and vote for delegate candidates for them to count. >> we're talking with rick pearson of the "chicago tribune." chief political writer. let me ask you about the politics of your state. you indicated the vast majority of the votes coming from cook county and the greater chicago area. rick santorum spending a lot of his time down state. >> yeah. in fact, over the weekend romney spent a lot of time down state. it almost seemed to be an effort to try to, perhaps, tamp down on the down state support for santorum. yeah. he came to chicago and he gave this economic speech. but it was fully directed, truly, as he's done in the past, looking over his most immediate rival, santorum, and looking ahead to barack obama. of course, this speech coming at the university of chicago where obama served as a senior law lecturer before his tenure in the state legislature, the senate and then as president. >> the headline from the "chicago tribune" website at this hour, romney santorum making the final push for illinois republican votes. what are the story lines that you expect tomorrow going into these results? >

rick peerson is keeping track of all of this for the "chicago tribune." polls in the stake indicating that mitt romney has some momentum as he indicated in our last hour, these polls are all over the place. >> go back to mississippi and alabama where the polling numbers were all over the place, too. we're starting to see a little bit of separation between romney and santorum. but again, traditionally santorum seems to underpoll. sometimes romney overpolls. a lot depends on the turnout. the big question has always been up in the chicago metropolitan area where suburban republicans tend to be more moderate just as we've seen many the past support romney. but there is a high level of apathy out here, which is somewhat surprising given illinois's rare role for republicans to have a say. >> let me ask you about the party establishment, bob edgar -- said he's going to stand on the sidelines. politico has a story that there's a lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney. yet a lot of questions if rick santorum has already peaked. >> indeed as we heard in the clip from s

according to the chicago tribune the cta rejected a freedom of information act request last year about this very deal ... the cta was the first to purchase these cars 506 in total totaling more than $1 billion ... news of the dangerous flores is troubling to commuters we interviewed >>we're putting our faith in the technology and the crew of the transit system it's troubling to see the reports and know that that actually happened >>it's kind of bad to put a vehicle up there for people to take a chance on ... it's kind of sat >>all of these cars were polled in mid december and the cta was forced to use to retired railcars from the 1960's as a result there have been no accidents associated with these defective cars and the cta will it reintroduce them with the new parts sometime this may ... >>a controversial former police chief of cicero illinois has been hired by the chicago city council finance committee thomas rowland will help finance german ed burke investigate the validity of workers' compensation claims by city employees the sun-times reports that he was once investigated by the

clarence page and john kass with the chicago tribune have been with us since polls closed and are here for the long haul-- joining them editorial cartoonist scott stantis, we'll check in . >> la romney was only four points ahead. >> he said it was the first time the romney had 50 percent now to john to 48. it's down to 48. >> santorum is showing strength to end the malloy area of illinois. in the rural area . >> the winner of the republican primary of the illinois...mitt romney. >>. the tolland has been set. campaign supporters are still around. ann romney introduced her husband as the man who second can transform america. we heard him reflected and expand upon his thoughts repeatedly in recent days. his experience in government and in the private sector businessman experience makes him only canada candidate able to deal with the american economy. he's insisting that its time for a change at the top. >> three years of the obama have brought us shrinking paychecks there have been historic drops and then come. the president that doesn't hesitate to use all means necessary it's time to sa

. >>> well, the headline from the chicago tribune is candidates making the final push, with illinois now in the spotlight. in the santorum campaign out with a new national ad airing on radio stations around the country, taking aim at mitt romney's record. >> okay, a liberal, a moderate, and a conservative walk into a bar, and the bartender says, hello, mitt. funny, but true. you see mitt romney doesn't seem to have any core values. just says what he thinks people want to hear, like telling liberals in massachusetts he is pro-choice and always will be. then telling conservatives he is pro-life. now romney's latest pandering, after telling us he supports making english our official language, seems old mitt got caught in puerto rico telling voter there's he opposes them having to learn english to become a u.s. state. rick santorum, he stuck to his convictions and told them you want to become a state? start teaching english in your schools. where does romney stand on the issues? it all depends on who he is standing in front of. paid for by rick santorum for president. >> this is rick san

