situation room starts right now. thanks, very much happening right now. the gop battle for the white house. eating up here in tampa, florida. just three hours away from hearing eight presidential candidates go ahead it head. they will join me on cnn s first ever tea party republican presidential debate. can the texas governor rick perry maintain his growing lead in the polls despite a highly controversial stance on social security? or will mitt romney come from behind and once again, seize the top spot? is it too late for michele bachmann? standing by with complete coverage and analysis. meanwhile, in washington, president obama scrambling to defeat them all and save the ailing economy before time runs out. but there are new signs in congress his blueprint for recovery could be dead on arrival. i m wolf blitzer in tampa, here in the situation room. we re just three hours away from what s going to be a critical potentially make or break moment for some of the republic
streak, tiger woods returns to the pga tour. in less than five hours he tees off in the bridgestone invitational. congress celebrated its long overdue deal on the debt crisis by racing out of town for summer recess. lost in that cloud of dust, funding for the faa and thousands of workers who now can t be paid. personally, this is devastating. i ve spent i spend most of my day trying to figure out what what can i not ay, what can i pay, where can i get extra cash. we re pretty much going to burn through all of our savings within a monday. athena jones is on capitol hill. the numbers are huge. 4,000 faa workers furloughed and tens of thousands of other workers idle and doesn t include the billions of dollars in tax money that won t be collected. it s not just the thousand of workers who aren t getting a paycheck and therefore not spending their paycheck in this fragile economy. it s the money and tax receipts the government is not going to get and because the two pa
officers responded but have not found anyone matching that description. the sighting was reported outside deitrick hall. a lot of sensitivity right here. we want to make it clear that this is not confirmed, it s not a confirmed sighting as of now, but instead authorities are acting on what eyewitness accounts have directed them on. we have kelsey hiter who s on the phone with us, she was the managing editor of collegiate times at virginia tech. so kelsey, what more can you tell us about what is believed to have taken place on campus. i m on the south end of campus closest to our main sbras on our main road over here, there s a lot of cop cars here, i haven t heard any sirens there, s no reports of an actual gunst sound. we are on an official lockdown, doors are completely closed. there are some guards around campus, but just the hustle and bustle of cop cars, news anchors and stuff like that. there s no reports of injuries, just a little bit of a scare right now. you said
learning new details about the russian cyber gang suspected of shutting down a major meat processor this week and staging other attacks in recent past. there is also a debate tonight about whether private businesses or the government are most response cybil for failing to do enough to prevent them. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. good evening, bret. the department of justice sent guidance to u.s. attorneys offices across the country today elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to the same priority as fighting terrorism. these investigations will now be centrally coordinated with a new task force in washington. u.s. law enforcement says the russian linked cyber gang known as. evil is responsible for the attack. the group made its presence felt in 2020 releasing 2.4 gig-a-bytes of lady gaga legal documents. it carried out attack on apple