with fredricka whitfield. have a great day. the cnn presidential debate, tempers flair and we ll talk more on that. this morning after we re tallying the fight cards of the most tested debate of the election season. jim acosta is in las vegas where the candidates anted up and they threw down. jim, all must be nursing some bruises after that throw down. any winners? there were some winners and some losers and i think you re going to see in this piece we are talking about. this was, as a lot of people are calling it, fight night here on the vegas strip. for weeks mitt romney cruised through debate after debate and letting other top tier candidates take all of the abuse but that all came to an end in last night s cnn debate. anderson, you say that you knew you had illegal reporter: it was a wild west shootout on the las vegas strip and at times it felt like rick perry s last stand with an urgent strategy to take down mitt romney. you hired illegals in your home and
amanda knox is now back home here in seattle after spending nearly four years in an italian prison. she was released after appealing her murder conviction. but she remains haunted by the nightmare that began to unfold when she was just a young student. amanda knox was going into her junior year of college. her mother etta recalls amanda the fresh-faced 20-year-old intent on adventure. she was going to study an broutd, going into college somewhere. she didn t know where yet. amanda would decide on perugia,ity la. her sister deanna remembers when she moved into this house which she shared with three other girls, two italians and one british constituent named meredith kercher. why was she so set on that apartment. i think it s because of the people really. it was close to the college and her roommates are the sweetest people in the world. but after only six weeks in italy, on the night of november 1st, 2007, amanda s overseas adventure would take a bizarre turn. am
zandi and veteran political journalist ron brownstein of the national journal and peter baker of the new york times. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. herman cain and michele bachmann were on this show the day after the iowa straw poll in august. she won, he was fifth, but unbowed. this campaign has encouraged and our momentum continues to grow. reporter: in an august quinnipiac poll, bachmann ranked third among republicans with 12%. cain just 5%. now in a cbs news poll of republican primary voters she sits between ron paul and rick santorum with 4%. he s tied for first with mitt romney. herman cain is big-league now soaking up the limelight on the view and the tonight show promoting his book this is herman cain. still, in the universe of 2012 politics getting to the top and staying there are wholly different things. with me now, republican presidential candidate herman cain. thanks for finding time for us between the view and the tonig
for being a mormon. shortly after producing perry to the crowd of social conservatives texas pastor said they shouldn t select mitt romney because he s mormon, a religion the pastor described as a cult. later cnn political correspondent jim acosta asked the pastor how he responds to voters who insist that romney s religion shouldn t be an issue. here is what he said. the southern baptist convention, which is the largest protestant denomination in the world has officially labeled mormonism as a cult. i think mitt romney is a good moral man. but i think those are us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. political activist bill bennett responded to the pastor s comments today. take a listen. i would say to the pastor, you stepped on and obscured the words of perry and santorum and cain and bachmann and everyone else who has spoken here. you did rick perry no good, sir, in what you ha
balance between public safety and free speech. susan candiotti reports on it now. reporter: marching around manhattan s financial district, protesters are baiting the drama against corporate greed, now in its fourth week, occupy wall street is creating a delicate balancing act for police between free speech and public safety. as long as these demonstrations go forward, we re going to do everything we can to see to it that they are done peacefully and in an orderly fashion. reporter: but unlike most new york protests, 600 each year in lower manhattan alone, occupy wall street isn t applying for permits. police say it s created a communication gap. we have nobody identified as a leader who we can communicate to. in a normal process, we talk to the leadership, sit down. there s a permit that s issued. we know the route of the march that people are going to tyke. reporter: the majority of marches are peaceful but there has been trouble, use of pepper spray, swinging bat