wall street donors for campaign cash, democrats took to the skies over new york, targeting him. they paid for an airplane banner to remind everyone of a $10,000 bet romney made against rick perry at the last republican debate. as democrats try to portray romney as ouch touch, progressives are calling romney the poster child for wall street and the 1%, but david gergen says democrats targeting romney solely for raising wall street contributions is hypocritical. >> barack obama raised tons of money off wall street last time around. wall street has turned more hostile towards the president, but it's natural romney will go there. >> the nonpartisan center for responsive politics tracks donors and finds romney raising more money from wall street contributors than president obama's campaign. when it comes to campaign cash from wall street donors, romney is leading barack obama 3.8 million to 1.7 million and take a look at contributions from goldman sachs employees. this was one of the top contributors to barack obama in 2008. so far, mitt romney with $367,000 from goldman sachs workers compared to 50,000 for barack obama. sheila crumb hollis of the center says in the 2008 election, the finance sector was the fourth largest donor to barack obama's campaign. and she added wall street donors are no strangers to the obama campaign this time around. >> they are also hosting fund-raisers and trying to draw in donors from wall street. they have a number of wall street on their volunteer list. >> one listed is jon corzine. former head of goldman sachs, former new jersey governor who's now being questioned about an estimated $1.2 billion that's missing from his former firm, mf global holdings. and as if response from obama officials, corzine is not currently fund raising for the campaign and if other employees are charged with wrong doing, the contributions will be returned. >> thank you. romney also stepped up his verbal attacks against newt gingrich. calling the former house speaker, i'm quoting him now, zany. we're going to find out what romney was talking about. the possible strategy behind it. ho ho! hey there. 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[ male announcer ] learn more from your state farm agent today. strategy session, the democratic strategist, donna brazile and the republican strategist, alex castellanos. i know you noticed that andrew sullivan, he's endorsing ron paul. i see none of the resentment of the fakeness that defines romney or the -- he has gone through two primary elections without compromising an inch of character or philosophy. this kind of rigidity has its flaws, but in context of the newt, romney blur, it is refreshing. >> to not only gain additional support, they're going to not only carry his petitions, but thai prepared to give him resources, money. >> if he wins in iowa, ron paul, he will win, got a much bet eer organization there than newt gingrich has or mitt romney has. how does that shake up the race? >> well, i think it sends everyone in new hampshire, hair on fire, looking for the nominee. the spotlight won't be on romney and it won't be mitt versus newt. it will be who's the most li lishment campaign we can get. paul really can't get the nomination. >> why do you say that? he's got a lot of -- when they hear you say that, they say, why do you say that? >> the republican party is a three-legged stool. it has social conservatives, defense conservatives, economic conservatives. ron paul is really a libertarian. he thinks like those economic conservatives, but he's on the wrong side of the social conservatives and defense conservatives. he thinks like a democrat on defense. on those things, there are no voters. on economics, now, here's the good news. he's running a good campaign. bussing in voters from his home planet. just kidding, ron paul voters. it's a small turnout in iowa. republicans aren't really excited about our candidates. his voters are enthused, he could win iowa. >> going to be 100,000 people to show up. >> i doubt he can win the republican primary, but he can influence the outcome, especially if this race goes on until june, now they have the proportion representation, no winner take all in the front loadi loading process. >> i think it's fair to say you're in with the democrats. they're not even thinking about ron paul. they're thinking about romney, newt gingrich. maybe somebody else, but they're not even assuming that ron paul will be the nominee. >> that's correct. i have to tell you something. live on a bhok with half democrats, half republicans. >> has run a campaign with tremendous integrity. his voters are are the most passionate. he is genuine. he's actually helped this process tremendously. >> what you see with ron paul is what you get. >> but on foreign policy, he's with the majority of america. >> he wants to bring all the the troops home. not just afghanistan and iraq. he wants them all. he's not an isolationist, a noninterventionist. >> you want to say anything? >> if he wins iowa, it's actually great news for romney because it takes the heat off of romney and makes him look like, go home to mitt and he can save the party. >> a lot of republicans and we're assuming that gingrich was going to win iowa, maybe not. >> the last ten days. >> we'll see what happens. thanks very much. hundreds of millions of drug dollars laundered and sent to a terror group. the connection between hezbollah and a mexican drug cartel. new information from the federal government coming in. stand by. the droid razr by motorola. the newest droid armed with motocast. granting you wireless access to files on your home computer from almost anywhere. 4g lte equipped to pull pictures, music, and movies. all at mind-melting speeds. powered by verizon, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands. a vacation on a budget with expedia. make it work. