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he arrived with a swagger fresh off his impressive south carolina victory but what a difference nine days have made for newt gingrich in florida. on this, the eve of the states closely-watched primary, gingrich is facing an all-out assault from mitt romney formidable operation in florida. joe johns is seeing it first hand and he had a one-on-one interview with newt gingrich earlier in the day and well see that at the bottom of the hour. mean time, joe, 15 hours until the polls open. wh...

And so the idea that more people are free riding the system is simply impossible. martha: interesting back and forth there last night. joined by virginia governor bob mcdonnell. he is a mitt romney supporter. governor, welcome. good to have you here this morning. >> thanks, martha. martha: what did you think of that exchange? >> you know i thought that was a great debate overall. i thought candidates were at the top of their game. a lot of humor and very tough moments. mitt romney overall i thou...

Wealthy, the stuff the president chose to highlight in the state of the union, stuff that on its face probably didnt make a whole lot of sense to the beltway media. the policy issues, bread and butter economic lets give everybody a shot middle class policies, that are not the kind of thing that get high profile fights on capitol hill. these are not things that evolve until republican versus democrat easily, things that dont translate in beltway ease, but if youre trying to communicate to the cou...

Face probably didnt make a whole lot of sense to the beltway media. the policy issues, bread and butter economic lets give everybody a shot middle class policies, that are not the kind of thing that get high profile fights on capitol hill. these are not things that evolve until republican versus democrat easily, things that dont translate in beltway ease, but if youre trying to communicate to the country that you want the system to work more for regular people, you want the system to stop being ...

Of the union, stuff that on its face probably didnt make a whole lot of sense to the beltway media. the policy issues, bread and butter economic lets give everybody a shot middle class policies, that are not the kind of thing that get high profile fights on capitol hill. these are not things that evolve until republican versus democrat easily, things that dont translate in beltway ease, but if youre trying to communicate to the country that you want the system to work more for regular people, yo...

including the same unit that killed osama bin laden, stage another daring raid, this time on mission to rescue hostages from pirates in somalia. tears on both sides of the aisle. congress bids an emotional farewell and gets an inspirational message. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." but first this just coming in. were seeing a tight race, a very tight race here in florida. that makes tomorrow nights cnn republican presidential debate potentially all the more important...

Nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. and i am appalled that you would begin a presidential debate with a topic like that. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: the candidates were eager to pivot to policy issues. mitt romney was once again on the defensive about his career in business, including his work as the head of a venture capital firm that downsized companies. >> i find it kind of strange on a sta...

possible. myanmar and former prime minister, they report 651 prisoners are scheduled to be released starting today. also, the government has signed a cease fire with the current ethnic group to try to end a 63-year armed conflict. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is calling for an end to the arab leagues work. theyve criticized the mission as ineffective and understaffed. theres been no letup in the fuel price protests paralyzing my gear yeah talks between the labor unions...

Calling ryan a right wing social engineer and extremist. lots of luck winning that one, newt. so i want to ask, a lot of policy issues. but you brought it up, andy. lets bring this out about this dark background of harry reid. >> harry reid locked you in a garage in northern virginia. youre family friends. tell us about that. >> harry reids son josh and i have been friends since sixth grade and for some reason the senator then a congressman decided to lock me in the garage. i think he kept me in...

Democracy and people argue their positionings, but its gotten to the point the nation is in an economic crisis. weve gone from simpson-bowles, gone from the deficit vote in august and then the super committee. why cant things get done? >> greta, obviously this is as a result of deep disagreements on policy issues. but i would hope if we are able to come together and compromise on some issues. while this measure wont solve the deficit problem, it is an important step. again, i hope that we are ab...