than the testimony in court? none. none. he s set to be put to death next wednesday unless they grant clemency. no two hours, john boehner will reveal the republican plan to create jobs and close loopholes. they said they could go along with some of the president s jobs plans until they found he would raise taxes on wealthy americans. the line for first time jobless claims jumped 11,000 for a total of 428,000. it s the highest number of first-time claims since june. the postmaster general is outlining a plan that could cost 150,000 jobs. they want to close more than 300 mail processing facilities, saturday deliver could end, first class mail would be slower to arrive. they are $10 billion in the hole this fiscal year. in los angeles today, lawyers in dr. conrad murray s manslaughter trial are going over juror questionnaires with the judge. the final phase of juror selection is next week. they say murray had a hand in michael jackson s death. jacqueline kennedy is
ahead to shake up the republican presidential race. perry, a social and fiscal conservative and evangelical christian, is widely expected to jump in tomorrow. now, he was not wrong the eight republican candidates who debated in iowa last night. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty tried to break out of the pack. he repeatedly zinged fellow minnesotan michele bachmann. she s fighting for these things. she fought for less government spending. we got a lot more. she led the effort against obamacare. we got obamacare. she led the effort against t.a.r.p. we got t.a.r.p. it s her record of results we re woired about. if that s your record, please stop because you re killing us. well, bachmann shot back, accusing pawlenty of abandoning conservative principles, republican candidates are going to compete tomorrow in an iowa presidential straw poll. it s an informal nonbinding survey open to voters who pay a fee. military operations are reported on the outskirts of syria s capi
inside a hospital in somalia to remind us that they aren t statistics, they are people in pain. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . after weeks of blatant political flirting, the texas governor rick perry is now ready to commit. cnn has learned he will major a formal campaign announce mementd our new poll, jim, shows he will be very competitive. that s right. he comes in the top tier, wolf, you re right, rick perry, according to a source close to the governor has told cnn that the texas governor will be announcing he s running for president on saturday. he will be doing this, not in iowa where most of the republican kaechbts are right now. he will be at a red state.com, conservative blog conference that s occurring in charleston, south carolina. now we understand that the texas governor is going to put aside any doubts. he is running for president. you mentioned that cnn poll, wolf he is as close as the republican parties gets to an un-romney. rudy giuliani, w