george allen and tim kaine are his rivals. >> he already has a negative attack ad on youtube.hings are looking up for us in the water department. will feel a lot like summer around here. people woke up and said it was so cold outside. we had wind chills in the 20's. skies will be clear. do not forget to spring ahead. four degrees below average for this date. makes itchill factor like 37. the high-temperature earlier in the day was 47 degrees. mint 30's in bowie. temperatures off to the west of around the freezing mark. fredericksburg at 38 degrees. 43 in quantico. to the west of us. 24-hour temperature change shows temperatures about 15-20 warmer than yesterday at this time. last verying to long. the change in wind direction allow for the change. will slowly move off towards the east. small disturbance on monday give us a 40% chance for showers on monday. once the showers and the clouds here, this will begin to clear. high pressure will settle across the mid-atlantic. highs well into the 70's. mainly clear and cool for tonight. 28-38 degrees for an low.ight highs will approach

the democrat kaine with a nine-point lead, 48% to 39%.s an unusually large margin compared to other polls that we have seen. but it's nine. it's a big one. in massachusetts republican senator scott brown opened up an eight-point lead over elizabeth warren. brown 49%, warren, 41%. in a new poll from western new england university. still ten points undecided. we'll be right back. >>> we're back, civil rights activists say black votes rights are under attack in the country. they argue republican-led state governments have instituted restrictive voter id laws, eliminated voting or absentee voting and the net effect is restrict ballot access to blacks, the most loyal of democratic voters. mark is the ceo of the national urban league, released the state of black america report. eugene robinson the columnist with the washington post. gentlemen, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, chris. >> mayor, come on first and tell us you're making a case here, do you believe the motivation is political on the part of these republican-led legislatures to

democrat tim kaine running for the u.s.enate, proposed to george allen, which he rejected, this idea of releasing the names of super pac committees. >> well, it's an interesting political ploy. we'll see how much yardage kaine gets out of it. he's raised it before. allen will not do that. he's denying it. he's saying look, my opponent gets a lot of money from labor unions, why if i get it from somebody else. of course, we all know who's in labor unions, but it's hard to tell who's in the super pac, although they're not shy of telling who they are in the presidential race. we generally know who rick santorum's angel is, who newt gingrich's angel is, and we have a general idea who's helping mitt romney. nonetheless, a lot of people are concerned about why these people shouldn't be disclosed. there is legislation in congress to deal with that, but it may not get through in time. >> as little person on the block who would not deal with the super pacs, but this is big money. but little people on the block would be interested in

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the democrat kaine with a nine-point lead, 48% to 39%.arge margin compared to other polls that we have seen. but it's nine. it's a big one. in massachusetts republican senator scott brown opened up an eight-point lead over elizabeth warren. brown 49%, warren, 41%. in a new poll from western new england university. still ten points undecided. we'll be right back. no, no it's. the general's your soul mate? dude what? no, no, no. he's, he's on my back about providing for his little girl. hey don't worry. e-trade's got a totally new investing dashboard. everything is on one page, your investments, quotes, research... it's like the buffet last night. whatever helps you understand man. i'm watching you. oh yeah? well i'm watching you, watching him. [ male announcer ] try the new 360 investing dashboard at e-trade. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michae

hank is anxious to meet his opponent and has extended invitations to george allen and tim kaine but only allen has agreed to meet with hank if he can travel to richmond. >> it looks like he is gaining steam. >> and there was an attack ad on youtube. >> that's right, for not releasing his birth certificate. >> we can probably attack the weather today but probably not later this week. >> today is the coldest of the next seven to ten days it looks like, but more importantly, daylight savings time begins tonight. you will spring ahead one hour at 2:00 a.m. if you are taking metro rail tonight, it closes at 3:00 in the morning eastern daylight time, so it's going to end at 2:00, so an hour earlier. if you're at that wild party at 1:45 in the morning, you better zip over to metro. looking at our brand new h.d. camera, and we hope it sees delaware. a absolutely beautiful. not so great beach conditions to head into the water but before you know it we will be looking at the summertime beach season. 50 degrees was it for a daytime high at reagan national. 4 degrees below average for this date. 78

