white house with a story just in to cnn. jessica, what do you know? reporter: a senior administration official tells cnn that a senior member of the network has been killed. it happened overnight earlier today in north waziristan, pakistan. and a man by the name of, we re told played a central role in helping the hackani network attack u.s. targets in kabul and south eastern afghanistan. that he was killed in a part of pakistan. and this is considered a safe haven for the haqqani network. they say he is the most senior leader in pakistan to be taken off the battlefield. as you know, the haqqani network considered a terrorist organization linked to the taliban and blamed by u.s. officials for the attack on the u.s. embassy as well as the attack on u.s. troops among other attacks. let me ask but other attacks. i know the president greeted his counterpart in south korea. you hit him hard with some questions about not only iran but also the u.s. economy. on the economy, you a
this ought to be a great night for him. he ll be talking about the economy and what he can do to put people back to work. there are still 14 million americans that don t have jobs. michele bachmann, rick santorum, newt gingrich, ron paul, i am sure i have now six e-mails wait are foe me. second and third tier candidates. any chance they manage to cut through the clutter tonight? let me jump on that first. i really think ron paul, jon huntsman, newt gingrich, they re never going to break through. herman cain is going to be the pinata tonight. people have to go after him. he is starting to surge a bit. one i think could break through after cain is rick santorum, the others, i don t think so. rick santorum is a good debater, he has shown that and shown little momentum. i know many of the candidates personally, a lot of them are very smart people.
wouldn t hurt low income americans because he put a 9% tax on all income, particularly on goods. particularly someone that makes a low income will spend more on consumption. a 9% tax won t effect him as much. same with the income tax issue. a lot of people, 46% of people aren t even paying an income tax at this point because they don t make enough money. they ll get a 9% tax with cain s plan, whereas someone that makes a lot, somebody that makes a million dollars pays about 18% of their income. 9%, that s a great deal, you know. you re not going to be paying as much taxes. sure. earned income. earned income tax credit, child tax credit, two tax credits that are wildly popular with middle class america, especially under
roots movement can drive this candidate? exactly. it is an opportunity for folks to leverage social media and the internet so we can go about picking a president instead of having to pick a party like we do and everyone funneled through the republican party or democratic party. what about a platform? the platform that people are going to have in americans select is a set of questions derived by the individuals, the delegates who participate in american select. any registered voter in the united states can be a delegate. how are you going to get the candidate or candidates on the ballots of various states? i heard on the break we were talking about the jedi party. that s what makes us different than other folks. it is real. we gathered 2 million signatures, 2.9 we need to get on the ballot in all 50 states. that s people on the streets asking voters do they want more choice and a voice in that choice. it is called americans elect. keep us posted on this. we re all fascinated
reporter: it is a good question. we asked that very thing. it didn t come from a tip. it was just good police work. they saw a vacant home with windows boarded and holes in the roof and a well in the backyard and said we should check. peter alexander, thank you. polls show that some americans are not happy with democrats or republicans now. so is it time for a third party candidate? we re going to talk about that. plus, we ve all heard the flight attendant to tell us to shut off the blackberry, shut off the iphone, the ipad, shut off the electronic device. we ll tell you whether they really effect the plane s navigation systems. capital one s new cash rewards card