delegates. >> ron paul looks like a happy man. this definitely remain as four person field. >> thanks, paul. for all the latest political news, you can go to cnnpolitics.com. it's the top of the hour. you know what that means. suzanne malveaux. >> i'm really not will short. >> here, i'll come down. >> there you go. is politics not exciting or what some this is really fascinating. >> mark preston, i've been giving him a shout out all day. he said you you in got to pay an to santorum. he's the wild card. and we wake up and he takes all three states. >> people were tweeting at 1:30, 2:00 in the morning. it's fantastic. i was sleeping at that hour. live from studio 7, i'm suzanne malveaux. want to get you you especially to speed for this wednesday, february 8th. rick santorum shakes up the republican race. he's coming off a three state

sweep in minnesota, colorado and missouri. is an or rum hopes to cash in on his big wins. today he's in texas because an adviser says that is where the money is. so santorum said money isn't everything, but it's part of the game. >> we're doing very well raising money. i think last night we raised about a quarter of a million dollars online. and we feel like going forward we'll have the money we need to make the case we want to make. >> sap tore rum's rivals are nursing their wounds looking ahead to the next dates on the election calendar. newt gingrich is in ohio, one of the ten states holding haekss on super tuesday, march 6th. gingrich is hoping those races will revive in some way his campaign. mitt romney also looking for a win in colorado yesterday. now he's trying to rebound from his loss to sap tore rum. nonstop shelling is said to be

under way in homs. we just got this video. this is tanks rolling through a neighborhood. one syrian activist group says at least 47 people have been killed already today, including three families. another activist group puts the death toll at 54. a recent department there bluntly saying we cannot count the dead any more. they want to finish us. unbelievable pictures. the violence increasing by the day in syria. cnn has learned that the pentagon and u.s. central command have started an internal review of america's military capability in the region. we're told that options are being prepared just in case president obama calls for them. but the administration's policy for now remains the use of

political, economic and diplomatic pressure. and this is chilling words. a 911 call from a social worker moments before the murder-suicide of a man and his two young boys. the social worker made the call after she brings the two young boys, the sons of josh powell, to his home near seattle for a super vied visit. the social worker told the dispatcher powell snatched the boy, slammed the door and she smelled gasoline in the air. her ominous warning, this could be life threatening. >> do you know the exact address of the house? >> it's 8119 189th street court east. >> okay. stay on the line. do you know if anyone is in the house? >> yes, there was a man and two children. i just dropped off the children and he wouldn't let me in the door. >> stay on the line for the fire department. i'll get them on the line. do not hang up. >> so then the house bursts in

to flames shortly after the caseworker's call. authorities say that powell planned the fire and the explosion that killed him and his two sons. and powell was a suspect in the 2009 disappearance of his wife. the victim of a brutal beating caught on tape is set to speak in the next hour in a news conference here in atlanta. the video shows several people attacking a man outside this convenience store. now, gay activists are calling this a hate crime. atlanta police are working with the fbi on this investigation. so far no arrests have been made. here's something you don't want to hear about if you're on the jumbo jet. cracks in the wings. european safety officials have ordered every airbus 380 in service to get a thorough once over for possible cracks. they say it's not a response to anything specific, but just a routine inspection. a fleet of airbuses will not be grounded during the inspection period. seven airlines fly the 380 on.

so just when you think the republican race for president got it all figured out, right, takes another turn. the latest, rick santorum wins all three contest he is yesterday. you had the caucuses in minnesota and colorado, the primary in missouri. what is it mean for the race against president obama? want to bring in mark preston who is still here. day three. we like to have you here, mark. what does will this mean some you predicted, you said look for santorum yesterday. and then all of this blows up overnight. >> i'd like to take credit for saying that rick santorum would be the wild card, but in some ways it might be conventional wisdom. rick santorum is a fighter, somebody that won't give up. newt gingrich tried very hard to push him out of the race and guess what, right now the tables have now turned.

newt gingrich who had framed himself as being the conservative alternative to mitt romney, that's changed now. rick santorum can now claim that title. >> so mitt romney, let's talk about him. he visited colorado, he campaigned hard. this must be a huge loss for him. how does he regain his momentum? >> what he needs do is continue moving forward and continue contrasting his policies against president obama. no secret mitt romney has problems with real conservative voter, folks who describe themselves as tea party supporters. we started to see support going his way of a tefrafter a very d victory in florida, but he still has problems. if he focuses his attention on rick santorum, it takes him off message. but he's still the frontrunner and has millions of dollars and a national organization. none of the other candidates have that. >> so what about those who are the alternative here, the conservative alternative to mitt

romney? what does it mean for newt gingrich? he says he'll go all the way to super tuesday. >> and what's interesting is somebody who has been left for dead only to come back for life and left for dead and back to life is some ways left for dead. but he just needs to continue moving forward saying that he has the policy ideas. his biggest strength is debating and his biggest strength is talk about big grand ideas. problem with newt gingrich the last couple weeks, he seemed to get very angry and i think that might have turned off republican voters. at the same time, rick santorum was pretty positive. >> the folks who are not angry with you n but not opening the champagne just yet, the obama folks. they're saying we've got weeks if not months ahead to watch this thing play out. how does this advantage the president as it goes longer into the season? >> what we've seen over the koirs of this campaign is that

they have their dvrs, vcrs for oldies like us, and they are recording every moment of this campaign and they will use it in television ads going into november. so every time rick santorum says something devastating about mitt romney, assuming he's the romno me, that could be a television add. >> mark, thanks. it's been good having you. so here's your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question, all right, what is it about rick santorum? he kept his campaign running on a shoestring budget yet managed to win all three states yesterday. carol costello joining us from washington with more. carol, some are saying is it the sweater vest? >> i don't know about that. but who knows at this point. all i know, it was a

