definirse si romney gana la mayoria de los 10 estados y particularmente si gana ohio y gana tennessee. tennessee es importante porque demostraria que romney puede ganar en 1 estado del sur muy conservador. en otras palabras que puede ganar en todas las regiones de estados unidos. pero rick santorum tiene todavia posibilidades si logra derrotar a romney, que lo podrian elevar nuevamente en las encuestas. newt gingrich tiene laibilid de ganar georgia, y ron paul no da indicios de retirarse.este dia 0 delegados en juego, que representan poco mas del tercio del total de delegados necesarios para asegurar la nominacion. en todo caso es poco probable que 1 candidato republicano alcance esa meta al final de esta jornada. desde arlington, virginia, fernando pizarro, univision. en virginia tambalizaron las el primarias...claudia uceda fue y alli y nos dice lo que se vio ....adelante claudia asi es norma... pues primero te voy a decir, lo que no vi y eso fue votantes... no hubo mucha participacion electoral ...muchos piensan que esto fue influenciado porque solo hubieron 2 candidatos en la boleta electora

tennessee, lost. western tennessee, pretty much gone after that very quickly because the confederates couldn't hold it. they withdrew without firing a shot. eastern tennessee wasn't nice to the confederate army either, so in one swoop all of tennessee is gone in essentially a two-week campaign. again, is there any oth especiallyto brigadier general. from the army very quickly after that. this battle will put him on the glide path to success here. he has a lot of competition out there, but he has one thing going for him. he almost loses a lot of battles, but hen thend. and he's going to do -- you know, belmont, learning -- this is back in december of '61. he almost loses his shirt physically at belmont. he learns his lessons there. comes here. he has more learning to do, but he's learning his trade. and he's learning it through success. the confederates on the 15th come this close to pushing him back to the river and defeating him. but he springs back. the subordinate commanders on the ground are also learning their trade. gentlemen such as at that time colonel logan will go on to high rank. james mcpherson, general mclearnen will rise to a point and off he

tennessee lost. western tennessee, gone pretty much after that. they withdrew without firing a shot. eastern tennessee wasn't really friendly to the confederate cause anyway. so you can argue that in one swoop all of tennessee is gone in a two-week campaign. again, is there any other civil war battle that is so decisive with such short loss and so dramatic in effect? so -- something else at fort donelson is going to do for the union side. you heard earlier doug richardson came up and read general grant's orders. general grant was a brigadier general and tourism was in illinois. it's back water and he was just a lowly guy, unknown. yeah, he was a captain in the mexican war and he faded from the army very quickly after that. this battle is going to put him on the glide path to success here. he has a lot of competition out there. he has one thing going for him. he almost loses a lot of battles. he ends up winning them in the end. and he's going to -- you know, learning the trade. this is back in december of '61. he almost loses his shirt physically. he learns his lessons there. he comes here. he has more

tennessee. tennessee has a whole group of -- introduced legislation in response to the photo i.d. law that was passed. one thing that is the most interesting that apparently was overlooked by the drafters of the legislation was that seniors in tennessee, if you're over 60, you're not required to have your photo on your driver's license. now they've required new legislation making it harder to access the polls. and then, of course, in 2012 we will see a constitutional amendment on the ballot from missouri. proof of citizenship for registration, we have 13 states introduce laws passed in three additional states. south carolina and apparently a sij effort to make sure that there are reasons to demonstrate the need for section five is introducing more restrictions on the vote and now saying proof of citizenship laws have now been introduced in south carolina, are very concerned about the passage of those laws. as we think about proof of identity and rates of citizenship, let's look at who doesn't have this proof. we know 11% of american citizens lack photo id. 18% of americans over 65 lack current government-issued photo id, 25% of african-americans, 18% of young people 18-24, 7% lack proof of citizenship and 34% of women lack proof of c

