today marks one year since syria s uprising began with a day of rage. it is clear the rage has not let up. we re keeping an eye, too, on afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta just met with president hamid karzai as the u.s. soldier who is a kutsed of slaughtering 16 people is moved from the country. the washington monument is sinking. it s sunk a fraction of an inch since the quake hit last august. today the circus ends and the prison sentence begins. former governor rob blagojevich has left illinois and might not be back for quite some time. he s on his way right now to a federal prison in colorado to start his 14-year sentence. he was convicted last summer of corruption. zoraida zsambolin is with us. my pleasure. zoraida, his going away thing was kind of like he was a rock star rather than a corrupt politician. why is that? as i was watching it this morning, i thought the exact same thing. this guy still does what he does best, right? he has this rock star
slaughtered in a terrifying massacre in syria. rebel groups say government forces stormed the city of homs, going house to house, stabbing women and children and then burning their bodies. syria s government is blaming the killings on armed terrorist groups. rebel groups are claiming over 100 people were killed sunday in government crashdowns. . the doonesbury comic strip has been pulled from several u.s. newspapers outrage after that comic strip tackled texas s new law requiring ultrasounds before women can seek an abortion. kentucky, syracuse, north carolina and michigan state earning the top seeds in their regions. kentucky s the favorite to go all the way. but the madness will get under way on thursday morning. and mississippi and alabama holding primaries tomorrow. mitt romney s getting a little help from a southern comic who just might be a red neck. and that rick santorum is counting on conservatives to provide him with a little bit of southern comfort as well.
for being a mormon. shortly after producing perry to the crowd of social conservatives texas pastor said they shouldn t select mitt romney because he s mormon, a religion the pastor described as a cult. later cnn political correspondent jim acosta asked the pastor how he responds to voters who insist that romney s religion shouldn t be an issue. here is what he said. the southern baptist convention, which is the largest protestant denomination in the world has officially labeled mormonism as a cult. i think mitt romney is a good moral man. but i think those are us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. political activist bill bennett responded to the pastor s comments today. take a listen. i would say to the pastor, you stepped on and obscured the words of perry and santorum and cain and bachmann and everyone else who has spoken here. you did rick perry no good, sir, in what you ha
fayetteville, arkansas. 5:00 in los angeles. wherever you may be, we are glad you are here with us. let s start with the texas pastor, shall we? creating a bit of of a stir that that conservative values voter summit in washington. he s a rick perry supporter and encouraging republicans not to nominate mitt romney. because of romney s mormon beliefs. our jim acosta caught up with this pastor and asked him what do you say to those voters who think mormonism shouldn t be an issue? the southern baptist convention, which is the largest protestant denomination in the world has officially labeled mormonism as a cult. i think that mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those of us who are born-again followers of christ should always prefer a confident christian to a confident nonchristian like mitt romney. and our jim acosta who was talking to the pastor there joins me now from the values voters summit in d.c. jim, can we start with giving our viewers some perspective abou
balance between public safety and free speech. susan candiotti reports on it now. reporter: marching around manhattan s financial district, protesters are baiting the drama against corporate greed, now in its fourth week, occupy wall street is creating a delicate balancing act for police between free speech and public safety. as long as these demonstrations go forward, we re going to do everything we can to see to it that they are done peacefully and in an orderly fashion. reporter: but unlike most new york protests, 600 each year in lower manhattan alone, occupy wall street isn t applying for permits. police say it s created a communication gap. we have nobody identified as a leader who we can communicate to. in a normal process, we talk to the leadership, sit down. there s a permit that s issued. we know the route of the march that people are going to tyke. reporter: the majority of marches are peaceful but there has been trouble, use of pepper spray, swinging bat