jackie cushman is here in the studio with us.that he would get out if romney was close to the required delegates, to 1144. is there a magic number? if he has a thousand? 100? >> i think you need to see which are actually bound and unbound. i don't want to predict the future because you never know what is going to happen. >> so no magic number? >> absolutely not. >> your dad has also said that he believes probably nothing could get him to quit the race before tampa. he doesn't say nothing. he says probably nothing. does it depends on how he does in the next few races? if the money dries up? >> i think he knows not to predict the future. he's a very interesting man. he has a love for animals and zoos. >> he's got a zoo thing. >> he loves his curiosity, loves to learn and apply that learning and he really does -- every day he wakes up, he's thrilled to be alive, listens to the birds. i think he is, again, plotting forward because he will see how things turn out but he really loves this country and really believes governor romney nor

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joining me, jackie gingrich-cushman. jackie, thank you for returning to the show tonight.hat do you think the results mean tonight for the gingrich campaign? >> first of all, thanks for having me on. i always love coming on your show. secondly, what these results mean is that we're still very strong. we're looking forward to your point, the final results in these states because there's still a lot of votes are out, and we're interested to see how they finally end up. a couple things, we're moving on to illinois and louisiana. we know that as of louisiana, that's literally halfway through the primary season. and at this time, nobody in this race has the number of delegates, the 1,144 delegates needed to secure the nomination. we're looking forward to moving to louisiana, taking a little halftime break and then moving on to the convention in tampa. >> jackie, i don't know if you could hear what steve schmidt was saying in the earlier segment about your dad, but there's been a lot of talk tonight about when does newt gingrich drop out. and has there been any conversations wit

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hour on "starting point" soledad o'brien will be joined by jackie cushman. >>> the primaries begin atht with erin burnett and followed by complete live coverage of the results beginning at 8:00 with wolf blitzer, anderson cooper and the best political team on television. >>> it is seven minutes now past 6:00 on the east coast. a deturningly familiar site in louisiana. torrential rains leaving some communities there under water. under 18 inches of rain falling in southern louisiana. hundreds of people had to be rescued. we're going to take you live to the cnn weather center to get updated on this one. meteorologist rob marciano doing the job for thus morning. i hate seeing pictures like that. i keep thinking, this is only march. it doesn't seem right at this time. >> you think this came from a hurricane but it was a thunderstorm that saddled indiana and flooded those areas. the problem with that spot of the world, it's flood. flash flooding with other areas that goes real quick. it sits around for a little bit longer. they have flood warning across south central louisiana or a good chu

jackie gingrich cushman and kathy gingrich lubbers. thanks very much for coming in. your dad that he didn't win both of these southern states? >> well, you know, he's not disappointed at all. he's very happy to be here in alabama and mississippi. it was a photo finish. it was not a very big gap at all. so i think of course he would have liked to have won. the reality is he's going to walk away from tonight with more delegates that he had before tonight. that's very good. that's a positive thing. i think he's got a great point. for months we have been hearing that mitt romney is the inevitable candidate. clearly he is not inevitable because it hasn't happened yet. so we're really focusing on the race for the long haul. the 1144 delegates needed to secure the nomination. and the reality is nobody is there yet. and we're going all the way to tampa. >> so kathy, the notion of him dropping out even though he didn't win both of these states, didn't one win one of these states, that notion we should forget about because he came close, but not close enough. >> well, we can't

. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome family members jackie cushman, jimmy cushman, and gingrich.me the next president of the nine states, newt gingrich. [cheers and applause] -- the next president of the united states, and newt gingrich. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you for the warm welcome. it is great to be here in birmingham. let me begin by saying how grateful we are to the people of alabama. we have truly enjoyed our time here and are humbled by year overwhelming support and prayers. we are engaged in this race because we believe america is at a crossroads and we care deeply about the future of the country. in a few months, we will face the most important election of our lifetime. our only opponent is barack obama, and we are committed to removing him from the white house. [cheers and applause] over the last week, president obama and the white house seem to have gotten the message. they have stepped up the rhetoric against new gingrich and his plan to maximize energy production. it is clear americans are eager to develop our abundant energy resources. newt gingr