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[applause] and representing croft , ron lowe, ron? [applause] we have mcdonald's and their representative did not make it and the last one on the list, ross bargo who has been with us for many years, tracy tran, tracy? [applause] tracy has not made it yet. so really, thank you very much. and for joining us and hope to see you again next year. and it's so special that our new police chief is with us. and would you like to say a few words? [applause] >> i don't think that that was actually a question. [laughter] i'm just really pleased to be here. i wasn't prepared to say anything. but just the culture and what it does for the community, it really does leave me without much to say other than thank you for everybody does. and thanks for having me. [applause] >> thank you, chief. and thank you, claudine. i hope you were able to meet some. greeters in the lobby before the event started. and you may have noticed they were selling these little pins. you see this a.p.a. heritage month pin? it's the image of the heritage month logo designed in

. >> one candidate not dropping out is ron paul despite low poll numbers has the money and supporters to keep going. >> the system can't continue that is what american people have discovered we cannot keep borrowing spending printing money. >> voting continues a week from tuesday when arizona and michigan both hold their primaries. >>> now the four gop candidates who will debate in mesa arizona on wednesday night, and that debate is already taking on a larger importance brian it is the only one this month in the last one before ten states will go to the polls on super tuesday march 6th. >>> hundreds of ron paul supporters rallied in the national mall today including many of the nations veterans their message get the republican party to listen to troops ahead of the presidential election a vote for ron paul is a vote against the war. >> looking ahead, arizona and michigan hold their primaries next tuesday washington state holds its caucus march 3rd then march 6th super tuesday 10 states including virginia will cast ballots. >>> the strained relations between iran and global community,

. >> one of the postal service unions hired ron bloom to create a low growth business plan. that was a union hire. have they talked to you about strategies or his role? >> we've talked to ron bloom. it was our people that said it was a good move. any organization that he's involved with the, focus is on how do you continue to make sure the organization thrives, they way you can provide excellent employment for the union member members. >> you talked about germany. how do you know what the rice price point is? particularly if you're trying to stop the flow of red ink? >> well, that's been an issue for us. what we are very careful about is pricing ourselves out of business. whether catalogs or first class mail period kls. each of those provides a way to communicate with a seg m of the american public. our big fear is if you put a price change on standard mail, you'll chase people to the internet even though they went get the same return. >> you said that you stopped delivering the mail by next fall if they do not pass a bill to help you. if congress does pass a bill that gives

newt gingrich and ron paul are in the low teens. here's susan mcginnis on how the poll numbers are affecting santorum's campaign style. >>> reporter: rick santorum was joined by his family at a campaign stop in grand rapids, michigan. >> we actually get a chance to spend some time together this week. >> reporter: santorum is leading in the polls and talking like a front-runner. he ignored his republican rivals focusing his attacks on president obama. >> whose side is he on, is the question. we need someone that's on your side. >> reporter: michigan is mitt romney's home state. with the primary a week away he is trying to convince voters that santorum isn't the right person for the economy. >> i don't think it's appropriate to raise the debt ceiling. he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling. >> reporter: romney has plenty of cash to help him catch up. his campaign raised $6.5 million last month. and a super pac supporting romney raised 6.6 million. newt gingrich's campaign is also very healthy financially. he raised more than $5

pressure to win in his birth state in michigan, one candidate who won't be dropping out is ron paul who despite lowers has the money and supporters to keep going. >> this system can't continue and that's what american people have discovered now. we cannot keep borrowing and spending and printing money. >> reporter: the voting, though, continues a week from tuesday when arizona and michigan both hold their primaries. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> the four gop candidates will debate in mesa, arizona, wednesday night, that debate taking on a larger importance. it's the last before 10 states vote on super tuesday, march 6th. >>> it has been years in the making and tonight you're getting a sneak peek. we are taking you on a virtual tour of the newest museum to be added to the national mall. it's dedicated to honoring the achievements of black americans. >>> if you see a story we should look into, send your tips to fox5tips at wttg.com or call us at 202-895-3000. >>> fox 5 continues to celebrate black history month just days away from breaking ground on the national museum exclusively devoted to black

ron paul closing the gap, low not with romney.nd back on the campaign trail romney hoping to rouse the crowd with a glimpse of a republican future. >> we will cut federal spending. we will reduce it's share of total economy and finally put america on track to have a balanced budget in this country. >> for newt gringrich that's explain small ball. 's shooting for the moon. >> we really have to set the stage to have a campaign this fall in which we have a team running so that we could win the senate, we could win the house. we can start doing things from day one. >> and rick santorum expressing the office. >> we have two candidates. candidates that are flawed. >> he seems to be in agreement with the poll that "abc news" poll showing that if the election was held topics a everyone would be really surprised, and b obama would get 52% to romy's 43%. and the president would do better against gingrich, 50% to 40% no fight. if you think people are despairing about their candidate, one former candidate does not mine saying who is the ideal

