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good morning. i'm ashleigh banfield. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. let's get started. >> we've got a lot of breaking news coming into our offices from around the world. you know this story already, remarkable pictures out of italy, and now we're hearing the rescue operation of that cruise ship listing on its side has been suspended once again because the ship is moving. not only that, one of the res e rescuers had to be rescued as well. we'll get you detailed. and wikipedia and other websites going partially dark. right after midnight that happened. the...

His rivals. they're fighting for second place and trying to stay in this presidential race. romney has given them, today, some new ammunition, jim mccosta is joining us. romney under fire for talking about firing people. jim, what's going on here? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. mitt romney has had a couple of stumbles in the last 24 hours over the issue of layoffs. and while the comments may not hurt him here in new hampshire where he's way out in front they could haunt him down the road. touring metalworks factory mitt romney saw the day before, it has manufactured nothing but trouble. at a...

is spending millions of dollars to flood the airwaves with anti-romney attack ads. is this payback time for newt gingrich? i'm wolf blitzer and you're in the "situation room." president obama dropped a bit of a bombshell a little while ago in an unscheduled appearance announcing bill daily is stepping down after just a year. he'll. replaced by the budget director, jack lou. here's jessica yellin. she's working the story for us. jessica, what's going on over here? >> well, wolf, first of all the president actually said that bill daley wants to spend more time with his family. let's ...

>> i don't think so. i think what this is going to be, it's a vigorous primary. obviously we saw it in iowa. it was relentils against speaker gingrich with the negative ad. i think if 75% of iowans and 75% of americans say they want an alternative to romney, let's provide an alternative then have a full-fledged debate and who wins this, let's defeat barack obama. >> neil: all right. bob, my treat. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. a pleasure. >> i'm really here for one reason and one reason only, that is to make sure we make mitt romney the next president of the united states of america...

Obviously we saw it in iowa. it was relentils against speaker gingrich with the negative ad. i think if 75% of iowans and 75% of americans say they want an alternative to romney, let's provide an alternative then have a full-fledged debate and who wins this, let's defeat barack obama. >> neil: all right. bob, my treat. thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. a pleasure. >> i'm really here for one reason and one reason only, that is to make sure we make mitt romney the next president of the united states of america. >> neil: was it me or that great 2008 show? john mccain throwing his support b...