gop white house a hopefuls did not credit president obama for the progress. >> what this president has done is to make it harder and harder for businesses to be able to grow and invest in people. >> obama raises taxes, increases regulations, engages in class warfare. he is the anti jobs president. >> roseanne barr has announced that she will enter this year's race for the white house. she plans to run for the green party nomination. she says she has already filed the paperwork. if elected, she will implement single payer health care immediately. the green party presidential nominee will be selected at a convention in baltimore in july. coming up, some major music stars will be heading to charm city. why the infield entertainment at this year's preakness will look like baltimore's version of the grammys. wait until you hear the plans for a college facelift. >> i get to stay up. can it get any more exciting? >> this is not just about football. how fans have officially kicked off super bowl weekend. >> a blizzard producing severe thunderstorms. much of that headed for the mid- atlantic th

the gop white house hopefuls prepared to show down in arizona. this could impact the results of major primaries next week. >> mid-'60s and february. >> a couple more days of it. tomorrow is my old, 63. falling temperatures on friday. maybe just at 15 miles per hour on friday. colder conditions. kind of a chilly sunday. it will feel a little bit colder over the weekend. keep an eye on the beginning of march. you know iting, is. >> of course, we will be on hughley verdict watch. the judge said the latest the record tonight is 10:00. thank you for joining us. see you tonight at 11:00. ♪ [ 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.

a new poll shows rick santorum still gaining momentum as the gop white house hopefuls prepare for crucial primary, now just one week away. he is surging with a 10-point lead over mitt romney ahead of next tuesday's race in romney's home state of michigan. >> it was up $1.891 barack obama was sworn in. >> if i am president, i will get the keystone pipeline. >> the candidates will face off in another debate tomorrow night in arizona. the finances for the upcoming baltimore grand prix will be kept private. this provision is included in the five-year deal that is being reviewed this week by the board of estimates. the company is required to file monthly financial reports with the city. the city could then release that finance and permission to the public. likes to cuba or from bwi thurgood marshall have been put on hold. the weekly nonstop flight into a van that will be post again on march 21. the interested not translate into ticket sales. we have told us -- have been told service has been pushed back until october. >> the parades and hurricanes for everyone, let the good times roll. we are

. >> reporter: the house speaker sent the president a letter urging him to help america's drivers to find more relief at the pump by supporting key gop proposals. the white house shot back that the gop is politicizing this issue while the president is looking for solutions. >> he, being honest with the american people, makes color there are no silver bullets here. there are no quick fixes. we need an all of the above approach. >> reporter: the debate is spilling over into talks about a transportation bill too. because in addition to funding highway projects, it includes energy provisions as well. as the house and senate each work on their own measures, decembers say the strategy is a good one. >> how many of you are stuck behind long lines at the gas station? not a one. there isn't a problem with supply. it is more the issue as the chairman just said of speculation. >> reporter: the issue of rising gas prices is likely to get more contentious as the election nears. in washington, jennifer davis, fox news. >>> good morning. it is wednesday, february 29th. live look outside at the u.s. capitol dome as we are in the middle of the week. it is hump day. oh, y

another tuesday, another chance for republicans to cast ballots in the gop race in the white house. colorado and minnesota today. kate amara is in washington. >> today's republican face-off is a fight over social conservatives. another grab for gop delegates, with caucuses in colorado and minnesota today. >> sounds to me like the cause of liberty is alive and well in minnesota. >> it is a chance for mitt romney to solidify his front- runner status. >> this president was elected to lead. he decided to follow. it is is time to get out of the way. >> it is also an opportunity for rick santorum tries. >> i am encouraged that we will do better than the polls have suggested. >> he skipped florida and nevada to campaign aggressively for these contests. he is blanketing the state with heavy criticism of mitt romney. >> governor romney is simply dead wrong on the most important issue of the day, and should not be the nominee of our party. >> newt gingrich even praised santorum's strategy. >> he will have a good day tomorrow, and he will have earned it. he took the same amount of time and ener

