they re referring to the straits of hormuz. this is a big threat from iran, the closure of it and the u.s. is bearing down on that as well as the accusations we killed their scientist. you ll those words. there are new efforts to take away parole power from the governor in one state. and this is reaction to that fiasco that happened in mississippi where the outgoing governor decided to give full pardons so there are four convicted murders on the loose right now, the attorney general is saying there will be a nationwide manhunt for those guys that took off running. i still don t understand that how can you work for a guy that is technically innocent? weird. we ll get to the bottom of it. also, here s one for the funny books. stephen force. or is it. i love this man. but would he be a good president? could he be a good president? could he even be president? he made a big late night announcement. it ain t the first time stephen colbert has suggested throwing his hat
victim s family stunned and afraid. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the republican candidates are scrambling to cover as much ground as they can. the south carolina primary only nine days away and early voting in florida starting at the same time. it s now make or break for the stragglers in the gop pack. some are trying to cut into mitt romney s lead by slamming his record as a financier. romney is mounting a counter-offensive in florida today. jim acosta is joining us from west palm beach with the latest. jim? reporter: wolf, don t let all the florida sunshine fool you. mitt romney is coming up a blizzard of attacks from the gop rivals over the issue of corporate layoffs, so the gop front-runner returned to a familiar theme of the campaign, and that is he understands the plight of the unemployed. mitt romney hopes he s found the message to remain his bain in the neck. being unemployed for a long period of time means families are having a hard time ma