Any minute, Senate Minority leader Mitch Mcconnell is set to speak on the floor of the senate for the First Time Since his latest Freezing Episode as questions swirl about the future of his leadership. Were monitoring those remarks. The man hunt for a dangerous escaped murderer is now expanding. Pennsylvania Authorities Say the convicted killer was spotted outside of the original search area. Two School Districts closed their doors as hundreds of Law Enforcement officers deployed to help with the search. And more than 50 years after his heroic actions in vietnam, retired Army Captain Larry Taylor will be honored at the white house. Captain taylor will receive the nations highest Military Award. We are following these latest developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. This hour on capitol hill, the senate is back in session after its august break, and many eyes and ears are going to be trained on the minority leader. Any moment now were expecting to he
controversy dogging president obama. did top aides, including the vice president joe biden warn him about it beforehand? new information coming in. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our national political correspondent jim acosta is following it for us. reporter: it sounded like he was referring to mitt romney as mr. burns, the villain from the simpsons who once said release the hounds. that s because in the race for the alpha dog, the fangs are out. rick santorum doesn t need anybody to tell him who let the dogs out. i think it s interesting you re asking that question about governor romney and his attack dogs.connect 1200 he has an opportunity tomorrow at this convention ironically he spoke to them four years ago this week, wolf, when he was pulling out of the presidential race. let s listen to what he says. i stand for conservative prim pes, i ll fight alongside you for all the things we believe it in, and one of the things we believe is we ca