did the testament have to confirm that all right let's move on to the next story here wolf blitzer god bless booklets or was talking to an atlanta radio host and he was asked during this interview what his proudest moment was and this is wolf blitzer right he's been around for a long time to even imagine all the people he's interviewed and all this time as well but he said that his proudest moment was when he was at the bt awards and he did the day so we decided that we just to have the proof of this to see what his proudest moment was and we found that it's not really that pretty. i'll give the best thing about this too is that later on he said this is proudest moment because it gave him street cred i don't think there's any who who does this gives three credit and i don't think there's anything wrong with his i think he was feeling very new because he grew up watching soul train and was very excited to be considered hip or invited to kind of do this dance that all the kids were there and i think he was just having fun i mean it is weird that he said it was this is when i was. like th

. >> anyway, here he is when wolf blitzer asked about the case of a 30-year-old who chooses not to buyealthcare and then goes into a coma. >> who is going to pay if he goes into a coma? who pays for that? >> in a society that you accept welfarism and socialism, he expects the government to take care of him. that's what freedom is about, taking your own risk. this whole idea that you have to prepare and take care of everybody. >> are you saying society will just let him die? >> he is giving up on this whole concept that we might take care of ourselves and assume responsibility for ourselves, our neighbors and friends and churches. >> you know what was amazing, that was anderson cooper yelling yea. he was mad because he was in the back shouting. >> he is a monster. he is a monster. >> probably wasn't him. who knows what it was? >> how do you think rick perry did? >> he is fine. he sounds to me like an imitation of will farrell doing a george w. bush imitation. that is off putting, but who cares about his accent. but once you get past the flash backs, they did fine. he didn't fall apart.

my friend, wolf blitzer, is going to head inside. a quick handshake, good luck, as you would say, be strong. it's a very important night, a consequential night for the country. let's show you that live picture inside the haul. eight republicans for president engaging in this debate. in recent days, a crackling debate about the 2012 presidential campaign. not only, and you'll hear it all night long, taking aim at president obama and his agenda, but we have playing out a fierce and an increasingly intense battle for the leadership, the heart and soul, the policy agenda and the philosophical approach of the republican party. watch these eight candidates tonight. we know the texas governor rick perry has emerged quickly as the front-runner. the massachusetts governor, the former governor of massachusetts, mitt romney, his lead challenger, number two. and then there's a break between the other candidates. if there is one other candidate who perhaps has the most to prove tonight, it is the minnesota congresswoman, michele bachmann. the tea

wolf blitzer is like the most boring guy in the planet so watching of the least trying you know there's always that point with any trend where you suddenly see your parents doing it i guess that's the end of it i feel like i was the moment for the dog like all right wolf blitzer is doing here is that it's all your sixty three year old figure is like years old and i think it's over. but it does you will never know when the right things are going to give all right so a couple weeks ago we did a story here on the show basically that abercrombie and fitch was asking the cast members of the jersey shore not to wear clothing any more they didn't like the image that was projecting even though as we discussed here i think abercrombie and fitch has a few wires mixed up or something they're a little confused because that's like that where abercrombie and fitch sorry that's exactly. the customer be there and see what i think will not cost kind of has a better taste what cost is asking anders breivik to not wear his clothes anymore because he was wearing it when he was on his way to interrogation i

wolf blitzer has been reporting from tampa, florida. been reporting outside, but the weather is a factor. we're going to give wolf a few seconds to get out of the rain for a little bit. in the meantime, continuing on with the news, just hours after challenging congress to act quickly on his $447 billion jobs plan, president obama today took his message on the road. these were duelling events, weren't they? >> it certainly seemed that way. but a white house official said the fact that the president was speaking in eric cantor's district, the fact that it was eric cantor's district played no role in picking the event site. that's what i was told. but it was striking. you did have the number two in the house talking jobs at this the concrete plant just a few hours after president obama, just 17 miles away from where the president told a supportive crowd of thousands that house republicans should get behind the plan he spelled out last night. >> everything in the american jobs act, everything in there is the kind of proposal that's been sup

