pascagoula, mississippi, we have cameras as well., mississippi, 6% in, now only six votes separating santorum and romney. santorum slightly ahead by 6 votes. 32% to 32% for romney. so tight with 6% of the vote in, newt gingrich a little further behind but not that far behind, only 29%. look at that. in alabama, they just changed, very early in alabama, much earlier than mississippi. santorum slightly ahead of romney, 21 votes ahead of romney, newt gingrich in third. it's close as well. anything can still happen in alabama. anything can still happen in mississippi. anderson cooper is watching all this happen. anderson, i've been covering politics a long time. first time i've seen prisoners get involved in this process carrying ballots, inmates car carrying ballots from the cars to the offices. >> pretty fascinating. we're here with our analysts. what do you make of these numbers being so close. a small percentage. a three-way tie basically in both states. >> we are just looking at this. it feels like tonight is the closest of all of t

shannon, are you getting new numbers in pascagoula? >> yeah, wolf, i actually have new numbers, but momentarily, i'll have fresher numbers. my good friend danny here, danny glascox, is counting out new numbers. it couldn't be much closer than this. 39 votes separating mitt romney and santorum from the unofficial results we have reporting for 14 out of the 31 precincts. i'll read you the numbers. mitt romney, 2,871 votes. again, mitt romney, 2,871. rick santorum, 2,sa832. newt gingrich, 2,403. and ron paul at 406. and again, as i just told you a few moments ago, danny here was about to print me even fresher numbers. i'm not sure if you guys are getting these numbers because we're on the scene here, on the spot. i'm not quite sure how quickly others are getting these, but because we're here, we're getting them as fresh as he can give them to us. he's loading up the cards into the machines. the cards are pretty much read by these machines, almost instantaneously and uploaded into the computer. how are you coming along? we have a fresh rep

nancy cordes, cbs news, pascagoula, mississippi. >>> the house approved a bill making it easier for small companies to grow and theoretically create more job. the measure easily passed the house yesterday. it will allow them to solicit and advertise investors when going public. the senate is to consider a similar bill next week. >>> officials are trying to figure out why a gunman opened fire in the lobby of a psychiatric clinic at the university of pittsburgh. the gunman killed one person and wounded six others yesterday. the mayor of pittsburgh says the man was armed with two handguns and got into a shootout with campus police. the gunman was shot dead. apparently by campus police. >> their quick response saved lives today. there's no doubt about it. >> buildings in the area were locked for hours after the shooting. all of the wounded are expected to survive. a seventh person was hurt but apparently not from the gunfire. >>> mississippi supreme court has upheld those controversial pardons issued by former governor haley barbour. you remember the dust-up during his final days in office wh

believe i'm correct here, all of our shipyards will keep them at a fairly steady, manning pace for pa pascagoula, they have a dvg-51. they have the lha-7 that you pointed out. they have lpd-26, and they are -- we are in negotiations over lpd-27. and if you take all those and you project them forward, there's still going to be at any time in an industry like that some peaks and valleys, but we think we've smoothed it out the maximum percent that we can. in terms of our other shipbuild shipbuilders, we only have one yard that builds auxiliary. we have -- they now have in the current shipbuilding plan and in the fitup, a request for about one ship per year, which will keep them stable. but we keep a close eye on the industrial base. and on the competition inside the industrial base. because sometimes one of the things that causes these peaks and valleys is not a welder out there. it's the overhead. it's the amount of money that the shipbuilder decides is necessary in terms of the support services. and we keep a close eye on this, and we expect shipbuilders to do the same. but you're absolutely corr

now in pascagoula in the n.b.a. minnesota have snapped a nine game losing streak following an hour away one hundred twenty seven one hundred twenty four when it felix the hosts actually outscored their opponents in the first quarter thirty four twenty eight when. second the timberwolves still bats have a seven point advantage at halftime sixty three fifty six kevin love scored a game high thirty for the visitors including this three pointer early in the fourth quarter to make it ninety eight ninety two in favor of minnesota the visitors managed to hold their nerve to eventually claim the victory for the result means neither side of in the postseason in places. now based in europe's biggest snowboarding competition was held over the weekend just outside of russia's northern city of san petersburg apart from bringing together the brightest young snowboarding talents it was only the second time such a high caliber event has been held in russia michael great the slopes to bring us the story. petersburg region is not fam

