a man chewed off the face of his victim. let s go outfront. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, tipping point. the latest syrian pictures of 49 murdered children in syria have made people ask whether america must step in. the uprising has left more than 12,000 syrians dead. with the rest of the world watching from the sidelines. today the only response was symbolic. eight countries including the united states expelling syrian diplomats. in the year when the president is running on his foreign policy victories syria is becoming a lightning rod. this administration has a feckless foreign policy which abandons american leadership. i know because i visit with these people that they are ready to help these people and they are helping them some. it cries out for american leadership. and today mitt romney said the president s quote lack of leadership has resulted in a policy of paralysis and we should work with partners to arm the opposition. now, that is something a lot o
what s more, we don t really benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world, behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it s more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour, and in a time magazine essay, we re going to take you around the world to study health care systems in other countries. to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we ll visit great britain, taiwan, and switzerland to find out what those nations are doing right and what they re doing wrong. we ll also show you some really interesting innovation going on back here in america, in one of the poorest, most crime-ridden cities in the nation. but first, let s talk about the one thing americans are certain is bad. government-run health care, across the atlantic, in great britain. is the nation s health service an evil death panel, as some say? let s take a look. during america s debate over
president obama, 45% support mitt romney. the tight race makes for pointed rhetoric. i know governor romney came to des moines last week, warned about a prairie fire of death. that s what he said, prairie fire. but, you know, he left out some facts. you know, his speech was more like a cow pie of distortion. [ cheers and applause ] i don t know whose record he twisted the most, mine or his. with a 24/7 focus on the economy, the soon-to-be republican nominee has begun to paint a picture of what a romney white house would look like, starting with the jobless rate. over a period of four years, by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we get the unemployment rate down to 6% or perhaps a little lower. joining me is former new york mayor and romney supporter rudy giuliani. mr. mayor, you are also a former presidential candidate and a pretty astute observer of politics. let me start out with the broad-brush question, which is give me your most honest assessment of how
good morning, everyone. i m randi kaye. it is 8:00. thanks for waking up with us. let s get you caught up on some of the news. 33 years to the day etan patz disappeared, someone has finally been charged with his murder. pedro hernandez was arraigned yesterday on a second degree murder charge. this was a man identified as hernandez. he confessed this week to strangling the boy and putting his body in the trash. in the years following etan s disappearance, hernandez had told a family member and others that he had, quote, done a bad thing and killed a child in new york. he seemed like an all right guy. he had a wife and there was a young daughter. and they were, you know, they said hello and everything. they were always smiling. well if this guy, like they say confessed to it, 33 years he s been living in his own personal hell. pedro hernandez is being held without bail. ukraine s parliament may be dissolved because of a fight. it was a real knockdown, dragout fight on t
who might have helped pay for the ads, people who work for the company the obama camp is hammering. that would be bain capital. and a terrifying discovery. radiation from the meltdown of a nuclear power plant actually built into the foundation of an apartment building. wolf blitzer s off today, i m gloria borger, and you re in the situation room. and it could happen any minute now. a suspect finally charged in the disappearance of etan patz. exactly 33 years ago today, the 6-year-old vanished launching a national campaign to find and protect missing children. the suspect pedro hernandez allegedly has confessed to killing etan, but there are many nagging questions still out there. such as what was the motive? did police miss clues for decades? and could they have gotten it wrong now? our national correspondent susan canada yac candiotti is outside the district attorney s office in new york. susan, hernandez is going to be arraigned from his hospital bed? reporter: well