candidate comes to steubenville, ohio, much less hold their victory party here in steubenville, ohio. [cheering] >> we near a high school gymnasium. i just came from our war room, which doubles as as the weight room for the high school. i was pouching a little iron to get myself psyched for coming out here. we just prepared our talk, we -- where many talks were prepared for this gym floor, in the coaches room. this is our roots. here -- here behind me is part of our family because this is where we are from. we are from down here in the areas of southeastern ohio, and southwestern pennsylvania, where the folks who worked hard and built this country lived and worked for many, many decades. i am particularly kite excited to be here with my family, not just my family, our immediate family, but my -- my mom powho is right here, this is my mom, kay. 93. and karen's mother and father, ken and betty lee, right over there, garver. thank you. i got my brother here and his family and karen has -- well, karen's one of 11 children. so you can imagine -- brothers, sisters, nieces nephews. we have

in steubenville, ohio.re in a high school gymnas m gymnasium. i just came from our war room which doubles as the weight room for the high school. was pumping a little iran to get myself sike for coming out here. >> apparently he was. his campaign tweeted this photograph of the candidate pumping some iran before the speech with a suit and tie on. there was juan fellow on stage who could have used a little extra iron pumping. santorum's young son peter. he yawned at least 13 times during his father's 20-minute victory speech there in steubenville, ohio. cute little kid there. this does remind us of 7-year-old andrew giuliani. who could forget. we're going to let this roll, baby. just let it roll. that's andrew giuliani at 7 years old, acting up, falling asleep on the podium, yelling at people, pointing at people during his dad's first mayoral victory speech. that's rudolph giuliani, november 3rd, 199. 7-year-old andrew giuliani barking at people and sleeping. this spawned, you might remember, one of the great

candidates come to steubenville, ohio, much less hold their victory party in steubenville, ohio. [ applause ] . >> we're in a high school gymnasium. i just came from our war room. which doubles as the weight room for the lst. was pumping iron to get myself psyched for coming out here. and we just prepared our talk, where many talks were prepared for this gym floor, in the coach's room. this is our roots. here behind me is part of our family. because this is where we're from. we're from down here in the area of southeastern ohio, southwestern pennsylvania, where the folks who worked hard and built this country lived and worked for many, many decades. [ applause ] >> i'm particularly excited to be here with my family. when i say my family, i mean not just my family of our immediate family, but my mom, who is right here, that is my mom kaye, 93! [ applause ] >> and karen's mother and father, thank you! [ applause ] >> i got my brother here and his family, and karen has several -- karen is one of 11 children so you can imagine -- brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, we have a great crew back her

. >> we're in steubenville, ohio. [cheering and applause] not too many presidential can dates come to steubenville ohio, much less hold their victory party in steubenville, ohio. >> jon: they can hear you. i mean, seriously, what kind of a schmuck would hold a victory party in this [bleeped] hole. am i right? seriously. the night's bigger winner than the other winners, what note would he sound, grandiose, humble, grateful? >> on november 6th we're going to stand united, not only having won an election, but having saved a future. [laughter] >> jon: saved a future. what are you, a 2-1,000 sent back to warn us of the coming robot apocalypse. oh, my god, mitt romney is the-1000 sent back to warn us of so, this is my honda civic. not as much fun to drive as i thought it would be. people are selling their old rides, looking for something new. whoa, check this out, you guys. they are having way too much fun without me. i need better gas mileage. so, up, up to 40 on the highway? then myford touch just said the temperature. sh

