or is the goal to draw attention to yourself so that you get to be interviewed by john king on cnn? get to do a bunch of interviews with "politico," et cetera? and it is a way of making a name for yourself? >> right. i think probably more the second than the first. but i think what we see over and over again is they're trying to create these embarrassing moments which then turn into these great viral clips that go everywhere and change what the conversation is about. >> when you say "they," do you mean certain conservative activist journalists or journalists of varying political stripes? >> i would say more the active iflt journalists we've seen renal e recently. but i would say a lot of people are interested in creating viral clips. it's the easiest way to promote yourself, your argument, to gets yourself out there. we're talking about it on a sunday show now. clearly it's changed the conversation. >> it used to be you had to cover city hall, the state house for years and work up. now have to have a viral video clip. this is what i'm hearing. >> i think remember mayhill fouler who

>> john king is calling attention to a huge contradiction.ow did the president know about this in march and how did he know the attorney general knew nothing about this in march when the attorney general said the may, he just learned about it a couple weeks ago. >> while we always appreciate kind words, tonight's truth is that the issue is not as black and white as mr. limbaugh sees it. we'll also talk to the espn rotter who was right there in the pit at the track a few mile north of here when this happened. >> opening up in front of him. here we go! contacted. a huge crash. multiple cars involved! >> but first tonight, rising cain. our brand new poll shows surprised republican contender herman cain solidifying his place in the gop race. in a dead heat now nationally with former massachusetts governor mitt romney. with that surge in support comes a surge in attention. and mr. cain and his ideas will without a doubt be a major focus right here in las vegas tomorrow night. in a motel, one-on-one with mr. cain in his only national interview toda

, host of "john king, usa," contributor dana lash, co-organizer of the st. coalition join us via satellite. john what did you make of it? had you talked to governor romney, governor perry right afterwards, was it as personal as it seemed on the stage? >> yes but they both say no. they talked to each briefly, asked what was that about? i got very general answers but governor perry said, thought it went very well tonight, add lot of fun. said what about the bad blood with romney, pull his wife over and have you met my wife? he introduce node anita perry. did he not want to talk about t. >> romney said this is a good one, this is really -- well -- >> and then i asked governor romney about it as he was walking off exstayed comes with the ter attorney general i get it i'm fine with t i had a lot of fun tonight. i said you two had the death glare. ann romney, his wife interjected, you mean the animosity. she brought that word up. i said do you think this will continue? governor romney shrugged and said, we will see. those are the two guys, yes, herman cain is a ph

john king at the scene of the gop debate. john, what's the one thing that you're going to look for starting at 8:00 eastern? >> a lot of attention has been focused on herman cain. my question is, does rick perry show up? he started off at the top of the polls and now is in a freefall. so does rick perry show up? is he combative defending his views and is he as feisty at the end as he is at the beginning? because a lot of people have said that at the course of the two-hour debates, he starts to fade. that's my question. mr. cain will be the center attention as well. >> let's talk herman cain versus mitt romney. is it a fair fight? >> well, sl tl a fair fight? everything is fair in love and politics, right? is it a fair fight? you know, it depends on how you look at it. in the sense that herman cain you could say, no, it's not a fair fight. mitt romney ran for president last time, he's an experienced politician. he's got infrastructure in all of the key states. he has this overwhelming advantage. however, look at what the tea pa

you all destroyed it, as evidenced not only by my past criticism, but john king's article stating all the criticisms and titled, "a wasted opportunity." noelle rea outreach. no supervision. this could have been avoided. talk about wasted funds. $37,000. inadequate lighting costing $200,000. where are your ethics? missing in action. corruption and greed must not succeed. the people are no fools. they know what's going on. >> catherine howard? >> good morning, commissioners. you will see from the ink that my printer has a problem. i think i have enough just for the commissioners. this is our regular report on the bluegrass festival that was held september through october 2. i will slip right over to the photos. they are the most fun. i think this festival gets better every year in terms of controlling damage to the park. there's a ways to go, but we're getting there. if you look at the picture with the cars, last year, stwith cars parked over the tree roots. it was clear this time. there were some areas still where there were cars parked next to trees, but it was much less. the next is

