so don't tell me this is not a big deal. we have been in all number of ways it's a big deal. what is going on? one of the things that is happening is that in many ways big-time sports is exactly what it was in 1920. at the same. people are making the same complaints. their rules and football are just about the same in the rules and basketball are more or less the same. the rival race, if you want to talk about a rivalry like michigan or you take wisconsin badgers, these trademarks are older than most that we buy today. don't tell me that hasn't been around for a long time. in fact looking at minnesota versus wisconsin, they played football for all but one of the last 120 years, all but one. their football library outlasted two world wars and the great depression. they started their rivalry when benjamin harrison was presidents of these things last a long time. one thing that really changed is the technology of television. one of the things i did was to say, let's go and look at the chicago media market and go to the first weekend in october. how many football games do we see

normally this would have been the days he has big, big victories. these caucuses were to get well on the path. i think to a certain extent and i come back to santorum. and if he'd been the last guy standing and now he's going fight gingrich. both have to put real campaigns together to go the lang hall, ron paul is going to stick through until the skpebd he's going to have a voice. >> the gingrich campaign will say tonight this is a vote showing mitt romney is weak and their strategy to get to super tuesday is the way to go. it's rick santorum tonight. so your thought on newt gingrich's speech? >> that is what it showed the problem is that it's now wants rick santorum again. he's the second candidate to come back from the dead. newt which a lot of pund yits have written him off. he's back and it does show weaknesses but it is amazing really how santorum consolidated this. part is because he let santorum through the door. >> all right. thoughts on the status of the race heading towards other contents in the end. let's put this into perspective. santor

it is a big issue.taly is going to come in very low on its deficit. >> it will have to come in much lower than now in order for it to be safe. >> put up the spanish, you can see spanish yields again dropping dramatically, going back to levels of 2010 for the spanish yields. if they're going to use that carry trade, they better do it quickly. >> the banks are down, not up. you see the banks doing fairly well in europe you see this. >> they got to get the short-term bailout mechanism in place for europe and then you'll see it with the imf. that's the important thing for today. >> thanks for stopping by. we'll see you later. >> after bidding it up for many sessions and the big gains that we've seen, we're seeing energies and metals taking a pause because bu the bullish bets will cost the boards, they're at multi-month highs and we've seen 1 million contracts passed here. what we're seeing the stark numbers not a telestrator to show you but the numbers speak for themselves when you look at the pain at the p

>> the one in the middle. >> hey, the big one, okay? the big one in the back. >> that's me.t was me. >> her hair. >> hey, you in the '80s, on the other hand, were not as unattractive. >> well, i had to be. oh, you're right. i wasn't. i'd love to look like that again. that ain't going to happen. >> look at you and frank. >> oh, my god. that's the day we announced our engagement. oh my god. >> where did you announce it? >> on another network where we worked. >> oh, abc, okay. >> where we had worked. well, that's not so bad, is it? >> that's good. picture the difference -- >> we both had a lot more hair back then. look at the -- >> okay. you know what? you know what? if you were going to pull a split screen -- what happened to me, okay? i told you. hey, i was reporting still in the '80s with that kind of hair. and the shoulder pads and the lemon yellow blazers. >> the shoulder pads i remember. the big, big shoulder pads. >> look at that. oh, my gosh. you don't have to go to audio up. lemon yellow blazer! that is so ugly. okay, okay, okay. >> it's amazing you got on the air and

and is for big government.t is not for the values of the tea party and the conservative and it is republican base, and frankly, most american who is don't want government control of the energy sector, the manufacturing sector, the financial services sector, the health care sector. all of those, governor romney sided on the side of big government, instead of free people and a free economy. that's not a winning message in the general election. >> last thing, how much do you think the cal catholic back and forth with the obama administration has played into your campaigning and to perhaps this race, from now on? >> well, president of the united states has over stepped his constitutional authority. he is trampling on the most sacred right, the freedom of conscience. i don't think -- look, i predict they are going to backtrack. i predict they are going to fold their tent on this one. this simply can't stand. you know, this doesn't happen in america, not by a president who proclaims that he is religiously tolerant. t

