far type of stuff. love him or loathe him, he always had something provocative to say and the people who knew him best pay their tributes. and only in america, feel the need, the need for speed but not for a sequel. why do we need top gun 2? shouldn t hollywood leave some blockbusters alone? this is piers morgan tonight. the big story, politics, all lies on super tuesday with ten states across the country voting. this is rick santorum on his strategy for the big day. i said from the very beginning this is an episode of survivor. we just need to stay on the island, not get voted off, keep plugging, stay on message and have hopefully the grassroots of conservatives that support us and i think you are seeing that now. certainly stayed on message is ron paul. how long can he stay in the race? i will ask him in the piers morgan interview and the life and times of a man who loved controversy but died too young at 43, andrew breitbart, a regular on my particular panel an
kentucky, tore up several buildings. at least 12 people are dead in the wake of the storms, hundreds are hurt and people in the hard-hit areas are counting their blessings today. after i rolled five times, i can remember everything about it. i was once it hit the ground on the fifth time, everything i saw daylight and i was sitting up against the stove down there just leaned up with my back against it like i was sitting in a chair. i don t know how i m here. someone from above, huh? no doubt. good lord didn t call me. wasn t my time. wasn t his time. parts of southern illinois are declared disaster areas today. the governor of illinois will join us in a minute. two more american troops have been killed in afghanistan. it is the latest in a series of attacks against nato, following last week s burning of korans at a u.s. military base in afghanistan. authorities say the troops were gunned down by a suspected afghan soldier and another man believed to be a langu
the foundation and literally right next door is a home where there is almost no damage at all. this home lost a little siding and a broken window, beyond that, it s not really bad. that s what i always find very challenging in covering tornadoes. so much loss and then some people who are able to get out of the area with just their lives. today, of course, a number of people who are injured. 100 injuries or so reported. many of them came right from this area and no surprise because look at the damage here. people had to hold themselves out of the rubble, in many cases, or wait for rescuers to come in. we ll have a chance to talk to some of those victims, as well. want to introduce you to family members. can i bring you over here for one second. the the osmonds lost their mom yesterday. thank you for talking with us. you basically did this very walk right after the tornado hit. basically 24 hours ago i made this same walk that i just made this morning coming in to talk to you
we re following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. we have suffered the loss of lives. we ve suffered many injures, and millions of dollars worth of is it damage, but first and foremost the loss of lives breaks my heart today. in neighboring missouri, the governor puts the damage in the tens of millions. there s also damage in kansas and kentucky, where the national guard has been called out. let s get the latest, chad myers is watching what s going on. the heartbreaking to see it, not a whole lot of warning. what s going on now? i think the mo
santorum is putting his best foot forward. he took second place in michigan. in a race that everyone said ignore you have no chance here and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say is, i love you back. thank you. moving ahead to super tuesday, the big kahuna one week from tonight and could change the race completely. 416 delegates at stake. i m back with our cnn stellar a-team. wolf blitzer, john king, and gloria borger. welcome to you all. thank you. i ve been watching, as always, the brilliant coverage all night and i know when a win is a win. mitt romney won arizona. we expected that. and he did sneak through to michigan. but to win only by 3% in your home state when rick santorum was outspent, what, five or six to one, it s bringing endorsement. as you know, and who knows better than you do, piers, in any kind of soccer or football match or baseball, a win is a win. you can t deny that he did win. it was only a wee