it s only about three feet high. witnesses say she overcompensated and made a sharp right, crossing over three lanes of traffic going in the very same direction, hit a curb that went over a fence, only again about two to three feet high, and went sailing about 50 to 60 feet. control of the suv. it could have been, authorities say, any number of things. maybe something physically went wrong with her. perhaps there was a mechanical failure, a distraction of some kind. these are all the things that they ll be looking at as some of the possibilities, don. all right. susan candiotti in new york. susan, thank you very much. this stretch of road is no stranger to bad wrecks. back in 2006, six people were killed in almost the exact same spot. i spoke to steve casamo about the safety of this particular roadway. back in 2010, this bridge was one of several in new york state that were determined to be functionally y functionally inoperable. what that definition means, it doesn t mea
speak on the 2-year-old arizona law due to be challenged tomorrow at the u.s. supreme court. more on that and surprising facts from the u.s./mexican border. there s little drama but don t tell voters. voting is under way in republican primaries in rhode island, connecticut, delaware, pennsylvania and new york. mitt romney, of course, appears to have the nomination in the bag. santorum is dropped out, but his name is on the ballot. for now, gingrich and ron paul vowing to fight on. romney right now has 695 of the 1,144 delegates needed to clench the nomination. president obama focusing on education. this morning, he honored the national teacher of the year and the finalists at the white house. these are the kind of teachers who change lives forever. i wouldn t be here today if it were not for teachers like these who challenged me, pushed me and put up with me and inspired me and set me straight when they had to. the president heads to college campuses in three battlegrou
suasion. and using these tools over the last few years i believe, and i know we have saved countless lives. when the referendum in south sudan was in doubt it threatened to reignite a conflict that had killed millions, but with determined diplomacy, included by some people in this room, that s how sudan became the world s newest nation, and our dim phroepl macy continues, because in darfur and the blue nile the killing of innocents must come to an end. the presidents of sudan and south sudan must have the courage to negotiate, because the people of sudan and south sudan deserve peace. that is work we have done, and it has saved lives. when the incumbent lost an election but refused to give up power, he threatened to
new york times opinion piece calling his former employer togsic atogs toxic and destructive. wolf blitzer is off. i m candy crowley. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world with. you re in the situation room. puerto rico isn t often a hotbed of american politics but certainly is right now sunday s republican presidential primary looming. 20 delegates are up for grabs and as mitt romney and rick santorum will be the first to tell you, every one of those delegateses koubt es counts. jim acosta is watching it unfold for us in san juan. you had the opportunity to see both of these candidates, jim. reporter: that s right, candy, and it s going to be interesting to see how this plays out, because naturally mitt romney has been given sort of the advantage here in puerto rico. s got the endorsement of this territory s governor, luis fortunio but the governor welcomed senator santorum to the island when he arrived earlier this beak. i have to tell you what every
prime minister david cameron. mostly business, anyway. after they caught a game in the ncaa basketball tournament, president obama welcomed the british prime minister and his wife in a ceremony fit for a king. right now they re meeting in private on world issues tough to talk about. iran, syria, the debt crisis. stop me any time. they will be honored tonight at a state dinner as well. in a little over an hour from now, he and the president will be stepping into the rose garden for a news conference, and you ll be seeing it live here on cnn, so stay tuned. also in the news, secretary leon panetta is in the eyes of the storm. he will be visiting with troops and governors and tribal leaders in afghanistan. he won t see the rebel who went on the killing spree there. military investigators want to know if alcohol was, in fact, a factor in the cold-blooded shootings of those 16 afghan men, women and mostly children. toxicology tests on the suspect are not yet complete. authorit