and is for big government.t is not for the values of the tea party and the conservative and it is republican base, and frankly, most american who is don't want government control of the energy sector, the manufacturing sector, the financial services sector, the health care sector. all of those, governor romney sided on the side of big government, instead of free people and a free economy. that's not a winning message in the general election. >> last thing, how much do you think the cal catholic back and forth with the obama administration has played into your campaigning and to perhaps this race, from now on? >> well, president of the united states has over stepped his constitutional authority. he is trampling on the most sacred right, the freedom of conscience. i don't think -- look, i predict they are going to backtrack. i predict they are going to fold their tent on this one. this simply can't stand. you know, this doesn't happen in america, not by a president who proclaims that he is religiously tolerant. t

but, a big move in oil prices plays the biggest role. one energy expert says what's most important is that crude oil prices remain close to or above $100 a barrel. >> a deep water well costs about 50 a barrel, $75 depending where you are. so, if you can sell your oil at $100 plus it's very positive for any of these companies. >> reporter: so, where are oil prices are headed next? energy trader anthony grisanti says that's easy: higher. >> number one you have the threat from iran that's being held over this market and number two as far as refineries closing. you've had three of them close on the east coast, you've had a couple go down on the west coast, you've had some in europe being shutdown and these are shutdowns that are going to be permanent. >> reporter: others aren't so certain energy prices will continue to climb north. they believe geopolitical tensions will be less of a support for the market and then there's the demand concern. higher prices at the pump usually means people buy less gas, which in turn pushes prices lower. stil

big. yes, mitt romney has got to win ohio and he's got to win a big, southern state. by the way, georgia -- everybody was assuming and i was assuming, too, it's definitely in newt's corner. the polls are fairly tight there. i know for example rick santorum was going there on thursday to go to the big carpet factory in dalton, georgia and talk about manufacturing. they lost jobs there. all the candidates are going to compete in georgia. georgia is a big state with more delegates at stake. >> ten states next week, i predict the kennedy who wins five will be the big winner, just like the oscars. you win five next week, you're going to be the winner. >> and it won't be a silent movie, chris. >> no, well, fortunately for us. thank you howard. mitt romney is the winner tonight. now the battle is on for super tuesday next week. ten big fights next week. i say whoever wins five is the winner. it is a three-way fight. msnbc's coverage tonight continues in just a moment. >>> do you know why i knew t

saying he is a big labor guy. supporting big labor.ator santorum on the trail firing back saying wait, this iser the me down, gotcha politics romney style. what is he going? he tears down people never expresses a vision, view of how he would go about governing the country and changing the obama record. >> bret: is there a sense, do you think, that there is a big speech coming for mitt romney, one where he goes a little bit bolder? he goes a little bit -- puts meat on the economic bone of his speech before. >> i'm not sure i am convinced of that. he has given one of his best speeches ever at cpac when he withdrew from race against mccain. one of his strongest speeches ever. there is potential for that. i think it's hard to change people's mind in the room. the ones for instance are turned off by santorum, the social conservative position, young people might settle on him. he is the best beat to beat obama. >> bret: cpac is the con seventive political action conference in washington where thousands of folks come every year. >> in that ro

he didn't want her to do the giant, big, belting notes. go for it all the way which jennifer can do. he wanted her to take an easy approach, get it done simply, just a piano player to accompany, nothing bigger, and that would be appropriate. it's whitney's big note and it wasn't jennifer's moment but whitney's moment. i think they handled that perfectly toonchts very respectful. >> speaking of big notes, adele came through in a big way hitting all the notes with her new throat collecting six grammys just cleaned up the floor. >> cleaned up all the way across including the big three. song of the year, record of the year, album of the year. she was great in the end. her acceptance speech was hysterical. they love her because she is relatable. but, you know, if you didn't love her before it is so self-effacing. she looked great up there. she sang perfectly. she hit all the notes she needed to. people pulled for adele. i walked out of there loving the fact that she swept them up. >> you know when you're talking about snot coming out of your no

