really, he was an older bloer. the younger one, i don t know, went aloong for the ride. yeah, the older brother, younger brother scenario. how this is sort of reminiscent of the sniper shooting. it was a similar situation. it soernly was a question just floating out there right now. and now that the police work has played off and chris was talking about tonight, as you ve been discussing, it s really time to the legal aspect of the marathon bombings. earlier tonight, anderson cooper talked with senior legal analyst, jeffrey toobin.
going to lead to an uncomfortable question that law enforcement in boston is going to have to confront, which is was it really necessary to lock the city down. was it necessary to in smoking these guys out to do something that would be very difficult to scale up. you didn t see that happen in new york city after the would-be times square bomber. you didn t see it in d.c. after the 2000 sniper shooting. it seemed throughout the day, especially after dzhokhar escaped a 200-round gunfire exchange, to have potentially risked creating something of an inspiring story for would-be copycats and that s going to be a very dicey thing to confront especially when you also consider that after they lift the lockdown, dzhokhar looks like he s gotten away and it s only when the guy steps out to have a smoke that he realizes that there s something bleeding on his tarp in his boat. yeah, there are going to be a lot of questions that are asked about this investigation. not necessarily always to point
we have a fair and balanced debate on that coming up. plus, a sniper shooting at cars near detroit, even people leaving fairholmes. their homes. the latest as police step up their manhunt for this gunman, next. endless shrimp is our most popular promotion
might have been put to rest. dana perino we have her on the show later on. we will ask her about white house. how does it unfold in the white house? did the white house ever get this information or was it only at the state department? we ll talk to dana later. three congressional investigations as a result of what happened in benghazi so far. the focus of that big debate but you have got some headlines. okay. i will get right to the headlines. a freightening warning for drivers in michigan. there is a serial gunman who appears to be on the loose there. cops say that there have been 16 reports of someone shooting from a dark car at oncoming traffic. this happening in wicksham and livingston county also in lion township. i hope i said that correctly. no one has been hurt but there has been a number of close calls. this is sparking fears of repeat of that 2002 sniper shooting? washington, d.c.
will on the streets. journalists get a look at the violence syria doesn t want you to see. it is amazing to me how this guy has been shot this many times. i mean, he s superman. i have been shot three times. my fingers have bullet holes. did you hear had a? part man, part terminator. shot three times in a robbery. a marine pulls out the bullets with his own hands. and now he s talking about it from his hospital bed on this american morning. good morning, everyone. it is thursday, december 29. this is american morning. a lot going on today. let s get right to it. that s right. good morning, everybody. glad you are with us. i m alina cho. up first, dramatic shift in the political landscape with five days to go before the iowa caucuses. just look at this brand-new c cnn/ time poll. mitt romney on top in iowa now. followed closely by ron paul. newt gingrich plunging and rick santorum suddenly rolling right to the top three. gingrich now 11 points behind romney. he s