build a good team around you. judge yourself by your own standards. patty la bell credits tragedy and pain for her inspiration. her advice to girls, never make the same mistake twice and never be shady in business. ron brownstein, we're going to give you the final 20 second end point today. >> michigan feels a little like the battle of the bulge moment for romney. only a slim one but one that suggests his coalition is a little broader than rick santorum's who's relying too heavily on one group until we go to ohio. keep going. "cnn newsroom" with fredricka "cnn newsroom" with fredricka whitfield begins now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we start this hour with a deadly outbreak of tornadoes in the central plains. that's a tornado dropping out of

the night sky in reno county, kansas. reports of several tornadoes hitting parts of that state overnight. the sheriff in harveyville kansas reports a twister destroyed about half the town. severe weather is blamed in the death of a woman in dallas county missouri. tornadoes also caused damage in nearby branson, a popular tourist spot. the cleanup is beginning today for people in those hard-hit areas. rob marciano is here to give us details about what happened and what's ahead potentially. >> widespread storm with damage -- tornadoes touching down as far north as nebraska. that's the first time on record that we've seen a tornado in nebraska during the month of february even though this is a leap year. we are looking at right now, let's take a look at some of the shots. if we have the air ri als, throw those up. harveyville, that's one of the hardest hit spots. reports of injuries and widespread damage but no report of fatalities there. unfortunately, from that storm

moving off to the east we had reports of damage in branson, missouri, another separate storm just to the north of that. in buffalo, missouri where there was a fatality. those storms pushing off further to the east in through illinois, indiana, and now in through kentucky. here's what that swath of storm damage looks like on the map. over 100 wind reports some of which over 70 miles an hour and at least 15 reports of tornados right now. tornado warning in effect right now for graceon county in central parts of kentucky. that has a history of producing a tornado. we had reports of tornadoes and damage in through this area south and east of evansville in the town of newberg indiana. back in through illinois and certainly back in through missouri we've had significant damage there. where is all of this going? we have tornado watches now that have been posted just south and east of the area until 1:00 for parts of ohio, parts of kentu y

kentucky, parts of tennessee. they have up the the ante as we go throughout the day. the flip side, the north side of this thing, fredricka, we have a full on blizzard going across parts of the dakotas with snow blowing sideways and some interstates and spots shutting down because of low visibility. this is all going towards the east and northeast with snow for boston tomorrow. fredricka? >> crazy weather all across the map. thanks so much, rob. now to the republican race for the white house. mitt romney rebounds and once again bolsters his claim as the party's front-runner. in arizona he breezed a victory. he got nearly as many votes as three challengers combined. in michigan where romney grew up the race was tighter and much more crucial. he narrowly edged rick santorum 41% to 38%. >> and in this room are the people who knock on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls. and it made an enormous

difference. we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that's all that counts. >> all right. political editor paul steinhauser is with us now on the phone from pontiac, michigan. paul, romney won by a mere three percentage points. is that really enough to revitalize his campaign? >> reporter: it's enough to -- fred, what if he had lost michigan, right? let's say he had lost michigan, his home state. what do you think the story line would be this morning? i think he did what he had to do, which was win. it wasn't pretty. even he admitted it was an ugly win. a win is a win and we're talking about him winning, not losing. that would have been a different story line. you look at the polls here in michigan, romney still has a problem, fred, with very conservative voters. the exit polls indicate that among those people rick santorum was the first choice. so, yeah, it was a win for romney but he still has trouble ahead on super tuesday, no doubt about that. >> okay. so it was very narrow between romney and santorum.

so should santorum feel rather revitalized himself because it was so close? >> oh, yeah. in fact, that's what santorum -- our jim acosta, national correspondent, teemed up with santorum last night after the victory celebration, i guess you could call it that, and santorum said, listen, this was mitt romney's home state and he only won by three points. that's not much of a win. take a listen to what santorum said in his speech last night. >> you know, we came into the backyard of one of my opponents in a race that everyone said, well, just ignore, you have really no chance here. and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say is, i love you back. thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney was forced to spend a lot of money in his home state. they look at this as almost a win. they're going to get a lot of delegates out of it. right now of the 30 delegates, 11 for santorum, 11 for romney

with eight to be divided up. santorum campaign very happy. now we move ton to super tuesday. we have ten states next tuesday. in a couple of them, the biggest one, ohio, also tennessee and oklahoma, as of now rick santorum is on top in the public opinion polls. we move on. >> all right. very good. thanks so much, paul. appreciate that. coming to us from pontiac, michigan. the two other republican candidates in last night's primaries are looking ahead to super tuesday now just six days away in those ten states as paul was saying. ron paul and newt gingrich say they are picking their battles and expect to score big when those ten states take part in that one day bonanza. >> we're very pleased with our strategy. i mean, we're accumulating delegates and we will continue to work on the caucus states where, you know, our investment can pay off more and that is our strategy. right now we're not disappointed. >> i'm looking forward to next

tuesday. we, frankly, made a decision that we'd put our resources into next tuesday and beyond and recognize that we weren't in a position to compete head to head in michigan. >> all right. today three of the four candidates will visit super tuesday states. newt gingrich in georgia, which he represented in congress for 20 years. mitt romney visits the battleground state of ohio. and rick santorum stumps in tennessee. and in just about ten minutes or so from now we'll take a closer look at super tuesday and how last night's results will set the stage. we'll talk to cnn senior political analyst ron brownstein. now to arizona where mitt romney won as well. cnn's suzanne malveaux talked to voters there frustrated with this political process. >> guys want to go swimming today? >> reporter: the family, former political junk kiss, on the road with no destination. >> we lost three friends. they died in their 30s in the last few years, college friends. we're like, we're not guaranteed

tomorrow. >> reporter: so they dropped everything, unplugged completely, pulled up their roots, and hit the road. >> we're traveling around and seeing sites and home schooling the kids. we moved from an 8200 square foot house with three acres to this. you'll be surprised how little you can live on. >> reporter: living off the rent they make from modest real estate invest mgts, this is their home now. >> lost a lot. stock market, real estate values. we've met so many people that have lost their homes and are living full time on the road in a little trailer. >> reporter: jim voted for bush and then mccain but this time he sees it differently. >> reporter: what are the choices when you look at the politics, political landscape? >> i'm a little unconventional in that regard. you know, to me it's a diary, milkshake or terd sandwich. those are the two choices. >> reporter: he's not an obama

