that s two months sooner than they had originally planned. now, you know the tradition here. iowa is usually the first state to vote. so it s also thinking about pushing up its caucus. our political reporter, shannon is in des moines for us today. is that going to be the plan? if new hampshire moves up, iowa has to move up. we re talking about december, mid-december, could we go as early as november sthp. possibly not november, but definitely potentially december. i have to tell you, t.j., iowa s republican party is not happy at all with what florida is intending to do by holding this january 31st primary. as you mentioned, iowa is always traditionally the first contest in the presidential nominating season that holds the caucuses. iowa is banding together with new hampshire, with nevada and with south carolina. those are the four states that normally go first, according to the rnc rules. they re banding together and saying, look, we re going to move up our dates together,
anthony home. hello to you all. this is your cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with new information and a new warning with about the killing of a leading al qaeda figure. the cia use add drone to kill an nwar al awlaki in yemen. they had been tracking him with drones for two weeks, much like they did with osama bin laden. al awlaki is blamed for inspiring the underwear bomber in 2009. the fbi and the department of homeland security warning about possible retaliation in the u.s. they say his death could provide motivation for so-called lone wolf attackers. another part of the story this morning, the question whether it s l it s legal to target a u.s. citizen. he was born in new mexico. that s a question erin burnett asked cia director leon panetta. this individual was clearly a terrorist, and, yes, he was a citizen. but if you re a terrorist, you re a terrorist. and that means that we have the ability to go after those who would threaten to attack the un