world for it to have gone down. do you agree with that assessment? this seem like a deep part of the ocean, 13,000 feet, rough waters, big waves. is it one of the worst places in the world for the plane to have gone down? your assessment? probably not the worst. but complicated. and the topography is rough and close to the reach. and, you know, on the good side, the ocean currents are not terribly strong at that location. so but, you know, as it was said before, it s going to be a challenge to go back to that site of the crash. in terms the debris field, because so many days have elapsed since potentially the initial crash and the investigating teams actually pinpointing something that may be debris, there are estimates that the debrois may have traveled 180, 250 miles from the crash site. does that math seem correct to you? it does. so the date in my possession,
or the fbi. officials say it s not unusual for the fbi to interview defendants in a case while they collect other evidence. a u.s. tourist is in big trouble after snapping the finger off a statue. museum is saying look with your eyes not with your hands. this is hundreds of years old. we also have this. a couple at sea hit rough waters. they had to abandon ship and the water saved the dog before the wife. man s best friend. if you re planning to visit south america and have long hair guess what you may want to tie it back or wear it under a hat. how women now are being robbed of their long locks. just like people are experiencing cell phones being snatched this time it s your hair. give me your wallet and your hair. we ll be right back.
cruise liner is suspended. rescue diver face new difficulties while the captain may face years of prison. i m wolf blitzern charleston, south carolina. you re in the situation room. just releasing right now, a latest poll showing a tightening race. newt gingrich is charging ahead, trying to keep the fight for the republican nomination going, and the new cnn/time/orc poll shows him closing the gap here in south carolina. mitt romney remains the front-runner with 33%. gingrich up now, though, to 23%. rick santorum third at, and rick perry 6%. joining us now our chief political analyst gloria borger and time columnist joe klein. gloria, let me say, the gap seems to be narrowing in these recent days. what evidence do we see? take a look at this, wolf. in the poll we did january 4th to 5th there was a 19-point difference. now, in our current poll there s a ten-point gap. i think we can explain that by the fact that quite honestly mitt romney hasn t had a good week. and the
a police cruiser camera catches an unlookly good samaritan. kate bolduan is monitoring that and other top stories coming into the situation room right now. hey, kate. well, suzanne, this is an amazing story. a police dash cam caught it on tape. a dayton, ohio, police stopped a car because of a missing headlight. the man grabbed the officer and started to punch him, and you see him reaching for the gun and the taser, but a woman ran up to start hitting the suspect helping the officer then subdue and arrest him. that is a good samaritan. pretty amazing stuff. also, rough waters made a cruise trip one to remember for passengers on carnival s inspiration. the vessel returned to the port
big story here in california off the coast of mexico, carnival cruise ship with 4500 passengers on board had to be brought home by a towboat. the ship had no hot water, no air conditioning. if they wanted that, they could have just stayed in mexico. for two days, it drifted without any power. it s earning the ship the nickname the democratic party. very nice. rough waters ahead. coming up at 7:00, about half-hour from now, we ll be joined by monte robeson, one of the passengers stuck on carnival splendor s cruise. he s going to be joining us from our studio. by the way, yesterday, we said that they were eating spam on board. they did send spam but nobody ate it, apparently. yeah. i like spam! but any meal that s a hybrid. they haven t committed to ham or bologna. it s just you know what spam stands for. what? spiced ham. really? yeah. that s where they get that.