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awards dinner, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome republican of the study commutety, congressman jim jordan. >> oh, we got some folks from ohio right there. good to be with you all, let me thank cpac and what paul did not say was i was a washed-up has been. michele talk out the state of israel, let me tell you this, i was visiting israel in november, one thing i heard loud and clear whether it was meeting with business leaders or leaders of the country they said this, the best way for america to help israel is for america to stay strong. the world is a dangerous place, it's a scary place, but it's less dangerous and a less scary place when the united states of america leads and the truth is you can't lead militarily, you can't lead diplomatically if you can't lead checkically and i would argue this administration is doing everything wrong making it very difficult for us to be the economic superpower of the world, that's why this election's so important. two different visions for america. watershed election. more power in washington or more power for families and communities and individual l

my congressional producer spoke with a spokesman for jim jordan, a key conservative. his spokesman says he is supportive of this move by house republican leaders, an important signal, but still we have to see where rank and file members stand on this position. you can probably anticipate that democrats will help push this through. if it gets to the senate, it's not a conclusion that they are going to move on this backup plan. they could eke out some deal. but this is a key signal, a breakthrough as democrats are calling it. it's definitely movement in a negotiation that's been all but stalled at this point. >> let's get you caught up to other stories on this tuesday. the funeral for whitney houston will be held at noon on saturday in her native new jersey at the church she attended as a child. that's according to the family's pastor. the pop star's body arrived in newark last night. houston was found dead in the bathtub of a hollywood hotel room. she was found by her assistant three days ago. the coroner's off is waiting for test results to determine a cause of death.

senator ron johnson and representative jim jordan as well.at they're going to be hammering home today is the tea party. in fact one of the panel discussions this morning is entitled, it's the spending stupid. why is it so hard to cut a trillion dollars, bill? bill: doug, thank you. with the results on tuesday night as they were in minnesota, missouri and colorado, we'll see whether or not that adds some added drama today beginning this morning. thanks, doug mckelway. martha: we're getting a lot of drama this morning and attention as well. the white house giving 10 states a waiver on president bush's no child left behind program. critic its are up in arms about this since the president went around congress to do this. senior white house correspondent wendell goler has the latest on this decision. wendell, why is this getting so much attention this morning? >> reporter: martha, this is really a recognition that few states are likely to meet the 2014 deadline and the answer is probably not simply declare the schools to be failures. the president

jim brown is 76. michael jordan is 49. whitney but we know him as comedian larry the cable guy. he's 49. >> transformers director michael bay is 47. jerry o'connell is 48 today. paris hilton is 31. gordon leavitt is 41. a special happy birthday to my husband. happy birthday, mikey. >>> welcome back to 9news now. it is 5:47 on this friday morning. delia goncalves's live shot, you can see the fog that people are dealing with who are leaving early this morning. >> we're seeing improving conditions north and west of town. dulles is up to 3 miles. the dense fog advisory is actually extended from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. now including d.c. and areas south and east. south of 66. north and west of town again no problems except for an isolated sprinkle with that front that's coming through which will eventually get rid of the fog and lead us to a pretty good day. let's talk, though, about sunday. i want to give you the checklist. when thinking about a good snow for d.c., certain things we're looking at. we're looking at cold air, moi

jordan? >> caller: boo-yah, jim, from the steel city, pennsylvania. >> man, i'm liking that.he pengs look good. what's up? >> caller: they do. talk about to me about fidelity national financial. >> not bad. regional is good. i think this group is strong. let me go back to what warren buffett said. he likes werveg. >> buy, buy, buy! let's go to jim in south carolina. >> caller: thank you. frontier communication. >> no, no. >> sell, sell, sell. >> i say sell, sell, sell. let's go to ku in california. ku? >> caller: ba-ba-boo-yah, cramer. >> nice. i like to start that in the "lightning round." what is going on? >> what do you think about -- education? >> i don't like any of those stocks. i think for profit education is not going to be a decent place to be for the next few years. wally in kwol. wally? >> boo-yah. >> caller: my 3-year-old granddaughter loves your program. >> there you go. i need that younger demographic and i'm winning it. what is going on? >> i need to know, buy, hold or sell, holly front tell. >> i'm going to give you the hold. not so bad you need to get rid of

start with jordan in california. >> caller: boo-yah jim from napa, california.'s recent earnings, should i buy, buy, buy or drop it like it's hot? >> what's the stock? >> zag. >> give me a break and see how it acts after the big quarter's over. let's go to john in nebraska. john! >> caller: good evening, jim. a great, big, red husker boo-yah from lincoln, nebraska. >> what's on your mind? >> caller: i wanted to know your thoughts on atdi. >> no, i don't want to touch any of the gaming plays. i think they're all overvalued. let's go to linda in my home state of new jersey. >> caller: hi, jim. boo-yah and thank you for all of your great investing advice. >> you're terrific, linda. thank you. >> caller: today i'm asking you about viacom class b. >> you know what? i like the buyback, but that's all i like. i don't want you to own it. let's go to jim in ohio. jim? >> caller: boo-yah, cramer! >> boo-yah. >> caller: i just wanted to get your take on baker hughes international. >> i have so many others that i like. i have schlumberger that i like more and ensco. let's g

jordan. and the winner is -- jim anton. >> congratulations. >> i pronounce it in some form. >> that's ok.4 hours about this developing story out of las vegas. all right, if a place is called the heart attack grill, you got to figure they've got some -- they've got some things on the menu that have -- >> it's a scene. >> that have heart attack grill oriented menu items. for instance, they have the triple bypass burger there. take a look. eight slices of cheese, one tomato, a whole tomato, a whole onion sauteed in lard. whole thing, 6,000 calories. and the reason i mention this is somebody had one and wound up getting carted off to the hospital. >> yeah. had a little heart situation in the restaurant. >> medical episode. >> people, it's a theme restaurant. everybody relax. >> and the place is called heart attack grill. so you walk in there, i mean, you buy -- >> it's bad for your health. >> they warn you. they give you the little outfits to wear like you're in a hospital, again, it's a theme. it's supposed to be funny. i guess it's not really funny when somebody has a heart attack. but -- >

jordan went. >> daddy, he's chewing on gum. >> don't be jumping. >> four little girls keep me busy. >> steve: that was jim bob duggar, baby-sitting they have a lot of them. >> gretchen: him and michelle are the stars of "19 kids and counting." tell us about the new season. first they're getting involved in presidential politics. great to see you again. >> good morning to you. >> gretchen: i'm glad to see you share the duties of the 19 kids. >> yes. >> gretchen: nice baby-sitting. >> brian: they're watching the color on the shirts. >> steve: so you decided that you were going to back a presidential candidate and it is? >> rick santorum. >> steve: why? >> family values candidate. >> i think for weeks in december we prayed about who to support and we've been following rick santorum's political record for the last several years. really felt like he's the one that has a pretty good track record to stand for what's right, somebody that offered a bill to repeal partial birth abortion. he knows how to run a country and i think he would do a better job than even our current president right now today if he walked in. >> he lives within a b