in clark county from the numbers they know. as you pointed out, the only question is who will finish in second place. it is not much to cheer about. they will be 30 points behind mitt romney. some of the rural places went for ron paul . he has a big organization. the battle between paul and gingrich, describe it for us. it was not a battle much. gingrich tried to erect a operation in a matter of a couple of weeks. palm has had fervent followers here in 2008 when he tock over the state party. they were more organized this time. you mention the rural counties. there is a libitarian streak that runs through the expanse of nevada from las vegas to reno. is he going to do well enough to make up for the losses to gingrich he will suffer in the
at least three people killed, dozens more hurt when that plane slammed into the crowd. it barely missed a grand stand that was packed with spectators. witnesses say they thought they were going to die and they are now calling the pilot of that plane a hero. i think that that pilot, in the last two seconds, pulled up because he saw the bleachers and i would guess he probably saved 200 to 300 other people. and i don t mean any disrespect to the injured, but i would consider him to be a hero because he pulled up and did what i think was his best job to hit the target. our dan simon is there for us in reno. dan, good morning again. have we learned any indication what possibly could have caused this? we really don t know at this point. what we know is that the aircraft picked up and rolled and just went down to the ground. at this point, it s pure speculation to hypothesize what happened here. they re coming to the scenes to look for clues. you have to wonder what made thi
now have control of a key border crossing in tunisia. this is very interesting. on the western side of the country which we largely associate with being in government control. thousands of libyan families have been pouring into camps there. many are fleeing the violence in misrata. gadhafi s forces have been shelling the town with rockets and tank shells. the u.n. has warned there could be a serious humanitarian crisis in the area. fred plight again live from tripoli. give us an idea how serious this is. reporter: hi, ali. this is a border post in the southern part of tunisia. in that portion of the country you have tribes that have been notoriously anti-gadhafi. they tried to take some towns when this whole uprising began in late february. that was crushed heavily. the fighting is centering around the towns and we re hearing that the fighting is very heavy and that gadhafi is using heavy weapons there. but now we ve heard that this border post has been taken and it appears
including millionaires and billionaires. we fought two wars. and we created a new and expensive prescription drug program, and we didn t pay for any of it. and as the saying goes, there is no such thing as a free lunch. the president heads west tomorrow, taking his pitch, his sales pitch, to reno. a somber day in oklahoma city. [ taps ] survivors and victims families paused today to remember the 168 people who died in the attack on the federal building. the bomb exploded 16 years ago today. anti-government protesters hold a noisy rally in downtown holmes. that is syria s third-largest city.
he goes to northern virginia on tuesday. on wednesday he s out to california. a facebook town hall in palo alto, california. he ll mix in fund-raising while he s out there and then he goes on to reno for a third town hall next week before returning to washington. alex? thank you, mike. watch meet the press tomorrow, treasury secretary time geithner will be david gregory s guest. up next, do they think it has any chance of happening. also ahead, manage being moammar gadhafi s personal nurse. his former nurse is sharing stories about the dictator and you ll hear them coming up on msnbc saturday. and if we get lucky, really lucky, it dawns on us to go spend them in a world where a simple sunrise can still be magic. twenty-five thousand mornings. make sure some of them are pure michigan.