fan either? >> i think the second term can be worse. i don't believe you can spend your way out of a recession. i think both parties are trying to take the power over many and put it in the hands of a few. it's bigger government and just not interested, not at all. >> reporter: don't want to engage? >> no. if we thought we could make a difference, yes. i think the tea party movement's good. i don't know what's going to happen and i'm a believer that if we focus on our family and focus on our friends and family and people that we can help, our quality of life will be greatly improved. >> reporter: i'm sitting here. it's hard to understand in some ways because i think, maybe i could convince you to vote or look or follow this person, but not really, right, because you feel empowered to take care of your family and your -- the people immediately around you? >> yeah. we don't care about the big picture anymore. >> reporter: so each day they head out for another adventure,

running from the traditional notion of the american dream. and they're not looking back. >> reporter: fred, it was really fascinating to watch and to see the bl leir family. they meet so many people on the road. their answer to feeling that the process is not working seems somewhat extreme to a lot of folks, but there are people here who say, look, the republicans, the democrats, either way they really feel disappointed. they feel like it's a system and a process that is broken in washington and that government is not helping them fix their problems. so on the one hand you have romney winning here the primary but still a lot of people, republicans as well as democrats, who feel like fundamentally there's something flawed with the way things -- with the way politics are playing out in our nation's capitol, fred. >> so, suzanne, other people on the road? was this mindset kind of the common thread? >> reporter: what was a common thread was that people really

didn't know who they wanted to support. when we talked to people before the primary a lot of people, there's a sense of apathy, if you will, among voters, that they felt like none of these candidates they were particularly crazy about. the republicans. there were also a lot of people who were frustrated with president obama as well. so kind of the over arching theme, if you will, is that people feel not connected to what's happening in washington and not connected to these politicians. they're looking for people that they can relate to, that understand their problems, that they get it and that they can help them better their own lives. >> all right. suzanne malveaux joining us from phoenix, arizona. thanks so much. in chardon, ohio, this morning teachers are returning to work at chardon high. the school doors are being opened to any students who want to come in and talk with the counselors there about monday's deadly shooting. a third student, 16-year-old demetrius hewlin has died. daniel parmertor was killed.

russell king jr. is brain dead and we have the frantic calls to 911 from students inside the school when this shooting began monday morning. >> did you see the shooter? are you a student? >> yes. yes, i'm a student. i was right by the shooter when he pulled the gun. >> okay. who was the shooter? >> his name is thomas lane. >> can you tell me how many? >> i saw him take out two and then i was -- i was gone. i was out of there. >> okay. were the students still alive? >> i don't know, ma'am. i didn't even check. i just got out of there as fast as i could. >> okay. but they went down, right? >> yeah. they were -- they were laying on the ground in blood. >> boy, the voice is so calm. ted rowlands is in chardon, ohio, this morning. ted, are all the teachers back in school as well and i know a lot of the counselors have showed up as well? >> reporter: yeah. the teachers are arriving just

now, actually. they started to arrive at the top of the hour here. they are being checked off. there's a security perimeter around the school so that only teachers and employees come to the school today. they are coming here, i just talked to the superintendent a few moments ago, they're coming to heal themselves and to come back and reintroduce themselves, if you will, to the scene of this crime, this horrific shooting. the calf tear yeah, etc., and prepare for students to come back. tomorrow parents are invited to come to the school to do much the same thing with their students. so they'll spend the day, these next two days, trying to establish some sort of normalcy and then on friday classes will resume. >> and so what more are we learning about that assistant football coach who's being called a hero, ted? >> reporter: well, he's been told by the district not to do any extended interviews. i just asked the superintendent that question actually a few minutes ago. everybody wants to talk to this guy. the students that witnessed this all have said that he really did

push the shooter out, t.j. lane, he chased him out of the school. he was shot at apparently by t.j. lane, luckily missed. we did get a little bit of an interview of such from his home. take a listen. he didn't say much. this is what he said to our affiliate yesterday afternoon. >> i just want to say that i'm sorry to the families, to the victims. i wish i could have done more. >> reporter: and that's frank hall. he is an assistant football coach, employee of the school here. he was in the cafeteria at the time of the shooting and is being credited for pushing this young man, t.j. lane, out of the school and actually chasing him off the grounds. obviously a lot of people would like to hear a lot more from him, but right now the school district's telling him and all the other teachers not to talk to the media and just concentrate on getting ready for the students' return.

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back now to presidential politics. mitt romney likely has a new spring in his step this morning. the republican won yesterday's primaries in both michigan and arizona. forty fieg his claim to being the party's front-runner, rick santorum finished second in both contests. let's take a closer look at what all of this might mean. ron brownstein is a senior political analyst and editorial director of the "national journal." good to see you. romney won the night but are the results enough to tamp down the threat from scrum? it was awfully close? >> it was. it was a very narrow victory for romney in michigan. it was probably necessary but not sufficient to stabilize him in this campaign. as paul steinhauser noted earlier, there were lots of reasons for rick santorum to feel good about what happened in michigan. i would add, there was one reason for real concern. santorum did very well with the groups, the ideological vanguard of the gop coalition. evangelical christians, tea

party activists. he didn't reach enough beyond that in michigan. he lost, for example, catholics. he only ran about even among blue collar republicans. in the end, if all he can do is mobilize that very conservative core, he can threaten romney but he probably can't beat him. he has to expand his reach to really overcome romney's other advantages, especially with more upscale republican voters. >> perhaps that chance comes next week, super tuesday. ten states, 437 delegates up for grabs. so last night's results, do you see it making an influential impact on the upcoming races? >> well, yeah. this has been -- look, in the history of presidential primaries it's sort of like bill yards. each shot resets the whole table for everything that comes later. the demography is key. there are states that look like michigan but are tilted further in that socially conservative direction like oklahoma and tennessee where santorum will run very well. romney has advantage in places

like massachusetts, vermont, and virginia. there are caucus states that leaves you like ohio. very similar to michigan. heavily blue collar republican party. there are slightly more evangelicals in ohio than in michigan. that helps santorum. romney doesn't have the home state advantage in ohio so that helps santorum. ultimately rick santorum has to show that he can hold his leads in ohio for a week as romney concentrates that organizational and financial fire power on the state which enabled him to turn around michigan and for that matter florida against newt gingrich. >> you talk about ohio being a pivotal state. candidates are focusing on other states specifically in the south. big mistake or is that just what a candidate has to do, have a strategy? >> i think you'll see both. as i said, i think that rick santorum has a lot of opportunity in places like oklahoma and tennessee where the electorate is very heavily tilted toward those christian conservatives. if that's all he can win, in the end he will threaten romney but

