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kayleigh: this is a fox news alert. after nearly 50 days of captivity, hamas has freed 24 hostages, and they say they will release more in the coming days. correspondent jeff paul is on the ground in israel with the latest. yeah, and we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages released today, the israeli government believes there could be another 13 released tomorrow. but the mood right now a bit bittersweet on the ground in israel, because people know there are still more than 200 people being held captive inside gaza. nonetheless, today was a very significant first step, and we could see more scenes like that if this cease-fire that went into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning holds. here s what we know about people released today. 24 hostages released by hamas, 13 are israelis, 11 are foreign nationals. among the israelis freed, we know four of them were kids ages two to just nine years old. one of the kids, the 9-year-old, actually had a birthday insid ....
The pentagon calling north koreas brazen nuclear test a serious provocation. President obama is promising serious consequences. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is here in studio with more on the u. S. Reaction. Barbara, great to have you here. Good morning. What are you hearing about what the u. S. Will do . This time around it is much different. This is not about the words. This is not about the rhetoric. If, indeed, the north korean regime did test a nuclear warhead, this puts them a huge step closer to being able to actually put a warhead on a missile, shoot off that missile, and potentially some day be able to strike the United States. What my sources have been telling me for the last several weeks is there is increasing concern the north koreans are Getting Better at this step by step with every test. Theyre havi ....
attracting the attention of homeland security. wolf blitzer is off today, i m candy crowley, and you re in the situation room. right now they re pretearing to vote on a resolution. it strongly condemns the killing, gee mooning the assad regime call off sits forces and cease all violence. we ll bring the vote to you live when it happens. we have cnn journalists in syria right now documenting some of the awful violence. you ll see that as well, ahead. bus first to the battle for michigan, which holes its primary in just 12 days. it is home turn for mitt romney who grew up there and whose father was governor. the latest poll shows tide if not ahead of romney in michigan. that means we re likely in for a bitter fight. cnn s senior correspondent joe johns is in detroit for us. joe, what is the feeling there? what are you seeing? it s interesting. mitt romney rolled in today. he was met by a very warm and receptive crowd. he is really playing up, candy, the notion he ....
just into the situation room, brand-new poll numbers confirming a new lineup in the fight for the gop presidential nomination. the cnn/orc survey has just been released and shows a two-man contest at this point. the poll shows 34% of republicans asked say santorum is their choice. 32% say romney. with a sampling error, that means it s a statistic cal tie. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at 16 and 15%. first big picture, ron, what do you make of santorum s rise? i think this continues the extraordinary, even unprecedented volatility of this republican race. jessica, if you look back to your cnn/orc polls, rick santorum is the sixth different candidate to be ahead in the national polling, the seventh different candidate. he is up 19 points sin january alone in the survey and it underscores probably the most unformed in deep in the contest since 1940. you re always good with the historical data, ron. this one that takes you to my next question. this number ....
issue many people thought would settle. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the the situation room. president obama is going around congress for his latest plan. he is out west focusing in on the ongoing housing crisis that continues to drag down the u.s. economy. he wants it make it easier for a homeowners who are under water to refinance and he is unveiling his plan in one of hardest hit housing markets in the country. we are talking about las vegas nevada. jessica is joining us now with details. jessica, what is the president doing? he is rolling out a new plan to help homeowners drowning in massive mortgage payments who can t take advantage of the historically low interest rates because the value of their home has plummeted. that s the policy but there s politics here too. nevada, a must-win for the president in 2012. statewide home values have fallen 53% since the height of the crisis, 59% in las vegas. so that s where the president is unveiling his latest housing pl ....