>> shannon: we have three breaking stories this sunday afternoon. first, momentum for mitt romney. the remaining g.o.p. candidates have two days left to convince voters in 10 states to vote for them, as romney picks up a big endorsement. president obama has spoken to the largest and most influential pro-israel group in the country. did the folksats aipac like the speech? hundreds of injured and amazing stories of survival are surfacing, including a two-year-old girl found alive in a field, miles from her indiana home. i'm shannon bream. we begin on the road in ohio.

carl is bound for columbus. hello. >> reporter: hi, shannon. we are headed toward columbus on 91 north here, in the buckeye state, where all the candidates are absence, but all eyes are turned. mitt romney's campaigning in tennessee with rick santorum and newt gingrich is in virginia, doing the sunday morning talk shows, romney's victory in washington state has given him new momentum. there is a new poll out that suggests that the race has tighten and santorum's lead has disappeared and it's a virtual tie, only 2 points ahead of the margin of error of the poll and fully 70% of republicans in ohio believe that ultimately, mitt romney will be the nominee. it has prompted a debate, shadow boxing between santorrum and gingrich over which one should drop out, in order for the other to coalesce conservatives and

provide an alternate testify mitt romney. they were duking it out on the sunday shows this morning on exactly that subject. listen. >> in michigan, we would have won easily had those two votes been combined. but, you know, this is a process, newt has to figure out where he goes after georgia. >> i'm taking rick santorum's advice. he stayed in, he was running fourth in every primary. suddenly, he went to three states nobody else went to and he became the media darling and bounced back. >> reporter: newt gingrich is concentrating on georgia, where he began his political career and he is expected to win. gingrich hope its will get him momentum and squeeze santorum out of some of the super tuesday headlines and give gingrich a slingshot moment up in the southern states of alabama, mississippi and gingrich has suggested kansas, which is several weeks down the road.

as for santorum, strong running in tennessee and oklahoma and there are polls that suggest that the race might be tightening in tennessee. in ohio, the quintessential swing state, there is a real battle. organization will be key. getting out the vote. the phones are burning up, robo-calls to houses, sometimes two and three a night. the attack ads have filled the airwaves and the canvassers are hitting the pavement. santorum is not on the ballot in three districts and did not field a slate of delegates and he is ineleligible for 16 delegates. and santorum and gingrich are wondering how it force the other out to have more delegates for themselves.

>> shannon: literally from the campaign trail, thank you very much. mitt romney has another boost going into super tuesday two, endorsement, the first from eric cant othe house majority leader, the second-ranking house republican. speaker of the house, john boehner has not endorsed anyone. kantor's endorsment following that of bob macdonald. rom scprom ron paul were the only candidate who is qualified in virginia and romney also getting an endorsement from oklahoma senator tom coburn. president obama finished speaking to one of the most influential pro-israel groups in the counselry, coming with warnings for iran and insistence that the u.s. has israel's back. we have more on the important speech. >> reporter: there was fairly tough talk on iran from president obama, he restated his determination that iran should not get a nuclear weapon and supports sanctions and diplomacy

for the time being, but all lemes of american power could be used. let's listen. >> iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment, i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: now the president said he would not hesitate to use force if necessary and reaffirmed that israel has a sovereign right to make its own security decisions, all as iran continues to enrich uranium and the west continues to worry that it's on track to develop a nuclear weapon. the president said now is the time to let sanks have the desired effect and end the drum beat of war. israel's threatening to launch a preemptive strike to take out its preemptive capability. here's the israeli president this morning at aipac. >> a peace that is part of us is a nightmare in iran. they are afraid to show peace.

iran is an evil, cold, morally corrupt regime. it is an affront to human dignity. >> reporter: republicans republe questioned the president's commitment to support israel, even if it does make a decision to go to war unilaterally against iran and they are urging the president to deliver a strong message when he meets tomorrow with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >> what the president needs to do, he needs to send a signal of certainty that he does mean when he says and that we will not tolerate an iran that is nuclear capable. i think the fear is that we are going to allow iran to reach the level of capability and then it will be too late, in terms of stopping it from having a nuclear bomb. >> reporter: so the next chapter is the meeting between

benjamin netanyahu and barack obama here at the white house. back to you. >> shannon: thank you so much. joining with us more on the crucial talks in washington between the and the israeli prime minister netanyahu and how the relationship is playing on the campaign trail. we have a panel. >> good morning. >> shannon: the president's speech, he talked about the fact that some are playing politics. he said, so if during this political season, you hear questions of my support of israel, remember, it's not backed up by the facts. is it fair to provoke him to talk politics in the midst of this delicate relationship? >> of course, there is a campaign. and it's going to be an issue. the president's main point is that if you follow every action, he is puzzled that the republicans could assert he has done something less. on every critical step, the president has been fully behind

israel. he is -- not puzzled, sometimes upset and doesn't want it to be in the political realm. but the scary part he sees is that there should be no rush to war. this is where it's important to be sobbener your decision making. sabre rattling doesn't work so well in a country with iraq. i think that is also fodder for our political discussion. but probably, his strongest point is to say, if the sanctions are working, we have made it clear to israel, we are with them all the way tshould take away eric kantor or anyone else's argument. that isn't true. >> have you to look no further than the vice-president of the united states. vice-president biden said that the administration has made several missteps, whether it is the settlement or the negotiations from the 67 borders. so the vice-president of the united states is saying that -- admitting that they have well problems in dealing with israel. the president himself has had a

very rocky relationship with prime minister netanyahu. he caught an open mike, talking about how it's difficult to deal with netanyahu. i thought it was defensive, saying, hey, anything that you think is there, don't pay attention to it. but i think further, you are seeing a lot of concern with how he is dealing with iran of. there is a lot of concern in israel about how this president and the administration has changed policy with israel, in terms of standing up for them. >> shannon: it seemed like the speech was well received by the group there. he did a lot of tough language. some would see it as defensive. let's turn to super tuesday because i know a lot of the g.o.p. contenders are out there, talking about this particular relationship. a lot of them get a lot of applause had they talk about what they will do. there are a lot of states and a lot at stake on tuesday. tony, how do you see this? do you think one g.o.p. contender emerges? and the field coalesces?

