he was going to win new hampshire on the basis of his momentum. independent voters could vote there. that was seen as a big strength for him. he had the wind at his back. the polling showed going into new hampshire that it should have been an easy win for obama. but he decided to campaign in a very different way there than he had in iowa. he got kind of disconnected from human beings on the ground and the voters. she got down closer to the voters. you remember those couple of moments, one in the debate when barack obama made the kind of icy cold comment about how she was likable enough. and then her incredible moment in the diner a couple of days later when she broke down slightly and teared up and showed a side of herself that a lot of democratic voters had been longing to see. and that they hadn't seen for most of the past year. this very human, very approachable side. one of the things we talk about in the book is how the obama campaign, many people, including hillary herself, who thought it was kind of in the immediate moment thought that was

freedom to marry in new hampshire.arine and someone who served in iraq, i tell you i don't take freedom lightly. for me, this is a very personal fight. i have a gay brother who happens to be my best friend. the godfather to my daughter. and when i got married, he was standing right there next to me as my best man. and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. and i want to be there for him when he has that very same experience. >> the great thing about new hampshire, the model being "live free or die," new hampshireites believe in that. now, the organization does support civil unions for the state of new hampshire. explain the switch. >> the reality is that this bill takes us back to the status quo before special interest groups from out of state put a lot of money into the new hampshire legislature to redefine marriage. so what this bill does is simply take us back to the status quo before where you did have civil unions. we support the legislature writing this great rung. the people of new hampshire did not

. >> if there's one thing i know about new hampshire, it's that your political bull detector is pretty keen. it's pretty sharp. you know that we can't just drill our way top lower gas prices. there are no quick fixes or silver bullets. if somebody tells you are, they're not telling you the truth. >> the president on the campaign trail talking about policy issues in new hampshire. a state, by the way, that the democrats have targeted for the president's own re-election effort. the vice president biden in iowa, another key state for the democrats. this coming just a few days before the republicans votinging in super tuesday, and welcome to hour two of "washington today." i'm steve scully. we'll have more on the president's comments about gas prices, what's new in the president's speech and how he's framing the debate against democrats in this election year. let's turn our attention to some foreign policy issues, first from syria in what is being called a tactical retreat, syrian rebels are pulling out of the key part of homs, the city under siege for a month by syrian troops. the governm

this is a speech on energy and jobs in new hampshire, as the president visits new hampshire before ag trip through new york, which is going to be a very big series of high-dollar events. let's listen to president obama. >> so you know a little snow was not going to keep me away. which is why i can relate to new hampshirites. because, you know, this is just like a dusting. it's like, what's the big deal? there's no big deal. when air force one landed, there were like 50 people waiting to shake my hand. they've got icicles on their eyebrows. i'm like, hey, great weather. so i want to thank all of you for making the trek out here. i really appreciate it. i just had a chance to look at some of the cutting edge work that's being done here at the auto shop. you know, earlier this week, i gave a speech to american auto workers, where i said that one reason this country has an auto industry today is because we're not just building cars again, we're building better cars. cars that -- we're building cars that use less oil, cars that go further on a gallon of gas, and in part, that's because of

traveling the outer loop at new hampshire avenue, just past new hampshire avenue, had an accident that of your lanes. right now that accident has been moved to the right shoulder lane. but you're still jammed and seeing big delays. in fact, as you make your way just past i-95 and head past new hampshire avenue, getting closer to university boulevard, that's where these delays are. chopper 4 is flying over there live right now. and you see you are pretty much bumper to bumper. going keep watching and let you know when you will see relief. now if you're traveling southbound on i-95 at 32, have an accident there. so far your travel lanes are open. if you're on i-95, this time in virginia at fairfax county parkway, still seeing a situation blocking the right shoulder lane. volume is increasing. nothing in the road, clear as you connect on to 395. aaron, over to you. >> all right. thank you, danella. >>> kids, forget about big brother. big mama's watching. if you have a lead foot, apparently there's a new app for that. sort of. aaa unveiled a safe driving device called on-board. uses wirele