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what anandra did? booking your flight and hotel at the same time gets you prices hotels and airlines won't let expedia show separately. book it. major wow factor! where you book matters. expedia. it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and $250 goes to your choice of 5 charities. with your help, we can reach $20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. jack? >> is mitt romney the hillary clinton of 2012? politico wrote a clever piece drawing some interesting comparisons between those two. jim in new jersey writes i think you're insulting hillary clinton. in 2008, democrats weren't looking for an alternative to hillary clinton. they were looking for an alternative to george bush. today, republicans are more worried about finding an alternative to mitt romney. doug writes, i was among those who thought hillary clinton was a lot for the nomination in 2008, but this situation is different. in 2008, the democratic party was trying to win and they let the chips fall where they may. in 2012, the republican establishment is desperate to lose so they're backing the best candidate available, romney, to accomplish that goal. terry in virginia, no, that's an insult to mrs. clinton. her positions didn't change like the wind, however there is an apt comparison to how to media treated mrs. clinton and how it treats mr. romney. i see no comparison except hillary was the early front-runner until obama got his voice. she had no record to run against like romney. she didn't flip around like a tiny cat fish. you knew you could trust her because she was basically espousing the same ideas as bill clinton. s. writes romney equals clinton equals gingrich equals obama equals bush. ron paul equals thomas jefferson equals profit. remember, dr. paul called the financial collapse back in 2001. and michael on facebook writes only if ron paul is the barack obama. newt by the way, is the howard dean of 2012 and mitt ais more f the bob dole. you want to read more, go to my blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. >> thank you. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com > happeninp happeninh facifacinp facing reporter. here in "the situation room," itpit' it's promisit's pro mayp maybe a thimaybe a th ththat mitp that mithat mi quote, zany. plus, president obama thanks the troop trootroops for their q aand welcomes them home. critics say he's and a frightening link between deadly mideast extremists and a drug cartel. a new federal indictment exposing an alleged trail of cocaine and laundered money in america's backyard. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states around around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the republican presidential candidates are out in force in iowa today. newt gingrich, ron paul, rick perry, michele bachmann, rick santorum, all there. less than three weeks before the leadoff contest of the 2012 campaign. we're standing by to hear from newt gingrich. he's scheduled to take reporters' questions this hour and may have plenty to say about the barrage of attacks flying his way, especially from the mitt romney campaign. jim acosta is joining us from iowa city with the latest. jim? >> wolf, remember that plea from newt gingrich just a day ago for all the candidates in the gop field to wage a positive campaign? well, never mind. it's a moment of truth for newt gingrich. on the cover of "newsweek" and taking cover from mitt romney, who's fired off this web ad featuring the former speaker and nancy pelosi. a barack obama's plan isn't workinwork i ing. >> little more than a day after gingrich called on his former contenders to steer clear of negative attacks, romney blasted away to the "new york times." >> zany is not what we need in a president. zany is great in a campaign. it's great on talk radio. it's great in the print. it beats, makes for fun reading, but in terms of the president, we need a leader. >> other republicans are piling on. andrew brightwar posting clips online. sh showing gingrich praising roosevelt. >> fdr is a greatest pr practitioner of government. >> the clips could be just a anecdote romney needs, when then governor of massachusetts cast himself as a centrist. >> i'm someone who is moderate and my views are progressive. >> romney is making his own appeal to tea partiers. she seemed to botch a question from cnn on whether romney is a consistent conservative. >> you know, that's one of the things i like about him because he's been consistent since he changed his mind. >> that might not be good enough in iowa, where conservatives have doubts and rick perry just launched a bus tour across the state. >> so many people vote for his flashing smile and charisma. >> and don't count out ron paul, who's forced the busiest headquarters in iowa -- >> the federal government shouldn't be involved. i mean, this whole thing -- and how much couth do they have, this cell phone? i think it's ridiculous. or the danger involved. >> at least gingrich has his old house subordinate, john boehner, to count on. or does he? >> it would be hard to describe newt as not conservative. i'm not sure he's as conservative as people think he is, but newt is a conservative. >> and at any moment, the former house speaker will be answering questions from reporters. we'll try to ask him about that zany comment. he will also be at a movie premier tonight hosted by mike huckabee in des moines. mike huckabee won the iowa caucuses four years ago. not necessarily an indicator of whether a candidate can go on to win the nomination. >> a little excitement earlier today at one of newt gingrich's events. >> that's right. just about an hour ago, the former speaker was talking about a brian science project he would like to bring if he's elected president to washington and during his remarks, actually, as he was starting to give his remarks, about a dozen or so occupy wall street protesters interrupted him. started shouting over the former speaker and the speaker basically waited a few moments and gave those demonstrators a chance to vent their frustrations. vent what they had to say. it got tense. at one moment, where a gingrich supporters who was in the crowd there to see the former speaker talk to that