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Vote in in mississippi, but alabama has been won by rick santorum. what do you think is the most important implication of that for the race? >> really bad news for newt gingrich. its the end of his southern strategy. his campaign now, i think, has to start focusing on some tough decisions. great news for rick santorum. probably doesnt change the delegate count very much, but in terms of advancing the santorum argument that im not getting out of this race, im going all the way to the convention b...

Welcome back to special republican primary election coverage here on "the ed show" on msnbc. rick santorum is the projected winner in alabama, despite newt gingrichs efforts to win another southern state. santorum is the projected winner in mississippi and he has, therefore, taken both of these southern states tonight. and where does this leave mitt romney? lets turn to nbc news political director chuck todd. chuck? the delegate count. where are we tonight? what does tonight mean? >> well, lets ...

He has to show he will make the addition to the ticket that will shore up the south. >> i was talking and i was told that gingrich is in this to the end. that -- >> that is really shaping up as a nonstory. >> in terms of delegate count, its not a nonstory. >> he is back from the back though, gingrich, its more about his ego. as chuck todd pointed out, he won georgia but not even the states that neighbored georgia. >> he can go to the convention and have his delegates and cuts the deal. it has to...

the next contests. >> we will compete everywhere. we will compete everywhere. the time is now for conservatives to pull together. the time is now to make sure -- to make sure that we have the best chance to win this election and the best chance to win this election is to nominate a conservative to go up against barack obama who can take him on on every issue. >> all right. lets take a closer look at the numbers in both states. you can see how tight this race was. it took awhile at cnn ...

prime minister david cameron. mostly business, anyway. after they caught a game in the ncaa basketball tournament, president obama welcomed the british prime minister and his wife in a ceremony fit for a king. right now theyre meeting in private on world issues tough to talk about. iran, syria, the debt crisis. stop me any time. they will be honored tonight at a state dinner as well. in a little over an hour from now, he and the president will be stepping into the rose garden for a new...

states. he says hes staying in. now the questions are can santorum find a path to challenge romney? it would be easier if gingrich gets out. the math, the rules, the history. everything tells you its still romney over the long hall into may and june. but you know what? our politics have been outside the rules. we elected our first african-american president. the tea party movement came out of nowhere. so lets watch. santorums going to puerto rico. then we have a big primary in illinois...

but the math and money and more people doubting that that may be enough as we move on your "early start." good morning everyone welcome to "early start" im ashleigh banfield. >> im zoraida sambolin. were bringing you news from a to z, 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> alabama, mississippi, rick santorum a southern sweep. >> a heartbreaking tragedy in switzerland, 22 children killed when a bus crashed in the wall of a tunnel. that bus carrying 46 children, and six adults was returning to belg...

alabama and hopefully the folks in mississippi did -- we did? i guess. >> how happy is he? how happy is his family? back with us right now, our expert cnn team. john, this is a very significant night for rick santorum. just when so many of the so-called experts were saying romney had it all but done, not is fast. >> could romney lock it up or another revival for newt gingrich. he loses in the two south states. he says hes staying in. now the questions are can santorum find a path to ch...

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...

and coming film mamgers in this country. koerntd for mtv power of 12 this ch is focusing on the election. nice to have you. polls in alabama and mississippi are open in less than an hour while all eyes are on the south today. battling over the significance of the results. now, newt gingrich has put his entire strategy on the line. the southern strategy. rick santorums camp says theyre tamping down his chances and mitt romney says its going to be doom if the fight north nomination goe...