i m joined now by graham washington deputy fire chief gary franz, the deputy fire chief in washington. what s the latest on this? two bodies believed to be the children and a third body found. yes, that s correct. that third body appears to be an adult, can t tell at this point if it s male or female, but, you know, everything that we have, we have very credible reports of, you know, a person working with the powell children who brought those children to this house just prior to this event and then after the children were let inside, she was prevented from going inside herself. she smelled some gas and tried to get back in but as i understand it, but she just couldn t do it. she saw mr. powell, and she brought these two powell kids to this home. so within moments to have minutes after those kids were let into the house, this place exploded. there s every reason to believe these are, in fact this is the powell familiar here. deputy chief, not confirmed the identities but
mitt romney is coming off his second place win in south carolina with nonstop attacks on the rival who beat him. newt gingrich. with the biggest contest to date just eight days away, even his temperment are talking points for mitt romney. he s gone from pillar to post like a pinball machine, from item to item in a way that is highly erratic and does not suggest a stable, thoughtful course which is normally associated with leadership. so far three republican contests have picked three different winners ron paul will take part in another debate in tampa. a state of emergency is in effect in alabama after storms in late january. two people are known dead in the birmingham area. dozens of people are hurt in what appears to be one or two tornadoes. many homes are damaged or destroyed and many thousands don t have power. a possible tornado touchdown in arkansas as well. overseas now, europe tightening the jus on iran. eu foreign ministers say they won t sign any more contra
we were talking about arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we were gripped in horror when an assassin shot her in the head and killed six others around her. we watched in hope as she made remarkable steps to recovery. today in order to stay on that pathway to healing, gabby giffords announced she is resigning from her seat in congress. i have more work to do on my recovery. so to do what is best for arizona, i will step down this week. i want to bring in now our athena jones. she s been monitoring the reaction from giffords colleagues. in just the past hour we heard from the president, right? that s right. so over the course of the afternoon we ve heard from members of congress like speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi, all praysiprays praiseing gabby give forts. president obama said gabby s cheerful presence will be missed in washington but she will remain an inspiration to all whose lives she touched, my included. and i m confident that we hav
in this picture, and i quote, will be held accountable to the fullest extent. stay with us. i m going to talk more about the outrage and fallout with mark in facetime seven minutes from now. it sounds like a vacation, west hilton, west palm beach, but seven days before the primary and 19 days before the florida votes, it s all work for republicans who think they have a shot for their party s nomination. that includes jon huntsman who came in respectable third in new hampshire and this guy who came in sixth. one of the reasons that we re here in south carolina is because we don t quit. and i want to ask you between now and the 21st to do everything that you can to talk to your friends and anybody that s not going to be here or absentee vote to get their votes in to count. because if you ll have my back on the 21st of january, i will have your back for four years in washington, d.c. the man they all want to replace will have plenty of cash to spend on keeping his job. pre
thank you. time now to go globe trekking. today we head to syria. since protests began there last year, the u.n. says more than 5,000 people have been killed. activists and human rights groups have been talking about the regime s brutality but now a senior syrian official who escaped to egypt tells cnn about the horrific acts of violence committed by state security forces. arwa damon has that exclusive story. reporter: in the syrian capital, the defense ministry is the nerve center of the regime s efforts to stamp out unrest. translator: my office is on the 12th floor of the ministry of defense. reporter: he worked at the ministry for years. his official i.d. describes him as a financial inspector. not part of the regime s inner circle, but in a position to see the wheels of repression at work. translator: during protests in damascus, armed gangs filled the green public transport buses