of that and solidified it in my heart and mindset and for that, i m thankful. by all accounts, all of the officers involved, they all deserve such a huge salute for how they respond and preventing this tragedy even being worse. and given the arsenal they saved countless lives. and a big topic on the campaign trail, and we will look at how the candidate s as are talking about the attack, and brand-new cnn poll that is showing the republican race changing. first, on a much more uplifting note and very much needed these days, cnn heroes, an all star tribute is going to be saluting people who do extraordinary work to make everyday people s lives better. it is extraordinary. take a look. reporter: it is a night of glitz, glamour and giving. cnn here row, an aul ll-star tribute hosted by anderson cooper puts ten everyday people
prime minister allen, the person likely to be inspiring, tammy duckworth, iraq war here row, purple heart, a woman uniquely poised to challenge military spending, to challenge military policy forward in terms of iraq and syria, to be part of the gun control debate in an interesting way that liberals have traditionally not been able to be. and interestingly, in terms of history, part of a wave that i think we are going to see of iraq veterans, afghanistan veteran, veterans coming into congress and changing the conversation of congress. do you think that s the what we are going to see forward? absolutely, new crop of military veterans acre long the lines of the post vietnam era, see folks over there come into the congress. tammy duckworth prominent today in the house of representatives. sitting in the front row during
issues this had the making offing of a political fire storm, kids, sexually transmitted disease and government telling parents how they should protect their own children. the issue, of course is texas governor rick perry s 2007 executive order requiring girls to get vaccinated against human paploma virus, hpv, a virus that can cause cervical answer. that executive order never saw the light of day. perry signed it. two months later, the state legislature turned it over and it died on the vine. despite that fact in the debate michele bachmann tried to paint rick perry as someone who wanted innocent little girls to be held down by the arm of big government and forcibly stuck with needles in their arms. now, after the debate, she s even trying to raise fears that the hpv vaccine can cause mental retardation, something she s repeated on television at least twice already. that is, by all accounts, just flat-out wrong. more on that in a minute. but first bachmann and perry going hea
issues that came up last night in last night s cnn debate, issues this had the making offing of a political fire storm, kids, sexually transmitted disease and government telling parents how they should protect their own children. the issue, of course is texas governor rick perry s 2007 executive order requiring girls to get vaccinated against human paploma virus, hpv, a virus that can cause cervical answer. that executive order never saw the light of day. perry signed it. two months later, the state legislature turned it over and it died on the vine. despite that fact in the debate michele bachmann tried to paint rick perry as someone who wanted innocent little girls to be held down by the arm of big government and forcibly stuck with needles in their arms. now, after the debate, she s even trying to raise fears that the hpv vaccine can cause mental retardation, something she s repeated on television at least twice already. that is, by all accounts, just flat-out wrong. more
the scene in kabul ended almost a full day after it began. six militants were killed after attackers shot at u.s. embassy, nato headquarters and afghan intelligence offices in kabul tuesday. the hours-long fighting that followed killed three afghan police officers and one civilian. the taliban claimed responsibility. the families of two american hikers held in iran for more than two years say they are overjoyed at reports the pair may be freed soon. josh fattal and shane bauer hiked along an unmarked border between iraq and iran. rescuers in southern india have managed to get all the survivors out of two trains that collided southwest of chinai. more than 60 were injured when the two trains collided. authorities say one of the trains smashed into the back of the other. the cause of the accident is under investigation. the latest u.s. census shows that more than 46 million americans were living below the poverty line last year. the nation s poverty rate has risen to 15%, t