the former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is co-chairman of mitt romney's national campaign. pawlenty is joining us right now. governor, thanks very much for coming in. little differences, did you hear that santorum saying little differences between your man, governor romney and president obama. go ahead and respond to rick santorum. >> well, with all due respect to rick santorum, there couldn't be a brighter line between the vision that mitt romney has for the country which is getting the economy moving and having been an executive, not having a governmencentric view of the world and government's role in people's life like president obama does. it's wrong for rick santorum to say that. he's lashing out in the final stages of his campaign. this race for the nomination as a practical matter is over. it's not mathematically over. there's more processes amongst certain parts. but let's face it, mitt romney is going to be the nominee. he'll be a great nominee and a great president. he's been a executive leader in theor. he doesn't have the governmencentric view of the world like

. >> other names being thrown out there right now is mitch daniels, tim pawlenty, and condoleezza rice. they want to get voter reaction and it gives them time to look over a candidate's past. >> thank you. as you know, the president is doing well in the polls with young people. that does not do him any good unless they turn out at the polls. he is pulling out all the stops in his effort to keep student interest rate -- interest rates on student loans low. >> now is not the time to make schools more expensive for our young people. >> oh, yeah. ♪ >> the president said -- the president took part in the popular segment. unless congress acts. for july, rates will double to 68%. in>> back in the headlines, the white house -- he is now seeking political office. we have the details. >> we talked to a local home owner who had exactly this happened. that story is coming out. >> a beautiful day today. big changes coming tomorrow with a warm front and a cold front. i will tell you what to expect >> a military judge refused to dismiss charges against bradley manning. another separate motion to dism

other big names include indiana governor midge daniels, paul ryan, tim pawlenty and louisiana governor of bobby jindal. no doubt the speculation will continue. we may not have an answer until sometime in august. sally kidd, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the word was reaching for was resignation, not resigned and. -- not resignment. winter in the middle of spring for certain parts of the state your >> will tell you which areas are under a winter storm warning. >> after a devastating fire, aharles village pub is open again. >> the ravens general manager says finding another big play for this year presents more challenges than most people realize. >> we are not done with that big storm that rolled up the eastern seaboard over the weekend. skyteam 11 shows cloudy skies and showers. 46 at x. it has been 15 months since a two-alarm grease fire practically leveled the the charles village pub. rob roblin was there for the grand reopening. >> it looks great. that fire was 15 months ago, and it was devastating at the time, but look behind me and you can see the folks are having a good time, and they are h

the former minnesota governor tim pawlenty is co-chairman of mitt romney's national campaign. governor pawlenty is joining us right now. governor, thanks very much for coming in. little differences, did you hear that? santorum saying, only little differences between your man governor romney and president obama. go ahead and respond to rick santorum. >> well, with all due respect to rick santorum, there couldn't be a brighter line between the vision that mitt romney has for this country, which is private sector, entrepreneurial, getting the country moving, having been an executive, not having a government-centric view of the world and government's role in people's lives like barack obama does. it's fundamentally wrong for rick to say that. obviously, he's lashing out in the final stages of his campaign. this race for the nomination as a practical matter is over. it's not quite numerically over. there's going to be more psychological and emotional processing among certain parts of the discussion here, politically, wolf, but let's face it. mitt romney is going to be the nominee. t

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tim pawlenty already endorsed romney and believes the endorsement is critical to the romney campaign. >> we want him and need him to be part of what is going to be the effort to become the next president of the united states. and highlight the flaws of president obama's time in office. we'd welcome his support and endorsement and anticipate and hope he'll be on board fully. >> santorum has not revealed which of the three he will endorse. newt gingrich replied to claims his campaign bounced a check in ut ut your check bounced in utah. >> that is one of those goofy things. the check was drawn in december. the kt was closed by the time they processed it. it wasn't a question of money. the bank account was closed he added the campaign started to use another bank in january. the campaign says it will make out a new check so the candidate can appear on the primary ballot in late june. >> officials in western mexico rushing to the sight of a 7.0 earthquake to assess damage there. the quake hit a short time ago and tall buildings did sway. there are no reports of damage or injuries. and two p

