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we begin this hour with tensions ratcheting up between israel and iran. a bomb went off just as israeli tourists boarded a bus in the bulgarian resort city. six people are confirmed dead. some 30 others are wounded. president obamas strongly condemning the attack calling it in his word barbaric. cnns elise labott is joining us live with the very latest. bulgarians are of course investigating. im sure the israelis are as well. first of all, what are the bulgarians saying? >> reporter: w...

the president was he heading on this, theyve always said, look, were the ones who got rid of dont ask dont tell. the justice department no longer defends the defense of marriage act. so you knew what direction the president was heading. i think there were conversations about whether this would be good politically or not good politically for the president because this could rally mitt romneys conservative base. this could hurt the president with some voters in battleground states like o...

Sticks to an economic message. debbie joins me now from detroit, thanks so much more joining us. a lot of people are surprised that michigan residents are responding to the values questions more than the economic message. what are you seeing from the ground in michigan? >> well, i think michigan is a complicated situation, which it always is. its a state that brought you george wallace and jessie jackson in the past, theres a poll today that shows mitd romney up two points. its a very fluid situ...

>> well, he was right. this is going to be armageddon and im going to win. he didnt just win by a small margin, he had a thumping victory tonight. someone told me that your fathe tonight. a lot of what dad does is through service to his country. and again hes got a very clear vision of what he wants to go with the american people ex-understands were in a crisis situation and hes the only candidate including the president who cuts spending, consult welfare and cut fand u fnding and he...

future. >> romney supporter senator john mccain on the perils and promise of south carolina. plus, south carolinas powerful evangelical voting bloc. who will win the lions share? with rev right hand brad adkins and bob jones iii. >> everything is up for grabs in my estimation. >> im candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." over 100 leaders in the social conservative community met in texas for two days and emerged with a single name, rick santorum for president. it is a blow...

In. i think hes good for the debate and good for the party overall. >> don, in talking to some democrats there, the one thing they learned over the last 48 hours, theyre ecstatic that being for the ryan plan is the definition of whether theyre a real conservative republican. they think thats going to help them with swing voters and senior voters in the general. do you agree? >> yes. i think the assault on medicare that is in the ryan plan clearly is one that organizational democrats have decide ...

Of those photos. >> senator gates went on to lament how many details about the raid have been disclosed to the public. he said, and im quoting now, all agreed that we would not release any operational details from the effort to take out bin laden. that all fell apart on monday, the next day. secretary gates went on to talk about the concerns of the navy s.e.a.l.s that carried out the raid and said -- let me quote once again, we are very concerned about the security of our families. when i met wi...

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Shes got grass root support, the name recognition, the ability to raise money. look, there are a lot of crosscurrents in the republican party right now, joe, as you well know. ron brownstein with "the national journal" wrote an interesting piece a week ago talking about the different tracks that would go on where youd have a manager track with mitd romney and a pour populist track with mike huckabee and sarah palin, assessing whether chris christie gets into the race and if he fits becomes quite...