. >>> let's check in with john king. >> hello to you. more breaking news ahead.nts of the iranian government were -- to kill the saudi ambassador using explosives. he just said on your show that all options should be on the table. we'll ask our panel what that means. the politics of a tightening race of a presidential nomination. herman cain under attack from a number of african-american leaders for his comments about race. >>> mitt romney challenging him on the attacks on the mormon faith. the in-depth week of bullying in our schools. the roots of bullying, that's coming up at the top of the hour. >>> john king, we'll look forward to that. monday sar arbabsiar. a 56-year-old naturalized citizen. threats against america by a homegrown person. the role mexico played in bringing the plot to light. we'll talk about it more. we'll be back. >>> we do this at the same time every night. we're reaching out to sources around the world. first to the middle east. the center of the story tonight. saudi arabia expressing appreciation to the u.s. for stopping the plot to kill

king -- a column john really. we sit together another commission, will share some of this first-hand knowledge with us today. jennifer davis is president of the national center and tighten learning and works closely with chris. jennifer is held positions at the federal, state and local levels but it was her experience as executive dirt of boston mayor menino's afterschool learning initiative to trace her commitment to expand learning time in the school day. finally, we have claire kaplan, vice president at the national center and tighten learning and author of the report they are releasing today. she designed and led the technical assistance strategy for districts and schools, planning for expanded learning time and has led development of the national centers knowledge center to document best practices and resources on the topic. as you heard, she also worked with secretary duncan in chicago. so, let's get started. tabloids as the first question is secretary duncan. and we're going to switch to my other night. exc

"john king, usa," and everybody sees that. you're john king. there's a sign back here. rsian dude and he's that guy. and i'm like, ladies and gentlemen, i'm on larry king. the lies are dead obvious. >> you're having fun but what is the goal? what do you hope your fun and the parody and the pointed political message within it, what do you want the effect to be? >> you know, going back to what kambis said earlier, when you use parody, you're disarming yourself and the person you're trying to reach out to. so then people become more receptive to your message and what you have to say. we use our motto is to use common sense because the government is an insult to our common sense. the lies and the ridiculous stuff you hear out of the government is the outrageous. >> that's a great line, by the way. >> thank you, i love you. we use common sense to fight them back and parody is just a tool that allows even the people who don't agree with us to sit down and try to listen to us. we're not trying to change any governments, not trying to lead any movements, just put common sense in

>> earlier this evening herman cain spoke with john king about his immigration remarks. >> john, yeah, i haven't learned how to be politically correct yet. so, yes, it probably wasn't the right thing to say. and i did not mean to offend anybody. >> so cain certainly not backing down as he also does in south carolina he mentioned his lack of political correctness as a virtue if not a badge of honor. will it hurt or help him in the primaries and potentially further down the road? let's talk about it with gloria borger, ari fleischer. you can follow him on twitter @arifleischer. also with us, republican strategist mary matalin and bill burton, who is president obama's former deputy press secretary. bill, thank you for being with us as well. mary, is this much ado about nothing? is it the problem that america doesn't have a sense of human or the media doesn't? or that herman cain -- >> he needs to -- the surge for him is serious. it is an attraction to a message that is the 75% of the people that still don't support mitt romney. he needs to stay a happy warrior. but he needs to get seriou

john king is here to crunch them for us. follow me on twitter tonight. >>> later, rick perry's journey to birther land and believes that president obama was born in hawaii and is saying something else that doesn't stand up to scrutiny. later, michael pearl joins us. co-author of a parenting guide called "to train up a child" joins us and we'll ask if the brand of discipline his book is advocating is endangering kids. >> why not use your hand instead of these materials? >> let me show you something. does that hurt? >> doesn't feel good. hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotels & resorts knows it's better for xe

