those victories? and athegenthens burns and the of a legend. ♪ from her golden voice to her tragic personal life, new detail on the death of a super star, whitney houston. good day, i'm live in new york, in our daily fix today, mitt romney had wins in maine and at the cpac straw poll, but did he go overboard. >> we are conservatives, conservatives, conservative, conservative, conservative, conservativings, conservatism. i have lived conservatism. >> 22 times, chris in 25 minutes. you're, our contributor and after all of those times, 22

times trying prove he is a conservative. then he added this. >> i fought against long odds in a deep blue state but i was a severely conservative republican can governor >> i have heard of being severely ill or severely depressed but that did not go over well. >> it felt like he was trying too hard. he was trying too hard to be something he was not. which was a social conservative. he has stayed true to who he is for the most part. a businessman, a guy that will run the government like a business, knows the economy and has signed the front of a check. all of those lines you heard. he is not good when he tries to placate conservatives, in terms of temperament, he is not as conservative as for example rick

santorum, he is not, and when he does that, it is not good. i honestly think he should stick to the plan and focus to credentials and talk about the economy and president obama and talk about being outside washington, do not try to be something you are not, which is a conservative fire brand. >> how are you scoring cpack and the maine cause cusses, santorum is trying to say that they stacked the debt the way the paul people did. and ron paul complaining that one area of maine has no data and has not reported and he may be the winner. which way do you come down? the >> look, my wife is a field hockey coach and i know it from sports. you win or lose, every time we lose in field hockey, there's a reason we could have won but we did not win. in general, this is a black and white thing just like sports. wins matter, losses don't. mitt romney won.

now of course i would say, need those wins to push back on a story line from last week with the three races he lost last tuesday, it gets him to a point where he does not face a terrible storiy line that he is losing support. but santorum is the momentum candidate. cpac will not change that much for romney. we are talking less than 10,000 votes cast in that contest. this is not hundred offis of thousands of people sounding off. romney had has a problem on his conservative right. no secret, he has had it since the start. the question is, and it's been a long, santorum is the leading competer, but can a divided vote beat romney? you know, i do not know the answer to that. you know, what we do not know the answer to is, is newt in it

for a long haul, he may hand romney the win if he does. >> he has money problems, so his campaign schedule does not indicate that he is ready to be up and running in the up coming caucus dates. >> that is exactly right. >> one conservative whom mitt romney has not won over is sar isa palin saying that at left, romney is evolving. >> i do not think that the majority of gop and independent voters are convinced. that is why you do not see romney get over the hump. he is still in the 30% when it comes to approval and primary wins. >> but, governor, he has been running for five years. >> and he has spent millions and millions and millions dollars. >> mark, you are a senior political analyst and you had

the luck of being in the audience at cpac what was the reaction to palin? >> the best reaction of any speaker of the conference. she was the last speaker, as you know at the conferences, saturday late in the day, people leave, the room was full and they shut the doors and had the one in one out policy, you could not get in unless someone was willing to leave. she gave a speech with fresh lines. she has her finger to rhythms at cpac and the conservative movement and the heart of the movement more than anybody else in politics right now. >> what caught a lot of people's attention is hwhen they sautalk about a brokers convention. >> expediticompetition is good, everyone stronger. we have a great field as it stands, we will see how the

process evolved and if it ended at a brokered convention at the end of the day. that would be an excited time for all. >> what did she mean by that? >> most of the people want this to have order and not have a convention. she is luke warm on romney and that opens the door to if there's a contested convention, maybe someone can step out and be the consensus candidate. >> look who is defending her to the hilt. >> sarah palin gave the republican party a momentum that no other personal i would have selected could have achieved. and that is a fact. now she has been trashed by the media and assaulted by the media. that answer did not answer my

question, do you regret? >> of course not. i don't know why i should. >> is dancing the one he brought or whatever? >> his argument that she helped the ticket. in the short she did. but by getting the base excited, she was a net plus. you can make that argument. he is standing by her and the things he saw in her as a running mate that could help her were on display at cpac more than at the campaign itself, she can energize the base. she that message of cronie capitalism. she talked about how the washington area economy is doing well, so maybe that is why they do not get the fact that the rest of the kwcountry is hurtin. >> you reported on her meltdown before the big debate against

