Im rosemary church. And im george howell. Newsroom starts right now. And our top story ethiopia and china are now grounding all boeing 737 max 8 aircraft, the same type of plane from sundays crash in ethiopia which killed all 157 people onboard. Ethiopia says the decision was made as a safety precaution. China says it wants assurances from boeing and u. S. Regulators before resuming the flights. The 737 max 8 is also the same model from last year emphasis lionair crash in indonesia, that crash killing 189 people. Its still unclear what caused the Ethiopian Airlines crash. In the meantime investigators comb the crash site for more clues. Ethiopias Prime Minister is offering some clues and some condolences. Translator as we all know Ethiopian Airlines a reputable airline with a good Safety Record for a long time. The cause of the accident will be deeply investigated by the professionals of the field, and the results of the findings will be made public. In Nairobi Kenya and joins us now l
crash site. of course we re waiting to hear more from that news conference as to what happened. so many questions at this point still. indeed. and the passengers on the ethiopian airlines flight came from 35 countries showing that sunday s crash is truly a global tragedy. they included 19 united nations staff members. six of them worked at the u.n. office in nairobi. the u.n. secretary-general says he was deeply saddened by a loss. a georgetown university law student from kenya also died in the crash. school officials called him a champion for social justice across east africa. also onboard the children and wife of a slovakian lawmaker. he asked people to think of them in a quiet memory. and we are hearing more from the families of those who lost their lives on sunday. dan curia whose father died in the crash told bbc that the two shared a meal in the u.k.
voters forget worry about headlines. sglooch will the north s new leader honor that agreement? i ll ask bill richardson. he as here. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room. the battle lines are drawn in the deep south. upcoming primaries in alabama and mississippi next tuesday may be the last chance for mitt romney s rivals to halt his momentum. rick santorum would love to go one on one with him, but night gingrich may have a different story. joe johns is watching all of this for us. reporter: wolf, rick santorum just finishing up an event, and he s expected to head to mobile, alabama later tonight. this is a situation where he has already proven he can win in the south by winning tennessee. the fact of the matter is newt gingrich is such a strong presence here. reporter: in this speech santorum is suggesting there s a third man in the race besides mitt romney, but doesn t go much further than that. if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on t
get there. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. mitt romney certainly had big wins on super tuesday. the gop frond runter won six states and padded his lead in delegates, but ohio was very, very close. rick santorum captured three states, while newt gingrich also had a win. romney has not put his rivals out of business, as republicans grow concerned about a drawnout race, the candidates are calling on one another to quit. here s jim acosta. reporter: wolf, with team santorum telling newt gingrich to drop out and team romney telling everybody to drop out, it s starting to feel lie deja vu all over again. falling short of expectations on super tuesday and facing what could now be a mad scramble for delegates to win the nomination, mitt romney is urging the gop to stay calm. you know, when we have a nominee, we will come together, because because barack obama has organized a conservative community. let s put it that way. holding a command been lead, they r
you move on you learn from the experience and you sometimes get a nice lunch with a big tall conservative guy who is very nice and funny. sincere apology i have always felt is like magic, it does make bad things go away. that said, insincere apology or bad on apology does not work the same magic, which is why rush limbaugh is still in the news, losing advertisers, nine at last count, today for the first time, losing radio stations that carried his program. the huffington post reporting on two stations announcing plans to drop mr. limbaugh s program. he s facing the possible he could be dropped from armed forces radio, important place to be if you are eye in political talk radio. all this part of the continuing fall out from mr. limbaugh attacking a georgetown university law student as a slut and prostitute and somebody who ought to put her sex tapes online. someone who advocated for