mittastrophe. that was my favorite like. but some political analysts think mr. santorum stole the three states from mitt romney. donald trump is still mystified. >> rick santorum was a sitting senator who in re-election lost by 19 points, the most in the history of will this country for sitting senator to lose by 19 points. it's unheard of. then he goes out and says, okay, i just lost by the biggest margin in history, now i'm going to run for president. how does that work? >> well, maybe it's working because as gloria borger put it, santorum speaks middle america. he chooses words and phrases that resonate. this is santorum talking about

president obama. >> i wouldn't be surprised if he isn't listening. why would you think he would be listening now? has he ever listened to the voice of america before? because he thinks he knows better. he thinks he's smarter than you. he thinks he's someone who is a privileged person who should be able to rule over all of you. >> or maybe it's because santorum's stand on social issues resonates at a time planned parenthood, komen and the catholic chiurch all say they're under fire. or maybe it's because santorum hasn't been the sunbject of negative political ads. of course that soon will change. but analysts don't elect candidate, do you. so what is it about rick santorum? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your responses later this hour. >> i can't help it, maybe it's the cynic in me, but they all

rise and fall, they take hair turns on top. you wonder how long this will last. >> maybe it all boils down to this, 00. maybe voters just don't like mitt romney and they can't imagine themselves voting for him forrd. who knows. >> we'll see how it all shakes out. thank you, carol. here's a rundown of some of the stories we're covering. first, before you reach for those no name products, they're not always the best deal. and then -- >> i see the end of that gun, it looked like it was as big as a baseball bat. looks huge when it's standing there. >> you're staring right at it. >> right down the barrel and you know there's not a damn they think you can do about it about sgrp . >> a shooting victim ponders the future.

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rick santorum making remarks in front of a group of pastors. let's listen in. >> thank you very much for that and she has been an amazing blessing to us and our families.

right there? can we turn it off? okay. how's that? is that any better? yes? okay. all right. i'll do my best to talk louder. thank you again and thank you for the opportunity being here. let me apologize for being late. we were late because we had few television interviews this morning that we had to do. so we got a little later start. but i do apologize. our campaign is run the way i think you run your will life, which you respect people and their time and i try never to be late. and so i do apologize for being late here this morning. but i'm very glad that you all

stuck around and are willing to be here with us this morning. so i can share a few thoughts with you. and i'll take up for what -- well, life i do that, let me introduce a couple members -- this still aunt working. all right. here we go. s youngest member of our family, isabella, you met. but her two older brother and sister are traveling with me. i see the brother. i don't see the sister. >> you're watching rick santorum before a group of pastors. he teared up a little bit in the beginning we noted because the church the pastors had dedicated an angel to his daughter bella who was seriously ill before on the campaign trail. he had to step off the trail a

little bit to tend to her and she's been doing much better since. is he says something that seems compelling, we will get that to you as soon as it happens. the mississippi supreme court does hes the fate of some 200 pardoned criminals tomorrow. but two pardoned killers have moved out of state, one refusing to return. ed lavendera tracked down the other. >> reporter: from the moment david was pardoned and walked away from the mississippi governor's mansion, randy walker hasn't stopped thinking about where the man who shot him might be. >> his image is forever burned in my head. >> reporter: he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his estranged wife and shooting walker in the head. the image of the gun still haunts randy walker. >> you you see the end of that barrel, the end of take gun, it

looked as big as a baseball bat. it looks huge standing there. can be a .22 and it looks like a .45. staring right down the barrel and you know there's not a damn thing you can do about it. >> reporter: caved gatlin appears willing to participate in the legal battle to decide if the records will be wiped clean by the pardons. sense gatlin and lee other killers who had worked as inmate trustees at the governor's mansion were released from custody, mississippi officials have tracked their whereabouts to offer comfort to those victims stung by the news of the pardons. joseph is live manage wyoming and his lawyer says he has no intentions of coming back. and david gat wherein left the say the, too. >> we're looking for david gat wherein. we were touk that he lives here in this neighborhood. and we think we've kind of come to the area where he might be. >> reporter: we found gat wherein in this neighborhood near birmingham, alabama. but when we knocked on the door, we didn't expect to meet a man

named earnest jacksrnest jackso. >> ask me anything you want. >> you don't think david is a dangerous guy? >> hell, no. no. i really don't. i believe that forgiveness is the heart of christianity. and because all people make mistakes. especially in crimes of passion. >> reporter: jack says he met david dwgatlin in the years befe the murders and is helping him get back on his feet. he spends his days praying and playering the guitar and jacks isn't shy to say he'll defend gatlin from anyone who comes around causing trouble. >> i told him that he had a home here and if anybody tried to mess with him, i'd whip their ass. and so that's basically the way it boils down. >> reporter: so you're

protecting him basically at this point. >> yes. >> reporter: you don't seem like the kind of guy that would beat people up. >> that was when i i was younger. but i don't take [ bleep ] off anybody. you're fine because you're civil and you're talking. >> reporter: we kept trying, but jackson never gaves a chance to talk to david gatlin. all right. used to be able to save a few bucks on your grocery bill by picking up the brand x products. but that deal actually might be ending. an update on the markets. 10 ye. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got revigor. what's revigor? it's the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. [ female announcer ] ensure muscle health has revigor and protein to help protect, preserve, and promote muscle health. keeps you from getting soft. [ major nutrition ] ensure. nutrition in charge!

