a southern republican presidential debate starts right now. welcome to the south. the part of the republican party where tradition lives. the strongest military in the world. and values matter. we want a conservative on the ticket. tonight, the republican candidate on stage in south carolina for their final debate before the south primary. mitt romney, the front runner, going for another win. trying to close a deal with skeptical voters. work to get good jobs back. newt gingrich, armed arrived, trying to harness conservative support as the field gets smaller. i am the only candidate capable of stopping a moderate from winning the nomination. rick santorum, with renewed momentum, after learning that he won iowa after all. we defeated mick r eed mitt iowa. ron paul, the insurgent, a powerful force in the first contest with an army of young voters. we are dangerous to the status quo. now, south carolina is ready to put its stamp on the 2012 presidential
gunman, and new emergency alert system put to the test. we have a deal. leaders of the eu crisis say they have a plan to save a continent. so how are stocks reacting and why isn t britain onboard. and iran shows off what it claims is a top u.s. secret drone, but is it the drone or dummy? some say iran may be pulling a bait and switch on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com and good morning to you. happy, happy friday. it is december 9th. carol s favorite day of the week. except for saturday and sunday. ali off, i m carol costello along with krrm krrm christine this american morning. new information on yesterday s deadly virginia tech shooting. ballistic tests are back and police confirming that both people were killed by the same gun in an apparent murder/suicide. police say a gunman shot and killed an officer at a traffic stop and apparently turned the gun on himself after a chase. this all happening nearly five years after the deadlie
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
spending cuts, much of it from medicare and medicaid but also the 1.5 trillion in tax revenue, more than 1 trillion in war savings as operations in iraq and afghanistan draw down and interest savings amounting to more than $400 billion. texas governor rick perry may be asked more about this on the campaign trail. census data shows more than 18% of texans live below the poverty line. that s 3 points higher than the national average. the state also has the highest share of people without health insurance. and it s tied with mississippi for the highest percentage of minimum wage workers. perry s office says the governor is focused on creating jobs so people can take care of themselves. 40% of the jobs added in the united states over the past two years were in texas but many of them pay minimum wage. in other news this morning, there is a murder mystery at an air force base in arizona. a husband and wife found stabbed to death at luke air force base outside phoenix. they were i