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>> well, fred, there's two ways to look at it. one, are lawmakers in a position they can't pay their bills, at risk of losing health care, and the answer is no. that probably makes them less empathetic from an instinctive perspective. i think also, both sides see something bigger than this right now for them, in the risk reward category. neither side is ready to give a little bit. we are as of today in a situation where this is the longest federal government shutdown in history, where the president is vacillating about whether or not to declare a national emergency to get out of it, and where ...

Help from outside parties to include the iranians, but the north koreans have had more than a decade to work on this. they detonated their first nuclear bomb in 2006, and they have conducted several nuclear tests since then. they do have home grown expertise. and that is something that i think we need to take into account whenever we think of a military option. you can destroy nuclear sites, you can destroy nuclear weapons. but yyou can't destroy expertis. and so i think as military planners are looking at contingency options, we'll have to think not only in terms of weeks or months, but often...

get there. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." mitt romney certainly had big wins on super tuesday. the gop frond runter won six states and padded his lead in delegates, but ohio was very, very close. rick santorum captured three states, while newt gingrich also had a win. romney has not put his rivals out of business, as republicans grow concerned about a drawnout race, the candidates are calling on one another to quit. here's jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, with team santorum telling newt gingrich to drop out and team romney telling everybody to drop out, it's starti...

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 state's 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 we'll see that at the bottom of the hour. mean time, joe, 15 hours until the polls open. what's the latest? >> well, wolf, it has been a very hectic 24 hours for the gingrich campaign and a...