i hear from a lot of small businesses in new hampshire.fill up my car at the pumps and i am appalled at how much we are paying for gas right now. do you realize we are paying $40 more a tank then when he came into office? we cannot afford that. the average family, what that does to their budget. under his presidency, domestic production of gas and oil on federal lands and offshore has gone down significantly. let's not forget the keystone pipeline. it makes so much sense, i do not even know how we are where we are here today with the keystone pipeline. he does not want us to get our oil from canada. he would rather us get our oil from the middle east with countries that do not like us. he does not want to create 20,000 direct jobs for our country with the keystone pipeline. he would rather fund projects like solyndra. think about what he did this week. he thinks we are stupid. he goes to oklahoma and it shows up and says, i will expedite this portion of the keystone pipeline -- where he is irrelevant. he is blocking where it matters the mo

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and as well as new hampshire. it's worth noting that both iowa and new hampshire are two states where the republicans have campaigned for the last three, four, five months and so team obama actually needs to start catching up to the mitt romneys and the rick santorums that spent several months in those states. >> let's talk about two case studies. let's go back to michigan. last year in the state of michigan the president was not doing very well. he was unpopular. the economy was in the tank. unemployment rate at 11%, 12% or 13%. it seems on following in that state the president and based on your reporting has turned things around and michigan is a state that might have gone for a republican now liens towards the democrats? >> that's right. right before the republican michigan primary we had a poll showing president obama with an 18-point lead over mitt romney. a lot has to do with the auto bailout. it was seen support by 63% of folks in michigan including 61% of independent voters as well as even more than 40% of

this is the beltway between new hampshire avenue and university boulevard now moving but that is going to trap folks in between and the recovery process underway. we'll have another look in just a little while. but now let's look at the weather. >> in a very cold start -- and a very cole start to our numbers. 25 in leesburg. 31 in northwest washington. woodbridge 29. washington virginia, cooler at 26. cold enough for snow. we are expecting some areas of light snow to develop. and even a band of mod treat heavy snow in central virginia. a few flurries, that's it. this will not be a big deal but minor accumulations are expected farther south of washington. highs in the low to mid 40's today. there's our show? map for today. south of 66, south of route 50, we could have a dusting. fredericksburg spotsylvania one to three inches possible. >> this is nothing compared to what's going on in the midwest. mother nature just not letting up. >> days after the deadly tornado robbed the reebling, the snow the. the latest victim? that little baby named angel. the snow covered henryville. chris, good

he was going to win new hampshire on the basis of his momentum. independent voters would vote there and that was seen as a big strength for him. he had the wind at his back. the polling showed that going into new hampshire that it had have been an easy win for obama. but he decided to campaign in a very different way there than he had in iowa. he got disconnected from human beings on the ground with the voters, and she got down closer to the voters. you remember those couple moments, the one in the debate where barack obama made the icy cold comment where she was -- enough, and then a couple moments where she broke down and teared up and showed a side of herself that a lot of democratic voters had been longing to see, this human and approachable side. one of the things we talked about in the book is how the obama campaign, many people, including hillary herself that thought it was kind of -- in the immediate moment that that was a disaster where she had had an ed musky moment where she had weakness. the obama campaign looked at that and said this

we'll take a live look from our mdot camera at new hampshire avenue. again barely moving trying to get over to university boulevard where you need to stay to the right to get around the accident. five cars involved there. let's go back over to the maps this time all the way down south into virginia on the northbound side of 95. at least there are no incidents to report here coming up from the occoquan river. looking good heading towards springfield northbound on i-95. again no problems to report at route 642 heading into fringefield. on the northbound side of 395 at duck street still running -- duke street still running at or above speed limit. an update on the accident in silver spring coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> close to a dozen people are recovering now after an accident involving a police cruiser, a metro bus, and a third vehicle trying to escape police. >> this is crazy. it all started in prince george's county yesterday with officers trying to stop a vehicle near the southern avenue border with the district. that vehicle took off, crash

