with that in mind carl cameron is live with us. new hampshire this afternoon, mitt romney cannot clinch it tonight. >>carl: well, and in fact he has been doing this pivot to the general election, since rick santorum dropped out and that is the banner they will unveil, a better america begins tonight, a reference to a victory lap, the first big win and he will tell everyone he essentially now recognizes he is the nominee, and he cannot clinch the nomination tonight even if he swept all five and it is likely he will. you need 1,144 and romney has 698. the map works out with five states voting a total of 2309 -- 209 available, so he will be halfway to the balance but it will be another set of primary nights. today and what he has been doing, is campaigning in the five states and elsewhere because there are primaries,

we are waiting for him to take the stage and campaign carl cameron is live for us. that is a symbol evening place for the republican party. >>carl: it and the money disadvantage that romney is facing is extraordinary. president obama has more than $80 million in the bank and has been racing general election money and romney has not been and he has only $10 million in the badge. and this meeting is significant. john mccain the arizona senator being introduced now and in a moment the 2008 nominee, john mccain, will hand the reigns over to romney as the g.o.p. standard bearer and this is the opportunity for romney to say it is time to get behind the candidacy and the serious business of beating president obama. i spoke to the all but certain fm knee just before the speech and here is how he put it. >> we will have to work hard to overcome the extraordinary funding and mussel of the special interests that support

carl cameron live in arizona. thank you. you can see the full interview with romney online at foxnews.com/politics. the other two republican candidates are staying active. newt gingrich held out some hope in a rally today in buffalo where he invokeed a recent sports upset. >> now you can imagine bubba watson, looking up and going god, i guess you want him to win the masters. [ laughter ] instead, bubba came back and shot four consecutive birdies. ultimately ended up in the playoff and won the playoff. >> bret: meantime, ron paul's campaign raised $10.4 million in the first quarter of the year. that figure did not include $1 million money bomb on tax day. this video is from the meeting earlier in month in california and the campaign says recent events drawing more 4,000 supports each. ron paul campaign says it has almost $2 million cash on hand. and no debt. something president obama and romney have in common that is not on the resumes. that is later in the grapevine. up next, an i told you so moment. wake up! that's good mor

let's bring in chief political correspondent carl cameron. he joins me now on the phone. morning, carl. >> reporter: good morning, martha. the former house speaker, the 2012 candidate, newt gingrich has sort of set his path for an exit from this campaign. last night's delaware results were pretty disappointing for mr. gingrich who was looking for a high note on to either bow out on or perhaps keep going but insiders and advisors said that's unlikely. mr. gingrich plans to formally leave the race next tuesday. he will continue his schedule through north carolina this week. give time for supporters from around the country, friend and family to all go, presumably to atlanta or in georgia somewhere. next week on tuesday he will announce he is either suspending or ending his campaign. his aides have been talking a lot about it. he huddled with senior advisors and mr. gingrich has made the determination he can not go forward. by losing last night it is virtually impossible he could win fluor rally of delegates in five states that made it impossible for mr. gingrich to win on th

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chief political correspondent carl cameron on romney's first line of attack. >> his path clear to the.o.p. nomination, mitt romney tore in president obama for waging economic warfare on women. >> this president failed america's women. if i'm the next president of the united states, i will go to work to get american women good jobs, rising incomes and growing businesses. >> romney went further on fox news. >> over 92% of the jobs lost under this president were lost by women. >> his policies have been really a war on women. >> while democrats dispute the numbers, romney aides say they come from the bureau of labor statistics. asked if romney supports the fair pay act, romney staffers hesitated on a conference call today and later said of course romney supports pay equity for women. romney needs to catch up with the president in the polls simultaneously uniting g.o.p. conservatives of both sectors. rick santorum's endorsement should help with conservatives but until last week he called romney the worst possible obama opponent. >> he is really trying to divert from the failure of his reco

we have more on the search with carl cameron. >> in the first installment of the gallup tracking pollresident obama 47-45% and each candidate is backed by 90% of their party. romney in an interview with abc news had a message for the president. >> start packing. >> romney tapped his long-serving and trusted advisor beth meyers to lead his vice president search effort. meyers served as romney's chief of staff when he was governor of massachusetts and campaign manager for romney's 2008 bid for the republican nomination. serious discussion of potential running mate began only this weekend after romney got peppered with questions all over the country last week. >> i don't have a list yet. so i can't say someone is on or off my list. >> inside romney's nondescript campaign headquarters frenzied growth is underway. romney money machine is shifted to raise the g.o.p. primary donation to election cash. president obama already has tens of millions in the bank. romney is just getting started. lining up megadonors, fundraisers and preparing for moment for years. overall, romney staff is being qu

