governor, we were just hearing in a report from north carolina that the presidential election is really barack obama's to lose. why is it in the country at 300 million people that your party is having such difficulty finding at candidates? >> the party that is out of power goes through a process of sorting to their potential candidates maybe. is no different this time. it is hard for anyone candidate to break out. but clearly mitt romney is one of the front runners. i would dispute the premise that it is barack obama's to liz. his numbers nationally, particularly along independent voters, are not very good. >> there are very big things at stake. are people looking for inspiration? is mitt romney really providing that inspiration? >> the overwhelming issue for most americans is the economy and jobs, and when they think about you is best situated based on knowledge and experience in other things and do the things that are going to help businesses start and grow and provide jobs, mitt romney has the most experience and is the most capable when it comes to the economy and jobs. i think he i

the start of the elections on monday? the parliamentary elections rather than the presidential elections? what is it about them that you're not happy with? >> of the way that the elections are being put as the priority, and they are done under the supervision of the military council, the whole procedure is not cry. we need to be ruled by a civilian council and elections can come later. that is not the first priority. if you get a parliament that is full of the old regime are people who are still in power or people that just have the money, they will not be able to represent the country. >> thank you very much. he was speaking to us from cairo. the democratic republic of congo will hold elections on monday in what could be a turning point for a nation that suffered decades of war and seen millions killed. at least 19,000 candidates are contesting the elections. the votes in the past have been marred by violence. they're still living with the legacy of the country. >> excitement and more than a whiff of trouble. it is election time and one of africa's must chaotic countries. no one is expect

until june, the presidential elections. what this means for the political process, until now it was the parliament that was supposed to come up with an assembly that draws the constitution. it is not clear how these political components are going to continue. >> you have seen at least 35 people killed and hundreds injured. how is this going to affect the nation and the relationship between the people and the military? >> this is one of the things that made the people really mad. they did not want to kill any egyptians. they have no intention of killing and the egyptians because they are part of the egyptian people. they are bringing out injured people from the square. saying that they had no intention to kill or injure anyone. >> thank you very much for that. the united nations envoy to yemen says that there has been an agreement on a deed for the transfer of power, ending months of a steel mill -- stalemate that will bring unity by an exchange for handing power to the deputy. protests have been going on for months in an eff

what kind of things -- >> we have reached an agreement, a very important one that the old elections, including the presidential elections, would come to an end before the beginning of july. so by the 30th day of june, all the elected officers should be in place and start a new era in egypt in the government of egypt. >> thank you. >> he used to head the arab league, now hoping to take part in the presidential elections set to take place by the middle of next year. i have to say that the people we spoke to in that voting queue share his enthusiasm for this protest, but some others don't. some are boycotting these elections, both voters as well as candidates. we're joined here by a woman who's in the no-military trials campaign. she joins us now. you're boycotting the poll. i should tell our viewers you're also limping because you were hit by a rubber bullet this week, fired in the protest that took place just down the street in tahrir square. why do you think it's not important to take part in the voting? >> i've never voted before, and i see absolutely no reason why i should vote now. not much has changed. the

the parliamentary election. the only question is will it win outright? the presidential election and seize all power next year? tary is on the defensive now. it's no longer in control. in fact, it made concession it would relinquish all pow attorney 1st of july next year. the -- power on the 1st of july north korea year. the demonstrators are not accepting that. mubarak regime made a few concessions at the end. but thaw want the government to resign today. it would be unstable, government and national entity led perhaps by mohamed elbaradei, the famousiaea inspector and awarded with a nobel peace prize. that tells you a bit about norway and the peace prize. a weak civilian government. dominated by the brotherhood. on its face is anything except islamic egypt. if egyptian is islamic, the largest, strongest, most important arab country in the world it would be a catastrophe. regional and global. >> shannon: there are some, many out there and some within the administration who downplay the muslim brotherhood and the threat it represents. whether it is a hardline islamic group, secular group. what is your take? >>

political ramifications of this with the decision possibly coming down in the middle of the presidential electionampaign season, white house officials say they're confident that the supreme court will uphold the constitutionality of the law but they argue with some positive spin f they do strike it down, it could give democrats a rallying cry for the november elections, giving democrats something to fight for. that's their optimistic view of a possible defeat. diane? >> okay, jake, just to make it clear you're not just sunning yourself on the beach, i'll tell everyone why you are in hawaii tonight. >> reporter: no. >> jake is traveling with the president, who attended the asia pacific economic cooperation conference and we always love looking at the so-called family photos of world leaders but look at something different. what's missing? the traditional attire from the host country, world leaders usually wear, 1994, take a look, bill clinton in batik in indonesia and 2001 president bush a silk jacket a poncho and president obama wearing a tune nick singapore but this year a break with tradition n

