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office, our state's leaders had come together to pass bipartisan measures that were making a difference. in reading and math, our student were in the top. that reveals what good teachers will do if the system will let them. the problem was, this success wasn't shared. a significant achievement gap between students of different races remain. so we set out to do our best to close it. i urge faster interventions and promote science and excellence skills in schools and propose paying bonuses to our best teachers. i refuse to weaken testing standards and instead raise them. students now m...

soldiers in the syrian city of olelepo, according to syrian tv who described it as terrorist attacks. 350 people have been killed vaas syria in an escalating assault by government forces. country ha haest hit by europe's deadly cold snap, but across europe, hundreds are dead, people are snowed in and cars are stranded to the roadsides and even the danyu river is partially frozen, keeping many vessels stuck in port. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal. "world business today" starts right now. good morning from cnn london. i'm dina dos santos. >> and good morning from cnn hong...

is filling out, some members arriving as early as possible to get seats at the aisle to get on camera with the president. tonight, expect to hear both his governoring agenda and many of the themes he's going to be hitting on the stump in months ahead, largely focusing on taxes and the economy. ron paul took today off, the other three were campaigning in florida, about tonight's speech and taking issue on the man giving it. appears to be from a different planet. and flowery rhetoric. >> high unemployment. record home foreclosures. debt too high, opportunities too few. this is the real...

a recorder conversation between the captain and the port authority. pretty damning stuff in there. what's happening right now? the captain is being questioned. and new this morning, the number of the missing much higher than we first reported. >> and, also, in politics, when you're the front runner, it's like you've got the bull's eye on your back. that would be mitt romney where rick perry and everyone else, rick santorum, all gunning for myth romney. the race is tight. we're going to break it all down for you. >> you're going to have to dig a little deeper when you fill up this mor...

victim's family stunned and afraid. i'm wolf blitzer. you're 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. it's now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romney's lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us from west palm beach with the latest. jim? >> reporter: wolf, don't let all the florida sunshin...