congressman arthur davis says he's voting for mitt romney this time around. he's going to tell us why. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the cold war is long over, but a chill has settled in in the relations right now. the key shoous, moscow's support in the regime for syria. it may help fuel a brutal crackdown. president obama is addressing that issue headon at the g-20 summit in mexico. dan lothian is joining us right now. dan, what's the latest on this tension between the u.s. and russia? >> the two leaders met for about two hours. president obama saying the meeting was candid and thorough. i have to tell you, you take a look at the body language, and it gives you a sense of what the meeting was like. they did not sit close together. president obama was leaning towards president putin. president putin was leaning away. you didn't see any smiles at the end of the remarks. they had a quick handshake. sort of half a smile. president obama patting him briefly on the shoulder. it was not the kind of chemistry we saw between president obama and the former president. nevertheless, the two leaders discussed a whole host of issues. perhaps the most important was syria. >> the u.s. reset with russia is heating up with u.s. officials telling cnn russian ships, one allegedly loaded with helicopters and ammunitions could be headed to syria. with that as a backdrop, president obama sat down for his first face-to-face meeting with vladimir putin since the collection. we agreed that we need to see a stop of the violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war. >> reporter: both leaders focused on the strength of the tie between the two countries. the new stark treaty, a key partner in afghanistan, and some agreement on how to handle iran's nuclear ambitions. russia has vetoed two security sanctions on syria. >> we've been working to get the russians to come in line. u.s. officials continue do put pressure on russia to support a solution in an effort to end the ongoing violence. a peaceful demonstration of power followed by reforms. senator john mccain, the ranking republican on the armed services committee lashed out at president putin, who is so far refusing to budge. >> they are harming themselves dramatically. i don't quite understand that. the only -- and i don't pretend to be able to get into now president putin's mind, but there is a certains nostalgia russia if the empire. this is the last import on the mediterranean. >> the president also met with the german president, who is playing a key role in the european crisis. and with mexican's president felipe calderon, who congratulated him on the decision to allow some immigrants to temporarily stay in the u.s. >> it's just a humanitarian action. and it's an unresidented action in our opinion. >> now president obama and president putin did pledge to work together with the international community, including the united nations to come up with a solution on syria. i can tell you, wolf, not a prepared remark. not in the statement was there any indication at all that russia at this point issing there to call for president assad to step aside. >> good point, dan. dan lothian, at the g-20 summit in los cabos. thanks, dan. you just saw him in dan's piece. in the next hour, senator john mccain will join me in "the situation room." he's also fired up about the tense situation with russia and the warships they're sending to syria. while president obama takes the world stage in mexico, mitt romney is running up the odometer on a hectic campaign swing through some crucial states. brian todd is taking a closer look at the romney campaign right now. what are you see sng. >> well, wolf, mitt romney is not just barnstorming. he's taking the bus tour the right to places that are becoming battleground states. six states in five days. these are states is that president obama won in 2008, but which are now sure fire battlegrounds or places that the romney campaign believes are close enough that he can win them. today in wisconsin romney very, very confident saying we're going to win here. he made a similar declaration in pennsylvania on saturday. romney said president obama, quote, assumed that wisconsin would be his, but the republicans are buoyed by the recent win of governor scott walker, who fought off the state democrats' recall attempt. walker was with romney today. he joins us with a list of vp nominees who have traveled with romney on the tour. you had people like senator kelly of new hampshire who appeared with romney in that state on friday. former governor tim pawlenty, who was with him in new hampshire, and then with him in pennsylvania on saturday. and up and coming republican congressman r congressman, paul ryan. a favorite among fiscal conservatives and himself a vp candidate. he is from wisconsin, where romney went today to an event at the mills fabric plant. the owner of the plant introducing romney today, looking to break some news. take a listen. >> governor romney, we're in congressman ryan's hometown. he's right here. if you have an announcement to make -- >> to no i vail. no aunderstandment for romney yet. governor romney heading to iowa as we speak and to michigan tomorrow, wolf. >> brian, some of the states, it appears they are starting to cause the obama campaign real headaches. new hampshire is considered a tossup. in michigan, there was a new poll released from the group epic mra. michigan is a dead heat. romney with 46% in that particular survey. president obama with 45%. the president was ahead in the previous poll taken in april. but with michigan carrying 16 electoral votes. that state is a huge player and very tight. >> thank you very much for that, brian. mitt romney may have painted himself into a corner with some hard line campaign talk about immigration, especially now that president obama has decided to hay low some young illegal immigrants to stay in the united states and get legal status. what does romney do now? let's bring in gloria borger. you saw the exchange that romney had yesterday with bob. let me play you a little bit of it. >> would you repeal this? >> well, it would be overtaken by events if you will, by virtue of my putting in place a long term solution with the legislation, which creates law, that relates to these individuals, such that they know what their setting is going to be. >> would you leave this in place while you worked out a long term solution, or would you just repeal it? >> we'll look at that setting as we reach that. but my anticipation is i would come into office and say we need to get this done on a long-term basis. not this stock cap measure. he said he would repeal obama care, as it's called. he didn't go as far as this issue is reserved. he's trying to walk a fine line here because