mrs institute and author of this book the left right and the state and it's such a big day it's really good to have you on the show lou and nice to see you as always thanks for being here good to be with you absolutely so let's talk about greece because it really seems like in the past we've seen these negotiations and maybe some political theater but it felt like political grandstanding and like this was going to get done but now you really have some material difference one being one that i referred to which is that one of the coalition party leaders is that he may not sign on to this so my question to you are we reaching the point where the economic realities of debt deflation and depression are reaching the point where politicians can no longer control their society as they become accustomed to doing in the west. well politicians of course shouldn't be controlling society but let's hope that greece and does does indeed default that's the best thing for the people of greece the people who hold the bonds of the mostly the big banks in western europe and some in the united states who h

by the way, getting to the point, who are the leaders, big men, big women who can sit in a council room in the back room, great smoke-filled room and say we have to stop this guy santorum? >> i don't think that mod exists any longer. the absolute proof was the 2010 election where within the republican party and these fissures are part of what's going on in this nomination process. we had this volatility because there's no set of leaders. there is no set of people making laws and decisions. from the grass roots you get, ad hoc decisions get made or signals being sent but no one coalesces all of this. chris: there we, duffy, mike, the rip-around question. if romney conditions in the situation he's in, inability to talk big, inability to talk smile. is he able to win the nomination? >> he is. we now what his flaws are and weak spots are and, of course, obama campaign has all of that tape. >> i agree. it's been a damaging primary for him. >> i will counter that and say candidates can find a reservoir if there's success. what he doesn't have is the kind of success that makes you better. he's

big our budget.ng. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get more project for your money - like this valencia vanity, now just 199 bucks. >>> world leaders are vowing to end the bloodshed on president assad. a mass funeral was held for the people killed friday. we are seeing new video as protesters are fighting this morning. state-run newspaper says force will crack down on the uprising until stability is restored. >>> also new today, u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton comment order the dior eighting situation in syria. vetoing the plan calling for president assad to step down is a travesty. russia and china blocked the u.n. resolution yesterday. >>> it you a pierce in politics that billionaire backer newt gingrich is ready to throw his money behind mitt romney. word coming from "the new york times" about sheldon adelson. the one that donated $10 million so far. "the times" says he assured romney he would back him even more generously if he capture it is gop nomination. what's gingrich

two big stories making headlines today. we start with president obama and his bold new refinancing plan. he unveiled it late this morning. and diana olick is at the white house. she has the details for us. hi, diana. >> hi, sue. the biggest problem with the new refi plan is it has to go through congress. given details released this morning, most many washington will tell you it's likely to be dead on arrival. the speaker of the house came out this morning blasting the plan even before the president got up to sell it in his speech. they are "responsible borrowers" and would go through fha. the fha is already facing financial trouble due to high delinquencies and foreclosures, but a special fund would be put aside for these loans. officials put the cost at $5 billion to $10 billion paid for by a bank tax. and that of course is what the republicans don't like. >> to move this part of my plan, we're going to need congress to act. we're going to need congress to act. i hear some murmuring in the audience here. we need them to ac