. >> we're in steubenville, ohio.es come to steubenville ohio, much less hold their victory party in steubenville, ohio. >> jon: they can hear you. i mean, seriously, what kind of a schmuck would hold a victory party in this [bleeped] hole. am i right? seriously. the night's bigger winner than the other winners, what note would he sound, grandiose, humble, grateful? >> on november 6th we're going to stand united, not only having won an election, but having saved a future. [laughter] >> jon: saved a future. what are you, a 2-1,000 sent back to warn us of the coming robot apocalypse. oh, my god, mitt romney is the-1000 sent back to warn us of >> jon: welcome back. now, while the republican candidates spent yesterday trying to become president, there was a fella who was the president. press conference. >> now, i understand there are some political contests going on tonight. but i thought i'd start the day off by taking a few questions, which i'm sure will not be political in nature. >> jon: oh, it appears super tuesday j

in steubenville, ohio, danielle nottingham. now back to you. >>> three new polls out today surveying ohio voters are split. two show romney is up. one has santorum hanging onto the lead. >>> the hospital cafeteria worker in arlington under arrest tonight accused of tying up a manager and threatening her with knife. now police say albert murray tried to leave the scene in a waiting cab with the cafeteria safe stashed in the truck. this all went down saturday night at virginia hospital center. investigators say the cab driver got mad when murray tried to load the safe into its trunk. there was a confrontation and murray was arrested after a short chase. kind of wild. >> yeah. >> this is what you think as march, sunshine, snow shower, then sunshine and kind of blustery. that's what it. is another snow went south of us. two weeks we had a snow if south of us and not that far south. south of culpeper they had 5 inches of snow. let's take you out to buchanan, virginia, which is west, northwest of lynchburg, a little northeast of roan

santorum being in steubenville tomorrow night is an interesting choice. it's interesting because even if rick santorum wins the state of ohio tomorrow, rick santorum likely cannot win any of steubenville, ohio's available delegates. that is steubenville is one three ohio districts where the santorum campaign failed to submit the necessary paperwork to be eligible to win any delegatesif mr. santorum does well there. oops. in addition to those three districts, there are are six other districts in ohio where the santorum campaign has only submitted partial paperwork. that all means that of the 63 delegates up for grabs tomorrow night in ohio, more than a quarter of them are unwinnable for rick santorum even if he does great in the state. has the same problem in tennessee he has an empty slate of dielegates. will have the same problem in illinois where the campaign failed to submit the required amount of delegates in four of the state's congressional districts. his campaign is lucky he's on the ballot at all in indiana. they had to contest the findings of the

let's go to ron mott in steubenville, ohio, the big state really that we're waiting for tonight, just because of its role in american politics and it is so representative of the rest of the country and all its various facets. ron, good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian, good evening to you. there is some cautious optimism here with the rick santorum camp tonight. we're beginning to hear thing we heard out of michigan out of this campaign. they're trying to temper expectations here. they believe they have a chance to win here in ohio, but they're saying the mere fact that rick santorum is pulling within striking distance of mitt romney after having been outspent by their estimate 12 to 1, $12 million to $1 million here in ohio, they say is a win for them. of course, as peter just mentioned, it is about racking up delegates. we know rick santorum has some real delegate challenges here in ohio. he's essentially conceding almost a third of those delegates because of some filing issues with those delegates including right here in this congressional district where he did not file a full slat

very few people come here, to have their victory party in steubenville, ohio. steubenville, ohio.

let's go to santorum headquarters in steubenville.ere you ever your washington post colleagues tweeted on body language and rhetoric, doesn't look like the santorum people are optimistic about ohio. >> i have seen just over the last 24 hours a change in tone in terms of this campaign and a lowering of expectations in terms of him thinking he can pull out a victory. the language has changed. they are highlighting that they were back spinning this race, looking a close second. they aren't thinking they are going to pull out a victory here, but at the same time, saying that they are going to continue in this race. they feel like the romney campaign is going to start making this about math and they say the if that's his message, it's certainly not an inspirational one. >> early on with 1% recorded, it was a 3% lead by romney over santorum. some of the other operations have gone out into the 7% reporting stage, and the lead becoming more like 6%. what happen to say rick santorum if this is not a close second place, if there is no longer no

