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today marks one year since syrias uprising began with a day of rage. it is clear the rage has not let up. were keeping an eye, too, on afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta just met with president hamid karzai as the u.s. soldier who is a kutsed of slaughtering 16 people is moved from the country. the washington monument is sinking. its sunk a fraction of an inch since the quake hit last august. today the circus ends and the prison sentence begins. former governor rob blago...

jobs last month. so it was private sector hiring. companies hiring that drove the jobs number. this is the last year, carol. 2011 i want to show you. last spring things are pretty strong. we were having 200,000 jobs gained every month. in the summer it got real slow. we were worried about a double dip recession. picked up again in the fall. now we have revisions. the bigger picture is a little bit better. you have better than expected january, february, now its 8.3% the unemployment ra...

us. ted, how hard has it been this morning for kids and teachers to arrive at school? >> reporter: well, as you can imagine, fred, its been a very tough day here. it was a tough day yesterday, too. students came with their parents yesterday to school. they had about 1.5 hours in the school cafeteria, the school classrooms where they could go. there were counselors on hand to talk to. they have changed the school taffe tear yeah. thats where the shooting took place. they changed it in a...

i couldnt move. it was really rough. >> what was going through your mind? >> i swore we were going to die. all i could do was pray. >> half of the death toll centers in one small town. 9,000 people live in harrisburg, illinois, six people died there. don lemon is there. the national weather service says the tornado was the second most powerful on the rating scale. how widespread is the damage this morning? >> reporter: ef-4. its huge. pan around here and look. this is a neighborhood, a...

the night sky in reno county, kansas. reports of several tornadoes hitting parts of that state overnight. the sheriff in harveyville kansas reports a twister destroyed about half the town. severe weather is blamed in the death of a woman in dallas county missouri. tornadoes also caused damage in nearby branson, a popular tourist spot. the cleanup is beginning today for people in those hard-hit areas. rob marciano is here to give us details about what happened and whats ahead potentia...

costs more to fill up. 12 cents in a week. about 11% so far this year. weve never seen gas prices this high so early in the season. usually you see gas prices going up into the spring and summer driving season. never so high so early. what goes into a gallon of gas? heres the breakdown according to the way the government looks at it. 12% of the price of gasoline are the taxes that we pay. 6% goes to distribution and marketing. 6% is refining. look at that, kyra, 76% is crude oil. crude...

before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out were told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused -- the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last...

the largest haul yet. the winner takes all of them and seizes momentum as the clear-cut front-runner. so if the polls are right, mitt romney could be coasting to an easy win. cnns john zarella is at a polling place in tampa. johns, hows the turnout been? >> reporter: real good. this is actually the largest republican precinct in hillsboro county, the tampa area. about 3800 registered republicans here, and turnout has been very good this morning. a lot of people going before work. a lot...

does not have the experience of being an effective leader. >> i am in fact the legitimate heir of the reagan movement. not some liberal from massachusetts. >> well, mitt romney has surged ahead in the race. and a win in florida could be pretty critical. cnn political editor paul stein haweshaus hauser is in tampa. >> we have four polls out over the past 36 hours, and they all indicate the same thing, that mitt romney is up by double digits over newt gingrich along people likely to vote...

yes, a moon base. just listen as things got pretty fire ri over immigration. >> is he still the moet anti-immigrant candidate? >> i think of the four of us, yes. >> go ahead, governor. >> that is simply inexcusable. actually, senator marco rubio came to my defense and said that ad was inexcusable, inappropriate. im not anti-immigrant. my father was born in mexico. my wifes father was born in whales. they came to this country. the idea that im anti-immigrant is repulsive. to say that en...