obama as the dog sniffing the air outside the house doesn't trample on anyone's privacy the florida supreme court disagreed throwing out the evidence and saying if the case invites overbearing and harassing conduct which you can understand please can simply direct dogs attention to certain residences without any prior wrongdoing and it's also well the data that dogs do reflects police bias so that said it's an important case because it could lead to yet another trampling on what little remains of the fourth amendment so let's just hope they rule with the florida supreme court rather than with the miami police. well here's an interesting development the associated press and twenty eight other and news organizations including the new york times and the washington post are all getting together to launch a new company called news right now the idea here is to track the use of their original reporting online and eventually to try to make blogs and other news gathering services try to pay for it according to the washington post news writing codes original stories with hidden data that includes the writ

in florida, the supreme court argument, for example, they are televised on all of them. i wish the united states supreme court would televise its proceedings. i think it would be very helpful to americans to understand the justice system. i am in favor of the public seeing what goes on in courtrooms. i think we need to do more to protect jurors so that they can do their jobs and not worry about what happens after the trial. >> if there were some other country that we were advising about their justice system, what would you recommend that they adopt from mars -- ours that they don't have? one might be the jury system. what would you say to them about aspects of our system that they ought to be very skeptical about? >> well, i actually have had that conversation. during this year, i spent most of my time in the united states. i have visited 20 different countries, 30 cities, and spoken to the chief justice of the countries i have visited. that includes the chief justice of the supreme court of russia, where we had a long conversation one-on-one talking about issues like th

but florida has an interesting process, something the all states should adopt, but every 20 years, a group of 30 citizens are awarded by the governor, the speaker of the house, the senate, supreme court, to rewrite florida's constitution, every line of it. it does not go to the legislature. all those pesky lobbyists out there do not get a chance to lobby one way or the other. goes right to the citizens of the state. took us two years to do that. we look at these issues. in florida's constitution, a quality education is now in the florida constitution. i do believe that in america, particularly, everyone is entitled to a quality education. and most certainly in this country, people should not go to bed hungry. that is just unacceptable. the way that the misery index in this country is one that is way out of the line because of the recent economic situation. i do not think that we as a country even understand how the unemployment has affected so many families, and we have a whole new strata called the new league for, people who were driving forces yesterday and in bread lines today -- who were driving portias -- driving porsches yesterday and in redlines today. we need to make sure ame

the florida courts found a dog can not make that determination and the prosecutors are appealing this to the supreme which may or may not take the case. if it does not take the case the florida rule stands you cannot use the dog. if it does it is interesting what they will do. it will probably interfere with the florida ruling because last june the supreme court said a human being's sense of smell on the outside of a case of what he senses coming from inside the house is sufficient not only to get a search warrant but to breakdown the door and march in and arrest the people who are producing the odor of marijuana. >>shepard: you get to be kidding, breakdown the door for someone smoking weed? >>judge napolitano: it defies 70 years of privacy jurisprudence but by 8-1 ruling in june they said that smell combined with other evidence, we know the type of people that live this neighbor, you saw someone go in the house, it is sufficient to breakdown the door. you would think it would be sufficient to go to the judge and get a search warrant but the supreme court let them break down the door. the florida ca

members of the florida supreme court, my fellow cabinet members, chief financial, attorney general pam bondi. chief financial officer jeff atwater. commissioner adam putnam and my partner, lieutenant governor jennifer carroll. [applause] it's an honor to be with everyone of you here and it is a real special honor for me to be your governor. as you know i've always been a big believer getting to work early. but this is the first time we have ever shown up for work two months early. until i told that to my family last night and they said, do you think anybody will get it? and they said, well we got it. hopefully they will. let me start by introducing my wife of 39 years, ann. [applause] ann. i'm real honored that my daughter allison is right next to her and her husband. [applause] and her husband pierre and my, our, our, grandson, august. so is -- [applause] he is eight weeks old today. so. and i apologize for everybody that i have had to show pictures of him too. when allison and other daughter was born. we didn't have iphones. i couldn't show pictures. i'm real thankful that my family

