nuclear program. at the same time, he vowed to prevent iran from building nuclear weapons and defended israel s right to make its own decisions about its security. netanyahu addresses the convention tonight and minutes from now, we expect to hear his and the president s opening comments from the oval office. we are on that story for you. also, single biggest election day of the presidential nomination process is now just one day away, 437 delegates up for grabs tomorrow in ten states from alaska to massachusetts. now the superest state of all may be ohio. georgia has more delegates but no state matters more as a general election battleground. now, mitt romney, fresh off his weekend victory in the washington state caucuses, is in ohio today, so is rick santorum, whose early lead in ohio polling has faded. newt gingrich in tennessee, ron paul in idaho. we are following it all for you. now, over the weekend, romney also picked up some key conservative endorsements from house m
governor mitt romney. only yesterday south carolina s biggest newspaper, the state, endorsed huntsman. we ll talk more about this in fair game coming up later in this hour. well, the owner of the kreutz ship that ran aground and partially sank off italy says hope is the last thing to die. an estimated 16 people are still unaccounted for in friday s disaster. for a while the search teams had to pull back because the ship was rocking. the ship was carrying more than 4,000 people. he s been arrested and could face charges including manslaughter and abandoning ship. the accident killed at least six people. a sea-faring triumph in nome, alaska. this will keep the town bright and warm through spring. it arrived late saturday literally in a coast guard ice cutter after an unprecedented 300-mile trek through the bering sea. anti-government protesters in syria chanting, we don t want your amnesty, we will give you one. reportedly offered to excuse all crimes committed by oppos
shot inside the airport diner this morning. manchester, new hampshire. good morning. welcome. 7:30 in the morning. soledad o brien. you are watching our new show which is called starting point. senator john mccain is going to be joining us to explain his endorsement of mitt romney. what s changed since they did battle in this state back in 2008? then this story deported by mistake. the government accidentally sends a runaway teenager to colombia. even though she is an american citizen, she does not speak spanish. more on that story coming up in just about ten minutes. first, though, a look at some of the other stories making news this morning. christine romans has that for us. live at cnn headquarters. good morning. that accused hollywood arsonist, harry burkhart, is charged with 37 felony counts. police alleged he set more than 50 fires over new year s weekend. they say that arson spree was triggered by his mother being taken into custody. she s wanted on a warrant in her
good morning. welcome. i m soledad o brien. welcome to starting point. we are coming to you from manchester, new hampshire. we are coming to you live from the airport diner. five day ways from primary day here. our starting point this morning is something that you are bogey to hear on the combine trail today which is the future of the american military. just about four hours president obama will reveal his plan for a slimmed-down force that will no longer be fighting two full-blown ground wars. digging into the details and talking a lot about it this morning. also, mitt romney, does he have a tea party problem? they didn t go away in iowa but could new hampshire be different? we are going to ask the tea party favorite and romney supporter christine o donnell this morning. and despite the sparring back in 2008 in this very state, senator john mccain is now backing mitt romney. he is going to join thus morning to tell us why. then oops, we deported your teenage daughter. a fa
hauled before congress and impeached. newt gingrich outlines his solution to so-called activists and ignites a huge controversy. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. it s a rogue isolated nation on earth. now the state is in transition now with the death of their leader, kim jong il. a tearful woman announced the news on state television saying kim jong il died suddenly of heart attack at age 69. north korea is built on a cult of personality surrounding the kim dynasty and word of his death sparked near hisser toa on streets with people wailing and weeping openly. kim s death has huge implications. not only for the north and south korea, but for the united states and the entire world. following developments from seoul, south cree korea, what is the latest reaction there, anna? wolf, as you say, a great deal of uncertainty with the death of kim jong il but perhaps of an insight into what he was thinking in the weeks and days leading up to his death. can conf