we talked to one of the convicted killers pardoned by mississippi s governor. we re going to hear his reaction to the outrage over his release. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. mitt romney, the clear front-runner in a cnn/orcp poll out just now. romney with a double-digit lead, asking republican voters their choice for the nominee. look at the battle for second place. newt gingrich, ron paul, rick santorum are all in a statistic cal tie, each getting between 15 and 18%. let s get more from gloria borger, taking a closer look at all of this. he s rising nationally, at least it looks like that. yeah, it is, and rising at newt gingrich s expense. we compared the numbers you just showed with the numbers from december. what a difference a month makes. romney in december, 28%, now 34, up six. newt gingrich down ten points, and again paul has been pretty consistent. santorum almost quadrupled his support. i think the big news here, wolf, to me is that mitt romne
my son had a lot of friends back then. they all hang out together, hang out with jerry sandusky and i think you should talk to these other boys, too, not week in they would say. she pointed them in these boys direction. amir hekmati an ex-marine, born in arizona, raised in michigan. his family says the 28-year-old was arrested in august while visiting his grandmother and other relatives in iran. they say his reported confession, quote unquote, had to have been coerced. also in the news, emotional moments last night at a memorial service marking the one-year anniversary of the tucson shooting mass sack they re left six people dead. congresswoman gaby giffords, one of 13 people wounded, recited the pledge of allegiance. one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. such a goose bumps moment. she, by the way is still recovering from her injuries from that incident. and the pharmaceutical company novartis is recalling several of its products bec
occupy wall street demonstrators are taking their message where the money is. that is the banks. protesters plan to march on the offices of five major banks. today, they say they re going to deliver hows of letters to top board members of bank of america, morgan stanley, wells fargo, citigroup and jpmorgan chase. wall street ceo who says he s part of the 1%, confronts the occupy protesters who say they represent the 99%. demonstrators argued that the wealthiest 1% of americans keeps getting richer while the other 99% struggle. peter shift and a camera crew went to the park in new york to challenge him. no. we re in the 99%! wouldn t you like to get into the 1%? you don t want more money? if i offered to put you in the 1% right now and i would pay my share and get rid okay, hold on. immediately, immediately! investors are taking a step back after yesterday s huge rally. well, the dow fell 25 points in early trading. right now, it is up six points. it is encou