morning. ets it s going to go like that today. also joining us is jeff toobin the cnn senior legal analyst. thank you for joining us and hank of political strategist, iconic political strategist. nice to have you joining us. thank you. lots to get to. the afghan man who hijacked a car and then breached security, drove on to the runway in kabul just as the pentagon chief leon panetta was landing. that man has died. he died from burns he received after he lit himself on fire. we learned that he apparently was trying to run over a group of marines who had assembled to meet the defense secretary. the british soldier was also injured in that incident. leon panetta is in the capital and he s going to be meeting with the afghan president, harmid karzai and that comes days after a u.s. army sergeant apparently went on a violent attack and went door to door in the middle of the night killing 16 afghan civilians and most women and children. this morning, that suspect, a father of t
good evening, everyone. tonight, who let the attack dogs out? mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich, these guys have a fundamentally different economic philosophy than we do. governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. it s kind of amazinging. gingrich and romney and santorum, they don t let the facts get in their way. that was the first time he mentioned them by name and as you can see, he did so with joy. vice president came out swinging in a trip to the all important swing state of ohio speaking to his party s face. the industry s bailout is clearly a point of pride for the administration. it is a talking point you will hear a lot on the campaign trail for the rest of the year. just take a look at this clip from a 17-minute video the re-election campaign is debuting tonight. his advisers would ask where to begin, which urgent need would he put first. which is one, which is two, which is three, which is four, which is five? where do you start?
today marks one year since syria s uprising began with a day of rage. it is clear the rage has not let up. we re keeping an eye, too, on afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta just met with president hamid karzai as the u.s. soldier who is a kutsed of slaughtering 16 people is moved from the country. the washington monument is sinking. it s sunk a fraction of an inch since the quake hit last august. today the circus ends and the prison sentence begins. former governor rob blagojevich has left illinois and might not be back for quite some time. he s on his way right now to a federal prison in colorado to start his 14-year sentence. he was convicted last summer of corruption. zoraida zsambolin is with us. my pleasure. zoraida, his going away thing was kind of like he was a rock star rather than a corrupt politician. why is that? as i was watching it this morning, i thought the exact same thing. this guy still does what he does best, right? he has this rock star
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and coming film mamgers in this country. koerntd for mtv power of 12 this ch is focusing on the election. nice to have you. polls in alabama and mississippi are open in less than an hour while all eyes are on the south today. battling over the significance of the results. now, newt gingrich has put his entire strategy on the line. the southern strategy. rick santorum s camp says they re tamping down his chances and mitt romney says it s going to be doom if the fight north nomination goes to the convention. newt gingrich is leading the new poll 34rks%. mitt romney is in second place with 31%. and because that s within the margin of error they re basically tied. rick santorum is trailing at 24%. joining our panel this morning is bill arm stead. chairman of the alabama republican party. thank you for talking with us. as i mentioned, everybody sort of says everything is on the line. start by characterizing your electorate for me. what are voters in your state looking for, sir?