obama's quite unpopular, especially in places like florida, especially among florida primary voters. the stimulus package is wildly unpopular, probably unfairly, it probably did some good whether you supported it or not and it's given no credit by people in the country. to me the big thing in the race is you have marco rubio. you know what he stands for. if there is going to be a debate in the republican party with mod rats debating conservatives, mod rats have to stand for something and i don't know what charlie crist stands for .veto of the veteran pay bill sympt myselfs that. here's a bill most republicans support, the idea of merit pay and ending tenure-- this is an issue on which barack obama has been very aggressive , going up to rhode island, talking to a school in rhode island where they were firing teachers-- this is something most reformers and independents support, giving the school districts the right to get rid of bad teachers and pay people depending on how kids do. this is an idea with substantive support behind it and political support, and charlie crist vetos this bi

than other states, the approval rating is still over 50 in florida, which is good he won florida.f stimulus dollars placed in florida and there are a lot of people there who feel we have major issues, health care, foreclosures, all of those is e issues -- mr. crist and mr. rubio said they won't fight for individual cities to rebound as it relates to ", that is problematic n a statewide race you have cities and counties on an iv, we have to have a return on our federal tax dollar. >> can you run statewide without the democrats bringing up immigration reform this year? would you prefer they do that yes or no? >> i prefer they do it i believe floridians understand the importance of having people come forth and pay taxes and knowing who's in the state of florida. diverse sit not a new word to florida and i believe that dealing with the right immigration reform is going to be important, requiring people to come forth and pay taxes, requiring people to step forward, so, that number of undocumented individuals can get smaller so that law enforcement can eject those sfroimsd country. >> k

host: marty, a democrat, gainesville, florida. caller: i just had a couple of quick questions for your guests. first of all, when we look at the maps, on the eastern coast of florida, the area where drilling is going to be permissible, looked a lot closer than the 125 miles off the west coast of florida. i'm wondering, is that just a graphics problem or if the drilling on the east coast will be closer to florida's coastline that is what is going to be done in the gulf of mexico? the second question i had is, if a significant spill does occur, will the oil companies be responsible for the cleanup or will the taxpayers? guest: the oil companies absolutely. the map just maybe a graphical -- it may be just the way it is drawn because the boundary is 125 miles on the east coast of florida. host: acting marty was referring to this a new patch that was open -- guest: it used to be wider, it went out to 235 miles at one point. started 125 and went to the bottom of the map, to 235, so they carved the extra sentiment out into the gulf adjac

right now in florida, florida pays our teachers $5,000 below the national average.fund education well and constantly takes benefits from our teachers. a bill like this that takes away another benefit from our teachers will discourage more teachers from going into the profession or will send them to other states. it's a very bad bill that's not in the best interests of our children. >> congressman kiar, mr. wilson, good to have you with us here on msnbc today. it's a story to follow for sure. >> thank you. >>> tiger woods back on the course in the world of competitive golf playing right now at the masters. while many fans are excited, feelings about his return are pretty much mixed. san francisco chronicle blogger zennie abraham writes, tiger woods winning the masters is the ultimate middle finger to society and people will love it. today at the masters attention turned back to the sex scandal for a moment as a plane flew by with the sign saying, tiger, did you mean bootyism? joining us is david dusek, deputy editor at golf.com. good to have you on. this is certainly

senator from florida, mel martinez. former democratic congressman jim davis, republican mark sharpe, a hillsborough county commissioner, and the democratic mayor of tampa, pam iorio . plus, from washington, christina romer, the chairman of president obama's council of economic advisors. thank you all for being with us. thank you everyone in the audience. dr. romer, i am going to start with you. we appreciate your joining us. there have been several good economic reports out of washington and out of new york this week. but out here in the country as i've talked to people around the state of florida, the question everybody has is "that's all well and good, but when are we going to see the jobs come back? how " how long do they have to wait? >> well, i think you're right on both accounts. so we have certainly seen some encouraging indicators, including we got the news that in march we actually added 162,000 jobs, so that was certainly something that the president has been waiting to hear. but it is important to realize tha

ros-lehtinen of florida. the speaker pro tempore: the question son the motion to question son the motion to instruct. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 403, the nays are 11, present, three, the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion from the gentleman from northern mariana, mr. is a plan, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution -- mr. sablan, to suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1270. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: resolution expressing support for mathematics awareness month. mathematics awareness month. the speaker pro tempore: the . the nays are 2. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the reconsider is laid upon the table. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 407. the nays are two. 2/3 of those voting having res

