benjamin netanyahu at the white house. it comes as the u.s. and britain urge not to take military action. the latest on israel and i ran in a few minutes. first, to politics and the fall out from rick santorum's controversial comments this weekend about president obama starting with an take on the president's values. >> it's not about you. it's not about your quality of life. it's not about your jobs. it's about some phony ideal. some phony theology. not based on the bible, different, but no less a theology. that was followed by an take on the president's health care overall. requiring insurers to pay for prenatal testing promotes abortion. >> a lot of prenatal tests are

done to identify deformitiedefo. >> many people are saying he's been treated like the front-runner. if he weren't, these comments would get attention. this is eyebrow raising no matter where he stands. >> the campaign with as limited infrastructure as he has, some have accused him of winging it. he can take at length. other campaigns might have a more focused message and know where they want to go with these things. he leaves his surrogates strog defend those comments. having to go on television and walk back them. he defended the prenatal comments. something that could help in some very conservative state, but it's going to give some in the establishment some pause when they want to make that

elect ability argument. that could hurt him. >> you have a number of articles on whether women will support rick santorum, politico is one of the sources out there showing perhaps a gender gap that we saw with newt gingrich as well. i believe it was in florida where women started to shift away. are we seeing that with rick santorum? >> he has a double edge here that he likes to talk about. he's able to connect a bit more on these blue collar values. he lived a pretty modest life. he's not as rich as these other guys are. still made a pretty good salary in the last couple of years. he's able to connect a little more on that. with women, you're right, i think if you're looking at a general election among independent, some of these comment whence swhences when ito

contraception, and foster friess on "andrea mitchell reports" raised some eyebrows. you've had three or four days of these comments that could turn off women. >> thank you. let's bring in our political panel. thank you all for joining us. ann, i want to start off with you. foster friess made that now infamous bayer aspirin comment. just a few minutes ago, alex stewart says it was a slip of the tongue. she misspoke but she was trying to defend santorum's comments on radical energy policy but somehow said radical islamic. let me play what she said. >> as he said, he's clarified the statement. he was talking about radical environmentists.

there was a type of se cue larism when it comes to the global warmist. it was referring to the president's policies in turm of the radical islamic policies has. >> you had foster friess say it was a joke. domineco said with limited infrastructure, if rick santorum is gone off message and his surrogates get him in deeper mess here, what are we to make here? >> i expect we're going to here more from alex stewart apologizing about those remarks. there will be controversy theoryist thinking it was a message she was trying to get out or on the mind of the santorum campaign when talking about president obama. i think there's a base in the republican party that this isn't going to bother. it might even work for. as you take a look at the more moderate republicans that either side needs to win, those

comments will alienate the middle and fire up the left. i think you'll see him trying to walk it back. >> chip, let me bring you in. politic politico points that rick santorum is losing women voters. in a head to head match up, he's getting 29% of women in national gop race. is he -- these comments going with upsetting women in your party? >> i think rick santorum did very well with women when he was senator and ran in his races. >> he lost 22%. he lost in 2006. >> he got blown out by 18 points. i was talking about his early races. he's become the front-runner. people are just starting to take a look, these are the comments they are seeing and he's not great. i know alex stewart a long time. she's great. she does a wonderful job.

i take her at her absolute word. that was a misspoke. unfortunately we're having to talk about it today. >> you're right. we'll take her at her word but to ann's point you have people out there that will say really was it a misspeak when -- it hasn't been three days since foster friess said it was a joke and if this is sloppy work or accidents, we all misspeak and make mistakes. you don't misspeak and refer to radical islamism with the president. >> if this was a stand alone, and three days foster friess, i think it would be an oops. you pile all those on and you're off message not om for the day but off message for the week. >> you're right, i think. you have now mitt romney seeking the help of mr. new york, donald trump.

