a threatening message from a new leader in his first public speech north korea s kim jong-un said his nation s time has come. also nick kristof is back live. he s talking about his stunning epidemic among military veterans. today is the 100 year anniversary of the biggest maritime disasters in history. while the titanic remains silent, fascination with the ship is still very much alive. good morning, everyone. it s 8:00 on the east coast, 5:00 on the west. we have a lot to tell you about this morning. we start with tragedy in woodward, oklahoma overnight. five people were killed in those storms. i talked to the mayor last hour and he said the town is just flattened and devastated. he said their early morning system failed. take a look at this. our cnn crew shot this video in a different part of oklahoma. storms produced several tornadoes just like that one right there. there were as many as 88 reports of suspected tornado touchdowns. in creston, iowa, a hospital was hit
jersey. we ll go there live. plus, a 29-year-old man is alleged to blow up the u.s. capitol. we go live to d.c. a cincinnati high school is paying students to attend. yes, you heard me. they will give money to students to attend school, get good grades and pay attention in glass. tweet me. here are some of the stories we are following this morning. opposition activists in syria say the military took shots at them during demonstrations and funerals in damascus today. as many as 61 people were killed yesterday in the government crackdown. we are told by one activist the syrian military is planning an all out assault on a neighborhood in homs today. it s been the center of the uprising. wages are going up by as much as 25% at a chinese factory that makes apple ipads and iphones. a labor rights organization arrived to look around the factory complex. that included representatives from apple. factory owners are caught under fire since a rash of suicides. workers will now m
border. we ll tell you why. plus, we could be seeing the highest gas prices of all time here in the u.s. $5 a gallon, really? we ll explain where your money is going. i hope you re sitting back getting a little r&r this morning. we re going to start with the campaign trail in florida. newt gingrich and mitt romney have events coming up this morning. gingrich has been in stewart, florida, attending a lincoln day breakfast. it serves in about 30 minutes. as for mitt romney, he ll be holding a rally in pensacola in about an hour. florida is the biggest prize so far. it s anyone s ball game at this point. paul steinhauser is going to break it down for us here. good morning, christi. just three days away now from florida s crucial primary. it s a winner take all primary. 50 delegates at stake. that is the biggest haul so far in this primary and caucus season. you ve got former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former speaker newt gingrich campaigning in the state all we
it s illegal in india. players basically get to beat up men looking for a bride. that s coming up in our morning passport. and a new york sports club is taking on a paula deen controversy. did it go too far though? i know saturday feels good, doesn t it? especially if you get to sit back and relax for a whiechl i hope that s the case for you today. i want to let you know happening right now republican presidential candidate ron paul is gearing up to a bunch of supporters in maine. he s focusing on the caucuses there while his challengers campaign hard in florida. front-runners mitt romney and newt gingrich are in the sunshine state today. rick santorum heading back tonight after a fund-raising washington event. it s reading a lot like the florida weather map. heated. frosty at times. just three days remain, though, before the state s high -stakes winner takes all. joining us is peter hamby. what does it look like? we have a new ad from the mix of the romney campaign. li
hour for the state s primary. you are looking at the cnn express bus. gingrich is creeping up. romney is still the front-runner. today, the two battle it out at breakfast. they will both be at the same diner at the same time. we ll begin talking to tommy or tommy s ham house live this morning. imagine being stuck in a greyhound station for more than 17 hours. that s what happened to these people after a winter storm moved in. heavy snowfall is expected today in parts of the u.s. reynolds wolf will have the latest forecast. but, we start in south carolina where the curtain comes up on the republican presidential primary in a little while from now. where do we stand? paul steinhauser has a quick look. reporter: good morning, gary. polls open in an hour from now. so much at stake in this primary. listen, we saw the battle between romney and gingrich two nights ago. romney s lead shrinking in the polls here. gingrich moving up. don t count out rick santorum. he had a strong