joining me, lisa belkin and will kains, cnn contributocontributo. a parent, pete, do you want to know how well your teachers is doing? >> i want to know a lot about my teachers, but i'm not that interested in seeing how some system or newspaper graded it. here is how we do it. i ask other parents. you know, my daughter started kindergarten. we talked to first grade parents. we said who are the teachers. >> what are their strengths? what are their weaknesses? and then, yeah, i like to meet the teachers. but we don't have choice in public school. we can kind of say, i think this one is best. >> do you know what that number is, whatever that number is that your teacher has been assigned? what are you supposed to do with it, will? if you're at a public school, maybe you can switch kindergartens, maybe not. >> more information is always better. it doesn't mean it has to be a definitive number, but as parents, i want to know every bit of information that i can bet any hands on. in the age of data that infiltrates sports and money, we're investigating, why

and tim kaine and i talked about that. and there were some things we did that the democrats liked that they took on when they rewrote their rules. so we'll see what the convention says in august about what aspects of this they want to keep. otherwise, they'll reverse back to the 2008 rules. >> let's go to bob licter and the students at george mason university. bob? >> okay. thank you. i actually have a question just to follow up for mr. steele and then i'd like to go to my students immediately after that. this is an election in which you've got several viable candidates, much later than you often do, and, obviously, part of that was intentional in the sense that you set the rules up to give more voters and more of the base more states a chance. but how much of the present situation results from these rules and how much results from, say, the many debates that brought several candidates to light very early for the public and the super pacs which allow a candidate in a slough to have the money to keep going longer. >> how mu

there's a recent poll looking at tim kaine and george allen and that senate race. they are saying the race, if it were to happen today, it would be too close to call. the recent polls showed with a slight lead over allen within the margin of error. surprising? does that seem in line with what you expect? >> it's not a surprise. you are talking about two serious well-known candidates who are both well resourced and have compelling reasons to run. it stands to reason that this would be a close race. what i will be interested to see is as we get closer to the election, what impact the presidential campaign will have on the race. if it turns out it's mitt romney, that may turn off republican voters and the tied water area of the state, which could have an impact on george allen's impact. >> it's always that swing area wondering if it's a purple state or red state. so there is the great concern there. the one thing about this, though, like michael is saying, it's going to be interesting what happens around november. i think the next question you have coming up on the ag

senate against george allen and tim kaine.e entire ad on www.myfoxdc.com. >>> there's a little boy in virginia who would probably be a fan of hank's. is he an animal lover, so much so -- he is an animal lover, so much so he gave up his own birthday presents to help some furry friends in need. fox 5's beth parker has his story. >> got it in there? >> reporter: little dylan harris has already done most of the heavy lifting. >> got it. >> reporter: you see, a few saturdays ago at his cowboy themed 6th birthday party he didn't get any presents. however, he did get exactly what he asked for. what's your favorite thing in the whole world? >> helping dogs and kitties. >> reporter: dylan told his friends instead of bringing a present to the party they should bring something for the animals at the fredericksburg regional spca. >> they're like no, i'm not going to do it. i'm like do it. >> reporter: after the party his mom loaded it all into her suv. >> i wanted to help but i was taking a nap. >> reporter: when a generous gift like this

will kaine is a cnn contributor, mark lamont hill is an associate professor at columbia university. we'll see what we can get with those two, but i want to start with donronna. you asked people to honk if you felt the recovery. the signs are there, but people aren't honking. >> you don't hear anything in the streets. no honking. we are in recovery and we've been in recovery for two years. which says sympathetic. a lot of us aren't feeling it. the numbers are there, as you mentioned. but this is a bifurcated recovery. the fact that stocks are up kind of speaks to that. people who own stocks tend to be wealthy. there's a lot of jobs at the top, a lot of fast-growing jobs at the bottom, but there aren't enough in the middle. we've got a two-speed recovery. >> and if people are feeling this recovery, people without money aren't. i think that's something we can all agree on. >> absolutely. >> let's talk about mitt romney, the front-runner for the gop presidential nomination. he acknowledges that a recovery is underway, but he says he would be doing a lot better if he was in charge. >> i'

tim kaine, obama appointed him as the unseen chairman. he is not running from his relationship with the president. host: those states matter for him as well. caller: by the same token, i'm not sure that scott brown is going to want to campaign with mitt romney over in massachusetts. i'm not sure mitt romney will spend a lot of time in massachusetts. host: we will keep talking about the senate races. we have questions about the tossup races that we threw out there. we will start with an independent in richmond, virginia, jean. caller: i am calling about the virginia race. i think that you are missing the boat. first, it is not just tim kaine versus george allen. george allen has to win the primary. recently ratke had over 21,000 people sign her petition and she is going to be on the primary. i think-- the wisdom of the mass media and all the political pundits is the backlash against that is being played out in the republican candidacy for president. we are tired of having the same old thing. we are looking for something new such as radke.