audience, snatched a piece of paper from one of the protesters. they were eventually escorted out of the room, wolf. >> thanks very much. jim acosta reporting. this is cnn breaking news. >> all right, there's been a major development on capitol hill. congressional correspondent, kate bolduan, is standing by. what is happening on the payroll tax cut? >> this comes after late this afternoon, senate democratic leaders went to the white house to meet with president obama. after that meeting, following that meeting, i'm told by a democratic source, that senate democrats are working, will be putting together a new offer to extend the payroll tax cuts. that this whole fight we've been covering so closely is all about and significantly, i'm told by this democratic source that they will be dropping the millionaire's surtax as a way to pay for this package. this would be a significant concession by senate democrats as it's something that democrats and the white house have been insisting on for months, inclusion of this millionaire's surtax to help pay for this tax cut extension for many middle class families. but wolf, this comes after a full day, i'll tell you, of what really seemed like both sides were kind of staring each other down. what seemed much like a stalemate, with no clear path where they were going to come together, as well as how to avoid a looming government shutdown which would be coming much closer, which would happen on friday. just listen here to the exchanges this morning between the top democrat and the top republican in the senate. >> i can't understand republicans obstructionism as we come in a republican fall back play, place precious time when you can be working with democrats to compromise. >> one point scoring bill after another. designed to fail. designed to divide us. designed to get no results. to give the president a talking point out on the campaign trail. >> there's clearly strategy on both sides on how they'll move forward, but it has been quite unclear to this point and darn right confusing on where the end game is and how they will be able to avoid this tax cut from expiring as well as avoid the looming government shutdown. this could be -- this could be seen -- democrats will say this should be seen as a compromise offer. of course, the details of this new package are not yet out or available, but significant i should reiterate for our viewers, that senate democrats will not only be putting tot a new offer to extend the payroll tax cut, but also significant that they will be drap dropping the millionaire's surtax that they had been insisting on which would be a major obstacle with the republican counterparts in both the senate and the house, wolf. >> stand by for a moment. gloria borger is here. our chief political analyst. democrats have blinked now on this surcharge on the millionaires get a little bit of extra money from millionaires in order to pay for the extension of the payroll tax cut. does it look like there's a deal? because the republicans still want this oil pipeline to go from canada through texas and the democrats and the president say that's a nonstater. >> they've said it's irrelevant. i think the millionaire's surtax was a huge stumbling block. the question that i have is in f you drop the surtax, how do you pay for the extension? you're going to have to find the revenue somewhere else. unless they don't pay for it, but i don't think there are going to be lots of republicans who say we have to pay for it. there are some republicans who believe of course that a tax cut will pay for itself, but i think that's going to be a real issue here because the democrats are unwilling to really dip heavily into things like medicare benefits, so they're going to have to find a way to finagle how they pay for it. >> and that clock is ticking until this weekend. they wanted to go on vacation starting friday. we'll see what happens. gloria, on the mitt romney attacks now on newt gingrich, it looks like it's taking a new turn. >> it is taking a whole new turn. first of all, last week, we heard romney talking about newt gingrich, the career politician. talked about him as somebody who had changed his mind on the paul ryan budget plan and this week, it's taking a turn to being much more pointed. much more personal. let's take a listen to a little bit more of that "new york times" interview he did today and we'll talk abt. >> a leader needs to be someone who can bring americans together. a leader needs to be someone of sob ryety and stability and patience and temperance. >> sobrity, patience. those are keywords. the campaign is now going to the heart of the narrative, the people who don't like newt gingrich, which is his lack of discipline, his temperment. romney has decided to take this turn and play into it. when you vote for commander in chief, what do you want? somebody with an even temper -- >> not someone who's zany. remember what newt gingrich said the other day. he said he wanted a cease fire, but wasn't going to initiate any attacks against romney, but if attacked, he would respond. he's going to have his chance at this news conference in iowa city. stand by. we'll take it live to see if he responds. is this new strategy that we're get frg the romney campaign, earmarked towards iowa or beyond? >> well, i think it's earmarked beyond. when you talk to people in the romney campaign now, they down play expectations in iowa. they say we do not expect to win iowa. we've been talking about how well ron paul is doing in iowa. they say this is for the long slog. so they believe that even if this does not have the appeal to iowa caucusgoers, that in the long-term, they are reminding voters of newt gingrich's long political history and starting to, they hope, erode his support. there are some polls that show newt's support may be on a downward trajectory. >> we'll see what he has to say. jim acosta's getting ready to ask him some questions, media availability. thanks, gloria. don't go too far away. we may have to digest what we hear. rick perry is making a last ditch effort to