. >>> aaron maven returns to promote art in education especially for students in low income areas. ronax has more and the important message he brought with him. >> reporter: there's music, dance and art at the patterson park charter school. something the students really love. >> i think it's really very important to me. it's a way for me to escape and express my families. >>> aaron maven told me art was important to him growing up in baltimore. >> you're in an environment where you have so many factors around you pulling you in a million directions. you need things like art to keep you level headed, to keep you focused and just to keep you sound. >> reporter: today young audiences is providing grant money to keep the arts in school. >> and our vision is that all students have the opportunity to imagine, to create and realize their full potential through the arts. >> reporter: the patterson park charter school is one of 20 schools in the city receiving grant money. >> young audience, these other agencies like this. they are very, very important to what we do as a system and as a city. >

could benefit ron paul because, harris,'s he got a big ground oranges in nevada and had people here since 2008, the last time he appeared in the caucuses and came in second and if he has a lowally mean a the lot of ron paul supporters do not get diluted by support by newt gingrich and ron paul playing for second and a chance with the low turnout he could do it. >> john, i know this is the first in the west caucuses and so people might wonder, how important, what role will the caucuses play? >> they're important for a couple of reasons, delegates, 28 to be had here, if mitt romney goes above 55% that means he could get 15 delegates and it also means that the other candidates could come out of here with delegates that they can carry on to the convention and the second, the reason why it's important, in the west, an indication how the candidates will fare fare going through the rest of the western states and don't forget that colorado is coming up on tuesday and mitt romney has a huge win there and won in a landslide in 2008 with 60% of the vote. i mean, in the overall scheme of things, it's certainly not as important as, say, a florida is, but the first time in the mountain a

his aides have expectation for minnesota and colorado but low expectation for nevada. rono speak. we'll hear him as well. more information coming in as far as entrance polling? >> wolf, you just showed those numbers. it looks like from the early results that governor romney has a pretty big lead. who will get second place? you see newt gingrich and ron paul in second place. i want to know -- i looked through all of these income groups and mitt romney is carrying every group except those who made under $30,000 a year. ron paul winning that group with 32%. governor romney and speaker g g gingrich. there's a piece of ron paul support. it's only 10% of the electorate. if he can hold on -- >> probably young people? >> probably young people. but not as young as he would hope. about 18% of the electorate today describes themselves as independent. look at that. ron paul getting almost half of that vote. 48% of that vote there. romney next and then speaker gingrich. again, this is a source of strength for ron paul. not a huge slice of the electorate but he's competitive for second

ron paul. >> i think there was a low turnout. think it was a problem and mormon base in nevada. >> and donald trump, the greatest living individual on this planet, big loser, however, is math. how come people can't count votes, i think it's like cursive writing, people can't count. >> and the abacus. has the president seems there's a contraception man dit actually respects religion. more on that on "the five" and e-mail us at thefive. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >> welcome back to "the five." so last week the the administration realized that it had stirred up a hornets nest when it comes to religious liberty and whether or not the organization would be carved out of obamacare's mandate for providing free contraceptives and includes to some like the morning after pill, which is so this is has been going on for a couple of weeks, and president obama went against, and interestingly, eric, i wonder if you could tell us a little about what you heard because i heard from several people who attended catholic mass yesterday on sunday who he

ron paul. >> i think there was a low turnout. think it was a problem and mormon base in nevada. >> and donald trump, the greatest living individual on this planet, big loser, however, is math. how come people can't count votes, i think it's like cursive writing, people can't count. >> and the abacus. has the president seems there's a contraception man dit actually respects religion. more on that on "the five" and e-mail us at thefive. we'll be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk. but think about your heart. 2% has over half the saturated fat of whole milk. want to cut back on fat and not compromisen taste? try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance. try smart balance fat free milk. i remember the day my doctor told me i have an irregular heartbeat, and that it put me at 5-times greater risk of a stroke. i was worried. i worried about my wife, and my family. bill has the mos common type of atrial fiillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. h

