kyra? that's romney's theme here. i'm the outsider. i never served in washington. gingrich and santorum served in washington. big debt. you'll hear a lot more of that from him and his campaign. >> how far can rick santorum actually ride this momentum from this week's political trifecta. he'll join j.k. u.s.a. 6:00 eastern here on cnn. >>> a con tre versy at the intersection of religion and policy. they must cover birth control for employees. the white house trying to make changes that the church can live with. arch bishop of new york weighs in. >>> for a second week in a row a big cruise ship limps home early with a lot of sick passengers. we'll tell you what's to blame straight ahead. wanna know the difference between a trader and an elite trader? it's this... the etrade pro platform. fast. beautiful. totally customizable. finds top performing stocks -- in three clicks. quickly scans the market for new trading ideas. it can even match options strategies to your goals and lets you see the p

kyra? >> shannon, thanks so much. you can watch tonight's presidential debate right here on cnn. our coverage begins 8:00 eastern. >>> in just a few hours we'll get details on president obama's plan to cut the overall corporate tax rate to 28%. it's a move to create american jobs and help businesses stay competitive. our christine romans is going to break down what's in the package. christine, is it going to help create jobs? >> here, that's what the white house would like to do, incentive advise companies to invest in the u.s. and keep jobs in the u.s. it lowers the overall tax rate to 28% from 35%. 35% is among the highest corporate tax rates in the world. you will hear people on both sides of the aisle complaining about that saying it was inefficient and unfair. it would eliminate dozens of loopholes and subsidies. a lot of companies aren't paying 35%. some industries are favored over others. they also want to put in there a minimum tax on foreign profits. that's all part of the incentiv

kyra? >> so has the romney camp said anything thus far this morning, miguel? >> they haven't said anything this morning. but the romney camp over the weekend, according to the sheriff anyway, and his lawyer, were very gracious. they told him they didn't want him to step down, they wanted him to stay as co-chair, they didn't really care about this. but this is getting bigger. the number of allegations out there by this individual and the fact that he would step down so quickly from the campaign on his own volition indicates that the sheriff may have some more work to do, kyra. >> miguel marquez. welcome back to cnn. way to kick it off with an exclusive story. >>> rick santorum has surged ahead of mitt romney in a new nationwide poll of republican voters. cnn political editor paul steinhauser has the numbers for us. big swing from last week, paul. >> the surge continues at least according to this poll from gallup, the daily tracking poll of republicans nationwide. look at the left column ther

kyra? >> and what's been the reaction here in the united states? >> well, look, i mean, the u.s. military has seen some of these types of incidents before, and they have really learned in both afghanistan, iraq, other places around the world, when things like this happen, get to the bottom of it very quickly. if there are inappropriate videos out there, if there are other things that come to light, get an investigation going. get people questioning. get to the bottom of it. don't let it fester. that's apparently what they are doing now, moving very quickly on this matter. >> all right. barbara starr, live from the pentagon. barbara, thanks so much. >> sure. >> you remember rutgers student tyler cla men ta. he died by suicide in 2010. now his roommate is on trial for invades his privacy. we've got the latest. >>> whitney houston's death got us talking about addiction. we're going in depth. if addiction is a disease, how does it happen? dr. sanjay gupta going to tell us what makes us addicts.

kyra? >> and sort of a bit of a coins d dense here? this is right after syria and russia blocked the resolution calling for president assad to be removed from office. >> that is true. however, the timing is true, but you would have to say that they have been bringing this issue up. we've been reporting on it and hearing about it at the state department for quite a while. they wanted the syrians to block off that street, put up some type of barriers and make it for secure. and they say the syrian government refused. so they decided to pull out. kyra, it also does not mean that they are breaking diplomatic relations. that continues. but physically, the embassy will be closed. no more staff. the polish government now will be the protecting power, as it's called, for the united states. >> we'll follow the story as it continues to develop, jill. thanks so much. >>> the other big story this morning, mitt romney ran the table in vegas leaving town with 50% of the vote. the same as the other three

kyra?ara starr at the pentagon. thanks. >>> let's check other top stories. president obama's apologizing to afghan president harmid karzai. the incident has sparked protests and the taliban is calling for muslisms to attack nato military bases and convoys now. >>> seven marines are dead after two helicopters crash. the accident happened last night during a training exercise near yuma, arizona. >>> with gas prices skyrocketing, president obama will talk about reducing dependence on foreign oil. president's speech is in miami this afternoon. he'll also touch on ways to expand oil and gas production. >>> okay. presidential campaigns and debates are all about selling yourself. talking about how great you are, how dreadful your rivalries are. egos come out. humility is left at the door. case in point last night to date in the desert. each candidate was asked to describe how fabulous he is in one word. let's start with ron paul. >> consistent. >> senator santorum? >> courage. >>> governor? >> res

