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hoping to take on the candidate who may pose the greatest challenge to president obama. we are talking about mitt romney. herman cain is live with us here in the situation room this hour. we will talk about what is behind declined in the recent polls. criticism of his 9-9-9 tax plan and much more. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. he s the only candidate whose been consistently at the top of the polls in the volatile republican race for the white house. that has mitt romney increasingly targeted by president obama s supporters. now in an unusual move, the democratic national committee is targeting romney in an effort to sway the gop nominated contest pmt cnn s joe john says working the scene for us. joe, what is going on here. it raises the question, whose primary is this anyway. it was much easier to keep track of this when it was just republicans fighting among themselves. the latest in the republican battle comes from the democratic national commi ....
president barack obama and his re-election campaign. the today the president and the jobs act face a critical vote, a important vote in the senate. they are pushing hard to rally support. if you wonder what the president jobs bill could mean for you, here s a brief overview. in addition to other things we re talking about extending the current payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits. there also would be new tax credits for businesses that hire people who are unemployed. president obama is in pittsburgh today where he will speak about his jobs bill less than one hour from now. this is an important last minute push was the senate is scheduled to hold a key procedural vote on whether it will consider that bill. white house correspondent dan lothian is traveling with the president and joins us live from pittsburgh. hi, there, dan. is the president preparing for the possibility that his jobs bill may not pass today s test in the senate? reporter: it it does appear that h ....
it s one of the u.s. military s most important weapons systems playing a critical role in the fight against terror. and now there s new growing concern over the computers that concern drone aircraft. they re infected with a persistent virus but it is only part after much, much bigger threat. our correspondent chris lawrence is investigating all of this for us. chris, what are you picking up? right now, officials don t know if this virus is benign or truly doing harm. it has not stopped the pilots from actually flying the drones over their missions in places like afghanistan. but right now, they are in the midst of an investigation to find out if any secret data is being transmitted outside because of this virus. they ve become one of the linchpins of u.s. military power in war zones around the world. but a defense official confirms these drones are now flying while infected with a computer virus. military officials are more confused than panicked by this virus. no ....
the foundation of apple. dan simon has the story of steve jobs incredible life. today apple is going to reinvent the phone. reporter: steve jobs was a modern-day thomas edison. you can do multifinger gestures on it and, boy, have we patented it. reporter: he didn t have a patent on his own look, but he was rarely seen without tennis shoes, levis and a black shirt. he was legendary for his flair and showmanship. amazing. and the screen literally floats in midair. reporter: steven paul jobs was born in san francisco. his mother, an unwed college student, put him up for adoption. he developed an early interest in computers, going to after-school lectures at hewlett-packard. after high school, he attended reed college but only for one semester. at just 20 years old he started apple computer in his garage with friend steve wozniak. we worked hard and in ten years apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 emp ....