not overtake him. santorum has to go beyond that and show he can win that working class republican constituency. for the managerial side of the party, people college educated, 100,000 plus, more secular, he is a strong candidate. he's run well in every state he's won. in every state with an exit poll he's won voters. santorum has to go beyond his ideological vanguard to really topple him. >> so if not for presidential politics, this would be the lead. republican senator olympia snowe of maine saying she is not going to seek re-election. what does this do to the balance of power? >> this is potentially a critical development. look, democrats have a number of seats that are vulnerable. they hold 53 seats in the senate. they have to defend 23 in november. they have a bunch they could lose. one of the keys is how many republican held states they could pick up. massachusetts and nevada have been their only two opportunities so far. with olympia snowe leaving the race, they might be able to win maine as well. of course, if they can pick up three seats or even two of those

three seats, it steepens the hill that republicans have to climb to take control, especially if obama wins re-election and could break the tie in a 50-50 sense. this significantly increases the odds of democrats holding the senate. it gives them the opportunity to offset what will certainly be some losses of their own with victories and potential victories. >> ron brownstein, good to see you you. kids from chardon high school are facing a long road after the shock from monday's deadly shooting. straight ahead, a specialist will tell us about the steps to healing and recovery for them. [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. thanks, mom. i just want to get my car back. [ female announcer ] discover what's next in your life. get this free travel bag when you join at aarp.org/jointoday.

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all right. this just in. james murdoch, the youngest son of rupert murdock, announced that he is stepping down from his position as executive chairman of "news international news corps." they've been at the center of a hacking scandal. we're working to get further details and bring them to you as soon as we can. an interesting story coming out of brazil. zain verjee has a story of what could be the worst fake i.d. in history, but for a moment it was effective, wasn't it, zain? >> reporter: some people just can't handle the truth, fred.

they can't lie very well either. this is basically what happened. there's this guy called ricardo barros, he's 41 years old. he went off to a bank to open the account. they asked the basic question, can we see some i.d. he fishes out some i.d. and he hands them a picture of jack nicholson, which of course nobody would recognize, right? anyway, in brazil they looked at it and said, wait a minute, this is jack nicholson, not you. it ended up breaking open a case that police had been pursuing for about three months or so. there was a guy out using people's i.d.s, opening credit cards, had various correct books. they basically busted him and are investigating the situation. and how he managed to do this. with all of these credit cards under various names and identities, the only thing, fred, to his credit was that he didn't sign the name jack nicholson. he used another one. who cares, but it was the worst fake i.d. effort ever.

>> but then that's just one of his stack of fake i.d.s. so somewhere along the line someone brought that -- >> reporter: something is working. >> thanks so much. >> reporter: it was dumb to use jack. >> right. all right. back in this country. kids from chardon high are facing a very long road to get over the shock from monday's shooting straight ahead, a specialist will tell us the steps to overcome grief. progresso. it fits! fantastic! [ man ] pro-gresso they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. okay is there a woman i can talk to? weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school

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checking our top stories now. one person is dead and three others missing after a coast guard helicopter crashed in mobile bay, alabama. the crew was on a training mission when the chopper went down last night. a search continues for the missing crew members. egyptian authorities and state media report that they have arrested an al qaeda leader. they say seif al-adel was arrested at cairo's airport after arriving on a flight.

authorities are still work rg to confirm the man's identity. children are among the victims of attacks by government forces. a witness says this video shows a boy under rubble in the city of homs. the opposition says another boy, a 13-year-old, was killed by sniper fire today. shock, numbness, a state of disbelief, feelings that your safe world has been shattered. these are emotions the students at chardon high could be feeling in the aftermath of monday's shooting. dale atkins is a psychologist who specializes in focusing on families and stress. she's joining us from new york. good to see you. >> good morning. nice to see you. >> so let's begin by asking you, you know, the grief counseling that is being offered, what are the signs that someone actually needs it? >> it's a very good question, and with every child or person, adult, it's very different. with young children who aren't

necessarily as able to articulate their feelings, we have to watch for maybe a reversion to earlier behaviors, maybe bedwetting, maybe baby talk, maybe fear that they don't want to go to situations that they used to go to. >> in high school aged kids you're saying? >> no, no, those are younger kids who may be the siblings of or community members in the community. with high school kids you definitely would see children who are anxious, maybe physical symptoms that their heart may be racing. they feel very panicky. they are losing sleep. they don't want to eat. they can feel very, very tired. they don't want to get involved with things that they used to. parents need to be very conscious of watching their children. >> it's going to be very typical that some may be very withdrawn and may not want to express themselves at all, so what does a parent do in that case? >> it's a good question. you really need to be available to your kids, to let them know that you are a safe haven for them to talk about if they care to talk about what's going on.

you can also not watch the news too much, by the way. if you see something, after you see it, talk about it and see what the community is talking about. you can engage them and try to get at the root of their anxiety. what does this mean to them? what do they feel? what are they fearful of? for so many kids, especially high school kids, they feel that they have a lot more control over their world and then the world shatters. so we need to let them know that what they're feeling is normal and that it's a normal reaction to a very abnormal situation. so we comfort them. we have to as adults in their lives remain calm. it doesn't mean we can't be angry and we can't be upset, but we have to be calm so that they can talk to us and we need to listen to them. >> some funerals may take place, the first funerals may happen tomorrow for a lot of parents who are trying to watch their child's behavior, see what they're exhibiting emotionally, tomorrow could be a whole different day. new exhibition of emotions.

what should parents, teachers, guardians expect? what do they do? how do they respond? >> really what we can expect is any number of emotions. kids can be sad. they can be chatty. they can be very quiet. they can be overwhelmed with emotion. they may be very quiet. as i said before, but that doesn't mean they are through the process of grieving. the process of grieving takes a long time. it's different for every family, every child. kids model also what they see with their friends and also with their other children in the school and with their parents. i think in the community if the community is doing something that is together, like memorializing the children who were killed or trying to do something to bring the community together, if you watch your children and see how they're responding, you can encourage them to write condolence cards. you can encourage them to express through art. you can encourage them to write in a zwrurnl what they're feeling if they're not typically kids who talk.

