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that has now burned about 10,000 acres there. three young men are dead, and a fourth is fighting for his life after a shooting near the campus of auburn university in alabama. three others were wounded. two of the dead are former auburn football players. there is now a manhunt on for the suspect in the shooting in the nearby montgomery area. the police chief said it was an argument at a party that got out of control. and people are already feeling the loss. >> this is a trying time, because it's not only university students and athletes, but it's young people. it's six young people that have been shot. and as you can tell, the community is shaken by this. and grieving today. >> one of the wounded includes a current sophomore who is a football player. thousands of students are already gathering to protest

mexico's last televised presidential debate tonight. the grass roots social media group called im-132 say they don't want media corruption. pri is in the lead. the party lost power in 2000 after years of control. they're on the ground where the protests will be and are right now. miguel, these are sizeable protests. it's mostly a protest against the coverage, the media there, not the candidates? >> reporter: well, it's certainly a protest against the candidate, the leading candidate. they just heard cnn was doing a live shot here. so we have our own personal protest here. people are trying to get the word out. folks across the mexican landscape will not go against

yeto. they see this as a move to days gone by when the pri bands in the country -- [ inaudible ] -- >> miguel marquez, thanks so much. we can tell how impassioned people are around miguel around that protest. we'll try to check back with him later to see the progress. meantime, the battle for the white house takes a new turn. we'll take a look at how campaigns are responding to intelligence leaks and talk about the economy. what a concept. excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going? exactly 25 miles per hour. that makes you a safe driver. keep driving safe. -are you serious? -absolutely. i couldn't help but notice, you applied your brakes smoothly and evenly. you know, progressive rewards safe drivers. think of this as a reward forward. thank you! nice -- you stopped at the stop sign. you qualify for a safe driver discount.

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if you have to go out today, you can continue watching cnn from your mobile phone. you can also watch "cnn live" from your laptop. just go to cnn.com/tv. the weak economy remains front and center in the presidential election. president obama is still taking hits over his remark last week that the private sector is faring well. mitt romney says obama is out of touch. republicans and democrats continue to spar over the release of secret intelligence information and who might be

behind it. roland martin is a cnn political analyst and joining us from washington. good to see you. >> thank you, fred. >> hello. eric ericson is editor in chief of red state.com and cnn analyst as well. good to see you, from macon. >> thank you. >> all right, gentlemen. this sa pretty bad week, say many, for the president. roland, you first. was that a big gaffe with real staying power, the president would say the private sector is doing fine? >> of course it's a big gaffe. in terms of staying power, look, expect other gaffes to come down. this is not like what took place in 2008, where senator john mccain made his comments about the economy, and then center obama jumped on it. that was a different situation, because that was, you know, right before the election -- >> ultimately did it impact the election? you don't think it would in this case, five months out? >> it's five months out.

lots of things are going to transpire over the next five months. what happens when the next jobs report comes out. it's happening now early. big difference. if this was september, october, it would be a different story. >> eric, how do you see it? romney pounced on that pretty immediately, within an hour, calling the president out of touch. and virginia's eric cantor on capitol hill, he didn't take long either to say, are you kidding me? how long and successfully can this kind of drive this sort of out-of-touch, doing fine bumper sticker that the republicans are now campaigning on? >> well, go back to 1992, george h.w. bush, the president of "the new york times" reported -- expressed shock and amazement over a standard super checkout scanner that people have been using for about a decade. editorialists painted him as out of touch and unable to relate to the average person during the economic downturn. it became an image that the clinton campaign seized on, even as things changed throughout the campaign season, they would go

back to how the president was out of touch. the actual story is, that never happened. and a number of newspapers had to retract it. but this one, everyone could hear the president with his own words. roland is right, the issues are going to change, but people can keep bringing it back to him thinking the private sector is doing just fine. >> yeah, but, of course, fred, the obama folks are going to lay out the private sector job numbers, in consecutive months. it is going to be a part of the ad. what i'm saying is -- >> but he clarified that comment. >> i wrote a column on cnn.com where mitt romney talked about the issue of teachers, police officers and firefighters in terms of government and let's focus on the american people. i said they're also americans, too. bottom line is, expect more gaffes. five months out, it's not going to be sustainable. >> all right. now, let's talk about fund-raising, again, just five months out. and mitt romney is outpacing the president in fund-raising. with the president having kind

