barbara flynn currie, representative john bradley, representative david harris and senator toi hutchinson. you help get the job done with your colleagues. [applause] by doubling the illinois earned income tax credit and improving the personal exemption, we are providing targeted tax relief to a million working families and their children. people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in

barbara flynn currie, representative john bradley, representative david harris and senator toi hutchinson. you help get the job done with your colleagues. [applause] by doubling the valley of the illinois income tax credit and improving the personal exemption, we are providing targeted tax relief to a million working families and their children. people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in college, and two more are on the

and listen to republican senators kay bailey hutchinson present a different picture. >> but, president obama's policy has resultted in an unprecedented slow down in exploration and production of oil and gas. off shore drilling permits are issued at less than half . rate of the previous administration. the average number of leases issued on public lands is less than half that during president clinton's term. >> in addition to all of this conflict. catch 22 in the gas price roller coaster. world economy breaks free of the recession it will require more fuel and that is leading to higher demand and higher prices. >> too much pain in the pump. thank you very much. >> tomorrow is fox news sunday. chris wallace will have an exclusive interview with mitt romney. chris will be sitting down with indiana governor mitch daniels and you want to watch that. and fox news can confirm that osama bin laden's compound in pakistan is being demolished. residents said the government destroyed one room. it is not certain how long it will take to destroy the entire compound. we are efforting video on this .

this was associated earlier in the evening near hutchinson, kansas. the funnel coming down. . harveyville reported significant damage also. the daylight hours this morning, there will be pretty significant pictures it appears from the tornado last night. in all, so far, 10 or 11 tornado reports. a lot of severe weather reports of damaging winds in kansas city. the southwest corner near pittsbu pittsburg, kansas. lots of power lines down and lots of damage and calling in crews from springfield to help with the cleanup and search and rescue in case it's needed. a situation in missouri, not far from joplin. that has been tornado alley the past year. a couple of tornado warnings through southern portions of the state. st. louis up here to the north in the tornado watch. those storms are now clearing out and leaving your area. we are going to watch next, right where the missouri river meets the areas of the mississippi and the ohio river near cape girardeau and passing into kentucky shortly and areas of tennessee. we will watch you next. the northern side of the storm as advertised

response, a bit of that as well from senator kay bailey hutchinson.ave a listen. >> but president obama's policy has resulted in an unprecedented slowdown in new exploration and production of oil and gas. off shore drilling permits are being issued at less than half the rate of the previous administration. >> jamie: it is a debate over high gas prices and you have to be feeling it at the pump. how can we address them? are they making their way into the campaign trail in a way that will effect both the president and g.o.p. candidates? moments ago we did hear from the president, there you have the republican response, let's get both sides fair and balanced. political analyst angela mcglowan joining us and former clinton pollster, and fox news distributor. >> great to see you. >> we're lucky we live in a city and we can take mass transit. but too many places filling up gas tanks, more than $5 a gallon. the president says he's going to do an all-strategies approach here, everything's on the table, but gas prices can be tied to lack of consumer confidence,

. >> this is hutchinson, kansas, just after sun set last night. for more of the same is expected today from tennessee to the carolinas. >> the same massive winter system is bringing snow to states across the northern u.s. blizzard warnings and whiteout conditions on tap for the dak a dakotas and minnesota. it will dump up to a foot of snow in northern menew england. we'll have the forecast in a few minutes. >>> we're also tracking more breaking news this morning in alabama. >> three people are missing after their helicopter went down. the mh-65 dolphin was on training mission when it crashed into the bay. one person was rescued. it's not clear if those on board were members of the coast guard. we'll stay on top of the breaking stories. >>> the other major story, the gop primary. mitt rom fi got a narrow win in michigan and an easy win in arizona. >> super tuesday is now a week away. tahman bradley joins us from washington with more. good morning. >> meg and rob, good morning to you. mitt romney will pick up a lot of delegates thanks to his victori

