i'm in ohio. you know what i've seen? i saw president obama and senator sherrod brown and others save the american auto industry. and because of that, we have plants in toledo, lorraine, just outside of youngstown and lordstown ohio. auto workers working, making good money. he put tariffs on chinese tubing coming in which led to the steel mill i mentioned earlier, $650 million of investments. got almost a thousand building trades out there working right now building the facility. another company located in brookfield, tmk and i think they're going to add more. 20 bucks an hour these are. because of the tariff president obama put on the chinese. so it may be convenient to say to pick one or two issues. but i think when you look on the whole of what he has done compared to what the circus is going on in the republican primaries right now, it's clear that this is the man who we need to lead us into the next four years. >> matthew is an independent in port clinton, ohio. we're talking to congressman tim ryan of ohio, democrat

we will talk ohio next week. we will talk to you all week about the big states, all ten. >> tennessee is my favorite southern state. >> also, santorum. okay. thank you, chuck todd, steve schmidt. when i come back and what is next for rick santorum, can he about to back? that is what we will talk about. steve schmidt has been talking about it all night, ohio is what you have to win in november. the michigan and arizona primary coverage will continue in a moment. >>> rick santorum showed he had heart tonight, but can he mount a formidable challenge fall in tonight's double losses? also with us right now is former rnc chair, michael steele. let's go to you are a principal person to talk to. you can tell us where this campaign is going. santorum talked tonight about economics, not jack kennedy and church and state, condoms and all that stuff about birth control and abortion rights. he talked jobs and economics and minerals, minerals development. is this a pivot point toward economics? >> not necessarily a pivot point

the biggest battle ground is ohio. ohio next week is the michigan of tonight. a big november battleground state right in the industrial heartland. the economy by far issue number one. we'll fight it out in tennessee. santorum had the edge coming into tonight in tennessee. let's check the poll in 48 hours. oklahoma, the other big state they'll fight for. and smaller states out in the west. ron paul might get one. mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds are ohio, tennessee, oklahoma, and the question mark of whether gingrich can come back for a fourth or fifth life, whatever the count is right now, by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, how damaging -- it seemed to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went for this great position. he had a bad debate. i felt he was very weak that night. secondly, that ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him puke. come on, that seems to be bad politics. >> i think he needs to grow up. >> we call him puke in britain. it's the same thing. it's the excretion of vomit or something.

he said he's moving on to tennessee and ohio. he was doing very well, according to the latest polls, in those states. after all the talk this evening about whether or not rick santorum missed an opportunity here talking about the social issues when perhaps he should have been talking about fixing the economy in a state that has been hard hit, i went up to santorum after his speech this evening and asked him, are you thinking about recalibrating your message? do you think that perhaps the robocall was a mistake? here's what he had to say. >> senator, do you think you'll recalibrate your message today? >> that's a pretty good message. obviously did very, very well. >> do you think the robocall was a mistake? >> no, it wasn't a mistake. >> where do you go from here? >> well, i'm going to tennessee and ohio and a lot of other places. >> you're doing well in a lot of those states. >> we feel great. we feel great. >> what's your name? so nice to meet you. >> the fact that you came so close to beating -- you've got the resources to keep

is a resident of geauga county, ohio? >> yes, your honor, he is. >> the purpose of this hearing is a detention hearing purnell to juvenile rule 7. a detention hearing is required after a jewel has been placed and the hearing has to be held within 24 hours of the placement. the court will note that t.j. was placed in detention at 1645 hours yesterday february 27th, 2012, and this hearing has been conducted within the 24-hour period. before the court will be the issue of whether or not until the rule that the child taken into custody shall be placed -- continue to be placed in detention or shelter care, or if not considered to be a threat returned to his home. before we get to that specific issue, i believe there are other discovery and other issues pending to come before the court. the court will recognize prosecutor joyce. do you have a motion? >> yes, your honor, i'd like to move this honorable court place an order refraining all participants from this matter in discussing this case any further with the open media. >> th