you have been in the home in florida. you first talked to us about this case talking about cinder blocks, marlaina. it has been a recurring theme from the beginning of this case. talk to us about that. >> well, jean, as ellie was saying earlier, that misty, when she first told the story about the night haleigh went missing, she said the back door was propped open with a cinder block. but jean, what's interesting about that scenario is ronald cummings has also said that they never used that back door. he said it was always locked. so putting together the pieces of what we're finding out now between the cinder block and the possible murder scenes or crime scenes, rather, someone from the inside would have had to open the door from the inside, unlock it, and then prop the door open. >> especially if a little girl had to be carried out. marlaina, also, wasn't there cinder blocks in the vicinity of the home we heard about early on? >> yes, there were. there were cinder blocks. there were a pile in one area. plus, when we were

high point wednesday night, and then it's the florida statism knowles. by the way, florida state just one win away from career victory 1600. >> wicho: flor state was tailing virginia tech by one run and home. >> jason: 0-2 on perez. the pitch, perez out in front and fouls it off. >> wicho: i am sure coming into this weekend if you are a seminole fan you have to like your chances against the hokeys to get that number 1600 in for coach martin. you hope to get it on sunday just to avoid this week. >> jason: the hurricanes used to take on florida state twice a year. we'll see them only once this season. it will be in talahassee later this month. the 23rd, 24th, and 25th. >> wicho: that's one of the changes when they went to the acc. instead of playing six games, three at home and three on the road for the canes or the seminoles, depending who you are talking about, they just play each other three times. but the one constant is they will be on each other's schedule. every year as you you know the acc teams don't all play each other. this year the canes not pl

reporter kelly cook from affiliate central florida news 13 is live from florida. kelly, what have we learned? >> reporter: well, chuck, i'll tell you this, an 11-year-old girl who suffers from a mild case of autism was out there in those woods for five day amongst the brush, the mud and a lot offal gators and is she walked away with just a few bug bites and dehydration. that is where they carried her out to family and friends. no doubt about it. this is a miracle. she was about one mile into the woods according to investigators and it took them two hours just to get her out. just to give you an idea of how high the brush was and water where she was stuck out for more than five days and really the story in all this is the person that found him -- that found her. that was james king, a volunteer who said he prayed before and said please lead me to where she might be. he got in his car and on his own free will went out searching for 11-year-old nadia bloom and found her this morning. everyone is saying now that they definitely believe in miracles. >> because i've got

what is happening there with this preliminary investigation with the irs. >> florida and florida senatehas been one of the most interesting races to cover. in the last couple of weeks most of the focus has squared on charlie crist, whether he will make an independent enrun for the senate, might drop out of the race entirely. the new story is there's a federal inquiry into marco rubio. more important the tate republican party and how it spent and used credit cards. marco rubio and his campaign say there's nothing wrong, all the expenses were done for the party, but it's turned into a headache for him at a time when charlie crist has been getting most of the attention in this race. it does raise the question that rubio could potentially be vulnerable in a general election. he certainly is the star among conservatives. but if crist makes that independent bid, you have rubio and the democrat kendrick meek, it's anyone's games. >> "the miami herald," sentinel reporting rubio serving as house speaker used his party issued credit card for grocery bills, repairs to his family's minivan. could t

the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: i ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from florida, the honorable ted deutch, be permitted to take the oath of office today, to certificate of election has not arrived but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard to his election. the speaker: without objection, so ordered. will representative-elect deutch and members of the florida delegation present themselves in delegation present themselves in the well? the speaker: members, please rise. will representative-elect deutch please raise his right hand? do you solemnly swear or affirm that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic, that you bear true faith and aleeblingance to the same, that you take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you god? mr. deutch: i do. the speaker: congratul

the president may get a chilly reception here in florida. for people here, this is all about jobs. >> tom costello in florida, thanks. this letter has been provided to nbc news exclusively. we have posted it on our website tonight. that's nightly.msnbc.com. >>> just when it looked like toyota was steering out of its skid, today more trouble arrived. consumer reports put out a rare safety warning about one of its vehicles, and the company has responded late today by actually suspended sales of a popular suv. cnbc's phil lebeau with us tonight from orange county, california, with this story. phil, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this is the suv lexus will stop selling temporaryly. it is the gx-460. the suspension of sales comes after consumer reports issued a warning to drivers this vehicle could tip over if drivers have to make a sharp turn or swerve unexpectedly at certain speeds. in fact, consumer reports went so far as to warn people not to buy this suv because they believe it is a safety risk. "consumer reports" says its t