i'm going to give the status to cnn and wolf blitzer. outstanding. >> it was a lot of fun. but you know, it's a lot of work and i just read a little blog about this at cnn.com/situationroom. it takes a village. i'm up there by myself with these eight candidates, but we practiced, rehearsed the production. the verge. we had a team helping prepare for possible questions. answers. you have to do a lot of homework going into a debate like this. the more you do, i did five presidential debates the last cycle four years ago, the more you realize it really is a difficult assignment. you're juggling a lot of balls. you're listening closely to what the candidates are saying, but starting to think about the next question you want to ask. if a candidate says anything negative about the others, you've got to give that candidate a chance to respond. things are moving very, very quickly and you want to be fair to eight people. some of who can are top tier, others not so much. but we want to give everyone a chance to make his or her point of view. not

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now, republican, rick perry, is trying to cover a lot of bases and burr niche his status as the front-runner. he's been reaching out to voters in a battleground state. a sign of confidence that his rivals are trying hard to tear down. jim acosta is covering perry's campaign in depth. he's joining us from richmond, virginia with the latest. >> wolf, the texas governor is not just running as a front-runn front-runner. he is running as a nominee and the rest of the world, all they could do is watch as rick rolls. >> governor of texas, rick perry. >> primaries, what primaries? rick perry is already running in virginia, a state that's much more crucial to the general election than to the republican nomination. >> i know it is time for a change in this country. when i'm talking about change, i'm not talking about the rhetoric of change. i'm talking about a record of change and i've got that record. >> perry gave

your former boss bill clinton, he talked to wolf blitzer today.now, this is not class warfare to say we're all going to have to pitch in here, everybody has to give a little, but those of us who gained the most and paid the least in the previous decade should do our part. >> explain just where you see the risk, mark. >> well, the risk really is that president obama got unprecedented support among those households making over $100,000, which was actually 26% of the electorate. so his coalition was the lowest income voters and the highest income voters. he's the first democrat probably to ever win the over 200,000 household which was a top 6%. he needs to bring this coalition together to win re-elections. he may have great poll sis and good policy points but he's sounding like a big taxer, he's sounding like he's moving to the left rather than embracing the vital center. it is not about one proposal, it's the way he's sounding to americans and the way he could be fracturing that coalition when he needs to bring it together in order to protect medica

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." checkpoint searches and an urgent scramble for intelligence. america, once again, faces a terror threat. this time, authorities say they have credible and specific information about a possible al qaeda plot tied to the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. the key focus, washington and new york. our national correspondent susan candiotti is joining us now. she's in new york. susan, i assume you can see the precautions under way this weekend in new york city. >> reporter: oh, absolutely. of course, security was already at a heightened state because of the importance of the particular anniversary. and now it's ramped up even more. so, yes, you can easily see a bigger police presence at train stations, at tunnels, on the streets, with bags being checked, with cars, all kinds of vehicles being checked, for explosives, the possibility of radioactive bombs as well. and this is all part of the plan of ramped up plan to make sure they're not going to miss anything throughout this weekend. bu

wolf blitzer asked him the question when it kales to the president's jobs bill.ifact lays it out. governor perry used the first stimulus bill in order to balance the texas budget. you can't stand on stage and condemn a bill you used money to help balance your own budget. when you talk about the question of tax cuts, you can't stand there and talk about as a republican, i love tax cuts. you can't even own up to the fact that 40% of the stimulus bill was tax cuts? a lot of the proposals, the  president put forth last thursday. tax cuts, at least own up to it versus avoid the question. that was a failure to many of the candidates to own up to tax cuts. >> is the president talking out of both sides of his mouth? >> i think when it comes to jobs, anyone in elected office -- let me get to what i think is the deeper dynamic underplay that's the fundamental split in the republican party being tested right now on this social security debate. that's where rick perry is trying to make social security a broader issue than just social security, because republicans are also a

