kyra. >> thanks. we take it to some who i know watch thad entire debate. >> did you manage to stay up? >> i told you, our team, you know how early we rise. >> very earl. >> very few made it the whole way. that's why we had tivo. >> and the twins -- >> they watched. those a whole other story. >> they're up. >> live from studio 7 i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed to tuesday, june 14th. >> any one of these people on this stage would be a better president than president obama. >> the day after the republican presidential candidate faced off, it is clear they agree on one thing. their criticism of president obama. gop insider poll gave mitt romney the edge in last night's debate. candidates were cordial but certainly took aim at the president. >> minnesota congresswoman, michele bachmann used the debate to make some news. bachmann was considered a likely

candidate heading into the debate but not officially into the race. she made it clear she's planning a run. >> i filed my paperwork to seek the office of the presidency of the united states today and i'll very soon be making my formal announcement. >> so, what did debate watchers think about this republican showdown? several of our correspondents spoke with viewers to get their reaction. some thought the candidates dodged the issues and even side stepped a lot of questions. >> to me, it's just been political posturing, getting their big talking points out. you know, they got to check those blocks. i haven't heard anything about me. >> a lot of them are not answering the questions. you ask a question, and then they'll side step it and answer something entirely different. >> not surprising. we'll have a wrapup of the debate and inside from political analyst in ten minutes or so. the house grants congressman

anthony weiner atwo-week leave as he deals with fall outfrom a sexting scandal. top democrats are calling for him to resign. he's on fence whether or not he'll quit. in an interview, president obama revealed what he would do. >> ultimately there's going to be a decision for him and his constituents. if it was me, i would resign. >> president obama is on route to puerto rico. it is the first official presidential visit there since john f. kennedy, 50 years ago, but this sprez look to the future, many viewed the is havity as a bid for votes of millions of puerto ricans in the u.s. mainland especially those in the crucial swing state of florida. the president will deliver remarks when he arrives this hour at 40 minutes or so. we'll bring that to you live. casey anthony's murder trial resumes two hours for now,

prosecutors rest their case today or tomorrow. the florida woman has pleaded not guilty to kill her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. an fbi examiner testified that add he'sive in the same of a heart was found on duct tape on the child's mouth. that tape matches stickers found during the search of anthony's home. a federal judge in san francisco could rule today on whether to invalidate a former judge's ruling against proposition eight? that is the law banning same-sex marriage in california. judge von walker rule thad it was unconstitutional. well, after his retirement, walker revealed he is gay, and in a long-term relationship. supporters of the gay marriage ban argued that walker should have recused himself. the huge wildfire in arizona we've been telling you about is now the largest in state history. it has burned almost 470,000 acres, it is spreading now into

new mexico. another fire forced the carlsbad caverns national park to close. the concern for many home owners is now the smoke. is. >> a lot of people think because the smoke isn't in their home town, they're safe but it can be throughout the home. >> that's what i want to understand. it's not about that but the smoke itself and what it does to your body. >> here's your chance to talk back on one of the big stories. today's question, is either party inspire the middle class? karl costello joining us from washington with the very latest. kay, carol. >> hello, suzanne. we're asking that question -- i'm having technical problems. i'm going to take this out of my ear. we're asking this question in light of the debate between the republican candidates. it certainly didn't take long for the democratic party to

rebut via youtube. after the obama bash fest, it was a no-brainer. >> i do not believe in american courts. >> i support a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman. >> well, come on, the republicans may not have uttered the phrase, middle class but did say middle income and middle america. beside, primary debates meant to appeal to the extremes not the masses, but, hey, since democrats brought it up. let's talk. or, let republicans talk. >> i support strongly -- >> i believe in right to work. >> right to work states outlaw agreements between labor unions

and employers, make it a condition of employment, according to scientist. that kind of talk does not resonate in blue collar ohio. it's another attack on union, tax cut force the rich don't resonate much either. if you think president obama is in the pink because of this, think again. middle class americans asking themselves, is my life better now than it was four years ago? i don't have to tell you what the answer to that is. blue collar voters might stay home in 2012, because weight the point? the question today, either party inspire the middle class. >> facebook.com/carol cnn. i'll read your answers later this hour and we'll fix the technical issues so that i can actually talk to you, suzanne. >> thank you, carol. i promise we'll take care of that for you. thank you, carol. >> here's a rundown. some of the stories ahead. first, meeting the president's competition, we break down the

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presidential candidates returned to the campaign trail hoping they won over some votes. they square off yesterday. it was also a chance to renight against a common opponent. president obama. details from jessica yellin. >> reporter: at the first major debate of the primary season. >> say hello to seven candidates. >> there's seven different voices but one common pressage. >> this president failed. this president is a declinist. he view america as one of equals around the world.

>> reporter: no surprise the candidates drew a bull's-eye on the president's economic stewardship? >> has he done one thing right when it comes to the economy in this country. >> boy, that's a tough question. >> no, no, i can't think of anything. >> reporter: but what did surprise some? minnesota governor tim pawlenty passed up an opportunity to confront mitt romney on health care. even though, just the day before. he had ridiculed the president's health care plan as obomny care. >> we took a different amost in minnesota, we department use individual requirements from government. >> given a second chance. pawlenty ducked again. >> why is it not obomney care stiepding there? >> president obama looked to massachusetts for designing his progra program.

>> michele bachman made some news. >> i filed my paperwork to speak p the office of president today. >> newt gingrich focused on just the issues. >> this week, they ought to start creating jobs right now. >> for former godfather ceo herman cain, this debate was a national debut. >> i am not a politician, i am a problem solver, this economy is stalled. it's like a train on the tracks with no engine. >> for former senator rick santorum, it was an opportunity for social conservative issues. >> not only have i been consistent, i've not just taken the pledge, i've taken the bullets to fight for this and lead on the issue. >> reporter: all candidates

pledged against abortion right, same-sex marriage and gay and lesbians serving in the military. >> we're going to win. make no mistake about it. i want to announce, president obama is a one-term president. >> this is the spin room where operatives for each campaign tell us why they think their campaign ran. one of the biggest questions, why is this such a taped debate? >> one of the candidates to be seen as too negative, attacking fellow republicans when they are just introducing themselves to the key voter, jessica yellin, cnn, manchester, new hampshire. >> i want to talk about stanouts and missed opportunities from the republican debate. joining us from cambridge, massachusetts with morning after insight. david gergen, nice to see you. obviously it was fascinating to see all of these candidate on stage to interviews themselves to the public. who do you think made the best