in washington, carl cameron, fox news. >> bret: partial victory tonight for arizona's voter i.d. court upheld the requirement to show identification before they cast ballots but it says the rule requiring proof of citizenship to register does not supersede the national voter registration act. the tax day version of the fox all-stars will talk about the president tax policies. plus, the democratic budget question. we'll be right back. ? well, we purchase 3 million a year. you just sold one right now didn't you? that's correct. major brands. 11 major brands. oop,there goes another one. well we'll beat anybody's advertised price. and you just did it right there, what's that called? the low price tire guarantee. wait for it, there goes another one. get a $100 rebate, plus the low price tire guarantee during the big tire event. look at that. it's happening right there every five seconds. your not going to run out are you? no. >>> a $500 billion one-year tax hike that hits the economy on january 1, 2013. it's the result of a bunch of tax policies expiring and some tax hikes kicking in

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in washington, carl cameron, fox news. >>> we're going to talk more about all of this during the 8:00ver 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 about 6:37 this morning. it should be a good-looking day today. we need the rain. winds will be back so we have another red flag warning which will go into effect today at noon. >> that is too bad. >> otherwise, it is april, spring time. kids headed back to school today. >> fantastic tuesday. >> tony missed

carl cameron is in d.c. what else did he have to say, carl?, this is his first big speech as the republican standard bearer now that rick santorum has withdrawn from the race. so he was debuting general election themes that he'll use all the way through november. essentially, mr. romney will be accusing the president of undermining and/or restricting the u.s. constitution and liberty. romney said the president is waging an assault on freedom of religion with a whole host of regulations and restrictions that go along with obamacare. he accused the president of undermining economic freedom with taxes which he said basically undermined that and personal liberty and that was a bit about the second amendment. romney made it very clear not withstanding his assertion that he supported massachusetts' gun laws and wouldn't change them as president of the united states, he said he'll do much more to protect the second amendment than barack obama ever did. >> shepard: the word is that rick santorum and newt gingrich were there. >> they did. rick santorum

the setting and the issue, campaign carl cameron is live with us now. >>carl: this is the first big speech romney has given since he became the presumptive nominee with the withdrawal of rick santorum and the n.r.a. is the most reliable special interests groups in the country. big money and capacity to get people out to the polls very aggress every so this is important for romney and he has baggage with guns in the 28 campaign he was beaten up because he supported gun control laws in massachusetts and said he would not undo them. but he has over the course of the last five or six years made an effort to show himself as a pro gun and pro sportsman politician and made a host of promises today saying that while president obama will do what he can to undermine gun rights, he will not. that while president obama and democrats and liberals will try anything they can to curtail the rights, he will not. and he went on to say that president obama is essentially going after tremendous dome on a host of levels: religious, economic and personal, talking about second

and we are in denver tonight and we begin with carl cameron, tonight said mitt romney's rally in manchester, new hampshire. >> hi, bret. new hampshire mitt romney won the first primary this year, tonight he sets up for the republican race is over. the general election is over president obama used rhetoric discussing the economy playing well the last time an income bent was unseated. take a listen. >> tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointment of the obama years. all of the thousands of good and decent americans i've met want nothing more than a better chance. a fighting chance to all of you i have a simple mess yanl. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> bret: he focused his campaign on jobs and the economy. you may remember in 1992 when a democrat unseated a republican candidate the issue was the candidate. listen to how romney brought that rhetoric back. >> because he failed he will run a campaign of diversions and distractions. and distorgss. that kind of campaign may have worked in another place. and in a different time. but not here. and not now. i

and we are in denver tonight and we begin with carl cameron, tonight said mitt romney's rally in manchester, new hampshire. >> hi, bret. new hampshire mitt romney won the first primary this year, tonight he sets up for the republican race is over. the general election is over president obama used rhetoric discussing the economy playing well the last time an income bent was unseated. take a listen. >> tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointment of the obama years. all of the thousands of good and decent americans i've met want nothing more than a better chance. a fighting chance to all of you i have a simple mess yanl. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> bret: he focused his campaign on jobs and the economy. you may remember in 1992 when a democrat unseated a republican candidate the issue was the candidate. listen to how romney brought that rhetoric back. >> because he failed he will run a campaign of diversions and distractions. and distorgss. that kind of campaign may have worked in another place. and in a different time. but not here. and not now. i

