victim s family stunned and afraid. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the republican candidates are scrambling to cover as much ground as they can. the south carolina primary only nine days away and early voting in florida starting at the same time. it s now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romney s lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us from west palm beach with the latest. jim? reporter: wolf, don t let all the florida sunshine fool you. mitt romney is coming up a blizzard of attacks from the gop rivals over the issue of corporate layoffs, so the gop front-runner returned to a familiar theme of the campaign, and that is he understands the plight of the unemployed. mitt romney hopes he s found the message to remain his bain in the neck. being unemployed for a long period of time means families are having a hard time ma
united states is very clear saying that this is for humanitarian purposes and any action, though nothing is off the table, is extremely complex, to be sure. and wanted to follow up after talking about john galliano yesterday and natalie portman finally weighing in. natalie portman saying she s essentially disgusted with what she heard from john galliano in that video that went viral on the internet. she herself was jewish. he was saying i love hitler in that video we saw over and over again. and she s connected quickly because of the dior connection. she has an endorsement deal for miss dior, a celebrity spokesperson, appears in commercials and print ads as well. john galliano, here s what s going on right now. the dior house is starting proceedings to fire him, so there are real issues involved with dismissing him, but comments coming from people who
tonight shannon. maybe king of the universe, not the world. that was a very expensively made and even bigger box office haul for him. we will be watching. thanks, jill. thank you. shannon: keep it here. later this hour, i will bring you my interview with the hurt locker director catherine big glow and screen writer mark bohl. hear what they say when they managed to keep this message pretty nonpolitical. 300 million could miss the academy awards because of a dispute between walt disney and cablevision. laura ingle is live in new york city with this story. i m guessing they wouldn t be too happy about that, laura. no. there is a lot of unhappy people today. that s for sure. pulled by abc parent company after midnight. unless a deal is struck today, there will be a lot of unhappy oscar fans in the new york area. breakdown in negotiations turned into a very public showdown with the details of the fight being highlighted in tv commercials and print ads. check out the metro section i