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while hiking. texas governor rick perry failed to live up to his front-runners status this weekend. mitt romney won michigan straw poll by a 3-1 margin over perry. now, romneys father served as michigan governor in the 60s making the son somewhat of a home state favorite. in florida, herman cain took top billing. he drew twice as many votes as perry, with romney in third place. cain says he won because voters are beginning to notice his 999 tax plan. heres how he explains it. >> my p...

>> im going to do this one more time. but after this i get paid. right? this is "piers morgan tonight." morgan freeman is a man of great stature, a man of great talent, and as ive come to realize, hes also a great man of his word. a few months ago he promised hed join me in the studio face to face for a one-on-one interview, and here you are, morgan freeman. >> yay. >> an actor keeping his word. >> yes. >> im stunned. >> yeah. we wont talk about how it came about. >> we wont. i know ...

going to make this a make or break. we saw it on the faa when they shut down the federal aviation administration, were seeing it now on this debate about fema, we should be able to have a legitimate debate about emergency aid. why link that into a government shutdown or not. >> ill give the senate democratic leader most of the credit. he manufactured a crisis all week. about disaster when theres no crisis. everybody knows were going to pay for every single penny of disaster aid that th...

shes played everything from the president to thelma in "thelma and louise." i loved "commander in chief," which was the great series you took part in. it was like my "west wing" fix and suddenly i woke up and it was gone. what happened? >> thats what happened to me, too. i woke up and my show wasnt on anymore. >> were you disappointed as i was? >> devastated. if it was ever brought back, i have the whole publicity angle worked out that it was have maybe a profile shot of me at the desk...

>> this man can do just about anything. ill have to ask him to do me a personal favor. >> im going to do this one more time. but after this i get paid. right? this is "piers morgan tonight." morgan freeman is a man of great stature, a man of great talent, and as ive come to realize hes also a great man of his word. a few months ago he promised hed join me in the studio face to face for a one-on-one interview, and here you are, morgan freeman. >> yay. >> an actor keeping his word. >> ...

but after this i get paid. right? this is "piers morgan tonight." morgan freeman is a man of great stature, a man of great talent, and as ive come to realize hes also a great man of his word. a few months ago he promised hed join me in the studio face to face for a one-on-one interview, and here you are, morgan freeman. >> yay. >> an actor keeping his word. >> yes. >> im stunned. >> yeah. we wont talk about how it came about. >> we wont. i know its got nothing to do with me. everythi...

positioned himself very much as the grown-up in the room, the reasonable one, something that the presidents advisors thought would help him appeal to the independent voters that he needs if hes going to win relection next year. were seeing a very different tact now. a very aggressive tact, especially after the president saw dismal approval ratings following that bruising debt ceiling battle. weve seen the president taking his message to the home turf, as you mentioned, of his rivals an...

down, too. u.s. stock futures are in the red in pre trading. a lot of this comes after the federal reserve gave a cynical view of the economy. well talk more about this with christine romans in just a few minutes. back to troy davis now. he has been put to death. the debate over his guilt or innocence and over the death penalty itself goes on. the state of georgia executed davis last night by lethal injection for the murder of a savannah police officer in 1989. supporters claimed there...

offduty police officer in 1989. working to stop the execution. also have breaking news on the other big story. the release of two american hikers in iran. josh fattal and shane bauer were escorted to their family. well begin with the extraordinary troy davis take. i want to go straight to david mattingly outside the prison in jackson, georgia. there seems to be increased activity in the last hour. apparently family members arriving, a lot of state police arriving. what is your feeling ...

catastrophic failure of the justice system. georgia delayed the execution for four hours while the u.s. supreme court considered the case. davis declared his innocence until l the end. he lifted his head from the gournny and told the victims family they had the wrong man. >> and he said to the prison staff, the ones he said who were going to take my life, he said to them, may god have mercy on your souls and his last words were to them, may god bless your souls. then he put his head ba...