presidential election. the caucuses aren t until it s winter, until snow on the ground. at least it s been entertaining. up first texas governor rick perry on the attack in new hampshire. hit the ground running and hitting president obama hard calling his handling of the economy a disaster. he s not backing down from his verbal assault in iowa this week on fed chairman ben bernanke. here s what governor perry said. if this guy prints more money, between now and the election, i don t know what you all would do to him in iowa, but we d we would treat him pretty ugly down in texas. i mean, printing more money, to play politics at this particular time in american history, is almost treasonous in my opinion. this morning, governor perry is headlining the politics and eggs breakfast in new hampshire. cnn senior political editor mark preston is covering that event and joins us live from bedford. the texas governor, i m telling you he s backing up his comments about berna
that republicans have not gotten the job done and adding, and i m quoting him now, i m not going to blame myself. on health care and taxes, the president specifically blamed democrats, calling them terrible on policy but good at being obstructionists. also breaking, a top north korean official tells cnn that kim jong-un s regime is committed to developing a long-range missile that could hit the u.s. east coast. the same official went on to say that until north korea develops both defensive and offensive capacity with nuclear weapons, it isn t really interested in diplomacy with the united states. we have a lot to discuss with democratic congressman john garamendi. he s a member of the armed services committee. and our correspondents, analysts and specialists, they will have coverage of the day s top stories. let s begin with our white house correspondent sara murray in the hastily arranged news conference ins rose garden over at the white house. the president certainty had a lot to s