from criminal courts building >> this has left a highland park woman in a coma according to the chicago tribune 15 year-old terrance ford and 16 year-old on war barbour are being charged as adults it is unclear whether or not those to our question shortly after those attacks ... the 18 year-old victim was turned away from a concert there and then she met and left with three teenagers at a restaurant across the street she was found beaten sexually assaulted and partially clothed and unconscious on the neighborhood front lawn ... kidnapping robbery and sexual assault will be charged ... rape victim advocates are encouraged but there is never closure >>allah it's one thing to have them in custody and getting them tried and convicted but there is still work to do regarding sexual violence these children will face charges of kidnapping robbery and aggravated sexual assault as adults police have issued a community alert on the southwest side after a woman was sexually assaulted it happened early sunday morning near 46 and christiana in brighton park police said the woman was walking alone when a man

. >> the latest wgn tv chicago tribune polls political reporter rick pearson is here with more on thepolls and a couple of surprises as the results came out. our latest tribune wgn poll shows that rather than just coming here to raise money which is what its plan was he also needs to do some campaigning right now our tribune poll shows 30 percent of registered republican voters. newt gingrich at 12%, ron pollack 7% for we should point out though it's a narrow and significant leap. in this race, moderate independents it to ronni but the number of conservative voters in illinois still shows the problem that ronni is having one other factor to point out is that this raised really remains very fluid 46% of the voters say that they can still change their minds you can see in recent states were santorum had a significant lead we're going to see some of that here in illinois one other factor to remember to is that ronni did well in suburban areas santorum did well in rural areas and is doing well in downstate illinois. it will be one of the most interesting races to watch on election night i

the chicago tribune is reporting that the gop presidential primary today in chicago and the city only is on its way to becoming the lowest turnout ever for a presidential primary in chicago illinois, according to the city at 2:00 p.m. central daylight time, 15% had voted the previous all time low, the 32% that voted in the 1996 republican primary. early indications of tremendously low turnout at least in chicago in tonight's illinois republican primary counts. >> first the sanity break. march 20 on this date, richard nixon assured bob halid man that the vietnam war would be over within 10 months, on march 20, 1969. the peace settlement was achieved 1973. april, 1970 and march 1971, time marches on. >> i start with a normal clip of the day. all rush wants to do is go for a swim in the bathtub. one problem no water. this is the way michael phelps learned to swim. a dog named rush in the bathtub. somewhere bill hicks is smiling. >> we find these nine-month-old twins doing synchronized dancing to the song. it looks like a cult, but an adorable cult. when it stops they try to make it play

these are the headlines, romney averts disaster and chicago tribune, romney holds off santorum's surge and the boston globe, romney wins hard fight in michigan, cruises in arizona and romney's home state m michigan, tough win for romney, that in the detroit free press. jim, does it seem the media were picking sides in this fight? >> well, i think the media are sort of following the election returns here. romney having dipped substantially now, made michigan almost seem like an upset in terms of him-- certainly a comeback, and i also think that in the minds of media, not only on the left, but also now on the right, santorum sort of jumped the shark a little bit, you know, the quote about making john f. kennedy's speech making him want to throw up. as charles krauthammer in "the washington post," that's a little much. >> jon: have the media changed their minds about mitt romney after him going two for two. i think they're beginning to have to acknowledge the obvious, which he is the front runner, he's going into super tuesday as the front runner and even conservatives like jennifer reube

studies as well as a journalist whose articles have and in the "new york times," boston globe, "chicago tribune" and "los angeles times." in 1961 just as nasa launched its first man into space, 13 women underwent secret testing in hopes of becoming america's first female astronaut. they passed the same battery of tests at the legendary lovelace foundation as did the mercury 7 astronauts but they were summ y summarily dismissed. martha ackmann tells the story of these remarkable women, all cracker jack pilots and patriots, sometimes sacrificed jobs and marriages for a chance to participate in america's space race against the soviet union. martha ackmann spoke extensively with these women and interviewed chuck yeager, john glenn and others at the white house with firsthand knowledge of the program. a provocative tribute to those extraordinary women. the mercury 13 is an unforgotable story of resilience, inextinguishable hope. we're greatly indebted to martha ackmann for the hard work in telling this story and her compelling writing which makes this book a fascinating read. please join me in welco

