ties. toss it over to keira phillips. where are you, anyway? >> down in the newsroom. come visit. in the middle of all the action. please. >> i will be there directly. >> stop by for a cup of coffee. hello, i'm kyra phillips, 11:00 on the east coast, 8:00 out west, a pretty busy hour ahead let's get right to the news. right now at the white house, president obama is meeting with israeli brian minister benjamin netanyau over whether, when, how to use force in iran. last night, mr. obama wand the american israel public affairs committee against, and i quote, loose talk of war. he says that only drives up the price of oil which funds iran's nuclear program. at the same time, he vowed to prevent iran from building nuclear weapons and defended israel's right to make its own decisions about its security. netanyahu addresses the convention tonight and minutes from now, we expect to hear his and the president's opening comments from the oval office. we are on that story for you.

also, single biggest election day of the presidential nomination process is now just one day away, 437 delegates up for grabs tomorrow in ten states from alaska to massachusetts. now the superest state of all may be ohio. georgia has more delegates but no state matters more as a general election battleground. now, mitt romney, fresh off his weekend victory in the washington state caucuses, is in ohio today, so is rick santorum, whose early lead in ohio polling has faded. newt gingrich in tennessee, ron paul in idaho. we are following it all for you. now, over the weekend, romney also picked up some key conservative endorsements from house majority leader eric carpet and oklahoma senator tom coburn. cantor appeared morning on cnn's "starting point" where soledad o'brien really pressed him on the energy issue and she didn't mean $4 gas. >> i'm very excited about his plan to fix the economy and that's the issue, soledad.

i know you don't want to hear that. >> i do i love talking economy, i truly do i guess i just want you to specifically answer my question. i feel like that's lukewarm, half-hearted endorsement. do you feel the same way? >> no. i mean, again, i disagree with anybody who said, you know that there is not energy surrounding mitt romney's campaign. pell look at his economic plan, they will get excited about t you see him gaining momentum. >> cap thor is from virginia, one of the super tuesday states were only romney and ron paul are on the ballot. now you the u.n. special envoy to syria is expected to visit the syrian capital on sunday. co-if i annan will be the latest to urge the regime of bashar al assad to stop waging war on dissidents, soldiers and affecting disdent. eight more people have been killed today and they posted a video that purports to show smoke from incinerated corpses in the former rebel stronghold

in the devastated city of homs. the narrator says that the assad forces "want to cover their crimes." a 4.0 earthquake near the california city of richmond, 5:33 a.m. pacific time. so far, with doesn't have reports of damage or injuries but we will keep you posted on this story. fema is fanning out across kentucky today where 21 people were killed. communities were leveled and it was monster tornadoes that did all the damage. 39 people died in five states, the latest, a 14-month-old indiana girl who had been the sole survivor of her five-member family. and adding to the misery in southern indiana, a two to four-inch lay over wet snow that fell overnight. we will go live to the town of henryville in our face time segment just about six minutes from now. the supreme court of iran today reportedly threw out a

death sentence for an american accused of spying. amar hekmati, a former u.s. marine, was convicted in iran in january of working for an enemy county. hekmati's family and the u.s. government deny it. whether and when he will now be released is up clear. in moscow, vladimir putin says he won an open and honest election for a third term as president of russia. european observers beg to differ. they sabal lot stuffing and otheringer are lagities in yesterday's outcome a foregone conclusion. by early today, putin led his closest opponent by a 4-1 margin. term limits forced putin to leave the presidency behind in 2008 but accident go far. he has been russia's prime minister ever since. and pretty soon, terror suspects at guantanamo bay will have something to do besides stare at barbed wire and not everybody in congress is happy it. finishing touches are being put

on a 28,000 square foot soccer field which u.s. tax prayers building at a cost of almost $750,000. could.manneders say it is neededdy version but one congressman says the budget should be stripped by that amount. gitmo should not be a police of comfort, he says. prince harry on a tour of the caribbean this week for his grandmother, queen elizabeth second. it is part of the diamond jubilee celebration marking the queen's 60 years in power. in the bahamas this weekend, the 27-year-old party prince definitely partied it up, dances, boating, drinking, eating, including local favorites. his final stop on the tour is jamaica. and some say he did a better george w. bush than mr. bush himself. steve bridges, the comic actor best known for his spot-on impersonation of president bush died this weekend at his home in

los angeles. bridges appeared with the president, seep here, at the 2006 white house correspondents association dipper. he was also a regular on the tonight show with jay len know. reports say that the 48-year-old appeared to have died from natural causes, but an autopsy has been scheduled. the town of maryville, indiana, is no more. in the words of a sheriff, it's completely gone. so, how do these 1900 people rebuild? we will take you there live, next. but first, a homeless man trying to swim across an oregon river saved by a stranger and the whole ordeal is caught on tape. >> [ bleep ] now he is going down. >> now he is going down. >> the bicyclist who happened to be passing by saw the man struggling right there in the water. now, a by stand certificate one that captured this on camera, local news reports telling us the man you see there pulling the victim to shore, giving cpr, is kevin pratt. and thanks to kevin, that man survived.

