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syria today. it is supposed to observe, and therefore, discourage the government's brutal crackdown on its own people. a crackdown that seems to be in full force despite a promise to the arab league just last week. this is amateur video reportedly from the flash point city of homs. the opposition says 22 people have been killed here today alone. the global intelligence website stratfor is still down after hackers stole thousands of client names. a group called anonymous says it has no brief with stratfor who it considers an unbiased source for information. >> stratfor is in the bus...

The field. because it's a bold guarantee from rick santorum, even if he wins illinois, a long way to go. there are 69 delegates up for grabs in illinois. and another 23 today in puerto rico. still, rick santorum, puts it into perspective now and here is the delegate counts. he needs two-thirds, essentially to get that 1144, an enormous task with winning illinois. >> people have asked how long do you think the race is going on, we're talking june. >> clayton: maybe further to the the convention in august and math seems the issue as dave was talking about, you look at the math, there's still 135...

Gingrich 43,000. >> can you give us those numbers again? >> we got very specific. >> and now the latest delegate count. after the primaries in washington, dc, maryland, and wisconsin, romney picked up a total of 83 delegates. santorum got at least six. newt gingrich, ron paul, they did not get any delegates and this are three delegates that have not been allocated. now, to total delegate counts, the magic number to secure the nomination is 1,144. got that? got that? romney is now at 655. 400 ahead of santorum in second place and 278. and newt gingrich is 135 and ron paul is 51. >> for more on ...

Nominee and have campaign -- working during a convention. >> all right. let's take a look at how the delegate count looks now. the total needed for the nomination is 1,144. mitt romney leads with 377. rick santorum is second with 146. newt gingrich has 112. and ron paul has so far a meaningless collection of 31 delegates. from his position in third place, newt gingrich still sees a clear path to the nomination. >> people shouldn't take these delegate counts too seriously. governor romney has a very limited number of delegates who are legally bound to him. this is probably going to go on at lea...

Are not going to go to a convention all the way to the end of august to select a nominee and have campaign -- working during a convention. >> all right. let's take a look at how the delegate count looks now. the total needed for the nomination is 1,144. mitt romney leads with 377. rick santorum is second with 146. newt gingrich has 112. and ron paul has so far a meaningless collection of 31 delegates. from his position in third place, newt gingrich still sees a clear path to the nomination. >> people shouldn't take these delegate counts too seriously. governor romney has a very limited number ...