van careened through this pedestrian street cutting down tourists and locals. a moment frozen in time for those who survived. a moment they expected to die. authorities say it could have been so much worse. the sign simply reads, pray for barcelona. most tell us they were placing themselves for some sort of attack, hardly lessening the shock, sorrow or impact. this now say they believe that this terror assault was likely planning something, using massive explosive power. not just vehicles as a weapon. this is the working hypothesis. that explosives be being prepared in a house somewhere 150 miles from barcelona. on wednesday the house was destroyed in a massive blast. the police chief says the occupants appeared to have been trying to make explosives out of butane gas. did that force the cell to bring
role at the republican national convention? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with mitt romney s preparations for what may be the most crucial week of his presidential campaign. with several new polls out including our own showing him losing ground to president obama, romney begins a bus tour on saturday through four swing states he absolutely needs to win. but he s still traveling without a running mate. dana bash is here in the situation room taking a closer look. these are going to be huge days the next week. look, the day is young traveling without a running mate as we speak. you never know what s going to happen. regardless, mitt romney is going to have several vp-buzz generating news with him. but the campaign knows it first has to do some refining about the man on the top of the ticket, romney himself. oh beautiful, for spacious skies. reporter: if you turned on your television last month, there s a good chance you saw this brutal att
voice in the south to make a decision in this primary contest. so, they wake up this morning, maybe not seeing a frontrunner, but they are exactly where they want to be and making sure that their opinion is heard across the country during this primary season. david mattingly for us there in south carolina. we re continuing to look forward. david, thanks so much. the conservative wloe torch of iowa radio might need more butane gas? why? kind of flamed out last night. not exactly a repeat of the 2008 caucuses. we re going to talk to mr. blowtorch in just a few minutes. the obama campaign launching a lightning attack against republicans after the iowa caucus. we ll have that reaction, also. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn t focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning
at the winners and losers and dan lothian and david mattingly looking ahead to the battlegrounds that are now more important than ever. all right, let s start with dana bash. dana? well, we have some potential news this morning about what this caucus has did to the field on the republican side. michele bachmann who, of course, came in a disappointing sixth, effectively dead last here in iowa is going to hold a news conference in a few hours. her campaign is not saying what it is about, but it is hastily arranged news conference. it is hard to imagine that she s going to have something and not give us news about the future or maybe lack there of of her campaign. so, kyra, we re waiting to see exactly what she says. obviously, she is somebody who was one of those who is riding very, very high in iowa. not that long ago. she actually won the first contest here. the ames straw poll only to see her popularity absolutely plummet in the last few weeks. that will be probably, poten
bite, if you will, that david axelrod was talking about that he said sort of led to some of the real excesses that we saw recently. this from john boehner. we re about 24 hours from armageddon, 24 hours from members casting a vote on one of the biggest bills he ll ever vote for in their careers. now, the word armageddon, and his use of it, congressman boehner also talked about how a democrat from his state was a dead man for this vote, talking politically. is this over-the-top rhetoric that incites the kind of brick-throwing, butane gas line-cutting sort of thing that we saw this past week, is that over the top? well, of course i mean, in the south, where i am today, that s a very mild, political speech.