The mayor and take it only on thirteen years now. He had the bizarre encounter that have the sheriff chasing after the mayor in a slow pursuit through downtown at one point police were even called in for backup. I asked the mayor if he felt this was all a setup because the sheriff insists it wasnt plain petty politics was this all political. Do you think though that chasing after him was been digging was in heaven know he has no respect for Law Enforcement all the while some repairs call was their response to gov o theres a god in heaven they just take a bath and we can decide for yourself after watching the tape and listening to the interviews there whether or not this was a setup now of course we had been trying to reach the mayor we message him last night called again today you saw that he didnt want to speak with us as he left the magistrates office. I did notice that some people on his Facebook Page are leaving is due in Court Next Week reporting live in portsmouth there came thir
to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. cnn political correspondent jim acosta is at the red state conference in charleston. he joins us live now. jim, the impact that perry may have on this presidential playing field. any guesses? [ inaudible ] we ll have to work out the audio because you re not the only one who is not hearing jim acosta. we ll try to re-establish that in a moment. there is another major political story going on right now in iowa. the nation s first caucus state is holding its famous ames straw poll. it is a critical test of a candidate s strength. it can boost a candidate to the front of the pack or eliminate them from contention altogether. the best political team on television is on the ground in iowa, among them cnn deputy political director paul steinhauser. why is this one poll so important when a lot of people say other straw polls are insignificant, don t matter? well, hey, good point there. this is nonbinding. candidate