david writing what a shame, means the people that sacrificed to make this civilization possible must be excluded. time for the good, the bad and the ugly and we begin with the good, jimmy carter celebrate valentine s day on the kids camp. can we get a kids camp? yes! we are going viral with that. heather: that is the ultimate kiss shot, president carter kissing his wife roslyn at the atlanta hawks gaining. they ve been married since 1946. chicago named the most corrupt city in the us, the university of illinois based on federal corruption convictions from 1976-2017. rounding out the top three.
i m candidate crowley, and you re in the situation room. just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnn s chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think maybe a problem for mitt romney? absolutely a problem for mitt romney. as you pointed out, in january neck and neck. now president obama is up. what s mitt romney s calling card as he campaigns he electability? what do republican voters say they want in all those dpit polls we ve been taking and all those primaries? somebody who can beat president obama. he kind of loses that argument. it s early, this is good news for president obama. we should say it s february, these numbers can change. an
middle-class families pay. we ll explain what s going on. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized costa philosopconcord the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship s captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew chance is faults this unfold. what s the latest, matthew? reporter: these transcripts and recordings that have emerged of astonishing. they show conversations that were taking place between the captain of the costa concordia. his name is francesco scampino. the coast guard asking about the situation. he sounds confused. then emerges much to the astonishment of is the coast guard that the captain
back with t the cafferty file, jack. eric in new york writes, what is real is the frustration ordinary americans feel that the world s seemingly out of control, the tea party has just taken advantage of that frustration and the caliber of their candidates is a reflection of that frustration. the tea party is merely the nutty wing of the republican party, rebranded to sound cool. ken writes, the democrats are feel smug about the tea party victories in the primaries because they see it as a dismantling of the gop, but in actuality, we re not looking at what candidate holds the party, but we the the politicians had better start listening. david writing, i think the tea party is doing the united states