. >> you work for tim pawlenty and there was a moment in the debates he would not sort of own up to a comment he made before on fox news sunday about oh bomb bomb -- obamni care. >> among senior staff we had a discussion on how to handle that. at the end of the day our thought was this happened in june, 2011, six months before voters even went to the polls. it was something that was not insurmountable and we were happier then it happened in june, 2011 than june, twelve. i think that you want to do what's best for your candidate and remain loyal to him or her and to put your best step forward and get over it as quickly as possible and move on to the next thing and change the story. >> it's always something that will happen. i want to thank you both because you have a perspective very few people have had. i wish we had more it time to talk about it because i think it's an amazing thing to be in the room. and having been one that made the gaffe, i know how it feels when someone on your staff says you really, really grooved it up and you have to figure out how to deal with it. grateful to

none them, with the exception of tim pawlenty got out of the race and endorsed the so-called front-runnerready unified in principle. >> here's the deal, i totally agree with you. i think you both agree with each other, the only question becomes, of course, who backs who. and surely all the polls tell you, and all the momentum tells you that newt would have to stand down and throw his support behind rick santorum, doesn't it? >> that's what all the pundits say. newt gingrich has been counted out before, we're going to have a three-week lull now for some it's a lull, for others it's an opportunity to have a conversation, to make sure we continue to unify in message, if not in principle, in process at the moment. >> it sounds to mes that is the nearest i have heard the gingrich camp basically giving you guys a green light to start proper talking. this is the big moment. >> the conservatives have to rally. >> if it happens, certainly, you get the kudos for being the matchmaker. kelly ann said something very important, we can make this about something even bigger than rick santorum and newt gi

. >> but michele bachmann and tim pawlenty and jon huntsman and herman cain and rick perry and ron paulhank you to this extraordinary team. we have all fought hard and well and we will fight for the things we believe in. [ applause ] >> and i express my appreciation to senator mccain for his battle for the presidency, for standing true to the principles of our party, for the fact that he has been a fighter for america for decades. this is not someone who came late to the game. he has been a stalwart champion of the things that make america america from his earliest day, and he has sacrificed enormously and continues to battle to this day. i hope we can always count on seeing john mccain in the u.s. senate fighting for the things that we believe in. thank you, senator. [ applause ] >> i'm surprised that senator mccain did not regale you with some of his favorite jokes. i heard a couple of them. he has one where he says this is the only state in america where mothers do not tell their children that some day they can grow up to be president. i think i can join the millions of americans tha

those have been out this year and none of them with the exception of tim pawlenty got out and endorsed the front-runner. >> here's the deal. >> i totally agree with you. you both agree with each other. the question becomes who backs who and surely all the polls tell you and all the momentum tells you that newt would have to throw support behind rick santorum, doesn't it? >> that's what they would say, but newt gingrich has been counted out before and we will have a three-week lull and for others it's an opportunity to make sure that we continue to unify at least a message and principal if not in process. >> sounds to me that is the nearest i heard the gingrich cam giving you guys a green light to stop proper talking. this is crying out and the big moment. this is the moment that conservatives have to really. >> for it happens, get the kudos and kelly anne said something important. we can make this about something bigger than rick santorum and newt gingrich. if we can bring all the superstar conservatives and unite as team and campaign as one team and promise to govern as one team, we c

tim pawlenty.osite in terms of not a wealthy family, former governor of minnesota, a nice personality. women, you're not going to get sarah palin, but they are talking susanna martinez, even though she said she's not interested. and another name that is popping up is paul ryan. the congressman from wisconsin. the head of the house budget committee. a young, well spoken, and smart. mitt romney is not going to make the same mistake that john mccain did. he met sarah palin one time. she wasn't properly vetted. they wanted to pick someone that would enhance and add todd ticket and win a state he couldn't win on his own. >> it will be interesting to see how that plays out. fox 5 political analyst, thanks so much for your insight. >>> a bieber impersonator facing charges. after what police say he told teenage girls to do. plus, these bike riders have overcome more obstacles. a touching story coming up. plus, losing your luggage could be a thing of the past. stewart explains. >>> going online to check out

tim pawlenty says he has taken himself off the list. rick santorum is in the race as newt gingrich.ther rule out number two. >> the most important of all the criteria is pick someone who you think would do a really good job as vice president. who is really qualified to step in and become president. >> there are a other political things to consider. policies, geography and personality and more. the most important decision a presidential nominee can make because running can become vice president. and day one be the proverbial heart beat away from the presidency. >> bret: so it begins. thank you. rick santorum's campaign says the candidate's daughter is doing better and may be released from a virginia hospital this evening. 3-year-old bella santorum was brought in friday. she has a rare genetic condition. rick san say >>> not everyone in washington is hammered in the approval rating. the exception later in the grapevine. up next, twisting the senate's arm when it comes to the budget. onhere was just telling e that ford dealers sell a new tire like...every five seconds, how's that possi