we're in pascagoula, mississippi.ng rigs, offshore drilling rigs staged right behind mitt romney when he talks to voters here in mississippi in just about an hour from now. you'll expect him to go after the president, after democrats on this issue of the keystone pipeline. he'll be talking about developing domestic forms of energy. >> i always think of trent lost, the former senator from mississippi. is he expected to show up? >> reporter: he is not expected at this event. he is expected to be campaigning with mitt romney tomorrow morning. as you know, former senator lott is a supporter of mitt romney. it's a business endorsement to mitt romney, as you well know. >> that's his hometown, pascagoula, for senator lott. >>> part 2 of our strategy session is coming up. mary matalin and former democratic congressman robert wexler is standing by. coming up in our next hour, an african warlord thanks to a viral video. it's now under scrutiny. stand by for that as well. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's numbe

here's mitt romney in pascagoula, mississippi. >> i'm learning to say y'all and i like grits and thingsre -- strange things are happening to me. >> also says alabama and mississippi are away games for him. what do you make of what's going to happen? let's look ahead to tuesday. >> i think just watching mitt romney there, you understand that he knows that he's not going to do well in those states, that he's saying it's an away game as in okay, newt gingrich from georgia, he's got the home field advantage but it's clear, lowering expectations, trying to warm up the crowd saying i'm becoming one of you, but these two states coming are a bit of an issue for him particularly if newt gingrich does well and resurrects himself and puts himself right back in the middle of the race. >> it's do or die for newt gingrich. he did really in south carolina and his home state of georgia but got to do well in the two states >> if newt gingrich resurrects himself i'm not sure if that's bad for romney. he'd prefer to be alive and dividing the conservative vote. the fact is that this is more likely to reaff

republican presidential front- runner mitt romney took note of that fact today, as he had last night in pascagoula, mississippi. >> when he became president, he asked us to let him borrow $787 billion. he said if he got the money, he would keep unemployment below 8%. it has not been below 8% since. this guy had a lot of things to say, but hasn't delivered a lot. >> suarez: former house speaker newt gingrich issued a statement about the job numbers. in it, he said: "any new job is a welcome paycheck for the american worker. but as past recoveries show, the current rate of growth will leave the american economy sputtering for years to come." still, people hunting work have to hope that other recent signs bode well, with consumer confidence at its highest in a year, and new claims for jobless benefits near a four-year low. for more on all this, we turn to lisa lynch, dean of the heller school for social policy and management at brandeis university. she's a former chief economist at the labor department; and diane swonk, senior managing director and chief economist for mesirow financial, a firm based

romney was in pascagoula, mississippi, talking about how president obama is against drilling for oil. factually, that is not true. here's oil production under president obama, compared to george w. bush. you can't say this is an anti-oil production president. but those are only the facts and politics are only very rarely about the facts. and republicans finding themselves in an economic environment that is disturbingly positive have decided they can count on high gas prices as their economic argument, making president obama look bad and making them, by extension, look good. there is a flip side to being the drill baby drill guys. when the result of the drilling is that you are creating man-made earthquakes in youngstown, ohio, youngstown, ohio, is not psycheded about that. in the united states senate this week, republicans forced a vote again on the keystone tar sands oil pipeline trying to force president obama to build that pipeline even though he's made clear it's not going to happen at least anytime soon. the republicans think that's a slam dunk, home run, perfect political issue

he was a blue collar pascagoula port.e had him at the aing cultural commissioner office there in front of a john deere with a budget of our farmers and friends that were there. he was at a catfish house with me the other night enjoying that good cuisine. he is connecting with the people in mississippi, because of not only who he is, but the message that he has about strong jobs and protecting our borders and carrying out, i think, his plan to defeat barack obama in november. >> can he connect with the evangelicals? could be a big portion of it. people are asking that question. that's why i'm asking it of you. how is he going to do there? zoo know, larry, i'm probably the most conservative social governor in the state -- in the nation. if you look at the base that voted for me, a lot of the social conservatives in the state of mississippi, some 62%, said we want to elect phil bryant governor. they understand that i'm a prosecute-life, pro-god governor of the state of mississippi that believes in those social issues, but th

