tie. doesn t change the delegate count. mitt romney saying in his statement this, the results from the iowa caucus revealed a virtual tie. i would like to thank the iowa republican party for their careful attention to the caucus process. people might want to talk about that a little bit and recognize rick santorum for his strong performance in the state. great start to defeating president obama in iowa and else where in the general election. he leaves out a big thing which is, really, is he 34 points behind rick santorum and does it matter? let s get to shannon travis in des moines this morning and also bring in our panelists. let s start at the far end this morning. roland martin, finally, has joined us here. ron brownstein back with us, again. shannon, update us here on what happened and what the implications could be. this is a bombshell. let s say that. this was already, soledad, the closest vote in iowa caucus history and mitt romney, we thought he claimed iowa and the
details. we wrap it up here. starting point. i m going to hop on a plane and get to south carolina. we hand it over to cnn newsroom. i ll see you back here tomorrow i ll see you back here tomorrow morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. we start this hour with that doomed cruise ship off italy and fading hope to find anymore survivors. people are still missing in those frigid waters. two americans. at least 11 people have been killed. rescue operations are on hold again because it s too risky for divers as the cruise ship moves in the water. meanwhile, the ship s captain is under house arrest. he could be looking at man slaurt ter and abandoning ship charges after the cost at that c costa concordia hit a rock. barbie is joining us live from rome. barbie, any idea when the rescue operations might start up again? barbie, are you with us? reporter: oh, i can hear you now. yes. great. tell us, do you have any idea when these rescue crews c
there are two dozen people still missing. that number includes an american couple from minnesota. today a prayer vigil will be held with that couple. the captain is under house arrest. prosecutors are going to appeal that decision that let the captain out of jail. plus, very more tapes between the captain and port authority that are emerging and remember how stunned we were just reading the transcripts yesterday of the audiotapes i think are even worse. it appears to show the captain safe in his life boat while ignoring the orderis to return back to his sanking ship. listen. for our non-italian speaking viewers like myself who are having a hard time. pop that back on the screen. this is basically what we were telling you in the transcript yesterday where he was saying, i understand, listen, because you can hear schettino s voice panicking. i understand there are people coming down the ladder. you must take that ladder the opposite direction. get on board the ship. tell me how
good morning. i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. we ve got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we re hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we ll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. they re protesting anti-piracy bills. that s google right there. if you thought that all s fair in love and war and even the fringes of war, the u.s. and pakistan are having trouble right now. pakistan has said to the united states, you know that special envoy you sent us? send them back. we don t want them. weem get to the details. mitt romney reports that he pays about a 15% tax rate. how do you fe
five days after the coast of concordia ran aground, search teams have repeatedly had to pull back as the wreckage moved and shifted. but the captain is now out of jail and is facing an array of charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. the first congressional vote of 2012 is worth $1.2 trillion but doesn t amount to anything. as part of last summer s ex cruise ating debt ceiling drama, the house gets to impose another which the senate will ignore. and as per the earlier agreement, the deal also called for more than two trillion in spending cuts over a decade. we could be hearing from the white house about their decision in the keystone pipeline despite pressure by the republicans according to a democratic source. the obama administration is expected to reject fast tracking the controversial pipeline project. it would run from northern alberta in canada to texas gulf coast. some say the time line would create thousands of jobs but the obama administration is refusing t