he doesn't want to completely alienate latino voters. but also he doesn't want to alienate conservative voters, the folks he had to win over during the primary sochlt what he saw him do in that interview with bob is retreat to a process answer, saying, you know, that president obama did this in the wrong way. but there's something else going on that's quite interesting. that is that marco rubio was supposed to give mitt romney the lifeline here, out of this immigration. and marco rubio has not yet come up with a plan. so what the white house decided to do is drive the truck through the hole. and whatever comes up now, whatever marco rubio comes out with will be a test within the republican party about how they approach the issue of immigration reform. he will impose any of this, including the dream act. >> and that's his real problem, of course. take a look at mitt romney in a debate from january, talking about the dream act. >> and i've indicated i would veto the dream act, if provig provisions included in the act say people here illegally, if they go to school long enough, get a degree here, they can become permanent residents. that's a mistake. we have to follow the law and insist if they come here illegally, return home, apply, get in line with everyone else. >> now, wolf, the president has not said permanent residency here. but mitt romney also made it very clear at that point, and you and i watched him during the primaries, running to the right on the issue of immigration. so what he's got to do now is talk about process. saying that president obama has overstepped his authority, but he is still awaiting that plan from marco rubio. and that could well determine if rubio has a shot at the vice presidential nod. >> people would like that, though. i suspect, knowing romney as i do, he's much more cautious. he's going to go with somebody make a little bit not as flamboyant, shall we say. the markets just closed. what does it really mean for our economy. plus, my take on the new details surrounding president obama's birth in hawaii. there's a new book that's out with new details about the honolulu 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>> reporter: -- classic horse trading. can the winner get enough support from other parties to go into a government on its own, or does it mean that there's going to be back at the presidential palace for discussions some government, some party collection of national unity, and that's where we stand tonight, wolf. we know that everybody, and i mean everybody and their brother says openly there has to be a government. it has to happen in the next day or so. and everybody's got to get on with it, but in this political jockeying at the last moment, it seems everyone wants to take it right to the last second. >> is there a sense there, richard, that greece may just be the first of several countries, potentially, that could have a huge ramification, a huge impact on international community, especially here in the united states? >> greece has had that view for some time. but when you talk to the european officials -- in fact, if you talk to any official. if you talk to the u.s. official, the imf, any of them, they all say the same thing, greece is a unique case. but what they need to do is build the fire wall and contagin wall around the place. if the worst happens, it doesn't affect spain or italy or ireland anymore. and the questions don't write. because frankly, yes, wolf. what is happening here and in the other european countries is having a direct effect on investment confidence, which ultimately has an effect on the market, consumer confidence, people feel poorer. the 401(k)s go down. you have the president of the united states calling on europe to do things and to get things moving, and you start to understand what global markets really mean. it's just like the proverbial warp sweater that gets snagged on a nail. it will unravel. >> certainly well. all right, richard quest in athens for us. thank you. once again, we're awaiting the verdict in the roger clemens perjury trial. we're going to have it for you in a matter of minutes. the jury has just informed the court they have reached a verdict on the six counts, obstruction of justice, making false statements and perjury against the famed pitcher. we'll loet you know what the verdicts are. and american children are using fewer antibiotics. ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. see your lexus dealer. writing the next chapter for the rx and lexus. welcome to hotels.com. summer road trip, huh? 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davis was a very early supporter of barack obama's 2008 presidential bid, and he actually seconded barack obama's nomination in stirring fashion at the convention. listen to this. i am honored to second the nomination for the man whose victory tonight takes us closer to becoming what we know america can be, ladies and gentlemen. this is a cause for which we stand. an american president named barack obama who will lead and inspire the free world. >> and joining us now is archer davis, the former democratic congressman from alabama. you served four terms as a democrat in congress. you gave this beautiful speech, seconding the nomination of barack obama to be the democratic presidential nominee, and now you say you're not going to vote for him the next time around. why? >> well, two things. number one. my decision to lead the democratic party, i don't want to suggest for one second it's simply about barack obama or the presidential race. you mentioned i come from the state of alabama. people in alabama routinely don't vote for the democrat for president and turn around and still stay in their party. you don't leave a party simply because of one candidate and one election. i made a decision a few weeks ago to leave the democratic party and become republican for a variety of reasons. yes, i am going to vote for mitt romney. but my disagreements with the democratic party aren't simply about the nominee for president, the president of the united states. it's about a range of things. the economy. education, every issue that we debate right now. i started out as a conservative southern democrat. i used to be room for conservative southern democrats in the democratic party. by the time i left the party, i didn't see that room there anymore. >> what did the president do that has so disappointed you? >> i don't want to make a judgment on the president. >> i'm sure you agonized on the decision whether or not you could vote again for this president. >> sure. well, let me put it in perspective and tell me why i got behind barack obama. i got behind him enthusiastically. >> i remember. >> number one, perhaps naively, i believed that if barack obama got elected it