the latest polling in the "chicago tribune" shows romney and santorum in a statistical tie. polling from the pew research center points for troubling numbers for republicans if rick santorum wins the party nomination. according to the poll, 20% of romney supporters say they likely would vote for president obama if santorum becomes the republican nominee. santorum, however, insists he has the best shot to win the general election. >> on so many fronts there could be no person in this country we could nominate who would be -- who would be any worse on taking on barack obama on the most important issue of the day, obama care, than governor romney. and it is -- it's criminal malpractice to nominate someone who gives away the most important issue in this race. >> mitt romney is pushing back saying both santorum and president obama are, quote, light weights when it comes to the economy. >>> on wall street, the s&p 500 will open above 1400 for the first time since 2008. in yesterday's session shares of apple topped $600 for a single share for the very first time. this just as the n

the chicago tribune website among other sites. thanks for being with us. >> you are listening to "washington today" on c-span radio. nversation tomorrow morning with the results from the illinois primary. congressman mike conway will be joining us, republican of texas, to talk about u.s. efforts in afghanistan and debate over the budget with representative allison schwartz, democrat of pennsylvania. tune in tomorrow morning on c-span's "washington journal," 7:00 a.m. eastern time, 4:00 for those of you on the west coast. the irish prime minister in washington, d.c., today, including on capitol hill with david o'leary, an irish tenor with this famous irish song. ♪ the pipes are calling from glen to glen and down the mountainside ♪ ♪ the sun is gone

griffith for thinking that money doesn't have enough influence in politics through the weekend the chicago tribune published an interview with griffin the founder and chief executive of the hedge fund company called citadel and in that interview griffin was asked whether he thought the super rich had an inappropriate amount of influence on politics and this was his response he said i think they actually have an insufficient influence those who have enjoyed the benefits of our system more than ever now owe a duty to protect the system that has created the greatest nation on this planet spoken like a true egotistical billionaire only somebody totally detached from reality to believe that the richest people in this country don't have enough influence over politics but about two decades that wall street's political contributions have increased by over seven hundred percent thanks to citizens united that put outside spending on ads rise to over sixteen hundred percent so far and so these politicians are raising more money than ever before and you better believe that six figure donations come with strin

closing for mile stretch of chicago river chicago tribune wharf to loomis street coal storage slip to the locks and to water filtration plant also reported new citibank south michigan avenue closed today federal insurance corporations could not find another bank to take over access to much of $50,000 insurance limit indicted cook county commissioner william beavers vice chairman of the new city bank william beavers reportedly a small stake separately facing charges separately tax evasion denies wrongdoing. coming back from the procession to order 27,000 jobs last month third straight month solid hiring growth. candidates president obama man and 13 year- old accused of abusing animals since posted video on the internet story coming up and it returned to the 60s this weekend at steady climb to the '70s tom skilling glorious details coming up. whoa! i'd love a set like this... ...well, i'd like a pony. we used kmart layaway - paid it off over 8 weeks. with kmart layaway shop 1000s of items across dozens of departments, all year long. there's layaway, and there's kmart layaway. [ bell din

as a journalist whose articles have appeared in the "new york times," the "boston globe," the "chicago tribune" and the "los angeles times." in 1961, just as nasa launched its first man into space, 13 women underwent secret testing in hopes of becoming america's first female astronauts. they passed the same battery of tests at the legendary lovelace foundation as did the mercury 7 astronauts, but they were summarily dismissed by the boys' club at nasa and capitol hill. the ussr sent its first woman into space in the 1963. the united states did not follow suit for another 20 years. martha ackman tells the story of these remarkable women, all cracker jack pilots and patriots who sometimes sacrificed jobs and marriages for a chance to participate in america's space race against the soviet union. martha ackman spoke extensively with these women and interviewed chuck yeager, john glenn, scott carpenter and others at nasa and in the white house, with firsthand knowledge of the program. it provocative tribute to those extraordinary women, the mercury 13 is an unforgettable story of determination, res

