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>> reporter: well, the plot was under way for many months, and it got so far that money was actually transferred for an assassination. what the iranians didn't know, piers, was the person they hired to carry this out was a dea informant working for the u.s. government. so it was never actually going to take place. >> but that was a massive stroke of luck, presumably. >> reporter: absolutely. once this dea informant was contacted by the iranians, the fbi was brought in. what we know tracing the timeline was the president was notified in june. the arrest of the naturalized u.s. citizen...

another straw poll victory. the president -- the republican presidential candidate finished first at the conservative values voter summit this weekend winning 37% of the straw poll vote. herman cain came in second with 23% and rick santorum finished third with 16%. herman cain said the bad economy is having a greater impact on african-americans but the gop candidate says racism is not the reason why. >> i don't believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way. is there some -- are there some elements of racism? yes. it gets back to if we don't grow this economy, t...

anderson. >> he was giggle. >> that's the first time i have ever seen him completely lose it. it was funny. >> a lot to talk about this morning. we have breaking news. a suicide truck bomber targeting the u.s. military base in afghanistan. it happened in the city of gardez a few hours ago. officials say the truck ripped through the main security gate. killed two afghan guards. nine others were hurt. and the taliban is taking credit for the attack. >> less than two weeks after downgrading america's aaa credit rating standard and poor's is the target of a justice department investigati...

The details, drama, and deception are, quite frankly, stunning. the child that schwarzenegger fathered with a woman was 14 and it's a boy. there are various reports that the boy looks strikingly like schwarzenegger. we'll talk about more of those details in just a moment. while the scandal continues to unfold, maria shriver is proving that she is no shrinking violet. she made a special appearance in chicago for her good friend oprah winfrey. she took the stage as part of the last show taping. she smiled, looked happy, but did not talk to the media backstage what about the schwarzenegger kids? ...

as many as 850 people. we will have much more on this in 20 minutes from our senior white house correspondent ed henry. now, i want to show you an x ray like none you have never seen before. take a good look at this. these are people crammed into a tractor-trailer in mexico. they shouldn't have been in the trailer nor in mexico, nor in the united states. where this rig and another like it were allegedly headed. they were stopped yesterday in the southern state of chiapas. 530 migrants who authorities paid $7,000 each to make a journey that is not just illegal but dangerous. in the ...