here he is deflecting criticism about his financial ties to this company, merck, that manufactures this vaccine, where the girls in public schools had to be immunized with. here s his defense. the governor s former chief of staff was the chief lobbyist for this drug company. the drug company gave thousands of dollars in political donations to the governor. and this is just flat-out wrong. the company was merck and it was a $5,000 contribution that i had received from them. i raise about $30 million, and if you re saying that i can be bought for $5,000, i m offended. he wasn t bought for $5,000. how much money did merck give him? merck gave $28,500 to his gubernatorial campaigns, but another $377,000 to the republican governor s association during the time perry was chairman and finance chair. all right, you ve got him.
bought for $5,000, i m offended. not so fast, mr. perry. it turns out merck actually contributed more than $28,000. to governor perry s gubernatorial campaigns. and merck gave whopping $377,000 to the republican governor s association. those donations came while perry was serving as chairman and the top fund-raiser for the group. michael $simpb. he said he was offended by the thought that he could be bought at almost $5,000. are we to conclude that at almost $30,000, he s game? if you look at the big contributions to rick perry, i bodies that $30,000 would be equally offensive. this report that came out questioned from texans for squlits tracks perry s
i m sorry. i will take it from here. have yourself a great day. hello, everyone. the battle ground state is different. the pitch is the same. right now, president obama is trying to pump up support for his jobs bill at north carolina state university in raleigh. since he unveiled the plan in a speech to congress last thursday, he s traveled to virginia, ohio, and now north carolina, promoting its mix of tax cuts, cuts on the wealthy to pay for it. those are fighting words to republicans. but look at this a brand-new cnn/orc poll, show more americans like the jobs act than not. the president also leads in the trust contest. asked whom may trust more to handle our troubled economy? 46 .say mr. obama. 37 .say republicans in congress. more than 7 americans say they re angry about the way things are going. and that could explain, at least one of the outcomes of yesterday s special elections. vacant house seats were up in nevada and new york. the new york seat is in heavily d
an unconscientious motorcyclists was saved. why they risked their own lives to save someone else on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. it s wednesday, september 14th. ali has the day off. he does. tired after that big tea party. bob turner winning the race to fill anthony weiner s vacant congressional seat. it is the first time in nearly a century that a republican has captured the traditionally democratic ninth new york district, and turner did it with an anti-obama campaign. asked by the people of this district to send a message to washington, and i hope they hear it loud and clear. we have been told this is a referendum and we re ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. mary snow is tracking this developing story for us. so did this come as a surprise or did people suspect this was going to happen? the polls leading into the race showed republicans were ahead but clearly the democrat was expected
many are looking at the gop presidential candidates with a fresh eye. did rick perry do anything to damage his status as the frons runner? i ll ask newt gingrich about his performance as well. stand by. he s joining us live. plus, a brazen taliban attack on the united states embassy in afghanistan. some insurgents may still be on the loose now. we have new pictures and information coming from kabul and some top california politicians are trying to figure out what, if anything, is left of their stolen campaign war chest. a well-known democratic campaign treasurer stands accused of swindling more than a million dollars in campaign donations. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. rick perry may have walked away from his second presidential debate feeling battered and bruised. the tea party face off proved to be a very tough test for the texas governor. less than 24 hours after the republican candidate stood on stage with me in tampa, reviews still are coming in about