know, this early in the morning, people are a little bit more unsettled as people are getting ready, you know, for their day. we know that it s standard operating procedure for them to check bridges and things like that and the subway system. and from what again we understand no damage at all. all right, dan simon. thank you so much. like a war zone or an end of the world movie. that s how people are describing tornadoes that tore through the midwest and the south. here is the latest. the violent storms are blamed for 39 deaths in five states. national guard troops are now on the ground in kentucky and indiana. fema has also dispatched teams to those states to begin damage assessment. but one state is holding off on asking for federal help. ohio governor john kasich says first the state wants to assess the damage for themselves before asking the obama administration for assistance. cnn s athena jones is in tornado-ravaged henryville, indiana. athena, i want to start with th
syria. eight people died today at the hands of their own government that. is according to opposition activists. a victim of sniper fire? you can see the devastation across the midwest. the relentless storm system impacting multiple states and 39 deaths. we are one day away from super tuesday. the race for the republican nomination and it s a make or break day for who? newt gingrich. he s campaigning in tennessee at this hour. gingrich is counting on a win to keep this campaign going. meanwhile, mitt romney is riding high into super tuesday. he won washington state over the weekend. so is it okay to kill an a u.s. citizen with alleged ties to al qaeda? eric holder said yes. an official familiar with the speech says it s unlikely that he will mention anwhim by name. the most listened to radio show in the country, aol, is the latest to basically lash out against him after limbaugh called a college student a slut. the student has testified in support of contraceptive heal