presentation last night? >> i think there were three winner, suzanne. first of all and most importantly, mitt romney came in. he left as a front-runner, unscathed and well. being on the trail four years ago, it has really helped him p. he's a better candidate than he was then. second newt gingrich, very substantive, had the most substantive draft there. the surprise was michele bachmann, he's shown voters but not well known on the east coast. she was very pithy last night. had a lot of energy. i think a lot of people came away feeling, wow, she's a more serious candidate than you thought. we also wonder, why do you need sarah palin if you already have michelle bauschman in the race. >> i wanted to ask you, does that make it less likely that sarah palin jumped in the ace that she's a kingmaker this

go-around? >> i never thought she would get in. i think there's going be less of a call for her to get in. because michele bachman provides some of the same saysle and sounds much like sarah palin in terms of her philosophy. >> last night. i watched at the end. michelle has a sort of star quality. she was surrounded the autograph seekers, some candidates slipped away. she got a lot of autograph seekers. >> we heard candidates going after the president essentially on the economy. 9.1 figure, the president doesn't have a plan to get us out of this economic mess. do you think they presented a plan of their own that distinguish them from their pack? >> tim pawlenty has a plan though he was in the a great performer last night. he has a plan. a very daring plan, sorm people

think it's sort of reckless, he eslings said we have to have 5% growth for ten years, they've never had that our whole history. some people say, it would be great if pigs fly too. it would solve a lot of problems, basically, very much the traditional republican playbook, going back to reagan and earlier. i think if anything, suzanne, the issue last night, i think these candidates almost all sounded like they were singing out of the tea pear playbook as well. so i think they stirred the base. i think they did a good job of the conservative base. it's pretty hard line conservative stuff for hardline voters, it's interesting to see how they respond. >> thank you very much. it will be interesting to watch the candidates and see who picks up steam there. thank you, david. >> three weeks and three days, we are counting down to the

final flight of nasa's space shuttle program in a few minutes. you'll get to hear from the astronaut piloting that shuttle. [ male announcer ] this is charlie whose morning flight to london starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight.

t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 -- we have engine start. >> five, four, three, two, one. we have liftoff. >> space lab two -- there they go, one after another. 134 lunchaunches of the space s. last to blast off april 12th 1981. that was 30 years ago. four others, "atlantis" "discovery" and "endeavour." now we're talking about the final shuttle mission. "atlantis" and its crew scheduled to lift off in 24 dace. with us is doug hurry, the astronaut who will pilot "

"atlant "atlantis" one last time. thank you for skroing us, this will be quite thrill forge a lost people in final launch. i hope to actually see it myself. i've never seen one in person. this must also be a bittersweet moment for u. oh, you bet. it definitely is. folks have worked their entire careers on the space shuttle. and it's going to be sad to see it go. >> we're definitely going to try our best and folks that worked on it. hopefully bring it back july 20th and spend some time with people. >> this is the final shuttle mission, as pilot, what is your job going to be? >> the poi lot backs up the commander on most flying tasks, fly et gets to fly the undock after we undock from the space station and pilot is the shut maintenance man, if you will. i get to work on things such as

the toilet for one. which is also a traditional job for the pilot. >> and js make sure everything is running in order. just try to do everything i can to make sure that happens as well as work on robotic activities as well. >> somebody has to do the toilet as well as robotics, we appreciate that. >> there's only four of you on this mission, why such a small crew this time? >> well, if you remember, after the "columbia" accident, every shut has a back-up in order to launch within a month or two. to provide a rescue mission if needed. with us being the last shuttle flight there isn't a back-up shuttle. the plan is for us to come down on soyuz rockets and that would take about a year to get all four of us back down because they wouldn't modify the launch

dates for those. so they wanted to keep the cruise size small to keep us from staying on the space station for more than a year. >> all right, doug, sorry we run out of time, we look forward to the final launch mission, you, as well as the pilot. we wish you the very best of luck. thank you, doug. t is now time to choose the news. here are your choices, first for all of you history buffs it took 40 years but now more controversial pentagon papers on the vietnam war are are declassified. a look at newly released material. second, the seemingly cursed musical "spider-man turn off the dark" was officially delayed. the spectacle was p delayed six types because of technical glitches. and, third, a teenager with terminal cancer creates a bucket list of her own. hear how the final wishes may change the world long after she's gone. vote for your favorite story,

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here's a rundown, some of the stories we're working on. next, the president visits tear toe ricco, the first time the president made a official trip there since jfk and democrats give their analysis of the republican debate last night in new hampshire. later, 16 days to agree on a budget in minnesota or the state faces a government shutdown president obama is scheduled to arrive in puerto rico, about 15 minutes from now. the first u.s. pez in 50 years to make an official visit to the island. so, what's behind this trip? want to go live to san juan puerto rico where juan carlos lopez is standing by. first of all, why the trip, as you suppose? >> well, people are saying it's

part of strategy to attract the latino vote. there are month on the u.s. mainland than there are on the island. coming to this island on the first official visit will resonate with those voters. voters, for example, heavy concentration of puerto ricans in florida. florida the democrats want to win. >> obvious, hillary clinton's trips to puerto rico, i went on her trip to the campaign as well as president obama. the people cannot vote in the general election. what is the link here? obviously folks who are important in florida, new york and other places, lots of relatives, back and forth, a lot of trade, conversation. this an important place for him to show up, yes? >> oh, yes, historically, i remember we covered those

primaries, they could vote if they go to the main main. it's interesting that the trip is announced now. the population is growing in the u.s., they can vote in the u.s. i think it's some of what have you done for me lately factor. people speak to their relatives and see they are engaged in this. still the fact that the president of the united states decides to visit the island after 50 years of no official visits by the american head of state is very significant. >> juan carlos, talk about what have down for me lately, being in the line. how are puerto ricans doing, hard economic time, those on the island? >> the island has faced a harder economic reality than the rest of the country. it's been going on for a longer period of type. that's what they're concerned about. future of the people of puerto rico. creation of jobs, they had to

lay off thousands of workers because of the deaf sicht that's what they are concerned about, it's the economy and they want to hear what the president has to say about the economic future of the island. things are difficult and no sign they're getting better any time soon. >> do you think the president has done a good job? are they actively looking for the alternative to obama. watching last night's republican debate? >> politics not predict many. issues different. parties not aligned directly with the republican party. people are concerned about the economy. the big discussion is the future of the island. political status. puerto rico is part of the u.s., but if citizens can't vote. they are u.s. citizens by birth. three main move manies.