former rival tim pawlenty. john thune. mcdonald. south carolina governor nikki haley.ndiana governor mitch daniels yesterday discourageded romney from asking him. >> i would demand reconsideration. send mr. romney a list of people i think could suit better. >> romney-rubio pairing got big applause at a town hall meeting outside philadelphia. >> mitt romney, the next president of the united states. >> extraordinary leader. wonderful leader in our partych [ applause ] >> tomorrow's primaries in pennsylvania, new york, rhode island, delaware, connecticut, are the first since rick santorum dropped out. romney is expecting decisive victory over nominal competition from ron paul and newt gingrich who is broke and could end his campaign any day now. romney will watch the primary returns tuesday from new hampshire, home of the first of the nation presidential primary and romney's first big win in this campaign. team romney considers it the unofficial end of the nominating contest. bret? >> bret: carl, more than 100 days passed since the first in the nation iowa caucuses. at fi

tim pawlenty points out he was short-listed and background checked in 2008. >> i was honored to be consideredn that process. i'm not going down that road this time. i've taken my name off the list. i can help romney in other ways. >> mcdonald running positive tv ads about his accomplishment but the term limited so can't seek re-election so he is interested in the number two post. >> anybody that gets a call from the nominee and says you can help our country, of course you consider that. i'm not asking for it. >> the other thing that insiders will be watching tonight is the political fate of newt gingrich. for weeks his inside aides have been pressuring him to think about getting out of the race and acknowledged without a strong showing in delaware tonight, most likely as soon as tomorrow morn leg will drop out. on the other hand if he has a stunning upset, he is almost essentially impossible to go forward because of the debt he is carrying. tremendous pressure to bow out of the race. he and the family are talking about that. >> bret: thank you. we'll have updates throughout the evening on fox

. >> you worked for tim pawlenty, a moment in the debates he would not sort of own up to a comment heade before on fox news sunday. about obama-ney care. and was that a discussion inside the pawlenty campaign? >> among senior staff a discussion how to handle that. at the end of the day, look, this happened in june of 2011 six months before they went to the polls and we were happier then that it happened in june of 2011 than june of 2012, but you know, i think that you want to do what's best for your candidate and remain loyal to him or her. and to put your best step forward and get over it as quickly as possible and move onto the next thing and change the story. >> well, it's always something that's going to happen. i want to thank both of you, you have a perspective that very few people have had. and maybe we can bring you back, i think it's a fascinating thing and having been in that room and having been the guy who made the gaffe, i know it's painful when someone on the staff said you really, really goofld it up then and have figure how to deal with it. >> grateful to you both. [ap

tim pawlenty.ut they can't vote so i guess the joke doesn't work. >> it didn't work whether they could or not. now there is video put out by two high school girls, 17 years old. 9 million people have watched this video. it has to do with their problems because they are so hot. go. >> hot girls we have problems, too. we're just like you ♪ except we're hot, humane hot,t ♪ open their eyes ♪ and realize ♪ we're not perfect ♪ sometimes we lie ♪ why can't you see ♪ you are all just like me ♪ we make mistakes ♪ we get in trouble ♪ now you know our hot girl's trouble. >> bill: i would put them on top of the car. i don't think i could ride with them. they would be in their little compartment on there. >> here is the thing. they say it's the worst song ever. have you ever heard of maroon 5? much worse. >> bill: the jag gear song? >> it's awful. makes my ears bleed. you and i do a lot of charity work. it's time to get out of the orphanages and defend the plight of the hot women. they are the gandhi of hot peo

michele bachmann and tim pawlenty and john huntsman and herman cain and rick perry, and ron paul and newt gingrich. thank you to this extraordinary team. we have all fought hard and well. we're going to fight for the things we believe in. >> bret: romney today in arizona trying to consolidate the republican party to run against president obama in the fall. obviously he mentioned two other candidates are still running. ron paul and newt gingrich. campaign cash raised by mitt romney, the month of march, $12.6 million. according to the fcc, romney campaign has $10.1 million cash on hand. if you compare it to the obama campaign cash on hand march 1, $84 million. then take a look at the latest gallop poll. this is think week. romney up three points in the latest gallop poll, from the 15 to the 19th. bring in the panel. byron new york, from "washington examiner." charles lane, "washington post." and charles krauthammer. what about this effort today out in arizona? and where things stand? >> romney got a good reception from the republican state chairman. he tried to wrap things up by thanki

