just by sitting down at a table with assad, with russia, with iran, with the united states, with president macron and saying, look, we have all these people killed, we have so many people displaced, how do we settle this? i m not sure that that would include it could include, it shouldn t include but i try to be realistic about these things about assad continuing. he s not the only leader in syria that could restore syria. in fact, he s probably the least likely to do it, but we need some peace in syria. that doesn t mean peace at any cost, but i m just not sure that iran wants peace. i think they like the idea of this trying to establish themselves. hezbollah is already there in lebanon. they re controlled by the iranians. the revolutionary guard is now moving into syria. i d like to hear president
rick santorum has a brand-new surge coming after stunning victories in the deep county. newt gingrich is refusing to add up the numbers. mitt romney s cavern says this race is still a forgone conclusion. let s begin with joe johns, he s in illinois. joe? reporter: wolf, this is rosemo rosemont, illinois, outside of chicago, where newt gingrich is expected to appear shortly. there were new calls today from conservatives for gingrich to get out of the race and give rick santorum a clean shot at the republican nomination. as indecision limped closer to the halfway mark, the candidates fanned out. rick san tore, tuesday night s winner, took hi victory lap, stumping for votes in louisiana, ending up in puerto rico, but not before a parting shot at romney. people say you re being outspent and everybody is talking about the math, all the things that this race is inevitable. well, for someone who thinks this race is inevitable, he s spending a whole lot of money against me for be