i think that it's important to keep your finger on your children's pulse because it will take time. it's not just a day or a week or a month. we need to pay attention. >> yeah. it's a long road potentially for a lot of people. >> it is. >> dale atkins, thanks so much for your time and advice. >> my pleasure. another milestone on wall street. the dow closed above 13,000 yesterday for the first time since 2008. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange with more on this. alison, how big is this? >> you know, how big is it? it really depends, fredricka, on who you ask. some say it doesn't matter. others say at at very least it helps with confidence and investor confidence, but you know what, it's also significant because it shows how far the market has come, meaning the dow. look at the dow back in march of 2009. the dow was at 6500. look what it's done. it's dubloubled in three years. now it's over 13,000 and trading

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what are you waiting for? this is big news. talk about rehabilitation. what a real shocker. lindsey lohan tells "people" magazine that she's out of the party scene altogether. we have to get the inside scoop from a.j. hammer. host of "showbiz tonight." give up the scoop on this. >> well, according to lindsey, yeah, she is on the straight and narrow right now. fred, of course, we're all rooting for her. given her track record, i think everybody is taking a wait and see attitude towards lindsey's recovery. but she is saying publicly that she's done with partying. in fact, she sat down this morning with "today show's" matt lauer and told her that it is not her thing anymore. she went out to a club with a friend and not because she was

tempted, but because it's the same thing over and over for her. she really is not into being out in the clubs. so at least, fred, it sounds encouraging. lindsey is in the home stretch her probation. all she has to do is stay out of trouble with the law and then she can get on with her life and career. she's hosting "saturday night live" this weekend. fred, maybe if that goes well, we'll all get to witness lindsey kicking off her comeback again but maybe this time for good. >> the transformation. all right. sounds good. meantime, let's talk about something else out of hollywood. what appears to be a real baby boom. yesterday uma thurman says she's pregnant. ben anden we ee een jen welcome number 3? >> they had a baby. >> bob: in santa monica yesterday. they got married back in 2005. this is their third child but it's their first boy. this new bundle of joy has two older sisters, three and six. he's got two experienced young

ladies looking out for him. we did reach out to the couple's reps. fred, we wanted the usual details. we wanted to congratulate them. we'll say it here and now, congratulations ben and jen and the entire family. >> nice big old congrats. we'll see you again next hour. more showbiz headlines coming your way. arguably the best gangster movie ever made. it's making a comeback on the big screen. limited release of a restored version of "the god father." you think you take off all your make-up before bed. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your most stubborn makeup with one towelette. can your makeup remover do that? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover.

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kyra phillips profiles a doctor trying to help women beat those odds. >> if you don't hear, freeze the eggs. the ivf day starts with ultrasound monitoring. checking the ovaries for development of eggs. blood tests and going upstairs and retrieving eggs, using surgery. getting those eggs into the lab. >> reporter: dr. jamie griffo may sound like an ordinary fertility doc. >> freeze the eggs. >> freeze the eggs. >> reporter: but he's not. he's one of the world's leading scientists with the knowledge to stop a woman's reproductive clock. >> reporter: when you first discovered you could do this, what was your reaction? >> well, when we had our first baby from it, it was very exciting because we knew that this would help a lot of people. >> reporter: grifo uses a technique developed within the last decade called vitrefication

which freezes eggs about 100,000 times faster than the old method. it's still considered experimental by the american society for reproductive medicine. >> we weren't very good at freezing eggs. the ice crystal damage to the cell that was the problem. using this technique where you dehydrate the cell and then flash freeze it without ice crystals allowed it to survive the freezing and thawing process so that it could be as viable as if it had never been frozen. >> these are our storage tanks. >> reporter: he is the director of nyu's fertility center. since using this fairly new egg freezing technique he has seen a surge in new patients. there are now more than 900 frozen egg cycles safely secured in these liquid nitrogen tanks. he's made it his life's work to tell women when it comes to having children, you've got

options. >> reporter: would it be fair to say you're actually stopping that biological clock from ticking for a moment? >> well, we're freezing that reproductive potential in time so, you know, if a 30-year-old freezes her eggs, she freezes her 30-year-old potential. >> reporter: that's important because as a woman gets older the quality of her eggs diminishes, making it harder to get pregnant. many experts would suggest if you're a woman who wants to wait to have kids, you should freeze your eggs in your late 20s or early 30s. so how did i meet dr. grifo. i was 42 years old and wanted to get pregnant. it was under his watchful eyes i was blessed to have these beautiful twins through traditional ivf. it was during my pregnancy dr. grifo told me about vit tre if i case. >> it's hope, not a promise. it's an option, not a

requirement. it allows women to be more thoughtful about how they conduct their lives and how they think about their fertility. >> does tie in at all -- >> reporter: women like 37-year-old kathryn cooper. >> the information that i'm looking for is a -- >> reporter: who has a high powered job in new york's frenetic banking industry. with two sisters and a really tight family, kathryn knew she wanted a family. she also wanted a career. babies would have to wait. >> reporter: how do you balance your want for a baby but also your want to have a really successful career? >> the balance part is tricky so obviously i really want to have a baby, i just don't want to have one right now. >> reporter: so her gynecologist sent her to dr. grifo, the leading specialist in the new york area. >> she brought up the fact that my fertility was going to decline rapidly over the next

several years and that i should consider freezing my eggs. >> reporter: she decided to take the leap, but it took three months to get an appointment. then kathryn started the process to harvest the most eggs she could, a daunting series of hormone shots. >> once i had everything all mixed up i'm looking at this needle saying i know this is the wrong needle. it's so big. so i decided to insert it halfway and hope for the best. >> reporter: bottom line, it wasn't easy? >> no. no, it wasn't easy. >> reporter: after two weeks of ramping up egg production, kathryn's lucky number was 13. >> reporter: that's 13 chances at having a baby. >> sure. yes. i think the odds are pretty good if i choose to use them, plus it's not as if i'm doing this because i'm infertile. i don't know that i have fertility problems. i'm doing it to create options in my life.

>> reporter: 13 options frozen in time until kathryn says go. >> reporter: considering the cost, the shots, what it felt like, it was not an easy process. was it worth it? >> completely worth it. no doubt in my mind. worth it. >> reporter: i was thinking about this. you're like the ultimate ladies man. you have gotten so many women pregnant. >> well, you know. >> reporter: have you ever thought of it that way? >> no. other people have. >> reporter: but actually dr. grifo is very old-fashioned. he hopes his patients, like kathryn, can conceive naturally, but if they can't, he's at least been able to freeze a little bit of hope. kyra phillips, cnn, new york. and a high school team is putting its faith ahead of its game. they give up their shot at state

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we're following lots of developments in the next hour. let's check in with paul steinhauser. paul? >> fred, i'm live in michigan. for mitt romney it wasn't pretty but a win is a win. rick santorum says coming in second is as good as first. details at the top of the hour. i'm barbara starr at the pentagon. i'll have exclusive details to cnn of u.s. military planning, at least planning for operations in syria. coming up in the next hour. and i'm lizzy o'leary in washington where congress is

looking at cruise ship safety. we'll have the story of one couple who survived the "costa concordia" and what they would like to see changed coming up the next hour. also a rare trip to the very bottom of the sea. we're talking seven miles deep to a platce only two men have gone before. producer james cameron is taking cnn along for the ride. this is delicious okay... is this where we're at now? we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic.