>> we think so, kyra.go g ing to come today and important it won't trade today, but it is the official filing to kick off the process of going public. we expect the shares to actually hit the market some time in the spring. the estimated value they want to raise is about $5 billion the money they want to raise, but that is conservative, because there is so much hype and anticipation about that, and the number is likely to go up. of course, we won't know exactly what they will trade per share, because that is negotiated over the coming weeks, but what we are going to do is to get a peek at the very private secretive company, and how much money do they actually make? we don't know that. how do they make their money? how much from advertising and games like zinga? that will feed into the stock and what it is worth. some people are putting the market value at $75 to $100 billion. certainly the biggest internet ipo ef, and with prices like that, lit surpass disney and general motors, so there is a huge amount o

>> hi there, kyra. the kind of boost that they want to give the syrian opposition is to recognize that they exist and that they really want to support them. the other major issue is humanitarian aid. what they want to do is put pressure on the al-assad regime and hope for a break through. what they really want is to allow things like food, medicine, water, things like that to be able to get through, kyra, to some of the people that really, really need it. let me give you an idea of what the international headlines are saying today. this is from the independent in britain. they say this. if we can't intervene, at least we can isolate syria. it says there's no point in talking to a regime that has lost all credibility. the tune nis gathering needs to make clear to the syrian people more than anyone else is that assad's day is over, that the country's neighbors and international community at large no longer recognizes it. then check out gulf news, kyra. it says this. the safety of the syrian people is para

kyra? >> can we talk about the rebels and what do we know about how they are getting help, support, weapons? >> reporter: well, there is not a monolithic unified rebel army. it's a bit of a misnomer that the armed opposition, these defector soldiers, several thousand of them we understand, have called themselves the free syrian army because it seems much more like they're independent selves much like the opposition protesters who operate on their own, some of them trying to protect the demonstrators, some of them carrying out some attacks. there are divisions within their leadership. i mean, i've been talking to guys who all claim to be leaders of the free syrian army and clearly hate each other. that's one of the big problems for the opposition. it's not united. there are opposition activists exiles here in istanbul. they snipe at each other. the diplomats and activists that deal with them sometimes are very frustrated. many with their lack of organization and efficacy. i think that comes

hey, mark. >> reporter: hey, kyra.ouched down in the super bowl city wearing big smiles on their faces earlier this week. one of the brightest smiles was on the face of new york giants rookie linebacker mark herzlich. he tweeted upon arriving here in indianapolis that two years ago doctors told him he might never walk again, yet there he was walking off the plane to play in the super bowl. herzlich was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer that could have cost him his leg and most possibly his life as well. he went through a risky treatment procedure that included painful chemotherapy, just to work his way back on to the football field. on sunday herzlich could see playing time in the biggest game of any football player's career. >> i don't want to be a feel-good story. i want to be, you know, i want to be a guy that's feared on the field. i want to see someone say, wow, that was a big hit. that guy crushed that guy. oh, he's the one who had cancer, right? there are such things of dreams coming true and miracles, a

let's get right to kyra let's get right to kyra phillips. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> thanks so much. the wild card wins. rick santorum working on a show string budget and a skeleton staff swept the three latest votes raising new questions about long-time front-runner mitt romney. the biggest shock, colorado. a state romney easily won just four years ago. then in missouri santorum won twice as many votes as romney. newt gingrich wasn't even on the ballot there. santorum cruised in his home state of minnesota. ron paul finishing second. santorum clearly seizing the momentum he desperately needs. >> ladies and gentlemen, i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney, i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. >> well, cnn political editor paul steinhauser is live in washington. paul, what do you think, a game changer? >> reporter: wow. if you don't like the way the race for the republican nomination is going, wait. it keeps changing. mitt romney is still the front-runner but this is a big deal for rick santorum. what is he d

