it is amazing to look at that polling over time. i graphed that today for the first time to say, what s happened over, say, the past year? because mitt romney has been running for president for roughly five years. we knew he was going to do this. to see him at 23% a year ago and 23% a year now with just a little wiggle in the middle of it, other than that essentially flatlining, he has a ceiling in terms of his support. is there any way for him to break through the ceiling and make rush limbaugh stop talking smack about him and get republicans more excited about his candidacy? if is, he hasn t found it. there s not enough time left for him to invent yet another political persona for himself. right? so he can t become this sort of rick perry without the drawl and with some debating skills overnight. he can t become chris christie overnight. he s mitt romney and his record
malveaux. the u.s. says opening korean markets to american automakers and farmers will create 280,000 jobs. more next hour when president obama and lee hold a news conference at the white house and you ll see it live here on cn this. in libya today, the battle for sirte has come down to a few streets. [ gunfire ] sirte is among the last towns to keep fighting for muammar gadhafi, the former libyan ruler. it s his tribal home and fiercely loyal. it will declare them liberated once it declares all of sirte. our dan rivers is there. reporter: like the troops we re with, we try to stay out of the line of fire. sometimes the bullets come out of nowhere. comfortably close, even battle hardened soldiers flinch sometimes. libyan fighters claim they have captured one of gadhafi s sons in sirte. that has not been confirmed. such reports have been wrong in the past. and freed american hikers shane bower and josh fattal will meet with secretary of state hillary clinton this a
reporter: there are about 250 people in the audience and they are all selected by linkedin. we re told that they are either linkedin employees or members of linkedin who submitted questions and all those questions were chosen by linkedin itself. some of them will be asked by audience members and some of them will be asked by the ceo of linkedin who will be there with the president. jessica, we know that obviously mr. obama, he relied quite a bit on social media and turned to social media quite a bit in 2008. is this a sign do you think he s planning to do the same thing for 2012? absolutely. that s one of the tricks of campaigning these days. he ll be doing it but the difference is this time around so will the other guys. so he doesn t necessarily have the only advantage he has an advantage but not the only one. the other piece of it is fund-raising. as you mentioned, he had four fund-raisers yesterday. he told people to shake off the d doldrums, don t give up. they h
palestinian spring, the time for independence. but up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today, a textbook example of playing it safe. our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. my friend, governor perry, said if you don t agree with his position on giving that in-state tuition to illegals, that you don t have a heart. i think if you re opposed to illegal immigration, it doesn t mean that you don t have a heart. it means that you have a heart and a brain. those competing speeches to a conservative political gathering continued. the immigration dividing line that was on display in last night s latest feisty republican presidential debate. governor perry s immigration views, opposition to a border fence, support for in-state tuition breaks for the children of illegal immigrants, are anathema to many conserva
called now the arab spring, the time has come also for the palestinian spring. the time for independence. up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today. a textbook example of playing it safe. our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. my friend governor perry said if you don t agree with his position giving in-state tuition to illegals, that you don t have a heart. i think if you re opposed to illegal immigration, it doesn t mean that you don t have a heart. it means that you have a heart and a brain. those competing speeches to a conservative political gathering continued. the immigration dividing line that was on display in last night s latest feisty republican presidential debate. governor perry s immigration views, opposition to a border fence, support for in-state tuition breaks for the children of ille