members of the florida supreme court, my fellow cabinet members, chief financial, attorney general pambondi. chief financial officer jeff atwater. commissioner adam putnam and my partner, lieutenant governor jennifer carroll. [applause] it's an honor to be with everyone of you here and it is a real special honor for me to be your governor. as you know i've always been a big believer getting to work early. but this is the first time we have ever shown up for work two months early. until i told that to my family last night and they said, do you think anybody will get it? and they said, well we got it. hopefully they will. let me start by introducing my wife of 39 years, ann. [applause] ann. i'm real honored that my daughter allison is right next to her and her husband. [applause] and her husband pierre and my, our, our, grandson, august. so is -- [applause] he is eight weeks old today. so. and i apologize for everybody that i have had to show pictures of him too. when allison and other daughter was born. we didn't have iphones. i couldn't show pictures. i'm real thankful that my family i

and members of the florida house of representatives, chief justice kennedy, members of the florida supreme court, my fellow cabinet members, chief financial attorney general pam bondi, chief financial officer jeff atwater, commissioner adam putnam, and my partner, lieutenant governor jennifer carroll. [applause] it's an honor to be with everyone of you here today, and israel special honor for me to be your governor. as you know i've always been a big believer in getting to work early. but this is the first time we've ever showed up for work two months early. i told that to my family last night, and i said you think anybody would get it? and they said well we got it so hopefully they will. let me start by introducing my wife of 39 years, ann. [applause] and i'm really honored that my daughter, allison is right next to her, and her husband -- [applause] and her husband and my, our grandson, august who is -- [applause] e. is eight weeks old today. so, and i apologize for everybody that had to show pictures of him do. [laughter] when allison and our other daughter was born would have iphones i could

that's what the supreme court is being asked. florida's attorney general wants them to reverse a state supreme court rule that a dog sniffing violates the sanctity of the home. lawyers say the dog's nose is different because it detects only illegal activity that's not entitled to privacy. >> investigators say this man held up the advanced america store on snell on november 29th. police say he speaks with an hack entity. they are asking anybody with information to call the police. >> a lot of kids who thought they were pretty much done with car seats or booster seats now being forced to use them again because of a new law that took effect this week. sal tells us the reason behind this new law and what happens if are you caught breaking it. >> reporter: what will happen is you will see one of these guys in your rearview mirror, lue be subject to a heavy fine. it used to be the child had to use a safety seat until he they were six or wide more than 60 pounds, now state law make itself mandatory for children eight and younger to be in a booste

the primary there in florida and the case at the supreme court.so much for your time. >> thank you, shannon. take care. >> shannon: one factor contributing to newt gingrich's south carolina win, rick perry. when the texas governor dropped out he endorsed former house speaker and sent his supporters to work campaigning for him. he sent congratulations to gingrich saying the big win makes him the conservative standard there in florida and beyond. he says newt gingrich is the conservative change agent we need to contrast, debate and defeat president obama in november. >>> we are getting the first picture of a man who allegedly kidnapped a 9-year-old colorado girl. being held on charges of second-degree kidnapping after he allegedly held the 9-year-old for 18 hours before the quick thinking 9-year-old bravely escaped. she was abducted while walking home on thursday triggering an amber alert. officials are calling that little girl a hero for escaping her captor and calling 911. >>> today marks the 39th anniversary of a controversial roe v. wade decisio

voting under way in florida and the caucuses this saturday in nevada. >>> on february 28th, the u.s. supreme court hearse the oral argument in mohammad, can case about the whether the torture victim protection act allows lawsuits by torture victims against organizations. you'll hear a caisse cited saturday. on radio. from 2004. the consolidated case, sosa and the united states petitioners, versus roberto alvarez and others. respondents. >> if i can use by way of example the individual who's the convicted killer in the cia killings, this is an inindividual who was arrested by fbi agents in pakistan in 1997. under the ninth circuit approach, obviously, this individual could not be arrested by fbi agents as a categorical matter. but under the approach of respondent, the federal governments would have to inquire specifically into the whether the government of pakistan consented to the arrest by fbi agents in pakistan in 1997. >> what the government and petitioner sosa want the court to believe but having grown through the trouble of expressing to the world, in terms of -- that we would as nation enfor

