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were following the breaking news this hour, a tornado outbreak that scraped parts of the midwest this morning, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. hardest hit, harrisburg, illinois, where at least six people died, including two children. within the last half hour, we learned the tornado was a category ef-4, with winds, get this, up to 170 miles an hour, and as wide as two football fields. in the last hour, the mayor spoke at a grief-stricken news conference. >> we ...

of the family members, which are the two aunts, the grandfather or t.j. lane. photographs not showing facial features will be permitted. is that brings us to the issue of rule 7, detention, which is the main purpose for us being here today, and with that prosecutor joyce, its the burden on the state to demonstrate to this court the requirements of juvenile rule 7-a which reads -- prior to final disposition unless enough following applied. one, detention or shelter care is required, a, ...

were following the breaking news in chardon, ohio. a suspect is in custody. the investigation is unfolding. heres the news conference thats happening right now. >> and rapidly. yesterdays event, as a result of that training and practice, if you would, law enforcement was quickly placed inside the school upon arrival. and we believe that that helped to lessen the tragedy that occurred. unfortunately, much had occurred prior to law enforcements arrival. id like to bring joe bernance, cha...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." whats the latest on the fight between the front-runners. >> reporter: wolf, its pretty clear last nights debate touched off a very personal tone in the race for the gop nomination. thats because theres a lot riding on the next several days. >> i hope you watched the debate last night. it was kind of fun. >> reporter: the morning after the debate, mitt romney had a smile on his face, swinging away at rick santorum. >> i dont know that iv...

were in mesa, arizona, tonights cnn arizona republican presidential debate. its been about a among since they last faced off and since then even more upheaval. rick santorum is now the surging candidates and the one for mitt romney to beat tonight. both men we are campaigning down to the wire and may have given each other press ammunition. hes here with us, going through the details. whats the latest? >> for the top two candidates, the devil is in the debails. two potential flash point...

attracting the attention of homeland security. wolf blitzer is off today, im candy crowley, and youre in "the situation room." right now theyre pretearing to vote on a resolution. it strongly condemns the killing, gee mooning the assad regime call off sits forces and cease all violence. well bring the vote to you live when it happens. we have cnn journalists in syria right now documenting some of the awful violence. youll see that as well, ahead. bus first to the battle for michiga...

im candidate crowley, and youre in "the situation room." just coming in, a new snapshot capturing the big picture, a cnn lorcp poll shows support for president obama up slightly from last month 67 this new poll shows a five-point lead over romney, though still within a sampling error. the same poll shows a seven-point lead for the president over rick santorum. that is up only slightly from january. we want to bring in cnns chief analyst gloria borger. so i look at this and think mayb...

just into "the situation room," brand-new poll numbers confirming a new lineup in the fight for the gop presidential nomination. the cnn/orc survey has just been released and shows a two-man contest at this point. the poll shows 34% of republicans asked say santorum is their choice. 32% say romney. with a sampling error, that means its a statistic cal tie. ron paul and newt gingrich are far behind at 16 and 15%. first big picture, ron, what do you make of santorums rise? >> i think thi...

picture this, youre walking through the airport checkpoint with your shoes on and your belt on, and your laptop still in its case. how you can speed your way through the security line. new information coming in. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." suddenly a brand-new campaign. rick santorums stunning sweep has turned the republican race into a real race. hes grabbed some delegates and more importantly hes grabbing the momentum. thats enabling him to raise lots of cash an...

>> in just a few hours results will start coming in from todays republican triple-header caucuses in colorado, minnesota and a primary in missouri up for grabs. dozens of delegates, but perhaps more importantly momentum. the front-runner mitt romneys campaign is anticipating a potential setback as his rivals look for an opportunity. our jim acosta is in denver. >> reporter: were going to turn around and look at this screen back here, because mitt romney will talk to us from his bus. >>...