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oh, yes, almost our favorite time of year, tax time, trying to find receipts and donations slips, and if that is not enough to worry about, how about the scams thought? alison kosik has advice for us though. allison? >> hey, kyra, there are plenty of scams thought as we get ready to put our taxes together and do the fun of putting our taxes together. the irs is warping taxpayers about scams on everything from phony refunds to tax preparers who may not be so legit, shall we say. if you wiped up getting an e-mail, a text message or even a social media message that claims to be from the irs looking for personal or financial information, the advice is, guess what don't replirks don't open any attachments or click on any links. check urls, too scammers wind up setting up fake websites using common misspellings of rem jet web addresses. the irs does not contact

taxpayers through e-mail, either through u.s. -- and they only contact you through u.s. mail as a first contact or contact you as a second resort by phone. now, you can forward the suspicious e-mail or link to phishing at irs.gov or if you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the irs, call the irs at 1-800-829-1040 to verify this person is an employee before you give out any information. kyra? >> allison, too i think a no brainer but emphasize if you get a refund that you think is too good to be true, it probably is. >> it is. and worth reminding because, yeah, it is a no-brainer but good to hear it again. the irs is warning taxpayers against phony refunds based on the american opportunity tax credit, a higher education tax credit. scammers are trying to convince people they are eligible for it even if they went to school decades ago. also, if you are getting charged excessive up front fees to file claims like these, that is a big

red flag that your repairer may not be on the up and up. remember, you are legally responsible for what is on your return and tough pay back any refunds you got, even if it is your tax preparer's error. kyra? >> imagine this, there is now an app for taxes. do tell. >> of course. of course there is. yeah, and guess what, the irs tweets. don't you want to follow the irs on twitter? if you want to start following them go to @irsnews on twitter and a free app at irs to go, available on apple and android phones which allow to you get your wry fund status and tax records. remember, here is a big change this year, your taxes are due on tuesday, april 17th, because the april 15th state on a sunday. kyra? >> allison, thanks so much. all right, we just got the two-minute warning right now at the white house behind closed doors, the president of the united states meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu how to respond to a nuclear threat from iran. my colleague wolf blitzer here

for politics but perfect timing we can talk about this as well, this is right in your wheelhouse. we are going to talk about the issue of nuke, iran, also ali velshi going to weigh in about the issue of gas price and oil, all happening at the apec conference. a lot of questions about, okay, could there be another war with iran in the president doesn't want to do it netanyahu says i am going to do what i have to do in order to prevent nuclear weapons from harming us. >> the difference, the nuance and the difference, and and i will be anxious to hear once we get this tape in oat val office, the president of the united states, the prime minister of israel and the network pool television cameras were inside there as well, about to feed it. i'm anxious to see the new witnesses on what they are saying about iran's nuclear capability to build a bombers have suss actually building a bomb t is a nuance that we will be paying attention to as we hear what these two gentlemen have to say. >> of course, what does that mean for the u.s., for israel?

a possible war, we are going to hit -- apparently, be able to seeks actually what happened behind those closed doors as we roll the video now. >> all right, everybody in position? i want to welcome prime minister netanyahu and the entire israeli delegation back to the white house, back to the oval office. this visit obviously comes at a critical time. we are seeing incredible changes that are taking place in the middle east and north africa. we have seep the terrible bloodshed that's going on in syria. the democratic transition that has taken place in egypt. and in the midst of this, we have an island of democracy and one of our greatest allies in israel. as i have said repeatedly, the

bond between our two countries is up breakable. my personal commitment, a commitment that is consistent with the thinks try of other occupants of this oval office, our commitment to the security of israel is rock solid. and as i've said to the prime minister in every single one of our meetings, the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel's security. this is a bond that is based not only on our mutual security interests and economic interests, but is also based on common values and the incredible people-to-people contacts we have between our two countries. during the course of this meeting, we will talk about the regional issues that are taking place and i look forward to the prime minister sharing with me his ideas about how we can increase the prospects of peace and security in the region.

we will discuss the issues that continue to be a focus of not only our foreign policy but also the prime minister's, how we can potentially bring about a calmer set of discussions between the israelis and the palestinians and arrive at a peaceful resolution to that long-standing conflict. it is a very difficult thing to do in light of the context right now, but i know that the prime minister remains committed to trying to achieve that. and obviously, a large topic of conversation would be iran, which i devoted a lot of time to in my speech today, yesterday, i know the prime minister has been focused on for a long period of time. let me just reiterate a couple of points on that number one, we all know that it's unacceptable from israel's perspective to have a country with a nuclear

weapon that has called for the destruction of israel. but as i emphasized yesterday it is profoundly in the united states' interest as well to prevent iran from taking a nuclear when pop. we do not want to see a nuclear arms race in one of the most volatile regions of the world. we do not want the possibility of a nuclear weapon falling into the hands of terrorists and we do not want a regime that has been a state sponsor of terrorism being able to feel that it can react more aggressively or with immunity as a consequence of its nuclear power that is why we have work so diligently to set up the most criming sanctions ever with respect to iran w dough believe that there is still a window that allows for a diplomatic resolution to this issue but ultimately, the iranians regime has to make a decision to move in that direction, a decision

that they have not made thus far. and as i emphasized, even as we will continue on the diplomatic front, we will continue to tighten pressure when it comes to sanctions. i reserve all options and my policy here is not going to be one of containment. my policy is prevention of iran obtaining nuclear weapons and as i indicated yesterday in my speech when i say all options are on the table, i mean it. having said that i know that both the prime minister and i prefer to resolve this diplomatically. we understand the costs of any military action and i want to assure both the american people and the israeli people that we are in constant and close consultation. i think the levels of coordination and consultation between our mill tears and our intelligence, not just on this

issue but on a broad range of issues has been unprecedented and i intend to make sure that continues during what will be a series of difficult months, i suspect, in 2012. so, prime minister, we welcome you and appreciate very much the friendship of the israeli people. you can count on that friendship always being reciprocated from the united states. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> mr. president, thank you for those kind words. and thank you, too for that strong speech yesterday. and i want to thank you also for the warm hospitality that you have shown me and my delegation. the alliance between our two countries is deeply appreciated by me and by everyone in israel and i think that, as you said, when americans look armed the middle east today, they see one

reliable, stable, faithful ally of the united states, and that's the democracy of israel. americans know that israel and the united states share common values, that we defend common interests that we face common enemies. iran's leaders know that, too. you know, for them, you are the great satan, we are the little say the.for them, we are you and you are us and you know something, mr. president, at least on this last point, i think they are right. we are you. and you are us. we are together. so, if there's one thing that stands out clearly in the middle east today, it's that israel and america stand together. i think that above and beyond that are two principles, long-standing principles of american policy that you reiterated yesterday in your

