what they believe, and what they value. central to america s rise is our judea christian tradition with the vision of the traditions and polktds of every human life. the american culture promoted personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the preeminence of family, t family. the power of these values, this culture, is according to a recent brookings institution statement from rick santorum. for those who graduate. get a job and marry before their first child, the probability that they ll be poor is 2%. but if those things are absent, 76% will be poor. culture. what you believe, what you value, how you live matters. now, as fundamental as these principles are, they may become topics of democratic debates from time to time, so it is today with the enduring institution of marriage. marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. [ applause ] the protection
soledad. you look gorgeous. you like the hair. you satisfy. it s all about the hair at the end of the day. see you guys. it could be the end of the fen year war. leon panetta says there is a new goal, end come bad and switch the role of u.s. and nato troops from fighting and training. presidential candidates already weighing in. mitt romney s trashing the plan. the chairman of the house armed services committee calls it premature. we re going to talk about that? just a second. first barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, we ve got about 89,000 boots on the ground in afghanistan. let s talk about what this would mean for them. you know, kyra, good morning. this will mean they goin get some clear signals about when they will be coming home. that s important to so many military families. but let s go back to what you just said. you put it exactly right. it is a goal now that leon panetta is talking about to transition from combat to training the afghans by the end of
reporting. it is a virtual tie between rick santorum and mitt romney. we ve already heard from ron paul. he s coming in third. newt gingrich, we heard from him. he s coming in fourth. we heard from rick perry, a dramatic change. the texas governor not going to south carolina. as he originally anticipated. he s going back to texas to reassess whether he should continue in this campaign. michele bachmann, we heard from her. she says even though she s come in a very, very disappointing 5%, virtually last, she says she s going to continue. we ll see if she does. jon huntsman didn t really campaign in iowa, he s campaigning in new hampshire. he s not dropping out. a dramatic night, indeed. it doesn t get much closer than this. let s go over to cnn s john king over at the magic wall. first of all, john, rick perry, i think it s fair to say, all but announcing it s over for him. he said he was going back to texas to reassess. he s going to sit down with the team, look at the polls
investigation of rupert murdoch s media empire as the company pays a new price for its phone hacking scandal. could a massive probe now under way in britain happen here in the united states? and the obama money-maybing machine. who s behind the cash and can the republicans compete? president obama and the congressional leadership are under enormous pressure right now, about 40 minutes into their latest round of debt crisis talks. they haveless than three weeks until the deadline to raise the legal limit on the federal debt. and by all accounts, they re still very far apart. what if anything emerges from this meeting? consider the very dire warnings from the chairman of the federal reserve. ben bernanke using very strong words today, telling congress that the global financial system would be thrown into enormous disarray. that s a direct quote, if the u.s. treasury is deadbeat on its debt. ff we went so far as to default on the debt, it would be a major crisis. the treasur
rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. let s just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they are becoming more tense, more heated, more testy, the closer we get to the deadline. you know the date by now, august 2nd. august 2nd, a potential default of the u.s. treasury if congress will not approve more borrowing. joining me now from the u.s. capitol building is congressman paul brown, republican of georgia. congressman brown, nice to see you. good to have you on. it s nice to be with you. i don t believe the august 2nd deadline frankly, and we don t default even if we pass the august 2