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romney built a major lead among republicans and the gop infighting has been nasty and brutal. is he ready to take on president barack obama? and already focussing in on a november matchup and his campaign is depicting mitt romney as an out of touch millionaire. will that strategy pay off. im wolf blitzer? im wolf blitzer? youre in "the situation room. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com were also learning that george zimmerman, the shooter of trayvon martin, will be speaking public...

What is going on over this? and will there be a pentagon >> the accusation is that the doctors there had taken it upon themselves to be very stern in diagnosing ptsd because its estimated over a lifetime it could cost $1 million, $1.5 million in medical expenses for each individual soldier who is diagnosed with ptsd, all of that, of course, still has to be worked out, but initial -- there were 14 cases that were isolated. those soldiers were sent to walter reed, where the doctors at walter reed ...

all right. this is a "cnn newsroom." im fredricka whitfield. 4:00 on the east coast. 1:00 owest. right not news. american airlines apologize are for a scary incident aboard a flight. it unfolded, as the plane was taxiing down the runway yesterday a flight attendant grabbed the loud speaker and went into a tirade saying the plane was going to crash. a passenger caught it all on tape. other passengers and a crew member were able to restrain the attendant. american airlines says both th...

we can also tell you that the injured students were medevaced off campus and taken for treatment. we dont know what level of injury they have sustained. stephanie there is talking with authorities and gaining all of that information as she is doing just a terrific job bringing us up to date. stephanie, did you learn something new you want to share with us if you can hear us? >> reporter: yes, i do. i just spoke with the superintendent. he says he does believe that the shooter was in fa...

Investigation to security for the murder of an inmate. thats not what im here for. >> okay. youre right. well do a special hearing. i dont care about that guy. what im going to do is another special hearing. ill do another form. instead of putting initial, ill put special and make the connection that you werent convicted, and that you pled down to aggravated battery. however, you will still meet the criteria for level 6. >> how long do i have to stay in lockdown for aggravated battery? four year...

passengers boarded overload life boats. mitt romney finally tells us how much he pays in tax. just wait until you hear his definition of not very much money. and wick paid yeah is shutting down in protest at midnight. should you share its concerns about new rules for the internet? we begin, though, tonight with the tragedy in italy. today searchers used explosives to blast through the walls of that capsized cruise ship. they found five more bodies but no survivors. the confirmed deat...

Escalate into blurs between the united states and iran. tensions are running very high here. tamron. >> thank you very much. theres a lot going on today. here are some more things we thought you should know. the first lady is on twitter.ç the first lady says shell sign her personal tweets with her initial. she said thanks for the warm welcome. look forward to staying in touch here. the presidents campaign staff said they raised $68 million in the last three months of 2011. the obama campai...

And that, middle america, thats who you are. youre great at beating yourself up, and youre the best at it and americans, but thats what makes america great. that kind, and its there-- in the heartland. the regular people. >> mike: its nice to have an irishman to remind us as americans that were a pretty doggone good country. i appreciate that. >> its a turning point. president bush is an initial-- was the turning point in the war. and you know, it is war and i would say that that was the most ex...

I dont care about that guy. what im going to do is another special hearing. ill do another form. instead of putting initial, ill put special and make the connection that you werent convicted, and that you pled down to aggravated battery. however, you will still meet the criteria for level 6. >> how long do i have to stay in lockdown for aggravated battery? four years. i seen guys come here for stabbing and stay for a year. i understand that. what im trying to tell you is this, the constitution o...

is "state of the union." there was a boxing match here in washington last night, but the real punches were thrown in des moines. >> lets be candid. the only reason you didnt become a career politician is you lost to tedty kennedy in 1994. >> the last thing he needs to have is not just a person who is an historian but also someone who is running for president of the united states stand up and say things that create extraordinary timult in his neighborhood. >> if you want a difference,...