get more mileage in iowa. we'll tell you how a movie night figures into his strategy. and find out if the president of afghanistan is willing to take sides in a dispute between the united states and iran over a missing drone. ♪ it's easy to see what subaru owners care about. that's why we created the share the love event. get a great deal on a new subaru and $250 goes to your choice of 5 charities. with your help, we can reach $20 million dollars by the end of this, our fourth year. jack cafferty is joining us with the "cafferty file." >> it's the kind of thing you'd expect to hear from the republicans. dennis car doe sa is blasting president obama who is more like a quote professor who is arrogant and alienated. the congressman from california writes in the hill that it's beco -- the obama administration's focused on what he calls idea business. they roll out new programs weekly, sometimes daily, without priorities and often with little follow-up. also writes that president obama has an i'm right, you're wrong attitude. he also suggests the president avoided personal contact with members of congress and people outside the beltway. not the first time we've heard that criticism. although president obama gives speechls to big crowds, he avoided individual contact, with sounds like the opposite of bill clinton who fed off contact with quote, regular people. this arm's length attitude extends to top obama officials. cardoza describes a senior housing official who never bothered to meet with the homeowner who had been forecl e foreclosed on. he says he would still take quote professor obama over the rodeo clowns the republican field offers, but he worries the voters might give the president a failing grade in november if he doesn't improve his performance. here's the question. how damaging is it when a democratic congressman -- says he's arrogant and alienating? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile and post a comment or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. >> pretty tough talk there. thanks very much. rick perry is trying to put his iowa campaign into a higher gear by launching a bus tour akosz the state. his campaign has planned more than 40 stops between now and the january 3rd caucuses. the last stop, a rally in perry, iowa. that's the name of the town. our chief national correspondent, john king, is in ames, iowa. he's got a lot of money and is being very assertive in what we call retail politics. all in the coming days. >> he's trying to close by doing it the old fashioned way. right now, he's struggling in iowa, but you were just talking about the criticism of gingrich. governor romney, even though he's at the spearhead of those attacks on gingrich, he might not benefit because a lot of conservatives don't trust romney. the perry campaign thinks it has 20 days. he's making an appeal for tea party votes, evangelical christian votes. there is a slight uptick when you talk to conservative activists, do they see him surging to the top of the field. they're not ready to go that far, but they think 20 days is a long time since he is respecting the process here, doing it the old fashioned way. there's a big debate thursday night. we'll watch governor perry. a lot of people think this has been such a volatile race. >> as far as governor perry is concerned, a fascinating development. i interviewed him last night and asked him about the back surgery he had in july and whether the pain medication, the drugs he may have been takinging affected his erratic behavior and he dismissed that as not happening, though yesterday in a separate interview, he now says he wishes he would have had the surgery in january because he was fatigued and did blame that back surgery on some of the earlier mistakes in the debate. not often you hear a switch like that within a matter of a few days. >> no, it's not and you can sense, they were defensive at the beginning when people started to talk about this and they wanted to prove maybe this was a bit of texas macho, or perhaps not affected by any medications, but the first answer was no, stop, move on, the back surnlry didn't do it. if you look at some of the pictures, he was clearly stiff when he turned to one side. whatever the reasons, he had many stumbles and he has now on his third or fourth or fifth chance, if you will, but again, he has strong conservative positions. there is a sense here in iowa that the conservatives are still looking around. that beginnigingrich has at lea plateaued. has the newt momentum stopped completely? talking to aboctivists here, th think it is stopped for now. if he has plateaued? who benefits from that. santorum and bachmann trying to make a play for the evangelical vote, but they're behind rick perry. it will be a factor in iowa. young voters are something else. but iowa gets funny at the end. governor perry does have a resume that suits this state. >> stand by. he started answering questions, he got a question about flip-flopping. >> it affects people's lives. maybe a step towards the balance in a budget. if you can postpone -- you save trillions of dollars. if mr. paul has an idea, terrific. i think we ought to have positive ideas. yes, sir. >> can you address the content of what the protesters -- >> i just asked him -- go ahead. i just asked him. >> yes, mr. speaker, earlier today, your rival mitt romney said to the "new york times," quote, zany is not what we need in a president. he appeared to be talking about you, calling you zany. this comes just a little more than a day after your plea for a positive campaign. what is your response? >> my response is i think a brain science initiative is a -- on human beings. i'll let him decide who's zany -- i understand what consultants are doing. they should run their campaign the way they want to. i'm going to run my campaign the way i want to and my campaign is going to focus on positive ideas and solutions and i'm frankly, taking the gavel to the american people care about actually solving our country's problems, not just watching politicians beat each other