there's a group that wants them to remain, and the other group wants puerto rico to become the 53rd state and the third group that wants to accept braid from the united states. it's an ongoing debate where the island should go and what the relationship with the u.s. should be? >> are they asking president obama to stake a stand on that? >> there is a report by the white house, this white house report that suggests that there should be a vote on the island, to create a plan towards the future, to see what they want to do. the white house would back the results of that vote. that's still an ongoing issue. with the previous administration, also looked into the issue, but there's nothing definitive. that's something puerto ricans want an answer to. >> juan carlos lopez, thank you very much. good to see you as always. >> information on puerto rico. it's located in the caribbean.

about three times the size of rhode island. includes the main island of puerto rico and a number of other smallers islands. its population about 4 million. 4.6 million puerto ricans live on the u.s. mainland. that is the second largest hispanic group in the united states. puerto rico conceded to the united states after the spanish-american war and people on the island were granted citizenship in 1917. puer puerto ricans cannot vote in the general u.s. elections. the island's current political status including the possibility of statehood or independence is also widely debated among puerto ricans. there's one thing that every candidate and last night's debate has in common. they are not pulling punches when it comes to president obama's problem polls now the democrats are swinging back. ♪

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republican candidates came out swinging, everyone was taking a job at president obama. >> the obama administration is antijob, antibusiness, anti-american energy, destructive force. >> any one of the people on this stage would be a better

president than president obama. >> president obama is a one-term president. >> paul steinhauser, part of the best political team on television. live from new hampshire. paul, an interesting debate to watch. all of the candidates were trying to sell themselves almost as anti-obama. do they think that strategy is going to work? >> yes, for this kind of audience, most definitely. you had seven candidates but one common theme, that's ] his policies making the economy worst. you heard it in the debate last night. i got a good feeling you'll hear a lot more of that. the democrats not taking this sitting down. the democratic national committee out with a video. i tell you what. none of the republicans mentioned the word "middle class." robert gibbs, something you knew well when covering the white house. weigh on "american morning" and he's base lick a surrogate for

the obama campaign. take a listen to what he had to say. >> i think you saw republicans were trying to spend more time trying to bash the president than talking about their own records. if you're mitt romney and you ranked 47th out of 50 in terms of state job creation when you were a governor, or tim pawlenty who left minnesota with a $6.2 billion deficit. no wonder you want to talk about somebody else. >> i think what the democrats are ready for, they're ready for a fight. bring it on. >> all right. bring it on. >> a lot of folks were not on stage that could be game changer, what do we know about folks jumping in? >> let's talk about rick perry, longtime governor of texas, where is he today? new york city. he's going to meet with adviser, fund-raisers. he'll be a headline speaker at a republican party dinner.

>> later in the week, he's going to be in new orleans where a lot of these contenders will be. perry is seriously thinking about running for a white house. next time there's a presidential debate. we may have new faces on this stage. it is fascinating. this field is not set yet. suzanne. >> the field might be getting bigger. >> there's a lot of talk, a lot of issues but is the average voter plugged in for the race for the white house? we sent our intern, noah gray to find out. . what point are you going to start paying attention? >> i think maybe october. right now there's a lost promising being made. everybody is making promises. you don't know what anybody will do until we're forced to do so. >> it seems like a waste of time right now. >> closer toward the end. seem like a lot of gossip.

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president along with pomp and circumstances. it's important to visit the island and territory. also for many puerto rican, 4 million or so on the u.s. mainland who are very important voting bloc for this president. those in florida, new york and northeast and elsewhere. the president making his critical stop to try to make sure that he secures the hispanic vote. the puerto rican vote in the u.s. mainland but a lot of excitement and anticipation around president obama's trip to puerto rico. also following as well. money stories, cnn money.com's lead story. google betting on solar energy, investing 28 million p solar power, largest u.s. solar deal. also looking at the markets. up 120 points or so. we are also watching a budget battle that may come to a head soon in many state bus also in minnesota highways, rest stop,

parks. just services that could shut down if lawmakers don't agree on a budget by june 30th. alison kosik joins us from the new york stock exchange. alison, this looks like a dire situation in minnesota. i tell you what, the clock is ticking on this. what he did is sent out layoff notices to state workers. all 36,000 of them. ultimately up to the courts to decide who gets laid off. they divide them into essential workers, essential is likely to be police officer, firefighters. emt and sanitation worker, road construction would stop and nonprofit agencies and state colleges would close. this could really be a huge painful ordeal for the residents there if this indeed happens.

suzanne. >> budget issues common. i expect we might see this in other states as well. >> if you remember, the federal government was in danger of shuts down in april. as far as state governments go, shutdowns aren't that common. >> for minnesota it's happened only once in the state's vis history. what happened, states pass a short-term fission that gives lawmakers extra time to discuss the budget. >> that happened in april. minnesota's deadline is coming up. what they need to do is close a 3.6 billion dollar budget hole. not sure if they're able to do it. the clock is ticking, hopefully they will. u zahn. >> thank you very much. i want to go to president obama. he's making brief remarks, let's listen in. >> although my hair is a little grayer, and during my first visit, i am glad to be able to

keep that promise of the people in puerto rico. >> but this is only one part of my commitment to families here, on the island. because when i ran for president, i promised to include puerto rico, not just on my itinerary, but also in my vision of where our country needs to go. and i'm proud to say that we've kept that promise too. first of all, we've addressed the quest political status. in march, a report from our presidential task force on puerto rican status, provided a meaningful way forward on this question, so that the president dents of the island can determine their own future. and when the people of puerto rico make a clear decision, my

administration will stand by you. i also know that there are plenty of other issues. when president kennedy was here, he addressed the relationship between washington and san juan he also spoke about tackling what he called the difficult problems in education and housing and employment. in that same spirit, we've been trying to make sure that every family, on the island, can find work, and make a living, and provide for their children. that's why our economic plan and our health care reform included help for puerto rico. that's why we're increasing access to broad band and investing in education. that's why we're helping to grow local tourism.