you'll see it here tomorrow night with cnn's wolf blitzer moderating.cal team on television is in tampa getting ready for this debate monday night. cnn's don lemon, paul steinhauser and shannon travis all joining us live right now. good to see all of you in your beautiful baby blue. did you plan that? >> look at this, fred. can you believe it? >> that's pretty good. adds to the picturesque background. >> you all got the memo. >> it's sort of hot out here. >> yeah. we'll excuse you for losing the jackets. go ahead and loosen up the tie, don. i know you want to. let's talk about what we are likely to see. don, i know you have taken your newscast on the road this weekend. we saw you last night. you'll be there again tonight. why did you decide that this was one of those interesting pivotal or potentially pivotal debates in which to do so? >> besides the boss saying get on the road and get your butt down there. seriously, as you said, it is. it's pivotal and it's history. quite frankly, this is history. there's never been a republican tea party debate. and

guess that's the end of it i feel like that was the moment for the dog you were like all right wolf blitzer is doing here is the example you're sixty three years old there's like years old i think it's over. he will never know when the right thing and it all right so a couple weeks ago we did a story here on the show basically the abercrombie and fitch was asking the cast members of the jersey shore not to wear afrikaner clothing any more they didn't like the image that was projecting even though as we discussed here i think i have a calming fish has a few wires makes up or something they're a little confused because that's like trying to young kids that are coming thick sorry that's exactly. the customer but i think really costs kind of has a better taste of what cost is asking break to not wear his clothes any more because he was wearing it when he was on his way to interrogation in a picture and he also wrote about the fact that it was a space for brands in his manifesto there we have there we have pictures but he said his look costs have a case. i can certainly see why look cause i woul

and as we mentioned, our own wolf blitzer will be moderating that one. pentagon correspondent barbara starr will forever remember her birthday. it was her birthday in 2001. >> there was a pentagon policeman coming from that direction, running down this hallway yelling get out, get out. everybody get out. we've been hit. >> barbara will share her 9/11 memories there from the pentagon .apentago pentagon. and the foreshadowing call placed from flight 93 that crashed in this field in pennsylvania. >> my husband was taking a routine business trip to california and our new baby was just 11 weeks old. so i went'7" to my parents' house to get help with the baby. i sat down to nurse the baby and i turned on the television and i saw a plane hit the world trade center. jeremy had actually called before his plane took off, as he always did. and he had talked to my dad and everything was, you know, routine. and about, i guess, 9:27, 9:28 the phone rang and i was in the kitchen and my parents were in the living room, which is down a long hallway and i heard my mother

joining us with a preview is wolf blitzer.swirl for months around chris christie. >> don't hold your breath he's going to run. he almost certainly will not run. he's making it clear to his closest friends and relatives that he doesn't think he's ready to be president of the united states and as you know, when you say you're not ready to be president of the united states, it's going to be hard to walk that back. why would people vote for you if you yourself don't think you're ready to become the commander in chief of the united states of america. so, as much as a lot of republicans would like somebody else to jump in, apparently a lot of them are disappointed that rick perry hasn't lived up to the expectations that were built up for him, others simply don't like mitt romney and some of the other candidates so they were hoping for someone to come in from the outside. chris christie the governor of new jersey, only governor two years, he's almost certainly not going to run. but he is giving a big speech tonight at the reagan libr

we will all be tweeting at hash tag, cnn, wo wolf blitzer.f the gop contenders, flying high in the presidential polls. but is he taking a page from the political past? plus, audio recordings of jackie kennedy from 1964. they j just now been repleased. wait until you hear what the former first lady thought of martin luther king, jr., lbj. we will be right back. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, helps cover some of the medical expenses... not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively

top is not like that but you will think i don't know but said what you know i know what i mean wolf blitzer to actually question them on that when you congress says it's a silly idea what the knows anything about washington is you just have to modernize the economy will save hundreds of billions of dollars what the hell it is modernize the economy i mean right i mean far be it for me to defend wolf blitzer i think he can defend himself i you know it one of the hard things about these debates years so many candidates on stage it's sort of hard to get right to a chance specially someone like newt gingrich who literally is not going to win that nomination so really giving him more time to explain maybe you would take time away from more rick perry talking about texas but i do understand you're saying i mean i think that there is more that needs to be asked of these candidates and talk about the stuff that michele bachmann is the queen of the one liners with the stuff i deserve you know we're going to you know we're going to repeal obamacare we're going to fix gas prices are going to bring them