john's river there in florida. scuba divers, helicopters, cadaver dogs, search teams converge on the st. john's in a densely wooded area in the search for the body of 5-year-old haleigh cummings. >> there are detectives walking around the neighborhood, trying to find out any more information that might be available, anything connecting any of the officers to clues about what happened to haleigh. >>> as soon as they get this haleigh case wrapped up, they'll let us alone. >> received a tip yesterday -- >> answer any questions i have to. >> that there was possibly some physical evidence in the haleigh cummings investigation. >> i don't know where she is. >> i'm not hiding anything. >> they just need to move on. >> dad, there's nothing. >> we're just following up on that lead to verify it or to, you know -- if it isn't true or if it is -- >> regardless what the outcome is, i want to know where haleigh's at. >> we're out there to rule it in or out. >> well, of course i want to know if she knows anything. >> if i had som

>> nancy, she was in miami beach, florida, which is in south florida, 1,100 miles away from the hometown went missing. >> i already know miami beach, i know that, where in miami beach? the international inn under bay? tell me. >> yes, nancy, she was at that motel. we did some research -- >> what is that? >> it's $39 a night at that motel and she was stopped about a few hundred feet away on the international causeway that was leading back to that hotel. >> to dr. bethany marshall, psychoanalyst, author of "deal breakers." the caller, judith from michigan was right, it's not a crime to leave your family, walk out and never come back. do i approve? no. but it's not a crime. when you intentionally leave a scenario, set up as if you've been kidnapped, a flat tire, keys in the ignition, you ignore voicemail, you don't check your phone, you turn off your cell. how can you miss the news coverage? it's on every major network, every dotcom there is. where's the missing mom of one? we've devoted several nights to it trying to find this woman. i mean, how can that not be intentional, bethany? give m

virginia has filed separately from florida.onstitutionality based on the commerce clause. they say it is unconstitutional that virginia can't order people to do this. >> i think it is a lot like the lawsuit going on in virginia. the 19 states we have, we've had criticism that we are spending taxpayer dollars to file in lawsuit. we've got some outside counsel which our share of the cost is onlyç $6,000. like i've told people, to save a billion dollars just in medicaid funding for $6,000 attorney fees i think is a great use of assets. >> greta: i take it you are a republican, is that correct, sir? >> yes, ma'am, that is. >> greta: in filing your amendment, have you had any conversation with the state attorney general or anyone in his office working together in any form and a fax or a tweet back and forth? >> we have not tweeted back and forth. we've discussed the amendment fryç dan and we had them in there this morning to go over how the lawsuit will match up with what is already in the court system today. >> greta: how likely

florida's plans for a high speed rail system date back a quarter century. the talk turned into reality this past january when the obama administration awarded the state $1.25 billion for an 84 mile line that would stretch from tampa to orlando, running along the median of interstate 4. ed braddy is executive director of the american dream coalition, a group that defends automobile use and homeownership. braddy argues that rail projects come in on average 40% over- budget. he says if that happens in florida, it'll be taxpayers who pick up the tab. >> if history is any guide, i hope policy-makers take it into consideration, it's going to come in at a lot more expensive than that and who is going to pay? why should a struggling middle class family or lower-middle class family all the way up in the panhandle pay for high speed rail between tampa and orlando. who benefits from that? >> reporter: a lot of people, says tampa's democratic mayor pam iorio. a recent study by forbes rated the tampa-st. petersburg region the worst in the country for commuters. rail adv

satsuma, florida. a 5-year-old girl tucked into bed. five hours later she's gone. daddy comes home from the night shift to find not a trace of little haleigh. last person to see her alive? new stepmother misty croslin, who takes to the airwaves claiming she's innocent. but even in one brief interview she can't keep her story straight, including a 180 on a lie detector. she flunked. little haleigh's own father, ronald cummings, and babysitter turned stepmother misty croslin both handcuffed-a rested, booked. charges, drug trafficking. tonight, we obtain more secretly recorded jailhouse tapes. hours of croslin yakking to mommy, daddy, you name it, all caught on video as police comb these jailhouse tapes for clues as to haleigh's whereabouts. where is the 5-year-old little girl? >> breaking news in the case of missing 5-year-old florida girl haleigh cummings. haleigh's father ronald cummings and former stepmom slash babysitter misty croslin were in court today, both claiming they're not guilty of trafficking thousands of dollars' worth of prescription painkillers. unde

