depend on, $40 less to cover bills and the rent, $40 less to take care of an elderly parent or to donate to a church or charity, and when gas prices are on the rise again, because as the economy strengthens global demand for oil increases. and if we start seeing significant increases in gas prices, losing that $40 could not come at a worse time. one local entrepreneur named terry, where is terry? he's right here. he told us that $40 would cover the gas that gets him to his day job or alternatively the internet service that his small business depends on. so he would have to start making a choice, do i fill up my gas tank to get to my work or give up my entrepreneurial dream.

$40, he wrote, means a heck of a lot. means a heck of a lot, and that is what is at stake for millions of americans. this is why it matters to people. it matters a heck of a lot. and i'm asking the american people to tell us what $40 means to you. if you tweet it, use the #40. call, tweet, write your senators, tell them, do not let up until this thing gets done. don't let taxes go up on 160 million working americans. don't let millions of americans out there looking for work right now and the economy is starting to improve but they don't have a job yet, leave them without a life line in terms of cutting off their unemployment insurance. when a plane is finally lended on the ground, you don't ease up on the throttle. you keep going. our plane is up there but we are

not at cruising altitude yet. after all, expending this tax cut and the unemployment insurance is the least for what you should be doing for working americans. it is a start. ref to he build where the middle class folks can focus on getting by. folks who -- we have to rebuild an opportunity where americans have a better chance to work their way into it. an economy built to last. yesterday i released a blueprint for how we get there. it's a blueprint for the economy built on new american manufacturing and new american energy sources. and new skills in education for american workers. a focus on the values that are a bedrock for this country, values like fairness and responsibility for all and from all.

we are going to be better off if we start building that economy right now. and we can do it because we have done it before. we have a common challenge, it's time to meet it with a common purpose. to show a sign of seriousness. on behalf of all the hard-working americans standing behind me, thank you for telling your story and why this is so important. and i just want everybody all across the country to keep the pressure up so we get this done. it is going to make our economy and put us in position where we can really sort to rebuild this generation and future generations. thank you, everybody. god bless america. >> you have been listening to the president deliver remarks this morning asking for congress to move ahead on the budget proposal he sent their way yesterday surrounded by americans that have been

tweeting about what $40 means to them. this is something he started in the fall, getting americans to use twitter and social media to describe what that little bit, just $40 would mean to have back in their daily lives. kristen welker is joining me from the white house to talk about what we just saw. the president there is saying don't believe it until you see it. sign this bill into law, those are pretty strong words. >> pretty strong words indeed. we have witnessed the events over the last several months that nothing is finished until it is absolutely finished. it is interesting because this event comes as house republicans have essentially proposed a bit of a compromise to pass the payroll tax extension without funding it. and also within that medicare payments to doctors or what's been commonly referred to as the

doc fix. we are watching reaction come in from that. some republicans don't think this is a good idea. some democrats saying they like the idea, there's been movement on this, however they do want to see unemployment insurance benefits and the dock fix be a part of a larger compassion. we are seeing a little bit of -- well, nobody has the appetite for the prolonged fights that we witnessed at the end of the year when the payroll tax extension went down to the wire. it is a different atmosphere and there's a lot of pressure to get something done own this tax cut. >> just real quickly, before i go. i hear yelling? what is going on? >> the vice president of china is expected to take over as the next president of china, so what

the shouting is, essentially, protesters, folks who are protesting the taibetans. they will discuss iran and likely syria and just the united states and china relations in a larger context. >> kristen, thank you for switching gears. that's at 11:15. i figured for the viewers hearing that in the background would be curious what that was. thank you. we switch gears to the breaking details we are learning this morning about the funeral of pop star whitney houston. her family now deciding there won't be a public funeral in the hometown of new jersey. instead, the family takes place at the new hope baptist church where she sang as a little girl and her mom still goes to that

