foil this attack. this train was bound for paris. french authorities say the 26-year-old suspect has been identified as a security threat. that happened last year, because they were told by spanish authorities that he had ties to the radical islam movement. joining me from london is kelly. as we await this media availability of the three heroes, the suspect s attorney is offering a different explanation for his alleged actions, right? yeah, we re hearing all sorts of interesting and conflicting information, alex. this woman who met with him in france, where he was arrested, said that the suspect is dumbfounded by these accusations of a terrorist attack. he apparently told her he found a bag of weapons in a park in brussels, and decided to rob a train to buy foods. food. that is not the kind of aspect that french investigators are looking at. they suspect this was an attack, a clear attack on a packed train. and here s now more on the 26-year-old suspect. new information eme
tonight, it s face to face. and a lot of it will focus on your money and your taxes. unlike president obama, i will not raise tax on the middle class of america. i want to reform the tax code so it s simple, fair. the candidates opinions couldn t be more different and the stakes couldn t be higher. their philosophy is if you don t are health insurance, don t get sick. now is the moment we can do something. and with your help, we will do something. cnbc s coverage of the first presidential debate of the 2012 presidential election begins now. tonight some of the most influential figures in the nation on the economy join us here on cnbc. we ve got representative and hopeful ron paul with us. texas, from texas. he is of course outspoken about the federal reserve policies. robert reich is here with us tonight. also with us grover norquist. the man behind the no new taxes pledge so many republicans made. and bob lutz a former top auto executive. the auto bailout ex
caucus-goers potentially could change their minds, you have candidates who are interesting but not viable in terms of a national campaign infrastructure. they re viable but not that interesting in the case of mitt romney. that s how a lot of republicans feel. you never know how people are going to the ebb and flow of the emotions are going to go. i do think that given the consistency between the register s findings of a top three of romney, paul and santorum and the earlier poll that we had, the nbc maris poll, you can see clearly where the votes lie and now it s a question of execution and getting their people out and whether or not people have last minute feeling that hey, wait a minute, santorum may be a conservative. may get a flood of support from him. jim harwood in iowa and anne kornblut. anne, we ll see you later. i appreciate it, john jim.
caucus-goers potentially could change their minds, you have candidates who are interesting but not viable in terms of a national campaign infrastructure. they re viable but not that interesting in the case of mitt romney. that s how a lot of republicans feel. you never know how people are going to the ebb and flow of the emotions are going to go. i do think that given the consistency between the register s findings of a top three of romney, paul and santorum and the earlier poll that we had, the nbc maris poll, you can see clearly where the votes lie and now it s a question of execution and getting their people out and whether or not people have last minute feeling that hey, wait a minute, santorum may be a conservative. may get a flood of support from him. jim harwood in iowa and anne kornblut. anne, we ll see you later. i appreciate it, john jim. now will the stock market
hi everybody. good morning. happy new year to everyone watching. welcome to weekends with alex witt. alec has a sunday morning hof. deservedly so. a key bell weather find the race still up for grabs. a new poll shows mitt romney still on top with 24%. ron paul in a tie with 22% and rick santorum in third with 15%. newt gingrich is at 12%. rick perry at 11. michele bachmann at 7. in addition to leading the pack, romney picked up the endorsement of the quad city times in iowa. i don t want to do what the president said. fundamentally transform america. i don t want to turn us into something we re not. i want to bring back the principles that made ut the hope of the earth. we re still a shining city on a hill. later in sioux city, the former governor had an interesting encounter trying to leave this event running into a wedding party. straight into it. romney asked if he could kiss the pride and he did so as the crowd cheered on. nice moment there. rick santorum has seen c