or is that dreaming? >> rom has a dream and of course, rick santorum and newt gingrich and ron paul have a dream that thanks don't shape up and look clear. carl was in ohio for a reason of they are watching that one state. newt gingrich has georgia locked up. santorum's doing very well in tennessee. but what will ohio show us? it's a chance for romney to show us he doll well in a swing state, where he has no natural advantage, which you could say was the case in michigan. it doesn't mean that in mitt romney squeaks out a win in ohio that all the angst on the right will go away. i think that you will still have some people like george well who are worried. >> shannon: i want to give sean a chance i. we have six states with delegates that have awarded delegates. super trksdz we will have 9. 400 delegates.

i don't know how it's going to shake out. but every week seems to be, if florida will be decisive and then michigan -- ohio's going to be decisive. i think we have some time to let it play out. our enthusiasm gap is up, in other words, more republicans are engaged in the process and excited about the candidates and november. iing like where we're. i think we are well poised to go on in november and win. >> shannon: i am quite sure you do. always great to see you both. you can count on fox for the latest breaking election news. our super tuesday election coverage begins at 6:00 on tuesday with bret baier and megyn kelley. and frank luntz has a preview tonight at 10:00 right here on fox. >> they are meant to at a here. >> all i can hear is the wind

and... just some popping. i don't know what the popping was. >> in the wake of terrifying devastation by storms that ripped through several states, stories of survival are surfacing. more than 30 people in five states have been killed in the storms. our coverage stretches from alabama to indiana and we go to henryville, indiana, one of the hardest-hit communities. hello. >> reporter: hey. yeah. an ef-4 tornado, winds of 175 miles per hour, that doesn't happen that you get those types of tornadoes. and you end up with this damage that is far reaching, expansive and takes your breath away when you look at it and you see how much of the damage there is, a ton of homes have been destroyed. but if you go to the other side of the street here, you can see the school, a junior high/high school, next door to it is a grade school that has been damaged. they are out of school for at least a week.

i can tell you, you can look and see quickly, they start to do work, such as getting power restored. they get poles, power poles stuck in here. they -- doing that work. it's a monumental task to organize this, when you consider all the towns and the counties and states that have been affected here. i am joined by debbie fletcher with the department of homeland security. i tell you what, have you an incredible task on your hands. it seems like this has been happening over and over again. there were 12 disasters last year that cost over $1 billion and we possibly have another one of these. you are getting good at t. where do things stand right now? >> we are doing better. let's not say we are getting good at it. we would rather be very bored and not have to do these things every day. we are trying to work within the management system and get people trained. everything starts and ends local. so all the way from the locals to the federal government, everyone needs to work together to manage things.

>> reporter: with that said, is there a place to get people to get the information to help you with your job? >> we definitely encourage people. fema is on the way. they will be coming theor identify whether they have enough damage for a federal disaster. probably do. but we have to follow the proper channels to get there. so people can go to fema.gov to track that. there is a place that says, for a disaster, if you have been a victim of a disaster, tell give you information. they can go to the indiana department of homeland security's web site to give them, as well, give them some of the information and tell them what the status is on their -- you know, the requests and resources and things like that. >> reporter: perfect. people will need the assistance in all of these communities. this one here, henryville, indiana. kentucky also significantly damaged. i want to go to mike tobin. you were here and now you near kentucky. what does it look like there?

>> reporter: i can tell you one thing, here, it's a tight, family-knit community, braving for the cold. there is a woman who lived in that trailer there. she had family to rely on, somewhere to go when the tornado hit. in fact, her father lives in this house, over here, right now. they're aggressively topping up the roof ahead of the ?roa that you see starting right now. this is because the house is a loss, but the things inside are valuable. now the gentleman who lived inside of that house, rode out the storm. thought he was a goner and at this stage of the game, even though he lost his house, he says he's grateful. >> what did you think? >> i thought it was all over. >> reporter: i bet you did. >> yes. >> reporter: you know, you seem like you are pretty upbeat to me. are you a guy who says you lost your house but you kept your life? >> i'm a christian. the good lord was with me and i

am glad to be alive. kireplace that. >> reporter: here's your example of the community pulling together. all of these power crews, out here in the driving snow that is starting, doing what needs to be done now. the most important task is restoring the infrastructure. if you can get a look at the awesome power, as the tornado came through here, knocking down all of these trees. a mother and daughter were killed on the other side of that valley. as we have driven around, the focused intensity of the tornadoes. you drive for miles, you don't see any destruction and you come to a location where the tornado struck down, all the houses are gone, all the trees are over and all the power lines have been knocked down as well. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: mike, thank you very much. in light of this, the storm and

