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well, i think i was one who did some stupid things in high school, and if anyone feels that they were offended by that, i certainly apologize for that. well, the stupid thing in question, the one getting all the attention, concerns a student at the michigan prep school romney attended. a student named john lauber who was reportedly relentlessly teased for his presumed homosexuality and for having long bleach blond hair. five of romney s classmates told the washington post what they remembered about a day in 1965, a day that, quote, they came upon lauber tackled him and pinned him to the ground. lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help and romney clipped his hair with a pair of scissors. the story broke yesterday when the washington post posted it online ahead of today s printed edition. we did not talk about it last night on this program because we had questions about how valid it is to bring up something someone did nearly 50 years ago when they w ....
prison where he s been held since 2009. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. not only the null better one issue for most americans, but also the issue that will win the white house in november. the latest jobs report is not nearly what the obama administration was hoping for. it s given the republicans fresh ammunition. we re covering all the angles, beginning with our white house correspondent dan lothian. what s the reaction over there to the latest jobs numbers? reporter: well, aides and the president himself point out when you compare the situation did now to the depth of the recession, progress is being made, but they also note the obvious that there s still a lot of people out of work, still a lot of work to be done. on that point, republicans agree with the president, but they believe it s time for someone else to try to fix the problem. in a good news/bad news scenario, president obama offered americans the good news first. our economy created ....
it is deadly. the u.s. agriculture department announced that a case of mad cow disease has been confirmed confirmed in a dairy cow out in central california. let s bring in lisa sylvester. she s working this story for us. lisa, what is the department of agriculture saying. what s going on? reporter: wolf, the usda just released information within the last hour and what we know is that it is a dairy cow from central california that has tested positive for bse or commonly known or referred to as mad cow disease, and wolf, this is only the fourth case ever detected in the united states. normally an animal contracts bse from consuming contaminated feed and this cow tested positive from atypical bse, it s a rare form of the disease and not generally associated with an animal-consuming infected feed and it states, quote, the cow was never presented for slaughter for human consumption so at no time presented a risk to the food supply and milk does not transmit bse. so you ....
the republican race for the white house is all tied up in mississippi and alabama, most primary polls close in four hours. those contests could go anywhere. . what s happens in lafayette, jim? the primaries are, all three candidates have a serious shot at taking the checkered flack, all at least at risk for a maybe blowout. with the deep vow. reporter: confident that primaries in mississippi and alabama could put him in the gop s driver s seat under the obama economy, it s been harder these are crushing a lot of people. romney has good wins to, and victories by newt ging rich could be just as damaging. reporter: he s making the case that the race won t be settled in the south. it can be different for anyone to get to the number of delegates with the majority of the convention. they laughed that off in an e-mail to reporters, saying that they have bush did you somehow magically win at the convention. this is pure fantasy or vanity, or both. i do not b ....
right now on the nevada caucuses. mitt romney is hoping for a win so big that it start a chain reaction across the country. this campaign went down the hill. romney had his day in florida and wants to keep his momentum going. i will lead us on to prosperity. gingrich vows to fight on no matter how he does tonight. we will be in tampa as the nominee. the final four candidates in a marathon race for delegates. we re in third place when it comes to delegates and that s what really counts. the party s big prize. our will be a united party. will republicans rally behind a single candidate soon or will the infighting last for months? i don t believe the republican party is going to nominate a liberal. i think they are looking for an alternative to mitt romney. his stakes are high. every contest matters. we re going to beat money power with people power. in nevada, right now, all bets are off. from the cnn election center, i m wolf blitzer. we ....