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low turn out with many democrats voting for santorum or ron paul to deny a win for romney. at massachusetts mitt romney hands over the call on fox news. >> deceptive and a dirty trick. it's a new low in this campaign. >> but not the last. santorum also on fox news, then thumbing his nose at romney. >> one of the things that the governor romney's people say is oh, he can't attract democrats. well, i think we can. >> and this time from his michigan call center. >> we want to make sure we get republicans out to vote. we want this to be a process where republicans choose a republican nominee. >> santorum having none of that as he complained. >> democrats enjoying the whining from both sides. michael moore tweeting just said he went to vote for santorum but each time he asked for a ballot and laughed. and adding a ps that is sure to bring legions of hard cores to his camp. >> it is very easy to excite the base with comments. i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to get the nomination. >> despite his complaints romney admitting in an interview during the 2008 campaign: the gove

ron paul's eccentric, low- profile ally. is about people who are writing checks for millions of dollars to help republican candidates. he is a long-time supporter of ron paul. good morning and welcome to the conversation. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. where in the constitution doesn't say that the democrats have a constitutional right to mandate -- does it say that the democrats have a constitutional right to mandate on us from the public, whether it be birth control, obama care from any of those things? when this country was founded, those principles were founded toward the church, whether it be catholic, jewish, protestant. that was done by and through the church. social welfare, i believe it was called back then. my displeasure with the democrats is we will twist words. the constitution nowhere says that the white house has these powers. thank you. host: thank you for the call. at the top of the program, we talked about the voting taking place in syria. it's the story in "the washington post." the

>>> in the race for the republican nomination next on the list for candidates is a low from file caucus in maine. ron roman catholic paul has been campaigning there. after that, the candidates have a break until arizona and michigan at the end of the month. newt gingrich, rick santorum and mitt romney are speaking today, the conservative political action conference in washington, d.c. this weekend. >>> some are calling it another black eye for the marine corp after photos show a sniper team posing in front of a flag with a logo. it is the nazi's symbol. the marines will not be punished because they believe the ss symbol stood for sniper scout. >>> crews at the cruiseship crash in italy are working overtime to avoid a disaster. they moved to pump thousands of gallons of oil from the wrecked ship, but they can't remove the fuel until the seas are calm. 17 people were killed and 15 others are missing. >>> cruiseships here in the u.s. are having troubles of their own. the crown princess was forced to turn around yesterday for the second time. after passenger got ill with a stomach virus. >>> this could b

people listened to the sirens and took cover and they are giving it credit for the low casualty rate here. >> nbc's ronlome, branson, missouri, thank you. >>> also developing out of arizona, dozens of classes were canceled -- in minnesota, because in duluth, forecasters say more than a foot of snow could fall there this after noon. a winter storm warning has been issued for much of the year, and the minnesota state patrol has responded to seven crashes, vehicle crashes, and the weather channel's mike seidel braved whiteout conditions there earlier this morning. take a look. >> we are getting wind gusts 50, to 55 miles per hour, and the only thing that is on the positive side is the temperature is a relatively balmy 30 degrees, but the windchill is 15. looking down the boardwalk here near lake superior, we see the waves crashing up to the seawall, and we have been pounded this morning and it is a full blown blizzard, because we have had the snow and the wind and the low visibility for three hours so this qualifies for a blizza blizzard. look at lake superior, can you see it out there? >> that is amazing

lows and very high highs. ron brownstein, first time you contributed and strong. >> when he said we've had low lows, it's me. >> slow lows is what i should say. i want to remind everybody on friday we're going to take everybody's suggestions, feel free to tweetd us or tweet me. i would love to hear from you and not just the crazy people who tweet me, all the other people. you can also send to starting point. we would love to know what you suggest. we have will cain who is a columnist for "the blaze." i like the tweed. >> thank you. >> the actual professor though is next to you and that would be the former virginia congressman tom davis is back with us. i said a long good-bye to you yesterday and i'm like, oh, he's back. we loved having you. he is also the former chair of the republican house campaign committee. and he teaches political science now. and ron brownstein is the editorial director of the "national journal" and he is with us as well. let's move on to the state of nevada because the state of florida is o

ron paul's strategy was if the caucus turnout was low that's better for him.f voters had continue up 60-65,000 that could have been well for newt gingrich. with the 24,000 people who came out to the caucuses that could indeed bowed well feaued well f. ron paul was running very strong almost neck and neck with gingrich. arthel we will have the results in from the caucuses. there are unofficial results floating around but we will wait for the official ones to come in. >> we will be waiting. you just don't know. i love how this has been so unpredictable through out the process. we will stick around for your reporting, john. >> it's good to watch. >> car companies started the year or strongly starting with an increase in sales. one factor putting buyers loser credit standards thanks to a credit company more car loans are going to borrowers with less than perfect credit scores. former managing director now handing rich dev salvo. isn't this the problem with the houses the bank started giving money and loans to people who bought houses they couldn't afford? is there

