hours waiting for in-home services to arrive. the "cnn newsroom" continues right now with randi kaye. randi. >> hi there, fred. thank you very much. hello, everyone. wall street to washington. cannes to california. a world of big stories changing by the hour and you'll see them all starting right now. an economic summit aimed at staving off disaster is history. the g-20 leaders who have been meeting in the south of france are pledging to boost the international monetary fund and to keep a close eye on italy. but it is greece, not even a g-20 member, that suck up all the attention with a political drama that could reach a climax tonight. cnn's chief business correspondent ali velshi joins me again from cannes. ali, we heard today from president obama, we heard from the president of france. do we have any more clarity than we had at this time yesterday. >> reporter: well, the clarity we have now, yesterday we were thinking there wasn't going to be a referendum.

now the greek finance minister has told the eu there will be no referendum. but as you alluded to, within about six hours or so there is going to be the final step in a confidence vote on the greek -- in the greek parliament. the prime minister, george papandreou, who's really behind all the drama this week, only has a two-seat lead in parliament. so it remains to be seen what's going to happen in greece. but randi, greece is a tiny country in the grand scheme of things. it is the 32nd biggest country in the world in terms of its economy. t italy is a much bigger country and italy right now is in the focus because right now lenders from around the world, whether they're banks or governments, are looking at europe and saying is this a stable organization? are these 17 countries that use the euro trustworthy that they'll pay their debts? after what we saw with greece they are starting to look at italy now and say there might be more risk here than they first thought. so people are a little more relaxed than they were this time, randi. but they're still pretty much on

edge. >> yeah. i would say for our viewers, ali, some perspective from the president, a glass half-full prif, if you will. let's play that. >> make no mistake, there is more hard work ahead and more difficult choices to make. but our european partners have laid a foundation on which to build and it has all the elements needed for success. a credible fire wall to prevent the crisis from spreading. strengthening european banks. charting a sustainable path for greece. and confronting the structural issues that are the heart of the current crisis. >> so ali, you listen to that, but really when i think about it, doesn't a whole lot still ride on what the greeks decide? >> reporter: i would say president is overstating the case a little bit. what he's saying is what he hopes happens. the reality is there's no fire wall around europe at the moment. they're talking about beefing up the international monetary fund. greece is the biggest recipient

of money from the international monetary fund right now. it's more hopeful talk. one of the things is that even though we've seen this sort of debt debate in the united states, the key bates goidebate greece go on everywhere but europe is not a federation, they don't have somebody who makes those decisions so the biggest thing that happened this week is on wednesday, sarkozy and merkel, of france and germany, called papandreou, who's not a member of the g-20 to cannes here and told him, if you do this referendum and it goes the wrong way, you might get kick out of the euro. that's probably the biggest accomplishment this week. there's finally a rule that says if you do something that fundamentally affects the euro and the other countries in it, you might actually get kicked out. that's obviously the biggest take-away this week. >> thank you, ali velshi, very much. nice to see you as well. whether it is a g-20 jitters abroad for jobless worries at home, investors are in a funk. the dow, nasdaq, s&p all down more than 1%.

right now blue chips are down 145 points there. the big concern here is a small report from the labor front. we learned this morning that u.s. employers added 80,000 jobs last month which isn't terrible but far less than needed. the jobless rate actually fell .1 point to 9%. but almost 13 million americans still looking for work still cannot find a job. deliberations now under way in the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray. over the course of 23 days the jury heard from 20 witnesses, and the prosecution argues that the evidence is "overwhelming," while the defense maintains it was the acts of jackson himself and not murray that led to his death. stay with cnn. word of a verdict could tomorrow at any time. the hemp hadden cain campaign is said to be mulling a lawsuit against the online news site that first reported sexual harassment allegations from the 1990s. a campaign spokesman tells cnn

that nothing's been decided but a suit is being discussed against politico.com which for the record stands by its reporting. we're also waiting to find out whether one of cain's accusers will be allowed to put out a statement giving her side of events that led to her departure from the national restaurant association which cain at the time headed. the sexual harassment storm surrounding campaign continues. his camp blames perry's camp but rick perry says no campaign leaks here. >> no apology needed. we found out about this the same time that i suppose the rest of america found out about it. >> john king joins us live with more on this republican blame game. but first, i want you to meet today's rock star. kelly slater may be the greatest athlete you never heard of. he just captured his 11th

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back now to the drama surrounding what is still a top tier republican presidential campaign. that, a former restaurant executive and radio talk show host herman cain. one would think cain had a pretty dismal week giving inconsistent answers to sexual harassment questions that haven't exactly gone away. but poll numbers, fund-raising and grassroots recruiting would seem to show otherwise. my colleague john king is watching all of this from his post in iowa. hi there, john. let me ask you first, what do you make of this potential lawsuit against politico? can and should a presidential campaign try to sue over bad press? >> anybody can sue anybody in the united states of america. i view it as a bit of a stretch and i think it is part of the reaction of the cain campaign to push back to try to get people to rally around him to perceive him as somehow a victim here. would you have to prove -- randi, you know the business we work in. they'd have to prove some malice or intent, some libel. politico says mr. cain himself

has conceded there were settlement so based on everything i know today i would say it is a legal stretch and a big legal stretch but it is part of the political debate i think more than any legal debate. as you know, john, herman cain isn't just sore at politico, he's also pointing some fingers at rick perry's campaign. you sat down with rick perry yesterday. what did he tell you? >> rick perry was here in iowa. his campaign has been struggling as well. the last thing he needs right now is some character questions. herman cain is saying it was rick perry who did this to me. when i sat down with the governor yesterday i asked him point-blank, has he asked around his campaign and governor perry says it wasn't him. listen. >> the cain campaign and the candidate himself say that you and your campaign owe him an apology. do you? >> no apology needed. we found out this about the same time i suppose the rest of america found out about it, both on the internet or the next day in news.

so i don't know how to tell any other way except knew nothing about it, sir. >> you think does mr. cain owe you an an poll gi for pointing the finger at your campaign. >> there's going to be more stuff floating around there in campaigns. as i tell people, this isn't my first rodeo. they're going to say all kinds of things about folks. i'm going to stay focused on how does america get back to working an we've laid out a couple really good plans both on the energy side and the tax side and how to cut spending and that's what americans are interested in. >> it is what americans are interested in. unfortunately, as you know, because it is not your first rodeo, campaigns sometimes do get distracted by these things. just lastly on this point, there have been some in your campaign when we call about this who say it is not us, but maybe you want to look over at ramny land. is that fair? >> look, again, i'm focused on my campaign on the issues that are important to the people and i'm -- this is over. it is gone, done with and i'm

pressing on. >> one other thing. he did say he was certain -- he said he was adamant about this -- that no one in his campaign did this. i asked him what if you found out down the road before somebody was responsible. before i could answer the question, he said out the door. he said anybody who would leak what he called hellacious material would be fired. he isn't happy to have the finger pointed at him as as you heard he very much wants to move on and talk about the economy and other issues. >> i'm sure he does. herman cain would like to move on, too. but with all that's going on, it doesn't seem to be hurting his fund-raising. still neck and neck with mitt romney according to recent polling. >> one of the reasons we're happy to be in iowa at this time is we wanted to get a sense right here at the grass rights. iowa votes 60 days from tonight, the first vote that counts in the republican nominating contest. herman cain is tied for the lead near sta pit with deep support among evangelical voters.

