shells into homs have gone quiet, but only because the resistance is gone. what comes next could be worse. the eye witnesses are gone or dead, meaning government forces now have free reign, and the fear is they ll use it to move in and keep killing while their leaders keep lying. the regime has told lie after lie about what they re doing. we have documented this on the program over the last year. the latest lie, that one of the eye witnesses who just escaped from homs who you re going to hear from on the program tonight, they say he s dead, he s not, and what he s going to tell us could be the last, best account of the destruction in baba amr. opposition fighters in the free syrian army have pulled out of homs, and the army could be poised to go in. the syrian army, after what our sources say were the two bloodiest days of fighting they have ever seen. in the end, light weapons are no match against heavy artillery and forces willing to target apartment buildings, houses, and
virtual third. we ll have a round table in vegas and we ll bring you live pictures. later today, romney will pick up the backing of a fellow businessman who will give donald trump his support on monday when he says it s a great thing to be successful and employ a lot of people. whether trump s endorsement will mean anything, it s unclear. in a recent poll, 64% of voters will say that it will not. fireworks on capitol hill over the justice department s botched gun running operation. house republican darryl issa demanded that attorney general eric holder turn over documents in the fast and furious operation. hundreds of weapons were lost or unaccounted for. and holder says firings and charges against justice officials who oversaw the program are likely to come in the next six months. at least 60 people have been arrested in one of the biggest child porn busts in canada s history. here s a look at how far-reaching this sweep was. police say at least 22 victims had been ide
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
mistake. well, i don t think anybody s ever run the perfect campaign, and actually, these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you re going to get us back to work. bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. but keeping them honest, the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates, including the recent one we held in las vegas. after most of governor perry s complaints break down. remember, his first beef that the debates are set up for, quote, nothing but conflict. here s a question i
set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it s pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response. so, you know, if there was a if there was a mistake made, it was probably ever doing one of the ever doing one of the campaigns when all they re interested in is stirring it up between the candidates instead of really talking about the issues that are important to the american people, about how you re going to get us back to work. bottom line, he says the debates are rigged for conflict and against the candidates. but keeping them honest, the candidates themselves agreed on the rules for all the debates, including the recent one we held in las vegas. after most of governor perry s complaints break down. remember, his first beef that the debates are set up for, quote, nothing but conflict. here s a question i asked that night, giving him an opportunity to respond to criticism of his health care record. governo