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(laughter) speaking of qualified for nothing, wolf blitzer. (laughter) last night, wolf hosted a cnn tea party presidential debate where he tried to ambush ron paul by asking whether society should pay for someone in a coma who doesn't have insurance. >> that's what freedom is all about, taking your own risks. this whole idea that you have to prepare and take care of everybody... (cheers and applause) >> are you saying that society should just let him die? >> no... >> yes! >> yes! >> stephen: yeah! (laughter) i say we personally tell that stupid coma guy to suck it! (laughter) in morse code hand squeezes. oh, they're in there. (laughter) of course, this is stone-hearted realism and it's a proven crowd pleaser at g.o.p. debates. >> governor perry, question about texas. your state has executed 234 death row inmates, more than any other governor in modern times. have you... (applause) >> stephen: what! what! whoo! 234! he's the barry bonds of executions! (laughter) oh, god, oh, god, you know what? i hope perry hasn't been juicing. i would hate for

that's it for me. >>> now to wolf blitzer,

let's fo to wolf blitzer.u get to do a lot of things, but i've been to that ceremony a couple of times in new york. i saw prince, jackson brown. you ever been? >> i want to go. when is the next one? >> next april. you want to go with me? >> definitely. is that in new york or cleveland? >> it's moved to cleveland. >> that's what i thought. ever been to krooefld? >> you got me. i've never been. >> it's nice. we're going to go rock and roll in cleveland. >> good deal. they'll let us in. >> hermann cane, we're going the talk to him at the top of the hour. he's got a lot on his mind. he's got momentum after the surprising win in florida straw poll. other polls he's doing well as well i should say, also in the 6:00 p.m. eastern hour, we have a special interview with the foreign minister of afghanistan. we're spending $2 billion a week, more than $100 billion a year in afghanistan. is that money well spent? should it be spent here in the united states? we got tough questions for the foreign minister of afghanistan. h

i'm wolf blitzer at the u.n. you're in the situation room. >>> you're looking at live picture from the united nations. where all eyes right now are on this year's general assembly. president obama and the first lady, michele bachmann, expected to arrive in new york only minutes from now. at issue for the united states and much of the world this week, a showdown over the middle east. the palestinian authority president vowing to submit a formal application for statehood to the united nation's security council. it could have serious implications for the u.s. relationships with iz real and the arab world. much more on this part of the story coming up. >>> let's get to the president's plan it slash trillions of dollars through the national debt. a plan he says will do the right thing. >> either we ask the wealthiest americanes it pay their fair share of taxes or asking seniors to pay more thor medicare. we can't afford do both. either we gut education and medical research or we've got to reform the tax code so that m

just after the break, our wolf blitzer and special coverage of the president's speech, next. an investment lacks discipline, it's never this obvious. introducing investment discipline etfs from russell. visit russelletfs.com r a prospectus, containing the investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses and other information. read and consider it carefully before investing. [ male ] using clean american fuel is just a pipe dream. ♪ [ female announcer ] we're rolling away misperceptions about energy independence. did you know that today about a quarter of all new transit buses use clean, american natural gas? we have more natural gas than saudi arabia has oil. so how come we're not using it even more? start a conversation about using more natural gas vehicles in your community. >>> good morn, i'm wolf blitzer in new york. we want to welcome you to our special coverage of president obama's special address to the united nations. we want to emphasize just how extraordinary and how diplomatically delicate this speech by the president of the united states will be. he will face diffe