tennessee lost. western tennessee pretty much gone after that very quickly because the con fed rates couldn't hold it, they just withdrew without firing a shot. eastern tennessee wasn't really friendly to the confederate cause anyway. so you can argue that in one swoop all of tennessee is gone in essentially a two-week campaign. again, is there any other civil war battle that is so decisive with such short loss and so dramatic? i'm pose this as no. so it does make me sad in a way that fort donelson does not get the recommendation that it does. this is a critical event here. 150 years ago happening right here at fort donelson, fort henry and then fort heimer over that way. okay? and something else that fort donelson is going to do for particularly for the union side, you've heard earlier, doug richardson came up and gave general grant's orders. general grant in february 1864 was a brigadier general in charge of cairo and illinois. it's back water again. it's back water now, too. but he was just a lowly guy, unknown. yeah, he was a captain in the mexican war. he faded from the army very quickly after that. this battle is going to put him on the glide path to suc

can get that win or lose mitt romney and rick santorum are virtually tied in both ohio and tennessee tennessee fifteen plus four hundred nineteen delegates are at stake in the candidates are desperate to break free from the pack look at santorum schools thirty plus in losing he still needs to do if you wins that state he's got to figure out hope he can get thirty. so all day we're seeing statistics numbers delegate counts be broken down into minute detail while the mainstream media obsesses over that while simultaneously talking about the inevitability of mitt romney becoming the g.o.p. nominee and look at some things that always get left out in this kind of coverage i know today i'm not going to talk about the money although that is also a big one so far it's been calculated that eleven point five million dollars have been spent by outside groups in the states but now today i'd like to take a look at mitt romney's policies specifically his policy on education stuff we get all the mainstream media treats this like a horse race these people are actually running to be the president and the side

tennessee, which he said with some confidence. if that happens, that is mitt romney winning a southern state and that is defying a lot of predictions people have made. >> i think if romney wins tennessee and clearly if he wins tennessee and ohio, it does give the perception. i think what is really -- it's interesting when the ex--senator now supporting santorum was on, i think what we are not dealing with is the impact of citizens u n united, the angry voter in ohio is going to romney, is that if you have enough money you drive the anger another place. they are very successfully making santorum look like the washington guy that played with the liberals. they have been told you should be more angry at this guy than me and they flood that so the anger is just guided another way, only because of money. no matter how much you would question him or chris would question him he would not attack citizens united because that is who is winning the race for mitt romney outspending everyone he can tell you i know you're mad you should be mad at santorum because he's in bed with the guys you're angry at which may or may not be true b if you hear it enough and he can't rebut it because he doesn't have the money the anger is mispla

delegation and across the entire state, and in tennessee, what you see is basically a good microcosm of america. you've got west tennessee, middle tennessee, east tennessee. more establishment-orienteded in east tennessee. activist oriented in west tennessee. kind of the reagan democrats and then in the center part of the state you have the tea party organizations that are very active around nashville and the suburban areas there. >> so let's break it down for me. in east tennessee you expect romney to do well. why he was in knoxville sunday, but you expect santorum to do well around nashville? >> i do. i think so. and then west tennessee, when i was there last weekend, you're going to hear some santorum and gingrich that is coming there, but less romney support that is coming out of that end of the state. >> any reason why you haven't endorsed yet in this primary process? pretty active the last time? >> yes, indeed. i've been working with the chairman of the rnc focusing on making certain we have the money raised for whomever is the eventual nominee. we want the resources to there be to go beat president obama when we get to the polling

tennessee. >> if he wins ohio and tennessee tennessee, this thing is wrapped up? 's over. >> i would vhave to say it's hard hard. next week is alabama mississippi, teahe south again , not friendly tearrritory. i guess you could change the die dialogue quickly if oryou are newt beginninggingrich in the south. it seems like it lbwill be heart to did he haveefeat him if ehhe wins ohio and tennessee tomorrow. >> if he wins ohio santorum wins tennessee we jevityust keep ahon going? >> it keeps going for a while. yeah. there is no reason why one feof these other two candidates is going to pull back. as you know beginninggingrich is going to win nein georgia tomorrow, and then you are going to see what happens out west. there are ten other states and oklahoma is ah raileally republican state. rick santorum will probably win there tomorrow. >> fascinateing stuff. i can't wait for tomorrow. soh you guys come back. i know you will mikechael. soh will david. thank you so much. when we come back ricks, i have ah personal challenge for rush limb limbaugh and ashe is desperate.