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it's all about supply and demand. we buy more generics because we want to save money. plus more people are more positive about generics. the brand appeal doesn't necessarily mean that everybody will buy it just because of the name. and you are proof of that. >> we were kids, we laughed at it, we thought it was funny and we're kind of in a way. are they still a better deal, the generics? >> here's what's interesting. in some cases generics actually come out to be more expensive. we looked at something at sam's club. diapers by the sam's club brand. they're more expensive than let's say you by luvs. but for the most part, generics still are cheaper. the average is about 30% cheaper than the name brand item. and if you want to find the biggest discounts, look for the beauty and personal sights like makeup and lotions. health care items like over the counter medicines, you'll really rack up some deals there if you

buy generics. >> so will we see more of them on the shelves? >> definitely. people want to save money, so these stores are really catching on to in. cvs launched its own line of items. and it covers the gamut. everything from food to household items to baby items and beauty items. retailers, they're putting out promotional support and making the packaging more fancy, as well. so not just plain janie more. now they're making it fancy so people really want to buy it. they have more than just the price incentive. >> good to know. all right. >> pretty on your counter. >> thank you, good to see you. the death toll in syria is soaring.

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skyscraper that ended up on the auction block. diplomatic pressure which the state department is leading and as we've learned today, a military plan with options the pentagon now starting to explore. we're live from the pentagon in just a minute, but first, our report from nic robertson. >> reporter: in syria, there are two realities. the government, this is a battle against terrorist gangs guided by foreign hands. and the other, the carnage at the hands of government forces, the rest of the world sees. bashar al assad is on the offensive. he he makes no apologies. he spelled out the future, his way or the highway. syrians must either support

reform reforms or face the brutal might of his army. so far, the few to sign up to the president's version of the future are struggling to find support. we need 1,000 signatures to register, he says. we wanted intake hecht will alls, doctors, lawyers. but we've had to look elsewhere. hardly surprising. they believe assad once before but were tricked. the last time the government said this in 2005, he says, we were arrested not long after forming a party. russia is pushing assad to initiate round table talks. but the answer from the opposition is already no unless one crucial condition is met. >> the first condition that will

help us provide such environment is for president assad to step down. without this condition, without stepping down, the conditions would not be conducive to a kyle log about how to transition into democracy. >> the main issue is his credibility. i don't think the opposition believes in any of his offers while he's at the same time saying that he's going to crush them and that they are agents of israel and the united states. >> reporter: besides his military might, assad's other asset is the opposition's divisions which reflect syria's volatile mixture. secular muslim brother hood, urban, rural, middle class, poor, and above all the fault line of suni. divisions observers say assad exploits. >> the regime has played games and has managed to divide -- to

play on all the divisions, capitalize on all the international, local, regional, internal divisions. >> reporter: assad and his father before him have ruled this way for over 40 years, masters of divide and conquer. he appears confident and the opposition is far more fragmented than it was several months ago. and that's not the only problem for activist leaders. every death builds bitterness, making it harder for them to lead their people to the kind of compromise needed to avoid a civil war. assad is playing by his rules. and right now, there's in one to stop him. nic robertson, cnn, london. >> let's get to barbara sar. we heard from nicnic. he says there is not that much out will there to stop assad

from continuing the crackdown. >> publicly here in washington, all of the talk is about diplomatic and economic pressure against the syrian regime. senator tom mccain calling for arming the opposition. but that is a very problematic option. yet behind will the scenes, we now know that the pentagon for several weeks has been looking at the whats and ifs, what could they do about if the president asked them, what would be the risks. are there military options. what is feasible. several officials confirming to us now these discussions are going on very internally in the pentagon, very preliminary. but it is the first sign that the u.s. military is saying they want to be ready just in case the president asks for options. this they don't want to be in the position of dusting off some old plan. they want to update everything, see what they have. and that's across the range of

possibilities. everything from humanitarian relief to outright military action, but only if of course the president were to change his mind and ask for that. >> and barbara, how would that happen where you go from planning to actually carrying out some sort of military act? >> i think everyone in the administration would look first for a coalition, for nato, the arab league of members, military forces, to join in. the u.s. military would not go this alone. they are going to want to see other countries with skin in the game so to speak. and you will have some sort of international agreement that they want to move ahead. and then it would be very much as it has happened in the past countries, militaries would sit down, consider who can undertake what option best. but that would be a long way down the road. there might be some effort at humanitarian relief, medical

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fer closures a sign of the tough economic time, but one of the buildings up for auction not your typical foreclosure. probably won't be the last of its kind. warren savage has the story. >> reporter: this may not be an only in america type of thing, but it sure feels like it. this is the steps of the fulton county courthouse downtown atlanta. and on the first tuesday of every month, this sad scene

plays out. essentially they come forward and they read the foreclosure notices of all the foreclosures taking place in and around the area. and most of them tend to be just the sad stories of people's homes. but here today, something very different. you can actually bid on a 55 story downtown office building, over 1,000 feet tall. in fact the largest in all the southeast. the bank of america plaza is one of those skyline defining land marks. dubbed the most prestigious address. get this, coated in 23 karat go gold. it sold for $436 million. >> the sales today require the immediate tender the cash. >> reporter: now here it was for sale on the courthouse steps like so many other victims of atlanta's hard times. and at first it looked like it was going to go for a steal. >> i now open the floor for pid

bids. >> i bid $100,000. >> reporter: but it was not to be. >> $235 million. >> i have a bid for $235 million. >> reporter: in the end, the total winning bid was $250 million. but you can't blame jason for trying. >> was there a moment where you actually thought i could get this building? >> i was thinking this could be very cool. >> reporter: fear not, jason, or any other tie con with an in bees. delinquency rates remain near all-time highs. which means more city landmarks are likely to end up for sale on the courthouse steps. martin savidge, cnn, atlanta. stories making news, texas, quick action from a dad helped save his 6-year-old son from a mountain lion. the boy says he was surprised by the big cat.

