age i have say long friend. long time. i m thrilled to be here. nice to have you. will cain is here as well. we all know will cain. back again. got lots to talk about this morning. our starting point though is rick santorum waking up a big winner this morning as he swept all three states last night. strong victories in missouri and in minnesota. and a nail baiter win in the state of colorado. santorum says it is not just a victory for him but for the party overall. tonight was not just a victory for us. tonight was a victory for the voices of our party, conservatives and tea party people who are out there every single day in the vineyards building the conservative movement in this country, building the base of the republican party, and building a voice for freedom in this land. thank you. ron brownstein is the editorial director at the national journal and he will join our panel this morning. he has gotten so much better as a candidate, not ron brownstein, but rick
all this chaos. an israeli official has said that it included dozens of tourists as well diplomat families. we should also let you know that the u.s. government is keeping apprised of the situation. in fact, military officials at centcom in tampa have gone over contingency planning for a noncombatant operation. but at this point, it is deemed, according to the u.s. government, that americans living and working in cairo and elsewhere in egypt are not in any immediate danger. but you can bet that the white house as well as centcom keeping a close eye on things and will take evacuationary meths and get that under way should that be called for. we have thomas roberts. what do you got? we have this israeli official saying that an israeli carrier is taking 200 tourists out of cairo at the moment. meanwhile, several other tourists also trying to get out of egypt are from the neighboring country of saudi arabia. and nbc s chief medical editor, dr. nancy snyderman, is