wolf? >> you know what's shocking to me is that not leon panetta, the defense secretary and the secretary of state, hillary clinton, the president of the united states, president obama, they've all personally spoken with general who is the head of the military regime over there in egypt that made the case. you got to stop this if you want u.s./egyptian relations to stay on track. 23u79 the u.s. congress to continue providing $1.5 billion a year in assistance to egypt and the general doesn't seem either capable or willing to do anything. i don't know what they're saying at the pentagon about it but it's pretty shocking when you think about it. >> that's right, wolf. publicly, at least, the egyptian officials are passing the buck to the judiciary saying we can't interfere with judicial apaiffa and it's a judicial matter but everyone knows the military exerts enormous influence over the interim government, so to speak, that's in power now. so the failure to do something on this issue, many peo

wolf? >>> all right. jack, thanks very much, as i blogged today, i think you have a problem if you're a presidential candidate and you have to defend your views on satan. but that's another issue. check out my blog. lisa sylvester is monitoring other top stories right now as well, including divers found even more victims today inside the partially sunken italian cruise ship. what's the latest? >> that's right. eight more bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of the costa concordia, including the body of a 5-year-old girl. officials say they were found in a submerged part of the ship known as bridge 4. the death toll now stands at 25 with seven people still missing. meanwhile, prosecutors are investigating seven employees including the head of the crisis unit, who was on the phone with the ship's captain the night it struck rocks. >>> a gunshot fired in -- el paso please believe the woman's leg was grazed by a bullet between a gunfight between juarez police and a -- >>> 46,000 honda odysseys are being

wolf? >> and he's sort of doubling-down on these comments, jim. he's not backing away as far as i can tell from any of them. >> that's right. only the comparison with world war ii. he says flatly he was not making a comparison with president obama and adolph hitler and i talked to a santorum spokesman who also said that santorum was talking about washington, the way washington works. he says that they're taking people's liberties away in washington and that's what happened over in europe, not a comparison with adolph hitler, according to the santorum campaign, wolf. >> all right, jim accoosta reporting. >> his convert shall remarks, prenatal checking. we're doing a serious fact check on this entire subject and lisa sylvester will report in the next hour. >>> the super pac is backing mitt romney and responding to the santorum surge the same way it did when newt gingrich rose to the top of the polls, flooding the airwaves with attack ads. joe johns is covering the campaign right now. he's wit

i'm wolf blitzer at cnn election ter. we're counting down contests, and maybe surprises in three battleground states. the first important event begins one hour from now when caucus doors close in minnesota. more delegates are at stake for the four republican presidential candidates than on any other night in this campaign so far. cnn caucus cameras are inside sites across minnesota where voters should be gathering very soon. we have the most crews and the most locations. our correspondents are certainly out in force, including jim acosta and joe johns. how are they feeling at obama headquarters looking at there's three contests? >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is sounding very confident. he will score a victory here in colorado. team romney is not predicting a trifecta. instead, talk of a long haul to the nomination. >> joe johns at newt gingrich headquarters on this night in ohio. doesn't have a contest there until super tuesday, march 6th. but what's your sense? how are people in ohio republicans assessing the former spe

wolf? >> good point. jim, thank you. >>> a look at today's republican contests. wlz at stake, our chief political analyst gloria borger is here. if romney were to lose one state, how much of a setback would it be? >> i think it would be a setback. they're saying, look, the opponents cannot chain the dynamics. in other words, it's already baked. but romney did win colorado and minnesota last time around. if he were to lose one of these states, particularly colorado, i think, a statement 1/2 some of his top campaign advisers are from that state, i think it will be a real problem, because people could make the claim, you don't have it locked up. by the way, you can't coalesce those most conservative voters around you which need to come out in a general election if republicans are to win. >> because all at least of these states -- minnesota, colorado and minnesota -- potentially battle grounds in a general election. listen to what santorum said today. >> i'm excited. we're kicking off the day i

