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student delegates applications are due on january 25 and whoever wants to kill karissa and my seat, ush be excited to do so. you can turn in applications to peter at 1319 market street and go on www.yesf.org/youth vote to find more information about the application. a reminder about the bank of america high school scholarship program, and you get to spend the summer in d.c. and that is also due on january 25 and for more information go on bankofamerica.com/neistudentlea ders. that's it. president yee: thank you for your report, student dell gas. again, if anybody is interested in being in their positions next year, please apply. this is really a great opportunity for the high school students to be at this meeting and participate at this level. i think. are you excited? >> yes. it's a good thing to do. president yee: ok, parent advisory council report. representatives? >> good afternoon, everybody. congratulations, norman, president norman yee and rachel norton. i just want to say, i don't know you that well but i preebt the way that you handled the meeting and everything and you coming

[ applause ] >> i would echo a lot of what you already heard, this is a critical ush uand an issue unfortunately leadership currently isn't willing to tackle. it's a complex issue and we need individuals that are willing to use political capital as president bush was willing to do, to take this on and to find real solutions that address both the issue of illegal immigration, and a pathway to legal immigration. when we talk about immigration, it's very charged emotionally, and for me, it harkens back to president reagan. some of my earliest political memories were of president reagan and i was a little kid and what i remember about him was his positiveism. he had this vision of our nation that was a shining city upon a hill. later on i went back and i looked up what that meant, and i found his farewell address, his final words to our nation from the oval office in january, as he was about to leave his presidency. an i brought them with me because i think they set a good tone for this issue. he said, "and that's about all i have to say for tonight except for one thing, the past few days i've been

parks, recreation facilities, all of the things we expect in terms of how do we turn tyson's into an ushacepposed to an office park. >> 75% of the growth will be within a half mile of those new metro stations. julie carrie will have a closer look at the plan coming up at 6:00. >>> relief is on the way for metro riders tired of battling those broken escalators. major improvements are slated for dupont circle before riders can ride problem free, they're going to have to spend eight months putting their feet to good use. >> reporter: some of the blue construction fencing is already up. next week, the whole on the southern end will close. it's both bad and good news. there are 588 separate escalators in the sprawling and aging metro system. problems are frequent. passengers at lafont plaza spilled out in panic when escalators speeded up and suddenly stopped. metro has a major effort to now replace 94 of the worst escalators. the south entrance at dupont circle is next. >> these are among the least reliable escalators in the entire system. given their lengths and disability to keep them in se

overall you have your delays as ush on from manassas -- as usual from manassas to centreville. coming up in my next report, we'll go into maryland at 6:25. >>> 6:17 now. at the top of the hour, the polls open in florida for the state's presidential primary. >> it's the biggest state by far to hold the contest in the republican nomination battle. we go live to florida for a preview. claire sims from our partners at first coast news joins us this morning if jacksonville. mitt romney has a commanding league. newt gingrich says he's going to close that gap. what are the polls saying this morning, claire? >> reporter: good morning, andrea and mike. we're live in between two polling places in jacksonville. we have quite a fight because it's such a large district. right now romney we know that he's going -- he's ahead. gingrich says he's going to close that gap but here in jacksonville that might be a question. that's because we went and pulled the numbers from 2008 and here in jacksonville, the year that mccain won the nomination, romney did exceedingly well. he beat mccain almost 2-

so people ush susuch as myself e looking at candidates. looking forward to a positive message to create jobs in south carolina. >> when we talk about what happened out of iowa in horseshoes and hand grenades close works out great and works out well for rick santorum. how do you think he's going to do in south carolina? >> he'll be a strong candidate. actually he has family at hilton head, dan and missy santorum. we're proud of them. a great focus for senator santorum. the bottom line, we can't wait for all of the candidates to come. people of south carolina have truly been looking forward to this. and you've pointed out, this is the super bowl. this is the state. this is the primary. with over 500,000 people likely participating. it's a huge turnout that does pick the nominee of the republican party. >> political junkies, get your doritos ready. congressman joe wilson, thank you. nbc's david gregory will moderate the final presidential debate before tuesday's new hampshire primary. nbc news facebook debate airs sunday on nbc, special editi