would completely change race relations in this country. number two, i believed that the democratic party would change, because i believed perhaps naively and mistakenly, that barack obama represented the the center wing of the democratic party that i thought bill clinton represented. i told a number of friends at the time that barack obama pulled off the ultimate ingenius trick of putting bill clinton against hillary clinton. i think the obama administration has candidly gone too far to the left. you can raise all kinds of questions whether it's good politics or not. but i happen to think it's been too far to the left. i think he's taken the party too far to the left. >> you just feel more comfortable as a republican? >> yeah. like so many other people, i didn't get what i voted for. you know, there are millions of us who voted for barack obama four years ago. gallup's approval rating last time i checked, a few days ago, had president obama at 45% approval. the 53% who voted for president obama, literally close to 10 million people have left his camp. i'm one of many people. >> did you have a close relationship with the president? >> no. >> did you ever talk to him at all? >> i had great respect for the president. don't want to any way suggest we had a close personal relationship. i have great respect for the president as a person. i have great respect for the president's family. i think barack obama is an admirable role model. we have a tendency to personalize all these things. well, because i'm going to vote against barack obama, i hate barack obama. most americans don't. and i certainly don't. these are policy disagreements. >> before i get to the next question, did you call him? valerie jarrett, any of the white house names and say i just want to give you a heads-up? this is what i'm doing? >> no, because i'm not important enough to do that. >> you ran for governor of alabama. not successfully. but that's pretty important. >> a have a lot of respect for the administration. they have more important things to worry about. like the economy. like the rest of the world beginning to unravel. they have a lot more things to worry about than one guy who lost an election two years ago. >> it's not every day that a prominent african-american like you says publicly i'm going to become a republican. i'm leaving alabama, living now in virginia. and i'm going to vote for romney as opposed -- >> you understand why this is fascinating. >> sure. none of them are life decisions. you don't leave a political party. a political party is a lot of attachment. it's a lot of relationships you build up over time. i want to put this in perspective. roughly 10 million americans, if i'm doing the math right, and i went to harvard so my math could be badly wrong. roughly 10 million americans who were in president obama's camp in 2008 are no longer there. because i used to be a politician and i was active in the campaign for a period of time, there's a little bit of attention to what i do. there are 10 million of us who are making this move. it may be the most important voting bloc ne ing bloc for the campaign. the left were directly democratic. >> not a lot of african-americans. >> not yet. i'll be very candid with you. president obama, no matter what polls show today, i expect to get 96%, 97% of the african-american vote. i expect that. i think after president obama leaves scene, win or lose, he will not on a ballot again. after he leaves the scene. i do think african-americans are prepared to look seriously at the republican pearlt, as are latinos, if the republican party earns those votes. now, that's going to mean a comfort level talking about poverty and how prosperity is the best way to combat poverty. i do agree with part of what jeb bush said last week. the one part i agree with, i do think the republican party that has to look at newt gingrich's way of talking about immigration and not necessarily the arguments that were made in the primaries. i don't think conservatives ought to be in the business of breaking up families. conservatives shouldn't be in the business of disrepresenting them. >> you like what the president did last friday. >> i don't like the way he did it. i wish governor romney had done. i wish governor romney had gotten on stage with marco rubio and announced the same thing a few weeks ago. he would do it by executive order, but announce that he would go to congress. all he did was adopt marco rubio's version of the dream act. i voted for the dream act. i think it's a good compromise. >> artur davis, good luck. do we expect you to run for congress any time soon? >> i don't have any plans to run for office. two years ago everybody told me i was unelectable. >> that would be in alabama. virginia may be different. >> we will see. we will see. >> thanks for joining us. >> thank you. got a lot more coming up here in "the situation room," including some new details on president obama's birth in hawaii. our strategy session. standing by to discuss. also new video of roger clemens arriving at the d.c. federal courthouse. just moments ago. a verdict in his perjury trial expected in the next few minutes. we'll share it with you as we go. 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let's get to our strategy session. the democratic strategist, donna brazile and eric erickson. you just heard artur davis saying he could no longer vote for barack obama even though he seconded his nomination at the convention. he's going to vote for mitt romney. he's leaving the democratic party, becoming a republican. what do you think about this? >> well, first of all, i think mr. davis is a fine man, but i hope he believes what he's saying. i sure don't believe what he's saying is accurate. look, the democratic party have a very diverse party. you can ask my home state senator. you can ask mark pryor from arkansas. you can ask a number of conservatives if they have a place at the table, a seat at the table. and they will tell you, absolutely. we are very, you know, diverse political party. so i have profound disagreements. and you know, what was interesting, wolf, is he said that he had policy disagreements, but he didn't lay them out, because i was ready to explain to mr. davis that under president obama, taxes are the lowest in 60 years. and the discretionary spending, lowest since president eisenhower. so i wish he would lay out some of the disagreements so we can respond to them. perhaps he's trying to get to speaking at the republican convention. be careful now. >> what do you think about this? it's not every day you see a prominent african-american who was actually close to the president in a certain degree. he seconded his nomination at the convention, a four-term democratic congressman from alabama. eric, all the