check out this video of the moment the quake hit, also in mexico city, so remarkable about this footage is remember how far away this was from the quake s center. chad myers is tracking the very latest of this down in atlanta. chad, how many people felt this hit? some sobering numbers now, john, coming in really here. we ll talk about strong shaking, 600,000 people in mexico felt strong shaking with moderate damage. 2.3 million people felt moderate shaking but i think the number here that may really surprise us tomorrow is the u.s. geological survey has the new computer model that will tell them how many fatalities are estimated. there s a 42% chance that somewhere between 10e and 100 people died in this earthquake. there s a 30% chance of up to 1,000 people dying in this earthquake, and now we know this is just the very latest, igualapa, cnn just confirmed this town is reporting 800 structures have collapsed, mainly homes, but this is very close to the epicenter of the 7.4
line as well, doesn t it? yeah, yeah, yeah. santorum s closing pitch, a poke at the former illinois senator who now lives in the white house. you have a particular obligation to write a wrong here in the state of illinois. there are 54 delegates at stake tuesday in the state of illinois. a look at the math shows you time is running short for anyone else trying to stop governor romney. you need 1,144 to clinch. governor romney is 519, not halfway but look how commanding the lead is. senator santorum is second and gingrich 139 and romney with a big lead. if you look at the remaining delegates, 996 allocated to date. that leaves just shy of 1,300. we re almost to the halfway point in the delegates awarded and illinois will get closer to that. if you are behind romney, you re running short. mitt romney is the leader now in the delegate chase and he has right now 49%, 49% of the delegates needed. the average win is winning 57%. if he wins 49% of the rest of the way, he clinc
we re only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. the top two gop contenders are practicing their own brand of chicago style politics on this day before the illinois primary and both rick santorum and mitt romney are proving to be untouchable. reporter: the battle for the gop nomination has come to illinois and in the land of lincoln the republican party is a house divided in an uncivil war of words. i m somewhat experienced in the economy, i m not an economic light weight. president obama is. we re not going to be successful replacing an economic light weight wit
four men a, robert bales was brought to the u.s. and speaks to his lawyer for the first time. here s his attorney, john brown. i think flfs an effort to paint him as someone who, rather than having a serious brain injury and shouldn t have been there to begin with, had some other factors. the financial situation for all of us is stressful, i think. but, you know, nobody goes and kills women and children because they had financial stresses. bales is kbg held now at fort leavenworth military prison in kansas. that s where we have ted rollins standing by. do we even know if sergeant bales has met with that attorney yet ted? are we expecting the attorney to come on and speak? well, we are expecting him to come out and speak. we reached out to him via e-mail and he said he likely would. he said possibly right afterwards. we do know talking to people that they have met, they are meeting at this hour and they apparently met for three hours this morning and are on a lunch break
apple holds almost $100 billion in cash reserves. this morning the company announce wad it would do with some of that cold cash. apple announced a $10 billion stock buyback that would begin in october. it also would begin giving shareholders a quarterly dividend for the first time since 1995. and espn s chris mortenson a reporting that peyton manning will sign with the denver broncos. four-time nfl most valuable player had been deciding between tennessee and denver. indianapolis colts released the quarterback just two weeks ago after injury forced had i am to miss the entire 2011 season. well, in 2006 manning led the colts to a super bowl championship. all right. didn t do my brackets any good but north carolina state upset georgetown in the ncaa tournament. that happened this weekend. it was one of several big march madness upsets. the 11th seeded wolf pack ran away from the number 3 seed down the stretch. lorenzo brown sealed the game with three free throws in the last