they were protesting the shooting death of an unarmed florida teenager. demonstrators demanding an arrest and there s new trouble this morning for the police chief who was in charge of that case. living under a rock. literally. look at this. a 25-foot boulder breaking loose from a hillside in ohio, flattening cars, people were inside this home. the owner heard a sound, sow sparks, thought it was a thunderstorm. here s the good news, everyone inside is okay. miraculous given that video. holy cow. the nfl showing no mercy on the new orleans saints for paying bounties for big-time hits. the league suspending head coach shawn payton for the entire season. the general manager for eight games. and defensive coach greg williams who is now with the ram, suspended indefinitely for running that bounty program. tim tebow is taking his act to the big apple, traded to the new york jets. i know you know about this. all the fans and analysts are saying it s not exactly a match made
rhetoric certainly is getting sharper. and there are seven major candidates now but after seven more days, will some of those candidates start falling by the wayside on the campaign trail? that s coming up in our strategy session this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re here in dubuque. a bit chilly but no snow. it s getting ready, a week from today, the iowa caucuses. you re looking at live pictures from dubuque. this will be the first state to have an impact on the 2012 presidential campaign, and it s all happening here in iowa. the republican caucuses candidate are out on the campaign trail today. they re scrambling to cover as much ground as they possibly can. newt gingrich slipping a bit, but still among the leaders. he s ready to roll across the state by bus. he ll join me live here in dubuque later this hour for an in-depth interview, but let s begin with cnn s jim acosta, he s in des moines, the state capital. iowa certainly very much up fo
campaign s negative ads. also gingrich says he won t vote for ron paul if the texas congressman wins the republican nomination. plus a frightening day at country s biggest shopping mall and nothing to keep from happening the a mall near you. first in iowa, the skating criticism newt gingrich levelled at two of his republican opponents, mitt romney and ron paul. just a short time ago wolf blitzer asked gingrich about the barrage of attack ads both romney and paul are running in iowa. republican voters caucus exactly one week from tonight. listen to some of what newt gingrich had to say about mitt romney. mitt romney made fun of you today. i don t know if you heard. no. about the virginia snafu and all of that. i ll play the clip, watch this. okay. you know, i i think you compare that to pearl harbor. i think it s more like lucille ball at the chocolate factory. so i mean, you ve got to get it organized. he was referring to a statement that your campaign