chief political correspondent carl cameron joins us on that. o's in, who's out when it comes to the possible selection of a vp carl? >> reporter: at this point, it's more about building the long list. we are today 20 weeks exactly to the beginning of the republican national convention in tampa, so the clock is ticking for mitt romney to pick a running mate, even though he has rivals newt gingrich and santorum and ron paul in the race. first thing romney has to do is who is going to head up the search team. he will need to pick up somebody who will ultimately run a vetting committee to take a look at the records and resumes of these potential candidates and it's a long list, the list is at least 16 names, running through, get your pencils out. there are two current office holders to watch, paul ryan of wisconsin, who got a lot of attention with romney's win in wisconsin last week, south dakota senator john thune who chairs the gop policy committee and endorsed romney before the caucuses. formal rivals, perry calls it a warm spit but is on the lis

we begin with carl cameron in a gathering for mitt romney in wisconsin. good evening, carl. >> the counts left. they gave mitt romney a round of applause and sent him off, he'll be campaigning in pennsylvania tomorrow, one of the states that comes next happens to be where he served in the house and congress, romney is assuming the role of front runner, focusing on president obama with particularly taut, harsh rhetoric tonight. >> how do do they say they don't like business very much. the economy is the product of businesses in the nation added together. so it's like saying you like an omelette but you don't like eggs. >> bret: romney is pivoting away from republican nomination politics to general election rhetoric he hopes to bring against president obama in the fall. look for increasing pressure in the fall and the romney campaign looking forward to the possibility of har ash tack ads in pennsylvania. >> bret: thank you. >> and let's go live to pennsylvania. rick santorum is here this evening. good evening, molly. >> and hi, good evening, bret. based on t

carl camerons tells us the front runner is doing whatever it takes to get a victory. >> mitt romney workedh counter alongside the wisconsin favorite son, republican congressman paul ryan. tonight is a plea for wisconsin's 39 delegates. maryland has 37. the district of columbia has 16. romney is heavenly favored. they hope to pick up the delegates the lesser part of the state. >> going up against the money. >> romney and allies spent $3 million in wisconsin. saying it's about $700,000. the g.o.p. is rallying around romney. the republican national committee agreed with the fundraising for the campaign for the general election. santorum will watch the returns with pennsylvania. he represented the state for 18 years in the house and senate and needs a big win there. but double-digit lead over romney is shrinking. the latest quinnipiac poll has them up six points. with the romney ad blitz about to begin, a third of republicans say they could change their mind. gingrich is in dire financial straits. gingrich went all in on alabama and mississippi and came up third. insiders say $1 million of gen

pport romney while 37 percent support rick santorum. 17 percent jump for romney in a movement carl cameron is like with the news. it does not look good for rick santorum in pennsylvania. rick: when your home battle ground and stronghold looks this weak it is stuff. it is tough. a poll shows the number reversed and rick santorum holding on to a smaller lead over romney than in some time. when you look at the clear politics average it is tighter. 1.7 point lead for rick santorum. very tough. he lives in virginia now and represented pennsylvania for two senate and two house of representatives terms. this is not what he wanted at the 18--day period until pennsylvania primary. >>shepard: he says he is not dropping out. >>carl: today he took the day off the campaign trail and romney was in pennsylvania works the phones in harrisburg. romney was working the phones santorum took part in a private meeting and did phone work talking to conservatives. a dozen conservatives. mostly supporters but a few converts. and met today in virginia includinged very strong movement conservatives influential not g

chief split correspondent carl cameron tells us that romney began the day in washington focusing on someonelse. >> after winning wisconsin, maryland and d.c., they addressed the society of news conference editor in washington where president obama opened fire yesterday as the presumptive republican nominee. >> the the president came here yesterday and railed against arguments no one is making. criticized policies no one is proposing. it's one of his favorite strategies. settingp straw men to distract us from his record. >> romney's fully shifted gear to general election mode. with 658 of the 1144 delegates needed for nomination, romney is pulling away from rick santorum. newt gingrich and ron paul are now far back. >> i hope we are able to resolve our nomination proces process. as soon as possible, of course, because i would like to focus our time and attention on those key battleground states. and on raising the funds to be somewhat competitive with the president and his billion-dollar quest. we have a real challenging road ahead of us. but i believe we'll rise to the occasion. >> despite

