who wrote the script basically because he had a lot of time on his hands in the big house, thinks he s fine. we ll have a bunch of details for you just ahead. first we have to kick off your morning and a fox news alert. a gunman opened fire in the c.i.a. wing of the u.s. embassy in kabul, afghanistan. leaving one american dead. the gunman was an afghan national working for the embassy. he was shot dead. this is the third attack on u.s. buildings in kabul in the past two weeks. six men due in a london courtroom to face terror charges. three of them charged with plotting homicide attacks in britain. police say two of them traveled to pakistan to learn how to make bombs and the other suspects are charged with withholding information and funding terrorism. five gruesome and mysterious murders rock a quiet rural town. it unfolded when they spotted a child wandering a road 50 miles southeast of indianapolis. that led police to the address where they discovered a body of a man.
what you see across the country. so if a candidate can win florida in our primary, they are arguably ee will be electable and competitive in a general election. and herman cain made his case this weekend. so herman cain is electable in florida is what you re saying. well, we still have a long haul to go. this process is intentionally long and difficult so no one candidate, because of a single good day or a seingle bad day, that s not going to result in the rise or the fall. it s long. it s intentional. and it s about consistency. and that s good for the country and good for the electorate. lenny, is the bigger story here the herman cain win, or is the bigger story the rick perry loss? the story is that herman cain came to florida, and he performed well in the debate, as did many others. he was there throughout the day, working with the delegates. the delegates told me they felt like he came and he worked hard to earn their vote. last question retail politics.
heading to court, state senator ulysses curry plans to go on trial for federal corruption charges. the latest from the courthouse. i m andrea fujii. here is what people are talking about. after years of investigation, jury selection begins in the corruption trial of state jour senator ulysses curry. reporter: all along, curry has maintained his innocence. prosecutors say he was taking bribes for political favor. they are trying to select the jury that will ultimately decide who is right. reporter: it s man three years since the fbi swooped in on the home of curry and shoppers food armed with a warrant. they went through the house, room by room, grabbed boxes. reporter: his lawyers said he worked a as paid consultant and says he did nothing illegal. prosecutors say he collected $245,000 in bribes at the time he was chair of the budget and taxation committee. getting upset was kind of i don t want to say a waste of energy but i need to focus on my family and child
with hoel numbers down and next year s election looming president obama is in campaign mode and in california this morning for a town hall meeting for jobs in the economy. part of a three-day west coast campaign and fund-raising swing. the president is both attacking his would be republican opponents and issuing a call for arms to his supporters. this is what he said earlier in the day at an event in seattle. i need you to talk to your friends and your neighbors and coworkers and tell them you know what? we are not finished yet. we have got more work to do. we are going to build an american we believe in. later at an event when tv cameras were not in the room telling reporters the republican s vision of government is an approach that will, quote, fundamentally cripple american. even though he didn t mention him by name, he refers to rick perry. perry says it was outspoken that president obama would use the burning of 1,500 homes for a political attack. businessmen herma
city s police chief. in a 60 minutes interview, commissioner ray kelly tells scott pelley that the nypd has the firepower to shoot don a plane if it s necessary to protect the city. we ll hear more from that interview as kelly discusses new york s anti-terror operations in just a couple of minutes. those revelationing getting a lot of attention this morning. that ahead as jim mentioned. but we begin this morning with president obama, who is ramping up the rhetoric. last night, he started a west coast trip with a blast to republicans telling big money supporters at a fundraiser that the gop s idea of government would, quote, fundamentally cripple america. senior white house correspondent bill plante has more on the efforts to rally the democratic base. bill, good morning. reporter: good morning to you, erica. no more mr. nice guy. but the president is responding to liberals in his party, and not just liberals who think he s been too willing to compromise. before he wen