argentina s president accuses britain and wants u.n. intervention to prevent a war. claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative alternative to barack obama. an unexpected clean state clean sweep for rick santorum and once again all bet are off for the republican race for the presidential nomination. the military is sold on the syrian city has continued for a fifth day. opposition groups say since friday, hundreds of people have been killed by troops loyal to president assad. homs, the third biggest city, appears to have been laid waste. residents say they have been hit by an almost constant barrage of mortars and rockets. this video was shot by an anti-regime activist and posted on the internet. activists report 42 people have been killed there in the last eight hours or so. now you re looking at live images streaming from homs. residents also say snipers are on roof tops and tanks are reportedly close to the city s cente
february 8th. rick santorum shakes up the republican race. he s coming off a three state sweep in minnesota, colorado and missouri. is an or rum hopes to cash in on his big wins. today he s in texas because an adviser says that is where the money is. so santorum said money isn t everything, but it s part of the game. we re doing very well raising money. i think last night we raised about a quarter of a million dollars online. and we feel like going forward we ll have the money we need to make the case we want to make. sap tore rum s rivals are nursing their wounds looking ahead to the next dates on the election calendar. newt gingrich is in ohio, one of the ten states holding haekss on super tuesday, march 6th. gingrich is hoping those races will revive in some way his campaign. mitt romney also looking for a win in colorado yesterday. now he s trying to rebound from his loss to sap tore rum. nonstop shelling is said to be under way in homs. we just got this video. this i
life in their city is normal. that s the story the syrian regime is telling. here s the reality. [ speaking foreign language ] video taken today from the rooftop showing rocket and artillery fire landing, syrian forces bombarding certain neighborhoods, not military encampments or opposition gatherings, neighborhoods, artillery and mortar fire falling on densely populated streets and apartments and they said they can no longer count the number of civilians killed in neighborhoods like this one, too hard to get the information, because sniper fire is a constant threat, people stay put at home until there s no home to hide in. [ speaking foreign language ] women, children, fleeing their homes, their homes and those around it are literally blown to pieces. the shells are landing on homes, hospitals alike. this is one of several makeshift medical facilities where the wounded are literally smuggled in. they can t be taken to regular hospitals, activists say, because security fo
promise to prosecute 19 americans. the white house today threatened to cut off billions in u.s. aid if they put 19 u.s. citizens on trial. those citizens include the son of transportation secretary ray lahood. their alleged crime? channeling money and offering support to human rights groups. in colorado this afternoon, the crisis was newt gingrich s first point of attack. this reminds me exactly of jimmy carter and the iranian hostage. we now have the obama hostage crisis to resemble the carter crisis. chris lawrence is working his sources tonight. what are they saying at the pentagon and the white house about threats to cut off funding for egypt? i spoke with a junior defense official who says he thinks the u.s. has to keep sending military aid to egypt. he said look, no matter what sort of government emerges from the upcoming elections, the egyptian military is going to still be a pillar of that country. he thinks the u.s. has to have a relationship with that military
the story is a bit different and the president fares a bit better. he now has a six-point edge over mitt romney, topping the 50% mark for the time in that survey. in an interview with nbc he talked about his accomplish ams in the face of republican opposition. even with a bunch of obstruction over on capitol hill, we ve been able to save an auto industry. we ve been able to take 750,000 jobs being lost a month and move it so it s 250,000 jobs being created this month. we ve been able to make sure that we ended the war in iraq on schedule. we ve been able to make sure that we ended policies like don t ask, don t tell. so we ve been able to get a lot done, not as fast as we want. sometimes it s messy. the process is frustrating. the president also tops newt gingrich in a head-to-head matchup and i m going to be speaking with newt gingrich s daughter and campaign adviser jackie gingrich-cushman just moments from now. and facing a deadly and growing anti-government uprisi