jewelers. he got that and we found out it was because of some kind of putrid political deal that he made on their behalf. so the low-hanging fruit, easy stories about not paying child support for years, or leaing his wife while she s being operated on for cancer or coming out of congress as a multimillionaire when he goes into congress on a teacher s salary. so these stories are easy to deliver. it s very, very tough for him to overcome it. mitt needs to relax and understand that. this whole thing is really tough on the social conservatives. they don t know which way to turn. this is tony perkins, head of the family research council, on msnbc earlier today. i think when you look at newt s positions, that s somewhat problematic for him. if you look at his new contract for america he put out, it s void of social issues. mitt romney, who has a great personal life when you look at him from a character standpoint, he s someone everybody should attracted to. when you look at his policy i
for the next debate, does cain have what takes to go the distance? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. . president obama says that iran must be held accountable for an alleged plot to kill a saudi ambassador to the united states. he is ramping up efforts to punish and isolate iran as he puts pressure on republicans in congress for blocking his jobs bill. jess yak jessica yellin is standing by much he was asked about the alleged assassination plots, the links to the iranian government. give us the headlines. well, the president repeatedly declined to say that nation s supreme leader and president were aware of the alleged plot. but he insisted that knowledge of it reached high into the iranian government. here s the president. we believe that if even if at the highest levels there was not detailed operational knowledge, there has to be accountability with respect to anybody in
one journalist is robert tate, a correspondent for radio for europe, who was detained last friday in cairo. he had just arrived. he was held captive for 28 hours, while hearing every manner of brutality, beatings, whippings, even electric shock. it s just those things the masses say they are tired of, abuse with no accountability. robert tate joins me from prague via skype. robert, you were held for 28 hours by egyptian authorities, handcuffed, blind folded for much of the time. what did you see in terms of abuse? i was blind folded but what i had was i heard the crack, crack cracking of electric shock and these were being used on the prisoners in the room with me and they would respond with cries of agony and pleaing for
robert, you were held for 28 hours by egyptian authorities, handcuffed, blind folded for much of the time. what did you see in terms of abuse? i was blind folded but what i had was i heard the crack, crack cracking of electric shock and these were being used on the prisoners in the room with me and they would respond with cries of agony and pleaing for mercy. you would hear signs of punching. you would hear kicking and sometimes you would hear dull slapping sound. this went on for many, many hours, 15, 16-hour period. were there words being spoken by these interrogators or by
peninsula. a needle in a hey in a haystack. and three days until the elections, the president pleaing to both politicians and voters in the address. whatever the outcolon tuesday, we need to come together to put people looking for jobs back to work. and some practical steps we can take to promote growth and encourage businesses to hire and expand. later today the president will attend rallies for candidates in pennsylvania, connecticut and whom state of illinois. and republicans are hoping to capitalize on democratic spending in the election. house american leader boehner drove the point home. americans are demanding a new way forward in washington, an approach that neither party has tried. it starts with cutting spending instead of increasing it, making government smaller and more accountable, and helping small