gop. clearly, the white house is thinking about those undecided voters in november. that have to be good news. >> thank you very much for coming in. what a race. we will carry on watching. you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- beyond the glamour of the catwalk, the fashion industry's coming under pressure to fix some less than normal practices. a meter right that could help unravel the mysteries of mars is being examined by scientists at the natural history museum. this fell in a shower over morocco. this gives a unique insight into the red planet. they hope that this will provide insight into past conditions on mars and the possibility that it might once have supported life. kim >> as they hurtled across space -- >> they hurtle across space and then they crash to the ground. this one is from mars. >> this is the most exciting media right that i have come across in my career. -- meteorite that i have come across in my career. >> we might think that it have some of the martian atmosphere trapped in it. every clue we can get hopefully will help us

gop. clearly, the white house is thinking about those undecided voters in november. that have to be good news. >> thank you very much for coming in. what a race. we will carry on watching. you are watching "bbc world news america," still to come -- beyond the glamour of the catwalk, the fashion industry's coming under pressure to fix some less than normal practices. a meter right that could help unravel the mysteries of mars is being examined by scientists at the natural history museum. this fell in a shower over morocco. this gives a unique insight into the red planet. they hope that this will provide insight into past conditions on mars and the possibility that it might once have supported life. kim >> as they hurtled across space -- >> they hurtle across space and then they crash to the ground. this one is from mars. >> this is the most exciting media right that i have come across in my career. -- meteorite that i have come across in my career. >> we might think that it have some of the martian atmosphere trapped in it. every clue we can get hopefully will help us

it is, as i told you, 4:43. >> and rick santorum has shaken up the gop race for the white house. former pennsylvania senator won the minnesota caucuses and missouri's nonbinding primary and appeared to be the winner of the colorado caucuses. a state mitt romney won four years ago. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. i want to congratulate senator santorum, wish him the best. we'll keep campaigning down the road. but i expect to become our nominee with your help. >> i don't stand here to claim to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. i stand here to be the conservative to barack obama. >>> mean time, newt gingrich says he is looking ahead to super tuesday in march. and ron paul says he's not given up. the gop race cools down for a few weeks now. next primaries don't happen until the end of the month. >>> let's go to wall street now for a look at your business news. for that, we turn to jackie deangelis live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> good morning to you. the futures are higher this morning after markets posted decent gains yesterday. inv

. >>> cismity was just around the corpsary little while ago in the gop white house race.hat happened? the attack ads are back. >> they are back, fred, no doubt about t we didn't see many attack ads or commercials the all in nevada, the three states last week that voted, but yeah, back and back with a vengeance. check this out, from the pro-romney independent super pac, really taking on rick santorum. take a listen. >> how did rick santorum actually vote? santorum voted to raise the debt limit five times and for billions in wasteful projects, including the bridge to nowhere. >> that's part of the theme there from the romney campaign and from the independent super pac, portraying santorum as a washington insider. this ad now playing in michigan and arizona which vote on the 28th and ohio, super tuesday state. santorum campaign kind of fighting back with a fun ad that makes fun of romney for going negative. here is their ad which is playing in michigan. >> i'm rick santorum and i approve this message. >> mitt romney's negative attack machine is back, on full throttle. this t

we are moving to developments in the gop white house as voters across three states head to the polls today. we're glad you're with us everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon sko*fplt we're here in the fox news room and "happening now", caucuses in colorado and phaeupbdz primary in missouri today, mitt romney fresh off his big tpwheupb nevada and florida is acting more and more like the frontrunner focusing his attacks on president obama instead of the gop rivals. >> so this president, he was elected at a critical time. when the nation faces real challenges, as a patriot has been quoted as having said, either lead, follow or get out of the way. this president was elected to lead. he decided to follow. now it's his time to get out of the way. jenna: so that is mitt romney and what he has to say. in the meantime, romney may be keeping an eye on rick santorum, who supporters are among social conservatives, and santorum is hammering away at romney's conservative credentials, especially when it comes to the key issue of health care. >> governor romney says well, my plan is very different th

