tonight, pearson and the patriots on the road at unc will mington. it's nice.en, he's smooth. knocks that down. he had 15 points, zen rebounds. patriots up five at the break. second half now, top of the your screen. playing good defense. he had a team high 16 points. later, brian allen drives and dishes to mike morrison. big-time dunk. george mason beats unc wilmington 75-69. george mason with a 13-2 record. in the atlantic-10, george washington on the road against richmond. colonials down six. forces the turnover. this is sweet. alley-oop to david pelham. he had a team high 16 points. less than 1:30 to play. now tied at 64-64. colonials up two. last chance for the spiders. darian brothers for three and the win. uh-uh. no good. colonials get the rebound, that's it. george washington hangs on to beat richmond 69-67. snaps a five-game losing streak. wow, good for them. elsewhere, army defeats navy in double overtime and american loses to holy cross, 59-52. and tomorrow, here on nbc 4 at 12:30, capitals on the road against the rangers. fun to look for. they've got

reporter rick pearson with it results.eed republican campaign pounding accounting accounting about less government different with these numbers bamut constant drumbeat from republicans government is too big over regulation rather than asking simple question we would check to see and find answers are much more nuanced than you would imagine looking at the fact republicans complain about government intervention stimulus and economy government too far trying to help the economy or not far enough? 44 percent of voters said it not he not only 29 percent say government going to far >> possible some are looking at for example general motors best profit ever they say if this needs to happen in government needs to step in and it can work? >> also very high unemployment in illinois nearly 10 percent until the unemployment comes down closer to what the nation has seen, the percent people will demand more and more help from government to get the economy moving again >> we pulled people in illinois this might be regional calling outsid

ryan pearson, inside. hits the turnaround jumper.points, ten rebounds. patriots up by ten. lamarr rallies. under four minutes to go. pearson's pass picked off by mike james. throws it down. caps off a 17-6 cardinals run. lamarr takes a one-point lead. george mason responds. bryan allen with the jumper. george mason wins. >>> to washington. the colonials taking on st. joes. second half, g.w. down by eight. tony taylor throws it up to david pell ham. this is nice. alley-oop. pellham finished with 12 points. under two minutes to go. four-point game until this. st. joe's breaking down the zone defense. carl jones for three. buries it. st. joe's defeats george washington, 73-66. >>> a lot of college basketball today. a lot of winners there. >> what did the kid from georgetown get? >> what are you talking about? bucket! you want >>> welcome.

brian pearson says fear the beard and fear me. old school 3-point play. pearson had 17 and 10. bank was open late. stewart, corey edwards, i should say off the glass. 3-pointer. george mason wins 54-50. >>> u. mass.at george washington. u. mass wins. >>> nfl handing out big awards today. terrell suggs earning defensive player of the year. he had 14 sacks and 70 tackles. aaron rogers was named mvp beating out drew brees. the season comes to an end tomorrow. superbowl xlvi. giants packers, rematch week 6. the giants won that one 24-20. also a rematch of super bowl xlii. the outcome tomorrow, who knows? we do know the quarterbacks willplay a major role. >> i haven't been in an nfl for eight years. you realize how rare it is to get here, how special it is, what a great opportunity this is. you don't want to let these opportunities slip away. >> last year, i was rehabbing my footin costa rica watching the game on an illegal superbowl website. now i'm actually playing in the game. so it's pretty cool. >> i'm going giants in that game tomorrow. >> giants? >> yep. >> okay. and you're c

they roared back, ryan pearson back door to vaughn gray for the nice jam. the patriots were up by 4 points. under 4 to go. the lead down to 3. corey edwards with the shot clock winding down. mason defeats 54-50. they are 11-2 in conference play. other local scores, american edge 59-58. over gw, 86-75 and howard falls to maryland. eastern shore 78-65. >> tony bennett and 16th ranked virginia on the road. won florida state. second half, cavaliers were down, but they went on a 14-0 run. the steal and the wide open lay in. virginia takes a 45-44 lead. michael, a long three pointer. it is good. the seminole bench getting excited. to joe harris, a good look to tie the game, but the three is not going to fall. virginia, they fall to florida state. 58-55. the seminoles seventh straight acc win. >> >> set greenberg and virginia tech hosting clemson. watch marquis, soaring one handed putback. he also fouled. that's a three-point play. the hokies hold on to defeat clemson. they improve to 2-6 in acc play. >> it's time for a quick break. coming up, the great eight make

