three of the four gop presidential candidates took their turns trying to woo the crowd. plus, sarah palin talks today. will she officially endorse anyone? we ll check on reynolds wolf. an avalanche rescue dog had to dig him out on the slopes. we ll explain. syria is in a state of crisis, a steady stream of new video is coming into cnn as the city of homs is under attack. take a listen. [ gunfire ] the scene is disturbing. just yesterday, 110 people were killed, most of them civilians. we cannot verify the authenticity of these videos, but we have heard from antigovernment activists who say if they don t receive help, they will kill millions. most is in homs but spreading to other areas. stay with cnn throughout the morning. the cias website is back up this morning after hackers took it down. a group known as anonymous claimed responsibility. they may have attacked the website run by the state of alabama. personal data of more than 46,000 people was compromised. the hacker
it s x factor this year because there s a game changer now in the santorum momentum that s happening reet now and cpac is a very dynamic place. if a person has a speech that takes over the place, it could change everything. i was at the straw poll, the florida straw poll about three months ago when herman cain won. and that surprised everybody. and that started his momentum going forward until the herman cain implosion occurred. and i think that right now rick santorum has a unique opportunity to gain unprecedented momentum because mitt romney has chosen not to connect with the conservative grass roots. the tea party right, so mitt romney is going to give a speech but he s also met with conservatives because of all those things that you say. he s kind of getting in to get a one-on-one message here sort of private meetings. and then, number two, rick soon santorum has to deliver a message that leverages off the momentum. how does he do that? well, this crowd yesterday wh
her mother looks for her fallen son in makeshift morgue. there are more coming home. god help us. buildings burned to the core. mortar shell litter street with the destruction they cause. both sides claim the other attack the oil refinery. setting it on fire. syrian state tv went on the offensive broadcasting stories of living at home, allegedly attacked by antigovernment militants. we request the intervention of the army to protect us from the gang, said this man. as the european union today announced sanctions against bashar assad s regime, in moscow, vladimir putin stood by his long-time ally and told the world to keep out of syria s internal affairs. the white house spokesman warned that the supporters are making a bad choice. many in the line of fire
her mother looks for her fallen son in makeshift morgue. there are more coming home. god help us. buildings burned to the core. mortar shell litter street with the destruction they cause. both sides claim the other attack the oil refinery. setting it on fire. syrian state tv went on the offensive broadcasting stories of living at home, allegedly attacked by antigovernment militants. we request the intervention of the army to protect us from the gang, said this man. as the european union today announced sanctions against bashar assad s regime, in moscow, vladimir putin stood by his long-time ally and told the world to keep out of syria s internal affairs. the white house spokesman warned that the supporters are making a bad choice. many in the line of fire
deadly string of assassinations. and the first lady of the united states reacting to a controversial new book about the obama white house, saying she s not the stereotype of, quote, some angry black woman. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. with back-to-back wins in iowa and new hampshire, mitt romney has now done what no other republican incumbent candidate has ever done, once again no republican candidate except, i should say, for a sitting president. romney, of course, wants to be sitting in the white house next year, but that road leads through south carolina. that s the next primary state in ten days. his opponents are digging trenches and putting up barricades there in an all-out effort to halt his momentum. south carolina has a representation for rough and tumble primary and for picking winners. jim accost ha has the latest. jim? reporter: if only the south carolina primary could be tomorrow for mitt romney, it s going to be potentially a brutal te