the marina. this is stellar reporting on your part for tracking down that boat and three members of that family that are now officially fugitives of american justice. have you seen, or is it easy to spot any presence from american representatives? at least somebody from the u.s. interest section in havana approaching th approaching the boat? diplomats have certain plates. there s black. you can recognize them. i was looking. i didn t see any of those particular plates and identify officials in the marina, and i ve b i ve been talking to officials throughout the day and as of last night officials tell us they have alerted cuban authorities and are in close contact with cuban authorities.
i m not going to zero game between israel and neighbors, but also have vital national security relationships with the united states let s bring in our panel. steve hayes, juan williams and charles krauthammer. steve? i think the quote you read is offensive. its clownish view of what people have been arguing both with respect to protecting national security but the threat that iranian poses to the united states of america. i think one of the areas in which hagel has shown himself to be president obama s left, and he has in a variety of different places, is the question of iran. hagel ruled out a military strike would be unreasonable, it would be foolish to do that. something that the obama administration despite fact i think they have taken a rather accommodating and patient approach has never done. the second one he proposed establishing an interest section
police suspect her husband, a prominent scientist and he says he was out of town at the time and she doesn t remember. we re digging deeper. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com mitt romney s latest campaign ads are full of pledges about what he d do on day one of his presidency, but our reality check shows he d have to wake up extra, extra early on january 20th to start on that to-do list. it s a long list. our national political correspondent jim acosta is joining us. here s the question, jim. can mitt romney really do all he says he would do on day one? reporter: that certainly is the question, wolf. according to his new ads, mitt romney will be a busy man in his first full day in the white house and he will need all 24 hours to get through all of his day one promises. what would a romney presidency be like? reporter: in his latest tv ad mitt romney lays out an ambitious agenda, he demands they play by the rules. r
ripples of relief spread from europe across the world market. a deal has been reached to tackle the e.u. financial crisis. european leaders have agreed to expand the e.u. bailout fund while private sectors will take a 50% loss on greek bonds. the european agreement translated into a huge day for u.s. stocks. let s go to alison kosik at the new york stock exchange. the closing bell just rang. how did stocks finish? we don t know the final number, but we know it s very positive. it is. the numbers are settling. we re seeing the dow up 340 points. the nasdaq s&p up more than 300%. the bulls busted out of the opening bell and never looked back. this is what investors have been waiting for. these debt problems plaguing greece. and besides plugging greece s debt hole, this plans to safeguard against future shocks. it s a step forwards in instilling stability in the marketplace. being there is such a powerful positive reaction, do investors see this as a done deal? is this crisi
but just in right now, new poll numbers painting a very telling picture of the race for the republican presidential nomination. we can now report that mitt romney is the candidate to beat in at least two of the crucial first four voting contests of the 2012 election with herman cain a sometimes close, sometimes distant second. our new cnn time orc poll of republican voters just released shows romney on top in iowa s january 3rd caucuses, leading herman cain by three points, but that s well within the sampling error of plus or mines. in new hampshire, romney has a lead over cain. in south carolina, a two-point edge for romney, again, within the margin of error. in florida, it s romney 30% to cain s 18%. before the polls came out, romney made it clear he s setting his sights very high. i think the greatest threat to my success would be president obama and i m planning on beating him soon. let s talk about these new poll numbers with our chief political correspondent, the