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an iowa town is threatened after the swollen missouri river punches a massive hole in a levee.quared off in the first major debate of the campaign season. nbc's steve handelsman reports from new hampshire. >> reporter: six of the republicans debated with an eye on the seventh, mitt romney, the frontrunner in the polls. his focus was barack obama. >> he didn't create the recession, but he made it worse and longer. >> reporter: the debate was carried live. hundreds of reporters in manchester. tim pawlenty, why did you coin the term obamni care to attack romney? >> it was that he designed it on the romney care in massachusetts. >> asked what worked and what didn't. i would have told you, mr. president, what you are doing will not work. >> militia bachman defended the tea party to a republican. >> there are people that simply want to take the country back. they want the country to work again. >> reporter: businessman herman cane, would you put a muslim in your cabinet? >> i would not be comfortable because you have peaceful muslims and militant muslims, those that are trying to kil

yesterday cain wowed an iowa crowd by calling obama care a drain on our nation's resources and on our printer to toner. jim? >> don't try to pass a 2,700-page bill. and even they didn't read it. that's why i'm going to only allow small bills. three pages. >> stephen: yeah, three pages. why did overhauling a $2.5 trillion industry and ensuring that every american has access to affordable health care have to be so complicated? it's not rocket science. oh, and incidentally, rocket scientists, your proposal for the mars mission, keep it short. [laughter] mostly pictures. and folks, when it comes to health care, i say we should listen to the man who made his fortune selling bacon cheeseburger pizza. americans don't have time to read complex legislation. they're too busy getting their hearts restarted. president cain will not tolerate legislation longer than a pizza menu. plus every budget item will come with soup, salad and unlimit breadsticks. the point is, the pilot is anything over three pages is too long for our attention spans. i think i -- oh, i'm going to get you. i'm going to get y

safeway no longer buying pork from an iowa farm after the release of some undercover video. i've got to warn you the images are graphic. the animal rights group mercy for animals recorded this video you're looking at iowa select farms. you can see workers tossing and kicking pig lets and pregnant pigs living inside of crates that are so small they can barely turn around. mercy for animals released video to put pressure on costco, safeway and other stores to stop buying pork from farms like this one. >> in a civilized society it's our moral obligation to help prevent cruelty to all animals including mother pigs from needless cruelty and violence. >> safeway released a statement they said "safeway does not tolerate animal abuse of any kind. it finds the images and animal handling practices contained in the mercy for animals video in violation of our animal welfare policies ." now our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, has much more information about the group that created that video. there's also a link to the entire video, but i have to advise you, it is graphic. just look under the

making predictions for this year's soccer world cup presidential rac,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, mergener rep >>> an iowa native is in her home state today to jump into the presidential race. the move comes more than 7 months ahead of the iowa caucuses. >>> michelle balkman is hoping her hometown roots will help steer her to the office. >>> the minnesota congress woman kicked off her presidential campaign with a rally in waterloo iowa her birthplace. des moines register showed the tea party favorite, neck and neck with mitt romney. last night, balkman urged supporters to keep that momentum going. >> you may have heard there is a straw poll coming up in august that is not a small deal that is a big deal. >> analysts say her bid is a critical test to see how far the tea party movement can go. congress woman is running on promises to cut spending shrink the government and repeal president obama's health care overhaul. >> this is the obama deficit, obama debt due to obama spending. >> sunday the mother of five continued blaming the president for economic woes but came under fire for comments she made about h

official presidential visit, but president obama's trip to an aluminum manufacturing plant in iowa today seemed quite political. >> i know you've been seeing a lot of politicians around lately. >> reporter: with his come from behind victory in the democratic iowa caucuses in 2008, barack obama in many ways owes his presidency to the hawkeye state. and as republicans campaign from sioux center to keokuk over the next seven months, president obama cannot afford for iowans to forget t out him. >> we've got some history together, and together, we're going to make some more history for years to come. >> reporter: and in this first in the nation caucus state, another potential candidate was also on hand today. stoking chatter about a possible run, sarah palin this evening came to an iowa screening of a flattering film about her, "the undefeated." >> sarah had courage to try. >> reporter: palin's not yet announced if she's running, but if she does, congresswoman michele bachmann, who just held her campmpgn kickoff in iowa, may pose a challenge. according to a fresh gallup poll, bachmann h

