at the same time, officer malcolm tipton reaches the scene. with his taser locked and loaded. >> as i got abou tmr. german toe a clear shot. >> tipton lets loose the barbs and zaps german with a direct hit. >> lie the [ bleep ] on your stomach. >> tipton lets loose the barbs and zaps german with a direct hit. >> the officers cuff and arrest german. >> paramedics arrive at the scene to treat officer deaton. >> my adrenaline was still rushing. i saw all this blood that was on me and at this time i could see it was dripping off my nose. >> deaton's nose has been sliced open from one of german's punches. in the safety of the ambulance, the officer realizes the severity of the attack. >> realized, man, this is for real. this guy was really trying to take me out. luckily i'm still here and i started thinking of my wife and kid. good thing was, i was on the better side of it, even though i did get injured. >> and his injuries are significant. >> basically, i had to have reconstructive surgery on my whole eye socket. he broke the bone here, broke my t

and it will be determined in places like the fire station, the courthouse basement in tipton, iowa, tens of thousands of people voting in places just like that to cast their caucus votes. here is how it works. thousands of registered republicans gather in the caucus centers. it is about less than 5% of the population of iowa that shows us for those. at 7:00 p.m. local time, the speeches begin. the candidates can speak or they can have representatives do the talking for them. a lot of the larger ones, though the candidates show up themselves for those. then, the folks who have attended these caucuses get to put the name of the candidate they want on a piece of paper. then somebody counts the pieces of paper. they count the republican office in iowa. that's it. celebrations for the winners and the losers look ahead. go east, young man, go east to new hampshire. and woman. >>> coming up, we've got the candidates uninterrupted, not just the sound bites. here you will hear candy crowley live in iowa for the contenders 2012. that starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and it is expected to be pretty

snow is accumulating and icy bridges being reported in tipton, tennessee. 2 to 6 inches in spots potentiallyight now it's all rain. temperatures in the metros near 60 from d.c. to new york city. we'll keep it as rain throughout the day today. but they turn it to snow tonight and tomorrow. there's your accumulation. if you are traveling today, d.c., philly, the usual spots will likely see over one-hour delays, alec baldwin if you plan on getting on a plane today, that was for you. >> i'm sure he appreciates that. >> i do love him in "30 rock." it doesn't deter my fanship him. >> he's a funny man but he has a temper. thank you, rob. >>> new developments in the penn state sex abuse scandal. a 19-year-old man has come forward with new allegations that former assist and the football coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12. this accuser claims that sandusky gave him alcohol first. patriot news reporter sara ghannam broke the story. >> what he's saying is slightly different than what the other accusers have said. this is why. he said he was a second mile camper staying at se

tipton, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. corzine, for joining us. would like to follow up on a comment that congressman scott just made. ten days prior to the debacle, moody's and fitch had had mf global rated as investment grade. was that a good decision ten days prior? >> the rating agencies, um, from -- >> from your knowledge of the company, was that a good assessment by moody's and fitch that you were investment grade? >> um, certainly the facts after, after wards don't make that look effective as an assessment. but at the time that they had last reviewed and were intending to review around our quarterly earnings announcement, at least several of them had put new assessment directions into the works. >> it was assessment, so it was probably a poor one. i wanted to follow up on a comment that you made earlier in questioning saying on october 30th, and it was in regards to the comingling of assets. you had thrown out the statement that we've got to find the money. was that your statement? was it the corporate mentality? >> it was all of you. >> it

tipton for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to follow-up on a comment congressman scott just made. ten days prior to the debacle, mf global had lowered its investment grade. was that a good decision ten days prior? >> the rating agencies from -- >> to your knowledge of the company, was that a good assessment by moody and fitch you were assessment grade? >> certainly the facts afterwards don't make that look effective as an assessment, but at the time that they had last reviewed and were intended to review around our quarterly earnings announcement, at least several of them had put new assessment directions into the works. >> it was probably a poor assessment. i wanted to follow-up on a comment that you made earlier in questioning saying on october 30th in regards to the comingle ing of assets saying we got to find the money. was that your statement? was what the corporate mentality? >> it was all of us. >> it was all of you. >> everyone felt an obligation to get the books reconciled. >> wherever it was, had to be able to

tipton: i thank the gentleman for yielding. our colleague on the democrat side is citing the amount of tax increase that americans will have inflicted on them. that's what we're talking about as well. we have an opportunity here, mr. speaker, to stand up today for the american people and a very clear choice. two months or 12 months. easy math. we talk about waiting till february. it will be followed by march. the same challenges affecting the american people right now will be present then. this is our opportunity as a legislative body to stand up for a change rather than politics as usual. we can't afford to let them down. the american people, american business, american seniors deserve some certainty. certainty that we can provide. out of this house we passed bipartisan legislation. the senate passed their version. it now needs to go to conference so the american people can be better served. this issue is not one that we should be debating but one we should be standing together as republicans and democrats because this isn't a

and a fair stigs and a community center and the courthouse basement in tipton, iowa. caucus votes. here's how it works. as many as 150,000 registered republicans gather at caucus centers. less than 5% of the population in iowa, though. about 800 caucus sites, and then at 7:00 p.m. local time, the fun begins. the speeches, representatives can speak to themselves, sometimes they have folks coming in and talk for them. anybody can do that, and then after that, in most places, they pass out little chips of paper and people can write down the name of the candidate that they want. and then those get handed in, they tally them up and then goes the phone calls made to the republican director and they tell them. here's who won. however, they are not bound by that, which is kind of interesting. >>> and winners celebrate, losers, there's new hampshire. that's more important, and that continues. >>> a monkey of all things stolen from the san francisco zoo. police are investigating. zookeepers worried. the public entertained by twitter account. sound strange? it is. we'll explain.

tipton's bill by voice vote. this commonsense bill opens eligibility to, quote, a woman who filled the role of both mother, adopted mother, step mother, foster mother, grandmother or legal guardian, unquote, to a current member of the armed forces or to a child who has served at any time. to be eligible, the mother will not have to reside in the united states as long as she is a u.s. citizen. i urge my colleagues to support this bill, to help enable the blue star mothers to continue their wonderful work. with that i'd reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. cohen: thank you, madam speaker. the senate version of h.r. 2813 is another bipartisan bill to reserve the federal charter of the blue star mothers of america. the revisions implemented by the legislation is once again reflecting minor changes. the blue sister mothers has been a federally chartered organization since 1960. existing charter has three ways, a, members must b

tipton, for five minutes. mr. tipton: thank you, mr. speaker. yesterday, legislation that i sponsored along with senator michael bennett from colorado passed the house floor. this bill for the blue star mothers of america updated their congressional charter for the modern era. mr. speaker, i am privileged today, particularly on this day, as we commemorate the attack on pearl harbor 70 years ago, to be able to rise to honor the blue star mothers of america. people, women of america who've been providing much-needed assistance to our nation's active duty service men and women, veterans and military families since 1942. founded during the height of world war ii, the blue star mothers are a nonpartisan veterans' service organization composed of mothers of current and former service members. today, over 5,000 dedicated women perform a wide variety of important volunteer services for our troops, providing transportation, supplies, food and emotional support. more than 225 local chapters across the united states carry out the mission of supporting our