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they re acting as though it s today. is there any news in the last 50 or so minutes since we last spoke? reporter: since we last spoke, that impromptu meeting you and i were talking about between a bipartisan group of members of the super committee, that has broken p up. as members were leaving, senator max baucuss, facing a mass of reporters, the only way to describe it, he actually mentioned that there s possibly a new tax idea being floated possibly by senator john kerry. as you and i talked, this meeting was described by one aide earlier as kind of a hail mary pass to see if they could pull anything off in this 11th hour. unclear what the details are of this tax idea, but i will tell you that it does seem that it possibly could be a long shot as one gop leadership aide has already speaking to my colleague deidre walsh on this tax idea said, at the 11th hour senator kerry offered a new gimmick, in this person s word, to get to the democrats same trillion dollar tax hike
university sports program. a coach is faced on leave and we will hear from a friend of the accuser. it s called 821. you probably haven t heard about it. a united nations development program has become a code word for conservatives and newt gingrich is taking full advantage. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, herman cain. he certainly has become the first of the 2012 republican presidential candidates to get protection from the secret service. there are some questions about the timing and reasons why. herman cain himself is due to meet with reporters live this hour. we will hear the q&a. we will go to joe johns looking into this story. what do we know? reporter: cain is the first to get this protection but not going to be the last. we all know that. frankly it is to be expected, doing well in the polls and qualifies as a major candidate. when and why certain presidential candidates get secret service protection may seem like a big mystery. it s n