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we begin this hour with a very important change in the presidential race. according to our brand new cnn/orc poll, a majority of the nation's voters now say they want to re-elect president obama. take a look at this. the president has 52%. he's seven points ahead of mitt romney who's at 45%. just a month ago the president in our poll was ahead 49% to 46%. significantly the president now according to our latest poll is above 50%. our polls also show what voters think of mitt romney's potential vice presidential picks. let's bring in our national political correspondent jim acosta. he'...

we're here because that healing effort and those six lives, they deserve attention. we also want to tell you about what we've learned about their killer. a man motivated by hate, who officials say took inspiration from the swatstika. we do know that one of the stops was the time he spent in fort bragg north carolina. drew griffin has investigating when he was in fort bragg, what his service has entailed. what have you found about his time in the military? >> well, it was not stellar, we'll tell you that in a little bit. but we wanted to focus on fort bragg produced a lot of heros. th...

earth. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he's getting some help from an old r...

services when authorities say an army veteran named wade michael page appeared, took out a 9 millimeter pistol and opened fire. this is a facebook picture of him. a swastika in the background. it's neither the only photo of him striking a racist pose. nor the only hint of his apparently long-held white supremacist beliefs. the latest to pin down any and all hate group connections he may have had. president obama reacted to that possibility. >> i think the american people immediately recoil against those kinds of attitudes and i think it will be very important for us to reaffirm once ...

touch and going situation because loughner has broken down in court . he's been dragged out screaming. he's exhibited active signs of mental illness at many hearings. here is what the judge is trying to decide. to be competent you have to understand what's going on in the courtroom, understand the charges against you and be able to at least provide minimal assistance to your own lawyers. it's a very low standard. if you are delusional and ranting and raving, youon't meet the test. he's failed the test on other occasions. two psychiatrists have said he's incompetent to stand trial. he...