rick santorum is live near chattanooga, he's at a town hall meeting right now.hen i look at these candidates, i don't know how they keep up these demanding schedules. but let's go ahead and listen. >> -- that phrase was a revolutionary phrase in the history of mankind. that phrase which is the pou foundation of our country, which said that rights come to us from god, and with rights come responsibilities. god didn't just give you rights and say, hey, do whatever you want. no. you have rights that come from a creator. and our founders understood what those rights were. life, liberty, and -- >> as you can see, that is rick santorum addressing a tea party crowd in hickson right near chattanooga. a lot coming up in the next few weeks. most immediately, michigan and arizona and then on to super tuesday. we'll keep you posted. >>> not enough money in your mess egg some coming up, career and financial tips to maximize your retirement account. you name it, we're here, anytime, anywhere, any way you want it. that's the way i need it. any way you want it. [ man ] all nigh

and someone in chattanooga says romney is someone who would have fired christopher columbus. >> i knowe're going to do well and get some delegates. >> bret: that's what it's about, delegates. two states voting today and tonight we'll get results from michigan and arizona. it's a big test in the g.o.p. race. let's bring in our panel. steve hayes writer for the weekly standard. juan williams, columnist with the hill. and rich lawrie editor of the national review. rich, how big a deal is tonight and put it in perspective what we're seeing on the ground in michigan. arizona headed in, mitt romney was expect today do well, what about the battle in michigan? >> well, michigan is huge, especially for mitt romney, in retrospect might have been safer for him to dehe fine his home as massachusetts and leave it that. if he loses even narrowly, no explanation and another bout of people chattering about someone else getting in the race and worry about fund raising drying up and it would really hurt him going into super tuesday, especially in ohio and he could be looking at a super tuesday where he'

james coop eer nisbitt was feelg in 1862 just like he was 52 years as an old man in chattanooga.t least as significant, perhaps more significant, than jackson's apotheosis in southern, confederate, eyes was his impact on the mind set of the enlisted men among his foes. they should not would be encouraged to buy soap and feared him mightily by june. they really did. a new york lieutenant who had been up and down the valley, he was with shields' column, not with the more westerly one, he wrote on june 12, the guns of port republic have been silent for all of 72 hours now. he wrote home, he said, this jackson is a man of decided genius, the new york lieutenant, and no one in our army is fit to co

three good reasons to live in chattanooga.heart. >> let's take a look at the rest of the list. six is peoria, illinois, seven amarillo, texas, eight is binghamton, new york. waterloo-cedar falls, iowa and bloomington-normal, illinois. good places to invest. >> the most important thing in each of the communities the house prices are already 5% to 11% higher than last year. you would swear there is no real estate recession in these towns. that makes it a great place to invest. >> barbara corcoran, thanks for showing us what we should do with our money. >>> coming up, from cocktails to candy candlescapes we have a valentine's party with colin after these messages. this is harvest day, the time where all the hard work is paying off. my name is ed pines, and i've been growing oranges for tropicana for 15 years. we nurture the trees all year long to harvest the fruit at the right moment. this is perfect for tropicana. at tropicana, we pick the oranges at the peak of freshness. it's all about growing the best orange to get the best j

and chattanooga chuck. >> how do they all do?t's how they break down. >> what you say, that's what counts? >> we need winter. we need rain. good morning. warmer than average weather as we turn high pressure up again and bring a dry pattern and warmer than average pattern in the afternoon hours back to the bay area. beautiful picture from mount tamalpais looking to the south over on san francisco where the temperature is right now, 48°. 38 in santa rosa, 39 in concord, 37 in livermore phone the cool spot allow the low to -- low to mid fireties around the bay shore, antioch and half moon bay 51 and 54. low to mid 40s monterey bay, mid to upper there's inland to gilroy and salinas. let's talk about our highlights the first one sunshine today no need to worry about wet weather gear warmer this afternoon, a spread of probably ten fire to 30° between the morning -- 25 to 30° between the morning lows and average highs. chance of rain monday and tuesday of next week. as far as what is happening today compared to average all of us on the