i represent youngstown, ohio. but it has plugged the hole. my opinion from day one along with many others is that the stimulus package wasn't big enough. to get one republican vote we had to do $300 million, fix the amt and do tax cuts to get one republican vote in the senate. so there wasn't enough money pumped into the economy. and i know that's an unpopular thing to say in some quarters. but it is economics. it is based on what happened during world war ii and what we needed to do. so the fact that these numbers are parallel to what happened after the great depression, and you're talking about truman, well, it took a while for us to get out of that. so we've got to continue these policies, continue to cut the payroll taxes for next year. and allow that money to get back into the economy. but we also need, not to get on a complete rant here, but we also need long-term systemic changes for the economy. and i think president obama hit the nail on the head at the state of the union. community college, get kids back to work, more engineers, mor

the biggest battle ground is ohio. ohio next week is the michigan of tonight. right in the industrial heartland. the economy, by far, is issue number one. then we'll fight it out in tennessee. santorum had the edge coming into tennessee. let's check the polling in 48 hours. oklahoma, the other big state they will all fight for. other states out in the west. ron paul might get one, mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds will be ohio, tennessee, oklahoma and then the question mavg, whether with gingrich can come back for a fourth or fifth life whatever the count is now, by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, it seems to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went from this great position, he had a bad debate, i thought. he was very weak that night. secondly, this ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him puke. i mean, come on, that seems to be bad politics. >> i they he said throwup. >> we call it puke in britain. excretion of vomit. president jfk. i mean, come on. and then the last thing i really thought was com

let nothing stand in the way of building a prosperous ohio, a richer ohio, an ohio free of poverty and unemployment -- oh, we'll never get to all of that, but the closer we get to it, the better off we are. and it is such an exciting time for all of us to work together to do good. god bless our country, and god bless ohio. thank you all very much. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. durbin: the january jobs report shows that president obama and many have joined together to help put our economy on the path to recovery. the economy added 257,000 private-sector jobs in january. that's the 23rd month in a row that the economy added private-sector jobs, for a total of 3.7 million payroll jobs over that same period. in january the unemployment rate fell again from 8.5% to 8.3%. the unemployment rate has fallen .8% since august. that's the first time in almost 17 years that the unemployment rate has fallen for five consecutive months. job growth is occurring across many sectors of our economy. in illinois, we're seeing manufacturing jobs return, some from overseas. and a

he said he's moving on to tennessee and ohio. those are two states where he's doing very well, according to the latest polls in those states, and after all of the talk this evening about whether or not rick santorum missed an opportunity here, whether it was talking about the social issues when perhaps he should have been talking about fishing the economy in a state that has been hard hit in the economy like michigan. i went up to rick santorum after his speech and asked him, are you thinking about recalibrating your message, do you think the robo call was a mistake? here is what he had to say. do you think you're going to recalibrate your message. >> it did well. >> you think the robo call was a mistake? >> i don't think it had anything to do with it. where do you go from here? >> going to tennessee and ohio. >> those states are pretty favorable to you. you're doing well in a lot of them. >> we're doing great, great. thank you. >> are you proud of the victory, the fact you came so close to beating? >> pretty close. >> you got th

ohio is a very different state than michigan. they're both in the great lakes region, both heavy manufacturing states but ohio is different in that it votes differently. it was very cherry red till 2006 whereases an michigan has always been a pretty blue state. ohio is a bigger more populace state. there's a more prom nint corporate culture here. mitt romney should do well in the big cities but there's a very heavy manufacturing sector in the eastern half of the state. they're more familiar with santorum because he's from pennsylvania which borders ohio to the east. and i think the manufacturing and populist message that santorum brings with him might do better in that area. you'll see mitt romney try to cut into that. he's bringing in a manufacturing coalition and trying to push that message himself too. >> erin, what about the conventional wisdom. we went into michigan. this was a do or die state. rick santorum was leading in the polls. it was about manufacturing. it was about the inability for mitt romney to connect on whatity