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we are still in the response phase, the phase that we are moving into the recovery phase of -- of responding to this disaster. at this point, we have had local authority, first responders and the national level and the department of homeland security, really coordinating response effortings. but it's the individual hoosier, volunteer, neighbors, families and friends who are really at this point doing most of the response, picking up rubble, they are tending to the concerns of their neighbors, giving them a place to stay in the near term. we're moving into a phase of our recovery efforts where very soon, we will begin to actually start rebuilding the structures in a more active way and also figure out, you know, the insurance, reimbursement occurrence of many citizens and figure out how different levels of government can provide financial ssiftance to those who

are most hurting. >> shannon: we are seeing toppled buses and semis and buildings ripped apart. for those who are most in need right now, what is their best place to reach fought for immediate assistance? >> the clark county red cross is the local agency that both indiana state police and the local authorities are advising people to contact. for those who would like to access the clark county red cross by web -- their web address is www.clarkredcross.org. i would also mention that there has been such an outpouring of support, people really would like to have this -- a personal connection with those who are in need. i certainly understand that. i saw a lot of evidence of that on the ground. but we have such a surplus of people reaching out right now

that it's clogging up the roads in henryville and some of the other impacted areas. so i would advise people to work through the red cross or contact the renc facility, which is the operations center, to respond to this emergency, rather than going out to the impacted areas. >> shannon: all right. congressman todd young, thank you so much for the information. we have it there on the screen. we're sending our thoughts and prayers to the folks of indian a. thank you, sir. >> thank you, much. >> shannon: senator rick santorum says newt gingrich is to blame for dividing the republican vote. does santorum think it's time for one of his rivals to check out of the campaign trail? >> this newt gingrich drop out? >> well, that's up to him to decide. but clearly, if you continue to combine the votes that congressman gingrich and i get, we are doing pretty well. [ peggy ] here's me.

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posting notes on a white house message board, where he threatened to kill the president and elementary school children. the university of north carolina has pulled off a big win over duke. the tar heels won on the road, 88-70 and they clinched the acc regular-season title. those are the top stories right now. >> thank you very much. >> we have the anti-romney vote, if you will, both gingrich and i are out there slugging away am but we are the alternate, the clear alternative. eventually, hopefully, the race settles out and we will get a chance to go one on one. once that happens, we feel very comfortable that we are going to win. >> shannon: that was senator rick santorum. i sat down with chris wallace to get a preview of his exclusive interview with the former senator. chris, ahead of super tuesday, you had rick santorum on today.

you talked to him about ohio, a key state with a slim margin. but he is not qualified for the all the delegates at stake. >> no, that's right. you are seeing the price that rick santorum is paying for the fact that he was such a long shot last year. i mean, his campaign in iowa, consist have had him and one supporter, traveling around in a pickup truck to all 99 counties. the result of which is that he did not make the ballot, gingrich didn't either in virginia. so he has no chance of winning those 49 delegates. and it appears because of filing problems, he is not eligible for 18 of the delegates in ohio. he is really behind the 8 ball. he says, we are competitive in plenty of places. he could win ohio and he is leading in tennessee, but the basic campaign confidence or the fact that he didn't have much of a campaign then, he is paying now. >> shannon: he was trying to be

positive. he mentioned the money of romney and the groups supporting romney, that he tried to couch it as we are doing pretty good against that. >> and they are. romney won and he gets all the credit for what happened in michigan. if you had said a month before, santorum is going to run within 3 points and 30,000 votes in romney's home state of michigan, you would say, that's sensational. he is running, it's like the little train that could, he is running a remarkable campaign, given the odds, but in the end, what matters is winning and losing and delegates. i will say that, ohio is huge for him. he missed a huge opportunity in michigan. if he pulled that off, i think he would have replaced romney as the frontrunner, if he could goit in ohio, he scrambles the race. if he loses ohio, he has a bit of a problem. >> shannon: tomorrow, the white house, the president will sit down with israel's prime

minister netanyahu to discuss our relationship and where we go. you talked to senators about that. >> specifically, what are we going to do about iran? israel is itchier about going after iran's nuclear program because they say that even if iran has the pieces to make a nuclear weapon, that's enough and they don't have as much as of a military operation, they valid to strike earlier. the u.s. is say other, we need to scbait let sanctions go and give them more time, the iranians. and we also have more weapons here. but i think israel is not going to depend on the help of the united states. they are going on say, we want it in our hands. if we feel it's slipping away, we will take action. it will be interesting to see how they sort that out tomorrow. >> shannon: thank you very much for the preview. >> you bet. >> shannon: catch all of chris's full interview here at 2:00 and

6:00 eastern. if you have gassed up recently, you are feeling the pain at the pump. the national average is $3.76, up 30 cents from a month ago. some are calling on the president to take action. but what can he or congress do to make a difference? joining us now is elliot engle and michael burgess, both members of the house energy and commerce committee. >> thank you. >> shannon: the president said he wants to count on a few things, streamlining efforts in a few area, primarily in getting our cars to be more fuel efficient, to help everyone across the board. do you agree? >> i have no argument that fuel efficiency as a strategy and i welcome the president who, has adopted an all of the above strategy. house republicans have been saying this for years. we need an all hands on deck approach to the energy problems, the lack of energy policy has been a serious, serious shortcoming. but there are people whoa try to

manipulate the market, investors domestically and will sovereign well funds foreignly. we lived through the oil embargo of '73 and '74. some countries look at this as a means to manipulate the markets of the united states. so we need to be busy on this because i don't know that we can seriously protected ourselves against the next economic downturn and we can scarcely afford that now. >> shannon: congressman engle, one of your colleagues referenced a number of measures that have passed the house and haven't had a chance in the democratically controlled senate. what dodge do you think of these issue snitches i think we need to have a bipartisan energy policy. i don't think it help fist democrats propose things and republicans propose things and there is finger pointing. i have sponsored a bill, which is gathering lots of steam,

along with congressman shawn shimkus. i believe and he believes that every car that is manufactured in america ought to be flex fuel, meaning it would run on ethanol, methanol, anything that would help it to save fuel efficiency. other countries do this. it would cost $100 or less per car. we have natural gas in the united states. we can turn that into methanol. this is what we somebody doing, i think. brazil does it and it's done in many other countries. i think we should study every energy policy. the american people don't want to see a democratic energy paling or a republican energy policy, we need an american energy policy. we really need to do it. i hope we can do it on the energy and commerce committee by passing my legislation and congressman shimkus's legislation. that won't be a panacea.