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. >> now to the gop run for the white house. a shift tonight in the key balt l ground state of michigan. the big lead there is now half of what it was. but then michigan the mitt romney's home state. while romney talked jobs today, stressing social issues, he reminded voters of his strict catholic conservatism, public education and -- >> look at this ideology of the earth, if you will, and risinging above the interest of man. i refer to global warming as t>>hey give the enl to romney in part because they have generated more money for tv ads. coming up on nightly news with brian william, he has more on the race for the white house as well as the rising tension. >>> there was a bay area link to the avalanche in washington. she's crediting a so-called air bag for saving her life. >> reporter: the avalanche near stevens pass, washington, sunday was preceded by a foot and a half of fleshly fallen snow. including first skier, elyse, who was seen with about a dozen others heading to a ski at your own risk area called seventh heaven. >>

rick santorum shaking up the gop race for the white house. he's a winner of the colorado and minnesota caucuses and missouri's nonbinding primary. wins don't grant santorum any delegates, but he does gain some momentum. now he's won four states, including the iowa caucuses. mitt romney still the front-runner, however. but in missouri, he received nearly half the number of votes he received back in 2008. >> this was a good night for rick santorum. want to congratulate senator son santorum, wish him the best. but i expect to become your nominee with your help. >> fighting to the end. yesterday's results not too good of news for newt gingrich. ron paul says he's not giving up. >>> this next story could make a huge difference for fall families trying to afford college. john perez introducing legislation today that would provide large tuition and fee breaks for families that earn less than $150,000 a year. he calls it the middle class scholarship. now under this plan, uc students would get more than $8,000 of a break each year while csu students w

where four new polls have mitt romney and rick santorum tied for first place now in the gop race for the white house. romney's expected to launch attack ads on his new rival buying air time in michigan and other key states. santorum is also on the attack. today he compared romney's health care plan to that of president obama's. >> so who is the best candidate to go up against barack obama on this signature issue of the day? one it uniquely disqualified. we won't mention his name, but don't go to massachusetts and try to get any health care is what i'm having to say. >> santorum hopes to take his new momentum into the ten-state super tuesday contest on march 6 6th tinch. >>> there are no plans for be a pub viewing for whitney houston. the hope baptist seats 1500 people. it is the church where whitney sang in the xhoir as a child. >>> nobody likes getting a parking ticket especially when it's not your fault. tonight we explain while you may need twoer about tickets for cars you don't even own. tisha is here with more. >> the i-team tip line gets complaints about parking tickets, but recently we got ca

steve handelsman with what could be the turning point in the gop race for the white house. >> reporter: the biggest primary win so far. >> florida, you are the best! >> reporter: mitt romney celebrated in tampa, site of the convention, and showed off how he would take on barack obama if he is the nominee. >> mr. president, you were elected to lead you. chose to follow. and now it's tomb fime for you t out of the way. romney badly lost south carolina to newt gingrich. he came to florida to fight the former speaker. and did in two debates. and 3200 tv ads. almost every one attack gingrich. >> newt attacks because he has more baggage. >> reporter: as they voted many question gingrich's character. he lost big by 14 points, but gingrich signs tonight read 46 states to go. >> we are going to contest every place. we are going to win. we will be in tampa as athe nominee in august. >> rick santorum says gingrich blew his chance. santorum staying in. ron paul, too. romney said, that's okay. >> opponents in the other party have been watching. and they look to comfort themselves with the thought t

doesing you this morning, if mitt romney loses in maine today, what does it mean for the gop and/or white housent the gop has rejected him. if mitt romney loses maine it means that mon can't buy you love. it further confirms he's too weak to beat obama. it's a catch-22. he's too weak and santorum is to ideological rigid. >>> now we'll get the latest in the case of jerry sandusky. he wants more freedom. he went to court asking for the judge's help. nbc news national investigative correspondent michael izikoff has the rest of the story. >> reporter: jerry sandusky under house arrest while awaiting trial on more nan than counts of child sex abuse relaxrelax s on his back porch. people are alarmed because his deck overlooks a school playground. >> people at the school are concerned about it. they're shocked he's there and don't feel he should be there. >> reporter: the neighbors say he's even watching the children play during recess. >> to think that he's up there watching our kids and that's his new outlet, it's just creepy. >> reporter: sandusky, who denies all charges, is today asking a judge fo