pearson on cleanup duty, cutting the deficit to single digits. bcu was out for revenge. late in the game, the touchdown pass for the dunk and falls 89- 77 and the rams earn the sec seed in the caa tournament. and au over lafayette, 76-59 and gw beats duquesne, 56-61, and howard, 63-46. >>> virginia hosting north carolina. late in the game, john tell evans a big steal and takes it all away. the cavaliers trail 52-50 and three minutes left in the game. the final seconds, tarholes lead by one. look at the ball fake and the pretty dunk. had a game high 20. north carolina beats virginia, 54-51. >>> and did you see this virginia tech and duke game? virginia tech struggling this year. the final secs and they're tied. eric green going for the win and his shot off. a great second effort for the win and that is no good. into overtime and for seth greenburg not and by 3. look at seth curry, a game high 19 and fifth-ranked duke over them in overtime and tied 12-2 in the acc. >>> we need other tv time out. when we come back here, can three but can't feed. -- hide. 

aunque no sean documentado pearson el futuro del país, quieren seguir su educación que pueden hacerys los presidentes de la universidad, van a ir a hablar con los representantes y pedir que pasen el greene más. >>> vamos a ir a mensajes, vamo invita de hoy sobre el acceso dde los latinos a la educación superior, interesante tema. no cambie la sintonía "agenda washington". >>mario sol: muy bien señoras y señores, vamos a continuar con "agenda washington" estamos conversandconversando con deedu excelencia en la educación y tan esta con maría elena viva, ejecutiva del programa nacional de pasan del programa de nefersds vamos hablar de acceso los latinos a la educación superior. vamos a enfocar un plan poz po tivo, que tienen que hacer los padres de la familia par pa que los hijos vayan a la universidad. >> primer tienen que saber que si es posible. que si pueden ir. sus hijos y que hay recursos disponibles para ayudarlos a ellos, es un trabajo con encont los, pero hay recursos se puede ir, esto es lo más importante, que tengan en mente que es posible. segundo día que tiene que empezar c

ryan pearson went for 17 points and 10 rebounds. the patriots improve their record to 23 and 6.n hockey, truth is we won't be seeing the hometown team play until next friday. last night they started a four-game road trip. final minute of the first period, no score, steven weis, to thomas priority to that he had shut out the panthers twice in two starts. third period, still 1-0 panthers. alex ovechkin the rock star, his 24th of the season, game tied at 1. later in the third, still tied at 1, alexander 7, he shoots and it bounces off shaun bergenheim's stick. his 16th goal and proved to be the game winner. snapping a three-game losing streak, washington now trails florida by just two points in the standing, and tonight the caps continue their four-game road trip against tampa. you can see that game on comcast sports net. also going back to basketball, providen providence, georgetown, they don't want to slip going into the postseason. >> that is the news for now, of course we'll have the latest for you on the jury decisions that's coming out of charlottesville this evening. we'll s

>> my aunt said it was drew pearson, cause both of them used to come up around the house. [ laughter he had porgies, flounder -- [ laughter ] yeah, my grandfather bought a lot of fish from him. [ laughter ] cause on fridays, we always had fish and spaghetti. >> jimmy: yeah. that's the thing you have. >> he made some hot spaghetti. he put -- he put that tabasco, that hot stuff in there. >> jimmy: fra diavolo. >> yeah. >> jimmy: now, the big game's coming up. >> you don't like fish and spaghetti? [ laughter ] you changed that subject quick. >> jimmy: no, well i -- i do. >> the big game is coming up. >> jimmy: the big game is coming up sunday. [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> jimmy: you got tom brady in the house. have you -- you've met tom brady before. >> i grew up with tom brady. [ laughter ] we was both in special ed school together. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] you got to drink water, right? that makes you look professional. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] a little dehydrated. >> tom brady used to wear the crash helmet. >> jimmy: is that right? [ laughter ] >> on the little bus, he us

