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many ran to seek safer ground, but boy, the devastation is coming to light today. >> thats right. 12 hours later life has changed in joplin, missouri. a powerful tornado ripped that city apart. the red cross said 75% of the town is virtually gone with reports of at least 30 people killed and dozens more injured. 50,000 people live in the city. no phone service, power lines are down, cars and trucks smashed and flipped. the governor calling out the national guard and declaring a state o...

Governor of utah, just stepped down, for a couple of years as the obama ambassador to china, and i think it is fair to say he has zero name recognition, but, white house officials seem to take him seriously as a potential contender. should they. >> they have to because hed appeal to the middle. but the problem is, hes not -- running in a republican primary and has to appeal to tea party types in iowa, and, he has to make an impression with social conservatives and he doesnt have those credential...

Victim. again, reading his e-mail and listening to his public comments, he really does love his daughters, and he loves his wife very, very much. and it appears that they just simply were not in this. and clearly laura bush called a couple of weeks ago to try to push them into the race, if you will, and that didnt help. again, it just tells me how important his family really is to him and quite frankly how he just didnt simply have the fire in the belly. but the answer to your question, alex, i ...

Joining us is scott rasmussen. scott we want to mention all these polls they were taken before the announcement from mitch daniels, correct? >> thats correct. that poll that shows the generic republican 45-43 that tells us if the election were held today and they had a candidate it would be close. that is what you would expect. presidents job approval is 49%. its way too early to get too carried with this right now. >> gregg: lets put it up on the screen. he loses to a generic republican and yet...

New york, you have to have a thick skin, you are dealing with the homeless and police and dealing with an emergency, it makes me a stronger musician, i can laterally play through it. >> julie: currently more than 100 soloists providing over 7,000 performances a year. this group will find out in the next few weeks whether they made out cut. if you looking to make an extra buck, gregg, your experience in the glee club, i think you could be a contender. >> gregg: i was in a high school musical, guy...

And, tell me about old mr. cain. >> actually, i just saw him outside your studios, downstairs. hes obviously very excited about a a run and is a different kind of candidate, though. hes different from a lot of other candidates, in kneeled in that he is not an elected official, doesnt have a track record and does have a track record as a business man and im sure, if he becomes a serious contender people will look into that a lot more seriously. >> eric: well talk about herman cain in a few minute...

On tv here. >> geraldo: my goodness. ill give you an iou. will this really affect who will be the next president of france? >> well, you was great contender, a lot of people said i wanted to vote for him. how is it that now its not even going to be able to show up for the primaries at the social list party. >> geraldo: may have different address, much more harsh address. sophie, thank you. >> geraldo: ive go get to arnold schwarzenegger. our own dominique strauss-kahn. although hes not a raper, ...

Starts right now. one more gop contender in and one more out. big names in the gop hit the air waves. caroline shively has been monitoring the republican field and joins us live with more. hi, caroline. >> plenty of folks were pushing indiana governor mitch daniels to run for president but in the end it was the womens caucus who voted no. that is what daniels called his wife and four daughters this weekend. he said he is concerned over the future of the country. he said americans will decide who...

Clinton runs up the inside and takes two terms in the white house. herman cain threw in his hat. expecting tim pawlenty to do it in the next couple of days. when it comes to herman cain, serious contender or showman? >> i would have bet money on showman a couple weeks ago but he is receiving a fair amount of attention. i think ultimately he wont be the republican nominee, but the stature will be enhanced by the time its over. >> i dont think he will be the nominee. >> its unlikely. its hard to s...

Though they seemed willing to temper their remarks. where does it leave u.s.-israeli relations? its not over yet. act 3 begins tomorrow, as the prime minister addresses the aipac conference and speaks to a joint session of congress and, remember, the prime minister will not only be speaking of course to a u.s. audience, but his israeli constituency, where he, like president obama, faces a re-election campaign. heather, back to you. >> heather: leland vittert reporting from our jerusalem bureau, ...