in south st. louis, the vehicle overturning in the water, but the rescuers managed to get all four out through a broken window despite the dangerous road conditions. they say the driver actually deserves some of the credit for saving the kids lives. there was some ice down here on the road, apparently she hit a patch of ice, went down the hill. i can only imagine what she thought with the three kids in the back seat who were all properly seatbelted in. the infant was in the car seat. that saved her life as far as i m concerned. gregg: all three children were under the age of five. firefighters salted the icy road to try to prevent any more accidents like that. heather: as the u.s. heads closer to the edge of the so-called fiscal cliff one of the big consequences of going over is a series of major spending cuts that would take a direct toll on america s armed forces. while lawmakers of all stripes have seen this debate playing
does the tough talk add up? why all the talk about paul ryan as a possible vp for mitt romney. it shows huge interest and tell you why it s not going to happen. a developin story in louisiana where the earth is devouring trees stories tall and sending residents running for solid ground. let s go out front. . out front tonight, american loophole. today we got this e-mail. i printed it out. it s from the u.s. state department and it announces u.s. sanctions against an oil company based in syria for doing business with iran. we thought hey, this is proof for how tough sanctions are. they are going after everybody. here s the president and the secretary of state talking about how tough american sanctions on iran are. this resolution will put in place the toughest sanctions ever faced by the iranian government. the sanctions will be tough and clearly aimed at the iranians. the sanctions have enormous bite and enormous scope. when we took a second look, buried deep in the
candidates. the response, huge. and komen bombshell. a huge shakeup at the breast cancer foundation, the president stepping down. the founder moving out of management. did planned parenthood funding change komen s focus from pink to green? and history on the track. an american breaking a record 44 years old. leo manzano bringing it in the 1,500 meters. newsroom begins right now. good morning, everyone. i m fredricka whitfield in for carol costole this morning we begin with a political competition this morning called the veep stakes. and any day, we are expecting the answer to this very critical question. who will innit mitt pick? let s bring in cnn reporter. tim pawlenty. a familiar name on the trail, says he is honored to be considered but that 2012 is about more than mitt romney s number two. let s listen. the main issue here isn t the vp process or who s going to be the vp. the main issue is what do we do to get this country and economy moving again and provide
it s 11:00 on the east coast, 8:00 out west. a doctor, father, and authority on near death experiences in children stands accused of water boarding his own daughter. that story is it ahead. also, a hot dry summer translates to pain in farmer s fields and supermarkets. check out supermarket lanes all over the world. and curiosity is out of this world, way out of this world, but it is keeping in touch via tweets. much of that coming up. first, a very tough story. accusations of water boarding not against a prisoner of war but against an 11-year-old american girl. the man arrested, the rl s father who is a pediatrician in delaware. this is a mug shot we re showing you here of dr. melvin morris. his daughter accuses him of holding her face under a running faucet and told police he called it water boarding. dr. morris has written several books including two that deal with near death experiences in children. he is also been interviewed on various national talk shows including opr
thing is that he brings a contrast to mitt romney in that pawlenty has working class roots. kid from south st. paul, where i used to live many years ago, grew up irish or catholic, rather, hockey player, has a lot of regular guy street cred. nice contrast to mitt romney if you re looking at the republican side. and if we look back at the debate, this was last june, just a year ago in new hampshire, a cnn debate. john king was pushing pawlenty to what he had previewed the weekend earlier on his attack lines against mitt romney over health care, and you can see in this clip that mitt romney that tim pawlenty just wouldn t go there. let s watch. your rival is standing right there. if it was obamacare on fox news sunday, why is it not standing here with the governor right there? president obama is the person who i quoted in saying he looked to massachusetts for designing his program. he s the one who said it s a blueprint and that he merged the