sudden announced these major decisions in his life. >> you know, the difference between having a republican in the white house and the democrat in the white house is that when there's a republican in the white house, rarely do you see ways of republicans becoming democrats. now with two democrats in the white house, bill clinton and barack obama, we're seeing a large number of democrats become republicans. we're seeing the blue dogs go away. what's so interesting in the past 10, 15 years if you look at cnn or any of the other networks or in the newspapers, there are a whole lot more articles about the coming death of the republican party, at the hands of extremism on the right than you ever see about the democrats, who are losing in appalacia. i think the death of the republican party the people have been talking about for a decade is now greatly exaggerated. >> are you worried that more african-americans will bolt from the democratic party and move over to the republican party like artur davis? >> absolutely, wolf. i'm worried about african-americans, young people, minorities, blue collar white. we have to work hard to earn their vote, get their trust. and support the values they stand for. growth and prosperity on a budget that works for the middle class and others. so i don't think we're in danger of losing it. what i'm worried about is the repeated lies that you hear all the time about democrats, that republicans like to put out there. but it's not anything that comes from democrats. we know who we are. we know we're strong in defense. we keep america safe and strong. we're the party that balances the federal budge while the republicans talk about balancing the budget. what they do is run up the tab and leave it for democrats to pay down. >> same question to you, eric. more african-americans heading towards the republican party? >> you know, over time, yeah, i think there will be. it's just a natural evolution to political parties. i got to say, i'm shocked to hear donna talk about the democrats balancing the budget when last i checked under the constitution, it's the congress that writes the budget and there were republicans in the congress when we had the balanced budget. it was both parties coming to the table and doing it. it's probably one of artur davis' chief conditions. he doesn't feel like the democrats and republicans are willing to come to this the table. he sided with the republicans and wished the democrats would. >> we got to leave it right there. thanks for joining us. not guilty on all six counts. not guilty. roger clemens, the baseball giant, the baseball great, accused of perjury, lying to congress about steroid use. the jury, a federal jury has now come back and said he is not guilty. not guilty on count one, obstruction of congress. not guilty on count two, false statements during deposition. not guilty on count three, false statements during deposition. not guilty on count four, false statements during deposition. not guilty on count five, perjury during a hearing. the congressional hearing. count six, not guilty on perjury during the hearing as well. not guilty all six counts. wow, what a dramatic development. i don't know about you, but a lot of people are probably going to be surprised. not guilty on august six counts. the federal proximate results failing kmeetly? >> absolutely. coming on the the heels of the john edwards failure in north carolina. not a great series of events for the justice department. the key witness here was brian mcnamee, who was the trainer who testified that he injected clemens repeatedly with steroids. and claimed to have kept some old bandages and whatnot, that proved that his credibility was totally, totally attacked by rusty harden, the lead defense lawyer. the jury did not believe mcnamee. and this is a complete and total vindication for roger clemens. >> kpleetd. and i'm going to play two clips that were a @ the heart of this entire federal trial. this perjury trial against roger clemens. here's what he said. he was testifying before congress. on february 13th, 2008. >> i told the truth about steroids and human growth hormone. i injected those drugs into the body of roger clemens at his direction. >> that was not roger clemens. >> let me be clear. i have never taken steroids or hgh. >> all right. so roger clemens was second. brian mcnamee was the prosecutor's start witness. he said he injected clemens repeatedly and roger clemens denied it. the jury sided with roger clemens and finding him not gltd on all six counts. it looked like he had no credibility at all, jeffrey, with the jury. >> certainly not. it's worth noting the whole steroid controversy, whatever else happened, it has not led to successful criminal prosecutions. the barry bonds case out in san francisco took years to come to trial. he was convicted on very minor charges. those charges are on appeal. he got no prison sentence at all. he got little home arrest. remember, this case began with a mistrial because of prosecutorial misconduct. this was a second attempt by prosecutors to convict clemens and complete indication for clemens. lance armstrong was investigated for years. no charges ever brought. i think whatever the world thinks about steroids, this has nod led to successful criminal prosecutions in the united states, at least when it comes to the big names involved. >> joe johns was inside the courthouse when all of this came down. he's now joining us. joe, tell us what it was like inside. not guilty, all six counts, involving roger clemens. >> you know, i got to tell you it's not that big of a surprise, as jeff just mentioned. you had the mistrial that occurred rlier, now this. just not a good month for united states government on the prosecution. also a couple other things that are really important to point out, wolf, this wasn't your typical obstruction case. this was an obstruction of congress case. this all started on capitol hill with that appearance in 2008. in two separate places of roger clemens, speaking first in a deposition and later in a hearing for the reform committee, which he denied that he had taken steroids, that he has taken human growth hormone. now we get to this the point with the steroids. this is the kind of thing that perhaps juries don't care about as much. and i think just common sense will tell you. i know in talking with people out in the country and even just yesterday here in washington, d.c. at the yankees game when the washington nationals played the yankees, this was the kind of question that people ask rgs why is the government doing this? why is the government involved? simple answer, congress. roger clemens needed to be prosecuted. now the jr. here in the district of columbia has said he's not guilty. >> it's also a slap also. george