wolf? "the situation room" is now. >>> thanks very much. happening now, five ohio students are shot, one of them fatally. the suspect, chased out of the school by a teacher and now under arrest. authorities are holding a news conference right now. we're going to bring it to you live in a moment. >>> and a bloody suicide bombing and the poisoning of food at an ally base. new taliban claims of revenge for the burning of holy books and new signs the u.s. is fed up with the violence. we're going to hear from the secretary of state, hillary clinton. >>> and on the eve of two big primaries, mitt romney fights to win the state where he grew up. but can he stop rick santorum's momentum? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the breaking news in chardon, ohio. a suspect is in custody. the investigation is unfolding. here's the news conference that's happening right now. >> and rapidly. yesterday's event, as a result of that training and practice, if you would, law

in 1926, park rangers exterminated the wolf population, triggering a cascade effect.n the following years, the elk population soared, seriously impacting other species. the elk consumed much of the vegetation in the lamar valley, an area in the north of the park, and many species that depended on this vegetation, such as beavers, grew scarce. to combat this problem, different methods were adopted over the years to control the elk population, including trapping and killing them. finally, in a controversial move to restore the park's natural conditions, wolves were brought back into yellowstone after a 70-year absence. dr. crabtree: in 1995 and 1996, after 20 years of effort by a lot of organizations, wolves captured as social groups in canada were transported down, acclimated in pens, and released. the fundamental question is, is the wolf gonna fit right back into the niche it once had, or have things changed substantially enough to where their new niche is actually different than what it was at the turn of the century? narrator: scientists hoped that, as the top preda

wolf? >> jack, thank you. >>> meanwhile, a new plan to help with the housing crisis across the country. details of what president obama wants to do to help millions and millions with their mortgages. >>> also why some u.s. catholic church leaders are outraged at the president. will their anger cost him cast lick votes. >>> look who is bursting into song on the campaign trail again? ♪ america ♪ america ♪ got shed his grace on thee [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first. get more whole grain than any other ingredient... just look for the white check. >>> home mortgage rates are at historic lows right now, but millions simply can't refinance, because they owe more than their homes are worth. president obama says he wants to change that. >> there are actions we can take right now for new york city who have be

wolf? >>> jack, thank you.r boyfriend claims arizona sheriff paul babeu threatened to have him deported. you'll see how the sheriff and candidate for congress responds. >>> also, a 30,000 years old flower is brought back from the dead. we're going to tell you what else from that time period scientists are hoping to resurrect. [ engine sputtering ] [ male announcer ] engine light on? come to meineke now for a free code scan read and you'll say...my money. my choice. my meineke. >>> lisa is back and monitoring other stop stories. what's going on? >> french policer questioning dominique strauss-kahn about a prostitution ring. he says he doesn't know there were prostitutes there. he's been accused of a string of sexual allegations he calls the latest accusations a, quote, media lynching. >>> a 4.0 magnitude earthquake joeled people out of the folks in missouri. but people across 13 states and more than 800 miles east felt the earth move, too. it carved through pavement and some walls, but there was no major damage.

i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> what's the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, it's pretty clear last night's debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. that's because there's a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i don't know that i've ever seen a politics explain why he voted against his -- >> you're entitled to your opinions, but not entitled to misrepresenting the facts. >> i took that at aim. >> romney took aim at his performance. when le tried to justify his vote for the no child left behind law -- >> sometimes you take one for the team for the leader, and i made a mistake. politics is a team sport, folks. >> in front of a big crow, romney knocked that one into the blea bleachers. >> i wonder what team he was taking it for. >> reporter

wolf? >>> all right, jack.ers are simply waiting for their turn to die. this hour, a new clack that the bashar al assad is getting help. plus just when you may have thought this election year couldn't get any stranger, stand by. check out the attack on stephen colbe colbert. >>> we have an exclusive report on an outer space mystery. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines and jeanne moos, all straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." right now the syrian army is tightening the noose on the besieged city of homs. opposition forces under attack for a fifth straight day. the shells is relentless, the fear is constant. the bodies are piling up. activists say 137 people were killed by government troops today alone, including ten more children. young syrians are taking to the streets of protest, fearing this day will be their last. an activist known as danny has been posting videos documenting the fear and the carnage. >> loo

