to day but with the tough talk coming from obama and g.o.p. hopefuls to. china will separate fantasy from reality when it comes to the world's largest economy but first your closing market numbered. issues that some of you are going to let you go down already well most of us want to take your pick the ones with the movie in britain and argentina again sparring over the legal status and future of these islands is this disputed. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've got the future covered. welcome back u.s. president barack obama met with china's next leader today at the white house he's china's vice president xi jinping he's set to become head of the communist party later this year then take over the presidency in two thousand and thirteen now obama is reportedly having oval office talks with this is usually reserved for the closest allies and the countries of course have an ongoing economic tip over issues like trade and currency here is how obama played that one publicly today we want to work with china to mak

the g.o.p. hopefuls are back on the campaign trail. they're raising money and shaking hands ahead of tuesday's primaries. they met face to face last night. tara mergener reports that front-runner rick santorum spent most of the debate under attack. >> reporter: mitt romney talked up tax cuts and his economic plan to a group of builders and contractors meeting in arizona. >> instead of having a president that bows to the demands of union interests, that we have a president that bows to the interests of the american people. >> reporter: he's trying to lock in a win ahead of tuesday's primaries there and in his home state of michigan. rick santorum has captured the lead in several poles and he and romney battle it out -- polls and he and romney battle it outside by side. they along with ron paul and newt gingrich faced off in their 20th debate. the other candidates each took aim at santorum during the debate putting the former senator on the defensive about his record in washington. >> i was the most fiscally conservative senator in the c

g.o.p. hopeful rick santorum will be shaking hands for the seconds day in michigan. he is leading in the polls now and touting himself as a true conservative. and he is also criticizing mitt romney for opposing the auto bailout in detroit. mitt romney is in idaho today. newt gingrich in georgia. ron paul in washington state today. >>> place your bets! prince george's county executive baker is throwing his support now behind a luxurious las vegas style casino. plans call for a $1billion gambling house to be built at national harbor. baker appeared on our 6 a.m. newscast to talk about it this morning. >> bringing a billion dollar casino to prince george's county, high end retail, having shows, las vegas style shows, will make national harbor an entertainment district, which is what it is now, and will attract and bring tourists to prince george's county. that way generating revenues for the county. >> the casino proposal would have to overcome many hurdles to get done. it's unclear whether or not the residents of prince george's and prince george's county would support

g.o.p. hopeful rick santorum is trying to capitalize on his recent surge in the polls. >> he's targeting mitt romney in his home state. >> reporter: rick santorum signed autographs as he worked for votes in michigan. he'll spend a second day in the state trying to build on his lead. santorum is using michigan, the state where mitt romney grew up, to launch an attack on romney's lack of consistency. >> governor romney supported the bailout of wall street and decided not to support the bailout of detroit. my feeling was that we should not support, the government should not be involved in bailouts, period. >> reporter: thursday romney defended his position that the auto industry should have been helped through bankruptcy. >> long may they rule the world. >> reporter: santorum has surged in the polls campaigning as a conservative alternative to romney. but in ohio the former massachusetts governor said he is a true conservative. >> i worked in business 25 years. you can't do what i do and not be a fisca

the obama administration has shied away from officially labeling china a currency manipulator g.o.p. hopefuls like mitt romney are claiming that they will do that and we heard obama say in his state of the union he's put it in his budget that he wants to fund this new trade enforcement unit to investigate unfair trading practices in countries anything goes out china ok a couple questions here are any of these likely to happen are any of them warranted and would they be helpful or harmful to what the u.s. wants to achieve with china certainly it would be helpful. shooting very hostile rhetoric when you're largest trading partners is just going to ruffle feathers and make negotiations more difficult going into the future. regarding whether it's really going to happen or not it's hard to say obviously some of this rhetoric is motivated by the fact that it's a presidential election year and so these people are playing to their bases people who may not understand what is going on in foreign exchange markets or global trade and so instead of owning up to the economic problems and coming up with rea

to day but with the tough talk coming from obama and g.o.p. hopefuls to go on china will separate fantasy from reality when it comes to the world's largest economy but first your closing market number. you just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old until she told the truth. i confess and i am a total ghetto princess i love driving hip hop music and pretty. much it was kind of the jester day. i'm very proud of the world without you she has played. oh. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else hears you some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is you know view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called. sessions when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question morning. welcome back u.s. president barack obam

