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Zimmerman's defense to i was the screamer, i stopped when is the shot rang out is because then the threat was eliminated so why do i need to keep screaming? the problem with that theory is george zimmerman's own story which is i didn't think that trayvon martin was dead when i shot him. i thought he was still a threat. that's why i got out from under him. i turned him on his stomach. i held his hands out. in fact, des moin george zimmerd he didn't know until later at the police station that trayvon martin was dead. so he didn't think the threat was eliminated. >> the defense is focusing on joh...

"des moin "des moines register" saying quote -- former astronaut and senator john glenn is over the moon for president obama. he's featured in a new campaign ad airing in his home state of ohio. >> growing up in ohio you learn to size up a person by their character. and that's why i'm supporting president obama. >> missouri senate candidate todd akin's campaign is growing with the help of one famous family the duggars. michele and jim bob along with many of their 19 children, will join akin on the campaign trail today before branching out on their own. "the daily show's" jon stewart still gett...

mitt romney on the defense. we are just three weeks away from the first presidential contest of the 2012 campaign, and the attacks are in full force. >> let's be candid. the only reason you didn't become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> wait a second. now wait a second. that's -- wait a second. >> paul steinhauser is joining us from des moines. gingrich survived. how did he do it? >> exactly, kyra. listen, newt gingrich, the reason he jumped in the polls and surged the last couple of months is because he has been doing very well in these debates. we saw it...

He ranks seventh among the candidates among born-again christians. that's an important group in the iowa caucuses, among very conservative voters. so he's had great difficulty, i think, despite debate performances in expanding the base of support he has in iowa. >> there's not been much movement at the back of the pack, since the last des moin"ds register" poll taken in june, but i want to take a look at the top. cain going from 13% support to 23%. that's an increase of ten points, romney's just about the same, and down 1%. ron paul, up 5%. michele bachmann, though, down 14%. that's despite de...