his mother was busted this week in florida on charges of counterfeiting. according to reports, the boy was found with a strange note on him. joining me right now live on the phone, detective nate flash from the sheriff's department. detective, good day. >> good afternoon, ma'am. >> i bet you're glad how this little boy at least is in safe hands right now. tell me about his odyssey. where did this start and how long was he away from his mother there in florida? >> it started sunday evening. and at that point in time, he was already not with his mother. he was in the company of two of his mother's friends. i guess for a couple days he's been, you know, actually traveling north. >> okay. where is his mom? what is she accused of doing? >> mom is presently in the county inmate facility. initially she was accused of attempting to pass a counterfeit $100 bill. the vehicle she was in was ultimately determined to be reported stolen out of new york. she was charged with that as well. >> so little nathaniel, was he given by the mom to these two who took him up to st.

senator and everybody in florida politics knew that lemieux was a place holder for charlie crist but now things have taken an interesting turn. >> as you point out, lemieux and crist are long-time friends. crist is sort of a meant tore to him. for lemieux not to back him is sort of a personal slight. if lemieux wants a long-term future in the republican party in florida, what he has to back marco rubio.

also, in the good times, florida under-invested. its unemployment insurance operation runs on the computer installed when richard nixon was in office. the state agency's robby cunningham. >> our mainframe system is a 1970s-era system, and it's working very hard to keep up with the demand. >> reporter: perhaps, says journalist jim stratton, but there are three major federal performance standards for processing claims. florida is now near the bottom third in each of those measures. it's not paying enough of the claims within the federal time window, it's not processing appeals quickly enough to satisfy the federal standard, and it's not making the eligibility determinations quickly. >> hey, shari, how are you? >> reporter: the state says it's responding. >> we've increased our phone lines, we've increased our staff, we've increased our hours. we're, in fact, also in the process of replacing our mainframe system, so that will actually add another level to customer service when that comes online, probably in 2013. >> reporter: 2013-- pr

luke, thank you. >> take care. >>> elections in parts of florida. voters in palm beach and broward county will decide who will replace robert wexler. he resigned to become president for mideast peace and international cooperation. three candidates campaigning for the seat.xd the winner will serve the remaining seven months of the term. the election is in november. >>> are we going to play george jettison music? we might not be -- there it is. ♪ okay. back to the future. we might not be quite ready yet for flying cars but your commute to work just ten years from now could be shorter, cheaper, and fun. how is that possible in that's one of the many bold predictions from "forbes" magazine in their new online exclusive, your life 2020. here what glimpse into the not so assistant future, bruce, managing editor of forbes. bruce, it's a fun read as we go through the various topics. we just have time for a few of them. health care. hot button issue. what's the prediction? what's it going to look like? >>ñr more accurate, know more about everyone's bodies be

> always goes back to florida, florida, florida.ie crist and marco rubio and the irs investigations and the florida party going up in flames. on the democratic side, some have suggested kendrick meek may not be strong enough to win statewide. could the democrats get behind another candidate or would that cause a real concern with african-american voters? >> no way. >> never happen? >> never happen. i cannot even imagine it. kendrick meek has been running for a good while. he's raising money. african-americans are very proud of him. and i think that he will draw a cross-section. not just african-americans but many others. keep in mind, there's still a democratic party down there in florida. >> that's not under investigation by the irs, the fbi, the u.s. attorney -- >> or thinking of switching parties. >> that's exactly right. this fight between rubio and crist, let's not kid ourselves. i know you're trying to predict this and that, but crist has to go independent. >> he has to, right? he can't win. >> he can't win. >> i feel incredib