listen to steve grubbs, a veteran and the vis. is this hurting? mr. grubbs says no. >> we measure the impact by what the voters are telling us and what i know is last week we were signing up 25 to 30 precinct captains a day. right now we're signing up 40 to 50. fund-raising's up. the overnight rasmussen poll since cain's still leading the pack. right now early indications are that herman cain is weathering this storm. >> weathering the storm. early indications. this is "the des moines register" op-ed page today, one of the papers columnists saying cain should fess up to what happened. there's media criticism or at least questioning here as well at the moment. at the moment we see no immediate impact. if you look at polling and deep in it you do see some concerns among republican women, so we'll have to watch this over the next several days. i just had a conversation with the form he pennsylvania senator rick santorum. woe very much like to pick up

that evangelical support mr. cain has right now. rick santorum says he's had 20 town halls across this state in the last five days. the last five days we've been talking about these allegations against mr. cain. 25 town halls in five days. rick santorum says not one comment or one question about herman cain. >> wow. i'm sure he'd like to get a little attention about those town halls. john king, thank you. they line security checkpoints at airports across the country. the dreaded poddy scanners. first there were privacy complaints. now cancer concerns. what you need to know about those body scanners. [ male announcer ] it's true...

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over the issue of privacy. but what if i told you those ex-ray body scanners may increase your risk of cancer, that the u.s. government may be knowingly exposing passengers to radiation levels considered unacceptable by many experts justifying it with their efforts to stop terrorists. that's just part what have was cover uncovered in a troubling pbs journalist. michael graybell joins us, along with the executive vice president of rapiscan, the company that manufactured x-ray body scanners that you see in the airports. welcome to you both. a lot to cover here. michael, you say in your report there are two types of scanners being used at u.s. airports. there are currently 250 x-ray scanners and 264 millimeter scanners that use radio waves. the secure 1,000 is the x-ray scanner which emits low doses of radiati radiation, but in your report, michael, you go on to say that

the government is rolling out x-ray scanners despite having a safer alternative that the tsa says is highly effective. the safer alternative is this scanner, which uses low energy radio wave. why not just use the safer alternative everywhere? why is the government rolling out the riskier, as you call them, x-ray scanners? >> we asked the tsa this and they say, it is important to note this is an extremely low level of radiation so the tsa says that small increased risk you might get is outweighed by the security benefit that you'll get from these machines. the second thing that they say though is that they want to increase competition to try and build a better mousetrap. by having multiple technologies in play, they allow companies to try to improve the detection capabilities of the machines.

>> mr. khan, i'd like your response to the report that says your x-ray scanners increase cancer? >> i think this report based on no real science. the technology we've made has been tested over a decade by independent third party experts who know about radiation safety and x-rays. every single one of those tests on the actual system have reinforced that it is safe. the report is based on six scientists who haven't done any of that analysis, never seen a system, never even asked to see a system and did it on paper with math. it is just not true. >> i want to share with you a statement we just got in a moment ago from the fda on this. they're saying that since general use x-racist terms emit ionizing radiation, the societiable benefit of reliably detecting threats must be

determined to prevent a risk. the dose from one screening with a general use x-ray security screening system is to low that it presents an extremely small risk o tony individual. the head of the tsa says the agency plans to perform a new independent study on these new body scanners. you also say there was a big swing from the x-ray machines be considered taboo to all of a sudden being safe enough to scan millions of passengers. who you did we get there? >> sure. back in 1998 an fda advisory panel looked at these scanners which at the time were only being used in prisons and the outside medical experts said, we have a lot of ccerns about these seeing widespread use, especially being used to the traveling public. and at time and this is a long-held thing in the medical community -- you don't x-ray someone unless there is a medical benefit to doing so. we've certainly seen a growing

concerns and increases in attempted attacks and attacks in russia people kind of carrying explosives on to airplanes. that's how we got here but at the same time these machines are classified as electronic products. not the same as the medical x-ray you might find at your doctor's office or hospital. another thing we say in the report, there is no cause and effect to re-assure you, but coincidentally at the same time, rapiscan did increase its robbying efforts from 2006 to 2008 to get its message across, tripping its expenditures, opening plants in the districts of key lawmakers or expanding plants and also hiring key legislative aides to those decision makers. there mr. khamp, i'd like you t

respond. >> we've grown our business since 2001 and since we've been in business for over three decades. of course there is more government spending on explosive detection equipment. in fact most of our government funds come from the u.s. military for protecting u.s. troops and soldiers in afghanistan and iraq. so rapiscan certainly needs to spen time talking to lawmakers and policymakers primarily to overtime the misrepresentations and miscommunications and misleading statements such as the one in the article that these systems were unsafe. >> i want to also ask you, mr. kant, why doesn't your company try and make what many consider to be the safer technology? >> we at one time did provide millimeter wave technology. actually uses microwaves. how it is considered safer, don't know. it's never been tested for its health effects. these are microwaves. some are what's used in cell phones and microwave technology.

a record from the world health organization questioned the safety of this kind of technology. of course it's never been tested. ours has been tested. and the reason why we use the scanner technology is it provides the highest level of detection with the lowest false alarm rate. so unlike recent tests of the millimeter wave technology in europe which were canceled because of lots of false alarms and lots of people were still getting patted down after going through the system, our system doesn't create those problems. it is faster for passengers and it is easier which is why we've seen in europe and in the united states over 95% of people polled by governments and polling agencies at airports prefer this process to a pat-down. >> we reached out to the fda and tsa. the tsa said, back scanner technology is safe for all passengers and it is ekwifb lent to an amount of naturally occurring radiation received during three minutes of flying

at altitude. michael, in your reporting what do you make of this when you see a state like that? >> i want to point out, this isn't six rogue scientists. is ionizing radiation which we know damages dna and increases the risk of cancer. the national academy of sciences has looked at this -- has looked at the issue of low levels of ionizing raid yag and said there's no low level at which the risk -- at which the risk of cancer is zero. so while it is a very small amount relative to the amount of people who get cancer on an annual basis, there is a slight increased risk looking at two reports that were done, these are -- i don't know there have been many more than that that have been done. one estimated six among the 100 million passengers to travel every year and one estimated as high as 100. if you were to consider that we're coming close to 1 billion people traveling through our

airports every year. >> mr. kant, i'll give you the final word on this. >> that's just an embarrassing use of poor science. the situation is you got five times more radiation from drinking a sports drink when you work out or more -- almost 50 times sleeping next to your spouse at night. talking about low level radiations as major cancer risks is ridiculous. >> all right. thank you both for coming on. think this is a really important story and certainly doesn't get enough attention. i think the public is certainly very curious about what these machines are all about. so thank you to you both. appreciate your time. it all comes down to seven men and five women. dr. conrad murray's fate is now in the jury's hands. michael jackson death trial coming next. but first, on this day in 1979, islamist students and militants stormed the u.s. embassy in tehran, starting the iranian hostage crisis. 52 americans were held captive for 444 days after multiple

