and we are a little punch drunk, as you can tell. it s been quite an exciting night. mitt romney declared the winner here. 30,015 votes. and rick santorum, 30,007. if you do the math, it is eight votes that separated them. and as ashleigh s been saying, you should always exercise your right to vote. that last precinct, we had to wait until they reported in order to get to these numbers. it was back and forth and back and forth. like 2 1/2 hours ago. the whole cnn team has been here. in fact, i m still wondering if they re putting their shoes back on. i saw wolf, john king, gloria borger. we asked them to say. they re, like, huh-uh. most pious among the voters would be me. i m a new american so i am so thrill when had i get a chance to vote. and i can t stress it enough today. today s results tell you, america, vote. here is the fabulous des moines register front page. of course, they go to print before they even knew what the decision was. split decision, yes. but the
cafe. and official, a few hours ago, mitt romney, 30,015 votes. santorum om eight votes behind, and both candidates coming out to speak before the final votes came in last night. romney moved on. his eyes on the big prize. take a listen. you are working, i am working and we re all working together because of our passion for this country and a concern led by a president who may be a nice guy but just is over his head, and i look at his campaign you know, four years ago tonight he was giving a victory celebration speech here in des moines, and he d been going across the state making all sorts of promises. the gap between his promises four years ago and his performance is as great as anything i ve ever seen in my life. mitt romney, he was talking there about president barack obama, but, really, it s rick santorum who he s talking to, we ll speak to, a big endorsement from john mccain and he beat mitt romney back in 2008. and coming up just short built on that traditional
halfway around the world, thousands of michael jackson fans are attending a tribute concert in wales today. the pop icon s three children are attending it also. several of jackson s siblings are performing. it comes as jackson s physician stands trial for involuntary manslaughter in the singer s death. for the first time this week, we heard dr. conrad murray s interview with detectives. everything happened very quickly. just about the time i was gone and i came back. so i started immediately to perform cpr and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. testimony in the trial resumes on monday. a dramatic rescue at sea. a small plane ran out of gas while flying from monterey, california, to hawaii. the pilot notified the coast guard they was in trouble about five miles from show. a rescue team coached him how to safely land the plane right there on its body. a rescue chopper pulled the pilot to safety. archbishop desmond tutu is celebrating his 80th birthday with a lot of laughter,