let's go to steubenville, ohio, to ron mott. ron, good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian. rick santorum stopped short of calling ohio a must-win state tonight saying simply it will be huge for his campaign if he does. though not the biggest delegate prize of super tuesday, ohio is considered the catch of the day. mitt romney went home to boston to vote after a solid week slugging it out toe to toe in ohio with rick santorum. >> it's great to be in the heart of ohio here in buckeye territory. that's a tough thing for a penn stater to say. i've got to tell you. >> reporter: a proven presidential battleground, 12 state elections picking the winner, victory in ohio can cast long-lasting signals. for romney, says one political expert, the stakes couldn't be higher. especially considering a possible southern surge in the next week for former speaker newt gingrich. >> the field is tilted for the rest of march in a santorum and/or gingrich direction. not in a romney direction. i think he has to have ohio. has to win ohio. >> reporter: romney is expected to perform best in ohio's u

[cheers and applause] thank you, steubenville, and god bless america. thank you. ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ >> ♪ we keep our faith when there is no way out when there is little hope, we show no doubt we know the distance, no matter how hard remember who we are we have paid a price to be free remember who we are with our blood, sweat, and tears remember who we are will our children be the ones asking us one day, what we did not do enough, why we gave it all away we keep our faith when there is no way out when there is little hope, we show no doubt we go the distance, no matter how hard remember who we are ♪ ♪ ♪ like a phoenix, rising from the ashes, we will run and not be faint the time has come for taking chances we are the masters of our fate ♪ ♪ >> thank you. ♪ >> you can win tonight. >> i still can. people presumed winner, and here we are in ohio. >> you know it. >> four years ago, i saw bill clinton here. it was on tv. four, man. >> thank you. ohio is looking g

steubenville, ohio.are at a high school gymnasium. i just came from our war room which doubles as the weight room for the high school. and we just prepared our talk where many talks we're preparing for the gym's floor in the coach's room. this is our roots. here behind me is, well, part of our family, because this is where we're from. we're from down here in the areas of southeastern ohio, west virginia and southwestern pennsylvania where the folks that worked hard and built this country that lived for many, many decades. i'm particularly excited to be here with my family. when i say my family i mean not just my family, our immediate family, but my mom who's right here. that's my mom, kay. 93. and ken and betty. thank you. i got my brother here and his family and karen has, well, several -- karen is one of 11 children, so you can imagine brothers, sisters, nieces, nevada use, we got a -- nephews, we got a great crew behind here all behind us, all behind us because this campaign is about the towns that ha

their victory party here in steubenville, ohio.gh school gymnasium. i just came from our war room, which doubles as the weight room for the high school. i was pumping a little iron to get myself psyched for coming out here. and we just prepared our talk, where many talks were prepared, in the coach's room. this is our roots. standing behind me is a part of our family, because this is where we're from. we're from down here in the areas of southeastern ohio, west virginia and southwestern pennsylvania where the folks who worked hard and built this country lived and worked for many, many decades. [cheers and applause] i'm particularly excited to be here with my family. when i say my family, i mean not just my family, our immediate family, but my mom, who's right here. that's my mom, kay, 93. [applause] and karen's mother and father, ken and betty. thank you. [applause] i got my brother here and his family, and karen is one of 11 children. so you can imagine, brothers, sisters, neases, nephews, we have a great crew back here all behind

i was in ohio yesterday in steubenville, a town along the ohio river whereby the way rick santorum ise tuesday super tuesday results tomorrow night. and in steubenville i talked to a lot of conservative catholics before mass at the big conservative church, conservative catholic church there, all for santorum but said look, we'll accept romney, if it's him or barack obama, we'll accept romney, and we know that rick santorum has his flaw, we like how strongest on our issues. i think they will turn out for santorum but i didn't detect the sort of fiery passion that is going to necessarily be enough in enough places to carry rick santorum in ohio against the withering barrage from mitt romney. >> john, i don't hear the rejection type comments about mitt romney that i used to hear after michigan. as howard says there seems to be a level of acceptance. can he win a southern state? >> romney will win southern states, it will take him until november to do it. the problem that romney has got is people still, republicans still want to get their real desires out before they have to settle for th