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jackson's death. >> strong words from the prosecutor there. here's how defense attorney ed chernoff followed that up. >> what they're really asking you to do -- just say it -- what they're really asking you to do is to convict dr. murray for the actions of michael jackson. and i'm going to -- you know, we've been dancing around this for six weeks. maybe two years. somebody's got to say it. somebody's got to tell the truth. somebody's got to say it. if it were anybody else but michael jackson -- anybody el else -- would this doctor be here today? >> joining me now from sister network trutv, in session host ryan smith, ryan, nice to see you again. you watched the closing arguments. what struck you? >> oh, so much in this. on the prosecution's side, what

really struck me was how david walgren tried to make this human. he focused on the victim and he talked about the loss of michael jackson. not just for the world, but for his family. michael jackson was a dedicated family man, he was a father of three children. and he focused on these three children not having their farther around anymore and what that means. he made it real for the jury. even when he was talking about the evidence, he put them in michael jackson's shoes. would you want this kind of care for your doctor? he was criminally negligent. that's why you have to find him guilty. on the defense side, i think sta thamt you played was one of the biggest ones -- the idea would we be here if it was not michael jackson? but i think they also harpd a lot on the way michael jackson died. they very much tried to say that dr. murray was a villain here and that the state tried to put together a case, had to find somebody responsible. i think this jury is going to go back in that jury room and they have a lot to think about. this is not an easy case and it is tough to call at this point which way it might go. >> do you think the prosecution

proved its case? they certainly spent a lot more time on the floor there in the courtroom but, boy, they had a lot to go through. >> oh, i think they absolutely did. i think in so many ways. because this is a standard of care case. essentially when he have to prove that dr. murray did something that was lawful but in a criminally negligent way. that's the propofol set-up. or they have to agree unanimously that he failed to do something. for example, abandoning a patient, not calling 911 on time. all of those things happened. and if he failed to do those things and that was criminal negligence, then he could be guilty that way. but they have to be unanimous on either one of these theories. so even though they prove their case, i think that if the jury starts thinking about what caused michael jackson's death, and they start thinking, well, maybe the defense is right, maybe michael jackson injected himself with that propofol. you could see a jury that says, yeah, maybe that stuff applies, but we can't convict him on that. sometimes they call that jury nullification. but either way, you can see a jury sayingfy don't see the cause of death clearly, then i

can't necessarily convict. >> we'll see if we get a verdict today or if this drags into the weekend. ryan smith, thank you very much. word of a verdict from the jurors could come at any time so stay tuned to cnn for live updates on the fate of dr. conrad murray. crisis management. that's what cain seems to be lacking. how his staff couldn't prepare for a storm they probably knew was coming. that's "fair game" next. but first, let's talk about a man who almost didn't live lock enough to become president. do you know which president was given last rights three times in his life, including once after spinal surgery before he was elected president? if you know who this president was, send me a tweet at randikaye d randikaye.cnn. [ marge ] psst.

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'90s was leaked to the press, one of cain's first inclinations was to point the finger at kurt anderson of the perry campaign. he says he mentioned it to anderson when he worked on his campaign. but if cain knew about this storm on the who are done why did he seem so unprepared when this story broke. that's "fair game" for my guest today. maria cardona, herman cain was approached by politico. are you surprised by how cain has handled the story that apparently he had to know was coming? >> yeah. it's absolutely baffling to me, randi, that anybody who was seriously looking to run for president would not have gotten together with his advisors, his campaign, his family and made a list of any of the issues that could come back and haunt him this way, and then made a plan for if and when those issues came up. to me, that goes back to a

theory i've had about herman cain from the very beginning, is he was never in this to win this and his surge in the polls has surprised even him. because the fact that he did not have that planned and he has broken two huge rules when it comes to crisis communications -- the first is not having a plan and the second is actually lying. we have seen already that he has lied probably several times and we still don't know what the truth is. and we're now waiting for a statement possibly from one of the accusers. so this is going to go on for days. >> will, let me ask you. it certainly seems that his poll numbers are holding up. he's still neck and neck with romney. they've dropped just a little bit. should he have done anything differently? >> well, yeah, that's a good question. let me tell you one reasons the poll numbers haven't dipped yet. because the one thing we are missing in this conversation, really, randi, one of the reasons i've been reluctant to participate in this conversation is we are missing the details of any allegations. in a sexual harassment accusation, details are so crucial. this is not murder. it is not clear someone died here.

we all need to hear the details and judge them on our own. that's the thing about sexual harassment. the problem with ignoring details is that the acquisition is enough to ruin a career, to ruin a reputation. should he have been more prepared to handle this knowing that it was out there? yes. but being unprepared seems to be somewhat of a hallmark for herman cain's campaign. whether it means being asked a question about abortion or prisoner swaps or border fences, he seems somewhat unprepared to answer. >> first though he did say that he had told kurt anderson back years ago about this and then on sean hannity's radio show he said well maybe he didn't tell him, he wasn't sure. maria, is it possible that herman cain didn't even tell his team about these allegations? >> i guess it is possible that he didn't tell his team, but again, that goes back to my theory which is -- if that is the case, then you certainly don't see somebody in herman cain who is prepared to run a

campaign that was full-on ready to reach the nomination, and then reach the presidency, because that's not how you operate a campaign. and clearly he has said from the beginning that he's unconventional. but he's been unconventional to the point of being absolutely, positively detrimental. now i do agree with will that we don't know what the accusations are. but you know what? crisis communications, again, 101. you put the story out there. he knows what they are. he went through it. if there's really nothing to it, then get in front of the story, put everything out there for everybody to judge and move on. >> let me play contrarian for just a minute. what does it mean to be prepared for a sex scandal. who has done that well? did bill clinton have a meeting prior to the monica lewinsky scandal and say, hey, i have an idea -- let's challenge the definition of the word "is." can we point to someone who's had a sex soldier cropnd an go, boy, that was an exemplary exercise in crisis

communications. >> let's use bill clinton as an example. in the '92 campaign with gennifer flowers, first thing they did was go on "60 minutes" and talk about it all. he got over it and he got elected. so i think that is an example. >> we will see where this goes and who gets elected in the end after all of this. will cain, maria cardona, thank you both very much. >> getting away with it is being prepared. >> they're going to have to continue this conversation at another time. as we said, that is "fair game" today. this country has seen its share of protests since the arab spring. but today the government is going back on one of its promises to the people. we go there next in "globe trekking." [ male announcer ] the most headroom per dollar of any car in america. from $10,990. the all-new nissan versa sedan. innovation upsized. innovation for all. ♪ ♪ small talk, big thoughts, gonna tell them all ♪ [ male announcer ] the most legroom per dollar of any car in america. from $10,990.

