also here in the united states before arizona, michigan, and super tuesday. brand new polling is showing that we are in a virtual tie, though, in the desert. and reliving the lewinsky affair. staffers are opening up for the very first time in a brand new documentary. they are saying the white house was consumed by it for nearly an entire term. that documentary is getting some mixed reviews this morning. we re going to share that with you. and the president singing the blues, not over the campaign, literally singing the blues with bb king. yeah, get down. you re going to hear the rest of that coming up. we begin this morning with breaking news out of syria. opposition activists telling cnn two western journalists were killed in heavy shelling by syrian government forces on a neighborhood in the besieged city of homs. we are not naming the journalists yet. we are pending notification of their next of kin. we are working our sources on this story, and we ll be following it
but it s been a very violent day. much more violent, much more furious than the protests yesterday. we have a final death toll we believe of six dead and 30 wounded. perhaps six different protests across the country. so it seems to have escalated significantly today. and president karzai actually put out a statement, right? what did he say? reporter: yeah, he put out a statement this afternoon. a lot of people are waiting to see what he ll say. he said he condemned the burning and he ordered an investigation into what had happened and he appointed committee of senior clerics to find out what was going on. i think the key thing was that he condemned the burning. that s actually our ben farmer in kabul there. we apologize. it s not always easy to link up technically, but we will stay with ben on this story. ben, i apologize. we lost your audio. an american woman who reported on the violence in syria has now become a victim of it. marie colvin worked for the sunday times o
say. lin-ing. thank you for being with us tonight. greta wire.com the five is now. eric: hello, everyone. kimberly: happy presidents day. i m kimberly guilfoyle with bob beckel, eric bolling, dana perino, greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city. this is the five. kimberly: our top story today, rick santorum s controversial comments about president obama and theology. mr. santorum is getting heat after he said this. this is what the president said. it s not about you. it s not about you. it s not about your quality of life. it s not about your job. it s about some phony ideal, some phony theology. oh, not a theology, but a different theology. some people thought it was
of course, obama administration officials have said as recently as last week that that is the last thing they want to do, shep, get more weapons into their country. shepard: sounds right. jonathan hunt, thank you. back to politics now. the presidential candidate rick santorum continuing his rise in the polls and with it a lot of attention, sometimes the light is blinding. the santorum campaign forced to do some explaining after a comment about president obama s agenda. listen. it s about some phony ideal, some phony theology. oh not a theology based on the bible, a different theology. shepard: that s a familiar refrain, isn t it? he was speaking to a very conservative religious crowd at the time. he said he wasn t questioning president obama s personal faith but it continued today. today a top campaign aide went on television to further clarify and that led to another correction. ed henry with the news live at the white house tonight. this is a bit involved.
obama s family 16th vacation in three years. our countdown to election day continues. hannity starts right here, right now. controversy on the campaign trail over the weekend after some accused rick santorum of questioning barack obama s christian values. the senator denies doing so, and openly admits he accepts the fact that the president is a christian. he says the following statement is taken out of context. take a look. it doesn t fit his pattern of trying to drive down consumption, drive up your cost of transportation. to accomplish his political science goals. of reducing carbon dioxide emission. this is what the president s agenda. it s not about you. it s not about you. it s not about your quality of life or your jobs. it s about some phony ideal.