on a strong showing in tuesday s mississippi and alabama primaries, and he s still going after mitt romney, this time in reference to gas prices. the president seems to suggest to you just like dr. chu. dr. chu is the secretary of anti-energy. to be honest, he said that before he became secretary that he wanted americans to pay european levels of $9 or $10 a gallon. so last week give him credit for being honest. last week he testified in the house, and somebody from mississippi actually, said to him, gas prices are really hurting people. what are you going to do to lower gas prices? and to be fair to dr. chu, he honestly said, nothing. now, newt gingrich rather has plenty of company in mississippi. mitt romney is there as well holding a rally later today in pascagoula. rick santorum is next door, rounding up support with three stops across alabama. first time claims for unemployment benefits ticked upwards last week. labor department says that 362,000 people filed for
voters forget worry about headlines. sglooch will the north s new leader honor that agreement? i ll ask bill richardson. he as here. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room. the battle lines are drawn in the deep south. upcoming primaries in alabama and mississippi next tuesday may be the last chance for mitt romney s rivals to halt his momentum. rick santorum would love to go one on one with him, but night gingrich may have a different story. joe johns is watching all of this for us. reporter: wolf, rick santorum just finishing up an event, and he s expected to head to mobile, alabama later tonight. this is a situation where he has already proven he can win in the south by winning tennessee. the fact of the matter is newt gingrich is such a strong presence here. reporter: in this speech santorum is suggesting there s a third man in the race besides mitt romney, but doesn t go much further than that. if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on t
syrian state television trying to show that the state of homs has returned to normal. they showed this videoarve bombarding the city for months. especially the baba amr region. cleanup crews, cars on the streets, even ordinary people returning. that s what they showed on syrian state television. on video posted on youtube today, video how the of homs, you get a far different picture. the streets as you see empty of cars and people. rubble is deeper. destruction more complete. a top u.n. official who just got inside homs today say parts of the city were completely devastated. those were her words. she says authorities kept her out of certain areas even though they promised her complete access. authorities have still not allowed the red cross in to bring humanitarian relief into the besieged neighborhoods. in homs, the guns were still firing. as always we re not there to see for ourselves because the regime keeps out reporters when it s not shelling or killing them. the estimat
cindy mccain, her take on the race and her life outside of politics and a hot new movie game change. plus, only in america. nap time for newt gingrich. the long campaign has really taken its toll. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. the big story tonight why can t the gop make up its mind? yes, mitt romney won the key state of ohio last night, but barely. he took the top spot in the total of six super tuesday states but he s quite a long way from sewing up the nomination. he put a positive spin as you would expect on this endless road to the nomination race on cnbc this morning. i m prepared to fight all the way to become the nominee. i was pleased with our success last night. obviously we have a very strong lead in delegates and very strong lead in terms of the number of people that actually voted for our campaign. we ve organized a very effective team. joining me now is a top member of mitt romney s effective team. his press secretary, andrea saul. andre
wednesday. mitt romney racking up six super states, including that classic cliff hanger in ohio. he s kind of talking like it s over, but did he land that knockout blow? no. if your support really means everything to ann and me, and i m not going to let you down. i m going to get this nomination. while rick santorum wins three states because mitt romney still cannot convince conservatives that he s the man. we re taking a look at the exit polls. this is my favorite part actually. different numbers are revealing some big problems for the front-runner. christine romans is breaking it all down. she s going to talk about electability and the economy and what folks are saying about that. i m not sure it s my favorite part because the information is so revealing or whether it s christine romans, who s my favorite person. we re going to get to her in a moment. but after taking the most states and the most delegates on super tuesday, mitt romney walking the walk and talking t