meantime, crowds of people in afghanistan today are furious that bails was returned to the united states. they want him to stand trial in afghanistan under islamic law. the price of gas is on the rise again. it went up .4% overnight. it is the eighth straight day of price hikes. the national average for a gallon of gas is now $3.83. it s 31 cents higher than it was just one month ago. with gas prices on the rise, what kind of car you drive can make a big difference. san diego judge has approved a class action lawsuit against honda motor company about 200,000 civic hybrid owners will now receive up to $200. they claim they didn t get the gas mileage they were promised. candidates are facing off in three races. missouri holds caucuses to day. this is missouri s second time around. it held a primary last month but that was just a beauty contest. no delegates were awarded. today s caucuses will determine who gets missouri s 52 delegates. tomorrow, puerto rico holds its prim
condemn the government of syria. but the effort fails. china and russia veto the resolution. the resolution vote comes in response to syria s deadly crackdown on protesters in that country just within the past 24 hours. 260 people have died in one syrian city. let s go straight to the u.n. and richard roth at the united nations there. so, richard, you know, before we talk about who voted against the resolution, why it failed, what might have it accomplished? well, this resolution would have demanded that the violence stop, syrian troops get out of the cities and let observers come in, fully support an arab league plan that called for president assad to step aside while there is some type of democratic movement starting including potentially elections. but that all failed after the double veto. china and russia and ambassadors putting their hands in the air at the security council table in a rare saturday morning session in new york. the people of syria will be disappointed,
students to erupt with uncontrollable outbursts and ticks? i have that worse and started twitching and everything. aaron brock vich on the case, turning up the heat for answers. black or white? even his friends were wrong. but as you ll discover, when it comes to race in america, don t assume anything. good evening, everyone. the floir finish line is coming into view. four presidential hopefuls are still standing as we approach tuesday s primary. and the three most recent polls show mitt romney holding double digit leads over newt gingrich. the question is, can romney translate his front-runner status into votes? and what will florida mean once all those votes are counted? here is dandy crowley. reporter: florida will break the tie, but it won t win the game. the four intend to keep on keeping on. they can all see the white house from their campaign headquarters. we will beat barack obama. newt gingrich thinks he can muddy up prospect by doing well? states that
this is your a.m. wakeup call. . good morning to you, it is tuesday, november 22nd. i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. republican candidates gathering in the shadow of the white house tonight for the big cnn national security debate. it s the first test for newt gingrich as the front-runner. a new poll shows he leads mitt romney by 4%. giving up a lot of the blame, not much shame is the congressional super committee calls it quits. lawmakers announcing they cannot reach a deal to cut at least $1.2 trillion worth of deficit now even more painful cuts loom. part of a major highway between memphis and dallas reopened after an intense down pour washed it away yesterday. 88,000 cars and trucks sat on a 30-mile detour and more rain is on the way this morning. so let s check in with jackie gerris in atlanta. good morning. good morning, carol. yeah, flooding is going to continue to be a big problem across the mid south this morning. the rain continues to
a week of twists and turns in the race for the republican presidential nomination. with two of the candidates in a very hot spotlight. herman cain facing accusations of sexual harassment and rick perry stumbling badly if the latest gop debate and now struggling to recover. cnn s jim acosta is watching awe of this unfold. so what s going on right now? there are certain there is certainly a lot at play. certainly. there is an unromney and his name is newt gingrich. take a look at new polls that came out, first the let s look at the first poll first. mitt romney on top 23% and then newt gingrich at 19%. he has moved into that unromy position. he is sliding it with herman cain. and then you see ron paul and rick perry. this poll, we should note, is interesting in that it was taken in part after the gop debate on wednesday night when rick perry had that big oops moment. so that potentially has hurt him in this race for the gop nomination. now to the cbs poll which also confirm