and let us bring in john king. are you surprised about the rise of herman cain?urprised. >> absolutely. you have to tip your hat because of his discipline, the 9-9-9 plan. however we're about to learn more about him. at the debate tomorrow you'll treat him as a viable candidate. in the other debate he was in single digits. the stakes are different now. the plan is being krut nized. a lot of the people in gary's piece saying i really like him, if he stays at this point in polls hirksz opponents will start running ads against him. you like it? you'll pay more taxes under him. you can see some people will pay more, and the people most likely to pay more, if this passes, mind you, but under the plan are the people who have been hurt the most by the recession already. are those people -- >> who are not earning enough right now to pay taxes. >> perot type supporters. the appeal of ross perot, they know if he's elected, he'll raise you know what in washington. they like that. the question is is there a ceiling? and i suspect yes. >> in terms of his organization -- >> wh

. >> john king, a follow-up? >> senator obama, a minute ago, jorge ramos asked if there was anything that we would could get you and you said "no thank you, i'm fine." my question is, are you sure? [laughter] >> because it's really no trouble. chris: look how art eventually influenced life in the next debate? >> anybody that saw "saturday night live," maybe we should ask barack if he is comfortable and gets another pillow. i find it curious that i'm getting the first question on all of these issues. chris: the biggest impact was the character ca tour of sarah palin which she embraced and got the real john mccain to be part of the play the weekend before the election. >> ok, listen up, everybody, i'm going real great now. keep your voices now. available, we got a bunch of these here. [cheers and applause] >> just try and wait until after tuesday to wear them, ok? i am not going anywhere and i'm certainly not going back to alaska. chris: in the end, palin decided not to run this time. tina's change into palin becam

john king confirmed two gop sources telling him that, yes, at this news conference, governor christieill announce whether he will or won't run for the gop nomination. there have been calls for christie, the outspoken new jersey governor, who has taken a stuff stance against democrats and budget cuts, calls for him to run all year basically for the gop nomination. those calls accentuated. he's been saying no, i'm not ready to run, but at a speech at the reagan library last week, he didn't say yes or no. hopefully today at 1:00 we'll finally get an answer on whether he will or won't run not nomination. >> we will anxiously be waiting for that. thanks very much. >>> federal reserve chief ben bernanke is on capitol hill thousand testifying about the country's economic outlook and a flood of bleak forecasts means he doesn't have a lot of good news to build on. questions will likely range from the effectiveness of operation twist, a program designed to push down interest on government bonds, to the sluggish economic recovery. t to u.s. bank exposure to what's going on in europe. christine,

gloria borger is here and john king watching as well. out there and you know this, john, who will be deeply disappointed that chris christie is not going to run. >> he has dealt with the economy and budget issues that will dominate the debate. a lot of republicans dissatisfied. they wanted this guy in there, which is why fundraisers and financial people in new york and new jersey earthed him to run. and businessman urged him to run. a woman stood up in the audience, please reconsider, your country needs you. there is a space for another candidate in the republican field however the clock is ticking. with the exception of sarah palin, this is the last no. why did he decide not to run? i'm told he truly believes it in his heart, he's not ready. just elected governor a couple of years ago. one of principle arguments against president obama, nice guy, wasn't ready to be president. how do you have a guy on record saying i'm not ready carrying that torch. he did reconsider, reromanced heavily. can you raise enough money, build the organization

king freed and liberated not just the people but a nation. >> and what did he mean to john lewis? . he -- dr. king freed me. he made me a stronger, better human being. hadn't been for him, i don't know what would have happened to me. i saw segregation, i saw racial discrimination, i tasted the bitter fruits of racism. and he made me a different person. and today i can say i don't have any bitter feelings. i don't have any anger or hated red toward a single human being. he made me a -- a person that is at peace with myself. i could still be down in rural alabama doing something -- i'm not so sure what. i know if it hadn't been for martin luther king jr., i wouldn't be in the congress. >> congressman john lewis, thank you very much for joining us, we appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >>> up next, top stories and then on "fareed zakaria gps," making sense of the occupy wall street movement with "forbes" editor-in-chief steve forbes. starting my progresso soup for lunch plan, huh. nope, just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see...south western vegetables...