it's very complicated. there are all kinds of demands, india and china are driving prices up, tensions with iran are driving prices up. to some degree, we are limiting what we can do. but we should leave no stone unturned. >> shannon: is that a bill that you could work for, something that would make all autos flex-fuel in the future? >> well, look, we have already tried the massive ethanol subsidies and they haven't worked. but i am all for anything that can improve our nation's energy solution. natural gas as a powering source for vehicles works. i have a manufacturing plant in my district that builds an off-the-line lionel natural gas fired big rig. there is nowhere to gas them up. but for the companies that have local deliveries, if seems to be a strat yee that -- a strategy that works. the metro buses in d.c. and in fort worth, texas, run off

natural gas. that's a good first step. it's a much cheaper transportation fuel. but look, you talk about a bipartisan approach. bill clinton said to barack obama, you ought to do this keystone deal because it would take some of the pressure off. and you know, there is a bipartisan approach. i don't normally agree with bill clinton. but i think in this instance, he's likely correct. the problem is in order to insulate us from the disparaging aspects of the world market, we need to increase american energy production in every way that is feasible. the president likes to take credit, but he has not had much to do with that. this is oil on state lanced like texas and produced on private lands. but the big problem is the lockout on the federal lands, both onshore and offshore that -- where the president refuses to budge and even talk about the issue. that's the problem. >> shannon: all right.

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individual mandate is constitutional? thank you for coming in today. okay. what we are talking about. >> shannon: judges the first day of arguments is committed to the anti-injunction act, which the bottom line is, is the case ripe for review? you have to wait until someone is quote/unquote injured by the law. where do you think the court will go with that? >> it's important to remember that the taxing power is one of the most important powers that the constitution givens to the federal government. andwhen george washington was fighting the revolutionary war, he lamented over and over about that that they didn't have the power to tax directly. so i think it makes sense that there would be a law, the anti-injunction act that says that you can't challenge a tax before it's collected because that could shut down the operations of the federal government that relies on that -- >> shannon: and you are referring to the mandates?

>> exactly. there is the question of whether the minimum coverage penalty, if you don't buy a minimum level of insurance is a tax and if so, does that mean that it can't be challenged until the tax is paid, which would be 2015 on the tax return? so i think it's unclear what the court will do, but now they have added more time to the argument for that section, we will know a lot more after that day irvetion so they are taking this position very seriously as a possibility. but if that's where we go, then this case is not decided until after a lot of those keys of the law kick in 2014, do you think they would delay such a difficult decision. >> you would hear a massive sigh of disappointment from both sides of this case. both sides of the case want the court to resolve the merits. there are immensely important consequences, practically, it's astronomical, whether the law is

constitutional. so whether the anti-injunction argument might be a sleeper and give a court a route to the goal to defer the merits for a few years, that will be very, very disappointing. and a lot of judges will be itching to get to the merits on the constitutional grounds. >> they have taken the case and all parts of it, the issue of mandates and severability and medicaid. do you think there is a chance they would defer and say we will decide on the inside jarvegz act, but we won't get to the case until the law kicks in? >> it's very hard to predict. but both the federal government and those challenging it have said you can decide the case on the merits and you can get to the constitutional issues now. i think that's going to be very attractive for the court. on the other hand, even though the federal government is trying to say, yes, decide the issue now. it's on the technical issue of saying, it's a tax, you have to wait until you pay the tax, then it's pretty clear that you made a very good argument for why the

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>> he mocks communion rites and implies a link between the catholic church and pedophiles and closes with this sentence: quote, need i remind that you only once has a roman catholic been elected and the how tragically it ended, an apparent reference to the assassination of john f. kennedy. after public outcry, doyle said it should be viewed as satire. saying that it's traditional for me to half apologize. but i really don't mind if anybody was offended. tony perkins is one of several

conservative leader who is demanded an apology from the editor in chief, arianna huffington. >> can we talk about the aspects of those religious views and how that might impact public policy? absolutely. that's a legitimate discussion that we can have. but to marginalize or demean someone because they have a faith that impacts their decisions, that's going too far. >> mitt romney's faith has been targeted as well. in the last g.o.p. debate, new york times columnist tweeted an insult, aimed at romney, which ended, quote, stick that in your magic underwear, a reference to temple garments that many consider it sacred. and he admitted that that was wrong with no caveat. the authors say the web site has a double standard, arguing that if a similar argument was on the islamic faith, the public outcry

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barack obama. they want somebody who can manage the economy. those remain a romney's strengths. when 70% of republican voters in ohio the premier bellwether state with a long history of being right when it comes to presidential politics, how they vote here does shape what happens. that 70% now is perhaps even more important for people who think that romney will be the nominee as opposed to the dead heat. we have to wait for the returns on this one. santorum had a lead. it may be eroding particularly in light of last night's washington victory for romney. >> shannon: newt gingrich set the bar high for himself for super tuesday. he said his home state of georgia is a must win. a new poll shows the former house speaker has a double digit lead there. the atlanta journal constitution has him 14 points ahead of romney and 16 points ahead of santorum. the real clear politics average has a similar picture.

earlier this week a senior advisor for rick santorum's campaign suggestd that gingrich should get out of the race and he fired back today. >> he can tell his top advisor i'm taking his top advise. he stayed in and was running fourth and he went to three states nobody else went to and became the media darling and bounced back. >> shannon: come tuesday, ten states up for grabs. more than 400 delegates. as you saw there, gingrich is focusing on georgia where he does have a substantial lead. today, rick santorum is saying that state is up for grabs. let's talk about it with the deputy campaign manager for newt gingrich who joins us here live. i was in georgia last week. he had a lot o of enthusiasm there and big roots there. he said he has to win. the polls look like he will. is it a must win for him if he wants to stay alive past tuesday? an important state for tim. the largest state at stake on

tuesday, 76 delegates. it is the state that knows them best. the state where the negative ads by the other candidates won't have as much impact because they know the truth about gingrich. somebody who went to washington and won the speakership and reformed welfare. balanced budgets. cut taxes. they are confident about newt gingrich's leadership and his ability to beat barack obama. >> shannon: and in this interesting position. at one point there was a suggestion that he felt rick santorum should drop out and let the true conservatives coalesce behind them. do you think he will to to the campaign or to the convention in august? >> we are working to have a strong showing on super tuesday. i think we will have success in georgia and we will continue this campaign. this is a long campaign. 2012 is designed as a long campaign.

