for the next debate, does cain have what takes to go the distance? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. . president obama says that iran must be held accountable for an alleged plot to kill a saudi ambassador to the united states. he is ramping up efforts to punish and isolate iran as he puts pressure on republicans in congress for blocking his jobs bill. jess yak jessica yellin is standing by much he was asked about the alleged assassination plots, the links to the iranian government. give us the headlines. well, the president repeatedly declined to say that nation s supreme leader and president were aware of the alleged plot. but he insisted that knowledge of it reached high into the iranian government. here s the president. we believe that if even if at the highest levels there was not detailed operational knowledge, there has to be accountability with respect to anybody in
stoically, saying very little to reporters. not long ago he spoke about the man convicted of brutalizing his family. i m not surprised is at all. i thought from the beginning that he was a lying sociopathic personality. and probably at this moment doesn t think he s guilty of anything. he s convinced himself of that i suspect. you will hear more from dr. petit and debra feyerick who was right there in the courtroom. but first, herman cain has gone from underdog to possible top dog. the latest nbc wall street journal poll shows cain with support from 27% of republican voters. mitt romney is four points behind him. ranked third is rick perry with 16% saying they would vote for him. today, as you may have seen in the last hour on cnn, cain sat down with erin burnett for an interview that covered several topics. we begin on the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador to the united states. watch. i happen to believe in a this attempted assassination, that iran has its fi
cut, unemployment benefits, tax credits for businesses, protection against bias for unemployed job applicants. despite the president s hard line push to nas bill and tireless national campaign, obama s jobs plan essentially die ted hands of senate republicans tuesday on a key procedural vote. 60 votes were needed. clearly, the votes just weren t there. the president knew it was coming. he now has to rethink and regroup. the republicans don t exactly have a concrete alternative jobs bill to fix the problem. so the big question is what happens now? are we back to square one or do we call it plan b? whatever you want to call it let s talk about it with someone who knows a lot about it chief national correspondent and anchor, john king, joining us live now from washington. hi there, john. so the president, he says that he is prepared to break his jobs bill now into pieces in the hopes of getting parts of it throughsome that the answer here, do you think? it is the only answer b
has no business and no obligation having to pay for wall street s bad bets. that s their bad bets and they can eat them. well, congresswoman, yes, we re not so sure. different political goal but both movements are taking full advantage of our precious right of free speech. what we don t know is whether the protesters from the left are going to rival the tea party. only pakistan can save pakistan. only afghanistan can save afghanistan. and right now, we should focus on america saving america. here s the question. is borrowing a page from ron paul huntsman s path to popularity? first the dicey mix of god and politics. for massachusetts governor romney lom has been marching methodically through his safe and steady strategy hoping the win the republican nomination. just as it appeared he was weathering a major challenge from rick perry, the mormon question. thrust front and center by a southern minute here is the calls mormons members of a cult. part of a pastor s job i
kid to college but retailers are looking to hire half a million temporary workers with the holidays coming up according to the national retail federation. major chains often hire these temp workers then full-time after the holidays. we definitely saw that last year. retail workers, there are jobs there. some other jobs in high demand truck drivers, engineers, including industrial and software engineers. registered nurses. professional chefs. and accountants. but it is undeniable people are not just angry and frustrated, they are lived with the economy, jobs, their paychecks an the income gap. look at this scene. in new york, right now, at the heart of our financial district, the occupy wall street protests are intensifying. we do have a live picture for you. today marks the 21st day of the movement with no signs of it dying down any time soon. in fact, the grassroots protests, the discontent are spreading rapidly across the country from east to west, north to south. this