he will have one more shot i think in ohio. but again, romney, slow, steady, unspectacular, is the one who sort of remains standing when all the wind blows away and the sand disappears. >> charles, a lot of republican voters have been uncomfortable watching this primary contest so far with all the barbs being exchanged between the candidates and in michigan it got a little ugly in the end. your take now at this point in the process on whether this extended primary process that was a choice by the gop is working to the gop's advantage? >> no. i think it's hurting them terribly. you are right about the fact that it is a republican choice. and i think it was a really stupid choice. they decided that in 2008 they had gotten a candidate too early. a weak candidate in mccain and they got slaughtered. so they were going to undo that and have a long, drawn out process. almost all the contests would be proportional, and let the voters decide over time. the flaw in the reasoning, and it was pretty obvious, they would be running against a

he will have one more shot i think in ohio. but again, romney, slow, steady, unspectacular, is the one who sort of remains standing when all the wind blows away and the sand disappears. >> charles, a lot of republican voters have been uncomfortable watching this primary contest so far with all the barbs being exchanged between the candidates and in michigan it got a little ugly in the end. your take now at this point in the process on whether this extended primary process that was a choice by the gop is working to the gop's advantage? >> no. i think it's hurting them terribly. you are right about the fact that it is a republican choice. and i think it was a really stupid choice. they decided that in 2008 they had gotten a candidate too early. a weak candidate in mccain and they got slaughtered. so they were going to undo that and have a long, drawn out process. almost all the contests would be proportional, and let the voters decide over time. the flaw in the reasoning, and it was pretty obvious, they would be running against a

. >> tilled think that ohio santorum is up in ohio before tonight. >>> don't disqualify big mo big mo is in his favor. >> and big money. >> and big money. >> $63 million and only seven million for rick santorum's. >> there is another bit of information, though, tonight that was here. i have to get my glasses on. so romney first of all, he asked for cash during his speech which, you know, was kind of interesting. maybe we will get that over the course of this hour. but he -- you have got to do what you have to do. he burned through three times more money in january than he raised $18.7 million until january. that averaged out to about $600,000 a day. he only took in 200,000 a day. he has got to start raising some more money. the question is, you have big tonners. tonight, he is giving out the mitt romney website hoping small donors will join in. i don't know if he will get enough. do you think? >> i think so. a lot of people were concerned about whether he could pull the win in michigan rick has him on the ropes. don't forget he recovered from a large deficit about two weeks ago. he ma

them randomly in chardon, ohio. the prosecutor said that suspect t.j. lane admitted to firing ten shots yesterday. three students were killed and two others are wounded. reaction in washington from house speaker john boehner who in a news conference down-played new legislation in light of the shootings in his native ohio. he was asked whether this would prompt a legislative crackdown on gun rights and the house speaker says, let's be honest there's about 250 million guns in america, so they are out there but people should use them responsibly. let's begin with the lead story at this hour. that is politics and a key primary in michigan. the polls open from the detroit news. mitt romney was smiling as he paid a visit to his campaign headquarters on it this primary dash day but his grin disappeared after he started to talk about rick santorum. romney scored santorum over the automated phone calls urging democrats to vote against romney's in today's republican primary. we begin with some of the comments of mitt romney i

we have the tornado watches across the ohio and tennessee valleys. all of this is moving east, so we'll be dealing with a couple more waves of moisture, and then behind it, a very warm, windy day tomorrow. you'll notice a second line here coming back this evening with more showers and storms that will clear us as we head toward midnight. so as we look at the next three days, low 50s today, but this may actually happen after dark with showers and storms possible until midnight. tonight we're only going to drop off to about 50. tomorrow upper 60s. it'll be windy and warm with a west wind maybe 30. by friday 60 with an afternoon shower possible with more showers friday night and saturday. colder sunday and monday and sunday night maybe a little clipper might come across. yes, we reintroduce some snowflakes for the forecast. yes, march can be a little up and down like that. we have an owl and a couple of other neat animals in the studio. mike will introduce you to them when niep news now returns. progressive saved me so much money on car insurance, this