church. what is the reason behind the family not wanting to do something for public in terms of the singer there for bit whitney highston? >> reporter: according to the owner of the funeral home, the family says they have shared whitney houston with the public for 340r7b years, 30 years. and now it is the family's time to bereave in private. that's what we know thus far. at noon at this saturday, the funeral will take place for the late whitney houston. it's a church that holds 2,000 people and will be on invitation only. there will be no public viewing, no wake is planned of any kind. again, the funeral director keep down -- is the family planning to come here to do any

arrangements? >> no, they will not be here at all. >> any details on what she'll be wearing? >> i know nothing too that effect. >> so again, they are saying, this is going to be private. it is designed for the family to come and pay their respects. this funeral home will have no public viewing and it won't be a public service. there's no walk of having video here during the service as well. >> there could be a larger service on the scale of what we saw in 2009 for michael jackson, but i'm sure fans will respect the family's wishes. rehema ellis, nice to see you. thank you. this valentine's day rick santorum is feeling the love from republican voters and no love from mitt romney. he's pulling ahead of romney

riding in a double-digit surge into a dead heat with the former govern governor. the next two candidates will be in michigan where the all-out-war on tv begins today. joining me is are two ladies, i want to start with you, a.b., the biggest battleground for republicans since florida? do you expect mitt romney, his super pac supported him to try to squash lick santorum like they did, really squash him to be what is considered the home state of mitt romney. >> that's right. i don't think he has a choice. this is safe territory for mitt romney. he was welcomed by them there.

minnesota and colorado changed the game for rick santorum as he surged? polls in michigan. that's two weeks away in primary terms. everybody time they grasp somebody not mitt romney, they support them in droves. it sometimes swings in three days, so there's plenty of time for rick santorum to catch up. mitt romney has to fight him with his resources. establishment figures and true activists are begging him not to be negative anymore. it might be a point of diminishing attacks to attack gingrich. >> two weeks is a long time as they. up to michigan, so rick santorum, doch you see him on the blue collar heel as

something that resonates or will that take michigan against mitt romney. >> conservatives, tea party members, that's ultimately what we are seeing in the polls. you are seeing the national polls going for rick santorum. it does have to give the rowdy people another pause showing people are not grasping into him. one thing we are waiting on, though, is we have seen how much endorsements mean, in the business cycle, but rick snyd snyder -- he has a similar background. it would be -- it's more of an assumption, but it looks like that's going to happen. >> jackie, you bring me into the next question here.

mick snydel could decide really soon. proceeds from gm shares allow the automaker a -- >> i think that's going to be a tough sale. even with republican voters who don't like bailouts but to bailout of the auto industry helped in other places, but especially in michigan. that's going to be difficult and he needs to straddle past statements about the auto bailout, which started under the bush administration. romney, i asked you to defend the event of saying, if i go bankrupt you will see the auto industry -- when he was a house member a long time ago, rick

santorum represented one of the districts that covered parts of philly and pittsburgh. he knows how to talk to voters and with two weeks he has a life to go on the campaign. >> thank you very much. rick santorum's trip to washington last night was not all smooth sailing. take a look at this. >> reporter: occupy protesters crashed the event and santorum fell glitter to another beryl bomb. >> almost 3/4 of them will end up -- we've got to provide an opportunity for them instead of standing here unemployed yelling at somebody. go out and get a job. >> santorum moves on to idaho today. that's a super tuesday state.

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washington shouldn't hike taxes on working americans right now. that's the wrong thing to do. and that's exactly what's going to happen at the end of this month, in a couple of weeks, if congress doesn't do something about it. they need to do it now, without drama, without delay. >> president obama calling on

congress to secure a tax cut for 160 million americans through this year. speaker boehner and house republican leadership could be walking into the hornet's nest today meeting with their conference to sell a clean ten-month extension of the payroll tax cut. they could get major backlash from tea party and rank-in-file conservative members. a ranking member of the housing budget committee is joining me this morning. congressman, i want to get your reaction to how surprised you are that after all these months of fighting over the pay-ifs that the republican leadership is ready to abandon their clean extension. are you worried about the future of unemployment benefits? >> well, as the president said, we have to get the unemployment insurance done and we also have to make sure we deal with what you call the doc-fix to make sure that seniors on medicare continue to have access to their doctors. if you don't pay the doctors, obviously you don't have

