meteorologist chad myers monitoring tropical storm debby, chad, debby s proven to be pretty stubborn. not moving really at 5 miles an hour. and it s still spinning at 40 miles an hour. so don t get me wrong, it s still there, but it s not moving along, so when it begins to rain in one spot, it rains for hours. in fact one spot in tallahassee picked up 20 meninches of rain. it s still flooding right now. we re still trying to get crews into these areas to see how bad it is. east of panama city, near the panhandle of florida, but not all the way to jacksonville. this is the latest, the 11:00 advisory, east at 3 miles an hour. it doesn t even make landfall until 8:00 tomorrow morning and it s only about 60 miles away from shore. it s going to take a long time to get across the body here of florida, then back out into the ocean and then eventually turning on up into the northeast. and when it gets out here, these are spinning again, because it turns into a tropical storm again,
ron brownstein in person. editorial director of the national journal. and will cain. was that familiarity or disappointment? with love. will cain who i always like to see sitting next to me. good morning. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. it was a tough week obviously with the death of whitney houston and really at the end of the week an opportunity to remember her and her legacy. she was laid to rest yesterday in westfield, new jersey. the private moment followed a service in newark, new jersey, on saturday. family, friends, and stars paying tribute. it was a beautiful service. it was whitney houston s own voice that ended the ceremony. so good-bye please don t cry we both know i m not what you you need the service lasted four hours and it was interesting to talk to the baptist pastors who were there who said, listen, we want to make it very clear, this is a religious service. this is not a performance. this is not a concert. this is a homegoing. re
let s begin with the latest in the political plate underway in iowa. right now, dramatic, huge developments unfolding. looks like a three-man race if you believe some of these cent polls. newt gingrich, mitt romney and ron paul all basically within a margin. we re watching all this unfold. jim akcosta is standing by. he s on the scene for us. gloria borker is joining us. newt gingrich, he s trying to project the positive image he is above the fray, but is he making a mistake by not through all these attacks from mitt romney, ron paul and these other republican presidential candidates? you know, wolf, i think he s able to have it all ways. it s a smart strategy. don t forget, gingrich came into politics and was known as the bombastic speaker of the house when he was the one in charge of those house republicans and one republican control of the house by waging a relentlessly negative campaign against democrats. so now, he s able to play against type. that really works for h
phillips. two stories facing our political future. barack obama will unveil his plan to create jobs and his same own job may be on the line. mitt romney and rick perry faced off in a national debate. jim acosta has the story lines for that. also this hour, my interviews with two very different members of congress republican joe walsh who is boycotting the president s speech and democrat maxine waters who is invoicesing her own skepticism. we will hear from her in about 15 minutes. aeeight republicans on trad and two candidates trading the most punches. jim acosta has the highlights in los angeles. this is rick perry first presidential debate. how did he do? reporter: he felt like the republican party pinata. he was. the other candidates on the stage did their best to take a whack at the new gop front-runner but rick perry showed he can hit back. rick perry and mitt romney stood side-by-side at the reagan debate close enough for the fur to fly. first on the question of w
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