. >> woodruff: and jeffrey brown talks with condoleezza rice and joel klein about the connection between troubled american schools and national security. >> when it comes to the very tangible assets that the united states needs to defend itself, the education of people who can be soldiers, too many people can't qualify for military service. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: the american mission in afghanistan will stay on track and on schedule, despite serious blows. that was the message the commanding general brought to congress today. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> reporter: thousands of afghans celebrated their new yea

and ezra klein on the fuzzy math in mitt romney's budget. >>> the republican war on women's health is exploding in washington. >> 2.8 million jobs are at stake and we're debating birth control. let's beat the blunt amendment it's a disaster. >> the radical blunt amendment is up for a vote. big name republicans are running away from the legislation. we'll have the latest. >>> incredible numbers show scott walker is in for the fight of his life. >>> franklin graham has seen the light. >> do you believe that president obama is a christian? >> i think you have to ask president obama. >> dr. james peterson on the reverend's surprise apology to the president. >>> good to have i you with us. mitt romney and rick santorum shifted attention to the working class in the state of ohio. now it's all about super tuesday. mitt romney won big in arizona yesterday, but his win in michigan isn't looking like much of a win today. romney won the popular vote in michigan by 32,000 votes, 41% to 38% over rick santorum. but today, santorum claimed victory. >> we won michigan last night by coming out of mich

. >> bob shrum, ezra klein, great to have you. >>> rick santorum is using a chunk of north dakota oil to fearmonger. bernie sanders joins us to tell us what is driving up the price. >>> scott walker has done every conservative talk show on the face of the earth, raised millions of outside dollars. the rookie governor is spinning his wheels, new polling out of the badger state. >>> we're buzzing about it.

wrong. >> joining me know joe klein and melissa harris perry. both for joining me tonight. joe, your "time" magazine piece this week is entitled the hair fire manifesto, derived from something mitt romney said about lighting his hair on fire. we should also listen to that right now. >> we've seen throughout the campaign if you're willing to say really outrageous things that are accusative and attacking of president obama, that you're going to jump up in the polls. i'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try to get support. >> melissa, he's burned all of his pair off trying to get support. there's not a hair left on his head. >> he sets out on fire, he puts it out. he sets it on fire. he puts it out. >> and he's pretending he hasn't been accusative of the president on anything. this is crazy. >> he hasn't called him a secret muslim. >> that's right. or a non citizen. that now counts as moderation. >> the greatest attack on the freedom of this country. >> he's a -- arsonist. we learned something really important this week, and it was a first t

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thank you, john heilman, joe klein. the election is too early to call no matter how passionate you are. >>> up next, how the republican party has made a serious problem with itself with women. going into depth in this, frank rich joins us next on "hardball." [ male announcer ] what if an entire car insurance company was thought up and built and run to save people money? what if that company was born online, with tools and apps to make people feel like geniuses? and what if that company was now backed by the stability and reliability of allstate? well, what if that company was esurance and this wasn't just a bunch of hypothetical questions? could be cool-ish. esurance. insurance for the modern world. click or call. >>> "politico" is the first to report on the latest fall of newt gingrich. last night, their headline, newt gingrich cuts staff, aims for tampa. chris cillizza wrote this today, make no mistake, this is the end of the gingrich campaign. he's out of money or close to it, with few prospects to raise more. pollin

thank you, john heilman, joe klein.lection is too early to call no matter how passionate you are. >>> up next, how the republican party has made a serious problem with itself with women. going into depth in this, frank rich joins us next on "hardball." >>> "politico" is the first to report on the latest fall of newt gingrich. last night, their headline, newt gingrich cuts staff, aims for tampa. chris cillizza wrote this today, make no mistake, this is the end of the gingrich campaign. he's out of money or close to it, with few prospects to raise more. polling suggests he will finish behind texas rep ron paul in the april 3rd wisconsin primary. he already placed fourth in the illinois primary last week. he lacks any obvious regional or ideological base in the party. this is what the end looks like. wow for chris cillizza. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ ♪ spread a little love my way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ ♪ ♪ spread a little joy... [ female announcer ] fresh milk and real cream. that's what makes phil

calvin klein, tommy hilfiger, izod. any department store, more than a third of the dress shirts and half of the ties will be made by pvh. including this spiffy one i bought for almost full price at macy's. this is an incredibly well-run company up 130% since i got behind it in january 2008. up 32% since the last time i spoke to the ceo, december 1st. pvh tends to initially get slammed. people misunderstand the headline earnings numbers, only to rebound once investors process the positive things. 8 cent earning beat and up 10% year over year. guidance some would say mixed. strength in 2012 will almost entirely come from the second half of the year and some might argue that pvh guiding down below what some analysts expected. we really got to figure this out. i want you to make money in this stock. let's check in with the fabulous chairman and ceo of pvh, find out more about the prospects and how the country is doing. welcome back to "mad money". >> good to see you. >> first of all, in january you guided up big, but you tr

