while hiking. texas governor rick perry failed to live up to his front-runner s status this weekend. mitt romney won michigan straw poll by a 3-1 margin over perry. now, romney s father served as michigan governor in the 60s making the son somewhat of a home state favorite. in florida, herman cain took top billing. he drew twice as many votes as perry, with romney in third place. cain says he won because voters are beginning to notice his 999 tax plan. here s how he explains it. my plan is bold because it throws out the tax code and imposes a business flat tax of 9%, personal flat tax of 9%, national sales tax of 9%. it replaces all of the taxes that people are now having to grapple with and it provides search engine to the business community which is what they re looking for in order to grow this economy. governor perry jumped into the race for the gop nomination. that was just six weeks ago. instantly topped the polls but critics say that perry s debate performances
and government officials call rebel claims lies. we ll have a live report just ahead. take a look at this. we re tracking tropical storm irene. there s a chance the storm could affect the u.s. we ll tell you where it s headed. a soccer team scattered for safety after gun shots ring out in mexico, sending crowds ducking for cover. we ll show you what happened and what sparked it. we begin in libya, and our correspondents this morning say gun battle in tripoli. this video is from another city just 30 miles from tripoli. one of gadhafi sons says the rebels are losing every belgts. a senior u.s. administration person says obama has been briefed on the situation in libya from his vacation spot. the raising of the white flag we will not talk about, and it s nauz because of islam, this is rejected by the people of libya. i want to get the detail from our man on the ground, our international correspondent with cnn. matth matthew, what else are we hearing from the libyan gov