we haven't had this experience in the republican party and over the long campaign we are confident newt gingrich will do well because over the long campaign the negative attacks and superiority of money will not have as much impact because people will have internalized it and over time people will see newt gingrich is showing the leadership to beat barack obama. two speeches in rebuttal to his plan to get us down in gasoline. he is showing his leadership and what he can do to move the country forward. >> shannon: some in the media have gone after catholicism and mormonism. some say that republicans are the ones that introduced the idea and they brought it up on their side of the ticket. something we heard the former speaker talk about as well. do you think it is something that should be dominant on the

campaign trail? >> the catholic church, the bishops of this country, the cardinals, cardinal george and cardinal dolan have described what president obama has done with the new regulation as an unjust law. this is happening in america's largest church in the united states is calling it an unjust law. that is without parallel. it is impossible to describe the impact that is happening on our christian institutions when the government by coercion wants religious institutions to do something against their religious belief. that is not what this country was founded upon. these issues have to be address by the candidates on the campaign trail and frankly by president obama. this regulation is a part of obama care. we will have a repeal of obama care. the people whose country don't want obama care and here they are trying to give goodies away to try to salvage it but you have a bigger problem. the bigger problem is that they have the catholic church

denouncing this in the strongest terms possible and i think over time you will see the democratic party suffer for it. >> we will be watching come tuesday out on the campaign trail and beyond. we will see how it goes for you in georgia and the other nine states in play. vince, thank you very much for coming in. >> thanks, shannon. >> shannon: mitt romney scored big endorsements leading into super tuesday. peter doocy is live with more details on that. >> first, house majority leader eric cantor who said this. >> that is the central issue of this campaign. mitt romney is the only man in the race who has actually created jobs and he is the candidate for us at this time and it is an important election in our country's history. >> and oklahoma senator tom coburn said he served in congress with the other candidates and too often gingrich, santorum and paul displayedion speedently rather

than congressional kranl. john mccain backing romney. just one nascar is back ron paul, that is his son, rand paul. no congress amy winehouse members backing santorum or gingrich. santorum has only four and paul just two. romney has the most support in d.c. and the most support at the state level. ten u.s. governors including new jersey's chris christie and bob mcdonald backing romney. paul and santorum blank in the governor category. our 41st president, george bush wants romney and so does supermodel cindy crawford. gingrich has todd pal and chuck norris cheering him on. iowa's secretary of state wants santorum. and ron paul's endorsement include jess jesse ventura andp

dogg. we still haven't heard from the speaker of the house report senate majority leader or president george w. bush about who they want to get the nomination. >> shannon: peter, thank you very much. >> a really mighty tornado. had to be really strong. it went nice and quick. it really didn't have much chance to think about it. >> stories from survivors of the terrifying moments as tornadoes touched down, kilting more than 30 people across five states. now, the cleanup effort begins. for some it resumes in some areas hit more than once by the storms. we have live team coverage with jonathan serrie in tennessee. >> 50 homes damaged or destroyed just in in neighborhood where i i'm in the harrison community northeast of the chattanooga, tennessee.

some residents here in what remains of a house that was severely damaged in the tornado. as you pan down here you can see the gully. residents say that the twister dropped down into the gully which kept it cop taped for awhile. it went in circles before finally leaving the neighborhood which may have increased the damage. 25 people suffered injuries. at least six of those injuries serious. i want to bring in kimberly george with the sal expectations army doing good work in this community. what is the greatest need this neighborhood. >> this neighborhood right away needs prayers to help rebuild. the sal expectation salvation f this community and before the storm we are already preparing. we have hugged and prayed with them and then also providing physical help. we have been providing beverages and food since the storm hit immediately afterward. the sal expectations army's promise is doing the most good with your time, money and resources and that is what we

need in order to help rebuild. we are relying on those who give, that is the best way to help right now. text storm to 80888 or go to donate.sal vision army.usa.org. >> kimberly thank you very much. a meteorologist from the national weather service were here yesterday looking at the damage to guess an assessment. they believe it was an ef 2 tornado with winds in the neighborhood of 111 to 135 miles an hour. but there are many other communities here in the southeast that were hard hit. one of them is hazel green, alabama. and that is where my colleague elizabeth prann is right now. what can you tell us? >> good to see you. hats off to the hard working crew over there. folks here are really pulling themselves out of a state of shock as they get word they upgraded the status. it was an ef 2 but the national weather service now says the

storm that touched down was an ef 3. people sustained winds 140 miles per hour. the storm was 250-yards wide and we also know it stretched across 34 miles as it hopscotched across the county. i want to give you an example of exactly what the storm did. you can see the track of the storm. the house to the left that red brick home unscathed but to the right-hand side that house was literally split horizontally as the storm touched down in this cull desack here. you can see this home the brick on the side of the house was really taken off. folks tell us when the storm hit they could feel the foundations of their home shake. what they do say in this neighborhood although this area was h hit so hard last year, 2011, april 27 when an ef 5 came through this area was not damaged. so they do say that that are now on the other side of the spectrum. before they were helping people and now they are in need of help.