up. now you want to say something? >> some of the concerns -- fighting about crushing student debt, high unemployment. what would you do for the -- >> well, i mean, if you go -- if they had wanted to go to newt.org and learn, they would have found an entire program for economic growth. i worked with reagan in the earl lly '80s. we created jobs in september of '83. brought unemployment down to 6% under reagan. when i was speaker, we had the first tax cut in 16 years and the lashlgest capital gains cut in history and brought unemployment down. i would have been delighted if they had asked questions about how to create jobs. >> how to deal with the student debt, which is much higher than it was in the era -- >> fifrl, we need to spin the -- should go back to being private sector. second, students ought to frankly try to get through college as quickly as they can with the least amount of borrowing they can. third, i think there ought to be -- there's one estimate they're going to have one clerk for every professor by 2012. college and public universities have risen faster than private in the last five years, so i think this issue of why is higher education so expensive is a very good question for young people to ask and i think they should be looking seriously at how many things are done that aren't necessary. i go everywhere and advocate people go to southern missouri and look at the college of the o sarks, which is a fifth most difficult college to get into after columbia. which you can only apply if you have student aid. you work 15 hours during the year, plus two 40-hour books. in the summer, you work 40 hours a week. 92% of the students graduate owing nothing. the 8% owe an average of $5,000 because they bought a car their senior year. every state ought to have a college like that and every state ought to use that as a benchmark to look at the cost of the rest of their institutions. go ahead. >> your opponents on the air waves -- three of your rivals here are doing -- aren't you endangers what is a great opportunity here in iowa? >> we're here now and tomorrow and friday morning. we'll be back again next week and be here starting the 27th and we'll have our own bus to match their buses and it will be a lot of fun. i'm looking forward to it. we have one add up now. we'll have more ads up. look, i have never suggested that i have the kind of money that some of my competitors have been able to raise and we're not going to have as many ads as they have and that's a fact. but we get a fair amount of earned media and if you look at the most recent poll this morning, i seem to be doing okay. here in iowa and nationally and both places. now, i think iowa's going to be a challenge because you have everybody firing away simultaneously in a relatively small market and so i think it's going to require two weeks of my going around telling the truth, letting people look at the negative ad. look at the truth and decide do they want to give their vote to somebody who's not telling the truth and people have to decide by january 3rd whether nor not -- let me give you an example. i have a 90% voting record for 20 years. i'm the only person in your lifetime to help balance the budget for four straight years. i passed the only major entitlement reform. welfare. for somebody to suggest that's not a conservative voting record, i mean, at some point, becomes a joke. the question is after we're done with the first wave of negativity, to people start sugaring it off? we'll see. >> mr. speaker, what do you think that says about them? i mean, you said, well, they're running these ads. what do you think it says? >> i'll let you decide that. i'm happy to tell you about my approach and commitment to being positive and focuses on new solutions and ideas. i'll let you ask them, what are their new idea ads. i'm not running new campaigns. >> this morning, you said romney and his consultants were able to bay you in the wrong direction. what should americans be afraid that you can be -- >> i think that's part of a campaign. >> last question, you mentioned the polls, "the wall street journal" poll this morning. also showed that you have a pretty sizable gap with independent voters. do you have any concern that you are leading primary voters when it come to a general election? >> i think where reagan was against carter. reagan does not catch up with carter until september of 1980. phase one is you have to win the republican nomination. would like to have a few more votes, but i think when you look at, take for example, the brian science initiative. i think when you go out to independents and moderate democrats and say here's somebody who actually cares about autism, parkinsons, about mental health, about traumatic brain injury. that strikes me as a lot of americans of every background who are going to say, gee, that's interesting. what's it like to have a potential president who actually cares about the way people live and about which something that affects their lives so deeply. i think by the time we have the conversation and by the time president obama and i finish our debates, we'll be doing just fine. thank you very much. yes, i actually am. >> all right, the former speaker of the house, newt gingrich. the republican presidential front-runner, we should say. i think he's sort of living in a dream world when he says there will be seven, three-hour debates. there are three debates scheduled, but not anything along those lines. we're going to digest what we just heard from newt gingrich. he's not responding in kind to the moit rom lny campaign and romney personally, who's beginning a barrage of krcriticm of gingrich, including he's been zany, his word, mitt romney. also, that the country needs a consistent, solid president of the united states, someone who doesn't have all of those, the baggage that romney suggests romney has. gloria borger is standing by. we'll get to her short ly, but there's another candidate running for president of the united states right now. that's president obama. he says he's proud to finally say two words