palestinian spring, the time for independence. but up first tonight, testing time for republican presidential front-runner rick perry. this from earlier today, a textbook example of playing it safe. our president, the great promiser of hope and change, he has delivered neither. this, on the other hand? call this throwing fuel on the fire. my friend, governor perry, said if you don t agree with his position on giving that in-state tuition to illegals, that you don t have a heart. i think if you re opposed to illegal immigration, it doesn t mean that you don t have a heart. it means that you have a heart and a brain. those competing speeches to a conservative political gathering continued. the immigration dividing line that was on display in last night s latest feisty republican presidential debate. governor perry s immigration views, opposition to a border fence, support for in-state tuition breaks for the children of illegal immigrants, are anathema to many conserva
you said it was what the american people needed to have that romney care given to them as you head had in massachusetts, then in your paper back, you took that line out. so speaking of not getting it straight in your book, sir that would be a good one for you. one of the most unique features of tonight s debate was the ninth man on the stage, former new mexico governor gary johnson s poll numbers so minuscule, he has not been included in previous debates. i do bring a unique perspective for this stage. i started a one-man handyman business in albaer can chill 1974 and grew it to over 1,000 employ yishlgs i have run for two political offices in my life, governor of new mexico and re-election. i promise to submit a balanced budget to congress in the year 2013. i promise to veto legislation where expenditures exceed revenue. our cnn political correspondent jim acosta is in orlando for us tonight. you know, i m of the so thrown by the audience reaction and i know it s diffe
most notorious prisons where they had been held for 26 months. fattal s grandparents and cousin, perhaps just like, watching c thmpb n this time yesterday from their home in seattle. i want to you watch their reaction the second they first laid eyes on him. they emerged. the families are cheering. they re running down the steps. oh! flashing lights. how wonderful is that. what a moment for this family. like i am, waiting 26 months for this day to come. i have josh fattal s uncle back on the phone with me from seattle. fred, what a past 24 hours, huh? how are josh and shane doing? and do we know yet when they get to come home? well, i did get a wonderful photograph e-mailed to me from my sister. but i just sent on it to your studio. a picture of laura, jacob, josh, all together. looking remarkably happy. and you see my barents their tears of joy. i think we re all still a little shell shocked by the wonderful night of this. i understand they re doing really well and
davis trial, seven of the nine witnesses against him either recap theed or changed their testimony, raising doubts that have gone global. however, the d.a. in the case and the families the victim s family insisted all along that davis got a fair trial deeptd six was the right one with. we are now joined, continue to have the live shot outside the jackson, georgia, prison, continue to show you if we can, maybe naught up on the screen, also the scene outside the supreme court that we have been watching, protesters have also gathered. joining us now is also with us, senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin and bj bernstein. jeff, in terms of the lethal injection, the process, it that itself is a process filled with controversy? these right. lethal injection was developed as a supposedly more humane alternative to electrocution and the gas chamber. but in recent years, lethal injection itself has become very controversial, not as simple al thing as someone would assume to put s
quick to compromise with republicans. well, today that same president delivered this warning. i will not support i will not support any plan that puts all the burden for closing our deficit on ordinary americans. and i will veto any bill that changes benefits for those who rely on medicare, but does not raise serious revenues by asking the wealthiest americans or biggest corporations to pay their fair share. the rich, very rich politics of this debate in just a moment. first, though, let s take a closer look at what the president proposed today. the president, of course, trying to influence that super committee, as i said. here s the main proposal from the president. he wants to have a mandatory spending cuts, $580 billion over the next ten years. tax revenues, $1.5 trillion in new tax increases over the next ten years. war savings. the president says he ll be saving $1.1 trillion because the united states will be getting almost all of its troops out of iraq. many of it