candidates? erin burnett makes the leap from cnbc to cnn. what s her take on coverage of the ailing economy and how will her new show compete in an opinionated landscape? and news outlets can t get enough of the trial of michael jackson s doctor and others can t care less. we ll have a diagnosis. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. maybe the governor of new jersey will jump in and completely shake up the presidential race, or maybe the chris christie flirtation will turn out to be just another brief comment across the media galaxy. move over, romney and perry and bachmann and cain and santorum, journalists have a new heartthrob. is this the man who can defeat the incumbent president? he could have ended all the talk about running, but he didn t. people who are down the middle, just everybody around here is talking about chris christie jumping in the race. no means no. or does it? another full-throated denial from governor chris christie, but does anyon
teams with he has to deal with the tornado devastation back here at home. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. it s been almost 24 hours since the people of joplin, missouri hid in their homes as the tornado tore through their city. officials say 116 people were killed and many more injured. this makes this storm tied for the second deadliest twister. the toll is expected to climb as one resident puts it. everybody s going to know people who are dead. a massive rescue operations under way that has been hampered by more bad weather. many pipes are damaged. despite the obstacles of success today, the governor says that there were seven rescues. in some cases, entire families were pulled from the rubble alive. at least 2,000 buildings are damaged, including one of the city s two hospitals. brian todd is joining us from outside of that hospital. he s joining us live now. brian? reporter: wolf, as you can see, we re getting another thunderstorm. they have bee