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tennessee. watch the way tennessee goes. three men fighting and vying right now for victory there in tennessee tonight. lahoma similar story. we will see the results come in there and about 22 and a half minutes. for the movement, back in ohio, nothing to report just yet but that map will change in a matter of moments. on super tuesday, shepard. >> shepard: bill, thank you. a lot that we're watching. if you want to know what we're watching behind the scenes now, obviously watching ohio. ohio is going to tell us a lot. as ed rollins said a couple of minutes ago if mitt romney can win ohio, ed rollins veteran g.o.p. consultant and insider says this thing is over. it won't end but it's over. and then there is tennessee. can rick santorum get the evangelical vote and enough of it in the state of tennessee to go on and take it? can newt gingrich do the same? and can newt gingrich later go on with mississippi and alabama? it would be huge momentum for him, not enough to win but it would be big. top of the hour three very important states. oklahoma, massachusetts, and tennessee. first, we're waiting to call oh

tennessee. tennessee also held a presidential primary on tuesday but this year's primary was different from other years because back in june, that state's republican governor signed a new law that, like ohio, says you can't vote in tennesseenymore unless you can show documents at the polls that you never had to show before. and like ohio, not every voter who wanted to vote on tuesday got to vote. in this case, it wasn't an 86-year-old world war ii veteran, it was rather a 55-year-old retired u.s. marine this tennessee marine had the right i.d. to be able to vote. but he chose not to submit at the cost of getting his ballot. he chose not to in protest. >> ex-marine tim thompson considers himself a true patriot. >> i voted for the last 37 years. >> when he came here to the dalewood baptist church this morning, he had no intention of casting a ballot, even though he has a valid i.d. >> i'm standing up for the college student that can't get an i.d. or hasn't had time because he is working or she's work. i'm standing up for the poor people that don't even know about this law. >> reporter: thompson is protest the new photo i.d. law which requires every tennessean to show a state or federally issued photo i.d. in order to vote.

a lot of people think it's going to be san francisco, the 49ers or tennessee, tennessee titans. >> harrisy ear via my ear piece. curious about tim tebow, don't know what it toss do with. >> a lot. >> harris: tell me. >> tebow took the broncos to the playoffs, great season and selling the tickets and top selling jersey. and manning met with the broncos and they said we'd love to you. if they take them and sign peyton manning to the the major deal what do you do with tim tebow, might be a guy out of a job four months after the biggest seller in all of sports. >> harris: you and everyone else keep talking about the titans and we'll see what happens. a name we haven't heard is andy pettitte. >> took a year off and the jks spring training and says i'll come in and kind of help the guys and help them pitch and coach. i've got still got it. 2.5 million dollars, wow. >> minor league deal and probably make it to the majors, 40 years old. >> easy. >> for baseball, for baseball. and pettitte probably in the rotation. >> i'm looking out for you, might want to get an interview with the guy. >> don't c

