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Pictures from northwestern syria and what s left of the isis leader s compound. the president describing a nighttime military operation, troops hitting the ground from helicopters, blasting holes in walls and chasing the terrorist leader into a tunnel where he set off a suicide vest killing himself and three of his children. this picture released from the white house showing president trump, the vice president, as he was secretary and other officials reportedly watching the mission unfold in realtime. barbara starr, the president saying today that capturing or killing this terrorist leader was the top national security priority. what more do we know now about the timeline of this operation? all indications are that they had been gathering intelligence for some weeks trying to refine it. we are told that a couple of times they tried to make the mission happen and it got scrapped. it s not clear why. but apparently a couple of weeks ago it all began to come together. then last thursday ....
also, wow, two more contests within a fortnight. are you kidding? they are heading to florida. it s getting ugly. romney is calling gingrich a failed leader. but why? the mayor of the island where the cruise ship capsized is warning of an ecological time bomb. there may have been more passengers than originally thought that weren t on the roster. head s up football fans, super bowl sequel, giants and patriots meet again at this year s super bowl. we ll begin this hour with powerful and very dangerous weather sweeping across the southeast this morning. and if you didn t see pictures, here is what it looked like in arkansas, listen closely. the sound of really intense wind and rain in the dark, someone had the forethought to get pictures. a hot lot of people were sleepi multiple tornadoes r from illinois to alabama. reports of widespread damage, luckily no deaths. thousands waking up without power, indiana, kentucky, tennessee, mississippi, alabama all in harm s w ....
Sometimes you ll see this happen when a candidate will seize on an issue, sort of all of the sudden it begins to have a lot of appeal to voters and they begin to really take it to the other candidate on that issue. we haven t seen that yet. i think the bain attacks on mitt romney backfired. i think they hurt beginning arrive and the others who sroeupbd in, rick er perry in particular. so-so joined in, rick perry in particular. so far i haven t seen the burning issue arise. you had a contrasting performance, gingrich had a better night for sure than romney did but i m not sure that s going to disturb the fundamentals of the race. jenna: we ll keep watching for the smoke, though, whether it s a flare-up or flareout. there you go. that s the right thing to watch for. jenna: thank you very much, always nice to talk to you, thank you, brit. thank you. gregg: a fox news alert. the italian media now reporting five more bodies have been found on board that capsized cruise ship, raising t ....
concordia. today, divers blew a hole in the capsized cruise ship to make the search easier. soon afterwards, they found five bodies, bringing the total of known deaths to 11. now back on land, the ship s captain still in jail, likely facing a host of criminal charges, up to and including manslaughter. not only did he not go down with his ship, an exasperated coast guard official had to order him, more than one, to go back and help rescue passengers. here s a portion of an extraordinary audio recording that turned up today in italian media. it s translated on your screen for you. quite an exchange, isn t it? we re going to have more on this in crime and consequence coming up a little later in the hour. you may not have noticed they are gone, but lawmakers are heading back to work today after a three-week holiday recess. and the unwelcome mat has been rolled out. occupy congress greeted our elected representatives with a noisy protest and a pink slip for each and e ....
middle-class families pay. we ll explain what s going on. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized costa philosopconcord the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ship s captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. now a stunning the transcript between outrages authorities on shore and the captain. matthew chance is faults this unfold. what s the latest, matthew? reporter: these transcripts and recordings that have emerged of astonishing. they show conversations that were taking place between the captain of the costa concordia. his name is francesco scampino. the coast guard asking about the situation. he sounds confused. then emerges much to the astonishment of is the coast guard that the c ....