joe johns explains. >> one thing to be said about herman kaine, he makes eating crow look delicious. after fending off furious attacks on the biggest policy idea of his campaign, kaine finally broke down and admitted that his one size, fits all idea to throw out the tax code and replace it with income tax at 9% was actually not for everybody. >> if you are at or below the poverty level, your plan isn't 999, it's 909. say amen, you all. 9-0-9. if you are at or below the poverty level, then you don't pay that middle 9 tax on your income. >> kaine also proposed creating economic opportunity zones to help depressed areas and made his announcement using a depressed area in detroit as a backdrop. all of this in response to the beating his 999 plan has taken since he started looking like a top tier republican candidate in the polls. like at the cnn debate on tuesday. >> fact of the matter is, 85% of americans would pay more taxes, that's the animal sis. >> this is one of the guys that did that analysis. the nonpartisan tax policy center talking to us via skype. he said kaine's original propo

voters in the audience have their favorite. >> i really like herman kaine. they are attacking him because he has a good plan. >> some critics say this is was a make or break opportunity. he out stronger this time. >> a magnet that will hire illegals and you are number one on that list, sir. >> harry was asked about rhetoric aimed at romney. >> that individual expressed an opinion. i didn't agrow with it, mitt, and i said so. >> with large support from the state's mormon population. sandra hughes, las vegas. >> former utah governor, john huntsman boycotted the debate over nevada's early caucus state. >>> a gang fight at city hall. it happened friday afternoon. men from two rival gangs ended up at the office of neighborhood safety on ons. they were picking up checks paid for being community peacemakers. part of a program that offers incentives for avoiding gun violence. a fight broke out and one man's nose was broken. >> at this point, we are looking for people to come forward. we are trying to get information. >> police say they have not identified a victim o

herman kaine was called to defend his 999 flat tax proposal and in one tense exchange, mitt romney triedte massachusetts healthcare plan from the newly approved federal plan. >> you're shaking your head. that happens to be -- guys. you took it out of your book. let's be honest. >> let me interrupt you. >> governor, hold on. you're allowed to change -- >> you had your chance. >> rick, you had your chance, let me speak. rick. >> you're out of time. >> sandra hughes has what the candidates had to say when they weren't speaking on top of each other. >> former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, is still the presumed front runner, but herman kaine's recent momentum made him the first target at tuesday night's debate over his 999 tax plan. >> i'll bump plans with you and we'll see who has the best idea. >> any time you give the congress a brand-new tax, it doesn't go away. >> none of my distinguished colleagues who have attacked me up here tonight understand the plan. >> romney took heat for the healthcare overhaul he enacted as governor of massachusetts. >> just don't have credibility when i

republican herman kaine, an unexpected lead.essman ron paul wants to go back to the gold standard and i bollish the feds. he is raising millions of dollars and even as we speak, hundreds, maybe thousands of people camped out all over the place occupying wall street and many other cities. their agenda, far too broad to be taken seriously, but their rage and frustration at the system, too profound to be ignored. meantime, up on capitol hill, the number two house republican eric cantor says, i for one am increasingly concerned about the growing mobs on wall street and other cities across the country, end quote. as you should be, congressman. as you all should be. and don't forget, check out my new web page dedicated to let's be real. you can watch the video and post your thoughts, just go to wusa9.com. click on features. >>> and olga is in for topper. great weekend ahead. >> it's been good for us. temperatures are dropping though tonight, so starting off early tomorrow morning, definitely going to be a chilly one. be prepared for t

know if you noticed in the poll there but almost all of perry's support appears to have gone to herman kainein nobody likes mitt romney. nobody. he is like the republican party's ultimate safety school. well, we're not going to get into harvard. university of texas looks like a stretch. so hello glass breaux state. go fighting fallbacks. why is it that rick perry who is basically a 200-pound bag of choice cut grade-a republican dropping like a cow pie? is it his mangled debate performances? possible. questions about his less than pristine record as governor of texas? perhaps. the fact that his family's long-time hunting facility was formerly called (mumbling) it has that name (mumbling. >> i know you'll refrain from saying that word. the name of the place was called nigger head. >> jon: thank you, black walnut. but according to the governor's wife anita perry, the real reason for governor rick perry's decline is something much more insidious. >> we've been brutalized by our opponents, our own party, so much of that is i think they look at him because of his faith. >> jon: two things. number