audience with a variety of initiatives be a factor in the 2012 election cycle is it possible to change the outcome even of some congressional or presidential election. >> you're fascinating this year. one of the first things the state legislatures to when they switch control is the tinker with the election rules. this happened when democrats took charge in 2006. we saw the window for the ascent heuvel let's widen dramatically. friday laws raviv and on the table. it was easier to get an absentee ballot and to register the vote neither republicans have come in the in so many state legislatures those windows have narrowed, the restrictions have increased identification laws have come into effect, so there are a few states in which the margin is going to be so slim i think we are talking about in a big state a matter of maybe 1500 votes it would be surprising if the presidential election would come down to such a small number of votes but if it as a would-be states like north carolina, where a huge factor now is basically dealing with the president obama has of winning the state's like indiana around 2008 indiana is pretty much of the people i

demand an immediate transfer of power as they reject a pledge by military rulers to speed up the presidential elections at least thirty six people have died so far in fierce clashes between protesters and security forces across the country. the u.n. general samways human rights committee can damns syria for its violent crackdown on anti-government protests but the masses calls it a u.s. led plot to topple its government russia abstained from voting on the resolution saying dialogue is the only solution to the crisis. and five years after the death of former cia officer old example of an anchor from polonium poisoning in the u.k. the case remains unsolved and a sore on the side of russian british relations wanted once the main suspect to be extradited by russia has refused saying it's against the constitution to hand over citizens to foreign governments. because they have lines that started talks to heinz christian start a leader of the freedom party of austria he says that's the immigration policy is an expansion plans will eventually spell the end of the european idea. the far right freedom party lead

shelf a member of the egyptian foreign ministry and current candidate for the presidential elections thank you for your time. serious facing sanctions from the arab league as it's automated against the country's leadership expires within hours earlier this week the cairo baseball he suspended syria and promised tougher action if president bashar fails to end the violence at his middle east correspondent paula sli and says the noose is tightening around the syrian leaders neck. the arab league did say today saturday as the deadline for these two in authorities to respond to a peace plan proposal that is on the table now this proposal includes insisting that the syrian military was pulled from those areas where there has been and continues to be violence they're also making sanctions against the syrian president bashar al assad if he does not bring this violence under control now the latest word we have from the syrian authorities was one official speaking anonymously he spoke on friday and he said that in principle the syrian regime agreed to the proposal and typically the proposal by

the parliamentary election and start a long process. first it takes place for three months and six months after that. once the constitution isç written, a referendum. assuming the constitution passes, there will be presidentialstep down. it was assumed that yes, this would take place sometime in 2013, but as you can imagine with all of these different factors here, it could have gone on well beyond that. remember in egypt emergency law was put in after the assassination of sa dat, it's still in place. what we had was a definitive date and that's important saying yes, the presidential elections will take place in 2012 in the summer. if the fill hare takesis place, they do not believe that and they are still in the scare demanding an immediate transition. >> richard engle as ever, you stay safe. par are thank you. >> next, the true failure in d.c. but first, brian sullivan has the cnbc market wrap. >> thank you very much. not a huge move for the stock market and the dow jones down about 48 points as we speak. there was a downward revision of gdp and initially came in at about 2.5% and down to 2%. more news and headlines out of europe. kind of the same thing as far as europe goes. not so hot and stock market fa

of that ruling will be in either direction it's definitely to dominate the last stand of the presidential election i think it all depends on what the ruling is that either way it's either the supreme court goes the opposite direction this number leave a way inside this unconstitutional and we have to back up from there but most likely i think the supreme court will decide it's constitutional and then president obama can spend the last part of his month campaigning for reelection explaining even more as to why this law is so great for people and i think it's going to highlight for people the stakes in the presidential election because you know as it decides on the supreme court it's probably going to be a few openings coming up in the next four or five years given the age and health of everybody who's only when you stack the supreme court all the things people care about this remarkable man thanks so much really think you. who know so the supreme court will rule but one thing is for sure our nation can't make it much longer without true health care reform and by that i personally mean a single paye

trousers the military trained units no justice was going on in egypt but apparently it is they'll be parliamentary elections the end of november it looks like the military junta will postpone the presidential election until sometime in two thousand and thirteen in the interim it will maintain supreme power it will pick a prime minister it will have veto power but the whole clothes are in parliament. well throughout the arab spring protests his voice their troubles in various forms include logans and diners for some music has become the preferred means of protest yet he's discovered a politically charged song can easily backfire on the singer. they came onto the arab street in the millions inspired by the call for change he hopes for a better future struck a chord for all but it didn't take long before disappointment and fear sit in. times in the french revolution. but this time around it took even less in egypt the military will differ place mubarak doesn't only come from the old order but has been criticized for changing precious little in the lives of ordinary people know. the killed food. it's important and big and complex. to many. political parties. for artistic everywhere the music t

