you pick up the phone as soon as you re done here in two minutes. you say to newt what? what the hell are you doing, newt? you believe what i expect this from this is what saul taught barack obama and the stuff you re saying is one of the reasons we re in the trouble we re in right now. this total ignorant populist view of the economy that was proven to be incorrect with the soviet union, with chinese communism. also today, president of the chamber of commerce called the republican front-runner foolish. saying i was very disappointed with the intramural carrying on within the republican party. michael steele also scolding speaker gingrich and rick perry for their attack on romney s record at bain. it sounds as if you re attacking, you know, capitalism and the free-market system, and that s not what we re about. so to attack that to me is inconsistent with who we are and what we believe. governor perry has dialed back his rhetoric. he was calling romney a vulture
investigation. he was among nine people killed in a mortar attack in a southern city. the reporter was covering a pro-government rally when it came under fire. that was gilles jacquier. nigeriians have been on a strike the past few days protesting a doubling in the fuel. a fuel subsidy was removed. those are the headlines. world business today starts now. hello, and a warm welcome to world business today. i m nina dos santos at cnn london. aim andrew stevens in hong kong. here are the top stories this thursday, january 12th. japan stands side by side with the u.s. with a pledge to cut its imports of iranian oil. a breakthrough for some, a gimmick to others. can tvmakers really convince us that 3d is the way to go? we ll hear the hard sell from the las vegas electronics show. and monuments to capitalism or hashi iharbingers of economi what the skyscraper tells us about boom and bust. japan says it s prepared to reduce the april of oil it imports from the republic
mississippi hood general went back to block some of those pardons. he said they re a slap in the face to everyone in law enforcement. first, though, four of the convicted murder who is received full pardons were released on sunday, according to the mississippi department of corrections. one link between them, as inmates, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a type of work release program. one of those men is david gatlan. the shooting victim of the family he left behind are in a word, scared. martin? anderson, it s been a very chaotic last couple of hours as the legal wrangling has been underway to try to at least bring to a halt. as you point out, there has been success tonight on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they ve got that temporary injunction. what that means is that those who are still in prison who have not been released, they ll be in prison. as for those murderers, they re out but they ll have to report to the department of corrections on a
face of everyone in law enforcement, he will be with us with jeff toobin in a bit. first, four of the convicted murderers that got pardons were released sunday, according to department of corrections. one link between them, they all worked at the governor s mansion on a work release program. one of the men is david gatlin. the shooting victim he left behind and family of the victim that didn t live to tell the story are in a word scared. martin savidge joins me live. martin? reporter: it has been a chaotic last couple hours as the legal wrangling is under way to try to bring to a halt in some way the pardon process that was brought about as a result of former governor haley barbour. as you point out, there has been success on the part of the mississippi attorney general. they have that temporary injunction. what that means, those in prison, 21 that have not been released will stay in prison. as for the murderers, they are out, but ordered now to report through department of
victim s family stunned and afraid. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the republican candidates are scrambling to cover as much ground as they can. the south carolina primary only nine days away and early voting in florida starting at the same time. it s now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romney s lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us from west palm beach with the latest. jim? reporter: wolf, don t let all the florida sunshine fool you. mitt romney is coming up a blizzard of attacks from the gop rivals over the issue of corporate layoffs, so the gop front-runner returned to a familiar theme of the campaign, and that is he understands the plight of the unemployed. mitt romney hopes he s found the message to remain his bain in the neck. being unemployed for a long period of time means families are having a hard time ma