more than the others combined there and so let's bring in our senior washington editor rick klein and we were both at romney headquarters this week. they say the math is set making it nearly impossible for anyone else to catch up. but rick santorum had something else to say about that map. i wanted to get your reaction. >> it's pathetic, isn't it? i mean now you're going to make the argument i should be president because of math. this is a campaign. this is a guy, mitt romney, who can't make the case as to what he wants to do to change this country. >> so, rick, is the map pathetic. >> it's pathetic only if you think playing and winning by those rules is pathetic. it's a race for delegates. you don't get extra delegates for doing it in a pretty or clean way. romney is the only candidate who's equipped for a long fight. his campaign will look to recapture poetry along the way but for now math is going to have to do. >> there's a lot of talk romney could pull off a clear win in one of these southern states. if that happens, how monumental will this be and finally starting to seal the de

jack klein knew if he didn't quickly become part of the story, a man might burn to death right in front of his eyes. the madness, the misery, the mayhem. just another typical day on an l.a. freeway. but then an accident, an inferno and a man trapped inside. his fate left in the hands of bystanders between saving him or saving themselves. what would they do? it's early afternoon on freeway 170, october 16th, 2005, when the drama begins. >> i was traveling on southbound when it stopped drizzling and i was rolling the tape. i was trying to shoot some rain. >> free lns cameraman jack klein is driving with his daughter when he sees something alarming up ahead. >> i noticed the car slip and slided and went sideways towards the left and hit a center divide. i've seen some smoke coming out of the car. parked my car and left the camera and ran towards him and shortly after he came to and my foot, my foot. i thought his foot was stuck. >> lapd officers also see the accident. >> once we got on the freeway, we saw that on the other side there was a multi-vehicle collision and vehicles were all over

i want to bring in our senior washington editor, rick klein, and, rick, we want to go straight to theap here tonight. we know ten states up for grabs on this super tuesday. a number of delegates, in fact, 437 of them, but you're watching one very important state in particular. >> ohio is the ball game tuesday. it is a huge opportunity for rick santorum to show that he can win a big battleground state, what he failed to do last week in michigan, and it may be even bigger actually for mitt romney. he can all but end the nomination fight if he wins ohio. >> and, of course, ohio so crucial in the general election. you and i were talking earlier about the help from mitt romney today from a very famous republican first lady. let's take a listen. >> hi, this is barbara bush. we have known the romneys for years and believe mitt is the best man to lead the country for the next four years, and ann will make a great first lady. >> so, rick, we know what the voters will hear when they get that phone call, but what do you hear? >> it means the republican establishment is falling in line behind mit

and so i want to bring in our senior washington editor rick klein tonight. we were both at romney headquarters this week. they say the math is set making it nearly impossible for the others to catch up, but rick santorum, not surprisingly, had something different to say about the math. let's get your reaction here. >> it's pathetic, isn't it? i mean now you're going to make the argument i should be president because of math. this is a campaign. this is a guy, mitt romney, who can't make the case as to what he wants to do to change this country. >> i believe the word was pathetic. is the math pathetic? >> it is pathetic but only if you think that playing by the rules and winning by the rules is pathetic. this is a race for delegates. you don't get extra points for doing it in a pretty or a clean way. organization matters. mitt romney simply the only candidate who is equipped for the long fight this is turning into. his campaign is going to be looking to recapture some poetry, but for now, math will suffice. >> well, poetry would come in the headlines if you c

>> ezra klein, thank you for your knowledge and wisdom. we expect to have you on for many more 20-minute blocks. >>> coming up from capitol hill to the campaign trail, politicians are pumping up the energy debate and now bill clinton is weighing in. has the former president created a headache for the white house? that's next on "now." ♪ he was a 21st century global nomad ♪ ♪ home was an airport lounge and an ipad ♪ ♪ made sure his credit score did not go bad ♪ ♪ with a free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ app that he had ♪ downloaded it in the himalayas ♪ ♪ while meditating like a true playa ♪ ♪ now when he's surfing down in chile'a ♪ ♪ he can see when his score is in danger ♪ ♪ if you're a mobile type on the go ♪ ♪ i suggest you take a tip from my bro ♪ ♪ and download the app that lets you know ♪ ♪ at free-credit-score-dot-com now let's go. ♪ vo: offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com™. i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to own my own

