they re expecting 140,000 people in san diegoing this weekend for comic-con, it s bigger than ever. i won t make fun. we re going next year. trekkie. if hugh jackman is there, i m going. i m mara schiavocampo. stay tuned. way too early starts right now. just a few years ago, the auto industry wasn t just struggling, it was flat lining. gm and chrysler were on the verge of collapse. we refused to do nothing and let detroit go bankrupt. i bet on american workers and ingenuity. three years later that is paying off in a big way. the auto industry did make it back but detroit has not. it is pretty eerie to hear the president say that. now detroit has gone bankrupt. and the drama boston playing like a scorsese film. a mob trial, stare downs and dead witnesses. an update on the whitey bulger
arizona. you re in the situation room. they are numbers that are making mitt romney nervous. they are certainly catching the attention of the obama re-election campaign. we re talking about the latest polls that show rick santorum at the front of the republican presidential pack. look at that gallup tracking poll number that has santorum ten points aheads of romney nationally among registered republicans. even with the sampling error, santorum is the frontrunner in this poll. but that position comes with an extra bit of scrutiny and santorum is now being called on to explain some rather controversial remarks from recent days. our national political correspondent, jim acosta is joining us now. jim, what s going on with rick santorum and his campaign right now? rick santorum has spent the last couple of days making hot comments about the president and touch, on sensitive issues. it s a reminder of the culture that santorum has worn proudly throughout his career. lately, ric
there on christmas day. the white house condemning these blasts. nigeria s president calling an end to the sectarian violence voug to catch those responsible. churches also bombed in nigeria last christmas season. more arab league observers are on their way to sir yeah here s why. an opposition group says security forces killed more than 20 people in the city of homs today. the observer planned to go there. u.n. says more than 5,000 people have died since syria s crackdown on protests began in march. a suicide car bomber in iraq got through six security check points before setting off an explosive device at the interior ministry. at least five people killed there, 39 wounded. this happened after iraq s prime minister was meeting with the senior security officials to talk about how to keep the country safe. a series of explosions killed almost 70 people in baghdad just last week. mexico says it s captured the chief of security for one of the most wanted alleged drug king
going in a mad dash. we re seeing violent scenes even. they re tearing down doors. people being arrested. you know what they re all after? a shoe. not just any shoe, though. an air jordan. we ll explain. also, possible ground breaking lawsuit against the nfl. a number of former players suing over concussions they say they got while playing the game. one of those players, jamal lewis, in studio with me in just a matter of minutes. don t miss that. let me start with this major political road block now for newt gingrich and rick perry. both candidates failed to qualify for the virginia primary. neither of them came up with enough valid signatures. this means now that there are only two candidates that will square off in virginia s march 6th showdown. let me bring in our athena jones. first of all, how could this happen? how could they not make the ballot? virginia has stringent rules. among the most stringent of all the states. you have to get at least 10,000 signatures from a