august 29th 2005, the gulf coast, usa. after dawn a massive category five hurricane roared in from the gulf of mexico and slammed into the southernmost tip of louisiana. within just a few minutes howling winds, relentless waves and lashing rain flattened more than 1000 buildings along the waterfront. the hurricane now spread out in a 200 mile long trail of destruction along the coast. over the next five hours it would engulf one community after another. by the time the hurricane weakened and dissipated it had created havoc on an unprecedented scale. in fact hurricane katrina - as it was known - would go on record as the most destructive and costliest natural disaster in us history. as the hurricane rampaged up and down the coast, worst hit was the historic city of new orleans, which lay 63 miles north of the point where the storm first made landfall. eighty per cent of the city was flooded with water up to 25 feet deep, inundating more than 200,000 homes, offices and other buildings. meanwhile biloxi, further along the coa

secretary, thank you for your focus and interest in the gulf coast, and your many visits down and your commitment to the restoration of our region, and the investments in our national parks and state parks and i know that you have a passion for conservation, and we appreciate that, but i want to add my voice to try to clarify that, in fact, the oil and gas production in our country, as you've just tried to explain, is lower than it has ever been on federal lands, both offshore and january shore, and the increase has come from production on private land. now, those are the facts. i'm not arguing about the price of gas and i would say to my republican colleagues that they should know that we can't drill our way out of this problem. we cannot drill our way back to $2 or $3 gasoline, and i don't want to engage in bumper sticker politics but i do want to engage in good policy for this country, and speaking from louisiana's perspective, we need to get a more aggressive drilling policy in this country. we can't drill our way out, but we most certainly can create jobs. we most certainly can st

disaster to gulf coast restoration is widely supported and on a bipartisan basis. the obama administration strongly supports it. outside groups who looked at the devastation in the gulf, outside groups strongly support it. all across the spectrum. this has been a concept that's been building for months and there is disprong widespread support for this 80% dedication. that's reflected in the fact that there is a bipartisan push, a bipartisan bill and now a bipartisan floor amendment this restore amendment. as mary landrieu and senator boxer mentioned, it had almost unanimous support coming out of our environment and public works committee. the cosponsors are fully bipartisan. so i urge all of the members to join together in this effort. this is completely deficit-neutral. we have an offset built into the bill such that this bill does not increase the deficit in any way, shape or form. and let me point out, the money that we're using, as has been said, wouldn't exist but for the b.p. disaster. they're fines paid by b.p. and others. so that money didn't exist before th

oil spill in the american gulf coast last year was blowing over eighty thousand barrels a day and by the time it was capped had dumped into the gulf coast somewhere between three and ten million barrels and did i mention that because b.p. and trans ocean had cut safety corners not only did that horrific oil spill happened but eleven men died but back to brazil brazil with one of the developing world's past this growing and strongest economies is using a lot of oil and drilling for it like crazy so like us but when george buck the third company chevron lead three thousand barrels in total into the ocean off the brazilian closed last week the brazilian government took away george brock's asport so he couldn't fly home to the united states and this week they charged him and sixteen other oil industry executives with the crime of leaking that oil and damaging the brazilian environment economy and those guys including another american to run trans ocean in brazil are each facing decades in prison there are two things i find fascinating about the story the first is the difference in respon

isolated storms ahead of that across parts of the rest of the gulf coast states. all this being fed by a huge strong jet stream and rotating pocket aloft and warm, moist air at low levels. in red, all of these red online areas are tornado warnings for individual storms from west virginia to east kentucky, southwest virginia, tennessee down into parts of alabama, mississippi, and that is likely to continue. we have forecasted still some of our greatest threat areas, we only do that a few times per year with a tor:con of 9. in eastern parts of kentucky and in the red shaded area, severe weather to pittsburgh and charlotte, down into the gulf coast states. it is still a very active, very dangerous etching tonight. >> dr. greg forbes who has been following all of it, his life's work at the weather channel this afternoon. thank you very much. weather channel meteorologist jim cantore is on the ground in henryville, indiana, the scene of some of the worst damage we've seen all day. jim, are you with us? >> reporter: i am, brian. it's awful. the same thing we looked at i