hampton pearson in washington with the details.ay it without laughing that this isn't a law already. >> when we got the final vote count, the house overwhelmingly passing the version on the ban on insider trading by members of congress, the executive branch and thousands of federal officials. the final vote, to underscore your point, maria, 417-2 in favor of that legislation. but republican leaders did add provision aimed at democratic leader nancy pelosi that bans lawmakers from using their positions to invest in initial public offerings. even more controversial, they wiped out registering political intelligence firms just like lobbyists. louise slaughter, was outraged. eric cantor responded. >> if congress delays action, the political intelligence industry the stay in the shadows just the way wall street likes it. >> the political intelligence piece is outside of this body, and we are talking about us, and the perception that it has gathered around our kun duct. >> and the most likely next step, convening a conference committee t

hampton pearson in washington. >>> the bulls have been charging ahead, pretty good 2012 so far. let's look at the chart. let's talk february. according to my next guest, since 1945, the s & p performance for the month was the second worst with returns ranking 11-12. stan stovall and bob froehlich join us. good to have you on the program, gentlemen. thanks for joining us. talk february what are your expectati expectations, sam? >> i think february could end up being a month in which we digest some of the gains, up 20% that number is not that surprise, you look at history in the eight times since world war ii following near-miss bear markets or baby bear market, s & p up 23% six months after and 32% 12 months after we all observations being positive. i think we need to digest some of the gains. february as good as anybody. >> europe is the wildcard here around one of the reasons that volume is deadly, volatility is deadly, people just taking to the sidelines and so we really figure out what is going to be the end game in europe. how do you want type vest, knowing that is the eleph

pearson under the basket, all one, gets fouled. at the bucket counts.riots in double figures. watch this inbounds play, this is incredible. too easy. mason beat hofstra 72-62. the wizards and the new york knicks went after it in the phone booth tonight. down the stretch the knicks broke it open. this is how the wizard stayed in, look at the speed of john wall no surprise, one-man fast break. that was all, brother. it the wizard stopped playing defense. a look at this, that is too easy down main street, no help. 107-93 knicks win. one more super bowl no charles barkley said he bought $100,000 on the bill england patriots. -- charles barkley said heat back $100,000 on the new england patriots. he has bet a lot more than just a lot of weight. >> man. ♪ ♪ pierre! your fashion is so "right now," but your banking is so last sea sn! earn more with high yield free checking at capital one bank. instead of f some unfashionable rate your checking could be earning five times the national average. and free atms anywhere. five times the interest? that's hot. oooooo!

ryan pearson inbounds to wright. at the buzzer, it is good, and mason is victorious. 62-61.a and clemson, always tough to win on the road in the conference, but things look good. when malcolm brown. virginia outscored 36-24. a steal in the land, goes up 60- 48. they are 6-5 in the acc. nba action. first half, john wall might not be the best shooter, but he can drive and we know he can finish and he does that. we're at the half and wizards are in front. we're in toronto where jeremy lynn, they are down by 2. jeremy lin for the game winner and the knicks beat the rap tores. lynn, 11 assists. knicks win their sixth straight. thanks largely to a huge showing by the toronto asian community. by the way, also went to my high school. palo alto high. the washington capitals are not doing well. they lost at home. it was the cap's third straight loss. washington now one point behind toronto. on the ice for today's optional state. he scored three goals in 53 games this season and a team worse, minus 14 rating. and the veteran is coming to terms with the fact that his ten year could be o

second half, edwards goes inside to ryan pearson who powers up and under for the land, plus the foul. missed the free throw, but he has 16. his 20th win and the 11th time in programs history that they have gotten 21. a quick change in charlottesville. look at this guy. he's all suited up. virginia hosting wake forest. virginia up 29. malcolm brings it up. he had 10. the 19th ranked cavs dropped 71% in the first half and 68- 44. 10th ranked duke paying a visit to north carolina. duke down 2. final seconds, austin rushers, son of sock rivers. coach's son can do it. what a great finish. elsewhere, temple over george washington. 79-72. to the nba now, the wizards hosted the knicks. washington seeking back to back victories for the first time since april of 2011. jeremy lynn, from palo alto high school, and a 28 performance. third quarter, knicks up 7. jibing wall, steal, circus. made the free thrown. wizards tied it at 56. more wall in transition. wizards up 2. but the knicks would pull away. lynn finished with 23 points and 10 assists. the wizards fall 107-93. don't go anywhere. when we