and now we go to kyra phillips. >>> thanks so much. well, whitney houston's remarkable voice was compared to angels, but this morning much is made of the personal demons that haunted her final years. now questions now surrounding her death, even as fellow stars immortalize her at the grammy awards. ♪ and i will always love you >> cnn's david mattingly outside of the coroner's office there in los angeles. david, cops say it will be weeks probably before cause of death is released, right? >> that's right. six to eight weeks. we're told it's pretty standard for cases like this because those labs have a lot of cases they are working on, and they have to be very careful when they go through these tests to make sure they get it right. but the answers they are looking for are ones that the coroners are not even trying to answer right now about what caused whitney houston's death. they did tell us some very important things. they told us that there was no foul play involved. so this is not a murder case. and no signs of trauma. no physical inj

kyra? >> we'll keep checking in with you. don lemon in los angeles. thanks so much. >>> as i mentioned at the top of the hour, houston's funeral likely will be friday in newark, possibly at the prudential center. the funeral home is handling the arrangements. it's the same one that handled her father's funeral in 2003. deborah faye rick is there. we'll check in with her at 9:30 eastern time. >>> let's get you to syria now where cnn has managed to penetrate the government's been on foreign journalists. first, the latest on the regime's crackdown. take a listen to one city descend into a war zone. now if you listen closely, the camera is so close there you can actually hear the bullets ricochet off the buildings. that's the sound of government security forces sweeping through a neighborhood in dara, one of the several cities under siege right now. pro-democracy activists say civilians are too terrified to venture outdoors for food. arwa damon has been able to slip into syria and now able to r

hi, max. >> reporter: yeah, kyra. there's been a lot of frustration with what happened with the u.n. i spoke to a spokesman from the state department and french foreign ministry and it's clear that they're discussing things and speaking to the syrian opposition to try to find an alternative way ahead. newspapers making much of this around the world. south china morning post their headline after libya, no vote is no surprise. china russia went along with the rest of the security council on libya and then had to watch as western governments overstepped their mandate to protect civilians. is it surprising that they are no so pliant this time? today's zaman says that the arab league got it all wrong. a civil war in syria is likely to cause much trouble in turkey where ivan is. clearly it would be to the benefit of all players in the region if russia finds a formula that can secure its own strategic position. "the wall street journal" asia says that obama is falling into a u.n. trap. americans are preoccupied by domestic i

has an eight or so kyra for the pan our body has been me. syria will probably see un peacekeepers arrive in the country in order to try and. arab league meeting in cairo on sunday took them about eleven hours to come up with a decisive response to the situation in the country which has seen a lot of bloodshed over the past eleven months the arab league has asked for tightening sanctions which i have already been imposed on syria they aborted the observers program which was halted in january of this year bridling said the country has been escalating the opposition says hundreds of people are being killed on a weekly basis of the same time the authorities saying that around two thousand syrian military officers have been killed since the unrest have begun also you have the mounting pressure from washington from the white house who have put together a sort of a coalition of the so-called friends of syria who are going to meet in february you know what it's further details about what exactly they're going to do about the bloodshed that's going o

general, and please, the honorable hydra mendoza, president of our board of education, and of course, kyra from our filipino channel. please take this problematic -- proclamation declaring this is a filipino-american history month in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the highest ranking and only filipino-american elected official in the city and county of san francisco, president of the board of education and education adviser to mayor edwin lee, honorable hydra mendoza. [applause] thank you. it still saddens me when you saw the only in the first filipino ever elected in san francisco, but it is always such an honor to be here with my community, and i want to thank you all for this celebration. we really have so much to celebrate, and i wanted to make sure we acknowledge this month alone and some of the things we have been able to accomplish. as the council general mentioned, ab 199 finally acknowledges the work and the tremendous bravery of our soldiers in world war ii, who will be written into our history books. we're going to make sure that happens. the d

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the presidential elections assured but many people fear they will stay in power beyond those days kyra post journalist bel truce says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is shots i'm aiming protesters there's been absolutely no reform of the police i was simply fired by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little reform since mubarak stepped down and people are basically anxious that nothing will change and it will just slip into a new new dictatorship i think most people here would post it would say or do you say when the revolution never ended but it's called the continuance of the