this follows criticism after the president delayed the full keystone pipeline project to the gulf coast earlier this year. republican presidential candidate picked up a key endorsement. jed bush promised he was throwing his endorsement behind the front-runner and he is trying be behind mitt romney. >>> meanwhile they are talking about a top adviser and when the aid was asked if mitt romney had moved to far to the right in the primary, he said everything changes in the general election where you can change it up and start all over again. the comment shows how romney changes his positions on issues. >>> sheriff ross mirkarimi was served papers accusing him of official misconduct. on monday he was sentenced to three years probation for the false imprisonment of his wife on new year's eve. meanwhile, she is a first woman to head the department. >> i have had the privilege of working with the sheriff for quite some years. i trust her, i know her, i know she will be a great leader for our sheriff's department. >> the city's ethics commission will investigate the complaint. >>> the man involve

i can tell you the reality in the gulf coast is not there. that is one point that i wanted to make. secondly, and i'll get to a question in a minute, this 4% of an acre is being proposed for nonpropofol duesing leases, can you explain where that -- how much money that would raise, where it would be going? because we're already experiencing an increase of fees, a decrease in permit. we don't know if that money is coming from us and going elsewhere but we need more inspectors to get our permitsnd way in the places where people support drilling the the country needs the jobs. where is the 4 cents going to go and how much is it going to raise? >> i disagree with your conclusions. the fact is when you've lived through a national crisis, it's think it's very responsible we've moved now forward with the approval and over a hundred permits and deoil permits and the rigs are back and working and is very much a public knowledge. i've answered -- we feel very comfortable as far as the production that is coming off our public lands, on shore and offshore. i'll have the deputy secretary make a q

warm air out of the gulf coast mixing with the cold air coming out of the northern plains. remember we showed you deep snow in chicago? these two air masses are bumping to get there. we have high pressure in new england forcing cooler air down the coast keeping us stable and shelley. 46 of the airport, 47 columbia. these temperatures will not move much tonight. rain showers, we may have a bit, but as severe weather. this will sweep of the test and we will have a good chance for showers and storms most likely in the morning. if you are planning for outdoors tomorrow come and do it later in the day. there most certainly could be some thunderstorms at that time with high temperatures between 57-62. the high temperature rarely 48 on sunday, 41 monday. a chance for a the rain or snow showers. we go from your 60 with showers sunday and monday rebounding back to sunshine tuesday and wednesday. we could be close to 70 on wednesday. >> from the susquehanna bank sports center, this is a love and sports. >> as the business side of football settles in, more business decisions for the r

and, again, my final point for the gulf coast, this is critical.we have a major piece of legislation tucked inside of this bill. if the transportation bill that the senate road passes, the restore act passes with it. land and water conservation with will seller provisions and we invest billions of dollars in the gulf coast. it's a real jobs bill, not a pretend jobs bill. it's a real jobs bill. it means everything to our states, whether you have a republican or democratic governor. they're waiting on us to pass this bill so that they can get their people to work. and i know that mayors that i've spoken to, police in our state, county commissioners are waiting for this money as well so that they can get plans and put people to work. so, mr. president, i most certainly hope that in the next 24 hours before we leave on friday the house of representatives will pass the senate transportation bill, send it over to us, let's put our people to work. only going to last two years. we can argue about the differences, about how the money should go directly to t

hopefully, not the severe storms they have had along the gulf coast.d use a little bit of rain. if we get some shower activity it would not be all bad. there have been downpours in the last 24 hours on the mississippi-alabama border. here, just a mix of clouds and sand, up in the low-80's in many areas. waves about 1 foot. western maryland tomorrow, we're looking at temperatures to reach into the 70's and then some storms on saturday. probably going to hit 80 inland. scattered thunderstorms saturday and on the lower eastern shore another day where the sea breeze keeps the shore cooler but it should be 80 in mind. rain chances go up to 60% and temperatures start to cool off a little bit by tuesday and wednesday next week. >> from the susquehanna banks fort sumner, this is 11 -- sports center, this is in 11 sports. >> maryland's women's team faced a moment in the second round this year. now the challenge multiplies for maryland. they take on the defending champs, texas a&m, this weekend in north carolina. this marks maryland's first game away from home i

everywhere, the exception being down here in florida and maybe right along the gulf coast.he cool air also met with some rain this morning and many areas of texas. the heaviest rain have now moved out of arkansas so you're going to dry it out a little bit. now we are watching the heavy rain through central louisiana and central alabama. an upper level low is spinning out here in texas and the culprit and the reason we will see two, three days of wet weather here from dallas, san antonio, houston, austin and everywhere in between and eventually spread northward by the tail end of the weekend. here is how it's looking the next 48 hours. this is the rain from today. the heaviest in louisiana. houston deal with heavy rain during the day today. the next two or three days, the possibility of a couple of inches of rain in the greater dallas/ft. worth area. texas, you're the wet spot. you need it. you just don't want it into your weekend. beautiful weather today, northern plains. east coast dry it that's a look at the national forecast. now here's a look at the weather outside your