thank you, barbara flynn curly and thank you senator dwight hutchinson. you helped get the job done with your colleagues. [ applause ] by doubling the value of the illinois earned income tax credit and improving the personal exemption, we are providing targeted tax relief to 1 million working families and their children. people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in college and two more are on the way. thank you, rhonda. thank you for being a great person. [ applause ] from the moment i took office, my goal has been to advance education for everyone. that's why we passed landmark education laws that are a model for the entire nation. laws that improve school report cards so par

and senator judd grey or tim hutchinson. many of our schools need help in the transition to higher standards. when a state sets standards, we must help schools achieve those standards. we must measure. we must know. if a school or school district falls short, we must understand that help should be applied. senator jeff bingham of new mexico brought this up to our attention of the need for a transition period between the moment of consequence and the first indication of failure. once failing schools are identified, we will help them improve. we will help them help themselves. our goal is to improve public education. we want success. when schools are willing to accept the reality that the accountability system points out and are willing to change, we'll help them. american children should not be left in failing schools. when schools do not teach and will not change, parents and students must have other meaningful options. when children and teenagers go to school afraid of being threatened or attacked or worse, our society must

hutchinson looks at how byron white shaped the courts. >> thank you for that round of applause, it's nice to be at home. i grew up in colorado and i have been in exile for the last 25 years. >> bring ron white slipped out of the department of justice building at a nearby restaurant. after the sandwiches, the coffee was poured, the waitress looked at him and said hey, aren't you whizzer white? white took a sip of coffee, and very slowly in a soft voice said i was. f. scott fitzgerald famously said there are no second acts in american lives, but i would guess there's a time when byron white -- white was constantly framed in the public eye by his headline making first act, an act so to speak that made him a nationwide household name while he was still a teenager, but which penalized a the small young man with expectations he could not foresee, did not wish and sometimes could not meet. but we're already ahead of the game. byron raymond white was born in ft. collins, colorado, but he grew up 11 miles away in wilmington, population 500 at the time. his father managed a lumberyard. welling

. >> senator hutchinson from texas and i have had quite a round with omb and the two of us having responsibility for passing the massive bill back in 2010 and then going through the process of getting it funded. and basically, nasa had not until the head of omb came and met with us nasa basically had stone walled that omb -- that omb had stone walled the nasa budget. and since you are now the acting director, i think the constructive dialogue that we have with mr. lew having come and met with the congress and continued the discussion on nasa funding so that there was some certainty in the program i'd like to know what your attitude is about continuing those discussions? >> well, as you know, it's a difficult budget environment. nasa's held about even in this budget environment, and what we have done in this budget is to honor the 2010 discussions around the appropriation between the things like the heavy lift rocket and the international space station. i would love to continue those dialogues. >> i believe that you have, and i think that the budget was basically a flat line budget, and given the

. >> nevada financier keith fellas and mark hutchinson and many nevada elected officials through outhe state who have been so crucial to our success here. we are so appreciative. of course nevada state director sara nelson, nevada senior advisory brian erwin. nevada state finances director corey christensen. i want to give a special shout out to de mcguinn. your first lady of nevada from a few years ago. she and i served together as first ladies together. she became a very good friend of mine. she has been helpful in this effort, too. we miss her sweet husband kenny. a shout out to my friend deena, too. thank you all. you know, as i have just been observing things as i tend to do, i have noticed that mitt has started to win in states that are so important for the general election. he won in new hampshire. that is going to be a very important state in the general election. it's a swing state in the general. he did the same thing in florida. that will be a very important state for us to win in the general. we appreciate that. but also this state is going to be an important state in the

but senator kay bailey hutchinson delivering the republican response. he said there is a way to fix the policy and the president's policies are not helping. >> some politicians always see this as a political opportunity. since it is an election year, they are dusting off their same three point plan for two dollars gas. i'll save you the suspense. step one according to them is drill. step two is drill, and step three is to keep drilling. >> all forecasts are prices to rocket above four dollars a gallon during the summer driving season. families and businesses will be devastated. >> republicans also calling out president obama over his decision to stall construction of a new oil pipeline from canada. our correspondent, doug with the news. who has it right for assessing blame for the high prices here? >> they are both a little bit right and oil traders might suggest a little wrong. there is some agreement the present spike in prices is uncertainty in the middle east of the that said they have continually warned america there are no quick fixes to these typ

