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>> thanks, jaqui. weve been looking ahead today to the 2012 presidential race. the president and the contenders. so where do we stand now? cnns senior political analyst gloria borger joins me now from washington. gloria, we are focusing on the contenders for 2012 so what are we seeing in the early polling? >> well, were seeing there a lot of contenders and that republican voters really are just judging by kind of name identification. lets take a look at our poll. we asked republicans only, who...

Through the republican controlled house its unlikely that they will go anywhere after that in the senate. well, another week, another giant snowstorm. thats right. on the radar. this one is expected to take a southerly track raking across the plains and into the southeast. kansas could be looking at another foot of snow by tomorrow with points north seeing some wind chills of almost 40 below zero. oklahoma and arkansas are also expecting some heavy snowfall. jaqui jeras is tracking the system....

Alis blog at cnn.com/ali. in the meantime, there is a big, big winter storm sweeping through the plains and, by golly, headed our way, jaqui, down here in the south as well. >> i know. it is. and the southern plains states as well, marty. this is going to be a big deal over the next couple of days. already winter weary in the south this is going to be the third storm in about two weeks to ten days for you into the dallas area and oklahoma city expected to just really get plowed or snowed with ...

On. >> there was no interruption. only applause for michael douglas who closed the show. the actor recently announced he has beaten throat cancer after months of rigorous radiation treatments, bringing the audience to its feet. >> just got to be an easier way to get a standing ovation. >> cnn, beverly hills. >> the golden globe awards are a big trending topic today online. jaqui jeras joins us with a few of your comments. and ricky gervais, woo. >> i know. right? >> i laughed. >> and many people...

>> thank you, jaqui. i needed to laugh today. >> appreciate it. >> top of the hour. im carol costello. lets check the big stories. apple ceo steve jobs is taking another medical leave effective today. jobs did not get into detail about his new health problems. in an e-mail to employees, he was absent from apple for part of 2008 and 2009 for a liver transplant. human rights groups are demanding haiti arrest the former dictator baby doc duvalle who returned to the country last night though it is n...

Including my county by the way, right here in georgia. it was a sad reason why they chose to do it in my county which is cobb county by the way. a little girl was killed in this type of situation when a car tried to pass her. they are hoping to prevent this. they say they have already caught people passing the buses using this camera. it cost $1500 to $1800 so they are a little bit on the spendy side. one other problem, for example in maryland where they are testing these they can catch people d...

America hating communist, and criminal betrayer of even the interests of his own people. >> according to "the denver post" reese says he has received death threats since he started airing the piece. there has been a public outcry. the school board is not so happy he is doing this and asked him to stop. as far as we know, it has not. lets turn our attention to something more, well, something funny i hate to say. texting while walking? it turns out it can be pretty darned dangerous. jaqui jeras ...

To cnn politics.com. were checking out all the top stories online so you dont have to. jaqui jeras is monitoring it all. what have you found, jaqui? >> its all about the golden globes and ricky gervais. right? anybody could talk about it today. i know you and brooke just did it ten minutes ago but weve got to talk about it again. this is trending on cnn.com, on twitter, all over the internet, and the number one story. you can see right now hes got 600 comments on that that just came up. theres l...

Youre just too exposed. >> i hear you. the library is good. >> the library. i can see you at the library. i would be at the movies. that might be the difference between us. >> either/or. >> a cool place. jaqui, thank you so much for that. >> sure. well check this out. lucky number seven. can you believe this for one florida man? boy, do i mean really lucky. richard lustic just cashed in his seventh winning lottery ticket. this one was worth a hundred grand, chump change to the $843,000 jackpot...

In parts of the midwest some really rough weather over the last few days as you can see in these pictures. this tornado, it swept across farmland and highways near hayfield, minnesota. the good thing here, there are no reports of any injuries or major damage but multiple tornadoes were reported in minnesota and north dakota a day earlier. jaqui jeras is here with us in the cnn weather center. this is not the end of severe weather. >> oh, gosh. we even have a tornado, really, anywhere in the unit...