why would why would paul singer or the koch brothers or any of these other billionaires find chris christie any more acceptable or for that matter mitt romney any less acceptable in fact chris christie isn't even a multimillionaire it seems like romney would really be their guy. the problem is that romney's been. the english language losing the battle and fighting his own tax returns he's considered unelectable look at the poll numbers despite the massive money he's spent don't forget he spent a lot of money already of their money. let's romney this time is not spending his own money he's relying on the what are called vulture financier as not the bain capital people the big bain capital's like girl scouts compared to the guys who are backing them and how they make their money there's no question that their issue with romney is not that they disagree with him it's just that they can't get him the white house they're trying to invest in some real estate here at sixteen hundred pennsylvania avenue and romney can't seal the deal and they think that chris christie can even you know with his. ki

paul singer, these hedge fund guys.ll the big bucks people who think of themselves as being enlight right-hand side about social issues. the coke brothers. they sponsor things like the new york city ballet. why are they remaining silent, the party that they support, the movements that they support in terms of tea party, is so homophobic. i just don't get it. it's a disconnect but also it's something that actually does damage, not only do gay americans, but to children who have gay parents. you know. anyone who has a friend or a relative who's gay. >> you also single out bill clinton here for having essentially special ethical responsibility to work to undo doma, the defense of marriage act, which was passed during his administration. and that he signed into law. why single -- what effect do you think it would have if bill clinton actively worked against that? he says he's for same-sex marriage but he hasn't been working on these issues, at least as far as we know. >> he hasn't, and he's obviously mortified by embarrassm

i am i don't mean to sickle him out, paul singer, the hedge fund guys, the big bucks people who thinkg enlightened about social issues, the koch brothers, sponsored the new york city ballet, why are they remaining silent in the party they support in terms of tea party so homophobic, i don't get it a disconnect but also does damage not only to gay americans but children who have gay parents, anyone who has a friend or relative who is gay. >> you also singled out bill clinton for having essentially special ethical responsibility to work to undo doma, the defense marriage act, passed during his administration and he signed into law. what effect do you think it would have at the worked against that. he said he's for same sex marriage but hasn't been working on these issues as far as we know. >> he hasn't and is mortified by embarrassment because doma, which did happen on his watch and a lot of support from so-called liberal democrats in congress, is the reason even in the states now where same sex marriage is legal, those couples can't have social security benefits and other benefits, tha

investment advisor julian robertson, hedge fund manager paul singer and financial consultant robert mercer all gave a million dollars. overall, restore our future took in 59 donations of $100,000 or more in the last six months of 2011. jim and alice walton-- heirs to the wal-mart fortune-- were in that group. by comparison, the superpac backing newt gingrich "winning our future" lagged far behind. it raised $2 million in the last six months of 2011. the money came from 18 donors, including a million dollars from the step children of casino mogul sheldon adelson. adelson and his wife donated $10 million to the superpac in january which was a lifeline for the struggling gingrich campaign. as for the superpac supporting the president, they raised $3.3 million in the last six months of 2011. one top donor, the service employees international union which gave a half million dollars. director steven spielberg was at $100,000. to date, about $45 million in superpac money has been spent on campaign 2012. much of it, scott, pouring into those negative political ads. >> pelley: curious, armen, was t

to $2,500 increments, and here in this new era of super pacs, you could get these giant checks, paul singermanagement, one of the really big money donors for the republican party, was one of those million-dollar donors, but take a look at some of these, you know, this overall super pac story, clearly tilts in the favor of the gop. >> it's unbelievable. i was going to say let's put up the graphic. the romney super pac, $30 million. crossroads, karl rove group $51 million in 2011 and the obama super pac $6.7 million. i think elizabeth warren will outraise the obama super pac. >> i asked bill burton, former obama press secretary, deputy press secretary, about that last night and he said well, remember that they had started with high hopes of $100 million and being on equal footing with the karl rove operation. >> whoops. >> they seem to be lagging well behind that. they said we'll still try to meet our goals but the only question is when. now, you know, clearly when you look at these numbers, you see the gop advantage in the super pacs. but let's not forget that you know the obama financial ju

