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cnn's david mattingly has been investigating. what have you learned? >> this is florida. it's always close there. hugely important to both sides. we know it's going to be close this time. any time the topic of voter registration fraud comes up, it's going to get a lot of attention. strategic allied consulting was hired to register people to vote. that sounds pretty denine, like it wouldn't be a big problem. here is what happened. that company was fired last week by the republican national committee after one of the employees of that company, just one, may have provided false signatures on some of the documents that he was filling out. so right now we're having people look in multiple counties throughout florida. we've seen reports that maybe as many as ten, where they're looking at some of these things to see how widespread this might be. the ground zero for right now seems to be in palm beach county. that's where the election supervisor is looking at 106 ballots, 106 applications rather that were provided for by this company. beyond that, this election supervisor is goin

our cnn's dave mattingly has been investigating this story, and, david, what have you learned? we've heard this happening sometimes with the democrats. it's a little bit interesting that now it's the republicans who are having some questionable issues about registration. >> and we don't know how big or how small this is going to be, but it's in of all places florida, which all voting problems seem to come from at one time or another. a company, strategic allied con supplementing was hired by the republican party to register people to vote. that's something they do in every election. this particular company, one employee was fired after providing false signatures on some of these documents. so now officials in multiple counties in florida are looking into this. it's the ground zero for it seems to be in palm beach county, and the elections supervisor there has a stack of 106 ballots she's going to have to go through that the company provided for her associated with this one particular employee. again, the actions of one employee have precipitated all of that. so beyond that, thi

david mattingly, cnn, houston. >> goes without saying this case raises an enormous number of questionstal rights. i want to bring in defense attorney joey jackson. joey, this woman carried these babies nine months, went to the hospital, delivered those babies, and now there has to be a definition between what it is to be a mother versus is surrogate? can't she have any rights from what the get-go? >> and she will have rights. really quickly, here is how it works. you're either a mother or is surrogate. a mother says if you give birth of the child you're their mother unless you're a surrogate and a surrogate means a third party has contracted with you in writing, meaning provided an egg, provided the sperm such that you would carry it to term. plain and simple. so under texas law you're the mom surrogate. if you give birth you are the mom, you are entitled to those rights unless you can give me an agreement, show me one in writing that says you agreed to be a surrogate. >> with he have to take a break but here is where it gets weird. there was no contract, there was no deal, and yet tho

david mattingly live for us. thank you very much. >>> alina, back to you. >> all right, zoraida. rural southwest v illinois. the roof of a farm house east of st. louis was just ripped to shreds. a tractor was also overturned by high winds there. a number of funnel clouds were spotted in the area but they actually never touched ground. there were no reports of any injuries. want to get straight to rob marciano for a weather update. good morning. wow those pictures are incredible. what are you watching this morning? >> you know, similar complex, alina, that's kind of stretching across the plains, into the ohio river valley. dumping a fair amount of rain. most cases they could use the rain. here's the estimation of what has fallen in this stretch, including st. louis, and southern illinois, into indiana. anywhere from 2, in some cases, more than 6 inches. where there's flash flooding right now, unfortunately, in the same counties where they saw the tornado touch down in clinton and washington counties there in southern illinois. a little bit of insult to injury. here's where we thin

national correspondent david mattingly is in knoxville, tennessee.avid, what is the latest on this shocking story? >> well, let's say right up front here that the university is saying this is definitely not a case of hazing. but this is a case of alcohol abuse that continues to be investigated. once that student showed up at the hospital with alcohol poisoning, the knoxville police were involved, and they're the ones who made the headlines by releasing these graphic statements going into excruciating detail the practice of this unusual and dangerous form of taking an alcohol that they believe was going on at that fraternit house. a source familiar with the investigation confirms to us that police did, in fact, talk to a student who said that practice was going on at the house at that time. and they found paraphernalia, tubing and other things that would be needed to go along with that practice. but right now, the parents of this 20-year-old are adamantly saying he was not participating in that. they're not denying the fact that he showed up at the ho

joining us are partners with fidelity investments represented here with lisa mattingly will make closing remarks. this is our effort to provide a policy forum for these presidential campaign advisers. we hope today's event will broaden the understanding of the proposals of prospectus with the debt and focus of a format like this one can provide. you can follow and participate live by tractor at #nabedebate. he is an adviser to the republican presidential nominee mitt romney and dr. jeffrey liebam. their biographies are available at our website. it is our privilege to turn this are to our co-moderators. judy woodruff has a way to speak with audience in a clear but never simplistic fashion. david is into millions of listeners through "morning edition" his new book on the deficit challenges. it is all yours. >> you should have made the introductions longer. you are on a roll. >> thank you very much. we are both delighted to be here. we know there are so many issues people are interested in. none more important than the economy. that is why we're really thrilled to be here to take part in th

joining us with partners are fidelity investments represented here with lisa mattingly will make closing remarks. this is our effort to provide a policy forum for these presidential campaign advisers. we hope today's event will broaden the understanding of the proposals of prospectus with the debt and focus of a format like this one can provide. you can follow and participate live by tractor at #nabedebate. he is an adviser to the republican presidential nominee mitt romney and dr. jeffrey m.eba eat biographies are available at our website. -- their biographies are available at our website. it is our privilege to turn this are to aour co-moderators. judy woodruff has a way to speak with audience in a clear but never simplistic fashion. david is into millions of listeners through "morning edition" his new book on the deficit challenges. it is all yours. >> you should have made the introductions longer. you are on a roll. >> thank you very much. we are both delighted to be here. we know there are so many issues people are interested in. now more important than the economy. that is why we'r