March 20th, 2012
07:40 AM ET

Tuesday's live events

The race to the Republican presidential nomination heads to Illinois today, where 54 delegates are at stake.  Watch CNN.com Live tonight for results and reactions from the Illinois primary.

Today's programming highlights...

9:30 am ET - Gingrich in Louisiana - GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is spending primary day in Louisiana, where he will meet with voters in Shreveport.  He'll also hold a town hall-style meeting in Ruston.

10:00 am ET - Afghanistan war hearing - The House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on the current situation in Afghanistan amid growing tensions between the U.S. and Kabul.

11:15 am ET - White House briefing - The Afghanistan crisis and spending will likely top Press Secretary Jay Carney's agenda with the White House press corps.

12:00 pm ET - Obama luncheon with Irish PM - Every year around this time, the Irish prime minister comes to Washington to meet with the president and drop off a bowl of shamrocks.  That's the case this year, as Irish PM Enda Kenny will hold talks with President Obama. 

12:00 pm ET - John King live chat - CNN's John King joins us once again to talk about the Illinois primary, presidential politics and whatever else is on his mind!  You can ask John a question via Twitter @JohnKingCNN.

7:00 pm ET - Illinois primary - We'll be with some of the GOP presidential candidates as the Illinois primary results come in. 

CNN.com Live is your home for breaking news as it happens.
Filed under: Elections • Politics • Republican Party
soundoff (12 Responses)
  1. Just the tip

    Kenny and Obama should get drunk and beat the crap out of eachother on live television

    March 20, 2012 at 8:49 am | Report abuse |
    • Pandi

      Bwa ha ha ha ha!

      March 20, 2012 at 8:53 am | Report abuse |
  2. chrissy

    I for one, will be glad when the race for the GOP will be over, so we can get on to better, more important things. Like the fact the russians have gone into syria! Whats up with that?

    March 20, 2012 at 10:43 am | Report abuse |
  3. Superman

    Hey chrissy,,, job interview today nerves!!!!!! Talk later!

    March 20, 2012 at 10:57 am | Report abuse |
    • BOMBO ©

      DON'T wear the cape. They'll say you are over qualified. It happens to me all the time.

      The over qualified part, not the cape. I don't have a cape. But I'm older and have lots of experience.

      March 20, 2012 at 11:18 am | Report abuse |
  4. AMERICA 1st

    Who cares? Let the ragheads slaughter each other. It means they aint bothering the USA with their terrorists!

    March 20, 2012 at 11:10 am | Report abuse |
  5. AMERICA 1st

    The only things that ireland has thats any good in recent history is Celtic Thunder, Damian McGinty and Declan Galbraith, 3 very excellent musical acts

    March 20, 2012 at 11:15 am | Report abuse |
  6. chrissy

    @ superman, good luck! @ AMERICAN lst, your bundle of cheerfulness never ceases to amaze me!

    March 20, 2012 at 1:09 pm | Report abuse |
  7. chrissy

    lmfao @ BOMBO, you are freakin hillarious! Guess i may as well put my wonder woman gear away, well maybe not that larriet, might catch something interesting with that! Lol!

    March 20, 2012 at 2:29 pm | Report abuse |
  8. Superman

    @@@ chrissy, bombo, not so i think to much kryptonite last night LOL.when you know your ready for something liks this and then you start sweating it stinks

    March 20, 2012 at 4:06 pm | Report abuse |
  9. Superman

    @chrissy did russia really go into syria or is that just to rattle nerves? If russia has done so than we are free of that one maybe, or its going to end just like when russia went into afghanistan they got tore up there so either way we would have to intervene to

    March 20, 2012 at 5:43 pm | Report abuse |
  10. Donald in CA

    Man im sick of these guys. Santorum couldnt get reelected in his own state and now he wants to move up to president. Romney keeps getting his lies mixed up and his own party dont think he has the stuff. Newt and paul total jokes. The world is watching this mess.

    March 21, 2012 at 3:30 am | Report abuse |
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