here is what one resident told us. listen here. >> this doesn't happen to me. it happens to everybody else. i always help everybody else out. you know, i don't like to take anything from anybody. and yet everybody has came by here while we are trying to salvage what we can, come by giving food and giving water, you know, people is good. god it good. >> maybe it is because we face so many of these but it is a rallying point. people pull together and help each other are and work together and there is a real spirit of unity. >> just how example -- an example of how heavy the winds were. a graveyard not far from here a lot of the headstones the granite split right in two. shannon, back to you. >> encouraging to see folks willing to reach out and take care of each other. thank you so much for the update there. >> things are starting to quiet

down across the country. good news for a lot of folks. maria molina with the forecast. >> good to see you. we are not expecting another severe weather outbreak any time soon. however, we do want to focus on the weather for the cleanup efforts across parts of kentucky, southern indiana and even down into parts of tennessee and alabama because unfortunately we are going to be enduring some relatively cool temperatures and even cold in some spots including parts of indiana and also kentucky. is where temperatures are hover right around freezing right now. as we head into tonight we can be looking at chilly temperatures in the upper 20s and some fog. is not the best weather for if there are any survivors still out under any rubble that is not good news for them and we are expecting to see a little bit of snow coming in through some of the areas like, indiana, and also, kentucky, with a storm system across the midwest. right now we do have light flurries flying around parts of indiana, ohio, down into southeastern kentucky and also west virginia. this is not a big deal, though. these are just some flurries, a

snow shower, maybe a coating here and there. it is a system on the back end of that that ising if to be producing accumulating snowfall in some parts of indiana as well as eastern, kentucky. we are talking about snowfall accumulations as we headed into late tonight and also tomorrow morning on the order of 1 to 3 inches of snow. otherwise, it is not a massive storm system but nonetheless not news we want to hear, shannon when we are talking about trying to clean up the damage out there and now we are talking about some snow moving through. >> shannon: absolutely. all right, thank you for giving us a head's up. >> at least 19 people were killed in storms that ripped through kentucky. that state was one of the hardest hit. up next we will talk to the state's governor. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8.

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>> shannon: gas prices here in the u.s. are continuing to rise. right now the national average price for a gallon of regular base is $3.76, up 30 sens 30 cm a month ago. how does that compare to prices around the world? >> don't blink, the price of gas will change but you can close your eyes and know what direction it is going, up. pump prices keep heading higher across the u.s. with $5 a

distance streak distance tay according to some predictions. what we pay is different from the price per gallon in other countries. the price is about half the gallon in western europe which is near 8 bucks a barrel. in italy have a couple of cappuccinos for the price of a gallon at $8.60 a gallon. why so high across the pond? can you say taxes? often 50% of the price at the pump while we pay 10% in taxes here. where is gas cheapest? makes sense in the countries that produce the most amount of oil and often have the wealthiest governments able to subsidize the price per gallon. in saudi arabia, usually less than 50 cents and in kuwait less than a buck a gal ron. venezuela you could drive up to the pump and see a price less than a dime for every gallon at

the beginning of the year. africa is much more erratic. although nigeria produces several billion gallons it cannot refine its own oil and gas prices vary widely making it a luxury for many in the foreign nation at $2.28 a gallon. why so much difference globally when oil is roughly the same price worldwide. again, tax is one reason but remain, oil, the main ingredient in gas is just one part of determining its price. refining and distribution is another big part and why prices in the u.s. can vary so much. one thing all countries have in common, most analysts agree that political intention will only added -- political tension will only add more fuel to the fire on prices short term. >> shannon: brenda buttner with the explanation. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> shannon: more than a dozen deaths have been reported in kentucky alone from that severe weather on friday night. the governor has been touring the damage.

he has authorized the deployment of the kentucky national guard. the kentucky governor joins us on the phone now. thank you for taking time out for us. the kentuckians i know are a resilient bunch. how are the people of your state responding today. >> they are responding courageously and aggressively. we now have at least reported some 20 fatalities and we had some real devastation in several of our communities. west libertyn of west live almost totally destroyed. another community had significant damage. our folks are resilient as you say, shannon and they will bounce back. this is going to be tough and going to teak us awhile but we will come through you it. >> shannon: governor, as we are talking we are seeing pictures of the damage in kentucky and it almost just takes your breath away. have you ever seen anything like that? >> no, i haven't. we have had some natural

disasters during my time as governor that have been severe but from a total destruction standpoint this is the worst that i have seen. >> we mentioned that you authorize the national guard to start helping out there. are there other resources for people if they have friends or family and they want to reach out for assistance at this point? >> yes, fortunately we were tracking these storms all along and as prepared as you can be for this kind of thing on the state and federal level. we have federal folks on the ground with the state folks and emergency management people and first responders and we are moving from a search and rescue part of the mission into a cleanup and damage assessment and we are going to be working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. folks if they want to help they need to call the red cross. call their emergency management folks. we don't need people just coming in there and getting in the way, you know, obviously

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tornadoes that killed more than 30 people in five states. the national weather service issued nearly 300 tornado warnings from friday through early yesterday. big bucks shelled out ahead of super tuesday. candidates and independent groups spent nearly $10 million on ads in the ten states that vote on tuesday and nearly half of the money comes from the pro romney group restoring our future. police in texas on the hunt for a pair of suspects they say stole cookie money fro from a p of girl scouts. the men walked up to the girls and took their money box with 200 bucks. the university of north carolina has pulled off a big win over duke. the tar heels won on the road at cameron indoor are stadium, 88-70 to clinch the acc regular season title and those are the top stories right now, shannon. back to you. >> shannon: and we have a niece update. we have been talking about the girl scout story and folks coming up and taking off with their $200. somebody contacted me and they