mitchell, the former u.s. senator was commissioned by major league baseball to do a study on inappropriate steroid use by baseball players. he came out with his report in of 2007. he alleged that clemens used steroids, hgh in 1998, 2000, 2001. clemens denied those allegations under oath in a deposition and at the congressional hearing. this would further vindicate roger clemens and not necessarily the former senator, george mitchell's report. >> it certainly would seem that way. you know, george mitchell has always been very highly regarded here in washington, d.c. he put out that report, and it set off shockwaves across baseball. of course, being the national past time, a lot of people in capitol hill, very concerned about the idea that performance enhancing drugs might be used by people playing baseball at this level. nonetheless, this jury speaking says quite a bit here in washington, d.c. today. apparently either, could be a couple possibilities, either they just didn't believe the case or they didn't believe that roger clemens actually used performance enhancing drugs. what we really want to know is what the jurors are saying once they get out of this building. and that's a question we would like to pose to them. >> you'll let us know what they say. he was totally not believable if you will. brian mcnamee was much more credible in the eyes of george mitchell. we'll take a quick break. we'll stay on top of the breaking news and all the day's important news. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] not everything powerful has to guzzle fuel. the 2012 e-class bluetec from mercedes-benz. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. the great baseball pitcher roger clemens, not guilty on all six counts. a complete vindication for clemens. not guilty on obstruction of congress, making false statements. he was a major league star. wo won the psi i don't think awards seven times. jeffrey toobin, give us a thought on what all this means. >> one of the things is, the old saying don't make a federal case out of it. steroids are a big problem in american sports. sports may or may not be addressing it. whether it should be addressed in america's federal courtroom is a very different question, and juries appear to be saying no. this was a fairly tenuous case. a lot of people testified before congress. there was a lot of controversy testimony. but it almost never leads to criminal prosecution. and perhaps that's because juries are not especially sympathetic to congress, and they feel that lying to congress may not be all that terrible a crime, given what goes on in congress every day. i'm speculating a little, but there is a history of juries being e specially not sympathetic to the cases. steroids are a big american problem. if that problem is going to be solved, it's not going to be solved in america's federal courtroom. >> they have microphones set up outside the federal courthouse. we might be hearing from roger clemens or his lawyers or the federal prosecutors. is that right? >> we certainly hope so. we do know that he was inside, hugging with his family. this has certainly been a long road for him, wolf. it looked as though the prosecution did a little bit better. because they didn't get a mistrial. on the other hand, losing on all six counts of the indictment against roger clemens. i want to add to what jeff toobin said there. there is a policy reason for attacking the issue of steroids in america. they're not healthy for the athletes who take them. they can make, you know, some athletes just a little bit crazy. they can -- at the end of the day, have a real problem, and hurt your body. so there's actually a reason, but the question is, how do you enforce? and that's perhaps for somebody else to ask, wolf. >> let us know when he come outside. we're following other major news out of afghanistan involving other service member. details coming up. the medicare debate continues in washington... ...more talk on social security... ...but washington isn't talking to the american people. 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>> this information just in. very few details, but a u.s. official says indeed a u.s. service member was killed in southern afghanistan when three individuals wearing afghan police uniforms shot this service member. eight or nine additional coalition forces were also wounded. we do not know their nationalities. we do not know their condition at this hour. another incident that the military calls green on blue, but very serious, this doesn't seem to stop, of afghan forces or people in afghan uniforms turning their weapons on coalition forces. wolf? >> very worrisome indeed. standby for a moment. in syria, opposition forces say entire families are trapped under rubble from the relentless shelling by government forces. the united states mission has called off any attempts to rescue civilians because of the rising violence. there are new reports that two russian warships are preparing to set sail for syria, adding concerns about moscow's possible role in helping the al-assad regime. right now the president of the united states is walking into the g-20 summit in new mexico. you see the president going on. making walking through the wrong door. now he's been escorted to the right location. we'll have live coverage of what's going on in mexico right now. at the g-20 summit. huge issues, including what's happening in syria, the euro zone. afghanistan and elsewhere. much more of that coming up. i'll be speaking about what's going on in syria with john mccain in just a few moments. first the new move that may have stopped one russian cargo ship from carrying additional mill stair assistance to syria. let's go back to barbara working this part of the story. >> well, wolf, a new effort to stop that flow of russian weapons and material into syria, and this time using an economic weapon. this cargo ship just had its insurance canceled. syria's u.s. officials say it's carrying three russian mi-20 helicopters to syria that could be used to attack civilians. russia says it's just fulfilling a contract. the insurer said it canceled the policy in view of the nature of the voyage. the ship left the russian port several days ago and is currently off the coast of scotland. without insurance, it can't dock in any reputable port and is likely to return home, rather than continuing the port of trous in syria. >> i don't believe to be able to get into now president putin's mind. but there is a certain nostalgia in russian ya for the old russian empire. this is the old outpost of import on the mediterranean. >> stocking the -- stopping the shipment is a victory for the moment. it with wipe out whole civilian areas. but the regime has plenty more helicopters. u.s. military intelligence