behind this table, prime minister pearson of canada and my husband was seated flampged by the delegations, i remember james roosevelt and ms. grace tully, the president's personal secretary, it was a thrilling look back into the past. and then from the northern most part of the country to the southern most, in october of '67 a treaty was signed here. returning to mexico a small strip of land long in dispute between our countries. what a feeling of good will tlvs that day. the next congressman from the border districts were here and a delegation from mexico. everyone i felt was saying to himself it's done at last. i can recall some other writings performed that the table, all that will never go down in history. i was showing my guests the rooms on the second floor. we entered the treaty room and as i began my recital, i saw on the table some rather tattered notebooks and chewed pencils, a high school algebra, and a latin book. it was evident that linda and lucy had discovered what i, too, would soon learn, that this room is mighty conducive to getting work done. almost from the beginning,

. >> i have to admit, hampton pearson was a little boring when that actually happened. he is a smart guy but balloons should have dropped for something, just a second, we went over nasdaq 3,000. we have been bouncing back and forth all day. speaking of things we hope are not bubbles, jobs may be headed to san francisco. it already has, as many tech job it is had during the dot com boom and constituent set to eclipse that record. the mare and venture capitalist ron conway says tech companies ready to hire more through their joint efforts called sf city. >>> not done with the records, apple worth a half trillion. if you took all the shares of am, added them together and their value, a number bigger than $500 billion. now, just a couple of months ago, apple was worth $400 billion. if am were a country it would knock poland out of the top 20 largest countries in terms of gdp. 100 time morse valuable, again in terms of gdp, than vietnam. only a couple other countries have crossed the 500 billion line. microsoft, intel, ge, cisco and exxon. the blog stuff apple is worth more

decker buses would help you say this russian is prepared to go to the polls but love him or lose him pearson's reputation is russia's strongman has captured the imagination of documentary makers and all things here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's pain or infamy is an open question. well still ahead few days between war drums and other. run could pack the united states in a much more fearsome way. we look at how the u.s. media is playing a major role in stereo fish over iran despite officials in washington and britain is no proof tehran is seeking to spread a nuclear bomb. and as a u.s. soldier accused of causing classified secrets to wiki leaks gets challenged in court we see how some of the lawyers for the wrong person is being prosecuted. to the. leak a piece of the looking glass at what will be the homes of the future where the walls might just be smarter than the residence every day trash protects you from the elements outside and the whole system works to save you money to shine the spotlight on the latest building projects all around russia technology i'm doing here on r.g.p. we'v

pearson got up in assembly and explained that you weren't a murderer. you must've been very proud. have you really never killed anyone? not yet. and it'll be good practice for the sponsored cycle for bangladesh that we're all doing. that's a great idea. have a lovely day. yep. will do. bye! bye! kids: bye, sue. right. was that barbara? yes, sweetheart. i like barbara. do you? that's nice. everybody likes barbara. she's lovely. always lovely and calm. yeah, lovely and calm. and i think she's a bit like a princess because she's so pretty, and her hair's always perfect. permanently perfect. why are there never any pens in this house? you've got some jam on your head. what? jam. on your head. oh, n-- karen, go and get your shoes on. ( clicks rapidly ) all right, jakester? yeah. are you all right? yeah, i was just, uh, checking some e-mails, see whether any needed action. so you weren't checking up on mum's new boss, again, then? yeah, well, it was... just a misunderstanding. i, uh, i was, you know, researching some unrelated topics on the computer, and i just happened to stumble across

patsy go to the polls but love him pearson's reputation is russ's strong man can. make all things here in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's infamy it's an open question. of the elections but he has been publishing a series of articles outlining key international and domestic issues that you can find on our website. you can read his latest statements on syria international pressure on iran relations with washington and defense also on line future. villages in brazil they think. it's a fifty kilogram falls from the sky for unsuspecting residents. the story of. two u.s. military advisers were killed in the interior ministry in kabul as anti american protests continued into a fifth day in afghanistan ballance was sparked by the burning of copies of the koran to nato base when nato has withdrawn its personnel from afghan ministries to avoid further attacks dozens of people have been killed in clashes in the week. former un office and western city. president obama and nato officials have apologized for the incident saying that the secretion was an intentional. director

