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to testify soon. and that day has come. well tell you which airline will let you use a cell phone during your flight. dramatic new developments today in the battle between washington and wall street. an fbi source tells cnn the government is looking into the $2 billion trading loss by one of the nations largest banks, jpmorgan chase. today bank ceo jamie dimon assured shareholders that jpmorgan chase is strong and can with stand the loss. he was speaking today in tampa and played d...

Calendar, connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania and rhode island on april 24. pennsylvania is key. it is senator santorum -- it is senator santorums home state and could make or break his campaign. nationally the real clear politics average shows mitt romney with a clear advantage over his rivals. mitt romney leading by almost 10% over second place rick santorum polling at 28%. newt gingrich and ron paul far behind in third and fourth place with 13 and 1 12% respect livively. rick santor...

>> im happy to answer that. i think just to be sensitive to mr. santorum, i know he is going through a difficult time right now with his daughter and so my thoughts and prayers go out to him on that. i think it is such a personal thing to pull out after all of the energy and resources he has expended and i guess the question is what is he looking for down the road. is he trying to focus now more on 2016? does he want to keep mitt honest and force him to stay that conservative candidate the way n...

Watching as well. the daily prospect. it was this day back in 18990 when they tried to promote democracy in cuba. the castro regime jammed the channel. it still exists and the cubans still to block it. >> there is a saying that candidates dont lose, they just run out of money and that may be the case for former newt gingrich who yesterday started charging $50 for anyone who wants a photo with him. we are not making it up. is it time for the republican candidate to coalesce around one candidate...

Lets bring back our panel, alicia menendez and rob johnson. rob, i want to get your take on sort of how the difference is between santorum and romney and how theyre handling this scene behind us. >> well, one, rick santorum showed up. he showed up to say that this on onerous, unnecessary, ridiculous health care law shouldnt be part of our society. >> you think its bad for romney in his attempts to try to get the base to get comfortable with him? you know, yesterday he appeared in front of a sign...

Rob, we are up to a 10 to 1 spending ratio in wisconsin between team romney and santorum. is it time to start thinking about maybe he needs to -- maybe he does need to do what is best for the party? >> again, why? santorum has won 11 states. 11. he just won in louisiana. i guess they didnt get the memo about this coalescing. he should continue to fight as long as he wants to. >> especially since which wisconsin is going to be a weird race. everyone is focused on scott walker. 21 offices across t...

Of here with a real strong winner, does that do anything more than muddy up the waters? >> well, jon, thats what weve been doing up until this point. its narrowing down to a two-man race. its rick against mitt romney, and what were seeing more and more is that all that talk from the romney camp about mathematically impossible is nonsense, and its a smoke screen to divert attention from the fact that hes not energizing the base. more than anything, people see hes not honest on his being an advoca...

Gingrich. [laughter] what do you have to say to that? >> i think well see what happens in alabama and mississippi. newts put in a lot of shoe leather politics in alabama and in mississippi, and he represented the south for years in congress. he won south carolina decisively and, again, hes talking about things that resonate with the people of america, but in particular the people of alabama and mississippi who have to get up and drive to work every day. jon: but does he need to win at least one ...

Delegates behind romney, so theyve got to win a state like mississippi or alabama to have any viable path to victory. jon: rob, youre a constitute gingrich supporter -- newt gingrich supporter, but youre saying that this is going to be a horse race today, youre not predicting a newt gingrich sweep, another one downplaying expectations for your candidate? >> well, i do think its a horse race, and i think henrys doing a great job of downplaying expectations. i mean, mitt romney is clearly the fron...

Up the republican race. the questions, will mitt romney get a breakthrough win in the south? can newt gingrich add to his big win in georgia, or can rick santorum boost his claim that he is the true conservative alternative to romney? lets talk about it with henry barber, national committeeman for the national committee, a romney supporter; rob johnson is former presidential campaign manager for rick perry and newt gingrich; and alice stewart is the santorum campaign press secretary. welcome to ...