this took place at an iowa pig farm. a warning to you, some people may find these images disturbing. the group, mercy for animals, secretly recorded operations at iowa select farms which provides pork to several chain stores including safeway. it shows pigs in narrow cages with barely enough room to move. workers stomping on piglets. the rest of the video too graphic to show you. but mercy for animals says the images in the video are standard in the pork industry. >> these abuses originated from the top down. company management trained and instructed employees to throw pigs, slam their heads into the ground and castrate and tail dock them all without painkillers. >> safeway did release statement today saying, safeway does not tolerate animal abuse of any kind and finds the images and animal practices contained in the video to be extremely disturbing. >>> if governor brown signs the spending plan into law, college students will feel the pain. the budget package cuts $650 million each from the uc and the csu school systems

. >>> well, safeway is no longer buying pork from an iowa farm following the release of some undercover video. we want to warn you the images in this video are graphic. the animal rights group mercy for animals recorded this video at iowa select farms. shows workers tossing and kicking pig lets and pregnant pigs living in crates so small they can barely turn around. mercy for animals released the video to pressure costco, safeway and other stores from buying pork from other farms like this one. >> in a civilized society it's our moral obligation to prevent cruelty from all animals including mother pigs from needless cruelty and violence. >> safeway released a statement saying "safeway does not tolerate animal abuse of any kind and find the images and animal handling practices contained in the mercy for animals video in violation of our animal welfare policies." now our channel 2 website has more information about the group behind that video. there's also a link to the entire video. but, again, be advised it is very tough to watch. look under the right now section of our website ktvu.com

stepping up pressure on safeway and costco following an i team report showing under cover video from an iowa pork producer supplying bay area retailers. dan noyes back tonight with new developments in this story. >> and the activists want safeway and costco to push their pork suppliers to make life better for pigs before they go to slaughter. the industry is doing damage control right now in light of this disturbing video. it tells the story. mercy for animals held news conferences in three cities to play the hidden camera video we've shown you last night, making the case against gestation crates. the widely used, narrow case that's confine sows most of their lives as factory farms. >> animals should have rooms to walk, run and exercise. >> california voters pass aid ban on gestation crates that will take place in four years, but nothing will prevent retailers from purchasing pork from out of state to. push for change in other states, and under cover activist took pictures over two months, and iowa select farms. it supplies pork to safeway, costco and other big grocery chain as cross the cou

he immediately set out for a four day campaign swing cell in an iowa the first-aid on the presidential race calendar of caucuses and primaries . >> chicago public schools man dead for hundreds of millions of dollars but the new ceo says students will see no major changes in the classroom next fall. wgn's muriel clair has the details that outlined in a letter that was sent home to parents today. . >> he said there will be no reduction it is in our early childhood early programs. those want to send a gun will be continued as well as mad as school programs. also franchise will remain this check say. that's only a part of the story. jean-claude brizard his letter to the parents said some schools will see funding in supplemental teaching. . >> we need those dollars and what are you going to do. . we building efficiencies in the systems to push dollars for we know they will pale. to is to pushing the state government supporters. three have a huge infrastructure in chicago. we're gonna do as much as we can bridge the gap as we have to. we're going to build a model and then find the funding to

she is probably going to move on to south carolina and play like an iowa south carolina two-step which is what governor huckabee tried to do four years ago. the special thing about iowa, anybody can compete there. the iowa straw polls coming up in august. 10,000, 15,000 people. she is clearly expected to win that by a big margin. who is going to catch on next? who is going to get that next big oxygen burst out of iowa? there is a lot of play here. it's a long time to the caucuses there. >> she is leading the pack. a lot of people say she is a tea party favorite. people say she is a social conservative, anti-abortion, anti-gay rights. listen to michele bachmann clearly making an effort to say i'm a broad-based republican. >> it's made up of americans from all walks of life like a three-legged stool. it's made up of peace through strength conservatives. i am one of those. it is made up of fiscal conservatives and i am one of those. it is made up of social conservatives, and i am one of those. and it's made up of the tea party movement, and i am one of those. >> if she can expand her base