going back to wolf because mitt romney is going to the microphone. wolf. >> thanks very much.ann romney is going to introduce her husband. i want all our viewers to listen. >> thank you, nevada. once again, i'm here to make sure that you listen to me this take and obey when i tell you don't clap until i'm finished. nobody listened to me last time. i have to give special thanks to all the people that made this happen. by the way, the most people i need to thank are the volunteers. a big thank you to all the people that volunteered. our nevada co-chairs, lieutenant-governor and congressman joe heck. i want to thank congressman mark amaday, our nevada finance chair steve fellows and mark hutchinson. and the many nevada elected officials throughout the state who have been so crucial to our success here. we're so appreciative. of course, nevada state director sarah nelson, nevada senior advisory ryan irwin, nevada state finance director cory christians christiansen. i want to give a special shout-out to dema gwynn. she and i served together as first ladies together, and she became

to wolf blitzer now. wolf, i know what you think. i spoke to you last hour.you said it's fair to say this was handled poorly, at least in your estimation. did the administration wait too long to try and resolve this issue. >> i think they should have worked all of this out long before kathleen sebelius, secretary of health and human services, made her announcement a couple weeks ago of this new policy that would give basically these catholic institutions like universities, hospitals, charities that employ a lot of people, a year in which there would be a grace period in which the new policy for everyone else would go into effect. they should have really worked this out in advance. they knew there would be opposition from the catholic bishops across the country. and i think they could have fi neszed it in a better way. there was a fierce debate. i don't know, fierce maybe is not the right word. but a significant debate within the white house itself on this policy including some of the pop catholics in the obama administration like the vice president, joe biden

wolf? >> lots to dissect and understand. thanks very much. >>> just how badly did the white house handle this firestorm and what's the latest? will president obama feel any ripple effects out there on the campaign trail? our own james carville is standing by to join us in "the situation room," next. >>> an obama compromise and a santorum stumble. much to talk with with james carville. thanks very much, james. bottom line, how badly did the white house handled this w40e8 catholic issue with birth control, the contraceptives, president came out today to try to fix it. >> actually thank god, the reports that the vice president and bill daly when he was there tried to say, look, this is going to happen, but i think this is going to blow over pretty quickly. 98% of catholic women use berth control and i don't think it's going to be as big as terri schiavo, but probably if it's neutral we'll forget about it in a month, but it might help them a bit. it looks like they're trying to reach a compromise with most people. >> although th

wolf?> jack, thanks very much. i want to get back to the breaking news. joining us on the phone is the sheriff of saline county, keith brown, saline county is home of the devastated city of harrisburg, illinois. my heart goes out to you and all the folks devastated by these tornadoes. first of all, is it still the number six confirmed deaths in harrisburg? >> yes, sir. as of just a few minutes ago i consulted with the coroner's office, and we have six known to be dead, four female, and two males have been reported so far today. >> just on a personal note, where were you at the time of these tornadoes? were you anywhere near thinks tornadoes in harrisburg? >> my residence is approximately half a mile from the path of the tornado, and, you know, of course we had just put out a nixl alert to the community and the storm sirens had been activated just after 4:30, the national weather service identified a storm in our area and identified as a potential -- it was a -- it turned out to be a long da

wolf? >> jim acosta in denver, thank you. >>> as the campaign clocks his next move, mitt romney is looking ahead to what could be a pretty rough battle with rick santorum. listen to this. >> we can beat senator santorum where we compete head to head in an aggressive way. we obviously didn't do that in colorado or minnesota, to the extent that the other campaign did. but there will be places where he went and there will be places where i went. there's no such thin as coronation in presidential politics. it's meant to be a long process. it's not easy to get the nomination. it's not easy to get reelected. this is a test, a testing approach and so far we're doing pretty well. >>> let's dig deeper with gloria borger. >> it really has stalled romney's momentum. it's also exposed the problems that he has within his own party. what we saw last night was really a cautionary tale for the romney campaign. you look at the low turnout that we saw in the states that we were looking at. what does that tel

wolf? >> mary, stand by.esults come in i'll speak live with ron paul here, as well. stand by for that. the former alaska governor of 2008 republican vice presidential nominee sarah palin isn't worried about the real possibility this republican contest could go all the way to the gop convention in tampa at the end of august. listen to what she told peter hanby a while ago. >> i don't think that it would be a negative for the party, a brokered convention. people who start screaming that a brokered convention is the worst thing that could happen to the gop, they have an agenda. they have their own personal or political reasons, their own candidate who they would like to see protected away from a brokered convention. so anybody who starts saying, can't allow that to happen, that's part of competition. that's part of the process and it may happen. >> let's bring in our own john king. a lot of folks are saying it may actually happen, even though it hasn't happened in a long, long time. a brokered convention. what a

