temperatures at night. look, they re rugged here, about you they re senior citizens, people who can t necessarily be staying in tents, and people who have been in shelters for more than a week now. i read a story about an 87-year-old who thought death was imminent and was just crawling on hands and knees to get out. you have to wonder how, with stories like that, the president chooses to blame forestry practices. is this the time to be invoking politics when we ve had a natural disaster in the state of california? goods in knows, scott, you ve spent so much time at nbc, i don t think anyone could even gather how much this will cost the state of california and the federal government. reporter: right. it certainly seems a bit early to be talking about things like forest management, the damage
the republican candidates take the stage in this, their last face-off before the florida primarily. i ll moderate tonight s republican debate right here on cnn. everyone s talking about the tension on the tarmac. in your face airport encounter between arizona s republican governor. what was that all about? and newt gingrich vows to establish a permanent colony on the moon. will that idea take off with voters? i m wolf blitzer on the campus of the university of north florida in jacksonville. you re in the situation room. just four hours from now, the four remaining republican candidates will square off right here in jacksonville. it s the final debate before next tuesday s crucial florida primary. it s become a grudge match between the front-runners, mitt romney and newt gingrich. our chief analyst gloria borger is here and jim acosta has been covering this campaign. jim. let me start with you. it looks like romney may try to go to the jugular. somebody may go to t
for news international and tabloids over in great britain possibly tried to hack into the phone numbers of 9/11 victims and possibly some other u.s. citizens, so now this scandal that started over in great britain has a chance to make it to the united states and the fbi it appears right now is getting involved. we ll have much more on this still developing story throughout the next couple of hours here on cnn. also coming up for you this hour, the man accused of killing and mutilating an 8-year-old boy is arraigned in court. the charges, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree murder. we will take you there coming up, and adarandi kaye just mentioned to you a moment ago, l.a. is gearing up for gridlock. you might be thinking, well, what s the big deal? it s l.a. they are used to gridlock on their highways. but this is different. they are calling it carmageddon, and it s set to begin soon. but first, let me give you a update on where we are with the debt negotiations going on