in chicago tribune poll suggests that barely 12 percent of republicans support newt gingrich still he and his wife hosted a hispanic town hall meeting in elgin he was cheered when he criticized president obama and his effort to force a church based organizations to provide their employees with free birth control in violation of their own moral teachings he also told a radio talk-show host that he had no plan to drop out of the republican presidential race any time soon he sees louisiana as his next hope of winning another state primary gop voter turnout in tuesday's primary may be weak if early voting figures are any proof early voting wrapped up yesterday and the number of republicans who cast ballots early rose only a little bit compared to 2008 ... >> at a u.s. senator who has represented indiana since 1977 can no longer vote in his home precinct republican richard lugar lost his residency fight yesterday in an election board in indiana voted 2-1 along party lines to strip him of his eligibility he sold his home in indianapolis and has lived in virginia ever since he was first elec

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chemist to figure out what a natural product releases to read more you can go to the website chicago tribune .com/trib-u next to the tug of war between protesters and the city of chicago heads back to court activists talking. the former naperville mother granted an interview for a french documentary on mentally ill mothers who harm their children. she drugged and she smothered nicolas emilie and thomas in 1999 she said she was deeply depressed at the time and was involved in a bitter divorce she said she has never forgiven herself for those murders and she wishes that she were dead she is serving a life sentence at the dwight correctional center the documentary airs on french television it woman charged with pretending to be an immigration officer to scam people will face a judge today 53 year-old gloria war as of little village is accused of ripping off two people police said the chair for to help these victims become u.s. citizens for a total of $34,000 authorities claim the children to deport them if they did not pay police also said she admitted to scamming about five others and pocketed

a hedge for hedge fund billionaire and one of the four hundred wealthiest americans told the chicago tribune this weekend that america's ultra wealthy citizens don't have enough influence in government and in the political process that's right even though billionaires are bankrolling presidential campaigns and corporate c.e.o.'s are influencing legislation all across the country griffin thinks these people should have more sway in our democracy the fact is americans alter wealthy and their constant shelling out of politics money into politics ruined our political process spending more than three hundred million bucks and twenty five alone to elect the most corporate friendly house of representatives and it is story griffin's wish to see money have even more control over our government piri piri. right now more than eleven million americans are underwater on their home mortgages meaning they owe more money than their houses were there's an easy solution say somebody has a house with a two hundred thousand dollars mortgage on it but because of the bush crash that was only where the hundred fif

the legislation was approved victor wgn chicago tribune investigation found a state representative doubled his pension by working for alderman ed burke for just one month under that proposal the state will no longer be responsible for the former lawmakers pensions if the move to another government job with a higher paycheck the bill now goes to the senate. wind turbines may be going up like michigan and other great lakes and in later the obama administration has reached an agreement with illinois and four other states to speed up approval of offshore wind farms critics say that they would run the views of the lakes lower shoreline property values and harm birds and fish supporters argue that the lakes are wind supply setter vast and untapped as a source of clean energy and economic growth administration officials said that the region's offshore wind could generate more than one-fifth of all potential wind energy nationwide we have a lot more coming up [ woman ] my washer had a foul odor that made the whole room stink. [ woman #2 ] even my laundry started to get a funny smell. [ female anno

the tsa tells the chicago tribune says since then they have relaxed cleaning rules for children. >>> commander is in washington, as allison burns reports, he will be talking about when american troops will lead that war -- leave that war zone. >> reporter: this is the first time they get to hear from general john allan since they prompted the call for u.s. troops to leave faster than planned. general allan is expected to give no hint for accelerated troop withdrawals. after the shooting, ahmed wali karzai said he wanted u.s. troops -- u.s. troops out a year earlier than planned and they say nato forces are making progress against the insurgency and they are on track for withdrawals to begin at the end of next year. several members of congress say the u.s. should look for every opportunity to accelerate the timeline withdrawal, i will have more during my next update in the next hour, for now allison burns ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> pakistan's parliament went into session this morning and u.s. relations dominate the meeting. u.s. angered pakistan after a deadly airstrike on pakis