. >> the us supreme court is holding telemarketer's accountable for nuisance calls. this ruling stems from a florida lawsuit claiming a debt collector of her arrest a man. that suit was thrown out by a federal appeals court. >> we have some new details tonight surrounding that startling discovery inside a howard county home. 40 dead animals were found. we have learned the woman being investigated works with animals. >> you are exactly right. she worked as a trainer of exotic birds at the national aquarium. that job ended sometime ago. we had a chance to talk of the actual owner of this town home. the owner of the home said she believes now the couple moved out of fear several months ago and left behind the menagerie. the rent was paid, however and a landlord did not know there was a problem. police have left a note to the woman. they were trying to find her last night. this morning, they did get in touch with her. howard county animal control and police officers make contact this morning with the woman being investigated for the dozens of dead animals ranging from exotic birds to a hermit crab found

florida on the 31st. >>> a groundbreaking ruling by the supreme court today. the justices ruled unanimously that religious employees of a church cannot be sued for discrimination. a michigan church employee sued the church over her firing. the court cited with the church skrigting exceptions to anti-discrimination laws. >>> joran van der sloot pled guilty to the murder of a peruvian woman in a lima hotel room. van der sloot told the court he was sorry for killing flores after he found her snooping on his laptop reading materials about the disappearance of natalee holloway. the judges are expected to make a final decision on his sentence this friday. iran is accusing the u.s. and israel for today's assassination of a nuclear scientist. the u.s. denies any involvement. a motorcycle hit man placed a magnetic bomb on the scientists car door as he drove down the street. this is the fourth assassination of an iranian scientist in two years. today's murder comes days after it was discover eed that iran w enriching uranium even faster than before. >>> coming up at 6:0

supreme court building. the republican candidates shifted their focus to florida. the next gop primary. mitt romney held a town hall meeting two days after losing to newt gingrich in south carolina. he noted florida has been hit hard by the housing crisis. >> release thereof work product associated with his work at freddy mac and return the funds he made from freddy mac. he was the one that said if you made money on a failed model, return the money. >> the primary takes place a week from to remember. >>> newt gingrich fired back at mitt romney calling his accusations baloney. newt gingrich said he heard mitt romney has been saying unkind things about him. he says that shows mitt romney is desperate. >> i have been memorizing old phrases like there you go again. [ laughter ] >> i am thinking i will convince him if i use president reagan's line. >> coming up, the huge shift in voter preference in florida. >>> 100,000 federal postal and congressional employees could lose their jobs for not paying their taxes. they owe more than a billion dollars in unpaid taxes. the workers include 30,000

florida. why things could be different for voters in the sunshine state. the supreme courtnimous ruling, police ousted gps to track suspected criminals. a blow to big brother, but is it the right thing? that's ahead. [ male announce] don't have the hops for hoops with your buddies? lost your appetite for romance? and your mood is on its way down. you might not just be getting older. you might have a treatable ndition called low testosterone or low t. millions of men, forty-fi older, may have low t. so talk to your doctor about low t. hey, michael! [ male announcer ] and step out of the shadows. hi! how are you? [ male announcer ] learn more at isitlowt.com. [ laughs ] hey! >> what happens next week in florida may go a long way in determining who will face president obama in the general election. but it's different than what candidates saw in south carolina. medicare, social security, immigration topping the list in the sunshine state. keith harrigan is live in the south florida news room. give us a pictures of the the political landscape in the state where north is like sou

supreme court may give some relief. the supreme court has ruled that they can be sued in federal, as well as state court. the case stems from a lawsuit against a florida debt collector that was tossed out of an appeals court. >>> a famous symbol will soon be a thing of the past. baltimore city has terminated its lease with the inner harbor carousel, ordered them to stop giving rides by february and to remove the structure. the city did not give any reason, other than it hinted it needs the space for other uses. >>> what a difference from just 24 hours ago, when it was mild and calm. it's now cool and breezy. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob is here with the updated numbers. >> went from april, back to really mid-january, the way it's supposed to be. take a look at temps now, with bright sunshine. 38. exactly 24 hours ago, we were 58 degrees at this hour in the afternoon. 21 in oakland. 42 in ocean city. the dew points, way down. very dry air. down to 12 degrees. the winds have calmed down quite a bit. to the west of us, already under 10 miles an hour. and the winds will be light tonight. right now, still 15-mile-an- hour winds here. 20 in elk

difficult to do in other contexts >> enough the state supreme court in a few months >> family of robert champion jr. died after being beaten floridarneys say 26 year-old to drum major for infamous band died after taking part in a hazing ritual authorities have determined the debt as a homicide supper's blunt trauma blows to his body died from shock caused severe bleeding. no foul play suspected in the death of son of green bay packers offensive coordinator. body of 21 year-old michael philbin pulled from the fox river and oshkosh became missing on sunday after spending a saturday night with friends reportedly made in on distressed telephone call to a friend before a person nearby heard a call for help and called authorities officials also try to determine if of all played a factor in the death. it book written by jerry sandusky have offered clues about alleged sexual abuse former penn state assistant football coach accused of assaulting and raping 10 yen boys pled not guilty but acknowledged he showered with some of the boy's mother of one accusers says investigators found four victims by simply reading autobiography titled touche