obama's situation, as has been mentioned, anywhere from the 25% to 28% range, as opposed to ron paul, who was on the low end with a 15% corporate tax issue. i have not come out on my web site yet with reference to that. as i said, the one issue you will find on my website addressed to voters is increasing the minimum wage to $9 per hour. i will leave it at that. i wish you well. keep up the good work in washington, d.c. host: thank you very much, peter in minnesota. our last caller from sarasota was talking about the overall tax plans of the candidates. there are stories in the papers this morning about an analysis of the overall tax plan, including their plans for corporate taxes. here is coverage of it this morning in "the washington post." here is lori montgomery's story on this. host: let's listen to gov. romney as he talks about his thoughts on corporate tax rates. [video clip] >> higher taxes does not create jobs. higher taxes kills jobs. this president does not get help his policies are hurting america. my plan for taxation. first of all, four corporate entities that are taxed at the corporate le

the ron kal reports that eliana lopez has three new lowe lawyers, one from the balco case with barry and a second in family law and the third was brought in to handle immigration issues. >>> a mighty soggy problem at oakland's fruit veil area. a water main broke around midnight at the 39th avenue area. and crews have shut off the water from the homes in the area. no word when the water will be back on. but take note. >>> vallejo fire department is keeping watch over the scene of a fire that destroyed a warehouse yesterday. it was a big fire, too. a four alarm fire. it happened on mayor island. the warehouse at railroad avenue was completely described. because of the smoke and strong winds yesterday, they issued a shelter in place for the entire city of vallejo but the smoke finally blew out of the city. and there were no injuries. >> the lady said it was homeless people maybe. >> that could be an unintentional fire set by the homeless. it is not what we're thinking at this point but we have to -- nothing is off the table. we will look at every avenue. >> and as far as nobody was in t

bringing the best out of each other, but bringing the worst out of each other in the low-grade attacks with the exception of ronthink that he's got a pretty easy row in terms of the lack of a vibrant candidate against him. >> there were interesting exit polls from michigan, and romney essentially split the working class vote with santorum, but santorum beat him with union families, and union families were about one quarter of the voters in michigan and what do you make of that? >> i thought it was a poor showing for mitt romney, and he outspent santorum by an enormous amount of money. >> two to one. >> and he grew up in michigan and barely won. i would not call it much of a vick trishtory victory, and santorum kept making boo-boos and he still almost won. >> yes. let's talking about the overall economic message that would work for the president or he should bring to the campaign. we got a glimpse of it yesterday when he took a thinly veiled shot at mitt romney in the 2008 new york times op-ed with the headline he was calling on the government to let detroit go bankrupt. this is what the president said. >> i've

and you know, it's, perhaps the case that santorum and ron paul, if the voting today, there's a low voterhat they could come fairly close to romney. and if he doesn't have a big spread at the end of the day, these smaller campaigns may look at that as real momentum going into super tuesday. suzanne? >> miguel, final question here, what's the one thing voters are telling you that's really important to them this time go-around. >> reporter: you would think in arizona, it's all about immigration and the border, but it's not. it's the economy. and you don't have to drive very far in this state and around this town to see the strip malls and the stores shut and closed. people want somebody who they believe can take care of the economy. they like ron paul because he talks about small government and letting government get out of the way. they like romney as well, because he's been a businessman before and they think that he can actually do the job and step up and run the economy in a better way. suzanne? >> miguel, thanks. we'll come back to you shortly. >>> well, he hit the road last night and

and so now ron paul he has yet to win a caucus but as you just said he seems to be the only one that is steadily on the upswing he's got a very low oil following while the others kind of come up and down with of romney traditionally seen as the front rather front runner losing speed where is it is right now ron paul's time to shine. i think i believe it is wrong paul's time to shine but i'm perfectly happy with him plugging away and just keep going towards the tampa conventions so if i don't see i mean it would be wonderful to win one you know that would be really exciting right now but as i understand it in minnesota he pulled in more delegates even in counties where mitt romney sorry in the counties were sent to a room was in first place ron paul got most of the delegates so people showed up and they're going forward in the in the caucuses to vote for ron paul and you know last night obviously a huge victory for santorum after he won the all three states so he's proving to be more conservative alternative to romney who has his critics called a massachusetts moderate so we are seeing this divide within the republican party but r