and i'll just mention some of them, aldo beckman was with "the chicago tribune," stan carno, forest boyd, david kraslo, and john scali, with abc, phil small ran the washington bureau of cbs and became nbc news president, and jerry horst, went on to be the spokesman for gerald ford in the white house for a month. i think i see diane sawyer. eric severeid, and ed fuoy, who was with several of the networks, teddy white who wrote the books "making the president" and dan rather, bill buckley is at the back. i want to ask you about him. john chancellor i think. barbara walters. fay well, who was with storer broadcast and helen thomas who is still sitting in the white house newsroom is in this. not only in this picture but in other pictures that you have. where did you find that picture? and did you know any of those names? did you know those folks when you saw them in the picture? >> no, i knew very few of them. we found the photograph in the -- i think it's in the national archives in washington, because there's a whole record of the nixon trip which was taken by both chinese and american pho

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that is from the front page of "the chicago tribune." when we come back, we'll turn our attention to the issue of special operations forces and we will look at what other guests will be dominated the sunday morning programs. >> good morning. re-airs of five network tv talk shows begin re-airing at noon eastern time and much of the focus will be on presidential politics and we start with "meet the press" with republican presidential candidate rick santorum and then a debate between virginia republican governor bob mcdonnell and maryland democratic governor martin o'malley. this week," with chuck schumer and south carolina republican senator lindsey graham. "fox news sunday" is next and newt gingrich and armed services committee member senator john mccain. at 3:00 p.m., it is cnn's " "state of the " with a read and two formal -- and two formal -- two former presidential candidates. at 4:00 p.m., it is "face the nation" with republican presidential candidate newt gingrich and the robert -- and a former white house spokesman makes an appeara

the news comes as the chicago tribune releases the analysis of overtime paid at the tollway authorityloyees boosted their base pay by as much as 50% but the tollway directors are defending the overtime pay saying that it's an unavoidable cost of doing business with reduced staff and resources ... >>we are a 247 operation and we need to respond to officials around the clock ... and that means over time ... overall that's down 25% since 2008 and the authorities said it made significant staff reductions to hold back on cost increases ... it's still cheaper than hiring new staffers and the amount of overtime paid in 2011 was just over 4 percent of the gross payroll for the authority which is well within an acceptable range according to most business standards and other large tollway authority is around country >>this comes at a sensitive time for the tollway authority motorists have been hit with an 87% toll hike this year ... your live illinois lottery drawing is coming up next good afternoon ... >>here are the winning kick three numberspick three numbers: 2 0 0 here are the winning pick

but we see that her north side home was listed with real-estate brokers and according to the chicago tribune that homes sold within a day ... and there were 30 staff cuts ... and relocation could mean more jobs lost and a blow to the windy city >>i believe it's a sad day for the windy city it sends a message that a talk show like that can't survive in this town and that's not so great >>good for rosie i guess she made some money on her lincoln park house >>observers also note that she only commutes to chicago she never moved her children or her fiancee from new york ... she is recording her show here today as scheduled >>the peyton manning era is over in indianapolis the colts are releasing their star quarterback to avoid paying him a $28 million retention bonus peyton manning and the call center jim irsay announced that the move was happening late this morning at a news conference in indianapolis the colts had until tomorrow to pay peyton manning his bonus or release him paid manning was out all last year with a neck injury but the doctors have cleared and to play next season calls have the

