presidential candidates. will texas governor rick perry be allowed into that debate? on the surface it appears he does not qualify. to qualify for the debate here s what cnn says you have to do. you need to either place in the top four in iowa or new hampshire. there s no question that rick perry didn t do that. he was fifth in iowa. he was sixth in new hampshire. but cnn says you either need a first, second, third or fourth in iowa or new hampshire to qualify to be in the debate. or you can get in if you have an average of 7% in at least three national or three south carolina polls released this month. rick perry also does not seem to have that. nonetheless, cnn told talking points memo yesterday that rick perry can still be in the debate. really? is cnn changing debate rules so rick perry can be in the debate? at first glass it seems like they are. they say no. they are not changing the rules for rick perry. they re just looking at his pull
talladega, and the west alabama straw poll is this weekend. andrew raferty joining me now. what s cain s focus as he meets with voters? reporter: the cain train behind me, as they call it. and throughout alabama today and also in texas where we heard a couple days ago from herman cain, a subtle shift in his message. before when he was campaigning throughout the month of september, we heard it was 9-9-9. now he s focusing on foreign policy, criticizing the president from withdrawing troops by the end of the year and being critical of foreign policy, so you re hearing more focus on ideas and issues that aren t involving the 9-9-9 plan. andrew, we are seeing several new articles in major newspapers
a week after irene hit the east coast, the central gulf coast is getting ready for storm with flooding rains. louisiana governor bobby jindal already declared a state of emergency. oil companies are pulling workers off the rigs in the gulf. some places including new orleans could get as much as 20 inches of rain. texas could really use some of that rain from the tropical system. it doesn t look promising. 14 big wildfires are burning in that state. just one of them west of dallas. firefighters are finally making some progress. they ve got about the fire half contained or so. we can do all the work by air we want, but as my instructors told me a long time ago, it s boots on the ground that gets it taken care of. employers added no jobs during august. the unemployment rate is unchanged at 9.1%. a couple things we should point out. the report was distorted because it counted thousands of verizon workers who went on strike but that were now back on the job. the numbers also i
neighborhood here in front of the anthony home is looks like there s a sheriff s deputy watching over it, but in fact, there s just a sheriff s deputy patrol car with nobody inside it. soon, even the patrol car will be gone and this resident says he s ready for a change. there s so much traffic and people would just like stop and want to ask questions and it was annoying sometimes, but what are you going to do? now, attorneys for both casey anthony and her parents have made it adbundantly clear that they don t expect contact with their daughter, don t know where she s going or what her plans are, and hope she s safe. back to you in new york. dave: that s the big question going from here, where will she be? how does she protect herself and how does she begin to pay some of the bills that are obviously racking up by the minute? a couple of lawsuits have been filed, one by the company, that search company out of texas, another by zani the
for the mary winkler, she needs to move, careful who will select as friends and many people will latch on because of infamy. dave: i m not sure this woman wants to hide. we ll discuss. ainsley: she s going to have to. dave: 2012, stop me if you ve heard this question before. will texas governor rick perry run for president 2012. clayton: storks p, stop. dave: and more and more signs point to yes. and now iowa governor, close friend of rick perry, says he thinks the indications are that he ll run. quote, my lt. governor has gotten a call from rick perry and put out feelers in iowa and sense is likely he will enter the field. he s a close friend and comes out and says that and all signs pointing. we re getting other