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There. it was the cyclones night. bobo paolo drives, keeps possession, throws up a tough shot and that ends the you uconn rally. 77-64. uconn is the first defending champion to lose in the opening rounds since ucla did that in 1996. a number one seed has never, ever lost to a 16 seed in the history of the ncaa tournament. we came about as close as we could yesterday. syracuse trying to avoid history. trailed unc asheville, the 16 seed, by four points at halftime. second half, bull dogs jeremy at...

Then it gets ugly. these are the final seconds of the game. jeremy lan of uconn attempting a dunk, not even close. iowa state beats uconn, 77-64. uconn the first defending champion to win in the first round. a number one seed has never lost to a 16 seed in the ncaa tournament but almost happened last night. syracuse trailed unc asheville by four at halftime, second half, jeremy atkinson steps back, hits the three, syracuse still trailing until james sutherland comes off the bench hits a three to...

>> shepard: incredible. jonathan, thank you. newt gingrich, he said i have to win mississippi and i have to win alabama for my candidacy to be viable, period. must win states. crucial to the southern strategy. had to have them. he didnt win mississippi. didnt win alabama. so he is out of the race, right? no. >> im staying in the race because i want to see if i cant in the second half of the race, louisiana is sort of halftime. i want to see if we cant reset the whole race around the idea of real...

>> our goal was to take out one-third of the delegates and possibly slightly better than that. i think we will exceed that goal. >> your goal wasnt to win one of these states? >> i dont think that anyone expected to win alabama or mississippi. as mitt said early on in the campaign, this was an away game for him and i think that is true. >> this is a delegate contest. like i said our goal was to come in, take a third of the delegates. >> keeping them honest on the claim that nobody expe...

that. i think we will exceed that goal. its important to -- >> your goal wasnt to win one of these states? >> i dont think anybody expected mitt to win alabama or mississippi. as mitt said early on in the campaign, that this was an away game for him. i think thats -- i think thats true. look, this is a delegate contest and like i said, our goal was to come in, take a third of the delegates. >> keeping him honest on that claim that nobody expected him to win alabama or mississippi. in f...

possible spin on romneys failure to win in alabama or mississippi. >> our goal was to take out one third of the delegates and possibly do slightly better than that. i think we will exceed that goal. its important to -- >> your goal wasnt to win one of the states? >> i dont think anybody expected mitt to win alabama or mississippi. as mitt said early on in the campaign, that this was an away game for him, and i think thats true. look, this is a delegate contest. and like i said, our goa...

Extending his lead, and newt gingrich who came in a few points behind rick santorum in the south says its not even halftime yet, maintaining he is the candidate best prepared to defeat president obama come november. charlie hurt is a columnist for the washington times. break down these arguments for us, charlie. who has got the strongest one, as far as his viability in the race? >> well i mean if you look at the delegate count right now as you just pointed out, jon, mitt romney is in the stronge...

gunning down 16 afghan men, women and children but the u.s. commander of multinational forces promises a full investigation by u.s. military authorities under u.s. law. and the u.s. defense secretary says that the death penalty is a possibility. leon panetta is in afghanistan now. all u.s. forces pass through there when they leave and enter afghanistan and told reporters and i told, war is hell and terrible events like this one on sunday are going to take place. well get live reports...

and coming film mamgers in this country. koerntd for mtv power of 12 this ch is focusing on the election. nice to have you. polls in alabama and mississippi are open in less than an hour while all eyes are on the south today. battling over the significance of the results. now, newt gingrich has put his entire strategy on the line. the southern strategy. rick santorums camp says theyre tamping down his chances and mitt romney says its going to be doom if the fight north nomination goe...

dont feel as though youre doing enough to control gas prices. >> what did the president say? well hear his response. former "news of the world" editor rebecca brooks is arrested. they arrested the former aid and five other people. it stems from the alleged phone hacking scandal that now closed the newspaper. we begin this hour in depth in afghanistan and a reality check on the safety of american troops there. antiamerican protests are boiling up again two days after a killing spree...