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much more from and about the hawkeye caucuses later this hour. sears holdings is out with a partial list of the sears and k-mart stores it plans to close. earlier this week sears said it would close between 100 and 120 stores as a result of poor holiday sales. the firm has released a list of 79 that will be closed nationwide. sears said in a statement that it could not say how many jobs will be cut or when the stores will be closed. sears holdings has more than 4,000 stores in the u....

so, we had newt gingrich and mitt romney. both on the offensive over the last 24 hours. they know that six days is a short time and thats when the caucuses are. what have we been hearing from both of the candidates, mark? >> well, hala, youre absolutely right. so much on the line, so much at stake here. six days until january 3rd when iowa republicans will caucus and will really kick off what has been already a very long presidential season. well, newt gingrich had pledged not to go ne...

republican leaders promptly dismissed it calling the plan class warfare. does the presidents plan have a chance? joining me is gene sperling director of the national economic council. thank you for joining me. the president announced today hell go after the rich. the republicans say that is a form of class warfare. the president says its math. but the reality is it is class warfare. the rich are a class and hes going after them. >> its the opposite. the president is asking for balance,...

>> at least three people killed, dozens more hurt when that plane slammed into the crowd. it barely missed a grand stand that was packed with spectators. witnesses say they thought they were going to die and they are now calling the pilot of that plane a hero. >> i think that that pilot, in the last two seconds, pulled up because he saw the bleachers and i would guess he probably saved 200 to 300 other people. and i dont mean any disrespect to the injured, but i would consider him to b...

>> can a republican who favors civil unions to gay couples, favors evolution and global warming, but president obamas am to china, buck the tea party time and be a serious candidate. >> im just going to stick laser like to the issues that are important to the american people right now and will be totally responsible for getting us back in the game. >> is jon huntsman the most radical thing of all in the gop? a true moderate. >> i think ive got pragmatic and practical solutions. im just...

we see any clear skies here. anderson. >> thats it for us on "360". more hurricane coverage next. hi there. good morning, everybody, from the cnn center. this is your cnn start morning. coming to you an hour earlier today to cover this storm, hurricane irene that is actually putting about 20% of this countrys population under threat of this storm. were talking about 65 million people are in the path of this sucker. you see the line there. thats the cone of uncertainty they call it. b...

and government officials call rebel claims lies. well have a live report just ahead. take a look at this. were tracking tropical storm irene. theres a chance the storm could affect the u.s. well tell you where its headed. a soccer team scattered for safety after gun shots ring out in mexico, sending crowds ducking for cover. well show you what happened and what sparked it. we begin in libya, and our correspondents this morning say gun battle in tripoli. this video is from another...

documentary of diana nyad. she is a 61-year-old long distance swimmer who set out to do the impossible. something that people tolder that simply could not be done. she wanted to swim from here in havana and swim all the way to florida. more than 100 miles. no rest. no shark cage. complete exposure to the elements. the swim was planned to take over two days through day and night. more than 60 hours. she had to do this again without any rest whatsoever. what we now know is diana lasted a...

>> thats governor perry yesterday. youll hear that a lot in the weeks and months ahead. we checked with the bureau of labor statistics and his numbers, do, in fact add up. texas created about 262,000 jobs between the summer of 2009 and now thats out of 524,000 jobs nationwide. but the bureau of labor statistics says many of those jobs were for the minimum wage, minimum wage jobs have more than dunld in texas over the last four years and texas is creating many jobs in part because the p...

also, you may not know the story of the monford point marines. the men who integrated mat reenz yooms. welcome to the men and women serving us in uniform and thank you for being here and what you do. lets talk about three important deadlines that we are keeping an eye on today in this whole debt ceiling debate. a vote is scheduled this afternoon in the senate on majority leader harry reids plan. thats the vote that was supposed to take place overnight but it was delayed in the even...