. >> with perry lagging third in the polls, herman kaine soared to second.o questioned romney. >> can you name all 59 points in your 160 page plan? >> to pullet america on the path to become the most creative plages, it's going to take someone who knows how to do it. it's not one thing, it's a number of things. >> he hasn't faced the tough scrutiny as the other candidates. >> i guess it's going to be with him. the long-term knock will be lack of running a campaign. >> since some moved up their primary so they could start around new year, romney gets a new edge. >> someone who has that name lek reck recognition will have a serious competitive advantage. >> chris driesty made a surprise endorsement. a state known to the dop as specially the tea party members to turn behind him. >> sharon chin, thank you. >>> tonight, services were held for two of the men who were killed in last week's cement plant shooting. the family and friends of 48- year-old manuel held a rosary at the okay hill funeral home in san jose. 5 the 1-year-old was also remembered with a visitati

he is trailing herman kaine and mitt romney. in a "new york times" poll, he led has month. >>> a man shot by officers at a san jose hotel was carrying a fake gun that may have been part of a halloween costume. a clerk at the extended stay hotel called 911 sunday about a suspicious man sleeping in a stairwell. police showed up. they say javier gonzalez reached for that gun when they woke him up. officers shot the 25-year-old several times, but he is expected to recover. no word on whether he'll be charged. >>> a man accused of intentionally running down a motorcyclist. 31-year-old eddie hall appeared in court this afternoon. hall was driving an eastbound paratransit van saturday when he collided with george lopez jr. lopez was knocked from that bike. he later died at the hospital. >>> some of the most amazing news to come out of the world recently. a newborn rescued from the rubble and she wasn't alone. what rescue workers found two days after a quake leveled parts of turkey. >>> and it took detergent to get him in and rescue wor

herman kain any mitt romney at the top of of the pack. we're here with mary matlin. him go into the final preparations, how important is this night to the men who many thought was the conservative alternative to mitt romney. at this moment a lot of conservatives are saying can he survive? >> well, they're not saying that without looking on the ground. i'll say what i said earlier. what he's managing to do on the ground where actual votes are cast, where it takes organization to do it, put out his energy plan which translates into job which is a sweet spot. he's doing the building blocks in a way that can bring him back to where he needs to be. tonight he needs to flush out and talk about the energy plan that he put out, telegraph what's going to be in the upcoming things that he's going scope out and just stay chill on it. he doesn't need to respond to everything that he's been attacked on. >> dana, you were harshly critical after the last debate. what is it that governor perry needs to do to get you to say i'm going to take another look? i'll look again. >> want to

. >>> businessman, herman kaine is the new front runner for the presidential nomination. that's according to a new cbs new york times poll. kaine takes the top spot. he is picked by 25% of likely republican voters. mitt romney is number 22 and rick perry, the front runner back in september plummeted to 5th place. perry is counting on his new economic plan. he unveiled it at a plant in south carolina. it is called cut, balance, and grow, and hoping to win over conservatives with it. >> it reorders the way they do business in washington, by reinventing the tax code. >> the plan features a 20% flat tax. private social security retirement accounts and lower corporate taxes. perry made the announcement as president obama continues his swing through the western states. the president is holding a fundraiser in california tonight before he heads off to colorado to announce a new program to help deal with student loan debt. >> soldiers fresh from the battlefield may find themselves fighting another battle here at home. veteran unemployment is in the double digits and with the curr

republican presidential candidate, herman kaine. >> the thing that i wouldn't do that the president isng is telling the enemy how many troops you're going to bring out and when you're going to bring them out. i don't think that's a good strategy. >> wants them to stay, wants them to leave, at least general agreement on this. >> i think our troops have done an incredible job in terms of their level of perseverance and accomplishing the mission. you know, the loss of life on all sides has been horrendous. >> the president's decision is based on the premise that iraq can now independently protect both its borders and its new form of government. but the president did not say this afternoon is what happens if iraq can't do those things? anita. >> gary, thank you. nato's bombing campaign in libya may soon come to an end now that moammar gadhafi is dead. the council met today and set october 31 as the preliminary date to end the operation. a formal decision will come next week. the alliance has run air patrols over libya for the last seven months to help the cause. >>> maryland's brand-new co