florida, forgive me. mr. stearns: i just got a tweet on twitter notifying me that representative ed markey was speaking. his fan club is so on the present that it just came across saying to everybody in the united states that he was on the floor speaking so eloquently. so i couldn't resist pulling it up and seeing what it said. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. stearns: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from tennessee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from tennessee is recognized for two minutes. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. and i wanted to thank the chairman for his diligent work on this bill and also mr. stearns for his leadership as we've worked through these issues in committee. and i do rise in support of the radio spectrum inventory act. in committee i highlighted the importance of listening to the engineers as we move forward on our spectrum inventory. and today i want to talk about the importance of this bill to the wirele

first, paul solman reports on florida's real estate crisis, the high cost of foreclosure. >> reporter: do you feel bad? >> absolutely. i cried every night. how can i not pay these people sfwhak this is my home. it's hard. >> reporter: but finally you had no choice. >> no. it's been hard. >> ifill: then, we look at how the sluggish economy is costing individuals their american dreams, and what they want the government to do about it. >> lehrer: plus, ray suarez looks at poland two days after the plane crash that killed 96 people, including the president and other top government officials. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy came from an energy company? every day, chevron invests $62 million in people, in ideas-- seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foun

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the gentleman from florida, our colleague from florida will speak about an additional provision with respect to state decisions to disinvest that we want to include in this conference report. and i want to send this bill to the president by or before the may 28 deadline proposed in the motion to instruct. this bill, along with the senate bill, has already done much good. in recent months in anticipation of our sanctions becoming law, several major energy companies have ceased selling refined petroleum to iran. others have announced they will not make new investments in iranian energy. they are making the sensible choice that our bill encourages, choosing the u.s. market over the iranian market. more will make that choice when our bill becomes law. meanwhile, our bill is goating other nations to intensify their efforts to achieve a sanctions resolution in the u.n. security council, and our own executive branch is getting the message that congress is able and willing to take the grave matter of sanctions into our own hands. april 30 will make one year since we first introduced this san

the gentleman from florida. mr. diaz-balart: it's my pleasure to yield three minutes to my good friend from the state of washington, mr. hastings. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from washington is recognized for three minutes. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend from florida for yielding me the time. and, mr. speaker, as today's debate begins on this very important issue, where opposition is obviously on both sides of the aisle, there are two basic points that i wish to make. first, to express the fundamental unfairness of this rule for debate, as my -- the previous speaker just pointed out. and second, to explain why the underlying bill violates this nation's established precedence when it comes to admitting states into the union. first, this rule is unfair to both republicans and democrats. it's astonishing to me to see how the democrat leaders are denying the amendment proposed and offered by members of their own caucus. senior democrat members are being limited. their amendments were

>> i got that information from every one of them in florida.ll my kids down there knew that. >> so that came from misty croslin? >> it came from misty and her mama, and it also -- >> whoa, whoa, stop. who was there when she asked ms. nevis to take the children? >> that i don't know. >> well, what other people may tell you that weren't there really doesn't account for anything. but ms. hollars, i want to go back over your assertion about what misty told you, what tommy croslin told you from behind bars. ms. hollars, now i understand that you believe there's a scenario in which little haleigh was molested before she was murdered. >> i feel like that. >> why? >> i just don't know but that's what i think. >> isn't it true that there has been a scenario put out there, and it had to come from behind bars, that misty croslin heard the child in the next room screaming? >> yes. >> where did that come from? >> so did little junior hear the couch bouncing. >> and my question is where did that story come from? >> it came from misty. >> what did she say? >>

this is winter springs, florida. south seminole hospital.adia bloom had been missing for five days. as remark as anything else is the fact that when she was found, she had not shoes on. clearly, her wandering was with no intention of being away for a long period of time. and now, we see the stretcher being rolled out. we do not know for certain if she's had a chance to visit with her family. we just heard from her father a short time ago. we've been reporting this story over the past several days. there was never -- there was concern, i should say, at a time that there may be foul play involved. the police chief, the investigators say that this circumstance was so unique because they had to investigate as a missing girl, and then perhaps as a circumstance of foul play, where someone may be responsible. as we heard from mark potter who is in winter springs, florida, they actually spoke to some of the sex offenders in that area, just to see if there was any suspicion that any of them had been responsible for an abduction. the great fortune tod

