Himself a consistent conservative. mitt romney has plenty, as former senator rick santorum has pointed to, plenty of inconsistencies in his record that the candidates could be attacking right now. bain is the subject. as santorum has said or refused to criticize romney on bain, there is plenty in his record that makes him an inconsistent conservative. jon: thanks. jenna: as we shift our view overseas, new demands nor answers after a western journalist dies covering syria s up rising. a french tv cameraman killed at a progovernment rally yesterday in a city that s seen some of the worst violence since the revolt ten months ago. it s rare for syria s regime to allow journalists into the country. there are reports that he was approved. the government is blaming the killing on, quote, terrorists. the information coming out of that country, rina ninnan has
these families are afraid out here. and these victims have been through a terrible amount. it s a slap in the face. i was a district attorney. some of them need cut loose. i haven t had a chance to check the list for my former prosecutors. so this is a significant problem. but i think we re going to get a handle on it. i think the evidence that we ve seen. he violated the constitution and most of the so-call eed pardons will be held. we ll have more on the story in just a few minutes. so much for southern hospitality. one republican presidential candidate is using the word armageddon to describe the political plight that is happening now in south carolina. the state s primary is just nine days away. several candidates have campaign stops in south carolina in the next hour. you re looking at rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum, all holding events there. mitt romney campaigns in florida after an earlier stop in south carolina. more violence now out of syria. you are wa
tonight we celebrate. tomorrow we go back to work. dana bash is in manchester. christine romans is in the election center digging into who voted and why. peter ham by is in south carolina, the next stop in this grueling presidential primary. let s begin with dana there. romney s two for two. he won iowa, he won new hampshire. this victory wasn t a surprise, not to most. he was expected to win. it s the size of his win that s really grabbing attention, however. is it enough to get the party to finally rally behind him? reporter: well, fred, that s probably not going to happen immediately because as you mentioned, all of these other candidates are still in the race. effectively, look, this was no question a huge win for mitt romney. you said certainly he was expected to win here because he was governor of a neighboring state, but the size of his win in terms of the overall number, but also the kind of voter that he got, namely the conservative voters in this state. there
discovery is on its way home. astronauts undocked from the international space station. the shuttle program is scheduled to end later this year. the u.n. says expect more carnage in libya in the coming days. parts of the country are under opposition control while in tripoli a progovernment rally rocked green square. some demonstrators holding weapons and posters of moammar gadhafi. intense fighting is less than 200 miles from libya s capital. in misrata both sides are claiming victory. opposition forces are holding ground with machine guns, sticks, whatever they can gather, while pro-gadhafi forces are armed heavily.
Back to you in new york. jenna: eric shawn, thank you very much for that. jon: right now, tens of thousands of people are protesting in syria. they are gathering after friday prayers in several cities, demanding far greater reforms than the limited confessions offered so far by president assad over the last four weeks. security forces reportedly firing tear gas on thousands of protestors, marching toward the capitol of damascus. syria s main prodemocracy group says more than 200 people have been killed in these protests as the government cracks down. jenna: more antigovernment protests in yemen today where the president is still clinging to power despite growing calls for him to step down, army officers, tribal sheikhs, the ruling party positions have defected to the opposition. despite that, today there is a progovernment rally, the bee leaguered president telling supporters he will sacrifice, quote, his blood and soul for the people of