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>> plus a $28 million bonus he was due. so -- >> plus you had the top pick in the draft. >> big nfl news this morning. but of course first we talk about this morning even though it looks like he has eked out a big win in ohio, mitt romney's campaign did suffer a major blow last night. >> he was forced to fend off a very strong challenge from rick santorum in a state that many thought he should have easily won. abc's karen travers is joining us live this morning from columbus with more. good morning, karen. >> reporter: good morning, paula. good morning, rob. we knew ohio was going to be close,...

Though, from the music world. robert sherman has passed away. bob and his brother richard wrote some of the most popular songs from all of our childhoods including the one you just heard, "chitty chitty bang bang." >> and just a spoonful of sugar which my daughter now loves. well, their music is sure to live on. abc's david wright has more. >> in every job that must be done there is an element of fun. >> reporter: the eureka moment for one of mary poppins' best pearls of wisdom came the day bob sherman's son got his polio vaccination at school. >> he said, well, did you let somebody give you a...

Too bad i was not there for such a memorable event. we'll tell you why all those bikini-clad ladies were out there doing their thing. >> all right. we always have to go to the eighth-grade level, don't we? >> always. more like sixth. first, even though romney's the apparent winner in ohio, the fight for the nomination is far from over. >> that's right. rick santorum made a strong showing among conservatives in the state, and among working-class voters as well. in fact, abc's david muir is joining us this morning from the romney campaign headquarters in boston. hi, david. >> reporter: rob and...

Rob and paula, back to you. >> political theater at its finest. thanks to abc's karen travers reporting live for us from columbus, ohio. of course stay with abc news for analysis and reaction to the super tuesday vote. we'll take you back live to ohio again on "america this morning." and our entire political team will be here on "good morning america" later today. don't miss that. and the other big headline this morning, a breakthrough in the standoff with iran over its nuclear program. iran has invited nuclear inspectors to visit the secret military research complex where the west fears the...

The world we kind of reflect on ourselves here in america. and abc did a lot of reports after that tragedy about our own nuclear safety and plants here. a lot of these plants are in population centers here in the northeast, in the south and the west as well. and we're not as ready as we should be in terms of an earthquake here, a tragedy here. we could very easily have the same kind of risk japan did if we don't begin to better safeguard our nuclear facilities. >> but it sounds like the regulations here are much more strict and stringent than they are at least overseas, at least what we're see...