speech, that israel must have the ability always to defend itself, by itself, against any threat, and that when it comes to israel's security, israel has the right, the sovereign right to make its up decisions. i believe that's you why appreciate, mr. president that israel must reserve the right to defend itself. and after all, that is the very purpose of the jewish state, to restore to the jewish people control over our destiny. and that's why my supreme responsibility as prime minister of israel is to ensure that israel remains the master of its fate. so i thank you very much, mr. president, for your friendship, and i look forward to our discussions. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you very much. thank you, everybody. >> wolf blitzer was trying to read between the lines here. israel refusing to rule out an

attack on iran's nuclear facilities, the president preferring peace over war, but also making the point he will not -- he will take no options off the table. so a lot of people wondering, a new middle east war in the coming months? >> let's hope not. let's hope that they can, as the president says, resolve this diplomat clirks that the sanctions will work, that the government in iran will realize that it's in its own best interest to try to deal with the international atomic energy agency and scale this crisis down. i'm not holding my breath. not sure the iranians will do that when the president of the united states says the next few months will be very difficult months, he knows what he is talking about, because it is one thing for the u.s. position, which is the u.s. will not allow iran to have a nuclear bomb. the israeli position is a bit different. the israeli position is the israelis will not allow iran to have the nuclear capability to build a bomb, so the respective what they call the red lines

what would trigger military action on the u.s. part as opposed to the israeli part, they are different t is an important knew what happens that all of us are going to be learning more about in the coming months. >> president obama saying that the sanctions have been crippling. would you agree with that? >> the sanctions have been criming on the irrain yaps. they are -- and especially most recently, went u.s. and the europe peeps and the others began to sanction the iranian central bank, because most of iran's oil exports, they smuggle somewhere a lot, most of it has to go through financial transactions through the iranian central bank and other banks in iran f they can't do that, their oil exports are going to dry up and without exporting oil, the iranian economy is going to collapse even more rapidly than it already is. so, they are in trouble, the iranians, see how they respond. >> alison kosik, you look at gas prices, how they keep soaring, we are paying more at the pump, we can look to what's happening in iran and look to these discussions when we start talking about that impact. it ties together. >> and well the interesting

thing is, yes, you see sort of the fear of that supply crunch happening in the oil trade. oil right now is trading actually down a bit today but still at a very high level, $106 a barrel. but another side why the oil prices are increasing as well, expectation the demand will grow as the economy grows, you why see oil prices going up as well, with the fear of what's happening with what iran is happening, there is a tipping point for the price of oil, you don't want it to tie for too long, means consumers are spending more of their disposable income filling up gas tank and not spending it on other things and then, of course, comes the fear of slowing down the economy because consumers respect putting their money into other things, other than gas. kyra? >> alison kosik from the new york stock exchange, thanks so much. wolf blitzer, we will be talking about this. >> let me make one more point. i'm sure a lot of our viewers are going to be wondering why we have the cut away cameras

showing what is going on between the prime minister of israel and the president of the united states, it looks impolite, the prime minister speak and the president speaking, the photographer is cutting away to reporters just listening or whatever. as a former white house correspondent, let me explain what has just happened before we get a lot of hate mail that we weren't being polite. >> you think our viewers pay close attention to that, they watch the camera shots? >> a lot of them will be complaining. the president of the united states is speaking. >> we look at reporters. >> you are cutting away to reporters taking pictures of them, what was that all about? so let me explain there are always two network pool cam thanks go into the oval office to record this historic moment. there's a head-on camera that has the president and the prime minister and then there's the cut away camera, almost always, the network pool in this case, nbc news, they feed in the head-on first so that the cable networks can take it live and show what's going on, whether it's cnn, msnbc, fox or whatever. this particular case, they fed in the cut away cameras first,

we wanted to get the news on the air, cause it is cnn, the news comes first, so we let that camera bring it to our view source at least quo get it on the air. normally, we do would do the head-on camera first that explains why we were seeing reporters listening as opposed to the prime minister or the president. >> wolf blitzer, the ultimate newsman and the ultimate gentleman. >> i just wanted to preempt a lot of hate e-mails and tweets, i knew that was going to be coming. >> wolf, thanks. right after break, we are going to be talking about the town of maryville, indiana. in the words of sheriff's official, it's completely gone. so how do these 1900 people rebuild? we are going to take you there live next. ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪

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hard to imagine your entire up to wiped out, could much pleatly gone in minutes. but that is the reality for people living in marysville and henryville right now. let take just a moment and listen. >> we have nothing. our place was completely devastated. and there was nothing left. >> you could just see it sucking the tractor trailers like you could see all the debris coming from the ground up into the tornado and it just pretty much leveled all the whole area. >> everything else is in trees, in the mud, nowhere to be found. >> we are getting a much clearer picture today, the kind of devastation we are talking about, folks, left behind by a rare and deadly outbreak of tornadoes. major chuck adams is with the clark county sheriff's department. he is heading to hen riesville indiana, right now, major adams,

you say that marysville, indiana is completely gop. just describe and tell me in more detail, absolutely flattened, all homes, all businesses, all schools, everything? >> yes, ma'am. and when i mean completely gone, you are gonna have to understand that that is a very rural area, a very rural part of our country. we -- the hardware store that is probably the main focus of marysville, it is damaged but is still standing. we did have an abandoned school right behind it. the only thing left is the walls. it just took a path through marysville and i guess that's pretty accurate that if you want to consider marysville residents it is completely gone o >> so can you tell me how -- how do you even start rebuilding after something like this? and those that survived, where have they -- where are they

