they don t talk to me about the john birch society. they don t talk about any of this stuff except what are you doing about creating jobs? that means pushing the president s jobs program. it means pushing our bipartisan china currency bill. there s a paper company in john boehner s district in butler county, ohio north of cincinnati that announced that they were likely going to close again because of china currency and the advantage that china s cheating that 25% subsidy by and large they get when they sell into our markets and compete unfairly. that s why i m organizing all over the state and all over the country at sherrodbrown.com saying to republicans, the republican leaders, get back on jobs, focus on jobs. if the president keeps doing this, we ll win this debate and the republicans not only forget about the election in 13 months, but the republicans might actually do something like they did on china currency. we got 60 republican votes on that. they might actually do something
against iran in response to an alleged iranian plot to murder saudi arabia s ambassador to the united states. two men have now been charged including an iranian-american. one of the men still at large. attorney general eric holder spells out the charges against them. the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. they re charged with conspiracy to murder a foreign official, conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, and conspiracy to commit an act of international terrorism, among other charges. u.s. officials say the plot never really got off the ground because the two suspects were dealing with u.s. government informant. more now on the events as they unfolded from our foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty. reporter: the united states and the obama administration are treating this as a very big deal. immediately, the treasury department came out and said that it was sanctioning five top people who they say allegedly were conne
called mormons a cult. romney, while not addressing yesterday s controversy, directly told the gathering, quote, poisonous language does not advance our cause, unquote. we have a live interview with pastor robert jeffers in a minute. legendary coach, commissioner and owner al davis died. over the years his oakland raiders won countless championships including three super bowls, and who can forget that saying, just win, baby. goodell says his impact and legacy will forever be part of the nfl. al davis was 82. two days after his death steve jobs was laid to rest in a private funeral. services were held yesterday at an unnamed location. the source says that the funeral was a small, family affair. he died wednesday in california from pancreatic cancer. now, back to that controversy that s overshadowing the values voters summit in washington. prominent baptist pastor robert jeffers who backs republican rick perry told reporters at the event that mitt romney shouldn t be the go
the president is going to very rarely do what he did this weekend and come out directly against the republican field. he doesn t want to engage this early but they say when they find moments like that where they think he can capitalize, he s going to jump in. but i think it also tells us a little about their play book, which is, again, that if this election 2012 is just about jobs, the president is going to have a hard time winning, but if it s also about social security and rick perry s views on that they ve got a better chance. if it s also about what the republican field said or didn t say about a gay soldier, that s going to cloud it a little bit and not just keep the focus on jobs. they re going to try to add these issues as quickly as possible. gregg: ed henry, thank you very much. martha: a pickup truck, slamming into the side of a house. how this happened. we ll show you after the break. plus, the emergency room doctor who officially declared michael jackson said is on the st
the accused ft. hood attacker, u.s. major anadal hasan and three 9/11 hijackers and faisal shahzad. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. awlaki was the leader of external operations for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. in that role he took the lead in planning and directing efforts to murder innocent americans. reporter: for more on awlaki, the al qaeda off shoot he represented and where we go from here, i want to bring in cnn s international correspondent nic robertson. nic, this was a huge development. why was awlaki such a threat and a priority for the snus. he was an intellectual. he was smart. he was well educated. he knew how to sort of manipulate his audience and the one thing that he had that al qaeda really wanted was a way to communicate the potential recruits in the west. he spoke english and he spoke it with a charisma and a meaning that drew in radicals or potential radicals towards al qaeda. and really that