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Well, in the u.s. race for the white house, we now know which candidates would be on stage, and who has been bumped from next tuesdays republican debate. new jersey governor chris christie and former arkansas governor mike huckabee have both been dropped from the main stage and will join rick santorum and bobby jindal at the earlier undercard debate. >> you know they dont like that whole junior undercard debate. as for the main debate, front-runner donald trump will appear at center stage flanke...

Cnn has the report. >> dr. ben carson, and that is my story. >> reporter: dr. ben carson has captivated voters with the story of his rise from an impoverished youth in detroit to a famed pediatric neurosurgeon. >> i broke his glasses. >> reporter: central to his appeal to the evangelical voters who have failed to surge to the top tier of the presidential field is the cot of his religious epiphany that change him from a violent angry young man to the composed figure who stands before voters today...

Its something that i feel that people need, you know? im very positive and i very believe that life is beautiful for everyone. and i feel that everyone is a diamond. everyone one of, we just need to learn how to polish it to make it shine. >> yeah. >> youre a diamond. >> were all diamonds. >> okay, well, that was interesting. >> i thought that was very interesting. >> you been watching cnn news room live from los angeles. >> the news continues right after this.

Im just going to read it as is. now to a fish tale with a truly unbelievable ending. it features a 3-month-old puppy doggy paddling for his life. >> lets turn to cnns jeanne moos for this story. >> come on! >> reporter: this is the story of a labrador retriever, retrieved from the sea. it happened off the coast of italy. six sailors from the savoia yacht club were sailing the gulf of naples with no other boats in site when something made a beeline for their boat. >> we thought we are crazy. this...

A religious epiphany that changed him from a violent angry young man to the composed figure who stands before voters today. >> another time a fellow was trying to close my locker at school, i struck him in the forehead with my fist. i would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers. >> a version of the most serious attack is portrayed in a 2009 television movie, based on his autobiography, "gifted hands." >> had it not been for a belt buckle under the clothing, they wou...

Carsons past a witch hunt. cnn interviewed nine of carsons friends, neighbors and classmates. and all say the violent, impulsive person has described himself as is unrecognizable to them. a tenth person said he might have heard a rumor about the knife attack at the time, but couldnt be sure. also of those interviewed recalled carson as quiet, bookish and nerdy. a kid who wore thick glasses and a pocket protector for his pens. >> he was just smart, a bookworm. >> with us, he was always kind, easy...

That can be programmed to activate hour, days, week, months in the future. >> kyung lah, cnn los angeles. >> well change gears now. nasa scientists believe they now know what turned mars from a life-friendly planet with flowing water into the cold, dry mars we know today. >> no measurements from the maven spacecraft say solar winds stripped away most of the martian atmosphere. nasa gave an even simpler explanation. >> so to answer the question, what happened to the mars atmosphere, ill quote bob...

Lieutenant who they say staged his suicide. >> sources say relatives of joe gliniewicz were involved in his alleged embezzling of funds from a youth program. details on that and more from our own rosa florez. >> cnn sources confirming that lieutenant gliniewicz widow and his son are being investigated for possible involvement in the embezzle. of thousands of dollars. remember those deleted text messages that were released by authorities when they made the shocking announcement that lieutenant gl...

Real information from the ground would be premature. im sure the russian government suspects the u.s. and british of using it politically. the united states government might be tempted to use the situation as saying look, we said youre going to pay a price so youre already paying a price. the civilians are paying a price. >> we would like to talk about this another time, but we appreciate you being with us on the line from moscow. dimitri babic who works for radio sputnik in moscow. thank you, s...

Anyone who can corroborate his recollections. here is what he had to say. >> the names that i used, for instance, are fictitious names because i dont want to bring people into something like this because i know what you guys do to their lives. >> have you reached out the any of them since you have become a candidate? >> there are some that i stay in contact with, yes. >> but important to point out that those fictitious names, no footnotes about that in the actual books. we will, of course contin...