i already talked about the quote in new hampshire. in maine the secretary of state targeted students paying out of state tuition or displaced by natural disaster, even went to the lengths of actually sending letters to individual students who are registered voters explaining if they go vote, they're likely breaking the law, that we're seeing really organized opportunities. now, the 79%, if we look at the laws that were passed and the ones we expect to go through in the next few weeks targeting specifically and only pennsylvania and virginia because we are fairly certain those will pass, all those states that have passed additional restrictions, if you add up the total electoral votes, they are 79% of the 270 needed to elect the next president. when we think about demographic shifts and democratic power, we're seeing the demographic population growth in direct proportion to the laws most severely affected by restrictive voting laws. to put it a lot more simply, power is going one way, demographics are going the other way. there's an in

that was the mantra in new hampshire. to go out there to these town hall meetings and put him in a position where he has to see what happens and be himself where he doesn't seem so forced like his cheesy grits statements and other situations he's been in. they tried to get that mantra back in ohio, it paid off with the help of money, as well. and they're hoping to refocus on that and focus on their message and not get stuck talking about other candidates -- >> in that one public interview he did. whenever they're in trouble -- and they only stick to this one media outlet, fox and the primary voters, i get it. but he seemed to really -- he seemed defensive. almost like he doesn't like to have to explain why he's struggling to beat a rick santorum. >> well, i think they're frustrated, they say, as they have said in multiple e-mails to you and me both. they say the math is on our side. why are you even focusing on these other folks in the race? the simple fact of the matter is the difference between momentum and math and the

she had shown weakness and that would be the end of her campaign in new hampshire.f the obama campaign looked at and thought, this is a problem, because this is the humanity we have not seen in hillary clinton. they sought immediately something that could change momentum dramatically. and that is what happened. even leading up to the primary vote, most reporters on the ground still thought barack obama would win the primary. people around barack obama but he was going to win. even people around hillary thought that. off to exception were really bill clinton and hillary clinton. they felt like they could feel something shifting in the electorate. bill clinton knew the politics of new hampshire probably better than anyone on the planet. everywhere he went, he felt like the tide was turning. they were the only ones were not complete surprise when she won that victory and bounced out of new hampshire with one of the most remarkable comebacks anyone has ever seen in presidential politics. people thought -- and it will change shortly -- that clinton is on her way to resto

in new hampshire we've got all kinds of examples from the lwcf, the umbega national wildlife refuge, parts of the appalachian trail in new hampshire have all been proteched through the land and water conservation fund and i was pleased to see additional funding in the proposed budget for that program, and i know that you've said you're committed to getting full funding for lwcf for 2014. could you talk about your plans how we should get to full funding and whether you think there is a dedicated funding stream, an additional dedicated funding stream that we can add to what's been proposed by congress but has never, only funded fully twice since the program started. >> senator shaheen sthau for your leeredership on this issue and i thank the chairman of the committee, senator bingham and others worked hard to get full funding on the land and water conservation fund. i agree with you t is part of our tourism and job creation strategy that comes through we see through l.l. bean and so many other wonderful stores that have a presence in your state, the hunting community, the angling commu

actually in ohio, in colorado and new hampshire i can find the unaffiliated voters. in virginia and ohio, they don't register by party and i used other ways to reach out to independent voters. but i will call people on the phone and i will say i am working on a book about independent voters and you know in 80% of the cases they were very happy to talk with me. they were happy that someone cared, that someone wanted to hear what they thought about the political system and by and large, this came up at an event recently with the deputy bureau chief of "the new york times" and he and some other set will the voters, they don't know very much and they are not informed and i didn't find that to be chu at all. i find that independent voters may be more disengaged but that is because it's the chicken or the egg. that is because they are so fed up with the party practice. that was one way i did focus in all four states. i reached out to people through groups like independent voting.org and they hooked me up with some of their voters in different states. i assembled these focu

