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our jim acosta is following that for us. he's live for us from washington. ite a weekend they had, jim. >> that's true, john and candy. and you know at a lot of these summits they have these straw polls. they made the president for 2012 in a straw poll held at this year's summit over the weekend. it was indiana republican mike pence, not only a favorite of the religious right, but a tea party activist too. but he's not the only politician liked by these two movements which, incidentally are finding they have a lot in common. >> reporter: for conservatives, it could be a match made in political heaven. the nation's growing tea party movement joining forces with the religious right. >> would you like to alter your congress? >> reporter: in years past, the values voter summit staged this weekend in washington was a haven for social conservatives. but the speaker scheduled this year was packed with tea party rock stars. that say the summit's organizers was no accident. >> i think there's a natural alliance between social conservative voters and the tea party vote

cnn jim acosta explains. reporter: it was another viral moment. harry reid scuffling with republican rival sharon angle. the fight was far from over. it had moved to twitter where one of angle's campaign managers posted this video. the clip shows reed supporters shouting at angle using less than 140 characters that angle staffer tweeted check out. >> now you don't even need a complete sentence to change a campaign. >> less than 140 characters. >> you can tweet a phrase and it can change a campaign. reporter: first harry reid votes to give special tax breaks. reporter: these days a attack tweets are almost as common as attack ads. sharon angle mock health coverage. >> everything they want to throw at us now is covered under autism so that's a mandate that you have to pay for. reporter: or this angle tweet here harry reid's plan to save the nevada stimulus money being used for testing drugs on primates. this from a angle staffer gets personal referring to reed's campaign managers as 13-year- old girls. angle caught in mullet lies. >> we're at the be

economists now warn they may be too much money that's leading to predictions of hyperinflation but jim acosta reports. since the global financial crisis broke the russian government allocated vast sums of cash to keep the banking system afloat but few companies are borrowing right now and many banks prefer to earn a lot but safe return from the government rather than risk investing in companies. from rural c. believes russia like other governments create is much more money than the economy needed you look at what russia did during the crisis was that it was out of sync as it was with the rest of the g twenty when g twenty countries or g nine hundred so we say it went into quantity of easing russia. in order to stabilize the economy the evidence is clear the central banks continue to issue huge amounts of money hoping that banks will learn to industry however the money's mostly recycled back into government bowman's the real economy has largely stop borrowing treasury bonds yields are falling around the world and sign of enormous buying demand as banks sick save havens for their cash economist

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jim acosta live for us in washington breaking it down. good morning, jim. >> good morning, john and kiran. no big parties for the six-month anniversary of health care reform today, a slew of provisions go in effect. take, for example, a ban of insurance companies that discriminate against children with preexisting conditions. republicans vow they would take a big ax to this health care if they're put in charge. >> i would fight to repeal the bill. >> reporter: it's a gop battle cry for the midterm legislations. >> the american people will be heard, and we'll repeal and replace. >> i have pledged as my first act of legislation to put in a repeal obama care law. >> reporter: if republicans win a majority of seats in congress, one of the first seats they promise to do is repeal president obama's signature achievement. health care reform. >> what's your response to that? >> reporter: under a new gop-controlled house, texas congressman joe barton would likely become the key chairman overseeing health care. he said it would begin as soon as janu

cnn's jim acosta has been looking into that. >> reporter: it was another viral moment in a vicious race of harry reid scuffling with backers of sharon engel at a candidate forum. but even after tempers cooled, the fight was far from over. it had moved to twitter where one of engel's campaign managers posted this video. the slip shows supporters shouting at engel. check out the video here of reid bots screaming and heckling. >> it was evident that negative politics was going to transform itself into social media and that's what's happened. now you don't need a complete sentence to change a campaign. >> less than 140 characters. >> less than 140 characters. you can tweet a phrase and it can change a campaign. >> first, harry reid votes to give -- >> reporter: these days, attack tweets are almost as common as attack ads. sharon engel mocks health coverage for autism. then there's a link to a video. >> everything that they want to throw at us now is covered under autism so that's a mandate that you have to pay for. >> reporter: or this engel tweet, harry reid's plan, coked up stimulus monke