that's jim warren correspond dent for the "atlantic magazine" and former managing editor for the chicago tribunecoming up, can she win back women who have turned away from the gop on social issues? and then legislation from the secrettive bruce alec may leave you with a time for seeking your mind. and after the bush presidency pushed america's reputation into the cellar of international opinion, will we return to those days? this is the "war room," and we're just getting started. keep it right here. >>> the ted conference is an event designed to bring the brightest finds together. the speakers share a common goal making the world at better, smarter place, through innovation, technology and the power of great ideas. the human brain is the smartest machine in the world. it's responsible for everything but neuroscientist has built a machine that lets you see inside of the mind of a cockroach. his creation is called backyard brains. by conducting very small amounts of electricity into the antenna, the insect responds as if it is getting a response from its own brains. it's a small glimpse into how t

accord together chicago tribune, engineers will examine the car to assess the source of the problem,ts plans to resume testing. the exclusive car as soon as possible. and don'ts say that. >> i wasn't thinking about it. i don't want to be the pr guy that has to explain and i kind of want a car that is going to go. >> a michigan woman still collecting food stamps though she won $1 million in the lottery has now been cutoff. she hit the jackpot last fall, continuing to collect 200s ndz government assistance, that changed yesterday. a tv station confronted clayton. she admitted she was getting food stamps. she claimed she needed money because well, she didn't have a job and had two houses to pay for, what she did is not illegal in michigan. michigan lawmakers are now considering legislation to make it illegal. >> a woman from nebraska has two months mos to decide if she wants to sell her george washington look alike for less money. a chicken mcnugget resembling the father of our country sold for $8100 but the buyer backed out. and this sale raised money to send kids to camp. >> it's good

that's jim warren correspond dent for the "atlantic magazine" and former managing editor for the chicago tribunecoming up can she win back women who have turned away from the gop on social issues? and then legislation from the secrettive bruce alec may leave you with a time for seeking your mind. and after the bush presidency pushed america's reputation into the cellar of international opinion, will we the ted conference held here every year in southern california is an event designed to bring the brightest minds in the world together to share their most powerful, influential and creative ideas. the speakers share a common goal, making the world a better, smarter place through innovation, technology and the power of big ideas. the human brain is the most complex machine in the world. there are as many as a hundred-billion neurons firing at any given moment responsible for everything from breathing to dreaming to deciding what to have for dinner. but, neuroscientist gregory gage has built a machine that lets you see inside the mind of a cockroach and even control some of it's decisions. gage's cr

a chicago tribune wgn poll showed gingrich at just 12 percent support statewide, but instead of attackinge attacked the man he wants to replace in office. >> i believe the american people have the right to worship god in the way they want to without being dictated to by judges, the news media or the president of united states. >> most thought republicans would have had this settled by now, that it would be all but over by mid march. the fact that it isn't is exciting to state senator matt murphy, who says after ten years of one party democratic control in illinois, the gop has a chance to shine. >> i think if we're going to get to be a state with political balance, reintroduction of republicans to voters like this election will provide, are going to be really important. >> the pressure is on the frontrunner. mitt romney is pouring nearly five million dollars into the primary here - most of it on television time. he'll be in rosemont tomorrow when new jersey governor chris christie will appear on his behalf in elmhurst. >> it is nice to see the presidential candidates are running the ads i

the costs of the coffee commodity is dropping this year and will be lowering prices 2013 the chicago tribunehat illinois based caterpillar will be moving work out of its joliet plant and into another plant in south carolina create jobs there allowing caterpillar to expand production for other things at its joliet facility there is no impact on jobs at that illinois plant ... checking stocks right now the dow jones is at its highest point right now stocks are gaining slightly today ... the warm weather is getting consumers out and spending helping retailers >>it is the end of an era for the encyclopedia britannica ... another victim of the digital age ... the encyclopedia is ending its print edition and going digital the book has been a printed staple for the past 244 years the chicago-based company said it will now only focus on its digital encyclopedia and education tools britannica said that the decision had nothing to do with online rival wikipedia but that printed encyclopedia represented less than 1% of total sales coming up a state representative on the ballot in next week's primaries

