quote, murder their son. this former u.s. marine has apparently been sentenced to death by an iranian court. iran s state-run news agencies say he was convicted of working for an enemy country and during trial he confessed to the motivation behind his efforts to infiltrate iran s intelligent system as a cia agent. the cia referred us to the white house, which along with the state department, calls on the iranians to give him access to legal council and we consider the charges are a fabrication and he ought to be released. the family previously said all he had was a government-appointed lawyer. asked by cnn about his sentencing, his family in michigan would not go on am are but in a statement, his mother said they are terrified by the news. the family denied that amir is a spy and said that his very life is being exploited for political gain. could someone come down quickly and talk to us? thanks. the iranian intersection here in
air time for them. candidates like newt gingrich and herman cain spiked in the polls following their debate performances and news organizations have been getting big ratings from many of these debates suggesting there s an ongoing appetite for them. anyway, here s the question how would you reform the political debate process? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and go to my blog page. let the free process go forward. if people like those debates and if they re interesting and they are, let them have all the debates they want. the more the herier. that s just me, jack, as far as i m concerned. but you re opinion matters. you re one of the foremost political debate moderators in this land. i moderating those debates. i know you do and you do a good job. they always learn a little bit more about the candidates and they get more informed about what s going on so that s good. i say the more merrier.
beans, wolf. this has been a good administration. it s getting better every day. the economic numbers are looking better. i really do believe that secretary clinton is going to be a continue to be a plus, plus for this administration, of course, for the united states of america. guys, all of you know and a lot of our viewers know as well, we did lose a very good friend of all of ours, a friend of the situation room, the political strategist and commentator, tony blankley died of stomach cancer. he was a frequent guest on our program and cnn. a spooich writer for president reagan and former press secretary for newt gingrich when he was speaker and he s survived by his wife and three children. he was here in the situation room sharing his views on republican politics a couple of weeks ago. talking about negative campaigning, if you don t have a strong positive piece of your
detectors. go to my blog, cnn.com/cafferty file or through our post on the situation room facebook page. i almost fell out of my chair. we need you strong. the race for second place in new hampshire. why ron paul may be the biggest challenger to mitt romney right now. we re counting down to tomorrow s primary. t make workig and going to school work. it was not until the university of phoenix that i was able to work full-time, be a mom, and go to school. the opportunits that i had at the university of phoenix, dealing wh profesonals teaching things that they were doing every day, got me to where i am today. i m mayor cherie wood, i m responsible for the largest urban renewal project in utah, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] find your program at phoenix.edu.
is spending millions of dollars to flood the airwaves with anti-romney attack ads. is this payback time for newt gingrich? i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. president obama dropped a bit of a bombshell a little while ago in an unscheduled appearance announcing bill daily is stepping down after just a year. he ll. replaced by the budget director, jack lou. here s jessica yellin. she s working the story for us. jessica, what s going on over here? well, wolf, first of all the president actually said that bill daley wants to spend more time with his family. let s listen to part of what the president had to say and then we ll talk about it a little bit on the back end. here s the president. obviously, this was not easy news to hear. and i didn t accept bill s decision right away. in fact, i asked him to take a couple of days to make sure that he was sure about this. but in the end, the pull of the hometown, we both love. a city that s been synonymous with