florida. and we're going to get a lot done in three hour's time. >> what a lineup. >> it's a great lineup. we're going to have pretty exciting announcements. >> yes. >> also, learned what arnie duncan learned. >> all right. time to wrap it up. >> all right. >> it's muggy. >> total muggy. he's actually trying disadvantaged kids. good job. any way, if it's way too early, what time is it? >> it's "morning joe." but time for the run down. >> the architect, karl rove. >> the architect is back with a new book and back with us, the interview with karl rove just minutes away. >> and international intrigue. what happened behind closed door, late, even after midnight. it's march 24th, 2010, i'm chuck todd. >> savannah guthrie.

republicans are gunning for it in the senate. amendments and more amendments to the so-called fix it bill and it's all leading up to the voterama, a new word. kelly o'donnell is at the hill for us. that's what they call it? >> they do indeed. there's no debate between the votes. they just vote and vote and vote and vote. and it could go very late into the night. a lot of senatorses i'm talking to are talking about things like, we've got to gear ourselves up for what could be a really exhausting process. the first vote is tonight on these amendments probably wouldn't happen until 9:00 tonight, if even then. they worked until 10:30 last night. they will be at it all day today. what are they talking about? there are amendments being offered at the moment by republicans, more than two dozen so far. and some of them, i think, fall into a few different categories. there are substantive amendments

that deal with aspects of the health care reform bill. there are some amendments that have a certain provocative quality to them and there are some that you probably could argue that offer to draw democrats out, to have them take a politically different vote by asking them to vote on one of those, well, of course, everyone would want to vote on that. there is one being offered that everyone would have to read the bills before they vote on them. a couple of the notable ones that i'd like to mention for you, i'm going to read this so i give you the official language so you don't think i'm making it more -- this is tom co-burn, republican of oklahoma, a medical doctor. he would like an amendment to reduce the cost of providing federally-funded prescription drugs for eliminating fraudulent patients. that sounds pretty good. prohibiting the coverage of viagra for child rapist. he's a serious minded guy and believes that is a really important issue.

but we're actually talking about viagra being voted on, on the senate floor. that's interesting. another is john mccain offering his amendment to strip out what he calls sweetheart deals for a number of states. that's an issue that he's always behind. there's a lot you can learn about the senators and about the issues of the day by getting into the weeds of this amendment. >> kelly o'donnell, it's going to be a late night tonight and i know they got rid of the seven hours of the 20-hour debate that they have to do. thanks very much. well, in the post health care world, it's going to be all about cracking down on wall street, apparently, for the white house. this time, can the president get any republican support for this? nbc's mike is at the white house. the first thing out of david axelrod's mouth when i interviewed him. it's the next domestic priority, is it not? >> reporter: that's right, chuck, a fundamental overhaul

and the question is, can there be bipartisanship or will this be split down the aisle by party lines. stop me if you've heard this before. on monday, out of the senate banking committee passing a bill. this financial reform overhaul on a straight party line vote. the house of representatives have already passed something late last year. today, chris dodd, the chairman of the senate committee, barney frank, doing the west ring, closed press meeting with the president. trying to figure out a way forward. of course, the idea here is to crack down on the wall street casino, as some people have called it, how to wind down some of these banks that failed without having to go to the taxpayer for a bailout. consumer protection agency, the house has what some regard as a much stronger provision, an inindependent agency and they create an agency within the federal reserve.

a lot of people regard that as a fox looking after a hen house and they are going to have to iron these things out. no time real soon, as the senate is now consumed with the health care debate, as kelly was just reporting. then a two-week break, then april at the earliest, perhaps may and into the summer, you guys. >> all right. mike at the white house for us this morning. and speaking of the white house, it was a late night there on the foreign policy front. binge minute netanyahu there for an evening meeting and then not leaving. >> they met until well into the night. we had president obama and prime minister netanyahu meeting from 3:30 5:30 to 7:00. this all has to do with how to jump-start the peace process. apparently netanyahu requested another sit down with president obama. the president comes and they have another 30-minute meeting. look, i'm told that things are

