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. >> this is not about follow up care, as a may haver of fact we have been waiting for an hour with regard to salary and benefits. >> they are calling it illegal and main maintain assist think strike is normal. >>> we will take you live to a polling place in fort meyers. here comes a voter a long. poles are just getting started there. whoever comes out ahead today, gets all 50 delegates. mitt romney has a 50 gain lead, he acknowledged he did not do well in the florida debates but he says that is because he said he never saw somebody who was dishonest. >> speaker newt gingrich, he has been flailing around trying to go after me a lit, you watch it and shake your head and it is painfully revealing to watch. >> rand paul and sartor tore have -- rick santorum have moved on to the next contest. nevada's caucuses take place this saturday and colorado's take place next tuesday. >>> they expect to expand tax breaks for new businesses. they will add jobs that increase wages this year and they will immediately at deductions and it is based on bipartisan pro poll sal, even in an election year. a speci

let's bring in henry would haver. pretty remarkable story. >> a guy having a kid and lucked out on that one big time. congrats on the baby. we have a very busy sorts night in the bay. we will catch you up on everything. sharks and warriors highlights. giants news and of course we will cover the biggest story of the week. the nfc championship game. a rebetween the 49ers and giants. they face off two months agos a is time winners headed to the super bowl. >>>> welcome back to nbc bay area. the countdown is on. the giants fans can't wait for the game sunday. you know the rules. losers go home, winners move on to fight for the lombardi trophy in the super bowl. time is ticking. this will be the 49ers and giants's second meeting. november 39th, niners came out on top. his leg proved to be the difference. a trend many find disturbing. david acres has a different spin on things. >> this year has been a great year offensively. a lot of people say there is criticism for the amount of field goals we have attempted. i look at it

marshall's talk and what he was doing -- i mean, i have done some considerable reading on this, but i haver in run across the appointments. i have never run across that. so i have an enhanced appreciation. i will tell you another reason. obviously i'll go ahead and get my negative out of waof way. herbert had graduated from law school. he had been in the board rooms of the east and all of that, right? ike picked him for a particular reason, his savvy of human nature and how to get things done, and yet when brownell said from the very first you do not -- adams was telling him to meet. brownell was something don't meet with this guy. he's going to use you. he didn't listen. he was going to follow that policy of moderation right through to the very end. so in failing to begin a modification before the whole thing blew up, i would say that's a weakness. now, strength along with the ones i recounted here, it is very easy for me to sit here and poke at ike. isn't it? sure is, right. but a strength i would say is once the man made up his mind, as he said overwhelming force. let me tell you a littl

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mention crude who havering just over $101 an hour. >>> the price of oil may be rising a little, but theumbers are actually moving quite a bit faster in nigeria. this is africa's largest oil producer we're talking. the price of pet troll has more than doubled since the government removed a fuel subsidy. workers around the country are going on the strike today for an indefinite period to force the government to resume that particular fuel subsidy. demonstrations have been planned to coincide with the strike and oil exports may be disrupted as a result. >>> let's take a look at the context of that striet. nigeria is africa's biggest oil producer and the eighth biggest oil exporter. it's the number three crude oil supplier to the united states, but production is sometimes threatened by militant attacks on the country's oil pipe lines and platforms. oil accounts for 90% of the country's exports and more than 80% of the government's revenue. supporters of the subsidy's removal says subis he dieding it is a drain on public finances. those that want it restored said the money saved won't be use

then, he pulls out a revol he haver and demand -- revol revoller and demands the money in the cash drawero one was hurt. >>> a few officers inadvertently tipped off protesters last month via social media the officers made comments on twitter and facebook revealing a raid was imminent. it helped reporters and occupy protesters learn about planned sweeps. the department is implementing new restrictions as a result of the leak. most officers may be kept in the dark about similar raids until just before they happen. >>> oakland police have kiss politicianed -- have disciplined two officers. the department suspended one officer for thirty days for covering his name badge with a piece of black tape during a demonstration in late okay. and the lieutenant was demoted to sergeant for an failing to properly report the incident. someone at the demonstration posted this video online. there's the first known disciplinary actions officials have taken after hundreds of police misconduct complaints were filed, following the occupy demonstrations. >>> richmond city council adopted a resolution that would