of the bully pulpit doesn't really matter, roland, that he may not be making as much money fund-raisingwise as mitt romney. >> this is the first election cycle, first fund-raising cycle he's lost in five years. so it's one month. but here's the real issue. we used to focus on how much the candidate raised, the real issue is now going to be how much money are republicans put in super packs. they're not really wanting to put the money in, the republicans have been doing better. that's the real issue in terms of how much money super packs are going to raise, because that's where the fight is really going to take place. >> so eric, is it a as simple as money begets money. mitt romney has deeper pockets, as simple as that? >> no, not really. i think it's a little bit troubling when you look at where barack obama's gotten a lot of money in 2008 compared to now. there are a lot of pockets throughout the country where he's not getting as much money

now. even from small donors as he did then. you know, while i think money, an income of the president not getting as much as the chaenger is not good. he's got a solidified base with hispanics that no other democratic president hasn't had. >> al gore got 92% of the black vote in 2000, of course, john kerry got 91% in 2004. so democrats have always enjoyed 90-plus percent of the black vote. he's still going to need those dollars, because the 12 critical states with those td markets, going after independent voters, so money is still going to matter regardless of where african-americans stand or hispanics. money is still going to talk. super pack money for democrats, that's what we should be analyzing, because if they continue to lag behind, they're going to have trouble. >> let's talk about leaks now. white house says we don't know where the leaks are coming from. you heard john mccain saying earlier in the week that an

independent investigation outside of the fbi needs to be taking place. how might this impact what could or couldn't happen come november, eric? >> i don't know that this is going to impact the election a lot. what it's going to impact is foreign relations, i think. during the bush administration, leaks would come out of the administration, even though they were critical of the president. but the leaks seemed to be positive about the president. for example, the virus that they thought was israel, now we th k thanks from "the new york times," we know it was us. and about a month ago, everyone thought it was our intelligence. turns out it was british intelligence. we weren't even involved. this hurts us with allies a lot more than it's going to play into the election. >> it seems every administration is going to toot its own horn to a certain degree. this white house saying it doesn't know where the leaks are coming from. roland, at what point does it become gratuitous or does it become negligent? >> the bottom line is, you've

always had leaks. i don't care what it is. let's be honest. those of us in media, we love leaks. i don't care if they come from the white house or congress. because that's what we do. we print these various stories. the problem here is a national security issue, because you want to continue the cyber attacks against iran. the last thing you want is for them to know what we're doing and know how to combat it. all this talk from the republicans and democrats, that's folks in congress, this is what they do, want investigations. let's be honest, the average person out there, they're sitting here saying, my pocketbook is leaking, i'm not really concerned about what happens in terms of the white house administration in templs of cyber attacks. >> all right. roland martin, thank you so much. eric erickson, great to see the both of you. singer and actress beyonce knowles is getting a break at the airport. but she's not alone.

the homeland security said to stop patting her down through airport security. take a listen to his reasoning. >> there are certain people that are so well known, that you've just got to use common sense. if you start patting them down, people are going to say, they're patting down beyonce. i mean, she's not going to blow a plane up. >> he also said people like donald rumsfeld and henry kissinger should get free passes as well. what do you think? should well-known celebrities be given a free pass? let me know what you think. send me a tweet and i'll read some of your responses. and baltimore has come up with a unique solution to resolve the housing crisis. we'll tell you what it is.