this is indianapolis were the team and the fans are more than ready for the big game. >> let's ago, big blue! , big blue! >> fans young and old are waiting for kickoff. there is plenty to do around town from a free concert to in the middle of town. game tickets are going for $4,000 each. >> we are told that the city is covered in cameras that are monitoring everything around the clock to keep fans say. there are no major problems at the game site. the biggest issue is managing the big crowds. which team the you think will mitt -- will win on sunday? text your answer to this number. a 8509 -- 888509 is the number. super bowl xlvi kicks off at 3:30 p.m. >> friends and family welcomed home 80 soldiers from the maryland national guard after a year-long employment. they were sent to parts of afghanistan, iraq, and kuwait. they were honored with an awards ceremony. loved ones of the soldiers say they could not be happier. >> it is great. our son is 2 years old and he was so excited when daddy came home. now he just will not leave him alone. everything is back to normal. it is great to have th

the person with the the big ideas.ause that's when he does the best. >> and you say ron paul, the fourth candidate tonight, doesn't have a win yet. he's the only candidate who doesn't have a win yet. you say stay candid. why? >> that's his appeal. his appeal is that he's candid. i also bet you that he's going to end up if he attacks anybody it's going to be rick santorum. >> gloria borger, thanks. gloria will be with us throughout the night. >>> today is ash wednesday, the first day of lent for roman catholic licks, a time or reflection for christians who observe this day's special meaning. also time for many of the faithful to give up something they enjoy. true of course for all catholics including newt gingrich and his wife calista. >> what are you giving up for lent? have you decided? >> i am going to give up desserts. all desserts. for all of lent. >> i challenge you to ask her what she's giving up. >> good morning. >> what are you giving up? >> i'm giving up my opinion. >> that doesn't count. >> let's continue our

but there's a lot with big data. if you think about what we can do now with data and our bodies and where things are and what is happening, i think this is just going to erupt into a big area. so it's not only sort of the basics of what we're doing now, but i would say where it's going to be going. that's why i say with food. some would mention before, standards. there's big businesses to be built on standards. i'll tell you chinese consumer would buy that. if you think about what happened with milk and what happens with drugs and -- that is a very high value-added area to develop just standards and how we do it. and on the whole big data area, we think that's going to be half a million jobs. but, again, it all depends on how different we do with these sectors. >> that's very helpful. comments, criticisms. >> thank you. thank you. interesting discussions. my name is gina and we're talking about jobs and creating jobs for americans. would you say that we have a global level playing field and are you having troubles wi

i asked him very bluntly how big he thinks facebook can be. >> i think you can really be as big as wee's really -- if you look at the company itself and the space, it's in the very early beginnings. and there's just a lot of things to get done. what facebook had really done today is it allowed us to have identity on the web. now there's our passport. and that includes a bunch of different things that we do such as our social graph, the people around us. >> is it going to come from user growth? meaning 800 million up, or getting more from each of the current 800 million users or combination of both? >> in terms of user growth you have the limit of world's population. i think both will take place. i think it will expand in terms of user growth. but i think really one of the things that's fairly unique is we just touched the surface in terms of what type of applications and uses the social graph and what facebook has done can help with. >> you've been heavily invested in consumer apps, helping with credit card processing, shop savvy, another consumer application to sort of ensconce peopl

the big winner of the bunch though is a huge big happy birthday to apollo group.sreading it. up nearly 7,000% since its ipo on december 6, 1984. herb, you often talk about that stock, don't you. >> yeah. i was going to look at the chart been up so tremendously. but of course the leader of for profit education took such a hit last year and trying to struggle back after all the issues that hit the industry. also intrigued, i have to tell you about omx, office max, you can argue one of the great laggards now of that industry. and people want to think it's going to merge with office depot. >> and two macro points on that. first off, number one, herb, you done came up and you ain't changed. okay. you don't even know what that means. number two, it just goes to show you that even in the worst of times you can make money in equities. it's harder. if you buy the indexes, you might get walloped, but there are always stocks. this is jesse livermore right here. you can always find stocks performing even in lousy markets. >> of course. >> mandy, remember everyone went crazy f

