nemesis. gregg: as long as sheldon adelson is funding the super pacs he can go on forever. good to see you. heather: newly released 911 calls catching the aftermath of a massive tornado of dexter, michigan, cutting a ten-mile path of destruction. no reports of serious injuries but the storm damaged about hundred homes, completely destroying 13 of them. survivors could not believe their eyes. it also looked like it touched down in the neighborhood of alice hills. inside your house is everybody okay? yes, we re okay. heather: the storm sirens sounded about 20 minutes before the tornado hit. authorities credit that is keeping residents safe. gregg: new round of flooding blamed for at least one death in
list. thank you. heather: thanks for joining us. gregg: do you facebook? heather: i facebook and twitter, but i do twitter more. gregg: rick and arthel will be taking over at the top of the hour. we ll be outside trying to fight the st. patrick s day crowds. heather: we ll see you tomorrow at 4:00. happy st. patrick s day hope had you a great one. gregg: have a great weekend. and i had a heart attack right out of the clear blue. i m on an aspirin regimen. and i take bayer chewables. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. he s my success story. [ laughs ]
own forces. gregg: steven, many thanks for being with us. heather: we are now confirming according to a state department official, u.s. citizen has been released from detention in iraq. u.s. embassy in baghdad is providing assistance to the citizen and u.n. official, according to him, he is an american contractor held for nine months. we ll bring you updates on this developing story as we get them. once again we do know, we can confirm for you a u.s. citizen has been released from detention in iraq. gregg: new details on a scare for u.s. defense secretary leon pinetta has he lands in afghanistan but now some say security measures following that incident went way too far. should u.s. troops be forced to give up their weapons on an american base? we ll explain what happened and
santorum is leading the president in florida, north carolina, ohio and virginia. 48-44%. gregg: mitt romney falling short trailing the president 46-42%. heather: joining us president of rasmussen reports, scott . scott we also have to give you a special shout out, your new book the people s money reaching number 17 on the new york times best seller list. gregg: which means you are buying green beer and dinner for the whole crew here, right? i m going to buy it because i m half irish. heather: me too, i m dutch-irish. congratulating you on our book. tell us about the polls. santorum does better in southern states we saw that last week. these four states we are going to be tracking because they are critical two traditional tossups, florida and ohio.
united states and time to give republican voters a choice between the two candidates that earned the finals, santorum and romney. gregg: more and more conservatives are applying gingrich to drop out. tony perkins, president of family research council says voters are not enthused about him. eric eric son conservative blogger called him to quit and national review says that gingrich needs to go. but does any of that carry any influence whatsoever with gingrich or is that just water off the back of the duck? he tends to blame the media for the ones trying to push him out. at this point anyone who disagrees with him is labeled part of the elite media. the fact of the matter is with three people in the race gingrich is drawing more voters from santorum than romney. if gingrich was out of the race earlier, santorum possibly could have won michigan, probably