living? how are they getting through day by day? >> well, we have -- we sent our -- we set our command center up over on the other side of the county, as you see from your footage over the last three days, in henryville, indiana, area, which is about 10 to 12, 15 miles east of marysville. it is a more populated part of our county that was struck. so we have since then located all of our resources there and after our command staff meeting this morning, we are starting to disperse to the outer edges of our county. we are doing very good down here. we woke up this morning about there about a three-inch blanket of snow, but that's not gonna let us -- make us stop what we are doing. yeah. i don't think anybody will stop what they are doing right now to try to get things together for those there. i got to ask you there before i

let you go, how can people help that are watching right now? as you know, so many people across the united states have donated, have wanted to give back what do you guys need at this point? >> well, we honestly are in very good shape. we have had people -- i filled up two semi loads full of clothing, no perishables. we have had restaurant catering businesses come in from all over the metro area. of course, you know, we are only about 20 miles north of louisville, keep keep, so they have -- they have helped tremendously. we are -- anything that maybe wanted to be donated monetarily, i guess, we are asking those people to contact the american red cross and give that way for people that are out of town. >> chuck adams, thanks so much for calling in. appreciate it. >> okay. thank you. >> you bet. two gop presidential

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a day away from the biggest presidential race, super tuesday, ten states, this one day doles out more than a third of all the delegates needed to win this thing. joining me now, gentry come.former political director for the republican national committee and democratic political consultant, ed espinosa, guys, out of the ten states up for grabs, i know what we are focusing on now you can the biggest prize, ohio.

ed? >> yeah, ohio's the big one tomorrow. both these guys are neck in neck. you got more than 60 delegates up for grabs, but this is the thing, obama leads either of these candidates, romney or santorum, by double digits. so, whoever wins tomorrow has to testimony mop straig-- demonstr they are competitive in the fall. it will be competitive no matter what. >> jeep try, what is the one issue getting ohio republicans to the polls? >> clearly jobs and the economy and the weak economy that has obama's approval numbers stuck in the mid-40s in ohio. ed is right today, a head-to-head matchup doesn't favor a republican but it will once our party unifies and we will clearly unify once we have a nominee. >> ed, do you agree? >> haven't done it yet. haven't done it yet. we will wait and see. jeep try, i thought for sure you would have a comeback there i was expecting some sparring. >> well, look, the democratic contest in 2008 lasted all the way till june. they were hurling tough charges

at each other all the way through. ours looks like it could wrap up in early or midmay, all of the data, exit polling suggests more than 95% of republicans who voted for another candidate will support our nominee this fall against barack obama. all of the polling is very clear about that and i think any reasonable expectation is that republicans are very upset about this president's leadership or lack there of on jobs and the economy and they are going to turn out strongly this no >> let ask you about rick santorum. >> go ahead. >> when you look at the -- we make these comparisons between 2008 and 2012, it is not even close, the turnout this year is much lower than it was before and republicans might be enthused but such a small slice of the electorate, not representative of the broader leak tore rat right now. if you want to go head to head in the general, the issues change, the matchups change, i don't think it is anywhere compared to what it was in 2008. have to wait and see. >> let me ask but rick santorum

and newt gingrich, keep telling each other to drop out of the race already. both blaming each other, that they are the ones plight spligt couldn'ter is vattive vote, he took the shot and now here is gingrich's response. >> i suggested that about a month ago, rick said he didn't think so he surged after that. so i'm taking his advice. >> we are clearly in a delegate fight now, mitt romney lead buys a wide margin with respect to delegates, likely to whip more than half the delegates tomorrow, super tuesday and keep

rolling up that lead going forward and so if this is a multiway race you the romney people have got to like their chances. ed? >> the questionment is whether gingrich can stay comp pet tivgs he will win his home state tomorrow, type, you are supposed to whip your home state, the question can he whip any other state beyond that? can he even get into double digits beyond that? we don't know the anticipate. gingrich doesn't know the answer. gingrich doesn't care. he is not in this race to win it he is in this race to delay romney from getting the nomination as long as he can and doesn't care if he whips any states or not to get there. he is playing spoiler. >> eds i spin knows sa, jeep try collin was, guys thanks so much that is fair game. a pharmacy mixes up kids' pills with cancer medication. how does something like this even happen? dozens of families are now affected and parents are outraged.

when you pick up your meds at the pharmacy, how often do you check the pills inside or check any of the medication? probably not very often, right? after hearing this next story, you may want to start doing just that you it is today's undercover. dozens of parents who went to the cvs farm? i chatham, new jersey, thought they were taking home flour ride pills for their children's teeth. what they got instead, a cancer drug. cvs is apologizing for medical mixup. az for how it all happened, that

is still under investigation. senior medical correspondent elizabeth co-.joining me to talk about this. normally we go to the pharmacy, i guess we have this expectation we are going to get the right drug, it's drugs. exactly. let me tell you about an experience i had that taught me roller with wise, i was at the farm say woman took her bag, paid and left, came back ten minutes later and said this is not my medicine, someone else's name on it thank goodness she noticed. when guy to the pharmacy, first thing i do is check the name, make sure it is me, my daughters. >> >> do you actually look at your medication? >> i do i open it up. how paranoid. i don't think it is paranoid, you know what i mean. >> being smart. >> i take medicine i put it in my hand and show it to the pharmacist and i say is this what i'm supposed to get is this miot or i name the drug if it is liquid, i show them the inside. i want to make sure i'm giving my children the right thing and mistakes like this do happen. what i do isn't foolproof but i'm hoping it helps. >> now, let read part of cvs's statement to cnn. get your response. "as soon as we heard of this

problem, we took immediate action to contact any family that could possibly have been affected and removed the one affected stock bought that will we believe to be the source of the issue. we are conducting a thorough investigation to determine precisely what took place in the store in order to prevent this from happening again." okay, now cvs says most of the families they talked to thankfully didn't receive the wrong pills but for those who did, how -- and it's tamoxifen. >> right, tox step a cancer drug. >> so, what could that do to kids? >> we talked to an oncologist about this and he said probably nothing, tamoxifen blocks estrogen and so those kids, if they were sort of teen aimed girls, it might have messed with their estrogen somewhat but he said probably nothing. but still, you don't want this to happen and if you want more tips on how to avoid it cnn.com/empoweredpatient. >> thanks so much. sure appreciate it. well, nfl players offered big cash bonuses for knocking opponents out of the game. now the real punishment may be on the way.

