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dont believe me. let your eyes and your ears do the judging. and we must warn you, some of the images youre about to see are quite graphic. for example, remember this? an unarmed man surrounded by troops and executed. [ gunshot ] >> [ speaking foreign language ]. [ gunshots ] >> listen to syrias ambassador to the united states explain whats happening. >> what i am saying is very clear. the government of syria does not approve of this, and we -- everyone who has -- who has wrongfully co...

many are looking at the gop presidential candidates with a fresh eye. did rick perry do anything to damage his status as the frons runner? ill ask newt gingrich about his performance as well. stand by. hes joining us live. plus, a brazen taliban attack on the united states embassy in afghanistan. some insurgents may still be on the loose now. we have new pictures and information coming from kabul and some top california politicians are trying to figure out what, if anything, is left of...

situation room" starts right now. >> thanks, very much happening right now. the gop battle for the white house. eating up here in tampa, florida. just three hours away from hearing eight presidential candidates go ahead it head. they will join me on cnns first ever tea party republican presidential debate. can the texas governor rick perry maintain his growing lead in the polls despite a highly controversial stance on social security? or will mitt romney come from behind and once again...

a quick handshake, good luck, as you would say, be strong. its a very important night, a consequential night for the country. lets show you that live picture inside the haul. eight republicans for president engaging in this debate. in recent days, a crackling debate about the 2012 presidential campaign. not only, and youll hear it all night long, taking aim at president obama and his agenda, but we have playing out a fierce and an increasingly intense battle for the leadership, the hea...

minnesotas cannon river, president obama coming out loaded forbear saying the dead debate say that some politicians and he didnt mention parties would rather see their opponents lose than see american win. tough words. take a listen. >> we ended up creating more uncertainty and more damage to an economy that was already weak. now, we cant have patience with that kind of behavior anymore. i know youre frustrated. im frustrated too. >> three states in just three days. by bus for presiden...

I dont think everything in the world has the same interests. i think there are some in the world who seek to oppress and pillage other people. i think america has to show that we reject those people and we are strong in defending our principles and liberty. >> sean: back to the economy for one second. how many years, as you look at these deficits and the debt ceiling battle going on in washington. and for example, paul ryan talking about cutting 6.2 trillion dollars over a period of time. reform...

Can go on, you know, on both sides before it starts getting so ugly in the economy that people start to say, hey, you know, what are you guys up to anyway in washington? paul ryan went in there, basically, he said, you know, he gave -- this quote, hey, im that ryan guy. hes been talked about a lot recently, and of course, with his medicare plan, and he claims he wants to make it very clear that he feels his ideas about medicare have been misrepresented. >> well, right. not just misrepresented, b...

House of representatives because we lost independents and seniors. they came back to democrats in the 26th district of new york over the issue of medicare, and so, thats very instructive to us and it should be instructive to our republican friends. >> so, ruth marcus, what wins here, bold leadership on medicare and the argument that the democrats wont do something courageous or the democrats who say, hey, those guys want to take away my medicare? >> i regret to inform you that i think its the la...

More desirable. so thats going to be different than the congressional republicans who fully embraced it and theyre going to have to stick with that and sort of improve the message. >> if you want to bring medicare into the conversation, the cuts are also there. if you look at this poll, 54% of independents want absolutely no cuts whatsoever to medicaid. overall is this sort of the third rail? >> it really is. thats why they took over the house and the ma jart and decided to grab the third rail. ...

Palin have if she becomes the nominee? >> shell go out there and compete like all the rest of them. its going to be fun to watch. >> maybe ill just go back to asking you about medicare. senator, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we now turn to the chairman of the democratic policy committee, the senior senator from new york, senator schumer. welcome back to "meet the press." >> hi. glad to be on. >> senator, lets get back to this issue of medicare and the question that i asked leader mcconne...