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we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nations voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. hes seven points ahead of mitt romney whos at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romneys potent...

Responsibility of the president and the commander in chief. >> romney criticized president for failing to stand up to rivals like north korea. biden has been overshadowed by hillary clinton, secretary of state. but lurched on the campaign high profile attacks on romney yet. >> he would take to us discredited policy to make america less safe and secure. >> romney long chastised the president for apologizing for u.s. foreign policy and not being tough enough on tyrants and terrorist allies. bide b...

Assassination, intimidation, high profile attacks and placement of ieds. we know that iran continues to support the insurgency and fuels often the flame of violence. >> reporter: this morning, general allen has been asked twice whether president obamas decision to publicly lay out the timeline for withdraw in afghanistan has put the u.s. in a weak negotiating position where the taliban, al-qaeda, and the haqqani network are simply biding their time and laying down their weapons until the u.s. le...

Its been a long road to tonights g.o.p. debate in iowa. the emerges of a new frontrunner with high profile attacks setting the stage for what was already sure to be an interesting night, with the iowa caucuses january 3rd, expectation for tonights showdown is high. joining us, the vice chair of the democratic national committee and mayor of -- >> happy to be here. >> as a democrat, if youre watching this tonight youre hoping the sort of the rougher the better, right? >> well, well see what they ...

Aircraft. >> after countless arrests, one famous university offer to graduate level courses on the occupy wall street movement. guess what? it only charges about $50,000 a year for tuition. >> heather: just that. its showdown in des moines. most of the candidates will face off tonight on the deficit. after high profile attacks between romney and begin grist. the deficit is voters minds. steve, is it time to pile on newt at the debate. >> reporter: it may very well be. the deficit that most oth...

with president obama and the first family, but hes with me this hour to explain more. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." hes come on through the rise and fall of michele bachmann, but this time, it might be different for mitt romney. newt gingrich is now posing a threat to romneys persistent high polling, opening up a new battle line in the republican race for the white house. joe johns the working the story for us. whats the latest between romney and gingrich? >> well, ...

police firing tear gas to try to discourage occupy oakland. the police say they cracked down after the protesters threw paint and rocks at them. at the same time this was going on, atlanta police moved in on the wall street protesters camped in a downtown park. there were more than 100 arrests last night combined in both oakland and atlanta. and rescuers pulled two more people out of collapsed buildings in eastern turkey today. the number of people killed in sundays powerful earthqua...

Afghanistan. with her at the moment, reporting for us, is mike have a kara. mike, whats the latest? why is she there. >> she had talk with the government here, with hamid karzai. there is high profile attacks, up to an attack on karzai himself. the ongoing situation will be discussed, as well as the withdraw of troops of 2014. that withdraw is under under way. a lot of people have questions now. karzais chief peace negotiator recently assassinated -- sorry, richard, we are getting ready to get o...

>>clayton: and you have had enough food so it seems like a speed butch throughout the morning with the omelet, the beef, a side of beef. >>dave: that helps the morning fly by. >>alisyn: i like to work on a reward system. >>alisyn: and now, there are new reports this morning that nato has captured the senior leader of the haqqani terror network inside afghanistan. he was seized in the eastern province across the pakistani border and this is called a "significant milestone," because haqqani networ...

says anwar al awlaki, that killing could spark attacks in the united states by home grown violent extremists. thats the same kind of bulletin that was issued after osama bin laden was killed. awlaki was killed by a cia drone in yemen. his fluency in english and technology skills made him a top recruiter for al qaeda. there are reports that the missile strike that killed awlaki killed samir k khan. he grew up in new york city and north carolina and an editor of "inspire" al qaedas onl...