do you know where the disconnect was. >> the reporting by the associated press is inaccurate. he the e-mails confirm what we said at the time which is the white house had no involvement in the decision made regarding miss sherrod's employment, her firing. but were made aware of the decision that had been made by the department of agriculture. there is nothing in those e-mails. >> they were not in touch with the counsel at the agriculture department at the time. >> the issue is was the white house involved in the decision that was made and the white house was not. i was not in this position then but we made clear at the time that there was discussion about the decision after it had been made but not, no involvement in the decision itself which i think even the organization that made the foia request noted in its preample if you will. thanks very much. >> nas the white house press secretary jay carney taking questions from cbs's peter mayer. you can find the full white house briefing and all the events at the c-span network covers on our website, c-span.org. back in a minute wit

and moments ago, the associated press calling wyoming. and the latest coming into our newsroom after someone unleashes a waive of violence inside a courthouse. a sheriff's deputy shot with her own weapon. a judge stabbed. police saying this man at the center of it all. in minutes about what we're hearing about who helped the suspect get away. and, ship wrecked with no way to escape. except from the air. tonight, the daring rescue over storm-tossed seas. also they laid the foundation for most elite fighters after answering the call one of toughest hours. >> now, the new push to give the heroic members of the devil's' brigade one of america's highest honors we begin tonight with a big win for rick santorum. the former senator from pennsylvania taking first place in the kansas caucuses by a wide margin. santorum reacting to the news a short time ago during a rally in missouri. we have had a very, very good day in our neighboring state of kansas. thank you. thank you for your help and your support. god bless you. god bless america. thank you.

so it does come back to the associated press.but he said that he was disturbed by what you he read in the newspapers. >> matt, thank you for your time tonight. >> keith, great to be back. >> commissioner kelly claims the department of justice and the hand shoe consent decree give the nypd its authority to spy on whoever it wants and accuses the associated press of not doing research. what is mentioned in the sand hadshoe consent decree. the guidelines stem from a lawsuit that goes all the way back to nypd spying on political dissidents. the rules were relaxed after 9/11 at the city's request. and commissioner kelly may be right, the monitoring of public events, going to public meetings visiting public restaurant and monitoring through the ethnicity of the clientele, he may be right that that's all lawful under the new guidelines, but what we do know is that the fbi has some standing orders in new york not to accept certainly intelligence from these programs. it would prohibit them from retaining documents on purifiers-amendment r

it's not clear what you're supposed to do with the information so definitely a case that the associated press was trying to strike a blow for press freedom during the sunshine week but so in that sense you know it becomes a weird dynamic too because they want to talk about trying to force the government to be more open to be more transparent and we talk about this relationship that the administration the government in general now has with the press where the press is so dependent on the government for certain leaks and for access to information you know does the press does the press office so play a role in helping to contribute to this ongoing secrecy. oh there's no question about that i mean it's already been pointed out for the washington post pointed out that the associated press despite taking this stand because the night before moved a story about the subject matter of that briefing that was attributed apparently to senior administration officials are some sort of a tip from the administration no there's nothing wrong with getting tips but the reality is that sometimes what happens is t

documents that have led to the associated press reporting look at the demographics unit the powerpoint presentation from the n.y.p.d. describing this they were doing this based on twenty nine ancestries of interest twenty eight was some authority countries and the twenty nine thousand the american black muslim they're looking first signifiers of religious observance of political activity and i think even about evidence of a crime or leads being mentioned at all that's not what i pay tax dollars to the police to do this is obviously about criminalizing faith criminalizing the sense and control how is this made an impact in mosques around new york city i mean are people more worried to be frightened anyone is this is a really big concern still. absolutely i've heard this from a number of people me on a little bit more outspoken about my own views because i've got a committed to this but on the other hand there are lots of people who come forward and said that they're uncomfortable talking about politics that they're uncomfortable even talking about with lucian and their religious beliefs

