so the pressure's on all three of them, i think. >> the stakes -- >> the stakes could not be higher. mitt romney's got to re-assume the role of front-runner. rick santorum has to defend that role and newt gingrich has to get back into the conversation. >> we end as we started. the stakes are high. let's get to "cnn newsroom" with let's get to "cnn newsroom" with kyra phillips. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com we'll start with the american embassy in kabul. afghans protest in koran burns outside the bagram military base. at least five people have been killed in these demonstrations. protesters don't show any signs of letting up. i a nato commander says burning islam's holy book was a mistake. now the protests are spreading. then farmers in kabul, ben, how intense is it right now? >> reporter: it's calmed down now as we've approached evening, but it's been a very violent day. much more violent, much more furious than the protests

yesterday. we have a final death toll we believe of six dead and 30 wounded. perhaps six different protests across the country. so it seems to have escalated significantly today. >> and president karzai actually put out a statement, right? what did he say? >> reporter: yeah, he put out a statement this afternoon. a lot of people are waiting to see what he'll say. he said he condemned the burning and he ordered an investigation into what had happened and he appointed committee of senior clerics to find out what was going on. i think the key thing was that he condemned the burning. >> that's actually our ben farmer in kabul there. we apologize. it's not always easy to link up technically, but we will stay with ben on this story. ben, i apologize. we lost your audio. an american woman who

reported on the violence in syria has now become a victim of it. marie colvin worked for the sunday times of london. the paper says that she was actually killed in homs. she's a french journalist -- another french journalist, rather, was killed. remi. she lost her sight in one of the combat zones. she talked to anderson cooper the night before she died and compared the government shelling of homs to what she saw last year in libya. >> this is the worst, anderson, for many reasons. the last time we talked when i was in another war zone. it's partly personal safety, i guess. there's nowhere to run of the the syrian army is holding the perimeter and there's far more order did i nants of being poured into the city and nowhere of predicting where it's going to land. >> now our michael holmes is actually in beirut.

he knew marie colvin very well. he will join us live a little later in hour. tonight's big gop debate features a new figure at center stage. rick santorum will share the spotlight with mitt romney due to santorum's recent surge in the polls, but with that spotlight does come more scrutiny. this week people are listening to this 2008 santorum speech clip dug up by the drudge report. >> if you were sat continue, who would you attack in this day and age? there is no one else to go after other than the united states, and that's been the case for now almost 200 years. cnn political reporter shannon travis joining us from mesa, arizona. shannon, what exactly is santorum saying about this revival of this sound bite? >> reporter: yeah. i mean, it raised a lot of eyebrows when we saw this, kyra, on the drudge report, splashed across the drudge report.

it's the kind of comment that a lot of other candidates might back down from once it got revealed, but not rick santorum. you know that he's a staunch catholic, staunch man of faith. he's doubling down saying that basically evil lurks in the united states. last night i was at this event here in phoenix along with our national political correspondent jim acosta, and jim asked the senator about those comments that you just played from 2008. take a listen at how the senator responded. >> accept tore, any chance you can respond to this headline that was splashed across the drudge report today about the speech you made in florida? >> you know, i'm a person of faith. i believe in good and evil. i think if somehow or another because you're a person of faith you believe in good and evil is a disqualifier for president, we're going to have a very small

pool of candidates who can run for president. >> reporter: now, kyra, you'll notice he didn't echo those same words about satin being after the united states as he did in 2008, but he didn't back down from them either. another thing of note from that event last night, santorum talked a lot about defending everything that he said. he department say directly defending those comments, but he talked about, you know what, i'm he not one of these program candidates. he even mentioned the word robotic, that people complain about robotic candidates and he's not one of those people. and he said that he is not afraid of defending his words. you know, kyra, that rick santorum has found a lot of favor in this republican race because he has talked so much about religion. so this could be a winning strategy for him. >> well, turning to the debate tonight then, there's a lot at stake. >> reporter: a lot at stake, kyra. 27 days since we had the last debate. we're looking forward to it obviously. but there's going to be a lot at

stake for a few really quick reasons. this is the first time rick santorum will be in the hot seat because he's the front-runner in a lot of polls. mitt romney, you can probably expect for him to go after him. ron paul since the last debate hasn't won any contests still. newt gingrich was kind of like the darling since the last few debates. he isn't so much anymore with his poll numbers. a lot of them, this will be the last time for them to make a really good impression before super tuesday. kyra? >> shannon, thanks so much. you can watch tonight's presidential debate right here on cnn. our coverage begins 8:00 eastern. in just a few hours we'll get details on president obama's plan to cut the overall corporate tax rate to 28%. it's a move to create american jobs and help businesses stay competitive. our christine romans is going to break down what's in the package. christine, is it going to help create jobs? >> here, that's what the white house would like to do, incentive advise companies to invest in the u.s. and keep jobs in the u.s. it lowers the overall tax rate to 28% from 35%.

35% is among the highest corporate tax rates in the world. you will hear people on both sides of the aisle complaining about that saying it was inefficient and unfair. it would eliminate dozens of loopholes and subsidies. a lot of companies aren't paying 35%. some industries are favored over others. they also want to put in there a minimum tax on foreign profits. that's all part of the incentivizing companies to invest and hire here in the united states. there will be a little bit lower tax rate for manufacturers, again, trying to keep manufacturing as an important part of the u.s. economy. it would also simplify the tax code, kyra, for entrepreneurs and for small business owners. the white house saying it would be to help simplify the tax filing process. but i want to be pretty clear here. this would probably raise taxes for some businesses. remember, a lot of businesses are not paying 35%, their corporate tax rate. there are so many loopholes. in fact, the congressional budget office found that last year, kyra, companies paid only

12.1% of their profits in taxes. that was the lowest in like 40 years. so a big fight here about are companies paying their fair share and how to make sure that you do that in a way that incentivizes business, makes businesses want to hire. kyra? >> all right. christine romans, we will bring the president's comments live to our viewers as soon as he steps up to that mic this morning. thanks so much. >> you got it. well, we have told you every day how difficult it is to cover the crisis in syria right now. and the journalists that are getting in truly are putting their lives at a very high risk. sadly today we have to report that two of our own have been killed in syria today. cnn's michael who wiholmes is i beirut. michael, you knew one of those journalists very well. >> reporter: yeah. i've known marie colvin, as have many in our trade, for many years.