john king is here and gloria borger is here. quickly, john, what do you think? i don't think any of us were surprised. he had been adamant that it's not ready to be president of the united states. >> doesn't want to give up his job as governor, made a point over and over, i don't want to quit 20 months into my term. you saw what so many rpz love about chris christie he's funny a straight shooter, that's what people like. are there things in his record that would have become issue? yes. he said from the beginning he wanted to be governor, i don't burn in my heart for it. you have to take him at his word and i think he was quite honest. so many people come to you sean say should you do this and he decided to think again, he makes the decision unless governor palin who perhaps governor christie had in mind when he talked about i'm not quitting -- >> the candidates at these debates, that's the republican field. gloria, what do you think? i think the same thing. i think it is a stark contrast with sarah palin who of course quit as governor -- >> still thinking of run

john king is here, gloria borger is here. we're getting ready to hear the president, john.s what the president said he would do, get u.s. troops out and they're coming home. >> he did want that residual force. why? not so much for the situation inside iraq but to send a message to iran, to have a u.s. presence in the region at a time when, to be honest, this administration an even at the end of the bush administration, they were concern that prime minister maliki is too cozy with iran, too cozy with syria, that he's not been a u.s. ally. so that is the concern and main purpose for residual troops is to send a message to iran that the united states has a semi-permanent presence here. that having been said, this will probably help the president at home politically in the sense that his own liberal base didn't want to go into iraq to begin with and wanted to yet out yesterday, or the year before. so in that sense in this political environment at home this is likely to help the president. we will hear from some conservatives that this is a setback. hard to blame the president i

to the net lates goals with the final score i know a little more respectable if it was to be no john king who control proceedings on five three serious but. in between those two games on sunday starts like moscow moved to join fourth but for no whipping up. the red lights would start the fifth again though should city rivals lockable to win later on monday and start second all shaked remember this year the top eight after thirty eight games played will play each other for the top. smiles will be wide this morning in the blue half of manchester notts only two months city chop the english premier league by five points but they did so by incredibly beating champions manchester united six one away from home mario balotelli and the second braces search you where when the brilliance of silver also was never in for the winner with darren fletcher having a consolation strike for alex ferguson's men appointed united defender jonny evans was sent off when his side will take nothing away from city they were simply stunning elsewhere chelsea failed to take over second spot from united after they were

john lewis?" and i said, "dr. king, i'm john robert lewis."e whole name, and he started calling me "the boy from troy." and i just lost it. >> and at the time you were heading the student nonviolent -- >> coordinating. >> the coordinating committee at this point. he knew of you. >> he knew of me, and we got to know each other. it was wonderful working with him. he was my inspiration. he was my hero. >> john lewis again, with martin luther king on the day of that march in 1963 on the washington mall. it was supposed to take place on the 40th anniversary this past august. instead, we had a hurricane, and it had to be postponed until now. later on we're going to show you the entire "i have a dream" speech. but more of our special coverage of the martin luther king memorial dedication here in washington comes next. we want to leave you before this break with some of the choir now singing at the dedication ceremony. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ a couple years of up all night ♪ ♪ and a few thousand diapers later ♪ ♪ oh, yeah ♪ he loves that little girl [ male announcer

and ten by a north caucasus native when an encounter turned violent well that's across live to our john king who used to get more jacob who just to give us the latest on how the court came to this decision today. we're sure took hours that it intends to liberation by the jury ending it all important crucial vote now they found that the principal defenders in this case. was guilty of all charges against him for murder attempted murder to do commision and also when it came to assault now he did say that he was pleaded not guilty when it come to nurture saying that even though he fired the weapon that killed you go syria he did so in self-defense and without intention to kill or maim the jury has ruled against a lawyer has said they will be appealing it in the future there were five other defendants actually at this time who stood trial and they will be found guilty of the lesser charges appear to going to some and assault now this all takes us back to the seventy seven but two thousand and ten where this isn't occurred it poses a drunken rule between two sides that is spartak moscow fans of wh

