house issues a veto threat. also bill clinton making the case for president obama by invoking the ghost of osama bin laden. plus, space shuttle enterprise arrives with a bang in its new hometown, new york city. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com a sharp battle is unfolding here in washington over a bill to extend lower interest rates on student loans. millions of students are involved in this. it s a bipartisan goal, but there s partisan bickering over how to pay for it and now the white house is upping the ante with a veto threat. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is watching this unfold. what are you seeing on capitol hill, kate? this fight against student loans is about much more than student loans but it s drawn familiar battle lines. house republicans versus president obama and congressional democrats. reporter: defying a veto threat from president obama house republicans push ahead friday to pass a bill
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says, don t count me out. yes, today is super bowl sunday. 111 million viewers will be glued to the tv tonight. will you? also, 111 million viewers are snacking. can you guess the top three foods that go hand in hand with the fwam? we ll tell you about them. we start with mitt romney. he is waking up a very happy man this morning, you could say. the republican presidential candidate is the winner of the nevada caucuses. it was predicted yesterday. 43% of the vote, he got. romney is leading by 33%. newt gingrich with 25% followed with ron paul with 19%. now, mitt romney is the first one of them to score back to back victories. this is big. he rallied his supporters in vegas last night after the fact. our mission is to increase the freedom and opportunity of the american people and our blueprint is the constitution of the united states. we re going to build an america are hope is a new job with a paycheck. not a word on an old bumper sticker. newt gingrich says he vows he i
cruise liner is suspended. rescue diver face new difficulties while the captain may face years of prison. i m wolf blitzern charleston, south carolina. you re in the situation room. just releasing right now, a latest poll showing a tightening race. newt gingrich is charging ahead, trying to keep the fight for the republican nomination going, and the new cnn/time/orc poll shows him closing the gap here in south carolina. mitt romney remains the front-runner with 33%. gingrich up now, though, to 23%. rick santorum third at, and rick perry 6%. joining us now our chief political analyst gloria borger and time columnist joe klein. gloria, let me say, the gap seems to be narrowing in these recent days. what evidence do we see? take a look at this, wolf. in the poll we did january 4th to 5th there was a 19-point difference. now, in our current poll there s a ten-point gap. i think we can explain that by the fact that quite honestly mitt romney hasn t had a good week. and the
wednesday october 12th. american officials are outraged and say iran will pay. this texas used car salesman is the unlikely suspect in an alleged assassination plot backed by iran. the u.s. claims that mons orr arbab arbabsiar was going to kill the ambassador of the united states. saying ar baubs yea wanted to blow up a restaurant killing the diplomat and potentially many americans right along with him. officials gathered in washington and gathered the diplomatic corps at the state department to ensure them they are safe. the obama administration is also deciding how to respond to iran. it s an outrage that violated one of the fundamental premises of which nations deal and that is the sanctity and safety of their diplomats. this is really over the top. they have to be held accountable. the u.s. linking the alleged plot to the elite quds force that is part of iran s revolutionary gad, but it is far from clear if quds was acting on its own or from top iranian leaders. iran