our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m bianca. and i m max foster. just ahead on cnn newsroom. regardless of party, to meet this moment of national a real vulnerability, in the window of when the last vote is cast and the last vote is counted. kim jong-un feels completely liberated to fire unabated. we do believe that north korea is covertly supplying russia with a significant number of artillery shells. my colleagues and i are strongly committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2% goal. your credit cards are going to cost more. that auto lone is going to cost more. that mortgage is going to cost more. announcer: live from london, this is cnn news with max foster and bianca nobilo. we re now in the home stretch of the election. perhaps now more than ever after the fed hiked interest rates up once again, deepening fears of recession and sending mortgage rates to a 20-year high. when it comes to fixing the economy,
fact that the president has been a failure when it comes to reigniting america s economy. the romney pushback with senior adviser ed gillespie, then obama campaign senior adviser david axelrod. and the states brace for federal cuts. the view from the governor s office with virginia republican bob mcdonnell and massachusetts democrat deval patrick. plus, floods, fires, and drought. what it means for farmers and your grocery bill with agriculture secretary tom vilsack. i m candy crowley, and this is state of the union. in an election about the economy, the obama campaign has made it a mission to discredit mitt romney s business k credentia credentials. recently it zeroed in on filings to the s.e.c. from bain company tal listing romney head of bain three years after he said he left bain. it s important because camp obama is using some of the bain investments during the disputed time against romney. i think most americans figure if you re the chairman, ceo, and presid
newt gingrich wasn t even on the ballot there. santorum cruised in his home state of minnesota. ron paul finishing second. santorum clearly seizing the momentum he desperately needs. ladies and gentlemen, i don t stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney, i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. well, cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in washington. paul, what do you think, a game changer? reporter: wow. if you don t like the way the race for the republican nomination is going, wait. it keeps changing. mitt romney is still the front-runner but this is a big deal for rick santorum. what is he doing? he s going to be capitalizing and monopolizing, this hat trick of victories. he s down in texas today. that s where he heads. he s got some events. the real reason, he s going to want to raise some money, fundraising immediately off of this. take a listen to what he told soledad o brien on cnn. we re doing very
she says ging rick and rick santorum trails his rivals, but a final count shows he actually won there. could that help him in south carolina and beyond? i ll have an exclusive interview with rick santorum this hour. i m wolf blitzer in charleston, south carolina, you re in the situation room . an extraordinary day out on the campaign trail. today just hours before our cnn republican debate, only two days before the crucial primary here, the texas governor rick perry bowed to reality and bowed out. today i am suspecting my campaign and endorsing newt gingrich for president of the united states. i believe newt is a visionary that can transform our country. we ve had our differences, which campaigns will inevitably have, and newt is not perfect, but who among us is? the fact is there is forgiveness for those who seem god. i believe in the power of redempti redemption, for it is a central tenet of my christian faith. peter broke the story on cnn today. he was, what, 5%, 6%