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Welcome back. here are some other stories making news this morning. the united nations says about 1 million syrians are going hungry because of difficulties getting supplies into conflict zones. the u.n.s world food program is handing out rations to about 1.5 million people in syria every month, but 1 million more are still in need. in australia, more than 130 fires are burning near sydney in new south wales. and authorities are warning of a catastrophic fire threat. more than 40 of the fires ...

But our dreams for ourself and our family. [ applause ] >> reporter: santorum is leading in a "new york times"/cbs national poll today. 30% to romneys 27%. with paul at 12% and gingrich trailing at 10%. in the real clear politics average of all polls, santorum leads by less than 2% at 30.8% to romney 29.2% and gingrich trails at 16%, paul is last at just under 19%. >> conservative voters tea party activist didnt like what they saw with gingrich and florida. have now shifted support to santorum. ...

Old. youngest state? utah. 29.2 years old. florida still has the largest number of retirees. >> thats right. >> doesnt have the oldest mean population. >> right. >> interesting. meantime were going to give you the latest on ratko mladic, arrested yesterday after a 16-year manhunt. the significance of this arrest in terms of genocide and these sorts of crimes and ethnic cleansing in the future. david shepard is next, the former ambassador at large for war crimes in the clinton administration. t...

Immigrants. move over florida, you may have the most retirees but it is the maine that has the oldest population in the nation. this is the new census data. this is why i love this census. i am a numbers guy. it gives me lots of numbers to talk about. it reports the average person in main is 42.7 years old. experts say college age students are moving out, baby boomers are aging. the older population is staying put. coming in at second rkts vermont, 41.5 years old. west virginia, 41.3 and new h...

Beefed up in phoenix in the wake of last months tucson shootings. phoenix officials will now require people attending city council meetings to walk through metal detectors and submit to bag checks. the metal detectors are on no-cost temporary loan from the u.s. march sshal service while city looks into purchasing them. a cyclone is threatening the region of australia. the slow moving system is dumping torrential rains with gusty winds on the area and could cause more flooding. the centers fo...

Technology and innovation. i have loweredded playing field for minority and women-owned business. when i came to the executive branch in 2010, they were receiving only 5% of state procurement contracts. can you imagine this? women, 51.8% of the population, 29.2% of the preapproved contracts got 2.6% of the business. we have increased that participation by four times in under two years. we have eradicated the rockefeller drug laws, working with the legislature, we have enacted stronger penalties ...

Not his dreams for us. but our dreams for ourself and our family. [ applause ] >> reporter: santorum is leading in a "new york times"/cbs national poll today. 30% to romneys 27%. with paul at 12% and gingrich trailing at 10%. in the real clear politics average of all polls, santorum leads by less than 2% at 30.8% to romney 29.2% and gingrich trails at 16%, paul is last at just under 19%. >> conservative voters tea party activist didnt like what they saw with gingrich and florida. have now shifte...