to u.s. forces who are serving, who have served in iraq. welcome home. went to ft. bragg, north carolina today for another ceremony marking the end of america's eight-year war in iraq. cnn is covering the kit from iraq in depth. let's go to dan lothian. the president was pretty well received at ft. bragg. >> he was. a senior aide said the trip to ft. bragg today was really a turn the page moment for the country. the president during his remarks delivered a mix of triumphs and challenges. he saluted the troops and family members as well, and made the case that optimistic view as the final troops come home is not shared by everyone. president obama may not have supported the war in iraq, but speaking to some of the troops who fought in it, he embraced the outcome. >> all the fighting, all the dying, the bleeding and the building and the training and the partnering, all of it has let led to this moment of success. >> but there are questions about how successful this moment of success really is. not long after the president delivered his remarks at ft. bragg, senator mccain lost a verbal attack of what he called a failure of leadership. >> it is clear that this decision of a complete pull out of united states troops from iraq was dictated by politics and not our national security interest. i believe that history will judge this president's leadership with scorn and disdain that it deserves. >> but keeping u.s. troops in iraq past the end of the year hit a major roadblock when prime minister al maliki, who along with president obama this week, touted a new strategic relationship, refused to grant american soldiers immunity from prosecution. senator mccain said the president should have pushed harder to keep u.s. troops there longer. iran's prime minister and others are worried about iran's growing influence. >> iran wants iraq to be the best to expand. >> and there are security concerns. >> that in fact iraq will be prepared to handle its security once u.s. troops pull out? >> no, because we have worked on this very closely. we believe that the iraqis are ready to deal with oir their own security. >> a controversial war from beginning to end. >> i don't think it will ever be an ideal situation. >> joseph grand served three tours of duty in iraq. >> it is their future and i think they will step up and do what they need to do. >> during his last deployment to iraq, he said he noticed orphan the ground, things were getting better and jay carney tellinging me there will always with be a certain level of violence on the ground, but they're moving towards greater security and stability even though the direction may not always be in a straight line. >> thanks for that. the profits from tons of illegal cocaine sold in this country are allegedly going to middle east extremists designated as terrorists by the united states government. that and a lot more coming up. 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his science initiative and said it's up to him, meaning romney, to determine if that is sai any and made the case he's also a conservative who has a 90% ra rating with conservatives and it's up to the voters to decide to call him a conservative are in fact telling the truth. so i think you can see newt gingrich is staying on message. staying smooth, continuing to take the high road, which he thinks in the long-term, will have more of an appeal. >> probably a very smart strategy although you and i have covered newt gingrich for a long time. i'm sure it goes against every ounce of his personal desire. >> he reserves the right to do that, but i think he doesn't want to do it in a nasty way. i think what you see from the other campaigns, particularly the romney campaign, the perry campaign, is that they all seem to be waiting for him to get to that moment where he becomes the newt gingrich they want to really run against and he's not taking the bait on that. >> not yet. we'll see what happens. there's other important news we're following including this. a lebanese national with ties to hezbollah is now under indictment in the united states accused of heading up a massive international drug smuggling ring. brian todd has been covering the story for us with enormous ramifications. >> for the first time, u.s. officials have put out a name and a face to establish a firm connection between hezbollah, one of the world's most notorious terrorist groups and a major drug cartel that operates along america's border. a murderous cartel that sends tons of cocaines to the united states each year. now, u.s. officials establish a connection between them. this man, a new indictment allegations he has coordinated the smuggling of at least 90 tons of cocaine to the u.s. and launders money from latin america, often work iing with t mexican cartel fighting a bloody drug war along the u.s. border. fishes say he laundered $200,000 a month. >> he's not a member of hezbollah. did he funnel money directly to them? >> i can't go into that part. i mean, i can say that he couldn't have survived without hezbollah and he was a source of revenue for hezbollah. >> d.e.a special agent brian dodd coordinated the investigation. u.s. law enforcement officials tell us he is still out there, working those connections. federal officials tell cnn they believe he is somewhere in the middle east and his operations continue. the feds say the money was funneled through front companies and a major bank in lebanon, the lebanese canadian bank. u.s. officials say that bank is a source of funds for hezbollah. the chairman of the bank tells cnn the bans has cooperate rated with american authorities, but is not aware of any trans ancacs within the last few years. the claims were dismissed as politically motivated propaganda. hezbollah is part of the government in lebanon, but also has a history of bloody terror attacks against american interests dating back to 1983. now, analysts say hezbollah may be using criminal proceeds to pay for operations. >> threatening israel, providing assistance to iraq, to other terrorist organizations around the world. >> and