biden. and they was questioned about the portrayl in the movie. >> goodness gracious i'm not too concerned about an hbo movie based a false narrative. >> the movie echos the book in pursuing the story that you went into a funk during the campaign, leading up to the debate. now, listen, people will see that. >> i'm sorry that millions people will waste their time. >> millions people are going to see it. >> look, the movie and the book are a balanced picture of what sarah palin went through in a tough circumstance. i urge people to buy the book and watch the movie and you'll see a balanced portrait of what she went through in tough circumstances. it's a story about someone being pluked from out of nowhere and dealing with a tough situation in a spotlight that was white hot. it's a balanced fpicture.

>> we have all talked to people from within the campaign. steve schmidt and others that have been on the record and others that are not, who have validated that picture as well. >> it's an accurate picture and it's part of the history of what happened and it's a balanced had h history. and senator mccain said picking her energized him and that was part of the selection. >> and across the nation, americans still trying to come to grips with the death of whitney houston, a break through super star that rose to heights before her fall. the funeral will be held later this week in her hometown, and in the meantime we are getting new information about the circumstances surrounding her death. we are live outside the about bever beverly hilton hoemths. what have we learned today from the officials there?

>> good afternoon, we are learning new information from the coroner's office. they held a press conference late this morning and they released a few more details. they do not want to speculate on the cause of death. we know she was found in a bath tub inside the hotel behind me, they believe she died sometime that afternoon and that the autopsy is complete but the toxicology reports are not back for a month or two. there's been speculation that pills, anti-anxiety pills may have been mixed with alcohol the night she died. but they are waiting for the toxicology reports to come back. she had her issues with drugs in the past, admit thing to using cocaine and marijuana and prescription pills. she went through several years where she was using drugs every

day. told abc's diane sawyer that she used drugs but said she was off drugs recently but much of the suspicion is that the death may be because of illegal drugs. whitney houston's legacy and still ahead, can you remember when the u.s. last had a budget? the white house acting budget director joining us. ♪ yo

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there's no way around this, we have had a death in our family. >> when a truly great artist leaves, their legacy lives on. we love whitney houston. >> i just want to say to whitney up in heaven, we all love you whitney houston.

>> last night's grammy awards was overshadowed by the death of whitney houston. a six-time grammy winner was shown singing her signature ballot "i'll always love you" jennifer hudson sang the tribute. ♪ and i will always love you ♪ >> and joining me now, the chair and ceo of b.e.t network, debra. thanks for joining us. you knew her and followed her career as we all did. but you knew her so personally. i wanted to ask you about your thoughts about her role and her impact on the culture and on the music industry? >> we, whitney was such a great

talent and woman, i was able to get to know her in 1996, i was able to have a lunch on in her honor. we have honored her so many times. most recently two years ago and that night jennifer hudson sang in tribute to her. whitney stood the whole time, she was so appreciative and moved by the tribute. and to be in l.a. this weekend and have her pass away, the day of clive davis' party, service to surreal and sad. we all had a heavy heart at the grammys. it was a very nice tribute.

left la ll cool jay did a nice job of opening the program. but she will be missed. every year at clive davis' party, everyone looks forward to seeing her, whether she is performing or not. and this year, it was so hard to believe. >> you were at mr. davis' party and at the grammys. were there signs among those that knew her and saw her, that things were going down hill fast some >> no, all indication were that things were doing great. she just filmed the movie "sparkle," and she filmed a movie where she played jordan sparks' mother and all the feedback from the movie set was she was doing great and was scheduled to perform at clive's party and this felt like a come back for whitney, everyone was saying she was doing better and was terrific in the movie. and everyone was looking forward

