john simpson, bbc news. >> you're watching "news day on the bbc.till to come on the program -- >> more reaction from new hampshire. mitt romney takes a step closer to the republican party nomination. >> at least one person has been killed in south africa in a stampede of applicants trying to enroll at the university of johannesburg. a woman was trampled to death as the crowd of thousands surged forward when the gates opened. we now have a report. >> survivors of this morning stampede still looking for lost belongings through the pile of rubble. thousands of potential applicants stood outside the campus for days but there were only 800 slots in the university. desperation among the students caused a frenzy. >> everyone was trying to stay safe but people in the back were pushing because they don't understand what's happening and they all want to get in. >> everybody was pushing, a lot of screaming. it was terrible. it was terrible. >> this is where the stampede took place today. the parent who died was at the front of the cue. she was here desperatel

john simpson. >> you're watching "newsday" on the bbc. as romance is oingoing out, declining birthrate sent shockwaves through japanese society. at least one person has been killed in south africa in a stampede of -- at the university of johannesburg. a woman was trampled to death when the crowd surged forward and the gates opened. >> survivors of this morning's stampede still looking for lost belongings. thousands of potential applicants stood outside the campus for days, but they're only 800 slots in the university. the desperation among the students caused the frenzy. >> everybody was trying to get there, but people in the back were pushing. they did not understand what was happening. >> everybody was pushing. there was a lot of screaming. it was terrible. >> this is where the stampede took place today. the parent who died was at the front of the queue. she was here desperately trying to find a place for her child when a crowd from behind pushed people in the front and that is when she fell and died. this is an indictment of the south

i am cynne simpson. johnro and what we should expect for the rush hour this morning. >> good morning. we are getting new details. a power outage at metro's main command center went down and stranded passengers for over an hour. passengers telling us this morning there was no communication on the platform. this power outage affected the blue, orange, and the redlines. this comes just hours after another problem with metro yesterday. it cracked rail on the red line at the tenleytown station. and stranded passengers and delayed commutes for several hours. more than 40 feet of real was replaced there at the tenleytown metro station. as for this latest problem, the power outage officials are still trying to figure out exactly why this happened and are apologizing to commuters this morning. metro's website, where people go for help and information, even that was in the dark. john gonzalez reporting, abc 7 news. >> metro riders can expect more delays and 10:00 tonight until closing on sunday due to track work. shutt

[applause] my friend john simpson pleasuree o be with you. thank you for being here. [applause]n alre minority leader brian. thank you very much foryou very vice, your serviceof the court of app especially chief judge lipman, an honor to be with you, and as a point of certainly privilege, i hope you noticed there's been a certain amount of restoration that's been going on in the capital, the ogs, office of an the general service team has done an outstanding job headed by the commissioner. [applause]assembly foot for thank you for all of your help. [applause] and to all of you my fellow new my f yorkers, thank you for taking the time to be with us today. it was just about one year ago today that we got in this room at this point to talk about the state and the trajectory of the state. we said at that time the state was at a crossroads, that new yorkers were hurting abouters 800,000 people unemployed or underemployed. the economy had reaped hardship and anxiety all across the state and people needed help.go the government however was filled with scandal that was ineffec

[applause] my friend john simpson pleasuree o be with you. thank you for being here.[applause]n alre minority leader brian. thank you very much foryou very vice, your serviceof the court of app especially chief judge lipman, an honor to be with you, and as a point of certainly privilege, i hope you noticed there's been a certain amount of restoration that's been going on in the capital, the ogs, office of the office of general services team has done an outstanding jom headed by commissioner rohan to] speed up. [applause] the assembly never forgets their own. did you ever know that? executive deputy commissioner, joseph urbino, mark shamming from the museum has done an outstanding job. harold is there from the metropolitan museum. give them a good round of applause. thank you for your help. [applause] o and tof all of you, my fellow ns yorkers, thank you for taking the time to be with usa today. y it was just about one year today we were in the stream at this point to talk about the state and trajectory of the state. and we sat at that time the wa state is at s a cross