>> there was of peace in the "new england journal" about one of the challenges in the supreme court out of florida that the federal government could not force the states to raise the number of people covered by medicaid. the supreme court decided they wanted to hear it again. what are the chances that none of this matters and the supreme court will pull a citizens united and get rid of the log? -- law? >> the supreme court decision as four elements. one is the mandate. another is a much more scary one -- the federal government reimburses states for 100% of medicaid coverage for the first several years, and 90% after the for several years. if the federal government can not compel states to undertake the public good, that is a huge consequence. i was distressed to see that only one decision supported this. it was the most radical. this judge cited the boston tea party. it was a radical decision. i am confident they will not find this is unconstitutional. >> thank you. stage right. >> there was the question from the woman trying to compare the costs and you spoke about how massachusetts has made tran

florida republican presidential primary. in a powell from quinn ni qunnipiac university he lead. they took poles and found romney has an average lead of 7.2 percentage points. >>> two hours ago the california supreme court dealt a plow to republican efforts to redraw districts in the state before the upcoming elections. the court ruled state senate maps drawn up last year by a citizen commission can be used in the elections in june and november. republicans stand to lose seats to democrats under the newly drawn senate maps which would give democrats the 2/3s vote they need to approve tax increases. >>> they have new rules that require 1-7 new cars sold in california must be electric or zero emission by 2025 and mandates a reduction in pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions by 2025, automakers all support the new standards but the california new car dealers association said the board is overestimating consumer demand for electric vehicles. >>> ahead new hopes for more green jobs here in the bay area. we will tell you how this scene a couple of hours ago is part of that effort. >>> spring like temperatures in january. rosemary will tell you how warm it will get in your neighborhood this weekend. >> i don

florida and everyone else make their decision. it is an incredible vulnerability. they may -- there are all sorts of things the supreme court could do. they could leave the rest of the bill in place. governor romney sided with top-down, government control of a sector of the economy, instead of believing in free marks and free people. he did so with the wall street bailout. he did so with cap and trade. this is a recent pattern, since he was governor that we shouldn't have as our nominee for this party, particularly given the fact, greta, that the tea party started because of those three issues. here's the conservative base of our party that will be deflailt flated if he or speaker gingrich are the nominee of the party. >> greta: all right. i watched you -- you watched the fight going on in the debate between speaker gingrich and governor romney. it is like, then you got to be, for lack of a better word, you got to be the boy scout and say stop with the petty personal politics. i think you waited for a good opportunity to do that. i am curious -- to what extent does this fact that they are going at each other so aggress ifer

the florida woman waited a month to report the two-year- old girl was missing. caylee's body was found five months later. >>> the state's supreme court recently ruled lawmakers can eliminate the states 400 community redevelopment agencies. the bill had proposed extending the deadline for doing that until april 15th. top lawmakers say the bill does not have enough support to pass. >>> 5:55. in marin county a section of the dip sea trail reopens today after being closed more than five years. landslide cut off part of the trail. you are looking at a picture showing an 85-foot long board walk built by conservation corp north bay. grant money as long as volunteers made the project possible. >>> it's coming up on 6:00. of course the commute gets busier out there. let's check with sal. >> and then you throw in friday to mix it up. sometimes on fridays it's lighter and gets busy later. we are looking at the commutes for you. as a matter of fact the fog has been blown away as steve has mentioned. also the morning commute looks good on the sunol grade. the fog really is in the core part of the bay area. along most of the bay area bridges. 5:56