gop lawmakers wants the white house to overturn a rule to cut emissions from new power plants and factories>> and baltimore symphony orchestra will announce plans and schedule for the coming 2012-13 season and it will be this morning at 10 at charles theater. >>> baltimore county executive will visit whitfield elementary at 1:30 and reading to students from the dr. seuss classic the war actions. it's part of national education association read across america program. >>> 6:53. let's get a check on the weather with lynette. >> all right. we are finally starting to feel the colder air move into the picture now. 26 degrees in to york. 29 hagerstown and freezing degree mark down to frederick and 39 degrees in baltimore. so we are out of the 40s but we have the wind this morning at a northwest at about 5 to 15 miles an hour so we are really feeling a little bit chillier now so we are feeling more like at the freezing mark into baltimore right around 33 degrees. 35 in easton and 34 in dc so you know you need to dress for these temperatures this morning. we have high pressure building in this area

welcome. >> thank you. >> what do you make, you worked in the white house under bill clinton and george w. bush. what do you make of the current gop race? >> i served on a panel president bush appointed but not in the white house. i think republicans are committing political suicide not just because of their hyperbole but the way they are behaving and the negativity is violating all that ronald reagan said about the 11th commandment. democrats had tough primaries. i went through one when i supported senator clinton. the level of personal character assassination and negativity, especially mitt romney's ads and money being spent tearing each other apart isn't pretty as a whole, but pleasant for democrats to watch. >> yeah, i can't help thinking when i hear them ripping each other's throats out, it's been the case it gets ugly and negativity comes out. it couldn't be as bad as this. romney is throwing hundreds and millions of dollars of these things and struggling to maintain a front-runner position. how effective is it to go at your opponent like this? >> i think romney rendered himself unelectable in the general election and rick s

. >> another tuesday, another chance for republicans to cast ballots in the gop race for the white house. >> there could be a new name at the top of the state's with the caucuses. kate amara has more on the story. >> good morning. today's republican face-off is a fight over social conservatives. another grab for gop delegates with caucuses in colorado and minnesota today. >> sounds to me like the cause of liberty is alive and well in minnesota. yay! [cheers] >> it is a chance for mitt romney to solidify his front- runner status. >> this president was elected to lead. he decided to follow. now it's his time to get out of the way. [cheers] >> it is also an opportunity for rick santorum to rise in the standings. >> i'm actually encouraged we're going too better here than some of the polls have suggested. >> santorum largely skipped florida and nevada to campaign aggressively for today's contests, laying the groundwork among conservatives, blanketing these states with heavy criticism of mitt romney. >> governor romney is simply dead wrong on the most important issue of the day and should not

. >> and gop contenders for the white house met for their 20th debate last night. today my journey continues across the golden state, where everyone has been unbelievably nice. mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probay also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >> you're watching abc 7's good morning washington with cynne simpson abndnd steve chenevey. >> a stop humanitarian official from the united nations will go to syria after two journalists and died in the shelling. her last report was on a baby who die during tuesday's helling. a person sent threatening letters to several members of congress including house speaker john boehner. the notes included a white powdery substance proven to be harmless. the letters had a return address from portland, oregon. the senator asked for an end to corporate money and lobbying in one of the letters. >> the president has signed a b

he's anded to remind workers that gop critics and white house challengers oppose the bailout.also did that last month while visiting the auto show. >>> a safety feature found in some cars will soon be required to all cars. cnbc has the story. kayla, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, joe. i like that you're leaving the viewer in limbo with that right there. federal regulators plan to announce this week automakers will be required to install rear-view cameras in all vehicles by 2014. "the new york times" says the national highway traffic safety administration will send the final version of the new rule to congress on wednesday. it's estimated that adding those cameras will cost automakers about $1 0 to $-- $160 to $200 per vehicle. >>> home depot and lowe's are hiring thousands of temp workers for the spring, their busiest season. home depot is in the process of hiring 70,000 people across all department of thes while lowe's is adding 40,000. while the jobs are temporary, both chains say they're often a foot in the door to a full-time position. home depot says half of its