wrapped up the event with a brawj barrage of talks on president obama but did not endorse any g.o.p. hopeful our candidate must be someone who can instinctively turn right to constitutional conservative prims. it's too late in the game to teach it or to spin it at this point. it's either there or it isn't. >> romney says he is the best choice. >> i believe i'm the one person in this race who actually can beat the president. >> romney's victories gave him the comeback he needed after losing three states to santorum crass last weekend. ron paul invest a lot of money in maine. he will keep looking for his first win in the 2012 race. >> up next, the primaries in michigan and arizona on february 28th. >> employers added 243,000 jobs to at the american work force and the hiring trend continued in fairfield. a job fair for seasonal positions at six flaggs drew a huge cloud. some in the interview room never thought they would be there. >> 64 people look at me and say you're going retire next year. we don't want you. that's not my plan, and even if i was, i still need a job. i have rent to pay. >> if

up the event with a barrage of attacks on president obama but she did not endorse any of the g.o.p. hopefulsur candidates must be someone that instinctively turn right to constitutional conservative principles. it's too late in the game to teach it or to spin it at this point. it's either there or it isn't. >> romney says he is the best choice. >> i believe i'm the one person in this race who can beat the president. >> his victory gave him the comeback he needed after losing three states to santorum last weekend. he invested a lot of money what was a two-man race in maine. paul will look for his first win in the 2012 race. >> carolyn: this morning rick santorum says he is not worried about a change of momentum because he did not campaign much in maine. he says romney is ahead now because she outspending the other candidates but romney will not be able to do that against president obama. >> this the fall he won't have the most money. he has been able to being the tar out of his opponents by four to five to one on television. that is not going to be the case. that is why i think we're in the b

with the michigan and arizona primaries less than one week away, the republican g.o.p. hopelow-ups and friendly super packs are spending more money than ever on negative ads. the numbers are staggering. you have seen some of this. so far, more than $19 million has been spent on negative ads. that's according to a washington post media analysis of ad buys. four years ago $3.4 million was spent on negative ads during the republican primaries. so there is no shortage of examples. today, in michigan ron paul rolled out this 30-second gem >>. >> santorum voted to spend billions of our tax dollars to north korea and egypt and put planned parenthood. a fiscal conservative? fake. >> then who could forget just after newt gingrich's south carolina victory, he released this one-minute ad on florida's air waves. >> what kind of man would mislead, distort and deceive just to win an election? this man would. mitt romney. newt gingrich may be an answer. now on this ugly season of political advertising, we will turn to aaron blake, aaron tracks all things political for the post's the six bl

g.o.p. presidential hopefuls in the polls but former massachusetts governor mitt romney is the money leader. >> since announcing his bid for the white house, romney has raised almost $64 million. susan mcginnis has more. >> it's great to be at the heartland. >> reporter: rick santorum was joined by his family at a campaign stop in grand rapids, michigan. >> we get a chance to spend some time together this week. >> reporter: santorum is leading in the polls and talking like a front-runner. he ignored his republican rival focusing his attacks on president obama. >> whose side is he on is the question? we need someone who is on your side. >> reporter: michigan is mitt romney's home state but the primary just a week away, he's trying to convince voters that santorum is not the right candidate for the economy. >> i don't believe it's appropriate for us to keep raising the debt ceiling every year. he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling. >> reporter: romney has plenty of cash to help him catch up in the polls. his campaign raised $6.5 million last month and the super pack supporting romney r

g.o.p. presidential hopefuls will take place in a debate tonight. it's the last face-to-face meeting before the next round of primaries. on march 6, ten states including virginia will hold primaries. >> reporter: rick santorum predicted his next big win campaigning in phoenix, arizona with his family. >> we're here to win arizona. >> reporter: santorum trails mitt romney in the polls there but he has surged ahead nationally. along with his new front-runner status comes more scrutiny. this week several online publications released audio of santorum talking about a spiritual -- [indiscernible] -- where satan attacks the united states. >> the father of lies has his sights on what you would think the father of lies satan would have his sights on. a good, decent, powerful, influential country. the united states of america. >> reporter: santorum made that speech at ava maria university in florida in 2008. tuesday he responded if they want to dig up old speeches of me talking to religious groups, they can go ahead and do so but i'm going to stay on message

