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the bells ring, let's go out front. hello, everyone. out front live in las vegas. feels good to say that. we're just an hour away. we have seven republican candidates squaring off for their party's nomination to challenge president barack obama next november. >> herman cain surging in the polls to defend his front of runner status. rick perry could be dropping and that could be the comeback story of the night and mitt romney, slow, but steady. in a poll released this morning and lagging behind cain in likability, can he pull more gop voters to the side? we have a lot lined up for you...

republicans set gridlock aside, just once, and help millions of americans who can't find jobs? sadly, the answer at this moment is no. look here, live pictures of the united states senate where a key vote on a major democratic jobs plan is just moments away. stay with us for that live coverage. we begin with breaking news that sounds like a far-fetched spy novel or a hollywood script. a braising plot to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the united states at a crowded washington restaurant frequented by members of congress. behind this plot, agents bank rolled by iran's secre...

the dark. our congressional correspondent kate bolduan is on capitol hill looking into the story. kate, what's going only here? this was not supposed to be like this. >> reporter: hey there, wolf. i'm standing out front as people are passing by. behind me is this nondescript room. this is where the super committee will meet again this evening behind closed doors which has some government watchers, since this committee has such a huge job before them, some government watchers are calling this approach troubling. >> good morning. >> reporter: the so-called super committee began its wor...

Running for president next year. he says he'll announce by june. michele bachmann will announce her intentions to enter the 2012 presidential race also by the summer. >> i'm in to make sure that barack obama is a one-term president just like we are all happy that jimmy carter didn't have a second term. i'm in for that and i'll be making a decision about whether or not i will be a candidate by sometime this summer. >> congresswoman backman's advisers say she could form a presidential exploratory committee before the gop debate set for the first week in may.

>> well, certainly it does seem that there were these people doing this for as you said eight hours a day in some cases at some points and it does raise a question of who else around them was aware of this or who may have been able to stop it or didn't say anything if they knew people were doing this? you know, it's just one of those things and hopefully the inspector general will be able to sort it out and learn more about it and of course it does come at an interesting time for the sec because it is of course focused on the goldman sachs investigation and is at the heart of the financial reg...