michigan. we have serious things to talk about. what? we ve jumped to shark. it s official. no, this is like, you know, the red hour like you used to wear the victory scarf. the space cowboys called the race and we will put on our bandanas from now to the rest of the primary season. it seems to me, karl i know nobody is paying attention to what we are saying. but it seems to me mitt romney, and the tax plan, it gives him something to talk about, something to sink his teeth into. gave him a topic for the end of the which, which is good. he could have done better had he not had his speech to the detroit economic club where he rolled it out, the 300 people in a 65,000 seat stadium. but it was good to have a tax and a spending cut plan to roll out and talk about. let s talk about rack san. what is his play now?
grandmothers, grandfathers they re all standing in the same spot. it was like ridiculous. wasn t no need to do it. they weren t doing anything but talking. they were hitting with bottles and rocks and had no choice to fire tear gas. they did it five times. each time the number of protesters went down. 200 lingered until 11:00 at night. covering their faces with bandanas to protect themselves from tear gas. in atlanta clergy was talking to protesters and following through on threat of arrests after those in camp for a few weeks refused to leave. at 1:30 this morning park was cleared to everything from s.w.a.t. teams to police on horseback. protesters are promising to return. the mayor is promising more arrests which the protesters say is no big deal. i will obey the police. you will obey the police. you will leave? i have people that i take care of. i have a job that i go to daily. i have a business that i run. i mean personally can not afford to go to jail.
the attack and what it means to them professionally as well as personally, t.j. all right. also a reminder on this day as well, suzanne, of what they are fighting for. there was an attack in eastern afghanistan. tell us about that. reporter: you re right, because there s a certain sense of anxiety, anticipation, what to expect today, if there was going to be retaliation. it happened on the eve of september 11th. it was just last night about 5:30 local time. we are told it happened about 60 miles west where we are. it was a combat outpost, a truck bomb that exploded, two afghan civilians were killed. there were a lost injuries, t.j., you re talking about 77 from the international coalition, about 25 afghan civilians. mostly minor injuries but nevertheless, a lost people involved in this. we had an opportunity to talk to general john allen. set head of the u.s. and nato mission here in afghanistan. it was an exclusive interview. he told us what he believes this attack means
plus, a man who suffered a debilitating disease and his mom has to read things to him out loud. first, news about the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and what they are still doing to us ten years later. in new york when the twin towers fell, thousands of men and women raced to the pile to dig for survivors. many of the rescue workers blame the dust and debris for the breathing problems and cancer. i have been investigating this for several months. it is controversial. a new study out says the cancer link is real. at least for firefighters. other patients say that could be the tip of the iceberg. ernie valabona is a former vice cop with the new york city police department. these partners arrived at ground zero within minutes of the collapse. we were watching the teams of firefighters going in with their tools and packs. they would disappear. from the distance i am to you? where your hand, your partner would disappear. i had to grab on to him. i had to hold on to the hood of
else from the cnn team and other networks from around the world who gathered over the last few weeks to report on the libya story from the rixos hotel, that last bash of pro-gadhafi control in the libyan capital, they are now free. they are driving through the streets of tripoli headed to a safer location. they were running out of food, they were running out of water. hopefully well, hopefully they ll be able to have a regular meal, call their loved ones, have a glass of water, take a shower, and just relax, but it was an absolutely traumatic experience. so along with suzanne malveaux as we broadcast to our viewers around the world. obviously, this is a very significant development. i mean, a great sigh of relief. you and i have been talking to matthew chance for days now. you could really tell how very tense the situation was, how difficult that was for him and the other journalists, just the fact we were not really able to share the full story and matthew was not able t