president obama s dramatic change in immigration policy has most latino groups cheering and other groups chafing. they will not only stop deporting young immigrants, they will make those under 30 eligible for work permits. might call it the back door dream act, using executive power to do something congress considered but haven t passed because of conservative opposition. this is not amnesty, this is not immunity. this is not a path to citizenship. it s not a permanent fix. this is a temporary measure that let s us focus resources wisely while giving a degree of relief and hope to talented, driven, patriotic young people. the administration insists it has the legal power to set deportation priorities. as someone who is charged with enforcing the immigration system, we re setting good, strong, sensible priorities, and again, these young people really are not the individuals that immigration removal process was designed to focus upon. that s where the fight is. some con
who might have helped pay for the ads, people who work for the company the obama camp is hammering. that would be bain capital. and a terrifying discovery. radiation from the meltdown of a nuclear power plant actually built into the foundation of an apartment building. wolf blitzer s off today, i m gloria borger, and you re in the situation room. and it could happen any minute now. a suspect finally charged in the disappearance of etan patz. exactly 33 years ago today, the 6-year-old vanished launching a national campaign to find and protect missing children. the suspect pedro hernandez allegedly has confessed to killing etan, but there are many nagging questions still out there. such as what was the motive? did police miss clues for decades? and could they have gotten it wrong now? our national correspondent susan canada yac candiotti is outside the district attorney s office in new york. susan, hernandez is going to be arraigned from his hospital bed? reporter: well
is unacceptable. the left is ratcheting up the rhetoric. this november we re going to remember. how you threw women under the bus. but is the argument backfiring? the real war on women has been the job losses as a result of the obama economy. the american people are smarter than that and women are smarter than that. 2012 is no 2008 when president obama handily won the women s vote. this week two polls showed president obama and his republican rival inches apart. a gallup poll looks a lot like 2008 with the president leading romney by nine points among women. but the shocker came from a cbs/ new york times poll with romney holding a slight edge over mr. obama. joining me now are hillary rosen, a cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and margaret hoover, a republican consultant, cnn political contributor, and the great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. margaret, who was born in my home state of iowa, a hero to iowans. margaret, for months d
stopped an ambitious al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counter terrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. just like that bomb, there one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten passed airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this throughout the day
al qaeda plot to blow up a passenger jet bound for the united states. a u.s. counterterrorism official tells cnn the explosive device is similar to the one used by the would-be underwear bomber. you may recall that on christmas day 2009. just like that bomb, this one did not contain metal, which raises real questions about whether it could have gotten past airport security. as of yet, the person who had developed that bomb had not yet bought a ticket. here s defense secretary, leon panetta. what this incident makes clear is that this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country and we will do everything necessary to keep america safe. fran townsend is cnn s national security contributor, a member of both the dhs and cia external advisory boards. chad sweet is a former dhs and cia official, also the cofounder of the chertoff group, a global security firm. good to see both of you. fran, i know you ve been reporting on this