i actually first met her in the west bank back in 2002. we were standing out the front of the palestinian authority headquarters when israeli jeeps showed up and started throwing stun grenades and started firing rubber bullets and everybody tumbling into armored vehicles, not necessarily your own. i didn't make it into the cnn armored vehicle. i ended up in one with abc. marie was there as well. we were all lumped together at a place called ramatan studios where journalists were sleeping on the floor and eking out a fairly meager existence there during what was meant to be a 24 hour curfew that we all broke of course. marine was one of those stalwarts of that group. she was funny, talented. always seemed to have more information than you had, too. she was one of those, i heard somebody say earlier, it was quite true, if you were trying to get to a difficult place and you got there, you found that she had just left and she had been there before everyone else. a remarkable, fearless woman.

i bumped into her again in libya and iraq. she was everywhere. and really was -- i mean, we throw around the word legendary sometimes a bit too much. i think she really did fit into that category. arwa damon who you know well, our colleague at cnn, had just come out of babaramr and had seen marie in there. in fact, they bounced around in the back of a pickup truck covered in mud at one point as they were getting around in there. one of our other colleagues was trying to get nescafe into her because she said it was cold and she needed coffee. just a remarkable journalist and somebody who's going to be sorrily missed, not just by us individually but by the world for her stellar reporting. shelves a teller of truth, kyra. >> you know, when we cover these battles in these countries and it's so hard to get in there, as you know, michael, maybe not everybody knows, we're lucky

enough to have body guards and to have protection. so the fact that she was killed, what does that tell us about the situation in syria and how it's getting worse? >> reporter: well, as you know, kyra, when we go to these places, be it libya, more recently for me in iraq and afghanistan, you take as a journalist as much of a calculated risk as you can. you try to prepare for eve eventualities which you can understand. the problem is it's random shelling and there's no retreat, really. there's no easy retreat once you're in there. you can't prepare for random shelling. i think back to tim, the photographer killed in misrada, if a mortar's going to land at your feet or the rocket is going to land at the front door as you're walking in or out, there's not much you can do about it. these are the many risks that journalists take covering these sorts of stories.

the situation inside babarama and homs is about as bad as it gets for everyone in there. we talk about marie and remi who were killed today. several syrians were killed in there as well today. this is happening every day. there were 20 people so far today, it's, what, nearly just after 6:00 p.4:00 p.m. here and least 20 people killed today. this is job going. it's hard to prepare for that. you can wear all the poddy armor you like or have all the security advisors you like. it's not going to help you if a rocket lands at your feet. >> michael holmes, appreciate the perspective. thanks so much. straight ahead, rick santorum, bigger poll numbers. more scrutiny. and he's complaining about the media. but one conservative writer says, santorum's got to stop whining. she joins me next. and gas inches towards 4 bucks a gallon.

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i think that can be a very come premising situation. >> it's not about your jobs. it's about some phony ideal, some phony theology. >> well, of course those comments have made headlines. santorum is not too happy about that. matter of fact, he says he's the victim of liberal media bias. my next guest says santorum should stop, quote, whining. jennifer rubin is a conservative blogger for the washington post. she says we are now entering the no whine zone. jennifer, you think he's a whiner? >> he sounds like he's starting down that road. i think it's a mistake. first of all, one of the qualities that i think the republican base is looking for in the candidates is someone who is going to stand up to barack obama and wear well in a general campaign. if he's upset now, i can only imagine what it's going to be like in a general campaign when he has the full attention of the white house and the very formidable obama campaign machine behind him. i also think that of course he

invited this. not only in all of these clips that you just showed were the things that he was saying, but he's made a broader theme in his campaign, and that is that social issues and economic issues are linked. so i don't think the press is taking these out of context nor are they on some tangent. this is an issue and a set of issues he has made central to his campaign. >> we've been talking about this morning, that is the old sound bite coming back regarding sat continue. conservative blocker eric erickson says when it comes to santorum's theology, quote, the humorous thing is that there are many on the left who are trying to claim santorum's view is nutty, whacked out, bizarre. there's actually a stronger case for saying satin is trying to corrupt the united states than that barack obama is a marxist. pick your poison. what do you say to that? >> first of all, i don't think the president is a marxist. he may be a liberal democrat or bad for america, but i don't

think that language helps in election context. as far as santorum goes, i think there are two problems with that statement. one is that he talks about america being in decline since its onset. republicans are supposed to push back against the notion of america being in decline so that part of the statement i think was very unhelpful for him. secondly, we generally don't attribute the decline of institutions in america or to our opponents the work of the devil. we've made it a very good practice in this country of separating public policy from this sort of insen did he air ri religious rhetoric. i don't think it's rhetoric that puts many conservatives at ease. i think he'd do better to get back on to his economic platform and talk more generically in terms of things we can do to support families, tax policy, the importance of reforming schools, giving parents school choice. that's when he was making an impact. i think these comments are big trouble for him and i say that even within the republican party because, number one, they're looking for a winner. number two, a lot of these

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we're going to continue our in depth look at addiction this morning. one in ten americans are addicts. the most vulnerable? people under the age of 25. it's an epidemic that we definitely can't ignore. we want to talk more with sanjay gupta. he hosts the medical show on the weekend. you work on these? >> yeah. >> you're saying younger brains are more susceptible? >> young people can be so resilient to so many things, but when it comes to addiction and being exposed to various substances at a young age. there is a pleasure reward center in the brain. we talked about this yesterday. young people are particularly vulnerable. when they take substances, their reward system activates a little bit differently, wires a little bit differently. their brains are still forming. by young we mean up to the age of 25 while your brain is still laying down neurons, weeding away neurons.