right now a secondary levee is being built to protect an iowa town. town of hamburg had been breached but it appears to have been stabilized. neighborhoods in seven states are on alert. >>> we are still awaiting congressman anthony wiener. he is going to address new accusations about lurid online activity. congressman wiener is holding a press conference in just about 20 minutes here in new york and we will keep you posted. >>> martin, we'll be back right after this break. ways to enhane its quality and performance, and making their factories more environmentally friendly. producing products that save on fuel and emissions, and some that can be reused again. ♪ and promoting eco-friendly and safety driving campaigns. ♪ one team. one planet. bridgestone. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. >>> i'm amanda drury with your market wrap. the markets are now down for the fourth straight day. the

for decades we sub siddize products drk -- ethanol, iowa was such an important state. this has substantive impact as well as political science impact. >> would it be fair to say our senate is probably the most unrepresentative upper house of the advanced democracy with the possible exception of britain's house of lords? >> britain, ever since tony blair is more representative.

. >>> well, safeway is no longer buying pork from an iowa farm following the release of some undercover video. we want to warn you the images are tough to watch. the animal rights group mercy for animals recorded this video at iowa select farms. it shows workers tossing and kicking pig lets and pregnant pigs living in crates so small they can barely turn around. mercy for animals released the video to pressure costco, safeway and other stores from buying pork from farms like this one. >> in a civilized society it's our moral obligation to help prevent cruelty to all animals including mother pigs from needless cruelty and violence. >> safeway released a statement saying "safeway does not tolerate animal abuse of any kind and finds the images and animal handling practices contained in the herty for animals video in violation of our animal welfare policies." now our channel 2 website has more information about the group behind that video. there's also a link to the entire video, but, again, be advised it is graphic. look under the right now section of ktvu.com. >>> time now 6:26. prisoners

this is part of an initiative to boost man fakih chering in jobs. iowae president to visit. the unemployment rate here is 6% and he's visited the state several times, but iowa's near and dear to his heart. this is the state that really launched him to the white house. the first big state he won the caucus state in 2008, so the white house does acknowledge this state is near and dear to the president's heart. >> sarah palin not acknowledging whether she's going to run for president or not, but her movie does debut there this evening and you had a chance to speak to the film director. >> i did, yes. and he is very cautious to say he doesn't work for sarah palin, but make no mistake, this is very much a pro palin movie debuting tonight in iowa and sarah palin will be on hand for the debut and what a lot of people in iowa are wondering is whether or not this is sort of a p precursor to an eventual campaign. sarah palin has no camera on the ground right now, so waiting to see what palin does next. in the meantime, this movie is debuting and i had a chance to

. >> reporter: sarah palin made an appearance in iowa for the premiere of her documentary "undefeated." her first order, answering questions about the white house. >> it's a tough decision, big decision to decide whether to run for office or not and still contemplating. >> reporter: palin dismissed earlier comments by daughter bristol suggesting she had made up her mind. >> i texted bristol saying what did you say on some news program? oh, mom, watch the interview. you know how they take everything out of context. >> reporter: palin joined 300 of her supporters to watch the documentary. the film's director says his goal is to clear up distortions about palin's record. >> they think they know her because she's one of the most media covered people around the world but her story has never been told. >> reporter: palin's story may continue here in iowa. there's still time to register for the 2012 presidential race, and some in this early voting state hope she joins. >> i like her, believe in her. >> i like her spunk. she's said some things other politicians aren't bold enough to say. >> r

you mentioned she is an iowa native. that does not hurt her here. she has been making the most her waterloo roots here today. >> when you talk to the voters and attend all the various events, what are the issues that people there are talking about? and, in particular, the issues that bachman is saying exactly what they want to hear? >> reporter: a number of issues where bachman really resonates, for one thing, repealing obama care, federal health care plan has been her mission in life, resonates well with republicans. that is part of a larger concern about the federal budget and spending. she is what i hear from voters is that they like the fact that they consider her a true constitutional conservative, someone who is really going to push the power of the federal government back down to the states, where they think it belongs. generally speaking, they want to get their taxes down and really, really control federal spending. >> des moines register's kathy obradevich. thank you so much. >>> let's view michele bachman from another angle of -- i guess f

