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im joined now by graham washington deputy fire chief gary franz, the deputy fire chief in washington. whats the latest on this? two bodies believed to be the children and a third body found. >> yes, thats correct. that third body appears to be an adult, cant tell at this point if its male or female, but, you know, everything that we have, we have very credible reports of, you know, a person working with the powell children who brought those children to this house just prior to this eve...

town wins a $950 million lottery jackpot. you heard right. all except one guy who missed out on it. we start with this. were just a few hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses. it is the fifth contest in the republican presidential race, but the first one to take place west of the mississippi we will have much more on that in just a moment. but first, here are some of the other top stories we are watching for you this morning. in syria anti-government activists say the milit...

relationship edges towards a close. diana magnay, cnn, bamberg, germany. the u.n. security council tried to formally condemn the government of syria today. but the draft resolution failed. shot down by a double veto. ambassadors from russia and china voted against it. american ambassador susan rice made her feelings very clear. >> the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council prevent us from fug filling our soul purpose here, addressing an ever deepening crisis...

You know, it is silly. but he -- i will say this, he gets at a point, which is that what mitt romney said yesterday was tone deaf and the idea that, you know, we shouldnt concern ourselves with the plight of the poor and they can be handled by the safety net, fundamentally is a misunderstanding of how poor the safety net is -- safety net is right now. >> tell you what, these republicans, they dont know how to relate to people who are going through economic strife. they dont know how to relate to...

You know, its silly. but he -- i will say this, he gets at a point, which is that what mitt romney said yesterday was tone deaf and the idea that, you know, we shouldnt concern ourselves with the plight of the poor and they can be handled by the safety net, fundamentally is a misunderstanding of how poor the safety net is -- safety net is right now. >> tell you what, these republicans, they dont know how to relate to people that are going through economic strife. they dont know how to relate to ...

Gets at a point, which is that what mitt romney said yesterday was tone deaf and the idea that, you know, we shouldnt concern ourselves with the plight of the poor and they can be handled by the safety net, fundamentally is a misunderstanding of how poor the safety net is -- safety net is right now. >> tell you what, these republicans, they dont know how to relate to people who are going through economic strife. they dont know how to relate to people that are actually working, but theyre just no...

But if it has a hole, i will repair it. you will hear the plight of the poor. theres no question, its not good being poor. we have a safety net for them. but my campaign is focused on middle-income americans. you can choose where to focus. you can focus on the rich. thats not my focus. you can focus on the very poor. thats not my focus. >> did you ever watch a man in quick sand? here he is explaining it later on that day. >> youve got to take the whole sentence, all right, as opposed to saying, ...

Palm at romneys foot and mouth disorder. its not really news that the plight of the poor is not the gops priority. where are democrats on helping the poor have you heard much from any politician? the time the national poverty rate was 19%. today the latest statistics have the poverty rate at over 15%. its the highest level in nearly two decades. one in five american children live in poverty. what did president obama have to say about poverty in his state of the union address? the president has p...

"superstition." you knew that, though. >> i know all that, soledad. >> he lives it, yes, he does. >> superstitious dude. >> we begin this northemorning iran. defense secretary leon panetta says there is a growing likelihood, quote, that israel will attack iran this spring and try to destroy its suspected nuclear program. israeli defense minister ehud barak said this, quoek, iran must be prevent fred becoming nuclear and no option should be taken off the table. lets get right to barbara...

Americans who right now are struggling, and ill continue to take that message throughout the nation. >> ive got to ask you, you just said im not concerned about the very poor because they have a safety net, and i think there are lots of very poor americans who are struggling who would say that sounds odd. can you explain that? >> well, you had to finish the sentence, soledad. i said im not very concerned about the very poor that has a safety net, but if it has holes in it, i will repair them. we...