of chief oil and gas trevor reese jones big oil a million dollars in the dixie rice agriculture big agribusiness and americans for prosperity according to media matters they received over five million dollars from the koch brothers the richest of the rich people and the biggest of the big industries are the ones actually running this election in florida over thirteen thousand television ads have been run on behalf of mitt romney gingrich's only aired two hundred and most of those romney ads were not paid for by romney or his campaign they came from a super pac called restore our future and guess who is the one of the top contributors to restore our future. surprise wall street billionaire hedge fund manager john paulson now romney is running for president wall street and the hedge fund managers who want to protect their capital gains tax loopholes are the ones really running for president so tonight mitt romney is going to give a big victory speech but the real winner the big one or wall street. after the break america's infrastructure is collapsing literally it's collapsing but congress continu

we did not have the ingredients for a big snow producer. -- we do not have the ingredients for a big snow producer. this storm to the west is coming our way along with the moisture but really what it means is some of the leftovers will be in the form of rain. tomorrow afternoon tomorrow evening, in washington, the temperatures in the future-cast above freezing. hagerstown frederick county, a little bit of a mixed. that will settle over us. whatever is left will be sunday morning, possibly a mixture just a little bit but even that will not really accumulate too much of anything. maybe an inch in frederick county md., the shenandoah valley winchester, but that is by sunday morning, midday sunday everything is gone. when you had out tomorrow, partly cloudy. in the afternoon increasing clouds rain showers, light rain showers into tomorrow evening nothing to worry about. the temperatures of the road and the ground is above freezing. the ryan factor as possibility of big snow, zero. even next week, the temperatures above freezing. >> zero? >> don't say at like that. that is enough for some

big breakers at the beaches today. those swells running west about 13 to 16 feet with breakers at 18. it's going to be going pretty good this afternoon. temperatures, 66 in san jose and santa rosa and 63 degrees in san francisco today. looking out over the next couple of days, temperatures near 70 by tomorrow. picking up a few more clouds towards friday locking unsettled toward -- looking unsettled toward the weekend and showers on sunday. right now, dry except for fog this morning, elizabeth. >> that's right. we have a fog advisory just for the bay bridge this morning issued by chp. we'll get to that in just a minute. in the meantime, we have our photographer out live this morning showing us some very good traffic conditions on 101 near the mckee exit. as you can see, it is still early. and traffic is nice and light in both directions. so it's a nice smooth ride out of san jose towards santa clara. let's go to our maps. lawrence mentioned it's foggy especially on the san francisco side of the bay bridge. you will real

not a lot of big energy here. energy stocks did pull up on some strength on the refining stocks earlier in the day. but by and large everything down a fraction. a front page article on general motors in the "the wall street journal" talking about the possibility of $10 billion in profits, but the market's already acted like the awe motive is going to have a great year. look at what's happened since the start of the year in the big automotive names with most up double digits. >> thank you, bob. switch on the "power lunch" power surge and drill down on the stories driving the day. top economic names raising their growth forecast on the u.s. on the back of friday's strong jobs report. and our steve liesman has wall street's new view. steve. >> yeah, tyler, not just the jobs report but also the better autos from last week, we had better auto sales. we've had a ramp up in production. some better chain store data. let's tell you the tale of the tape, anemic growth at the start of last year. this is your gdp stair master

like they're too big? >> it's not saying no to bands too big.ad a pretty specific year. >> so it's about what you like. >> about what i like. everybody at day trotter has been hand-chosen by me. you say no to -- you mostly say no to bands that i feel we can't do a good job with or you know, bands that maybe just a need a little bit more time. because there are certainly bands that we've recorded that i said no to a few times. because i didn't think they were good enough. >> did you ever in your whole life think you would say, you know, sometimes band have to mature. you were so powerful in the music industry that you get to say that and, serious. >> well, i mean, it's for real though. >> yeah, for real. >> i get e-mails from somebody saying, we just started a band, we've been together a couple months, played a few shows. >> well you might be fans of the site but that doesn't work yet. there is in way i can help you yet. >> but a young show on muller would have never dreamed he would answer phones at quad city hair ald or whatever. >> quad city t