medicare. so we have to get the pieces done, but it is good news that the republican leadership in the house has realized that what had been a double standard was unsustainable. they had taken the position when it comes to tax cuts for the folks at the very top, the wealthiest americans, owe you don't have to offset that, but you have to offset the tax cut for 160 million americans. they realized those two things didn't square, so i'm hoping this will mean some positive momentum. >> speaker boehner, obviously, you'll be hearing frustrated voices from the tea party members, but does that mean a clean extension that hits the floor will need democratic support, century and is it there? >> well, i think democrats have been unified in saying we have to get the payroll tax cut done for 160 million americans. so i suspect there will be support for that, but let me emphasize the fact that we also have to deal with the other pieces. and if what republicans are

saying is that they are going to forget about the millions of americans who are unemployed through no fault of their own, and they are not going to deal with that piece at all, that's going to be a huge mistake. and the american people, i think, will hold them accountable because these are folks who are out there looking for work every day, they lost their jobs because of the slow economy, they paid into the unemployment system, so if republicans are saying, you're on your own, we are throwing you overboard, that is not going to fly at all. so we need to move all these pieces. it's better to move them together, but certainly we've got to get the payroll tax cut done for 160 million. >> i want to talk about the president's budget, the balanced approach that the white house and some democrats are calling it, republicans are panning it for not tackling major it intomentment reform and big spending. will the president actively work, sir, to address these

issues if he gets a second chance in a second term? >> i'm confident he will. the president's budget does two important things. the first thing it does is focus on the jobs in the economy now. making sure that we nurture this very fragile recovery, including things like the payroll tax cut. his infrastructure investment plan has been sitting in front of the house republican leadership since last september. it would be nice if they would move that. now with respect to long-term deficit reduction, the major difference between republicans and democrats is this, the democrats and the president's budget says we have to take a balanced approach and make tough cuts. in fact, we have made a trillion dollars already last september, but we also need to get rid of the special interest attack breaks for big corporations, tax breaks for big corporations. we have to ask millionaires to share in reducing the deficit. the republicans say to deal with it is to gut the social safety

net, end the medicare guarantee and slash investments in education and innovation and research, things that have helped power our economy in the past. so the difference is not whether or not we should reduce the deficit, the issue is how and we believe. and the president's budget shows he wants a balanced approach. >> congressman, thank you for your time. >> thank you. how and why president obama is already benefiting from the republican primary battle between santorum and romney. plus, the right to work law is not a good one for unions. and the swimsuit issue of "sports illustrated" is on sale. meet kate upton who is not only beautifully splitticly connected. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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welcome back, everybody. a new pew research poll is showing one in eight active registrations is inactive or invalid. this report also found nearly 2 million dead americans listed as active voters. and from voting rights to the right to work, we turn our focus now to indiana where newly-passed legislation is raising hackles everywhere from shop floors to union laborers. they say it will hurt the rights of workers in the progress. we have a vocal opponent of the law who is joining me now. representative bauer, nice to see you this morning. i want to tell our viewers you led a boycott on the house floor to prevent action on the right-to-work bill, but we now know how this turned out. what does this do to the working

men and women of your state and what long-term impact do you fear or expect out of this? >> it prohibits the majority of workers from collectively bargaining for fair wages, for health care and good, safe working standards. we think the people of indiana should show a little love for the workers, not only here on this valentine's day, but all through the year. i know it has energized our base and they understand that this was rammed through by billionaires and millionaires that are unknown because of the way the advertising rules are, but i think by this fall they will say it is unfair, it is unfair not to have workers not bargain with their employer, especially if the majority want it that way. >> representative, a lot of people say this is going to change things when it comes to how employers and other job givers are attracted to the state, to draw more jobs to the state, a lot of that is coming from across the aisle.