. >> new hampshire senator jeanne shaheen will weigh in. what will it take for republicans to denounce their leading voice, as he attacks college student sandra fluke. >> it makes her a slut, right? it makes her a prostitute. she wants to be paid to have sex. >> tonight, sandra fluke is here exclusively to respond to rush limbaugh's disturbing comments. plus, reaction with "now's" terry o'neil and professor caroline heldman. >>> a federal judge in montana is under fire for sending a despicable racist anti-obama e-mail. dr. michael eric dyson is here to talk racism in the republican party. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. the first battle may be over, but republicans are vowing to continue the war. today, the senate voted to table the blunt amendment, 51 to 48. the measure would have given your boss a say in your health care. it would give an employer or an insurance company the authority to deny any essential or preventative care from contraception to cancer screenings for any reason. >> now mr. blunt is giv

in new hampshire today, the new hampshire house, in which the republicans have a 189-seat advantage, they have an 189-seat advantage in a 400-seat body, in new hampshire today, they voted by a huge 211-116 margin to not repeal new hampshire's same-sex marriage law. same-sex marriage still legal in new hampshire. and the two-hour debate about repealing marriage equality saw republicans lead both the anti-gay marriage position and the pro-gay marriage position. talk about a wedge issue. also in new hampshire this week, house republicans having already passed a bill through the statehouse that would force doctors under pain of prison to lie to their patients about cancer. it would force doctors to give their patients information specified by the state legislature that contains an inaccurate claim that having an abortion gives you a higher risk for breast cancer. having already passed that directive to doctors, the legislature realized that maybe they didn't quite understand what they'd passed or, if they did, they maybe weren't sure they meant it. now they have gone back, they passed th

it is good to be back in new hampshire. okay. we'll be all right. they probably were just standing too long. just give them a little space. where is our ems folks? they will be okay. just give them a little space. this happens sometimes. you guys been here a while? you have to eat ahead of time, keep your blood sugar high. we got somebody over there? jordan, right in the middle. there we go. here is our guy. make a little room, everybody. all right. let's make sure everybody is okay. remember, eat before you come to a presidential event. now, i am from chicago. so you know a little snow was not going to keep me away. which is why i can relate to new hampshireettes. this is just like a dusting. like what's the big deal? there's no big deal. when air force one landed, there were like 50 people waiting to shake my hand. they had eisickles on their eyebrows. hey, great weather. i want to thank all of you for making the trek out here. i just had the chance to look at some of the cutting edge work that's being done here at the auto shop. earlier this week

new hampshire has a close connection and helps to build their budgeting capacity and and just a good relationship back and forth between the two partners. >> is this an effective use of our resource in terms of building partnerships? >> it's a very effective tool. the other benefit that we gain from the state partners is because of their civilian jobs they have opportunities to share our experience that goes beyond military experience when that can be authorized. >> general jacoby, you want to add to that? >> it's a efficient use of resources, it's consistency over time, it helps us broaden and deepen our relationships around the world. and i was struck in your written testimony, general jacoby, how you talked about how the national guard is a natural partner in all that we do is the language that you use, as we look at the challenging time in terms of the prospect of unfortunately not only the cuts that the department is facing now, and on top of it, sequestration, how important is it that we not only maintain the active duty and resources for that in terms of training and for our g

just the volume delays forming west of new hampshire avenue.ack to you. >>> as for wall street this morning, we're sitting at the top of multi-year highs. it's not that surprising futures looking a little tired. we're wiped out. >> thank you. >>> make sure you join us 8:00 to 11:00 tomorrow morning, saturday morning for the sun trust rock 'n' roll u.s.a.