[applause] i talk about what went on in chattanooga, tennessee, which i'll be at this weekend. in chattanooga this they had this problem of out of wed lock birth rates, one of the highest rates of divorce, highest rates of single parenthood. and they decided they didn't -- they weren't aware of it, they were shocked to find out. so the community got together, churches, business leaders, educators and philanthropists and they came together and they formed a nonprofit organization to promote marriage, to promote fatherhood. promote marriage in schools, talk about how important the institution of marriage is, what it means to be a mother and a father, what the responsibilities are. why it's good for them economically and socially, why it's good for the community. why it's healthy for a variety of different perspectives. same thing with trying to get fathers back engaged. there are things that we can and should do as a nation. we can rally together and start focusing on how we can build healthier families and health evercommunities as a result. you want limited government, you bett

up the tennessee river as far as they want to go, chattanooga if they'd like. what it did was eventually result in the battle of shiloh, well, pittsburgh landing. which the confederates lost, too, as well as p-ridge in arkansas. so, you lose a good hunk of arkansas and any chance to make missouri a bona fide, de facto confederate state. jefferson davis in his inaugural speech delivered not too far from here on february 22nd, a few days ago, george washington's birthday, not by chance, said this is the darkest hour of our struggle. and our struggle in davis' perspective just got darker and darker after that. lee himself had lost arlington, his home, which wasn't really his home, it was his wife's home, but it was the closest thing he had to a home, ever. he lost his wife, who was trapped behind enemy lines during most of that spring. he had one daughter behind enemy lines. all of his investments. lee was pretty shrewd. he invested in state bonds and railroad bonds, but most of those bonds were in places like kentucky and missouri. he wrote to his oldest son, i e

revived in the spring of 1863 and was stopped again by gettysburg and vicksburg and later in the fall chattanooga. so that was the third turning point. as i and others have written, it looked like the north was prepared to throw in the towel in the summer of 1864 because of huge casualties without any kind of progress in both virginia and georgia. in august of 1864, lincoln was sure he would lose re-election, the re-election on grounds of military failure. yet with the fall of atlanta and the union victories in the shenandoah valley and 1864 and re-election of lincoln, i see that as the final and decisive turning point. i argue that each one of these could have gone in a differenee decisive turning point. it was only particular factors in each case that we're not for ordained in any particular way. the fall of atlanta in 1864 was no more than the fall of richmond had been in june of 1862. that's when i meant by contingency, we need to understand in each of these cases why and how it was that these events turned out the way they did rather than in some other way, but they could easily turned out i

and then later in the fall chattanooga. so that was the third turning point. but as i and others have written, it looked like the north was prepared to throw in the towel in the summer of 1864 because of huge casualties without any apparent kind of progress in both virginia and georgia. in august of 1864, lincoln was sure that he would lose re-election. the re-election on the grounds of military failure. yet with the fall of atlanta and the union victories in the shenandoah valley in the fall of 1864 and then the re-election of lincoln, i see that as the final and decisive turning point. but i argued that each one of i argue that each one of these could have gone in a different direction and that it was only particular factors in each case that were not ordained in any particular way. the fall of atlanta in 1864 no more inevitable than the fall of richmond had been in 1862. that's what i meant by contingency. we need to understand in each of these cases . >> it synthesizes the various social political economic military factors that go into the outcome of the c

he obviously was feeling in 1862 just like he was 52 years later as an old man in chattanooga. at least as significant, perhaps more significant, than jackson's a both's owe sis was his impact on the mind set of the enlisted men among his foes.sis was his on the mind set of the enlisted men among his foes. they should not would be encouraged to buy soap and feared him mightily by june. a new york lieutenant who had been up and down the valley, he wrote hope and said this jackson is a man of decided genius. and no one in our army is fit to compete with him. now, whether that was true or not, whether the lieutenant from new york had appraised jackson's merits properly, is a pretty subjective thing to judge. but that he thought that and that his comrades thought that was incredibly useful in the form of a shf fulfilling prove pes city. they were expecting to be beaten by this fellow the next time. in june down here near richmond when they came down here, of course, a federal who was captured asked who someone riding by was. they said that's stone wall jackson. he said is that devi

defending virginia and was less concerned about what happened in pittsburgh and the far west and chattanooga and all these other places -- >> okay, we've got it. >> anybody can answer it. >> very quickly, because lee is often charged with being virginia-centric in his view, and i think that's true. if you put yourself in lee's position, he'll spend year after year watching the confederate command west of the appalachians essentially disintegrate and shoot itself in the foot. a great army miserably led most of the time during the war. and lee has to ask himself, what good could he do if he acceded to the general's wishes and went out there in that poison command system? could he have done any better? whereas he knew what he could have achieved with the army of virginia. i think lee is certainly aware of what was going on west of the appalachians and the general in chief, he'll exert minor influence in affairs outside virginia. but he knew where he was best used, and jefferson davis had enough wisdom to know not to disagree with lee. >> our final question. >> the panel pretty much dealt with t