prepared to go to the polls but love him pearson's reputation is russia's strong man has captured the imagination of. all things in the u.k. and elsewhere whether it's infamy it's an open question. well still ahead for you this hour the e.u. steps up and calls for cash. china respond to the plea for help at this weekend's g twenty finance ministers summit. as reports emerged that police in new york are targeting profiling muslims we ask whether selective surveillance is making society safer and more hostile. rhetoric from israel and western powers seems to be having some impact on the u.s. public according to opinion polls the latest survey shows that a third of americans now see the islamic republic as their country's worst enemy better just twenty five percent a year ago. reports now on the intensity of the iranian message flooding the us media and its impact. in the u.s. capitol of media and messages one particular story a unilateral strike keeps spinning round and round iran could attack the united states in a much more fearsome way iran a hypothetical national security threat gro

that video available online and it looks like there was no justification for it when i went to make pearson today to ask about it people said the only thing he was doing was taking the signs around the tents and said no camping and so that was the rationale for tasering he was not being as threatening it looks like the excessive use of force my sense is that it's not going to provoke the campers that they're more. disciplined in the fall for that trap the occupy movement in a few months. and show the american people that if they get mobilized and organized that we have power we can change the direction this country so the future's going to be an american spring that's going to explode out of the sea and become more important the presidential race in two thousand and twelve. now on to some other news making headlines around the world at this hour. the former cuban president fidel castro has made a rare public appearance in the country's capital to launch his memoirs but a book called good times is almost one thousand pages long and covers his first childhood memory was up until his rise to p

charlie bass, mike fitzpatrick, steve pearson. they were able to to come in with experience. the democrats this time around have a lot of failures in terms of their efforts to recruit all the candidates. tom periello. guest: who losein 2010. there was a poll that came out that showed that stephanie would decided not to run. guest: there is an opportunity for the democrats to work with some of the folks and were unable to do that. they will not have that same dynamic going into 2012 as the republicans did in 2010. host: we will leave it there. thank you very much. >> according to the associated press, 70% of the votes have been counted in the better caucuses. results from the state's most populous county, clark county, which includes las vegas are being tallied. right now, the winner mitt romney is at 47%. newt gingrich has 22%. ron paul is in third with 18%. and rick santorum is in fourth with 11%. we will continue to update you with the latest results on c- span and c-span.org. >> by 2020, at least half of all energy that the navy uses will come from non fossil fuel sources.

other news the prime minister has also discussed another plan likely to appeal to the electorate at pearson set a way must be found to close the subject of unfair privatizations in the ninety nine says he suggested that the tycoons that took control of the country's resources should pay a one time say he acknowledged that the process of privatisation off of the clock of the soviet union was dishonest the exact details of the plan have not been worked out and said this should be done with the public and. we're going to have a look at the market now that started with exchange rates there is gaining value against the dollar. the ruble foreign signals that e.u. ministers have approved a second bad up package for greece the russian currency is high against the dollar against the euro this. oil is coming even higher degree leaders have reportedly reached detail in talks over the austerity cuts freezing temperatures in europe are also boosting demand for you saying. and soaks in europe are on the rise off to do it is strong grace a statement by the greek government is expected to shorts lay as you

it is by two acclaimed political scientists, jacob hacker yale and paul pearson of berkeley, and their conclusion is that step by step, debate by debate, over the last thirty years, the fortunate few, the people with big money rewrote the rules of politics and the economy to favor a relative few at the expense of many. and democrats played that game as well. >> smith: well, you have in fact compared what the democrats have done, and this administration has done, to money laundering. you've said, you said specifically it is money laundering in service to power and policy. >> moyers: that's campaign contributions. i mean this is. >> smith: and citizens united you include in that >> moyers: yes, this is, yes citizens united. the decision by the supreme court which allows corporations and unions, although unions don't have that much money, to pour as much money from anonymous sources as they wish into our elections. and one of your texans, karl rove, is a genius at gathering this money from anonymous wealthy sources and running ads to get it. i know republicans and democrats who spend most

workers and a few police officers were combing through any of the last belongings the real left to make pearson with forklifts and garbage trucks and any time with belongings left inside was confiscated and swept up and police and forced the policy for the rest of the day with a truck carrying an infrared scanner to ensure that nobody sleeps there duffy remember the occupy encampment drew the attention of congress when republican darrell issa called on the members of the house oversight and government reform committee to tackle the very pressing issue of the parks becoming unsanitary and infested with rodents it was a rare move considering congress doesn't usually get involved in local issues and many saw this call for eviction is one that was politically motivated by congressional conservatives. now saturday's addiction was the first time the people were actually removed from the park which has been considered one of the longest standing occupy camps as one stood for one hundred twenty nine days and even though park police came through removed many people's personal belongings some occupiers w