>>shepard: thank you, carl cameron. the airport drug smuggling case now we broke this story yesterday, and today we are learning what tipped off the feds before they charged two current and two former agents of the t.s.a. with accepting bribes as high as $2,400 to allow soot cases of illegal drugs to pass through security. documents show the suspected drug traffickers struck a deal with two t.s.a. workers back in february, during which they would let him threw the screening with 10 pounds of cocaine. but he went to the wrong terminal. he went to terminal five, not terminal six, a different screener found the drugs and cops arrested the guy. the prosecution says that incident triggered the investigation. >> government takes this very seriously. it was narcotics and we want to make sure next time it is not another con from band. there were five separate incidents and each time the drugs did not reach their final destination. and now a former senior official for the federal aviation aviation administration is with us, a vi

chief political correspondent carl cameron looks at a long list. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> the nextresident of the united states. >> governor mitt romney! >> with the republican national convention starting 20 weeks from today, the clock is ticking for mitt romney to pick a running make. the most complex decision a candidate can make. >> no, i'm not going to be asked. portman from ohio. governor bob mcdonald of virginia. chris christie is open it to. former secretary of state condoleezza rice not so much. >> not me. >> i won't rule it out. only because i think that i think i owe it for governor romney to ask me a question and sit and listen to him. >> other governors getting a look, mitch daniels. nikki haley of south carolina. bobby jindal of louisiana. new mexico susan martinez who all claim disinterest. nevada governor sandoval who continues to be mentioned though romney ruled out pro-choice running mate. >> i'm'd have to consider but it's not something i'm thinking about. >> south dakota senator john thune are members of congress under consideration. and former rivals get courte

and we are in denver tonight and we begin with carl cameron, tonight said mitt romney's rally in manchester, new hampshire. >> hi, bret. new hampshire mitt romney won the first primary this year, tonight he sets up for the republican race is over. the general election is over president obama used rhetoric discussing the economy playing well the last time an income bent was unseated. take a listen. >> tonight is the beginning of the end of the disappointment of the obama years. all of the thousands of good and decent americans i've met want nothing more than a better chance. a fighting chance to all of you i have a simple mess yanl. hold on a little longer. a better america begins tonight. >> bret: he focused his campaign on jobs and the economy. you may remember in 1992 when a democrat unseated a republican candidate the issue was the candidate. listen to how romney brought that rhetoric back. >> because he failed he will run a campaign of diversions and distractions. and distorgss. that kind of campaign may have worked in another place. and in a different time. but not here. and not now. i

chief political correspondent carl cameron has that story. >> launching the first barrage of foreigny criticism of the general election race, vice president joe biden cast mitt romney inexperienceed, inconsistent and ill-informed. >> he starts with a profound misunderstanding o the responsibility of the president and the commander in chief. >> romney criticized president for failing to stand up to rivals like north korea. biden has been overshadowed by hillary clinton, secretary of state. but lurched on the campaign high profile attacks on romney yet. >> he would take to us discredited policy to make america less safe and secure. >> romney long chastised the president for apologizing for u.s. foreign policy and not being tough enough on tyrants and terrorist allies. bide boyd cast romney as rigid throw-back to the george w. bush era. flip-floper at the same time. >> we know when the for does venture a position, it's a safe bet that he previously took or about to take an exactly opposite position. >> biden new york city city was re-election campaign event paid in part with contributio

campaign carl cameron knows. he's here. jon: any moment now a provocative missile launch could occur in north korea. should world powers take on that rogue nuclear nation and shoot the missile down? some experts say yes. we'll take with one of them. >> if you thought the gsa scandal couldn't get any worse, wait until you hear this one. employee bonuses for planning that lavish vegas outing on your dime. lots and lots of them. it is all "happening now." jon: well the general election campaign kicks into high gear after rick santorum drops out of the race. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. jenna: see what happens when you take a day off? jon: i take a day off and everything changes. jenna: a candidate gets out of the race. we're glad to have you back, jon. jon: thank you. jenna: i'm jenna lee. after stitching together a coalition of fiscal and social conservatives winning 11 states the former pennsylvania senator suspended his campaign yesterday. this clears the way for mitt romney to focus all his attention on president ob

moments ago chief political correspondent, campaign carl cameron, got some more on this. reporter: hi, megyn. well, senator santorum is in gettysburg, pennsylvania, a city with historic importance to the state of pennsylvania, the country and to rick santorum, and there you see the podium in gettysburg where his partial campaign goes into suspension. we expect mr. santorum to say based on his assessment of the campaign trail, an easter weekend that included his 3-year-old daughter bella in the hospital for her chromosomal disorder which is sometimes fatal, he is going to suspend his campaign. we've talked now to people on capitol hill who have been made aware that preparations are underway for him to ramp down his candidacy, and there are those who have been involved within the campaign as well as organizers and supporters throughout pennsylvania and a host of conference calls this morning, and in a matter of moments rick santorum, trailing mitt romney in the delegate count, trailing in the polls but still in a virtual tie in pennsylvania, the state he represented in the