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24 point drop for mitt romneyea whvise,t single unty in the entire state of minnesota. this is a state he won the last time around. and it probably appropriate for me to mention at this point that mitt romney didnt even come in second in minnesota. mitt romney won it last time. but he came in third this time. rick santorum won, ron paul came in second. mitt romney couldnt beat ron paul in minnesota. if dell grates are awarded in a way that follows the results, rick santorum will get every single...

Mitt romney if you look at last night technically did lose three contests. if you discount missouri, just looking at what happened in minnesota alone, is an almost inexplicable disaster. can we put the minnesota slate back up? look at the numbers. 24 point drop for mitt romney from 2008 to this year. which is 17% of the vote, mitt romney did not win a single county in the entire state of minnesota. this is a state he won the last time around. and it probably appropriate for me to mention at this...

Dropped by almost half. in minnesota same deal, mitt romney had 41% of the vote and won the state in 2008. last night, he got, look, look, less than 17%, a drop of 24 points. the total vote count is worse. he had about 26,000 votes last time, this time, 8,000. now missouris primary was non-binding. but mitt romney lost there as well to rick santorum. like those other states, mr. romney got a smaller percentage of the vote in missouri than he did the last time around and fewer votes overall. that...

For another victory in nevada. you are seeing the party start to coalesce around mitt romney the reason is they see in mitt romney a nominee who not only has experience dealing with economic issues because he comes out of the private sector but a person who can go up against barack obama and defeat him in the fall. whether the victory was in florida or new hampshire or nevada these states are swing states. they are important to president obamas reelection. if mitt romney can demonstrate strength...

im erin burnett outfront tonight, chaos in cairo. three american college students are detained. one of their mothers comes out front tonight. were going to talk to her in a few minutes. but first, we want to show you what it looks like right now in tahrir square. that is a live picture and its relatively calm, its 2:00 a.m. local time. the image is in stark contrast, though, what we saw throughout the day and into the evening tonight. rocks and tear gas flew through the air. riot polic...

im erin burnett outfront tonight, chaos in cairo. amidst it all, three american college students are detained. one of their mothers comes out front tonight. were going to talk to her in a few minutes. but first, we want to show you what it looks like right now in tahrir square. that is a live picture and its relatively calm, its 2:00 a.m. local time. the image is in stark contrast, though, what we saw throughout the day and into the evening tonight. rocks and tear gas flew through the ...

few minutes. but first, we want to show you what it looks like right now in tahrir square. that is a live picture and its relatively calm, its 2:00 a.m. local time. the image is in stark contrast, though, what we saw throughout the day and into the evening tonight. rocks and tear gas flew through the air. riot police clashing with protesters who want the nations military rulers to step down immediately. officials say 35 people are dead. 3,000 injured after five days of protests. now, t...

>> capitalism doesnt work. >> youre angry at wall street? washington, too, or just wall street? >> definitely washington. the politicians who are corrupted by a lot of the corporate money from wall street. >> so what do you want, protesters? it seems like people want a messiah leader. just like they did when they anointed barack obama. but, if you dont know whats wrong, no one can fix it for you. john adline is contributor and cnn columnist for "newsweek" and the daily beast. john, gre...

But as you always point out, gretchen, you probably cant get the loan. right? >> if you dont have any money left, its pretty tough to go buy a house or get the loan. i have to go back to the bad news in a moment. whats going to happen with the stock market today? you told us during the break that london is down 5% six hours ahead of us. >> yes, when you start talking in percentage terms, you know you have trouble. dow lost 300 points late yesterday and will open probably down another 200 points ...

of the turmoil on wall street has been triggered by fears over the european debt crisis and the anemic economies. and richard quest, one of the best people to turn to when we want perspective on the global economy. he joins us from london. what happened in the european markets today? >> reporter: the europeans went down initially and then down further and they rallied with wall street. we closed down 1% in london, and paris 1%, and frankfurt, once again the german market is being cream...