the other big news, herman kaine, the former god father ceo is now neck and neck with mitt romney. republicans who were hoping for something new got some bad news. jan crawford on the man who said once and for all, no. >> new jersey, whether you like it or not, you're stuck with me. >> with your signature straight talk, chris cristie crushing the hopes of some republicans, said today he will focus on his state, not a presidential campaign. >> now is not my time. i have a commitment to new jersey that i will not abandon. >> more months, cristie's answer has been the same. urged cristie to reconsider and he did. it became an all out media frenzy after his speech last week at the reagan library. >> we need you. your country needs you. >> cristie said today he was thinking about running when he gave the speech. he had already heard from so many others. >> it's been unbelievably humbling and inspiring. >> with only three months left before primary voting begins, time was running out for cristie to launch a campaign. even if the establishment was behind him. today's poll showed 63% of re

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. >>> more now on race and the presidential campaign with republican candidate herman kain cain. wolf spoke with the former ceo of godfather's pizza. >> herman cain is joining us from atlanta. thank you for coming in. >> thanks, wolf. >> you doing well in the polls right now. let me specifically ask you about the african-american community. why is the republican party basically poison for so many african-americans? >> because many african-americans have been brainwashed into not being open minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. i have received some of that same visbecause i'm running fore republican nomination as a conservative. so it's just brainwashing and people not being open minded, pure and simple. >> that's a strong word to talk about your fellow african-americans, brainwashed? >> for two-thirds of them, wolf, that is the case. now the good news is i happen to believe that a third to 50% of the black americans in this country, they are open minded. i meet them every day. they stop me in the airport. and so this whole notion that all black americans are n

. >> perry has fallen in the polls, following a few shaky debate performances, while herman kaine continues to rise. >> being in the top tier of the candidates, did you see that big bulls eye on my back? >> at a rally, the businessman said his top two competitors raised more campaign cash than he has. voters are reacting to his ideas, like his tax plan. >> message is more powerful than money. and the american people like the message. >> though he is down a bit in the polls, he raised $17 million in campaign cash these last three months. that's compared to the $14 million that romney pulled in during the same time period. in washington, jennifer davis, fox news. >> attempts to clean up the mess at the protest in new york city are being postponed. the city's deputy mayor called off the cleanup between activists and police. the occupiers have been camping out in the park for nearly a month and they have no plans to leave. police say at least ten people are under arrest in a wall street related protest at a seattle park. earlier today, dozens of demonstrators lined up outside a downtown hotel w

republican presidential candidate herman kaine says no matter who put it there it was insensitive and wrong. >> if the governor allowed it to stay there, then the governor is insensitive and if he did not have anything to do with it then everybody involved -- very insensitive act to leave there. >> meanwhile, maryland governor martin o'malley is wading into the presidential race criticizing new jersey governor christie. o'malley says if christie decides to run it would bring, quote, tremendous entertainment value. christie has said he has no interest in seeking the gop nomination but people close to the governor says he may be reconsidering that decision. >>> the occupy wall street protest is entering the third week this morning and despite major setbacks over the weekend the movement is gaining momentum. as many as 700 proceed 'tissers were arrested over the weekend for clogging the brooklyn bridge. the setback only inspired more people to join the protest and similar demonstrations are bring springing up around the country. protesters have been camping out at mcpherson square for oc

he is now tied for second at 16% with herman kaine, the former godfather's pizza chief executive. a clear majority of voters did agree on one thing. that president obama's prospects do not look good. 55% said they believe mr. obama will lose in 2012. for his part, the president embraced the poll finding yesterday in an interview with abc news and yahoo. >> are you the underdog now. >> absolutely. because, you know, given the economy there's no doubt that, you know, whatever happens on your watch you've got.... >> you embraced that pretty quickly. >> you know, i don't mind. i'm used to be an underdog. >> woodruff: ahead of his visit to st. louis tonight, the president received a reminder of just how bruising the campaign will be. in the form of a television ad from the conservative organization american cross roads. >> he raised our hopes. he seemed to understand. >> the last thing you want to do is to raise taxes in the middle of a recession. >> but today he's different. >> woodruff: that's a refrain mr. obama may hear over and over again no matter who ends up as the republican no

