captions by vitac www.vitac.com major new backing and a brewing new controversy for the republican presidential candidate mitt romney. he s picked up one of the most sought-after endorsements of the campaign, but a remark by one of his top aides is now threatening to overshadow it. our national political correspondent jim acosta is with romney who is holding a town hall meeting outside baltimore. jim, what happened? reporter: wolf, as you just mentioned mitt romney is about to hold a town hall meeting just outside of baltimore. the maryland primary is coming up in about a week and a half, but mitt romney can take comfort in the fact that rick santorum s path to the nomination looks sketchy today, but as the romney campaign knows, this race for the gop nomination is not etched in stone. thank you. reporter: it was as if one of the biggest names in republican party politics was listening to mitt romney s call for unity after the illinois primary. join us. join us.
check out this video of the moment the quake hit, also in mexico city, so remarkable about this footage is remember how far away this was from the quake s center. chad myers is tracking the very latest of this down in atlanta. chad, how many people felt this hit? some sobering numbers now, john, coming in really here. we ll talk about strong shaking, 600,000 people in mexico felt strong shaking with moderate damage. 2.3 million people felt moderate shaking but i think the number here that may really surprise us tomorrow is the u.s. geological survey has the new computer model that will tell them how many fatalities are estimated. there s a 42% chance that somewhere between 10e and 100 people died in this earthquake. there s a 30% chance of up to 1,000 people dying in this earthquake, and now we know this is just the very latest, igualapa, cnn just confirmed this town is reporting 800 structures have collapsed, mainly homes, but this is very close to the epicenter of the 7.4
line as well, doesn t it? yeah, yeah, yeah. santorum s closing pitch, a poke at the former illinois senator who now lives in the white house. you have a particular obligation to write a wrong here in the state of illinois. there are 54 delegates at stake tuesday in the state of illinois. a look at the math shows you time is running short for anyone else trying to stop governor romney. you need 1,144 to clinch. governor romney is 519, not halfway but look how commanding the lead is. senator santorum is second and gingrich 139 and romney with a big lead. if you look at the remaining delegates, 996 allocated to date. that leaves just shy of 1,300. we re almost to the halfway point in the delegates awarded and illinois will get closer to that. if you are behind romney, you re running short. mitt romney is the leader now in the delegate chase and he has right now 49%, 49% of the delegates needed. the average win is winning 57%. if he wins 49% of the rest of the way, he clinc
what he is saying? the president s policies have caused the page panic in the white house because the price of gas has gone up 30 cents in 30 days and has doubled since barack obama has become president. there are things we can do to lower the cost of gasoline. but the president just on thursday, greta, was on the phone, lobbying the senate to vote against the keystone excel pipeline, to bring oil from canada to the united states, puts 20,000 american workers back to work. the economy we have over 8% unemployment and high gas prices and the president is still fighting us working toward american energy security. greta: thank you. sorry to cut it short. a lot of news tonight. coming up, are two world leaders giving a new meaning to march madness? david cameron arrives in the united states to meet with president obama. the first order of business a basketball game. good idea or tone deaf?
sean: now the clash between the former president and the administration did not end there because secretary hillary clinton, while she was also asked to weigh in on her husband s comments. let s take a look. even the former president, bill clinton, says embrace it. and we need to move forward with the keystone excel pipeline. he s a very smart man. [laughter] but, unfortunately, is not bound by the laws and regulations any longer of the united states to make decisions that follow a certain procedure. sean: now, wait a minute. was bill clinton ever bound by laws or regulations? here with reaction, former special counsel to president clinton and one of his chief defenders in the monica lewinsky days. look, i will say it. bill clinton s right. i think he s right. but he is talking about facts. he can disagree with president obama on