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leave that alone and focus on the ush us. >> on many of the issues there aren't a lot of differences except on this question and yes this came up exploring the moon. >> i'll tell you, i do not want to be the country having gotten to the moon first, turned around and said it doesn't really matter, let the chinese dominate space ha do we care. >> i spent 25 years in business. if i had a business executive come to me and they wanted to spend a few hundred billion dollars to put a colony on the moon, would say you're fired. >> he owned that phrase and was blunt about hiswell. >> i'm proud of being successful and being in the free enterprise system that creates jobs. i'm not going to run from that. >> this was the 19th debate and it was really one of the best. maybe you got to have 19 to finally get it right. every one much those guys on that stage today, good job explaining their positions on the issues. that is not good news for newt gingrich. he needed a standout performance to suggest he alone could take on barack obama. he didn't have ha. >> what does he do now, jan? what does the gi

you sent me a note saying they didn't resolve the ush us of greece. >> no. they didn't. they agreed to a permanent e.u. bailout fund. that's at least is what investors are hopeful for. this is going to be three steps forward and two steps back with the european issue. all year we'll be talking about their political moves towards fixing their problems. there's a lot of headline risk when you talk about market. be careful. today at least you have futures up. we'll see if that -- >> bailouts. we'll be talking approximate that again. how he can sighting is that. >>> we'll talk about airlines. full disclosure on things, right? how many times have you gone to buy a ticket and it's $59 one way or $129 one way and then it's $312 when you get the bill. now there are new rules. the department of transportation will not allow the airlines to just post base fare and at the end of your checkout you realize there are taxes an fees. there's always an asterisk that there's adding taxes and fees. there's going to be for clarity. the airlines don't like it. it's not their taxes and fees t

this isn't exactly what people were ush wishing for, more laws, and regulation and i want to be controlledvernment. >> reporter: 800 average per state. everything from georgia saying you could drive golf carts on the road as long as you have a horn. utah banning happy hour all together. a lot of new laws by the way are dealing with distracted driving. states like pennsylvania and nevada pushing new very tough texting while driving laws. in north dakota, drivers under the age of 18 can't use a cell phone at all. across the country now, truckers and bus drivers who use any type of handheld device can face fines up to $2700. several states have new illegal immigration laws. alabama, tennessee, georgia, south carolina, cracking down on employers who hire illegals, making them now use e-verify to verify their immigration status. california giving illegals more rights, saying, expanding the d.r.e.a.m. act saying illegals who are actually raised here in california now have more access to scholarship money. and california we should note also has passed one of the most controversial laws in the cou

just kept ush ping but people kept persisting.t's really when the screaming started in the boat and everyone was screaming and that's when they said, all right, we need to go, we need to get this down. it was heartbreaking to see people still not being able to find a way out but then again, we were helpless just sitting in the boat knowing that our boat was already full. >> sounds horrific. also this morning, the captain of that ship was out of jail in the last hour. prosecutors are going to peel the judge's decision that meant the captain could be released from jail. now under house arrest. we're joined this morning by former navy zeal -- s.e.a.l. author of "the heart and the fist, the making of a navy s.e.a.l.." let me ask you a question about this rescue effort that we're hearing about now has been put on hold. at this point, is it even slightly realistic to think there could be survivor thons ship? >> at this point, soledad, it's really probably a recovery operation rather than a rescue operation. miracles are always possible

between newt and mitch -- mitt, is really hurting so i hope we get beyond that and i hope we get back on usharticularly economic issues and the obama economy. >> do you mean the process of primaries in general or in particular the number of debates. >> this year and the obvious thing to point to is so many debates, and when you have two candidates in particular going at each other in a pretty personal way, all of the debates magnify that and i think it's turning a lot of people off. >> is there an argument to be made if all this comes out early that then maybe it doesn't pain the next -- it doesn't put all the pressure on them later? >> somewhat, and i think it's good practice for the nominee, whoever it is, so i agree with that. but still i think, you know, that could have been gained with 12 debates, not 192 or wherever we're at now. >> david you and i both think we'd like to get on the issues and do the comparison between the path obama is taking us on versus the path that republicans take in the country on particularly the energy. you're the expert in terms of what this country really ha

ush you're talking long-term. good for you for doing this at anyone 23. >>> very good, carrie.nk this is our first alaskan call. lena, good morning. >> good morning. happy new year >> happy new year to you. your question? >> i was laid off about seven months ago. >> sorry to hear that. >> i've been living off my son's alaska fund dividend money. it's for his college education. when i become employed again, should i make paying them back a priority or start an emergency fund account should life changing events occur again? >> i'm sorry you lost your job too. the answer is you need do a combination of both. you need to save money for emergencies once you're reemployed, you also need to use your 401(k) plan once you're reemployed and pay it back. i would divide. save 10% of your money, 3% into 401(k) plan, 3% in emergency savings and 3% going into your paying it back for the college savings. it's the most important thing i can tell you. honestly, you need to prepare for your retirement and emergencies. the college savings plan should be the third priority. your child -- get your k