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victims family stunned and afraid. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." the republican candidates are scrambling to cover as much ground as they can. the south carolina primary only nine days away and early voting in florida starting at the same time. its now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romneys lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us ...

elections center. it is on to south carolina for the republicans who would be president with mitt romney looking to run his win streak to three and to use his dramatic momentum to raise millions more this month. the texas governor rick perry is among those vowing to stop romney in south carolina. hes right here to answer republicans who say attacks on the frontrunners business record are over the line. just wait until you see governor perrys backdrop. a plot worthy of a spy model. a bo...

columnist david from, the host of the fromme forum and former speechwriter for george w. bush. thank you for being here. the one thing were going to be hearing about in the next 12 months, david i put it to you, a gop set of primaries, looking for a candidate, talking about the middle class, who represents the middle class in this country? the the democrats are trying to make some speeches that the democrats are the party of the middle class, republicans the party of the rich. the repu...

diane swonk, old friend, chief of messere, aux financial. were talking about the middle class. who represents the middle class in this country. the democrats are trying to make the point with speeches by president obama in the last couple of weeks. democrats are the party of the middle class. republicans are the party of the rich. republicans obviously are struggling with that themselves. david, whats your sense of how republicans are thinksing themselves and who in this country repr...

>> oh, my god. >> please stay where you are. everybody, stay where you are. >> did you get it? oh, my god. >> keep your heads up. everybody, stay where you are. >> i knew that was in the stands, oh, my god. >> it could have been us. >> i know. in my mind, it was coming. >> joining me on the phone is the man who shot that video. he is brent wilson, hes back home in portland, oregon. brent, you know, we could hear i counted three "oh, my gods." i dont know if that was from you or your so...

A future for grandchildren. >> there are economists saying in the event theres a shutdown that does last weeks, it could affect our recovery, could actually cost a lot of jobs. are you worried taking this hardline after getting the billions of dollars in cuts that have been agreed to at this point, might actually hurt more than it helps? >> well, the bottom line is this, youre talking about my my stance of $61 billion. >> right. >> when you have a deficit that is expected to be $1.65 trillion, i...

To be giving, i imagine, american military technology and weaponry to people who might have ties to the very people who took down the buildings not too far from where we were broadcasting from right now. >> all at the same time where you got the message from president obama the other night that this mission is over! it seems to be escalating. >> we knew that wasnt the case. i mean, the mission -- that was just completely ridiculous at the time. i dont know how anyone believed that. >> speaking o...

Shortages. all vehicles made in north america primarily use locally made parts, a small number of parts are produced in japan where the recent earthquake and tsunami have limited production. honda has said they dont know which models will be affected. nine patients died after feeding bags were contaminated with bacteria. all the patients became critically ill. ten other patients were sickened after using the sale bags which the maker has now pulled avenue the market. new york senator chuck s...

That could happen. and i think in japan, they didnt plan for the worst possiblefferent kind of geology. we have to be sure that were building those effectively. we also have to be sure if someone is trying to build a nuclear plant it doesnt take ten years to get through the permitting process. it doesnt take repeated trips back to court to get that done. and the president can have a lot to say about that as he takes the 2005 bill that let that process be streamlined and streamlines it as much as...

Equals b, -- >> if you ban smoking on airplanes, what next? will they ban it in central park? >> good point. >> you just shot me dowp. -- down. >> i had a whole point to make on that. >> what precedent do you set? >> you punish this guy for lying, and you will not punish your dentist. thats ridiculous. >> and the slippery slope, if you slip and fall, can you blame it on the person whose property you sliped? america should be dwelling on everything i just said. >> america should not dwell. >> we ...