they get affected by this more so. >> what should we avoid as we're raising children, they're young and they're developing? are there things we can do to prevent certain addictions? >> it's interesting because up to the age of 25, the frontal lobes which are responsible for your judgment aren't fully developed yet. the rational thinking of making wiser decisions isn't always developed. for parents or people who are watching who are concerned about this, one thing you realize is that a lot of parents unwhit tingly, a lot of relatives, friends are passive pushers of these substances. this is something that people have talked about. between the ages of 12 and 17 the number of people taking these types of substances has skyrocketed over the last decade. they are getting these substances from their own medicine cabinets in their homes. >> such as? >> pain pills, antianxiety pills. a lot of times it's unrecognized that they're disappearing. one thing you can do is keep some sort of count on your pills, lock your medicine cabinet. the second thing is we know that

parents who talk to their kids, it has a huge impact. 42% less likely for these kids to abuse those substances. only a quarter of kids in this age range say their parents have ever talked to them. the conversation. keeping tabs on the pills. maybe locking the medicine cabinet. recognizing that 64% of these kids are getting medicines from their own homes. >> what about our behavior? every night having a cocktail with dinner or a couple cocktails? some parents a lot more than that. kids are watching this. they're seeing that. they're learning that behavior. >> no question about it. there is a lot of sort of emulating of behavior, recognizing that certain things are okay. but you know there's also this belief that when do you intervene as a parent? when do you intervene as a friend? >> touchy issue. >> how do you advise somebody? >> there's all these myths out there. one of the myths that drives a lot of people krizy is you wait for somebody to hit rock bottom before they ever pull themselves up by their boot straps. that's not true. that is a myth listed on the national center for drug abuse

website. you can intervene at any time. addiction is a disease. send the person to a doctor or special list. if they refuse to go, get some information from that doctor or specialist and help that person. don't enable them. don't take over all the responsibilities for them. then they lose their dignity. don't resort to emotional appeals. you need to do this for your children. that hardly ever works according to the research we've looked at. there's lots of things you can do starting by recognizing it's a disease and taking away obvious source rs of these pills. >> sanjay, thanks. >> thanks. tonight's debate is pretty critical one for the gop presidential candidates. coming up next, we're going to tell you who has the most to win and the most to lose. also, california man ran for office on his record of military honors. problem is, he never served in the military. a lot of people have a big problem with that. >> it's impersonation. on this memorial it says uncommon valor with a common virtue. conversely we could say among

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checking stop stories now. two western journalists have been killed in syria. marie colvin was an american who worked for the sunday times of london. she and a french photographer were killed in homs. and an opposition group says more than 130 people have died in that government crackdown in just the last 30 days. american embassy is in lockdown. afghans have been protesting the burning of those korans outside of bagram air field for days. five protesters have been killed. a nato general says burning those books was a mistake. four more bodies have been found on the "costa concordia", including a little girl. that makes 21 confirmed deaths in last month's ship wreck off the italian coast. 11 people are still missing.

four gop candidates face off tonight in what could be the final debate of the primary season. the latest cnn time orc poll shows that mitt romney and rick santorum are neck in neck at the top of the race. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is covering tonight's debate in mesa, arizona. paul, going to be a big one. >> reporter: such a big one. kyra, listen, it has been 27 days. that's how long it's been since the last debate. that was our cnn debate in jacksonville, florida. that's an eternity in campaign politics. what's happened since then? mitt romney won big in florida, nevada. then he stumbled a little bit. rick santorum swept those february 7th contests and he surged in polling as you just mentioned, nationally and in the states. newt gingrich has faded. for all of this there is so much that's happened. remember, this, as you mentioned, this is the last debate before the primaries here in michigan and also before all those primaries and caucuses on super tuesday. ten states. kyra, look at this from that same poll you just mentioned, look at this number from here in

arizona among people likely to vote in the primary. look at that, almost four in ten say they could still change their minds. another reason why this debate tonight is so important. >> so let's go ahead and run through the candidates and talk about who's got the most to gain and most to lose, paul. >> reporter: let's start with rick santorum. every other debate he has not been the man in the middle, he's been standing on the side. that changes tonight. he'll be right smack in center stage with mitt romney. so what that means is more attention, more scrutiny. not only for his record in congress but for a lot of the controversial things some people say are controversial things that rick santorum has said over the last week on social issues and religion and faith. expect a lot of attention and fireworks towards santorum from the other candidates. mitt romney, listen, he was very effective in the last two debates in florida in bringing newt gingrich down to size. will he do the same thing tonight to rick santorum? so look for that. for newt gingrich, kyra, this is his chance once again to try and shine to try to bring some mojo back to his campaign. he's done very well in debates until the last two.

he needs a big performance tonight. >> we'll shall watching. paul, thank so much. you can all watch tonight's presidential debate right here on cnn. our coverage begins at 8:00 eastern. next hour, franklin graham is joining me live. he's had a lot of influence and still does on evangelical voters. within the last 24 hours or so he's put questions about president obama's faith back out there. so i'm going to ask him about all that. 10:15 eastern time. believe it or not, people lie about receiving military honors. now one man got busted for lying about his military service and it's changing the law. and he says it's, well, about protecting free speech. the supreme court is going to decide though. kate bolduan reports. >> reporter: when skafer alvarez ran for a local california utility board he campaigned on his military service, not only a marine for three decades, but even the military's highest award for combat bravery.