>> sneaked up on me. >> the cat was clamped on his face. reached down and got my pocketknife out and stabbed the cat in the chest and it let go at that point. >> wow. good for him. taxity driver in lacrosse, wisconsin, is being called a hero after he helped a family escape their burning home in the middle of the night. collin was driving by the house when he noticed flames shooting from the porch. he first trade to wake the family by blowing his car horn. when he got no response, he raced towards the home. >> oh, yeah,s of freaky. there were flames and smoke and -- but i pounded on the doors and nobody answered, so i ran around the side of the house and started beating on their windows and finally they woke up. and the wild card wins. rick santorum re-energizes his campaign after winning in three states. so what is it about rick santorum?

henry says last night means nothing for rick. he will be done by march. karl costello has more of your responses straight ahead.

what is it about rick santorum in car? carol costello has your responses. >> a little more than the sweater vests, but what is it about him in paul says rick

santorum is improving, but this was just a plip. he has a midwest buttoned up bible belt appeal, but he won't appeal in the major urban centers. it will sill be romney in the end. >> from joel, it all boils down to trust. when it comes to the other three candidates, romney is an elite moderate flip-flopper. gingrich has serious fidelity issues and paul is a complete wild card that lacks stability. santorum is a candidate the american people can trust and believe. this from margaret, santorum is not special. he just isn't mitt. and from henry, the poor little fellow needed a win. please keep the conversation going. i'll be back with you you in about 25 minutes. it's not getting any cheapr to go to colleges. president obama is threatening on on cut aid to the ones who don't keep costs down.

alison kosik is here with tips to get the most education bang for your buck. >> so first let me start off with this great list of what's considered the best value colleges. and this is coming from the princeton review. the top public cools are unc chapel hill, the university of virginia, new college of florida, and et cetera. williams college actually topped the list of private schools followed by swathe more, princeton and harvard. i know what you're thinking. you're a graduate of harvard. how can harvard and princeton be on the list. the review factors in financial aid, not just academic quality and tuition. what do you think, was harvard a good value for you? >> i got a lot of financial aid. i was working through college and the whole bit. so that's a good thing. should folks actually look beyond the sticker price for a college? is it worth it?

>> they should because one analyst says just because think a school is too expensive, it doesn't mean it is. schools are kind of like businesses. they're trying to appeal to cost conscious families. so many of these high priced colleges actually give out pretty big aid packages. but don't just rely on financial aid. you make sure apply to schools that you can afford. so maybe look at the public schools in your home state or someplace where you can actually live at home. >> i had a sibling who also went to school with me, my sister. and so we asked for more financial aid and we didn't get enough the first go around and that seemed to work. can families actually do that, how do they maximize the amount of money that they're getting? >> that's a great question because what you really have to do, you have to figure out how to navigate the aid system. financial aid is based part loi family income during a student's junior and senior years in high school. so all that can help maximize how eligible you are for getting

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forget about musical chairs. how about a musical car? jeanne moos caught up with the group's lead singer in new york. >> why just play the car radio when you can play the car? ♪ i've been waiting for you waiting for you ♪ >> it's so unusual we had to make up a name for it. dry by what? >> i guess it's drive by rock and roll is what it is. >> rock and roll and over 1100 home made instruments like glass jars and pipes. the group okay go has gone and done it again after muking music on treadmills and with a dozen leaping dogs and with a contraption big enough to build a warehouse. now ok go is going on the road. lead singer damian koulash says

it took four months of prep and four days of shooting in the california desert on a two-mile track and a car that deployed seven arms. >> if you're off by a little lit, you rip the arms off. it took several arms. >> arms that tickle the ivories on 55 pianos. >> each pea appear know, we had to tune the bottom off of it down to one note so that no matter where you would hit it, you would get one note. >> damian had to take a stunt driving course. he said the trickiest part was driving at the perfect speed. >> the perfect mile is 42. on the edge of a cliff, it's scary. >> did you say guitar solo? >> the guitars were played with a fishing rod. >> 288 guitars with four of their six strings removed. >> chevrolet paid for the

project and gave ok go total creative freedom as well as the new chevy sonic. in exchange, chevy got to use ok go's material on a commercial that first aired on the super bowl. the careen ran over hoses that blew air into tubas. to commemorate the video, ok goal is selling car asia fresheners with their faces on them. >> i think i might be new car smell. i hope i'm new car smell. >> new car smell? new car smell with a top note of dusty guitar. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> that's pretty cool. he's the man attracting big bucks into rick santorum's super pac. so what was he doing standing behind the candidate last night in his victory speech? we're going to find out whether or not it crosses the line in our cnn political kicker.

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that is the city of homs today. this is now the fourth straight day of heavy shelling and bombing by syrian government forces. we have gotten video in from a young man in homs. we're going to call him danny to protect his identity. this is what he shows us. >> it's a bump for a tax shell or a rocket. look over there. that's the house. look, that's a house. civilians are living in that house. civilians. >> danny is joining us by home from homs. danny, first of all, we want to thank you for even talking to us. we know that you're risking your life to even bring this to us. can you give us a sense of what is taking place in homs on the ground now? >> first of all, i'd like to thank you for having me on. second of all, homs is terrible.

they're doing a massacre. they're getting the syrian army, they're surrounding this whole area. they're surrounding the whole area with army troops and tanks and anti-aircraft. they've been bombarding us from 5:00 a.m. with all kinds of rockets. this is one of the rockets they're firing in the houses. there are mortar bombs, shells, rockets. we have over 100 people dead. we don't know all their identities yet. some of them are just pieces of bodies. children have been killed. 5-year-olds, 3-year-olds. the rockets have landed in the house on civilians. and, danny, what -- >> and yes? >> i can see you are using skype. you're not on the phone there. i do not want you to reveal in

any way where you are because it is so dangerous, but are you worried in any way for your safety for coming forward and telling your story about what is taking place there in your community? >> no, i'm not afraid. i'm like any other guy here. people have been asking me, if you're in homs, how have you got internet? we've got a technique like -- that's how we are paying for us to use the equipment so we can use it, on the small side of homs. there's no communications. this house is --gy generators. they've cut the water off. they've been doing this today. they're using human shields. they've got human selds in every single barricade they've got. they keep hitting up and bombarding us and the civilian

army can't hit them back because they put civilians right in front of them. >> danny, you showed us that rocket that is in your hand that is going into the homes in your community. how are people coping right now when those kinds of attacks are raining down on families and children? >> you see, what's weird is -- and hiding and corners in their house. women and children have got used to seeing bodies in the street and blood in the street and body parties. we are asking for help. we are asking the u.n. to please do something about this. we don't care if there are american occupiers. it doesn't matter. we want any source to come in here and help us. this is one of the mortar bombs that landed in one of the houses today and cared a child who was 4 years old. his brain came out of his back of his head. this is how they're living.