. >> associated press is calling georgia for gingrich. not exactly a surprise, but this was a must win for newt. >> absolutely. he said so himself. he said if he didn't win his home state, he couldn't go on. now he's hoping he can do really well in neighboring tennessee, maybe even win there. some of the polling suggests that gingrich, santorum, or romney could win tennessee. so that would be a big boost for him and keep him, again, it's really about delegate math and getting to that magic 1144 delegates. it's also about raising money and going on with momentum. >> you bring up the raising money question. you heard santorum saying i have been outspent 6-1 and i'm still in this. how much money does he need and how much does he have? >> he doesn't have much left. he seems to keep doing what he did back in iowa, where he spent every dime he had to win iowa. he won it by whatever it was, 17 votes. and then he was able to raise more money and he spends it and raises it and spends it. and he has 6 to 1 in somebody's book is barely enough to be

the association press says that brings kentucky's total of dead to at least nine. so clearly very, very severe weather for some people. reports from new orleans says the oil company bp has reached agreement with the group suing it for the oil spill in the gulf of mexico. no details have been released yet but a trial due to begin on monday has been postponed for a second time the deepwater horizon rig exploded nearly two years ago. more than 200 million gallons of oil from an undersea well owned by bp gushed out into the waters. four weeks after the assault on the syrian city of homs began, the u.n. general described it as atrocious, accused the government of attacking its own people. the comments come off a red cross convoy was denied admitance. >> an ant regime protest. it was attacked. when the panic subsided activists claim there were 12 killed, some of them blown to pieces. the seige of the city is over but the fight for the future of syria goes on. syrian state television showed the city. the u.n. said it had unconfirmed reports of summary execution as red cro

and the fourth one, the last one, is an interview with the "associated press" by lawyer gao zhisheng. thank you. >> ms. geng, thank you very much for your very moving testimony, an appeal of a wife on behalf of her husband who's been persecuted and disappeared and the terrible, devastating impact it is having on you, your family, and of course, on gao zhisheng as well. without objection, the request you have made for those documents to be made a part of the record will be made a part of the record, and i would include another one, one that i remember we received on september 27th of 2007 that was actually used against gao zhisheng. it was an open letter to the united states congress, a very, very decisive letter, and with quotations from madison, the quotation from martin luther king, where king said, dr. king said, "injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." without objection, that will be made a part of the record. i would like to now invite our second wife, whose husband is being unjustly persecuted, li jing, for your testimony. >> distinguished chairman, co-chairman, l

you're with "the associated press." you cover romney all the time. i was reading that romney has what she just said. their campaign is prosecution. you tried it, you blew it. is that it? >> sure. that's absolutely what it is. like she said, the president has failed. she have been itching to run against this president and they keep getting bogged down, running thains their opponents in the g.o.p. primary. they're spending time trying to get delegates to beat santorum. chris: there was a negative attack on santorum. they can't put these guys away with that kind of negative campaign. why do they think they can put obama away with it? >> that's the big question. what they've had up to now is an overwhelming financial advantage on tv. chris: air superiority, to use a phrase. >> exactly. they've come in and beat up the other guys and they've come out on top barely. they're not going to be able to do that against the president in the fall. his financial advantage goigs to be at least on par, if not overwhelming. chris: the president will play defense. he's

the associated press is reporting a u.s. official says army staff sergeant robert bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder in the massacre of afghan villagers. they say the charges against bales include six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated assault and other violations of military law. the official spoke to the associated press on the condition of anonymity because the charges had not been announced. earlier today general john allen, commander in afghanistan, testified before the senate armed services committee. we'll show you that entire hearing tonight at 8:00 eastern on our companion network c-span. the general said specifically about the killings in afghanistan and other incidents they have, quote, struck a blow at the core of the relationship but he believes afghan president hamad karzai is committed to partnering with the u.s. and nato. here is part of the opening comments at the hearing. >> chairman levin, senator mccain, distinguished members of the committee, i take this opportunity to ap

the associated press reported three winners in the mega-millions. someone here in maryland is waking up a multieye -- multi -millionaire. barry sims joins us live. any site -- sight of the winner yet? >> no. there are so many people checking their numbers because they are hoping they had the winning ticket. there is plenty of media here, too. of course, the people that were here at the 7 f el -- 7-eleven trying to do their jobs. the three winners will split the money once all the tickets are validated. we did talk to the maryland lottery winner steven martino about all of that. >> there were other winning tickets, jackpot tickets across country. we're not going to talk about those. a somewhat tortured metaphor i would use is this is a play where multiple touchdowns that would score last night. we will let the other states and other lotteries come forward when they are prepared to talk about the winning tickets. >> all right. we'll let you know also there was one person that bought single tickets. that happened around 7:15 last night. we're at 814 li