>> i'm a marine for 25 years. i retired the year of 2001. back in 1987 i was awarded the congressional medal of honor. i got wounded many times by the same guy. i'm still around. >> reporter: here's the catch. he was lying. he never was in the military. bob kuhn says alvarez hurt the board's credibility. >> he lied about the fact that he had been in three helicopter crashes, he had been shot 15 or 16 times. the graduation from school, these were all things that he put down on literature to get elected. >> reporter: alvarez's lies eventually caught up with him. he was prosecuted under a federal law called the stolen valor act which makes it a crime to falsely claim military honors. his attorneys appealed. and the case is now before the supreme court. the issue, when does lying cross the line and become a crime? doug and pam sterner who pushed

for the law saying lying about military honors goes too far. >> it's impersonation. on this memorial it says, uncommon valor with a common virtue. well, conversely we could say among thieves stolen valor is a common lie. >> someone claims they have a purple heart they're actually devaluing the sacrifice of that particular person made. >> reporter: but alvarez's attorney argues no matter how offensive, his lies are protected free speech. >> if the court were to uphold this law then it's certainly possible that congress could pass all sorts of laws. it could make it a crime to just tell a lie on your facebook page or on a dating website. and it doesn't have to be necessarily a serious lie and it doesn't necessarily have to harm anybody. >> reporter: alvarez maintains his lies hurt no one. >> what it comes down to is mr. alvarez has so much respect for the troops that he wanted to be one and wanted to be looked at

as someone who does good things. >> reporter: it's an emotional battle pitting free speech against protecting the honor of battlefield bravery. >> reporter: the justices have traditionally protected even the most unpopular speech, such as protesting at military funerals or burning a flag. the ultimate solution though to this stolen valor issue may be more high tech. congress is considering creating a national database of military award recipients to ensure the right men and women are honored and, as in this case, the frauds exposed. we should get a ruling in this case by june. kate bolduan, cnn, washington. >> and coming up, it's the number one killer of men and women, that when women have heart attacks at a hospital, this err' more likely to die. results of a startling new report next. i found through design a way

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now it's the current queen of pop music. a.j. hammer, what is going on? >> well, we're talking about adele this morning, kyra. i've got her back this time. adele got so upset at the brit awards she used her middle finger to let the whole world know how upset she was. here's what happened. she was accepting the brit award for best album. that is the final and most prestigious award of the night. her acceptance speech was cut off. the show, as every awards show does, was running long so they needed to go to the next musical act. apparently they don't play you off with an orchestra. the host of the show had to step in and end her speech as adele was telling the crowd how proud she was to be british. of course, adele didn't like that very much so she gave the cameras a single digit salute and here's what she told reporters backstage about it. i flung the middle finger. that was for the suits at the brit awards, not my fans. i'm sorry if i offended anyone but the suits offended me. you know what, kyra, adele has been nothing but humble and

gracious with all of the accolades she has received for her album, 21 over the past year. she's so excited about it all. i'm giving her a pass. in fact, i'm here to tell you i like adele more this morning because of what she did. and this on the heels of the news we just received that she is breaking sales records since winning her grammys. just last week she has sold more albums in the past week than she has in the entire time her album 21 has been out. >> we'll salute that. charlie sheen making a little bit of noise again. no surprise? >> yeah. he's been pretty quiet lately so this was, you know, refreshing to hear. last week sheen called in to tmz to sham his old show and its new star. this week sheen is apologizing. he's apologizing to ashton. he released this statement. he said, dear ashton, my bad. i was disrespectful to a man doing his best. i got excited and threw you into a cross fire. the rest of my statement i stand behind. you, however, deserve better.

safety in your travels, good sir. he signed it the late charlie harper. i'm not sure why i tried to partially impersonate him. warner brothers, the studio behind the sitcom, and charlie sheen have been legally sniping at each other. that led to sheen's outburst last week. i was getting a little worried because we hadn't heard him put his foot in his mouth. good to have you back, charlie. >> oh, yeah. the roller coaster continues. a.j., thanks. a.j. will be back with us next hour with more showbiz headlines. this time, two of the kardashian sisters could face a lawsuit over their work with a diet plan. and jeremy lin is making believers out of doubters in the nba. we're going to talk live with his pastor about the point guard's faith.

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study. we know he's got game. he's also got god. this morning we're talking about nba sensation, jeremy lin and his faith. it's what keeps the new york knicks point guard centered. pastor stephen chen is holding the new star accountable. the pastor redeemer has known and counselled jeremy for the last decade. pastor chen, it's nice to see you. you're joining us from mountain view, california. let's talk about what mace this basketball player so special. >> absolutely. you know, i'm just -- everyone here is so proud of him. we're so happy for him. we really rejoice with all of his success. what really makes him special, i believe, is his faith. it's the center of who he is. it's not even that he's a basketball player and that he's humble, it's that -- or that he's even asian-american or whatever we may think of him, but what's most important to him, what's central to him is his identity in christ and that makes him special. >> you know his heart. you have pastored him for the past decade.

and you've taken the opportunity now that he's playing in the nba where there's a lot of temptation, a lot of money, a lot of parties, you've actually pastored him on that subject. >> sure. >> what did you tell him and how did he respond to you? >> well, it may be not something that we directly talked about immediately within the past couple of weeks or anything, but he knows. he understands that as a christian, that all christians face temptations. even him himself, he understands that he's going to face a certain type of temptation now that he is in the limelight, now that he has a little bit of fame and things like that. and he's being cautious. he knows that he's human, that he's a sinner and that he's saved by grace and so those are the things that are kind of keeping him grounded, keeping him centered. >> pastor chen, we see him on the court. we've heard a little bit from him, but from what i'm hearing, he's had a tremendous impact on the asian christian community, not just the asian community,

but the asian christian community. tell me what you've seen and how you've seen sort of what he's doing influence that. >> sure. i think everyone is really excited. again, he is an example to a lot of people, especially asian-american christians in the sense that he's had a little bit of success. he's in the limelight. and he's also has an opportunity to be bold and faithful about what he believes. i think when you see jeremy, what you see is the genuine deal. when he says he's thankful to god for a game or he says that he's really thankful for even the opportunity to play basketball, i think those are -- that's who he is. that's jeremy. >> well, he's definitely made an impact on his tradition to everyone else. pastor steven chen, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you.

