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chancellor that things will be changing as well. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." all that coming up, but first, a campaign triple header right here in "the situation room." ill interview three republican presidential hopefuls today, mitt romney is on deck, rick santorum follows the next hour, right now the republican presidential can da aial candid. the former speaker of the house newt gingrich. spiker, thank you for coming in. eeveryone seems to agree that getting to t...

im erin burnett and outfront tonight, caught red-handed on an open mic. wrapping up a meeting with russian president dmitry medvedev in seoul today, president obama was heard saying this. >> this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. i understand you. i transmit this information to vladimir and i stand with you. >> he was asking for space when it comes to the hotly disputed missile defense system which would place a shield in countries neighboring russia. russ...

arguments, two hours a day. rallies for and against the law are adding to all the drama surrounding this case. its a circus around scotus. well have a live report and analysis from the high court in a few moments. today marks one month since unarmed teenager trayvon martin was gunned down in sanford, florida. public outcry just keeps growing because the shooter, george zimmerman, has not yet been charged in this case. a cnn/orc poll just out show that is 73% of americans say police s...

That combat outpost. and even if drinking was not directly, did not directly contribute to that incident, in which 16 civilians were killed, it is sure in this investigation that some of those commanders are probably in deep trouble and could get demoted or even lose their jobs in the military as a result. i will say that there is no evidence, however, that alcohol contributed or that command climate did, but there are serious questions about what was going on at that outpost. as far as staff se...

What happened to staff sergeant robert bales? those who thought they knew him are suddenly questioning everything. >> they will look at the entire command and control process, how he was assigned, why he was assigned. it will look at the command relationships associated with his involvement in that combat outpost. i assure you the investigation will be thorough and we do operate from a presumption of innocence. >> the sergeants wife calling the incident a heartbreaking tragedy, adding she doesnt...

becomes the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. immediately. the second thing we are here to ask is for the government in kartum to stop randomly killing its own innocent men, women and children. >> i want to bring in a thethen jones. if you can hear me, heres my question. we know he was talking to the president, trying to bring attention to the atrocities in sudan, but why specifically was he arrested? >> reporter: he was arrested for the charges, disorderly cross ag police line. ...

rick santorum has a brand-new surge coming after stunning victories in the deep county. newt gingrich is refusing to add up the numbers. mitt romneys cavern says this race is still a forgone conclusion. lets begin with joe johns, hes in illinois. joe? >> reporter: wolf, this is rosemo rosemont, illinois, outside of chicago, where newt gingrich is expected to appear shortly. there were new calls today from conservatives for gingrich to get out of the race and give rick santorum a clean ...

win in the deep south. he wins the alabama and mississippi primaries. we look ahead to the next contest and track the money game. parts of boston still without power after a transformer fire triggers a major blackout. the fire started last night in a garage in the back bay area of the city. thick black smoke poured into the streets forcing officials to close roads and subways. at the peak of the blackout more than 20,000 homes and businesses lost power. we begin in depth this morni...

trucks, to pluck people from their homes and their cars. a bus filled with middle school students got stuck in four feet of water. more than 20 inches of rain came down in some areas. >> its more than we bargained for. we even had some local citizens that volunteered with their boats and came help do some rescues. >> theres still a flood warning for lafayette parish today. and the republican presidential candidates fighting for southern support. voting underway in the alabama and mis...

president to try to end the bloodshed. the open possession says the victims include women and children slaughtered in cold blood. at least 45 civilians were massa occurred in the city of homs. the details, they are shocking. children were stabbed to death in front of their mothers. women and girls were asexually assaulted before being killed. jerry sanduskys lawyers want prosecutors to turn over more information before the pennsylvania state coach faces trial sampbds trial is set for...