a winner declared in puerto rico, the associated press reporting an election official in puerto ricoays that mitt romney has won the presidential primary on the island territory. and 20 delegates at stake there and here is how it works. if one candidate were to win more than 50% of the vote, he would get all 20 delegates. if the winner gets less than 50%, the delegates will be awarded proportionately to the vote. there are also three automatic delegates free to endorse or pledge any candidates of their choice, so far, mitt romney and newt gingrich gaining one automatic delegate in puerto rico. we'll have much more from the campaign trail and hear from the candidates ahead of the illinois primary which happens ones tuesday and in addition to the delegates that will be awarded in puerto rico, new word all four candidates picked up more delegates. georgia finalizing march 6th, mitt romney adding 6 more delegates from georgia. 5 more for newt gingrich and hawaii voted last week. and just awarded now two more delegates to ron paul and 1 to rick santorum. based on the delegates and not inc

the associated press reporting that one afghan soldier was killed in that incident. today as the president talked about trade issues with china, he began with his comments about afghanistan. >> over the weekend as many of you know, there was a tragic incident in which a number of afghan civilians were killed. what i've made to president karzai when i spoke to him is that the united states takes this as seriously as if it was our own citizens and our own children who were murdered. . we're heartbroken over the loss of innocent life. the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and unacceptable. it's not who we are as a country and it does not represent our military. for that reason i've directed the pentagon to make sure we spare no effort in conducting a full investigation. i can assure the american people and the afghan people that we will follow the facts wherever they lead us. and we will make sure that anybody who was involved is held fully accountable with the full force of the law. yesterday i met with general allen and ambassador crocker who were here in wa

based on exit polling, the associated press and others have projected, in fact, the associated press has just called newt gingrich the winner in the state of georgia. that's a state he once represented in congress. it was deemed a must-win for his chances of staying in the race. >> ifill: for more on the races we're watching most closely including that one in georgia, we turn to stewart rothenberg of roll call newspaper and newshour political christina bellantoni. >> newt gingrich had to win georgia and everyone thought romney would be declared the winner out of virginia immediately. it was only him on ron paul on the ballot. this is sort of a nice little momentum shift for gingrich to be able to be declared the winner. we don't have any results in this yet. that basically looks like he's running pretty strong there. >> ifill: newt gingrich said in a refreshing refreshingly obvious comment this week if he couldn't win in his home state he's no longer a credible candidate. is he a credible candidate? >> i don't think we know yet whether he is. it will depend down the line tonight on a

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the associated press and now says the quarterback needs to sign a written version of the quarterback before his trade to the jets can be made official, and that is not expected to happen tomorrow -- until tomorrow. and the play of the morning -- from the tee, on a par 3 -- you know where this is coming, right? not the way i play the game. bonds is twice and rolls and to the couple for a hole in one. -- bounces twice and rolls into the cup for a hole in one. the temperature outside 56 and charles town, west virginia. >> coming up, the battle of the sexes. it is life more expansive for a man or woman? >> and casinos -- a senate vote can decide the fate of gambling in prince george's county. >> whitney houston's autopsy shows the singer had greetings from the windy city of chicago. people here sure are friendly but some have had a hard time understanding my accent. so to make sure people get every word of the geico savings message i've been practicing how to talk like a true chicagoan. switching to geico could save you hundreds of dollars on car insurance... da bears. haha... you people

. >> the associated press did this study to see whether or not for-profit prisons saved money for theate. of course, state legislatures say oh, they save the state so much money. that is actually not the fact. the associated press found that the idaho correctional center actually cost the state money because what they do is first of all, they're funded not only by investors, also by the state and also they will cherry pick the type of inmates that they will take in. their contracts only allow inmates that are of optimal health. they have to be healthy so the health care costs are low. all of the sick and geriatric inmates are left to the state prison. >> some of our viewers emailed us and made a great point. it's the same thing they do with the high school system, setting up private schools take the kids that are easiest to deal with and go oh, look at that, we're such a more efficient system. what they do is they leave everything behind for the state to deal with, including processing all those people. >> absolutely, they have to process the people and the state is in charge of the a

the illinois primary was the last gingrich stop pr the associated press and on friday, politico.com pulledmbedded reporters from the gingrich campaign too. that leaves just the television networks out there on the campaign trial with newt gingrich but no print reporters. second, newt gingrich has cancelled his campaign events in north carolina. mr. gingrich will stay close to his home in northern virginia and go to campaign events there. the north carolina primary is on may 8th. virginia is already done. that brings us to our third new thing to report about the gingrich presidential campaign. it's about mr. gingrich's wife, she is out campaigning for her husband all week in a very upcoming state, her state of wisconsin. this is a new thing. she doesn't go out to events on her own all that often. for example, here is mr.mrs. gingrich today at an elementary school. it's a kindergarten through 8th grade school. she took a tour this afternoon and did a book reading from her book "sweet land of liberty" which is great if you're courting the k to 8 vote. she's doing a lot of that this week. she