>> if you want more on jeremy lin, head to our belief blog. lin was playing for a struggling harvard team when he sought fellowship from a christian group. cnn.com/belief. ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ [ mom ] hi, there. why do we always have to take your mom's car? [ male announcer ] the security of a tiguan, one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. ♪ tryin' to catch me ridin' dirty ♪ until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ ...that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight,

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here is what stories we're working on. 11:00 eastern, eric holder will make remarks. morroccan immigra appear in court. at 8:00, the cnn the 20th presidential debate. let's check in with ivan watson. >> reporter: good morning, kyra, the deadly syrian bombardment of the city of homs continues to claim lives. among the dead are an award winning french photographer and marie colvin, a veteran american newspaper reporter. i'll have the story for you at the top of the hour. >> reporter: i'm mark preston in mesa, arizona the final debate before the republican presidential nomination super

tuesday and of course the big primaries in arizona and michigan, this could be the biggest debate of the four remaining presidential candidates lives. i'll have more in the next hour. i'm alison kosik. the mobile phone industry is running out of space to provide services, talking, texting surfing the web, i'll have more on what it means for your cell service and your wallet coming up in the next hour, kyra. guy, thank you so much. franklin graham will join me live. he's got a tremendous amount of influence on evangelical voters. he has put questions about president obama's faith. i'll ask him about that. 10:15, eastern time.

it can be awkward when a man is caught staring, especially when he's the husband of the finnish president. did the husband of finland's president get caught sneaking a peek at a gala? it happens to teenage boys with raging hormones. one minute you're zoning out while zooming in in math class. the next minute -- you're nabbed. this was the husband of finland's president, ogling princess mary of denmark. the giveaway may be the look up

to the ceiling. maybe he was inspecting her jewels. the princess didn't tell him to focus, as nicole did to conan. >> they asked me to be a guest judge -- focus, conan. >> let's be real here. >> speaking of -- >> you didn't think i was going to look down there? >> poor guys, betrayed by a subtle lowering of their eyelids. >> my eyes are up here, donnie. bring it up. >> a woman shows cleavage. a man is allowed to look. >> pictures can make guys look like boobs even when they are innocent. >> remember the president's -- >> giving young woman a once over. >> when good morning america

shows video. >> seems to be a different story, obama may be watching his footing. >> you can't blame guys when the swim suit cover model challenges them in a web ad. >> do you think you could beat me in a staring contest, remember, eyes up here. >> for 45 seconds, try to get your eye balls to resist the magnetic pool of cleavage. >> the best advice from seinfeld after george got busted. >> get a good look, costanza? you don't stare at it, it's too risky. you get a sense and look away. >> unlike cleavage, the problem with the sun is the naked eye, the eye is naked. jeanne moos, cnn. >> my god, i threw my neck out! >> new york.

the top of the hour, thanks for joining us here, we have been telling you how hard it is to get into syria and cover the crisis there. when we do, we're putting our lives at a tremendous risk. well this morning, we sadly report that two of our own have been killed. marie colvin worked for the sunday times of london. she was killed in homs. a friend photo journalist, remi ochlik was also killed. colvin lost the sight in one of her eyes during a conflict. here's a chilling twist to her death. she actually talked to our anderson cooper the night before she died. and said the crisis in syria was the worst she had ever covered. >> every civilian house on the street has been hit. kind of poor, popular neighborhood, the top floor of the building i'm in has been hit. totally destroyed.

there are no military targets here. there is the free syrian army, heavily outnumbered and outgunned, rocket propelled grenades. but they don't have a base. >> cnn's ivan watson is in istanbul for us this morning. ivan, you met maria couple times you were in syria a few days ago. tell us about how dangerous it's getting there every day. >> reporter: well, i mean it depends on the region you're in. homs is facing the brunt of the violence because the syrian military has been besieging particular neighborhoods there and according to her last reports, dropping in just a massive amounts of ordinants on residential communities. other parts like the north and the province where we were, was

more sporadic clashes taking place and the danger of accidentally running into a syrian military patrol, that was the danger. marie colvin, i have to say, i've seen her in war zone after war zone over the last decade of my career in these hot spots, she was a fierce presence and incredibly brave. the sunday times that she worked for put out a statement saying "marie was an extraordinary figure in the life of the sunday times, driven by a passion to cover wars and a belief what she did mattered. she believed profoundly reporting could curtail the excesses of brutal regimes and make the international community take notice" kier ra, this was not a woman to cross when you were in a conflict zone. very strong-willed and young french photographer killed, remi ochlik, he won a photo this year, he was covering all the hot spots in the arab world over

the last year. kyra? >> ivan, hundreds of people killed in syria every day, according to the international officials, is there any end in sight? do you see any progress being made? >> reporter: no. it looks like it will get worse. we left a couple days ago in fear that the kind syrian people, the babies, the wives, the moms, brothers we stayed with and who fed us and clothed us, that they were going to be wiped out by the possible syrian military offensive that they fear could come their way. they are virtually defenseless. when we hear about the reporters dying, also anthony shadid, they are one of dozens dying by the day. one of the other deaths last

night, an activist in syria, i talked to on the phone two weeks ago who died of shrapnel wounds. one of his last messages was "our neighborhood is facing genocide, we need action, no one will forgive you for just talking without any action" now he is one of the countless dead as a result of the syrian military offensive. kyra? >> ivan watson, thanks. the american embassy in kabul is on lockdown right now. afghans are protesting quaran burnings outside the bag ram military base. five people have been killed and nato commander says burning islam's holy book was a mistake. the pentagon is apologizing and promising to investigate. now the protests are spreading, ben farmer joins us out of kabul. ben, you said things have calmed down tonight? >> reporter: yes, it's evening now and the protests have

stopped but we had a very violent, very bloody day. six confirmed deaths, perhaps eight in total. more than 30 people wounded. the protests really have spread across the country today. in kabul, east of the city, hundreds of people gathered outside one of the main military u.s. bases, they looked like they we are going to head in the center of the city, which is why the u.s. embassy was on lo lockdown. there were shots fired, one protester was killed. other protests in another city and north of the capital where four people were shot dead. >> and now president karzei putting out a statement, what did he say? is it having an impact? >> reporter: well, everyone has been waiting to see what president karzei would say. he didn't say anything yesterday. nato's apologies haven't done anything they were waiting to see what mr. karzei would do.

