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youre in the "cnn newsroom." this is sunday, may 29th on this memorial day weekend. im fredericka whitfield. one week ago a tornado pack 2g 00 mifrp winds ripped through the city leaving at least 142 people dead and hundreds more hurt. >> numbers continue to rise. this isnt about a scoreboard. those numbers have far exceeded what never had ever hoped for and far exceed all the tornados in our country. today we bring everyone together go focus on it and inspire others to come together a...

Its, you know, its going to be a busy week. >> lets hear what mitt romney had to say about governor palins potential run. >> i think shes an excellent individual. could be a real contender in this process and respect her and think she has the qualifications to be president. >> he was there to talk about the economy and the differences between him and barack obama and his status as a businessperson but he kept getting questions about 2008 and his run in iowa and can he compete there again? and he...

>> thats what some say. heres what he said about sarah palin. >> excellent individual and could be a real contender in this process and respect her and obviously think she has the qualifications to be president. >> certainly seems to be a vacuum right now. a lot of other candidates potentially throwing their hatted into the ring. well tell you about those other potentials coming up a little bit later. first your headlines. >> overnight, two nato troops killed in southern afghanistan by an insurg...

Down, too. john huntsman is a serious contender for the republican presidential campaign. part of his platform is a draw down. dick durbin says of his initial vote for the afghanistan war, quote, here we are ten years later. if you asked me if i was signing up for the longest war in u.s. history with no end in sight even with the killing of osama bin laden, that is not the bargain. that is not what i was signing up for. republican senator dick luger saying it is no longer clear about afghanistan...

His presidential bid this coming thursday in new hampshire. the granite state is where another former governor jon huntsman just wrapped up his first campaign tour. while pulling in the back of the pack, he could mean trouble for romney. aaron mcpike is reporter for "real clear politics." nice to see you. >> nice to see you too. >> you are writing here that jon huntsmans first campaign tour was an unqualified hit, a warning shot across the bow of romney. do you think he could be a real contender...

But his history worries some iowa g.o.p. caucus goers. more than half are self-describself-describ self-described evangelical christians and the health care reform bill he signed as governor of massachusetts that is similar to obama care. some tea party organizations including freedom works have decided to support romney. >> well sit down and talk about the challenges theyre concerned about and i hope to be able to win them over. >> tea party favorite sarah palin starts a national bus tour on su...

And that is something that also her supporters think is a benefit. it shows she is an outsider, not beholden to the washington establishment, so the challenge for her will be to continue that outsider persona, also re-ro re-rolling herself out as a serious person, who is a viable contender for the white house. >> all right. well see what happens as more moves get made in the next couple weeks. ken vogul, chief investigative reporter for politico, good to have you with juice thank you. >> at 8:40...

This month. jared lee loughner was found not competent to stand trial after being diagnosed with paraknow yeah schizophrenia. prosecutors hope he will be able to eventually stand trial after treatment with medication. republican mitt romney is no friend of president obamas but he may have some admirers in the presidents campaign office. the gop contender was in mr. obamas hometown of chicago. afterwards he had pizza sent to the presidents re-election campaign head quarters. no word on whether ...

Thing. mitt romney is not running for president yet but already learning to cope with the crisis. sort of. at an appearance in iowa, a fire alarm interrupted the possible republican contender in the middle of a speech. in his own words that forced him to take his campaign to the street. take a listen. >> question here from our audience. we are still recovering from the economic -- >> well, lets see. i believe in following safety first so i would its going to keep ongoing. who can tell us what th...

Another republican contender may be closer to jumping into the presidential race. dana bash part of the best political team on television live from our washington bureau. dana, i understand you have an update on michele bachmann? >> reporter: well, you know, she was probably dipping more than a toe in the presidential waters, but last night she called into a gop fund-raising event in the ever-important first caucus state of iowa and she went a little bit further. she promised she would make an a...