ohio has 11 million people. it's impossible to shake everybody's hands. >> resources for the other ohio campaign are thin. >> we prefer more money but it's not the solution. >> santorum campaign operate under handicap in ohio. they fail to submit delegate for three congressional districts so nine of the 66 delegates up for grabs come super tuesday, santorum team will not be eligible for. john? >> john: steve brown in columbus. thanks. >>> still ahead -- congress takes up president obama's contraception mandate. but first, reaction to the president's idea of cutting our nuclear arsenal by 80%. >> john: a horrible prison fire tops international news. authorities in honduras say 300 inmates died at the facility. dozens reportedly trapped in their cells because prison authorities could not find the keys to let them out. united nations general assembly plans to vote on thursday afternoon in a resolution calling for an end to the violence in syria. more was reported today in several cities. president assad announced r

plus, classes canceled after a deadly shooting at a high school in ohio. what the gunman allegedly told authorities about the people he shot. and it's primary day in two states. how mitt romney is trying to avoid embarassment in his home-state. join us for cbs 5 early edition ... beginning at 4:30. ,,,, >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., sunny, 51, atlanta, mostly cloudy, 70. detroit, sun and clouds, 37. clouds in denver, 41. seattle, 47. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. there are primaries today in arizona and michigan. mitt romney is expected to be the winner in arizona. but it is a neck-and-neck race between romney and rick santorum in michigan. >>> a vigil was held last night for the victims of a shooting at an ohio high school. one student was killed, four others wounded when a teenaged gunman walked into the cafeteria and opened fire yesterday morning. >> in health news a warning on the risk of taking sleeping pills. a new study found that people who took prescription sleep

a little snow out there on the indiana-ohio-michigan line as the moisture begins to move into the ohio river valley and into parts of the great lakes. yeah, we'll get something out of this big storm. too warm for significant snow. we might see a few flakes. i'll have details on that coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, john. taking a look at some of the top stories. a dramatic scene as a car catches fire in the fort mchenry tunnel. thankfully no reports of any injuries. >> a disturbing discovery at an elementary school. fire officials found a burned body in a wooded area behind park elementary school. police say the victim is an adult male, and they say that investigation is ongoing. >> the delivery of the new state police medivac helicopters is on hold. an unexpected modification needs to be done before the helicopters can be put back into service. they say one has to do with pog of the helicopter search light. >> there are certain things that you need to change in order to have it -- for the law enforcement function and search and rescue and homeland security functions to make i

this was a school shooting in ohio. take a listen. >> i just want to say that i'm sorry to the families, to the victims. i wish i could have done more. >> oh, you did a lot, sir. the suspect in the ohio school shooting appearing in court after it was announced that a third victim of that rampage died. the source says t.j. lane admitted to the rampage and told authorities that he stole the gun that he used in that shooting spree from his uncle. >> what an amazing guy, frank hall. and you're right. oh, you did a lot, sir. >> oh, my goodness. >> that's such an amazing story he could have done that. we thank you for your bravery. venlling >>> every so often we go to the crime file and find these very unusual crime stories. today's crime story, i think you could file it under really, really unusual brazen thief trying to use a fake government i.d. with a picture of jack nick l s nicholson on it. he was trying to open a bank account. apparently, the 41-year-old looks nothing like jack nicholson. we'll see how this plays out a

he will have one more shot i think in ohio. but again, romney, slow, steady, unspectacular, is the one who sort of remains standing when all the wind blows away and the sand disappears. >> charles, a lot of republican voters have been uncomfortable watching this primary contest so far with all the barbs being exchanged between the candidates and in michigan it got a little ugly in the end. your take now at this point in the process on whether this extended primary process that was a choice by the gop is working to the gop's advantage? >> no. i think it's hurting them terribly. you are right about the fact that it is a republican choice. and i think it was a really stupid choice. they decided that in 2008 they had gotten a candidate too early. a weak candidate in mccain and they got slaughtered. so they were going to undo that and have a long, drawn out process. almost all the contests would be proportional, and let the voters decide over time. the flaw in the reasoning, and it was pretty obvious, they would be running against a

