we re talking about the occupy wall street movement, now in its sixth week in cities across the country. large crowds have taken to the streets in philadelphia and boston and elsewhere. they re protesting income inequality and the lack of jobs. last week, herman cain said those fired up over america s economic troubles had no one to blame but themselves. here s what he told the wall street journal . don t blame wall street. don t blame the big banks. if you don t have a job and you re not rich, blame yourself! then this past weekend, cain fired another shot at the protesters on cbs face the nation. watch. my parents never said that we hope that the rich people lose something so we can get something. no! my dad s idea was, i want to work hard enough so i can buy a cadillac, not take somebody else s. but, listen. now cain is tweaking his message and saying the protesters should be blaming someone. the wohite house. here s what he said last night during the bloomberg
developed. it starts with, lun like your proposals, stathrowing out the code. it is not going to boost the economy. this is why we developed 9-9-9. 9% business tax, 9% income tax and 9% sales tax and it will pass, senator because the american people want it to pass. one thing i want to say is when you take the 9-9-9 plan and you turn it upside down, i think the devil s in the details. unlike her man s plan which could not pass. how many people are for a sales tax in new hampshire. raise your hand. there you go. that s how many you will get in new hampshire. a critical event for rick perry. two shaky debate showings and the texas governor needed a strong showing and mitt romney is the front runner which made him a punching bag as well. hours before the debate he won the endorsement of governor chris eichenla chris cyst. i have several guests joining me. gloria, let s start making the top tier means you catch harpoons, herman cain in the cross hairs, defending 9-9-9.
really do. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re following new developments in the alleged iranian terror plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. among the latest, the u.s. has slapped sanctions on an iranian airline it says provided materials support for the plot. in tehran, the foreign ministry is protesting the allegations to a swiss diplomat in tehran. switzerland represents the two countrie countries. saudi officials are blasting iran over the plot. prince turkey, the former saudi intelligence chief, the former chief in washington warning, i m quoting, someone in iran is going to have to pay the price. we re also digging deeper into the american citizen charged in the case. lisa siylvester has been investigating. the 56-year-old is the man investigators say is at the center of this plot and authorities are describing him as ruthless, unconcerned about killing innocent people, but his closest
i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we re also awaiting a statement by the secretary of state hillary clinton. she s about to make a statement on all of the breaking news. an alleged terror plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the united states. the justice department says iranian agents were seeking help from a purported mexican drug cartel to carry out the killing and the fbi and the dea busted the plot wide open. the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, gave details just a little while ago. today the department of justice is announcing charges against two people who allegedly attempted to carry out a deadly plot that was directed by factions of the iranian government to assassinate a foreign ambassador here in the united states. mansor arbabsiar, a naturalized citizen who holds an iranian passport and was arrested last month in new york is accused of working with members of an arm of the iranian revolutionary guard corps to devise an i
it s one of the u.s. military s most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now there s new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. they re infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? right now, officials don t know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped the pilots from actually flying the drones over their missions in places like afghanistan. but right now, they are in the midst of an investigation to find out if any secret data is being transmitted outside because of this virus. they ve become one of the linchpins of u.s. military power in war zones around the world. but a defense official confirms these drones are now flying while infected with a computer virus. military officials are more confused than panicked by this virus. noah sha