analysts say hezbollah will likely continue to rely more on money from criminal enterprises because its traditional sources of money are starting to dry up. money from the government of iran and syria, which are under increasing financial pressure. >> i know you've been speaking to law enforcement authorities all day. do they say these hezbollah terrorists are communicating directly with this mexican drug cartel. >> they say they don't have firm -- but this one guy is so effective as what he does it's as if they communicate. he is the lench pin. still out there and they say he is, they are hinting he is part of a much larger network. this one guy, still out there. >> thanks very, very much. >> a year of political unrest in the middle east to wall street recognized by "time" magazine. joining us now, the managing editor. congratulations, rick, the protester, "times" person of the year. amazing new pictures in the issue. tell us why the protester is your person of the year? >> the protester from the arab spring in the middle east to europe and madrid and athens to occupy wall street, these are young middle class men and women who have just had enough. in the middle east, they've tossed away dictators in three countries. they are upsetting the entire political agenda and they're bringing a new spirit of democracy and a new sense of fairness all around the world. >> and they're really changing the world. we've seen some dramatic changes, but is it fair to say that some of the changes have spilled over here in the united states? occupy wall street. the tea party movement. which i think proceeded the arab spring if you go back. >> right. it's a kind of what social network call a contagion now. the protest movement spread originally from the middle east, to europe and in america, occupy wall street was both influbsed by the arab spring and by the tea party movement. the tea party movement did proceed that. in some ways, it was a preflexion of those folks who came out for barack obama. it's something in the air that people feel fed up with the status quo. with governments, whether it's an autocracy like in the middle east or a democracy like here in the u.s. >> you had some serious challengers. the runners up, admiral william mccraven. he's in charge of special op g operations forces and was in charge of the navy seals. >> he was reporting in to the president that fateful day, but so much of the american military is led by special operations and he is the guru of that. >> the chinese dissident. give us the background. >> he's one of the great artists of our time, but also a freedom fighter and he's been imprisoned and punished by the chinese government. he did a piece of art and a self-portrait. in some ways, he compliments the whole idea of the protester this year. >> i was a little surprised paul ryan, the chairman of the budget committee, you call him the prophet. he made the short list as well. >> i really think paul ryan in so many ways, has influenced the debate this year not only in the republican party, but in american politics in general. he came out with an early plan for deficit reduction n. some ways, he took that issue off the table. from the president and i think so much of the template that he has set up is the discussion we've been having all year long and will have next year. >> remind our viewer what is the definition of the person of the year, the criteria to qualify for person of the year is. >> the person who has most influenced the news during the past year for better or worse. >> kate middleton is a runner up. help us appreciate that. >> kate middleton was the darling of almost the entire world and she's not only a style setter, but i would argue she's given a new dignity to royalty and a kind of a new representation of royalty and of course, she is not royal. she is a commoner, so she captivated everybody's fancy. >> it's a great issue. thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. international outrage, especially our reporting here from cnn, may have saved one wom woman's life in afghanistan. a woman who was put in jail after she was raped is now finally free. we're going live to kabul for the latest. i joined the navy when i was nineteen. i was a commissioned officer at twenty-three. i was an avionics... tactical telecommunications... squad leader. i think the hardest transition as you get further into the military is... you know it's going to end one day. chase hired me to be a personal banker. i'm a business analyst... manager. i'm very proud to work for chase. when you hire a veteran, you get... great leadership... decisiveness... focus. chase knows, when you hire a veteran, you're hiring america's best. chase is proud to help 100,000 veterans find jobs at home. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some people just know how to build things well. give you and your loved ones an expertly engineered mercedes-benz... ho ho ho! ...at the winter event going on now. but hurry -- the offer ends january 3rd. the young woman raped, then thrown into prison nor for adultery. now, there are major new developments. nick is joining us from kabul and nick, this woman is finally free in part thanks to your reporting. tell us the latest. >> well, it is really thanks to a decree from hamid karzai who intervened on her case. officials arriving at the jail where she's been with her daughter, taking her to an undisclosed location where she is now free and much happier, but still unclear about many questions about her future. we spoke to her a few hours ago. jailed for adultery because the man who raped her was married, mother to the child of her attacker, whom she's been pressured to marry. her plight highlighted globally the injustices suffered by many afghan women, but late tuesday night after a pardon by hamid karzai, she was released to a women's shelter in kabul. and these are the first pictures of her with her daughter, whose name means smile. a little confused about where they are, but delighted their lives have changed. >> translator: i am very happy that