is watching other russian ships as well. in the black sea port, satellites are keeping their eyes on this ship, which is loaded with -- >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we're going to get back to barbara starr, but roger clemens, the famed baseball pitcher, not guilty on all six counts, perjury, obstruction of justice, let's listen to this. >> it's kind of uncomfortable for me to sit there and hear people talk about you, good or bad, but i just want to say i appreciate everyone who came in, rusty and michael and the entire team was asked to come in and speak own my behalf or tell a story or give their input. i'm really thankful the ones that again took time to get on the plane, whatever it might have been, to come in and do that for us. my family, again, just like i told them a few minutes ago, it's been a hard five years, and they've been great behind dad and supporting dad and my wife. my wife has been a rock behind us, and all our family at home in houston has been great. all the support. we had a bunch come up today and over the last -- what was it? six weeks. so thank you to all them. nine weeks. time flies when you're having fun. so my sisters are here. it's been trying on them. and i thank femme for their strength and support and really all you media guys that know me and followed my career. [ cheers and applause ] i put a lot of hard work into that career. and so, again, i appreciate my teammates that came in and all the e-mails and phone calls. from my teammates. so thank you very much. >> thank you. >> do you regret asking congr s congress -- >> there you have a tearful roger clemens. tears out of joy. a great day for him today. vindicated jury at the federal courthouse here in washington, d.c. has found him not guilty on six counts. the federal government had charged him with obstruction of congress, making false statements during a deposition and perjury during a congressional hearing. he says it's been hell for him for the past five years. he denied using steroids. the government didn't believe him. they went after him on six counts. today a federal jury in washington, d.c. has found him not guilty. not guilty on all six counts. he can now go ahead, totally vindicated by the federal jury in washington. we'll continue to watch that dramatic story indeed. he's a great, great pitcher. he won the cy young awards seven times, was the mvp for the american league in 1986 and he won two world series titles from 1999. not guilty on all six counts. let's get back to the other breaking news we're following. what's going on in syria and the russian involvement creating a lot of tension, barbara starr, between the u.s. and moscow. the obama administration, the new government of vladimir putin, the russian president. if you looked at that body language between presidents putin and obama in mexico today at the g-20 summit, it was not pretty indeed. but go ahead and wrap up this part of the story. >> well, wolf, the u.s. did achieve a small victory by getting the insurance canceled on a ship that was headed with russian weapons on board for syria, u.s. intelligence is continuing to monitor all the russian shipping that they feel may be relevant. vef watching several other ships that could eventually be headed for syria. what is the bottom line here? nobody says that russia is sending combat troops or russia will get in the middle of this tragedy on the ground in syria. but nobody exactly believes that russia is going to sit it out. either right now the russian support for bashir al-assad continues. it gives russia critical access into the entire middle east. so there's a lot more at stake here. of course, it's the syrian people. the civilians. the men, women and children that really are suffering so much in this unfolding tragedy that seems right now to have no end. wolf? >> no end in sight, indeed. barbara, thank you. senator john mccain is the top republican on the senate armed services committee. my interview with him. he is furious at president obama and the obama administration for the situation in syria. he is here. he will explain his strong, strong views. also, president obama's choice to be the next united states ambassador to iraq. he's taking his name out of consideration because of his wife. standby. new information coming in. and potentially at least some of his critics believe a horse could cause some embarrassing problems for mitt romney. we're taking a closer look. is that true or not? standby. ♪... ♪... ♪... choose the perfect hotel a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ [♪...] >> announcer: with nothing but his computer, an identity thief is able to use your information to open a bank account in order to make your money his money. 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>> hey, wolf. well, a withdrawal of the nomination one day before the key vote on the senate foreign relations committee. he came under intense scrutiny for flirtatious e-mails that surfaced between mcgurg, who was working for the national security council and a former wall street journal reporter also working in iraq at the time in 2008. they are now married, but the a fair and those e-mails have republicans up here in capitol hill questioning his conduct, questioning his judgment, and questioning his credibility. now six republicans last week wrote a letter to president obama, urging the president to withdraw his nomination because they also have concerned about his involvement in post war iraq negotiations. as we can see now, mcgurk himself is withdrawing his nomination, in a letter obtained by colleague jessica yellin that he wrote to the president and secretary of state hillary clinton. he says it's with a heavy heart that he's we drawing his nomination. the depiction of our relationship has been both surreal and devastating. we've also witnessed real sacrifice and suffering in iraq and know nothing should be allowed to distract from the pressing work that must be done to build a better future there. it was not just republicans criticizing mcgurk and the nomination. most significantly, it was also key democrats on the senate foreign relations committee who were raising concerns about his nomination in light of the revelations. now he has withdrawn the nomination. very sensitive position remains unfilled. a spokesman for the national security council says the administration regrets to see mcgurk withdrawing his nomination but there's no doubt in their view he'll be called on once again to serve the country. >> have to go find a new u.s. ambassador. >> yep. >> thanks very much, kate bolduan. google has a tool for terrorists. just ahead, what the online search engine is doing to get al qaeda propaganda off the internet. and a u.s. service member surfaces after going awol almost 30 years ago. why he's now telling cnn he can't believe he didn't get caught. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, "what's next?" introducing the all-new rx f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. introducing the all-new rx f sport. ♪ hello...rings ♪ what the... what the... what the... ♪ ♪ are you seein' this? 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>> well, to ensure that they would be respected by bashar assad, along with other countries who would be willing to supply their air power now. some countries now in the region are supplying reps which we steadfastly refuse to do while being slaughtered. >> do you support supplying weapons to the opposition? >> of course. of course. and the hotel is headed towards the russian port in syria. but secretary of state sounded helicopters, which we understand are refurbished, but that is basically the same thing. it's not a fair fight, wolf. it's an unfair fight going on right now. >> the obama administration insists it can't do anything militarily or along those lines without the authority of the united nations security council. and as you anyway, russia has a veto and they're more than to use it. >> so we are now having any national security action taken by the united states of america dependent upon the good graces of russia. we had the issue for the same region. because russia would have vetoed it. the united states of america cannot gauge or condition its actions on whether russia or china veto them in the security council. that's consigning our approval to mr. putin. >> the president issued a joint statement with mr. putin at the g-20 summit. they met for a while today. they go into where they agree. among other things. they say we are united in belief that the syrian people should have the opportunity to independently and democratically choose their own future. they don't go into specifics. what is your reaction so this? >> well, i think it was the kind of statement that you usually hear when there's no concrete agreement. also, it's a little weird to consider their statement about sporting it. almost every observer recognizes it's been a total failure. the observers have just been pulled back. to somehow say they're dependent on wast been a failed course of action is a little bit unrealistic to say the least. >> at the speech today, you expressed concerns ability iran and the apparently growing influence in the region. not only moving from iran, but through the allies now. some of them in iraq, and then syria, lebanon. we now see the muslim brotherhood winning the presidential election in egypt. what's going on from your perspective and how specifically does syria fit into this? >> well, i think syria followed by bashar assad according to general matis or head of central command would be the greatest in 25 years. apparently the reports where a nuclear program had broken down, if you had syria in the hands of free and democratic country, that would be the last real bash of the russian empire in syria. you would have a direct blow to hezbollah. a chance for lebanon to become truly independent and, so, it would be a huge setback to iran if and you have a humanitarian situation here where torture, murder, rape is being systematically employed against people who do not have weapons to defend themselves, and the strategic implications of a massive blow to a land if bashar fails. >> mccain as usual, thanks so much for coming in. >> thanks for having me on. >> taking a look at more news, including ann romney, the wife of the republican presidential candidate. guess what? she has a horse. a horse now eligible to participate at the olympic games in england. standby. i'll share with you what's going on. blach of your business. we can recommend financial solutions that can work for you that have helped millions of business owners save time, reduce expenses, and maximize cash flow. as the number one small business lender for nine years running... we're with you when you need us. so you can be there for your customers. wells fargo. together we'll go far. ann romney, the wife of the republican presidential candidate has loved horses her whole life, but she accelerated that passion after she was diagnosed with ms, and she uses the horseback riding as part of treatment and rehabilitation. now her horse is qualified for the olympic games in london. lisa sylvester is taking a look at the story. it's generating commotion for some political reasons as well. >> the question is ann romney's address of message. that's the headleine in the heat of this. does it send the wrong message. a candidate and his wife who want to relate to ordinary voters, investing in a sport that can cost tens of thousands of dollars. you're looking at one of the best horses in the country, who made the olympic team this weekend. the horse is coowned by ann romney who tweeted about her horse's win and gushed about her who on the frank beckman radio show. >> i'm so excited honestly to be able to represent the united states. af horse, and it's going to be fighting for gold in london. >> reporter: but ann romney's expensive hobby could cause problems for her husband, gop candidate mitt romney. gop voters have been hammering at romney. we're talking a sport that can easily cost participants in the six figures. the saddle alone can cost more than $1,000. >> the horses very ary. you can buy a $60,000 horse and train it. or you can buy the $250,000 horse or 250,000 euro horse. >> comedian stephen colbert had some fun with it. >> whoo! whoo! number one! >> mitt romney in an interview on "face the nation" says the horse has been therapeutic for ann romney, who has been diagnosed with multiple sler w scleroisis. >> her getting back on a horse has reinvigorated her. she cares very deeply about this support and about horses. i joke that i'm going to have to send her to beth fi ford for addiction to horses. it's not the first time a candidate has had an optics problem. republicans used images of john kerry wind surfing in political ads. could the horse end up not only in the olympics, but in a campaign ad? yeses, says brian monroe. >> it's a well-to-do sport. you have to have money to own the horses, to train them, to get the horse to europe. but at the end of the day, the american people should be focused on the issued that matter here, the economy, jobs, taxes. that's what ultimately they're going to vote on. >> both mitt romney and president obama are in the millionaires club. mr. obama made millions with his best selling books. even before he entered the white house. and romney is so wealthy he wanted to have elevators in a garage for his car. we're talking in terms of presidential politics, you can look back in recent history. a lot of people are having problems saying the name of it. it will shine the spotlight. the fact that ann romney has the horse in the olympics will shine a spotlight on the sport. >> hope it wins the gold for the united states of america. thanks very much, lisa. he's been awol for almost 30 years. now he has resurfaced alive and well. he's revealing why he finally decided to come out publicly. and a bird caller crashes the united states open. we're calling it the u.s. open. you won't want to miss the video that's going viral. jeanne moos will have that. what happens when classroom teachers get the training... ...and support they need? 