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while hiking. texas governor rick perry failed to live up to his front-runners status this weekend. mitt romney won michigan straw poll by a 3-1 margin over perry. now, romneys father served as michigan governor in the 60s making the son somewhat of a home state favorite. in florida, herman cain took top billing. he drew twice as many votes as perry, with romney in third place. cain says he won because voters are beginning to notice his 999 tax plan. heres how he explains it. >> my p...

united nations building in new york. lets go straight to mohammed jamjo jamjoom. how close are these two americans from touching down where you are? >> reporter: well, brooke, were here at the royal airport. armani officials are saying that the plane should touch down within the next 20 to 30 minutes. we also learned from the families of josh fattal and shane bauer that the families are indeed here, that sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was detained along with the two men and...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, hes back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i dont know if that was from you or your so...

who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] >> the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with ...

this scene played out across scandinavia earlier today. people pausing to remember the victims of that attack. as norway mourns we are hearing more from people who risked their lives to save others. our cnns michael holmes caught up with one of them. >> its not a huge boat. how many people did you put in here? >> the first round i believe it was 14. >> reporter: 14. >> yes. and then i had to address the oldest one and said you have to stay ashore. i promise i will come back and get you...

murdochs protege rebekah brooks to show up tomorrow to answer questions. despite her arrest over the weekend, her spokesman says she will be there. shes denying she knew her reporters hacked phones for scoops while she was the newspapers editor. rupert murdoch, chairman of news corp, and his son james are expected to testify alongside brooks tomorrow. they will appear before parliaments media committee. a heatwave hitting the middle of u.s. extremely high humidity makes it feel as ho...

Business. its not going to be good for new hampshire. its going to be good for no one. >> and there you are, brooke. donald trump in new hampshire speaking before a business group. by the end of the month he will tell us whether he is running for president. brooke? >> its a bit of a waiting game, isnt it, for some of these guys? >> yes. >> that makes your job interesting, i guess. thank you very much. well get another ticker update in half an hour. i want to begin this hour, hello, im brooke bal...

Maintain the no-fly zone. that seems like a new figure, interesting figure, were getting from the pentagon, again, via a member of congress who was told by secretary gates in this meeting. brooke. >> i think thats the first time any of us have heard any hard and fast figure put on the operation there in libya. dana bash right outside the closed-door meeting. dana, thank you. another political ticker update for you in half an hour. and now, watch this. the u.s. considering giving weapons to the...

Now. >> absolutely, wolf. thank you so much. well get another political ticker update for you in half an hour and updates online. go to cnnpolitics.com or hop on twitter for more on the president and the libya speech there. now, top of the hour. watch this. a woman in libya burst into this hotel full of journalists. shes screaming. shes crying and desperate to get her story out, and today suddenly it is, and now its created this whole new firestorm and a world of rage. im brooke baldwin. the n...

Secretary, says this would be dpig big time, effectively an attack on libya because youve got to go and knock out the air defense system, the surface-to-air missiles, crater the runways and john mccains got his response. hes very outspoken on that, also recognizing the opposition as the legitimate government of libya. john mccain, the ranking member of the senate armed services committee will be my guest later today in "the situation room" at 5:00 p.m. eastern. >> well check in with you a little...