very good to have reached the sacred grove situated a hundred kilometers from yes kyra they thought was a fellow sacrifice birds have also been brought by mary from all over the republic also to the pres so there goes. that first the grove resonates with goose oaks soon after a rather neatly echoes of priestly prayers. these pagan priests know how to communicate with god's people praying in a grove of lost interest pipes and birches have strong beliefs in the forces of nature they insist their faith is the world's oldest. people come with what we call sacrificial water fell between our desires he's in grievances along. with i discuss their problems with a priest. and communicate by means of ministry of what we pass their requests and wishes on that this table are. enormous pot suspended if a bone finds that the lips side by side with the old since their use to make porridge and just ceremonial meats broth. take a look at the ducks and geese aboard here. they break up the. absence of chunks and tossed the pieces into the fire the brass band. has been brought by washington. this is help p

kyra's injuries meant lots of physical therapy but she says being able to compete has been worth the. i really think all of the confidence i have developed by returning to sports really overpowers that. i'm confident that the amount i play now is appropriate. i'm doing what i should be doing. >> dr. jordan metzel is with the hospital for special surgery in new york city or home away from home, as i call it. nice to see you. >> and you. >> a 400% increase in these injuries in this age group over ten years. that's dramatic. >> shocking to hear. basically we are seeing more girls playing sports. with title ix we see more girls playing and they are much more likely to tear the acl than boys. >> i mentioned as young people specialize more in individual sports, my immediate reaction is sports are more competitive. kids, schools, parents are driving the athletes harder. you're not necessarily sure about that. >> i'm not sure that's the case. i don't think it's the sports. i think it's girls being exposed to sports like soccer and basketball where they are likely to land in an awkward positi

this form kyra we've seen clouds of smoke we can confirm right now that it was tear gas really a piece worth part gas running procedure killings have been reported as people vent their anger against literally doing enough to stop what. the u.n. makes headway on a new resolution on syria with references to regime change in an arms embargo response to russia's concerns moscow continues to warn it will oppose any attempts even to interval training present assad. and all polling stations across russia will get their own digital observer as web cameras are installed on the prime minister's office was introduced by the petunias one step toward stop intellectual fraud next month's a presidential election. now we explore some of the hobbies followed in russia from model train sets to martial arts in moscow art up next. everybody. hello and welcome to the show in this week's program we're exploring the popular subject of hobbies in the russian capital from board games so extreme sports the cold weather doesn't put anybody off here but why the mosque well that's because i'm here. in the center o

thousands across europe take to the streets in coordinated approach has to gain the global answer kyra scouts people in greece and germany poland with twenty and the netherlands have voiced criticism that accept threatens internet freedom and could lead to a mindset such. as to add lines not late to sports news with me trays up next. hello there sport or not to good to have a company again this coming up in the bolton. shock defeat world number three murray sharper loses to in the quarters in france. huge boost for. little sore sets the fastest time on the final day of the twenty twelve pre-season test in spain. and. overwhelming favorites against underdogs to meet in the final of the african cup of nations. but to start with birth on the way to my feet has claimed silver in the men's ten kilometer sprint race at the eighth stage of the world cup in qatar to finland the russian was perfect on both shooting ranges and lost only eight tenths of a second to more tougher cards so eventually it won the rates the french meant top the podium despite won most. of switzerland finished third for

i'm fredricka whitfield in for kyra phillips. we start this hour with a deadly outbreak of tornadoes in the central plains. that's a tornado dropping out of the night sky in reno county, kansas. reports of several tornadoes hitting parts of that state overnight. the sheriff in harveyville kansas reports a twister destroyed about half the town. severe weather is blamed in the death of a woman in dallas county missouri. tornadoes also caused damage in nearby branson, a popular tourist spot. >>> the cleanup is beginning today for people in those hard-hit areas. rob marciano is here to give us details about what happened and what's ahead potentially. >> widespread storm with damage -- tornadoes touching down as far north as nebraska. that's the first time on record that we've seen a tornado in nebraska during the month of february even though this is a leap year. we are looking at right now, let's take a look at some of the shots. if we have the air ri als, throw those up. harveyville, that's one of the hardest hit spots. reports of

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tragedy for europe and the european union washington is sending a top official to edge of to tackle kyra's crack down on us now profit groups the groups played a pivotal role with the popular uprising that toppled president mubarak last year but are now falling victim to egypt's new military leadership has been following events egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want to is right now the groups many we bonded by washington have been on the ground here for a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against mubarak that eventually broke the supreme council of the armed forces and no one has ever seemed to care about this sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new minutes religious sheep raymond's come for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by this other. they are quoting people of your work. and they're the ones that evolution they have their tactics and their when the radicals live there this is very much a dangerous world the rhetoric this is especially led to prosecutors raiding seventy offices