it's an underground culture, a lot of outcasts, misfits, hell raisers and good time havers. >> thank you all for coming out. we'll run this at 4:00 exactly. >> today steve's in richmond, virginia, emceeing a jumping competition over an unusual but tasty obstacle. >> we're going to run over the world's biggest plate of delicious tacos. >> as the riders demonstrate their skills above a giant bowl of tortilla chips it becomes clear that, like nachos, riders get chewed up fast. the stunts are amazing, but so are the crashes. >> oh! >> today's riding was probably some of the most world class that you'll see in a back street parking lot. over a plate of nachos that probably will ever exist in the bmx, or humanity in general. >> the nachos event may seem like nuts, but it's light fare compared to the bonedeath competition. a bmx event steve covered in 2006 in new bedford, massachusetts. >> we're here at the bonedeath challenge riding in a swamp of garbage. >> the scene in new bedford was probably one of the weirdest scenes i have ever witnessed, a course basically built in between two build

modicum megrim rehabilitated, we did it the success of rehabilitation of the minor and then finally the haver exhibit by the crimes alleged. >>reporter: if the study takes place and it comes back positive, he could be tried as an adult in these to sexual assault cases. next is fan uri third for a pretrial hearing. >>catherine: san francisco's new sheriff appeared in court today, ross mikarimi is accused of maccabees abusing his wife. we are live in san francisco with the latest. >>reporter: we are outside of the hall of justice they just finished the proceedings. the shares pled not guilty to all three charges that as well as the violence and called--child endangerment and is awaiting a with is pleading not guilty to all three charges of the bulk of the crime is the day we order keeping mere creamy away from his wife and child. the district attorney wanted a new order because the emergency one was due to expire, but mikarimi attorney spoke against that same and there was no need. and then no pets, mikarimi wife came into a courtroom took the witness stand and gave an impassioned plea saying t

>> i think to a degree they do, probably mitt romney's biggest you will haver in ran bullet in this poll after poll after poll shows while americans don't particularly care for barack obama's policies? fixing the economy, they don't blame him for the unemployment, blame george w. bush many whose advisories work for mitt romney, you can put people on screen, from swing states, no less, who lost their jobs because of mitt romney directly ordering layoffs at bain capital. did he a good job jug ta posing his work with bain what the president did with general bhoirts when you have person after over five months starting with this moveon.org attack today of republicans coming on camera saying they don't like mitt romney because he laid them off and shutdown their town, it becomes who cost americans more jobs or less jobs and you can personalize it. americans like brachlt. >> analysts seem pleased with the jobs numbers today. keep one this pace and people get a sense things are getting better even if the numbers are above 8% do republicans need a plan b to beat obama? >> i don't think they need

>> i think to a degree they do, probably mitt romney's biggest you will haver in ran bullet in this poll after poll after poll shows while americans don't particularly care for barack obama's policies? fixing the economy, they don't blame him for the unemployment, blame george w. bush many whose advisories work for mitt romney, you can put people on screen, from swing states, no less, who lost their jobs because of mitt romney directly ordering layoffs at bain capital. did he a good job jug ta posing his work with bain what the president did with general bhoirts when you have person after over five months starting with this moveon.org attack today of republicans coming on camera saying they don't like mitt romney because he laid them off and shutdown their town, it becomes who cost americans more jobs or less jobs and you can personalize it. americans like brachlt. >> analysts seem pleased with the jobs numbers today. keep one this pace and people get a sense things are getting better even if the numbers are above 8% do republicans need a plan b to beat obama? >> i don't think they need