tennessee. -- nashville, tennessee. >> >> reporter: we are talking about the second round of deadly tornadoes. >> scenes like this in henryville, indiana blanket parts of the country's midsection. dozens of them going through communities, leveling homes, schools, anything in their paths. at times there were more than 20 active tornado warnings across multiple states. >> it is just nuts right here. people's lives are in danger here with the rotating storms and tornadoes coming down. >> reporter: the fury unleashed early. starting in alabama. ripping off roofs and snapping power lines. as the day rolled on so did the storms, gaining in intensity. from indiana to kentucky and ohio, watches turned to warnings and people took cover. storms brought heavy rain, golf ball sized hail and winds. there are multiple reports of twisters touching down and extensive damage. >> this is an enormous outbreak in kentucky and across the midsouth. >> reporter: hamilton county, tennessee, dozens of injuries are reported. the storms sheered trees and ripped through buildings. one man returned to find his home of 30 years reduced to a pile of rubble. >> this is real life stuff here. >> reporter: now it is a race to clear blocked roads to emergency vehicles can get to the people that need help. >> we are working at this hour to try to make sure that everyone is accounted for. >> reporter: in harrisburg, illinois, beaten down from the ef-4 twister that went through days ago residents can only hope that they will be spared a second blow. now, the good news is the severe weather is expected to be over by tomorrow morning. then the cleanup and recovery efforts will begin. >> you can go to ktvu.com. we stream live images from the bay area and around the nation. >>> now, san francisco, a man made flood hit one of the city's most popular tourist attractions today. take a look at this home video. taken by a tourist from iowa while visits lombart street. it looks like a slip and

tennessee, which is along i-75. far northeastern reaches of tennessee, kind of above knoxville, he was all over kentucky and tennesseeoday and watched that massive storm pass right by him. tell us what you have seen. >> hey, well, tolerable rains. dangerous day for people across the country and for tennessee and these super cells that we have been watching on radar i mean, they are ridiculous. they are huge and a lot of rotation with them. >> shepard: have you seen damage today or have you been on the other side of these? >> i have actually been to the side of them. so i haven't seen any of the damage i did just come from a cell that we reported a strong rotating wall cloud and what looked to be a tornado which was then -- took out the power and it took out -- hitting hail right now. that was a pretty amazing site. if you had seen my live stream right now you can see what's going on. we are heading straight into the mouth of this storm right here. >> shepard: dan whitcher heading right into the hailstorm as lightning flaches. continuing coverage in just a moment. stay tuned. what's withou? trouble with a car insuranc

tennessee. eastern tennessee is the latest to feel the brunt of the se rear weather. official say three people were -- severe weather. officials say three people were killed after wind came barreling through and in kentucky one man says he he thought he was going to die -- he says he he thought he was going to do. >> i don't know what happened. >> no doubt. lord didn't call me is all i know. wasn't my time. >> experts say that tornado killed 6 people in southern illinois as winds were up to 170 miles an hour blasting the town of harrisburg and caused damage in branson missouri. we will have a recap of this and another system developing on this thursday. it's march 1st good morning i am charley crowson joined by meteorologist lynette charles. we got the rain from the system but the severity of the storms especially as the seasons are changing, is something we will see for probably weeks to come. >> exactly. and no matter people think that springtime is a time fall and another time for severe weather. but whatever the ingredients come together you can have severe weathe

obama solution. >> reporter: tennessee voters have seen the top three contenders in the state of tennessee the past couple days. now of course it's in the hand of tennessee martha: newt gingrich pretty loose and relaxed in that moment. tennessee is the third largest delegate number of the day. what else matters there besides procuring those delegates? >> talking to folks here they care about the economy. the unemployment rate is a touch higher than it is nationally. that seems to play into mitt romney's hand. rick santorum talking about the economy as is newt gingrich as well. i talked to one expert to talked about why tennessee matters to the candidate. take a listen. >> it's always been an important state within the republican party. there have been leaders in the senate to come out of tennessee. it's a state that's got a mix of both conservatives and moderate. our current leadership is moderate in the state on the republican side. it's always an important state. but we'll see how it plays out. >> reporter: the polls close at 7:00 local time. the state gop chairman says it will be several hours before we know a winner. martha: when we find out we'll he