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it's been almost two months since the occupy wall street

protests began in new york. the movement spread to cities across the country with many having different issues and challenges. but one general goal held by protesters -- help the 99%. get americans back to work. but what if i told you the occupy wall street protests just cost 21 people their jobs? here to explain for today's "in-depth," mark epstein, owner of the milk street cafe near the park. mark, thank you for joining us. tell us your story briefly here. why did you need to lay off 21 people to save your plummeting new business? >> thanks for the opportunity, randi. we opened up in june to great success and over july, august and september, sales kept on growing as costs were coming in line and things were looking great until all of a sudden i came up one monday morning from the subway and found police barricades up and down wall street and they were there for seven weeks. it devastated our business. we had to cut back our hours. and cut back a whole shift of

people which was 21 people that we laid off a week ago. >> how much exactly has your business dropped? >> our business dropped by more than 30%. but in the last 48 hours, i've got some good news -- the police have taken down most of the barriers and our business busin coming back. what we need is for the barriers to all come down and for people to come back to the restaurant in the droves they were coming to enjoy the great in the food hall from some amazing chefs and past try chefs that we had working there. >> have you seen a significant return of customers? >> it started, randi, but it's only been 48 hours and not all the barricades are down. the barricades, the police explained, can't all come down because they are concerned for security and while my business is important, safety and security are more important. and right across the street from the new york stock exchange and i can empathize with the police.

they are trying to keep everybody safe and still allow people their first amendment rights. what i would hope is that the protesters understand this and are more sensitive and maybe even communicate with the police where they want to go, where they would like to protest, because i don't think the barriers would be needed if they -- if the police were not -- didn't know where the protesters wanted to go. they have to cover everywhere, which is unfortunate. >> so who do you blame for your position here and i'm sure many other businesses are in the same boat? >> first of all it is a lot of different things. number one that the protesters are right in our area is hurting. the police response up until 48 hours ago wasn't being sensitive. now they are being sensitive. i actually think the bigger issue is that we are two blocks from 9/11 and that people are so sensitive in lower manhattan to any insecurity that people just freeze up and stay in their offices and what we need to do

is take back the street. this is america. you know, let -- let's get on the street. let's enjoy. >> will you be able to rehire some of the employees that you have had to let go? >> randi, as soon as the business comes back, nothing would make me happier, but we have got to get the business back. we have got great food. we have a whole catering business, a delivery business. if people order food, you bet, i want every one of those people back. i would love to hire even more. i mean, that's why i went into business is to create jobs. i thought had that's what we needed in america and i have got, again, the best chefs in the city are cooking at 40 wall street. >> in the ten seconds we have left, tell me something that if you go to the milk street cafe, what do you need to get? >> oh, you have to have some of monica bellisimo's pastries, unbelievable or chef steven makes the most amazing soups you will ever have. >> that sounds delicious. all right.

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thing could have been prevent. greg abbott sent a letter to president obama, saying in part, the safety and security of the americans you have pledged to defend is at risk because of the carles, battles spilling across our border to protect american lives your administration must immediately dedicate more manpower to border security, especial the 1,254 mile of the texas border which remains unacceptably porous. greg abbott joining me now from austin. have you got an response, mr. abbott, from the president? >> randi, we have not yet received a response. we hope to get one quickly because the problem is bad and getting worse by the day. the level of cartel activity across the state of texas continues to increase. there is operations here in the state of texas of gangs who are here illegally for the purpose of doing harm and working in collaboration with the gulf cartel, with the zetas, the report you mentioned just seconds ago about where the sheriff's deputy was shot is one of countless similar reports

where there's been an exchange of gunfire back and forth across the borders as the cartel members and their u.s.-based operatives are trying to smuggle drugs into this country. if the federal government does not step up and help texas by providing the resources we need, there will be more american blood lost. >> what resources do you need? i mean what specifically are you asking the white house to do? >> special he sivically, these things. first and foremost thing we found to be most effect stiff boots the ground. the more personnel we can provide to our 1200-mile border, the better we will be. second, we need to have an intensified focus breaking up the very dangerous cartel-related gangs here in the u.s. third, we need aerial support that can track the gang and other operative movements across the bored other is that information directly leads to the officers on the ground that can respond more quickly. >> from what i understand, the administration has already sent more security to had that

border. they say that the violence is down. so what is your response to that? >> well, we find that extremely frustrating, because we do hear out of the white house,le well, gosh, the border is safer than it has ever been but failed to make mention these reports that we see every day, in addition what you mentioned earlier where the sheriff's deputy was shot. just yesterday, border patrol shot and killed an immigrant smuggler who tried to run over that border patrol agent and found in the car about five illegals had been smuggled in. earlier in the week, there was a person who was kidnapped, taped up and gagged in the trunk of a car that was trying to be transported from the u.s. to mexico and this was a u.s. citizen. these are the kinds of reports that we are seeing on a daily basis so any comment out of theed a minute station saying that things are safer than they have had ever been is proven false by the daily facts that we see, the dangers coming across the border. >> is there anything that the -- that the border agents can do to protect themselves, more than they already are?

>> well, randi this is a very important part, and that is that the border agents are doing a great job and we appreciate their help very much, but they are outmanned. there are more drug cartel members and related gangs here in texas, in the u.s., than there are border patrol agents. and so even though they are working hard and cracking down on this problem, we simply do not have enough manpower. the state of texas has invested $400 million of its own, has coordinated a ranger recon team to work in this area, focusing on disrupting these gang members, but the fact is we are outmanned, some instances, outgunned. that's why we need these federal resources to come to bear to protect our border and shutdown this very dangerous problem. >> and just very quickly, your biggest fear then, if nothing changes? >> the biggest fear is that more american blood will be lost needlessly, because this is something we know how to prevent, we know how to stop and the federal government needs to

assist texas and the other border states in protecting our border, shutting down the cartel members coming from across the border, expanding operations within our states. >> texas attorney general greg abbott, great conversation. we will continue to watch this issue along with you. thank you very much. and thank you everyone for watching today. as always, i would love love hear what you think of what we said on the show today you can continue the conversation with me on facebook or on twitter @randi kaye.cnn. i will hand it over to brooke baldwin. let's go let's get you caught up on everything this hour. we are just about two and a half hours jury deliberations in that involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor. conrad murray's freedom, his career on the line, right now, all over this decisions as to whether or not he gave the pop star that fatal dose of the anesthetic propofol. prosecutors say murray is to

blame for jackson's death. the defense, meantime, calling murray the victim. >> michael jackson is dead. and we have to hear about poor conrad murray. >> he was just a little fish in a big, dirty pond. >> murray could face anywhere from probation to four years in prison if convicted. right now, let's take a look at the big board on wall street. let me look with you. the dow is down here, haven't seen a down day like this in a couple days, down 73 points, in the red. affecting those numbers today, you had the monthly jobs report out this morning, the unemployment rate and of course, greece's debt. the country added 80,000 jobs in the month of october. economists were hoping for at least 90,000. a tiny bit of good news here, the unemployment rate did dip just a smidge to 9% last month. each of us will play their part, that is the word from all the countries participating in the g-20, which wraps up today