you know, he's had some campaign stops and well attended campaign stops and some big, big events in michiganwhat about his strategy and what he's trying to do? >> yeah, i don't know what his strategy is there. i mean, it's highly unlikely that he's going to pick up delegates despite the fact that he said he thinks he's going to, because he's got to win congressional districts in order to do so. so, i thinks' not likely to do it, you know, there are people who are saying he's there to sort of reinforce the case that mitt romney has been making against rick santorum. you know, that's possible, they've been doing it, you know, ron paul's been echoing the romney indictment of santorum in other ways, i don't know what he's doing. >> last thing, newt gingrich, he's down in georgia, he was down in tennessee and obviously, the southern strategy, putting a lot on washington and super tuesday. >> yeah, i think he's right, that it's very important to win your home state, but you can't only win your home state, and in a strategy at this point seems to be a version of what was santorum's after south caro

. >> that's a big savings.save when you make purchases for airline tickets, it's a certain time of day and day of the week in which should you do it. >> now, listen to this, fred. many people know that the airlines post their sales monday night at 8:00 and they run until thursday night at 8:00. okay, 8:05, 8:10, i'm on the phone to the airlines because they just opened the sales. no. don't do it. >> first off, don't be on the phone. do it online because you pay more by phone. >> that's another story. because here's why, fred. on tuesday morning when all the sale prices start floating around either on the airlines who didn't offer sales or even the ones that did, a price war can begin. so we say, some people disagree, tuesday at 3:00, fred. >> 3:00 p.m., not a.m. >> all the price wars have settled by then and you might get a better price than 8:00. >> okay. fantastic. and then a lot of us got gift cards for the holidays and you say if you're not that satisfied with it, you need to sell it? that sounds so ungrate

idea, he wants big reform.e knows we face big problems. that is what the republican presidential candidate --. >>neil: when you look at their plans, they are sounding similar and if they preach from the same square you go to the guy who is running the choir, right? >>guest: maybe or at least if it picks united states in the economy you get nervous about the other guys taking over, the republican control the house, so make it is safer, for a small percentage. >>neil: the steady as show goes. >>guest: and it may not happen. but to boat an incumbent president you need a bill idea. >>neil: no one has a big idea. do they need it fast? >>guest: fast? maybe not but sooner ran their l.a. but meanwhile the congressional republicans should say, fine, well cut the corporate tax rate 28 percent toll. >>neil: with everything the president approached including keeping the special breaks. >>guest: just cut the top rate from 35 percent to 28 percent, the total revenue is 180 and -- call his bluff. call his bluff. trump him wit

and is for big government. it is not for the values of the tea party and the conservative and it is republican base, and frankly, most american who is don't want government control of the energy sector, the manufacturing sector, the financial services sector, the health care sector. all of those, governor romney sided on the side of big government, instead of free people and a free economy. that's not a winning message in the general election. >> last thing, how much do you think the cal catholic back and forth with the obama administration has played into your campaigning and to perhaps this race, from now on? >> well, president of the united states has over stepped his constitutional authority. he is trampling on the most sacred right, the freedom of conscience. i don't think -- look, i predict they are going to backtrack. i predict they are going to fold their tent on this one. this simply can't stand. you know, this doesn't happen in america, not by a president who proclaims that he is religiously tolerant.

big news in ipped nams, a big step forward in the recovery of peyton manning. doctors have given him the okay to take hits again. he missed this season with nerve problems in his neck. but his future remains uncertainly. the team owner has indicated his star player may be cut to make room for future number 1 draft pick andrew luck. >>> thus avoiding a big bonus payment that payton is due if he stays with the team. correct? >> exactly correct. >> yeah. >> so this indy racing story, there -- the sand is going out of the hourglass on this. i just punched up the indy car series. >> uh-huh. >> you know just what a spectacular event. they are still in the off- season, talking about indy drivers doing charitable events and what not but i can tell you this, they have an ambitious schedule this year. come on back here just one second. the schedule this year takes them from japan in -- in three weeks they are doing this. from japan where they are running a race, to the west coast, where they are running a race, to baltimore. we are literally going halfway around the worl