jim acosta will join wisconsin the results of a weekend straw poll. and john avalon looks at her mission, damage control. o'donnell canceled two sunday talk show appearances after this came to light. and now you are calling her the new queen of wing nuts. >> ah, the queen of the wing nuts. this week she was clear to say she was not a wing nut, she was specific about that. but she is revelations haven't helped. when you cancel sunday shows that is sign of a campaign in crisis and damage control mode. this is the newest revelation, but in reality, these sorts of claims have been dogging her campaign early on. the libertarian reason magazine called her a crackpot of the first order before the primary. whether you find this witchcraft claim more controversial or offensive than statements like, say, that aid sufferers shouldn't be called victims that's a judgment call. there is a lot more where this comes from. >> karl rove weighed in, not showing her love. and she actually tweeted sunday night on that and said that if she did have the powers of a witch th

jim acosta, cnn, washington. >>> earlier this morning i spoke with two lawmakers on opposite sides ofbegin gri and democratic congresswoman allison schwartz who supports it. >> we have the power, we can defund. every one of these agencies involved in implementing this new law will need $5 billion to $10 billion in appropriations. we can stop that. we can certainly stop the irs from hiring the additional 15,000 inspectors to go over health insurance. >> insurance companies have been raising rates for families and employers 10%, 20%, 30%. this is what we're changing. this is what phil begin gri and republicans want to stop. they want to make sure the consumers don't have the pow over the purse and that insurance companies are in complete control. they want to take away the rules. that's what phil's saying. he wants to repeal this bill. he hate this bill. it's not about the bill. it's about the protections that are available. >> well, if you believe in polls, there could be a new turn ahead for anyone that likes the new health care laws. if the republicans do regain a majority in congres

here is cnn's jim acosta. >> i would fight to repeal the bill. [ applause ] >> reporter: it is a gop the american people will be heard and we will repeal and replace. >> i have pledged as my first act of legislation to put in a repeal obama care law. >> reporter: if republicans win a majority of seats in congress, one of the first thing these promise to do is repeal president obama's signature achievement, health care reform. under a new gop-controlled house, texas congressman joe barton would with likely become chairman of the key house committee overseeing health care. he says hearings would begin as soon as january to dismantle the law. >> if we are given the opportunity to be in the majority, we are going to try to repeal it. >> right away? >> and something that makes sense. well, the sooner the better. >> reporter: that threat comes as new portions of the law go into effect this week, provisions that stop insurers from denying coverage to children children with pre-existing conditions or dropping policy for people who get sick, big expansions of coverage don't come until 2014 st

it is wednesday, september 15th. >> i'm jim acosta. we're still talking about politics.ce in delaware, one of the primaries that are over but the results are in and the tea party has successfully taken on the gop machine in several races. we have the best political team on television standing by to break down the winners and losers. >>> american hiker sarah shourd enjoying the first taste of freedom in more than a year. her fiancee and friend are still jailed. shourd says her mission now is working for their release. >>> the inferno san bruno bringing a hidden danger to the surface. we'll talk about whether the pipelines are too old to be trusted. >>> a.m. fix blog is up and running. we'll be reading some of your comments throughout the morning. >>> but first, a big night for the tea party in the last big primary of the 2010 midterm campaign and the closely-watching republican senate race in delaware, christine o'donnell, the candidate backed by the tea party and sarah palin toppled the state's heavyweight representative mike castle. a victory o'donnell says the supporte

jim acosta has been tracking the campaign twitter wars and joins us now. ly out there. >> it's getting ugly, and i don't think i can sum this up in 140 characters or less. if you use twitter, you know political campaigns are tweeting all the times these days. sometimes the tweets are positive and many times they are not. they are the latest form of attack ad and they can get personal. welcome to the world of hash tag politics. >> reporter: it was another viral moment in a vicious race. supporters of harry reid scuffling with backers of republican rival sharron angle at a candidate forum. even after tempers cooled, the fight was far from over. it had moved to twitter, where one of angle's campaign managers posted this video, the clip shows reid supporters shouting at angle, using less than 140 characters that angle staffer tweeted, check out the video of reid bots screaming and heckling. >> now you don't even need a complete sentence to change a campaign. >> just less than 140 characters. >> less than 140 characters. you can even tweet a phrase and it can ch

