joining us now is mississippi's republican governor phil bryant. vernor bryant, thank you ever so much. the stakes are very high. >> thank you, larry. glad to be here. the stakes are high for mitt romney because many people believe the south, particularly mississippi and alabama, this is the base of the republican base. a lot at stake for mitt romney tonight. what's your forecast? can you win one of the two? can he win miss mus? >> you know, i think it's going to be close. now, two weeks ago when we got into this campaign, when i officially endorsed him last thursday, as a matter of fact, we were looking at a third place finish. people were saying mitt romney was going to be down in the teens, and now if you look at it, we have drawn close. i think we're in striking distance. that just goes to show you mitt romney came to mississippi last thursday. he was a blue collar pascagoula port. we had him at the aing cultural commissioner office there in front of a john deere with a budget of our farmers and friends that were there. he was at a catfish house

legislation passed which gives police the power to stop people and ask for immigration papers and phil bryantying it's time to rock the boat when it comes to immigration. people are rocking the boat. >> why do you think you cover sports better than anybody else, in my opinion, why weren't the band members suspended? >> that's a very good question. for them not to be suspended, for the school not to do something public is pardon the expression, a whitewash. >> should the ncaa say something about this. march madness is supposed po be an exciting time. all of these things are supposed to be something that's enjoyed. should the ncaa come out and say something about this here. >> the ncaa are worried whether recruits are sending text message or using butter than scream cheese. these are real ncaa laws. it has the moral stand ofg a gnat. you're talking about an organization with 14 vice presidents. each of who make 400 grand a year and we're asking them to step forward and do the right thing. i will believe it when i see it. >> thank you so much. greatly appreciate you coming on and writing about t

in mississippi governor phil bryant putting his support behind mitt romney, the latest in a strong of endorsement from influential southern republicans including alabama's former governor and mississippi's lieutenant governor. governor bryant cited romney's chances in the general election as his reason for support. with the polls tight in the south the super pac supporting rick santorum making a big ad buy in both mississippi and alabama, the spot you see here goes after mitt romney saying he makes the same decisions as president obama. >>> santorum also going after newt gingrich there for dividing the conservative votes. santorum insists he could win the nomination if there were only one alternative to mitt romney. >> if you go out and work for us on tuesday, if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on tuesday, this race will become a two-person race and when it becomes a two-person race for the republican nomination, the conservative will win that nomination. when a conservative wins the nomination we'll do feet barack obama in the general election. >> tables have tur

it's expected to be signed by mississippi's republican governor phil bryant. also today, the university of southern mississippi played kansas state university in the first round of the ncaa tournament. what do these two events have to do with one another? when kansas state freshman angel rodriguez approached the free-throw line at the end of the first half, here's what he heard being shouted from the stands. >> have you seen mills trying to come over and draw the charge, rodriguez has let the ball go. he's a freshman, about as cool as they come now. >> members of the southern mississippi school band were shouting "where's your green card?" imagine for a moment, you're a college freshman starting, you and your team make it to the ncaa tournament, it is the big dance, the big show, it is a dream come true, and while you're out there on your court making your school proud, having a highlight in your life, you hear a bunch of bullies from the other school shouting where's your green card. by the way, rodriguez was born in san juan, puerto rico. here's a geography

latest nonevent in campaign news is that the governor, the republican governor of mississippi, phil bryant, i just found out what his name was now is endorsing willard m romney. pack in one more establishment endorsement and that ought to put him over the top. >> no way. no way. i think it calls for him to get out are ludicrous. >> the calls for gingrich to get out? >> the calls for gingrich and the calls for -- >> what is calling for santorum to get out. that's right. >> they are making a case it's all about mitt romney. >> ron paul is the only one who is happy with everybody just staying where they are. >> ron paul will -- >> not ever stop running. look, why not let this thing play out. if you are a conservative voter and not particularly happy, mitt romney is kind of getting with the emphasis on kind of getting to be a better candidate as the time goes on. they will rewire software, but i think he could come out at the end of the next two weeks as a stronger candidate. that is good for the party. no way is rick santorum getting out. for newt gingrich, it's all about ego. all about how m

. >> reporter: mississippi governor phil bryant endorsed romney, but alabama's governor has yet to announcea the latest rasmussen poll shows newt gingrich with a slight edge over rick santorum and romney, but it's a virtual three-way tie. in the real teal politics average in alabama roll -- clear politics average in alabama romney has a slight lead. in mississippi one poll shows gingrich with a four-point lead over romney. mississippi has not had enough polling to conclude an average of surveys, but numbers like that give gingrich enough reason to ignore santorum supporters telling him to get out. he told the associated press today he'll continue even if he loses alabama and mississippi. "i just want to set this to rest once and for all. we're going to tampa." >> when we win tuesday, we will have a remarkable impact on this race. the race will change once again. >> reporter: also calling the south a mazarin rick santorum is spreading himself between both states -- a must win rick santorum is spreading himself between both states plus kansas. ron paul traveled throughout kansas today also ho