he says the romney campaign contacted him and he's assisting in michigan. many people thought it was a one-hit wonder. we would not see donald trump and mitt romney again. now he's acting as surrogate. what do you make. donald trump says the democrats are salivating for him to get this nomination. >> how is it that i had to send donald trump into michigan to try to save my bacon. look, i'm one of those people who think mitt romney will be the nominee, and i think he's got a pretty good shot at saving himself and pulling out a win in michigan next week. the fact that it's even a question and the fact that he's losing in the polls right now to a guy like rick santorum, who is

emboding all that is extreme about the republican party says so much about mitt romney's shortcomings as a candidate. he's got to do something pretty soon to make people feel good about himself because all he's been doing so far throughout this campaign is throwing a lot of money at making people feel worse about the other guy. he's got no shot with independents if he makes the general election. >> chip, let me bring you in with bringing in your heavy hitter in your home state is donald trump. what do you make of this move by mitt romney? >> he has a star appeal. he'll get big crowds and people in the media like us will cover it. more importantly, we had chuck norris a few years ago. he was our big hitter.

four years ago we thought we had a shot at taking on mitt romney in michigan. this is not the most uncommon thing in the world. does mitt romney have a lot of work to do? you bet. i think at tehe end of the day he's going to do that. i think we saw a poll showing him inching up. he's got to hit it home and stay positive. >> ann, i want to get you back in on the idea that women may be turned off by what they're hearing from rick santorum, even republican women. do you believe there's some traction with this story line? >> well, there could be. i think that chip's right. people who are just tuning in now are seeing these comments. i think the santorum campaign will have to work very hard to redefine itself rapidly in the eyes om women, men, moderate republicans heading into the michigan primary. >> thank you so much. great having you on. hope to see you soon. more on the breaking news we

told you about. the white house says president obama will meet with benjamin netanyahu in washington. the visit is expected on march 5th. this comes after an intense war of words. stephanie, obviously this is big news hearing of this trip and knowing the united states and britain trying to pressure israel not to attack iran. >> reporter: that's right. there have been some word oefrs the last couple of days putting the pressure on israeli leaders. you had the chief of staff saying an attack would destabilize the area. sanctions and diplomatic pressure need be given an opportunity to work. he also said that a nuclear iran

could spark an arms race in this part of the world, a very dangerous arms race. that goes a bit towards what's happening in tehran. they are there. they are hoping to meet with nuclear scientists. they are hoping to go to some nuclear facilities and set up future meetings and future schedule for themselves. how much of that is going to be done? there's a lot of skeptics on the progress. it is some diplomatic movement in iran. >> thank you. stephanie gosk. joining me now is jim. you're your reaction. >> i think it's a huge development. i think iran will be topic number one where they will discuss the likelihood of an attack or the possibility of an attack. i think the thing that gets loss is that discussion of an attack

is a diplomatic chip right now. there's huge doubt that israel is able to carry out an attack. a lot of the words is diplomatic bargaining chips even to this day. >> you make a great point that within israel there's a debate over sanctions versus an attack. beyond the strategic effort, the conversation is not settled in that nation. >> there's huge doubt whether a military strike can be successful. just how destabilizing an attempt that the strike would be whether or not israeli jet ks make it to the dozens of sites that need to be taking out or how long those sites would be taken out, the two to three years necessary to consider a strike successful and whether or not the united states would be drawn in to finish the job, which something the united states doesn't want to have

anything to do. >> the other thing is what i call the oil chip. people talking about oil prices. >> you have to look also the degree to which iran is acting out and is using some of their threats of ending oil sales to certain countries. if you'll notice, it only counts for 1 or 3% of the sales to those countries. iran has not said they are cutting off oil sales to the countries they supply. >> what should we be watching for as the clock ticks for this big meeting on march 5? >> the thing to watch for is when we start preparing for a nuclear iran. that's the big question. whether or not anything in the united states, israel or diplomatically can be done to stop. >> thank you. mitt romney spent saturday