want to remain anonymous and want to make up the $200 to the girl scouts. >> thank you, anonymous. >> thanks anonymous. more on that coming up. thanks, peter. >> more than 400 delegates at stake on super tuesday. ten states will hold contests. check in with tom b bevin founr of real clear politics. thanks for joining us. ohio rick santorum has seen his lead shrinking there. a real tight race basically within the margin of error. what can you tell us. >> santorum had had a lead that was approaching double digits prior to the vote in michigan where romney won and the latest batch of polls that have come out, 3 polls over the last 48 hours show the race tightening up. all within the margin of error. very, very close. and ohio is being sort of pitched as sort of the key race

on tuesday. if santorum can upset romney it could sort of shift the gop race yet again back to more wide open. >> all right, just your professional opinion here. a little bit of guess work but as you watch these polls do they normally tighten in a key state like that or do you think that michigan did have significant influence on what happens now in ohio? >> well, i think michigan had some influence. next door obviously, it was seen as a key race for romney to win. this is set up as sort of a key for santorum. a must win for santorum. it doesn't necessarily affect across the country. on georgia which is also up on super tuesday newt gingrich is holding on that his home state. but definitely in ohio it is a state where it has closed up and certainly that part of it has been -- was romney's victory on tuesday. >> shannon: you mentioned georgia. let's talk about that. the biggest delegate prize on tuesday. 7 delegate7 of76 delegates the.

gingrich wasn't born and raised there but it is referenced as his home state, he started his career there. he is doing well, there. do you you think he maintains lead going intnto tuesday? >> he does. what is interesting as you said 76 delegates at stake in georgia, the most of any state on super tuesday. if gingrich does win by 12 to 15 points even though delegates are awarded proportionally he will win the lion's share of the delegates. could be close to a clean sweep there and that gives him a little boost and provides much needed positive headlines for gingrich to re-establish himself perhaps continue to generate fund raising as the race moves forward. >> shannon: let's look at another state, tennessee. another one that, you know, a lot of folks say will give sort of a feeling about how folks are feeling in the south for the various candidates. rick santorum looks to have a really nice lead there and he actually picked off one of gingrich's cochairs who is

leaving the gingrich campaign campaign. how important is tennessee in the scope of things? >> i think it is important. again, this is another place where santorum has been leading in the polls although we did have a poll out from rasmussen showing he is only leading romney by four points there. we will see whether the race has shifted significantly in tennessee. romney is about where he was in 2008. he lost that state to h huckabee by 11 points. if santorum can win, tennessee, on tuesday that will be another boost for him and keep this race moving well beyond super tuesday into the spring. >> shannon: i want to ask you about the general election. seeing much movement in the polls that put individual gop candidates head to head against president obama? >> not a ton. right now the one thing that has shifted, shannon is that romney was once seen as sort of the most electable republican candidate. that is not necessarily the

case any more. he is trailing obama by about five points. rick santorum is also trailing obama by about five points and there is actually a poll out that shows rick santorum beating obama in a head-to-head matchup in november. even ron paul is only trailing obama by 6.5 points. newt gingrich is the only one trailing by double digits. this that sense the race has shifted a little bit in that three of the four republican candidates are running equally against obama in november. >> shannon: tom bevan, always appreciate your expertise. thank you so much. >> you you bet. >> shannon: ten states on tuesday and campaign carl is covering all of them. he talked with us about the battle for ohio and told us it will be close there. carl, where else could it be close and important on tuesday? >> particularly for rick santorum, tennessee and oklahoma. he has a lead in the polls and as tom was just saying there is evidence that suggests it is getting a a little tighter in the volunteer state. in tennessee there are now two polls. one from rasmussen and one from

american rehe search group. these are automated telephone calls by machines and they suggest that the race has tightened significantly in tennessee and santorum and romney may actually contest there. santorum leads but romney is within a few points and that lead seems to be shrunk by the most recent polls. oklahoma is where santorum has to do well and he is running strong there. georgia with newt gingrich's prohibitive favorite status there is more important because of the momentum it might restore for newt gingrich down the road. the former speaker made it clear that he needs to have not just a win but you a deceasive big win because he is counting on it being momentum that would essentially squeeze santorum out of the headlines not this coming tuesday but a week later when the race moves on to alabama and mississippi. southern primary states down there that newt gingrich hopes that he can win as the only southerner in the race. as for ohio it is deed even and whereever we go we get asked by people at santorum events whether we think santorum is going to win. everybody is asking one

another, it is that close. and that is really one of the reasons why ohio is so symbolic. a very sophisticated electorate with a long history of picking the ultimate winners in races a all the campaigns know a win here means big, big, big, momentum. >> shannon: you mentioned oklahoma as one to watch. senator tom coburn today coming out and endorsing mitt romney. how much sway do you think that will have with voters there? >> it matters not so much in oklahoma as it does nationally and in washington. today the endorsement of senator tom coburn one of the rock ribbed and uncompromising conservatives in the senate means a lot. and it is bicameral. the endorsement of eric cantor. a staunch conservative in the house and a staunch conservative in the senate means a lot to mitt romney who has got a problem with doubts in the republican establishment whether or not he can be a reliable conservative to have

their endorsements matter. romney has momentum coming out of michigan and washington state. there is a little bit. the thing that troubles santorum and newt gingrich the most is that mitt romney has an established four-year-old organization across the country from his run in '08. that experience, that satisfactory and that knowledge of what needs to be done like getting on the provisional ballot in places like, ohio, for the delegate count really matters and as time goes on his money and organization may make it able for him to move forward. if they continue to split the base it helps mitt romney and everybody in the republican party knows it. >> shannon: campaign carl live on the trail. thank you so much. plagiarism has become a problem on college campuses. 50% of college presidents say plagiarism has increased mostly because of the internet.