. >> tilled think that ohio santorum is up in ohio before tonight. >>> don't disqualify big mo big mo is in his favor. >> and big money. >> and big money. >> $63 million and only seven million for rick santorum's. >> there is another bit of information, though tonight that was here. i have to get my glasses on. so romney first of all, he asked for cash during his speech which, you know, was kind of interesting. maybe we will get that over the course of this hour. but he -- you have got to do what you have to do. he burned through three times more money in january than he raised $18.7 million until january. that averaged out to about $600,000 a day. he only took in 200,000 a day. he has got to start raising some more money. the question is you have big tonners. tonight, he is giving out the mitt romney website hoping small donors will join in. i don't know if he will get enough. do you think? >> i think so. a lot of people were concerned about whether he could pull the win in michigan rick has him on the ropes. don't forget he recovered from a large deficit about two weeks ago. he made

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has to win this ohio. >> and in ohio, his first event, perhaps 100 to 150 people, again signs that the campaign needs organizational strength. we have heard a lot about pressures, they want to see a big reshaping of this campaign and perhaps a shake up of the campaign between now and super tuesday. >> what is hard, andrea, is that, and you saw it last night, it was a big moment for mitt romney and he had won his home state of michigan, and he won arizona convincingly, a double win in places where he needed them badly. and he gave a victory speech that was fine. it was absolutely serviceable. but it was not passionate, it was not enthusiastic. he is never going to be able to, or he has not to date been able to generate organic passion for his campaign. it's why his fundraising is so important, he has to use those to make up for the passion gap. the question is in the next six days. does winning in arizona and michigan, does it help him? does it help him finally say, okay, he got beat on february 7th in minnesota, he picked himself up and won two states, or are we back to where we have b

the biggest battle ground is ohio. ohio next week is the michigan of tonight. right in the industrial heartland. the economy, by far, is issue number one. santorum had the edge coming into tennessee. oklahoma, the other big state they will all fight for. other states out in the west. ron paul might get one, mitt romney might get one. but the big battlegrounds will be ohio, oklahoma, and the question mark whether gingrich can come back by winning his home state of georgia. >> gloria, it seems to me there were three damaging hits on rick santorum. he went from this great position, he had a bad debate, i thought. he was very weak that night. secondly, this ridiculous statement that president kennedy made him peak. >> i think we call it he needs to grow up. >> ex kreegs of vomit. president jfk. i mean, come on. and then the last thing i really thought was completely wrong, badly timed, inappropriate, and damaging was this thing about the president being a snob for wanting people to go to college. i couldn't fathom what political capital he would get from such a sta

a deadly school shooting at a high school in ohio. we talk to people who were there and santorum's campaign confirms to cnn it's robo calling democrats in michigan asking them to vote for him and send a quote message to romney. is this unpatriotic? and the the russians claim they have foiled a plot to kill vladimir putin. how real was the assassination threat? threat? let's go "outfront." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> i'm erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, some breaking news. cnn can now confirm the name of the student who allegedly shot five of his fellow classmates at an ohio high school this morning. his name is tj lane. he's a junior. he was described by friends as quiet, but a nice kid from a broken home. no matter what, he created a scene of horror and chaos in chard chardon, ohio today. allegedly opening fire in the high school cafeteria, leaving