stoking chatter about a possible run, sarah palin came to an iowa screening of a flattering film about" >> sarah had courage to try. >> reporter: palin has not yet announced if she's running. if she does, congresswoman michele bachmann, who just held her campaign kickoff in iowa, may pose a challenge. according to a fresh gallup poll, bachmann has high name recognition and many intense supporters, especially among tea party conservatives whose revisionist take on the founding fathers she has embraced. >> the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the united states. >> reporter: it's a curious comment, given that many of the founders, including thomas jefferson and george washington, were, in fact, slave owners. so which founding father was she talking about? john quincy adams, she said. >> he did work to end slavery, decades later. but so you're standing by this comment that the founding fathers worked tirelessly to end slavery? >> john quincy adams was most certainly part of the revolutionary war era. he was a young boy but he was activ

and i respect my colleague from iowa for his right to offer an amendment. but it is tragic and disappointing that my friend from iowa who serves with me on the judiciary committee would take this time to demean the tragic lives that black farmers, native american farmers and others impacted have experienced over several decades. to raise the name of cheryly sherrod whose eloquent story -- shirley sherrod whose eloquent story and painful story of the loss of her father in the segregated south, who was murdered and the family had to survive after his tragic murder because of his color, to my knowledge a farmer, a man of the earth, i sit on the judiciary committee for a number of years and this legislation preceded through the judiciary committee. i joined the gentleman in wanting to ensure the adequacy of the implementation of this settlement. i want to stand alongside of a transparent system but this was a lawsuit. many of the litigants died before they even got to the settlement. this is the american way. a battle in the courts, a settlement. had it not been

it took place at a pig farm in iowa. >>> an undercover animal cruelty investigation has led safeway totop purchases from one of its providers. some people may find the images disturbing. the group mercy for animals secretly recorded operations at iowa select farms, which provides pork to several chain grocery stores, including safe way. it shows pigs in narrow cages with barely enough room to move and workers stomping on pig let's. the rest of the video is a little too graphic to show you, but mercy for animals says the images in the video are standard in the pork industry. >> these abuses originated from the top down. company management trained and instructed employees to throw pigs, slam their heads into the ground and do these things without pain killers. >> safeway says they will not tolerate abuse of any kind and they find these contained in the video to be extremely disturbing. >>> an emotional battle over a traditiional dell casty is hating up. shark fin soup. the star power now joining the fight to ban it. >> what if you could see how this soup is made. >> reporter: he's leachi

the fact that michele bachmann can do well in an iowa caucus should have americans aware. >> let's sayesident. you have these two women here. can each beat president obama. >> i go no. >> look, every republican knows that you got to win republicans but you got to get independents, too. and republicans and the conservative base are looking can they beat obama? that's what we're looking for. we're looking for someone who can appeal broadly in the general election. >> will she say, i will run or do the two steal each other's votes. >> they overlap considerably. it would be fascinating. winning a nomination is one thing, winning a general election is entirely another. you got to win independents and centrists. if you appeal to the base, you have alienated the very people you need. >> they don't overlap because they're women. we want more women in politics. we want to encourage women to get in politics. women are definitely underrepresented in the federal government. >> they're both creating all the buzz right now. >> that's right. >> you cannot deny. >> re-energize the republican women's b

. >>> this could be the day of reckoning for residents of an iowa town.find out why they're holding their breath as a surge of flood water heads their way. >>> time is 7:44. taking a look at stocks. i can tell you that data today is offering a bit of hope for a pickup in a recovery. the number of americans signing up for jobless benefits fell last week. while housing starts and building permits rose in may. offering some hope the economy could be starting to pull out of its soft patch. the dow up 56. nasdaq up 9. >>> crude oil prices were heading back up today. they were up about $96 a barrel this morning. that is after it fell below $94 a barrel yesterday. the lowest price since february. checking the latest numbers right now, oil is back down to $94 a barrel. $94.77. >>> hewlett-packard is suing oracle, it's long time partner on several projects. it accuses oracle of illegal behavior, by deciding future versions of software won't support a specific line of hp servers. the lawsuit is the latest sign of how much the relationship between hp and oracle has