he has condemned the burning of the qurans, he ordered an investigation what happened at bagram and appointed a committee of senior clerics to look in it. he also told the u.s. deputy defense secretary that america should hand over bagram prison close to where the qurans were burned saying the sooner they handed it over, the fewer problems they would have. >> ben, appreciate you reporting from kabul for us. the four gop candidates face-off tonight in what could be the final debate of primary season. the latest cnn poll shows mitt romney and rick santorum neck-in-neck at the top of the race. mark preston covering the debate for us. santorum has closed the gap in arizona, also nationally. but polls show republicans are not sure if he can beat obama in

november, mark? >> reporter: yeah, this is interesting, kyra, rick santorum has done very well with the base republican social conservatives to come out nov where to become the "front-runner" at this moment in time for the republican nomination. but there is still disbelief among republicans that the candidate who would do best in november against president obama is mitt romney and the reason being is because i think folks think that mitt romney might be a little bit more centerist than rick santorum is and that could help with independent voters. the fact of the matter is mitt romney has done a good job of describing himself as a very successful businessman but not tied to washington d.c. mitt romney says he is an outsider, that is his big argument against rick santorum, kyra. >> let's talk about gingrich and paul. not gaining a lot of track shti what can they do to regain the spotlight or is it over for these two? >> reporter: two different

tracks right now. ron paul interestingly enough throughout the whole republican presidential primary process, has in many ways acknowledged that he doesn't think he will win the republican nomination and in fact he's using this run for president as a platform to push his ideals, so i don't think there is anybody except for maybe ron paul, i don't know how much he believes it, kyra, that thinks he will win the nomination. however, newt gingrich really needs to have a big night tonight. he needs to go out and differentiate himself from rick santorum to try to get the social conservatives to come back and support him. at the same time he really needs to try to take out mitt romney in the sense that he needs to try to prove to republican voters not only here in arizona and michigan but all the states on super tuesday that he is the one that he is the candidate that republicans should put against president obama come november. >> mark preston, thanks so much. we'll be watching the presidential debate righter who cnn. coverage begins at 8:00 eastern. we're also waiting to hear

from president obama he's scheduled to speak next hour from the construction site of the smithsonian national museum of african american culture. it will be the only national museum devoted exclusively to documenting african american life, art, history and culture. we'll bring you the president's remarks as soon as he steps up to the mic. all right, in a little while we'll get details on president obama's corporate tax reform plan. the treasury department is schedule found veil the proposal at 11:30 eastern. the white house says a move to create american jobs and help businesses stay competitive. christine romans, tell us what is in the plan. >> reporter: good morning, kyra. the president is on the stage, treasury department will unveil the tax plan today. this what is is in it the corporate tax rate is 35%. the president would like to lower that to 28%.

business leaders for a long time have said that the tax rate for companies in this country is just too high. but that would mean also eliminating dozens of loopholes and subsidies, many companies have a 35% tax rate but don't pay that because there are subsidies depending what industry you're in. reduce effective tax rate on manufacturing to 25%, the white house would like to incentivize to hire and manufacture in this country, establish a new minimum tax on foreign earnings, trying to promote job creation here in the united states. i'll tell you, in the bush administration they tried some tax goodies to keep companies hiring in this country as well lowering on some taxes, that didn't work. using the tax code can be tricky to create jobs in the u.s., kyra. >> businesses have been calling for lower taxes for a while, how

does america stack up internation internationally? >> reporter: this is the big point. the u.s. is right up there with some of the most expensive companies in the rest of the world, the united states 35% tax rate, look how compares with france, belgium, spain, japan, mexico. when you add in not just federal taxes but state taxes, the u.s. tax rate around the world is like 39.5%. kyra, there is a statistic that i will give you that is important. the congressional budget office found last year companies paid only 12.1% of their profit in taxes. so not 35%, not 39%, not even 28% like the resident was proposing, but 12%. the reason all these loopholes still out there that they use and that share of corporate profits was the lowest in about 40 years, taxes to their profit, lowest in 40 years. there is a big debate going on how much money companies are paying in taxes, what the fair

share should be, and how do you do that without adding to the budget deficit. the president said this will be a revenue-neutral thing, he won't add to deficits by doing this. >> christine, thanks. straight ahead, franklin graham, some comments he made stirred up a debate over faith and politics. he will join me to explain that, next. if you experience drop calls and slower service on your smart phone device, get used to it. while the new technology is causing big trouble. [ female announcer ] experience dual-action power, with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth.

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country, el paso, texas, a woman shot in the leg while walking in her neighborhood. police say it looks as if a stray bullet from a carjacking shoot-out in nearby city. the injuries are not life-threatening. >> in missouri thieves have come up with a new way to steal gas. drill in a gas tank. trucks and suv's are favorite targets. repairing is costly, about $1000. in anaheim, california and orlan orlando, something for those who can't get enough disney. disneyland and magic kingdom will open for 24 hours straight, the first time both parks will do that at the same time on leap day. the first 2,000 visitors will get a special pair of mickey mouse ears. stocks on wall street are still having trouble picking up steam.

alison kosik, what is behind the hesitation? >> reporter: kyra, second thoughts about whether the new bail out will be effective. wall street knows greece will need more money to pay for the long term debt. many experts say the austerity measures put in place will wind up hurting the economy in greece even more. the good news is that the dow passed the 13,000 yesterday. right now 12,965. the next hurdle that we are watching for is can the dow close above 13,000. i say not today when you look how the numbers are barely moving now, kyra. a lot of us as you know spend hours, talking, texting, surfing the web but we're hearing that could be at risk? >> reporter: yes, what is happening is those air waves, all that space, the highway, think of it as a highway that

lets us talk on the cell phones, and text and surf the web on our mobile devices all that space is getting too crowded. with all this filling up it means we could have more dropped calls, could slow down the web speeds when we surf and wind up paying more for it because you can imagine a jam-packed highway. bumper to bumper car, filling every lane. some need to get off for traffic to flow smoothly. it's a finite resource. the spectrum is almost filled to the brim because consumers, surprise, surprise, had this thirst to check e-mail, play with their apps, tweet, watch video from their mobile devices. wireless traffic, it is growing dramatically from year to year. the estimates by 2014 are expected to soar by almost 1300%. right now, there is a small surplus in wireless capacity but the way things are growing will

push the spectrum in deficit territory quickly. the fcc is trying to free up more space, wireless carriers are trying to do something about it. but the fixes won't be cheap and easy, you could wind up paying more for all this service. experts say there is no single solution, a very big, costly problem. kyra? >> alison kosik, thanks so much. straight ahead, franklin graham, comments he made stirred up debate over faith and politics, he joins me live to explain, next. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. in the works package, we change the oil we change the filter...