tennessee. these are the exit poll results in tennessee, important numbers, once again, santorum ahead in tennessee with 35%, according to the exit poll, romney, 28%, gingrich, 23%, 11% for ron paul. let's look at massachusetts. we do project romney the winner of his home state of massachusetts. here are the exit poll results. look at this. overwhelmingly voting for romney, 70% according to the massachusetts exit poll for romney, 12% for santorum, 9% for ron paul, only 4% for newt gingrich. let's take a look at the map. the third win so far for mitt romney. we project he wins in massachusetts, we project he wins in virginia and vermont. newt gingrich we projected wins in georgia. ohio, we have not yet been able to make a projection. romney is winning, let's go to the headquarters and see how the crowd is reacting. we got a picture at romney headquarters. let's take a look and see. maybe they don't know. his margin of victory is very very significant in massachusetts, and he needed to win massachusetts and he won it decisively. the exit poll numbers impressive for romney but santorum is showing stre

tennessee will be looking okay this evening. south i-65 is a bad place to be this evening. east tennessee, as well. places like chattanooga, tennessee, and knoxville, home of the tennessee volunteers in the greatest risk area in the volunteer state. back to you. >> mike bettes in nashville, thanks. to all our viewers in these affected areas, stay with this nbc station, your late local news, of course, and for up to the minute updates all evening long, experts at the weather channel. >>> now we want to turn to some of the day's other news. war of words over iran's nuclear ambitions. tonight president obama says he's not bluffing about using military action if needed, to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. making his strongest comments yet on this subject, sending a message to iran and to israel and the gop candidates who have been critical of his iran policy. we get our report on this from our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. >> reporter: president obama gearing up for a critical meeting with israel's prime minister netanyahu monday and his own speech this weekend to america's strongest pro-israel lobby, took

tennessee, it tends to be more moderate and supported establishment type of republicans, mitt romney did not do well and ran even with rick santorum in eastern tennessee and in fact newt gingrich ran a very strong third. >> in fact when you look at that map it is a lot of blue, a lot of santorum blue. >> it is and there should be a lot of orange there or at least some orange, so the fact that he didn't do well there and of course he did -- he being romney did less well in middle tennessee and western tennessee is really, is talking to a republican strategist from tennessee well this is really a zero blowout and the disappointing for the romney folks. >> is oklahoma disappointing. >> oklahoma is a different picture in santorum ran very strongly but gingrich even though he is just behind mitt romney, taking third place here, newt gingrich actually won several counties in the area, and oklahoma is an area where the late deciders went with rick santorum which is exactly a little bit of an opposite to what you have seen in ohio, where you have seen santorum has a big lead at first or slowly slowly declined and in oklahoma they were going for him at the last minute and just this battle for second place, also san form won basically every region in oklahoma, and these places where gingrich won, very close there so it is really an interesting pattern. >> newt gingrich did well tonight in one state and that was the state he represented in congress for two decades, georgia. so th

most of the tennessee republicans identify themselves as white evangelicals. and does it matter to you, and more than 4 in 10 in tennesseed it matters a great de s s . and for santorum, and gingrich and romney, you see it. you will see governor romney leading among the

most of the tennessee republicans identify themselves as white evangelicals. and does it matter to you, and more than 4 in 10 in tennesseed it matters a great de s s . and for santorum, and gingrich and romney, you see it. you will see governor romney leading among the voters there, so perhaps among some southern evangelicals, mitt romney's mormon faith could be an issue. wolf? >> three states at the top of the hour will be closing their polls. and within a few seconds. standby, and we will share exactly what we know at the top of the hour. we are watching georgia. georgia, very much on our minds gh

tennessee. tennessee is the place that mitt romney has the opportunity to win a southern state. he has to show some strength in this country and in this process of winning a southern state. tennessee is the place for him to do that. and if rick santorum loses ohio, the only other place he can show he's still in the game is tennessee. the other place is georgia. georgia i think is the place where gingrich could be a lazarus again, win big and still stay in this race. watch tennessee and georgia. >> meanwhile, on mitt romney. we're seeing he's doing -- a new abc news/"post" poll, he's doing better with conservatives. overall, but still under water on this question of favorability with the broader eelectorate by ten points. >> a big problem with favorability. he hopes today ends the winter of his discontent. he has to get out of this process and begin to rebuild his image. he's probably in one of the worst positions that a republican candidate has been winning the nomination and going into a general election. >> we just saw in josh's newscast, with 10,000 jobs being created this month, people believe the economy is getting better. >> you look at the numbers. people think the economy