thunderstorms scattered showers from the midwest and ohio valleys into the deep south and gulf coast. >> mostly 80s from new orleans to atlanta. 61 here in new york city. 51 in boston. upper 70s in the middle of the country. phoenix warms up to 83. salt lake city to 72. >> no denying where you're from. how sit again? >> boston. >>> coming up, the president considering a plan to ease the high gas prices. >>> and lining up for apple's new ipad. we asked the experts, if you've already got one, should you really get the new one? >>> and >>> they just can't wait longer. take a look at this die hard fans of the ipad. they've been waiting all night for the latest edition which goes on sale this morning. the apple website has been sold out of ipads for delivery today for about a week. should you rush out and get one? it will cost you at least $500. the ipad you already have may be all that you need. technology adviser joanna stern advises whether to upgrade. >> if they have the ipad one, it's definitely worth upgrading. if you have the ipad 2, you should be able to wait. >>> and just on ipad

what he has -- green lighted is just this southern section from oklahoma to the gulf coast.n curbing, oklahoma construction on the controversial pipeline extension is expected to begin this spring. the president says the region is producing plenty of oil but there are bottlenecks preventing the oil from getting to state-of-the-art refineries in the gulf coast. president today i'm directing my administration to cut through the red tape, breakthrough the bureaucrat tick hurdles and make this project a priority to get it done. [ applause ] -- >> reporter: the president says he previously rejected the full pipeline extension because it cut too close to a drinking water supply in nebraska. he will now consider it again after a thorough health and safety review something several environmentalists oppose. while he says he's willing to reconsider he's not giving up on alternative sources. >> the president: we are drilling more, producing more, but producing more oil at home isn't enough by itself to bring gas prices down. >> reporter: liberals are calling for the entire project to b

so a lot of moisture in the air, especially along the gulf coast. thanks so this storm in texas, continuing to suck up the moisture from the gulf. the band of heavy rains now in the mississippi, alabama border. this storm that was moving east, the rain will move east and will arrive here starting friday night, overnight into saturday and sunday. both days look like we have a decent shot for showers and storms. potentially some locally heavy rainfall. we're looking at our future cast. relatively quiet. some late night, early morning fog redevelops but that will burn off. tomorrow afternoon we're looking at temperatures up into the low 80s with a threat for a stray thunderstorm. better chance over the weekend. story about the timing. 75 today in town. some areas upper 70s to near 80. tonight 55 to 60 with a little bit more cloudiness, some late night fog. tomorrow morning we get the clouds around but we'll get back to sunshine, 81. so a warm day tomorrow. cooler saturday, around 70 with showers and storms. on sunday we're looking wet again. temperatur

newt gingrich and santorum are attending a gulf coast energy summit today. romney will not be attending. he will be at an event in alabama. >>> o'malley and mc connell debated about how economic and social issues are playing out. they were asked about the subjects in meet the press. >> what we all look for in the president of the united is someone with steady capable leadership, a calm hand at the helm and president obama provided that leadership. >> o'malley says candidates have been spending more time pandering to the extreme right wing ideal ole jis and focusing on jobs and the economy. o'malley says it's a manufactured issue. >>> if you feed your baby gerber, we have a recall. >> they are pulling good start infant formula. >>> great day for a parade, how the city is celebrating st. patties day and a look at the forecast. hail damage in hawaii, golf ball sized hailstones denting cars and damaging roofs. it happened, five inches of rain came down in two hours. >>> we have really perfect weather for st. patty's day preview. celebrations started. baltimore h

on the gulf coast, the 73rd u.s. colored infantry failed to reach the confederate trenches in their charge at port hudson in may 1863. but in april 1865 the regiment was part of the black division that helped take the last confederate for the outside mobile. it was all a question of training and experience. i might add a few words in favor of william tekumse sherman before closing. he is notorious for not wanting anything to do with black troops in his atlanta campaign, and only taking one half of one regiment with him on his march through georgia and the carolinas. these five companies of the 110th u.s. colored infantry were the only black regiment represented at the grand review in washington at the end of the war. but sherman was the only -- sherman was a bigot. and he did not mince words about it. but he was the only union official i came across, military or civilian, who recognized that black people might have some ideas of their own about the future. he wrote, sherman, "if negros are to be taken as soldiers by