wolf? >> i know.ion for minnesota and colorado but low expectation for nevada. ron paul is getting ready to speak. we'll hear him as well. more information coming in as far as entrance polling? >> wolf, you just showed those numbers. it looks like from the early results that governor romney has a pretty big lead. who will get second place? you see newt gingrich and ron paul in second place. i want to know -- i looked through all of these income groups and mitt romney is carrying every group except those who made under $30,000 a year. ron paul winning that group with 32%. governor romney and speaker g g gingrich. there's a piece of ron paul support. it's only 10% of the electorate. if he can hold on -- >> probably young people? >> probably young people. but not as young as he would hope. about 18% of the electorate today describes themselves as independent. look at that. ron paul getting almost half of that vote. 48% of that vote there. romney next and then speaker gingrich. again, this is a source of

>> reporter: that's right, wolf. i just caught up with the senior strategist for the santorum campaign, john braybender a few moments ago. he was saying they were basically microtargeting the way he put iteration putting reagan in this state. robo calls encouraging democrats to cross over in this primary and cast their ballots for rick santorum. i had a chance to catch up with the former pennsylvania senator earlier today. he was cruising some diners for some votes but acknowledged he was cooking up some mischief. he basically told me, wolf, he's trying to appeal to conservative democrats that he'd like to have in his camp come this fall. here's what he had to say. >> even though the romney campaign says it was a dirty trick, what's your response to that? >> i see. so when he goes out and recruits 53% of the voters in new hampshire that are not republicans that's okay. an when he goes out and recruits folks who aren't republicans that's all right. who aren't going to be the decisive votes in the election. but when i

wolf? >> we'll see how close it is. mitt romney did hit the maine caucus sites earlier in the day, pulling for a much needed bounce after an embarrassing triple state loss to rick santorum earlier this week. >> i want to go to washington and in four to eight years, sounds like a sentence, it's not, in four to eight years i want to get this country on track again and i believe i can do that and i want to ask for your help today. if you haven't made up your mind i want to ask you if -- [ cheers and applause ] i want to ask you and the people of maine for your vote. if i get your vote, it will help me become our nominee. if i become our nominee, i'm going to beat this guy and bring america back. >> let's go to john king at the magic wall. you'd think it would be a slam dunk, mitt romney from new england, neighboring massachusetts, but not necessarily. >> not necessarily. it's a quirky state. two somewhat liberal republican senators but tea party governor, paul he will page. independence of the governor of maine. there's a

wolf?it the fact that the egyptian authorities are still refusing to permit those americans, those pro-democracy workers from leaving the country? >> reporter: they're not allowed to leave the country at this point. several of them have taken up residence in the american embassy, because they simply don't feel safe, given the climate. i'm not referring to the clashes. i'm referring to sort of the media tone that's being taken toward this question of the foreign ngos and those americans who can't leave the country at this point. wolf? >> including the son of the u.s. transportation secretary ray lahood. ben, we'll stake in touch. thank you. >>> elsewhere in the region, leaders are threatening the united states and israel with talk of war. the very angry response comes a day after we learned that leon panetta believe that israel is likely to attack iran's nuclear sites? april, may or june. let's bring in chris lawrence. he's got more information. chris? >> defense officials tell us the u.s. i

chairman wolf, any final comments? >> i'll ask our distinguished witnesss if you have any final comments? the final words to our two distinguished wives that are here, very, very strong and brave women and we thank them, especially, for their testimony. pastor fu, anything? >> i think real change will depend on two factors. the most important factor is, of course, from inside china. i think, despite of the increasing persecution and, perhaps, the worst in two decades, than last year, we still are hopeful. we're still seeing some signs. it's not because of the -- any relaxation. the totalitarian regime, but i think because the growing rice awareness and consciousness by the chinese people. look at what had happened to the village in the province and 50,000 people, when they were united and they were able to win the fight, at least temporarily, they were allowed to have their first freely and democratically election and elect their own he'ders in that 50,000-people village. it's a small staff, a baby staff, but it shows