. >> president obama was an eastern iowa yesterday to talk about manufacturing and the economy. he earlier toward a plant specializing in aerospace products. this is a little more than 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ >> thank you. you can cut the music. great to see all of you. good to be back in the quad. hello, iowa. hello, iowa. i see a couple old friends here. i want to start by recognizing a few folks who are with us today. first of all, governor branstad is here. congressman bruce braley is here. congressman dave loebsack is here. bobby schilling is here. michael freemire, the mayor of bettendorf, is here. and jeff grindle, mayor of riverdale, is here. the chairwoman of the national association of manufacturers, mary andringa, is here. the ceo of alcoa, klaus kleinfeld, is here. vice president and general manager of davenport, malcolm murphy, is here. and an old friend of mine who actually drove me around a couple times while i was traveling around iowa, skip mcgill, is here, president of the local usw. you know, i know you've b

straw poll as we have, for the republican party in iowa, this is like saying i'm not coming home for thanksgiving dinner to your own family. this is an affront to them because in iowa, no matter who you're for, you're for the caucus process and the greater glory of it and the straw poll is something everyone is supposed to compete in. romney has a balancing act in iowa. in the last campaign, he put a lot of effort into the state, worked very hard in the straw poll and came in second and that was a big problem because it undercut his campaign. now he has to work hard enough to do well in the caucuses but not so hard that he sets expectations too high so that it damages him for other states where he's to the a chance to did much better so he's trying to work out that balance. the problem is, in 2007, he said, the straw poll in iowa is crucial, it is a sign of all that is great and good about candidates. now he's saying the opposite so, of course, his ponents are saying, this is another instance in which he changes views based on the political moment. gwen: if you're mitt romney who is leading the pack to the extent anyone is leading an

. >>> rescuers try to save an iowa family after a levee gives way and a giant fire out west is set to become the largest in arizona history. police are close to finding out what caused that massive blaze. >>> the latest bad economic news. a drop in retail sales and falling consumer confidence. we will tell you why americans are suddenly buying less and what is feeding our fears of recovery. "early" this wednesday morning, june 15th, 2011. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. welcome to "the early show" on a wednesday morning. i'm chris wragge. >> i'm erica hill. >>> ahead this morning. incredible story a lot of people are talking. new sunscreen rules. the fda is trying to clooer up confusi clear up confusion and help you ward off skin damage and even cancer. it turns out they may not have been working. >> on the can on the bottle the words can be fusing and important story coming up. >>> opening night on broadway. a lot of people never expected to see the 70 million dollar spider-man musical rolling out the red carpet after, what, seven months of previews? usually a broadway sho

iowa. so penn's minnesota background, particularly as governor, gives him an edge in the iowa caucuses anda's presidential primary. together these races add up to the kingmaker, the king then goes on to win more caulk busses primaries, collectively fingerrering the party's favorite for the november 2012 presidential election. bit way, here's of former governor of former governor tim pawlenty. age 50, white, married, two teenage daughters, ana and mara. university of minnesota, ba in doctor of law. practicing attorney, 15 years. minnesota's state legislature house of representatives, 10 years. minnesota house majority leader, four years. state of minnesota eight years, 2003-2011. question, can pawlenty win iowa? tim? >> absolutely, and i'm very happy he began by going to iowa and attacking ethanol subsidies, especially because he used to favor them. that takes guts. his being from a border state is good. okay, michelle bachman could complicate it, but if the ethanol thing is a cue and he'll really battle the special interests like barack obama pretends do do, i think he can catch a lot of a