nbc's ron mott is live in steubenville, ohio.mney's political director described ohio. he called it, it's a knife fight in a phone booth. >> reporter: hi, there, chris. it's a graphic description but it's pretty apt considering how hard those two gentlemen have fought here in ohio. this is a big state a big prize to win tonight. it's not got the most delegates up for grabs. georgia gets the honor for that today. but ohio is a bellwether for the fall. so president obama and the democrats will stop just as hard as the republicans and their nominee here to try to win ohio. if you can win ohio, probably have a pretty good chance at winning the white house. leading up to this, rick santorum has talked his blue-collar roots. he grew up in western pennsylvania, particularly why he chose steubenville, the eastern edge of ohio. he's going to meet with a lot of blue-collar workers here. he's sold that around this state. he's connected with those folks. ohio is very diverse. you have the urban and suburban centers. they are probably going t

they're heading home to get some rests. >> jim acosta in steubenville, ohio.there. let's go back to john king, talk more about ohio. let's talk also about the delegates because it's delegates, delegates, delegates. as important at the popular vote is, the delegates vote, getting to 1,144, getting the nomination at the convention in tampa, that's key. >> to the point eric erickson was making, a lot of rnens don't like romney, at some point, the delegate map becomes obvious. let's look at the state of play. we have not officially called ohio, but romney is leading. we have not officially called idaho, but romney is leading. if this stays as it is, the only other super tuesday state is alaska. >> we did call idaho. >> romney wins idaho. alaska is the big one, and ohio we're waiting to call. it's 13 states for romney, assuming ohio stays this way, seven for santorum. a bit of an asterisk because missouri is a beauty contest. none for ron paul as we wait for alaska. what are the delegates? you're winning 13 states, you're ahead in the delegate math. this is roughly

nbc's ron mott is in steubenville, ohio. kelly o'donnell is in marietta, georgia.art with you. ohio, obviously a do or die for santorum. how confident is his campaign with the race being neck and neck? >> reporter: hey, there, thomas. i think they're cautiously optimistic about this race here. one of the things that rick santorum said last night at a rally we attended up near cleveland in cuyahoga falls, of all the money that mitt romney has spent in this race, the fact that the polls are showing this state to be a dead heat tells you something. ohio matters not just on primary day but in the general. this is a true bellwether. they've picked the president correctly in the past 12 elections. this race has a lot on the line here. for rick santorum, he's unfortunately at a disadvantage when it comes to totalling delegates tonight because of a filing requirement he did not make in certain congressional districts. he's essentially giving back as many as 18 delegates out of the 66 here. he may very well win ohio and actually walk away from ohio with fewer delegates than

let's get to candidates starting with rick santorum who is in steubenville, ohio tonight with his supporters. >> we can add to iowa, missouri, minnesota, colorado, now oklahoma and tennessee. >> what a great night. there are three states now tonight under our belt and counting. we're going to get more before this night is over. >> with your help we're going to go on to tampa and win the nomination. [ cheering and applause ] >> we shall see, a big win for newt gingrich tonight in his homestate of georgia, but that was expected. everywhere else he's finished third to fourth. ohio remains critical again for mitt romney tonight. keep in mind no republican has ever won the presidency without winning ohio. he could still come out tonight with nearly 200 delegates. however, if romney is unable to lock down the buckeye state, he may be unable to turn his entire attention and money supply from barack obama and try to separate himself from the other candidates. >>> a prince george's county councilwoman accused of going over 100 miles an hour on the beltway in a county car getting a ticket. internal in