not bad but the meeting wasn't great. >> it wasn't a break through meeting? >> netanyahu came with a list of things that he was willing to do and it wasn't a bad list as far as the u.s. was concerned. they just don't know if they trust him to follow through with it once he gets home and that's what this morning is about. there is some hope that a process, at least, will be announced before he leaves the country. >> we'll get into more of all of this in a few minutes. of course, moving on to other domestic stories, troubled toyota's problems are mounting. not just on the road but in the courtroom. lawyers lining up to file big lawsuits that could extract millions from the car maker. this was not something that we didn't all foresee but this could be another huge problem for toyota, phil. >> reporter: a big problem. there are 118 class action suits that have been filed against toyota across the country. tomorrow, many of the lawyers representing those cases will be meeting in san diego where a

panel of judges will decide, a, do you consolidate these all into one giant national case and, if you do, where is that going to be heard? is it going to be with a certain judge in a certain district? and these cases range over a wide variety of topics. the residual value of my toyota dropped. i think toyota should pay me back. i want a complete refund of my vehicle and also people suing toyota in class action suits because they believe that the stock price fell because of these recalls. so all of these are going to be hashed out. it could be huge and potentially very damaging for toyota in terms of dollars. >> thank you phil lebeau for following this for us. we'll see how long this goes. a major recall to tell you about. the california company has issued a million babe sclings

after babies have suffocated. there is always caution when it comes to equipment used for babies. what happened here? >> we're talking about the infintino brand and in 2009 babies died because they laid too low in the sling. as a result, they literally got trapped between the sling and their mom and suffocated in the fabric. so the models involved are two of them. the sling writer and the company, rather, is saying, if you have one of these slings, cut this tag off that is right here. cut the tag off and mail it in to infintino. mail that in and they will give

you one of several replacement products. the bottom line is, over the last 20 years, 14 children have died in a variety of different slings, three in the last year made by this company. but the risk is that, while many mothers and parents say, listen, these are great ways to bond with your children and they are used the world over by millions of mothers, the risk is that if a child's face is not face up, then it is possible to suffocate and die. so regardless of what kind of sling you're using, make sure that the child's face is always face up. back to you guys. >> good reminder. tom costello reporting for us, thank you. to the weather. a spring storm and a colorado interstate was shut down yesterday. dozens of snow plows on the highways trying to clear lanes for drivers facing a commute.

i have to say we're enjoying springtime temperatures. it's hard to see those pictures. >> reporter: it really is. this is the second major storm for the denver area in less than a week. we're expected to see another two to four inches before it moves out of here later today. this is what has fallen from last night until now. something like eight to 14 inches in the denver metro area. 10 to 20 inches in the denver foothills. it is diminishing slightly heading to the south in southern colorado. they are getting the heaviest snow right now. by later in the week, though, it should be back up to warmer temperatures. something like the 50s. so it will feel like spring, again, march is the snowiest month for colorado. it's typical weather but not very pleasant when you're having the 60 some degrees and then this kind of snowfall. >> the good news, leanne,

reporting from colorado, it melts fast. >> it does. >> it's a big hub for airlines. forget firing up the treadmill. we've got the sobering statistics just out that may have you canceling your morning workout. >> if you're a woman, any way. what happens when two leaders meet behind closed doors but no pictures or statements are released? we'll get into that. plus -- >> these numbers are from the cbos. would you start dealing with the facts for once, david. >> out of government but never shy. the former bush adviser, karl rove. the president's schedule today, we told you about the poimt with chris dodd and representative frank. but also kerry and senator lugar. you're watching the daily run down on msnbc. hey!

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well, after watching democrats cheer the signing of health care reform, republicans made it clear they have no intention of letting this issue go and insist that they will be the ones celebrating come november. >> joining us now, karl rove, and senior adviser to president bush, the author of encouraging confidence. my life is a fight. he joins us from naples, florida. senator, let me start with health care and the republican strategy of what is going on in the senate. should republicans campaign in the fall on full-fledged repeal of health care? is that a good message strategy for the republicans? >> you know, i think it ought to

be broader than that. it ought to be repeal and replace and reform because this is not just about getting rid of bad things. this is about putting policy going in the right direction. and we're going to see, i suspect, this start to fight out in the fix-it reconciliation bill. you mentioned earlier in your program, there are a couple very substantive amendments being offered today. some are tone setting. chuck grassley saying that the members of congress and administration have to be covered under the new subsidy program, not allowed to be outside of it. but some are very substantive, like, let's get rid of the medical exchanges. and mccain saying, let's get all of these sweetheart deals out of here witness and for all. >> are you concerned about the whole idea of repeal versus the party of no message that democrats want to send, that the republican message in the fall will be too negative? >> look, i think the message is

