it. all right, congressman bennie thompson of mississippi, thank you so much for joining us this morning. we appreciate your time, sir. zoraida? thank you very much, john. 36 minutes past the hour. canada, new developments this morning in the alleged terrorist blot to attack a passenger train running between new york and toronto. canadian authorities claim al qaeda is behind it. two suspects are being held without bail, one is due in court in just a few hours from now. his alleged accomplice had a hearing yesterday. cnn s ted rowlands is following this story for us. he is live in toronto. what can you tell us about the suspect appearing today? chi hab esseghaier is a 30-year-old ph.d. student who was operating out of montreal. he was brought here to toronto yesterday. he ll make an initial court appearance here. a relatively short one. it is technically a bail hearing. however the judge will just move it up to a different court level, because this judge, given the charges being s
and relevant in south carolina. he is knocking on the door for third. can t rule out ron paul giving rick santorum we will headaches for the third and fourth place slots. for rick perry to withdraw and endorse newt gingrich is very, very significant. we are here at what is romney s headquarters in charleston on the sea coast in south carolina. this is not a fired up crowd. the withdrawal of rick perry for them is not good news because of the endorsement of newt gingrich. the idea that gingrich is surging, has pulled in some polls within the margin of error has the romney campaign rattled. they were looking at 2-0 and the possibility of winning south carolina for an historic 3-0. now romney has the new hampshire win, a virtual tie with rick santorum in iowa, and he s looking at the very real possibility of a debate tonight in which he s the center of attention and getting pounded by his rivals. newt gingrich is well-known as a stand out debate performer gaining more momentum going into
this time of year. also the potential for damaging winds, large-sized hail and frequent lightning but it does encompass this broader area all the way from chicago down toward oklahoma city that does bear watching, can t rule out the potential for severe weather ries ache cross this region. just to give you some idea what is going on. here is that vigorous weather system i was telling you about, with wind coming out of the north behind the front, but this warm, moist flow coming up this return flow from the gulf of mexico. so you get this collision of masses right in through this zone, typically known as tornado alley this is where we are looking at the big threat for this afternoon that is not going to be the end of it we are going to expect some more, not just for today, but shifts more toward the ohio and tennessee river valley as we go toward monday and then we are looking at the carolinas as we go in toward tuesday. this is going to be a prolonged event and we are trying to watch t