8-year-old and 9-year-old children have to run to get out of the streets. why do children have to live like this? >> danny, we actually heard what sounded like gunshots during this interview. are you okay? are you in danger? are there people shooting where >> yes, there's snipers. they're snipers all around this area on the long buildings. you could hear them. anyone who crosses the street could get shot. i'm going to leave the house in half an hour. we're making our own way between buildings so snipers can't shoot us. this is the way we're trying to live. i am not a democratic, i'm not in the government. i don't work in any kind of this stuff. i'm a human being trying to live and this is how i'm living. i am not from the army. why are they targeting human

beings? >> do you have any defense at all? yourself, your friends, your family? do you have weapons? how are you managing to fight back, if at all? >> we've got a free army from 700 to 1,000. this house i'm living in, there's about 40 guys living in the house. we've only got two handguns. so if the army does come in, let them capture us. if they do take us, we will be tortu tortured, we will be killed. you should see what the bodies look like. the bodies come back in pieces. they have been electrocuted, there have been caps, there have been sticking metal stuff under the arm pits. it's terrible. we will not let them catch us alive. we have two hand guns to protect 20 people here. >> danny, what do you want to say to those who are watching? what do you need from those of us who are outside and who can't

possibly understand what it is like day-to-day, the conditions that you're living in? what do you need from us? >> we need the people outside starting to move. we want the people to move their government. the people are supposed to move the government, the government doesn't move the people. we want people to get out and -- for us. we're human beings. we're not animals being cared here. we have been treated like animals for a whole year now. we are being treated like animals and no one is doing anything about this. we want someone to move. we have been living like animals. we're -- in this window right now and kill me. why do we want to live like this? i am begging the u.n. to do something. i am begging the outside european world to do something to help us. this regime will not leave in a peaceful way. this regime will only leave by force.

this is a fact and we know this. >> danny, my final question to you here is why are you making this kind of sacrifice? why are you putting yourself out there before the cameras, before the world here risking your life to tell this story about what's happening to you? >> i have been in this revolution from the beginning. -- of my friends. this is a feeling you can never express. my friends, ten of them died right in front of me because i couldn't take them to the hospital, because i couldn't move them from the streets. this is my feeling. we're going to keep on to the end. i will not let this regime take control of us. i will not let this approximated take control of us pep has blood on his hands. he is killing his own people. that regime, this army, they're advancing over dead bodies.

they're using human shields. they've got civilians in the barricades. >> danny, i -- >> i want to thank you so much for speaking o, for being as brave and courageous as you are. we are going to keep in touch with you. i want you to be able to talk with us and communicate. was that another gunshot sound? can you tell us what's happening? >> that is a sniper. that was a sniper. people are trying to -- people run to cut the way, sniper shoots them. you're lucky. you either get shot or you don't get shot. this is nothing. you should have come with us four hours ago and heard the bombardment going on. you would hear a rocket every 20 seconds. this is nothing. this is really nice now. >> how close are those snipers to you? can you tell where they are? you can obviously hear them mp. >> we know. we know which buildings they're in. they're like 700 kilometers

away, one kilometer away. we can walk just in this area without getting shot by a sniper. my friend got shot by a sniper today. it hit him right in his shoulder. my friend is here now. if you want to see the injury, we will show you the injury. >> you have your friend there who was shot by a sniper? >> yes. do you want to see the injury the sniper did? >> okay. >> just one second. i'm sorry. the sniper hit the pack, came in from the back with two -- in his back shoulder. there are some injured people

from the car. you can see. this is where the bullet went in. right here. no, no, this is where the bullet went in. >> okay. >> there, i'll take it off and show you if you want. don't say that we're lying. you can see the blood in there. they said i'm an israelan guy, i'm a traitor. that's what the syrian government is saying about me. >> danny, we hope that you and your friend remain safe. that is the priority here. obviously, you're very courageous to bring this story to us and to the world. but we want you first and foremost to take care of yourself. if we can keep in contact with you, we certainly will and we appreciate, once again, for your having the courage to come forward and tell us what is taking place in your community in your country in syria. we are also going to talk more about this national security

adviser -- not an adviser, but an abdomen list, rather, fran townsend about what is taking place on the grouped in syria. that's going to happen later this hour. rick santorum is re-energizing his campaign. he's shaking up the republican race for president. he is coming off of a three-state sweep in minnesota, colorado and missouri. santorum hopes to cash in big on his winds. he's in texas today because an adviser says that's where the money is. santorum says mope isn't everything, but it's part of the game. >> we're doing very, very well raising money. i think last night we raised about $250,000 online. we're doing really well and we feel like going forward. we're going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make. >> rick santorum's rivals are nursing their wounds, looking ahead to the next dates on the calendar. newt gingrich is in ohio the today. gingrich is hoping those races

will revive his campaign. mitt romney, he was looking for a win in colorado yesterday, didn't get it. he campaigns later today in georgia. that's another super tuesday state. >> here is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question, what is it about rick santorum who has kept his campaign running on a shoe string budget yet managed to win all three states yesterday. some are saying it was to be the sweater vest, but it's more than that, yes? >> i think it's more than the dapper sweater vets, i do. it was a knit-tastrophy. that was my favorite line regarding the tuesday headlines. some political analysts think

they like rick santorum and that's why he stole the votes. romney's endorser, donald trump, is still a bit mystified. >> rick santorum was a sitting senator who in re-election lost by 19 points. to my knowledge, the most in the history of this country for a sitting senator to lose by 19 points. then he goes out and says, oh, okay. i just lost by the biggest margin in history and now i'm going to run for president. tell me, how does that work? >> maybe it's working because sanatorium speaks middle america. he chooses words and phrases that resignation. this is santorum talking about president obama. >> i wouldn't be surprised if he isn't listening. why would you think he's lisping now? has he ever listened to the voice of america before? no. why? because he thinks he knows better.