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saints were rewarding players for hurting players on other teams, around 1,000 bucks for knocking a guy out of the game. since that report has come out, more players have come out implicating other teams in a similar system. the league is lining up to punish the saints but there could be another punishment coming. lawsuits. i'm joined by a senior writer for espn. here's my question, l.b., we're heard things taking place like this. this issue of these teams offering these bounties for dirty hits, it's really nothing new, right? >> it's nothing new at all. there are former players talking about how guys we put in front of the group and this has been a long standing practice for

players in the nfl. the thing that makes it unique, it's been a real push to deter players from getting hit in the head and they talk about concussions in the nfl. and, two, roger goddell is trying to clean up his league. >> so where has the accountability been? a lot of people knew about this and it became part of the game. >> well, first of all, it's personal responsibility. that's first and foremost. each individual player has to decide, do they want to be motivated by hurting another individual. once you get past that point, it's about the kosher of the team and franchise. do you want to be known as the team that goes after players? let's face it. it's the nfl. part of the excitement are the hard hits, hitting someone so

hard. so you have to be careful in how you discipline these players because a lot of what we see is what we enjoy. the nfl is the most popular sport in the country. >> but it's a coward leeway to perform. a true athlete, a true fan of athletics, wants to see skill, right? i mean, this is just -- it's barbaric. >> yes, the nfl is barbaric and you are going to hit with skill. they are not just trying to go around and shock block, at least not anymore. these hits that you see, they are skills. guys are groomed and prepared and those are the types of hits that we like to see. but definitely the hits have gotten cleaner and you see less birth tea play than we used to and that could be credited to the in nfl for addressing that problem.

but that's the reason why we love the sports. >> l.z., thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all right. kelly, how do i say ohio properly here? o-hi-o. we're talking presidential candidates, mitt romney, rick santorum, we're going to talk about how and why they are spending their final eyes in the buckeye state. the countdown to super tuesday is next. but first our political junkie question, how many states were part of super tuesday in 2008? tweet me. i'll give a shout out to the first right answer. [ male announcer ] what if we told you that cadillac

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super tuesday before 2008? congratulations ash for tweeting me the right answer. it's 24. this is the big daddy. mark preston is here with me. we were talking about the importance. >> the problem is going in mitt romney's direction. let's take a quick look at the numbers. romney is at 34% right now. rick santorum is at 31 steele%. what is interesting, we're seeing the number move in romney's direction and move away from rick santorum. >> we can learn a lot from their travel itinerary? >> ohio, ohio, ohio. that's where rick santorum and mitt romney are grinding it out right now. meanwhile, newt gingrich trying

to get momentum back be in tennessee. polls show that it's rick santorum state and, of course, we see ron paul who is trying to work the caucus states. he's going to be in idaho. come tomorrow, though, where will they all be? home state of massachusetts where romney will win easy. rick santorum will be in ohio. that's where he'll spend his election night. north dakota will be where ron paul camps out and where we sit in newt gingrich's home state, that's where we are talking about. >> there are some within the best political team talking about the wardrobe. somebody said to me, rick santorum, what's up? he's back in the sweater vest? what happened to the coat and tie and does that mean anything? >> i talked to his top adviser and said, why not the sweater vest and he laughed at me and said, enough is a enough, preston. the fact of the matter is, he's going to wear a suit sometimes and he's going to where a sweater sometimes. >> if you look at where he was

successful and not so successful, it's all about confidence. >> all right. so big super tuesday tomorrow. tomorrow we're all talking about it. it's going to be a late night. are you ready? >> i am ready. it's not only going to be a light night but an early morning. it's going to be so important. ten states all the way up to alaska. expect the election results to last until the morning. >> thanks so much, mark preston, appreciate it. >> thanks, kyra. >> thanks so much for watching. continue the conversation with me on twitter or facebook. yes, i finally shocked a lot of people. cnn continues right now with our suzanne malveaux.

>> live from cnn headquarters where it's noon on the east coast and 9:00 a.m. on the west coast. the threat of nuclear in iran, another middle east war, even the price you pay for gas. we're all over the story, this special immediating between israeli prime minister, benjamin n netanyahu. the president said that the security is rock solid. >> the united states will always have israel's back when it it comes to israel's security. this is a bond that is based not only on our mutual security interests and economic interests but is also based on common values and the incredible people to people context that we have between our two countries. >> we're going to have more of their comments up ahead.

but, first, brutal tornadoes tear across the north and the south and the relentless storm system impacted millions and millions of people. 39 people died. the national weather service said 42 tornadoes slammed ten states on friday alone. we're going to go live to the tornado recovery zone in just a few minutes. one baby became a symbol of strength and hope after she had first survived the tornado that hit indiana. but little angel babcock has now died. her grandfather had to make the heartbreaking decision to take her off life support. her parents were killed in the tornado. >> my pastor is going to go in with me and we're going to pray and i'm going to tell that little girl, i'm going to tell her that it's time for her to meet her mommy and daddy.