health care and clean energy. we're giving puerto ricans the fools they need to build economic future, this is how it should be. every day, puerto ricans help write the american story. puerto rican artists help write the story. i don't know if you notice marc anthony decided to show up. >> puerto rican entrepreneurs, even in the finals. j.j. barea. that guy can play. next time i'm down here, i'm going to have to play some hoops. i also want to take a moment to acknowledge all of the puerto

rican men and women who serve in our country's uniform. >> give it up for our veteran, thank you. >> you know, one of those veterans, is juan castillo. >> juan fought in world war ii an he fought in the korean war. today, he's two months away from his 101st birthday. his legacy is carried on by puerto ricans in iraq and afghanistan, men and women like chief master sergeant ramon lopez of the united states air force. in 2004, ramon's team was going after a high valued target in afghanistan. his helicopter was seriously

damaged by hostile fire. in the thick of battle. he didn't know how large a force he was up against, but he pressed on anyway. and his team killed or capture ed 12 menny miters. because of his awarded the air action medal. i tell this story because for decades, puerto ricans like juan and ramon have put themselves in harm's way for a simple reason. they want to protect the country that they love. their willingness to serve, their willingness to sacrifice is as american as apple pie or as -- [ speaking spanish ]

the aspirations and the struggles on this island mirror those across america so i know that today, a lot of folks are asking some of the same questions here on the island as they're asking in indiana or california or in texas. how do i make sure my kids get the kind of education that they need. how can i put away a little money for retirement. how can i fill up my gas tank. how can i pay the bills. everywhere i go, i see families facing challenges like these, but they're facing them with resolve and determination. these problems didn't develop overnight here in puerto rico or anywhere else, but that means we're not going to solve them overnight, but day by day, step

by step, we will solve them. we are going to be able to improve our education system here in puerto rico and all across america. we are making strides to improve our health care system here in puerto rico and all across america. we are going to put people back to work here in puerto rico and all across america. maybe some of you remember that when i was here in 2008, i spoke in front of a site that had been home to so many chapters of puerto rican history. today, puerto rican workers are writing the next chapter by turning the building into a model of energy efficiency. they're making hvac systems more efficient. they're putting on a green roof. they're installing 720 panels. when they're done, it's

estimated that the energy savings will be 57% and puerto rico will have taken one more step towards creating a clean energy economy. those are the kinds of steps it will take for puerto rico to win the future and for america to win the future. that what's we do in this country. with each passing decade, with each new challenge, we reinvent ourselves. we find new ways to solve our problems. we push forward. and we do so in a way that gives every one of our people a shot at the dream that we all share. the dream that if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, you can build a better life for your family. you can find a job that's secure, provides decent wages, provides for your children, provides for your retirement. that's what people are hoping for and it's not too much to ask. puerto rico, i don't need to

tell you that we're not there yet. we're not where we need to be. but in these challenging times, people on this island don't quit. we don't turn back. people in america don't quit. we don't turn back. we place our bets on entrepreneurs and on workers and on our families. we understand that there's strength in our diversity. we renew the american dream. we have done it before. we will do it again. thank you very much. thank you. >> president obama in san juan, puerto rico, a historic visit by the president. he had promised when he was campaigning there a couple years ago that he would return as president, and he fulfilled his promise. he started off his speech saying it's great to be in puerto rico. he was accompanied by the governor of puerto rico, the mayor of san juan as well as marc anthony, the singer and

actor. a lot of excitement around the president's trip. he also stressed the importance of moving the economy forward, leaving it up to the puerto ricans to decide their own future and fate regarding their status, whether or not they would fight for statehood, but also the importance of the economy there, not just at the island of puerto rico but mainland, u.s. mainland, where there are more than four million puerto ricans who are voting and will be voting, and the president clearly trying to win them over in some of those key states we're talking about, new york as well as florida. historic trip by president obama there in puerto rico. also, another story that has just developed, it is breaking here, someone else throwing their hat into the ring here. this is the former ambassador to china, john huntsman, will be formally announcing his bid for the presidency next tuesday at liberty state park in new jersey. we are told that the statue of liberty will be the backdrop.

this is coming from a republican source that tells us he will be making that official announcement. certainly not a surprise. we expected that he was preparing to jump in and that he would make it official fairly soon. he has gotten a little bit of pushback, blowback, from fellow republicans because he was a member, worked for the obama administration, has not always helped him out but is also seen as someone who is bipartisan. we'll see how he does. he will be officially announcing his intention to run for president. more after this break. right now, go to priceline for a sneak peek at recent winning and better than ever! hotel bids to find where you n save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. can your moisturizer do that?

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inspired by president obama. why? it is his policies that took the banks out of the student loan business. this is just one example of many. however, the candidates on stage last night, talking about the republican primary, appeared to be only interested in tearing down obama. that's not inspiration. that's obama-bashing. this from jerry. definitely not. maybe we should clean house. i would, however, since this is not feasible, vote for a bachmann/romney ticket. obama better watch out. facebook.com/carolcnn. i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you up to speed the day after the first big republican debate and the front-runner comes out ahead. a national journal political insiders poll gives mitt romney a slide edge after last night's matchup. the candidates took it easy on each other but they took aim at president obama. >> clearly, president obama has failed in leadership. >> this president has failed.

>> his report card right now has a big failing grade on it. >> any one of the people on this stage would be a better president. >> so what did those who watched the debate think about this republican showdown? several of our correspondents spoke with viewers to get their reaction and some thought that the candidates side-stepped the questions. others were encouraged by what they heard. >> the idea of getting less government and less taxes, that's what i've heard and that's what i like so far. >> i don't think i would ever support romney because he's not answering any questions and only saying what's wrong. what will he do when he's in office? no one knows. >> to me, it's just been political posturing, getting their big talking points out, you know. they got to check those blogs. i haven't heard anything about me. >> president obama has just wrapped up a speech in san juan, puerto rico. you saw it here live. the president is spending about five hours in the u.s. territory. he is the first sitting u.s. president to make an official visit there in some 50 years.

president obama promised to put people back to work there in puerto rico and all across america. many view the trip as a bid for the votes of millions of puerto ricans on the u.s. mainland, especially those in the crucial swing state of florida. the race is on to save the town of hamburg, iowa. two levees holding back the swollen missouri river broke late yesterday. national guard troops and volunteers are trying to build a temporary levee three feet tall to keep the water from reaching the town. some residents have already been evacuated. >> it's just devastating to have to move out of your house. >> i'm without a home, living with my kids. all my stuff's in a semi. no job where i work. they closed up. >> we are also watching wildfires out west. the one in eastern arizona has become the largest in state history. almost 470,000 acres now have

burned. as many as 10,000 people have been forced now from their homes. right now, about one-fifth of the fire is contained. more than a few cars in need of repair after a nasty hailstorm in eastern colorado yesterday. right in the middle of all of it, a rainbow appeared. casey anthony's murder trial resumes the next hour. prosecutors may rest their case today or tomorrow. the florida woman has pleaded not guilty to killing her 2-year-old daughter in 2008. an fbi examiner testified yesterday that adhesive in the shape of a heart was found on duct tape over the child's mouth. that shape matches stickers that were found during a search of anthony's home. cnn in depth taking a closer look at how viewers and voters

