a u-haul truck crashed outside the white house. police say it was no accident. plus late night talks at the capitol, are the two sides any closer to a debt limit deal. and sabotage inside russia, kremlin blames ukraine as a group of russian citizens say they did it. good morning, everyone. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with what police are treating as an attempted attack on the president. a u-haul panel truck crashed into a security barrier in la fayette square. the vehicle then backed up and slammed into the barrier again. the driver arrested right away. he faces charges including threatening to kill or harm the president, vice president or a family member. police have not yet released the man s name and there is no word on a motive. video shows park police taking inventory of the truck, packing up evidence including a flag with a swastika. time is running short this morning for the white house and re
bit. of course, newt gingrich at the presidential debates and the rivals, they exchanged jabs, engineer jeers and some jokes last night. even though there had been 723 presidential debates you always get something out of these things. maybe the line of the night. listen to who rick perry decided to compare himself to. there are a lot of people out there, i understand it. a lot of folks who said tim tebow wasn t going to be a very good nfl quarterback and people stood up and said, well, he doesn t have the right throwing mechanisms or he s not playing the game right. and, you know, he won two national championships and that looked pretty good. we re the national champions in job creation back in texas. but i m all ready for the next level. let me tell you, i hope i am the tim tebow of the iowa caucuses. all right, i m going to try to get jim acosta to be honest with me. he s in sioux city, iowa. tell me the truth, jim. when you heard that, what was your reaction when you h
oh, here we go. oh, kyra. what a laugh to start the day. happy monday, peeps. happy monday. [ laughter ] kyra, have a good show. we start off with presidential politics and the two states that will be critical in choosing the new president. the new presidential nominee. mitt romney is considered the heavy favorite. iowa is still up for grabs just 10 weeks before it hosts the nation s first caucuses. gingrich kicking off his day with a town hall. rick santorum holding several meet and greets across the state. both are touting their conservative credentials and seizing on the latest stumbles by herman cain. paul steinhauser has the big picture from washington. shannon travis on the campaign trail in iowa. paul, let s start with you. as romney files to get onto the new hampshire ballot, how strong is his lead? what do you think? very strong in the granite state. about 15 minutes from now, he ll be in concord, the state capital, and make it official there by putting
don t believe me. let your eyes and your ears do the judging. and we must warn you, some of the images you re about to see are quite graphic. for example, remember this? an unarmed man surrounded by troops and executed. [ gunshot ] [ speaking foreign language ]. [ gunshots ] listen to syria s ambassador to the united states explain what s happening. what i am saying is very clear. the government of syria does not approve of this, and we everyone who has who has wrongfully committed a crime will be held accountable. but the video evidence coming out of syria almost daily for six months now suggests otherwise. more troubling images. these of a 13-year-old boy named hamza. his beaten and burned body dumped back at his parents home. this is back in may. in what human rights activists called an act of regime intimidation. now these images from august in houma. shirtless men kneeling and military men kicking and demeaning them. [ speaking foreign language ]. to lis