message that he s giving the u.n. diplomat there. so underscoring that real contradiction, nic, some are alleging that the assaults being leveled by the government is actually intensifying while these talks were taking place. reporter: this is what the activists fear. they think that while the international community tries to engage president assad in some kind of talks and what kofi annan has gone there to do today is call for a cease-fire and get political talks going. the activists fear bashar al assad will just use this as a smoke screen to continue his military advance on the ground. that what he is looking for here is time to sort of continue the maximum sort of most deadly part of his campaign so he can sort of wrap that up and sort of push down the opposition, if you will, around the country so that from now on in the future, the death toll will be much lower and people will say, oh, the situation is getting better where as he s really using this time to go after
of the hour here. a rare show of bipartisanship on capitol hill. also a newly released unemployment number and a syrian defector talks about the blood shed back home. want to begin with kate bolduan on capitol hill where the house we know has just pass this had jobs act to help the startups and small businesses. so specifically, what does this do going forward? this is a combination of about the six measures, brooke. it s a package of six measures that some of which have actually passed in the house before. but this package you summed up well. it s aimed at helping small businesses in a variety of ways. cutting through red tape, helping it small businesses and allowing them to attract new investors, making it easier for them to go public. the thinking is by helping small business, it will help create jobs and help to boost the economy, if you will. the vote broad bipartisan support was 390 to 23. there s more to it up here than just that. through this vote, it does allow bo
you give love a bad name oh, the jersey s coming out this morning. newark mayor cory booker joins our panel. you know if you signed up the whole political thing you could coanchor the show. if you decide presidential bid is not that interesting, we would love to have you. you don t get love a bad name. thank you. see, he flatters me. you guys don t flatter me. you are back. we love having you. you ve advised the buchman campaign and romney campaign. ron braun seownstein, you re so. that s happening. tim pawlenty, of course, the former minnesota governor and also former presidential candidate will be joining us this morning. and alice stewart, press secretary. she s going to talk to us. reince priebus, chairman of the rnc and kevin dewine is slated to talk to us as well. we re going start by looking right at the numbers. mitt romney landing six victories on super tuesday. it was a nail biter in ohio. 38% to santorum s 37%. ultimately like the difference of something li
second-place romney. after all that, here s where the candidates stand. cnn estimates romney now has 404 delegates of the 1,144 a nominee needs. santorum 16 a delegates, gingrich 106, ron paul still hasn t won a single primary or caucus, has. if not must wins, all three are seen as can-wins. between them, well, they re campaigning today in all three states. president obama is on his way to charlotte, north carolina, where he will accept the democratic nomination six months from now, he s going there to talk manufacturing at the daimler truck plant. daimler trucks hired 1,000 people last year, some of whom had been laid off in the recession. the president speaks at the noon hour eastern time. if he makes news, you ll hear it first right here on cnn. super tuesday was anything bus eight-term dennis could you niche lost his primary battle against the bandy 15-term congresswoman. they were forced to compete in the same district. kaptor is the longest-serves woman in the hou
you don t even make the choice to be gay. i mean, when did they catch on problem with science? does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than tonight, i ll talk strategy with mitt romney s son josh romney and a heated conversation with former candidate michele bachmann, the views on rush limbaugh and gay marriage and kurt cameron and lewis black weighs in. you don t even make the choice to be gay. i mean, when did they catch on to that? why do they not what is their problem with science? but our big story is super tuesday. does mitt romney have the momentum? no better person to ask than josh, josh romney joins me. welcome. thanks for having me on. my pleasure. tell me the mood in the romney family camp. you know, i think we are pretty excited about how things are looking so far. we have a lot of momentum heading in to super tuesday. that s what it s all about is picking up the right number of delegates and looks like things are pointing in th