. >> i spent part of the day looking at mississippi governor phil bryant's facebook page. like, i was stunned into silence for an hour and a half, going through all the comments. the mississippi governor, kansa governor, sam brownback, his facebook page essentially getting shut down, these things they're used to getting away, they have no capacity to deal with. >> no capacity. and we've seen this in the victories that have been accrued from the komen issue onward have come in the midst of a new cycle in which the backlash is overwhelming to the person who's sort of trying to push the issue. >> they can't handle the pushback at all. it's fascinating. chris hayes, host of "up with chris hayes," thank you, my friend. good to see you. >>> at the angry center of the controversy surrounding the killing of an unarmed 17-year-old in florida is a gun law signed by governor jeb bush. we've got details on that, just ahead. >>> for 40 years, beginning in the late 1960s, the u.s. government paid for people in a place called palamara, spain, to go to the doctor, to go to the doctor in m

support with this group might have been bowl diserred by the endorsement of mississippi governor phil bryant. more coming up at the bottom of the hour and full hour at 11 p.m. eastern. keep an eye on the screen. see the raw vote total soon. we will send it back to the o'reilly factor. captions by closed captioning services >> laura: hi, everyone. i'm laura ingraham in for bill o'reilly. no talking points memo tonight because we want to get right to the top story. president obama's sinking poll numbers. according to brand new "new york times" cbs poll just 41% of americans approve of the job mr. obama is doing while 47% disapprove. a month ago approval ratings were 50%. even worse is approval ration on the economy. 31% approve of the his handling of the economy. 54% disapprove. what's behind the president's recent struggles in the polls? let's turn to barack and hard place duo monica crowley and colmes who join us from new york. great to see both of you. >> hi, laura. >> laura: alan, look, a month ago he remember some of our friends on the left. indeed he had something of an uptick and spent

accepting the endorsement of the state's governor phil bryant. >> he's turning me into an unofficial southerner. i say y'all and i like grits. strange things are happening. >> he has blue jeans on. he likes grits. i like a man holding a baby. >> reporter: not just one, but three. here in the deep south, rick santorum is fighting a two-front war, trying to knock out newt gingrich while he chases romney whose advisers insisted the delegate math showed the former massachusetts governor has a nearly insurmountable lead. >> governor romney is out there trying to spin this thing because he's not been able to win it on the battlefield. >> reporter: thursday, santorum admitted regretting some of his most controversial choices of words, crediting karen for reeling him back in after this comment at the president for wanting young people to go to college. >> what a snob. >> usually the phone rings quickly. you know, rick, you shouldn't have said that. the snob comment didn't go over well. she reminded me, it's snobbish. you can say it was a snobbish thing to say, but don't call him a snob. i ma

still mississippi governor phil bryant says party leaders are still rallying around romney. >> i likesee a man holding a baby and he looks like he'd held a baby before. >> reporter: and mitt romney was holding babies here a few moments ago in birmingham, alabama. now if he wins either mississippi or alabama, mitt romney could have the last laugh as they look at that kind of victory that newt gingrich or rick santorum may be gone with the wind. just a few moments ago, if you'll pardon that film expression, there was something else that was kind of interesting. that romney asked randy owen, lead spinninger of alabama to sing a few verses of the song "sweet home alabama." actually a song from lynyrd skynyrd but randy owen did it anyway and the crowd sure appreciated it. >> all of us love that song. what about kansas. kansas has its caucuses tomorrow. what are they expecting there? >> reporter: well, the romney campaign has essentially looks like given up on kansas. they're basically focusing on mississippi and alabama at this point, and there are some positive signs, if you look at some

. >> mitt romney did receive mississippi governor's phil bryant's endorsement, but he still needs to over the southern people. he's making these little comments. what should his strategy be, will? >> look, he'll have an uphill slog in the south. it's just a fact. he's probably in line for a bad week here when it comes to not only the south, but kansas. he's got mississippi, alabama and louisiana. he's not positioned well in those places. he has to continue or start to be very authentic in his message, and i think it must be an economic message and the economic message needs to be boiled down to principles and principles is what people at their core care about. he needs to have free market economics and liberty which the conservative economic message lends itself to. that's what can sell anywhere, not just the south. >> let me ask you about santorum's message. he's denied that he said straight out that gingrich should leave the race. i want you to take a listen to what he said in huntsville, alabama, and get your pon this. >> if you go out and deliver a conservative victory for us on

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accepting the endorsement of the state's governor, phil bryant. >> he is now turning me into an, i don't know, an unofficial southerner and i'm learning to say y'all and i like grits, and strange things are happening to me. >> he had blue jeans on. he likes grits. i like to see a man when he's holding a baby, and he looks like he's held a baby before. >> reporter: not just one but three. >> there you go. >> reporter: here in the deep south, rick santorum is fighting a two-front war, trying to knock out newt gingrich while he chases romney. whose advisers this week insisted the delegate mass shows the former massachusetts governor already has an insurmountable lead. >> governor romney's out there trying to spin this thing because he's not been able to win it on the battlefield. >> reporter: late thursday, santorum admitted regretting some of his most controversial choices of words. crediting his wife, karen, for reeling him back in after this remark about the president for wanting young people to go to college. >> what a snob. >> usually the phone rings very quickly if she isn't there in