car that can differ so dramat dramatically about when and where and why the shot was allegedly fired. not only did oscar pistorius s friend contradict other witnesses, he also seemed evasive, unsure of himself, unsure of his own testimony and statements under cross-examination. his performance on the stand buoyed it seemed the defense team. they left the pretoria high court at the end of the session with smiles on their faces and his friend will now appear again for further cross-examination tomorrow. erin, back to you. thanks so much to robin. breaking news, very important political race tonight. cnn is ready to make a projection in the special election for house seat in florida s 13th district part of st. petersburg. we can now project republican david jolly has beat democrat alex sink. many believe it is a crucial bellwether for the mid-term elections in november.
what s it like? i think it s a positive step. look, none of this is going to be unmitigated. we certainly don t trust the iranians. we ought to go into this skeptically. it s going to be very hard to reach a deal six months from now. but i think we had to test the iranians to see whether rouhani is sincere, or even if he is, whether he can bring about the kind of change the ayatollah may oppose. so we have to test iran, but we should go into it with our eyes wide open. these inspections are going to have to be vigorous, but i think slowing down, stopping, and rolling back the iranian program as this does in the next six months is better than letting that program proceed at pace while we see if we can get to an agreement. i d like to share with you some reaction from your colleagues, republican one, specifically on capitol hill. house majority leader eric cantor says, quote, i remain concerned this deal does not halt iran s enrichment ca capabilitie
and it would be indefinite whereas the upton house bill, the republican one, is only a year. i do think it will kill the bill in the senate, but in the house, the president was afraid of being embarrassed and this will be cover and only a few will go over to the other side. to be tippcontinued, but tha it for tonight. stay tuned to see what really goings on in toronto mayor rob ford. it s not pretty. even at a distance of 10 miles. the length of 146 football fields. they can see the light of a single candle. your eyes are amazing. look after them with centrum silver. multivitamins with lutein and vitamins a, c, and e to support healthy eyes and packed with key nutrients to support your heart and brain, too. centrum silver. for the most amazing parts of you.
welcome back to hardball. if you saw tuesday s presidential debate, the republican one, you know there s no love lost between rick perry and mitt romney. and the new attack ads out this week from both campaigns continue to knock down the nature of the primary. is that bad news for mitt romney, who many people presume to be the likely nominee? is rick perry essentially doing the obama team s dirty work for them? there s another school of thought, of course, there always is one, that romney is getting battle tested, ahead of the general election, and a drawn-out campaign against perry could help him build organization in many different states, something many said that helped obama in 2008 during his contest with now secretary of state hillary clinton. well, that s the first question we re going to ask our strategist tonight, then we ll turn to the politics of taxes. herman cain has his 9-9-9 plan, and rick perry said he s going to unveil his plan for a flat tax. both plans will help th
welcome back to hardball. if you saw tuesday s presidential debate, the republican one, you know there s no love lost between rick perry and mitt romney. and the new attack ads out this week from both campaigns continue to knock down the nature of the primary. is that bad news for mitt romney, who many people presume to be the likely nominee? is rick perry essentially doing the obama team s dirty work for them? there s another school of thought, of course, there always is one, that romney is getting battle tested, ahead of the general election, and a drawn-out campaign against perry could help him build organization in many different states, something many said that helped obama in 2008 during his contest with now secretary of state hillary clinton. well, that s the first question we re going to ask our strategist tonight, then we ll turn to the politics of taxes. herman cain has his 9-9-9 plan, and rick perry said yed he s going to unveil his plan for a