. >> gop contenders for the white house met for >> a key debate in the republican race for the white house may have put mitt romney back on top this morning. >> whatever momentum rick santorum may have had may have come to a screeching halt. and look back at some of the reasons why. jummy olabanji. >> it is a two-man race for the republican nomination. rick santorum has been on the rise lately but mitt romney is not making it easy. and neither are the other candidates. >> the former massachusetts governor, mitt romney. a former senator from pennsylvania, rick santorum. >> met romney and rick santorum have been going back and forth for weeks now, but last night it was ron paul who put on his boxing gloves, slamming rick santorum every chance he got. >> you have a new television ad that labels and a fake. why? >> because he is a fake. >> the former pennsylvania senator has been on the campaign trail portraying himself as a washington outsider but in last night's debate, mitt romney forced santorum to defend his record. >> while i was fighting to save the olympics, you were fighting to

>> david is the latest twist in the gop race for the white house, they show former pennsylvania rickrum ahead in two of the three states, minnesota and missouri. mitt romney is leading in missouri and rick santorum says he is not surprised. >> here is a situation where he is now doing well, rising in the polls and he is going out talking about his plans and what he will do. he goes out and throws the kitchen sink to run negative ads. >> they will be officially awarded newt gingrich is looking ahead and campaigning in ohio. rand paul continues in colorado and minnesota and we will have live coverage from the morning event during my next update in about an hour. allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >> 6:17 some disturbing details about a seattle area man who authorities say deliberately blew up himself and his two sons. they found cans of gasoline and a hatchet in josh powell's house. smoke inhalation is the main cause of death but they also had hatchet wounds on their bodies. he was a person of interest in his wife's 2009 disappearance. >>> we are keeping an eye on conditions across the

." >>> turning to politics and the gop race for the white house. let's take a look at the latest poll numbers coming out of arizona. it's a dead heat. mitt romney leads with 39%. rick santorum is close behind with 35% but that four-point difference is within the margin of error. newt gingrich trails with 11%. ron paul comes in last with just 9%. arizona is just one of two battleground states voting this tuesday with santorum and romney in a dead heat in super tuesday around the corner. joe johns is in michigan. i thought it was intense at the debate. is it more tense than that? >> reporter: it's funny. midwesterners don't get that intense. i come from ohio, so i'm familiar with the scenario here in michigan. there is a certain degree of competition. people pretty much take it in stride. one more point about that arizona poll, i think it's probably important to say that the polling suggests that something like 200,000 people early voted, 200,000 people actually cast their votes and what we are hearing is among those who already cast their votes, the

. >> three of the men who want to be the gop nominee for the white house are in washington today.u know why they are here and who is surging in the polls. >> i am your house guest. >> arch campbell has a sneak peak amps the new debt and sell -- has a sneak peak at the

republican strategistd republicans wanted to avoid a rerun of the 2011 standoff where the white house attacked the gop. >> and he did the smart thing new because he robbed obama of a general election deal. >> reporter: it won't be finalized until president obama put his signature to it, what he promised to do before the end of the month. >> reporter: and what you're looking at here is some video from the senate floor and that is the virginia democratic senator mark warner. he announced he will be voting against the payroll tax extension and that unemployment. he didn't like the $15 billion in pension concessions that federal workers would be forced to accept as part of the agreement. and keep in mind while this is significant, warner's defection will not be expected at this point, brian, to derail this agreement that is being passed in the senate. nevertheless, this is an important defection for the democratic position on this. >> and tom fitzgerald tonight. >> a tv star admitted to doing coke while in the same room as president obama. he explains how he got away with it. >>> and coming up, an injured