to seeing her saturday night so this came as a complete shock and contrary to what we are hearing about where whitney was right now. >> and in fact, you did an interview about spa"sparkle" an she talked about how she related to the part. >> i took a lot of my mother's character into this movie. a lot of it. raising me and my two brothers, but me alone, you know, as 19, i signed a record contract and then, boom, it took off. membership m my mom was very, very firm. >> and apparently there's a rough cut that will be released in the august. let's talk about the music. you know so much about her impact. she was the first star, the cross over star that brought gospel into r and b, on the first cover of 17 magazine, you watched her over the years she had an enormous role on african

american women. >> exactly. she was such a role model, she was polished and glamerous, she was this nation's diane a ross, she had an amazing voice that crossed over. she was a pop icon. she never lost touch with her roots. from the gospel church or r and b, she had this larger than life image, she was a great performer. she made great video and then she was a movie star. you know, her role in "waiting to exhail" and "bodyguard," groups of women in "waiting to exhail," rushed to see this women. >> white women related to that and we all had parties to go see it and see it on video then. >> exactly. and then, the music from that movie just moved everyone.

and then when she was in "the bodyguard" and "preacher's" wife, "cinderella," i know her great friend and partner, debra martin chase, she worked on "sparkle," i know she is devastated. she worked with her for many years. she was a huge talent and just so important to the world. i mean, people all over the world knew her and loved her voice and her music will live on. but it reminds me of the death of michael jackson, three days before the b.e.t awards. so my heart goes out to her family and daughter, everyone who knew and loved her and a lot of those people have been together this weekend. >> one final question, i know time is short, i was struck by listening to an interview by jennifer hudson which she said

that when she was down and out and worried about losing her home, that whitney houston reached out the her and invited to help promote her and lift her up again. that is a side that we do not see about the super stars. >> right, she had a big heart. she was close to people. as i said, she didn't forget about her roots. wherever i saw her, she gave me a big hug, she showed up when we asked her to and you know, she didn't fit the model of a classic dciva, she had a great n stage presence, but she was a regular human being. that is one of the things that we have to remember about our super stars, is that they are human and we have to understand that aspect. >> debra lee, thanks for sharing. >> thank you. >> i know a difficult time. >> thank you very much. >> up next, the politico briefing, the santorum strategy

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what he is trying do is unite conservatives around his candidacy, much like newt gingrich tried to do unsuccessfully the previous month. saying i'm the alternative. the conservative alternative mitt romney. >> is it risky to discount newt gingrich and ron paul? i mean, he can try to frame this as a two-man race, but as long as they are in the race, he does not have a clear shot. >> there's a risk and all four will probably stick around for a while which works to romney's favor, because conservatives are not that happy with mitt romney but they have not found an alternative that they are all willing to rally around, so rick n santorum has to say, please get out, please get out to newt gingrich. and neither of them is getting out, because everyone thinks it's a long process that is w winnable for any of of the four. >> what about romney? does he go negative against

santorum in michigan or does he veer toward the positive economic message with the big speech he is planning? >> well the past is usually a good indicator of how people will perform in the future. romney goes negative when he is in trouble. often through the super pac that is affiliated with his campaign and they try to tear down the opponent. did it effectively against newt gingrich in iowa and again effectively against him in florida. can they take that same tactic and tear town rick santorum. whose favorable ratings are pretty good in polls. but is there as much material to work with. with santorum, there's material but i don't think that as powerful of material for the romney ad makers to work with as gingrich. >> it's risky to go ever a conservative, because that is their weakest point as well. thank you jim.

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about the president's claims and republican claims, both sides trying to claim the moral high ground here, who is right? >> unfortunately we are not off to it being a year of responsible lugga responsible budgeting, there were not high expectations for the president's budget, i'm afraid, and he probably met it. there's good things in it. there are real spending reduction ares in health care and that is the most important area to focus on and there are important revenue increases but the budget does not get us close to where we need to go. it's serious year in terms of bringing down the debt and do so in a way that helps with the economy to help with economic recovery. they used too many gimmicks, and were not aggressive enough in the savings and the areas that they need to be. in the end, if we do not start talking realistically of what we