. >> in the republican response, texas senator kay bailey hutchinson put the blame squarely on the presidenting he has blocked potential new sources of oil and gas. >>> gas prices are rising almost as fast as tempers across themation. this morning marks the 30th straight day gas prices have gone up. it's up a nickel at $4.25. yesterday it was $4.20. a week ago it was $3.99 according to triple days. last week was got ole days. dan harris explains what is driving prices higher. >> when it comes in to breathing in the noxious fumes of overpriced gas we are not living in the united states. california is the red zone. a big angry blotch of high prices, over four dollars a gallon pretty much throughout the state tonight. >> one of the most expensive gas stations in america right now, the mobile station on south hacienda before in l. a.. today at $5.21 a gallon. on the east, prizes between $3.60 and $3.93. the vast underbelly of the country in yellow between $3.38 and $3.71 but look at the big pasture of green in the middle where prices are all the way down to $3.16 and lower. home of the cheapest

. >> nevada financier keith fellas and mark hutchinson and many nevada elected officials through outhe state who have been so crucial to our success here. we are so appreciative. of course nevada state director sara nelson, nevada senior advisory brian erwin. nevada state finances director corey christensen. i want to give a special shout out to de mcguinn. your first lady of nevada from a few years ago. she and i served together as first ladies together. she became a very good friend of mine. she has been helpful in this effort, too. we miss her sweet husband kenny. a shout out to my friend deena, too. thank you all. you know, as i have just been observing things as i tend to do, i have noticed that mitt has started to win in states that are so important for the general election. he won in new hampshire. that is going to be a very important state in the general election. it's a swing state in the general. he did the same thing in florida. that will be a very important state for us to win in the general. we appreciate that. but also this state is going to be an important state in the

. >> senator hutchinson, do you have anything good to say about him? >> oh, yes.on but i'm not going to do politics right now. >> reporter: mitt romney has far more congressional endorsement. santorum has just three house endorsements and zero in the and santorum was a senior member of the senate republican leadership. so why the lack of support? questions about electability. multiple gop sources tell cnn many who were in the senate trenches with him like him but don't think he can win the presidency. they recall speeches like this. >> a union between one man and one woman. i think traditional marriage is good for everyone. it results in a healthier society, more stable children. >> reporter: bun gop aide called him a cultural warrior, likely to turn off moderate voters. >> i know life begins at conception. >> reporter: and gop tells cnn and crushing 18-point loss in the 2006 re-election bid. but gt thompson dismisses all of that and he's one to endorse rick santorum. >> he recognizes what the number one task will be faced and i like the fact that he talks about m

. >> in the republican response, texas senator kay bailey hutchinson put the blame squarely on the presidentblocked potential new sources of oil and gas. >>> gas prices are rising almost as fast as tempers across then nation. this is the 30th straight day gas prices have gone up. this morning it is it's up a nickel at $4.25. yesterday it was $4.20. a week ago it was $3.99 according to triple a. why is this happening? here is abc's dan harris. >> when it comes in to breathing in the noxious fumes of overpriced gas, we are not living in the united states. california is the red zone. a big angry blotch of high prices, over four dollars a gallon pretty much throughout the state tonight. >> one of the most expensive gas stations in america right now, the mobile station on south hacienda blvd. in l. a.. today at $5.21 a gallon. on the east, prizes between $3.60 and $3.93. the vast underbelly of the country in yellow between $3.38 and $3.71 but look at the big pasture of green in the middle where prices are all the way down to $3.16 and lower. home of the cheapest gas in america? u pump it in for t

