you see him here with governor perry. in his introduction he did not use the word cult or specifically attack romney by name but there was no doubt he had the former massachusetts governor in mind when he drew there is contrast. do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric or one skilled in leadership? do we want a candidate who is a conservative out of convenience or one who is a conservative out of deep conviction? do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person or do we want a candidate who is a born-again follower of the lord jesus christ? rick perry is a prompt leader. he is a true conservative. and he is a genuine follower of jesus christ. it was in a conversation with reporters after that dr. jeffers used the term cult. pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. he with us now. you re criticism of 0 the mormon church, you came today to a political event, an event very, very important to governor perry stumbling in the polls of late and you dropped this,
eito, 27 years old, about to become a free man. both their guilty verdicts in the murder of meredith kercher, 21 years old at the time four years ago, overturned by six jurors, two judges in a dramatic moment we all saw live here on cnn. you re looking at these live pictures coming in from perugia. we want to welcome our viewers from united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in situation room. let s listen in right now. amanda knox s sister speaking in perugia. not only did they defend her brilliantly, but they also loved her. we are thankful for the support we have received from all over the world. people who took the time to research the case and found that amanda and raffaele sollecito were innocent. we thank the court for having the courage to look for the truth and overturn this conviction. we now respectfully ask you give amanda and the rest of our family the privacy we need to recover from this horrible ordeal. thank you. you heard the younger sister o
our pentagon xpont barbara star has more on the air strike that killed al-awlaki. reporter: this is important. this man posed a direct threat to the united states had inspired him by all accounts ordered attacks against the u.s. now this apparently is the result of a two-year effort between the u.s. intelligence community and the people to go after him to find him, target him and take him out. very controversial as he is an american born citizen. killed for his activities in another country. by all accounts, it was a drone strike that killed al-awlaki. there were three other persons in that convoy with him. they are believed also to have been killed. this is something that the u.s. long wanted. this is a target that they were making a great effort to go after inside yemen even as that country remains in a good deal of political social and economic unrest. joe? barbara, if we know how much was yemen actually involved in this strike? and if we don t know that, typically wha
happening today, at the trial of jackson s doctor. now, court reconvenes in about 45 minutes or so dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter jackson s death. yesterday a security guard testified that murray asked him to help gather up drug vials before even asking him to call 911. i was standing at the foot of the bed p he reached over and grabbeded a handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said, here, put these in a bag. and engineers are back at work today rappelling down the sides of the washington monument, they are looking for any damage the earthquake caused last moment. the work has been delayed by some weather. still a ways to go but one of the engineers says so far, good. not a bad way to spend a work day as well. incredible, not only because of the actual history of the structure but the area and being the view. and just knowing what you re doing and seeing what you re seeing after the earthquake. we have the drawings from repair
since osama bin laden. the breaking news this hour, we re learning more about the air strike in yemen that killed anwar al-awlaki. first, a reminder of why this american born cleric was so dangerous. president obama says he took the lead in planning to murder americans. he s been linked to those terror suspects of the decade including the so-called underwear bomber, the accused ft. hood attacker, three of the 9/11 hijackers and the man who allegedly tried to blow up a car in times square in new york. we have in depth coverage of the mission to kill al-awlaki and the implications. first, to our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. several administration officials say it was a cia hit. the cia and pentagon had been working with the yemenese for nearly two years to kill anwar al-awlaki. we had always had tremendous concern that after getting bin laden, that someone like al-awlaki was a primary target because of his continuing efforts to plan attacks against the united stat