At the huntsman headquarters here in manchester. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. i d say third place is a ticket to ride, ladies and gentlemen! gentlemen! [cheers]. hello, south carolina. ladies and gentlemen, we are here tonight because of you. we ve got the greatest volunteers, the greatest organizers this state has ever seen, give yourselves a hand (applause). and we proved the point that this state wants its candidates to earn it the old-fashioned way, that s on the ground, handshake by handshake, confrontation by confrontation, vote by vote, we got it done, ladies and gentlem gentlemen. (cheers). and you know what else we got
Field. among republicans, perry gets 27% of the vote with romney at 14%. sarah palin, rudy giuliani, who are not even declared candidates yet, are third and fourth. gentlem gentlemen, thank you for joining me. congressman, i ll start with you. debate circuit coming up. five debates, six weeks. the first appearance that the texas governor makes will be at the nbc political debate september 7th. rick perry s arguably had more gaps on the campaign trail than any other candidate so far. does he hang himself from this one? he s got the most approved. he s got the front runner status right now, which is not unexpected given that he just announced. this is the first time he ll be called to account by the national media with a national audience about certain things he s written in his book, controversial things involves social security, some of his comments involving immigration
Credibility on financial issues, about jobs in the economy, about reliability, you know, he s a turnaround artist. he s done it with the olympics. he s done it with the state of massachusetts. he s done it in the private sector. that s going to be his strong suit. he says this is my wheelhouse. in a way, seeing the perry boost, the question is over time whether perry, his temperament and his positions wear as well as romney does. romney s going to count on him tempermently being more attractive because he s the person who can attract crossover votes and be the best person to win in november. gentlemen, thank you so much. do appreciate your time. to the tweet of the day. we didn t go far for this one. it comes from nbc late-night host jimmy fallon. dick cheney said his moment worry will have heads exploding, especially if you read it while you re on a hunting trip with dick cheney.
attending the proceeding while locked inside a courtroom cage. the former president is accused of ordering the killing of hundreds of anti-government protesters during mass demonstrations earlier this year. you re looking at live pictures of hosni mubarak right now. this is an incredible moment. the idea of a hosni mubarak trial, this really marks a new moment in arab history, seeing him there standing trial for murder and corruption charges and being held in a cage. mohammed jom joon joins us right now. what will be the reaction in eye row. reporter: shock and utter disbelief for the people we re speaking with. they just can t believe that former president mubarak is actually in that krool, he s there with his two sons. we ve seen the leader on state tv. he came in on a stretcher with an id, apparently with an oxygen mask on as well. we can t understand how historic this is. it s a moment that most egyptians we spoke with the last few days just didn t believe would be po
veterans group there at pennsylvania avenue being briefed on what could happen to their ranks if the debt ceiling is not raised. also cnn is learning some states making contingency plans. california specifically taking out a temporary $5 billion loan just to help pay its bills in case congress fails to act and turmoil in the credit market makes it difficult to borrow money after august 2nd. take a walk with me. i want to look at what exactly is proposed here. we have two different plans, two different bills on the table. one from democratic leader, senate majority leader harry reid, speaker of the house boehner there. here we go. first up, as we mentioned before, look, they definitely have similarities. first of all, both of them would cut spending. also neither plan would raise taxes. but there is one really huge difference we need to highlight. the reid plan would raise the debt ceiling beyond next year s presidential election, but the boehner plan here would raise the debt