super bowl ads has everything talking today. was the clint eastwood car commercial a political message in disguise? i m wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. you re in the situation room. mitt romney may have notched another big win in nevada this weekend but the frontrunner is not resting easily right now. right now there are contests tomorrow in minnesota, colorado and missouri and topping the list of romney s new worries, a strong new challenge from back in the republican pack pac. our national political correspondent, jim acosta is taking a look, jim? reporter: mitt romney is finding out the big afterglow can fade quickly from a caucus or primary win. they are starting to focus on a candidate that s not newt gingrich. think sweater vest. rick santorum is out to show mitt romney what happened in vegas will stay there. hit penguin gop frontrunner once again on his health care plan in massachusetts. specifically, governor romney is absolutely incapable of making
let s begin with the latest in the political plate underway in iowa. right now, dramatic, huge developments unfolding. looks like a three-man race if you believe some of these cent polls. newt gingrich, mitt romney and ron paul all basically within a margin. we re watching all this unfold. jim akcosta is standing by. he s on the scene for us. gloria borker is joining us. newt gingrich, he s trying to project the positive image he is above the fray, but is he making a mistake by not through all these attacks from mitt romney, ron paul and these other republican presidential candidates? you know, wolf, i think he s able to have it all ways. it s a smart strategy. don t forget, gingrich came into politics and was known as the bombastic speaker of the house when he was the one in charge of those house republicans and one republican control of the house by waging a relentlessly negative campaign against democrats. so now, he s able to play against type. that really works for h
african-american voters. the president alluding to the employment crunch during his third annual back to school speech here in washington, d.c. more than 60% of the jobs in the next decade will require more than a high school diploma. more than 60%. that s the world that you re walking into. some black voters say the president has let them down when it comes to education and job creation. the obama campaign is trying to address those concerns as the election gets closer. let s turn to dan lothian. he s got more on this part of the story. president has always when talking about race and his policies, taken a big picture view, saying what he does helps not just african-americans, but all americans. well, this has not gone unnoticed and now as the president is courting black voters key to his success in 2008, some are frustrated. 9:00 a.m. on 95.5 fm, one of washington, d.c. s top urban radio stations, darian morgan serves up music, edgey talk and commercials. but of
that this necklace was loaned to her, that she is completely innocent of all the charge, but if she does go on to trial and she gets convicted, she could be looking at a maximum of three years in state prison. we re on lunch break right now. after the session resumes at 1:30, we re expected to hear from an lapd detective. thomas? nbc s jinah kim in los angeles for us. thank you. joining us now to offer some legal insight into the lohan court proceedings is msnbc legal analyst susan filen. in court today many of the questions focused on the value of the necklace in question. it s supposed to be $2,500. that s what the price tag says. however, the store itself when it purchased it wholesale i guess only paid $850. so is this a linchpin to a possible way of getting out of the felony? i don t think so. to me it s a complete red herring. can you imagine going into tiffany s and saying that s your price tag but it s really not worth that and that s not what
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