we re live on the las vegas strip where in just four hours, the republican hopefuls will face off in a cnn western presidential debate. tonight, herman cain is the candidate to beat. since the last debate one week ago in new hampshire, herman cain has continued to rise in the polls and is now the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. he is joining me now. he s here in the situation room. we re in las vegas. mr. cain, thanks very much for coming in. how does that feel to be called the front-runner running for the nomination? the way it feels is that you got this big bull s eye on your back so that keeps gets bigger. it feels great, but as you know, the challenge is how do we continue that momentum and we believe we know how to do it. they re all going to come after you tonight. i m ready. have you been practicing? what are you doing? what i always do. in other words, i make sure i know where i stand on all the solutions i m putting on the table.
dan wheldon, leaving racing fans in shock and grief. i m wolf blitzer in las vegas, you re in the situation room. we are now in las vegas with the republican hopefuls will face off tomorrow night in the western presidential debate. it comes at a pivotal point in the contest with herman cain now near or at the top of the various polls. but he sparked an uproar over the weekend about a controversial remark about immigration. a very sensitive issue here if nevada. cnn s jim acosta is with us. this is a big one here and in a lot of other states as well herman cain said he made these comments before when he hosted his radio show in atlanta. he is finding out that those remarks can bring in viewers and listeners but may not work as well on a presidential campaign. herm yan cane insists these comments did not cross the line. it ll be 20 feet high. barb wire on the top. it will be electrified. and there is going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. warnin
care reform. that s their jobs plan. it s a taxpayer funded trip. the job debate with congress after all is official business. the president s rival from 2008 these as much more about 2012. the president made these remarks on a tax payer paid for riding in a canadian bus visit for the next three days. plus, rush limbaugh often has unkind things to say about me and this network. so what are we to make of this over the top praise of our fast and furious scandal? john king is calling attention to a huge contradiction. how did the president know about this in march and how did he know the attorney general knew nothing about this in march when the attorney general said the may, he just learned about it a couple weeks ago. while we always appreciate kind words, tonight s truth is that the issue is not as black and white as mr. limbaugh sees it. we ll also talk to the espn rotter who was right there in the pit at the track a few mile north of here when this happened. ope
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it was a worldwide display of sympathy and solidarity with the protesters of occupy wall street. most were peaceful, though some arrests were reported. rome got ugly, throngs of peaceful demonstrators fled as anarchists began throwing moltov cocktails. an unknown number of people were hurt. and you see there from the images fires burning, including our government building in one case. shop windows were smashed, riot police moved in. occupy participants were upset by the outbreak of the violence saying their demonstration was hijacked. here in the united states, prosecutors call it a first of its kind indictment charging a bishop and a catholic diocese for failing to report suspected child abuse. bishop robert thin in st. joseph, missouri, deny the offense which is a misdemeanor. the jackson county prosecutor says finn did not report for five months that a priest in his charge had child pornography. and among the more off beat stories, a mcdonald s employee in new york city