out of puerto rico into as rick santorum heads into the next two primaries. somewhat the opposite for mitt romney trying to gain the upper hand. he s now in puerto rico, where santorum may have offended some spanish speaker, romney is courting them in their own language. jim a costa is in san juan. what s the latest from there, jim? reporter: candy, mitt romney is in puerto rico for a series of events. after rick santorum s trip to this island, the trick is pretty simple. don t get lost in translation. mitt romney is out to show puerto ricans he is speaker that i majority. if the majority of the p we realizo ricans wish to become a state, i will support that. reporter: romney has not only written letters to voters translated into spanish, he s running a radio ad featuring his bilingual son craig also in spanish. his arrival comes after rick santorum seemed to stumble over whether the predominantly spanish-speaking island should adopt english as a condition of statehoo
flattening homes, flooding out the roads, the grim flyover coming up next. a republican language barrier. rick santorum and mitt romney sparring over english in puerto rico. just needs to be a bilingual country and not just spanish-speaking and right now it s overwhelmingly spanish speaking and needs to fully integrate. fallout. will rick santorum s stand cost him delegates and latino votes. ipad fever is gripping the planet. the tablets are flying off the store shelves sending apple s stock price soaring to unprecedented heights. it is one minute now past 5:00. new details about the soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians in cold blood. the new york times is quoting a senior u.s. official saying that that soldier, quote, just snapped suggesting it might have been as a result of a combination of stress and alcohol. the shooting suspect now has a lawyer, john henry brown. brown says the suspect is a highly decorated soldier. he was injured twice during thr
if you watched the grammys last night you know it was a soulful tribute to whitney houston. one performer there still too shaken up to sing and we ll talk about all the winners from last night. a massive budget battle. an election preview. it seems to be. the president is unveiling his final spending plan before the 2012 election today. and you know what, it s mot even delivered to capitol hill and the gop is already on it. what are they going to say about it and how do we know this will be the preview of the general election campaign? and lin han sanity. look at this guy. knicks new sensation, jeremy lin, making headlines on the other side of the globe as well. keep your eyes on that one. this is one of those sensations that just sort of came out of know where. did you know about him before they wrote about him this weekend. never heard a thing about him. i don t know a lot about basketball. i do. i couldn t believe i didn t know this guy. wait until you hear
three of the four gop presidential candidates took their turns trying to woo the crowd. plus, sarah palin talks today. will she officially endorse anyone? we ll check on reynolds wolf. an avalanche rescue dog had to dig him out on the slopes. we ll explain. syria is in a state of crisis, a steady stream of new video is coming into cnn as the city of homs is under attack. take a listen. [ gunfire ] the scene is disturbing. just yesterday, 110 people were killed, most of them civilians. we cannot verify the authenticity of these videos, but we have heard from antigovernment activists who say if they don t receive help, they will kill millions. most is in homs but spreading to other areas. stay with cnn throughout the morning. the cias website is back up this morning after hackers took it down. a group known as anonymous claimed responsibility. they may have attacked the website run by the state of alabama. personal data of more than 46,000 people was compromised. the hacker
repeatedly, shelling, tank fire, nearly 100 civilians have reportedly been killed and now a russian official is in damascus to meet with the regime. we are going to figure out exactly how that will play out in the effort to end the carnage there. we have new information about final moments for josh powell and his two little boys. what the coroner says he did to his two little boys before he set the house on fire. and on the political front, a lot of delegates, up for grabs. 70, in fact, in the states that are actually offering them up. three states at play tonight. is rick santorum sitting a lot prettier than he has been in states past? we ll let you know. the dark side of camelot. this is an explosive new memoir. it claims that john f. kennedy had an affair with a teenage intern. he was in his 40s, she was 19. first up, we want to get to the situation in syria growing so desperate by the hour. take a look at the video and hear the sounds. it s remarkable. these are sce