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franklin graham is an evangelical leader with a lot of sway among a crucial voting bloc, evangelicals. when he's questioning the president's faith in an election year, no less, it's going to make news. this is how he responded to a question yesterday on msnbc when asked about president obama's faith. >> you don't take him at his word when he says i'm a christian. >> of course i do. you have to ask every person but he has said he's a christian i have to assume that he is. >> franklin graham is the president of samaritan's purse,

a charity that goes in places where the world has forgotten and usually that is what we're talking about. but this morning we have tougher questions to address. franklin graham, appreciate you being with me this morning. >> glad to be with you. >> let's get right to the point, franklin. do you question the faith of our president? >> listen, the president has said that he is a christian and we will leave it at that. kyra, only god knows the heart of all of these candidates and he's the only one that knows your heart and my heart, all of us have to stand before god one day and give an account to almighty god for our lives and how we lived our lives. as it comes down to the candidates it's the issues that are the issue here. i cannot support the president, i cannot vote for the president because of abortion. he supports abortion i can't support that. the other candidates are more in line with my views on this. so it comes down to a moral issue, abortion.

the president supports it, he's going against what the bible teaches, the bible is very clear about life and where life begins and i believe the president is going against what the holy scriptures teach and so the bible is my guide. the bible is the authority in my life. and that's what i follow and these other candidate, there is a lot of good people out there i personally like the president. i have think he's a very nice man, very gracious man but is absolutely wrong when it comes to supporting abortion and i cannot support him on that. msnbc invite mead to come on the program not to talk about the president's faith. i went on to talk about the "newsweek" article about the murder and killing of christians around the world and that is what is bothering me is what muslims are doing to christians around the world. i wanted to talk about the article. they bring up the whole thing about the president's faith. >> okay, understandable.

a couple things i want to follow-up here. we will get to the issue of the muslims being killed and the fact you want to talk about that in a second, let me back up for a minute. wow, you came straightforward and basically said what you have an issue with and that is the issue of a woman's right to abortion, and yes the president of the united states has come forward and said that he believes in a woman's right to an abortion. he has also come forward and said he is a faithful man, man of god, a christian. and we all know that as christians various people have different beliefs, so let me ask you this. it sounds like you're getting political here and that is something that you have told me in the past that you didn't want to do but when i hear you talking about these issues in a political season and tying it to

faith, it sounds like you're a republican in preacher's clothing. >> kyra, i'm a minister of gospel of jesus christ. i take the bible as god's word and i have to obey his word and his authority. i believe abortion is wrong. just period. whether a republican or democrat, i don't care. if they support abortion, i'm not going to vote for them. it's as simple as that. i cannot do it, i can't stand before god one day and answer him how i could vote for someone who supported abortion. so that is an issue for me. i think it will be an issue for millions of americans. again, i like the residence as a person. he is a very nice guy, he's 100% wrong on the issue. there are other things -- >> franklin, as long as the president supports a woman's

right to have an abortion, will you continue to believe that he is not a christian? >> i've never said, kyra, i never one time said i don't believe that he is a christian. only god knows a man's heart. only god knows your heart or my heart. and all of these other candidates, their claim to faith you have to accept what they say, and you have to also look at how a person lives their life. but as it comes to the president, this issue is a big stu stumbling block for me and many christians, that is the way it is. he's the one who made the issue by supporting abortion and so he has to live with that. >> so you do say, though, that rick santorum, that his values and i'll look at the quote. his values are so clear on moral issues. you say that shows that he is a man of faith. what moral issues exactly are

you talking about? does this come down to abortion? >> first of all, i misspoke there, kyra, when i said he is a man of faith, god only knows everybody's heart. i would be more in line with the position of rick santorum as relates to abortion. he is opposed abortion, i certainly appreciate that. you have to look at other issues when it comes to the candidates, ability to lead the country, make good decisions, make economic decisions, that will get us out of this economic mess that both republicans and democrats have gotten ourselves into. our nation is at a crossroads, a very serious election coming up will impact the country for years to come, for the rest of my life. i think everyone ought to examine these candidates carefully and vote for the one that best represents their values and coming down to values for me. >> when i think of your values,

i think of what you have done for so many people in this world and i was remembering something that president obama said at a prayer breakfast back in 2009. take a listen to this with me, franklin, and i want to ask you a question. >> i had a father born a muslim but became an atheist, grandparents non-practicing methodists and baptist. a mother skeptical of organized religion even though she was the kindest, most spiritual person i've ever known. she was the one who taught me as a child to love and to understand and to do unto others as i would want done. i didn't become a christian until many years later when i moved to the south side of chicago after college, it happened not because of indoctrination or sudden revelation but because i spent month after month working with church folks, who simply wanted to help neighbors down on their luck, no matter what they looked

like or where they came from or who they prayed to. >> you know what, franklin, that is you. that is what you do. the two of you are really in line with what you have done for the people that need help. >> kyra, i don't question the president's faith. if you had that banner up on your show, i questioned the president's faith, i'm not questioning whether he's a christian. i disagree with his position on abortion. this is a big issue and i believe it goes against god's word, goes against god's standards so. this is a problem for me and a lot of evangelicals. again, he's a nice guy. i like him as a person but he's absolutely 100% dead wrong on this issue. he will have to stand before god one day and give an account to god on this issue. i'm not going to have to answer it because i believe that life is safe, i believe it's say red and every life should be

protected from the womb to the grave we need to protect life, and right now you have muslims that are killing jews and christians around the world. "newsweek" had a great article. everybody needs to read it so you know what is going on. >> a lot of people of all faiths being killed overseas indeed we have talked about that. final question, franklin, i think you have made your point and you have clarified your views, i think of the many interviews that i have done with you, with your family members, your sisters, even your father. and i remember a story that you all told me about your mom who was so revered in your family and she would keep your dad in check. she would kick him under the table when he started talking politics and advising these presidents and she would say "billy, you stick to preaching and let presidents stick to

