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middle-class families pay. well explain whats going on. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." dramatic new developments today in the cruise ship disaster off the coast of italy after blasting holes in the capsized "costa philosopconcord" the massive liner hits rocks and ripped open the hull friday night. it shows the dramatic escape as people clamor off the sinks vessel. the ships captain is under house arrest, and he may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. no...

deadly string of assassinations. and the first lady of the united states reacting to a controversial new book about the obama white house, saying shes not the stereotype of, quote, some angry black woman. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." with back-to-back wins in iowa and new hampshire, mitt romney has now done what no other republican incumbent candidate has ever done, once again no republican candidate except, i should say, for a sitting president. romney, of cours...

with jon huntsman. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." the first primary beghaj at midnight in new hampshire. most polls close three hours from now. well have complete coverage. here is what were watching for. first, mitt romneys margin of victory. final polls show him with a nearly 20-point lead. if romney wins big he may see almost invincible heading into south carolina. if he doesnt win big, he may seem beatable, at least some experts predict. second, who comes in ...

Of great winnings and job creation. >> one final question and were out of time, senator. what does it say to you that bill daley is leaving his job as white house chief of staff. jack lou, the budget director is stepping up to be the new white house chief of staff. this sudden switch, what does that say to you? >> well, obviously, i dont know the inner workings of the white house. i had a lot of dealings with bill daley when he was secretary of commerce. i had some dealings with him on the lates...

Other companies? i take it he didnt mention that, did he? >> reporter: curiously, that went unmentioned today, wolf. maybe hell say it here at staxs restaurant here in greenville. >> and if romney gets the nomination hell talk about the tens of thousands of jobs bai nichlt capital created. i suspect that will happen down the road. peter, doing an excellent job in south carolina. jack cafferty is next with "the cafferty file." and john mccain, last time around, is backing mitt romney. ill skl...

Pete in georgia writes, no, what was wrong was going in there in the first place with no more knowledge of the 5,000-year-old insane culture than the average fourth grader possesses. we have to be the most arrogant foolish, nation of our stature ever to grace the planet. >> william writes the only way to prevent techtarian violence is to have american troops in iraq forever. if you want to read more, go to cnn.com/cafferty file or through our post on the situation rooms facebook page. >> jack, t...

Violence that threatened to engulf the country and it was predicted as soon as we left it would start to rear itself again and its beginning. >> yup. sort of reminded me of when tito left the balkans, and younow w u.s. spent nearly nine years doing the best it could. its now up to the iraqis and wi see whats going on and as you point out, jack, its not pretty. >> they got to solve their own problems, i guess. >> yup. when we got word that bill daley was leaving as white house chief of staff we...

Air time for them. candidates like newt gingrich and herman cain spiked in the polls following their debate performances and news organizations have been getting big ratings from many of these debates suggesting theres an ongoing appetite for them. anyway, heres the question -- how would you reform the political debate process? go to cnn.com/cafferty file and go to my blog page. >> let the free process go forward. if people like those debates and if theyre interesting and they are, let them have...

Point today, john, 3-16, the bible verse promising eternal life to believes in god and number two, tebow and number three, tim tebow, who led the broncos to a nail-biting victory in the playoffs against the steelers. how many yards did tebow throw for the win? 316! and the birthday of the receiver who caught the winning touchdown? december 25th, christmas. tim tebow happens to be a devout christian so we ask you, is this a coincidence or not? i know certainly a lot of folks are talking about thi...

Right back to jack for the cafferty file. jack? >> question this hour is was it wrong for the u.s. to just walk away from iraq? alexandria writes it was wrong for us to go there in the first place. did we really think we could win that war? within hours after the troops left, the place began falling apart. >> carla writes make up your mind. first, everyone is yelling to bring the troops home and stop the killing and the destruction of our economy that cant afford these trivial wars. now its oops...