in france. leaders agree to and action plan to boost the world's economies to and stabilize the global financial system, but the greek bailout, top priority there, has to be done quickly. here is president obama. >> events in greece over the past 24 hours have underscored the importance of implementing the plan, fully and as quick as possible. having heard from our european partners over the last two days, i am confident that europe has the capacity to meet this challenge. >> want to take you now from france to california, oakland. tempers flaired inside the city council meeting where occupy oakland supporters, also their opponents, came face to face, in the same room. >> citizens arrest. >> so i'm going to ask -- >> so -- >> find you guilty. >> i will ask the police to escort you out of here. >> well, the occupy oakland supporters are asking city council to embrace their right to assemble and to ensure their

safety. after a five-hour meeting, council members said they needed a little bit more time to think about t brand-new video of survive over this coal mine explosion in china. this is video, hospital of some of the 14 rescued miner, at least four others died in that explosion. workers are still trying to get 57 others trapped underground. the explosion happened after a small earthquake hit that area. and this next story, had this is pretty much straight out of a horror movie. listen to this. dozens of mummified women are found in this man's apartment in russia. according to the bbc, this man is a local historian. he reportedly not only kept these bodies in his home, he dressed some of them up. as dolls. and one reportedly as a teddy bear. remember these pictures from yesterday? the tail end of our show. two workers, they were, thank goodness, successfully lifted out of this hydraulic lift, stuck 122 feet off the ground in new jersey. apparently, they were way up

there, trying to find some pagele holes on this church bell tower and when they got stuck, fire department ladders couldn't reach them. state police helicopter couldn't get to them. finally, a crane company had to swoop in with their equipment high enough to send firefighters up there to their rescue. former new jersey governor jon corzine has resigned as president of mf global. corzine has also hired a criminal defense attorney who has repped clients for several troubled financial institutions. mf global filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this week. and finally, some good news for those jetblue passengers stuck on the tarmac in connecticut for as many as eight hours just this past weekend. an airline spokesman says full refunds are being sent out. passengers will also receive a free round trip voucher. remember, the severe snowstorm grounded five different jetblue planes, at least one flight here, wouldn't we were talking about didn't video have food, very little water, the toilets

stopped working. passengers, they were fighting, apparently, some even had medical issues there eight hours on the tarmac. woman claiming justin bieber file herd child in another paternity suit may have to face a charge had them sfefs there was a backstage rendezvous last year. keep in mind, she is currently 20, he is 17, you do the math that would have been barely legal. listen to what her attorney told hln's dr. drew pinski. >> even if she is guilty of statutory rape, that has no bearing what so ever on the right for child support. under california law, if the difference in age is less than three years between the two people, then it is only a misdemeanor. >> i did say barely legal? i meant barely not, not legal at all. also, republican presidential candidate herman cain has just taken the stage in washington, d.c. to defend the american dream summit. we will keep an eye on his appearance. we will tell if you he addresses the fire storm around him and

gloria borner is going to join me with that in a couple minutes of cnn. meantime, we have a lot more to cover for you the course of the next two hours. stay right here. here is a look at what's coming up. it is a growing drumbeat in israel. one politician is calling all the speculation a crazy free-for-all. are leaders this considering an attack on iran's nukes? i'm brooke baldwin, the news is now. >> i don't see that we are in a stage of discussing any kind of military action. >> so why is this simmering right now and what's at stake? >> we have said many times in the last weeks and months that we do not seek a military confrontation with iran. then it's hard for some americans to forget this day in history when iranians invaded the u.s. embassy in tehran. now, the owner of a texas barbecue joint says he won't take down this poster that symbolizes that era. >> if this was any other race,

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jurors are in hour three deliberating the involuntary manslaughter charges against michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray. ted rowlands is live outside the court house. i got to ask. any word at all from the jury room? >> reporter: well, yeah, actually, we just got word that they have asked for some evidence and deputy jones, the bailiff, took a boxful of evidence back to the jury room so we know this, they didn't go in there, take a vote and a come to a decision. they are actually deliberating and going through the evidence. we don't know what they are going through but that's the latest from the jury room. >> i see all the tents set up behind you. i can only imagine the media circus there in l.a. can you just set the scene for me at the courthouse? i know there wases chanting, chanting earlier today. >> reporter: yeah. yeah. it's -- circus is back in town that's for sure. the media is camped out not only across the street but on this side of the street as well, right in front of the courthouse and then you have the handful of

folks that have been out here every day. and there is another handful of folks, another good 40, 50 people up on the ninth floor that have been camped out really for the last couple of weeks, most of them, 90% of them jackson supporters, but murray supporters as well. every half hour or so they fight amongst each other and chant back and forth, guilty/not guilty. >> these are the people outside. let's talk again about members of the jury. itselfen women, five menis seve five men? >> there is a bus driver, several managers, people that oversee folks at their work, a person that has a biology background, so, a real good mix on this jury. and when you watch them throughout the trial, they seem like a group that is not only taking this very seriously, but they were taking a lot of notes. >> i think i hear the audio of people chanting over your

shoulder. i wasn't sure of the video. i guess that has begun again. i do want to show, ted, let's show this clip from yesterday's closing arguments. we are going to see conrad murray's attorney, ed chernoff. watch, we will talk about this on the other side. take a listen. >> this is not rate show. it's reality. and the decisions you make isn't making good tv. it is how it affects real human beings and people that love them. >> inside that courtroom, ted, the jurors all reacted to that speech, reality versus reality show, reality tv? >> reporter: you know, actually, they did a very good job during both of the closings of masking their emotion he is and not make anything reaction. they were dialed in and taking notice of what the attorneys were saying but there was no visible reaction, they did a very good job, they knew that all price on them, partly because the attorneys during the close were right up against the

jury box so the entire courtroom was looking at the jurors the whole time and they knew it. >> anymore news with regard to the jury today, we will have you back in front of the camera, ted rowlands live in l.a. thank you. new development notice herman cain sexual harassment allegation case. today is the day we could hear from one of those accusers. this comes as fellow republican presidential candidate rick perry refuses to apologize. we will get you those details in two minutes. plus, did you realize that in the last two years, the net worth of congress has gone up nearly 25%? 25%. we are going to break down the numbers for you, straight ahead. and you have to see this. amazing images. folks, this is a rhino. this is a rhino rescue. what is going on here? got to stick around to find out. [ tires squeal ]