ron paul has won the delegates he's won in the caucus states where there's low turnout and activistsure. in maine, we have a high libertarian population. in states with larger turnout primaries, paul doesn't do as well and that's where you'll see romney and santorum and gingrich fighting that out. >> stewart: if he's got a block of delegates going into the convention, presumably he would have power as to where he puts the delegates, power over the policy of the nominee. he's got to say in that nominee's policy. >> that's absolutely key for ron paul's reason for running this year and in 2008. he wants to make sure that his meng message is there. he's a class message candidate, he wants to be sure a small government, libertarian message, is included in whoever the republican party candidate is. that's what he's pushing for. >> stewart: rapid fire questions because you know more than i do. michigan is not a must-win state for governor romney, so says one guest on this program earlier. you say? >> i would say if romney loses michigan, the optics it brings into super tuesday are bad. why

. >> reporter: ron paul could dish up a surprise if his dedicated voters go to the low turn out caucus. last night a rally drew more than a thousand people. >> placer. >> reporter: susan was there and is among many volunteering for paul today. >> i was here last weekend with a group of people from the bay area. we came to go door to door. >> reporter: if he were to push aside gingrich and come in second which i don't think is that far fetched. boy, gingrich is doing damage control then. >> reporter: gingrich is nevada campaign has struggled at best. his reno campaign office opened just last week. a barebones operation but it's director remains confident about the cow cause. >> we vote for principle and those kind of voters are the ones you can count on. we count on our people. we know they will be there. >> reporter: romney may be way ahead in the polls but this is not a winner take all state. the other candidates have incentive to preform to try to grab more del tastes and bragging rights. the key is to convince supporters to give up two hours of their part go to the cow caucus. >> ou

ron paul are hoping to gain momentum. gingrich says he can make gas prices become as low as $2 a gallon. >>catherine: earlier this month of the nation's five biggest banks created a fund to help struggling homeowners. those who qualify have a limited amount of time to get in an application. >>catherine: americans whose real-estate investments of them under water now have extra time to get some money back. if up to 44 3 million homeowners foreclose on have until the end of this month and asked for an independent review of how their foreclosure was handled. only 90,000 have submitted claims. the feds have extended the deadline until july 30th. independent consultants are ready to investigate foreclosure abuses. lenders could have to repay anything from a single fee to the full cost of the wrongfully repossessed two weeks ago, the obama administration in 49 states brokered a deal with the the five biggest u.s. banks to. >> that deal seeks not to write for enclosure wrongs like grow assignments and seizures. it qualifies for his release and scooting to fill hitting low interest financing and

tonight overnight low of 35, rain tomorrow, tomorrow is leap day. 29th of the month. tomorrow is leap day. ron, unless i am completely wrong, it is socially acceptable for a woman to ask a man for his hand in marriage, am i correct? don't get too excited. >> i'm not sure he heard you. >> reporter: you were talking to me? yeah. sadie hawkins day. and leap year. yeah. that is correct. you are absolutely right. >> it's socially acceptable to do. >> you think that will happen in baltimore? it might. >> i think by thursday, on this show, we will have a lot of email and maybe pictures about that. >> we may have a new lead. there you go. >> what is going on, pal? >> reporter: this is great. this is the 7th year for this, ihop in dundalk, how are you doing? >> good, thank you. >> free pancakes today. it's a great cause in baltimore for the benefit of the leukemia and lymphoma society. we got it all from dundalk live. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> barometer 30.43. once you get away from western maryland, temperatures in the 20s to 30s. we are almost at 40 degrees. westminster, 35, 37 bel air, almost 40 co

debated on the nightly business report, anywhere from the 25% to the 28% range as opposed to ron paul on the loworate tax issue. so i have not come out on my web site yet with reference to that. but the one issue you will find on my web site address to voters in the state of florida is increasing the minimum wage to $9 an hour. i will leave it at that. thanks for your time and keep up the good work in washington. host: thanks so much, peter from sarasota. and this tweet -- our last caller from sarasota was talking about the overall tax plans of the candidates. there are stories in the paper this morning about an analysis of various overall tax plans that the gop candidates are putting forward including their plans for corporate taxes. here is coverage of this morning in the washington post. let's listen to governor romney as he talks about his thoughts on corporate tax rates. >> higher taxes do not create jobs, they kill jobs. this president does not get how his policies are hurting america. what was my plan for taxation? first, four corporate entities that are taxed a corporate level, i will re

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