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it is high school tournament time. jeff fischel has the plays of the day. >> teams across the country going for state titles. players on one team so close to the dream but they chose to give it up because of their faith. the boys at an orthodox jewish school made it to the championship game but they won't play because the game is friday night, the sabbath. tournament planners voted not to move the game. the coach and players say missing the game wasn't even a tough decision. >> you get put in adversity, the way you handle things says a lot about your character. this is an opportunity for us to show our character. >> we give up this opportunity for keeping our religion, it shows how much we care for it. >> have been accusations of anti-semitism, but tournament organizers say the barron school now that championship games are on fridays and saturdays. the team is still practicing just in case the game gets

moved. more high school tournament news. gary harris crosses midcourt for the win. gets it. the hamilton southeastern fans go bonkers. they chase him across the court. harris had 35 points. he is one of the best high school players in the country headed to michigan state. and a high school championship on the line in florida. salters needs a two to tie, a three to win. no one stops her. she is going for the win. the three-pointer at the buzzer. she gets it! her coach calls her big ticket. congrats to the baby rattlers for the championship. you have to get to know anders broman. you will hear more from this high school junior. he scored 71 points in a game saturday night, but his team still lost 114-110. we have to squeeze this in before i go. the best, the longest paper airplane throw ever. look at this. this is not the kind you build in school.

a former cal quarterback going for the longest paper airplane ever. 226 feet. >> wow. >> watch this thing fly. watch it go. you think it's done. and it just keeps going and going and gol. it was built by john collins, a new producer. he's called the paper airplane guy. he is obsessed with paper airplanes. there is your world record. is >> is it all in the folds and design or in the throw? we'll find out next segment. thank you very much. all right. now the republican race for the white house. mitt romney rebounds, once again bolsters his game as the party's front-runner. in arizona he breezed to victory. he got nearly as many votes as his three challengers combined. in michigan, where romney grew up, the race was tighter and much more crucial. he narrowly edged rick santorum

41% to 38%. right now romney is getting ready to speak in toledo, ohio. ohio is one of the ten states taking part in super tuesday. he says he has regained his momentum. >> in this room are the people who knocked on the doors and made the calls and went to the polls it made a difference. we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's all that counts. we're covering all the angles. political editor paul steinhauser is in pontiac, michigan. paul, romney won by 3 percentage points. is that enough -- he feels like he's gained the momentum. can he maintain that? that's really the question. >> yeah. you know, listen, i think you summed it up quite well. a win is a win. here's what the detroit news is saying. romney brings home win. imagine what the story line would have been if romney lost in michigan, the state where he grew up where his father was governor. it would be a different story line. for now, romney moves on.

this victory kind of staves off any talk, any talk of maybe somebody else jumping into the race, at least for a week. but there is a bit of a down side here. mitt romney and that super pack that has been backing him they were forced to spend a lot of money in michigan, probably money they would have rather spent elsewhere and mitt romney still has a problem. in michigan they won a lot more for rick santorum than romney. he did what he had do for a win but has issues ahead. >> while santorum came in second, he gained just as many, almost as many delegates as mitt romney. >> yeah. and the santorum campaign is happy. the candidate himself telling our jim acosta last night at his celebration in michigan that, listen, we made romney work hard in michigan. he didn't win by a lot. listen to what rick santorum said last night at his hq. >> you know, we came into the

backyard of one of my opponents in a race that everyone said, well, just ignore it. you have no chance here. the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and all i have to say is i love you back. thank you. >> so the candidate himself and his campaign see the second-place finish as a victory. rick santorum was up in the polls here by double digits not long ago. his campaign said their candidate will speak more about the economy and less time on social issues. six days until super tuesday. >> i know. an incredible race. thank you very much, paul steinhauser. a story just unfolding. north korea agrees to rein in its nuclear program. the state department says the new regime has agreed to limit launches and nuclear activity in exchange for food aid.

lisa what more can you tell about this. >> fred this was the deal that was going to be announced the week kim jong-il died. it threw everything into a tizzy because they didn't know if the new leader, kim jong-un would go ahead with the deal. we're not saying food aid, it's nutritional assistance. the problem is what north korea has a history of doing is giving food aid, grain, rice, those things to the regime. they're having the 100th anniversary of the leader coming up. they're afraid it will end up on a banquet table. so they'll give this targeted nutritional assistance, bars, that kind of thing. in exchange, north korea will halt nuclear testing, stop its enrichment program and admit inspectors back in. there was progress on the nuclear front before the obama administration came into office. north korea took a step back,

started to restart its program. now the international community wants to get a handle on what's happened in these last three years. so, it's a tense deal right now. the u.s. hopes to get some assistance in the next week. the devil is in the details. >> thank you very much for that update. appreciate that. deadly storms hit the central plains overnight. here a tornado is dropping out of the night sky in reno county, kansas. there were reports of several tornadoes hitting that state overnight. the sheriff in harveyville kansas says a tornado december tried after that time. and severe weather is blamed in the death of a woman in dallas county, missouri. also branson was hit, a popular tourist attraction. the clean up begins today

for those people living in those hard-hit areas. here is rob marciano. >> the storms are moving quite rapidly. a strong system. this time of year they move quickly. some of these cells are moving 60, 70 miles per hour. here's a rundown of where they came from and where they went. these blue markers are wind reports. some of which are over 70 miles per hour. not only tornado damage, but straight line wind damage as well. one report up in nebraska, that's the first time on record we've seen a tornado in nebraska in february this is more of a springlike storm. 15 reports of tornadoes so far. you saw some of the damage from these twisters. tornado watches in effect until 1:00. these will probably be extended to the east. this area in through here is what the storm's prediction center is most worried about you can expect the threat for isolated tornadoes there with a moderate risk of seeing that. some other video we've seen come in, north of -- you know, there

