we ll tell you how bad it will get and where. but we begin with that breaking news out of afghanistan. a suicide bomb attack in kabul today has killed at least 13 american troops. a suicide bomber targeted the nato convoy in the center of afghanistan kaeps capital city. nick, whis nato saying about th? 13 u.s. service members killed on this attack on a nato convoy. it appears that a suicide bomber driving a vehicle ladened with explosives ran into this nato convoy, pretty close to the center of kabul. this should be one of the safest areas of afghanistan. but this casualty toll, making this one of the worst attacks since the august crash of a chinook carrying forces to hit a nato campaign so far this year. alina. and this is the deadliest attack on troops since a helicopter crash in august, including one that killed 22 navy s.e.a.l.s. these other attacks happened around the country in what appeared to but a flurry directs towards nato and afghan security forces in the c
u.s. oil companies, are raking in near record profits, so why are they still getting huge taxpayer subsidies? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. he skipped the last presidential debate and sidelined himself in iowa saying he wants to focus on the first of the nation s primary state. jon huntsman is betting almost everything on new hampshire, but is trail ng the state while romney is enjoying a substantial lead and now, huntsman is joining some of romney s sharpest critics in questioning romney s conservative credentials. jon huntsman is joining us now from salt lake city. thanks very much for coming in. thank you, wolf. an honor to be with you. george will, the conservative columnist writing in an upcoming edition of the washington post says this about mitt romney. he says you agree with george will on that? those are pretty tough words, wolf. all i can say is this is the time when this nation wants leadership. we ve been looking for leadership for
the shanghai composite all down this morning. the major european markets are in the red as well. u.s. futures are down too. the world is waiting to hear the results of the monthly u.s. jobs reports. that comes out at 8:30 a.m. eastern. on the weather front, just a few days after irene, the weather radar is getting another big workout. a tropical depression is running loose in the gulf of mexico, and it s heading for the gulf coast, packing lots of rain and lots of wind. cnn s jennifer delgado is keeping watch for us. jennifer, this thing popped up pretty fast, didn t it? yeah. you know, we ve been watching this, really, for the last two days. you re right it did develop quickly. it is still a tropical depression, but we do have tropical warnings in place from pascagoula, mississippi, all the way toward sabine, texas. you re looking at satellite imagery. the winds sustained at 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 45. working into parts of southern louisiana as well as into a
moammar gadhafi s forces bomb the contested port city of misrata. at least five cities, mostly in the eastern part of libya, are under rebel control. a rebel spokesman says the bombings in misrata destroyed six fuel containers and caused a massive fire. joining me now here in washington, nato secretary-general anders fogh rasmussen. thanks so much for being here, mr. secretary-general. appreciate it. you re welcome. do you need, in nato, in this military mission over libya, the return of those low-flying u.s. planes to try to stop some of the ongoing violence from gadhafi? the u.s. already participates which we highly appreciate. not with the low-flying planes. yeah, but the europeans provide a number of very important assets, so in conclusion we have stopped gadhafi in his track. his time is running out. he s more and more isolated. you know, what do you base
libya. moammar gadhafi forces bomb the contested port city of misrata. at least five cities, mostly in the eastern part of libya, are under rebel control. a rebel spokesman says the bombings in misrata destroyed six fuel containers and caused a massive fire. joining me now here in washington, nato secretary-general arrnders fogh rasmuss rasmussen. thanks so much for being here, mr. secretary-general. appreciate it. you re welcome. do you need in nato, in this military mission over libya, the return of those low-flying u.s. planes to try to stop some of the ongoing violence from gadhafi? the u.s. already participates which we highly appreciate. not with the low-flying planes. yeah, but the europeans provide a number of very important assets, so in conclusion we have stopped gadhafi in his track. his time is running out. he s more and more isolated.