afghanistan. it s not surprising that people are trying to find an end in sight. and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool, what makes newt tick? with gingrich campaign advisor bob walker and former gingrich staffer, political analyst rich galen. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. for more than two months, debt committee members have struggled with the complications of public policy and the reality of party politics. by way of good news, they re still talking to each other. we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created to try to find sufficient common ground. i think all 12 members of this committee have really committed to doing that. we re working hard. still, it s hard to figure how they can in the hours left agree on a deal that has s lewded them for months. joining me now, crow chair of the super committee, senator patty murray from washington. thanks for being here at a tough time. there are multipl
strike. thousands of public employees say they ll walk off their jobs this week as parliament prepares to vote on yet another round of austerity measures. wrnss in yemen s capital say government troops killed at least five people when they opened fire on pro democracy demonstrators. sunday s violence left eight dead and more than 50 wounded. the surge in violence is blamed on al qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. a revolutionary forces commander was killed in sirte in the front line on sunday. many fear the anti-gadhafi fighters are losing the earlier momentum in the battle for moammar gadhafi s birthplace. those are the headlines from cnn, i m zain verjee. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i m charles hodgson. this is world business today. the top stories on monday, october 17th. stocks rise as investors pin their hopes on a solution to europe s dead woes. a crisis of olympic proportions, how the 2004 athens games put greece on the
it is tempting. you could be president. that s big. that sounds like someone is dabbling, that s for sure. there is a big speech at the reagan presidential library tonight. republican fund-raisers across the country this week and word from friend and the former new jersey governor tom keane that christie is now seriously considering a late entry into the gop race. here is tonight s truth. he isn t running. and while he s listening closely, very closely, to friends and fund-raisers begging him to reconsider, the best bet is that governor christie stays on the sidelines. why? well, for starters, the governor s greatest strength as a politician is he s viewed as a straight shooter, a guy who calls it like he sees it. and this is how he sees himself. i don t feel like i m ready to be president. i don t want to run for president. i don t have the fire in the belly to run for president. so i say take the governor at his word, especially when he adds this. you know, short
running. it would be wiser just to sit back. he s got some time. but, look, it is chaotic in there. there say lot of people. it is cementing. y you could be president. that s big. that sounds like someone is dabbling, that s for sure. there is a big speech at the reagan presidential library tonight. republican fund-raisers across the country this week and word from friend and the former new jersey governor tom kean that christie is now seriously considering a late entry into the gop race. here is tonight s truth. he isn t running. and while he s listening closely, very closely, to friends and fund-raisers begging him to reconsider, the best bet is that governor christie stays on the sidelines. why? well, for starters, the governor s greatest strength as a politician is he s viewed as a straight shooter, a guy who calls it like he sees it. and this is how he sees himself. i don t feel like i m ready to be president. i don t want to run for president. i don t have the f
embassy in afghanistan in kabul. two dead, one an american citizen. monitoring the situation from our bureau in abu dhabi. an apparent breach of security inside a heavily guarded complex in kabul. what do we know about it. reporter: bear in mind where this was. this was a part of the u.s. embassy compound and annex will many are working. one of the employees started shooting in various directions. he was later shot dead. his victims appeared to have been one u.s. citizen, also an embassy employee and another one injured, not life threatening and subsequently moved to hospital. has we don t know is why this happened. could it have been some kind of taliban plot? unclear. investigations are ongoing. or a personal dispute. how did this afghan get through security and carry this out? many questions but certainly a significant breach of security right in the heart of kabul s most secure area, ali. it s not the first time. we saw this attack a little while ago. hats going on wi