. >> in pascagoula mississippi, romney declared himself an unofficial southerner. >> i'm learning to say y'all. i like grits and the things -- strange things happening to me. >> earlier in the day in a birmingham, alabama, radio interview he acknowledged the south is not his natural territory. >> i realize that it's a bit of an away game. but i also think we're going to pick up some support. >> romney was pummeled in the southern primaries four years ago. former arkansas governor mike huckabee swept most of the state. >>> you have to be able to speak southern and act southern to understand the south. there is nothing southern about mitt romney. he truly is massachusetts and michigan with a dash of utah. >> something in tupelo, mississippi, former house speaker newt gingrich argued he's the native son this time around after winning his home state of georgia on super tuesday. >> and i believe that with your help on tuesday, when we win here and we win in alabama, we'll be back up again. >> former senator rick santorum could make inroads with the sizable evangelical population here just

mitt romney is there as well holding a rally later today in pascagoula. rick santorum is next door, rounding up support with three stops across alabama. >>> first time claims for unemployment benefits ticked upwards last week. labor department says that 362,000 people filed for benefits in the weekended march 3rd. 8,000 more than the previous week. the number had been trending downward. today's numbers actually dampen expectations for tomorrow's monthly employment report expected to show the unemployment rate is unchanged. >>> jobs are one thing. the white house and congressional republicans ought to be able to agree on. this may be the day. the house is expected to vote soon on a package of measures called jump-starting our business startups. the goal is to help small businesses go public sooner and thus grow faster. the package should clear the house with votes to spare, but parts of it have been stalled in the house for months. we'll keep you posted. >>> cindy mccain says she won't be watching the new hbo movie "game change." she believes it will give

martha: here's a live look on the side of your screen in pascagoula, mississippi where mitt romney wills next appearance. he is a busy man and will be appear moments away. taking a deep dive into the south to ahead of primaries in alabama and mississippi, that will happen on tuesday, four days from today. work is cut out for all these presidential candidates. even presidential candidate himself mitt romney aid mitts that mississippi and alabama will not be easy win for him? >> i realize it is a bit of an away game but i think we'll pick up support in states that remain this month. we obviously had a terrific super tuesday. got a good head start. martha: getting a lot of attention for this praise phrase, this away game. sort of what that means. there are the delegates at stake in mississippi and alabama, 84 all together. joined now by former minnesota governor tim pawlenty who is a mitt romney supporter and speaking on behalf of the campaign and group and former 2012 presidential candidate of course. good morning, governor. great to see you. >> good morning, martha. delighted to be with

that company says 45 barrels of heavy oil leaked in the water around the pascagoula refinery wharf. they are using boats and boom to contain. this is an area the size of seven football fields. >>> george clooney will be on capitol hill, testifying at a congressional hearing on the human rights crisis in sudan. he accuses the government of war crimes against civilians. so clooney and john prendergast will be soledad's guests on starting point. >>> rob marciano has been busy watching the ins and outs of the weather story if you're traveling or looking to get outside, hello. >> good morning, ladies, if you're getting outside, enjoy. temperatures well above average. check out record-breakers, in some cases 20, 25, maybe 30 degrees above it. 84 degrees in st. louis yesterday. that is a record breaker. same deep in joplin at 83. little rock, 79. 7 0 in albany. today, 70, good 20 plus degrees above average, 7 # in philadelphia, same deal, almost 80 potentially in d.c. today, that is well over 20 degrees above average as well. across parts of the upper midwest, 77 in chicago, the heat will

mitt romney wasn't born on a bayou, but in mississippi's port of pascagoula thursday night, he introduced himself as an adopted son of the south. accepting the endorsement of the state's governor, phil bryant. >> he is now turning me into an, i don't know, an unofficial southerner and i'm learning to say y'all and i like grits, and strange things are happening to me. >> he had blue jeans on. he likes grits. i like to see a man when he's holding a baby, and he looks like he's held a baby before. >> reporter: not just one but three. >> there you go. >> reporter: here in the deep south, rick santorum is fighting a two-front war, trying to knock out newt gingrich while he chases romney. whose advisers this week insisted the delegate mass shows the former massachusetts governor already has an insurmountable lead. >> governor romney's out there trying to spin this thing because he's not been able to win it on the battlefield. >> reporter: late thursday, santorum admitted regretting some of his most controversial choices of words. crediting his wife, karen, for reeling him back in after this rem