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Which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours. managing editor joins us. you have to pause and say what extraordinary courage. she is committed to her political career and they love her in arizona and she is working so hard to get back to washington. >> no question. as a quick transition and i want to make sure people know today and tomorrow president obama lands in australia. this is the third time he attempted to go there. he put it off for the health care vote and put it off for the gulf of mexico oil spill. he is finally touching down in the land down under today or tomorr...

you get 60 seconds and you get 30 seconds to respond. would you please wait? are you just going to keep talking. let me finish what i'm saying. >> boy, you know what it was? it was illegal immigration that sparked that conversation. rick perry's numbers dropped. the governor tried to throw the issue back at mitt romney last night. >> mitt, you lose all of your standing from my perspective because you hired illegals, in your home, and you knew about it for a year. and the idea that you stand here before us and talk about that you're strong on immigration, is on its face the height of ...

President obama promised the people of joplin, missouried to the federal government would stand by them as they rebuild from last sunday's f 5 tornado. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian. >> reporter: well, drew, as you last week the president was overseas building relationships with european partners. during that time white house aides said that he was updated frequently on the situation here in joplin. well,ed to the president got to see the devastation up close. >> reporter: before touching down, air force one flew over joplin, missouri, giving the president an aerial view of the dev...

demand the release of political prisoners when the bullets rained down. and sarah palin thundering into d.c.ed to. but is she ready to roll into the race for president? i'm drew griffin. the news starts now. first tonight, is yemen tipping into civil war? take a look at this. troops and anti-government protesters in the southern city of taiz. tear gas and gunfire. all this increasing fear that turmoil will give al qaeda and other slaul islamic militants breathing room to launch attacks against the u.s. i spoke earlier with cnn's mohammad jamjoom in abu dhabi about that. >> earlie...

>> before touching down, air force 1 flew over joplin, missouri, giving the president an aerial view of the devastation. what took months and years to build was destroyed in a few moments. homes, businesses, and anything else in the tornado's path. on the ground, it was a somber president surveying breathtaking damage up close. meeting with officials, survivors and promising not to abandon this city. >> what i've been telling every family that i've met here is, we're going to be here long of a the cameras leave. we are not going to stop until joplin is fully back on its feet. >> there is plent...