g.o.p. presidential hopeful ron paul was in kansas city missouri speaking at union station there to pretty large crowd more than a thousand people and he came out with a pretty strong warning about the direction this country is headed in and we should mention this is video shot on a cell phone you should be able to hear this portion of the speech though. all right so according to ron paul the u.s. is slipping into a fascist system dominated by government and business strong words there from the texas congressman and as usual they were words largely ignored by the mainstream media now in our earlier broadcast i spoke with journalist michael tracey on wrong paul's prediction of the direction our country is headed here's what he had to say . this of this is something that ron paul for quite a while i think i remember an interview with him in two thousand and seven where he said that you know the state of the country is too soft fascism so i don't think he's trying to say that the united states is on a path to ask. suppression. you know the way that he characterizes the situation i think speaks to a

g.o.p. presidential hopeful ron paul was in kansas city missouri speaking at union station there to a crowd of more than a thousand people he came out with a pretty strong warning about the direction this country is headed and this is amateur video so i warn you that you should be able to hear what he says. strong words there of course from the texas congressman and as usual their words largely ignored by the mainstream media so we thought we'd take some time to talk about this in depth and i've got lou rockwell in auburn alabama to help us dissect what this means lou is the chairman of the log ludwig von mises institute and also the author of the left the right and the state. hey there are your thoughts lou about whether or not this is a case that the country is headed down into a path of fascism oh it seems to be clearly true ron is that is the truth teller as usual because we have remembered typically of fascism fascist or just epithets but if that is an actual political philosophy it's an actual economic philosophy from an economic standpoint as ron pointed out it's a combination of big

g.o.p. presidential hopeful ron paul was in kansas city missouri speaking at union station there to a crowd of more than a thousand people he came out with a pretty strong warning about the direction this country is headed in and we should mention i'm going to show you something a part of that speech but i want to tell you this video was shot on a cell phone you should be able to hear it but it's not the best video quality. all right so again a ron paul saying the u.s. is slipping into a fascist system dominated by government and businesses strong words there from the texas congressman and as usual their words largely ignored by the mainstream media so we thought we'd take some time to talk about this more in-depth let's go to journalist michael tracey in montclair new jersey michael as someone who has yet to win a primary in this campaign these are seen by some people as strong words derogatory words even offensive by many why do you think ron paul felt the need to say this about the direction that the u.s. is heading. this is something that ron paul saying for quite a while i think i reme

g.o.p. presidential hopeful ron paul was in kansas city missouri speaking at union station there to a crowd of more than a thousand people and he came out with a pretty strong warning about the direction this country is headed in and i want to warn you this video is shot on a cell phone so the quality is not great but you should be able to hear it. i am. all right strong words there from the texas congressman and as usual their words largely ignored by the mainstream media earlier as well with lou rockwell chairman of the looting von mises institute he's also the author of the left of the right and the state rockwell express his agreement with ron paul's views and the possible fate of the country take a listen. braun is that is the truth teller as usual because we have remembered typically of fascism fascist or just epithets but if that is an actual political philosophy it's an actual economic philosophy from an economic standpoint as ron pointed out it's a combination of big corporations and big government working together against the rest of society to illegitimately profit then you have

g.o.p. was hoping that people would wait and we will, but we have been conducting entrance polls all day.nd asking nevadaens on their way into the caucuses how do they intend to vote and why. now, voters could change their minds once inside. you see, these are caucuses and an important caveat. they could be persuaded by a speech, by a neighbor or a surrogate based on what happens inside each one of those sites and you have to consider that when you take a look at the polls. keep that in mind. nearly half of nevada caucus voters today said they're very conservative and half of them are going for mitt romney. one in four for newt gingrich and 15% for ron paul and rick santorum 10% of the vote. but look at this, ron paul and newt gingrich do well among the nevada republicans who say being a you true conservative is the most important quality and romney comes in dead last in that group. more in four of ten nevada voters say they strongly support the tea party movement, an area a strong suit for newt gingrich and 31%, but second to romney and ron paul and rick santorum at 11% and more entrance

g.o.p. presidential hopeful faced off in a debate and last night things got heated. i'm liz cheney in for sean. the final contenders attempted to win the support of voters. but without question the main target of the evening was the reigning front-runner rick santorum. >> particularly, senator season santorum you have a new television ad that labels him a fake. why? >> because he is a fake. >> i find it really fascinating when people are running for office, they are fiscally conservative. but when they are in office they do something different and then when they are in office, they say i wanted to repeal it. now, they are running on the effort to get rid of it. >> liz: santorum sarn was afforded the opportunity to explain himself. >> i supported it. it was the principal priority to take on a failing education system. i voted for that. it was the against the principles i believe in. when you are part of the team, sometimes you take would be for the team for the leader and i made a mistake. >> liz: obamacare was also a topic of discussion, both santorum an romney blame