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these avalanches? >> well, it was a skier, one of those skiers that headed out into the back country that triggered the avalanche. there's were a dozen skiers. there wasn't a high risk of avalanche, but as the day went on that happened. in parts of the west this is the biggest avalanche threat they have seen in 30 years. a very dangerous situation in some places because there hasn't been a lot of snow in some places this year. when you get on top of it, it can trigger the avalanches. many of the skiers were able to sk dig out. there were three men that were unable to. their friends did dig them occuout. they did cpr, but they were delayed dead on the mountain. critics say rick santorum's

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the republican presidential candidate is being criticizes for using millions of dollars in pork or earmarks to help cover the cost of the games. ist we knows rick santorum calls this a bailout. what do the facts show? >> tamron, mitt romney has long been credited with helping to save those 2002 olympic games from a financial crisis. the last thing he expected is he would find himself on the defensive over how he did it. >> is this is great show or what? >> the 2002 salt lake city olympic wrs a spectacular event. >> got a little trouble, i said this is an opportunity to make a difference. >> romney had been tapped in 1999 to rescue the salt lake organizing committee which was engulfed in a bribery scandal. >> mitt described it like stepping into an everyonety

elevator shaft. >> he says romney saved the game, recruiting new sponsors, slashing costs and ending lavic boardroom lunches. >> he bought a pizza and cut it into eight slices. >> while he cut expenses, he embraced big federal subsidies that cost taxpayers $1.5 billion, more than twice the amount spent on any previous u.s. olympics. >> what they hosted and funded by salt lake city began in corruption and bribery has turned into an incredible pork barrel project. >> hundreds of millions of dollars were showed for new highways and roads to ski resorts. light rail and parking lot, unprecedented security, housing, even whether forecasting.

>> there was not a federal bailout. it was planned for years. >> in a letter he defending the spending saying it was appropriate. these letters show he pushed for more and touted how much federal money he got. >> i was successful in doing that. got record funds from the federal government. >> now running for president, he has a different message. >> i'm in favor of ban on earmarks. i think spending in washington is out of control. >> romney campaign officials say the majority of funds was for security. noting that the games took place just months after 9/11. under romney's leadership it turned the deficit into the a $100 million profit. it put him on the stage and served as a spring board for his political career. now, as you mentioned, romney

was out there celebrating the 10th anniversary. while he was there, a film crew from his super pac's, "restore our future," cutting footage for tv ads promoting romney's role in the olympics. it's fair to say the debate over what happened in salt lake city and how he handled that will continue. >> you can bet it will be brought up. there's another republican debate this week. we'll see if rick santorum tries to him him hard with the bailout accusation that he's making. thank you. great pleasure. there's word that china and russia may be changing their portion on syria after vetoing a plan to stop violence against protesters. given the string of comments by santorum and just yesterday saying prenatal testing leads to abortion. can santorum win over women

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will soon rick santorum san's rise be brought down by women voters. polls show what could be a gender gap problem for the senator. russia and china appear to change their stance on syria after two days of massive protest. the winner is. a new report on the lack of diversity of those who pick the best of loyal may show the academy is on the losing end when it comes to including women and minorities. one of the writers who dug up the numbers will join us live. plus. all i need to say is he's back. more now on the gop presidential race.

specifically a question who's posed today by the philadelphia columnist, john bayer. how did we get to where we are with rick santorum? that was his question. to talk about it is columnist john bayer. he's live on the phone. >> thanks for having me. >> here is a thought for president's day, did you just shiver. that's your start. some might say what's your beef? >> pennsylvanians know rick santorum well. a lot of pennsylvanians are asking that question. what is the deal. why do they appear to be willing to nominate someone when he was in the senate, the number three man in the senate lost him home stalt by 17.4%, a blow out. the largest loss of any

incumbent republican. now he seems to be positioned to win the nomination of his party for president. i think a lot of pennsylvanians don't get it. >> you say you wrote him off after his strong showing in iowa. you wrote him off after iowa, but he kept going. >> i did write him off. the reason i did at that time is now that national media will take a closer look. that didn't happen. with the sub kwent primaries he finished no better than third. suddenly he was back in the game. now, i think finally, people are starting to listen to what he says. when you listen, you get things like talking about prenatal testing or abortion and contraception or something's phony theology.

