killing families in afghanistan is refusing to talk. voting also under way in the deep south as mitt romney hopes to seal the deal. it s time to play reporter roulette. more fallout from the massacre in afghanistan. chris? reporter: this was no mere apology. this was the strongest words yet we ve heard from an american president in describing what happened during that shooting in afghanistan. the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. we re heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. reporter: the thing is murder has a very specific legal connotation, and this suspect has yet to even be charged with a specific crime. defense secretary leon panetta also said that capital punishment is a possibility in this case. a lethal injection is the method by which service members would be put to death. but ashleigh, that hasn t happened since 1961. the last time that a president even authorized the killing of
what s the best part? reporter: this is the place to be. this is max s wine bar, you re watching it transform into the cnn grill. a great space. the sign goes up. everybody can find it. this is the place to be. you can follow us on twitter at cnnsxsw, sboouth by southwest, d brooke, when you get here, i m going to give you a princess s welcome. we will be doing our show there on monday. i cannot wait. i ve never been to austin. more jobs added in the month of february of the i ha. i have some numbers for you. plus, ingredients changed in top sodas to avoid cancer labels. the solar storm, some amazing pictures. extra impressive northern lights. time to play reporter roulette. alison kosik, we begin with you at the american stock exchange talking jobs, talking the numbers that are out today. 220,000, the number of new jobs in february. austin headline. why aren t the markets responding? the gains for stocks fizzling out as we speak, because the market the data c
there was a big disagreement between senator mccain and secretary panetta about the u.s. going alone into syria. mccain made a very strong point going back to the 90s saying, look, when the atrocities were happening in bosnia, the united states acted and it s time for us to act here. he had a very pointed question to panetta saying, how many more tens of thousands have to die before you re willing to go in? but panetta countered and said, look, i m not going to send american troops, men and women, into this situation unless i m sure of exactly what we can accomplish there. we heard today some of the real factors that the u.s. is considering, you know, that you ve got 100 different groups as part of the opposition, so not a clear idea of who they are. high density, high population centers, and a syrian air defense force that presents much, much more challenging defenses than libya s did. let me ask you about this. the exchange specifically about the u.s. asking permission
option is off the table when it comes to iran. also senator john mccain calls on air strikes moments ago with regard to syria. critics are calling vladimir putin s win a fraud and possibly a game changer. on this monday, time to play reporter roulette. let s begin now at the white house. huge meeting today on the subject of iran between president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. with that story we go to correspondent dan lothian. dan, tell me what happened today. reporter: officials saying that meeting between president obama and prime minister netanyahu lasted about two hours, and then they moved on to a working lunch. according to these senior officials, the message remains unchanged. the position on iran that they should not get a nuclear weapon as opposed to what the israelis are looking for, a much lower threshold, which is iran not acquiring nuclear capability. in all, though, the two leaders try to portray a sense of unity. president obama sayin
starting with the mall. there s a big walmart over there. here is a strip mall. this was a cell phone store if you walk in here, you can see there they are, cell phones, all the inventory still here. it is well guarded with police help. i have to tell you, instead of looking at the daniel and destruction like this here s what people are looking forward to, to the clean-up as you can see the workers over there cleaning this town up. they re putting on new roofs, they re securing what they have. and all the things that are not in the good enough conditionton withstand a little bit of wind, they re going to bull doze it and tear it down. here s the interesting thing though that we re hearing, brooke. you can talk to chad meyers about this. another storm system is brewing, and they re preparing for that one, as well. yep, we re hearing friday, don lemon. thank you so much. want to move long next on reporter roulette. nick paton walsh is in afghanistan for us. two more american