can even to some limits and test whether the supreme court will take another shot at voiding all limits. >> the other thing that inspired me when i was in florida last week was the revelation as to how effective and cohesive the reform effort may actually be in that state. it's a state that has a lot of history of severe gerrymandering. florida is a screwed up state. it's a good microcosm for this country. we were able to see the passage of these amendments. i want you to listen to within of the attorneys who effectively has been advocating on this, on engine gerrymandering there. and we'll bring it up in a second. >> florida had one of the worst gerrymandering states anywhere. there were 430 state house and senate elections. only three incumbents lost. when elected officials get to pick who is voting for them, they become arrogant and stop listening to people. they don't fear the voters' wrath. what's more important in a democracy than voters deciding who they want to represent them? >> and the genius of the gerrymandering is you can obey to the money. the reason i bring it up is this. the reform efforts in florida passed 63% of the vote. tea

florida in just over a week. >> all right. and i will see you tomorrow night for the president's state of the union of course tomorrow morning on "good morning america." thank you, george. >>> now, the supreme court dealt a blow to law enforcement today. the court ruled police cannot put a secret gps device on the car of a suspect unless they first obtain a valid search warrant. it is a rare defeat for law enforcement. the majority of the justices ruled that cars are private property. >>> and search teams recovered more bodies today from that capsized carnival cruise ship. two female passengers found inside the ship's internet cafe. officials believe the ship is now stable and that the million gallons of fuel on board can now be removed. >>> and, today, we learned that the funeral for famed penn state football coach joe paterno is scheduled for wednesday. patterno died on sunday of lung cancer, just months after losing the job he held for nearly five decades. and all day today across the sports world, people were grappling with how you judge his legacy. balancing all that he achieved with the scandal that ultimately brought him down. >>> and still ahead on "world news," a u.s. senator refuses a s

supreme court decision. but we will have opportunity to pick up seats. florida is the state where we have a three-way commonality of interest. we have presidential, we have the senate, united states senate seat, and we can pick up seats in florida. in those five states, we come very close to picking up most of what we need -- not all, we need more

florida and nevada. we appreciate it. more details coming up. i've got that contract from newt gingrich and freddie mac. the police using the gps, well, to look at you. supreme court weighs in. [♪...] >> announcer: with nothing but his computer, an identity thief is able to use your information to open a bank account... in order to make your money his money. [whoosh, clang] you need lifelock-- the only identity protection company that now monitors bank accounts for takeover fraud. lifelock-- relentlessly protecting your identity. call 1-800-lifelock or go to lifelock.com today. >>> senator rand paul's long running problem with the government got personal today. when the outspoken republican refused a patdown at the nashville airport. an alarm went down when paul went through a scanner. that happens to me all the time. i usually take patdown but paul did not want the patdown. he wanted to go through the body scan again. we know they don't like it when you do that. so he wasn't allowed to get on his flight. he laughed it off later. this is a very serious issue for the senator. he's been fighting the tsa a long time. and senator paul comes out tonight. let me ask you

supreme court. not in the individual mandate but the challenge out of florida that the federal government couldn't forcehe state to trays number of people who are covered by medicaid, and even though this was rejected at a lower level, the supreme court said they needed to hear it geven. what are the the chances this didn't matter and the supreme court is just going to the organization? >> well there's scary one when the federal government can compel states to you are a medicaid. the state reimburses the state for 100% after several years and 0% after the several years but if the federal government can't compel the states, that's a huge and broad invitation for many programs of how we do our health insurance in the united states. i was distressed only one supported this. a judge who went out of his way to site the boston tea party in his decision. i'm very confident they will not find the as unconstitutional. because if they do, this will be just a radical type of social insurance system. >> tutch >> u spoken quite a bit about the question for the woman who tried get health insurance and group health an

supreme court. thelma gutierrez, cnn, san luis, arizona. >>> it's primary day in florida. results could be a game changer in the race. i'm going to ask democratic and republican strategists, two of my favorites right there, where the candidates stand now as the clock is tickic down. and had them read it. no, sorry, i can't help you with that. i'm not authorized to access that transaction. that's not in our policy. i will transfer you now. my supervisor is currently not available. would you like to hold ? that department is currently closed. have i helped you with everything you needed ? if your bank doesn't give you knowledgeable customer service 24/7, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn

florida. a special edition of "rock center" live from tampa where you're going to see the candidates fat s face off in th 18th debate. >>> breaking news this morning from the supreme court involving how far police officers can go when it comes to electronic tracking. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us to fill us in. pete, what's the update about today's ruling. >> reporter: an important ruling about privacy and the digital age. the supreme court said unanimously the police must have a search warrant if they want to secretly place a gps tracking device on a suspect's car and the reason that five justices said you have to have a search warrant is because it's a trespass, your car is one of your things listed in the constitution, persons, homes, effects, and papers, your car is a possession, police cannot go trespassing it to stick a gps device on a car. the court said we don't have to go any further than that or look at the questions that may arise when the police track someone electronically without actually trespassing on their personal possessions, like using a cell phone, for example. the court said that's a question for a later case, so taking a ba

