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Donald trump never got 50% in the primaries in 2015. he was a plurality nominee. you can be if you re running in a split field. that could help him in 2024. you don t need 51%. you can get the nomination with a plurality. that is key. but that poll does show us, this is a more complex party right now when it comes to trump being the nominee going forward. it is fascinating. jonathan, wonderful to see you bright and early. thank you. thank you. the taliban trying to prevent a less oppressive image on the world stage, but the reality on the ground paints a different story. cnn s latest report from inside afghanistan next. plus, we ll take you inside a hospital in rural missouri where administrators are warning a coronavirus vaccine mandate may hurt more than it helps. ....
there because people see the flashes that go. they re trying to blow a hole in the hull so rescuers can start getting in there is going to make the search and rescue team have better access and make it easier for them to get out. still looking for 29 people who remain unaccounted for if death toll right now is standing at six. there are also stunning new images coming in from under the water today. i want to share that with you. rescuers have to swim through debris in the hull ways. first flat block box has been picked up already and apparently picking up minute by minute betails. since they now located the second black box and divers are trying to retrieve that black box as well. this morning seeing the transcripts of the recorded conversation between the port authority and the captain of the ship. the first time it comes to us from the italian newspaper and the port authority says this. how many people are on board? the captain whose last name is schettino says, 2, 30 ....
Was a plurality nominee. he won without a majority of the party ever affirmatively saying they wanted him. only about a third of self-identified republicans. the situation is developing for romney to follow down that same track where even if you don t have an absolute majority of the party that says yes, he s who i want, as long as you ve got santorum, gingrich, paul and perry, he doesn t need it. you know, we started the day on starting point, tim scott was asked who s a better conservative for the tea party, newt gingrich or rick santorum. he said that s a tough one. that s why this is looking so easy for mitt romney right now. ron, karen, four days until new hampshire votes. nice to have your help tonight. erin burnett outfront at the top of the hour. how are you? i m good. interesting hearing you talk about this and the economy, how a lot of candidates are trying to put it front and center. a little bit of an awkward day given the blowout jobs number. we have a big jobs probl ....
13 sailors being held captive by somali pirates in the straigts f hormuz and draws the fury of the iranian military. up first tonight, the enormous stakes of new hampshire s presidential primary. remember, it was in this state, the hillary clinton come back four years ago, sent the democratic race into the historic obama/clinton marathon. tonight, starkly new numbers suggests former massachusetts governor mitt romney could all but lock up this cycle s republican race this month with a one, two, three punch. his iowa victory was by a mere eight points, but consider this, a new wmur poll just out tonight in new hampshire has romney leading with 44%, ron paul a distant second at 20%, rick santorum, gingrich, tied third at 8%, governor huntsman one point behind them at 7%. the race moves next to south carolina and this is eye-popping. new cnn/ time /orc polling shows governor romney leading 37%, a two to one lead over the second place rick santorum. governor romney is in ....
good morning to you. it is tuesday, december the 20th. i m ali velshi joined again by alina cho this morning. good morning. good morning to you. so glad you re with us and up first, the u.s. keeping an eye out for advancing troops and any other threatening moves after the death of a dictator in north korea. north korean media show the images of kim jong-il s body laid out in a glass coffin. his third son and successor, kim jong un, paying respects. and live for us in seoul, south korea, anna, good morning. the south korean government sending its condolences along with a dose of what some are calling christian mystery diplomacy. what s that all about? reporter: that is right, alina. the sense of condolence, the official wording from the south korean government. this is a real thorn in relations because relations between the two countries hit rock bottom of late. it s worst of the relationships for years. offering sympathies certainly seems to be an act of south korea ....