. >> reporter: bachmann plans to formally throw her hat in the ring tomorrow in iowa in an event in herbirthplace of waterloo. even as she fights the perception she's too far outside the mainstream. >> are you a flake? >> i think that would be insulting to say something like that because i'm a serious person. >> reporter: but bachmann has courted controversy in the past. as she did in this 2008 exchange with "hardball's" chris matthews. >> you think barack obama may have anti-american views? >> absolutely. i'm very concerned that he may have anti-american views. that's what the american people are concerned about. >> reporter: today bachmann says president obama's patriotism is not in question. bachmann must also contend with another presence. as she did in new hampshire when mitt romney declared his candidacy, sarah palin may overshadow bachmann when she comes to town tuesday to screen a new documentary about her political rise in alaska. >> sarah had courage to try. >> reporter: but the big loser in the new iowa poll may be tim pawlenty. >> thanks for coming. >> reporter: after alread

well, the conservatives have been saying for a while that former utah governor jon huntsman is not an iowa of guy, an meaning he would not do well in the caucuses there, and now that he has said that assuming he runs for president, he will skip the caucuses, he is hearing back from the people in iowa who don't think much of that decision. the iowa secretary of state matt schultz says that huntsman needs a lesson in iowa politics and may not be ready for the big dance. huntsman has said he is not interested in going to iowa, because he does not believe in subsidies that prop up corn, so i beans and ethanol which is a risky proposition for someone wanting to run in iowa, but they question if huntsman is afraid to defend some of his stances on other issues. we will hear more about that down to road. >> and what is this threat, joe, we are hearing from sarah palin? >> well, this is very much about sarah palin's ability to suck up all of the media attention wherever she goes, really. she showed up in new hampshire as we remember, and looked a bit like she was upstaging mitt romney on his big da

newsroom with a bit of an embarrassing iowa kind of moment for at least one of the candidates. allison. >> reporter: that's right, dave. i'll have more on that in just a moment. first the white house insists that president obama is going to iowa today to talk about a jobs not politics. he'll be at a factory in davenport. also an opportunity for him to confront the criticism from republican hopefuls who have been chris crossing the state over the past several weeks. minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann formally announced her candidacy in her hometown of waterloo yesterday. this morning she's getting heat for mistakenly saying actor john wayne is from waterloo when it was actually serial killer john wainages city who lived there. >> john wayne's parents first home was in waterloo, iowa, and he was from iowa. and of course the main point that i was making are the sensibilities of john wayne which is patriotism, love of country. >> reporter: another potential gop candidate former alaska governor sarah palin is also in iowa today. she and her husband are going to a premier of a

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not only an iowa native, she has tea party street credibility, she started the tea party caucus in the of representatives and widely known as a social conservative. what is unknown at this point is how things will develop in the days ahead. there is another republican woman candidate who is very popular who will be here, potential candidate, sarah palin, is going to be here in iowa tomorrow night for a movie premiere, a movie that has been made about her and the president is going to be in iowa tomorrow. so this is a very busy week. a little too early to be this interesting at this point in iowa, guys. >> wow! sarah palin will be there, barack obama is going to be there. who's the spotlight going to shine on? i bet michele bachmann. >> oh, man. >> interesting. >> we may never leave. >> that's right. >> jim acosta, one of my first jobs as an intern at "the des moines register" who says i have more presidential hopefuls i can shake an intern at. send us off. this is a good next few months is going to be great for people in iowa. great stuff. thanks, jim. >> absolutely. >>> ahead on "amer

almost as soon as michele bachmann announced that she was going to be announcing today in iowa, suddenly we got an announcement that sarah palin would be coming to iowa tomorrow to attend the screening of a very flattering documentary about herself. the one thing we do know i think at this point is that whether sarah palin is running or not, she is not yet ready for the spotlight not to be on her. >> and how is michele bachmann's stands play with independent voters do you think? >> that is a question that is a little bit further down the line. what she does appear to be is absolutely tailor made for the iowa republican electorate which has traditionally at least been very much dominated by evangelical christian conservative voters, and also is a very conservative electorate. so she has a very good chance of winning this first contest in iowa. the question is what happens as it moves to further states, the next one new hampshire, those independent voters do mean a lot. but then we are back in south carolina where once again the electorate does seem like a michele bachmann kind of crowd. >> karen, t

an independent filmmaker a created the movie at the suggestion of sarah palin's political scene. she is not interviewed in the movie. it will preview in iowa hampshire, south carolina, and about a later this month. >> people are like, what an interesting coincidence? sure, this is a campaign film. >> it is the two hours and clothes from her birth to her battle with a big oil. the director calls it an amazing story of american grit. >>> the head of the democratic national committee is backing off following some controversial comments. he compared order id lost toaws supported by republicans to jim crow laws. republicans called her comments absurd and offensive. she said that she used the wrong analogy. >>> apple shows off its newest invention and military games dominated at this year is gaining converts. now those stories and more. >> apple has launched icloud. the ceo says it will connect movies books, and applications on all the user's devices. and he previewed a new processing systems or devices. and young males remain strong for video games while casual gamer's cutbacks sales. four classic nintendo games are being re-released. the legen

