and the national transportation safety board investigating a small plane crash that killed two people sunday on new york s long island. the single engine plane crashed on a residential street. one person survived. jenna: united airlines doing some serious damage control after three, three emergency landings over the weekend. the incidents left hundreds of people stranded and left many wondering about the safety of united s fleet. it s sort of an on just yes. patti ann is live with more. reporter: that s right, jenna, the spotlight is on united s maintenance after the three emergency landings in one weekend. on saturday night united flight 96 to berlin returned to newark liberty airport in new jersey two to problems with the left engine. united flight 409 also out of newark returned to the airport after the crew, quote experienced an unusual smell in the cockpit according to an airline spokesman. it was headed nor seattle. united flight 1144 out of george
convention. the texas congressman will join us live this hour. we ll talk about his presidential hopes and the 2012 election. and if you re fuming about surprise credit card fees or lousy service, there s now a place where you can share your complaints with the entire world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is just coming in to the the situation room right now. take a look at this. wow. it s a huge, huge crowd that has gathered at tahrir square in cairo. tens of thousands of people back at the site where last year s revolution started. the demonstrators are protesting the moves made by the egyptian military leadership, which they say could hurt the presidential election results. also, only moments ago we have confirmed that the former president of egypt, hosni mubarak, has suffered a stroke. that according to officials in egypt. his heart apparently has stopped. but it was revived. he needed critical condition care. he has received it. we re monito
but my sense is that one of them involves this long general election. is the public losing interest in the way we cover the presidential campaign? the justice department is investigating national security leaks to the new york times and critics blame the obama team for spilling some of the secrets that put the administration in a favorable light. a firestorm today as republicans claim the white house has been leaking national security secrets to the press, to make president obama look good. david sanger, the author of one of those stories, will be here. plus walter cronkite was the most trusted man in america. and that s the way it is, friday, march 6th, 1981. but sometimes he did things that were rather untrustworthy. would that have gotten him fired today? we ll ask his biographer, doug brinkley. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. remember when the republican primaries were going strong and we all bounced from bachmann to trump to perry to cain an
of that stuff, and by the way, you asked a question, how does this happen? it is a very good question. i did some research while you were talking. there is no explanation as to how it happened so we are moving on to the next story. and by the way, romney hit the magical number of delegates he needed for getting the republican nomination. anybody care to tell me how many delegates that is? 1140? it is 1,144. that s right. what do i win? you win another guest appearance on red eye. anthony, i am going to read you a quote and you tell us who said this. tonight after millions of dollars spent and after years of support against one of the weakest fields in history, mitt romney has finally
good! really? it looks good? we got up at 2:00 in the morning. it s lunch time for the most part. let s not let mayor bloomberg drop by, we re giving away donuts because it s the 75th anniversary of national donut day. we have entemann s, dunkin donuts and krispy kreme handing out free ones outside on our plaza. the president of the united states, we know how we re go to review it, too, brought in 43 and 44 together in the emotional ceremony. what about the person that wants to be president? mitt romney. he sat down for an interview after he officially got the nomination and went over the 1144 mark and he did it with cbs at which time he got this question. what grade would you give president obama? oh, an f. there s no question about that. across the board? across the board. even despite the killing of usama bin laden and i look at what s happening in the middle east, the arab spring has become the arab winter. that s hardly a success and, of course, domestically,