. >> we hear from a teacher next from chattanooga, tennessee, ken. >> caller: yes, can you hear me? >> yes, go right ahead. >> caller: first time i heard george w. bush say no child left behind, i understood the weakness in the idea. we're dealing with such large numbers and such variety, it would be impossible to achieve 100%. we understand that in almost any other area. with our factory production line, education model, it should be especially obvious that we don't expect that in the factory either. might be a good call, but it's never achieved. furthermore, as we -- i just -- my question is, is there any discussion in the education political community in washington, across the state, of the problem with dealing with this huge variety of students in such huge numbers? we know for example that 18 is a better class size than 35 and yet, in our state 35 is the class limit. you know, the formula for hiring teachers is the number of students in the schools divided by 35. so guaranteeing everybody a maximum class load. and then special education students are included of course, with dif

there's chattanooga chuck.lee down in georgia he said spring is here. >> i trust your doppler radar. >> you want to see it? let's look outside and show what is going on. beautiful picture, what college is that? >> university of san francisco. >> i wonder who went to the university of san francisco? you can see the whole campus this morning. that is beautiful. nice job guys. clear this morning, let's talk about temperatures love to stay on that shot but we need to move on 51 antioch, 53 half moon bay low to mid 40s in most other neighborhoods except 39 in livermore. low to mid 40s monterey bay mid to upper 30s gilroy and salinas by the afternoon sun and warmer than yesterday. put the wet weather gear away for the next four to five days, dry and mild through the weekend. then as we head back to work monday, possibly tuesday, those of us that work a traditional workweek a chance of rain in the forecast. let's talk about temperatures -- let's do the 24 hour temperature change, i'm sorry i forgot to change manner. -

he spoke outside of chattanooga and that's where he called president obama a snob for saying he wants every child in the country to go to college. back in michigan, ron paul come pained in mt. pleasant. he continues to break with the republican platform pushing for an end to global involvement and the decriminalization of maryland. he says he's trying to keep delegate's head of super tuesday and the gop convention. >> as primary elections continue a new push is underway to change the day of the week americans go to the polls. right now most elections take place on tuesday but a new york congressman will soon into introduce the weekend voting act which would move elections to saturdays and sundays. the idea is to get more people to vote. >> if your goal is to increase participation, don't change the system. figure out how to bring more people into the system. >> a lot of communities across america, people vote in places of worship. a lot of those places are not going to be available. >> a government study found weekend voting would not boost voter turn out. the study also found possibl

joseph motto, chattanooga, tennessee -- but remember, doctor, a sizable part of the public doesn't wantey want to get high. leonard from california -- what about the people who start with pot? and then graduate in to hard drugs? what about them? once you enter the drug world, the temptations, get a lot more intense. from japan -- >> i don't know anybody bothering her family. we're discussing why the media doesn't cover the problem in the usa. we sponsor time and there is no better time to have the conversation. and from maryland -- bill, you are part of the problem when you say you will not tell adults not to smoke pot. that's not what we do here. i believe we should obey the law. every time an american buys illegal substance, pot, whatever, the bad guys profit. i pointed those things out. all i can do. >> from israel -- love to. all about finding the time. beck went over there. i remember that. he had a good time. we'll announce more bold and fresher dates next week. i'll see everybody in tampa, florida, on march 11. go to bill o'reilly.com and talk about the presidential election. all

ambitious guidance of his father major ridge moved from spring place to the braynard mission near chattanooga where he quickly developed a reputation as the best student at the school. john was a thoughtful young man with an inquiring spirit. in 1817 elias and john were invited to continue their studies at a new school in cornwall, connecticut, set up by the american board of commissioners for foreign missions, sort of a multicultural, liberal new england establishment. and for their experiment in assimilating young indians, the leading men of cornwall could not have selected better prospects better than boudinot and ridge. they came from homes already exposed to the strong missionary effort, and both boys were brilliant students, intent on becoming as civilized as white culture would allow. well, at cornwall they may have intended a full and complete assimilation of white culture, but what they got was quite unexpected and, in the end, disastrous. while in school there, the young men fell in love with two prominent local white girls and even more infamously married them. much to the shock an