things are obanly getting uglie in syria. one of the activists was just 14 years old, a victim of sniper fire near a factory. iran's supreme court has overturned the sentence for amir who was accused of being a spy. both his family and u.s. government denied it. what happens to him is still not clear. mitt romney, the big super tuesday race, romney how campaigning in young ston, ohio. it's one of ten states holding primaries and caucuses. a new poll shows that romney is ahead in ohio. the university poll shows that rick santorum leading 34% to 31% a week ago, santorum had a

seven-point lead. an advertiser has now pulled ads from rush limbaugh's conservative radio ad. they say the company went way too far when he attacked a law student who testified in support of contraceptive health care coverage. in case you didn't catch it the first time, here's what he said. >> what does this say about the college co-ed susan fluke who goes before a committee and says she must be paid to have sex? what does that make her? it makes her is slut, right? she's a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> limbaugh has since apologized for the comment. more now from the white house. we're following developments that could impact everybody.

president obama is meeting with president netanyahu. they agree on one thing. that is preventing a nuclear iran. the question is how? i want to bring in dan lothian. dan, we saw the president, the prime minister coming out of this meeting. what is the one thing that they hope this meeting will accomplish? >> i think president obama wants to resiterate that they are a strong supporter of israel but all options remain on the table when it comes to iran and that includes military action as well but the key message from president obama will be a call for patience. the president and this administration believing that there is still time for diplomacy to work, to let the sanctions take hold before you take any military action. from president netanyahu, the

message will be that the administration needs to take a more forceful public action in terms of condemning iran and threatening military action but also make the case that israel is in charge of its own security. and you heard that towards the end of his comments that he made early in the oval office when he said, quote, my supreme responsibility as prime minister of israel is to make sure that israel remains the master of its faith and making the point that israel is in charge here. they are the ones who will have to make that decision to go after iran. >> dan, let's talk about the two leaders here on the screen. they've had a rocky relationship in the past. remember when netanyahu was visiting, he was outraged during the vice president trip to israel. it was an embarrassment toed administration. what is the relationship now between obama and netanyahu?

>> reporter: you know, in being looki looking at today, it doesn't appear to be an ideal relationship. they are trying to put the most positive face on their relationship. and the president responding to that and answering that question said it was, quote, very functional. that's not quite a warm embrace. and that they share the same objective. the problem is that both the u.s. and israel have times in terms of the timing or going after that, it's amplified what some have described a frosty relationship. >> not warm and fuzzy. dan, thank you very much. we'lling followi

we'll be following the story throughout the day. thank you, dan. here's your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. this story breaks my heart because it involves my team, the new orleans saints. the nfl says the team defensive coordinator was paying bonuses to players for injuring their opponent. the nfl says the investigation shows that this program -- it was active 2009, 2010, 2011 and run by the saints' defensive coordinator craig williams. they say that the nfl knew about it but didn't do anything about it. the saints payed into a pool and would get cash rewards from it. williams would pay the players $1500 for injuring an opponent so badly that he was taken out of the game. and they got $1,000 for a cart off where an opposing player had to be carried off the field.

the result of this probe, they are troubling. the commissioner says the bounty program run by williams violates league rules. the saints are not the only team to be tarnished by bounties. several players say that williams had a similar program when he ran the team there. should nfl teams be punished for bounty programs or hard hits, playing tough is just part of the game. we want to hear from you. leave your comments at face book.com/suzannecnn. first, president obama tells israel, we've got your back when it comes to iran. we'll talk to a retired general about the increasing tension around stopping iran's nuclear

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tornadoes slam across ten states. a lot of people lost their loved ones. the death toll stands now at 39. some towns were pretty much wiped out. in hard-hit indiana, the cleanup is complicated by snow. lots of people spent the night in shelters. we're going to go live to tornado zone in just a second. but, first, a little baby who had first survived the tornado but killed her family has now passed away. 20-month-old angel babcock survived for two days after rescuers found her lying in a field. angel died last night after she was taken off of life support and her grandfather, he was the one who had to make that very

painful decision. >> reporter: camouflaged by twisted metal, a baby monitor rests near the wreckage that housed the young family taken by the march 2nd tornado. >> i've never been through nothing like this. it's horrible. >> reporter: jack knew there was a storm that fateful friday. when it passed, he made a quick trip to run errands. >> we was going to pay the water bill and they told us that there have been some people hurt near a lumber company. that made me think of my daughter. >> as he approached the mobile home park, it hit him. >> as we got closer, i thought, oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: his 20-year-old daughter mariah wasn't there. >> we got out and we just started calling her name. it was really horrible.

>> reporter: mariah, her long-time boyfriend, 21-year-old joe babcock and their children did not make it. >> the little boy was laying on the ground. they were trying to bring him back to life. >> reporter: 2-year-old jaden and 2-month-old angel were also dead. >> they was bringing the other little baby up from way up the road. >> angel's grandfather spoke to scott atkins before taking her off the life support. one of the toughest decisions he has ever had to make. >> my pastor is going to go in with me and we are going to pray there and i can going to tell that little girl that -- i'm going to tell her that it's time for her to meet her mommy and daddy. >> our thoughts and prayers go

out to that family. all of the other tornado victims. so many people suffered during those storms but we're hearing survival stories. one couple barely made it out of the tornado's path. they made it to safety with the help of some friends and told their story today on early start. >> we looked at the radar and it looked like it was heading for our home in scottsburg. our friends own a home and asked us to come down. so we stopped and picked up our best friends and barely made it here when when we got here, people were waiting to pick up their children, standing in front of the school. they couldn't see the tornado coming over the back of the school. we screamed, my husband screamed until they responded. they went inside. thank god i know that's why god put us here. >> i want to go to atheen na

jones. she's in henryville, indiana, to talk about how people are coping there. >> reporter: well, suzanne, as you can see here, the destruction in henryville has been extensive. i'm standing among downed power lines. the power is out so we are not in danger right now. you can also see and hear a generator being used by some people here who are trying to work on rescue efforts. right here we have what used to be an autobody repair shop and the mechanic had a dream of opening up his own repair shop and now you find that under rubble. you can still see some of the trucks in there at the time under the 2 by 4s, luckily, you can see, the snow fell overnight and it's stopped falling which is of help to the workers here. we expect the high to be about 40 degrees so that could give

