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about. when they look at exactly what may have caused whitney houstons death, the autopsy is complete. the results are on hold. theyre waiting for toxicology reports which they say could take up to eight weeks or longer. whitney houston was found in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel on saturday late afternoon. there were some reports that maybe she drowned an there are some sources who said it could have been a combination of drugs and alcohol. radar online is saying that police fo...

Investigation. meanwhile, lets turn our attention to politics. because there was big political news last night, if you were keeping track the week-long caucuses came to an end in maine, at least in part, there are system a few cities tabulating votes and enough, so they can come out and announce a winner. a lot of people thought ron paul would walk away with this and it turns out mitt romney came in at tops, in the maine caucuses. >> dave: look at the numbers, folks, a very narrow margin, as cla...

Problems that we have today more government is not the answer. the answer comes in more liberty. thank you very much. >> harris: molly has been in maine all day she joins us now live from portland. how are the campaigns reacting tonight? >> well, clearly mitt romney claiming victory here tonight, their campaign throughout the course of the last couple of weeks and especially in speaking with campaign spokespeople and other analysts and strategists with the romney camp talked how hard theyre work...

News.com. >> eric: it has been a big 24 hours, in politics, mitt romney winning the conservative political action conference straw poll in washington yesterday. and, surprisingly, to some, edging out ron paul. for his narrow victory in the maine caucus, two wins within two hours. peter doocy live in washington with the latest. what does it mean? >> reporter: maines delegates will not be awarded until the state con essential in may and the ap tentatively tallied 11 of the pine industry states del...

Well, too. boy, its a beautiful song. >> clayton: much more on the life and legacy of whitney houston coming up over the next few hours of our show, live reports from los angeles as we try to get more understanding of exactly what unfolded in the beverly hills hotel. interesting things in politics and all eyes on maine last night, actually, as it was wrapping up the week long caucus and especially going on, technically. >> oh my gosh. >> clayton: which is bizarre and actually the states g.o.p. c...

Santorum had a big win in three states. so he wanted to carry the momentum forward. maine is a much smaller state. were looking at 5,000 voters have stopped the momentum for rick santorum. i agree with the previous commentary that mitt romney should have won this much bigger. he won it much bigger in 2010. but again maybe the large story here is ron paul. i think ron pauls hope for ron pauls supporters is actually named rand and maybe not ron. and maine is really the only state that ron paul pro...

Meetings and been elected delegates which will go on to the state and then on to tampa in august. dr. paul moments ago saying dont be disappointed. hes telling supporters that the greater wins are the delegates. >> anthony tyrell, where do you see the paul campaign with the calendar going forward? >> theyre looking at a lot of the caucus states, im told theyre going to take a swing west to look at idaho, washington and alaska. theyre looking at some caucus states, not a lot of the candidates wil...

im wolf blitzer in "the situation room." we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. were counting down to the results in maine and we could learn those results within minutes. our reporters are standing by, shannon travis is over at gop headquarters in maine, where we will see the results announced. mary snow is over at ron pauls headquarters in maine tonight. we also have members of the best political team, glornlgia borger, donna brazile, david frum an...

Martha: thank you very much. steve centanni in washington. bill: a little bit of perspective. womens progress in the military now. in 194 1948 congress made woman a part of the military service. they made up lens 1% in 1973. by september of 2011 ladies accounted for 14.5% of active duty personnel, quite a change. president obama nominating air force lieutenant janet wolfe nba rger to become a general. for the promotion to go through the senate has to confirm her first, pending that. martha: reli...

Medicaid fraud. the president closed the donut hole on part d, brought in $4 billion in medicaid fraud in 2010 alone. there is a huge contrast with what the president has done and what romney said. the biggest debate seems to be between what romney says and what romney does and it doesnt connect. >> well, i want to go through some of his whoppers from last night. first he denied responsibility for investments in fannie mae and freddie mac. here it is. >> my investments are not made by me. my inv...