barack obama won michigan in 2008 without this kind of success behind him.ven places like m s li county, home of the reagan democrats, by 7 points. with this as his main calling card, it's going to be hard for a republican to beat him in michigan. >> i think also in ohio and missouri. let me show president obama's super pac priorities usa. they released this ad hitting romney this week. >> his message was clear. >> let detroit go bankrupt. >> mitt romney. there's no question he made a fortune from businesses he helped destroy. >> bankrupt, bankrupt. >> romney pocketed huge fees shortly before companies collapse. >> bankrupt, bankrupt. >> even when the businesses failed, romney came out ahead. are those the values we want in an american president? >> bankrupt, bankrupt. >> well, steve, you have really done the country a service here working for president obama. i want to ask you a little secret. maybe you can't tell me. what gave you the -- you remember after world war ii, you don't remember but you know from history how all that you had to do was reopen the

barack obama won michigan in 2008 without this kind of success behind him.en places like mccomb county, famous home of the reagan democrats. with this as his main calling card x it's going to be hard for a republican to beat him in michigan, i think. >> i think it will help him in ohio and missouri. super pac, this is the ad here hitting romney this week. >> his message was clear. >> let detroit go bankrupt. >> mitt romney, there's no question he made a fortune from businesses he helped destroy. >> bankrupt. >> romney pocketed huge fees shortly before companies collapsed. >> bankrupt. >> even when the businesses failed, romney came out ahead. are those the values we want in an american president? >> bankrupt. >> steve, you have done the country a service. i want to ask you a little secret. what gave you -- you remember after world war ii how all that you had to do was reopen trading zones in europe. that was what the plan was about. get the countries on both sides trading again. recreate what's already there. the strong financial structure and economic tradi

mitt romney has won the two latest primary elections in the battle to be the republican candidate to take on barack obama in november. he easily won arizona. in his home state of michigan, he took around 42% of the vote with his main challenger, rick santorum, around 37%. you have been watching news day. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at yoon-bang our relationship managers use their expertise in global finance to guide you through the business strategies and opportunities of international commerce. we put our extended global network to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? "bbc world news" was presented by kce

we think of michigan as a blue state, barack obama won it. >> absolutely. >> it's a state that couldthis time. do not underestimate how conservative the republicans are in that state. way back in 1988, pat robertson had his best showing in the state of michigan. so keep that in mind when you think of rick santorum. >> you and i were talking before that michigan is going to be very important. >> oh, yeah. >> i wanted to ask you, though, how important is the auto bailout to michigan voters? >> oh, it's -- well, it's interesting. we talk about the auto bailout all the time. >> right. >> and we say, it's going to be important. state of michigan, detroit. well, the detroit news asked that very question to voters in the state. and they asked, would you be more or less likely to support a candidate who opposed giving government loans to the auto industry? look at this. 51% said absolutely no difference. now,ies that? well, first of all, both mitt romney and rick santorum opposed the bailout. this is a republican primary. now rick santorum has a good sort of campaign line. he said, look, we

michigan tonight. eats truly a broad story. he won with women, seniors, seniors, counter tis, moderates. those worried about the economy and those who want to beat barack obama in the fall. that's a broad group. let's break it down for you. seniors were one quarter of the voters tonight. almost half went to mitt romney and how about this? catholics backed romney. the mormon over santorum, the contact lick, who has been outspoken about his catholic faith, especially in the later courses of the rate. and women about by five. beating obama is the number one priority and romney is their guy with 61% of that group. also the top issue continues to be the economy. and those who care the most about fixing the economy more than anything else in this race, they went for romney tonight in a big way as well. those was the top issue was the deficit, romney bested santorum among that group as well. so how about the question of experience? and what better prepares somebody to become president. most of the voters think the business experience gave mitt romney the better experience as a candidate to serve as president and they picked him as well. and santorum's sort of last

michigan tonight. eats truly a broad story. he won with women, seniors, seniors, counter tis, moderates. those worried about the economy and those who want to beat barack obama in the fall. that's a broad group. let's break it down for you. seniors were one quarter of the voters tonight. almost half went to mitt romney and how about this? catholics backed romney. the mormon over santorum, the contact lick, who has been outspoken about his catholic faith, especially in the later courses of the rate. and women about by five. beating obama is the number one priority and romney is their guy with 61% of that group. also the top issue continues to be the economy. and those who care the most about fixing the economy more than anything else in this race, they went for romney tonight in a big way as well. those was the top issue was the deficit, romney bested santorum among that group as well. so how about the question of experience? and what better prepares somebody to become president. most of the voters think the business experience gave mitt romney the better experience as a candidate to serve as president and they picked him as well. and santorum's sort of last

michigan tonight. eats truly a broad story. he won with women, seniors, seniors, counter tis, moderates. those worried about the economy and those who want to beat barack obama in the fall. that's a broad group. let's break it down for you. seniors were one quarter of the voters tonight. almost half went to mitt romney and how about this? catholics backed romney. the mormon over santorum, the contact lick, who has been outspoken about his catholic faith, especially in the later courses of the rate. and women about by five. beating obama is the number one priority and romney is their guy with 61% of that group. also the top issue continues to be the economy. and those who care the most about fixing the economy more than anything else in this race, they went for romney tonight in a big way as well. those was the top issue was the deficit, romney bested santorum among that group as well. so how about the question of experience? and what better prepares somebody to become president. most of the voters think the business experience gave mitt romney the better experience as a candidate to serve as president and they picked him as well. and santorum's sort of last

michigan tonight? barack obama who went into michigan after mitt romney. i think ohio is a key battleground state. it will be michigan light. >> let's keep in mind he woney, other than the favorite son in his home state. >> we have to take a quick break. our coverage continues. a lot more going on here. we'll continue through the midnight hour and piers morgan takes over coverage. we'll be right back. you know when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. i want to fall in love again. [ female announcer ] discover what's next in your life. get this free travel bag when you join at aarp.org/jointoday. i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! will be giving away passafree copi

won michigan and arizona. and he gets stronger after each win. you saw that you guys played the speech and he said he's going to send barack obama home where barackelongs because he, as a president, has presided over one of the worst economies since the depression. barack obama is going to have a fight ahead of him. and it's not going to be pretty and i think that romney is able to take the fight. he's going to be a stronger candidate and we saw what happened, you know, with hillary and barack obama. people forget 2008. >> there's so much to talk about, speaking of president obama. joe, let's look at this exit poll data. in michigan, the top candidate quality that voters were looking for, 32% said somebody who can beat barack obama. what do you make of that? >> well, romney and romney scores the highest and i think in michigan, 51% of those who voted thought romney was the best candidate to beat obama. the problem -- but there's a real schism in the party right now. when you look at what happened last night, 20 -- people who believe having a candidate who believes as they do, as strongly as they do about their religious beliefs is really importan

michigan tonight. eats truly a broad story. he won with women, seniors, seniors, counter tis, moderates. those worried about the economy and those who want to beat barack obama a broad group. let's break it down for you. seniors were one quarter of the voters tonight. almost half went to mitt romney and how about this? catholics backed romney. the mormon over santorum, the contact lick, who has been outspoken about his catholic faith, especially in the later courses of the rate. and women about by five. beating obama is the number one priority and romney is their guy with 61% of that group. also the top issue continues to be the economy. and those who care the most about fixing the economy more than anything else in this race, they went for romney tonight in a big way as well. those was the top issue was the deficit, romney bested santorum among that group as well. so how about the question of experience? and what better prepares somebody to become president. most of the voters think the business experience gave mitt romney the better experience as a candidate to serve as president and they picked him as well. and santorum's sort of last ditch effort to win