early start. and it is very early, i m ashleigh banfield. and i m zoraida sambolin. we are bringing you the news from a to z. we re happy you re joining us this morning. it s 5:00 a.m. in the east. let s get started. the taliban claiming they poisoned food at a base in afghanistan. we have explosions and car bombs and the u.s. is pulling out more americans working in afghanistan. and it s one of those questions you have when you wake up. did gas prices go up again while you were sleeping? well, guess what? $6 gas is already a reality and is it in the place where you live? we ll let you know. and the political roller coaster continues. first the surge, now the slip. a new poll shows rick santorum falling behind mitt romney again. one day now before michigan and arizona, the primaries there. the candidate says he is tweaking his strategy on the trail now. if you watch any kind of red carpet, this was a moment to behold. oh, my lord, you didn t. the whole quest
we have our panel with us this morning. will cain is back. over here, he s usually there. he s there this morning. he s a columnist, of course, for theblaze.com. michelle is joining us, contributor to newsweek and daily beast. and also oh with have new is eight book? kingdom come ? first book. they have like five pages on you. and the means of reproduction, sex, power, and future of the world. my second book. where are your books? contributor and democratic strategist joining us as well. welcome to all of you. our starting point this morning is some very big dwobmentes happening in afghanistan. also fwhn deadly suicide car bombing. also an attempt by the taliban to try to poison the food of nato troops. it s all confirmed that food was contaminated at foreign operating base near the afghanistan/pakistan border. they found traces of bleach in fruit and coffee. no one got sick or even hurt. overnight there was a suicide car bomber who was able to kill 9 peopl