these are not issues i believe a majority of the mirn people want to focus a presidential campaign on. they might be great issues for university chap or sunday forum at your local church. they are not the issues that are driving the voting public. i think the party is in a bad place to assume they are. >> you have people that turn out to these rallies and they say rick santorum is the every man. they believe he is relatable. they relate to the direction he would like to see this country go. perhaps not on every issue as in the ban of contraceptions even though he said he would never vote for anything like that. there has to be something more than anybody but mitt romney stating exactly that the things that you've named that have recently been heavily discussed regarding rick santorum and his views. >> there's no question. i've been surprised by the fact that he hasn't cashed in more on

his own background. he talks about his grandfather working in the coal mines. he talks about his humble beginnings. he's not an every man anymore since he left the united states senate. he's made an awful lot of money working for companies and industries that benefit from thing he is sponsored when in the senate. everywhere you look you see reasons to challenge the sort of every man approach. people forget, he's very involved in the cay street project, the lobbying project that spent jack abram off to prison. there's a whole history about rick santorum that hasn't gotten a full blown look. i think when it does, the party will have to look elsewhere. >> thank you for coming on. more now on whether women will vote for rick santorum in the face of a series of recent comments. those include standing by his opposition to contraception and suggesting women in the military

should not be allowed to serve in combat roles. kim gandy said regardless of whether republican women like some of his policy, i think i that will turned o off by his judgmental stand they won't be able to vote for him. kim joinenis us now. there are other republican women who are quoted in here who support rick santorum and standby him and believe these vz your view are seeing it wrong or are just wrong. >> n doubt that's the case. the key thing is that women's votes will be critical in this election. women are more likely to vote than men. women are larger percentage of the electorate. women are supportive of protecting the environment, all

areas in which rick santorum is on the wrong side of the vast majority of women, republican, democrat, independent, doesn't matter. >> former pennsylvania representative who is a republican is quoted in this piece where you're featured and she says regarding his strong message on jobs that will win women voters back on track. things in there that can be of concern for working women and working mothers. she insists the economy and his message about the economy that will rule the day. he's being painted as a culture warrior and he may be enjoying that title. >> if your idea of putting men back to work is sending women home because they have to home school their kids because there are no public schools, i suppose that could be a jobs program. it's a pretty extreme one.

frankly, he's not doing well with women for a very good reason, and that's going to be trouble for the republican party, if that's who they nominate. >> this new cnn poll shows he's not doing well. there could be a gender gap, but there's no definitive number he's bleeding women support right now. >> he does have a significant gender gap against him. mitt romney had a significant gender gap in his favor. >> thank you. we appreciate your time. tomorrow, a leading ob/gyn will join me to talk about what she says is the importance of neo-natal care to pregnant women and challenge what rick santorum says regarding prenatal testing leading to more abortions. what she has to say. she's one of leading doctors out there. a possible shift by china and russia on syria. tos a look at stories around our

nation today. there were signs that china and russia's position could be changing. the to countries vetoed a arab peace plan last month. it comes as arizona senator is calling for the u.s. to provide more help. european union ministers are close to agreeing on a rescue package for greece. all the parties know what they have to do. greece needs the $170 billion bailout in order to avoid bankruptcy next month. the greek government continued with severe measures today. the parliament is voting on two pieces of emergency legislation including wage and pension cuts. did kwlou know today marks a smile stone in space exploration

history. 50 years ago on this day a marine colonel became the first to go into space. glen hurdled into space inside friendship 7. in just over five hours he circled the planet three times. it flight signalled america's push to catch up with the soviet union in the space race. it's been a long time since we seen each other. we were at the final shuttle launch there. today is a day of celebration, but reflection on what our space program needs to do next. >> i still have your chair warm f for you down here. >> thank you. >> this was out of 166 flights that we've had, as i had the pleasure of covering them all,

this was the most exciting one. it took place 50 years ago and it took place when gasoline was selling for 31 cents a gallon and the average income was $6,000 a year and the average price of a home was $15,000. >> that's a lot of perspective. talk to me about things we take for granted, which would be the dangers that glen faced and the uncertainty of this program. >> think of the nicest, most moral religious person you ku and put him on to of a rocket that blew up as often as it went. that's what we had. that's why it was exciting. once it was accomplished that america was in orbit, it laid the foundation to put us on the moon and beat the russians there. the act by itself brought us close to where the russians were at the time.