. >> let's remember the presidential election of 1992. ross perot got almost 19%. almost 19% of the vote in the 1992 presidential election. and he was the leading candidate before he went wacko -- chris: certifiable. he said the north koreans were running across his front lawn. >> the frontrunner through much of the summer. and i don't think bill clinton would have won that race if perot had not been in it. chris: there is a protest mood out there where people may not want to choose between obama and mitt romney. they would rather say i voted for john anderson. i voted -- maybe not petraeus but somebody like that. before we break another zast russ week for herman cain with that interminable pause over the libya question. and that pause followed rick perry deeply fatal pause in the g.o.p. debate last week. saturday night live mixed empathy and ridicule. >> the three departments i cut, education, the commerce -- trying to think. but my brain is just going -- [laughter] it is hot. yeah. this jacket, get out of it real quick. come here. come here, come here. >> it's ok.

law is so great for people and i think it's going to highlight for people the stakes in the presidential election because you know as it was on the supreme court it was probably going to be a few openings coming up in the next four or five years given the health of everybody was on it when the attack the court all the things people care about this remarkable man thanks so much for thank you good to see you. who knows how the supreme court will rule but one thing is for sure the nation can't make it much longer without true health care reform and by that i personally mean a single payer system state of vermont is on its way to an act in such a system as also as montana so other states follow suit every once and as access to medicare part d. for everyone. just. it's time for the good the bad and the very very surely ugly the good. makana the why guitars lead to good playing at the asian pacific economic cooperation forum in honolulu over the weekend and realizing he was in a room full of leaders including president obama and leave business interests in qana didn't let the opportunity go to waste do

they promised the presidential elections would be held by the end of june of next year. these are the live pictures from tahrir square, where thousands remain on the streets of central cairo. protestors will not move until all their demands have been met. we have the latest. >> they used to drum on the fences during the revolution as an alarm and now they're doing it again, because the protestors intake rir square believes the old regime lives on. the funeral of one of the dead came through the square this morning. the yung men fighting want to finish the job this time. many egyptians don't like the street violence but don't like the military and police trampling over human rights and the man they hate most is the head of the ruling military council. >> today, or tomorrow. you will see in two days. >> the field marshal appeared on egyptian tv defending the military and talking elections. >> i'm committed to holding parliamentary elections on time and to select a president by the end of june, 2012. >> before he spoke, they hanged his effagy from the traffic lights. bringi

the red planet that i started dot com. in south asserts here the election commission claims the former education minister . has won the presidential elections with a margin of sixteen percent she took more than fifty five percent of the votes if he's going to be rival minister of emergencies or torrent below his party says the vote was rigged accusation that calls the supreme court to halt the declaration of the final results until tomorrow is the region's first presidential election since russia recognize the sector as member pendent state two thousand and eight by georgia. so the international headlines in brief for you now. controversial treatment of nuclear waste has arrived at its final destination in northern germany despite a vast three day protest that ended in intense clashes forty's and you could activists through fireworks stones and paint police responded with a group to try and tear gas thirteen hundred arrests had been reported since the demonstrations began on friday you claim this true remains extremely unpopular in germany one of the many countries affected are disastrous fall out of the twenty six germany catastr

: judy woodruff reports on the growing generational divide among voters, one year before the presidential election. >> there are huge value differences between the youngest and oldest voters in the country, that almost seem baked in >> brown: gwen ifill talks with condoleezza rice about her new memoir on her time as secretary of state, including what she calls a creepy video made for her by former libyan leader moammar qaddafi. >> it was actually just scene after scene of me where vladimir putin or jintao but then set to this song black flower in the white house that he had written by libya's best composer, he said. >> warner: and we have another in our "economist film project" series. this one about the legal battle waged by an abused woman convicted and imprisoned in the murder of her boyfriend. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> computing surrounds us. sometimes it's obvious and sometimes it's very surprising where you find it. soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our lives in truly profound wa

nuclear watchdog mohamed el baradei is really going to give up his name on the ballot for the presidential elections to take over and run emergency government here in egypt people here on top here very supportive of that so in terms of the popularity of the muslim brotherhood in the support for al baradei back may be another situation where we see some kind of tension or clashes between those two factions there's a sense now that anything can happen at any moment it is fairly quiet we're expecting a much bigger marts throughout sunday and then into monday what happened here over the past week has really changed the game here easier people are furious and one september there were protests and people were still saying that nothing has changed the staff is just like mubarak and barak's people are still in positions and egypt has not seen its promise of democracy people now are much more determined to make things change and that's going to play into elections tomorrow in the sense of the security situation a lot of people are going to not vote not just because they feel like it's useless because they're