watching with us political reporter chicagotribune.com rick pearson obviously mich. the big one if mitt romney loses that home state would have been critical >> you heard and the chatter in the days looking like rick santorum moving ahead about if he does lose throwing held mary pass to get somebody like chris christie or mitch daniels into the race? >> still awfully close rick santorum has to have fuel 36 percent of the state says mitt romney father executive governor and he grew up there >> one thing to remember unlike arizona with 29 delegates winner-take-all contest mitt romney gets those michigan divided how well candidates to and the 14th congressional district rick santorum will get delegates that self-fulfilling prophecy if mitt romney needed to win how big is the margin? consistent and of moving it to super tuesday? a very interesting result talk about the dirty tricks played rick santorum encouraged democrats to turn out almost 10 percent of voters and republican caucus towards democrat half of those voting for rick santorum >> arizona not as significant st

20th debate republican presidential candidates joining us with highlights chicagotribune.com rick pearsonbiggest one last one before primary supposed to be the one that makes a difference did it make a difference? >> pulgas and a race between the two front-runners mitt romney and rick santorum right now these guys back and neck next week vote in michigan mitt romney slight advantage arizona nice tonight's debate help you could sense and the crowd in number of * rick santorum would give an answer not a good crowd reception >> more of the two frontrunners going back and forth down but entitlements of the cold word for spending santorum hit by a barrage of advertisements from romney and super pak alleging not the fiscal conservative he professes to be romney shoots back wants federal money from olympics >> your marks voted half of the money that wed to those games governor mitt romney ask for that year mark we came to the federal government asking to help on transportation and security fighting for those things the game is successful fighting to save the olympics you were fighting to save a

it's not just 2008, there was a terrific piece in the washington post this weekend by packer and pearson contrasting mitt romney and his father. and you saw there the path of a republican party that has moved from having moderate understanding of the need if for a role of government and manufacturing and true job creation to someone like mitt romney who in some ways has moved so far, the party has moved so far from the moderate republic republican ism >> let's keep in mind george romney palled around with sal, linsky >> romney is talking about being a son of detroit, and a story, part of his bio is that he almost died in a car accident in france. in a car collision. and reportedly he would not go near cars or was afraid of cars for a while. i think that the conservative direction of the republican party is pro growth and healthy but i do not think that romney believes it. i think he is a george romney who is pretending to be ronald rapi reagan and it does not work. >> are these independent voters going to be convinced that he is a extremist, when others say don't buy it? there's a sense

a lot of insight on the numbers of political reporter rick pearson. right down the middle not quite but pretty close at this time in the election cycle what should president obama make up these numbers and the public? >> president obama should be happy the overall job approval roughly where he was before the midterm elections showing slight improvement but had to let the economy the illinois economy what it has been through since the fall of 2010 there is actually an nine. swing it was 42 percent approved and 47 percent disapprove this time and december 2010 now over the 50 percent mark solid numbers and give it everything that we have been through >> what do the republicans make of this? >> a guy that wants the state with over 60 percent of the boat and the general election but never the last show signs of optimism among illinois voters and when you look at just illinois granted eight months away from the general election could lead to good things for democrats do not forget all barbara has coattails of democrats running in brand new congressional di

increasing taxes for the rich and cutting government services chicagotribune.com political reporter rick pearsonty even for obama and the others for republicans. >> first whether you think federal income-tax code favors the wealthy the middle income or low income and the results were the high income people 59% of the voters think the high income is favored at 8% middle income and low income 17%. president playing this out. the issue of fairness and the tax code another issue the president has talked about. whether the wealthy should pay more. the warren buffet rule as it is called anyone making more than $1 million a year should pay at least 30 percent income-tax rate. score for obama. you have a really strong majorities in all demographic areas even those making over $100,000 a year support the idea of paying more. >> the next questions you asked me the favor the republican side of things? >> when you start asking and digging deeper federal tax increase necessary to reduce the federal deficit? president today says cannot cut your way through this. when you ask the voters 42 percent say it is ne