president karzai under stood my pain and pardoned me. >> some conservatives in society questioning whether or not from traditionalists who think it will absolve her family from the dishonor of her assault. we asked her, free to talk, if she was raped. >> translator: yes, he did. yeah. >> reporter: and if she had complete choice, would she marry her rapist? >> translator: no. if i don't have to. i would even care about him. i hate him. the only thing i want is to go home from here to my brothers and live with them. that's all i want. >> reporter: but rape still carries stigma, even her brothers have found it hard to accept her daughter. >> when my brothers used to visit me they would ask me not to bring the child to them because they did not like her. i always told them, she was my daughter and had nothing to do with the man. i love her like i did at the start. i want her to be well-educated, and i don't want her to be illiterate. i want her to be a doctor or anything that she can become. >> reporter: her pardon, a bold step by president karzai, setting a precedent for the dozens of others on similar charges, her lawyer said. >> i think this is huge. i think this is setting precedent for afghan women that are in a situation such as gulnaz's. government recognized what happened not only outside the justice system was incorrect, but what happened within the justice system was incorrect. >> reporter: the future's unclear. her brothers may not be that welcoming. she may face pressure to marry but she's free, in a woman's shelt who are can help her understand risks and hurdles ahead and give many more choices for their future. there are questions, of course, outstanding with her family take her back, is there pressure for her to marry her attacker? one thing we should be clear about the presidential decree, it was conditional on her marrying her attacker. we've seen the decree signed by president karzai. she was free to go at her own accord because president karzai thought she shouldn't spend any more time in jail. >> let's hope she remains free. i want to thank president karzai. we appeal to him to let this woman go and he did the right thing. fortunately for her and afghanistan, for all of the women of afghanistan, sends a powerful message. let's hope she stays free. thanks for your reporting. jack's got t"the cafferty fil file". >> i need someone to explain the lodge of those people to me. she was raped, put in jail, it makes -- none of it makes sense. the question, how damaging is it when a democratic congressman criticizes president obama? democratic congressman saying he's a professor who is arrogant and alienating? brad, someone who leans democratic, i think that president obama could use constructive criticism. i see nothing wong with what the congressman said. paul in north carolina, not very damaging at all. i much prefer a prof forrial for president than some dolt from texas who can't utter a complete intelligent sentence. mark in oklahoma city, i don't think obama wants to be re-elected. i think he wants to be defeated to be give ain't professorship, travel the world charging 100 grand per speech. he would be better off and so would america. bill writes the five-term congressman from california who is retiring at the end of the material. now if this congressman was up for re-election, and said something like this, you might be on to something. but he'll not be around when the music stops so he's not going to need a chair. his comments at this point are about as worthless as the paper written. larry, why would this surprise anyone? citizens who are honest have known since day one na president obama is in an aloof elitist. could be an interesting race if newt gingrich is the gop nominee since he's a professor who is arrogant and alienating. go to cnn.com/cafferkaf ecaffen eerie sight over moscow leaves protesters at a loss for words. jeanne moos will unravel the mystery. a pulsating, hovering object bewitching to a massive crowd in moscow. what was it? here's cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: in the sky, is it a ufo, a surveillance drone. >> over the heads of tens of thousand of russian protesters it flew. and this video flew on to sites like ufocitingsdaily where they pondered this possible alien probe. >> could the craft capturing this video be one of these probes? >> reporter: you really think? protesters figured it was their own government keeping them unsurveillance with a drone. but it wasn't aliens looking down on the crowd and it wasn't the russian government spying on demonstrators. it was this -- >> it's a radio controlled hexicopter, meaning six rotors with a wide angle camera attached. look at beautiful pictures it took of the big protests moscow has seen in decades. and when they edited together the panoramic views, they got this -- they call themselves airpano a group of eight or so russians who do this for fun. two-man team operates the hexicopter. these days you never know where your drone is going to land. no, it did not end up in iran. still, the pilot wasn't take anything chances. no point in crash landing on the crowd. the hexicopter stayed over the river. someone in the crowd aimed fireworks rockets at it. >> to shoot device with this stuff. >> reporter: no damage done. you can buy something like this, canadian company sells the dragonfly x-8. camera and chopper sell for between $1,000 and $50,000. cnn is using something similar for a nature special with phillipe cousteau. >> a quadricopter, just the name is cool. >> reporter: used at other recent protests. for instance in warsaw, get a view of the action. occupy wall treat has an ocucopter. the russians brought parts to bill their own hexicopter, shooting places all over the world. do you believe in ufos? >> yes, i do believe. we have one. >> reporter: if you're ever tempted to fly a remote controlled chopper, try not to chop up your son. >> sorry. >> uh-oh. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> don't forget to check out my blog post

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