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resistance from pro-gadhafi forces. correspondents are reporting on the ground. cnns sarah sidner is hunkered down in green square and matthew chance is in the citys hotel, the same hotel where senior libyan officials just fled moments ago. our first correspondent in tripoli, nic robertson, he is in our washington bureau and national security contributor, fran townsend is in new york and zain verjee is following international reaction from left knee done. dan lothian is with the presid...

that he is running. also, youve been hearing the threats of a possible double dip recession. you need to be ready. weve got your recession-ready tips coming your way. but lets start with that breaking news we are getting in from the cnn newsroom. this comes to us from pennsylvania where one person is still trapped right now in an overturned greyhound bus. this happened in lancaster county on the pennsylvania turnpike. at least 23 people were told in all have been injured. some had ...

with the support of my family, an unwavering belief in the goodness of america, i declare to you today, as a candidate for president of the united states. >> so just who is rick perry? heres a quick biographical look. hes a republican, and the 47th governor of texas. hes a graduate of texas a&m. perry has signed budgets that reduced the general revenue spending in texas. on education, he introduced the largest teacher incentive pay program in the country and on immigration, governor pe...

two major stories happening right now. one in iowa where republican presidential candidates are taking part in the states critical straw poll. and then in south carolina, texas governor rick perry is about to throw his hat into the ring. well have live coverage of that big announcement. first we begin with breaking news this hour out of pakistan. an intense search is under way for an american kidnapped from his home in lahore. the victim is identified as warren weinstein, a developme...

he is separating himself already from the pack while the pack is in iowa. what do his campaign people say about why this was the best strategy for him? >> reporter: you know, his campaign, i have to tell you -- this is going to be interesting if we see more of this in the days to come -- is very tight-lipped. theyve been very tight-lipped about what is going on here in south carolina. they were confirming earlier in the week that this is indeed going to be his presidential announcement...

first the jobs. >> we created more jobs than any other state in the nation. as a matter of fact, in the last two years, we created almost half of all the jobs created in america. >> thats governor perry yesterday. youre going to hear that a lot in the weeks and months ahead. we checked with the bureau of labor statistics and his numbers, do, in fact add up. texas created about 262,000 jobs between the summer of 2009 and now thats out of 524,000 jobs nationwide. but the bureau of labor ...

ahead to shake up the republican presidential race. perry, a social and fiscal conservative and evangelical christian, is widely expected to jump in tomorrow. now, he was not wrong the eight republican candidates who debated in iowa last night. former minnesota governor tim pawlenty tried to break out of the pack. he repeatedly zinged fellow minnesotan michele bachmann. >> shes fighting for these things. she fought for less government spending. we got a lot more. she led the effort aga...

longer the elephant in the room, governor rick perry announces hes joining the republican party for president. >> he may be the republican front-runner but he was not feeling the love at the iowa state fair. he got heckled and laughed at over three words he said, words he may come to regret on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ing. >> oh, thank got its friday. >> wait a minute. ive got to move my stuff. >> good morning. happy friday to you. its august 12th....

inside a hospital in somalia to remind us that they arent statistics, they are people in pain. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room". after weeks of blatant political flirting, the texas governor rick perry is now ready to commit. cnn has learned he will major a formal campaign announce mementd our new poll, jim, shows he will be very competitive. >> thats right. he comes in the top tier, wolf, youre right, rick perry, according to a source close to the governor has told cnn t...

fewer americans filed first-time jobless claims last week. the labor department says that it got 395,000 initial claims. thats a drop of 7,000. it is the first time the number dipped below 400,000 since early april. united nations says that the drought ravaging the horn of africa has not peaked. that means a long-term threat of famine. the u.n. says 12 million people, if you can believe that, are at risk. desperately needs more than a billion dollars to feed them. musician and activist...