he referenced trayvon in a son context but today the associated press is reporting the teenager was suspended from school for drug activity. beyond a doubt this is one big mess. fair-minded people should not be rushing to judgment. apparently there are two sides to the story even though circumstantial evidence indicates a deadly confrontation did not have to happen. but news agencies have a response cketd, morally responsibility morally and professionally to practice restraint in situations like this. one. jacking up ratings is one thing putting people in physical danger is something else. lunatic black panther party is out for blood. they don't care what really happened. they are being prodded, prodded by powerful news organizations. that's disgraceful. and should never happen. the factor will continue to cover this story responsibly, honestly, and we will, we will find out what exactly happened. that's what we did in the duke case. and that's what we will do here. because that's what fair and balanceside all about. that's the memo. next on the run down, juan williams and mary katharine ham

. >> he told the associated press he has read about those serving in afghanistan but it is totally different when you hear about it from someone who has been there. bales grew up in ohio. >> outgoing and funny. >> a former high-school football teammate only remembers a stand- up guy. >> he would do anything for anybody. i would not think anything will change. >> bales socotra tours of duty, and ends with the law, a field business -- a failed business, and lost a promotion. the day before the killings, a friend had his leg blown off by a roadside bomb. >> everybody deployed to the middle east will probably have some form of ptsd. i heard he has a head injury. people are asking questions why he was sent back to afghanistan. >> u.s. officials announced he will be formally charged within a week. his trial will be held in the united states. victims and witnesses will be allowed to testify. >> we will continue to follow this story on the air and online at wjla.com. >> the chain reaction bus crash has sent dozens of students to the hospital. that accident happened about 3:45 this afternoon. witness

breaking news, i was told there would be animation but we got word from the associated press that theng man, t.j. lane accused not shooting death at the school in ohio has been charged not as an adult but with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder. the shooting happened in the school cafeteria in chardon, ohio, will there be adult charges added? what is the status? we will find out. hey. this is challenger. i'll be waiting for you in stall 5. it confirms your reservation and the location your car is in, the moment you land. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >>shepard: breaking news on "studio b" the accused school shooter in chardon, ohio, has been charged. as a juvenile. in he is convicted on juvenile charges only the ohio 17-year-old could spend only a matter of a couple of years in juvenile detention. he faces two counts of attempted aggravated murder and when count of assault in addition to three counts of murder as a juvenile. the juvenile c

lee powell, the associated press, washington. >> who knew? >> it is interesting to see the work that goes into sustaining them and keeping them growing for all these years. >> looks like we just got a trip to the garden club this morning. very interesting though. >>> need some quick cash? pawn shops are always popular but times are changing. >> pawn shops going online and are they better than traditional ones? we'll have that story coming up. when your deep-dish masterpiece doesn't stay in the dish easy-off oven cleaner cuts through five times more grease than the leading all-purpose cleaner. cook with passion. clean with easy-off. [ female announcer ] therese uses dove. molly, ordinary soap. would they switch? notice a difference? it feels a bit tight. [ female announcer ] soap leaves behind soap residue that can cause a tight draggy feeling. with 1/4 moisturizing cream, dove cleansers rinse cleaner than soap. >>> welcome back. it is a new way to get quick cash without ever leaving the comforts of your home. pawn shops have now spread to the

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the economists surveyed by the associated press think the unemployment rate will fall to an even 8% by election day. auto sales are booming. consumer confidence is good. the housing market is improving. >>> overseas, markets retreated overnight. tokyo's nikkei average lost 61 points today. hong kong's hang seng was off 459 points. in london, the ftse opened lower. on wall street, the dow fell 15 points. the nasdaq 26. >>> relief is on the way for air travelers and night adttendants. the overhead baggage areas will get bigger. >>> and strawberry growers are in a jam. the supply is too high today. prices have dropped about 50% since the first of the year, thanks to unseasonably warm weather. >>> the anticipation is building for tomorrow's apple ipad unveiling. the new tablet computer may be called the ipad hd. reports that apple has a massive dhl ship.from china to the u.s. booked in the next several days. all you apple fans, get ready. >>> since many people that work with commuters don't get enough exercise, the mayo clinic has combined the two. it's installed 30 workstations where you