presidential candidate mitt romney once wrote an op-ed saying let detroit go bankrupt. now the city of detroit could actually go broke. that's according to mayor dave bing and the chief financial officer. they say the city will run out of money friday. state officials are refusing to hand over $80 million owed to the city, unless detroit drops a lawsuit that would block the

state from seizing control of the city's finances. detroit has already cut services, including street lights in order to stay afloat. tomorrow morning the mayor and city council will meet to try to avert the crisis. unemployment benefits are ending this month for tens of thousands of people who have been out of work long-term. here are the numbers. the latest labor report shows 12.7 million americans unemployed. of those, more than 5 million have been out of work for at least six months. the average is actually around 40 weeks. after the housing bust a few years ago, vacant and boarded-up properties are a common sight. baltimore is among the worst. athena jones has the story. >> reporter: joseph mccard grew up in baltimore, but later moved to the suburbs. now he's back. >> baltimore has always been a great city for me. >> reporter: lured by affordable renovated home not far from

johns hopkins medical school. his is a neighborhood in transition. >> you have pride coming back into the neighborhoods. you also have assets return. people are now paying taxes. >> reporter: this street was once lined with abandoned homes. several have now been rehabilitated through baltimore's va kants to value program, to address the 16,000 vacant homes. >> we have used neighborhoods that need to know that there's hope, that there are people, you know, small developers, large developers that see value in them. that's what we're seeing here. >> reporter: vacant homes are a problem nationwide. the number of vacant properties jumps 51% to 10 million between 2000 and 2010. and ten states saw an increase of 70% or more. >> whether it's large urban centers or suburban communities, we're still seeing a lot of residual vacancies, both from the economic downturn and job loss and also from the foreclosure prices. >> reporter: baltimore's program uses millions of dollars in

government money to make it easier for how many buyers and developers to buy vacant homes. it streamlines the sales of city-owned properties with prices as low as $1,000 and uses property laws to rehab empty buildings. >> this is long overdue in this community. and there are more communities like this in baltimore. >> reporter: the city has a long way to go, but the mayor is hopeful. her goal, to grow baltimore by 10,000 families in the next deca decade. mccard is hopeful, too. what are your hopes five years down the road, ten years down the road? >> we have 104 vacants in this community. i would like to see every one of them occupied with a home. i want them to come and be in this community. because we need more people. >> athena jones joining us live now from washington. clearly this has not been easy for baltimore. what have been some of the rough spots getting this program going? >> well, as you mentioned, even on that street where mr. mccard

is, there are still some homes that need to be rehabilitated. it's part of a long process. city officials acknowledge that not every single abandoned home is not going to be able to be saved. some are in neighborhoods that are just too distressed. it's not worth the investment. what officials have really tried to do is focus in on those areas of good potential, ones like that man's street, right down the street from a big complex of johns hopkins. that's one issue. the other is, of course, tight credit. i had several people mention to me that you have to have a developer that can buy up six city-owned properties, get another one at auction but then have to put tens of thousands of money to get it up for sale. >> baltimore really is just a microcosm of the problem. >> certainly. it's really interesting, those numbers from the government accountability office. $10 million sounds like a whole lot. they've look at the statistics and really studied this issue. what's interesting about

baltimore is that just like detroit, which we just heard you speaking about and cleveland, baltimore is one of those cities that's seen steep population declines over decades, due to structural changes like a loss of factory jobs. so this whole housing crisis and the recession really exacerbated that vacancy problem. but you can tell it has a little bit deeper roots. so it's going to take some time to reverse those trends. and this is really just the beginning. >> for baltimore and a lot of other cities, it's not just an issue of trying to give a face lift to a real eye sore. but when you have vacant problems, it really becomes a haven for other big problems, crimes, et cetera. >> exactly. you have stories about the people going in and stripping copper wiring, and it's the whole chain of problems that comes along with having a block or two of boarded-up buildings. not to mention the fact that it lowers the values of the homes around you. >> athena jones, thank you so much from washington. >> thanks, fredricka.