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>>. >> now i feel that i married to swedish national national. i'm quite confident i can stay in sweden and will not be extradited. my youngest daughter is old enough to go to day care so the mother can take care of the children. >> and hamler says he wanted to reach out to his parents before they die. in 1984 he says he hitchhiked from germany to sweden. he cites both personal and political reasons for going awol. a romance had failed and he became disillusioned with reagan's foreign policy. >> it was just unthinkable i wouldn't get caught. i was waiting for the police to come and get me. i just wanted to stay as long as it would last. >> in recent weeks a spokeswoman for the office of investigation says he sent a rambling e-mail to the air force explaining why he desserted. >> i knew that anything could happen. so for me, anything that happens is worth it just to be able to have contact with my parents again. so for me, anything that happens is worth it just to be able to have contact with my parents again. basically, i'm just waiting to see what happens with the air force if there's a military trial and see what the results are. and then go from there. >> hemler's brother thomas says he thought his brother may have killed himself and was shocked to hear from him. he says he understands why americans can offer no sympathy with some calling david a coward. >> he found the courage and came public with this and now he faces risk from every aspect of his life from his job to his resident sit status into sweden to his own family who he's been lying to over there to the chance of rejection from his family here to you know global scorn because he's a military deserter. >> now, the air force office of special investigations says as long as hemler is in sweden, they can't touch him because sweden won't extradite military or political criminals. wolf in. >> what does he face if he's eventually tried? >> there's a range of options one being that the case would be thrown out. to spending time in prison but the spokeswoman at the air force says it's very unlikely that is case is going to be thrown out because it has been so long that he's been hiding. >> he was an adult when he deserted. did he explain why he sort of is speaking with a swedish accent to you? >> he didn't. he just said he has been in sweden so long he developed this accent. his brother when he called said that at first he didn't recognize his own brother's voice that, it took him almost an hour before he could finally hear hints of his brother's voice. >> his brother is convinced this is the same person? >> his brother is convinced it's the same person. the air force believes that it is him, as well. >> does he explain why he deserted. >> >> he gives a couple of different answers. he says that he was heart broken that he had become a passcy fis, that he was disillusioned with president reagan's foreign policies at the time and all of that led to him running away. now his brother said that he believed that david was very depressed at the time, that he was always a loner and he thought perhaps his brother had killed himself. the family looked for him for several years and they finally stopped looking. >> 28 years later, they have now found him. at first glance, it looks like the space shuttle but it's an unmanned air force space plane that's just landed after more than a year on a rather mysterious mission. bribe todd is joining with us details. mysterious, secret. >> so much about it is mysterious. the air force wants it that way. we're going to show you video here. we ran a little of it a second ago. infrared. we'll show you the regular video in i an second. the only way you would have been able to see this plane approaching is if you were near vandenberg air force base just as dawn broke on saturday. this is called the x-37 b orbital "tom green's house tonight" vehicle, and you manned space plane. it's been orbiting for more than 460 days launched in early march of last year. there's a better shot of it coming down with regular video there. it looks a lot like the space shuttle but it's a lot smaller and it's controlled from grounds stations. two of these things can fit in the space shuttle's payload bay. what is the payload of this vehicle? we tried and were told nice try for asking. the air force says the payload is classified. the mission exactly where it went, that's classified. the cost, you guessed it, classified. but the air force says quote cost effectiveness is a major consideration. some observers like the secure world foundation worried this was part of the weaponization of space, that this might be able to shoot down enemy satellites. the air force has said that is not the case. two years ago, an air force official said these are going to be like space shuttle operations and they are going to keep launching these. they plan to launch another one this fall sometime. it's a spacecraft they've already used but they're going to launch it this fall. >> very mysterious, unmanned also. thanks very much. the u.s. open winner's big moment in the spotlight suddenly stolen by a bird caller. that's next. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. ♪ ( whirring and crackling sounds ) man: assembly lines that fix themselves. the most innovative companies are doing things they never could before, by building on the cisco intelligent network. home protector plus, from liberty mutual insurance, where the costs to both repair your home and replace your possessions are covered. and we don't just cut a check for the depreciated value -- we can actually replace your stuff with an exact or near match. plus, if your home is unfit to live in after an incident, we pay for you to stay somewhere else while it's being repaired. home protector plus, from liberty mutual insurance. because you never know what lies around the corner. to get a free quote, call... visit a local office, or go to libertymutual.com today. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? 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what bird is he calling. >> according to the heads of new york city's audubon