boogeyman into the house next door, nothing you could do to me would keep me from voting for obama again. it is not that i have every confidence in his leadership, it is the risk of having republicans in control of the house, senate and presidency that scares me to death. you want to read more on this, go to the blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. will do, jack. thanks. see you tomorrow. donald trump for president of the united states. was it all just a trick? cnn s jeanne moos standing by with the store. and a slow moving disaster picking up speed. john king is live from louisiana. right at the top of the hour.
a new gallup poll shows that 47% of americans are opposed to raising the debt sealing. 19% are in favor of it. significantly, more than a third say they don t know enough about the topic to say one way or the other. should the congress vote to increase the nation s debt ceiling? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and post your comment on my blog. very good question, jack, thank you. senator john kerry says there s no need for the united states to apologize to pakistan for a successful raid that killed osama bin laden. kerry said it s critical to mend strained ties. can washington hit the reset button with pakistan? our foreign affairs correspondent, jill dougherty, is joining us live. jill? reporter: now that the world s most famous or infamous terrorist has been found in your country, it can t be business as usual. and the pakistanis are angry that they consider that raid on
osama bin laden s compound as a violation of their sovereignties. so what is plan b for this relationship? a first step in the u.s. and pakistan trying to clear up their relationship. pakistan tries to give up the u.s. military helicopter in the operation to kill osama bin laden. u.s. government sources tell cnn tough conversations with senior pakistani officials. my goal has been to talk with the leaders here about how to manage this critical relationship more effectively. about how to open up the opportunities to put this relationship back on track. reporter: sources familiar with kerry s decision said that he told pakistanis that the $1.5 billion a year for five years, aid that he co-sponsored, is on
and president obama makes some high school students cry. this hour, the inspiring against the odds story that brought the commander in chief to their school. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. first this hour, the shrimping republican presidential field. we ve seen prominent contenders opt out of the 2012 race in recent weeks, including former arkansas governor mike huckabee. say so long to the prospect with the biggest name, deepest pockets, and most outrageous remarks. that would be none other than donald trump. he announces an event to report the tv series, celebrity apprentice. after getting so many called from bob and from steve and everybody, i ve decided that we are going to continue onward well celebrity apprentice. we re going to continue making lots and lots of money for charity. i will not be running for president as much as i d like to and i want to thank everybody very much. thank you very much. it s been a great season. thank you. let s br
anniversary. the green siren is taken out of the inner circle and the starbucks name is nowhere to be found. customers can expect more changes in the spring but no details. we ll have to stay tuned for that. i m a big starbucks drinker. a lot of people are. hopefully they change the menu. i m staying away from caffeine. bizarre new details about the exact teas of a murdered u.s. department official. a former official. only days before his death john wheeler has several strange encounters with strangers, including this parking lot attendant. he was smiling and seemed like a nice guy. the only thing that didn t seem like to me, it looked like he was lost, like he was in an unfamiliar place. the surveillance tape showing