villaraigosa and former commerce secretary carlos gutierrez. i m candy crowley. and this is state of the union. there are more delegates at stake in florida than any of the previous contests. so major momentum will come out of this winner-take-all state. naturally ron paul, a road less traveled kind of guy, spent the week in maine. what am i doing in maine? why am i not in florida? to get delegates. that s what we re doing here. truth is, ron paul doesn t need to be in florida to have a presence. the debt is certainly an important issue. you can hear it from the ron paulites who are here cheering tonight. that s the intrigue of the paul campaign. maximum commitment by voters in the face of minimal chances. his support now is too small to be a threat to romney or gingrich in the short run, but large enough to be a factor in the long run. and if ron paul shouldn t win, what s the price for his support? the texas congressman joins me now from his home state. thank you,
you still have almost 10% unemployment here in florida. you still have home values down and continuing to go down. you still have record number of foreclosures in florida. you still have median incomes suffering, middle income families suffering. florida is an epicenter of the housing crisis that put us into the great recession of 2008 and 2009. cnn senior political analyst david gergen joins us from jacksonville. david, mitt romney is not only focused on president obama, he s got newt gingrich to deal with as well. florida was one of the states that was hardest hit by the housing crisis. its unemployment rate remains above the national average. so is tuesday s primary going to end up as a referendum on whether voters who are focused on the economy can get behind mitt romney as the man to best fix it? reporter: probably so, ali, but i must tell you this has become such a personalized race. romney and gingrich have gone mano a mano in the several debates and we ve had sort
fighting for third. in the 19th debate of the season and the last before florida votes next tuesday, the front-runners tangled over investments and campaign rhetoric. much more in fair game. a day after the captain admitted that he made a mistake and wrecked the ship, $14,000 is being offered to the passengers. but this ordeal is far from over. a 16th body was recovered on tuesday while another 16 passengers are still missing. the rescue operations chief says crews are trying to open up new passages so rescuers can access more areas. a surreal experience to be condemned to die. those were the ominous words of joshua komisarjevsky before a judge sentenced him to death less than two hours ago. he was convicted in october for brutally raping and killing three people and dr. william petit managed to escape from the basement. he said, i miss my entire family. i had 26 years with jennifer, 17 with haley and 11 with michaela. we were robbed of this for what? money. we will hear
speech and is speaking at a plant in iowa that makes conveyor belts and then he will go to a facility in vegas, the university of michigan ann arbor. four of those states are must wins. arizona is on the president s wish list. only one state matters for the gop primary race. rick santorum with a state rally. newt gingrich spoke at a forum called univision. likely florida voters monday and tuesday and after the republican debate, romney is on top by seven points but 6% say that they are unsure. santorum and ron paul are far behind fighting it out to third. egyptians are marking the first anniversary of the start of the historic uprising at a scene like this in cairo s tahrir square seem commonplace? they fear there is little else to show for their efforts. mubarak is on trial for his life and democratic civilian government is far from complete. in a daring helicopter move, the navy s.e.a.l.s rescued two aide workers. they fought their way into the somali compound and some of
many untrue things as fast as you can to get them all into one or two quick statements. so i thought it was kind of wild. here s a snapshot of romney s tax details. for 2010, he and his wife reported income topping $21 million, mostly from investments on which they paid less than 14% in federal tax. the gingriches and the obamas earned far less and paid, percentage wise, far more. tax rates are sure to come up in president obama s third state of the union speech. here s one tip-off. we re told warren buffett s secretary will be a guest of the first lady. you ll remember in calling for higher taxes on millionaires, billionaire buffett remarked that his secretary pays a higher rate than he does. in just a few moments, we ll go behind the scenes of the biggest presidential speech of the year with man who s been there time and again. michael waldman joins me in face time about six minutes from now. as we speak, fans and friends of joe paterno are getting their first chance to