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leapfrog ahead and play here and here and ignore the opportunity that may exist for you if a place like an iowau come in second or third, get in where you started out, no-name imt d. if you can position yourself in way that you come out where people go did you see what happened, at least he's in third position. then that leapfrogging effect can have a greater impact down the road if you have something to start with. if you jump in this thing in new hampshire and -- >> that's the problem. if you jump in new hampshire and end up third and fourth, that's one thing. if huntsman took a chance on iowa -- remember michael duca kiss came in in >> it may be worth the thought. >> he's been a long-time opponent of ethanol. he said that's a deal breaker and why he skipd iowa. >> interesting. >> one very interesting piece of news yesterday on this front of michele bachmann. that is funny. there are a lot of people scared of going to iowa because they fear they'll lose against bachmann given her credentials and tea party credentials and is in iowa. >> she and mike huckabee were the only two in the organizati

poll and iowa has an overwhelmingly favorable view of her making her more popular than sara palin back in iowa today as the star of a new documentary that is a flattering portrayal of her political career in alaska. and top republicans say there there are no signs she's jumping into the race. >> and the cover of the latest news week magazine is causing a stir. showing a kputser-again rated image of the late princess diana aged to look as if she's 50 and walking with kate middle ton. the article was written by diana biographer tina brown, and mainly speculates on what diana would have been like if she were alive today. some are calling it offensive and jarring. princess diana would have turned 50 on friday. >>> a massachusetts teenager survived a 20 foot fall from an escalator surveillance video caught him climbing the hand rail, there he goes. he nearly reached the top fell and landed on the floor bee lochl told police he had been drinking. >> was the message for others your age? >> don't do it. you can get out of control. >> do

iowa, south carolina. newt gingrich says he is revamping, his campaign starts an anew. a lot is riding on the line tonight, kyra, for newt gingrich. we will all be looking to see how he performs. >> yes, we will. we'll have coverage all day long and then join us as the republican hopefuls face off in new hampshire, 8:00 pm only on cnn. >>> we're keeping our eye on syria, where video via cell phones continue to show us the violence. thousands of people continue to flee their homes. zain verjee now. what have you heard? >> the accounts are pretty chilling from them.

iowa caucus. at this early point in a crowded race, some in the gop are hesitant to jump on any band wagon. >> i like all of the candidates. but i'm going to keep ann mind. >> we are excited about going to iowa! >> reporter: bachmann will ride into a former announcement on monday. and she is making the economy her top issue. >> my focus will be on turning the economy around and job creation. >> reporter: bachmann is formally declaring her candidacy in waterloo, iowa where she was born. she says her native ties give her an advantage with socially conservative voters who are expected to play a big role in the caucus there next year. susan mcginnis for cbs news, new york. >>> drivers are finally catching a break. gas prices have dropped about 11 cents in the past two weeks. that's according to the lindberg survey of fuel prices. the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.58. as usual, it's higher here in the bay area. the average price for a gallon of regular in oakland is $3.82. in san jose, it's 3.84, and in san francisco, it's the highest in the states at $3.93. >>> well, there's less pain at the pump for all drivers. hybrid owners may soo

an airplane that's very good. after the break i'll tell you why the iowa energy forum is not what they see. let's not forget that we had an apartheid museum right. i think from a beautiful one well. we never got that says they're going to confuse safe get ready because you get your freedom. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you live something else here see some other part of it and realized everything you saw you don't i'm sorry there's a big. new where of the big oil front groups in american petroleum institute which is made up of all a big wigs of the oil industry like exxon mobil b.p. chevron they're up to something in iowa where a handful of republican candidates for president are campaigning right now as investigative reporter leaf fog in progress has uncovered a merican petroleum institute has created an astroturf group to get average people to support be boiled without realizing the group known as the iowa energy forum has been hitting up republican presidential candidates at events across iowa to raise support for a variety of big

