secretary janet napolitano explains the move, and we ll talk about the impact on the important latino vote in the upcoming fall election. also, echoes of the iraq insurgency in syria. stand by for an exclusive look at opposition forces building devastating roadside bombs. and a new warning that the calcium supplements you re taking to strengthen your bones may actually be hurting your heart. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s a surprise election year, policy change, with major implications for the presidential contest. the obama administration says it will stop deporting young illegal immigrants who were brought to the united states as children if they meet certain requirements. some republicans immediately blasted the decision as amnesty. here s what president obama had to say about the change. effective immediately, the department of homeland security is taking steps to lift the shad
but they conceal some very real dangerous designer drugs blamed for horrifying acts of violence. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it may be the most crucial of the battleground states, and today barack obama and mitt romney are turning ohio into their personal battleground. the slug-fest takes the form of rival speeches. but one candidate started swinging before the bell. let s go to jim acosta. he s watching it all unfold. what s the latest, jim? wolf, they were almost duelling speeches, campaign events in the same state on the same day at almost the same time. but mitt romney perhaps fearing losing the battle of the cable news double box got the early jump on the president. he started early. and it was probably a good thing for mitt romney. his speech was only 18 minutes. the president s, nearly an hour. in the first round of what will be a knockdown-dragout fight to november, mitt romney threw the first punch beginning his speech ten minutes earlier
ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? we ll look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why it s going up, up, up. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-old s health has declined in recent years and he was largely kept out of sight, shunning public appearances. first of all, what are you hearing? what is going on? well, deborah, the presidency and the international public congress has been very, very adamant that mr. mandela is okay, that there is no need to panic. they re trying to reassure a very panicked public because the last they heard is that mr. mandela is suffering from abdominal ailments that really needed a specialist s attention. but the anc is say
and good morning to you. it is wednesday november 16th. only two days until friday. ali velshi has the day off. i m carol costello along with christine romans. welcome to american morning. first up a severe weather warning right now for the new orleans area. jacqui jeras is in the extreme weather center. a rote taiting thunderstorm that could produce a thunderstorm any time. jefferson and including the city of new orleans. probably 15 minutes away. get to your safe place right now this morning. this is in effect until 5:30 local time. a radar indicated tornado that could drop down. the threat stretches from louisiana through parts of mississippi on into alabama, and we think that line will intensify as it heads towards the east today. so we ll continue to track the storm. any new information we ll bring it along to you. a tornado warning possible right now for the city of new orleans. back to you guys. thanks, jacqui. now to penn state assistant coach mike mcqueary sp
there is a route to electorals for him and i think he ll get there. when we talk about the issues in those states, governor, in nevada, the president has to deal with 13.4% unemployment. top in the nation, michigan, 11.1%, florida, 10.6%. when we talk about the issues that people are concerned about, you are in states with general unemployment and break it down withet nick groups and young people and women, it s extremely much higher than these numbers, and these end up as a basement are huge. how does he deal with that? starting with the jobs bill speech and all of the campaigning he s done for it has created the impression that he s the one person in washington, d.c. that cares about jobs who isn t focused so heavily on the deficit. isn t focused on domestic