are grading the republican presidential debate. don lemon has been talking to a lot of people to get their reaction. hey, don, he joins us from manchester, new hampshire. what are folks telling you the morning after? >> reporter: they're telling me, well, it's still early on to try to figure out who they're going to vote for. they definitely had some opinions about the debate last night. a lot of people tuned in. some didn't, because they were watching the bruins here. the bruins won. but the front of the paper says seven contenders keep it civil. so they thought as you can see here that it was in pretty good taste. no one really lashed out at another person there on the stage. we went to wgir this morning, the only talk radio in town to hear what folks had to say and they had some pretty strong opinions. take a listen to one. >> who do you think won the debate? >> clearly newt gingrich was the most presidential candidate but i don't think there were any failures out there. >> reporter: if you were

watching it, i happened to watch it in the hotel, i wanted to see what people were saying. we were down in the hotel restaurant and there were two monitors there, suzanne. one was on the debate. the other was on the hockey game. people were kind of going back and forth and watching and the next people we talk to will show you what i mean. >> i did not listen to the debate last night. unfortunately, it ran up against the stanley cup playoffs, which the bruins, by the way, won. that's right over there, go bruins. for me, it's just a little early in the process. >> everyone presented themselves very well. i still haven't made up my mind as to who i'm going to vote for, but -- >> reporter: any winners or losers? >> i think mitt romney did a pretty good job, as did michele. but i still haven't made up my mind who i'm going to vote for yet. >> reporter: you see right at the top, mitt romney and michele bachmann. they probably had the best showing last night. also, one person said that he

thought that newt gingrich looked pretty presidential. again, suzanne, early on, but most voters here are concerned of course about the issues, the economy, spending and as you know, jobs. >> i think, don, at one point in the debate, i think romney gave the score of the bruins game. >> reporter: yes. >> he gave an update for those watching the debate, kind of had one ear on the game as well? >> reporter: yeah. he did. and when the people who were watching the game cheered for that and the people who were watching the debate cheered to that so he won over both crowds where i was watching. >> all right. there's plenty of time for folks to pay attention and obviously, there will be distractions. it won't be the first time. but exciting debate. thank you very much. here's a rundown of some of the stories ahead. first, the prosecution could actually rest today in the casey anthony murder trial. levees, losing the battle against the rising missouri river. in the health care reform talk from last night's debate, we will analyze what the

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they may rest their case today or tomorrow, and they've called a line of investigators and forensics experts to prove their theory that the 25-year-old florida woman killed her 2-year-old daughter by knocking her out with chloroform and putting duct tape over her nose and mouth. the defense may begin as soon as tomorrow. i want to get some more on this riveting case. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor holly hughes joins us again and holly, thank you very much. you're always very good at putting this all together here. we heard from fbi experts here. explain to us what the significance was of this duct tape that was found with a heart shape on that duct tape. >> right. there's a couple of things that are happening here, suzanne. the fbi analyst was analyzing the tape for fingerprints for latent fingerprints to find out if she could lift any off of there. while she was doing that, she noticed that there was adhesive residue left on the outside of that tape. it was in the shape of a heart.

the reason that that heart sticker is so relevant in this case is that at the anthony home, just 15 houses away from where the little body was found, are the exact same heart shaped stickers and caylee loved to play with stickers. we also heard testimony earlier that casey, when she one time buried one of her pets out there, put a heart-shaped sticker on that little pet when she buried him. so we're seeing a lot of different tie-ins here. now, the defense did a very good job, this is jose baez, lead defense counsel, of questioning where's the photograph of that and unfortunately, this analyst did not stop when she recognized that as the shape of a heart, that adhesive residue, wasn't the sticker itself, it's the adhesive that's left over, kind of like if you have a band-aid on and take it off, there's some of that adhesive left. she didn't photograph it. so the defense did a very good job of bringing that up, saying why wouldn't you, that's such important evidence. obviously they want to argue it wasn't really there. >> what is the idea behind this? the idea is that the mother put

a little sticker on to this duct tape and then put the duct tape over the child's mouth? >> exactly. what you're looking at is the dynamic. if this was just a stranger killing, they're not going to take the time to do that. this is somebody who is conflicted about putting this child's body out there in that swamp to decompose. so this is someone who had a connection to the little girl and the argument obviously is that her mother, after killing her to free herself up, as it were, that's what the prosecution is saying, she wanted to go on and have this beautiful life without the little girl, so she put the sticker on there sort of as just her last act of compassion, because bear in mind, nobody is saying casey didn't love the little girl. people kill people they love all the time, suzanne, unfortunately. >> that's a very powerful statement there. takes my breath away a little bit. the prosecution is about to rest its case. what has been the most compelling evidence that you've seen so far? then we'll bring it on to the

defense. >> i think the most compelling is that odor of decomposition and the scientific testing that backs it up, because if you take into account the fact that there are seven lay witnesses in this trial who have experienced smelling human decomposition and they have said, you know, i'm including dr. arpad vass. he was the expert who testified about the scientific testing and death compounds in that air, but if the defense's case that she drowned in the pool and george took away the body were true, you would not have human decomposition in casey's trunk a month after the fact. that is proof that she had that little girl's body after the little girl was deceased. so it basically shoots a hole in their argument, because you've got her mother cindy, who's a nurse, who knows what it smells like. her dad george is a detective, knows what it smells like. lead detective yuri melich testified to it. arpad vass, and the tow truck driver, don't forget him, when he towed the car, he said i know the smell of human decomposition because i've towed cars where

there have been fatalities and where people have committed suicide in their cars so i'm very aware of that. >> what do we expect from the defense? >> the defense is going to challenge the science. it's all they can do. they have got to say that arpad vass, while he is very respected in his field -- >> vass being? >> he is the chemist -- not a chemist, excuse me. he runs the body farm over in tennessee. he is the gentleman, the scientist who testified about sampling the compounds that came out of that trunk, the odor. he did the sniff testing to prove it was human decomposition in that trunk. they'll have to challenge him. they'll have to admit yeah, he's great at what he does, but this science has never been allowed in a court of law before for good reason, because it's not proven, it's not tested. they're going to have to put their client on the stand. casey anthony has to take the stand, because the defense, jose baez, lead counsel for casey, promised us in his opening that george is the one who took the body away, and what did he tell us in his opening? that casey and george were the

only two people there. so george has denied it. if he wants to argue this is an accidental drowning, he's got to put casey up. same thing with the abuse claims. if george abused her and he's denied it, they've got to put her on the stand or they have nothing to argue. >> we'll watch very closely. thank you very much. appreciate it, as always. watch our special all day coverage of the casey anthony trial on our sister network, hln. one of the big stories of the day, today's question is either party inspiring the middle class. carol costello joins us from d.c. with more. carol, lot of people watching that debate looking for clues, does this have anything to do with me. >> reporter: right. we asked that question in light of the republican primary debate last night and it didn't take long for the democratic party to rebut via youtube after a debate turned largely obama bashfest. it was a no-brainer. >> i do not believe in sharia

law in american courts. >> i support a constitutional amendment to define marriage as between a man and a woman. >> well, come on. the republicans may not have uttered the phrase middle class but they did say middle income and middle of america. besides, primary debates are meant to appeal to extremes, not the masses but since the democrats brought up the phrase middle class, let's talk, or let the republicans talk. >> i support strongly right to work legislation. >> i believe in right to work. >> right to work states outlaw agreements between labor unions and employers that make union membership a condition of employment. according to political scientist paul serassic, that talk doesn't resonate in blue collar ohio because it's just another attack on unions. tax cuts for the rich don't resonate much, either. if you think president obama is in the pink because of this, think again.

