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on a strong showing in tuesdays mississippi and alabama primaries, and hes still going after mitt romney, this time in reference to gas prices. >> the president seems to suggest to you just like dr. chu. dr. chu is the secretary of anti-energy. to be honest, he said that before he became secretary that he wanted americans to pay european levels of $9 or $10 a gallon. so last week -- give him credit for being honest. last week he testified in the house, and somebody from mississippi act...

endorsements but a bit of a dark cloud on the horizon. more on that in just a moment, but, first, his fight for the gop nomination. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows him with a commanding lead over mitt romney. the other candidates trailing far behind. paul steinhauser is in washington. paul, the same poll shows gingrich struggling in a head-to-head race against president obama. tell us about that. >> that horse race poll and two others indicate the same thing. way ahead ...

mitt romney on the defense. we are just three weeks away from the first presidential contest of the 2012 campaign, and the attacks are in full force. >> lets be candid. the only reason you didnt become a career politician is you lost to teddy kennedy in 1994. >> wait a second. now wait a second. thats -- wait a second. >> paul steinhauser is joining us from des moines. gingrich survived. how did he do it? >> exactly, kyra. listen, newt gingrich, the reason he jumped in the polls and su...

will approve another group of f-16 for iraq because our air force was destroyed completely during the wars that iraq entered into and this is not all. we also need technical equipments related to the security field. these are issues that are being discussed by the concerned people in both countries, between the ministries of defense and interior with our counterparts in the united states and we received promises and facilitations and we agreed on how to make this relationship continuou...

important research, the cure for cancer, cure for many diseases, a lot of important things are being studied and researched there -- theyre the highest paid employees in their own states, much more than the governor, any law enforcement official. its really staggering had wh ih you look at the pure amount of money these coaches are making. >> what are the dangers of that kind of power? >> well, i think -- you know, penn state says it all. the fact that, you know, the institution was re...

this in an interview, cbss ""60 minutes"," the president challenges the political partisanship. he says republican strategy cuts him off at the knees. >> i think the republicans made a different calculation, which was, you know what, we really screwed up the economy. obama seems popular. our best bet is to stand on the sidelines because we think the economy will get worse and at some point just blame him. so we havent gotten the kind of engagement from them that i would have liked. a...

Flaunted the responsibility to go to the congress. he doesnt get permission. and we went over -- it wouldnt have happened without our money and our drones and our missiles and all. and it happened so. so were responsible for the chaos. >> you think the drone war this administration is waging is illegal? >> yes, it is. its illegal under international law. and theres no authority in our constitution that we can just willy-nilly drop bombs on anybody that we want. we kill innocent people this way. ...

Go to the congress. he doesnt get permission. and we went over -- it wouldnt have happened without our money and our drones and our missiles and all. and it happened so. so were responsible for the chaos. >> you think the drone war this administration is waging is illegal? >> yes, it is. its illegal under international law. and theres no authority in our constitution that we can just willy-nilly drop bombs on anybody that we want. we kill innocent people this way. why do you think people hate us...

Volunteer and go over there and send your money. but i dont, as a president, have the authority to go. if our national security is threatened, then you do it properly. this president now has gone in there on his own, he has flaunted the responsibility to go to the congress. he doesnt get permission. and we went over -- it wouldnt have happened without our money and our drones and our missiles and all. and it happened. so were responsible for the chaos. >> do you think the drone war this administ...

Still up in the air, you had issues in saudi arabia that were tampered down, oman was an issue, yemen has fired you and we still dont know whats happening inside syria. this entire region could very well be known as the year that the dictators went down, what kind of a future does it hold, what kind of government takes place here, what kind of policy, how does that affect the u.s. policy in the middle east, these are wide open questions well go through throughout the morning as we bring in some ...