i'm jim acosta. john has the morning off. >> and i'm candy crowley.e are this morning's top stories. we start your tax bill. congress back in session battling over whether to expire the bush tax cuts or extend them. if you're wondering what a tax hike would do your take home pay, we've got the numbers. you're not going to like them. >>> colleges company recruiters really love. students looking for that leg up may be surprised. it's not always the ivy leagues that are favored by corporations. what are the best students hoping to get solid, well paid jobs? we've got the list. >>> and too many teens are getting high on stuff in their own medicine cabinets. the dea is now asking parents to get involved. we'll tell you about the fight to make cough medicine a prescription drug. >>> but up first this hour, we dent forget. it's a political power house this tuesday and cnn is the place to watch it all go down. seven states head to the polls, voting in primaries that promise to make or break a candidate come november. and we're talking about specifically a few

particularly the last few days a time of emotional highs and lowsthey spoke with candy crowley and jim acostarican morning." bottom line, it's time for iran to release their sons. >> i'm happy sarah's out. she's my daughter-in-law to be, i love her very much, but i want shane home. i want slain and josh home, connecteded with their families an the biggest thing for me at that moment, what was it like for shane and sarah to separate along with josh, because they're very close right now. >> and what are your hopes right now? i mean what do you know about their condition and how soon they might be able to come home? >> okay. well we don't have any new information, but cindy and i have not talked to nor heard from josh or shane for four months, on tuesday. from the time we left tehran may 21st until today, we have not had a letter or phone call from josh or shane and, of course, we're more than eager to, but what we really want, of course, is their release. it is almost 14 months of detention. we're so happy that sarah's home with nora, but it's our turn. it's our turn to have our kids back with

jim acosta, how about that candy crowley with the fabulous hair? >> i know. >> you know? enough. enough with the hair. >> i can't control myself, kyra. >> i know. e-mailing your son jonathan, as well. we are all big fans. that candy crowley, whoo. you behaved yourself. great job, jim. >> all right. bye. >> have a great day. we are working on a lot for you, too. a san bruno couple feels lucky that the huge blast and fire spared their home. too bad those looters didn't feel the same way. >>> primaries are done. you know it's a fun couple of months when one side's breaking out "the wizard of oz" references. >>> a link between your attitude and health. turns out if you're a debbie downer or a grouchy doom and gloomer you could be more likely to have a heart attack. 9:00 a.m. on the east coast. 6:00 a.m. out west. i'm ri ka fiyra phillips. >>> the results are in. and the voter anger is pretty darn obvious. in delaware, and new york, voters put their support behind candidates backed by the tea party movement and what's more, they shunned the candidate who is had been backed by republic

we asked jim acosta to look at that. >> i would fight to repeal the bill. >> reporter: it's a gop battleterm elections. >> the american people will be heard and we'll repeal and replace. >> i have pledged as my first act of legislation to put in a repeal obama-care law. >> reporter: if republicans win a majority of seats in congress, one of the first things they promise to do is repeal president obama's significant achievement, health care reform. under a new gop-controlled house, texas congressman joe barden would likely become chairman of a committee overseeing health care and says hearings would begin as soon as january to dismantle the law. >> we will try to repeal it and replace it with something that makes sense. >> reporter: right away? >> the sooner the better. >> reporter: that threat comes as new portions of the law go into effect this week. stopping insurance from denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions and dropping those who get sick. still, recent polls show the law remains unpopular. >> i voted against the health care bill. >> reporter: even some democrats

. >> and i'm jim acosta. we've got a lot to talk about. it's primary day.og day, but it's primary day across the country. let's get right to it. polls in seven states opening this morning and all eyes are on delaware where a little-known tea party candidate is looking to pull off a

i'm jim acosta. >> and i'm candy crowley. and boy do we have stories to tell you this morning.me. the tea party sends shock waves through the republican establishment by winning several high-profile primaries. and this morning, the stage is set for one tough general election. the