was one cell that rolled just north, and then at times along the ohio river. it started out in illinois, then cruised just south of evansville. newburg, indiana, just south and east of evansville is where we saw some severe damage. this continued to move off to the east. now reports near greenville, kentucky, reports of a tornado on the ground there. scenes like this will be replicated, no doubt n central kentucky and potentially across parts of tennessee before the day is done. search and rescue underway now that the sun is up there. the bottom line here, fredricka, multiple tornadoes across a vast area with significant damage. and we have not really talked about the blizzard situation which is happening north of this system. so a huge, huge system effecting millions of people. >> we'll talk about that next time. thank you very much, rob. in chardon, ohio, teachers are returning to work at chardon

high. counselors are also getting ready to help grieving students and parents trying to deal with monday's deadly shooting. a third student has died. daniel parmertor was killed, and doctors say russell king jr. is brain dead. we have the frantic calls to 911 that day from students inside the school when the shooting began. >> did you see the shooter? are you a student? >> yes. yes. i'm a student. i was right by the shooter when he pulled the gun. >> okay who was the shooter? >> uh, his name is thomas lane. >> did you see him shoot how many? >> i saw him take out two. and then i was gone. i was out of there. >> okay. were the students still alive? >> i don't know, ma'am. i didn't even check. i just got out of there as fast as i could. >> okay. but they went down, right? >> yeah. they were laying on the ground in blood. >> ted rowlands now in chardon,

ohio this morning. ted, are teachers back and are they taking advantage of that grief counselling that is available, too? >> yes, they are reporting to school at this hour, and they will spend the day together as a team, if you will, and they will start the introduction process back to work. and also get ready for the students. the plan is for just teachers to come to school today. there are counselors available for the teachers, tomorrow students will be coming back to school but coming with their parents. there will be grief counselor there's as well and teachers to help everybody cope with it to help everyone transition into a normal school day. the first normal school day is scheduled for friday. it won't be a normal day by any stretch of the imagination but that's when students will be back at school with teachers in place. >> and, ted, you know, the prosecutor yesterday said that he wanted to make sure that t.j. lane was going to be charged as

an adult. do we have more detail about that? >> they indicated they will ask the court to move him up to adult court, which isn't a surprise when you look at the severity of the vcrime and his age. it's not like it's a 12-year-old or a 13-year-old. here we are talking about a 17-year-old, given the severity of the crimes it's a no-brainer they would ask for it and one would assume it will be granted. >> ted, thank you very much for that. coming up a rare and dangerous trip to the bottom of the sea. it doesn't get deeper. we are talking about seven miles down to a place where only two men have gone before and filmmaker james cameron is taking cnn along for the ride. and a cruise ship disaster goes under the microscope on capitol hill. lawmak law maek makers will hear from

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won't die. firefighters contained about half of it. they're trying to keep it away from dozens of homes there. and look at what happened to this house near seattle. it fell right into the river. no one was hurt. recent storms flooded the river and eroded its banks. it used to be several hundred feet from the river's edge. and then all caught on surveillance videotape right here in georgia at a convenience store. right there, what in the world just crashed through that door? an 11-year-old girl and her brother were leaving when what you'll see is a deer crashing through the glass knocking her down to the ground. she has a mild concussion, but she should be okay. the deer had to be put down. oscar-winning director james cameron's latest project is not the "terminator" "titanic" or avatar.

this is the harshest and remote and least understood place on earth. cameron will take to take a one-man watercraft 36,000 feet into the mariana trench near guam. just to give you an idea of how deep that is, if you look up and see a jet at cruising altitude, that's how far down cameron wants do in the sea. he has been doing test dives off papua, new guinea, and cnn is the only network with a team on board cameron's ship. here is an exclusive report from jason carroll. >> when you talk about adventure, explorations and advances in science and technology it does not get better than the chance to go down to challenger deep. the challenger deep is the deepest known point in the ocean. it's located in the marianna trench. this is a deep, desolate scar in

the pacific. it's located about 1,600 miles from where we are. when you talk about how deep it is, think about it this way, it's 36,000 feet deep approximately. that's seven miles down. deeper than mt. everest is tall. at those depths, there's no sunlight. the water is extremely frigid. the pressure is so great it would instantly crush a human being. the trench is one of the most isolated and extreme places on earth. this is by anyone's account. and james cameron, that's right, the award-winning academy award winning director, james cameron, the man who directed "titanic" and "avatar" many don't know he is also an accomplished deep sea explorer. back in 1995 he explored the wreckage of the titanic. in 2010 he was consulted on the gulf oil spill. over the past few years cameron has been pursuing his other passion, exploring challenger deep.

he has designed and financed a high-tech sub to try to take him there. he's been working along with national geographic, jpl, the university of guam, the university of hawaii, and cameron has actually invited us along to give us a peek at how he is trying to accomplish this historic, extreme dive. at minimum so much can be learned from this dive in terms of what can happen here. the types of life that can exist at those depths. whole new species could be revealed. we will bring you updates on cameron's progress as he moves closer to this extreme dive seven miles under water. fredricka. >> thank you very much, jason. an incredible view there, experience you're having. this may be the harshest place on earth. everything is intense from the temperatures and temperatures and the darkness. chad myers is here to talk about that. what more can you tell us about what is an incredible

experience? >> i don't think anybody up on land understands what the danger is involved here, to take that kind of pressure on any vessel, put it down there with a man inside or more than one man inside that is going to be the challenge. that's why they're not going all the way down to the bottom every time. they are doing successfully deeper dives to make sure this holds up. it's basically a big ball, like a gerbil ball. you put the gerbil in it, he runs around. that's what it looks like. as it floats down there sinks down to the bottom, they'll be testing this water tightness. literally it has to be water tight. almost like taking 8,000 elephants, standing it on top of a car. that's the pressure you'll get at 38,000, 37,000, 35,000 feet down there. this is deeper than mt. everest down. in 1960, there was somebody down there for a few minutes this is something where -- why do we care? we could prove that there's obviously life on other planets. if you can get life down there to live at that extreme temperature, that extreme

darkness and cold and that extreme pressure, other planets may have this type of single cell organism, double cell organism or into the world of crabs or things like that. this is so, so very deep. there's no light down there ever. none of these things living down there would have eyes. the pressure would be unbelievable. if you take an animal, i'm sure they will try at some point in time. if you take an animal and try to bring it to the surface, it would almost explode. the same thing as if you take the sub and it goes down it could implode because the pressures are so different. even if you pull a big fish up from 200, 300 feet, it doesn't like it a lot. that's not 300 feet, we're talking 30,000 feet. >> chad, thank you very much for your perspective. cameron wouldn't be the first person to actually go the distance at sea like this. it has been done before back in

1960. in fact, felipe cousteau knows one of the men who made that dive. he will talk about what might be discovered down below. sorry. sore knee.