need to, it will ignore the issues that we have to face. >> one of the things that the president had to say over in virginia on the warren buffett tax cut. >> warren buffett pay as lower tax rate than his secretary. it does not make sense. i do not need a tax break. we do not need to provide additional tax cuts for folks that are doing really, really, really, well. >> but the fact is the warren buffett tax increase would not do anything. >> it's a serious problem to say we have growing income in equality, let's think about making the tax code more progressive. that should be on the table. but we have to say, there's not enough revenue from billionaires and millionaires to loclose the

gap but we have to look at broader entitlement reform. while they talk about health care, it's not enough. social security is nowhere to be heard of from either side. we are skirting the hard choices and the longer we do it, the greater the risks that we do not set up a mandate during elections, to do something afterwards. we should not be taking a year off and ignoring the problem, we should be focusing on getting a deal done now. his budget has good things but not getting us where we need to go. >> here is the senate leader, mitch making his points. >> the senate has not passed a budget even though the law requires it. the only budget that will be passed is the house passed budget, i'll present it so he

will have a chance to get a vote on it. >> is that more gamesmanship. it's showing a contrast, but we are stressing that the budget process doesn't really work too well. all you have to do is look at our huge deficits and debt, and knows that it does not get us where we need to go. and and there's many years that we do not pass a budget resolution and our appropriations are put together in a big resolution. we know the process is broken t way we budget in the country is not getting us where we need to go. what we need right now, more than just a budget resolution coming out of congress, it's a budget deal. it's the kind of summet we had in the past. we need all parties, roll up their sleeves and sit down and come up with a plan to save trillions of to get our debt levels back to where they need to be. and they will be plenty of gamesmanship about whose fault

it is. but we need specifics of thousahow to fix it and the ability for compromise. >> what you say to those that say, including the fed, saying that we need to postpone real deficit reduction and not handle it right now because the economy is too fragile and it could jeopardize the economy. >> i agree we need a plan that gives us time for the recovery to take hold and grow, but it's not going to be a real and robust recovery unless we put in place now the measures that are going to be bringing our debt levels back down, the chairman of the fed said, you need a ten-year plan, give yourself fiscal space up front to allow the recovery to grow, but let's get the changes on the books and phase them in gradually.

that creates the time for households to adjust and markets need to have faith that we are going to stay on track and cannot have a fiscal crisis that would result if we do nothing. it's not about this year, making those changes, it's putting the things in place that allow it to happen gradually. >> in greece, rights have destroyed historic buildings after crowds lashed out at their government for aagreeing to further cuts if pay to keep the country from going broke. >> stephanie, a all of it is related because it will effect the whole of europe and our economy as well, what is the mood right now and has it quieted down? >> well the mood is not good here. i mean, this is a cycle we are seeing over and over again in greece.

they slid close to defaulting on their loan, the euro zone wants measures passed before helping. the measures were passed last night and that is what they wanted them to do but the people of greece think that it's unnecessary sacrifice, they hit the streets last night and it became more violent than it has been in years. you saw violence within these 10s of thousands of protesters taking on police, they sit them with bottrocks and dozens or buildings were in flames. some of them historic buildings like you mentioned. this country is really reeling, the economy is reeling, we spoke with a member of parliament that said it's not just about fiscal economy, it's about restructuring the entire economy and that is not

andrea? >> stephanie, there's a difference between the germans and their lifestyle and monetary policies and the greeks and the complaint is that the greek dos n -- greeks do not pay taxes and have a safety net and it's not toller able if they are going to be bailed out by germany. >> the perspective from the people on the ground, the people that are so angry. they are under going a economic occupation and they blame germany for that. you are seeing deep seeded resentment that goes back to world war ii in some cases they feel they are being told what to do and they resent resent it.