rick santorum has shaken up the gop for the white house. he pulled off the trifecta, winning two caucuses and a primary. brian mooar live in washington with what this means for the race now. good morning, brian. >> reporter: laura, i can't say that. that's for sure. rick santorum was hoping for a big night. goat a lot better than that. he was hoping to win minnesota, he was hoping to withn missouri. but colorado, that was an upset. that is nothing short of a game-changer in some people's eyes. rick santorum saying now he doesn't want to be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. he wants to be the conservative alternative to president obama. and he now has four primary season wins under his belt. he is behind in the delegate count. newt gingrich and ron paul are hoping to play catch-up with mitt romney, who is still the man to beat. but this race yesterday showed that romney is still vulnerable when it comes to conservatives, and now santorum is talking about taking on romney on his home turf in michigan at the end of the month. laura?

. >>> nevada is the next stop in the gop race for the white house, after a convincing victory for mitt romney in florida. as randall pinkston reports for wjz, despite winning less than a third of the vote, newt gingrich vows to fight on. >>> mitt romney took the stage in minnesota and made light of a protestor who showered him with glit er. >> i'm happy are-- glitter. >> i'm happy for a little celebration. this is confetti. we just won florida. >> the former massachusetts governor had one hiccup after his big victory. having to explain an interview, where he said he wasn't concerned about the very poor. >> of course i'm concerned about all americans. the poor, wealthy, middle class. but the focus of my effort will be on middle-income families [ inaudible ] >> reporter: romney left florida, with momentum and lots of cash. newt gingrich finished 14 points behind but says he is not backing down. >> there is a chance to nominate a conservative who knows what he is doing, who has done it before. and who has the courage and the determination on get it done. >> reporter: in the states holding

: it is said republicans want to avoid a rerun of the late twifn standoff in which the white house attacked the gope did the smart thing now because he robbed obama of a general election issue. it will be over. >> reporter: the deal will not be finalized until president obama puts his signature to it. he has promised to do that before the end of the month. tom fitzgerald, fox 5 news. >>> some white house tourist got the shock of their lives because guess who was home. first lady michelle obama. she greeted them all and gave out lots of hugs. mrs.obama told the children there would be a pop quiz about their visit. a couple of the gorals were kind of teary eyed. >> i saw their faces. they were like oh, my goodness. it's the first lady. >> it would be pretty cool to just by chance go past her. >>> let's talk about food now. it turns out eating some organic food my be hazardous to your health. >> the latest on the study linking arsenic to some organic foods including infant formula. we'll have details on that on the other side.  >>> a consumer alert for you now. a fotopoulos lahr candy

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. >>> maine becomes the next battleground in the gop race for the white house. it's 7:00, saturday morning, february 11th. thanks for joining us today. >> let's take a look at your weekend weather pattern, it includes a few light rain showers out there this weekend. it's not going to amount to much and should be winding down here through midday. but we'll get a brief break for tomorrow before we look at another chance for rain. approaching the bay area, which we will take a look at for you, coming up in just a few minutes in your complete forecast. >> all right, thanks, jim. >>> a house in vallejo went up in flames as police had it surrounded. the fire happened yesterday afternoon on the 1,000 block of castle wood drive. officers had to use tear gas to try to get some suspects out, but somehow they apparently escaped. officers say they saw five or six suspects in a robbery and beating get out of their green car and go inside of this house. they waited outside for nearly four hours. after no response through a pa system, police fired off flameless gas. then they

but as his gop rivals regroup, romney begins to capitalize on the growing sense his candidacy is inevitable. >> this is not the first time, and this time i have to take it to the white house the gop contest president co-ed this week moving on to colorado, missouri, minnesota and maine. >>> in the past few days,ing thatters from the group -- in it is past few days, hackers have been targeting businesses around the world. >> what has turned into a high stakes game of computer cat and mouse. >> they have been called hackers on steroids. the shadowy hacker network known as anonymous. >> they do have the wherewith all to do destructiveness to security and even to individuals. >> and in just the past week they have shutdown government websites in sweden and greece, over loading them with traffic. in the u.s., they have hacked into police websites in boston, syracuse, new york and salt lake city. >> we did not forget. >> and the most brazen attack of all, anonymous intercepted an e mail and gained access to a phone call between the fbi and scotland yard. >> that is fantastic. we are looking into that compromise. >> and the purpose of the high-level conversation, a discussion on