mike jackson at one of his nissan outlets in fort lauderdale, florida. if you look at our quarter t is an increase of 19% on the revenue side and within that, it's in all categories of our business, all segments of our business and all geographic areas. so it's very comprehensive. >> toyota is a big brand for the autonation brand. clearly that was taken out of the mix in february. how did it behave in march and what dow expect from the toyota brand for autonation. >> well, what we saw with this crisis was that the fundamental trust and confidence that toyota customers had in the brand and the product toyota remained. and the american people are very forgiving. but they would like a gesture. so we communicated to toyota at the end of february that some level of incentive was appropriate considering the circumstances. and they came with a very nice program. and toyota customers responded dramatically to it. for us, our toyota business was up 38% in march compared to a year ago. >> how have your ford dealers been behaving. >> ford's done very well, up 40% f

augustine, florida. us, a very special guest, shawn sirgo, attorney for joe overstreet, now implicated, not a formal person of interest, not a suspect, only implicated by two jailhouse rats, misty croslin and her brother, tommy croslin. i want to go to you, terry shoemaker. it seems to me that one of the -- people don't talk because they're implicated. but now a story has been cooked up by croslin where the finger's pointed at everybody else. >> well, absolutely. i mean, you know that misty hasn't been forthright right from the beginning of this whole case and as soon as she gets in trouble and as soon as she's looking at a lengthy period of prison she starts pointing the finger at everybody she can. except for herself. >> shawn sirgo? >> yes. >> weigh in. >> i don't speculate on what other people say. my sole responsibility -- >> okay. so you've never argued to a jury why someone says a certain thing, why for instance a co-defendant may implicate your client? you've never discussed that in front of a ju

this time it's in florida. into whether senate candidate marco rubio and other florida republicans used their credit cards for personal expenses. >>> and taken from florida and abandoned in new york city. the bizarre mystery about a toddler found alone and crying on the steps of st. patrick's cathedral with a note attached to him. >>> plus, pop star rihanna taken to the hospital. the details on what happened to her and the scoop. we want to begin with breaking news you heard at the end of the hour. the house ethics committee has opened a full investigation of former congressman eric massa. nbc's luke russert joins us now from capitol hill. luke, i understand that the investigation cannot focus on a former member but the panel can look into what others knew and what they did about it. >> reporter: correct, tamron. what this investigation is really going to investigate is what did the democratic leadership know and officials pertaining to this matter know and when did they know it? this is something that john boe

. >> let's talk florida. charlie crist, we know he's down 22 points or so to marco rubio in the republican primary. where does that leave him? >> that leaves him mr. zur, lo-zur. >> he didn't just say that. >> chary chris is the poster child for that "usa today" story, the unaffiliated voters. for weeks and weeks, as your viewers know, he's been saying no, i'm going to stick to this republican thing, not going to go independent. now with the deadline april 30th, it looks like he's going that way. in a couple interviews yesterday, he said well, i'm going to talk to the people in florida, which means his consultants, to figure out whether he's better off to go independent or drop out altogether. going ahead in the republican primary, no longer feasible for him. the executive director of the senate republican campaign committee yesterday saying zero chance that that will happen. and today politico's morning score, early morning e-mail about the 2010 races scooping the today. eric cantor will endorse rubio talkin

there are conservative pockets of florida, there are moderate parts of florida. south you go, the more north you get in terms of the population of florida. if you have a weaker democratic opponent or a democratic opponent that maybe charlie crist might be able to get democratic votes if he rebels? i don't know. >> an example of what we're seeing across the country politically -- and you've talked about this -- whether you're a democrat or republican incumbent caught in the middle. the idea of being a moderate like you said, you covered him in florida. >> everyone in the state seems to know him. he has been in public office for so long. he gets along with both sides of the aisle. he's a classic centrist. >> but with the politics we're in right now, it is difficult to succeed as a moderate and somebody who wants to reach across the aisle which is public say is exactly what they want. >> this is an excuse for men everywhere not to take their wives and girlfriends on european vacations. the icelandic volcano spewed out more ash today. it is actually not a funny store

the gentleman from florida, our colleague from florida will speak about an additional provision withrespect to state decisions to disinvest that we want to include in this conference report. and i want to send this bill to the president by or before the may 28 deadline proposed in the motion to instruct. this bill, along with the senate bill, has already done much good. in recent months in anticipation of our sanctions becoming law, several major energy companies have ceased selling refined petroleum to iran. others have announced they will not make new investments in iranian energy. they are making the sensible choice that our bill encourages, choosing the u.s. market over the iranian market. more will make that choice when our bill becomes law. meanwhile, our bill is goating other nations to intensify their efforts to achieve a sanctions resolution in the u.n. security council, and our own executive branch is getting the message that congress is able and willing to take the grave matter of sanctions into our own hands. april 30 will make one year since we first introduced this sanc