some schools have a new program to h help weed out the cheaters. casey stegall has more. hi, casey. >> the students hav to be care. also a study out of rutgers university where some 200,000 college kids across america were polled and 44% of them admit to using the internet to plagiarize their homework but the new program is cracking down on the problem. >> they have take and paragraph straight out of a sample essay and pieced the whole thing together. >> you can cheat but you can't hide. >> they believe that by do iting that we can't detect the plagiarism. >> but schools can thanks to a computer program many employ called turn in it. it scans a student's work and then cross matches it with the internet looking for the telltale signs of a copy and paste job. and it is not just written assignments and thesis papers. ucla's anderson school of business uses the software to

weed out candidates who have plagiarized their application essays. >> the black is a piece that they wrote themselves. every other piece is color coded and on the right-hand side is the source. >> turn it in developers say it is a way to make sure students are qualified to enter a school and are properly rewarded for the work they do. >> when you go to a doctor's office and look at their degree on the wall or think about the engineers building a new building or a bridge you want to make sure that they earned those degrees and they didn't cut corners to get them. >> now, in the end the schools is always double check what the computer finds and there are kit tips out there that say that this -- critics that say that this violates a student's privacy because their own work should be their own intellectual property and not stored in a database but universities more than 100 across the country that are using the program say it is crucial to make sure that they are weeding out cheaters. >> shannon: very, very interesting. thank you for the warning to

everyone out there. >> sure. than and by the way, president obama is warning iran he will not hesitate to protect the u.s. and its interests against potential nuclear threats. those words this morning to the largest proisrael group in america. how was the president's speech received at apac? a young girl found alone and clinging to life in a field after a tornado ripped through you her hometown. her story and the latest on the storms and devastation, next.

>> shannon: earlier today president obama spoke to one of the most influencial proisrael groups in the country. the speech came with warnings iran and insistences that the u.s. has israel's back. >> the president said he will not hesitate to use force if necessary to prevent iran from obtaining a nuke weapon but also said "there is too much

loose talk of war" and now is not the time for bluster. >> now, is the time to heed the timeless advice from teddy roosevelt, speak softly, carry a big stick. and as we do, rest assured that the iranian government will know our resolve. that our coordination will with israel will continue. >> now, the president said he wants to let the newest sanctions against iran have their desired effect and allow time for that to happen but that military force is still an option because is he does not have a policy of containment that is allowing iran to develop a nuclear weapon and then trying to contain the threat. be meantime, is israel growing impatient and threatening to launch air strikes against iran's uranium enrichment facilities. there was this strong statement from israel's president today. let's listen. >> a peace that is a dream for

both of us is a nightmare for iran. they are afraid to make peace. iran is an evil cold moreally corrupt regime that is based even destruction. it is a front to human dignity. >> meantime, some republicans question the president's commitment to israel and say he needs to take stronger action to prevent iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. here is eric cantor. >> the fear is that we are going to allow iran to reach of level of cape act and then it will be too late in terms of stopping it from having a nuclear bomb and this is the central question and i'm looking to the president to see leadership on this and provide some certainty. >> and tomorrow the president meets face to face with benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister of israel here at the white house. back to you, shannon. >> shannon: steve centanni live at the white house. thank you, steve. he has provisioned three

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>> shannon: more than 30 people were killed by the storms on friday night but there are some

amazing survival stories that are surfacing now. a 2-year-old indiana girl is found alive in a field after a tornado ripped apart her home. strong winds launched the family's mobile home into the air. she has been taken to a nearby hospital. >> she has good extended family here that has taken good care of her while they are here. they are very, very much appreciative of all of the calls and they know there are lots of prayers that are coming in out there. >> shannon: the toddler is the only one to survive from her immediate family. sheeve mains ishe remains in cl condition. more than 30 people have died. h his job was to protect the president. three of them actually. now, one former secret service agent is teaing us behind the scenes with a look at one of the most important and secretive jobs around the country. dan emmett is the author of a new book within arm's length the extraordinary life and career of the life of a secret

service. thank you for coming in. ing thank you for your service as a marine and as an agent for this country. what are some are the myths and misconception. >> a lot o of the myths are around what it does. the secret service is constantly confused with the cia and fbi and practically every other government agency in america. the secret service is its own entity. it is its own organization that has a dual mission of protecting the president and others as well as investigative. >> shannon: and you mentioned that you were very much struck as a young child by the asass nation of john f. kennedy and of the agents that were around him trying to help him at the time. >> absolutely. i was 8 years old when president kennedy was assassinated and i think everyone remembers where they were that day if they were old enough to have a memory. i remember quite well the photograph of agent clint hill on the back of the limb see lie

doing his best to protect the president and mrs. kennedy. when dad explained what it was i said that is an interesting job and something i would like to do some day. >> shannon: what does that take to say i want to step up and protect the president. what does it take to do that? >> well, in terms of willingness more than anything. you have to be willing to do it. it is a life of sacrifice. long hours, little sleep. a lot of jet lag, missing food, water. nutrition basically. you take very dedicated people and you train them and train them and train them until they are up to the task and when people first come into the secret service they don't start out protecting the president. they start out in the field office. is really your tryout for the detail and if you do well, there then perhaps you will go to the presidential detail one

day. we find that the best protection agents are the best investigative agents. >> shannon: i found it fascinating, too, tha your wifs also a retired agent and you shear the story about meeting on the job and experiences you both had in the book as well. >> my wife donnell was an agent for 21 years. we met when i was assigned to the new york field office back in the late '80s and she had come out to new york on assignment and that is where we met. >> shannon: i know that you protected three different presidents and you say it is never political, just about protecting that individual. we thank you for your service as a marine and as an agent and your wife's as well. we wish you all the best with this new book. >> thanks for having me. >> next, a wonderful story about what the navy is doing to help our wounded warriors. sometimes life can be, well, a little uncomfortable,

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