them a chance to melt a little bit. over here there's another building that has become the iconic image of the tornado that came through on friday night. we spoke with the national weather service official who said that this tornado, one of the two tornadoes that came through henryville, was the strongest that hit among these tornadoes during this outbreak. they believe that it had a 50-mile path and that the winds reached between 166 and 200 miles per hour and so you can see here there is quite a lot of destruction and cleanup that has to get under way. we're told by the state police that half of the town of hen veevilve henryville has the power and electricity back. suzanne? >> thank you, athena jones. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi there, suzanne. we are looking at residents -- well, they can't come back in today. some business owners, some

workers can come back in. even as the snow continues to fall behind me, actually folks who work at the courthouse have been told that they can come back in. these are probably some of those folks right now. important papers, as you would imagine. court documents, same deal with the larger bank that was demolished. they want folks to come in and protect some of that important paperwork. these are things that you don't typically think about when it's just a slew of homes that have been flattened as opposed to a town that is the heart of this community. by the way, that's the new courthouse. that's supposed to be done any time and they want to move the debris to a safe spot. they've done a good spot of that on the streets itself but there's still a ton of it on the

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here's a rundown of some of the stories that we're working on. israel is not backing down on the war against iran. and then he may have said sorry for his attack on a college student but advertisers like aol with conservative radio host rush limbaugh, just in time for the votes on super tuesday, we're going to fact check the republican candidates for you in just about 20 minutes. and if push comes to shove, president obama says israel is not going to stand-alone. >> as i've said repeatedly, the bond between our two countries is unbreakable. my personal commitment, a commitment that is consistent with the history of other okay

cue pants and as i've said to the prime minister in every one of our meetings, the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to squuecuri. >> joining us to talk about the stakes in all of this, it's clearly very high, when president obama says, we've got your back, general, what does that mean and what does it look like militarily? >> well, when the president says, we've got your back, there are multiple ways to achieve that. there is military as well as what the president did not say but he did not say we've got your back militarily and in all of those efforts. but physical -- to answer the question very specifically, if israel were to strike iran, clearly israel would not do that without letting us know. it may be a notify tags just upon launch so we can't try to

talk him out of it but we would have to be there. that would connect us, the united states, to some type of a military action were that to occur. >> they would expect retaliation from iran, whether or not it's here in our country or in other bases? >> absolutely. it has more to do with our posture across the world and in very asymmetrical ways. different terrorists organizations will strike when we are most vulnerable, where we are soft. clearly, the hardest target is in the united states except for some elements that are sleeper elements and they would accelerate those plans but it would be u.s. interests globally

and absolutely. >> general, you have a lot of practice and experience and actually listening to world leaders. depending on -- what they are seeing and what they are hearing from these two leaders now is an attack on iran imminent? >> i would say that it's imminent, yes. the concern that we have is that iran's nuclear development clearly puts them to a nuclear capable nation, probably if you read the intelligence estimates, by 2013, by 2014. so the decision is can we respect that so they can determine whether they are exclusive peaceful uses of

nuclear power or if they are military uses or if there's a dual track. and clearly there's a capability to go down a dual track. and there are differences to go down between those two but it has to be tote and it transparency. if we are looking at what is taking place this year rget they might be capabilities realized unless something is done now. >> do you think president obama has the kind of influence, the kind of credibility, if you will, to persuade netanyahu to hold off, not to act if we feel that there's more time that is needed to establish what is actually taking place inside of iran? >> i have to say that the president of the united states is in an immensely powerful, enflew wengs -- we understand

that. the absolute decision making is imminent and eminent in the president. israel, however, is not the united states and they view iran through an entirely different prism. the challenge that we have, israel is an ally of ours and if iran is going to threaten one of our allies, how does that threaten us? and that is where we reside right now. >> thank you very much. obviously what you said is really quite alarming and both the leaders at the white house are trying to figure out a way to prevent all out attacks and conflict in the middle east and it sounds like from what you're saying that it is heading in that direction. general marks, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. we may have more answers on the situation in iran in the next hour. we're going to talk to the head of the iranian council about what the threat of war could mean for all those involved. of. mmmm.

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of washington and host rush limbaugh and in the debate over contraceptives calling her a slut and prostitute. since then he's and a statement from aol saying that one of the core values is that we act with integrity. we have determined that mr. limbaugh's comments are not in line with our values as a result we have made the decision to suspend advertising on the rush limbaugh radio show. i want to bring in our own john zarrella to talk about this. this is the eighth advertiser to cut ties with his program. the apology is not enough at this point? >> no. and clearly rush limbaugh is in a damaged control mode. evidenced when he went on the

air 35 minutes ago, suzanne. and right out of the box he asked his listeners, he said, listen, give me 30 minutes. i want to explain to all of you what i said, why i said it, and why i was wrong. >> in fighting them on this issue last week, i became like them. and against my own instincts, against my own knowledge, against everything i know to be right and wrong, i descended to their level. i became like them. and i feel very badly about that. >> now, the "them" he's talking about is those on the left, the people he's referring to there. but he went on to say, i do not think she is either of those two

words. my apology was sincere and heartfelt. i had no other ulterior motives. now, this morning on "the view," sandra fluke appeared. this was before her reiteration about the apology and she said in reference to the apology over the weekend that it doesn't change anything, that his apology came while he was under intense pressure. suzanne? >> john, do we know if he says on his own show that he plans to reach out to her directly and apologize to her directly, pick up the phone or something like that? >> not in any of what i've listened to so far. he did not say that, certainly not in the first 15 to 20 minutes of his remarks he did go on after initially apologizing to talk about his differences of opinion over the issue of contraception and that's where michelle went from there on.