there's word today on a breach of one of the river levees in iowa. an update from jackie jeras. >> sounds all too familiar, doesn't it? just in a different location. we're watching the missouri river. you're saying to yourself why is this a problem? well, a lot of this has been happening due to snow melt. we're saying, what, it's june. snow melt, seriously? let's take a look at the missouri river basin. a z you take a look at this map it's going to show you the missouri river. this is the state of montana. this time of year the snow is melting. it's late in the season because temperatures have been very cool. all of this has been going through the river basin system and kind of converging here into parts of the dakotas. so there's all this pressure that's been building up. they're trying to release it through some of these spillways and dams. this is a little different than what we're talking about on the mississippi river. this is where the spillway is where they released it. this time it went into a lake as o opposed to inundating farm lapd. they're t

. >> she could win in iowa because she lives next door, she is from iowa -- >> waterloo. >> she is an appealing candidate. that state is socially very conservative, and that appeals to her constituency. 40% of the vote in new hampshire are independents, and they can vote in the republican primary and there is no reason to vote in the democratic primary. it will be interesting to see -- >> that will be mitt romney. that is why he is gambling everything on a new hampshire. >> rick santorum -- i want to talk about michele bachmann, because i think she's a real comer in the republican party. she represents her point of view well, the tea party constituency. she comes across not as slash and burn, although she has said crazy things. and she's smart. she made some goofs, but she is smart. it is sexist to compare her with the sarah palin, because sarah palin is not in the same league with michele bachmann. >> there is one person we do not talk about anymore, newt gingrich. >> he had the worst launch since the hindenburg. "oh, the humanity" is all you can say about his campaign. >> newt gingr

jon huntsman said he would not compete and i let either. -- in iowa either. there is ann field for people to come into iowa. i would invite all candidates to, and engaged in the straw poll. do not fear the ethanol issue. step forward and see if you can compete among midwesterners. i want to see the most effective constitutional conservative nominated as possible. i think it is good for them to engage in the caucus process. are around the table with a cup of coffee, where people get to know you in front of and behind the curtain. my focus is to preserve the caucus. i want to promote the effectiveness of the south carolinian set -- south caolinians. if we ever lose these components, the next president would be the media personality created rather than having earned that by meeting people in a personal way. the iowa caucus performance is an essential -- if it did not exist in iowa, i would want to created somewhere else. host: independent line, please go ahead. caller: one thing i would like to say is that i have the most respect for you coming out and saying that you do no

iowa farms. safeway says it's halted purchasing pending an investigation.ostco says the audits are investigating and it will push for all of the suppliers to stop using the gestation crates. >> the animal handling practices we saw need to be addressed quickly, because they're terrible. >> the activist says she also has video of sows who have been bred so many times, that their insides are falling out. workers killing the sickest sick piglets by slamming them on the ground. >> unfortunately there are no federal laws to protect animals in their miserable lives on factory farms so it runs rampant in the pork industry. >> the head of the california pork producers forwarded a statement that reads in part, "take any claims of animal neglect or abuse seriously, and the portion of the video that show violations will be dealt with quickly and appropriately." >>> 4:44 right now. coming up, recall warning. supposed to relieve yore aches and papes but a popular drug that could be sitting in your medicine cabinet may be a danger to your health. >>> the vote expected by

scalise of louisiana, an amendment by mr. king of iowa, an amendment by mr. cravaack of minnesota, amendment number 1 by mr. amash of minnesota, amendment number 2 by mr. amash of michigan, amendment number 3 by mr. amash of michigan, amendment number 1 by mr. rokita of indiana, amendment number 2 by mr. rokita of indiana, amendment number 42 by mr. cole of oklahoma, amendment by mr. gohmert of texas, amendment by mr. micah of florida, -- mica of florida, amendment number 23 by mr. polis of colorado. the unfinished business is the -- the chair will reduce -- as everyone knows the chair will reduce to two minutes the time of any electronic vote after the first in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment offered by the gentleman from louisiana, mr. scalise, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. screes of louisiana. -- scalise of louisiana. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. tho