amazingly, the crew survived. a gun battle and tense 32-hour standoff with an al qaeda terrorist finally over. the suspect killed in a police raid just hours ago. this morning we re learning more about the man wanted in the killings of three french paratroopers and three students at a jewish school. outrage and anger at the mayor of sanford, florida. a tense town hall and new calls for the police chief, bill lee, to step down. accusations that he mishandled the case by not charging the man who killed an unarmed florida teenager. and i m very sorry about tyler. that s a quote. the former rutgers student, dharun ravi, opens up for the first time since his conviction. he tells a new jersey newspaper he was not bias and was not uncomfortable with his roommate being gay. new orleans this morning stunned after a bounty program sidelines their head coach for a full season. now they want to know who the snitch is. we begin this morning with tea party sergeant gary stein. th
together, we re going to ensure that america s greatest days are still ahead. the battle of the gop. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. it s a big night for mitt romney. let s take a look at tonight s results romney way ahead in the lead. listen to a tough talking mitt romney. so tonight was a primary. but november is the general election. and we re going to face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. i m running for president because i have the experience and the vision to get us out of this mess. so mitt romney rolls in illinois. a crucial win for him. here to talk about it is cnn s top team. i think a pretty significant night for mitt romney. in the general context, are we nearing the tipping point? yes, i think it s a very present day for mitt romney. it s not over yet for all practical purposes. i think it s becoming a
the latest shooting was on monday when three children and a teenager were kill at a nearby jewish school. police say negotiations are still under way with the suspect in this hour s long standoff. diana magnay joins us from toulouse with the latest. this standoff has been going on for three hours now at the very least. is there a sense they re making any headway? reporter: well, we ve just heard from the mayor, actually, who s been talking to police right outside the house, just up the road from this residential neighborhood, just a few kilometers from that jewish school. the suspect, the 24-year-old man, holed up in that house is extremely stubborn and determined. he s talking to negotiators but he is by no means in negotiations with them. the man said that it is likely to go on for quite a long time. we are beginning to get more and more details about this man. we know he is 24 years old, a french national of algerian origin. he spent considerable amount of time apparentl
this will be a topic of heated debate here in the city of new orleans. sean payton has been a beloved figure ever since the saints won the super bowl after the 2009 season in the years after hurricane katrina. sean payton and quarterback drew brees, you know, were the faces of this team and in the city for a team that had done so much to kind of bring this city out of the doldrums here. so the punishment against him, i think, will be a hot topic of debate here in the city. a lot of people, new orleans saints being one of my favorite teams having my family being from new orleans. culturally it is a part of that community there. do we know if any of the players are also going to be suspended, if there s going to be any kind of punishment for the players as well? reporter: there s no question that players will be punished somehow, but in this statement that s just been released by the nfl it says discipline for the players is still being looked at, and none of those announce
this is dinnertime here. he doesn t sleep at all basically. will cain, cnn contributor and contributor to theblaze.com and roland martin, political analyst. 7:00 a.m. eastern and 6:00 a.m. in illinois. one of the most important primary, illinois, that s what we say always, 54 delegates at stake in the primary and the winner is expected to capture the bulk of the delegates. it will be the biggest haul since the georgia primary that happened earlier this month. mitt romney looking to pad his commanding lead in the delegate chase. rick santorum we spoke to the santorum campaign yesterday really hoping to burst governor romney s bubble and the two are going at each other in their own form of chicago style politics. listen. we re not going to be successful in replacing an economic lightweight with another economic lightweight. do you really believe this country wants to elect a wall street financier as president of the united states? do you think that s the kind of experie