>> we're almost out of town. i have to ask what john glenn thinks of the space program. >> he was very upset. he went to see president obama and tried to get the shuttle program continued until we had another spacecraft by american astronauts. for a person who did so much to get america even with russia, it sort of sticks in his craw that we're having to fire our astronauts to the international space station on russian spaceships. they have us on schedule now to build a new heavy lift rocket and also to start carrying the restaurants back to the international space station. if there's no interruptions and they're going to stay in this tight budget, i think they can do it, then we should be back in space with american astronauts in 2016, no later than 2017 .

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coming up at the to of the hour, what a weekend for rick santorum with more controversial comments today and a poll showing him pulling away from mitt romney. how jeremy lin's only has prompted some old fashion american soul searching. who will choose the winners of this weekend's academy awards. the identifies are closely guarded secret. a new los angeles time study examines the make up of the

academy by race and gender. it finds the academy is much more diverse than the oscar viewing audience. joining me now is nicole, film writer for the l.a. times. it's not just about the idea of there being limited diversity. it's about who these people are. many of them are not the makes you think would be judging such an important event for hollywood. >> we have the academy luminaries like clint eastwood. we have eric estrada from "chips" and quite a few other sbr celebrities. you get your membership and you keep it for life. when someone was first allowed,

they were high, if you will, in the pool of hollywood stars and many of them end up falling down. >> yeah, that's true. hollywood is a dangerous game to play. it's very hard to have a career for a long period of time. we did find a lot of people who were very successful early on and weren't able to maintain that throughout the years. that's the whole game of fame, isn't it? >> in your article you point out 94% of the members are white. 77% are male. i believe what is it like 5,000 members or so. >> it's 5,767 total. >> it's no secret, the oscars has been criticized in the past for a lack of diversity. the director of "hurt locker" talk about the struggles as a female. it's also about gender. why is it sorely lacking,

there's no diversity here? >> it's a very insular business. training starts at the ground floor. people bring in people that they know. it's acted like an exclusive club for a lot of years. >> exclusive in a negative way. if we were talking about a country club with these same numbers the, people would be outraged. >> they would be. it's interesting what the response has been so far. as far as with the female component, in the visual effects branch, it's 95% and higher male. i think the subset has always pulled from men. i don't know why they think men can operate cameras better, but they do. >> i don't know why because the camera operator just crashed mine. i'm kidding. what is the official response from the academy to your report? >> they participated. we interviewed them and showed them our findings. they want to make the academy

more diverse. they argue that they have one hand tied behind their back because they are pulling from an industry that's predominantly white. at the same token, 98% of the executive branch is white. they're the leaders of the industry. they've got to look at themselves too. >> thank you very much. i greatly appreciate it. moving on, snl spoofs the week of lin-sanity. coming back from lindsay lohan and colbert resumes. i've got a little time for you. i'll let you run with all three. >> as you mentioned, you have to talk about the lin-sanity and snl took a swipe at all of this kind of absurdity that's going on with the headlines. i know you have a clip of that, i think. >> let's play it. >> i think there's something glaring that we're overlooking.

what's going to happen when carmello comes back. >> i hope he likes chinese in his msg. >> a part of that spoof they had someone saying things as derogatory as african-american. it was showing how some people think it's fair game to say off things about one group or the other. let me move you onto lindsay lohan. >> lindsay lohan will be back. we haven't seen much of her lately unless you picked up playboy and you saw a lot of her a couple of months ago. she will be back. she's hosting on march 3rd. this will be great for her. people want to see her back acting, doing what she's really known for. what we want to see her do. they really have been good to her. >> stephen colbert resumes taping today.

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