. >> < madeira and counting for the next presidential election. new poll shows americans are not very happy with the federal government. -- 12 months and counting for the next presidential election. >> and college students behind bars charged with killing another student. >> tracking cool temperatures, but we will warm up [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. juicy chicken, mare,ara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh. >>> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, pin state university is at the center of the sec's case. sexually abusing boys. two top official scheduled to surrender. >> a frostburg state university sits in jail charged with murdering her classmates. good morning, washington. it's monday, november 27. i am cynne simpson. >> i am greta kreuz. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. beautiful forecast from ad

. >> our key player playing a key play in the presidential election. >> hello again from fox news in washington. the republican presidential race intensified this week. for all of the ups and downs one candidate is staying steady. continuing our 2012 one on one series of interviews we are joined by congressman ron paul. >> nice to be here. >> the voting is now less than two months away. i want to put in recent polls. you are running third in iowa and 10 points behind cain and romney. and third in south carolina by about the same margin. we should point out you won the iowa straw poll yesterday and congratulations on that, sir. how do you expand your support? how do you go from being a respectable third to actually win it. >> one thing is, not by changing my message. i have had a message that is the same. the message is more appropriate every day. i have talked about our monetary system and spend debt and we are in the midst of a sea change because of the expansion of debt. we are on the hook. and we have a dollar reserve standard. it is in the news every single day. we spend too much

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the court could rule by june months before the presidential election. >>> the new prime minister of greeced he's determined to say in the eurozone, despite more bad news for his country. greece is said to get its deficit reduction this year, but staying in the eurozone. the federal reserve today boosted the odds of double dip recession. the odds next year are more than 50 because of the debt crisis. probability higher last year than at this point. the big spike today in the raid of itallian government. nasdaq fell 21. >>> a pair of former leukon joined twins. the conjoined twins, and when they will be able to come home. >> reporter: at the children's hospital today, doctors have given these now two separate 2- year-old twins a new life. >> it's now hard to believe that just two weeks ago, these girls, not sick, just different, underwent the nine hours of life changing surgery. born joined at the chest and stomach, always have the one in it and share the liver. >> i know in the future they have good future. normal. >> reporter: the medical team here headed by dr. gary hardman who now perfor

so this silence ahead of the spanish presidential elections and there are two main parties contending for the elections at the moment the socialist party which has been in spain right now and the people's party most analysts predict that the people's party will win a majority of the vote however over the past couple of days that we have been observing especially here in madrid who does not look like any party will actually with a majority vote and here's why the postcards have been springing up here and they're encouraging people to leave their vote basically that is music either the fact that people seem to have become disillusioned with any of the choices they made on their political table as a matter of fact the socialists have been in power for the last several years and they have been the people for essentially being blamed for not noticing the economic downturn for not reacting to the crisis properly and plunging spain to make sure i'm well now just a reminder the country has one of the highest employment rate in europe it's more than twenty four percent according to one of the

pro testers have been calling for the presidential election to be moved up. more than three dozen protesters have been killed in deadly clashes with security forces. >>> look at them go, so much for the ballgame. you're watching a ram take the field in miami. little leagues are were just a few of the many people who were a little surprised to see that guy avoiding capture for six long hours. nobody actually knows where it came from. after all the running the ram was finally worn out. >> took him a while. it's a hard animal to cancer but they do what they have to do -- to catch, but they do what they have to do. >> nobody got hurt. the ram is in the care of the spca. >> well, no running from this great weather we had this weekend, temperatures well above stephenal today, 72 degrees at national airport -- seasonal today, 72 degrees at national airport, 70 degrees at dulles and 71 degrees at bwi. it's still mild tonight, 63 dulles, 59 d.c., 59 degrees at baltimore, 63 at fredericksburg and 59 to the west at winchester. a lot of clouds rolling in and that's all a