a call from pole vaulter, paul the vulture singer. i didn't name the vulture. all themselves vultures, with a smile. paul the vulture is with about 4 billion bucks so he had someone make the call for him. knuckle drag recalls up and says, to my bosses, before making a film with bbc based on "vultures' picnic" we have a file on greg palast. said we know, we've read it. like vernon was an come yet, you want to see the file on the? i'll show it to you. site looks plenty what there's a very good journalistic reason, you read it here, took away, they can't smear me anymore. but that's not the point. the point is mr. sankar is not in the koch brothers come mr. sam is the number one donor to the republican party, he is the chief sugar daddy and advisor on the economy to mr. bromwich. he is mr. romney's billionaire. is not partisan because may purchase republican party but it does rent the democrats as needed.ne now, doesn't matter if he has a file on me. the important thing tonight is i'm going to show you the file on him, okay? a file on me but the important thing ton

then at 5:00 eastern, a career milestone for sir paul mccartney, the singer will get his star on the walk of fame. he's the last of the beatles to get his star. >>> let's check in first with our christine romans. >> we'll have more details as they come available today, we hope, about the settlement between the big banks and consumers underwater on their loans. more details for you at the top of the hour, kira. >>> opposition activists say more than 90 people were killed in the besieged city of homs. today alone, they are calling on the international community to help establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate the civilians from the killing fields there. more on that story at the top of the hour. >>> i'm martin savidge in mississippi. remember the 200-plus pardons and the outrage they sparked? today we'll find out if they are legal or not. i'll have that report next hour. >> thanks, guys. >>> two sex abuse scandals rock one california school within a week. now officials there have cleaned house. students are back in class with new teachers. live report next hour. a touch of sugar..

paul's cathedral in london. >> ♪ >>> in 2008, more than 2,000 people gathered in santos plaza. singerountry joe mcdonald sang them in woody guthrie's song, this land is your land. >> ♪ guthrie recorded the song during the second world war as his response to berlin's god bless america. many see it as the hard times that gripped the nation. as the stock market again tumble and the nation faced a economic crisis, guthrie was honored in the bay area as their words spoke to american's resilience during the tough times. the party that had been the roaring 20s came to a halt, and the gloom that lingered grew into the recession. their story was immortalized by signs of wrath. woody guthrie's music captured the spirit of those who lived through those times. >> as i was walking, i saw a sign there, and on the sign there it said no trespassing. but on the other side it said nothing, that side was made for you and me. >> reporter: woody guthrie's granddaughter and john steinbeck's son were together in the bay area. the two reflected how in these uncertain times, people are looking back ward to th

outside, a memorial to the troubled singer, visited by loyal fans, and music royalty. that's paul mccartney, quietly laying yellow roses and softly blowing a kiss. no sign of police or coroner investigators here, as they wait for toxicology results to determine if the small amount of prescription drugs and alcohol abc news has learned were found in her room had anything to do with whitney houston's death. fans in newark, new jersey, today found out this may be as close as they get to saturday's memorial service. houston's family, led by matriarch cissy, who welcomed her daughter's body home last night. it arrived in a golden hears. told fans today, through the funeral director, there is no room for them. >> it is their private time. they have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world. >> reporter: the funeral will be by invitation only, at the church where whitney once sang gospel music as a child. ♪ >> whitney elizabeth houston. >> reporter: among those expected to be invited, whitney houston's godmother, aretha franklin, who sang her own tribute

singer and the judges of a show. he said he will be working with paul on another project that he has not yet announced. >>mark: it gave rise on wall street for the dow jones. the dow shot up over 100 points from the opening bell. u.s. stocks closed higher after solid manufacturing data came out. >>darya: we are in for sunny and warm temperatures. it looks like we're really turning the corner today. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. rain and heavy drizzle. faugh been >>darya: good morning. we are waking up to a little bit of rain and snow in tahoe. there is a look at storm tracker 4.

