my name is heather knight, and i am a researcher and i study robotics. i social roboticist is someone who makes robots react to people in a human way. when i tell people i make robots, they re like, oh, wow, that s really cool. when i tell people i make social robots, usually they re a little confused at first, and i find the best way to talk about what i actually do is by example. heather, how about you get working on that emotion program? i m trying. fair enough. usually when people think of robots, they can think of two ends of the spectrum. one of them is those hollywood
next year. but here s the thing, folks, both parties want this. they agree that there should be an extension of this tax holiday. the problem here is that house republicans refuse to settle for the two-month band aid, the two-month extension that has already been passed by the senate. listen. our house gop negotiators are here and ready to work with their counterparts in the senate. he s not lucy, i m not charlie brown. we re not falling for that football stunt, again. okay, lucy and charlie brown. that s what we ve come to now, kate. it can be silly season up there sometimes. but just getting more and more silly, it seems. so, is this just all for show and eventually what people want to know, whether or not this is going to get done, is it? well, it s a good question. right now there s no clear answer, to be quite honest, as it seems both sides at the moment are more dug in than ever before. as you said, the house rejected the senate compromise that two-month extension
ornament on it. if you live in rhode island, however, it is a holiday tree, taking christ out of christmas. the subject of this morning s faces of faith. but we begin with the end for herman cain. here is part of his announcement, if you missed it yesterday. i am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family, not because we are not fighters, not because i m not a fighter. all right. but he won t be fighting on as a presidential candidate. the campaign is suspended. doesn t mean he s not still going to have some kind of impact. our political reporter shannon travis is here in studio with me. you ve been following herman cain for quite some time. he can continue this fight. plan a was being president, plan b is starting a website. plan b is also still being a playmaker in republican presidential race. plan b is this website, the cain solutions, where he says he ll keep promoting the 9-9-9 plan,
cain has been battling serious image problems. he s accused of sexual misconduct and have a 13-year extramarital affair. here is how cain ended his campaign. so as of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, i am suspended my presidential campaign. given the recent accusations of extramarital affairs, was this cain s best recourse? cnn s wolf blitzer joining us now on the phone from hollywood, florida. wolf, was this cain s best option? you know, under the circumstances, he really didn t have any other choice. his poll numbers had really gone down over the past few weeks since the first allegations of sexual harassment by four separate women came forward and when this other woman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair. the money was drying up, the poll numbers were going down. in october, he was in the mid-20s among republican likely caucusgoers in iowa. now he s down to 8%, some were suggesting he was going down to 4%. it looked like it was all over. and it obvio
extensive interview this morning with the former penn state football assistant coach accused of molesting dozens of children. jerry sandusky. you ll hear him in his own words explain his relationship and his, quote, attraction to young boys. also this morning, a story maybe you wouldn t think is coming your way from 2011. an interracial couple told they are not welcome at a church in kentucky. we are just a few hours away from a major announcement from herman cain. here s how he explained what this will all be about. this was him talking yesterday. i will be making an announcement, but nobody is going to get me to make that prematurely. we will also clarify, there s that word again, clarify, exactly what the next steps are. well, what are the next steps? he s actually in atlanta today to open a campaign office. our shannon travis is there for us in atlanta. shannon, hello to you. everybody is intrigued here, a grand opening and a grand closing today? reporter: yea