. >> how you haver in 5b9 is president obama? >> he's vulnerability. i'd say he's a slight underdog. very slight. who knows what' going to happen in europe. he doesn't have the strongest opposition in the world. >> kathie you're on the ground in iowa. who's going to win this thing? >> you kn, i can't predict it. it's too fast mov i will predict that a lot of people are going to make up their mind on caucus night and it ry well could be a surprise. >> all right. we'll leave it there. thank you all very much bere we go, a programming note, next sunday morning is our live nbc news facebook republican presidential debate right here on "mt the press." the final dete before the new hampshe primary. for the past mth wve been asking new hampshire facebook users what the most important issue is for them in the primary,noverwhelming majority, 58% say it is, in fact, the economy. so if yo have a question you'd like asked in the bate, go t our facebook page, that's at facebook.com/meetthepress and you can post it there. that is all for the day. i'll be on the grou

just after a winter where temperatures have who havered 10 to 12 degrees above normal. >> reporter: allruce general and sonya white wanted was to get home to south florida. >> they sold us stand by, tomorrow, may be saturday. who knows. >> reporter: but they were stranded like thousands of others in chicago as the storm moved across illinois, more than 500 flights were canceled at the two chicago airports. all because the long delayed first big snowstorm of the season roared east out of the rockies. >> lots of people sliding. hitting the curb. it was bad. >> reporter: the snow and high winds turned roads into rinks. made commutes across the midwest treacherous and turned this tractor-trailer into an unwilling off road vehicle near rockford, illinois. after a winter that's been so mild, earlier this week they were actually water skiing barefoot near green bay, wisconsin. many midwest cities have barely seen snowfall since winter began with only 2.9 inches falling last month in green bay. two in des moines, iowa. zero in ter re haut, indiana. the snowy weather was good news to some, inclu

is he haver inable on that front, do you think. >> sure, absolutely. voters have a major concern there is too much spending. democrats come into sort of ironically, in my opinion considering how much money republicans spent when they were in control but democrats do sort of come in with this idea the they're the people that spend a lot of money. he already has that built in against him. he has to, you know overcome the fact that the deficit has been increasing and show that he is serious about decreasing it. bill: if that is the case, this will be a huge issue whether it is romney or gingrich, justin. >> absolutely it will be a huge issue. here in florida, almost 50% of the homeowners in south underwater on their mortgage. the home is worth less than the mortgage. add on top of that trillion and trillions of dollars of federal debt being passed on to our children i think it will become a huge issue. there is too much debt, too much red ink. the people that propose solutions to getting at that red ink and getting at the debt they will have electoral adv

and there's richard harrison in haver de grace. you can showoff your photos at "u local." >> a deadly house fire investigated. it started at a home on the 700 block of lombard court. fire officials found the body of a man on the second floor. >> an off-duty police officer casually driving by had a gut feeling there was more to the white smoke he spotted. >> i turned around. >> he raced door-to-door to secure more manpower. he was told an elderly man lived at 703. a man who did not want to be identified called 911 and he and another courageously put their lives on the line to help another. >> it was too dangerous to go in at that point. there was no visible sign of any kind of light. you knew not to go in there. by that time it was dropping from the ceiling, lowering, so oxygen was leaving the house. >> firefighters found the severely burned body of an elderly man on the second floor. authorities say he was deceased. according to real estate records and neighbors, the man was john youngblood, believed to be in his 80's. neighbors de

explain why the chicken hawks want to go to war with other people's children and the guys who haver ishave children serving are the moderates on war. why is it always so clear that way? >> well, i'm not sure it is quite as clear as you suggested, chris. >> sure seems that way. >> i'm only going to speak for my cappendidate and the man mos conservative, the map in this campaign i believe is the most electable, the man who has the best economic record, the man who meets all the qualification and characteristics that my friend tim pawlenty talked about and consistent throughout his entire career what governor huntsman has said about our military and about our war and about afghanistan is smart, it's nuanced, it's thoughtful. what he said about afghanistan, and he is not anti-war, but said we have been at war for ten years. we have lost -- we have sacrificed a lot of blood and treasure. we need, in another year and a half, when he is president, he is going to draw down, leave special forces there leave some intel capability, some support troops but right now, after ten years, they need to