gospel music, of course, paul roveson identified with the spirituals and also identified with a strong voice of protest. leatine price, another african-american classical singer who was very prominent in this period. mahalia jackson, participated in the march on washington and a friend of dr. king and mr. reston, made a recording of spirituals and in addition to his brilliance as an organizer, he was a great singer as well. and then the tradition of the freedom songs, and this is primarily within snc, though freedom songs would be sung at other rallies, of other civil rights organizations but, you know, the freedom singers are part of the fund-raising arm of snc, and here's a button that folks would have worn back then. snc, the student, non-violent coordinating committee. now, when you think about this music, obviously not all the musical selections are coming from african-american artists, but if a song was recorded by a black artist, it was likely to be invested by audiences with political meaning, regardless of its content so when aretha franklin sings a song called "think" which you've probably heard, which is really about a relationship, and she starts

the night rocked with performances from the boss, paul mccartney, foo fighters, rhianna and cold play. >>> homages to two legendary singersa james and whitney houston brought the audience to their feet ♪ i will always love you, ♪ >> and the nearly 4 hour show concluded with an all-star jam session ♪ [ music ] >>> in hollywood, fox news. >>> well, we asked our facebook fan what is was your favorite and least favorite moment of last night's grammy awards, favorite moment was adele's performance, least favorite, well, the rest of the show according to deanna smith jennifer hudson singing whitney houston's song, least, nickis mess of an act. >>> jennifer hudson. my least favorite is nickis mess what in the world has music come to. >> i was thinking that last night as well. >>> music fans still coming to grip s with the untimely death of whitney houston but it could take weeks until we find out the exact cause of her death. officials say the autopsy has been completed and houston's body has been released from the morgue. tonight a coroner's official says some prescription medicines were found in the beverly hilton hotel room w

outside, a memorial to the troubled singer, visited by loyal fans and music royalty. that's paul mccartney quietly laying yellow roses and softly blowing a kiss. no sign of police or coroner investigators here as they wait for toxicology results to determine if the small amount of prescription drugs and alcohol abc news has learned were found in her room had anything to do with whitney houston's death. ♪ didn't we almost have it all fans in newark, new jersey found out this may be as close as they get to saturday's memorial service. houston's family, led by matriarch cissy, who welcomed her daughter's body home, it arrived in a golden hearse, told fans through the funeral director there is no room for them. >> this is their private times. they have shared her for 30-some years with the city, with the state, with the world. >> reporter: the funeral will be by invitation only. at the church where whitney once sang gospel music as a child. ♪ and there is word from the coroner's office that their investigation will include asking whitney houston's doctors for her medical records and

paul is in last place. >>> the surgeon who helped get adele's voice back says he hopes the singer's ordeal helps other people. >> the surgery went beautifully, i think she demonstrated that pretty well, but it was a very special moment. the grammy foundation invited my wife and i to attend. it's been an incredibly influential case to raise awareness throughout the world about laryngology or laryngeal surgery. >> adele won six grammys and she gave her doctor a shoutout. >>> elizabeth smart was just a teenager when she was snatched out of her bedroom in her utah home, held captive for months. that's all a thing of the past. this weekend she tied the knot in a private ceremony in hawaii. >>> today is the golden an skrers versery of america's first orbit around earth. john glen says he remembers it like it was yesterday. >> i guess i've recalled it quite often over the past 50 years and that's kept it fresh, but it was such an impressive thing at the time that it's indelibly imprinted on my memory, and i can recall those days very, very well. >> the mission paved the way for more space exploration, including the

into the room, this beautiful, paul laxalt woman with these tall dutch bond very aryan white men flanking her. they look like that vegas act. she looked like some kind of singerfound that oddly memorable when she did that. here is why i put her on that list. she had a choice. when her director was murdered she could have done the easy saying, hopped on a plane and gone to in new zealand of the personal change turn a man had a quiet life or attempted to have a quiet life faraway and retreated from the world and she didn't. she said i won't put up with this. she wanted -- she believed -- i don't agree with her on everything but i think she is absolutely clear slated on the importance of not surrendering and not handing people who try to shut you up a victory by going away to the other side of the world and leading a quiet life. every time i get stupid death threats from islam and bar have had enough i would like to go away. i wish it was 20 years ago when you never had to hear about this stuff and i would like to go back to writing about well love songs and favorite singers. if she can put up with this stuff the least i can do is put up with it too. i congratul