that is how the "associated press" a gaits these. romney, 419. santorum, 178. gingrich 107.e of these have processes to go through and caucus states before they're officially with those candidates. we're back with the panel. bill, your assessment of the super tuesday and where we are on this race? >> where we are is one of two people is going to get the republican nominee. possible, you know, 3% possibility of brokered convention in that situation. that is either romney almost or rick santorum. it's more likely to be romney than santorum. he won 13 states and santorum won seven. but seven not nothing. and i think he will gain three of the next four contests and gain ground on romney. it's important he do that for his own sake. nominee is not ron paul for all the talk early in this race this is ron paul's year. he is 0-22. it's not newt gingrich, who is 2-22. biggest dynamic next week is if santorum wins kansas on saturday and then wins mississippi and alabama next tuesday. i think that virtually knocks gingrich out of the race and gives santorum an outside shot. pretty much

and the associated press wrote one, obama uses press conference to steal some publicity on g.o.p.'day. i guess, in politics it's fair. >> it is fair. look, if i were on the other side i would have done the same thing, you always try and step on your opponent's story the next day and so, it is fair game and i think to some degree it worked. >> i mean, we're talking about issues of national importance here. >> well, he took them on. i mean, he answered questions for everybody who was there, whatever attitude you want to say, but look, a few months ago we were saying the president has been running-- and now running rush limbaugh and from his point of view we would say a pretty good target. >> he's going to run against the issues that republicans are giving them and rush lump beau-- >> the social issues. if they could make it to social issues from now until social issues from now until november they and the media forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was.

an associated press report says over 36 years increased oil production in the aws has not, not driven gas prices down. in fact, the more drilling that's done the higher gas prices go. that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, reaction. joining us now from florida the purveyor of dick morris.com mr. morris. do you think president obama can overcome the high gas prices? >>. no i think it's going to be very serious for him. probably lethal if the recession didn't kill him the gas prices will. the gas prices will cause the economy to turn down. because he is so clearly been on record that oil is the fuel of the past, that we have to move on to renewables, that we shouldn't drill off the coast and we shouldn't drill in the gulf and we shouldn't do the keystone pipeline and we shouldn't glil anwr and, by the way, i don't agree with the associated press story. i read that story and it completely misses the point. over the last 36 years, it is true that slight increments in our drilling have not affected the global price. but the united states now has the capacity so to increase the glo

number one, associated press reports g.o.p.ney and rick santorum will split half and half michigan's 30 delegates down the middle. that's "the fox report's" top five. and on this year in the year 45 bc emperor juliet caesar added the world's first leap day to the modern calendar. caesar made the decision previous year when the top astronomer told him the roman calendar was completely out of whack. they had been using a 364 day calendar for centuries, because of that the seasons were a mess. so the emperor decreed that every four years an extra day would be added to correct the problem. never one for modesty julius named the seventh month july. in the 1500s pope gregory the eighth tiny tuned the calendar a little more. caesar took a leap for man find 2057 years ago today.

. >>> the associated press reports a satellite image of an iranian military facility showing heavy equipmentaerm to clean up radioactive traces by tests left by a nuclear weapon equipment. >>> a drug to treat diabetes and cholesterol and high blood pressure. would make the drugs available over the counter and should reduce health care costs. >>> in texas, keith thurmond was executed for the 2001 killings of his estranged wife and her boyfriend. the u.s. supreme court rejected his final appeal. his last words were, quote, i did not kill my wife, i swear to god, i didn't kill her. >>> the effects of the largest solar storm in five years hit the earth today. the spectacular eruption has forced airlines to reroute some of their flights and may even disrupt satellite networks, gps services and utility grids. >>> now here is an "early" look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. a new treatment for deadly skin carnes might be a turning point in cancer medicine and involves a drug that triggers the body's own immune system to take on melano melanoma. when doctors added radiation treatmen

the associated press is reporting he won the wyoming caucuses.ich spent saturday barn storming in alabama. the former house speaker signed autographs and asked for support as he works to jump start his campaign in the deep south. >> we can win alabama and mississippi tuesday night, we will reset the campaign for the 9th or 10th time. sometime on wednesday. >> gingrich is vowing to stay in the race right through the gop convention, but santorum is hoping a poor showing on tuesday will force gingrich to drop out. consolidating the conservative vote that split between the two candidates. romney has a commanding lead in the delegate count after six victories on super tuesday. he is looking for a strong showing in the south after losing to gingrich in georgia and south carolina. >> i got started right with a biscuit and cheesy grits. >> ron paul continues to focus on caucus states. cbs news. >> tomorrow marks the first anniversary of that deadly quake and tsunami that killed close to 20,000 people in japan. the disaster triggered a nuclear crisis. a y