now to wolf blitzer in "the situation room" starts right now. >> thanks, very much happening right now. the gop battle for the white house. eating up here in tampa, florida. just three hours away from hearing eight presidential candidates go ahead it head. they will join me on cnn's first ever tea party republican presidential debate. can the texas governor rick perry maintain his growing lead in the polls despite a highly controversial stance on social security? or will mitt romney come from behind and once again, seize the top spot? >>> is it too late for michele bachmann? standing by with complete coverage and analysis. >>> meanwhile, in washington, president obama scrambling to defeat them all and save the ailing economy before time runs out. but there are new signs in congress his blueprint for recovery could be dead on arrival. i'm wolf blitzer in tampa, here in "the situation room." >>> we're just three hours away from what's going to be a critical potentially make or break moment for some of the republican can dates hoping to be the next president of the united states. meanwhil

check in with wolf blitzer.hings, new republican poll numbers and of course, speaker boehner's job plan. wolf? >> brooke, it's very interesting that if you listen to what john boehner had to say, he has major disagreements on the jobs initiative from the president. but he also said it's time for everyone to work together. let me play a little clip of what the speaker had to say. >> there are some in both parties who would frankly rather do nothing. they would prefer to sit this out and wait to be dealt a better hand down the road after the next election. you know, the old kicking the can down the road. guess what? that's not what i was selected to do. and i know what the hand is that we've been dealt and instead of ducking from the challenge, we need to rise to the occasion and liberate our economy from the shackles that this government put on us. i'm ready. i think for the sake of our country and our economy, i hope all of us are ready. >> you hear i similar message from the president. he says, forget about pol

wolf blitzer is doing it. i just saw wolf a couple of minutes ago. he's here.ying back to d.c. to host our coverage from the pentagon tomorrow. then he's coming back here to do this on monday. >> we're going to look forward to that. and we'll watch you this evening as well when you're bringing the "newsroom" to tampa. see you then, thanks so much, don. >> reporter: all right, fred. >> i'm going to call central casting now for you. be sure to tune in monday night as cnn, the tea party express and other tea party groups co-host the cnn republican debate. that's monday, 8:00 eastern. >>> action, drama and thrills at the movies this weekend. two new films, "contagion" and "warrior" are in theaters. but are they worth your bucks? let's talk about this "contagion," the trailers are thrilling, all-star cast, gwyneth paltrow, kate winslet, matt damon, jude law. >> and cnn's own sanjay gupta makes an appearance. >> that's right. he's in it, too. this is centering about an outbreak of some deadly disease, right? >> yes. pardon me -- no, just kidding. >> hope you're feeli

i thought wolf blitzer did a good job honing in on the questions. he was basically asking the questions. the voters were setting the themes for the questions. the majority of the questions in that debate were asked by wolf little bitter, not voters. >> and following up on tea party questions as well. >>> want to turn now to a moment that got a lot of play. that was michele bachmann. we want to show you what she said in the debate about something rick perry did in texas regarding vaccines against cervical cancer and the next morning she was on "today." we'll take a look at matt lauer's question. take a look. >> i'm a mom of three children. to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. little girls who have a negative reaction to this potentially dangerous drug don't get a mulligan. >> do you feel he placed the health and safety of young girls in the state of texas behind or below the need for campaign funds? >> well, i will tell you that i had a mother last night

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i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." sparking stiff opposition and controversy. there's deep concern it could lead to a communications breakdown, interfering with everything from aviation to the u.s. military, as well as some serious new questions about whether political contributions helped pave the way for the company to proceed. we're getting new information, lisa sylvester's been investigating this story for us. lisa, what is going on? n. this particular case. >> lightsquared is a company, many may not have heard of before, but the company wants to create a whole new broadband network. billions are on the line here for the company. their proposal hasn't been given a complete green light but it hasn't been killed either. one watch dog group says the company's influence in washington may have played a role. >> drive one -- >> reporter: gps is used to help math map your destination, used in commercial aviation and by the military to guide missiles. because of gps, a company called lightsquared is at the center of a cont

