having the slight lead in florida right now, is there a sense from the democrats that president obama is truly in trouble? i think not based on the quinnipiac poll that came out. the demographics were a little questionable. florida s actually a 407 republican i mean 40% democratic and like 38% republican. it was reversed with the quinnipiac poll. i think what the obama team is looking at is not really the senateshot but the trend line. they re in good shape in florida because the democrats in florida are leading the democratic election, meaning the minorities and wherever you see that, that geesd news for the obama campaign. thomas, might say in the nbc news maris poll in florida last week it was as joy-ann correctly identified an we think we captured the slightly democratic flavor better than the republican numbers that the
on this case, and i think they will really hammer home the difference between doing wrong and committing a crime. this is about campaign finance laws and a misappropriation. i think it is the defense s main challenge to say he is a scum bag, but that s not what you re here to decide. we learned today that andrew young, the former aid and key witness called three other witnesses in the last two weeks, which the judge said could be characterized as improper contact, but not witness tampering. isn t that a little unusual for a witness to be calling other witnesses trying to find out what they re going to say? everyone that comes close to this case winds up looking a little questionable.
primary, this time in louisiana, where there are 20 delegates up for grabs. we ll talk with amy holmes and the ragin cajun himself, carville. you re watching cnn saturday morning where news doesn t take the weekend off. captions by vitac www.vitac.com let s get started now with our main bar. our big story that we ve been investigating from all angles this morning, the death of trayvon martin. as the national fury grows, vigils and marches are spreading. demonstrators wearing hoodies and holding skittles are the symbols for justice for trayvon martin. there s been a ton of attention on whether or not george zimmerman was acting in self-defense the night he shot martin. his attorney is now speaking out, telling cnn things are getting out of control. this case is spinning out of control, and i don t think that, you know, whatever did or didn t happen that day, whether there was we know one thing for sure. there s a young man at the prime of his life who s dead. we a
international journalists. russian s foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? reporter: that s a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a hero s welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and friends of president bashar al-assad right now. the russian line has been that the western governments have not been putting enough pressure on the opposition groups to stop violence as well. if you want to know how wide the differentiation is between the two sides in syria, just about 100 miles away the artillery shells continue to rain on the opposition held city of homs where hundreds of civilians are believed to have died in just the past couple of days, kyra. now you re also seeing a growi
romney served one term as governor, perry is in his third. that s what this is about. i m running for office because i believe that having spent my life in the private sector meaning in business, that i understand what it takes to get business going again. and perry s rebuttal? give him my love. and claim to have the job creation bragging rights. 40% of all the jobs created in america from june of 2009 until the present were created in texas. i know how to create jobs. a packed hour ahead, including putting that claim from governor perry to the truth test and showing you how the early 2012 map is so different from 2008. here to get us started are jessica yellin. and from austin texas tonight, mr. herman. to you first, my friend. governor perry is in the race. president obama is in the midwest. they re in the same state of iowa. suddenly today we have a campaign of contrast? yes. it took a while for him to say it officially. you saw it officially saturday in sout