the 2-year-old pit bull mix is caught on camera chomping away on the bumper of a chattanooga police carot his whole bumper almost ripped off. >> on march 14th, 2010, the naughty winston unlocks the gate from his home and ends up here, where he discovers a new doggy treat. the police try prying loose the 80-pound dog by moving the patrol car back and forth, but winston just won't let go. >> do you want me to take action or just sit here and wait? >> hang on for a minute. have you got your video on? you're recording it? >> that's correct. >> so what is it about this bumper that winston so thoroughly enjoys? is it the smell, the taste? it's neither, according to the dog whisperer, cesar millan. >> if he's smelling an animal, he would be peeing on it or rubbing himself against it, not chewing. this is the smell of the plastic that triggers fun to him. this dog was encouraged to bite plastic or tire. they're not born wanting to bite a tire. they just get encouraged. the dog learned to release his frustration on that object. >> from the sidelines other dogs seem to be cheering on winston. >>

northeast state community college and the university of memphis and the university of tennessee chattanooga. [applause] as many of you remember the budget two years ago included cuts to critical services as a result of the economic downturn. the state was able to believe those cuts by finding them with onetime federal money. however, 160 million of those cuts were slated to go into effect this year. it included many critical programs for the state programs like the coordinated school program, extended teacher contract, alcohol and abuse treatment programs, child care benefits, juvenile justice grants, diabetes prevention and matching dollars for the 401k programs for state employees. i'm proud to say this budget restores over $100 million of the cuts to protect vital services for our citizens. [applause] finally, any good budget in tough times is a balance of strategic cuts and reinvestment leal making certain we are keeping taxes as low as possible. else prepares in to raise the level on the estate tax in tennessee. [applause] this year's budget would raise the exemption from $1 million to

got a lot of this mainly towards memphis, chattanooga, nashville.ay the rain was very heavy. let me show you what happened on mardi gras. it was certainly a very rainy time to say the least. the beads were coming down, and so too were the rain drops. very heavy at times. it wasn't just a rain event. we had all kinds of things going on. tree damage reported in parts of the gulf coast. even a couple of tornadoes reported, but in terms of extreme damage, it just did not happen today. that's the good news. that area of low pressure is going to continue to move over parts of the northeast. jacksonville along 95, i would expect it to intensify. as it mixes with the cold air aloft, we'll see the snow develop in parts of virginia, through the carolinas, and even into west virginia. how that's going to affect you in terms of travel. could be a tough travel day in places like atlanta, birmingham, nashville, raleigh could be an issue, especially during the afternoon hours. and washington, d.c., look for snow to develop late afternoon. pure bliss for portions o

when a plant manager in jackson hires workers from kentucky and a chattanooga manufacturer imports workers from georgia because they say they can't find tennessee graduates with strong enough skills and mouth and science that is unacceptable. those are our jobs, for our graduates and we have to get them that. we have to believe in better. [applause] we have to believe in better for our children. as we all know there's been a lot discussion over the past year about the politics of education and accusations have gone back and forth and fingers have been planted about who cares about students and teachers. tonight i ask all of us to set those aside and focus on the things we all know to be true. first the world is changing and we must raise expectations for students, teachers, administrators, parents and ourselves. second, after decades of lagging behind the country when it comes to education results for, tennessee is on the right path to education. we got on that path through historic bipartisan commitment that led to tennessee leading the race in the funding and commitment to raising standa

newt gingrich joining us today from chattanooga, tennessee.they're going to be coming in shortly. better get out of there. thank you, sir. >> take care. thanks, guys. >> you bet. as we just mentioned, some say rick santorum is campaigning too much on religion and not enough about the economy. brit hume weighs in on that coming up. >> then, guys love ladies in red. and now we know why. the secret behind the science coming up. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder whaother questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choo prego. [ sigh of relief ] fresher less processed foods introducing freshpet recipes so fresh the only preservative we use is the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido alyour important legal matters in just minutes. now it's quicker and easier for you to start your business... protect your family... and launch your dreams. at legalzoom.com, we put the law on your side. your

the former house speaker is with us now from chattanooga, tennessee.ood to see you, speaker gingrich. >> good to be with you. >> last time you were on the show was january 26th. you had just won the south carolina primary. in the time since then, just about a month, mitt romney has won five contests, rick santorum has won four. you have not won any additional contests. in some ways you have dropped out of the headlines. why? >> i think romney made the decision he had to spend $20 million against me in florida, ran a negative campaign. i carried a third of the counties in north florida. he carried south florida. in my counties the vote went up. we went to 9/nevada and i came second. got twice the vote john mccain got four years ago. at that point rick santorum did something intelligent. he skipped south carolina, florida and nevada, put his resourceses into three states nobody competed in and the news media anointed him the alternative. you have to live through a couple of weeks. we have done it before. i lived through tim pawlenty, michele bachmann, do

