see changes made, to you accept this is true? absolutely. this is not a 50/50 deal. democrats have gotten more partisan and tougher in response, but this is the year of newt beginnigingrich s great failure. it was also a great triumph. he came to congress in 78 and was angered shortly after. he did not like bob michael, the midwestern conservative. newt gingrich said we will never take power as long as this is scene as a debate between decent people who disagree on economics and disagree on the environment and who disagree on health care policy. he said let s be very clear, and he put out things saying this,
our national security. within two hours of the president s departure, a suicide bomber rocked kabul. at least seven people were killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the nfl suspended four players from the new orleans saints today. anthony hargrove, scott fujita, will smith, and jonathan vilma were all named in the so-called bountygate scandal. players were allegedly offered bonuses for hurting players. the league has already suspended sean payton for the 2012 season. hillary clinton is in china there to talk economic strategy, but the name on everyone s lips is chen. that s chen guangcheng who is now we are told at a hospital in beijing. chen is the blind human rights activist who was convicted and thrown in jail for leading protests against the government. he spent six days under american embassy protection after escaping house arrest. it s not clear if he left the embassy by choice. a friend of the activist said chinese authorities threatened
atone shtentio attention, including the attention of our president. and eruptions rage in afghanistan even after president obama apologizes for the burning of the koran. we are getting reports of a serious increase in the chaos there. in this country, a man accused of killing his wife while on a scuba trip and who pled guilty to it elsewhere finds he will not be spending time in prison in this country, the judge said i don t even want the jury to hear this. yesterday we told you about the lawmaker who called the girl scouts a bunch of communists and radicals. he says he s sorry, however he says it doesn t change the way that he feels. we ll have a lot more on that. up first, as ashleigh said, more pain at the pump. apparently there s no relief in sight. aaa says national average price of gasoline now is 3.64 per gallon. it s the highest ever for this time of year. we re watching the aaa report this year to see when they come up with a daily increase or decrease. the
that it s krun f time? and we re digging deeper into ron paul s writings and finding sexual harassment victims. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re here in the new cnn election center counting down to the final few days and hours before the first contest of 2012. the new iowa poll out today reenforcing mitt romney s place at the top of the pack, running neck and neck with ron paul. it drives home the bombshell findings of our poll this week, sh showing rick santorum has surged to third place in iowa, while newt gingrich has faded. it s put iting more and more pressure on romney to go for broke in iowa, to try to pull off a win tuesday night. jim acosta is joining us from des moines with more. t mitt romney has the big mo and the question heading into this weekend is whether he will win the iowa caucuses without breaking a sweat. no wonder mitt romney appears to be going all in in iowa. he just might be holding a winning hand. a sign just days before
trump. he s always outspoken, and his old possible presidential ambitions. he still has some. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get to breaking news. a chilling sense of da ja view. reports of shots fired, campus lock down, virginia tech university earlier this afternoon. it brings to mind the 2007 rampage by a student that left 33 people dead. today s incident was a shooting during the traffic stop by campus police. two people are are dead. brian todd is monitoring the developments for us. what is the very latest? as far as we know, a man hunt the still underway. officials say one of the people killed was a virginia tech police officer making a routine traffic stop in the parking lot of the sports complex. the second body has not been identified. they say the shooter fled on foot and a search is underway. the campus on lockdown. here is what one eyewitness told a local station. i was coming out of the gym and i was just walking to the sidewalk to