paul says middle class americans are asking themselves is my life better now than it was four years ago. i don't have to tell you what the answer to that is. he says blue collar voters just might stay home because what's the point? so the talk-back question today is either party inspiring the middle class. facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your comments later this hour. >> thank you, carol. potentially dangerous situation is building along the iowa/missouri border. the missouri river is rising at record levels now and it's already busting through some of the levees. we will take a look at what's in store for those areas downstream. when an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus,

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check out these stories from our affiliates. a truck crashes into a pool full of kids and adults. it happened in a suburb of atlanta. police say the at & t employee lost control after going into a diabetic coma. he's okay and so is everyone who was in that pool. who gave the go ahead for this ad in the "miami herold"? it congratulates the miami heat for winning the nba title. the only problem, it was the dallas mavericks that won it. they have posted an online correction. an extreme northwest missouri, a lot of farmland are under water after levees broke. national guard and volunteers are trying to keep the missouri river from flooding the resort

town of big lake as well as hamburg, iowa. >> it's about a mile and a quarter over to where that levee's at. water soaked through that and probably start leaking through. only time will tell. >> it's a voluntary evacuation order but we're encouraging people to go ahead, have all their belongings, pets, medicine, documents. >> jacqui jeras has been warning us this might happen and now we are talking record flooding here. what can we expect? >> let's start at the beginning. we'll kind of set the stage for what's been evolving here in the last couple of weeks. what happened is we had record snowpack into parts of montana. 212% above normal. on top of that, in the dakotas, we had record rainfall. we had a whole year of rain in the last couple weeks so all that water has to go somewhere. they have been releasing water gradually over the last couple weeks through a dam system here across parts of the dakotas. let's go ahead and show you this

dam in particular, up here near yanktown, south dakota. today is the day where they released the maximum amount of water that they're expecting to flow through this system. it's 150,000 cubic feet per second. this is twice the previous record for amount of water that will be flowing through the system so the levees are being tested like they've never been tested before, and so unfortunately, some of them are failing. we've got two levee failures right now. the one we're most concerned about, impacting the most people, is the one in hamburg, iowa, and there was a small hole, let's go ahead and show you this video, there was a small hole in this levee yesterday that was about 50 feet wide. that thing now has expanded to 300 feet wide. it's expected to continue to grow and so they've got about 48 hours now to save the city of hamburg. a levee has been built, a secondary levee, around the city so let's show you this here on google earth. the northern part of the city protected pretty well.

southern part, not so much. they built a man-made levee and now are trying to bring that up another three feet. if they can do that in the next two days, they think they will save hamburg. if they can't, we are basically talking about ten feet of water within that city and about 1100 people live there. in addition, i-29 expected to be shut down. the water has reached this area but it hasn't reached the levels yet that they need to shut down that interstate, but they think an additional 20-mile stretch of that will have to be shut down. we're going to continue to watch this water make its way and flow downstream, through iowa, nebraska, and eventually into the state of missouri. the one other thing i want to point out in all of this is that the missouri river dumps into the mississippi river. we don't know at this point what kind of impact that will have on the mississippi but we will have to watch this in the upcoming weeks and months. we're talking about high water through the entire summer along this system and officials say it's very, very likely that more

breaches will happen. >> unbelievable. they have 48 hours to make sure they can protect that town from flooding? >> that's about all the time they have before it gets up to that high level. >> thanks so much for the warnings. really appreciate it. it is now time for you to choose the news. here are your choices. first, for all you history buffs, it took about 40 years but now the complete pentagon papers on the vietnam war are declassified. a look at the newly released material. and second, the seemingly cursed musical "spider-man" officially opens tonight on broadway. the show was delayed six times because of repeated injuries and technical glitches. third, a teenager with terminal cancer creates a bucket list of her own. hear how her final wishes may end up changing the world long after she is gone. you can vote for your favorite story by texting 22360, text 1 for pentagon papers, 2 for

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for the work environment. yammer revolutionized the way employees communicate. we have the 101 from silicon valley. it may yet turn out to be one of history's biggest heists. after the invasion of iraq, the u.s. followed up on its development of -- deployment of troops, rather, by planeload after planeload of cold, hard cash, bringing it there. the money was meant to help develop a new iraq but now, billions simply disappeared. here's brian todd with the story. >> reporter: in the months after shock and awe, the mantra was spend and rebuild. that's what u.s. officials hope. they airlifted billions of dollars in bricks of $100 bills to iraq to pay for reconstruction. now the u.s. inspector general for iraq reconstruction has some unsettling news about more than $6 billion of that money. >> it has not been properly accounted for and that is the purpose of our continuing audit. >> if some of it was stolen, who do you believe stole it? >> i don't want to speculate on

who the potential criminals might be, but this money was delivered to iraqi control and we have in the past had a number of cases reported to us about interim ministers who did steal. >> reporter: who was responsible for safeguarding that money? >> during 2003 and 2004, that money was under the aegis of the coalition provisional authority, the entity created to govern iraq after the fall of saddam hussein's regime. >> reporter: stuart bowen says after that, there was a shared responsibility for safeguarding the money and the pentagon asked him to investigate. contacted by cnn, a pentagon spokesman cited that probe but also said the investigation found that all of these funds remained under the control of the government of iraq at all times. this is not u.s. taxpayer money. the cash belonged to iraq in the first place. the inspector general says the money was from the development fund for iraq, which had taken

iraqi oil money diverted by international sanctions and stored it at a federal reserve facility in the u.s. but americans may still be on the hook for some of this. bowen says iraqi officials have indicated to him they may go to court to reclaim the lost money. what if they win? congressman henry waxman chaired several hearings on fraud in iraq when he was head of the house oversight and government reform committee. is congress on the hook for some of this if the iraqis successfully reclaim that money? >> well, i hope not, but the truth of the matter is, the u.n. said to the united states you are now entrusted with this money, you have a fiduciary responsibility for the iraqi people to use it for their benefit, and now we can't account for $6.7 billion. >> reporter: an official at the iraqi embassy didn't respond to comments that iraqis may have stolen some of the money, but he did say the u.s. inspector general's report has shown the united states failed to put in place accountable and transparent financial controls to safeguard iraqi funds. so both sides now firmly

