house republicans attached unrelated projects to the bill that democrats don t want. the cut expires december 31st and without an extension the typical worker will get hit with $1,000 tax increase in the new year. newt gingrich has lost his iowa campaign director. craig bergman has stepped down over some comments he reportedly made about mormons. the des mois register says he called mormonism a cult. two of gingrich s rivals rather in the republican presidential race, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. the faa says starting friday american airlines pilots can use ipads in the cockpit. the devices will replace hard copies of flight manuals and navigation charts. american says cutting out about 50 pounds of paper on every flight will save massive amounts of fuel across the airline. don t worry about distracted pilots. the ipads will not have internet access during flight. a federal safety board is calling for a nationwide ban on cell phone use while driving. that m
we re live on the las vegas strip where in just four hours, the republican hopefuls will face off in a cnn western presidential debate. tonight, herman cain is the candidate to beat. since the last debate one week ago in new hampshire, herman cain has continued to rise in the polls and is now the front-runner for the republican presidential nomination. he is joining me now. he s here in the situation room. we re in las vegas. mr. cain, thanks very much for coming in. how does that feel to be called the front-runner running for the nomination? the way it feels is that you got this big bull s eye on your back so that keeps gets bigger. it feels great, but as you know, the challenge is how do we continue that momentum and we believe we know how to do it. they re all going to come after you tonight. i m ready. have you been practicing? what are you doing? what i always do. in other words, i make sure i know where i stand on all the solutions i m putting on the table.
the empire state building. no, it wasn t. yes, it was. not that tiny. well, the world trade center buildings were tested against boeing 707s, that were bigger than the planes that hit. and the way it was designed, if it was punctured, it was like a screen door, it would cause damage right where the hit was, but this uniform collapse? and you look at the powder, if it collapsed, it would collapse in big chunks. jesse, your wait. then i was at the site two weeks after it happened with governor pataki, and they had to cease digging that day. you know why? they were finding pockets of molten liquid metal underneath. now, if everything took place, piers, 150 floors up, why was there molten metal underneath? it requires 3,000 degrees to melt metal. ses is hjesse, you re a patr.