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the biggest day so far in the run for president, super tuesday, more than 400 delegates up for grabs.

mitt romney picked up another win in washington state. this hour romney is campaigning in ohio. it's one of the major states holding primaries and caucuses tomorrow. a new poll shows romney ahead in ohio. he leads santorum 34% to 31%. a week ago, santorum had a seven-point lead. and the former first lady is lending her voice to the mitt romney campaign. listen up. >> hi, this is barbara bush calling for romney for president and believe mitt is the best man to leave the country for the next four years and will make a great first lady. >> imagine getting a call from a former first lady. the automotive robo call is calling up voters in ohio and vermont. and george h.w. bush announced his support of romney back in

december. actor steve bridges was found dead by his maid saturday morning inside his home. he was just 48 years old. the cause of his death isn't known but bridges gained international fame when he appeared on stage with president bush at the white house correspondence dinner back in 2006. i had a chance to see for myself what an amazing talent this guy was. >> as you know, i always look forward to these dinners. it's just a bunch of media, liberals like joe biden. how come i can't have dinner with a 36% of the people who like me?

the only thing missing is hillary clinton sitting on the front row rolling her eyes. >> well, a lot of folks loved to imitate bush but bridges was a huge hit. he did i am percentimpersonatio clinton and barack obama. did santorum fund planned parenthood? >> plus, new orleans saints under fire for a so-called bounty program. should the nfl teams be punished for bounty programs or hard hits playing tough hard to gain? i'm going to have your responses up ahead. [ mujahid ] there was a little bit of trepidation,

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so if it's true getting spoofed on saturday night live is an honor, mitt romney should be happy. here it goes. >> how do you feel about the michigan win?

>> well, we feel great. michigan was just another case of voters taking a look at mitt romney and saying, i guess. keep gas with out of touch of middle class voters. >> i'm not focusing on that. i'm focusing on the victories. as we say in the romney house. >> the ads are flying back and forth and sometimes it's hard to separate the facts from the fiction. editor of pulitzer price politico.com, bill, good to see you. let's start off with this one. the claim from an ad about the pac supporting rick santorum and

accusing mitt romney for leaving massachusetts with $1 billion in debt. >> that's a false on our meter. that did not happen. there was a projected shortfall right as duvall patrick was about to take over but it didn't materialize and it wasn't a debt in massachusetts where it says you have to have a balanced budget. >> what about this one? ron pal ad claims that rick santorum funded planned parenthood. is that possible? >> we gave that one a half true. this is sort of a classic half truth that we see in a lot of campaign ads and speeches. the true part of it is that santorum did vote for big aproop pree asian bills and included in that is title 10 and it was money that went to planned parenthood. now, did santorum specifically vote for planned parenthood? no. in fact, he's been on both

sides. he has said that he's opposed to title 10 funding, he has said he's for it. so half true on this one. >> little true, little false. okay, for fun here, the aclu of florida says there's a larger number of shark attacks in florida than there are of cases of voter fraud. what do we know? >> we gave that one a mostly true. >> really? >> this is one that we heard on the colbert report in a segment about a teacher who was actually charged with voter fraud and the claim by the aclu was is that correct shark attacks occur more often. they total 72 and there are 49 cases of voter fraud. we took it down a notch because there are record keeping issues that make those numbers not actually precise. so overall mostly true that there are more shark attacks in florida. >> and you can see so many different ways of looking at

that. i mean, you could debate that. bill, great to see you. thanks again. >> thanks, suzanne. >> sure. as part of our super tuesday coverage, you can take part in the cnn round table. it's a chat tomorrow at noon eastern on cnn.com. wolf blitzer and our political team are going to take you behind the scenes. our reporters and analysts will answer your question. cnn.com, interactive chat that begins tomorrow at noon eastern. check it out. all right. cnn is sounding off on the talk back question of the day. should nfl teams with bounty programs be punished? or is hard hits just part of the game? this is the investigation of new orleans found that the defensive coordinate for for three seasons was offering bonuses for hurting opposing players. they got $1500 for knocking a player out of the game. jamal writes, hard hits are one

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good samaritan pulling a man to shore. he's doing fine now but he could have gotten hypothermia had folks not acted quickly. these dogs are trying to pass the test and the group goes all over the world after disaster strikes. pretty talented bunch. tensions now growing between iran and israel. president obama meets withize see president israeli prime minister netanyahu. alison kosik is joining us from the new york stock exchange. these meetings are critical because folks are looking at it and looking, attic, at gas prices. >> exactly. oil prices and the price of oil

which is heavily influenced by events that happen around the world. of course, the latest here are the tensions with iran, that iran could go to war and that would disrupt the global supply of oil. you know this. iran had threatened to shut down the strait of hormuz. at this point, the supply and demand is fine right now but investors trade on fear and rumor. so this is enough to make oil prices go up. gas prices are at $3.77 a gallon. >> do we know how car makers are responding to these gas prices that keep going up and up? >> they are responding. they are making vehicles that run on something else, natural gas. gm says it's going to make the silverado and sierra truck that run on natural gas. reports are that chrysler is going to jump in and unveil a natural gas vehicle tomorrow. but they are not the first to do this. honda actually sells natural gas

in some states because, guess what, natural gas is cheaper. check out how much cheaper. a third cheaper than regular gas. we did the math for you. if you wind up spending $350 a month on regular gas, look at what natural gas will save you. about $115 a month in savings. that's a big savings. this is why that natural gas vehicle phenomena could catch on. >> that's cool. that's a lot of money there. is there any evidence that folks could actually pay for these? >> well, here's the big issue. there aren't a lot of places that you can gas up on natural gas. there are only 500 public natural gas stations in the u.s. compared to more than 100,000 of the regular gas stations. so it becomes sort of the chicken and the egg question. which comes first? the car or the fill-up station. if you build it, will they come? there's also an issue holding back this idea. consumers have short memories. gas prices are rising now.