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We're almost halfway through march, but it certainly does not seem that way in the midwest. we'll have the latest on this latest round of severe weather coming up in just a moment. but first, a look at some other stories we're following for you this monday. a surprise statement from the queen of england. hers is a monarchy that rarely wigs in on politics. but today expect a royal endorsement of equality. what her majesty's new charter could say about same-sex rights in new britain. it's a world all around us, which we know little about. we'll have a rare look at some of the ocean's little ...

earth. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he's getting some help from an old r...

No friend to the united states, although it has been trying to appeal to u.s. lawmakers and the white house with different delegations. that's on the muslim brotherhood front. the military here is clearly nervous about a muslim brotherhood victory. that's why in the late hours last night, just as it seemed that the muslim brotherhood was poised to win, the military issued this surprise statement, curtailing the powers dramatically of the new president, saying that the president wouldn't have the power to declare war on any other country, and wouldn't have the power to make key changes in the m...

Skip gates or sergeant crowley, we saw the president come out and make a surprise statement and talk about it to cool things down. i asked whether or not that will happen. i got no response. so it's going to be interesting to see what level of involvement president obama will have in this, whether he will reach out to ms. sherrod himself or we will hear regrets. all of that is yet to play out. >> you're going to need a beer after all of that construction work. who was among the first and fastest to throw shirley sherrod under the bus? the naacp, the group that you would think would have at l...

Abundance of caution. the breaking news out of italy. pope francis in the hospital today. he is set to have surgery on his colon. the vatican says the operation was planned. let's go to nbc's reporter at the vatican. what do we know about this operation? >> this came as a surprise to pretty much everybody, especially the pilgrims who only eight hours ago were standing in front of the pope in st. peter's square. he was at the mass on sunday. he looks as every time we see him. he even said at the end of his prayer, pray for me. he always does that. but this time, probably pilgrims around the w...