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we re talking about the occupy wall street movement, now in its sixth week in cities across the country. large crowds have taken to the streets in philadelphia and boston and elsewhere. they re protesting income inequality and the lack of jobs. last week, herman cain said those fired up over america s economic troubles had no one to blame but themselves. here s what he told the wall street journal . don t blame wall street. don t blame the big banks. if you don t have a job and you re not rich, blame yourself! then this past weekend, cain fired another shot at the protesters on cbs face the nation. watch. my parents never said that we hope that the rich people lose something so we can get something. no! my dad s idea was, i want to work hard enough so i can buy a cadillac, not take somebody else s. but, listen. now cain is tweaking his message and saying the protesters should be blaming someone. the wohite house. here s what he said last night during the blo ....
fired up over america s economic troubles had no one to blame but themselves. here s what he told the wall street journal . don t blame wall street. don t blame the big banks. if you don t have a job and you re not rich, blame yourself. then this past weekend, cain fired another shot at the protesters on cbs face the nation. watch. my parents never said that we hope that the rich people lose something so we can get something. no. my dad s idea was, i want to work hard enough so i can buy a cadillac, not take somebody else s. but, listen. now cain is tweaking his message and saying the protesters should be blaming someone. the white house. here s what he said last night during the bloomberg/ washington post gop debate. that response was directed at the people that are protesting on wall street. not that 14 million people who are out of work for no reason of their own, other than the economy s not growing. not the millions of people that are underemployed. ....
And at the same time, the fighting is continuing at this hour at quadaffi s hometown of sert. the rebel fighters pushed to within a mea mile of the town center. they are trying to expand west of the city but they do say that they are not pushing from other fronts because they want to help civilians get out and get away from the fighting there. at the same time today the libyan authorities announced they found a mass grave here in tripoli. over 1200 bodies of men were found near tripoli s prison. it is believed these people were killed during a protest at that jail back in 1996. so grim news from here. back to you, shannon. absolutely. david piper there with the latest in tripoli. thanks, david. shannon: the justice department has been taking a lot of heat from critics over ....
northeast are desperate to escape the flooding and the damage unleashed by hurricane irene. we re tracking the rescues and the danger right now. and we ll put the arrest of the uncle in a dui charge. this hour, and whether they matter to most american. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. up first this hour, a very tough political debate over national security that will unfold between president obama and his republican challenger, whoever that might be. the commander in chief dep and it s no coincidence that war and foreign policy are getting more attention on the campaign trail with the ten-year milestone of the 9/11 attacks only a few days away. let s bring in cnn s jim acosta. he s watching all of this unfold. we know the economy will be issue number one. but national security will be a key debating point for the democratic and republican candidates. that s right. it s flareed up recently with libya and with the killing of osama bin laden. it s still ....
there you see the map tracking the progress of hurricane irene, moving at about 14 miles an hour. it s still about 265 miles south/southwest of the outer banks of north carolina, but it already, as you saw in john roberts report, is beginning to pelt that area with rain and tropical storm-force winds of about 40 miles an hour. to just give you a sense of the scope of this, 2 million people along the coast, all the way from the carolinas up to massachusetts, 2 million people, have been ordered to evacuate. we ll have more team coverage a little later in the program. the hunt for muammar qaddafi has expanded from the capital of tripoli to the leader s hometown ....