take the pain out of arthritis. >>> all right, our own wolf blitzer just wrapped up with an interviewdick cheney, apparently this wide ranging interview as you can see from wolf's tweet, just taped with dick cheney good exchanges on t.a.r.p., saddam, bin laden his mistakes, heart legacy and more. wolf asked the former vice president about the effects of america going to war in iraq. here he is. >> i'm concerned that when all the dust settles in iraq, and the u.s. troops pull out, supposedly by the end of this year, although there may be a residual number of some troops left, when all the dust settles, the shiite-led regime in iraq of nuri al maliki will be a partner of iran and syria, nuri al maliki supported ba shbashar al, is that why the u.s. went to war? >> first you're constructing a worst case scenario. i don't think it's going to happen? >> you think there will be a democracy? >> i think the iraqis will in fact be somebody we can work with on a regular basis that they will have a rudimentary democracy, if you will, and i think it will be a success. >> so when they support basha

you're giving wolf blitzer a run for your money.ee you on "360," on hln. >> i may show up in tampa. >> we'd love to have you. with eight people on the stage, we could use your help. susan, thank you very much. >>> eight gop contenders will take the stage at monday's cnn republican debate. two frontrunners hope to build on their leads while the other six try to make some noise. cnn's senior political editor mark preston joins me with a preview. he's back. you abandoned me, man. where have you been? >> last time we saw each other it was in new hampshire. >> listen, what should we expect? here's what all the pundits are saying -- it's a two-person race, it's going to be perry and romney. but bachmann won the straw poll. >> she did. but she won the straw poll on the same day that rick perry decided to announce he was running for president. by doing that, he took all the wind out of her sails. probably the person who has the most on the line monday night is going to be michele bachmann. this is supposed to be her constituency. the tea pa

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." . the message this week, jobs. the message next week, jobs. president obama has been relentlessly pushing his jobs bill in washington and on the road. sometimes on his top rival's home turf. our white house correspond is following all the developments for us. is the president taking a more aggressive tone right now? >> reporter: wolf, there's no doubt about it. remember during the bruising debt ceiling battle where he was negotiating with top republicans and democrats, the president positioned himself very much as the grown-up in the room, the reasonable one, something that the president's advisors thought would help him appeal to the independent voters that he needs if he's going to win relection next year. we're seeing a very different tact now. a very aggressive tact, especially after the president saw dismal approval ratings following that bruising debt ceiling battle. we've seen the president taking his message to the home turf, as you mentioned, of his rivals and calling them out by name. we saw that this pas

wolf blitzer is at the pentagon.anhattan. soledad, a different ceremony you are witnessing today but extremely emotional, as well, for the hundreds of firefighters who attended, thousands, probably, to honor the more than 340 firefighters who lost their lives during 9/11. >> reporter: yeah. you know, they really wanted the event today here at 100th and riverside to be not about speeches and not about politicians. they told me that several times. they said this is about firemen, firefighters honoring firefighters and remembering firefighters. and so that's what they did. they had a simple and very beautiful ceremony, and it was not punctuated by anyone talking or anything other than people just really ek pressing their remarkable support for the heroic actions of the 343 firefighters who lost their lives on that day. the last ten years they've come to this firefighters memorial to hold, you know, a kind of mostly sort of private event, really, just for firefighters and their families. and they say they'll be back agai

[laughter] and folks, i was blinding sided, blind sided when something wolf blitzer said actually informed me. jim? >> governor perry, as you well know, you signed an executive order requiring little girls, 11 and 12-year-old girls to get a vaccine to deal with a sexually transmitted disease that could lead to cervical cancer. >> i'm a mom, and i'm a mom of three children. and to have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. i'm offended for all the little girls and the parents that didn't have a choice. >> stephen: bachmann, of course, always strongly pro-choice, as long as that choice is cervical cancer. besides, we all know, folks, we all know... [cheering and applause] we all know what getting this vaccination is going to lead. to >> some conservatives think that by giving a young girl this vaccination, it encourages her to have premarital sex. >> i don't know. i have four daughters. and if i said to my daughter, look, you're going to get a shot, this is to prevent you from getting sick from when you a