i'm going to be speaking at a few colleges and hampshire and i'm going to be at the main book festival on march 31st so i'm looking forward to that so, yeah, i am travelling at the moment to some of my swing states to talk about hopefully i think i will also be going to colorado in april, so. >> host: let me ask the president. you have a chapter about him we haven't talked about him much yet. what is your assessment from this perspective in this context of his job? >> guest: i'm a little critical of him as an equal opportunity credit because most people think i'm overly critical of the republican party. i think i'm fairly critical of the former speaker pelosi in the book, who i think endangered, unnecessarily endanger her centrist democrats and more conservative democrats with some of the votes she made them take and i was writing about that time. i was doing a blog from u.s. news and was predicting exactly what would happen as a result of the votes she was making. >> host: what most notably? >> guest: well, the climate change vote, the cap-and-trade vote, and then of course the health

chopper 4 live over the beltway at new hampshire avenue. taillights, the outer loop at new hampshire avenue, seeing volume here. inner loop in this area, no issues to report. you can see as chopper takes a wider shot, we're not seeing any accidents on the beltway. and your travel speed on the outer loop, good at 59 miles per hour. only taking ten minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. now back to you both. >> thank you. >>> breaking news right now out of france. a third child is now dead from a school shooting in france. an adult and three children were shot and killed at the jewish school in france. police say the adult may have been a rabbi at the school. police are looking for the shooter who apparently got away on a motor scooter. french police say the gunman may be behind other shootings in the same part of france. reports say that french president nicolas sarkozy is on his way to the area. we're continuing to follow the story and will do so throughout the morning and will have more on the story coming up. >>> today the soldier accused of

there has been a crash reported that the outer loop of new hampshire avenue. you can get ready to leave 95 or and out of it. now can go back inside. >> to amateurs are cool and near freezing in some spots. we also have a little bit of snow moving our way. the higher your chances are of this. highs in the low and mid-40's. a light dusting of snow. some minor regulations forced out of town. it is south of 66. not a big deal of ground here. further south, you have some minor the commission appeared quite thank you. nice weather down in the caribbean. that is where he but his military training to good use. the third in line to the british throne for dissipated in military exercises in front of the islands. the bahamas recognized the queen. >> i was thinking the same thing. it is crystal blue water. >> not quite as warm here. temperatures in the 30's. >> we have the first look at the next generation ipad. >> a lot of people waiting to see that. a last-minute push for a super tuesday. >> first, and the big question is how much higher will gas prices go. and what is

and in many ways the npr republicans who you associate with the hampshire's better everywhere who are they? >> the npr republicans are those we used to think about pass the rockefeller republicans. it is time for these names to be freshened up. rockefeller has been gone for a while. they are all over the country as well. they tend to be more affluent, older, fiscally conservative republicans they would be appalled and think abortion is a personal choice. they are fiscally conservative and returned off by the mismanagement of government and a growth so some of them voted for barack obama of the did not like the health care reform or the growth of government so they are up for grabs. i would have said mitt romney will be a perfect candidate to appeal but i am not sure now. there is so much disarray. knows where things will stand by the time this shares. but to they are the fund-raisers, raising many, there are plenty of them out there but driven out of office because of the move to the right. >> host: did you hear anger or sadness? >> both. many, there are plenty of them out there but d

again or does president obama get new hampshire?>> if romney does get the nomination, who would be his vice president. some political watchers and a new list is out that's getting a whole lot of buzz. josh levs has a whole lot on that. >> exactly, here's the thing, the talk that happens now about possible vice presidential candidates actually is part of the horserace. we saw the same thing four years ago. probably what happens is the mains get floated and then campaigns and establishments watch and then there's things exposed about possible vp candidates. all this can have an impact on who they will choose. hotline is giving their own assessment on who might be winning the beef state. putting virginia governor bob mcdonald at the top. they point to a couple of things. there's this controversial battle over this anti-abortion measure in this state that has folks attention on his background. that could help romney shore up support against devastates. senator marco rubio in florida. we reported ourselves that at the time he was leading

it is good to be back in new hampshire! thank you, mike, for that wonderful introduction and for your service to our country. i want to thank the president of nashua community college lucille gordon for hosting today. give lucille a big round of applause. we have professor paul wonderlick who gave me a tour today. where is he? he's got a beard. can you see him. there he is. and i want to