[applause] my friend john simpson pleasuree o be with you. thank you for being here.[applause]n alre minority leader brian. thank you very much foryou very vice, your serviceof the court of app especially chief judge lipman, an honor to be with you, and as a point of certainly privilege, i hope you noticed there's been a certain amount of restoration that's been going on in the capital, the ogs, office of an the general service team has done an outstanding job headed by the commissioner. [applause]assembly foot for thank you for all of your help. [applause] and to all of you my fellow new my f yorkers, thank you for taking the time to be with us today. it was just about one year ago today that we got in this room at this point to talk about the state and the trajectory of the state. we said at that time the state was at a crossroads, that new yorkers were hurting abouters 800,000 people unemployed or underemployed. the economy had reaped hardship and anxiety all across the state and people needed help.go the government however was filled with scandal that was ineffect

john. >> it really is cynne simpson.ghbors are calling the baby, chance because she never had one when she was left out to die sunday night. residents came together to plead for the person who left her to come forward. >> to show support far little girl who didn't have a chance at life. >> showing extremely heavy hearts, this neighborhood gathered where they are calling baby shannon wrapped in a towel. >> it's deeply touched knowing the baby could have easily had help. >> it was no more than 25 degrees when the baby no more than a few weeks was left abandoned at the bottom of a stoop in the middle of the night. the neighbor emanuel found her and tried to save her but it was too late. >> to see someone leaveing a baby knockouts those elements. it breaks you down. >> this morning investigators have not released the official cause of death and still have no leads. residents say d.c. does have a safe haven law and there was a police station a half mile away and a church a block away. >> thank you so much, john. 5:07 is the t

why republican proposals for tax reform, along the lines of simpson-bowles, are exactly what the country needs and what obama has rejected. john kerry, a nominee for the democrats in 2004, released one year of taxes in 2003, paid less than did mitt romney. it applies across the board. if it is a black mark on romney, it should have been on kerry. but it is a different cycle. but romney in the debate showed that he could defend it without it only being the defense of his wealth. if he carries on it that way, he will be able to blunt the issue. >> you get the last word. see you next week.

republican proposals for tax reform, along the lines of simpson-bowles, are exactly what the country needs and exactly what obama has rejected. second, and john kerry, the nominee for the democrats in 2004, released one year of taxes in 2003, and he paid less than did mitt romney. it applies across the board, and i think if it is a black mark on mitt romney, it should have been on kerry. but he is a different cycle. but i think romney in the debates showed that he can defend it without it being a defense of his wealth, and if he carries on that way, he will be able to blunt the issue. >> you get the last word. see you next week. vo:geico, committed to providing service to its auto insurance customers for over 70 years. more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night. ♪

i looked long-term debt to do it john indicated, which is to take bold-simpson and reduce the rates in our tax coal and reduce the amount of exemptions that can -- the tax code and reduce the amount of exemptions that can take place. simplifying the code, broadening the base is the right way to go long term and immediately, some relief for middle-income americans. >> congressman paul, over and over again, people are hoping for a great vision for america once again. america on the move once again. give us the great vision, that is realistic given the financial situation, a realistic, a great vision for america. >> it is to restore america to our freedoms and principles. that individual liberty and the constitution and sound money. you have to understand economics. you cannot solve the economic crisis unless you know with business cycle comes from and why you have bubbles and why the break. you have to understand we have had a financial bubble that has been going on for 40 years and its collapsing. we are in the midst of a big correction and the only way you can get back to growth is to

simpson. >> i am natasha barrett. winter is back. temperatures already below freezing and they could drop even more. we have a team coverage of the bitter cold snap. john gonzalez is live outside with how people are staying warm. we begin with meteorologist adam caskey with a check on the forecast. >> we are tracking the reenforcing shot of cold air we are getting today. that will bring some of the coldest air so far this season. to buttress continue to plummet today and into tomorrow morning. warming up by the end of the week. we have some snow flurries to talk about, like yesterday, if a few isolated patches of snow flurries, around winchester and into clark county and huron county getting clipped a little. east of hagerstown, a few isolated snow flurries. 27 degrees in arlington and winchester. 26 in martinsburg. when you factor in the wind, it feels like the teens. despite high temperatures on making it into law the low '30's, it will feel like the teen's still this afternoon. blustery. air temperatures in the teens and mid 30's tomorrow. >>> john gonzales continues team coverage from mcpherson square in whitmore on the first cold snap of the seaso