politicin" do you think your mom might kick you and say "son, stick to preaching." >> i'm sure if my mother were here my shin would be bleeding. i think this is a very important issue. i didn't bring up the president's faith, msnbc brought it up. i went there to talk about christians and jews being killed around the world by muslims and how this is increasing, vicious as murders, rapes, butchering of the christians. they are the ones who brought up the thing about faith. i never brought it up, it was msnbc. i apologize if this has gotten blown out of proportion. it's unfortunate, but they are the ones who brought it up and i do not question the president's faith at all, i'm not questioning that. i'm questioning his values. and that is what i'm looking at. >> question to you, president obama, have you heard from him, have you had a conversation

since this happened yesterday? >> no. i doubt if my phone will ring. >> you never know, franklin graham. appreciate your time this morning i do. thank you so much for talking with me, franklin. >> thank you, kyra, god bless. straight ahead, romney and santorum neck in neck, i'll ask the panel who has the goods to pull head in the gop presidential race. pull ahead. when you have tough pain, do you want fast relief? try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know.

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cnn poll for arizona showing romney and santorum pretty much tied and the debate is tonight here on cnn. what could either candidate do at this point to put themselves ahead. maria? >> they need a game in-changer. as a democrat i would advise rick santorum to talk about satan as much as he can, continue to talk how he doesn't think women are fit for combat, they shouldn't have access to pre-natal care or contraception because it's bad for women and families. for mitt romney i would advise him to makes a many $10,000 bets as he can to talk about how the author of the anti-immigrants sb 1070 arizona law is on his team and for newt gingrich, moon colony, moon colony, moon colony. >> boris? >> maria got the santorum and gingrich parts right. the right part we should not have santorum, overly focused on

the social issues or newt gingrich who talks about moon colonies and other crazy things as the nominee. she is wrong on mitt romney. immigration is a strength for mitt romney in arizona. his stance on immigration, because arizona is one of the states hurt the most, hurt the most by illegal immigration. in order to make himself more and more attractive to those voters in arizona he should focus on his stance on immigration and he'll win. >> jason? >> look, the way santorum has won so far is by being himself. he shouldn't shy away from his abortion opinions, shouldn't shy away from the things he says about women or satan, he's won more primary states than anybody else. as far as mitt romney he needs to stay focused. he loses things when he starts attacking other people, nobody believes him, too stiff to do attacks in an effective way. newt gingrich needs to back out, if he hates romney, he wants rick santorum to win the debate.

the president wants to close the loopholes and lower the corporation rate, is he appeasing the right or courting independents? boris? >> he's being smart. that is the right thing to do. not about appeasing the right. it's a good thing to lower the corporate tax rate to have more hiring by the corporations. it's also very correct in order to bring multi-national companies to the united states to have a lower corporate tax rate, a smart political and economic move, as much as i would love to trash him for it i can't do it it's a good thing and the right move. >> maria? >> i agree with boris. >> hey, excitement! >> he's not looking at this from the standpoint of politics. he's looking to do what is right for small businesses and small and middle class families. he's focusing on giving them the tools to continue to rise in this fragile recovery, to make

sure that everybody plays by the rules, to make sure that we are competitive to give incentives to manufacturing companies, to keep jobs here instead of putting them overseas and to make sure that oil and gas companies don't continue to have -- >> i disagree on the last part. >> step in, jason. >> it's simple. at this point he's running up the score. he has gotten up employment down to 8.3%. rick santorum fading, mitt romney fade, he will hand out bread and butter to everybody. this is good strategy for him. what it will do to the economy, we have to see what happens in europe. we have to see what is happening in japan, as far as political strategy another good move by barack obama. 20 seconds each. chris christi on mitt romney's personality. >> he's a very reserved guy, and so in the time that we're in right now, very tumultuous, angry, emotional time, at the

moment reserved is not necessarily what the primary electorate seems to want. >> is that true somewhat do you think marks rea? >> i think -- i don't agree with him that reserved is what any american wants in their president. i think they want to see a little bit of passion, they want to see the courage of their conviction and that's where mitt romney is absolutely tanking. he has no courage and zero conviction on any issue whatsoever. so, continue to be reserved, continue to be robotic it's not working for him. >> boris? >> that is the problem with democrats, they overreach. even though they are in a good moment with barack obama's approval ratings upside down, more disapproving than improving they are try to trash mitt romney for his character, not having courage, absolutely ridiculous. he's a man successful in the private sector and public sector, more courage than anyone else in the field including barack obama who has a lot of sizzle but not a lot of steak.

>> now to jason. >> is reserved new jersey speak for boring, that is what chris chr christi said. you're not going to win campaigns that way, if that is mitt romney's best advocates, he needs to find better advocates. primary voters and american voters want a guy that will sing with mick jagger and buddy guy. >> we'll deliver results not just emptiness. >> back to new jersey being boring, snooki bore somethiingb? >> me, the situation all having a great time. >> thanks, guys. have a great day, kyra. here is a reminder watch the presidential debate on cnn, coverage begins at 8:00 eastern. so uh this is my friend frank and his, uh, retirement plan.

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>> the arizona republicans are taking advantage of early voting for next tuesday's primary, our paul steinhouser is in mesa, let's talk about voter turnout, paul. >> reporter: it's interesting, could be determine thative.

200,000 people have returned ballots, started on february 2nd and who could help it seems more mitt romney and kyra, here's why. a lot of people return their ballots early in the month after romney was winning big in florida and nevada. he was surging at that time, before santorum swept those three contests on february th and started rising in the polls. kyra? >> michigan's native son has a real fight on his hands for the state's primary. >> reporter: we have been saying it for a while. more proof, look at this, brand new poll this morning from nbc and marist, people likely to vote in the primary on tuesday. romney at 37%, santorum 35%. that is all tied up there. gingrich at 13% and 8% for paul. one more poll, in arizona, this from nbc marist, larger lead for romney. our poll yesterday had romney on top but