for the next debate, does cain have what takes to go the distance? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. . president obama says that iran must be held accountable for an alleged plot to kill a saudi ambassador to the united states. he is ramping up efforts to punish and isolate iran as he puts pressure on republicans in congress for blocking his jobs bill. jess yak jessica yellin is standing by much he was asked about the alleged assassination plots, the links to the iranian government. give us the headlines. well, the president repeatedly declined to say that nation s supreme leader and president were aware of the alleged plot. but he insisted that knowledge of it reached high into the iranian government. here s the president. we believe that if even if at the highest levels there was not detailed operational knowledge, there has to be accountability with respect to anybody in
he s been in court every day. he spoke of the man convicted for brutalizing his family. i m not surprised at all. i thought from the beginning that he was a lying sociopathic personality. he probably doesn t think he s guilty of anything. he s convinced himself of that, i suspect. you ll hear more from him in the courtroom coming up on 360. first, we are keeping them honest on the campaign trail. we touched last night, the latest wall street journal poll cain has report of 27% of republican voters. romney, 23% and ranked third, rick perry. today, cain sat down with erin burnett keeping him honest, cain said questionable things. we begin with his comments to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. watch. i happen to believe this attempted assassination that iran has their fingerprints all over based on the reports we have seen is because this president is perceived as weak. mr. cain, we would love to see those reports. nowhere have we seen the suspected plo
it. police in norway will interview anders breivik today. he s in solitary confinement in a prison near oslo. meanwhile police have called off the search for more victims of the shooting rampage on utoya island. 68 people were killed. a formal inquiry into britain s phone-hacking scandals began in london. a woman who worked with the now depuck news of the world tabloid after her daughter s murder now says her phone was hacked. sara payne had defended the tabloid, even writing the last edition, and calling it a force for good. there s been some break for the rain-soaked korean peninsula, and the clean-up is under way. huge tract ts of farmland are flooded in northee kra and about half a meet over rain poured down on the south korean capital in just 48 hours. at least 51 people died in floods and mud slides. those are the headlines. i m zain verjee, and world business today starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a very good morning to you. from cnn london, i