. >> reporter: christine hutchinson is like a lot of women, married with an 8-year- old daughter anduniversity of pennsylvania. she's 42 years old. the chester county resident has seen a lot of things, definitely enough to keep her on top of her breast cancer appointments. >> my mother is a breast cancer survivor. >> reporter: 15 years later she's doing fantastic. >> i think it locked into me the idea of having to watch out for it, the idea of knowing that it's already in my gene pool to make me really want to pay attention. >> reporter: that's what dr. emily conan, chief of breast imaging at the university of pennsylvania hopes every woman will do. pay attention. >> a mammography is the only way that we can find early cancers before they're able to be felt. >> reporter: dr. conan suggests women have a mammogram every year beginning at age 40 and sooner if they're high risk. now another test every woman should have is a pap smear. >> in the united states there's only about 12,000 new cases of cervical cancer a year because of the pap smear of. >> reporter: dr. enrique hernandez, chai

and i want to thank our nevada finance chair mark hutchinson.nd the many nevada elected officials throughout the state who have been so crucial to our success here. we are so appreciative. and of course, nevada state director sarah nelson, ryan irwin, nevada state finance director cory christianson. [ applause ] you know, i want to give a special shout-out to dee mcquinn. you're first lady from nevada from a you years ago and she and i served as first ladies together and she's become a good friend of mine. and we so miss her sweet husband, kenny. so a shout out to her. thank you all. [ applause ] you know, as i have just been observing things, as i tend to do, i've noticed that mitt has started to win in states that are so important for the general election. he won in new hampshire. that is going to be a very important state in the general election. he did the same thing in florida. that's going to be a very important state for us to win in the general. we appreciate that. but also this state is going to be an important state in the general, and

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i'll talk with ari ep hutchinson who says "soul train" will never leave america's station. we've got incredible video of the reverend al sharpton. you can find my page. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. election commission show mitt romney crushed newt gingrich in the super pack race. the first such filings in this election cycle show is the super pac restore our future raised $30.2 million in 2011. at the same time, the pro-gingrich super pac winning our future raised $2.1 million. look at the difference on screen there. these file ags show how much more republican super pacs are raising over their democratic counterparts. two super pacs formed by karl rove raised a total of $5 16r million. meantime, pro-obama super pacs raise the just $6.7 million. while super pacs to help democratic congressional candidates raised $9.2 million. we've heard a lot about this man, sheldon adelson has given $11 million to the gingrich superer pack. harold simmons donated $8.6 million most of it to karl rove's super park and jeffrey katzenb

. >> with me now is kay bailey-hutchinson. let me ask you straightforward, senator, are you going to support this deal? >> i don't know. i do not like it. i think we're up against a wall, but to take $100 billion hit on social security, on the trust fund and weaken social security, it's a tough call. >> would you have been comfortable with any of the proposed closing of a few of these corporate tax loopholes? apparently that was the sticking point here on paying for it, which was this issue of democrats wanted to go on the tax front. republicans wanted to go in a different direction just simply cutting other programs and not dealing with taxes. where were you on this? >> chuck, that argument we've been having for years. democrats always want to add taxes, we do not think that is the right thing to do in this kind of economy. we believe that spending cuts should have paid for any kind of an unemployment insurance extension or doctor pay fors. all of these things should have been paid for. and we should cut spending, we should n

. >>> in their weekly republican message, senator hutchinson blames the president. >> president obama's policy resulted in an unprecedented slowdown in new exploration and production of oil and gas. offshore drilling permits are issued at half the rate of the previous administration. the average number of leases issued on public lands is half that during president clinton's term. not only will the slowdown in production drive up fuel prices, it also takes away jobs from tens of thousands of oil industry workers. >> we are going to have much more later in the hour on what's behind rising prices and how you can find the best bargains. >>> gas prices have been a major part of the republican presidential campaign this week. candidates are using soaring prices to hammer away at president obama. but, they are still firing ammo at one another. here is paul steinhauser. paul? >> good morning, deb. with three days to go until crucial primaries in michigan and arizona. mitt romney spoke as the detroit economic club talked about tax. how important michigan is to romney, he touted his credentials.