. >>> last night on "john king usa," it's not a quick fix to the ailing housing market. >> why should this plan prove to be the difference? >> we've taken a housing market literally falling off a cliff and stabilized it, but it's also true that we haven't done enough and we haven't gone far enough and we're going to keep pushing, keep expanding these efforts to make sure that we do get to a point where the housing market isn't just stabilized but it's recovering and recovering in a way that homeowners again have a light at the end of the tunnel and can see themselves getting back above water. so we're continuing to push. today's announcement is part of a broader strategy to keep making a difference in the housing market, and those are the facts. >> coming up, in a little more than 30 minutes, we will talk to paul jackson. the founder and publisher of housing wire, one of the first people to write about foreclosure prices. we'll talk about whether he believes the president's plan will actually increase housing prices. carol? >>> immigration reform could become a big eschew on capitol h

john king is watching it as well. john, as you take a look at what the president said, what dennis mcdonough, his deputy national security advisor has said, there's going to be a lot of reaction coming in, including reaction, i assume, from some of the president's republican critics, including sol of the presidential candidates. >> some of the republican critics in congress and an independent senator in congress, joe lieberman. we know they thought it was critically important to keep that residual force. some thought it should be in the ballpark of 15,000 or 20,000. it is very clear from the president's standpoint those negotiations are over. he said he will keep the promise he made as a candidate for president in 2008 and get all u.s. troops out by the end of this year. if you look at the map of iraq right now, you see the dots here, the biggest base obviously here in baghdad. military has divided iraq essentially into three pieces, northern, central and southern. during the iraq war this was largely the domain of the

coverage leading up to the republican presidential debate here in las vegas continues with john king right now. john? >> thanks, wolf. good evening. as wolf noted, we're live in las vegas. showdown time for the republicans who would be president as we count down to tonight's big debate. two big questions, one, can herman cain withstand all of the scrutiny that comes with his immedia immediate yoric rise in the polls? >> to be tied for the front you have a big bull's-eye on your back and the bull's-eye keeps getting bigger. >> and question number two, will the texas governor, rick perry, finally show up? but the surprising cain factor first. ron paul promises to take aim at cain's catchy 9-9-9 tax reform plan. >> what 9-9-9 does, is he compromises in the worst way, he gives you a sales tax and a flat tax, and opens up the door to a value added tax. i think it's very, very dangerous. >> and even the front-runner, mitt romney, now gently taking aim, warning republicans who might like mr. cain's lack of political experience to think again. >> you know we have a guy who's president we didn

john king worries his children will be able to afford an education. >> it's all here, but we have to figure out how to stop with this corporate governmental thing going on is and think about them, the future. >> and here in the main site of occupy baltimore, the movement is clearly gaining strength. a new pressures -- new protesters join in every day. >> we have seen more and more people finally waking up to the fact of what's going on is ridiculous and unfair and just in moral. >> in the nation's capital, people headed to a bank of america branch angry over new debit card fees. >> we have come here to close our accounts exclamation mark >> they were similar protests in random places. >> if we cannot have a say here, where do we go? >> they could come to baltimore where occupiers planned to camp out in definitely. >> the protest has so far been peaceful. up in new york there was some small clashes between police and protesters. wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. in why he hundreds of people marched in downtown honolulu: four and enter corporate greed. they are not alone. occupy demon

we're getting this from our chief national correspondent john king who has spoken with two sources closejersey governor. the news today at this hour, chris christie will endorse mitt romney an hour and a half from now. >>> it is a catch me if you can pursuit that spanned 20 years for a man known as the merchant of death. alleged international drugs and arms smuggling victor boot goes on trial. his life inspired the nicholas cage movie "lord of war." richard roth is following the trial from new york. why is this case so significant? >> well, victor boot has been an alleged arms merchant, fueling conflicts around the world for more than a decade. his name has been mentioned in u.n. security council sanctions reports. he's been accused and linked with wars in various african countries, afghanistan, this case actually is going to focus mostly entirely on what went down in bangkok, thailand. >> what are the exact charges he's facing? >> well, it was a 3 continent, undercover operation to get victor bout into that hotel room where he is accused of conspireing to sell a large amount of weapons