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bring in some live picture this is herman cain speaking right now in washington, d.c., the defending the american dreams summit. actually speaking at the same event is fellow front-runner, mitt romney this is an event, as i mentioned, in washington, sponsored by americans for prosperity foundation. we are keeping an eye on this and also keeping our eye on some new poll numbers. they show herman cain in a dead heat with mitt romney. take a look at these with me. 2324%, 23%, the poll from and/"washington post," the first poll since the sexual harassment allegations against cain surfaced. both cain and romney, as i mentioned, address conservatives today at the defending american dream summit in washington. i want to bring in, as we have been the last couple of days, all over this story, chief

political analyst gloria borger, going to crunch those poll numbers in just a moment. i understand off new development here to report? >> yeah, we do. >> the floor is yours. >> we do we have just -- cnn has just gotten off the phone with joel ben the, the attorney for one of herman cain's accusers and he tell its us these confident that he is close to an agreement with the national restaurant association, that they are working cooperatively and pleasantly in a mutually satisfactory way to release some kind of statement from herman cain's accuser. he would not tell us the details. again, the attorney believes he is close to an agreement with restaurant association. we have contacted the restaurant association and they confirm that they are moving along. what this means is some time

today, later today, we will get a statement from his client which in a general way assert what is he says will tell us, quote what she did and why she did t i don't think we are going to get a lot of the details of to and froing and what occurred or did not occur, but i think this is her way of saying to herman cain, yes, something did occur. again, they are making progress toward reese leasing something, which means they were be releasing her from confidenti confidentiali confidentiality. >> the people of the national restaurant association, because of this confidentiality agreement signed back in '99. back to the poll numbers -- we can always go back to that later. >> yes. >> not quite as good for cain as we saw earlier in the week from the quinnipiac university poll, still not too bad. gloria borger are you surprised by that he is sitting there with 23%, after the news surfaced this week and also secondarily, will cain be able to deflect be

able to change the focus here? >> i think we have seen him already try and do it first, he tried to change the focus to this question of sexual harassment to a question of political dirty tricks. that was the story yesterday when he accused somebody in the perry campaign of leaking the story. and now the campaign is kind of lashing out at the media, which sauls convenient to do in some cases warranted, but he is lashing out at the media and saying, you know, this is a media creation and he wants to get back to talking about the issues. so i'm not surprised that he remains up there i think if this story drags on and more details do come out over the next days that i think it will have some impact. the important thing to look at is whether it is going to have an impact not so much nationally among republican bus whether it is going to have an impact in those early primary states like iowa. and my colleague, john king, has been out in iowa and so far, at

least, the people who are organizing for herman cain out there are saying, you know what there -- it is not affecting them and the national campaign is also saying they are continuing to raise a lot of money off of this so so far, they are kind of holding steady. >> what about though just americans overall? people are following this. how is this sitting with them? >> people are following this but honestly, they are not the ones who are important in the presidential primary. >> they are the ones voting -- for the primary. >> the ones who are important are the ones who have an impact on hot republican nominee is going to be. so that's iowa and that's new hampshire and south carolina. we have to look at the early states and see whether we see erosion in herman cain's numbers and who that goes to? does that go to newt gingrich who had a boomlet there? does it go to rick perry? so it is a little too early to tell. >> a weight game, a waiting game thus far. >> on everything.

>> wait to see if they see that statement from his own client. >> it is moving in a direction. i think we will get something. >> i know you will get it, gloria boernlg. thank you so much for popping become on the show once again today. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. meantime, we had some pretty incredible pictures i want to pass to you, across the country, seen the illinois imagines from the occupy wall street protests. one of the driving forces behind the protest, the lack of jobs in this country. >> it's so hard to find a job. >> a job that actually pays, not even possible. >> i think people just don't have much of a future to look forward to. >> oh, boy. well, guess what, it is even worse if you're young in this country. we are going to dig a little deeper into what what poppy harlow is calling the unemployable generation. that's next. sun life financialrating should be famous.d bad, we're working on it. so you're seriously proposing we change our

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with occupy wall street protest he is movinging into the eighth street and frustrations mounting works seeing more arrests. 64 protesters showing up for court yesterday in new york alone. they are charged with nonviolent offenses and now more protesters are talking about what's fueling these demonstrations are. some are young people, they are out of work, they are uncertain about their own future, as they see themselves as the unemployable generation. poppy harlow goes in depth. she talks with them about their dashed hopes of finding a job, getting ahead and ultimately living the american dream. take a look. >> they want people with experience. of course, being as young as we are there is no way we can have experience. >> that is a lot of the issues this a lot of my friends are facial back home. it's just -- it's so hard to find a job. >> i have interned a lot, never been an issue with me finding an internship, but a job that actually pays? darn near impossible. >> harder and heard, you make less and less.

i think people just don't have much of a future to look forward to. >> reporter: a future to look forward to. it is the promise of the american dream. but in this sluggish economy, america's youth may be starting to lose hope. unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds has been higher in the last three years than during any time on record. this year, of other 17% of america's youth are jobless. even 2010, college graduates faced a record 9.1% unemployment when they finished school but for those youth with only a high school diploma, unemployment is more than twice as high. it's part of what's driving this movement, the lack of a job for young people. it gives them a reason and the time to occupy cities acrossle the globe. it is not just an american problem. the world's largest developed economies have all seen sharp

increases in youth unemployment since 2007, except for germany. if you look at the most troubled european nations, the numbers are staggering. in 2010, unemployment for 16 to 24-year-olds in italy was 28%. 33% in greece. and and over 41% in spain. back here at home, 16 to 24-year-olds make up 26% of the u unemployed? what does it mean? being unemployed at a young age means several years of lower earnings and increased likelihood of to unemployment in the future. >> the last two time i acquired jobs, it took me two moments of straight job searching. >> i just showed up and i started working and one day after the show, my boss just said, you know, take a staff shirt, you are part of the team now. >> wow, poppy har level you know, and you're -- you know, in one sense, you talk about some of these young people who, you

know have been to college and they can't get work yet, right? and then i can't even imagine how tough it is for people to who don't have that college degree and are trying to find a job. >> it's a very good point. we look at how much college costs and people are questioning whether it is worth t yes, the unemployment rate for those out of college is 8% dpouchblt have a college degree it is double that if you don't have a high school degree, brooke, the job numbers this morning showed us you will with an unemployment rate over 23% that is right near depression levels some it is important still to have some sort of degree, doesn't need to be a college degree, it can be a professional degree of some sort, some skilled labor degree but a degree does help. i think the overall numbers are so troubling. one economist put it to me best, it is selling sohort of this generation, the longer unemployed, the harder to find

work. you can't argue with that especially when you have 14 million americans looking for work, employers like you heard from the kids at occupy wall street, say to the younger folks, document have experience, i will take someone older who has more experience and give them that job, the way the economists put to me it is an absolute disaster and something we don't always look at in the jobs report but very are, very important because this is america's future and so many young people in this country, over 17% of the youth are not working. and i have to point out, brooke, some people say, well, aren't they in college or school? no, these numbers take out anyone at in school. they only look at people try to be a part of the labor force. >> actively seeking work. >> it is a very accurate reading of the youth population in this country. yeah. >> poppy har low, thanks for the reality check for all of us. thank you so much there in new york. congress, considerably more wealthy than they were say two years ago. when i say considerably, i'm talking 25% more. think about how much of a raise