he thinks he's smarter than you. he thinks he is someone who is a privileged person who should be able to rule over all of you. >> more maybe it's because sanatorium's stand on issues resinate at a time when the catholic church all says they're under fire. maybe it's because sanatorium hasn't been the subject of negative political ads. of course, that will shoot change. the suspect question for you today, the talk back question, what is it about rick santorum? facebook.com/carolcnn. i'll read your responses later this hour. here is a rundown on some of the stories we're following next hour. i'm going to talk to the daily news columnist about whether rick santorum has the ability to be the front-runner. and then -- >> clamd down on his face,

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missouri, minnesota and colorado. john, what does it all mean? wow. how are you doing? >> yesterday was a big day for him. i want you to listen to the confidence that he had this morning on cnn. >> ladies and gentlemen, i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> all right. so that was last night. if you were a conservative, he's your guy. is there enough in the party to make him the front-runner? >> well, look, first of all, let's just give the guys do. santorum sweep? those are two words they thought they would not be hearing this election cycle. in minnesota, mitt romney had won four nights before. mitt romney game in third, a distant third.

colorado, that can't wasn't even supposed to be in play. to, yes, he is coalescing. it wasn't just mitt romney, it was newt gingrich who up until now had been in this motion of a two-man race. now rick santorum is in that particular pole position and you'll see a strong money bump coming out of this last night. >> i imagine you'll see some deal making behind the scenes to get the gingrich supporters, to get the ron paul supporters, maybe even the sanatorium supporters that romney is doing serious work to win you guys over. when does that happen? >> i don't know that we'll see a charm offensive. but i'm going to look into some crystal ball and see we're going to see a carpet bombing of negative ad attacks.

whenever somebody really rises in the polls to the point where they're a serious competitor to mitt romney, he unleashes millions of dollars of negative attack ads. it worked in iowa. it worked in florida, secertain, where he spent $14 million to win that state with the associate the super pac. now rick santorum will have the target set on him. the question is when you're dealing with that level of money, whether any candidate can with stand that negative definition. that is the one silver lining is that now that attack ad machine can be directed at rick santorum for the next couple of weeks. >> and we also saw a story last night. listen to how rick san the put . >> my dad believed in america. in the america he worked in, a lath and plaster guy could end up being head of the car

company. for my dad and for hundreds of tors thousands, millions of others like him and like my mom, as well, this was the land of opportunity, where the circumstances of birth was no barrier to being able to achieve one's dream. >> all right, john so, you know, everybody criticizes him for his wealth, his family's wealth. are we seeing a more sensitive romney? who is he trying to appeal to there? >> you're seeing an extended mea culpa for the i'm not concerned about the poor line. he's using his father's narrative to say, look, i didn't mean it. i'm one of you. i can relate to being squeezed out of the economy because of my upbringing because my family has experienced the kind of opportunity society in america. but make no mistake, not only was that a speech after an unexpected loss, that was a speech very much trying to redirect the negative momentum that came in the wake of that mistake and several up to this

point. the other big negative dynamic romney needs to deal with is this low turnout that we've seen throughout this cycle. it seems in particular to be a comment on mitt romney's candidacy. that's another thing he's going to have to deal with across the base, getting the grassroots out. >> john, real quick here, let's talk about the big money, the super pac money. you see one of the big sponsors here, foster freeze, hovering behind rick santorum on the stage last night. he couldn't underscore more the role that big money is playing in this campaign. do you think it's good for him to have someone who some say is your sugar daddy over your shoulder? >> every candidate has a sugar daddy in this race. that's the problem with this post in the united world. placement, but it's a pretty representative of the importance of that one individual to rick santorum's campaign. after a big win last night, will

market forces in effect take over inspect santorum said last night he raised $250,000 last night. he's going to have more grassroots like that. as important as these billionaire sugar daeddies are for our politics, they can't sustain on their own. >> everyone has a sugar daddy. that's the line. thank you, john. appreciate it. >> creepy, but true. >> it's true. it says a lot about this campaign and how it's so dramatically different than four years ago. a man and his pocket knife save a 6-year-old from an attacking mountain lion. you'll hear from them next. i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day.

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some stories making news across country, first to texas where quick action from a dad helped save his 6-year-old son from a mountain lion. the boy says he was surprised by the big cat. >> the cat was clamped on his face. i reached down and got my pocket knife out and stabbed the cat in the chest and it let go at that point. >> a taxi driver in lacrosse, wisconsin, is being called a hero today after he helped a family escape their burning home in the middle of the night. collin mitchell was driving by the house when he noticed flames shooting from the porch. he first tried to wake the family by blowing his car horn. when he got no response, he raced towards the home. >> oh, yeah. it was freaky. there were flames and smoke and -- but, you know, i pounded on the doors and nobody answered so i ran around the side of the house and started beating on their windows and finally they woke up. [ male

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the government is unleashing tanks, bombs, snipers on people in homes for the fourth straight day. we spoke earlier to a young man who lives there. we're calling him danny. danny, we heard what sounded like gunshots in this interview. are you okay? are you in danger? are there people shooting where you are? >> yes, there's snipers. you can hear them. anyone who tries to cross the street will get shot. i'm going to leave the house in a 456 an hour. we always walk along the walls. i am not a journalist.