the showdown is the headline this morning of the "chicago tribune." it is sunday march 18 and we begin with the question about whether or not we could see an open republican convention. phone lines are open. numbers are on the screen. front page of "that day york times." the headline -- white it or not. -- like it or now. t. host: "the l.a. times" is talking about missouri caucuses. clowe it what you want, but a day of the lead toro uncertainty in missouri has proven what many knew. voting will not quite cut it in missouri on saturday. the state's republicans first had to go through some expected political pileups to compete -- complete the next day in mid jerry -- misery's nomination process. that is one example of what has been happening in this primary and caucus process. missouri had a beauty contest with the delegates being selected during the caucus process. all eyes on the illinois with the campaigning -- the campaigners there today. rick santorum campaigning in illinois. miss romney will be in the northern part of the state including rockford,

"the chicago tribune" is endorsing romney. here's part of the editorial in today's paper.skill set, the painfully won experience to appreciate this peril and to guide americans through their own financial rescue. romney is in puerto rico right now campaigning ahead of the primary there tomorrow. he heads to a rally in collinsville a bit later on this evening. and there's a new poll showing republicans less excited about mitt romney and rick santorum. the republicans were about john mccain four years ago. the gallup poll shows 35% of republicans saying they vote enthusiastically for romney if he becomes the gop nominee for president. just behind him 34% say the same for santorum and compare that to john mccain during the same time period in 2008 when 47% of republicans said they will vote enthusiastically for him. in this week's office politics we talk game change with coauthor john heylman. he tells us about one special st. patrick's day and we begin by sizing up the gop candidates in the matchup against president obama. >>> newt gingrich's negative ratings are so high in

the latest polling from the "chicago tribune" shows romney and rick santorum in a statistical tie inllinois. newt gingrich comes in at 12% and ron paul at 7%. and just wondering, does anyone he hear we're going to hear this is a must-win for romney? it seems like -- >> you know what it is? it's basically the first time that it's going to be santorum and romney head-to-head in illinois. the other two candidates are just extraneous. >> the latest polling, let's see, we've got from pew research center points to troubling numbers for republicans if rick santorum wins the party's nomination. according to the poll, 20% of romney supporters would likely vote for president obama if santorum becomes the gop nominee. santorum, however, insists he has the best shot in the general. >> on so many fronts there could be no person in this country we could nominate who would be any worse on taking on barack obama on the most important issue of the day, obama care than governor romney. and it is -- it's -- it's malpractice to nominate someone who gives away the most important issue in this race. >> jo

. >> we sauteed a chicago tribune poll of likely republican voters showing santorum, romney leading in cook county, 39-30%, and even more in the surrounding counties, but santorum is leading in the rest of the state. >> one of the interesting things we've seen all along is santorum tends to underpoll. that reflects the fact certain volares coming out in a little larger numbers than the modeling may anticipate. the nature of his candidacy he tends to under poll, overperform, suddenly becomes a little different if the pattern continues. >> if you step back and look in the threesome did romney actually win by losing, by having the two of them remain? if he had won last night then gingrich would have been more likely to drop out right? don't you think? he wanted to keep them both in to split that conservative vote, don't you think? >> the more people in the field the more he benefits from it. there is enormous pressure coming for gingrich to pull out over the next couple of weeks. last night was a tale of two campaigns, romney is gaining in terms of raw delegate count but in terms of campa

phil worked for nine years for the "chicago tribune." he shared a pulitzer prize in 1972 for his reporting on chicago and is a foreign correspondent for the tribune. he covered the fall of saigon in 1975. phil is the author of a work sufficient including "crossers" which you will be talking about today in into man o' wars including a rumor of war, highly respected book about his service in vietnam and more works of nonfiction. he divides his time between connecticut and arizona and "crossers" is a novel about the border. he tells me is just back from france where "crossers" is in french and i'm dying to ask bill, what is the name of your book in french? >> it's all -- is called clandestine. i probably mispronounced it. >> has book has been called a blistering novel about brutality and beauty of life along the the arizona mexico border. i'm going to direct my first question to phil since he lives down in cochise county. >> santa cruz county. >> santa cruz county, okay, but down in the southeastern part appears on it. in march of 2010, robe