rob portman and paul ryan, former rival and minnesota governor tim pawlenty, south dakota governor bob think i would demand reconsideration and send mr. romney a list of people i think could suit better. >> reporter: the romney/rubio pairing got big applause outside a hotel in philadelphia. >> isn't he an extraordinary leader, wonderful leader in our party? >> reporter: tomorrow's primaries in pennsylvania, new york, connecticut, rhode island and delaware are the first since rick santorum dropped out and romney expects decisive victories over nominal competition from paul and gingrich who is broke and could end his campaign any day now. romney will watch the primary returns tuesday from new hampshire, home of the first presidential primary and his first big win in the campaign considering it the unofficial end of the nominating contest. >>> big news today for baby boomers and anyone else thinking about retirement. turns out the trust fund that supports social security will run dry in 2033, three years earlier than previously projected. according to the government, more than 56 million

on the other hand, romney might look to safer bets, bob mcdonald, tim pawlenty, ohio senator rob portmancan't see him throwing a long ball the way mccain did four years ago. i joked earlier today, i think he has some alga rhythm he's be applying. in terms of the list we just showed you, anything jump out? >> i agree with you. i think it's unlikely that he goes for a game changer. i think it's much more likely that he picks someone like say senator portman who, on the calculation, if the algarhythm had spit out that gives you three potential precincts in cincinnati that can tip the state of ohio into the republican column, therefore there's the one to go with, i think that's his instinct. but when it comes time to pick, if the situation looks dire, if it looks like he's not going to win or he's way behind, then all bets are off. and it may be he decides that the only way to be in the game is to go with the game changer. >> a little bit complicated but the payoff is great. it's in republican strategist ron weaver. he says, number one, the base doesn't trust romney or like him. number two,

tim pawlenty the co-chairman says is he still not interested.ia governor says if somebody asking you to think about it and you should. he radios referring to himself. carl cammeron at the party. carl, thank you. and on this day in the year 1990, the hubble space tell coast launched into orbit aboard the shuttle "discovery." at first, hubble had lots of problems. remember there is trouble with hubble. mainly the mirrors inside. that led to blurry images. once nasa got it all fixed. the pictures started pouring in and they were spectacular. photographs from deeper in the coz nos than everyone had ever seen. hubble revolutioned niced nearly all aspects of astronomical research. despite the success it's set for retirement to make way for a new more powerful telescope. hubble began colorful career 22 years ago today. and now you know the news for this tuesday, april the 24th, 2012. for the journalts

michele bachmann, tim pawlenty, jon huntsman, herman cain, rick perry, ron paul, rick santorum, and newt gingrich. thank you to this extraordinary team. we have all fought hard and well. we're going to fight for the things that we believe in. [applause] and i express my appreciation to senator mccain for his battle for the presidency, for standing true to the principles of our party, for the fact that he has been a fighter for america for decades. this is not someone who came late to the game. he has been a stalwart champion of the things that make america america from his earliest days. and he has sacrificed enormously and continues to battle to this day. i hope we can always count on seeing john mccain in the u.s. senate fighting for the things that we believe in the. thank you, senator. [applause] i am surprised that senator mccain did not regale you with some of his favorite jokes. >> i am surprised that senator mccain did not regale you with some of his favorite jokes. i have heard a couple. he says this is the only state in america where mothers do not tell their children that some

tim pawlenty, he's already been vetted for it.bout all these candidates is usually there's a negative. and pawlenty to me has the fewest possible negatives on this list. and portman, i think a lot of democrats are hoping for portman, the thing you mentioned about ohio is the scariest part of them. if rob portman is on the ticket, biden gets to spend all of these time talking about the bush economics and he was in there running the budget office and running up these massive deficits for president bush and you get to go right back to that old, you know, speech about the bush deficits. >> it's true, that's a down side, there's no question. i believe it's true that rob portman was head of the omb for one year, maybe a year and a half in 2007. certainly joe biden will make that case. you can't hang the bush tax cuts around his neck, that will be one mitigating factor. the big advantage of pawlenty and portman, both of them are quite boring and they make mitt romney look scintillating by comparison. >> thank you for joining us tonight.

my gut is kelly ayotte out of new hampshire and tim pawlenty. think he would love to put a mid western governor on the ticket. there is no sitting governor that makes a lot of sense, but pawlenty may make sense as a former. >> thanks. great thinking this time of the year. it's only april. >> three months of it. by the way. the only thing interesting about romney right now. by the way, polls close in four of tonight's primary states. nbc will have full complete results here on msnbc and we'll be giving them to you throughout the evening in our regular programming. up next, as mitt romney decides on a running mate, wait until you see what rudy giuliani says what went wrong with palin. ♪ surf's up everybody get your boards and your wetsuits ♪ free-credit-score-dot-com's gonna direct you ♪ ♪ to check your credit score before it gets too late ♪ ♪ and you end up strapped for cash ♪ ♪ patching your board with duct tape ♪ ♪ so hit free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ find out what credit's about ♪ ♪ or else you could be headed for a credit wipeout ♪ offer appl

