a new breakthrough can reveal the entire genetic blueprint of a baby still in its mother s womb, detecting thousands of diseases, but at what cost? i m wolf blitzer in chicago. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com bill clinton can certainly work wondzers out there on the campaign trail, but he can also work himself into trouble from time to time. first, he praised what he called the so-called sterling that s a quote, sterling business record of mitt romney right here on cnn. then he contradicted president obama seemingly by suggesting that the bush tax cuts should be extended even for the wealthiest americans. i just sat down with the former president here in chicago at the clinton global initiative, and i asked him about that. what i was saying yesterday, which is apparently not accurate, is that if this fiscal cliff comes to the president and the congress and the country before the election, he can t afford to give up his position and he
being able to stop it and also being able to evolve more tools to control it and where it cannot be controlled to be able to take additional actions. this obviously because of the timing will have to be done in the next month or so i would think. and so we will be working together in that direction. so i now would like to ask senator chambliss, my distinguish distinguished vice chairman, to make some comments. well, thanks, chairman feinstein. let me just say that thanks no the leadership of chairman feinstein as well as chairman rogers, ranking member berger, the four of us have worked closely on any number of issues. there is no more important issue that we have to work on than this issue. i think it goes without saying that all of us are extremely upset about the fact that not only have leaks occurred, but there s been just a cascade of leaks coming out of the intelligence community over the last several weeks and months, and it s our clear intention to put a stop to thi
security secrets. the leaks are the source of how president obama and his aids pick targets for drones. the other detailed iran s nuclear program. the fbi confirmed it is investigating that leak. senator john mccain says the fbi is fine but he wants an outside special counsel to lead the investigation. he said he suspects the obama administration is leaking this information to make the president look good. the portrayal of the president in these stories is of why usually nothing short of heroic. i agree with the cyberwarfare but why should we reveal it to the enemy and take credit for something that obviously does not deserve to be well-known? president obama s spokesman called allegations of intentional leaking grossly irresponsible. in a very rare show of bipartisan anger, this afternoon, the democratic and republican leaders of the house and senate intelligence committee say these leaks threaten to do iminent and ir represent parable damage to the committee. just momen
captions by vitac www.vitac.com we begin in wisconsin where voters have three more hours to cast ballots in an effort to recall their republican governor scott walker and replace him with the democratic mayor tom barrett. both parties see it as a potential weather vane for november s election. the exit polls are fascinating to begin with, number one and number two show a very close race and how polarized and partisan the electorate is. we mentioned governor walker s efforts to limit collective bargaining rights, strongly disapprove of the efforts, 38% of those voting today strongly days prove but let s come to the other end, 37% strongly approve, that tells you why we think this is going to be a close race as we go through, the others in the middle there. that s the defining issue in the race. look at the electorate again today another close divide, 35% of those voting today are democrats, 33% are republicans, we get that to highlight, 32% of the electorate today indepe
why? well, because the authorities are saying that he is now making a claim that he played a direct role in the death of etan patz and allegedly killed the man. they were led to this man, we are told by sources, by law enforcement source, because this is someone who had beeen on ther radar screen and questioning people and as a source who led them to the basement of a man and this is also someone who had been on the radar a long time ago and they started to question him again, because the name kept coming up. we don t know whether this is going to lead to a break in the case, because some law enforcement sources are telling us that they are proceeding with a great deal of skepticism and caution. however, they are calling this naturally a very good lead at this time. so, we are waiting to see whether this is the break in the case that what everyone was hoping for, or unfortunately, it will go nowhere. it is too early to tell at this time, but we are watching carefully what may