. >> rick santorum celebrated tonight in ohio and he addressed supporters at steubenville high school. >> this campaign is amount the towns that have been left behind and the families that made those towns the greatest towns across this country. [ applause ] >> this was a big night tonight. lots of states. we are going to win a few and we are going to lose a few but as it looks right now, we are going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole pocket full of silver medals. >> we went up against enormous odds, not just here in the state of ohio where who knows how much we were out spent but in every state, there wasn't a single state in the list that i just gave you where i spent more money than the people i was able to defeat to win that state. in every case, we over came the odds. >> newt gingrich celebrated his win in georgia tonight, he spoke at the renaissance atlanta hotel in atlanta sovereignty we basically put people power against money power, and as you saw, the very first race they called tonight about 15 seconds after the polls closed -- [ cheers and applause ] >> -

hour or so away from where rick santorum is holding his victory party tonight, in the city of steubenville, which is just outside of pittsburgh. this is definitely rick santorum country. many voters i talked to here are voting for him. the question is, are some of -- those voters are looking at who's going to be the most viable in the fall. and some of the voters i talked to said that while their heart is with santorum, they've decided that romney is the one who really has the best chance of winning against president obama. so, that's the question that rick santorum is facing tonight. will his voters actually believe that he is the most electable candidate. will they turn out for him? and if he is able to eke out a win here tonight, it's pretty unlikely he'd actually win the most delegates, but he could still have the big symbolic victory in terms of the popular vote. >> we're talking with felicia sonmez off "the washington post." you're been on the campaign trail, also observing it from here in washington. as you track the polling numbers in ohio, what happened? because rick santorum had

steubenville. dean? >> reporter: scott, santorum's aides were out here early tonight dismissing any suggestion that a loss here in ohio would somehow mark the beginning of the end of this campaign. but it's never a sign of confidence... >> couric: dean, we have breaking news, sorry to interrupt you, dean, but cbs news is now projecting that rick santorum is the winner in tennessee. this would be santorum's first win of super tuesday. rick santorum the winner in tennessee. now, let's go back to dean reynolds, i'm sorry about the interruption, dean, but we had to break in for news and tell us what's happening there now. >> reporter: well, earlier today the aides were out here sort of spinning us, if you will, talking about how a loss in ohio would not mark the beginning of the end of this campaign, but it's never a sign of confidence when you try to spin reporters, condition them a defeat. but the good muse for santorum, of course, is the win in tennessee and it looks good in oklahoma as well so there's go

steve brown is in steubenville.omney campaign feels really the stops he made in the last few days in ohio were really what pushed him over the top there. is that what folks on the ground are agreeing with as well or do they have another idea about it? >> reporter: certainly it does help. campaign stops generally boost your numbers, get more attention, there is local media attention, free immediate yeah and almedia. romney visited places like hamilton county, starkton. all places that he won. there are really big television markets. cincinnati, columbus, cleveland, akron and youngstown. and the romney campaign had been running for two weeks millions of dollars worth of television ads not just on their before but on behalf of the proromney super pack. while the grand visits certainly play a role and can raise your points, in terms of the turn out for votes, so can television ads, and those were a much more persistent presence in ohio. martha. martha: rick santorum can certainly argue that he had a very good night in o

candidates come to steubenville, ohio, much less hold their victory party in steubenville, ohio. [ applause're in a high school gymnasium. i just came from our war room. which doubles as the weight room for the lst. was pumping iron to get myself psyched for coming out here. and we just prepared our talk, where many talks were prepared for this gym floor, in the coach's room. this is our roots. here behind me is part of our family. because this is where we're from. we're from down here in the area of southeastern ohio, southwestern pennsylvania, where the folks who worked hard and built this country lived and worked for many, many decades. [ applause ] >> i'm particularly excited to be here with my family. when i say my family, i mean not just my family of our immediate family, but my mom, who is right here, that is my mom kaye, 93! [ applause ] >> and karen' mother and father, thank you! [ applause ] >> i got my brother here and his family, and karen has several -- karen is one of 11 children so you can imagine -- brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, we have a great crew back here. all behi