ohio has 11 million people. it's impossible to shake everybody's hands. >> resources for the other ohio campaign are thin. >> we prefer more money but it's not the solution. >> santorum campaign operate under handicap in ohio. they fail to submit delegate for three congressional districts so nine of the 66 delegates up for grabs come super tuesday, santorum team will not be eligible for. john? >> john: steve brown in columbus. thanks. >>> still ahead -- congress takes up president obama's contraception mandate. but first, reaction to the president's idea of cutting our nuclear arsenal by 80%. [ ma] technology accelerates at a relentless pace. anything not moving forward... is moving backward. [ tires screech ] [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the 2013 gs, with the lexus enform app suite -- the most connected information and communication technology available in an automobile. [ engine revs ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. see your lexus dealer. eeeeeeeeeeeee!no going back. whee!

we are following this breaking story out of suburban, cleveland, ohio. chardon ohio. four students have been shot. at least one of them had to be taken by helicopter. their conditions have been reported by a local official who said at least a few of them appeared to be in critical condition. but it is early. and we don't have any official word from the hospitals themselves. one gunman is reportedly in custody, believed to be a

romney will have a morning event in toledo and an afternoon event in columbus, ohio. that's where he knows he has to do well and he has to get conservatives to coalesce around him. there was a real scare for the romney camp last week, where the former ohious senator and attorney general revoked and withdrew his endorsement of romney and went to santor up. there was a concern that that could have been the beginning of an erosion of the romney firewall. that didn't happen. today's victory is a come back upance because he has clawed back. but in the overall year and-a-half, in which this is a state he was expected to have a cakewalk in, rick santorum made mitt romney spend a lot of money, defend his home turf. talk about how he liked the perfect height of the trees and his family and relatives who live across michigan was very, very important for him. when he goes to ohio and super tuesday, mitt romney won't have the benefit of his native state to play on. he will be on fresh territory, where rick santorum leads the polls in ohio and elsewhere. newt gingrich looking to d

we are following this breaking story out of suburban, cleveland, ohio. chardon ohio. four students have been shot. at least one of them had to be taken by helicopter. their conditions have been reported by a local official who said at least a few of them appeared to be in critical condition. but it is early. and we don't have any official word from the hospitals themselves. one gunman is reportedly in custody, believed to be a student, but we don't have confirmation on that, either. the school

>> gun control laws have been loosened in ohio. people under 18 are not allowed to purchase firearms but no license needed to possess a shot gun or rifle in ohio. in june there was a bill signed into law that allows concealed carried weapons into bars or where alcohol is served. >> we tried to get a bill passed that made it mandatory to report a lost or stolen firearm. you have to report a loft and stolen car. but we could not get it through because our legislature is tear rised by the nra. >> ohio is now considering a bill that would allow concealed weapons in universities and daycare centers and in places of worship. we will bring you any details as we get them. coming up, rick santorum, press secreta secretary, will be with us to discuss -- oh! [ baby crying ] ♪ what started as a whisper ♪ every day, millions of people choose to do the right thing. ♪ slowly turned to a scream ♪ there's an insurance company that does that, too. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? ♪ amen, omen defended his educa

ohio. four students said to be injured at a ohio high school a local report from a tv station out of cleveland. there are two separate shooters. both suspected shooters have been detained. we're working through the information right now, developing as we speak. good morning, everybody, welcome here as we start a monday. martha: scary story as we're covering breaking this morning. i'm martha maccallum this monday morning. there is a the live shot out of the high school in chardon, ohio. there is the frightening scene of students fleeing their school and lined up outside the school. let's get to heather childers covering this for us as the news breaks. hey, heather. >> reporter: martha and bill, yes, this is a developing story. let's stick with the pictures. you can see the school has been evacuated and it is on lockdown. we know from authorities that four students have been injured. we know from one of the sheriff's deputies that it is confirmed those students are three boys and a girl. four