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i've covered dick cheney for many years as a defense secretary and certainly as vice president of the united states. today i found him to be very much the same as i always knew him, steadfast in his views, unapologetic for doing what he believed, and still believes is right. i interviewed cheney here in los angeles earlier today. your biggest regret as it relates to your time in office? >> i covered 40 years. >> the eight years you were vice president. >> i think as a general proposition on the big decisions i think we got it right. i worked for george bush, proud to have worked for him. i think a lot of the most controversial things that we did that people didn't like, and criticized us for, things like the terrorist surveillance program or enhanced interrogation techniques were things that allowed us to save lives, and the net result, the value of our policies is best evaluated in terms of the fact that after 9/11, there were no further mass casua

smart move to attract latino voters in important states in 2012. >>> wolf blitzer, i was impressed that governor perry didn't back off even from the not popular. like the immigration issue allowing children of illegal immigrants in the united states to get the instate tuition. on the vaccine he didn't really back away from that. on social security. when he takes a position, he's willing to stand up for that. i thought that was fascinating. he wasn't willing to back away from that. >>> john king, the importance of this tonight? >> this debate is going to help us understand anderson, in a very important way, just what republican voters are looking for. governor perry's answer you played there, the boos on immigration, his position on hpv which he says he wouldn't do again. out of step especially with tea party states rights voters. is that enough to chip away his lead in the poll? do they think, he's out of step with us on conservative issues or do they view him as the best candidate to go up against president obama and therefore, they're willing to forgive or forget some policy differenc

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> there is little to celebrate this labor day weekend here in the united states for millions of americans who want to be working, but simply can't find a job. and there's no comfort for them in the government's latest labor report, which shows the economy basically added no jobs in august, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at a dismal 9.1%. it all puts even more pressure on president obama as he gets ready to unveil his highly anticipated jobs plan later this coming week. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now with details of what potentially we could expect. you're digging, jessica. what are you finding out? >> reporter: wolf, this plan is likely to focus on jump-starting short-term jobs growth with some longer term infrastructure investment. now, that means government spending, which democrats consider essential, but republicans are sure to attack as more stimulus. even during a speech to the american legion in mi

wolf blitzer will be the moderator.ut 1,000 people in our audience on monday night and about 100 or so will be down here in the red zone asking questions. we're also going to take questions from some of our tea party watch party in virginia, arizona and ohio. don't forget, you guys at home can also participate with our social media component. ask questions via twitter, facebook and cnn.com. >> reporter: so, fred, really, truly, a historic debate. a first of its kind. cnn tea party republican debate. >> okay. so why is the location of this debate significant? i must say looks like a postcard, a painting behind you. >> reporter: isn't that beautiful? you know it's important if you bring to boston, we brought the cnn election express. a big deal. see there the main gate at the florida state fairgrounds. just outside of tampa, florida. the first debate in florida. that's also interesting. we've seen debates in south carolina, iowa and new hampshire, the first states that vote in the primary and caucus. florida is probably g

let me get your reaction first, sir, to when wolf blitzer asked you -- he said, would you just let him could hear some clearly yelling out "yeah," and aplauing, yes, we should let him die. what is your reaction to people in the crowd having that attitude? >> no, i can't -- you know, it's so overly simplified to do -- to explain a fill u philosophy on how you -- explain a philosophy on how you care for people in 30 or 60 seconds. all i know is if you compare good medical compare and compare famine, the countries that are more social stick have more famines. if you look at africa, they don't have any free market systems and property rights. and they have famines and no medical care. so the freer the system, the better the health care. and for somebody to turn around and say there's one individual who didn't have this care, you know, all of a sudden you hate people and you're going to let them die? i spent a lifetime in medicine. to turn that around like that is foolish. and besides, i -- and tried to explain that, and i practiced medicine in a time when we didn't have government dependen