i mean, the situation there is there aren t words. the devastating. there are no words i don t know if it would describe it. you think about how many people died. 17,000 people. think about that. good morning, everyone. we re so glad you could join us. we hate to start your day with terrible news. but what you were just witnessing, was a miraculous rescue, children pulled from the rubble days after a catastrophic earthquake. but time is running out to find survivors. we ll take you live to this disaster zone. the staggering death toll just keeps soaring in turkey and syria. also, this overnight, senator john fetterman is back in the hospital. doctors are making sure he didn t suffer another stroke. we ll bring you the latest. president biden is going on a cross country blitz after his state of the union address. the next stop is florida. we re going to speak to the state s republican senator rick scott. he is the gop leader president biden accused of wanting to cut
animals set loose in ohio lead tog a night of terror that ended with many of them shot. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com it s a whole different contest than it was only 24 hours ago and now, the fight for the republican presidential nomination includes a brutal, nasty battle between mitt romney and rick perry. the shift happened last night on television at the cnn western republican debate in las vegas and it did get seriously ugly. jim acosta has more. wolf, the cnn debate here in las vegas may have marked a turning point in the campaign. it was nasty, it was personal and it might be a sign of things to come. i m speaking. the newspaper it s time for you to tell the truth. you get 30 second. the way the rules work is that i get 60 seconds but the american people want the truth. it was a wild west shoot outand at times, it felt like perry s last stand with an urgent strategy to take down mitt romney. bec
the economy is still weak. it s going to help you make ends meet, but it s also going to mean more customers for businesses. it will increase demand. it s right for the economy, and i would sign that bill today if it came to my desk. [ applause ] tell congress to get past their differences and send me a road construction bill so that companies can put tens of thousands of people to work right now building our roads and bridges and airports and seaports. i mean, think about it. america used to have the best stuff, best roads, best airports, best seaports. we re slipping behind because we re not investing in it, because of politics and gridlock. do you want to put people to work right now rebuilding america? you ve got to send that message to congress. send send a message to congress to come to an agreement on trade deals that will level the playing field and open markets to our businesses so we can sell more goods to countries around the world. yeah, we ve got a lot of ameri