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her daughter was rushed to the hospital following her mother's death. in the hour, a reaction on president obama's budget. the president is preparing for another big battle over the bush tax cut, saying that the congress needs to pass an extension of the payroll tax cut without drama or delay. right now, this is senator barasso. >> i believe this president has abandon his role as leader of this nation by not being honest with the american people about with the significance of the national debt. and that is why, somebody asked me if this budget was dead on arrival and i said no, it's not dead on arrival, it's debt on arrival. >> first of all, they renamed your budget, debt on arrival. what is your response to that? >> i think the president has put

forward today a balanced budget, balanced in two ways, first of all, the president invests, and makes immediate investments in job creation, starteding with making the payroll tax cut continues, the president has proposals to put americans back to work, to modernize the cycl s -- the schools and we have year over year deficit reduction leading to a stable debt to gdp ratio, so it's balanced in that we have immediate job creation and then we had deficit reduction and the deficit reduction itself is done in a balanced way. $2.50 for every new dollar of revenue. we hope congress takes it seriously and passes it's into law soon.

>> some of the other critics though, maya i was just interviewing, whom you know well, says that it does not seriously really attack the long-term problems. that you do not have to do it this year, but you need a ten-year plan, you have approaches to health care cuts but not the big numbers. and social security left untouched. i know it's an election year, but couldn't you create a long-term plan? >> the affordable care act according to the congressional budget office saves $100 billion in the first decade, and the president's budget puts forward another 3$360 billion in health care cuts. overall we are making serious changes to medicare while preserving our basic pact with our seniors to make sure they have the coverage that they deserve. >> is there ever going to be a chance where you all would sit down and talk about something

bigger? something like simpson balls or has that moment passed? >> i think the president showed leadership here. starting in april and then this summer around the debt talks. the president showed willingness to talk with republicans, in september, he put forward committee, the document to the giant committee with $4 trillion of savings and today's budget has deficit reduction achieved in a balanced way. we look forward to having it passed into law as soon as approxima possible. >> we can argue or not whether or not if the president had done something more actively when simpson balls came out, whether that would have had a effect. there's reports that there's a proposal under way between congressional negotiators on

both sides to extend the payroll tax and not have it be fully paid for, is that something that the white house is pushing? >> the payroll tax holiday needs to be extended. that is first and foremost if it's not, there will be a increase in taxes for the average family of $40 per paycheck. that is not acceptable. the president made it clear today, this is not the time for funny busy to hill, this is a time for serious business to get it done as soon as possible. >> and to the point of whether or not the president would agree or you think there would be some favorable response to a payroll tax extension that is not fully paid for up front? >> those are conversations going on on the hill and the president is insisting that the payroll tax be extended and we get it behind us as soon as possible. >> i take that as not committal on that subject of whether it has to be paid for.

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developing now on "andrea mitchell reports" president obama and the first lady are awarding national medalsal pacino and mel till his are among those being honored today. which political story will be making headlines "the washington post's" anne kornblut joins us. the new next leader of china is coming to town?

>> also interestingly enough, heading to iowa. the if you had leader visited in 1985, and he's on a bit of a tour that would be for chinese domestic consumption as well as establishing other ties. he's going on set about to show he can be a man of the people, visit some of his hosts back from the 1985 visit, when he was surrounded by trek toys. he'll head to los angeles where he will reportedly show occupy his business acumen and perhaps go to a lakers basketball game. >> and his father was purged

during the maoist years and cultural revelation. he himself was exiled to a labor camp as a child, as a teenager. so the hope is that he would bring more of an appetite for economic and social reforms as well. it will be an exciting visit. after all, they are our bankers, are they not? >> absolutely. that does it for you. tomorrow on the show, senator pat too many yen responding to the budget proposal. and follow the show online and on twitter. my colleague tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." >> we are waiting for a news conference. nbc news has confirmed her body will be flown back to newark, new jersey as early as tonight for a funeral later this week. we'll have to see what police say in this news conference. and the latest on bobbi kristina. she was rushed to the hospital

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hi, everyone. i'm tamron hall. we're following new developments. whitn whitney's body will be flown to newark, new jersey, where her funeral will be held later this week. authorities found prescription bills bottle in her suite. however, a short time ago, the coroner denied several reports on the cause of her death. >> i had a conversation with the family at the hotel. at no time did i discuss