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conversation about james cameron's epic and what we hope to learn from it. phillip cousteau joins us now. nice to have you here. >> good to be here. >> you met one of the men who made a similar dive back in 1960. what's different about this attempt. >> on january 23, 1960, u.s. navy lieutenant don walsh and a swiss oceanographer went down to the bottom of the challenger deep. the thing about that dive is that they had very little technology compared to what we have today. they dropped down in an escape to the bottom, kicked up a lot of mud and weren't able to take a lot of photographs or

specimens. so we know very little about what it looks like down there. >> this time this submersible, it will be a manned submersible what is the hope it will be able to see given the advanced technology this go around? >> a lot of people have a misconception that we have explored the okceans. we turn on any number of channels and there's documentaries about coral reefs and whales. we have barely scratched the surface. we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the deepest parts of this man net. we don't really know what to expect. what we do know is there are untold creatures, not just small tube worms but potentially large creatures as well that live down there from giant squid to different species of sharks. nobody has any idea. that's what is so excite being this. >> it's exciting what may be revealed but at the same time do

you worry about the exploitation that could potentially come with this kind of exploration? >> well, you know, really we're all about exploration and knowledge. i don't worry so much about this type of exploration being a problem for the okceans. we already know the okays are in trouble from the shallower deep dives we have done throughout the oceans over the past few decades we find debris, trash, pollutants and chemicals like pcbs and others in samples that have been taken. only a half hour was don walsh down there in 1960. we are having an impact already on the okceans. this is an opportunity explore and learn more about a sustainable future. >> all right. look to talk to you again once

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checking top stories, one person is dead and three others missing after a coast guard helicopter crashed in mobile bay, alabama. the crew was on a training mission when the chopper went down last night. a search continues for the missing crew members. north korea agreed to a moretoreum on long-range missile launches. and hillary clinton is talking about this deal before a house

committee on capitol hill. opposition activists in syria say children are among the victims of attacks by government forces. a witness says this video shows a boy under rubble in homs and another boy, a 13-year-old, was killed by sniper fire today. political buzz is your rapid fire look at the best political topics of the day. three questions 30 seconds on the clock. playing today, pete dominic, comedian and political talk show host. and drew romano, senior writer at "newsweek" and tom blair author of "poor richards america." let's jump in to last night's primary results, romney beating santorum but super tuesday looms are there any turning points left, pete? >> absolutely. still so much could happen. everything going on in iran, gas prices will be focused on, but i don't think most americans are

really going to think anything too special about super tuesday unless it's a sale at walmart, fred. i think next week really does matter, an then after that we've got how many? six months until august 27th. we'll see. there's still plenty of time. maybe for drama. maybe mitt romney will light his fair on fire or go on the "colbert report." >> okay. to tom? >> we need to correct the statement. i don't think mitt won. i think what happened was he got the vote by default. in fact he didn't even get the majority of votes. in the same hand, i'm not sure santorum lost to mitt. he lost to a bunch of women who said don't tell me about birth control until you change a few thousand diapers. there will be drama, but the drama from left field. the reverend wright type of drama, the monica lewinsky type of drama.

>> andrew? >> this was supposed to be easy month for mitt romney. it turned out not to be that way. march, the lineup is much more difficult for him going into super tuesday. states in the south like oklahoma, tennessee, santorum is leading there. i think there will be drama but a strange kind of existential drama. everybody thinks romney will win but everybody is trying to think about how he can do that. >> republican senator olympia snowe of maine calling it quits after this term. is this a stealth game changer for the democrats? >> it could be. but i think the democrats have the perfect opportunity to drop the ball the same way they dropped the ball when they replaced ted kennedy's seat. i accept the senator's statement that really congress has become too polarized. when she went in we had tip o'neill in, bob dole in. then there was only one litnus

test. >> pete. >> i don't know if stealth game changer is right. jeremy lin is a stealth game changer. it makes it harder for republicans, they needed to keep that seat, maine is a weird seat. extreme left, extreme right, moderates do well. this feeds into president obama's narrative of running against congress if things are so bad why not try harder? try harder to make them change. stay in and play the game. i think it's quitting, but that's my opinion. i have never been a senator. >> andrew? >> yeah. olympia snow, she sided with democrats most of the time. she is the most moderate republican in the senate. there is no republican who looks like she can win the race now, that looks like a seat that will go to the democrats. democrats still have a battle, though there are seven democratic seats in players haves three republican seats.

so they could lose control of the senate even with olympia snow stepping down. >> conan o'brien joking last night about fading interest in the republican primaries. here's what he said. >> if you're tuning in for news about the michigan primary, i have two things to say. we tape early, and we don't care. we just -- we're altogether on this? i've tapped into my audience perfectly right there. >> so here is the question. was he cutting a little close to the bone there, pete? >> no. i would never criticize my conan. it was a great joke. that's what he's supposed to do. i just think that it is getting boring. for those of us who cover politics, it's getting boring. that's how i feel. why? because there's four white guys. ron paul is exciting, has different ideas, but back in '08, it went all the way to june, but there was a black or a

female, an african-american or a woman was going to be president. that made it exciting. >> tom? >> i would suggest when you are 65 years old you have the right to quit and not be called a quitter. that's just me because i'm over 65. in fact, i don't think americans have an interest in the primaries, they have an interest in the candidates. it is enjoyable on the evening news to watch mitt talk about what kind of cars his wife drives or perhaps listening to santorum sergeant that onward christian soldiers should be our new national anthem. >> last word me. >> i don't know what conan is complaining about, they are sort of writing the jokes for him. keep it coming. it's working out well for the late-night comedians. >> andrew, tom, pete, thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. coming up, lawmakers on capitol hill don't want your

