police and sheriff s officials in ohio after the owner of a preserve, game preserve, killed himself and let them loose on the town. the one monkey they couldn t find, police say the t cheetah, ate that monkey. authorities defending the decision to take those animals down. saying it was us or them. ja jason carol. reporter: so many questions this morning. why terry thompson the man that owned all the animals, why he opened the cages and set those animals free. knowing that many of them would most likely be killed. this is a manna by all accounts loved these animals. that s one of the major questions that investigators will be looking at this morning. in all, 49 animals killed. the pictures really tell the whole story. we see those pictures of those animals, wild exotic animals, killed out here. sheriff s deputies telling me they were sickened to have to do what they did to put the animals down but simply felt as though they had no choice. the story actually started to unfo
so now people are taking everything he says seriously, whether he likes it or not. as to whether you like what he s saying or not, that s entirely up to you. keeping them honest, whatever political position you happen to have, the question for herman cain or anyone wanting to be president is this, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? here s what he said saturday about illegal immigration. i tell you what, when i m in charge of the fence, we re going to have a fence, it will be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on the top, it will be electrocuted electrified. and there s going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. herman cain at a campaign stop in tennessee on saturday. sunday on meet the press, he said, just joking. on immigration, you said it at an event in tennessee that you would build an electrified fence on the border that could kill people if they try to cross illegally. that s a jo
the bells ring, let s go out front. hello, everyone. out front live in las vegas. feels good to say that. we re just an hour away. we have seven republican candidates squaring off for their party s nomination to challenge president barack obama next november. herman cain surging in the polls to defend his front of runner status. rick perry could be dropping and that could be the comeback story of the night and mitt romney, slow, but steady. in a poll released this morning and lagging behind cain in likability, can he pull more gop voters to the side? we have a lot lined up for you. we want to begin with two of our special guests, john avalon, senior economist for news week and the daily beast, cnn chief political analyst and all of this action was buzzing around as the show began. a lot of people over there. the motorcycles came. that s right. they ve got a lot to prove, gloria. sure is. and i think this will be a transition thing because we re going to see if r
cain or anyone wanting to be president is this, can you be a serious candidate without serious scrutiny of what you say and how you say it? here s what he said saturday about illegal immigration. i tell you what, when i m in charge of the fence, we re going to have a fence, it will be 20 feet high and have barbed wire on the top, it will be electrocuted electrified. and there s going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. herman cain at a campaign stop in tennessee on saturday. sunday on meet the press, he said, just joking. on immigration, you said it at an event in tennessee that you would build an electrified fence on the border that could kill people if they try to cross illegally. that s a joke, david. it s a joke. that s a joke. that s not a serious plan. that s not a serious plan, no, it s not. you got a big laugh. that s a joke. i ve also said that america needs to get a sense of humor. that was a joke, okay? the head of
dan wheldon, leaving racing fans in shock and grief. i m wolf blitzer in las vegas, you re in the situation room. we are now in las vegas with the republican hopefuls will face off tomorrow night in the western presidential debate. it comes at a pivotal point in the contest with herman cain now near or at the top of the various polls. but he sparked an uproar over the weekend about a controversial remark about immigration. a very sensitive issue here if nevada. cnn s jim acosta is with us. this is a big one here and in a lot of other states as well herman cain said he made these comments before when he hosted his radio show in atlanta. he is finding out that those remarks can bring in viewers and listeners but may not work as well on a presidential campaign. herm yan cane insists these comments did not cross the line. it ll be 20 feet high. barb wire on the top. it will be electrified. and there is going to be a sign on the other side that said, it will kill you. warnin