to know a whole lot about this were so far off. i felt very confident in ohio because although romney did okay, i mean, he came close, he was always about 47%, he was never able to go above that. and that was consistent over months. and i think that was also true in some of these other states. and how the romney pollsters messed this up the way they did is just beyond me. they re supposed to know what they re doing. yeah, the data drivenness of the romney campaign. erin, i m sorry about the mike problems we were having. according to newhouse, the biggest problem was misjudging the voters who would turn out on election day who were a lot younger and a lot less white than the romney campaign had expected. as mitt romney had said, as he gave his one speech hope is not a strategy, is that the biggest lesson that they learned, that republicans can t hope for what the electorate is going to turn out to be on election day? yeah. look, the romney campaign thought that it would hit its
inside the cnn grill at south by southwest. the grill opens officially today this morning. one thing i noticed on the menu which includes all kinds of things, there are no prices. that s because we got usually that means i cannot afford to eat here. but that is what s happened here is we have taken over a restaurantnd put the cnn grill and invited people here as we celebrate south by southwest which is a big music and film festival. douglas brinkley, we ve known each other now through a lot of presidential races. a long time. no, i don t tell anybody how long we ve known each other. also, got alex axis, he s a co. founder of read it. joining us. we had him on a couple of weeks ago when we launched this show. ali velshi of course is our chief business correspondent. and we ve got some of the dishes this morning. i m going to go with the mac and cheese. gain five pounds when you watch this show. parse that one out. yeah. i can t keep working on that. let s get right t
shepard: we are having serious mike problems? you. i wanted to ask you what happens if they can t control these plants is a meltdown possible. we could be certainly looking at extremely dangerous situation. we have been talking to experts all day. they tell us if the reactor continues to stay hot and keep building pressure, fuel rod casings can balloon and burst, exposing the radioactive core which could release intensely radioactive material. they have dispatched dozen 6 troops trained for chemical disasters to that area in case of a radiation leak along four vehicles designed for use in atomic, biological and chemical warfare. we will keep you updated with the latest information as it comes out. shepard: counting on it. president obama calling this catastrophic disaster describing the images of destruction as heart breaking and saying the u.s. is ready to help. japan is, of course, one of our strongest and closest allies. and this morning i spoke with prime minister khan on b
gleaming reporter: skipping the ramparts and gallantly streaming. halftime the black-eyed peas had mike problems. demonstrating in the most carefully orchestrated game of the year, not all the fumbles are on the field. christina aguilera was apologetic. she said i got so caught up in the moment, i lost my place. when it comes to that song, it may be a while before she gets another chance to find it. nfl has a good memory on which cities do a great job, which ones don t. we ll see what happens in your home state. as you know, the packers topped the steelers and today they ll celebrate with all the fans. plenty of cheeseheads grabbed shovels yesterday to help get the snow out of green bay s lambeau field. today thousands are expected to join the team for a public victory party. the stadium hasn t been used since early january. of course, you remember the packers won three playoff games on the road before beating pittsburgh sunday night to win it all.
having some impact to wildlife. this is a puffer fish and it s a beautiful, elegant-looking fish that should be surviving out there in the ocean. instead, it is rolled up on to this beach covered in oil and it is dead. all right, jeff corwin, thanks. we apologize for some of the mike problems and i see your cameraman is standing back as the waves pound behind you. what do those huge horns at the world cup have to do with the gulf oil disaster you ask? just gets more and more annoying, doesn t it. a call to organize. one man trying to plan a huge protest right front of bp s headquarters. trying to raise money for people to play the horns to aggravate bp s executives. so far he has raised more than $3,000. genetic researchers want to study hard rocker ozzie osborn to figure out why he is still