talk radio republicans demanded blood. tea party leaders branded him a traitor. christie, however, didn t give a damn. throughout the intradition party fight the jersey boy tore a page out of his hero bruce springsteen s song book and defiantly struck a no retreat baby no surrender pose against the withering right-wing rage. and now the november 5th election results suggest that brazen, christie style bipartisanship worked. chris christie looks like he s in it for the long game. certainly sounded like that on tuesday night. the long game for him, remember he s about to take over the republican governor s association which is basically like handing him a corporate
i m don lemon live in tampa, florida, for monday night s cnn gop tea party debate. a preview ahead but we start first with the 10th anniversary of 9/11. it s been a long day of deep emotions and quiet memories. america pauses to remember the attacks of 9/11 exactly ten years ago. the site of the 9/11 memorial opened today. fountains occupy the space where the twin towers once stood. cnn s poppy harlow has been there. i want to know what the reaction is now that the memorial is open. is there some degree of comfort? reporter: i think there is, don, from all the people that i talk to today, those that lost their children, those that lost fathers, brothers, mothers, aunts and uncles. for a lot of them this was cathartic in a sense and this was closure and also rebirth for some of them. it was the first time this morning they were able to walk into the gates, the memorial with each and every one of the names of those who lost their life at 9/11 at the twin towers etched in ston
i m don lemon live in tampa, florida, for monday night s cnn gop tea party debate. a preview ahead but we start first with the 10th anniversary of 9/11. it s been a long day of deep emotions and quiet memories. america pauses to remember the attacks of 9/11 exactly ten years ago. the site of the 9/11 memorial opened today. fountains occupy the space where the twin towers once stood. cnn s poppy harlow has been there. i want to foe what the reaction is now that the memorial is open. is there some degree of comfort? reporter: i think there is, don, from all the people that i talk to today, those that lost their children, those that lost fathers, brothers, mothers, aunts and uncles. for a lot of them this was cathartic in a sense and this was closure and also rebirth for some of them. it was the first time this morning they were able to walk into the gates, the memorial with each and every one of the names of those who lost their life at 9/11 at the twin towers etched in stone
left off. big debate tonight. there s no denying this guy, texas governor rick perry, is the republican partly front-runner for president. we have a brand new poll. rick perry sweeps it it. have a look with me. republicans choice for president, rick perry 12 points ahead of mitt romney. sarah palin, ron paul the only others in double digits. then this one, best chance of beating barack obama, perry by a long shot, over mitt romney. strongest leader, perry and once again double digits ahead of romney. most likely to get the economy moving, say it with me, rick perry. a rick perry sweep in this poll. that debate tonight, as you now know, from tampa, 8:00 p.m. eastern time, co-hosted by cnn and the tea party express. eight republican ready to go. joins me from austin, texas, the guy who knows rick perry like no one else, we ve discovered here, wayne schrader of the dallas morning news. wayne, as a guy who s dofred rick perry for years and years, are you surprised to see him roc
she said we were young, it was cartoonish. > the tenth anniversary of 9/1r 9/11,9/11, a ful9 remembrances. the tenth day of 9/11, a full day of solemn remembrances. that was yoyo ma at ground zero in manhattan. preparations are under way for monday s cnn tea party republican debate. we ll begin with 9/11 observances around the country. in new york a tree filled plaza surrounds two large square fountains where the twin fountains once stood. one by one the people s names were read aloud who died ten years ago today. ceremonies at the pentagon as well. 184 people died when american airlines flight 77 flew into the side of the building. in shanksville, pennsylvania o beautiful for spacious skies there was also a ceremony at the site where united airlines flight 93 went down in a field. we go to chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. a long and emotional day for everyone, including the president. reporter: that s right, don. this is a day that started bef