after the presidential election. those cuts designed to be brutal, to force lawmakers to compromise. seems that strategy, if meant to work, did not. and now some are scrambling to see if they can figure out a way to stop those cuts before they take effect. president obama says no, you won't. >> all already, some in congress have r. trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts domestic violence and defense spending. there will be no easy off ramps on this one. >> shepard: and he blaming republicans for failing to get a deal done. before the president spoke, the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said not our fault. he released a statement that reads: in an the end an agreement proved impossible not because republicans were unwilling to compromise because democrats would not accept any proposal that did not expand the size and scope of government or punish job creators. well, there is plenty of blame to go around,

well believe it or not we are just about one year away from the presidential election and there is a growing movement in this country to have the system in which people are elected change the gallup poll from a few weeks ago that shows sixty two percent of people now support a constitutional amendment that would make the presidential race contingent simply on who won the popular vote with only thirty five percent in favor of keeping the current system with the electoral college i found this to be pretty interesting so we sent our adriano set on to talk to people i go to people on the streets of washington to hear what they think. as the twenty twelve campaign season continues full steam ahead it seems sixty two percent of americans are in favor of doing away with one alexion staple the electoral college so are the trustee mike hit the streets of d.c. to ask what you think it is a surprise me i think a lot of people also don't know what the electoral college is i think that's which is a bit of a problem that is sort of i think there needs to be change that the popular vote needs to be

the presidential elections won't be held until next june but that didn't stop presidential hopeful musef from mingling with voters. the former head of the arab league is thought to be the leading contender for the job. he's popular for his criticism of israel and the u.s.-led invasion of iraq. tina krauss, cbs news. >> just a third of egypt will cast ballots. results not known until mid-january. >>> one of the most powerful democrats on capitol hill is calling it quits. massachusetts congressman barney frank announced today he will not seek re-election to a 17th term in congress in 2012. frank is the senior democrat on the house financial services committee. he said he had originally planned to seek one more term but reconsidered because of redistricting. >>> new information emerged in the arrest of a state lawmaker, accused of shoplifting at neiman marcus. she was arrested last month accused of trying to steal several items. now we're learning a week earlier a woman matching her description tried on a dress that went missing later. when ayashi walked in the following week a clerk called

to the president's health care law and a ruling could be coming down just months before the presidential election supreme court collide, we know what could happen. whistle blower wendell potter joins me live. >>> plus, new allegations in the penn state sex abuse allegations. did they set sandusky free on an unsecured bail? where he allegedly picked his victims. if it's true, should the judge have recused herself from the case? it's our newsnation gut check. >>> alabama's new immigration law, the toughest in the nation, is the center of a bitter court fight that could stop the state from enacting the most controversial parts of the legislation. but even with an uncertain future, the law is already impacting immigrant communities and non-immigrant populations. a new look at tonight's "rock center" and she spoke to clint who opposes the law. >> this is just mean spirited. this is finding the most vulnerable people within a society, people who can't vote, most of them are women and children, or they have no political power, and so in a sense, it's like the blacks in 1963 who couldn't vote in alabama.

it cuts for the presidential elections within 90 days. tens of thousands demanding democratic changes if the end to the regime. >>> and take a look at this helicopter crash in new see it land. the chopper was trying to install a stage for a christmas tree when its blade got tangled in a cable. its tail broke off and crashed to the ground. you can see the pilot being pulled out of safety and carried away. amazingly he did escape without any serious injuries. >>> a small group of homeowners is suing the city of san pablo in connection with a landslide last march. the landslide which was triggered by heavy rains damaged at least seven homes on hillcrest road and wyman street. the suit names the city of san pablo and the street property owners as co-defendants claiming the design and maintenance of the drainage system contributed to the damage. city officials have not yet commented on that lawsuit. >>> was police officers versus firefighters for a good cause this morning in san francisco. officers faced off against the firefighters to see who

how politics has played an important role in washington especially the closer we get to the presidential elections. the most important thing is both democrats and republicans come together as mike and 100 other members and adding every single day to the list working together to make sure that our debt and deficit spending we have been having over the last decade doesn't continue. that we have a more sustainable path for our future and we put the next generation in a situation where they are not the strong pay everything. every dollar that we borrow he is a tax on the next generation. >> chris: so to answer my question he directly do you think that what the president is doing these days is constructive or no? >> it would be much more hopeful if the focus was on what he can do and the support can he give the supercommittee. the problem is the politics, if he supports one way that pushes some of my colleagues on the other side in the opposite direction. i think if one sense if he is on the sidelines and allow that the members of congress, the ranking file members to continue to grow in our numbers an