reporter: the last time the national spotlight was so on the treasure state might have been in 2017 when gianforte body slammed a reporter during his congressional campaign. i m sick and tired of you guys! reporter: this week s game of governor s where s waldo has echoes of senator ted cruz heading to cancun last year during a cold snap and power outages in his home state of texas. cruz caught heat. today in montana, the post delouvrian governor is in trouble. we re going get this rebuilt. reporter: so the governor was in italy on vacation. the office says he handed over authority to the lieutenant governor who he worked closely over the last four days to take swift, decisive action. there is an eight-hour time difference between italy and montana. many people have been caught on vacation when something big
media he left saturday with his wife on a personal trip, the day before the waters rose and he would be back asap. they wouldn t say where he was citing security protocols. the federal disaster came thursday but still no sign of the governor in the flesh. these floods are a big deal for montana, millions of dollars worth of damage. the state s north entrance to the national park will be closed for months leaving residents of the gateway town of gardener fearing for their future. it became this ghost town. there s nobody here. reporter: the last time the national spotlight was so on the treasure state, might have been in 2017 when gianforte body slammed a reporter during his congressional campaign. i m sick and tired of you guys. reporter: this week s game of governor where s waldo has echoes of senator ted cruz heading to cancun during a cold snap and power outages in his home state of texas.
town of guardener fearing for their future. it became this ghost town. there s nobody here. the last time the national spotlight was so on the state might have been in 2017 when jen forte body slammed a reporter during his congressional campaign. sick and tired of you guys. this week s game of governor where s waldo has echoes of senator ted cruz heading to cancun last year during a cold snap and power outages in his home state of texas. cruz caught heat. today in montana, the governor is now back in the saddle. montanans are resilient. we re going to get this rebuilt. but the governor was vacationing in italy when it was all washed away. now, this morning, his office said that he delegated his authority to the lieutenant governor, quote, with whom he worked closely over the last four days to take swift, decisive action. i will just note there is an eight-hour time difference between montana and italy.
international journalists. russian s foreign minister is in syria trying to keep it from being the latest arab government to fall. many world leaders say moscow is ignoring the slaughter of civilians. ivan watson is in istanbul, turkey, covering this for us. is there any optimism that russia can rein in this violence? reporter: that s a big question. the russian foreign minister definitely got a hero s welcome as he arrived in damascus. he seemed to be one of the biggest allies and friends of president bashar al-assad right now. the russian line has been that the western governments have not been putting enough pressure on the opposition groups to stop violence as well. if you want to know how wide the differentiation is between the two sides in syria, just about 100 miles away the artillery shells continue to rain on the opposition held city of homs where hundreds of civilians are believed to have died in just the past couple of days, kyra. now you re also seeing a growi
super bowl ads has everything talking today. was the clint eastwood car commercial a political message in disguise? i m wolf blitzer at the cnn election center. you re in the situation room. mitt romney may have notched another big win in nevada this weekend but the frontrunner is not resting easily right now. right now there are contests tomorrow in minnesota, colorado and missouri and topping the list of romney s new worries, a strong new challenge from back in the republican pack pac. our national political correspondent, jim acosta is taking a look, jim? reporter: mitt romney is finding out the big afterglow can fade quickly from a caucus or primary win. they are starting to focus on a candidate that s not newt gingrich. think sweater vest. rick santorum is out to show mitt romney what happened in vegas will stay there. hit penguin gop frontrunner once again on his health care plan in massachusetts. specifically, governor romney is absolutely incapable of making