but i want to underscore that geng he and her children live in the united states now. they have protection from the united states. this gives this case in particular, a special connection to our country. we have given them asylum status in the united states. gao himself has residual asylum status based on his family's status. if we can reappear him and if he's willing to go, he could immediately come to be free in this country and to live his life with his family. so we need the united states to recognize the special responsibility that we have taken on to our great credit, as a country, to gao zhisheng and his family. and to raise this case at the highest levels. the last thing i will note is my biggest fear about the president and vice president or secretary of state not meeting gao, gao's wife, geng he, is not exclusively about the optics of that meeting taking place and the message that would send to the chinese government, though that is very important. my biggest fear is that the chinese government has rebeatedly and publicly lied about what's going on with gao z

geng, you make the statement that it's no small irony that while you're speaking here on capitol hill, chinese vice president xi jinping is just up pennsylvania avenue meeting with president obama at the white house. you did point out with your disappointment that you believe that your husband's plight has been downplayed by the white house. i would say for the record, i want this very clear, i've been in congress 32 years, both mr. wolf and i have been, and we have never saw human rights issues as partisan issues. if george bush was dropping the ball, as we thought he was doing, especially in the run-up to the olympics with regards to human rights in china, we spoke out very, very loudly. we even went there right before the olympics to raise individual cases. set up the meeting with the white house. with six difficult dents before bush went there. including harry wu to insure that the human rights focus never left. i have been concerned. this administration has been indifferent to a large extent, relying on lower-level dialogues and conversations and i would respectfully submit that

. >> geng, john. in chevy chase, maryland, premium cracked the $4 margin.m cursor to what most americans can expect in the spring and summer months. >> prices for regular unleaded are up 12 cents on average in the last three weeks according to the latest leung survey. the spike is result of several factors uncertainty in the middle east and u.s. refineries are offline for maintenance in advance of spring and summer, historically one person is blamed for my spike in the bump. >> there is a strong correlation between rising gas prices and presidential unpap alreadity. >> this chart demonstrates the correlation. >> it's not perfect. it takes a while for high prices to cause a president to bleed popularity points. it doesn't happen right away. it depends how high the gas prices go and how long they stay there. >> the day president obama was inaugurated the price was $1.84. today it's 3.52. spike over 90%. highest price was in 2008 when the bush administration reaching $3.81. one administration critic said the present spike is unique. >> president obama in the l

>> he's playing gengs best competition so if he were to win he might be considered the best of all time you feel? >> humbled. >> yes. >> special. >> and there is a prediction. i see patriots winning it 37-35. >> wow. >> i didn't think he was going to pick giants. dennis allen made his big big decision, al saunders not going to be returning that job goes to greg knapp he served of the 49ers and raiders spent the past year as quarterback coach and worked with allen with falcons. now, tomorrow's national signing day for high school athletes. big loss for cal. all american safety shaq thompson has picked university of washington. thompson gave a verbal commitment to cal then had second thoughts when the recruiter left you dub. and still considered to have an outstanding round of recruits but not what it was. >> i will be limboing. >> we know you can do it it work autos that is this edition of abc 7 news. >> the oscars are coming up for videos and blogs and buzz go to abc's web site oscar.com. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we appreciate your time hope to see you again at 9:00

feng geng doing a southern strategy, although not in the home state of virginia ballot.um. which is interesting. >> as you discussed last night the difference between neighbor state and home state. >> bret: trust me. i got it. >> gingrich will fight and do well in georgia. but no one is contesting him there. you can see a scenario that someone is opened to the idea of brokered convention or whatever. you can see how romney can get to convention shy of 1144. if you are in that situation, why wouldn't you just pick rick santorum as the vice president? seal the deal up, unite the party -- >> or ron paul. >> it would be awesome if superman could fight the hulk. it's all possible in open convention. romney to get to the convention shy. a lot of options for him. >> bret: up next, can u.s. strike a deal with north korea over nuclear weapons? stay here. how can you get back pain relief that lasts up to 16 hours? with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles for u

. >> martha stewart-haas been to prison and has a dog named geng gas can. when did she become a held's angel. >> and all that matters. >> the nba lin der fella story continues. >> jeremy lin from downtown. >> can you believe this is hapening to you? >> on "cbs this morning." >> no. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning" where we begin with breaking news. iran is announcing plans to upgrade its nuclear program and is loading fuel into one of its reactors for the first time this morning. >> a move that is sure to increase tensions between iran and the u.s. charlie is following the story from london. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, erica. the iranian tv has been showing two new developments in iran's nuclear program, new centrifuges and domestically made fuel rods. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad watched as they were lowered into a research reactor. at the same time iranian tv showed what they were referring to as fourth generation centrifuges capable of enriching uranium and increasing capacity. they cast doubt on those explains and iran has exagger