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Coordinator greg williams today, in hot water after admitting he ran a bounty program, thats essentially paying his players for injuring and even knocking opponents out of the game. the nfl says payoffs were made by putting game injuries injure -- game ending injuries, like this kill shot on curt warren. you see him on the picture, he had to leave the game. whats what a kill shot does. also brett farve, hit during the 2010 nfc championship game, that was against the saints, just a week later, bo...

also, a "wall street journal" political reporter. nice to have you. and abby livingston. shes been on the show a couple of times before but with her sisters. shes the doubt of presidential candidate jon huntsman, with us but without her sisters. lets get right to our "starting point" this morning. mitt romney a clear front-runner once again. hes leading rick santorum by 16 points in the latest national poll. very big endorsements as well. ahead of super tuesday, tomorrow. the highest r...

possible iranian nuclear weapon. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." hes made a fortune stoking conservative passions while poking and proding at liberals and rush limbaugh has seen his share of controversies but this time its different. the outrage he sparked when he called a conception advocate a slut and a prostitute has snowballed, one after the other and major advertisers are pulling their ads from his radio show and theres no sign that the uproar is dying down. l...

nuclear program. at the same time, he vowed to prevent iran from building nuclear weapons and defended israels right to make its own decisions about its security. netanyahu addresses the convention tonight and minutes from now, we expect to hear his and the presidents opening comments from the oval office. we are on that story for you. also, single biggest election day of the presidential nomination process is now just one day away, 437 delegates up for grabs tomorrow in ten states f...

gas pump and casts a big shadow over obamas hopes for re-election. just a day after dismissing what he called loose talk of war with iran, he sat down with benjamin netanyahu. at the top of their agenda, talk that israel may soon attack irans nuclear sites. jessica yellin working sources all day. take us inside three hours of talks and a working lunch later, what do we know? >> reporter: were told the prime minister and the president within their three hours had 30 minutes when they we...

everywhere. i thought it was a dream. >> a dream? more like a nightmare, if you want to be honest about it. this is what was left behind by a strong storm. total devastation. several tornadoes touched down. as many as 28 people are dead. in some areas, rescue crews worked deep into the night to find survivors and victims. national guard troops were called up to kentucky and indiana to the hardest hit communities. you can see tornado in tennessee. dozens of people were injured in the st...

9/11 victims. >> these programs are ones that desperately need funding, every day dealing with the ramifications of 9/11. hopefully they will now benefit from this reward money. >> it was allocated for 9/11 victims in effect, and this is simply saying, use it more effectively for the purpose that it was set up in the first place. >> the money could go to first responders like john, who lost part of his foot working at ground zero. >> widows on mothers day, children on mothers day today, have no ...

Ground zero. >> on mothers day, children on mothers day today have no father or mother because of what they suffered on 9/11. >> keep in mind a bounty program has helped track down terrorists. since 1984 its paid out over $100 million to more than 60 people. cnn national security analyst fran townsend said the new york lawmakers idea is pure unadulterated politics. no amount of money can compensate the 9/11 victims. besides this wasnt what the money was intended for. it was meant to help us catc...

Candidates policy changes to etch and sketch. say hello to broadway tebow, and another breaking story in the nfl, huge low to the saints, sean peyton suspended for a year due to the teams bounty program where players were intending to hurt other players. >> i am in the news station following developing news. i am tamron hall. the news station is following developing news in the case involving 17-year-old trayvon martin. the demand for justice is growing by the thousands you might say. just a few...