among all americans, faberable ratings are lower than most other candidates and in head-to-head with the president she does not do well. one thing about sarah palin, if she decides to run, still a big if, she could get in later than most because she's got the name recognition and probably raise money pretty easily. again, big if. randi, back to you. >> a big if. but we'll continue to play with that if. paul, thank you. >>> "cnn newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> thank you so much. hello to all of you. i want to begin with this, today is one of those days that the news we are reporting here on cnn is both heartbreaking and bears absolutely no logical explanation. bad things happen to good people and sometimes those victims are children. they're small, innocent, totally unaware of what's going on around them. in two of our top stories today, ho horrific tragedies befallen babies. midwest, parents who have been missing children for days now, now know the worst. a want you to listen to something. a father who had already lost one son in the tornado that hit their oklah