g.o.p. presidential hopefuls in many of the polls now. >> but former massachusetts governor mitt romney may have more of what it takes to win a long campaign against an incumbent president. money. susan mcginnis reports. >> it's great to be at the heartland. >> rick santorum was joined by his family at a campaign stop in grand rapids, michigan. >> we actually get a chance to spend some time together this week. >> santorum is leading in the polls and talking like a front- runner. he ignored his republican rivals focusing his attacks on president obama. >> whose side is he on is the question? we need someone that's on your side. >> reporter: michigan is mitt romney's home state but with the primary just a week away, he's trying do convince voters that santorum is not the right candidate for the economy. >> i don't think it's appropriate for us to keep raising the debt ceiling every year. he voted five times to raise the debt ceiling. >> reporter: romney has plenty of cash to help him catch up in the polls. his campaign raised $6.5 million last month and the super pack supporting romney raised

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. >> g.o.p. hopeful romney under fire for making this comment yesterday. >> i'm in this race because i care about americans. i'm not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. if it needs repair, i'll fix it. i'm not concerned about the very rich. they're doing just fine. i'm concerned about the very heart of america, the 90%, 95% of americans who right now are struggling and i'll continue to take that message around the nation. >> all right. >> let me just tell you what -- all right. look at what everybody is saying about this. you have abc saying that romney's campaign is not concerned about the very poor. nbc, romney makes history with very poor gap and they go on. so is romney out of touch or are the words being taken out of context? joining us right now, fox news contributor and co-host of "the five" juan williams and fox news political analyst angela mcgowan. was this taken out of context in your estimation? >> no, that's what he said. i think your point, brian, is there's a larger

g.o.p. primary victory tuesday night for presidential hopeful mitt romney.he former massachusetts governor winning big in arizona, but narrowly in his home state of michigan. rick santorum finished second in both races. newt dismiewt ron paul making little effort in either state, focusing on the super tuesday primaries and caucuses, held in 10 states. an ohio judge ordering the suspect in the ohio school shooting to be held at least 15 days. prosecutors have until thursday to charge him and say he will probably face at least 3 counts of aggravated murder. he is suspected of opening fire on monday, killing three students and injuring two others. one prosecutor said that he chose his victims at random. now bato george h.w. bush, the man and his mission. our special program. on president bush's watch, the united states faced dramatic challenges worldwide. the protests in tienanmen square, saddam hussein and the first gulf war, mikhail gorbachev and the collapse of the soviet union. and many give credit to george h.w. bush that the cold war ended with a whimper,

g.o.p. candidate mitt romney is hoping to avoid another defeat. who analysts say is his biggest threat. and new video of the first hour after the concordia ran aground. how that crew responded. and first a live look at 101 in san jose. highway patrol in the process of clearing an accident near tully road in the northbound direction. time now 7:12. you're watching mornings on 2. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> good morning to you! a live look there, gray soggy skies outside our door. breaking away to partly cloudy for the afternoon. >>> in his weekly online video address, president obama is urging congress to extend the payroll tax cuts that expire at the end of th

josh and duf, thank you for joining us, hope you'll be back. and up next, the g.o.p. candidates put nevada in the rearview mirror and head off to colorado. so we're going to get the latest on the rocky mountain political landscape from former governor bill right-er, an interview you will only see here on the war room. keep it here. planned parenthood. anna talked to a conservative and it got a little contentious. drama, when we return. it gives me a healthy scalp and great looking hair. does it do anything else for you? no? no? yes. [ male announcer ] head & shoulders. 7 benefits. 1 bottle. only one who thinks an amendment to the constitution may be in order. that's next on "the war room." >> we're back with a look at our state of our state. tonight, we're putting the focus on colorado, and that's where republicans will head tomorrow for the state's caucuses. the results are nonbinding, with the 36 delegates being decided at the state party's convention in april. a public-policy polling survey out today shows mitt romney far ahead of his rivals with 40% of the vote. r

