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winter-like blast, i should say, is causing all kinds of problems. snarling air travel and knocking out power to thousands of people. were on top of all this for you. cnn reporters and anchors out in forceful our weather anchor chad smirs in pennsylvania. and standing by in the severe weather center. we want to start with our meteorologist out in the field. i spoke to you a little while ago. is it still snowing? >> reporter: its still snowing and it is noticeably colder than a couple h...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com hes plunging in the polls and in need of a boost. will a new plan help rick perry climb back to the top of the republican race? his rival, herman cain, is leading the pack according to a brand new poll and perry is a distant fifth with cain apparently benefitting from his 9-9-9 tax plan, perry today unveiled his own new tax plan and 20 is the magic number. he proposes a flat tax of 20% for individua...

are reported to have collapsed, including a university dormitory. rescue efforts must compete with frequently strong aftershocks. so far, at least 138 deaths have been confirmed, many more injured. this part of the world is prone to killer earthquakes. a 7.6 quake hit western turkey a dozen years ago. at that time, 17,000 people were killed. cnn crews are now at the site of todays devastating damage. nefsen joins us by phone. can you see anything, or get a s sense of whats going on the...

joins us live. how are families planning to celebrate these soldiers when they come home? >> reporter: well, you know, ive been to a lot of mill bases and seen a lot of very tearful departures as the troops have gone off. perhaps the most joyful words you could ever hear on a military base is theyre coming home. thats exactly what theyve heard here at ft. bliss. rumors have been circulating here for some time. not long after the troops here deployed which would have been back in july a...

exchange because many palestinians were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against israel. well be heading to shalits hometown where fred pleitgen is. this is a very heart-wrenching moment for many israelis who are concerned about potential retaliation given how many of these soldiers have been released and with actual euphoria from many palestinians. fred pleitgen is with us now in gilad shalits hometown. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, christine. certainly the p...

wednesday october 12th. american officials are outraged and say iran will pay. this texas used car salesman is the unlikely suspect in an alleged assassination plot backed by iran. the u.s. claims that mons orr arbab arbabsiar was going to kill the ambassador of the united states. saying ar baubs yea wanted to blow up a restaurant killing the diplomat and potentially many americans right along with him. officials gathered in washington and gathered the diplomatic corps at the state dep...

be taken out of a lab, put in an envelope, dropped in a mailbox, and people would die. >> robert stevens the first to die. >> natural cause or my husbands death certificate said homicide. >> originally from england, the 70s, stevens and his wife moved to florida. he worked for america media incorporated, a tabloid publisher. >> no one could say they didnt like him. its full of life, he loved everybody. >> in early october, 2001, stevens has what seems like the flu. two days later, slur...