if you were on herman kaine's team, would you have proposed this? you have said it is a good thing for america? >> i would have proposed it with a couple of tweaks. i'm concerned about the regressive nature of the income tax as well as the sales tax. i would have proposed something a little bit different that might have reduced the impact on the lower income population a little bit more and i would have probably adjusted the sales tax and maybe nudged up the corporate income tax rate a little bit to bring more of the fairness and equity back into this system. but at the same time, i think he is on the right track. dr. cliff rossi with the university of maryland. you have a good weekend. >> thank you, you, too. >>> coming up, this friday morning, up next, it is said to be the toughest immigration law in alabama. it is getting a backlash in alabama. how the federal government is getting involved. extra cream, three sugars. iced coffee french vanilla. for me. iced coffee with a turbo shot. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin

i want to talk about herman kaine's 999 plan. guest: 90899. -- 9099. caller: but it's gotten a lot of chatter. it's the only thing i've heard that addresses what the people people -- complaining about. and that is the politicians being connected to our government and being taken care of our government. we have too many politicians taking money from the government. if you cut that back and take away all the deduction that have been put in over the years, you could really address it. the other thing that i like about it is it doesn't affect business taxes. if we want to improve our balance in trade with china, we have to do something to avoid the tradition of jobs going overseas. we can't keep making up more and more expenses to do business here and expecting that we're going to employ americans. guest: i think that plan was very good for starting a discussion. i think it -- as people look at the details and realize how many people's taxes would actually go up, now he's tweaking it a bit. but here's my problem with plans and presidential campaigns. i'd l

republican party's reputation might have been, they are looking at this guy, tim kaine, is putting real solutions on the -- herman cain is putting real solutions on the table. >> i just want to ask you, also quickly, but to explain a couple of things. let's go through. ron paul -- wait, wait, wait. i'll say it and you can explain it. ron paul, grumpy old man. >> i told jay as i am telling you, i knew it was going to get me in trouble. this is how he comes across to a lot of people. this is wh i have heard. i was playing back some of the comments that i have -- grumpy old man. it's end this, end that, end this, end that. you have to fix stuff. not end everything. >> rick santorum. stressed. >> if you look at his face, during the debates, most of the time, he has this stressful look on his face. that's my word. i like rick santorum, but his personality is one that looks and appears to be more stressed than say, my personality, which is more relaxed. >> mitt romney. good hair. really? that's the first thing you can say about him? >> the serious thing is, this is between mitt romney claiming to try to be the business

. >> herman cain and rick perry are still learning how to spin. >> governor kaine and rick perry don'tave a plan or a vision. >> hocus-pocus. >> they sound like idiots they are all alike. they sound like numb skulls. >> a firing squad. >> all of this looneyness throughout. cain leading the republican presidential field out right. >> the corporate lumbering newt gingrich. >> what's wrong with your party? >> class warfare, republican style. >> more americans say that republicans favor the wealthy. >> they are going to have in the anchor of this tax plan around their neck. >> the corporate tax rate. >> let me show you how ridiculous you are. check out this smile. yeah, 9-9-9. >> i'm not lawrence on donnell but on this show you have the last word. >> memo to the republican field, you are running for president of the united states, of america. start acting like it. stop proposing nonsense tax plans that won't work. stop making ridiculous attention-getting ads that might be minimumly acceptable if you were running for county supervisor in oklahoma. stop saying you are going to build a u.s./m

kaine, spectacular rise. in today's "washington post"/abc news poll, romney's at 25%. perry and kaicain at 16%. >> herman cain has been a successful businessman. he is a straight talker. >> rick perry is not finished. >> the republican race pauses here. everybody re-evaluates and perry has an opportunity to relaunch. >> reporter: now that chris christie's reconsidered and is out for sure. but not forever. christie did not rule out a race for the white house next time in 2016. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. >>> windy conditions suspended the ongoing washington monument inspections for today. engineers were back on the monument this morning. more damage caused by the august earthquake. it was to blustery for the climbers to continue their work safely. inspections of the east and south walls of the monument were completed today and hope to wrap up the entire monument inspection tomorrow. weather permitting. something everybody saw today we haven't in a while and that's sunshine and lots of blue skies out there. >> how sweet it is. meteorologist doug kammerer is in the storm center with the forec