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i know you've heard the saying, the rich get richer are. perhaps nowhere in america is that illustrated than the u.s. congress. just look at this an noll cis from capitol hill newspaper "roll call." look with me. the net worth all members of congress roseann astounding 275% just over the past couple of years. they look from 2008 to 2010. so, in '08, lawmaker also a combined net worth of $1.65 billion. fast forward two years that figure surpassed the $2 billion mark. "roll call" also found that 40% of congress, that's 219 members,

they are millionaires. that is an average net worth of $3.8 million per lawmaker. so by any measure, most members of congress are far wealthier than, say, your typical american. let's bring in the guy who helped crunch some of these numbers, "roll call's" investigative editor paul singer. we read your article. i have to ask first, how did you get the numbers? how did "roll call" crunch these snubs according to your article, the number rance underestimate, correct? >> that's right, brooke. these numbers are, we believe, significantly understated. we take the numbers directly from the financial dislosure forms that members of congress are required to produce every year. we basically just run through them all and add them up. it is a tedious process. but all of those forms use ranges of categories. so, somebody worth between 1 and 5 million, we can only count them 1 million, even if it is worth 4 and a bump of stuff they

leave off the forms entirely this doesn't include their homes, for instance. >> mm-hmm. mm-hmm had. we will go with the numbers that you have, official numbers. >> they are the best we can get. >> the best you can get. and i do have to ask also, you know, these particular members of congress, were they affluent before they held office? >> many of them were of a fluent before they held office. you know, both parties have been recruiting wealthy people to run for office because, as you probably know, running a congressional campaign is wildly expensive. >> not cheap. >> you have to raise millions of dollars it is better than you are rich, you can raise millions of dollars easily. >> do they become richer once they are in office? >> well, they do become richer once they are in office. you will see a trend line upwards, as you saw from that graphic. overall, congressional wealth is up 25%. the question is whether there is any connection between their congressional work and their sort of improved financial status. we have never been able to prove

that any individual member of congress has done something tone rich themselves, but they sure get richer while in office. >> be more specific, paul what are you talking about? >> as i said, we have never been able to prove that any member of congress took a vote that helped them get richer. what we do see is they do get richer and they vote on stuff all the time that relates to some of their investments there is no rule against that we can't really prove that anybody is cheating to make themselves rich. >> here's where i'm curious, because, you know, we have been covering a lot about occupy wall street, right? these protests and saying that they are the 99%, that, you know, america's wealth is really concentrating on this elite few. i'm curious what kind of feedback you have gotten from your readers from this article. >> well, you know, a lot of people were upset by our finding that congress is up to $2 billion. interesting are interestingly, we found the richest members of congress made up 90% of the increase in wealth in congress. means not only is congress

richer than everybody else in america but the richest 1%, the richest 10% in congress, make up almost all the wealth in congress. overwhelming percentage of wealth in congress is concentrated in the top few that has gotten feedback from people it replicate what is is going on the rest of the culture, vet richest control most of the wealth. >> let's talk about that you do name names in this piece who is the richest in congress? >> the richest members of congress, at the moment, is a guy named mike mccall. he is a republican out of text tech. his wealth has shot up over the past four or five years, largely because he is inheriting are significant chunks of his farmer's fortune in the clear channel communications company. but again, this is the minimum. he is worth at least $294, that is a minimum. >> but then on the flip side, juxtaposition, if you look at the graphic, i don't know if you have a tv in front of you, juxtaposing that with a guy i guess negative 2.1. >> alcee hastings carries on his

disclosure firm, about $2 million worth of legal fees from 20-year-old legal case. that count against -- wipes out all of his assets, he is worth basically negative $2 million. >> paul singer, we appreciate you-all crunching the numbers over at "roll call" sharing your findings wuss on cnn come back. >> thanks for having us on. i appreciate it. battle between israel and iran hate new level today. israel's prime minister again considering an attack on iran's nuclear facilitiefacilities. president obama even weighing in, saying he was not going to lighten up on iran. all of this has to do with iran's nuclear program. we are going to go live to the pentagon, next. that's logistics. ♪ ♪ medicine that can't wait legal briefs there by eight, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ freight for you, box for me box that keeps you healthy, ♪ ♪ that's logistics. ♪ ♪ saving time, cutting stress, when you use ups ♪

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we have got a story tilting in the middle east, we wanted to jump on this one today. the israeli press now is rife with speculation of a possible strike by israel against iran against specifically iran's nuclear program. now, we have heard this before, have we not? but this time around, in the words of one reporter, the smoke seems thicker than usual. here is where it started, with this report out of jerusalem, that defense minister, ehud barak, teamed up with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu teamed up with the cabinet to approve this attack against iran. then came reports israeli air force training exercises in and around the mediterranean. so we went straight to the horse's mouth last night, ehud bar remark israeli defense minister.

here is what he told us.ak, isr. here is what he told us. >> i don't think it is for open discussion. a nuclear iran could become a major challenge to any world order. >> want to go straight to the pentagon to barbara starr. and barbara, are there any rumblings there at the pentagon? are they following these reports concerning israel and iran? >> well, absolutely, brooke. they watch this kind of thing really around the clock all the time. iran remains a top concern. its nuclear program remains top concern. it is a real target for the reconnaissance, the watching, full, by both the u.s. military and the u.s. intelligence community all the time. and of course they watch israel, because they want to know if israel is making any military movements to try and strike

iran. right now, you know, no one wants to see a third war suddenly break out. they are wrapping upper rack. nobody wants to add one to the table. it would be an economic disaster in the region, a disaster for oil shipping out of the middle east, all of it. so, no one wants to see this happen. the u.s. clearly reaching out to the israelis all the time, talking to them, talking to them about their intentions and keeping a very are close eye on iran. next week, we expect to see that report from the international atomic energy agency about iran's nuclear program and could wind up being a real marker as for what comes next. >> we know the past week, we have heard of a big israeli air force exercise at a nato base in italy. also, an israeli test of a long-range mills do we know, barbara, xs and os of how an israeli attack might happen, should it happen? >> well, look, military attacks only happen so many ways, don't

they? let's talk about it. clearly, if there was, and no indication we haven't, an attack against iran's nuclear program it would come from the air, two ways. it could be ballistic missiles, eventually ground-to-ground missiles launched out of israel. those are the advantage of not being manned aircraft, they can go through that airspace and land on their target he is. but still, they are going to go. look at the map. they are going to have to go through airspace to which they would not be granted permission. manned aircraft, the israeli military likes the manned aircraft option, they have always liked that very risky. you are putting israeli pilots into essentially enemy airspace territory. they would have to refuel. that is something that would be seen.by radars and iranian air defenses, iranian radars, iranian anti-air missile batteries, all of that is top-notch stuff and would pose a threat to any ircraft trying to

enter that airspace. that's what makes this so tough, what makes it something nobody really wants to see, brooke. >> barbara, you mentioned iraq, i know a lot of ears perk when we talk about iraq, because we know that irvan staying israel is attacked, iran would retaliate against the u.s. we have, as you well know, tens of thousands of troops pulling out of iraq now, might they be especially vulnerable to attack by iran? >> well, this is one of the reasons the pentagon is so concerned about all of this you have got those troops still trying to get out of iraq, making their way by air or out through kuwait, so that is one potential retaliatory target. u.s. navy shipping up and down the persian gulf. you have u.s. naval bases in had bahrain. you have a u.s. military headquarters in qatar. we know so much of the oil shipping comes in and out of

there warships secure that shipping all the time f something was to break out, some hostilities were to break out, it is that one -- that economic impact on oil shipping and commerce around the world would be felt and deep concern that u.s. military installations in the region and u.s. troops could be at risk. brooke? >> barbara starr, thank you. fareed zakaria, he is ahead co-incidentally, he just returned from a trip to iran. i want to ask him to weigh in on this and get obviously to his education special this had upcoming weekend. also, have you seen these pictures? that's rhino about to be blindfolded, here he is, upside down, being rescued. we are going to tell you the story behind these photographs. look at this. next. -pced medicare prescription drug plan. ♪ with the lowest national plan premium... ♪ ...and copays as low as one dollar... ♪ ...saving on medicare prescriptions is easy. ♪ so you're free to focus on the things