going to be repeal and replace and reform. i don't think it's going to be a one word only. and i love the democrats. their immediate response was, we're going to be able to paint the republicans as the party of pro insurance companies. wait a minute. it's the democrat budget. excuse me. the bill that gives half a trillion in subsidies and ramping up full fledged in 2017. so if they want to -- it's the republicans that want competition and allow small businesses to pool their risk and allow people to take their insurance from them, from job to job and not be stuck in a job that they hate because they are afraid of losing their benefits. it's democrats that have $456 billion for insurance companies starting in 2014. >> i know you detest this health care bill. i think you used the world obnoxious to describe t setting aside the substance for a moment, as a political ta

tactician, something that was a decisive social issue, social security, tried and failed, what did you think they did right that you guys were not able to do? >> well, first thing is, they had a 60-40 majority in the senate when they started this and a 255-178 margin in the house. look, i tip my hat. i salute the president for having taken what he said during the campaign, in the second most widely shown tv ad and tossing that aside. the president attacked hillary clinton over mandates that was unamerican. it's at the core of this package. he attacked john mccain and one of the funders for this program. i appreciate how well the president was able to say everything that i said during the campaign. don't really pay attention to it and i'm willing to do something

else. and it was anybody. asked to take off their hat and admire and being able to have as many deals shoveled into these bills to facilitate the passage. even if they later had to take the corn husker look because of the outrage of the american people or step back from a union worker or nonunion worker, i mean, the white house use of political power, raw political power in cutting deals, offering bribes and pressuring people is pretty amazing. on the one hand, the white house was telling the newspapers, the president will reward time and democrats with primary challenges or even third party they did anything necessary to pass this bill. the only thing bipartisan about this bill was the opposition. >> wait a minute.

as for the individual mandates, some say that's an idea that began in the early '90s. mitt romney spoke about t they would argue that there are some republican ideas in this bill. you disagree? >> i disagree. look, for example, the president made a big deal in his televiced primetime address to congress on health care. saying, i've listened to you on tort reform. you know what? they've got a line here in the cbo letter in the effect of the cost to health care and it's zero over the entire ten years. zero. and the president -- this is a democratic bill. it has nearly half a trillion in subsidies for insurance companies and $340 billion and -- >> there's no public option. they seem to move the bill -- >> the absence of even badder

ideas does not make this a good deal. >> i want to write about something in your book. you titled it "what bipartisanship." i have to be honest with you, rahm emanuel could have written the same thing when they write their memoirs. bush wanted it to signal to gephardt. democrats had swiftly rejected bush's plan by early october. he was complaining about failures of bipartisanship, not only did not resip crate bush's gesture. i'll be honest, i read this and i'm going, this sounds like the obama relationship with john boehner and eric cantor in reverse where the white house sits there and says, they have done these things and boehner has not resip crated. >> let's give your viewers an understanding of the situation. in the aftermath of 911, we had

a meeting of dick on air force one flying back from an event to honor american united air crews. >> the president was making an argument that we needed a stimulus. he laid out the options for the stimulus, laid his cards out on the table. the number one priority was the thing that will give the quickest jolt is the cut in the tax rate. we need other things. the president listened to gephardt and said, drop our number one priority and pick up the priority because i want to signal to the democrats that i'm paying attention to them and listening to them in time of national unity and then what happened is, he immediately came out and attacked it. and, look, president obama has not done what president bush did. take no child left behind where the bill was drafted by ted

kennedy, george miller, two democrats, judd gregg, john boehner, and two republicans. where were the long sessions between republicans and democrats in the white house on the health care bill? the president met with republicans and democrats on march 5, 2009. the next substantive meeting that he has is 51 weeks later. you can't go that way. >> that's true. he did spend a whole summer, the congress did, and the senate finance committee, doing bipartisan meetings. >> and basically the senate democrats said, we're not going to pay any attention to those negotiations and the white house paid no role. it did not give any signal that was bound by them. the white house is going to be involved in this. they can't be sitting there on the side lines. and we'll make a bipartisan by hoping that a republican votes