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i was in steubenville, ohio over the weekend which is where rick santorum set up his election night tonight. i talked to a lot of voters and parishioners at the st. peter's church which is right across the street from the high school where rick santorum was. they were all for rick santorum all those people i spoke to. people with big families, traditional catholics of the old school. they said we're to santorum. i said yeah, but if santorum doesn't make it, will you support mitt romney should he be the nominee? and every single one of those people, those conservative parishioners in st. peters said that they would support mitt romney because there's no way, and i mean, no way under the sun that any of those people would ever vote for president barack obama. >> thank you. and bob woodward said the same exact thing on my sunday show. he said just watch, that 30 to 40% out there, some of them haters, some bedrock conservatives are all ready to back the republican ticket no matter who leads it. that's why this will be one close general election. nbc's peter alexander joins us now. i get the fee

rick santorum is delivering a speech right now live in steubenville, ohio, one of the ten states up on this super tuesday for grabs and a little too close to call at this point. he won tennessee and oklahoma. he is addressing supporters in ohio. we'll have the results coming up. let's listen in. >> minnesota, colorado, now oklahoma and tennessee. [ applause and cheers ] >> whoo! >> we have won in the west, the midwest and the south and we are ready to win across this country. >> whoo! [ applause and cheers ] >> rick santorum delivering a speech to his supporters. and, of course, we'll have all the latest results for you on cbssf.com. >>> buried under a wall of snow. >> where's he at! >> a snowmobiler tries to outrun an avalanche and doesn't make it. how long he was buried before his friends could dig him out. ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, in this video, you can see him setting off the avalanche. feet of >>> snowmobiler in utah was saved by friends. he was buried by an avalanche. you can see him setting off the avalanche in this video. he was buried under 10 feet of snow. for more than 20 minutes.

i am the guy talking about manufacturing jobs and went to steubenville, ohio. i wasn't in boston. i wasn't in atlanta. i was in the heart of blue-collar america, talking about the jobs and the tunes for those river towns and the mill towns in america. you know, that's the message i have been out there with. i have been talking about freedom and the president with obamacare and the -- really the fact that governor romney now not only has -- and did a bad job in massachusetts by imposing obamacare -- excuse me, romneycare, the model for obamacare. but we now found out that he was an advocate at heart of the time when the debate was going on, he was advocating for pretty much what president obama put into place and then told the american public that he wasn't doing that. you know, i think we need someone who is willing to be honest about what you believe in. hold the beliefs for a couple of years and then go out and try to fight to make the country more free. >> greta: i realize that you said that you think we should have a candidate who is honest. what i read is that you are saying

speaking tonight in steubenville, ohio, the former pennsylvania senator thanked supporters not only forwin in tennessee, but out west in oklahoma as well. now for his part newt gingrich as we said won big in his homestate of georgia, but when it came time to give his victory speech, again went after mitt romney tonight. for his part mitt romney, well, he did win in his former state where he was governor, massachusetts, and in the neighboring state of vermont, but that is not strong gop territory. he needs to win in ohio tonight to be able to claim a wide super tuesday victory. >> what a great night. ann said it right. there are three states now tonight under our belt and counting. we're going to get more before this night is over. we're on our way. [ cheering and applause ] >> we're so excited to be in the bay state tonight celebrating with family and friends who worked just tirelessly. >> this was a big night tonight, lots of states. we're going to win a few. we're going to lose a few, but as it looks right now we're going to get at least a couple of gold medals and a whole packetful o

moments after santorum took off the stage at steubenville high school last night when a senior adviserame into the gym and talked to reporters saying, listen, the key for us going forward is that one-on-one match-up. it is very odd that really the biggest problem for the santorum campaign going forward is the guy they keep beating, newt gingrich, because in their mind they keep splitting the vote and they can't pose a real challenge for romney until gingrich gets out of the race. >>> newt gingrich says he's not going anywhere one day after his home state win. the former house speaker is setting his sights on alabama. alabama, one of two southern states voting next week, and this morning gingrich is holding a rally at a hotel in montgomery after this interesting analogy last night. take a look. >> remember when it was tim pawlenty who was going to crowd me out? and remember then when it was michele bachmann? now it's santorum. you just can't quite get across to them, it's all right. there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise. i just take one step at a time. >> th