tim kaine, obama appointed him as the unseen chairman. from his relationship with the president. host: those states matter for him as well. guest: by the same token, i'm not sure that scott brown is going to want to campaign with mitt romney over in massachusetts. i'm not sure mitt romney will spend a lot of time in massachusetts. host: we will keep talking about the senate races. we have questions about the tossup races that we threw out there. we will start with an independent in richmond, virginia, jean. caller: i am calling about the virginia race. i think that you are missing the boat. first, it is not just tim kaine versus george allen. george allen has to win the primary. recently, radtke had over 21,000 people sign her petition and she is going to be on the primary. i think-- the wisdom of the mass media and all the political pundits is the backlash against that is being played out in the republican candidacy for president. we are tired of having the same old thing. we are looking for something new such as radtke. guest: radtke ha

stand up comedian and political talk show host on sirius, patricia murphy and cnn contributor will kaineu for being with us this morning. first question, rick santorum campaigning in puerto rico saying if it takes on statehood, it has to take on english as the official language. he's campaigning there for votes. is this smart politics or not? >> i don't know if it's great politics in puerto rico. i think it's good politics for the rest of the cup, certainly for the republican base. actually, 87% of americans think english should be the language of the entire cup. i'm sure that 100%, maybe 90% of americans would like to see that be the official language of puerto rico. in puerto rico itself, that's not as popular. a significant number of people don't speak english in puerto rico. but it's good politics for him for now. >> will. >> patricia stole my stacks. the polls are overwhelming, 80% of americans think english should be the official language. so your question specifically, is it good politics? yes. patricia stole that info from me, it woon be the first time. in the 1800s, the kons put

because, a, i'm a cat lover and, b, i'm not enthused about the prospect of having a choice between tim kaineith better candidates than these and it's possible the main coon is going to get my vote. >> virginia votes on super tuesday and some of the republican field did not make the very stringent ballot requirements. >> the vast majority. >> yes. we were discussing this in the meeting. i said, remember the stories were coming out of virginia and there were lawsuits and gingrich sued. i remember thinking, it will be decided by then. that's so far off. well, here we are. they'll be voted without newt gingrich on the ballot. >> with only mitt romney and ron paul. >> and the cat maybe. >> well, no, because you can't do a write-in on your primary ballot. so really that's the two. >> doug rushkoff, what do you know? >> the bad thing i know is kodak is stopping production of all slide film. they had stopped code dough chrome and now -- to me, that means that -- it feels like corporate america doesn't know how to scale down. they don't know how to undulate with the markets. they can't do something u

look at the race in virginia where tim kaine, very close ally of president obama, running against george in virginia, he has pledged let's keep the super pac money out in trying to say to voters i wont take it if they won't take it. people understand and look at the underlying polling data find the voters begin to recoil and say wait a minute, this advertising itself troubles me. i'm not sure what it's all about, but i'm not comfortable with it. so they may pot listen to that advertising even before it starts. and i think that is going to be a dynamic that will play out at the margins of political races. but in the main, the super pacs are here and i think they'll stay for a good long while and one reason is because people like harold simmons, bob perry and others liked the instantaneous accountability of this kind of donations. in the past when you gave money, let's say you gave soft money, 200,000, 500,000 to the democratic national committee or republican national committee, you call up and say what happened to my money. they'll say we're working with it thanks very much. had no idea

virginia, you have got george allen, who is the likely gop nominee, who is going to go against tim kaine, the former dnc chairman. the two candidates with a very extensive records where the voters will have an opportunity to see two very different candidates. in missouri, things are a little bit unsettled there because the gop primary is unsettled. you have former state treasurer sarah steelman and todd aiken. once this get settled, the eventual nominee will be very competitive against clerc mccaskill -- claire mccaskill who portrays herself to be a moderate democrat. missouri may not like those. host: if you look at olympia snowe stepping down because of what she calls a this function within the senate, she talked about partisan politics, would you rather see her as a republican in the senate or see that go to a democrat? guest: this is tough because if it worked and olympia snowe -- if it were olympia snowe, she has the ability not just to vote back, but undermine conservative efforts in the senate. she is on the senate finance committee. she had the ability to stop tax cuts from advan