what he has -- green lighted is just this southern section from oklahoma to the gulf coast.n curbing, oklahoma construction on the controversial pipeline extension is expected to begin this spring. the president says the region is producing plenty of oil but there are bottlenecks preventing the oil from getting to state-of-the-art refineries in the gulf coast. president today i'm directing my administration to cut through the red tape, breakthrough the bureaucrat tick hurdles and make this project a priority to get it done. [ applause ] -- >> reporter: the president says he previously rejected the full pipeline extension because it cut too close to a drinking water supply in nebraska. he will now consider it again after a thorough health and safety review something several environmentalists oppose. while he says he's willing to alternative sources.iving up >> the president: we are drilling more, producing more, but producing more oil at home isn't enough by itself to bring gas prices down. >> reporter: liberals are calling for the entire project to be scrapped. republicans a

s gulf coast troubles. next up, a battle with federal, state and local governments over environmental damages and other costs. these could prove to be tough and wrought with uncertainty. >> there is concern about trying to determine exactly what the long term environmental impacts are of the oil spill. and that would have to be comprehended by the government actions to compensate for that. >> reporter: sylvia hall, "nightly business report," washington. >> susie: a federal judge has >> susie: a federal judge has cleared the way for alabama's largest county to proceed with its bankruptcy. jefferson county, home to the city of birmingham, can move forward with its $4 billion bankruptcy, the largest municipal default ever. the ruling allows the county to restructure over $3 billion in debt tied to a sewer system overhaul marked by political corruption. creditors like j.p. morgan chase had argued jefferson county wasn't eligible for bankruptcy, because it had no bond debt. instead the debt was in the form of wa

severe storms along the gulf coast. heavy rain into arkansas and kansas city.ial downpours and heavy mountain snow out in the northwest. >>> and finally, a new clue in an enduring mystery. what really happened to amelia earhart? >> a major investigation is being launched this summer with the help of an unlikely detective, secretary of state, hillary clinton. with more on this, here's abc's dan harris. >> reporter: she is one of the most iconic women of the last century. she is one of the most powerful women of this century. and hillary clinton said she will try to help solve the mystery of what happened to amelia earhart, with a new search, based on a tantalizing clue in this grainy, old picture. >> there's, miss earhart. >> reporter: amelia earhart disappeared when trying to become the first woman to fly around the world. that was 1937. fast-forward 23 years. a 13-year-old hillary clinton writes a letter to nasa, asking to be an astronaut. they tell her, no girls allowed. >> nasa may have said i couldn't go into space. but nobody was there to tell amelia earha

rising briskly in north dakota and canada, but there aren't enough pipelines to transport it to the gulf coast refineries. that leaves surpluses that have prices, benefitting mid continent states that could more easily use the oil becaer. two pennsylvania refineries recently closed, driving up east coast gas prices. but pipeline construction hasn't kept pace with the oil bounty. forcing some oil companies to ship by rail. new pipelines could arrive in two to three years. the frustration has been the delays and the uncertainty, says harold ham, chief executive of continental resources, north dakota's top oil producer. a separate pipeline shortage is slowing deliveries from hubs in curbing, oklahoma to the gulf. that's creating a surplus that's cutting the price of the benchmark oil. west texas intermediate and usa's mid section, but constraining supplies and raising prices elsewhere. the result, a hodgepodge of prices across the u.s. with wti trading at prices 14% below east coast oil and north dakota crude 14wti. transcanada's key spoken pipeline would help the dakota bottleneck, but president

down here, again, demographically, the gulf coast of alabama looks like the gulf coast of south carolinan head. >> it was a romney area. >> right. mobile county, baldwin county is where romney should do well. what's interesting is 77% of the vote four years ago was evangelical. huckabee won by four points. romney is only getting a quarter of that vote. what may save him is the votes being split by two candidates. they are both getting a third of it. the irony is romney wants it candidates to go away eventually but he needs them both. >> this is alabama. let's show mississippi. this is evangelical. you can see how deep it is in alabama. mississippi, it's pretty much the entire state. >> that's right. a similar demographic pattern. here in jackson, hynes county you are going to look for romney to do better. the northern part of the state, again, the black belt, the bible belt of mississippi. go to the gulf coast, biloxy, romney will do better. the early polling we have, the public policy poll and other polls, it's a small early vote. it's only 5%. in florida, it was 40%. >> that's the orga