i am not a democrat, i'm not in the government. i don't work in any kind of this stuff. i'm a human being trying to live and this is how i'm living. i am not from the army. why are they targeting human beings? >> on the phone now from new york, fran townsend, she is cnn's national security contributor and a member of the cia external advisory committee. fran, after talking to danny and getting an inside look at what is taking place there in the community on the street, do you have any sense of what the international community can do to help end the violence there? >> well, you know, look, the u.s. feels both frustrated, i think, and thwarted by china and russia at the u.n. security council. they would have felt frees and less constrained if the resolution had passed. what you need to do is look who has the greatest trading influence with those partners, russia and china, and frankly,

you want the arab nations, the gulf nations to lead. they have the advantage of leading in saudi arabia, tremendously deep, strong ties both to russia and to china, whether that's providing oil to china or that's a military to military relationship with russia. saudi arabia could exert very strong influence and what you'd like to see is the united states working diplomatically to get abe rab nations to apply and ex either that pressure to try and bring that around and get the international community together. as far as trying to play that role, but i think you need more than qatar. you need strong powers like saudi arabia to begin to weigh in and turn this around. >> and what kind of leverage to the united states have, the obama administration have on putting that pressure on the abe rab nation to do something like this? >> well, look, we've seen very large u.s. military arms sales to saudi arabia.

certainly those nations feel the need now to invest in military resources because of the threat from iran. and so we have -- the united states has leverage that -- and pressure they can bring to their arab allies. i don't know how hard it would be, frankly. the arab allies have been outspoken. the arab league has a resolution. so they want to act. they want to see the killing stopped in syria. >> is this a scenario where we might be able to set up a no-fly zone with our international allies like we did in libya? >> well, it's certainly a crying need at the moment to have a no-fly zone in syria. but it's a much more xlimt complicated environment. syria has a very strong military capability of their own. they are a huge arms purchaser from russia and so they've got real state of the art equipment. it's a much more complicated scenario in syria than it ever could have been in libya.

and so i think there's a good deal of skepticism about our ability to do that. >> and fran, finally, real quick here, what is the risk if you don't get involved? >> well, i mean, you run the risk. every day, i mean, the atrocities and the murders, the killings by the regime visited by the syrian people are of an epic proportion now. and this is only going to continue. it's clear that the syrian regime feels emboldened because russia and china vetoed the u.n. security resolution. and it's only getting worse. absent action, we ought to expect it will continue to disintegrate to the detriment of those people. >> fran townsend, thank you very much for putting it all into perspective, we appreciate you. who will be the republican president candidate? we're sorting it all out after the break. ♪ give your customers the added feeling of security

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just when you think you have the republican race all figured out, another turn, rick santorum winning all three contests yesterday. the caucuses in minute, colorado, the primary in missouri. the race had gone back and forth in colorado until the head%"mr the state of the republican party called it live. >> we have about 90% of our precincts reporting tonight. rick santorum has won the poll with about 40% of the vote.

>> all right. wolf blitzer, hey, wolf, good to see you. wow. that was a great moment. big day for sanatorium after the big wins there. he says he's the clear conservative choice. here is how he puts it. >> ladies and gentlemen, i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> okay. looking forward, the long way to go, does he really have a better chance of beating become with his credentials as a conservative? >> it's amazing that he did win that trifecta, that clean sweep yesterday. you have to give rick santorum a lot of credit. first of all, way back in iowa, you know, he won the iowa caucus webs even though on the first day of the iowa caucuses, it looked like he had narrowly lost by a couple dozen votes. but after the recount, within two weeks, he was proclaimed the winner even though mitt romney

and everyone else spent a whole lot more money. he went and traveled to all of those 99 counties in iowa. he eventually won. now back in the heartland of the country, he wins in minnesota even and it's going to give him some political momentum. look, everyone is gearing up. there's a contest this saturday in maine. the maine caucuses, i expect ron paul will be well there. but then at the end of the month, if mitt romney can't win in arizona and michigan, two states where he supposedly is gearing up to do very well, this is going to be a wide open race going into march 6th and super tuesday. i would venture to say it's anyone's guess what's going to happen. i know newt gingrich wants to go all the way to the capital of the convention. rick santorum shows no intention of dropping out. and ron paul has told me on several occasions, if he were to drop out, there would be a rebel

ynon among hs supporters. so there four-man race is continuing. >> and i just want our viewers to know, the pictures they were watching, that was rick santorum out of texas. pastors were praying for him. we know colorado was a big disappointment there for romney because he campaigned there for many days. do we think this means romney is going to be a lot tougher now on sanatorium in terms of those attacks and ads? >> yes. he will be focusing his attention primarily on newt gingrich and he'll be focusing his attention on rick santorum. i wouldn't be at all surprised to see those romney super pacs going after both of these republican presidential candidates. but mitt romney, he has to fight and where he fights aggressively and gauges negative campaigning as he did, for example, in florida, as he did in nevada, he

can do very well. right now, it's organization and money. on march 6th, super tuesday, there will be a lot of contests. newt gingrich presumably will do well in some of the southern contests. mitt romney will do well in other states. rick santorum has a following and so does ron paul. it's wide he right now. remember four years ago, suza e suzanne, we covered the race on hillary clinton and barack obama for the democratic nomination. it wasn't until mid-june, after the puerto rico primary that everything was settled. this could go on in the next several months. it's going to be lively. >> it was a battle until the end. they wanted that job desperately and they fought until the very end. we may see the same thing here, wolf. >> we may even go all the way till the end of august. the republican convention. given the way they are not winner take all states any more, the delegate count, you need 1,144 to get the nomination. i wouldn't be surprised at all

if it goes to the convention very much like it did in 1970, i think you're way too young to remember this, in 197 6/when gerald ford was the nomination. he eventually lost to jimmy carter, the challenger. >> i kind of remember in elementary school days there, wolf. but i studied my history, too. wolf, thank you so much. it's going to be exciting. many parents can relate to taking their kids to a restaurant only to have them, right, misbehave. it happened, right? maybe not. one author says we might be able to learn from french parents. i'm going to talk to her about why she's convinced the french are better at parenting.