i can tell you driving in that stretch is in between i-95 and new hampshire avenue. so stick to the left and use caution as you make your commute. i'm back in ten minutes with another look at the roads. back to you all. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >>> more family members are now coming to the defense of the man who shot and killed 17-year-old trayvon martin. george zimmerman's brother robert who lives in manassas park spoke with cnn's piers morgan last night. he addressed the much-talked about video obtained by abc news that shows zimmerman hours after the shooting. many who have watched the tape stay appears that zimmerman has no injuries, but his brother says that zimmerman is still recovering from a broken nose and that it looks to him like his brother's nose is swollen in that video. zimmerman also says that his brother is suffering from severe emotional issues. >> he's been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. he was not right from the moment it happened. he didn't call his family and express anything but, you know, sadness. it was just a dar

we are watching, unfortunately, for people in new hampshire, snow this morning. it's going to warm up later today. but you may get a lit hmm bit covering the ground. it's going to blow on through in the morning here. even in vermont, we could see a little coating of snow. as i mentioned, the warmer air is surging in. temperatures have gone up about 20, 25 degrees from detroit to buffalo to pittsburgh and about ten degrees warmer in new england. it was very cold yesterday morning. now it's definitely getting warmer. so you definitely need a winter coat. but buffalo to detroit through the ohio valley, it's actually a pretty mild morning for you. now it's about to go right over interstate 35. so we'll keep an eye on that for you. otherwise, the middle of the country looks just about perfect. another beautiful spring day. now, here's a look at the weather outside. >> a slight chance of a late afternoon storm today. we will pop up a few storms late this afternoon. nashville is going to be warm. >> it labelings like that mini cold spell we have is over. >> i was just o

it's the good the bad and the very very thorough ran throw push asli ugly the good the new hampshire legislature yesterday the new hampshire house of representatives defeated the so-called license to discriminate bill the bill would have allowed state businesses to openly discriminate against same sex marriage couples on the basis of the company's religious freedom in fact the bill was so poorly worded that it would also have allowed for discrimination against interracial married couples and married couples of different faiths all across the country individual rights are under attack it's nice to see the new hampshire as is holding strong against this wave of hatred and bigotry that is sweeping the nation the bad rick santorum campaign in puerto rico this weekend santorum was asked by local paper el will sell at all if he supported puerto ricans right to self-determination when it comes to becoming a state santorum told the paper he did not support a state in which english was not the primary language saying why can't other state there has to be compliance with this and any other fed

new hampshire law shouldn't provide for that. putting in a religious exemption to the statute. >> reporter: now the bill heads to the new hampshire senate. bill. bill: what are pwepl krat particulademocratic leaders in the state senate telling you about this. can they, will they stop it? >> reporter: you know, it's tough here because republicans dominate both the house and senate here. we had a chance to speak with with sill yeah larsen the democratic leader. she says her constituents are mystified by the state of events, she thinks it should be more focused on the economy. here is what she believes will happen as women start to pay attention to this. >> it is beginning to feel like there is a war on women right now, and i think women across the state are waking up. >> reporter: now it's unclear exactly where the new hampshire governor stands on this. we had a chance to speak with a legal expert that had something pretty interesting to say about this. he believes that the federal mandate will trump any of the state exclusions put

can file his taxes in texas which is a no income tax state in romney do something similar that new hampshire. well that's what we weren't sure and i never got the questions answered you know he said he lived in new hampshire he said he lived in california he then said he was living out of his son's basement but you know he kept his massachusetts residents as far as i could find out and we did a fair amount of research but then he end up buying this kind of cheap town home just so he'd have some kind of a presence in massachusetts but we still don't know if he was you know residing it is no income tax paid oldman in new hampshire or or in massachusetts or as i was told by several people in town that he'd moved to california. how is your campaign fred carter ham plane approaching the super tuesday well i tried to get out of the massachusetts ballot i've gotten some that i've wanted to not all i've tried to pick and choose some states where i could compete and i'm a california ballot i'm and i was a michigan but i'm not on any of the super tuesday states i should have been on the massachusetts