barbara flynn currie, representative john bradley, representative david harris and senator toi hutchinson you help get the job done with your colleagues. [applause] by doubling the illinois earned income tax credit and improving the personal exemption, we are providing targeted tax relief to a million working families and their children. people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in college and two more are on the way. thank you, rhonda. thank you for being a great person. [applause] from the moment i took office, my goal has been to advance education for everyone. so we passed landmark education laws that are a model for the nation. laws that improve school report cards so that parents have more informa

jeff sessions, ranking member on finance, congressman enzi, ranking member on health, kay bailey hutchinson, ranking member on the commerce committee, lisa murkowski, ranking them on the energy emitted, and chuck grassley on ranking member of the finance committee, which is to senator reid, which we have asked that the legislation go through the regular process with the committees of jurisdiction having a say in this process. so, trendy i think you and i killed the balance of my time. >> no balance. [laughter] senator mccain, i returned -- [inaudible] i return -- know it's not. [laughter] >> looked, with the same fondness and respect you expressed to senator collins and even a starter, i cannot conceal the fact that i'm disappointed by your statement. we have conducted, this bill is essentially the windows market by the committee, but that's not the point. the point is that we've reached out, not only to everybody who was possibly interested in this bill outside of the congress, but opened the process to every member of the senate who wanted to be involved. we pleaded for involvement. and a

lieutenant governor brian kurlicky and joe hecht and our nevada finance chairs, steve fellows and mark hutchinson. and the many nevada elected officials throughout the state who have been so crucial to our success here. we are so appreciative. and of course nevada state director sarah nelson, nevada senior advisor, advisory, ryan erwin. nevada state finance director cory christianson. and, you know, i want to give a special -- a special shoutout to dee mcginn. your first lady of nevada from a few years ago and she and i served as first ladies together and she became a very good friend of mine. and she's been helpful in this effort. and we so miss her sweet husband, kenny. so a shoutout to my friend, dema, too. thank you all. [cheers] as i've just been observing things, as i tend to do, i've noticed that mitt has started to win in states that are so important for the general election. he won in new hampshire. that is going to be a very important state in the general election. it's a swing state in the general. he did the same thing in florida. that's going to be a very important state for us to wi

our nevada cochairs, i want to also thank congressman mark enjay and mark hutchinson.y elected officials struck the state have -- state have been so crucial. of course, sara nelson, nevada's senior advisory, ryan irwin, nevada state finance director cor a christiansen -- cory christiansen. i want to give a special shot out to eva. your first lady from nevada from a few years ago, we became very good friends and she is been helpful in this effort. we so mr. sweet husband. a shout out to my friend, too. [cheers and applause] observing things, as i tend to do, i have noticed that mitt as started to win in states that are so important for the general election. he won in new hampshire. that is going to be a very important state in the general election. it is a swing state. he did the same thing in florida. that is going to be a very important state for us to win. we appreciate that. also, this date will be an important state. [cheers and applause] you guys -- now that we have all of your excited, we will need you again next november. we appreciate that. maybe some of you ar

many mrns are outrage at the ongoing surge and texas senator kay bailey hutchinson faults the obama administration's no magic bullet to fix gas prices. do you remember this moment. >> if you're 65 years old eligible for medicare you should have to pay nearly 6400 more than you would today. that was vice-president joe biden caught sleeping or perhaps in deep thought during one of president obama's speeches last year. what goes around comes around. take a look what happened when biden took the light at an event in north carolina. you can see the guy right over the vice-president's shoulder, struggling to stay awake, come on, come on, tickle, tickle, tickle, tickle. he no. it's all-- oh, there we go. and he's back. so, anyway, this has been a big hit on the internet. >> dave: and you often have to wake up clayton throughout the program. and we're very in touch with what joe biden is going through. >> i think he's deep in thought and maybe bad contact lenses, you know. >> dave: you really want to listen, visualize the speech, close your eyes. that's what we do during that, during weather to really vis