congressional district. meaning santorum will ultimately leave the state with roughly the same number as mitt romney. good morning, it is wednesday, february 29th, welcome to morning joe. with us onset, we have msnbc and time magazine senior political analyst mark haleprin. we also have the executive editor at random house and pulitzer prize winning historian jon meacham. and in washington, msnbc political analyst michael steele. good morning to have you on, michael. good morning. and we ll start out with the primaries, but olympia snow. yeah, big news, she s out of it. but no doubt. this is big news for mitt romney. a good day. got to give it to him. a very good day. i just don t think he could ve afforded the loss at this point. no, and even the margin by which he won there are critics who are saying it s still not enough. but we ve got to give him a win.
this morning on world news now your voice, your vote. mitt romney s slim victory in the michigan primary and what it means for the republican race for president. after a serious challenge from conservative opponent rick santorum, romney is a front-runner once again. it is wednesday february 29th. good morning on this leap day. i m meg oliver in for paula faris. good morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. well, michigan was so important to mitt romney on a lot of levels. number one, it s his home state, primarily. and the margin, believe it or not, was not wide at all in that state, but it was wide in arizona. in that state romney got nearly half the vote. we ll get the latest from the
now -is morning on world news this morning on world news now back in front. with primary victories in both michigan and arizona last night, mitt romney s the gop front-runner once again. and romney s narrow win in his home state was crucial. after a major challenge from conservative rick santorum. it s wednesday february 29th. good morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. and i m meg oliver in for paula faris. and happy leap day, my friend. the 29th. this day only comes around every four years. so here we are again. here we are. and let s all talk about michigan. this was a really important victory for romney. a loss in his home state would have been a big blow to his campaign.
funnel cloud on video. several tornadoes were reported in kansas, we ll have more on the severe weather from the cnn severe weather center in just a couple minutes. rescuers are scouring the waters of mobile bay in alabama today. they are searching for three members of the u.s. coast guard missing after their helicopter crashed. crews recovered the body of a fourth crew member. this morning rescuers located the helicopter partially submerged in several feet of water. the chopper was on a training mission when it went down last night. terrified school kids calling 911 when a fellow student started shooting this week in ohio. now we hear their voices. police released the phone recordings. just take a listen. 911 what is your emergency. we just had a shooting at our school. we need to get out of here. okay, ma am we got a school shooting what school? chardon high school. chardon high school? yes, ma am. all right. can you get administration? everyone is run
for our students, parents, faculty and staff the chardon schools will reopen the school facilities according to the following schedule. wednesday, february 29th, all high school faculty and staff are asked to gather at the high school at 9 clock in the morning. counselors will be available. all kindergarten-8th grade faculty and staff are asked to gater at m u.n. ton elementary school. counselors will be available. patti ann: that is the superintendent giving the update on what the school hours will look like over the next couple of days in that district in chardon, ohio. a lot of emotion coming from the community. we are waiting and watching for any developments in the investigation and we ll bring you updates as we get them. jon. jon: new information now, jenna on a terrifying end to a flight to new jersey. operations at newark airport are back to normal now as vetters trying to figure out what caused a plane s landing gear to fail.