romney built a major lead among republicans and the gop infighting has been nasty and brutal. is he ready to take on president barack obama? and already focussing in on a november matchup and his campaign is depicting mitt romney as an out of touch millionaire. will that strategy pay off. i m wolf blitzer? i m wolf blitzer? you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we re also learning that george zimmerman, the shooter of trayvon martin, will be speaking publicly within the hour, maybe within the half hour, we are told, he s going to be speaking. we ll have live coverage of that and his first public comments on television. george zimmerman will be making a statement. we ll see what he has to say. that s coming up this hour as well, but let s get to the other breaking news we re following. rick santorum bows to reality and says the presidential race, as far as he s concern side over. with with the suspension of his campaign he leaves mitt romney the
possible iranian nuclear weapon. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. he s made a fortune stoking conservative passions while poking and proding at liberals and rush limbaugh has seen his share of controversies but this time it s different. the outrage he sparked when he called a conception advocate a slut and a prostitute has snowballed, one after the other and major advertisers are pulling their ads from his radio show and there s no sign that the uproar is dying down. lisa sylvester is working the story. what s the latest on rush limbaugh and all his advertisers? reporter: hi, wolf, we re up to at least eight advertisers walking away from the show. today on his radio show, limbaugh apologized for his choice of words but does he seem concerned about losing those advertisers? the answer is, no. thank you. reporter: the reaction was swift and fierce, advertisers are pulling spots from the rush limbaugh show including quicken loans and the latest aol wh
we begin with a developing story from afghanistan. at least two u.s. soldiers shot and killed inside the interior ministry in kabul. the taliban are claiming responsibility. they say this is retaliation for the burning of korans at a u.s. air base. anti-american protests over this incident have been intense, they have been deadly. four afghan civilians were killed today. now all military advisers for the international security forces are being pulled out now. we have the very latest on what we know. nic, what do we know? reporter: well, the most interesting thing is the gunman who is believed to be northwestern is still at large. these two american officers found in what we understand from an afghan senior policeman was a secure part of this government ministry. obviously deep concerns as to how the security breach happened and of course the taliban claiming responsibility. they do this reasonably often. sometimes they re right, sometimes they re just trying to get politica
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organization is interested in making sure that the government complies with the law just like the rest of us today and do and when epa violates the law like they did here we re going to hold their feet to the fire. reporter: the epa argued it posted all relevant information online making it accessible for scientific review but critics say that s not good enough and contend the rules are less about clean air, more about bushing smaller operators out of the way. jenna. jenna: claudia, thank you. jon: now an update on the story that has captivated britain, the remains of a young woman, discovered on the grounds of queen elizabeth s country estate, police say they suspect murder, and now they might know who the victim is. plus, a new warning for 2012. what a former cia director says about iran s growing threat to global security. or annuity over 10 or even 20 years?