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the question is how big is it. there's a clear segment on the ideological right of who is still not comfortable with mitt romney. but i would point out those people were not comfortable with john mccain either in 2008. at some point it becomes conclusive that even though there is some holdouts, that they will eventually get behind mitt romney because they don't like barack obama and they believe that mitt romney will eventually be the guy who can beat him, electability, the biggest factor in exit polling. mitt romney won overwhelmingly. he has to hope that argument wins out because he may never convince the people on the right he's one of them. >> chris cillizza, you're one of us. and mitt romney says his decisive win in florida proves he can win over those conservative voters and that he's ready to go toe to toe with president obama. >> i think the back and forth and even the attacks have been helpful because what's going to come from barack obama will be the same, just a heck of a lot more of it and having people

mitt romney the big winner. not so big in the spread , but a big win as far as momentum. rick santorum will finish second. in third, ron paul, and newt gingrich will finish fourth. the interesting thing about michigan is the congressional districts were still -- 8 of them are two close to call. the split in delegates could be very tight. santorum could pick up relatively the same number, maybe even more, depending on how it goes congressional district. >> joining us now, chief political correspondent, mr. cam ran. hey, carl. >> hi, megyn. a big relieve for mitt romney to

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we need big choices and talk about big issues.ven't talked about for me, at least, notably, china. what are we going to do about china? what's our relationship going to be? how do we respond to the challenges they give us every day and every conceivable way? that will have to be back in play by then. let me make a couple of comparisons if i can. mitt romney and george bush 41 come out of the same gene pool. privileged backgrounds, not at ease with themselves on the platform necessarily. you don't have any ringing rhetoric. george bush running against michael dukakis was 15 points down in august and won the race. people forget that. and he picked dan quayle as his vice presidential candidate and had debates and he won the race because they had a clear path about how they wanted to keep him on and they put dukakis immediately on the defensive, which was a big, big issue for him. >> right. >> a lot of what happens this fall, joe, will depend on what happens between now and the fall. in the economy, iran, in afghanistan, and all these

a big win in florida, now a big win in nevada. republicans who describe themselves as moderate or liberals, governor romney won. who won among those who described themselves as very conservative? governor romney. that's very point, because that's a point where he's been weaker. what about the big issues? such a small percentage said abortion were an issue. if you look right here, who has the right experience? governor romney? strong character, governor romney. who is the true conservative? here's one weak spot, ron paul paul won among a small group. this 45% of the voters said this was their number one priority. and governor romney winning among those who say defeating president obama was the top priority getting almost three out of four votes. speaker gingrich a distant second. this has been gingrich's strength in south carolina. two states in a row have said governor romney and here in nevada, a huge margin. let's look at one more. if you look here among faith, governor romney is a member of the church of jesus christ of latter

big changes on the way. the winter that never happened finally trying to make a comeback here over the next couple days. we've got cold air that's coming in from canada. blaming the canadians there, ashleigh, and moisture from the gulf of mexico and these two things will meet up and so we'll watch for snow across parts of the great lakes, ohio valley today and moves into the northeast as we head into tomorrow. keep that in mind as you make your weekend plans. the snowfall today generally will stay light, only a couple inches, but it's enough for advisory criteria for louisville, kentucky, into cincinnati. most of that snow is going to be falling say after the 3:00 hour. so this will really affect the drive home. chicago, also under the advisories. we'll get a little enhancement coming in off that lake. so the big shock, though, out of all of this, despite some travel concerns with the rain and the snow, is going to be those temperatures coming in and believe it or not, yeah, we're talking about 15 to 20 degr