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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 ] >> we'll have to work out the audio because you're not the only one who is not hearing jim acosta. we'll try to re-establish that in a moment. there is another major political story going on right now in iowa. the nation's first caucus state is holding its famous ames straw poll. it is a critical test of a candidate...

hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline there's no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fifth straight day of talks aimed at raising the debt limit. the frustrations and tempers have been l...

And welcome back. a teenage athlete in florida who had both legs amputated at birth has defied the odds. watch this video. he's a baseball pitcher with an 80-mile-an-hour fastball. perfect form as you watch this. but he will not have a chance to use it this season. on the second day of tryouts for his high school baseball team, the coach told anthony he did not make the roster. he was told he would not be able to field bunts. i'm joined by anthony's mother, diane baruto. when you look at what an amazing son you have, how was he able to develop this skill? >> he's been playing since he was 7 ye...

Health care's the big story today, but the big news for hundreds of thousands of unemployed americans is a break in a senate logjam that we've been following very closely for the last few days. it was a logjam created by this man, one man, republican senator jim bunning of kentucky. former hall of famer, baseball pitcher. he had refused for days to grant something called unanimous consent to a one-month extension of federal unemployment benefits. democrats called it emergency spending, and as such, they said it was exempted from the "pay as you go" rules that they, themselves, approved just we...

It. there's something wrong with this. >> sean: you were there for years. you know what it's like. guys think they are going to get reelected by bringing as much back to their states. here's a guy leaving saying no more, i'm drawing the line right here, we can't afford it. >> i have great admiration for jim. first of all, you're talking about a hall of famer this was some tough guy. a great baseball pitcher in his time. he knows what it is like to compete. he's finally said i'm tired of playing the games. no, i'm not gonna take your nonsense. would he have done it six years ago if he were runn...