feel confident in making long-term investments in the united states. >>> gene sperling at the white house. goprs are scheduled to meet with members at the house of representatives at the top of the hour. my colleagues on the hill are monitoring all the action, and we will bring you the news when it happens. >>> a young boys told their suicide vests would spare their lives but kill others. they were let go by the u.s. last year, but now they're back and under arrest. >>> and we'll go aboard a u.s. navy ship as it's trailed by iranians boats. how americans could get caught in the middle of a showdown over iran's nuclear program. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships ou

. >>> the white house pushed back on gop criticism that environmental rules are at fault noting the u.s. oil and gas production is surging. nbc's miguel almaguer is with us from l.a. tonight where prices are surging right now. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. it's usually memorial day, not presidents' day when we see a spike like this at this station. we are edging toward $5 a gallon, $4.93 for regular unleaded. while it is not the norm, it is a bellwether. pain at the pump. >> it's probably $10 more a tank than it was last week. >> reporter: the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline now tops $4 a gallon. this station getting close to $5. commuters have never seen prices so high so early in the year. patience is running on empty. >> i'm going to start riding a bike if it goes higher than that. >> reporter: californians aren't the only ones emptying their wallet to fill up the tank. on the east coast prices are surging toward $4 a gallon. parts of the midwest hovering near $3.50. no state is lower than wyoming at $3.03. while in hawaii, they pay the most,

gop primary season. our political director chief white house correspondent chuck todd is with us from our washington news room tonight with more on this. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as you know super pacs have now become short hand for big money in politics. the decision today by the president's campaign to essentially flip flop and go down the super pac road means more money will flow even faster. >> how can we trust him? think you know mitt? >> reporter: they've been seeing a lot of this in the republican primary and kay cuss states. >> he raised our hopes. he seemed to understand. >> reporter: nonstop negative tv ads from super pacs, big money groups, outside the campaigns, loosely affiliated with the candidates. >> winning our future is responsible for the content of this ad. >> spoon for the content of this ad. >> reporter: super pac spending exploded in 2010 after the supreme court opened the door for unlimited contributions from corporations and individuals to political groups. president obama had been a critic. >> all across america, special interests have poured millio

. >>> coming up here in the next half hour, the latest gop race for the white house in maine. >>> andirst law enforcement agency in the country to do such a thing, the officer's message. how it's all going to be part of an on-line campaign. >> and a controversial book on the state of marriage. the title is, is marriage for white people? coming up in our next half hour. also ralph richard banks joining us live. we will be right back. man: the environment is my passion. every day, i live for the outdoors and all of its challenges. that's why i enlisted in the coast guard. now i serve to protect the environment and defend my country. it's like i was born for this. were you born ready for a greater challenge? find out at gocoastguard.com. hotel room. what we know about the death of whitney >>> one of the biggest selling artists of the 80s and 90s dies in her hotel room. what we know about the passing of whitney houston. >> presidential hopeful mitt romney sweeping out an airtight victory in the maine caucuses this weekend. >> and federal appeals corts takes up the issue of affirmative act

enthusiastic about the man folks in the establishment feel is the best chance for the gop to retake the white housel be speaking there tomorrow. i expect to see a lot of enthusiasm for anyone who is running against barack obama. the people are there hoping to see the next president of the united states. also the next vice president of the united states. we'll hear sharp messages from all of the candidates who are still in the race for president. there is going to be incredible excitement and they'll leave there united to whoever is on the ballot against barack obama. an effort by this president to go way beyond places that government ought to ever go. >> you're in the establishment over there in the senate and leadership. does romney have it in his gut to relate to these folks who are such activists? >> i have a great deal of respect for governor romney and his positions and commitment and things that he's accomplished as i do for the other candidates, as well. i think any of them who wins the nomination is going to do an incredible job presenting conservative use of limited government, limited in

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