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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...

earth. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administrations policies, but with support from an unlikely ally hes raising the stakes today. heres our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for th...

planet. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were learning much more about the shooter and the victims in the sikh temple slaughter in wisconsin. ill speak wit oak creek police chief coming up live. well hear exclusively from two men who lost their mother in the killings. first, were getting new details on the weapon. our own brian todd is joining us now live. hes in oak creek, wisconsin. brian, youve been tracing the gun. what are you finding out? >> reporter: spoke to th...

the shooter who brought death and horror to a sikh temple in wisconsin was a u.s. army veteran discharged more than a decade ago for misconduct. authorities say the gunman may have had ties to white supremacists, and neighbors say he played in a far right wing punk band. were learning more about how the shocking rampage left six victims and the gunman dead. brian todd is joining us from oak creek, wisconsin, right outside milwaukee. brian, whats the very latest? >> reporter: wolf, we h...

could we be next? im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." today were coming to you live from cnns jerusalem, israel. he left there live earlier today. hes now in poland with the president-elect. were going to have a live report in the next hour from pole land. we begin this hour with my one-on-one interview with the republican presidential candidate. governor romney, thanks so much for joining us, in jerusalem. what a beautiful city. im sure youve been moved by what youve see...

its a trip designed to make him look presidential, but the headlines mitt romney is generating in london would make any white house cringe. his campaign is doing damage control after british news media seized on a remark romney made questioning londons readiness for the olympics. cnn national correspondent jim acosta is in london for us. jim, whats happening now with mitt romney? >> reporter: candy, mitt romney woke up to headlines he did not anticipate when he embarked on this oversea...

unfolding right now over chick-fil-a. the issue, same sex marriage. im wolf blitzer in aspen, colorado. youre in "the situation room." theyre not the headlines mitt romneys campaign was hoping to see as the candidate met britains prime minister today. romney sparked an uproar with remas about londons readiness for the olympic games and promptedprompt ed pointed rebuke against himself. jim acosta is in london traveling with romney right now. whats going on with the republican candidat...

involving the colorado theater massacre. a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation tells cnn police and the fbi have discovered a package in the university of colorado mail room that appears to have been mailed by the suspected shooter, james holmes. cnns ed lavandera is in aurora for us. ed, what do we know about this package? >> reporter: well, were still trying to gather information on what exactly is inside that package, wolf. but as you mentioned that law enforcement...

the massacre inside that colorado movie theater now appears to be only part of the horror that was planned. a law enforcement official who seen video of the suspect, james holmes booby trapped apartment tells cnn it was rigged with more than 30 homemade grenades and ten gallons of gasoline. the source says that would have created a fireball knocking out walls engulfing the entire building in flames undoubtedly killing many more people. cnns ed lavandera is joining us now once again fro...

accusation that the united states that the obama administration is being hypocrite kal about syria. youre going to want to hear what she has to say. and alarming news about what the drought across much of the midwest may do to the price of milk. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." my interview with john boehner coming up this hour. youre going to want to hear what the speaker of the house has to say on a whole range of issues, the presidential campaign, how he really ...