deportation. that s paul balbu. the phoenix new times is claiming that he threatened to deport his ex-boyfriend, a mexican immigrant, identified only as jose, if he revealed their relationship. these are the photos that jose gave the paper and he denies any wrongdoing here. he s leaving his role as mitt romney s state campaign co chair but he s staying in the race in arizona s fourth congressional district. later in the show, we ll talk with the reporter who broke the story. and tomorrow night, we ve got the sheriff himself, an exclusive interview with ac 360, monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn you won t want to miss that. and now to the violence in syria. residents say that they are growing akus can stop where the war is hopelessly outgunned. nick paton walsh has the latest. reporter: awakening to the offensive and you are seeing troops move in the direction of that neighborhood, concerns growing over the past few days heightened this morning that this may be prep
hello everyone, it is 1:00 on the east coast. let s get straight to the news. your paycheck and benefits may be cut and your taxes may go up all because congress can t agree on another very important issue, that is payroll tax cuts. congress is in a political standoff right now. the senate passed a two-month extension a moment ago. house republicans rejected that in a procedural vote and are pushing a one year extension. keep in mind payroll tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits expire in less than two weeks. our members do not want to just punt and do a two-month short term fix where we have to come back and do this again. we re here, we re willing to work. it s just a radical tea party republicans who are holding up this tax cut for the american people and jeopardizing our economic growth. but what s the real problem? we ll talk to republican strategist ron christy to get answers. if you re heading west, check the forecast. people in a number of states are d
captions by vitac www.vitac.com republican presidential candidate herman cain tells his staff he is reassessing the viability of his campaign less than 24 hours after he dropped a political bombshell right here in the situation room. during my interview with him yesterday, cain revealed that an atlanta woman is claiming she and cain engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair, a claim cain flatly denies. coming on the heels of sexual harassment allegations, this leaves his campaign in a very, very precarious position. what s the latest on the herman cain, joe? wolf, with all the swirl in this campaign, this is not the first time herman cain has tried to re success the state of the race. the question for him is about polls and fund raising and support, but after the last 24 hours, there are some republicans out there who don t think things are going to get any better for him. there s no telling how the world turns in the soap opera that is now the presidential campaign
a ton of money. this hour, how he s dealing with the new messes that the country simply can t afford right now. and from the seat of power to an iron cage in a courtroom, the ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak goes on trial for allegedly ordering the killing of protesters. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. sort of vacation right now, they re on leave while tens of thousands of american workers are going without a paycheck because of their inaction. a lot of new anger and fingerpointing over the partial shut down of the federal aviation administration. senators went on break yesterday without extending the agency s funding. today the president is urging them to get back to work and solve this expensive and very embarrassing problem. let s begin our coverage this hour with cnn s ted rowlands joining us live from chicago s o hare airport. this is an outrage, ted, what is it like out there? well, wolf, people around the country are absolutely disgusted