for them. >> but to chuck's larger point, you are not seriously contending that partisanship is exclusive to democrats, right? you're not saying that. i think his point was, this goes both ways. >> well, yeah. but my point is, you have to work at it. and i'm not seeing this president work at it. i had a meeting with a high ranking official on the stimulus bill and he was amazed that they were not in favor of the stimulus bill. i said, what officials met with him and talked about incorporating their ideas into the bill? he said, really, i guess none. well, you can't do that. the president has got to have people in the room to say, what is it that we can do so we buy into this? bush got the tax cuts passed with 25% of democrats voting for it. he got no child left behind and homeland security bill and energy bill and patriot act all with bipartisan majorities because he worked at it. if he wants to have bipartisanship, it's going to

require him to be personally engaged and make sure that these bills are not written on the hill with no republican input. i want to do a quick -- we're running out of time here. i want to do a quick political lightning round. you got your start in the state of utah. they went through this caucus last night. i'm not asking who you think is going to -- should win out there. how is bob bennett going to survive this? >> well, it's a very convoluted process. it's only gotten more convoluted in utah. now we're going to end up going into a primary. we're going to see what happens. >> is bob bennett a liberal republican? >> i went out and campaigned for him and i don't campaign for liberals. >> let's talk about the tea party. there was language used that was apologized to for. to the point that they are equated with the republican party, is that a concern for you because the republican party does not control the tea party?

>> right. look, these movements, this tea party movement is largely novices, unsophisticated people and sometimes the rhetoric is raw and angry. the upside is that a large amount of people have been motivated by deep concern about our country to get involved in politics. if you look at the beginning of similar movements, whether it's the anti-war movement or civil war movement or pro life movement, there are angry things said, in retro sprekspect, a lo people realize is unfortunate here. >> his last name makes it a difficult hurdle. what say you? >> i say that you the decision whether or not to become a candidate is up to jeb bush and i've heard that he's happy with his life. >> and you don't think he's going to run? >> i don't. >> okay.

then before -- >> the best leaders of the republican party, and i hope he continues to speak out and lead, but i know that he likes his life. he's served eight years as governor. i think he's content with what he's doing right now. >> okay. and lastly, we know you're a street fighter but we talked a lot about bipartisanship. how do you feel you're contributing to an atmosphere that fosters bipartisanship? >> well, you know, i'm trying to be a commentator on a cable network of yours and trying to give people an informed view of what is going on there. but i'm also allowed, because i'm a commentator, not a journalist. but chuck todd and i share a lot in common. before we leave, i want to say something about that. i'm trying to do my part to inform people and at the same time keeping my right as an american to speak out on the issues. >> okay. >> all right. karl rove, thank you. >> thank you for coming on. >> chuck, i want to compliment you. you and i share something in

common. we have a face for radio. you do better than i do because you have the facial thing going and you're paired with a fantastic co-anchor which covers up all of the problems that you and i might have in appearing on television. >> the facial hair covers up that chin. >> exactly. >> thanks for coming up. >> good luck with the tour. >> take care. >> all right. coming up, president obama's education secretary comes under fire and oprah escapes her date in court. >> but, first, washington speak. >> ah, the f bomb. the vice president, just the latest add to political f-bombs. dick cheney to leahy. >> and karl rove's book reveals an f bomb from then governor bush when talking with bob

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other rare but serious side effects may occur. it's 9:32 on the east coast and 6:32 in the west. duncan is being questioned about -- duncan kept a vip list of local politicians and business leaders who tried to win their kids' admissions to the elite public schools. >> pope benedict has accepted the resignation of john mcgee,

the 73-year-old bishop accused of mishandling reports of sex abuse by priests. he once served as personal secretary to three popes. oprah winfrey has settled a lawsuit filed by the former head mistress of her girl's school in africa. she claims that oprah defamed her in remarks amid the sex abuse scandal. the trial had been expected to start soon. and new rules in the nfl starting next season. if a team wins the overtime coin toss and gets a field goal, the other team gets the ball. >> can i just say -- and i said this on twitter yesterday, you know, overtime is also a pre-existing condition in the regular season. so this idea of trying to carve out special rules for the playoffs -- >> only you can make that link with the health care language. >> i tried to do that. come on, rich. i know you work for the nfl network but, come on, that's a ridiculous thing. >> last night karl rove endorsed the senator bob bennett but republican senator bob bennett