wolf? >> a dramatic victory for mitt romney. we're getting to hear from him. john, let's go behind this dramatic win by mitt romney in nevada tonight. >> and to david's point, part of this is psychology. a big win in florida, now a big win in nevada. republicans who describe themselves as moderate or liberals, governor romney won. who won among those who described themselves as very conservative? governor romney. that's very point, because that's a point where he's been weaker. what about the big issues? such a small percentage said abortion were an issue. if you look right here, who has the right experience? governor romney? strong character, governor romney. who is the true conservative? here's one weak spot, ron paul paul won among a small group. this 45% of the voters said this was their number one priority. and governor romney winning among those who say defeating president obama was the top priority getting almost three out of four votes. speaker gingrich a distant second. this has be

wolf that's one of the big challenges here.o doubt congressman paul is having a big impact on this race. but santorum has won, gingrich has won, rick santorum has won a few. >> you need 1044 delegates. we have a lot of questions about what happens tonight and in the presidential race. who better to answer these questions the best political team on television. here's the first question. will the gop race go all the way to the convention in tampa at the end of august? only one of our panelists says yes. let's find out who that panelist will be. let me introduce all of of our analysts here once again. roland martin is here, donna brazil el, ari fleischer, eric erickson, gloria and david are here as well. will the gop race, roland martin, go all the way to the convention? >> yes. i recall signature here just three days ago. all i heard from the folks in the room was, mitt romney is in the driver's seat. everybody else is fallen back. oh, my goodness, the race is almost over. and i said things can change very quickly. so what's happ

who's afraid of the big bad wolf ♪ ♪ big bad wolf ♪ big bad wolf ♪ who's afraid of the big bad wolfi'm afraid of the big bad wolf. well, it was an unusual case being heard in an alabama courthouse. three little pigs were seeking damages from the big bad wolf. you know the story, i'll huff and puff and -- >> of course. it's no joke. in fact, one county is using the case to teach schoolkids about bullying. brian hutton jr. of wtok has the details. >> reporter: tensions were high outside the sumter county courtroom as the big bad wolf was prepared to defend himself against a lawsuit that he had bullied and harmed the three little pigs. the wolf doesn't look at what happened as bullying but as a seasonal ailment. >> apparently, these three pigs right here have said that i was bullying them. but i just had really bad allergies, and i just happened to sneeze, and that happened to disrupt their houses a little bit. and now they're all upset. i -- i didn't do it. >> reporter: the wolf sustained injuries of his own in the ordeal, and the pigs claim it was simply a kitchen mishap. >> he claim

new, from sunsweet. >>> a's owner lou wolf predicting an answer very soon on his request, wolf in sanose between the smiles he was voicing his frustration. and we're live with more on the mounting pressure that has been going on for years. >> right. it's not like watching the clock tick, but watching seasons change. lou wolf has known the commissioner for decades but his patience is wearing a little thin when it comes to requests to move the a's to san jose. a's owner talks to a packed audience today about doping involved -- the hold up for the last three years has been a answer about rights for san jose. the san francisco giants have those rights and they don't want to get involved. wolf says he expects an answer within months. >> so... we're following the process and it's excruciating. we talked constantly on many matters. and i think we're getting there. we have ways to be a beligerent owner. it's not just in me to do that. i'm not going to continue this much longer. and what we want is an answer. >> i asked wolf about oakland's latest efforts to perhaps spend $3 million to draw up

wolf? >> senator, i think you pointed out, the problem with that, when consumers are presented with choices over and over and over again, they tend to tune them out and will ignore them and they will have no meaning whatsoever. they'll just click through it to get to the function that they want to exercise. >> well, let me bring it back to this point. if the question that comes up on my ipad is, do you want to share this information through your social media and i have to say yes or no. the question, that's all that's going to be required for netflix so if i'm looking at a one-line statement which is very different. so if i'm looking at a movie. an arnold schwarzenegger movie which my wife hates, but i love the action in them, and i'm going to make a decision that i want everybody to know i'm watching arnold shz. schwarzenegger. it's one sentence. i'm going to have to make that decision. why is that not protecting their rights rather than a blanket, forgot about it, hung over from the night