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how do you move a two-ton rhino? i will show you pictures. when i saw this image, i might mite have yelled out fake. this it is not a fake picture, folks. this is one of 19 endangered black rhinos, all part of an effort to protect them from poaching and increase their population. the lift was organized by conservationsists at the world wildlife fund which provided these pictures to us, thank you wwf. the rhinos were sedated, they were blindfolded and hoisted up in the air by their ankles to this military helicopter after -- look at that image, after this ten-minute helicopter ride, doctors awoke the rhinos, i don't know how that went down, despite the upside down flight, apparently, the animals didn't feel a thing.

incredible, welcome them to their new homes in south africa. amazing story. time to head to become washington for your america's choice 2012 upthe day. let's go to wolf blitzer with the latest news. and wolf, i know we talk a lot about herman cain this week. can you just tell me what else is going on in politics, please? >> mitt romney is going on herman cain may be a front-runner but mitt romney certainly another front run earn in the republican race for the presidential nomination. mitt romney going out today, delivering his major economic address, outlining all sorts of proposal. he previewed that with an op ed in "usa today," the newspaper. the democrats are wasting no time, brooke, in going after mitt romney. they are saying his ideas, to put it in a nutshell are not very good. one of the ads that the democrats they are putting out already, protecting $40 billion in subsidies for big oil, $700 billion in tax breaks for the wealthy, nearly $1 trillion to corporate america what will middle class families get in romney's tax plan? this is the question the

democrats ask, 54 bucks, barely enough for a tank of gas. so, for all practical purposes, we have discussed this before, brooke, the democrats, whether the obama campaign, whether other democrats, independent super pac, they basically are assume writing now that mitt romney is going to get that republican nomination. they are giving all their attention going after romney h you don't see them spending a lot of time on web ads or other activities on any of the other republican presidential candidates. by the way, in this new poll that just came out today, hypothetical matchup between president obama and mitt romney, it's almost dead even. look at this put it up on the screen right now, if the election were held right now. >> oh, wow. >> obama 47%, romney, 47%. that's in the "usa today" as well. that poll. you know who else is doing really well in some of these recent polls, he is really improving the status right now, newt gingrich. righting.

the former speaker of the house, coming across as the steady elder statesman in the national poll. romney and cain, basically tied, statistically tied, 24, 23%, perry 13 gingrich, he is at 12%. a pretty impressive rise for king rich because he was only in the low single digits not that long ago. so gingrich is doing really well and we will see if that continues to move in an upward direction. we are going to be all over this, as you well know, brooke, in "the situation room," which starts right after you at 4 p.m. eastern. >> of course i know this wolf blitzer. thank you so much. chat with you next hour as well. meantime, new developments in the case of a texas judge that father caught on camera beating his daughter with a leather belt over and over. we have now learned whether or not he will be charged and his daughter also sat down with us here at cnn. >> the bruises were the worst i had ever had. i had had other lashings like that but this one produced the most bruising. and the next day, it was all up

and down legs and he also hit my arms when he couldn't get my legs. >> we will play you more of that sound, hear more from her. also, three days in a row, i get talk to fareed zakaria, going to talk education, his upcoming education special this weekend. co-incidentally, fareed just returned from a trip to iran. i want to get fareed's take on these reports out of israel they could be planning this attack on iranian nukes. those two topics, next with fareed. stay here. ...was it something big? ...or something small? ...something old? ...or something new? ...or maybe, just maybe... it's something you haven't seen yet. the 2nd generation of intel core processors. stunning visuals, intelligent performance. this is visibly smart. sun life financialrating should be famous.d bad, we're working on it. so you're seriously proposing we change our

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three whole days in a row, fareed zakaria. normally we see him sunday morning i get him every day for three days, host of fareed zakaria "gps," talking about education, upcoming special on schools. but since i have you in that seat, i would have to ask you, i would be remiss if i don't but about israel and iran what do you make out of report about possible planning of this attack on iran? >> it's israeli media speculating. so, one can't know how seriously to take it. i would hope that they would think very carefully before doing this number one, it seems very unlikely that we they would get the whole program. these are handed sites dispersed very carefully. these are hardened sites with the knowledge that there would be air strikes placed against them, in places like mountains, population centers, make it very difficult to do or have a huge amount of civilian casualty.

secondly -- >> go ahead >> secondly, this would be a gift to the regime. this would be a gift to the regime because they are divided, they are fractured, in the midst of this, all you need is an israeli attack to unify the regime. finally, iran has the ability to retaliate against israel and the united states in so many different ways against our forces in iran -- in iraq, our forces in afghanistan, using hezbollah in lebanon. all in all there is a huge cost here and it is not clear what the benefit is. as secretary gates once said it seems as though we could probably delay the program by two to three years with an air strike s that delay worth the cost and the price that we'd all have to pay? >> yeah. talking to barbara starr, certainly a lot of rumblings at the pentagon and concerns about our men and women in iraq still, tense of thousands. let's talk education, fareed zakaria, you have this special

coming up, calling it "restoring the american dream, fixing education." you mentioned this guy yesterday, i will pick it up with this, you mentioned sal khan. he produces these really cool education videos but really not just cool it is also effective because sal khan says we are pushing students ahead from a to b before they fully get to a. let's listen to him. he uses learning to ride a bike as a metaphor. here he is. >> i give give you a bicycle, maybe i give you a lecture ahead of time aged give that you bicycle for two weeks and i come back after two weeks and i say, well, let's see, you are having trouble taking left turns you can't quite stop, you are an 80% bicyclist i put a big c stamp on your forehead and i say, here's a unicycle. but, as ridiculous that is sounds that is exactly what is happening in our classrooms right now. learn math the way you would learn anything, like the way you would learn a bicycle, stay on that bicycle, fall off that

bicycle, do it as long as necessary until you have mastered -- >> so he is essentially saying that kids can learn at home via video and then you go to class to bolster what they are learning on their own to? do you think that's practical though? >> it is more than practical t is actually revolutionary, because what's doing, he is using technology to produce the kind of education every child should get, which is a personalized education. what he is really saying is you know, if you were a really rich kid and you had a private tutor that tutor would sit with you and ask if you understood algebra before taking you to the next level. the beauty of these kind of video modules and tests online is that the course online can figure out, because, of course, you have got to get ten questions right before you can move on, whether you have really understood the material. if you haven't, it will tell you, no, no, no, watch that video again and try and it take this test again it some ten questions, but until you get it righ