ohio or florida will decide the election. jonathan mann, cnn, atlanta. top of the hour, i m ashleigh banfield in for suzanne malveaux. let s get you to up speed. the new hampshire primary is just a day away and the republican candidates are scrambling for the last-minute votes. mitt romney is campaigning in new hampshire. the latest tracking poll by suffolk university shows romney at 33% followed by ron paul at 20%, huntsman at 13%, newt gingrich and rick santorum trailing behind them and then there is, of course, perry at 1%. he s not even there. gas prices are up. didn t have to tell you, did i? the average cost per gallon,
my son had a lot of friends back then. they all hang out together, hang out with jerry sandusky and i think you should talk to these other boys, too, not week in they would say. she pointed them in these boys direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the news, emotional moments last night at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting mass sack they re left six people dead. congresswoman gaby giffords, one of 13 people wounded, recited the pledge of allegiance. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. such a goose bumps moment. she, by the way is still recovering from her injuries from that incident. and the pharmaceutical company novartis is recalling several of its products bec
that we seek. the question is, how do we reach that goal? and i am convinced that there is no shortcut to the end of a conflict that has endured for decades. peace is hard work. peace will not come through statements and resolutions at the united nations. if it were that easy, it would have been accomplished by now. ultimately, it is the israelis and the palestinians who must live side by side. immediately after that speech, the president met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who called the american position a, quote, badge of honor. the president meets this evening with president abbas. that brings me to my colleague, wolf blitzer, reporting today from new york. hi there, wolf. let s talk about this a little bit. assuming the u.s. uses its veto in the u.n. security council, what could happen? what are the alternatives here? the u.s. is hoping, randi, as you know it s not going to have to use the veto any time soon. they re hoping they can work on some sort o
it certainly is. on october 18th you re moving your show to las vegas. you and i are going to live it up on the town. love it. love it. we re going to have a little bit of work to do. cnn has been selected by the western republican leadership conference to host a debate in las vegas at the venetian resort. very big news in this presidential cycle. nevada plays a big role in the presidential nominating contest. you know, susan, 16 states will be represented at the western republican leadership conference in nevada during the week of october 17th. there s going to be a lot of important political opportunities, grass roots supported and elected leaders. we spent a lot of time in the campaign the last go round in vegas, in nevada, a very important state. give us a sense of why vegas specifically and some of the things they re dealing with there. obviously there s hot political issues when people look at the
upcoming election. yeah, you re right. two reasons. one, for the republican presidential nominating process, nevada, the state of nevada has been chosen to bun of the four early voting states. so republican voters out there, caucus voters will be able to weigh in on the presidential contest before all the other states will. again, one of the four early voting states. but you re absolutely right when it comes to issues. we re talking about immigration and home foreclosures. woor talking about a stagnant economy. las vegas is one of the cities that really suffers when we re in a downward economy. because when people have money, they go to cities like las vegas. those are the main issues we expect to talk about come october 18th. very big news. cnn selected by the western republican leadership conference to host a debate at the conference. suzanne? we ll move our show out there. we ll host from there and see how it goes.