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opportunity in texas, and, of course, we're waiting for the supreme court decision, but we will have opportunity to pick up seats in texas. >> florida is the state where we have a three-way commonality of interest. we have presidential, we have the senate, united states senate seat, and we can pick up seats in florida, and those five states become very close to picking upmost of what we need, not all -- we need more than that, but very close to what we need. the drive for 25, that is takes us to the 218, i want 35, so we need more to get that done. for us, this cast of characters, it's not about them. it's about president obama, how well he will do. our candidates, how they compare and contrast to the candidates that are running against them, so i'm not going to be tempted into telling you who would really be the biggest winner for us on the republican side, but we feel it's not about them. it's about us, and it's about our president. >> now, what have you thought about mitt romney digging in on the immigration issue? he said he'd veto the dream act. how does that affect -- >> he said a number of things which do not seem consistent

supreme court decision. we will have opportunity to pick up seats. floridathe state where we have a three-way commonality of interest. we have the presidential, the senate, and we can pick up seats in florida. in this five states we come close to picking up most of what we need. not all, we need more than that but it comes close to what we need. the drive for 25, that takes us to the 218, i want 35, so we need more to get that done. for us, this cast of characters, it is not about them. it is about president obama, how well he will do. air canada is, how they compare and contrast to the candidates that are running against. be tempted into telling you who would be the biggest winner for us on the republican side. we feel it is not about them. it is about us and our president. >> would it -- what have you thought of mitt romney digging in on the immigration issue? >> he said a number of things which cannot seem consistent with the aura they want to put out about someone who will go in there and be fair minded and bipartisan. to say that you would bidault the d

supreme court. streets around the national mall will begin to close in just over an hour. >> to the race for the white house, now, republican candidates turning to floridaot of money to make it in florida's big media markets like miami, tampa, orlando. mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich each have won in other contests. >>> gabrielle giffords stepping down she announced herres ignition on youtube -- her resignation on youtube. her office says she will finish that meet and greet later on today in tucson. >> to local politics dc council chair kwame brown is holding a public hearing to discuss his highly effective teachers incentive. it would encourage effective tapers to work in high need schools. >> this is something i recall you did come to talk about previously today it is a public hearing people can comment on it. for those unfamiliar with the act can you tell them about it and what you are aiming to do. >> legislative agenda on education this year a couple things, one, focus on a low performing schools in district of columbia, one is focus on low performing schools, the bridge to our high schools to make sure every middle school grade child

florida. this 1793 copper coin sold for a little more than a million dollars at auction. those are some of our top stories today. >>> in march the supreme courtl days of arguments over the president's healthcare law but the legal fight takes off in ernest when the first briefs in the case were officially filed. joining us to talk about the first round at the high court showdown, executive director of the national center for independent business and the chief council of the constitutional accountability center. welcome to you both. thanks for havin being here. >> thans for having us. >> the issue of the mandate. they say it is constitutional. you think is is a winning argument. >> i think it is a winning argument injuries the administration points out three area. the commerce clause power. the poured concreter to tax and spend for the general welfare and the necessary and proper clause. i think when you look at all of these textual supports for the constitutionality of the mandate what they really add up to is the fact that our founders wrote the constitution to give the federal government power to enact nationalred solutions to national probl

supreme court decision. we will have opportunity to pick up seats in texas. florida is the state where we have a three-way commonality of interest. we have the presidential, we have the senate, the united states senate and we can pick up seats in florida. and those five states we come very close to picking up most of what we need the -- not all. we need more than that but come very close to what we need, the drive for 25. that is the -- takes us to the 218. i want 35. so we need more to get that done. so for us, this cast of characters, it's not about them. it's about president obama, how well he will do, our candidates, how they compare and contrast to the candidates they're running gebs. so i'm not going to be tempted into telling you who would really be the biggest winner for us on the republican side but we feel it's not about them. it's about us and it's about our president. >> all right. now, what have you thought of mitt romney digging on the immigration issue? as you know, he said he would veto the dream act. how do you think that affects it? >> he said a num