santorum could he have a victory in ohio? well, he is ahead in the polls, but the problem for him is that win there is competing alongside all of the states that romney is going to win, and he missed a big one last night. >> and stick with me, gentlemen, because now mitt romney putting the focus and the money on ohio after pulling this double-take in michigan and arizona. now, he is not alone, because a new report in politico shows that more than $4 million has been spent on campaign ads in the buckeye state, and the romney camp has put down more than $3 million and the santorum dropped roughly $520,000 and newt gingrich, the pro super pac that he has, has put out $430,000. and now we are joined by garrett haake on the phone. and could spending ing iing in eclipse the spending in michigan? is romney really getting his money's worth out of that state? >> well, thomas, money may not be taking an effect just yet and to bob's point, you do not see any momentum here. you have a event billed as a rally, and just over 100 people the

. >>> the accused ohio school shooter is due to appear in court today. later on in the program, you'll hear from a student grazed by a bullet in that attack as parents waited outside in desperation. more questions about warning signs. were they missed with this alleged shooter? the. >> the daytona 500 officially ended in the wee hours of morning. it was delayed ties by rain. then two hours by a horrific fire. you're looking at it there. the flaming wreck at the daytona 500 much the winner crossing the finish line a few hours ago. >>> rick santorum is asking something weird. he's asking democrats to come on out and support him. do him a solid and help defeat mitt romney. we'll explain a little bit more about what's behind that. >> trouble at sea for the costa concordia's sister ship. it's drifting away after a fire. everyone is safe. we have a lot more details on that for you. >> it is one minute past 5:00 in the morning. we're learning more this morning about the deadly high school shooter in ohio. the high school is closed today. grief counselors will b

. >>> ohio tragedy. the death toll from a scooting rampage rises. >>> california confrontation. a dispute between native american tribal members turns violent. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello. good morning. i'm richard lui. >>> today we start with romney rebound. republican presidential contender mitt romney was the winner in both tuesday primaries for restoring his momentum as he heads into super tuesday next week. in arizona romney beat rick santorum by 20 points and won all 29 delegation there and they will each get some of the state's 30 delegates in michigan. nbc' steve handelsman has details from detroit. >> reporter: good morning from detroit. here in the state where he's from, mitt romney, last night, tried to held his head hide but what he had accomplished was to avoid disaster. mitt romney had to win michigan or face the collapse of his campaign and he did win. after losing the lead and then gaining it back. >> we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's all that counts' i'm going to deliver on more jobs, less debt and smaller govern

it's not just ohio. most states now leave it in the hands of a judge between the ages of 16 and 18 or sometimes as young as 13 to 18 to try them as an adult when it's a particularly serious or heinous crime and i think you're going to see that here. >> thank you very much. >>> we have new developments in the case of a woman found strangled to death in her mercedes. police tonight testing materials they found in the family garage. >>> and rick santorum today called the president a snob. obama's repons. >>> and merrimerrill streep on oscar. but we're going to tell you why her next project is way more important. nutritionpossible.com. better nutrition... is within reach. centrum. nutrition possible. [♪...] >> announcer: with nothing but his computer, an identity thief is able to use your information to open a bank account in order to make your money his money. [whoosh, clang] you need lifelock, the only identity theft protection company that now monitors bank accounts for takeover fraud. lifelock: relentl

a new steel is expanding in eastern ohio as well. we also make pumps and structural steel for the platforms, so there is huge opportunity here. and i do think the environmental issues can be handled among the committees, as you said, because we're so interested in making sure the fracing, hydraulic fracing, can be done. john mentioned making sure it doesn't get into the groundwater and so on. the companies have been doing this for 50 or 60 years, they're good at it, have been dealing with issues, maybe some states need to work on that, but i think there is an enormous opportunity here. i don't, frankly, see that there is a huge disconnect here between what the communities want and what the industry wants when it's done in a safe -- in a way with the regulatory environment that requires them to do it in an appropriate way. so i think it's a great opportunity, and specific formal manufacturing, not just the extraction of the resources but for ohio it's great for us. >> it is -- i couldn't agree more. it is a great opportunity. it i. it