pointing the finger at each other. brian todd, cnn, washington. health care was one of the hot topics during the republican presidential debate. the candidates bashed president obama's reform plan. they also squared off over what to do about medicare, the health program for seniors. some backed the plan by congressman paul ryan. >> paul ryan is suggesting, and i wholeheartedly support, to use a program that is identical to what seniors already have. it's called medicare part d. they have a program right now which seniors like. >> some revamping has to occur. what we need is competition. we need to get a chance for the people to opt out of the system. talk about opting out of obama care, why can't we opt out of the whole system? >> if you're dealing with something as big as medicare and you can't have a conversation with the country, where the country thinks what you're doing is the right thing, you better

slow down. >> the reason we are in the situation we are today with medicare and social security is because the problem hadn't been solved. we can no longer rearrange it. we've got to restructure those programs and the paul ryan approach, i totally support. >> they might disagree over what to do about medicare but everybody agrees that something's got to be done. we want to bring in our senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen, to talk about that. first of all, what kind of trouble is medicare in at this point? >> as you said, everyone agrees that medicare's in trouble. it's in pretty big trouble. take a look at these numbers. it's kind of losing money by the minute. right now, it's spending about $519 billion. that's in 2010. in 2020, that spending goes up to $929 billion. that is a huge increase in just ten years. >> we expect that there are certain solutions republicans are proposing that folks will like. what do we get from the

republicans? >> let's take a look at the proposal from congressman paul ryan, because that's gotten a lot of attention. it really is quite simple. the way that it would work is that senior citizens would be given a voucher by uncle sam. the way that it works now, you turn 65 and you just get medicare. instead, this would be a voucher and it would say here's money, miss medicare marlene, go spend it the way that you see best fit to get your health care. that's very different from the way medicare is done right now. >> do we get -- do we have any sense at all whether or not americans will accept a plan like the ryan plan? >> there are some polls that show that americans are a little bit unsure about this plan. if senior citizens perceive that this plan is going to cost them more money than they're spending now or if they perceive that they're going to get care that is of lower quality than they're getting now, this is going to have real trouble. senior citizens right now are used to turning 65 and getting really quite good care from medicare without having to pay much money. if they perceive that this will

change that, that's going to be a problem. >> elizabeth cohen, thanks. job numbers, taxes, national debt. the candidates made some big claims about some big issues in last night's debate. but were they true? we will take a closer look in our truth-o-meter.

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you can vote for your favorite by texting 22360. text 1 for pentagon papers. the entire document on the vietnam war is now open to the public. text 2 for "spider-man" returns. finally, the show hits broadway after months of bad luck. and text 3 for teen's bucket list. a girl with terminal cancer sets out to change the future of other cancer patients. the winning story will air in 20 minutes. here are some big numbers flying around last night during the republican debate and that is lighting up the truth-o-meter. a reporter and researcher for politic fact.com, let's take a look at what congresswoman michele bachmann had to say about president obama's health care reform. she says the congressional budget office has said that

obama care will kill 800,000 jobs. what do we know about that? true or false? >> reporter: we rated this one barely true. basically, we read the cbo report. it says that about half a percent of the labor force would be reduced. this comes out to about 800,000 jobs but they said it would primarily be people who are working right now just so they can have insurance. under the new plan, they won't have to work for insurance. they will leave their jobs so we rated it barely true. >> what about tim pawlenty, the former governor of minnesota? he says the premiums for medicare and payroll withholdings are only paying for half the program, that it's not financially solvent. is it true? >> we rated this one mostly true. it's true but with a catch. the catch is that medicare historically has not been self-sustaining through the taxes and the premiums, that general revenues from the government have supported it

quite often in its history so once you understand that, he's right on the other part, mostly true. >> thanks for keeping an eye on that, angie. true or false, keeping an eye on the politicians. watching out for trends in technology and just three years, yammer has everybody talking and that's been its mission since it started. that every employee within a company can be heard. [ tires screech ] seat restrictions got him stuck in a vicious circle. it's just not right! i keep earning miles, but it seems like i can never use them. the all-new rapid rewards doesn't have any of that nasty red tape. here he comes again. let's set him free! [ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪

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still time to vote for the choose the news story you would like to see. text 1 for pentagon papers released, u.s. government releases every volume after 40 years of secrecy. text 2 for "spider-man" returns, a preview of the once accident-prone musical. text 3 for teen's bucket list. we will tell you what the number one wish is for a teenager with terminal cancer. the winning story will air just minutes ahead. when it comes to communicating online at work, yammer wants to be king. more than 70% of fortune 500 companies have now logged on. our silicon valley correspondent dan simon helps us understand what is this all about. >> reporter: it's being called the facebook for business. silicon valley executive david saks, who helped revolutionize payments as a co-founder of paypal, wants to advance how we

communicate at the office. three years ago, he launched yammer to bring social networking to the workplace. >> in every company i ever worked at, there's always this problem that you don't know what your co-workers are doing. so yammer is really born out of our own need for this product. >> reporter: so he built a site this allows employees to post things about work. 100,000 companies around the globe are now using it, from ebay to seven-11 to xerox. the information is secure and not for public consumption. >> we're very collaborative culture. i think it just enhanced that. >> reporter: caroline runs corporate marketing for polycom. she says yammer is replacing e-mail as the preferred way to communicate with co-workers. users may put up a work-related post or question and just like facebook, others will weigh in with their own thoughts. >> it's just a new way of thinking. it's how people want to communicate so we're just giving

them the tools to do so. >> reporter: with sites like facebook, twitter, and linked in already taking up a lot of our time, are we at a point where social networking is becoming too much? or is this just how we're going to interact now in both our personal and professional lives? does a company like yammer exist without facebook? >> well, i think facebook had to come first in the sense that people had to get used to this new way of communicating, and we think social networking represents this fundamental upgrade in people's ability to communicate with each other. it's obviously trans formed the way that we communicate in our personal lives. we think it will have a similar impact inside the workplace in how we communicate with co-workers. >> dan joins us live from san francisco. dan, just another way to communicate here. a lot of people wondering is it really necessary. is there an appetite for this? >> reporter: well, i think so, suzanne. i'm guessing you probably get, what, a couple hundred e-mails a