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. the dow rises 6.51 points.ing first time jobless claims fell by 15,000 to 358,000, the second-lowest level in four years. mie commodity prices are hurting business at pepsi co. the beverage giant is cutting costs and eliminating 8,700 jobs worldwide. apple shares hit a record high after the announcement of the launch of an ipad 3. now back to "hardball." >>> there's no such thing as correlation in politics. it's not easy to get the nomination. it's not easy to be elected president. this is a testing approach. so far, we're doing pretty well. >> welcome back to "hardball." that's what the guy who is losing looks like. if anything, the gop race is more in the state of flux following rick santorum's wins two nights ago. more concerning for the governor, are the republicans worrying about his campaign. "conservatives don't trust mr. romney in part because he gives them little reason to do so. he seems to retreat at the first sound of a liberal moral argument. this means he'd play defense against president obama, wh

loss at home this year, coming in for hugh wet in the second half, just over 3 1/2 to play, ryan pearson, the tough reverse layup, 24 points, 11 rebounds, under a minute and a half to go tied at 51. vcu's burgess, call him big shot brad for a reason, he had 13. vc off. three-point lead. back comes mason, under ten to play. vaughans in the corner, tough shot, drapes the three, mason within one. last chance for mason now. down by two with three seconds to go, here's how it sounded in fairfax. [ cheering ] sophomore wright with the game winner, the biggest shot of his career, look at him. did that really just happen? mason wins a thriller, 62-61 was the final. >> things that kids dream of, i dream every day hitting the big shot. i see kobe hit big shot, lebron, but for me to hit a big shot for my team to win, i can't explain the feeling now. >> i can't talk enough about that guy. he come through in clutch moments and that was the biggest shot right there that was just great. look on his face after that was just so happy, i was more happy for him that he made a shot, more than winning. >> al

these clouds will continue to increase across our region for the in the overnight pearson clouds will be coming in for the west, the eastern suburbs may end of the in the colder areas where the clouds take a little longer to get in. probably drop down into the low 30's comes to close at 42 in the inner harbor. winds will be like. sun goes down this evening at 5:57. 41 in chicago. 54, kansas city. there is a big storm coming east of the rockies now, starting to produce some wintry conditions. 19 degrees of around rapid city in south dakota. 34 international falls. the storm will be tracking through the upper midwest. even though we are getting close to march now on the northern side of this, and it looks like a blizzard is going to develop. it is looking like mainly rain forest. does not look like we will get into the warm sector of the storm tomorrow, temperatures will still chilly, but the wintry conditions will be no. through the dakotas into minnesota, northern wisconsin. winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings are up for those locations. even a little snow and ice on the cold

ryan pearson led them with 15 points as they defeated the seahawks 75-69.riots are now 23-6 on the season. angie? >>> all right, we've got to show the george mason mug. got to show the george mason mug. way to go, patriots. >> props. >>> all right, the biggest superstar in new york sports right now is not derek jeter or eli manning, but a 23-year-old point guard from harvard. jeremy lin once again shined for the knicks, helping new york defeat minnesota 100-98. lin was all over the place, chipping in 20 points, six rebounds and eight assists. the knicks have won five straight and hope to keep the streak alive on tuesday night when they take to the court against toronto. meanwhile, it seems like lin-sanity has reached a fever pitch. his jersey is sold out at madison square garden, and he set a record for points in his first three games as a starter. all this from an undrafted 23-year-old who only played in 29 games last season. but it appears lin-sanity, it's here to stay. >> this guy's electric, and the team's playing with excitement. >> it's kind of like t

nancy keegan is the president of pro-choice america and katrina pearson is an executive director of watchning. >> nancy, these ads are on the air in orlando, wisconsin and virginia, are republicans crazy about the compromise? >> look, the policy that the president put forth this last week is a good decision for women. and it means that millions of women, including nurses, janitorial staff, college professors, will have access to birth control. so this is a win for women in this country and it's a win for the president. because it is going to draw the contrast between a president who stood with women and their access to contraception and birth control and those that oppose it and want to stand between a woman and her birth control. so absolutely for 2012, this is a president who stood with women. >> on the other side, the tea party is not known for getting involved in social issues, is that going to change in 2012? is this issue going to reinvigorate your supporters and followers? >> the good news is this is not a social issue. even though 54% of catholics voted for the president in 2008 a