appointed out that he offered them many few attacks than simpson bowls so he said at one point, the problem is i was not younging it up with johnthe problem is he couldn't get his caucus to agree and he was unable to deliver i wouldn't say it was bitterness. he was unhappy that people didn't recognize he had really gone the extra mile on deficit reduction and 9 problem was the republicans wouldn't budge an inch. >> we're showing the cover of "time," "obama's world" your cover story and your interview with the president of the united states specifically mitt romney saying if president obama is reelected iran will have a nuclear weapon. if he's not reelected, and let me read a quote from your interview -- i have made myself clear since i began running for the president, we'll take every step available to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. can we guarantee that iran takes the smarter path? no, which is why i've repeatedly said we don't take any options off the table in preventing them from getting a nuclear weapon. >> did he say absolutely positively that the united states will not allow iran to have a nuclear weapon? >

simpson here. i'm going to ask harry reid to vote on it in the senate and john boehner to vote on it in the house andent in 2012 is over and barack obama's reelected. there are so many americans who understand -- >> they're tuned into this. >> this is such a great danger. >>> still ahead, jim demint will be here. as the fight for the republican nomination moves to his state. later we talk about what can be done to lift up a nation's struggling workforce. >> and we can ask them why nobody's talking about the poor in this campaign on either side. r helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ somebody didn't book with travelocity, with 24/7 customer support to help move them to the pool daddy promised! look at me, i'm swimming! somebody, get her a pony! [ female announcer ] the travelocity guarantee. from the price to the

meeting to kick the simpsons out of town, and it's not until marge and homer find out this bit of information that they stumble upon assange and the high jinks surely will ensue. >>> elton john snarky advice. let me play for you what elton had to say on "good morning america." what would your advice be? >> make sure you lip sink good. >> as simp as that. elton and ma downa have gone back and forth for years now. it's been back on recently when both of them were up for a golden globe award. madonna won that award, but the speculation is this current feud actually began with lady gaga. let me connect the dots. madonna called lady gaga's music reductive. to be fair, she's not the only one, but elton john is very close to laidia gaga's. so people think that's what's behind his snarky comments at the golden globes, kyra. whatever the case she's claimed in the past she doesn't lip sync. that super bowl gig is tough. all eyes will be on those lips. >> we'll be watching. thanks, a.j. >>> all information that you want, breaking in the entertainment world, a.j. has got it, 11:00 eastern on hln. >>> one student's story, but it speaks for thousands of illegal immigrants living in this c

simpson boles. they've got to give us something on their side. if you don't do that, you don't have a deal. that's the basic problem. i can play many more golf games with johno change that fundamental problem. he says we actually got on well. we enjoyed playing golf. but then he says when i pished him about the aloofness, i said people say you don't pal around with either congressional leaders or foreign leaders. he said, look, this is all because people in washington want me to hang out with them and socialize with them and go to parties with them. michele and i don't do that. and we realize we're paying a price he was saying. he said but here's the reason. we've got a two young dogs. and this is a really crucial part of their point in their lives. we want to spend time with them and be good parents. i'm sorry, we're not going to be on the washington social scene. and because we don't hang out with people in washington, everyone in washington thinks we're aloof. i thought it was a very human response. >> i loved the answer. in fact, i loved so much, we have a graphic. he answered to you fact is, i've got a 13 and 10-year-old daughter. so no, michele and i

john indicated. take bowles/simp son. reduce the number of exceptions and limit the number of exceptions that can occur. i don't want to raise capital gains tax rates as they do in bowles/simpsonbroadening the base is the right way to go for our tax code long term. immediately, let's get some relief for middle income americans. >> congressman, we hear over and over again people are hoping for a great vision for america once again. america on the move once again. give us the great vision that is realistic given the financial situation, a realistic great vision for america. >> well, it's to restore america to our freedoms. restore america to our principles. that is individual liberty and our constitution and sound money. in doing that, you have to understand economics. you can't solve any economic crisis unless you know where the business cycle comes from and why you have bubbles and why they break. you have to understand we've had a financial bubble that's been going on for 40 years. it's cole lpsing. nobody quite recognizes it but we're in the midst of a correction. you have to liquidate debt. what we've done is the people who built up the debt on wall street and the banks, we