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syrian opposition activists say a besieged neighborhood is under its most serious shelling. besides the shelling in the barbar amar section of homs, there is also reported fighting between the syrian army and opposition fighters. b barbara starr what has this exclusive report. >> reporter: as the shelling continues, cnn has learned that the pentagon has detailed military plans that it could carry out against syria if ordered by president obama. sources tell cnn the planning has been underway for weeks, but now there are specifics on how operations could be carried out. a senior u.s. official says the options are being teed up but no

decisions have been made. but for the first time, the potential plans include details on the number of u.s. troops needed and the types of air, land, and sea capabilities required. arming the rebels seems unlikely. >> you don't want to go in and arm the wrong people. >> reporter: congressman mike rodgers told cnn's john king that the u.s. has to encourage arab league nations. >> there's some talk of maybe establishing a safe haven somewhere in the country through the arab league. >> reporter: the u.s. is looking at basing its own humanitarian relief operations in neighboring turkey or jordan, but there's concern it could be seen as too much u.s. interference in the region. but forcing assad out through a military campaign may be toughest of all. >> we can send in air power, we have stealth assets and cruise missiles, these are things that syria has limited capability to

defend against. the problem is it's very hard to bomb your way into changing power. >> reporter: the u.s. is collecting satellite images and intelligence of syrian military movement, information that could be used against bashar al assad should he be named as a war criminal. >> i think people have been putting forth the argument, but i also think that from long experience, that can complicate a resolution of a difficult, complex situation because it limits options to persuade leaders, perhaps to step down from power. >> barbara starr joining fruits pentagon. what is the congressional reaction to the plans? >> congress watching carefully. the senate arms services committee, a powerful committee on capitol hill scheduled a hearing for next wednesday. they want to hear directly from

defense secretary leon panetta, chairman of the joints chief of staff general democracy about what the full range of options are and what it would take to do it. fred? >> thank you very much. a tragedy at sea and a disaster that could have been avoided? this morning lawmakers on capitol hill look for answers and hear from two americans who survived that harrowing ordeal in italy. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do?

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talk about rehabilitation. lindsay lohan says she is quitting the party scene. we've got the inside story from a.j. hammer, host of "showbiz tonight." he is in new york. all right. give details. >> according to lindsay, she's done with the clibs. we are rooting for her. everybody is taking a wait and see attitude towards lindsay's recovery. publicly she's on the record saying she's done with partying. she sat down with "the today show's" matt lauer and here's what she told him about it. >> that's not my thing anymore. i went out a couple months with a friend, and it just wasn't my thing. i'm become more of a homebody

and i like that. >> lindsay in the home stretch of her probation, really at this stage all she needs to do is stay out of trouble with the law and we can watch her hopefully get on with her life and her career. she'll be hosting "saturday night live" this weekend, fred. we'll all be watching and maybe, just maybe, we'll see lindsay in action that will kick off a major comeback that will stick around. >> i think everybody will be rooting for her. in the meantime, i understand the godfather is making a comeback. >> that was terrible. whoa. >> was that bad? i love you marlon brando. that was my best imitation. go ahead. >> it was more spectacular than i could have ever done. i expect there to be a lot of "godfather" fans heading to theaters tomorrow to seat remastered version of the film. while there may be crowds, i don't think anyone will have to go to the mattresses to get in . this is an offer you can't refuse. to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the movie, it will be shown on 55 screens around the country just for one

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we have an update this morning on the disabled cruise ship in the ocean. the "costa allegra" will arrive at the seychelles today. the crew and passengers will be put on planes and sent home immediately. and that is the sister ship of the costa concordia which capsized off the coast of italy last month. today, congress is holding hearings to talk about cruise ship safety. cnn's aviation correspondent lizzie o'leary is with us now.

i understand you talked to some of the survivors of the costa concordia who will testify today what will they say? >> this is a couple, americans from boston. they are sort of representing the survivors. they were there on their fifth wedding anniversary trip, a trip he had planned and had sat down, had dinner. they just had been on for a few hours when they felt an enormous boom. they said no one on the staff really knew what was going on it. took them 15 minutes to even explain there was an wreck cal outage, then they weren't told where go or what to do. listen to them describe the chaos that ensued. if there was a gash that ripped open three compartments, 15 minutes is a long time for them to come around and say everything is under control. stop lying. mistakes happen. we are all human beings. i'm not saying i haven't made a mistake in my life.

accept it and say this is what happened. go to the master station, have the crew members come around instead of pouring champagne in the glasses. >> that's what happened. folks were at dinner. folks were still pouring champagne in the glasses, not telling the passengers where to go or what to do. >> that's scary what will happen after their testimony and others? what can congress do. >> you heard her talk about muster stations what that is, that's a place you're suppose god if there's an emergency. passengers told us they didn't get a briefing. nobody told them where they were supposed to go in the event of an emergency. they ran up five flights of stairs to find their own life jackets. right now international law says you can sail for 24 hours without actually giving that safety briefing and congress is thinking, you know what? that might not be long enough. we may need to seat briefings in port. they can do that for ships that

sa sail out of a u.s. port. a lot of u.s. companies have pledged to do that voluntarily. you could see tougher rules coming down mandating more life boats. this is a hearing we will be watching all day long. >> all right. thank you very much. if you take prescription sleeping pills like ambien or lunesta, listen up. people who take even modest amounts of sleep medication are three times more likely to die prematurely than those who don't. the study cannot conclude whether the pills cause cancer and death or whether those people are just more likely to take sleeping meds. one family drops everything, unplugs and hits the road. they're fed up with the political process. >> what are the choices when you look at the politics, the political landscape? >> i'm a little unconventional in that regards. you know, to me it's a diarrhea

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franklin graham is now apologizing for publicly raising questions about president obama's faith. in an msnbc interview last week, graham was asked whether the president was a christian. graham said because the president's father was a muslim, islam sees him as a son of

islam. graham now says he regrets any comments that may have raised doubts about the president's christian faith. and we're moving forward in the gop primary season with the super tuesday contest just six days away, let's bring in mark preston. ten states, more than 400 delegates at stake. last night with michigan and arizona wins for romney. how does that give him momentum into super tuesday? >> it changes the narrative that was going into last night that if mitt romney lost michigan what we would be talking about today is that rick santorum could be the inevitable republican nominee. what he was able to do last night by winning michigan and a blowout in arizona, mitt romney changed the narrative back that he is the person best fit to head into november against president obama. does it make it harder for

santorum to maintain his strategy and his narrative? does it make it harder even for newt gingrich who is hoping to do well in those southern states, three of them out of ten up for grabs on tuesday? >> for newt gingrich here in atlanta, in tennessee, he has to do well. if he does not do well there will be pressure on newt gingrich to finally leave the race and perhaps get down to two real candidates, that being mitt romney and -- >> even though he just got new big super pac money. >> he got the money, but it does nothing for you. that money could help but we'll see on tuesday night. for rick santorum, he did very well acting as the person who would best help out blue collar voters. you know, we expected him to do well in michigan because of that he's from pennsylvania. however he has got to move away from his social conservative message in some ways because it has hurt him. >> interesting, cnn.com. interesting analysis about five things we may have learned from the primaries. >>