Battle of the Surrogates in Wisconsin
WHITFIELD: All right. Checking today's top stories, protesters are out in force in Cairo, outraged that former President, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will not be put to death for the death of protesters during last year's revolution. This was the scene inside the courtroom when the judge announced Mubarak will get life in prison. Mubarak's two sons and six former aides were acquitted of charges during the same court proceeding. The head of the Arab League says audacious steps are needed to protect civilians in Syria. The league met on the crisis today in Qatar. U.N. envoy Kofi Annan says the Syrian government is responsible for stopping the violence, not U.N. monitors. And he told ministers that he recently urged Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to make radical changes. And now to a heated political battle right here in the U.S. Wisconsin voters head to the polls Tuesday to decide whether to vote Republican Governor Scott Walker out of office and put a Democrat in his place. The recall election is drawing big name politicians to that state. Chris Welch joins us live now from Racine, Wisconsin. So, Chris, who made this vote a priority this weekend?</s>CHRIS WELCH, CNN CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Fred. As you alluded to, this really has become sort of a battle between surrogates. I am at a Racine Tea Party event here. Tea Partiers have been a big supporter of Governor Scott Walker, who, as you know, being recalled. But here at this Tea Party, we've got RNC, Republican National Committee, Chairman Reince Priebus. He is speaking. And yesterday we saw a heavy hitter on the other side of things. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is running against Governor Walker, and yesterday we saw former President Bill Clinton, really the heaviest of heavy hitters. But a lot of the folks on the Republican side are using that to attack that President Obama is not here. I caught up with Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch last night. She's also being recalled. Here is what she said.</s>LT. GOV. REBECCA KLEEFISCH, R-WIS.: What's more obvious is that the president himself, the current president, is not in town. And that to me speaks volume, his absence. I think what it says specifically is that the president doesn't want to be associated with a losing campaign. And Tom Barrett's campaign right now doesn't have a whole lot of facts to stand on.</s>WELCH: So you know, as you can see, this is really turning into the battle of surrogates, as we alluded to. Now, we did reach out to the Obama election campaign. They would not give an official reaction to the lieutenant governor's comments, but they did say that, you know what, President Obama has put his support behind Milwaukee's mayor who is running against Governor Walker. The DNC pledged money and campaign efforts. Even though he's not here, they are putting time and effort in.</s>WHITFIELD: So, Chris, what do the latest polls say about what could potentially happen come Tuesday?</s>WELCH: Most of the public polls have put Governor Scott Walker with a slight single digit lead over his opponent. Now, that said, on the other side--</s>WHITFIELD: Uh-oh.</s>WELCH: This really is going to be a dead heat.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks so much, Chris. I think we got your point there. Signal is breaking up a little bit, but appreciate that from Racine, Wisconsin. Can your boss force you to be weighed at work? Two former waitresses claim that's what's happening to them. And now they are suing. Our legal guys will break down this case straight ahead.