singer m.i.a. who joined herrher onstage may have upstaged madonna with this gesture. the most poignant, jason pierre paul shared his first super bowl victory with his close-knit haitian family, including his beloved father, john, who has been blind most of his son's life. and that obscenity by m.i.a. forced nbc to issue an apology. sound familiar, guys? >> i don't know why you'd say that, cindy. cindy, thanks. >>> after the game, police in riot gear had to use flash grenades to disperse angry patriots fans at the university of massachusetts am hurst. 13 were arrested. no one was hurt. in the last three minutes of the game, twitter reports there were an average of 10,000 tweets per second, setting a new record. here in new york, there will be a victory parade for the giants tomorrow morning in lower manhattan. >>> there is not much to celebrate in egypt, where a crackdown on pro democracy groups is straining relations with the united states. >> this morning, 19 americans were formally charged with creating and managing nongovernmental organizations without a license from egypt's government. we want to bri

paul ryan. >>> and our powerhouse roundtable with george will, liz cheney, david ignatius and donna brazile. >>> good morning, everyone. many of you have been following that breaking news overnight that the singer whitney houston died yesterday in los angeles. ♪ how will i know >> just 48, she sold more than 100 million albums. we'll remember her later in the show. >>> but we begin in washington with the president's new chief of staff, jack lew, welcome back to "this week." >> good to be with you, george. >> you're starting out with a little bit of controversy over this contraception coverage. the president announced his c e compromise on friday saying that catholic institutions won't have to cover this coverage but the insurance companies will. that wasn't good enough for the catholic bishops. i want to read you what they said, no government has the right to intrude into the affairs of the church, much less coerce the church faithful individuals to engage in or cooperate in any way with immoral practices. they're going to fight this, they're going to continue to this fight this. >> the president has two important goals, one, that women has the right to all forms of preventive health care. two,

convicted of stalking singer madonna is now back in custody. 54-year-old robert hoskins staepd from a mental hospital earlier this week and he is now back in custody. >>> to politics now, ron pauls maintained a strong presence in maine leading up to today's gop presidential caucus. but now mitt romney is making an 11th hour move to win the contest himself. it's between those two and our of it all. we saw ron paul and now romney is coming, as well? >> we expect romney to do the same thing any minute now. ron calm, he came a short wall ago and shook hands and signed pictures. all of it, a last-minute push to convince caucus goers to support them. now, a few things. this is mitt romney's first time appearing at a caucus site on voting day. so that's pretty significant. also, this is his first time campaigning in maine this entire election cycle. we weren't even expecting him to be here, necessarily, but he came looer here last night. he's going to show up here as we just mentioned a moment ago as this caucus site. this is basically not only to deny ron paul his potentially first win, ron paul is zero for eight in all of these contests so far, but it's also about not having another

fox 5s paul wagner will be live in charlottesville with an update on the case at 9:00 a.m. >>> now to the latest in the death of whitney houston overnight the singers jersey on a private jet. a hearse then traveled to newark wigham funeral home there are reports the service will take place friday at an arena in new jersey that seats 18,000. >> the 48-year-old died saturday at a hotel in beverly hills of course and officials say she was under water and unconscious when she was pulled from a bathtub in the hotel room two days before her death she performed at a pregrammy celebration with singer kelly price and r&b vocalist is speaking out about that night. >> she beat me to my own party she strolled down the red carpet and she stopped and posed with her daughter and had a great time not only did she enjoy herself but she took the time to as always complement me, encourage me, and unexpectedly showed up at the party and took the time to talk to him and minister to him i say minister because she prayed with him i know a lot of people will look at this it is whether or not they believe in god that will have some effect how they believe what i am saying

singer of megadeath. >> you see how much that helps in the republican primary. >> other celebrities, gene simmons of kiss is behind mitt romney. >> kelly clarkson and barry manilow both behind ron paulason to love him. by the way, he's coming to radio city. we've got to get him on this show. >> march. >> i'm not ashamed to say, i love barry manilow. you know he actually played bathhouses in new york. >> what? >> he would sing and he played the piano. early '70s, man. >> back houses in new york? >> that's what casey casem told me in '74. >> and his new hit -- >>> one endorsement that didn't quite pan out, wayne newton. remember this? >> how proud i was of this lady. >> good luck to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you for allowing me -- >> thank you. thank you. >> whoa. don't do that, wayne. >> wayne newton -- come on, he was focused on those lips. >> she tried to pull away. she's a bright lady. >> willie, you look a little tired. are you okay? >> just didn't move fast enough. >> haggard. you look like a little pale. >> no, last night i was on "watch what happens live" with my good friend andy cowen. he's going to be on this show this morning. >> really? >> he's got this game call