[applause] i talk about what went on in chattanooga, tennessee, which i'll be at this weekend. in chattanooga this they had this problem of out of wed lock birth rates, one of the highest rates of divorce, highest rates of single parenthood. and they decided they didn't -- they weren't aware of it, they were shocked to find out. so the community got together, churches, business leaders, educators and philanthropists and they came together and they formed a nonprofit organization to promote marriage, to promote fatherhood. promote marriage in schools, talk about how important the institution of marriage is, what it means to be a mother and a father, what the responsibilities are. why it's good for them economically and socially, why it's good for the community. why it's healthy for a variety of different perspectives. same thing with trying to get fathers back engaged. there are things that we can and should do as a nation. we can rally together and start focusing on how we can build healthier families and health evercommunities as a result. you want limited government, you bett

. >> built in chattanooga, tennessee. i was impressed by that. american cars. >> american cars, yes. >> sometimes when you buy a foreign car, you're helping american jobs. >> i bet you love that assignment. chuck assigned to drive a car? >> i did the pisat this year, last year i did the pan america. love that one. it's only four times the price of the volkswagen. it was $109,000, but ooh, was it nice! comfortable. >> well, if you are driving out early this morning, a good reason to be careful, because roads are slick. >> a little bit. some slippery spots in some remote areas, so be extra careful for that. there are snowflakes flying, mainly across northern maryland this morning, out into the mountains of west virginia. and if you see the snowflakes, back down 5 or 10 miles an hour on the speed, just to play it safe. good news is all this should be nothing more than a faint winter memory by about noontime today. outside we are looking right now with our city camera over downtown washington. full cloud cover this morning, but i've been looking arou

a same of the chattanooga, community, mr. trophy is well-known for both customer service and community involvement. mr. trophy has designed trophies, plaques, and custom awards for over 40 years, creating jobs while offering -- often weathering difficult times. having run a business with my wife for 24 years, i can understand the challenges that have faced mr. trophy along the way. not only is mr. trophy met these challenges, but they have found success with their business and become a pillar of their community. i hope that you will join me in honoring mr. trophy for their well earned economic excellence award. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut rise? >> request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, 124 days, that's how many days between today and july 1 when the interest rates for the stafford student loan program will double from 3.4% to 6.8% unless congress acts. mr. courtney: myself, c

get to phone calls here for senator mitchell, a democrat in -- for senator demint, a democrat in chattanooga, tennessee. caller: a couple questions. you guys -- seems like the republican party has been infiltrated, you have your grover norquist, you have your qung guns, you have the tea party -- young guns, you have the tea party, couple others i don't want to mention. i don't know how you guys can come to anything when you have those different pools coming your way. guest: mitch, i am glad you pointed that out. the republican party is really not controlled by any group despite what someone says. folks say wall street. they give more to democrats than we do. hollywood, billionaires give more to democrats than we. the tea party doesn't control us. they are a bunch of small groups all over the country. the problem we have in washington now is the democrat party is pretty much controlled by those who are dependent on government and want more government power. that includes the labor bosses, trial lawyers, environmentalists. but we don't have a problem in the republican party of being controlled

last april i joined many in chattanooga to pay tribute to a man who inspired so many to serve. was honored to call him my mentor. charlie passed away february 19 and is survived by his wife and daughters. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi rise? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.r. 1433, the private property rights protection act of 2012. this bill represents a return of basic property rights to the american people. rights we are guaranteed in the u.s. constitution. in 2005, these rights came under attack when the u.s. supreme court ruled in favor of a corporation taking individual homes in the name of economic development. mr. palazzo: as a result, people lost their homes to false promises of jobs and tax revenue. now instead of a booming business, there is only a city dump where the homes once stood. i agree with supreme court justice clar