day. i get about the same. sometimes it's hard to keep track of everything. so wouldn't it be nice to kind of go to one place where all the stories and threads and everything is sort of in one place and you can sort of keep track of everything? yeah. typically, companies like yammer, there are a lot of companies getting into this space, they start out as free and then offer premium features. that's how they make money. also, think of it this way. say you're sort of a regular employee and you have an idea or thought about something, and sometimes it can be intimidating to e-mail your bosses with that idea. you can just kind of post it on yammer and other people can weigh in, sort of a less intimidating way, more empowering feature for the regular employee. >> dan, i get about 50 e-mails an hour so it's a little tough to negotiate sometimes. i know we all face that problem. are people liking this? do they feel this is an easier way to communicate, better than e-mail at the office? >> reporter: well, i think it

comes down to personal choice. if you're somebody who likes to use facebook and you weigh in with your thoughts and you like seeing all the comments below those thoughts, then i think this is something that will appeal to you. but if you have never used facebook, you're sort of an amateur in this regard, you may have some questions and you may just prefer e-mail. it's just sort of personal preference. >> what about the security? i notice there was someone in the piece in your report who was talking about the fact that they could keep it internal within the company, the organization itself. are they confident that it's secure, that it's just not going to get out there to everybody else? >> reporter: well, i can say working at cnn, you have to get through a couple layers of security to get to your e-mail and so forth. typically, that's how it will work with other companies. it works within your own internal network so those communications are secure and that's really the selling point behind this. they want to make sure that these conversations take place in the office and not sort of out there in the wild so other people can see it. >> dan, thank you very much.

i'm one of those people who is an amateur at all this so this all helps me. thanks. i really appreciate it. today's talk-back question is either party inspiring the middle class? jay l. says what middle class? what's the definition? those more in debt than i am? it's gone. time for the health desk, where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me this hour, greg mcbride, senior financial analyst and lynn etette. i have some money sitting in a savings account, my bank wants to invest it in a commodities basket for five years. the gains over the last year have been about 5%. the principal is fdic insured. is this a wise move? >> if you have money in a savings account, that's because you may need it for an emergency or other unplanned expense.

you don't want to tie that up in a commodity basket or anything that will limit your financial flexibility. the other thing to keep in mind with some commodity baskets or other linked cd products is there is often an early withdrawal penalty that can leave you in the red. even though the principal's fdic insured, if you take out the money early, you can end up in the red. also, there are other ways to invest in commodities if you're looking to add that to your portfolio, you don't necessarily have to jeopardize an emergency fund to do it. >> question two, ryan in michigan says i'm 18, i'm wondering if investing in a small duplex to rent out would be a good investment at my age. lynnette? >> first, i got to say wow, an 18-year-old thinking of an investment property. yes, i think that at any age if you're an adult and credit-worthy, if you saved up enough money, you have enough for a down payment, et cetera, you can qualify. investment property can be a good idea. the caution i would give to somebody that young, frankly, is establish your credit rating and your track record.

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here's your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question is either party inspiring the middle class. carol costello is in washington with some of your responses. carol, lot of people watching those debates and wondering well, am i included in any of this. should i be even paying attention at this point. >> reporter: you got that right. this answer from tracy, i am in the middle class. i am democratic. i do vote for republicans when they make more sense than democrats. obama told us the economy could not be repaired in four years. the truth is, he is trying and i have benefited. i hear republicans wanting to take it back from me.

this from morgan. every american making under $75,000 a year should decide on a date and go on strike for a single day country-wide, then they, washington, would see almost everything come to a standstill. this country runs on the backs of the middle class and the working poor. and a president who will continue to move america forward, not backward. where only a few benefit. it's been a long, hard struggle but we're getting there. from ken, most people view politics as a war for idealogical supremacy. what the middle class wants and needs is a government less interested in power and ideology and more interested in we, the people. please keep the conversation going. facebook.com/cnn and thanks as always for your comments. >> we certainly hope that the politicians are watching and listening because as it gets closer to that election day, people will hear more specifics, get more and more specific about how they are going to help us in our own lives. >> the middle class was the star in 2008.

it's certain to be a star in 2012. the thing is, will anyone believe them this time around. >> remember joe the plumber? >> of course. i do. >> can only imagine who will appear this go-round. there will be somebody who will fill that role at some point, i imagine. >> absolutely. >> carol, thanks. good to see you. you told us what you wanted to see. [ male announcer ] look at this, bridgestone is using natural rubber, researching ways to enhance its quality and performance, and making their factories more environmentally friendly. producing products that save on fuel and emissions, and some that can be reused again. ♪ and promoting eco-friendly and safety driving campaigns. ♪

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we will now air it. the choose the news winner. for 40 years a large portion of the pentagon papers were kept a classified secret. now cnn reports the papers are available for the public to see in their entirety. >> reporter: 7,000 pages, 47 volumes. the pentagon papers were a top-secret report commissioned by the secretary of defense in 1967 on the history of the vietnam war. daniel elsburg, a defense department analyst, leaked thousands of pages to "new york times" and other news organizations. about two-thirds of the full report had been leaked previously but now the public can read the whole report without redactions, including new sections on the peace negotiations. no big surprises are expected, but it's a treasure trove for history buffs. >> it's quite vast and it's also quite illuminating about the kennedy and johnson administrations. you see this pattern of great

secrecy of a certain amount of deception of the american people about the chances of success in vietnam, and about what the american people's own government was doing in vietnam. >> reporter: elsburg, looking back, said he had grown disillusioned with the war under the kennedy and johnson administrations. >> they were prepared to prolong a war, to expand a war at each step rather than to lose it and nixon was the same. >> reporter: the pentagon papers left nixon fearful and insecure, afraid of more leaks about his own policy decisions. >> he actually committed the impeachable offense of setting up a secret police organization in the white house, the special investigations unit, which was later known as the plumbers, and he set it up to commit illegal acts. >> reporter: nixon went to court to stop the media outlets from publishing the papers. but the supreme court in a landmark 6-3 decision sided with the press. at the newseum in washington,

d.c. where the documents leaked to the newspapers are on display, visitors wonder why it took 40 years to declassify the full report. >> the fact that they haven't disclosed everything until just today, that's really long enough. long enough. it's about time. the pentagon papers from my generation was a really big news story and i say it's just about time that things have come out completely. >> reporter: the national archives first said it would release the full report except for 11 words. well, that had everyone speculating what were the 11 words and why did the government not want people to read them? but the government backed off from that and one reason is they realize people could compare previously leaked versions with the new government documents and figure out those 11 words. so in the end, they released the full document, including the 11 words, but now it's kind of lost in the 7,000 pages so we still don't know which 11 words. cnn, washington. >> if your choiid