does face a real risk of being knocked off the ballot which challengers with grassroots support who say that he's not conservative enough. the threat is serious enough that bennett flew home to the health care debate. he flew home yesterday to caucus and talked about his prospects. take a listen. >> there's a lot of anger, frustration, frustration with washington. a lot of voters are -- who have been my supporters in the past have now said, yeah, but you were there when all of these things happened and we want somebody new. >> in an effort, bennett announced that he will co-sponsor legislation introduced by jim demint to repeal the health care bill. it's still early in utah and there's still precious information in utah in how they did against bennett. we should have more results tomorrow but i can tell you this, this whole -- remember, it's a complicated process.

these caucus are electing delegates to go to the state republican convention and it's there. he may not be able to ever face the voters here. it's literally a process that can get completely hijacked by a few thousand activists. it's probably as undemocratic as a process as you can think of. that's what is taking place in utah. >> chuck, thanks. coming up, what happened when benjamin netanyahu arrived at the white house and stayed longer than planned. and what the health care law does to restaurants. the sweeping changes that could have you bypassing the dessert cart, or at least wishing that you had. first, the nsa established a language analysis office in 2006. in which state, because residents there had an ununusual proficiency in foreign language? the answer ahead on "the daily run down." as the weather warms, walgreens and the makers of zyrtec...

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a quick look at what is driving the day. >> president obama will sign an executive order on abortion fundinging. he signed the bill to get anti-abortion democrats to vote yes on the health care bill. at the same time, the senate is debating a package of fixes. kind of like poison pills, people call them. and this morning rng the national urban league will release their report. the report is showing that african nern americans are

gaining strengths in equality but still lack health insurance. a major medical study has tough news for women of weight loss. it turns out once women gain weight, it's nearly impossible to lose it. and women need to exercise at least one hour a day just to keep their weight stable. >> joining us now for more on this depressing study for a lot of people, i assume it's not as good for men either as chief science correspondent robert brazelle -- >> this is such a down ner. can we talk about health care reform? >> no, please, bob, please depress us. >> i can't imagine that it's easy for men either. >> can i talk about how medicare is going to change med a kad and -- >> you're wanting to not talk about it just confirms that this is really bad for women. >> this is a study called the women health initiatives, which

is a study where women age was 51 years of age, some quite a bit older. it found that women who are middle-aged and older, exercise by itself in the quantities that most people do it does not do anything for weight loss. it found that women who even exercise an hour a day every day, if they were already a little bit over weight and i mean just a little bit overweight, they kept gaining weight over the steady period on average. the only people where exercise seemed to keep in check in that age group were people already thin to start with. so if you were thin to we begin with in your 50s and 60s, exercise could help you stay that way. but exercise with the standard american diet does not do anything to stop weight gain. and that's the end of that story. >> and you know as you're talking we're showing these pick pictures of women on treadmills literally going nowhere and it's

a great metaphor because apparently it doesn't do much for you. >> those women that we're seeing on the treadmill are much younger. this was not a study on younger women. in downyounger women, there's a metabolism change and probably men, too, as they get older. this was not a study of men. when we look at those pictures in the gym, you see women in their 20s and 30s. this is about middle-aged women. the most important thing n. this depressing story, is it does not say that exercise is a bad thing. the women, number one, might have gained more weight if they didn't have a need to exercise. >> don't be surprised if you are not losing weight? >> yes. but if exercise were a pill, it would be the magic pill that cures almost everything, or reduces your risk for almost

everything, for heart disease, breast cancer, alzheimer's disease. exercise is the most important thing that you can do with your body. so don't stop exercising because of this study. >> and real quickly, i want to talk about health care reform. the menus, health care reform requires menus at restaurants to disclose calorie count? >> it requires for restaurants, for chain restaurants, to disclose that information. but if you look at a cheeseburger with bacon on a menu and you realize it has 2,000 calories, which is all you need for the entire day, in this cheeseburger, you take a second thought about it. it's not forcing anybody to do anything. but it is providing very important information. >> well, you know what you won't do, try to exercise it off. >> it would take about five days of exercise to exercise off 2,000 calorie cheeseburger. >> there you go. >> go away. you're like the angel of doom.