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the pastor of an atlanta-based mega church is defending himself against child abuse allegations. dollar is head of the world changers international church. his teenage daughter called 911 friday claiming he choked and punched her. the pastor says they were

arguing because he wouldn't allow her to go to a party. from his pulpit this morning, he suggested the arrest is an attempt to smear him and his ministry. >> the devil knows in order to discredit the message, you have to first of all discredit the messenger. >> the co-editor of the belief blog, good to see you. the congregation, you could hear them in the background. they were encouraging the pastor while he was delivering his message. why do you suppose he chose to address it this way? >> i think he didn't have much of a choice. this was a big story down in atlanta, and a huge story around the world. it was our top story this week on cnn.com/belief. this was a story that he almost had no other choice but to address. his congregation stood by him. he said he did not choke or punch his daughter. the scratch on her neck the deputies saw he said was a past from eczema. when he said that, one

congregant cheered, case dismissed. he clearly has the support of his congregation. we have to see if this is just a misunderstanding, or whether charges will go forward. by the way, he did spend the night in jail over this. >> what is next for him? >> we're going to have to wait and see. we were very excited to hear his side of the story. he did not comment on the video we saw from the atlanta affiliate coming out of jail on friday morning. he didn't say anything. we're grateful he chose to address this in such a public way. you can hear the cheers from his members. now we'll have to let the legal process kind of play itself out and see what goes on next. >> we have not heard anything from any family members? >> well, one interesting note is the family members, of course, were the two witnesses here in the case. both of his daughters. a 15-year-old and 19-year-old. their story to the police is dollar had rushed his younger daughter, the 15-year-old, put his hands on her and choked her and hit her with his shoe. and the corroborating witness

was the older daughter, the 19-year-old. that's been their side of the story to the police. apparently it may have changed later on. but we're still waiting to hear more from them. but i don't know that we will, fredricka. >> why do you say that? >> dollar is a very -- >> because of other family members you mean? >> i don't think we'll hear much more from the other family members. dollar is a powerful figure there in that church. he runs the show. there's no question about that. so that's one of the main reasons why i don't think we'll hear much from the family. we may hear more from him. he may continue this narrative that he put forth today that he's innocent, that he did nothing wrong, and that he's being attacked by the devil, which you heard very clearly in that sound byte. >> eric, thank you for bringing us those details on that. i know it's really the tip of the iceberg on the investigation in that case. for more on the story, be chur to check out our belief blog at cnn.com/belief. and you can add your own comments if you'd like as well.

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senator john mccain is clamming president barack obama for the recent national security leaks. he says the president is responsible for what happened. >> i have no idea whether the president knew or did not know. i have never alleged such a thing. but i have alleged that if you look at the information that's been leaked, again, that information in the book says that several officials said that they had to remain anonymous that gave this information because they would lose their jobs. the president may not have done it himself, but the president is certainly responsible as commander in chief. >> last week a report provided classified details on what it described as a u.s. cyber attack targeting iran's nuclear program. the government is investigating the leaks. all right. when is a bailout not a bailout. according to spain, when it is a line of credit. the country has cut a deal with the eu to injects up to $125 billion into the country's

troubled banking system. but the country's prime minister insists it isn't a bailout and the money will be paid back. spain is a big economic player in the eurozone and this could send a shock wave through the markets. >> reporter: the key litmus test will be the asian markets when they start trading. the reaction has been an interesting weekend. the eurozone's fourth largest economy tabled a request for financial assistance. that financial assistance could amount to $125 billion. that's an awful lot of money. but for the moment the markets don't have an awful lot of specifics to hang on to. and here's what the eu's chief economics person had to say about the matter. >> it is a very clear signal to the markets, to the public that the area is ready to take decisive action in order to calm

down market turbulence and contain contagion. >> reporter: the imf, even the u.s. treasury secretary marking this as a step in the right direction. but the real issue is, well, the details at the moment. any bailout plan for spain is sketchy at best. the spanish government doesn't want to allout call it a bailout, but call it a capital injection or lifeline for the country's banking institution. so at the moment we don't know if it's a question of the spanish banks running on empty, but you can bet the markets the react in one way or another as we get more details in the weeks to come. nina dos santos, cnn, madrid. >> for more on the story, logon to cnn.com. in syria, more deadly fighting today as an opposition group names a new leader, and vows to end the regime of president bashar al add sad.