from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast.efiting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now. >>> the politics of petroleum. it's always fair game. let's talk about. cnn analyst roland martin and chris. guys, nice to see you. haven't seen you in a while. glad to have you back in the game. >> have a little fun dealing with chris. chris, you're looking well. >> he set you up. he's setting you up, being really nicend getting ready to tear you down. >> my show, what it's all about. >> let's get to it. you both saw the president talking energy policy at the keystone pipeline there in oklahoma. roland, is the president trying to outflank republicans now by saying, hey, i'm doing something, too. i'm talking about gas prices. i don't want to be dependent on oil. i want to drill. i want to be proactive. >> first of all, this portion of the keystone pipeline was not the controversial part. so the president always supported this. in fact, this particular portion, 99% of the lan

if some people are willing to put up $7 billion and build a pipeline and bring oil sands to the gulf coast, is that a good thing, absolutely. >> very good. that's a great place to stop. thank you, mr. verrastro. >> i need to say one more point. right now there's between 700,000 barrels a day and a million barrels a day xez capacity, rail and pipe. there is no limitation on what's co d now and probably won't be until 2016. so i don't think it's a national security issue right now. >> well, but there's a big difference when it's hauled by rail, which adds significant higher cost to it. there's also the issue of canada being the third -- having the third largest oil reserves in the country. the question whetherophem with better environmental things similar to conventional growing or see that product go offshore. i do want to give dr. horns knell an opportunity to respond as well. >> i think it's a timing. i think the question that the supply situation may improve in into the mich starts to anchor longer-term price expectations. and there does seem to be much more stability longer term in the

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states, central gulf coast states all the way up through the ohio valley. so this is the setup. we do have an upper level low that's moving out of the rockies, that's one ingredient. then we have that warm gulf of mexico moisture moving in across the area as well. and then we have a strengthening surface low. so with all that we definitely do have that potential for some severe weather to move in across the middle of the nation once again for today. the weather pattern shows this warm front. this will be moving into our area as we go later into the evening. but that warm air is already in place, so you're already seeing some showers and thunderstorms popping up along that front into kentucky, also tennessee, south carolina, missouri, definitely have severe thunderstorm warnings and several of them in place right now. what we're going to be waiting for too is a cold front to pass through the area as we go into tomorrow. that's going to be giving us a better chance for some showers and thunderstorms early in the morning. so futuretrend picking up on the fact

border in montana going down to cushing in the gulf coast the part the president announced today that he will support runs from cushing oklahoma down the gulf coast so why did the president reverse course here and given to most of the demands of big oil and what are the political consequences of such a decision here to offer his take on this is carl fresh syndicated columnist and partner bullfight strategies karl welcome back thanks for having back to great to have you here so what happens today. the president gave a speech. i wasn't surprised as many people were i mean when the president came out and said that he wasn't going to allow the full pipeline to go he did say that he supported the southern part of the pipeline to be built that being said i think there's a lot of different dynamics here i think what it shows is this is really a compromise with the right what it shows is that the right is more interested in investing in a canadian company then it is in investing in our own roads our own bridges our own schools and crumbling infrastructure and sort of talking about moving peop

from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast.ting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now. >>> we're following a bunch of other stories tonight. >> anderson, a pentagon official tells cnn staff sergeant robert bales will be charged with murder in the killings of afghan civilians. it could happen tomorrow. it's expected he'll be charged with 17 counts of murder, although 16 people were reported killed. there's no explanation at this point for the discrepancy. >>> a more than 31-hour standoff between french police and an armed gunman accused of murder came to a bloody end this morning. [ gunshots ] >> police stormed the suspect's apartment. officials say he opened fire. they shot back and killed him. 23-year-old mohammed merah was a self-described jihadist. >>> mississippi' attorney general is moving again to challenge the legality of almost 200 pardons, including those of four convicted murderers. former governor haley barbour issued the pardons as he left office, but

it's spreading from the gulf coast to the great lakes tonight. as another round of severe weather rips through the middle part of the country. this amateur video of the twister rolling through athens, alabama is just into our newsroom. storms in that area sent several people to the hospital. >> officials in clark county, indiana say one town is completely gone. so far no deaths have been reported from today's weather. it comes as some residents are still cleaning up from the storm system that killed 13 people earlier this week. >> and that same storm system is bringing rain to the washington area. >> it could bring us some thunderstorms. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is on top of it in storm center 4. doug? >> just an update on that. some sad news. we are learning now of fatalities down in indiana, kentucky, and now down into portions of tennessee, too. we'll continue to watch this really devastating scenario play out into that portion of the country. for us it is not going to be that bad. really i don't expect to see any severe weather aroun