>> yes. >> thank you, we think. check in with us later. >> all right. >> bye. >> we have the national security agency in 2006 establishing a language analysis office in what state because residents there had an unusual proficiency in foreign language? >> it's utah. the amount of people that do overseas missions for the mormon church, that's a state where a lot of people speak foreign language. what happened during the president's closed-door meetings, plural, with benjamin netanyahu. and, first, the white house soup of the day, a military theme. >> you never go wrong. ♪ in the navy >> the army has got to have a good beam named after them.

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the daily flashback. pink floyd unleashes songs like brain damage. and also sparked the totally insane idea that you can play "dark side of the moon kw" as you're watching the wizard of oz. let's just say i tried it and it doesn't work. >> you keep trying it and trying it -- >> you started when the lion roars and guess what? it doesn't work. >> okay. >> shocker. >> let's go on. >> moving on. no cameras, no handshake, no white house statement. just closed door meetings between the president and netanyahu and the relations may be worst off than when netanyahu

arrived? >> america has been watchinging th this. what a story. >> they had a meeting at 5:30, none of the unusual photo op's. it was all behind closed door ands and then requested another meeting until 9:00. and then the advisers stayed behind until 1:00 in the morning. so something is going on but we're not being told what it is. and that's not necessarily a good sign. >> but a total rarity, because usually, god gles them, the israelis are usually the first one to give readouts. they are trying to shape a story particularly in the american press quicker sometimes, than the white house wants to do it, whether it was the bush white house or this white house. but netanyahu feels the -- the pressure is on him. with britain and the ousting of

the diplomat there -- >> it's been a bad week. britain, in case you didn't know this story, an israeli diplomat discovered that 12 british passports were forged in the assassination of a hamas leader in a dubai hotel. >> that's the thing we all had video of. >> by the way, talking of flashbacks, because it's still on my mind. this is exactly more or less what happened in 1996 when prime minister of israel fell out with bill clinton over settlements, guess what? a botched assassination, this time with forged canadian assets. >> to quote eecclesiastes, nothing new under the sun. explain why such a difficult predicament.

he's got foreign issues but opponents at home driving him right. >> there's this pure proportion representation, which means anyone who gets a small number of votes can have the political party and make up the ruling coalition. the tiny little party holds the balance of power and controls the interior ministry. what does that control? celticsments. ? he's saying, look, this party -- if i say no to this party, my coalition will fall. we'll going to have to have new elections. that's the last thing you want. there must be something in the mix of the discussions between him and barack obama that said you've got to put pressure on coalition partners. settlements are holding this up. >> if he leaves here with something. i was told he brought a detailed list of what he wanted to do. the white house was unimpressed with what he wanted to do. they don't trust he'll do it when he goes home. >> he needs to come up with language that satisfies coalition partners and the white house and palestinians.

this is the name of the game. obstructive ambiguity. >> ambiguity. >> it hasn't worked. in a way, i think the problem obama has got with the israelis is the similar problem to what dragged out the whole health care debate. may i not be the one to bring up health care again. up to you, congress. you set the parameters. up to israelis and palestinians to set the parameters. the white house said right at the beginning, this is where we're heading, the light at the end of the tunnel. we've got to try and get there. by keeping it all vague, they have slightly lost the ball. >> they are going to come back? is that what you're saying? >> i think so. obama is on fire and i wouldn't be surprised if shall -- some of that fire was directed at israelis. >> meet the chicago kid on his way to pulling off an impossible

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all right. before we go, we take a dip in the shallow end. cheese was the operative word during the health care signing. the white house was snapped with giddy supporters snapping pictures. perhaps the vice president summed it up best. no, not that sound bite, this one. >> mr. president, i think we've got a happy room here. >> there you go. march madness while most of us are mourning our shattered brackets, there's a teenager in illinois whose picks are absolutely perfect.

alex, who has autism has really beaten the odds. the chance of picking all 48 in the first round correctly is one in 15 million. he picks purdue to win it all, where his brother went to school. it was the one time he didn't statistically examine who should win there. you know what, go boilermakers. >> come up "the daily rundown." >> diminsh. >> 1:00, "andrea mitchell reports." we will see you tomorrow. [ female announcer ] around $10 can fill a nice enough basket at a national drugstore. but at walmart, the same $10 can buy so much more. ♪ more easter in your basket -- that's worth hopping in for. save money. live better. walmart. increase in 6 months. pete, back it up!

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