tim pawlenty is playing it coy. >> most important of all the criteria is pick someone who you think would as vice president and who is really qualified to step in and become president. >> reporter: there are a lot of other political factors to consider, policies, geography, demography and more. in washington, carl cameron, fox news. >>> we're going to talk more about all of this during the 8:00 hour and go over some of of the potential contenders as well. >> all right. >> tucker barnes is here right now. >> tucker barnes, for asked, would you be interested? >> am i old enough? >> yes, you're old enough. >> is there an age requirement? >> no. >> you have to be over 35, i guess, right. >> oh, yeah. >> i barely made it. >> you still didn't answer the question. >> after it was described as a bucket of don't know if that is such a great job. of course, i would be honored to be vice president. not sure what i would do. >> you don't have to do anything. >> do the weather from there. >> yeah. >> peeking of that, this is a very nice view of the sun coming up this morning. >> gorgeous sunrise at ab

donald trump, michigan bachmann herman cain, tim pawlenty, jon huntsman, rick santorum, ron paul, newt he is mitt romney was the only sane one of the whole damn bunch. we get the latest today's currents t.v. news update from our good friend out in los angeles, jackie schechner. >> hi, bill. good morning. good morning, everyone. president obama, the college tour, continues today. he is going to be at the university of iowa with a round table of students first ant he is going to give a speech. hoping congress to keep rates from doubling. he is calling on leaner years to show students he can relate. >> michelle and i have been in your shoes. when we got married, check this out. we only finished paying off our student loans about eight years ago. >> 66% of voters under the age of 30 voted for the president in 2008. right now, he has a considerable lead over mitt romney with the same demographic. about 54% of college graduates are either unemployed or under employed last year. so that makes it difficult to get out and volunteer and let alone get out and vote. president obama knows this. in

is it someone that can bring a latino surge to the polls or someone like a tim pawlenty or mitch daniels. >> there's no doubt that romney, should he be the nominee, will have to broaden his appeal to hispanics. there's no way he or any republican can win with the numbers the way they are right now. that being said, i don't think they're looking to do some kind of crazy game changer. romney needs to pick -- if he's the -- >> game changer, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> if he's the nominee, he has to go with who suits him, too, which is someone safe and established, whether it's a mitch daniels or rob portman, someone who can show that they can lead. >> did i mention sarah palin's going to be on the "today" show tomorrow, 8:00 a.m.? john mccain in 2008 had problems sewing up the conservative vote which made him go with sarah palin over his preferred pick, which was senator joe lieberman. george bush picked the conservative dick cheney. bob dole with the fiscal hawk, jack kemp. as we look at the bush elder going with dan quayle, if you had a pick a top three for romney, who would they be? >> that's a

tim pawlenty.can't vote so i guess the joke doesn't work. >> it didn't work whether they could or not. now there is video put out by two high school girls, 17 years old. 9 million people have watched this video. it has to do with their problems because they are so hot. go. >> hot girls we have problems, too. we're just like you ♪ except we're hot, humane hot,t ♪ open their eyes ♪ and realize ♪ we're not perfect ♪ sometimes we lie ♪ why can't you see ♪ you are all just like me ♪ we make mistakes ♪ we get in trouble ♪ now you know our hot girl's trouble. >> bill: i would put them on top of the car. i don't think i could ride with them. they would be in their little compartment on there. >> here is the thing. they say it's the worst song ever. have you ever heard of maroon 5? much worse. >> bill: the jag gear song? >> it's awful. makes my ears bleed. you and i do a lot of charity work. it's time to get out of the orphanages and defend the plight of the hot women. they are the gandhi of hot people. we

new jersey governor chris christie and former minnesota governor tim pawlenty.st weekend is the first time they talked serious buy about possible running mates. diane sawyer of abc news asked the romneys what message they would send to the president and first lady? >> start packing. [ laughter ] >> that's what i would like to say. obviously we have a very different view. the president, i'm sure, wants another four years. but the first years didn't go so well. >> shepard: ann romney says, that's mitt romney's wife, says she would tell the obamas it's our turn now. house republicans just got a major financial boost from newt gingrich's billionaire donor. sheldon allegedson and his wife donating $5 million to congressional leadership fund. that's a super pac dedicated to making sure the g.o.p. keeps its majority in the house. the add delsons have reportedly given more than $21 million to super pacs this election cycle alone. more than any other donor. most of that money has gone to speaker gingrich's campaign. they of casino fame in las vegas. google going to trial