what's your response to that? >> they never named what companies, they never named the jobs but there's one, caterpillar, is flirting with the idea and they pay $35 an hour now for their wages and are talking about $12.50. that demonstrates the kind of jobs they are bringing, low-paying jobs, most of the time without health care and the safety standards are lower. we think that that speaks for itself, the kind of jobs they will bring. we have skilled workforce here in indiana. and we are able to have a good standard of living so far. it's like henry ford, he wanted to pay people enough to be able to buy the product they were building. we need more employers like henry ford. and i think this fall you'll see the people finally have a voice. they denied him a referendum on the bill. and this fall the referendum will be held through the election. and i think the people will finally speak out and say, it's

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welcome back, everybody. whitney houston's funeral will be held at the new hope baptist church in newark, new jersey, this saturday. there's not going to be anything open to the public. the family is saying no media in the church and they have shared whitney for the last 27 years with the public. that's why they have decided to make this completely private. meantime, whitney houston's daughter with singer bobby brown has been thrust into the spotlight with the death of her mom. joining me from california this morning is nbc correspondent

miguel almaguer. miguel, how is bobbi kristina doing now in light of the attention on her, her mom and in light of the funeral arrangements? >> she is certainly struggling with the death of her mother, whom she was close to, especially in the later years of her life. she was 18 years old and by her mother's side constantly traveling all over the road with her. she was really a serious part of her life. she was just spending so much time on the road. she watched her parents make headlines for successes and female yours. her mom was whitney houston, the queen of pop. she considered bobbi kristina brown to be her jewel. he or she saw her mother as her jewel. she was also a caretaker for her mother when she had problems with rehab and relapsing. certainly very difficult. she was at the hotel on saturday when whitney houston passed. she was rushed to the hospital

suffering from stress and anxiety. bobby brown rushed to be with her and is with her today as they cope with whitney's death, thomas. >> miguel, thank you so much. a lot of people are wondering today about whitney houston's finances. whether or not she was broke when she died. just last month a forbes article questioned whether the singer squandered her $100 million fortune. she had several projects in the works when she passed away on saturday and family members say she was ready to make a full comeback. >> she was coming back. she was getting ready. she was getting -- she was going to raise up again. and then this happened. oh, man. so disappointing. >> joining me now is morning from los angeles is pop culture correspondent tanika wright. nice to see you this morning. the forbes article said whitney houston raked in $33 million alone from "the bodyguard" alone

soundtrack, was that her financial issue, the talk of her living off advances from record companies? >> you never know what's going on in somebody's bank account. i think we speculated about michael jackson's bank account for years before he passed away, which is crazy considering he wrote and owned his music. it makes sense we speculate about whitney. she did not own her music or write any of her music. however in 2001 she gained $100 million. she got a record-breaking record deal and earned $36 million in 2010 for tours. now, mind you, people who sing and don't own their own music make the bulk of their money from touring. she earned $36 million. i don't know where the money would go. we normal people are like, that should last forever, so i don't know what her financial situation is. i don't think we will know for a couple weeks, but i hope not, i hope she was on a steady ground.

all i know is we are all really grateful and hope she's at peace right now. >> a lot of people remember that dolly parton wrote the original song "i will always love you." that was recorded by whitney houston. does that mean if people were to go on itunes thinking they are supporting whitney houston and her family, it will go to dolly parton? >> yeah, dolly parton has been very open and honest about buying lots of wigs from the earnings she made off the song and she's going to make a lot more money. but none of it will go to bobbi kristina, unfortunately. we have to see what the estate has. >> a sad, sad tale. nice to see you this morning. thank you. >> thank you. here's a look at other stories in the news this morning, tensions rising between iran and israel over diplomats in other countries. an israeli cabinet members says israel will settle scores after a suspected iranian man tossed a bomb on a taxi in thailand that