tennessee. tennessee is the place that mitt romney has the opportunity to win a southern state. he has to show some strength in the country. and if rick santorum loses ohio, the only other place he can show he's still in the game is tennessee. the other place is georgia. newt gingrich could be lazarus again. >> meanwhile, on mitt romney. we're seeing he's doing -- a new abc news/"post" poll, he's doing better with conservatives. >> a big problem with favorability. he hopes today ends the winter of his discontent. he has to rebuild his image. he's probably in one of the worst positions that a republican candidate has been winning the nomination and going into a general election. >> people believe the economy is getting better. >> you look at the numbers. people think the economy is fwr growing. the gap at the start was 28 points. now not so much. a much better position for barack obama. it complicates mitt romney's discussions about the economy. >>> tune in to abc tonight. diane sawyer and i will have full coverage of the super tuesday showdown. >>> let's turn to rush limbaugh. he's on the defensive, after apologizing for a second time for calling a law student a "slut and prostitute" on his raid joe show. the attacks on hi

tennessee. romney hits newt's territory, georgia, tennessee, and then ohio. for santorum, tennessee, oklahoma, and then ohio. ohio, that is the big prize. it's a swing state where romney do -- >> if got a nod from the people of ohio that would send a big statement. >> santorum has a problem in ohio. he didn't complete all the paperwork and is at risk of being ineligible for more than a quarter of the delegates. romney's campaign pounced. >> you got basic organizational tasks that you're going to have to have to battle president obama. is a test of rick santorum and his campaign has flunked. >> snore santorum, did you flunk. >> if that's the only thing they find wrong, we're in pretty good shape. >> then there's the mad dash to supertuesday. >> hugh go chavez, venezuelan president, said a new tumor removed last month was cancerous. the 57-year-old made his first television appearance since having the surgery nine days ago. he held up a newspaper to -- he says the new tumor was taken out of the same pelvic region where the same tumor was removed months ago. he will undergo radiation t

tennessee. in tennessee we got a 38-20 lead according to a study poll coming out of tennessee there for santorumif those results hold true, well, all of a sudden santorum looks like he's in really good shape. well i'm going to bring in an expert on this. scott rasmussen president of the rasmussen reports. welcome back to "the young turks." we appreciate you comen on coming on. >> it's good to talk to you again. >> you've seen all the polls. >> yes, i live and breathe 'em. >> yes, the story we're seeing this year is mitt romney and ron paul have something in common. they both have a committed base of support and they never lose it and they really can't expand it. what's happening is mitt romney is stable at one level and rick santorum and newt gringrich and lots of others who came before are fighting for the rest of the puzzle. if newt gringrich stumbles in this coming week because rick santorum is now seen as the real alternative after michigan, that's the worse thing that could happen to governor romney. a stumble by gingrich could lead to a headline that santorum wins in georgia tennessee okla

tennessee. and tennessee is just such an interesting state. eastern tennessee, classic mountain republicanism. knoxville, chattanooga moderate republicans, howard baker territory. lamar alexander territory. the sitting governor. you go west in tennessee and basically you're going south, south in terms of culture and politics until you get to the memphis suburbs where you have much more of a sub urban vote. in that central part of the state and the western part of the state you would think conservatives whether it's somebody like gingrich or rick santorum would do really well. >> ifill: but only two democrats. christina, how much are you watching that? are there other states you're also keeping an eye on? >> in tennessee the santorum vote felt very confident about that. he's been doing very well in the polls. those numbers are closing. >> ifill: as they were in ohio as well. >> exactly. also spending a lot of money on tennessee. cheaper to buy tv time there than it is in some of these other states. we're also looking at oklahoma where santorum had a big lead. you've got this very conservative st