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the final televised mexico presidential debate is tonight. but not first without lots of protests. we're looking at what is believed to be a large gathering of a grass roots social media group. these rallies are actually being head by a number of students there in mexico who say they are taking a stand against corruption in the media, as well as what they believe to be corruption among one of the candidates running for president. we'll continue to keep a close watch on the rallies taking place throughout mexico there. leading up to the televised presidential debate later on this evening. all right. now, news that you'll be talking about. high school kids face a whole lot of pressure into getting into college.

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as impressive as his roster of hit songs. country music "tim mcgraw, a surprising scene-stealer on the big screen. >> movies? >> movies. >> who knew that you were really a great actor, or you are a great actor. are there other movie projects in the pipeline? >> there's a few things floating around. the problem is finding time to do it. it's much like finding a song. you write a bunch of songs and you listen to a bunch of songs from great song writers, the same thing with scripts, you go through a lot of scripts and things that work and don't work, and you say, all right, i like that script. but is that movie being shot at a time that i'm available or i can do it? >> i say who knew you were a good actor. but maybe you always knew that you had that acting thing in you. >> whew, that's the scariest thing i've ever had. >> what's the challenge about

it? >> as a musician, you spend a lot of time trying to be cool. i think that's sort of like your goal in life. as a musician, i'm cool. there's a lot of times you step into a music set and a character, there's nothing cool about that character. so to let your guard down, and all the things you've done as a musician to be cool, not to be cool. >> country strong, blindside, friday night lights, all those are pretty cool characters. >> i was very fortunate to have a great group of characters, and work with great people. sandra bullock and gwyneth paltrow, billy bob thornton. i've worked with great actors. i've learned a lot every time i've worked with someone. i've learned more about what not to do, because i've done it. >> was there any trepidation? were you a little afraid to say, well, let me try this acting arena, because i'm kind of leaving a comfort zone? >> i tell you, when i did "friday night lights," i did a

film with rick schroeder, which was a great learning experience for me. when i did "friday night lights," i remember the night before the first scene, i wasn't -- i was in panic attack. >> actor and director peter berg calmed him down. convinced mcgraw to go on. >> once we got into the scene, it was fine. >> what were you thinking about? >> i didn't want to be the country singer to show up and ruin the movie. you don't want to be the guy that ruins the movie in a pivotal role. it was worrisome. but you learn to sort of find your character, find the guy and sort of, you know, open your mouth and let the words come out. >> where does that acting come from? did they seek you out and say, there's something about you, let's give it a shot? or did you kind of volunteer and say, i want to try this? >> i wanted to try it for a while. but i didn't want to try it until i sort of had an established career. it's sort of an extension of your artistry in a lot of ways. i think it's made me a better

musician and better singer, and vice versa. i just wanted to try it. "friday night lights," when i read it, i felt i really knew that guy. i grew up in louisiana, i grew up being an athlete, around ballparks and football fields. i felt like i knew that guy. >> so all these things, your music, philanthropy, in many different ways, shapes and forms, movies, your family life, the collaboration with you and your wife is -- of those things, is there one thing that kind of, you know, tugs at you and says, this is the thing that brings me the most gratification? >> outside of family, music has brought me everything in my life. i wouldn't have met my wife without music. you know, i wouldn't have the life that i have without music. i wouldn't be able to do movies without music. music has given me everything good in my life. >> i asked my face-to-face

subjects the three keys to greatness. >> i think i'm persistent. i think i'm focused, when i need to be. and i'm pretty unfocused when i don't want to be. and i think just belief. i think i got that from my mom. you've got a dream, you need to believe in that dream. >> pleasure meeting you. >> right on. >> persistent, focus and belief. check out more my face-to-face with tim mcgraw online, just go visit my blog at c cnn.com/fredricka for more. hello again, everyone, i'm fredricka in the cnn newsroom. three young men are dead and a fourth is fighting for his life after a shooting near auburn campus in alabama. one of them has been identified

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