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to you today as a candidate for president of the united states. >> cnn political correspondent jim acosta is at the red state conference in charleston. he joins us live now. jim, the impact that perry may have on this presidential playing field. any guesses? [ inaudible ] >> well have to work out the audio because youre not the only one who is not hearing jim acosta. well try to re-establish that in a moment. there is another major political story going on right now in iowa. the nation...

the most recent cnn o.r.c. polling says 51% of americans would hold republicans responsible if the debt ceiling is not raised. just 30% would find president obama more responsible. peter moresi joins us. i have to ask you this, you are an economist, youre a well-respected economist and we have spoken together for years. do you have any evidence of what so many conservatives are saying that if we were to increase taxes at all, at all at this point in an economic cycle, that it would act...

delayed. police in texas say a muslim american soldier confessed to plotting an attack on ft. hood just two years after a muslim officer shot to death 13 people on that same base. tropical storm don could hit the south texas coast tonight and drought-stricken farmers are welcoming the prospect of up to 7 inches of rain. we begin with that sobering reality check on the debt crisis and just how daunting the challenge has become. in less than four days, the federal government could ru...

it either. kate baldwin looks ahead. >> reporter: if it does pass in the house, it has the potential of hitting a huge road block as soon as it gets to the senate. at the same time, that house speaker john boehners office was putting out this release, the good news about the cost estimate, senate democrats released a letter at almost the same time with 53 signatures on it saying they dont support the plan in the senate and really essentially making clear that it cannot pass. so while a...

ive never taken my last offer off the table. and theyve never agreed to my last offer. >> boehner says house legislation needs to be posted on-line today and voted on on wednesday if they want to raise the debt ceiling by the august 22nd deadline. timothy geithner is the guy who might not have the money to pay the countrys bills on time. heres what he told cnns candy crowley on "state of the union." >> what we cannot do, this is very important, it would be irresponsible, is to leave th...

awaken to elton john, first singing and then delivering a message of personal thanks. rupert murdoch built a media empire on the power of selling a scandal but now its his mighty news corporation that is under siege from london to washington. a prominent u.s. senator jay rockefeller wants to know if u.s. citizens fell victim to sleazy or illegal news gathering so he is calling for an investigation amid reports that victims of the 9/11 attacks are among the nearly 4,000 people who had...

"sister wives" says four wives and 16 children is none of the governments business. their new lawsuit tests this question. is polygamy somehow protected by a constitutional right to privacy? plus late word the governments credit rating could be downgraded because of the stalemate in negotiations over spending cuts and raising the debt ceiling. that warning from moodys came hours after the fed chairman gave his take on the consequences of not letting the government borrow more money. >>...

Collapse of the auto industry, collapse of the commercial market, so many factors he had to deal with, a war in iraq, what has he done? he has, you know, and hes said sometimes imperfectly fix all those, auto companies are back to being profitable, banks are liquid, you know, the gdp went from negative six points to positive six points. martha: all right. >> jobs are slowly growing, hes done -- how could you -- [laughter] you know, what can you say about what he has done? martha: i guess first o...

internet analysts are warning that the bad guys are winning. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." supporters and rivals always knew this day would come, when he kicked off his second presidential campaign. after all, hes pretty much been running since he lost back in 2008. today romney declared that hes ready to take on president obama. >> when barack obama came to office, we wished him well and hoped for the best. now in the third year of his fourth year term or his four-ye...

filming this right now. seriously, the ceiling, look. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> these guys made it out alive but four people were killed. we will show you just how bad the damage was. shelling heard from a roof top. street fighting breaks out in the airport in yemens capital. flights canceled and there is new concerns of a coming civil war. google says hundreds of personal g mail accounts have been hacked. they blame a giant fishing operation based in china. the sputtering u.s. ...