many paychecks and we re in danger of losing something more than the value of our homes and 401(k)s. after years of too many apologies, historic drops in incomes and historic highs in gas prices a president who doesn t hesitate to use all the means necessary to force through obamacare on the american public, but leads from behind in the world. it s time to say these words this word enough. rick santorum also spoke from gettysburg in his home state, pennsylvania. i said throughout the course of this campaign, while other issues are certainly important, the economy, joblessness, national security concerns, the family, the issue of life, all of these issues are important. but the foundational issue in this race, the one that is in fact the cause of the other maladies that we are feeling, whether it s in the economy, whether it s in the budget crisis that we re dealing with, all boils down to one word and that s what s at stake in this election and it s behind me on that
getting more numbers. we re not yet able to make a projection based on these first round, second round of these exit polls. we re getting more. let me walk over to john king and explain what s going on. no projection yet. but it seems at least according to the early exit polls information, the new numbers in the exit polls are still coming in. looks like it s going to be a good night for mitt romney. every reason to believe that governor romney will win the state of illinois. if you ve been with us through past primary nights, the people who just finished voting talking to the exit polls now. santorum does better in that lastaway. and often senator santorum has overperformed his last poll numbers. we re being cautious. we d rather get it right than wrong. we can tell things if we look at the electorate today. we ve seen this in some other states. nearly 4 in 10 voters today say beating president obama is the most important quality. if you look here, among those voters,
with a diverse population. the polls close at 8:00 eastern tonight. here tonight, director howard feinman. we ve got brand new exit poll information out of illinois and the illinois primary voters. we asked which candidate would most likely beat barack obama? not surprisingly, nearly all of romney voters, 93%, said they thought their guy was most electricimost electable. but 28% of santorum voters said they saw him beating obama. th i think some of those people buy santorum s argument, that you have to solidify the base, and if the base isn t really excited, isn t ready to walk through walls, then that s a weak position to be in against the president.
with a diverse population. the polls close at 8:00 eastern tonight. here tonight, director howard feinman. and michael steele. both msnbc political analysts. and malika henderson. we ve got brand new exit poll information out of illinois and the illinois primary voters. we asked which candidate would most likely beat barack obama? not surprisingly, nearly all of romney voters, 93%, said they thought their guy was most electable. but 28% of santorum voters said they saw him beating obama. howard, speak of sports, that means people would rather vote for the guy, at least in some locations, they deeply believe in rather than the guy in november. i think some of those people buy santorum s argument, that you have to solidify the base, and if the base isn t really excited, isn t ready to walk through walls, then that s a
learn what exactly wanted to the pioneering female aviator a mellia earhart? i m wolf blirts. i m wolf blirts. you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com this is cnn breaking news. lettay get right to breaking news from mexico. a powerful earthquake from acapulco to mexico city. let s go to our meteorologist chad myers. what are you seeing? what s going on? it has been reduced to a 7.4 earthquake, wolf, but that is still a very major shake. about 200 miles to mexico city, but there are cities or towns at least, much closer to the epicenter. let me take you to a few because there are 4,000 to up to 17,000 people in some of these cities and we know that they were right on top of the epicenter. there you see the towns with the roof, the tile roofs here. a beautiful part of mexico here. other towns not that far right over the other side of the hill. this is only about eight miles from the epicenter at a 7.4 shake and now about 12 miles deep. those t