they were desperate to tell the monitors about the government cra crackdown there. opposition activists say regime forces have surrounded the city for three days and that power and water have been cut. this was said to be the scene in the city. they cannot verify the images, but they are said to be of an opposition rally in support of military defectors known as the free syrian army. a message was delivered to bashar al assad during a visit to lebanon. today i say again to the president of syria, stop the violence. stop killing your own people. the path of repression is a dead end. meanwhile, syrian media report al assad said he s granting amnesty for the crimes. it s the top of the hour. the cnn newsroom starts all over again right now. we re following two major developments in the cruise ship disaster on the italian coast. two americans are among the missing. that s according to to the state department. 120 were reportedly on the ship. only 118 are accounted for. da
gingrich? this inner intensity that i destructive. newt gingrich for the hour. the piers morgan interview starts now. good evening. the eyes of the political world are on south carolina, the republican primary is just days away and the candidates are swarming all over the state. but here s something you may not know about one of them, newt gingrich. the man has an absolute passion for animals and zoos. so he invited us here to south carolina s roper mountain science center. it s dog eat dog out on that campaign trail, but all the while, things in here seem pretty peaceful to me so far, with the exception, possibly, of newt gingrich. why here? it s fun. it s interesting. it gets you back to nature. it reminds you of the world that we live in and of the fact that life is bigger than us. last time i talked to you, i said, you must be in the most memorable moment of your life. and you actually, instinctively, cited being in the african bush and seeing the wild animals a
share their stories. free at last? do you think he should have been let out? almost 200 criminals, some convicted murderers, hardened by mississippi s outgoing governor. the public now in fear for their safety, even their lives. that and more, right here and right now on cnn. more than 4,000 people are no doubt celebrating life like they never have before. they escaped death by drowning in a cruise ship that nearly became their floating coffin when it suddenly ran aground off the coast of italy. just a short while ago, we learned that rescuers pulled two more survivors out, more than 24 hours after the ship hit rocks. at this moment, the ship is capsized with 160 foot long cash in its hull. it is that damage that forced passengers to scramble for the lifeboats. three people are dead, another 20 are injured. as many as 50 people could still be unaccounted for. an estimated 126 americans were on the cruise, but none of them was hurt. the italian captain is under arrest.
in this picture, and i quote, will be held accountable to the fullest extent. stay with us. i m going to talk more about the outrage and fallout with mark in facetime seven minutes from now. it sounds like a vacation, west hilton, west palm beach, but seven days before the primary and 19 days before the florida votes, it s all work for republicans who think they have a shot for their party s nomination. that includes jon huntsman who came in respectable third in new hampshire and this guy who came in sixth. one of the reasons that we re here in south carolina is because we don t quit. and i want to ask you between now and the 21st to do everything that you can to talk to your friends and anybody that s not going to be here or absentee vote to get their votes in to count. because if you ll have my back on the 21st of january, i will have your back for four years in washington, d.c. the man they all want to replace will have plenty of cash to spend on keeping his job. pre
welcome, everybody. as i mentioned we re at chez bouchon. we move right to the cake in is actually what i like to have for breakfast. this is a pistachio cake. the owner, everybody calls him b but his name is robert. he makes this for his mom every year for her birthday. this is a green cake with slightly green icing. we re going to try that this morning. i like that, sugar to get us going. we re really talking this morning about a historic night in new hampshire. and yesterday we were talking about what was going to be a historic night and, of course, it happened as many people predicted. mitt romney is the first non-incumbent republican to win in iowa and then right in new hampshire. he did it very convincingly, with 95% of the votes counted, romney had 40%. ron paul had 23%. jon huntsman came in third at 7 17%. the rest of the field, gingrich with 10%, santorum with 9%, rick perry has had that 1% number really for the last week plus. john conley of the 21st century. wh