bounced back injuring him. this comes a day after balk attacks in india and georgia targeted israeli diplomats. israel blames iran for carrying out the attacks. an intense encounter at sea between u.s. forces and iranian smugglers in the strait of hormuz. seven fast boats cut in front of the uss abraham lincoln. the u.s. helicopter fired flairs to turn the seventh boat away. u.n. warnings of civil war in syria as new violence erupts from the region. nbc cannot confirm this video but it is a staggering visual. take a look at the fireball exploding from the apartment lot reportedly from a rocket attack. arab league members are ready to arm opposition forces if the shelling doesn't stop. all right, so rosa parks is the grandmother of the civil rights movement, then richard

and mildred loving were the first couple married in 1958. at that time their marriage was illegal in their home state of virginia. their marriage arrest and subsequent court case are the subject of a new documentary airing tonight on hbo. >> when we got up there, we had flashlights. >> they asked richard who was the woman he was sleeping with. i said, i'm his wife and the sheriff said, not here you're not. >> just a small start of the loving story. nancy is the director of "the loving story" and is here to talk about this airing tonight. explain to all of us, remind us of who the up cole was and why they are relevant today. >> this is a humble couple that just wanted to go home to live in virginia, a state that exiled them for 25 years. they were in love.

she was part black and part native american. he was white. and they had been arrested five weeks after their marriage and exiled from the state when all they wanted to do was come home. >> it's amazing when we think of their last name of loving, they loved each other and really started the dialogue in this country for what people should be allowed to do. the human rights they should have access to, the loving versus virginia case before the supreme court has been cited many times, but since we talk now about marriage equality, what are the parallels between the conversation that was happening back then that make it timeless to what we are talking about today? >> one wonders why people want to put boundaries on love. and there are definite parallels between the loving case and perry versus schwarzenegger that could possibly go to the supreme court very soon. i mean, we are talking about 44 years later one wonders why we have never learned, but i think

that it reminds us that we should love each other for each other and not for our skin color and not for our gender and not forring else but who we are. >> the term culture wars has beens toed around a lot. certainly we hear about it a lot now in a campaign season. how do you think that the loving story is something to remind us of where we were and how far we have come? >> the loving story reminds you that intolerance is just unacceptable. the 16 states from 44 years ago that decided it was not fair for people to live together and be married, and the warren court overturned that. i think the cultural wars are not over and i hope this film reminds people that we need to love people for who we are. >> nancy, great to have you here. the director of "the loving story" airing tonight on hbo. congratulations for bringing this story to all of us. we'll be back after this.

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it's the moment that millions of "sports illustrated" fans and subscribers are waiting for. you guessed it, the 2012 swimsuit issue is out and this cover girl has a link to the political world. daren, since we are msnbc, the place for politics, of course we want to know about kate upon the's political ties. >> she was actually at our table for the white house correspondent's dipper and said to me, you know, my uncle was fred upton who is the chair of the energy and commerce committee. and i'm sure that's what everyone is wondering, but kate upton, 19 years old, second youngest to be on the cover since 1984. they do big business. the swimsuit issue online will have 45 million clicks today. 7 million clicks on the video.

this is 7% of "sports illustrated's" revenue for the year. and this brings your career to new levels, kate. she'll be on the "three stooges" movie coming out. this has launched big careers including kathy ireland on the cover many times. she has a $2 billion annual furniture and branding business, which is quite incredible. >> it really is a launched pad and at only 19 years old. i think we'll talk about kate upton for a long time. nice to see you. >> and we'll have her on cnbc at 1:40 eastern time. >> you already have the existing relationship from the correspondents dinner so this will be great. thank you. a new pew poll highlights the problem for mitt romney. his standing with the independent voters has flipped

since november. nearly down against the president's numbers nationally, but i'll bring in our contributor with the latino group. robert, i want to start with you, the prolonged fight pushing mitt romney too far to the right for a general election. is that a good thing? >> no, it's not a good thing. first of all, i don't know if it is actually pushing mitt romney too far to the right because, again, it is a republican primary and republicans for the most part, at least the grassroots republicans -- >> he's coming out to say he's severely conservative, the c-pac, you don't think that's pushing him to the right? >> i don't know what that means. i don't know how you can be a severe conservative in massachusetts, but i don't know whether or not this helps or hurts him in the short-term, but in the long-term it hurts him because his brand is a moderate republican. his image for the most part is someone that goes down the