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that would run from canada to the gulf coast.the full pipeline in january over environmental concerns. but the administration says this portion will ease a bottleghek in the nation's oil route. but there's little the president can actually do to ease the short-term pain at the pump, and republicans see rising gas prices as a winning issue heading into november. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> karen, thanks for that. >>> more political news. the endorsements just keep rolling in for gop presidential candidate mitt romney. congressman paul ryan, the high-profile head of the house budget committee is expected to announce his support today for the former massachusetts governor. there's also speculation that ryan could be picked for number two on the ticket. yesterday, former president george h.w. bush formally announced his endorsement for romney. >>> this might make for interesting eavesdropping. romney acknowledges he and newt gingrich get together to chat from time to time. romney calls their interactions part of an ongoin

there is no drilling off the florida gulf coast. cuba will be drilling in that area instead. you can't drill in anwr go in the arctic which is the size of dulles airport. that is the footprint that is half the size of england. that would be producing million barrels a day, a third of iranian production. had democrats allowed it over the last 20 years. democrats have systematically shut down sources of oil. the reason we have had a slight increase in production is because of the permits that were issued in the bush and clinton years because it takes at least half a decade to go from a permit to actual production. that, everything obama is boasting about has nothing to do what he has done. it's happening in spite of his attempts to shut down drilling all over the country. >> charles, apparently the speech was researched on wikipedia. because there was something about rutdzer b.hayes. >> one of my presented says certifies, rutherford b.hayes. he said about the telephone, it's a great invention but who would ever want to use one. that is why he is not on my list anymore. he is lo

from the canadian border, through the mid west, to the gulf coast.enefiting hundreds of thousands of families throughout the country. this is just what our economy needs right now. >>> all right. >>> all right. we have governor schweitzer? yes. joining us now exclusively from montana is the pro-energy democratic governor, brian schweitzer. good evening, governor. welcome back to the show. look, i totally applaud your support of keystone, but i've got to ask you at the top, you're a democrat. the leader of your party, president obama, has opposed it left and right including making phone calls to stop senators from voting for it in a senate vote a couple weeks ago. what's up with that? >> well, washington, d.c., they don't even know what they're voting for or against. these pipelines are actually permitted state by state. montana has issued a permit, south dakota's issued the permit, kansas and oklahoma. but nebraska -- well, nebraska called a special session of their legislature to change the laws. and so my friends at trans-canada, they don't even ha

this pipeline just goes from cushing, oklahoma, to refineries on the gulf coast in port arthur, texas, it was going to be built in june with or without the president. that didn't stop him from taking a left jab at republicans. take a listen. >> members of congress who decided this might be a fun political issue. decided to try to intervene and make it impossible for us to make an informed decision. >> going after the right, but is the president himself playing politics? and should he be taking any credit? we will drill down with sandridge oil and gas ceo, tom ward. >>> pressure is mounting for rick santorum to call it quits. mitt romney pays courtesy calls to the tea partiers telling them that he and not rick santorum is the conservative candidate to beat president obama. and story three, and another exclusive. ron paul will join us. we will speak with him about rick santorum, mitt romney, keystone oil politics, the gop budget, and much more all of this just minutes away. we certainly will not want to miss that. all right. let us begin, though, with the top story of the day. president

this area along the gulf coast is critical to romney. as we're getting the numbers from having reporters on the scene, i'm going to zoom out, turn this off, the numbers will shrink as i pull out. you need to have romney pad his totals here, pad them here, and we're stale witting for greenville. the question is in a low turnout election, santorum gaining here, even though romney is still ahead. santorum is closing the gap. what happens in places like this. this is hines county, a large county, with 90% of the vote is in. not enough. >> let's check out alabama right now because dana bash is standing by over there. and she is in birmingham. what have you got? >> about 60 perce%, a little mon 60% of the vote in in jefferson county. and mitt romney here is still ahead, but not by much. you see here, he's ahead by about 1,000 votes. 13,801 votes. santorum, behind him at 12,825. and up here, you'll see that newt gingrich, 12,322. you want to look at the percentages, mitt romney, 33.43%. santorum, 31.06%. and up here again, newt gingrich, 29.85%