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children. you would think by now there would be a guy that would make it perfect for parents. short of that, we might be able to learn a thing of two from my guest. her new book looks at why french children seem so much better bhief behaved than our kids. >> i don't think french parents do a better job. it's been very constructive for me as an american who lives in paris. i can look at the way the french do things and see. there are things i learn from the french. i've been amazed by the source of things i've seen in france. french kids can sleep through the night earlier. >> let's go through some of the

french lessons you learn in the book. first, children should say hello, good-bye, thank you, please. but american parents, they teach their kids to be polite. what's the difference between the french kids and the americans? >> well, we have two magic words in america. please and thank you. the french have four. they make their kids say hello and good-bye. it seems like a small thing, but it's not just to be polite. they say forcing a child to say hello or greet adults humanizes them. it makes the child realize that there are other people in the world, that other people have needs, too, and french parents see that as an essential stage in this child's development. they focus on emotional intelligence, not so much developing skills. kids don't learn how to read that early. there's no focus on that. it's more about understanding other people, building analytical skills and abilities.

as american, i was always very surprised. >> i should mention that the book is based on the fact that you have your own kids and they were misbehaving in a restaurant and you looked at the other kids and you said, wait a minute, what's going on here? you talk about the big eyes when kids misbehave. i know my parents would give me the eyes to stop us in our tracks. but you say american parents, they don't have that look. >> i think american parents -- and i feel this in myself. and i really saw this in paris. we are a bit ambivalent about saying no. parents tell me i feel just as guilty about getting angry as i do about feeling angry. but they pick their battles. they're very strict about a few key things and they give kids a lot of freedom with everything else. and my observation in france is that kids respond really well to be trusted with freedom on the

one hand and knowing exactly where the limits are on the other. >> i see this one really good example of this is bedtime. french parents will say, you have to stay in your room. but inside your room you can do whatever you want. and i tried this out on my kids and i does work. >> finally, when folks read a book they think, well, maybe this isn't about american versus french parents. maybe it's about modern versus tradition, that american parents, it's just a matter of trying to be a modern day parent and they're less strict with their kids. what do you think about that? >> i think a lot of what i'm saying in the book sounds familiar to american parents. i think some of the things i describe are available in different forms, either in an older style of american parenting or we get so much information. i think what the french are

really good at is editing all these choices we have and focusing in on the one or two key things that work, that get your kidz kid to sleep through the night, they get him to stop interrupting while still respecting the child's creativity and freedom of expression. it's a nice balance, at least that i've learned from that and that i've taken as an american parent. >> pamela, thank you so much. it's a good read and i know your kids are well behaved. thanks. >> thanks for having me on. not always, butç -- >> president obama is celebrating science and he freaked out the secret service yesterday. the second annual white house science fair, the president tested out a marshmallow cannon built by arizona eighth grader joey hoodey. check this out. >> uh-oh. can i see that? oh!

that came out pretty fast. >> wow. >> that's pretty cool. i'm going to ask bill nye the science guy about what he thinks about that project. we're going to talk about what is it going to take to get american students back on track in math and science. that's in our noon hour of news room tomorrow. yoo-hoo. hello. it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside.

is your heart healthy? chances are your answer is wrong. americans are way off about their own hearts. elizabeth cohen joins us now.

heart disease is the number one killer in this country. and i guess people just get it wrong. >> people get it wrong. the american heart association came out with an interesting statistic. 39% of people said yes, they think they're in ideal heart health. actually, studies show 1% of us are heart healthy. the reason why we're not in such great heart health is, first of all, 65% of us are overweight or joe bees. right there, you're not in ideal heart health. 27% of us smoke, either recently or currently. 62% of us don't get enough exercise. 56% of us have high blood pressure. that is too high. so you add in things like diet and other things and only 1% of us are getting it right. >> that's really bad. >> those are not happy statistics. >> what should we be doing to have a healthy heart?

>> seven things that you're supposed to do to have a healthy heart. they're pretty common sense, but i think we need to be reminded of them. first of all, have a healthy diet. and that means not eating too much fat and not too much sodium. don't smoke, exercise and keep your weight and your cholesterol and your blood pressure and your glucose at a healthy level. and, you know, that doesn't -- not all of us do that. >> no, i guess none of us do. it's amazing when you think about that list there. what about exercise? how big a deal is exercise? >> exercise is a very big deal. but unfortunately, sometimes people think, why should i try inspect i can't work out every day. i can't be a marathon runner like suzanne malveaux. >> i'm not always a marathon runner or even sometimes. >> people think, i have to be this great athlete. but you really don't. let's say you're doing 30 minutes of exercise three times a week. that has been shown to make you you healthier.

even three times a week for half an hour. and it doesn't have to be 30 minutes at one time. take a 10-minute walk in the morning, a 10-minute walk at lunch, a 10-minute walk in the evening, it's going to make a difference. >> get off the kourch. and one person who is not on the couch, michelle obama. she's been showing off her fitness, promoting her let's move campaign to end childhood obesity. she's bringing fruits and vegetables to jay leno on the "tonight show." show showed us some of her boxing skills. >> he got testy with al roker. >> are jumping jacks your exercise of choice? >> i do everything, lungs, jumping jacks, everything. >> does the president have to worry about the boxing part? and sometimes when he sees me punching, he kind of -- >> oh! >> so then the first lady does push-upsp

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