middle of the road. when you take a look at the general election, that's exactly where any candidate wants to be, whether republican or democrat, and that's the main reason he's not trending heavier water in the republican primary. mitt romney is a great general election candidate but a horrible primary candidate. >> middle of the road, there's nothing more attractive than being middle of the road and trying to bring all people under your tent to be their leader. let's say mitt romney makes it through the primary, and that general election parts out he's a much sharper general election candidate. what has the obama 2012 team learned in the last few weeks to use to their advantage? >> what haven't they learned? mitt romney has no real positions on issues. this is something beginning to resonate with republican voters. you see in the pew poll, 50% of republican voters saying that mitt romney's inconsistency on positions, that's something team obama will be able to use in the general election.

you also have grover norcross making a funny case for mitt romney saying, well, you know, the important thing is that mitt romney can be told what to do. he'll sign whatever i tell him to sign. you think that's going to make him look impotent going into a general. >> they are expecting romney to follow the successful blueprint in florida, going negative on newt gingrich, now he'll go negative on rick santorum in michigan. is michigan the do or die? he has to take michigan because that's where he grew up, and if the hometown boy doesn't do well in michigan, how will he do well nationally? >> i think you are right. psychologically, if santorum would win the state of michigan, that's a huge blow to the romney campaign from a bragging standpoint and the financial standpoint. on super tuesday on march 5th, we have something north of 20 states all around the country that will choose the republican nominee. i don't know how rick santorum is able to play nationally in all the states, so what santorum

has to do according to the recent polls he may do is win michigan because it does defeat this attitude out there, if you will, that mitt romney is the presumptive nominee. mitt romney is in trouble. santorum is on his heels. going negative on rick santorum is not as effective on a newt gingrich. >> great the see you both this morning. thank you. washington state makes history becoming the seventh state to pass marriage equality laws. new jersey lawmakers vote this week, but will it get past governor chris christie's desk? staying fit improving longevity and mood. the national institute on ageing suggests these exercises for those other 50, build up disturbance by swimming or playing tennis. try biking to improve the cardiovascular system. use lightweights to improve strength and stretch to increase

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[ applause ] >> it is signed. >> a huge celebration and that historic moment in marriage equality. washington signed newly passed legislation to legalize same-sex marriage in washington state on monday. now, on this same day, republican presidential candidate, rick santorum paid the state a visit and the nj state senate voted in approval of their own marriage bill. sir, it's good to have you here and unlike the situation in washington, your governor, chris christie is an opponent of this issue and said some inflammatory stuff against you. take a listen. >> you have numnuts putting out

a statement comparing me to george wallace, come on guys, at someplace you have to be able to call bs on those kind of press releases. >> so what is your reaction to that kind of comment? >> well, thomas, some people would say it's a step up, or that this is what i have been called before college. but the seriousness of it is that my comparison was that segregation or civil rights issues who n-- should not be on the ballot. the governor stated that civil rights activists would have been happy to have those issues on the ballots in the '60s and then clarified it at some time. just the timing was not right. my point is that civil rights issues should never be on the ballot and many people in the south would still be wait for the public feeling to change if we left it to the public feeling. >> if state senate in new jersey has tried to pass it through, we

will see what happens if the governor goes ahead and vetoes it. i need to take everyone to china's vice president, the meeting at the white house with the president and vice president as well. let's listen in to president obama. >> throughout this process, i have always emphasized that we welcome china's peaceful rise. that we believe that a strong and prosperous china is one that can help to bring stability and prosperity to the region and to the world. and we exact to be able to continue on the track that we have tried to establish over the last three years. >> again, china's vice president at the white house this morning. this is really being watched closely as he is expected to take over to be china's president in 2013. but, the vice president is the first high ranking official to

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