. >> i hope both families can find the peace in their hearts. >>> in campaign 2012, the four g.o.p. presidential candidates met in mesa, arizona last night, a final debate before important primaries next week in arizona and michigan. >> which take place february 28. that's followed by super tuesday on march 6. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: rick santorum spent much of last night's republican debate in arizona defending himself. >> you don't know what you're talking about. >> reporter: the former pennsylvania nor is in a high stakes battle with -- senator is in a high stakes battle with mitt romney. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to save the bridge to nowhere. >> reporter: it wasn't only romney going after santorum. >> he's a fake. >> reporter: ron paul argued santorum is not a true conservative. >> this idea of being fiscally conservative now that we're running for office and we're going to repeal something that we did before, it loses credibility. >> reporter: the crowd booed santorum more than once, including when he tried to defend his vote

, republican presidential candidate mitt romney is hoping to continue his winning streak tomorrow when colorado, minnesota and missouri hold their g.o.p. contests. romney picked up his third victory in nevada saturday night despite finishing second, though, newt gingrich is vowing to keep campaigning till the g.o.p. convention this summer. >>> seven minutes after 5:00. jessica doyle is here with today's headline. will it be another start like the finish on wall street? >> we're hoping. let the good times roll. big rally last week. the dow standing at its highest level since before the financial crisis of 2008. nasdaq sits at a level that we haven't seen since 2,000, 11 years. investors still seem to be buying this morning. asian stocks rallied. the dow stands this morning at 12,862, shot up 157 points on friday. the nasdaq surging by 45 and the s&p 500 better by 19. the major averages between one and a half and three percent last week alone. the strong jobs report on friday showed a big comeback for the hard hit manufacturing industry. so far the nation's factories are really defying gloomy forecasts. they added 50,000 jobs in january

g.o.p. candidates for, really, praying, rather, playing on people's fears and not playing up the hopes.do you make of the comments? >>guest: jeb bush is dead on. right now, independents and critical voters and swing demographics want to hear about positive visions for the future. ronald reagan was able to talk about where he was going to take the country in his presidency opposed to jimmy carter and that is what people are looking for. jeb bush is a guy some look at saying, jesus, i -- geez i wish he was running. >>trace: and obama is looking at this to go to june if santorum loses michigan and arizona does that mark the end of his campaign or near the end? >>guest: well, michigan will be very interesting because their primary goes by congressional district. so, romney could win the popular vote on election night but lose the delegate vote going into the convention in the michigan delegation so he will look to try to continue this thing on but i do think, you are right, we need, trace, to look to the general election. obama has benefited the last couple of weeks of the negative attacks

hoping to continue his winning streak. >> he picked up his third victory in nevada saturday night. night gingrich is vowing to keep his campaign going till the g.o.p. convention this summer. susan mcginnis has more. >> reporter: mitt romney's on the hunt for his next big victory. just two days after winning the nevada caucuses, the former massachusetts governor plans to court voters in colorado today ahead of its contest tomorrow. as he did in his victory speech saturday night, romney is expected to continue take direct aim at president obama. >> this president's misguided policies made these tough times last longer. if i'm elected president, my priority will be worrying about your job, not saving my own. >> reporter: a new poll shows president obama holding a slight edge over romney but a majority of americans still disapprove of the president's handling of the economy. >> i deserve a second term but we're not done. >> reporter: the president made his case for reelection before the super bowl. >> we created 3.7 million jobs over the past 23 months. we created the most jobs since 2005, the most manufacturing jobs since 1990 but we're not finished.

hopeful and former speaker of the house newt gingrich taking center stage in burling game. our coverage begins with the convention. today, there was the message he brought to the state g.o.p. >> reporter: nearly an hour and a half after the lunch began, newt gingrich took center stage. it was not his first appearance before the g.o.p.ers today. the convention's focus? to reach out to all voters, in the town hall meeting, the former speaker and now presidential hopeful made his first appearance. >> i'm just trying to get back to a pre-obama world. >> reporter: later he tried to rally his fellow republicans. then he began a long attack on president obama's energy policies. >> we have more than enough energy in the united states. that we do not have to rely on foreign countries. but we have an anti-american energy government and government. >> reporter: they are looking at the expense of gas prices spiking. >> if you would like to have national energy and american energy policy, never bow to a saudi king, newt gingrich will be your candidate. >> reporter: a large crowd gathered here for day two of the republican party convention. newt gingrich prompts if elected -- promises