the democrats have a good candidate in former governor tim kaine. that is just one state. in many you need the republican presidential candidate to do well in order to gain or protect the senate seats and house seats. host: here is the delegate count for the top four candidates. 419 for mitt romney. host: coming up march 10 is the kansas caucus, march 13, alabama and mississippi primaries, march 17, the missouri caucuses. when you look a bad road map, how does it look for mitt romney? -- that road map, how does look for mitt romney? guest: a bug in the road. -- bump in the road. i think rodney will have trouble in all of those states. senator might do well in kansas. rick santorum might do well in kansas. romney might surprise in. i think in democratic states he will do well, particularly on the last day of the primary. that is a long ways off. host: if you watch any of the news shows, you have seen fred barnes on fox news, but he is also a -- and executive editor of "weekly standard" magazine. caller: as a conservative democrat, i appreciate some of the words you said. gu

former governor tim kaine who's a democrat also helped us so it was getting the bipartisan support from the community that helped us to be successful. estimate does anybody want to see it? i will give you a personal tour. >> ury host to the federal government put this initiative is about bringing the government together you spoke kindly about things the epa is doing but who is bringing the government together helping with what you're trying to do? that is what it's all about. what's been your experience and you can tell us what is not working. what can we do better and what's been your experience? >> our experience has been phenomenally positive because we haven't gotten this kind of attention to the natural resources in ways that have been evident working with you all. i must start with the president to replace been in office now for about 14 months and one of the first meetings are had was with the president who was very clear about the fact that he felt his seven attrition had an obligation to work with the district of columbia because we are the nation's capital and frankly that has

i do think though going back, kaine said as a way of justifying short-term action it was not a way of denying the long run we are all to agree dead and the more years the we drag on doing the same old thing, the closer we are to buying and that's why we'd better start paying attention to it. this isn't a long run sustainable policy. monetary policy is the way of buying time and if we don't use the time wisely we are just running up a bill without having solve our problems. >> we are going to go to questions please state your name and affiliation. >> the example you cited in the border adjustability which i think is very clear and interesting, wouldn't we accomplish the same thing by doing what 150 other countries do and impose a value-added tax? >> absolutely. in fact, i didn't get this chance, i once testified before the senate in fact i was on a panel of four people across the political spectrum coming and we didn't compare notes before we went in, and what we told the senators was, all four of us is we should have the value added tax and the senators and proceeded to tell us do you

. -- hermann kaine stepped up to the plate and worked very, very hard. todd palin made phone calls.inst money power. in tennessee, fred thompson was tremendously helpful. in oklahoma,as you saw, at the very first -- in oklahoma, j.c. watts was extraordinary. in the very first race -- race they called tonight about 15 seconds after the polls closed and so i am here first of all to say thank you to each and every one of you. you are the reason we survived every effort of the establishment to stop this. being here at the waverly brings back many memories. in in 1994, this is where we learned that for the first time in 40 years there would be a republican speaker of the house. all the elliotts thought we were crazy. -- elites thought we were crazy. we ran a positive campaign. we did all the -- all the elites thought we were crazy. we ran a positive campaign. what would you go to all that trouble and have all those ideas? we did not spend our time and lots and lots of negative ads. we spend our time communicating hope to the american people. the result was the largest one party increase

kaine that i have discovered that the president has a 9-9-9 plan.pay $9.99 per gallon. the guy that made 9-9-9 famous and was one of the great marketing geniuses in america and is a terrific personal friend, fresh from oklahoma where he has been campaigning with j.c. watts all day, herman cain. [cheers] >> thank you. thank you very much. i am honored to be here again. [cheers] jackie and i campaigned in tennessee together friday and saturday. and we heard you all were having this little party without us, so we thought we would crash it. but more importantly, i'm glad that you are here. normally, for the last few days, jackie would go first and introduce me and she would steal all of my lines. now i get to go first and she will not have anything to say what i get done. i want to thank speaker gingrich for having us here, giving us this opportunity. and i will share with you very briefly the message i have spread all over the tennessee, all over oklahoma, and all over the country. this country is at a defining moment in its history. and is at a defini

the democrats have a good candidate in former governor tim kaine. that is just one state. in many you need the republican presidential candidate to do well in order to gain or protect the senate seats and house seats. host: here is the delegate count for the top four candidates. 419 for mitt romney. 1144 needed for nomination. rick santorum, 178. host: coming up march 10 is the kansas caucus, march 13, alabama and mississippi primaries, march 17, the missouri caucuses. march 20, illinois primary. when you look at that road map, how does it look for mitt romney? guest: bump in the road. i think romney will have trouble in all of those states. senator might do well in kansas. rick santorum might do well in kansas. romney might surprise in. i think in democratic states he will do well, particularly on the last day of the primary. that is a long ways off. host: if you watch any of the news shows, you have seen fred barnes on fox news, but he is also executive editor of "weekly standard" magazine. caller: as a conservative democrat, i appreciate some of the words you said. gues