wish that on anyone. >> reporter: the drama started when como and her boyfriend took a stolen suv to florida. when they tried to pass a counter fit $100 bill, the clerk called police. they took off with the boy, sparking a nationwide search. >> i got on face book, please helenor, return him safely. >> reporter: she got her wish when little nate turned up alone, dumped off at st. patrick's cathedral. >> i thanked the angels above or whoever was in charge of that one. >> troubled minds that would have led to some kind of abandonment. at least there's hope that he's going to be safe in the church. we know this is god's house. >> reporter: the mother has a lengthy arrest record, including for forgery and theft. her exboyfriend says she vanished from his home. >> she had a daughter who i was raising. she left in the middle of the night with some people and never came back, she left her daughter right here in the crib. >> i love her, i know she's made some mistakes but i love her. this is one case that had a good ending. not all of them end up like that. i wish people would realize children are pr

host: john is joining us from roskam, florida, on the republican line.caller: how do we give out of this mess if you do not find the private sector? now they want to fund financial reform? and no one knows about business in this is administration. i am waiting for them to have a press conference without a teleprompter. congress only has a 10% approval rating. i hear we are bankrupt. what can we do? it is a big mess if you do not get the private sector involved. the government will expand, but that is no way to get out of this mess. he will help foreign countries long before he helps us. he sent $10 billion down to brazil to make george soros richer. in 10 years, we will be in the 68% tax bracket. we do not have any money. how can we keep buying, paying, and spending if you do not get the private sector into it? . . guest: well, the jobs will have to be created in the private sector. i think he is right on that account, but, you know, marty, i will pass the baton to marty. >> you are right. this is what people on capitol hill have been worried about. the

it is shallow, off the florida coast, the northern nor da coast. that requires separate legislation to approve offshore drilling there. i don't think there is any way. >> i think the white house is handling reasonably well. they put a moratorium, that is understandable. but the president came out today and still said the drilling is part of our strategy. we need that. it's not walking away. you know, we have to be able to assess risks in this country. tankers coming from saudi arabia are also a risk. coal is a risk. everything is a risk. and so we have one terrible episode but that doesn't mean we should dismiss the whole energy source. >> woodruff: all right, we're going have to dismiss both of you. but only temporarily. we want you back next friday. david brooks, mark shields. >> like rembrandt operating. >> woodruff: thank you both. >> brown: finally tonight, on this 35th anniversary of the end of the vietnam war, a different perspective on the conflict. and to ray suarez. >> suarez: when these pictures were engraved into history 35 years ago, o

why florida? florida is not the pig farm state. there are two words react according to this campaign but why florida? there is no resistance. there was no resistance because there are no pig farms in florida and did to farms that use the gestation crates slaughtered the herd and the activists cheered because they said that his years of less suffering for the pigs. peta was once involved in a lawsuit about elephants there is a lot of the anger and the animal-rights movement with an assault radical movements one this matthew sculley the conservative writer there wrote speeches for george bush and the convention speech four sayre of palin a brilliant writer the anti-hunting% rate team for serapeum and is interesting. [laughter] but in his book, ed dominion calls elephant herds in the african wild animal parks but if you did not call them at then the elephants, they take out everything in their path you have ecosystem destroyed so you have to keep their herds within a particular level to maintain the ecological balance for the parks an

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there was a heavy fog here in this part of florida. central florida. it didn't burn off. it hasn't burned off just yet and also, there are these storms just off the ocean, and there is concern that those things will start to move in just about the same time that the shuttle is supposed to start making its landing here. what they are hoping also is that as the morning goes on, they're hoping that this strong florida morning sun here in this part of southwest florida will begin to burn off this fog and hopefully the storm showers that we're seeing off the ocean will remain that way off the ocean and will not impede or become part of the trajectory, if you will, for the shuttle to come in. this crew has been up there now for 15 days because this landing was delayed already one day. they have a chance to land at edwards air force base in southern california at 9:01 but nasa is hoping they come here. nasa should decide in one hour or so, steve. >> orlando salinas live at the space place. thank you very much. let's look at the radar and satellite pictures and we've got -- take