now to the other big story we re following today, the death of singer whitney houston. we re learning more about the circumstances surrounding her death and we re getting reaction from her family as well. that in a moment. but first, to the investigation, cnn s casey wians is following all the developments, joining us now live from los angeles. what can you tell us? it looks like it may be quite a while before we actually get any results as to what actually killed whitney houston. according to producer stan wilson, he spoke with the los angeles coroner s office and they say the beverly hills police department has asked that a security hold be put on the autopsy results of whitney houston. that autopsy is expected to take place either this afternoon or tomorrow and there was some initial thought there could be some preliminary results released right after it happened. apparently that is not the case. the beverly hills police department again asking for a security hold on tho
opportunity or the land of student loan checks? and we show you how returning soldiers are honing their work skills for the civilian workforce. and forget about the box of chocolates, the best gift for your honey is getting out of debt. we re going to help you have the talk. let s start with the youngest victims of this youngest downturn. many three and 4-year-olds aren t going to preschool. studies show shah a poor child who has not attended a quality preschool enters kindergarten 18 months behind their peers and what s worse, many will never catch up. research shows they re more likely to need special education services and more likely to drop out. sam wayne is the coauthor of a book called, welcome to your child s brain, how the mind grows from conception to clemg. sam, do we need to rethink the k through 12 public education model to be more like crawl through 12? i think that s quite possibly the case. i think the big picture here is thinking about how research and th
keep us posted throughout the afternoon. the battle for election delegates kicking into high gear today in the state of maine. republican voters have been kaw cu caucusing there for weeks and tonight we find out the winner. let s go to shannon travis where mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning today. so what s the feeling as to how these caucuses just might turn out? yeah, i mean the feeling about how they might turn out, ron paul seems to have a bit of an edge there. you remember, fred, that while the other candidates a few weeks ago were campaigning in florida, ron paul packed up his v-neck sweaters, packed up and headed north. he s got a lot of young supporters here and libertarian supporters here. not so fast. mitt romney is saying obviously he s a favorite son of new england, former massachusetts governor, and he came here with an 11th hour appeal. today he did something for the first time appearing at a caucus site and has been very involved in republican circl
this is a big day for republicans running for president. one of the most conservative groups in the country is about to announce results of its straw poll. dana bash will join us live in a moment. in maine, republican voters are finishing their caucuses. mitt romney and ron paul are campaigning in the state trying to break their string of losses. overseas now. the besieged syrian town of homs endures a seventh straight day of bombardment there. opposition activists say hundreds of people have been killed there in the past week. the death toll across syria today climbed to at least 30. the u.s. conference of catholic bishops issued a statement on president obama s compromise over contraception funding. it says the plan raises serious moral concerns. the government s new health policy originally wanted hospitals and schools with religious ties to offer full coverage for contraceptives. after days of opposition from the catholic church, the white house dropped that requireme
bachmann s top staffers. ed rollins, a familiar presence on the show, stepping back to what is called an advisory role citing health concerns and david pulenski is leaving the campaign entirely. the two had, quote, strategic differences on the path forward. politico saying it is unclear who will take either man s place. joining us are james carville and ari fleischer who can be reached on twitte twitter @arifleischer. james, what do you make of the shakeup? it s possible ed rollins could have health issues here. that s not outside the realm of possibility. he had some health issues before. sometimes people just say that. also the differences in campaigns happen. it would be early to call this significant. it may be but probably more to find out before i deem it as something significant yet. ari, if it is health, that s one thing. if it s not, could this also be the growing pains of a campaign? campaigns start off one way, often evolve into something else. yeah. this oft