immigration debate confirms he is gay. another outspoken lawman sheriff joe arpaio weighs in on that controversy. plus, a natural wonder that isn t. what it seems a water fall that looks like red hot lava. more evidence tonight that if there is a front runner the republican race, it is at the moment rick santorum, not mitt romney. it the nomination is won state by state and arizona and michigan are up next a week away. as we prepare for a big debate wednesday night, check this out. santorum now surging to a ten-point lead over romney in the national gallup tracking poll. no surprise the former pennsylvania senator is getting more scrutiny from rivals annen democrats, too. some goes back to his record in congress. some focuses on new more pointed santorum rhetoric like his weekend accusation that president obama is imposing his own theology on americans. this is what the president s agenda, it s not about you. it s about you. it s not about your quality of life. it s no ab
month. the u.n. general assembly plans to stroet this afternoon on a resolution condemning president assad for the brutal crackdown. our journalists in syria say government forces appear to be losing their tight grip across the northern part of the country. we re going to get a firsthand account on the ground from cnn s ivan watson. reporter: young men and old sit on the ground chain-smoking next to assault rifles, but they say they ve gotten these weapons within the last couple of months. they re trying to protect their communities, their families and villages by laying rings of improvised land mines but they re aware they do not have weaponry to match the tanks or personal carriers and air power of bashar al assad s army. we are learning more about how whitney houston spent her last days. they say she was drinking heavily the week before her body was found in a beverly hills hotel room. hotel guests heard her complaining that her drinks waurpted down. here s what dr. dr
settlement that some folks have missed is when was the last time you got 49 state attorneys general, 49 republicans and democrats having to do anything together? i think one of the important things here is this is a step towards doing big things across party lines. we ll leave it at that because end point ended a minute ago. fredricka whitfield i apologize for the 43 seconds i ve stolen from you. that s okay. that s okay. i m willing to share. captions by vitac www.vitac.com hello everyone, i m fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips who s on assignment. we begin with whitney houston. as her family prepares for saturday s funeral, new details suggest troubling behavior in houston s final days. don lemon is in los angeles. what are you hearing about those final moments? reporter: some really sad information that i got yesterday from a source who is briefed on whitney houston s activity and behavior just days before her death. i m told that on wednesday and thu
details on what we ll see as loved ones say goodbye to the super star. iran is one step closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon. the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad claim as breakthrough, claiming they ve now made their own nuclear fuel rods. but he says they re for peaceful purposes. this is much more than just a photo op, certain to case late already heightened tensions with israel. it could mean even higher gas prices for you. barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, it s a lot to make sense of. put all of this in context for us. well, good evening, jessica. when you look at those pictures coming out of iran today, there s a lot of facts and a lot of messages behind those pictures. what is the message? iran is saying that it has now made its first nuclear fuel rod. and the president of iran showed up to watch it going into a system there to be able to be inserted. but what does it really mean behind the scenes? is this a fuel rod that works? does it take
minivans and suvs. the reason safety issue, power problems, possible fires. i ll tell you if your family s vehicle is on the list. and a mother is fed up with her son s law breaking ways so she hands out some of her own justice mom style. not everyone is on board with her brand of tough love. at least three people confirmed dead, as many as 70 unaccounted after a cruise ship accident in italy. 4,000 people, passengers and crew, were on board. this italian-operated cruise liner when it scraped the sea floor and listed on to its side after dark last night. on the phone now from a port near the accident site is journalist barbie nadeau. barbie, first of all, update us on what you re seeing, who s there and what people are still missing. all right. right now we have got still between 50 and 70 people missing that were whose names were on the passenger manifest and who have not been accounted for. either coming through the port of porto santo stefano on the mainland wher