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with fredricka whitfield. have a great day. the cnn presidential debate, tempers flair and we ll talk more on that. this morning after we re tallying the fight cards of the most tested debate of the election season. jim acosta is in las vegas where the candidates anted up and they threw down. jim, all must be nursing some bruises after that throw down. any winners? there were some winners and some losers and i think you re going to see in this piece we are talking about. this was, as a lot of people are calling it, fight night here on the vegas strip. for weeks mitt romney cruised through debate after debate and letting other top tier candidates take all of the abuse but that all came to an end in last night s cnn debate. anderson, you say that you knew you had illegal reporter: it was a wild west shootout on the las vegas strip and at times it felt like rick perry s last stand with an urgent strategy to take down mitt romney. you hired illegals in your home and
wednesday, october 19th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m christine romans joining you live from new york. all right. the presidential candidates, the republican hopefuls declaring victory or licking their wounds this morning. all except jon huntsman took the gloves off last night at the debate in las vegas hosted by cnn. this was perhaps the most heated of the five debates held in the past six weeks. much of the focus on the three front-runners, romney, perry and cain. a heated exchange between romney and a very assertive perry. they re coming here because there s a magnet, and the magnet is called jobs. and those people that hire illegals ought to be penalized. and mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals in your home, and you knew about it for a year. and the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you re strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy. governor romney? rick, i don t think i v
you get 60 seconds and you get 30 seconds to respond. would you please wait? are you just going to keep talking. let me finish what i m saying. boy, you know what it was? it was illegal immigration that sparked that conversation. rick perry s numbers dropped. the governor tried to throw the issue back at mitt romney last night. mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals, in your home, and you knew about it for a year. and the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you re strong on immigration, is on its face the height of hypocrisy. maybe we needed these guys to jump in the middle. joining us live from las vegas, juan carlos lopez, a correspondent with cnn in espanol, and senior political editor mr. mark preston. 60% of the spanish voters supported candidate obama. juan carlos, the hispanic vote no doubt is a key swing vote. cain made the comment about electrified fence that he got in so much trouble for. are they