poll. ron paul and rick santorum lag far behind. i want to go now to a cnn exclusive. you re looking at what happened to romney. but let s go to herman cain joining us on the phone. mr. cain, you are endorsing newt gingrich. tell us why you made that choice. i m endorsing newt gingrich tonight for several reasons, but the two biggest reasons is, number one, he and i talked about him being open to 9-9-9, which you know i happen to believe is a critical solution that we need to embrace. and as a result of that, he has asked me to co-chair his economic growth and jobs advisory council. the second reason i m endorsing him is when you look at replacing the tax code, energy independence, regulatory reform, sound money, all of the things that i ve talked about, he and i are 100% in lock step in terms of what we need to do. so when you find a candidate that basically is running on the ideas and the ideologies that i was running on, along with him embracing 9-9-9, then it was a no-b
gingrich. a surprise announcement by his former rival, herman cain. i hereby officially and enthusiastically endorse newt gingrich for president of the united states! that was just last hour in palm beach, florida. a new poll shows that newt gingrich could use the help right now, because mitt romney leading gingrich 38% to 29% in a new poll, in a new survey. ron paul and rick santorum lag far behind. i want to go now to cnn exclusive. you re looking at now what happened to romney in the panhandle. before we go there, let s go to herman cain on the phone. you endorsed newt gingrich. why? number one, we talked about him being open to 9-9-9 which i happen to believe is a critical solution to embrace. as a result of that, he has asked me to co-chair his economic growth and jobs advisory council. the second reason i endorse him is when i look at replacing the tax code, energy independence, regulatory reform, sound money, all of the things that i talked about, he and i are 10
millionaires to pay for it. republicans say they could live with extending the current rate, but only if spending cuts offset it. last night in the senate both parties plans were voted down so there is work to be done before the end of the year. in california, powerful winds are still in the forecast for parts of southern california. nothing like the winds that did this though. did you see this damage? gusts topping 140 miles an hour were measure in the mountains outside los angeles at 140 miles an hour. that equals a category 4 hurricane. also you can imagine power lines were just no match for some of this. a lot of people, tens of thousands of them, are without power still today. also honda has expanded a previously announced recall to nearly 900,000 vehicles. the problem is potentially dangerous air bags. the global recall affects several cars in the line-up the accord, civic, odyssey, crv, pilot as well, models 2001 to 2003. most of the cars tartgeted are n the new