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and public service, very involved in a lot of issues, including this k-12 education issue that joel klein and i have been working on -- >> i see a little bit of room there -- >> david, you must be listening to somebody else. i'm awfully happy doing what i'm doing. >> more

cole, assistant secretary, larry ekelhawk, and loretta toole, and yvette rubido from ihs and aaron klein from treasury. we also have our native organizations partners, ernie stephens, chairman, rick west, from the housing council, finally, native voice one and many tribal and public radio stations across the country for airing today's address and bringing the state of indian nations to hundreds of thousand of people in indian country and beyond. this year we have asked an american indian service member to begin the event. it is my honor to introduce and welcome lieutenant colonel t.j. huntinghorse of the marine corps, a u.s. navy judge advocate at the pentagon. lieutenant colonel huntinghorse has participated in deployments in iraq and afghanistan. please join me in thanking him for his continued service and welcoming him here today. lieutenant colonel huntinghorse. >> thank you. good morning. and it is my pleasure to introduce the president of the national congress of american indians, president jefferson keel, lieutenant-governor of the nation of oklahoma and was re-elected to the pres

you're watching "cbs this morning" as joel klein does.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> printed books, if you think they'll be a thing of the past may want to pay close attention to this next story. >> it's about a canadian artist. he sees beautiful pictures. jeff glor went up north to see for himself. jeff, good morning. >> the artist's name is guy laramee. what he does to books might seem strange until you see the finished results. when guy laramee goes to work, lab coat, rubber gloves, circular saw, he almost looks like he's a doctor going in for surgery. laramee is a long way from putting things back together. he takes them apart. cutting, shaving, excavating. turning vintage books into stunning landscapes. >> it's in china. >> laramee has been working as an artist for 30 years. this idea only came to him in 1999 when he was in a metal shop in his native montreal and saw sandblasting cabinets. >> i took a book and put it in there. put the sandblasting gun on to it and that was it. >> this happened completely by happenstance? >> i don't know where t

. >> calvin klein, up 18%. guidance for 18 -- 15 for guidance, that just what we're seeing here? this kind of thing or just something different in internal? what is moving that huge same-store sales. >> we'll talk about basically north america. and up for the fourth quarter, up 18%. strong business to continue into the first quarter, up double digits around 10% up for the first two months of 2012. and that business continues to have a lot of momentum. >> and hilfiger, 15%. >> that business is just accelerating to the first quarter. mid teens, comps in north american retail stores, in the tommy hilfiger business. >> very strong. >> i know these are not inexpensive. i bought a bunch at the same time. i wish i was as thin and cool as are you. i try. >> i can work on the thin, the cool you're on your own. >> these are not inexpensive. does this not say -- a combination of the brand and also maybe the american consumer? you are the first to call the american consumer back when everyone else said no. are things stronger in the country? >> the affordable luxury category. the premium cat

. >> reporter: that's what most people realize but that didn't stop robin klein from playing for the first time. >> last tuesday and i didn't. i thought somebody's going to win and nobody did. i thought yeah, i'm going to play. so here i am. >> reporter: robin has the same thought we all do. >> i'll be back here. >> reporter: so i have my tickets. the chances of winning at 174 million to one, odds are, i will probably be back to work. >> there's an 80% chance there will be a winning ticket friday and the odds are two winning tickets. >>> coming up, one in 88 children as some form of autism according to a new study by the centers for disease control. we'll take a look at the study and what impact it may have on the children. >>> the uproar on pink i'm has grocery stores and schools pulling it off the shelves. >>> with gas prices hovering around $4 a gallon, thieves are seeing liquid gold. how they stole gas at a gas station in georgia. >>> the makers of the beef filler, the so-called pink slime are pushing back against the criticism. they say the filler is safe and the criticism is un

and joining the table, political columnist for "time" magazine joe klein.ciate editor of "the washington post" eugene robinson. >>> and the president talking about energy, the keystone pipeline on the front pages of the nation's papers. and "the new york times" saying that the united states is inching towards energy independe independence. and there's a quote that says, in the past, consumption rose, imports increased, and now every one of those trends are going the other way. so fascinating. steve rattner, what's the president doing on energy here? >> well, first of all, what you just referred to really doesn't have a lot to do honestly with what this president did or previous presidents. we effectively have no energy policy. this is really the market at work. this is higher prices bringing out more supply, higher prices causing people to drive less. the resession having a huge impact on energy demand. the president is saying like every president, we need to do something. and he is saying that what we need to do should be a mix of everything. that we need

you're watching "cbs this morning" as joel klein does.din(bell rings)can turn hi. good morning. big news. we're spreading the word about new honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. like peach/raspberry... and banana/blueberry. we're telling everyone. with one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. try some. mmm! two flavors. in harmony. yummy. four nutritious grains and two big fruit flavors >>> printed books, if you think they'll be a thing of the past may want to pay close attention to this next story. >> it's about a canadian artist. he sees beautiful pictures. jeff glor went up north to see for himself. jeff, good morning. >> the artist's name is guy laramee. what he does to books might seem strange until you see the finished results. when guy laramee goes to work, lab coat, rubber gloves, circular saw, he almost looks like he's a doctor going in for surgery. laramee is a long way from putting things back together. he takes them apart. cutting, shaving, excavating. turning vintage books into

walgreen's provides water to us, they provide money to us and everything to help keep san francisco kleine. -- clean. luxor cab, local 261, they're all part of arbor day. give them a big hand. and of course, but for right and who's the mayor, we thank the volunteers, all of you for coming out to give back this and francisco to share and do everything to make this the cleanest city in the world. i will introduce our mayor that has introduced the claim team. i need you do something for us, he is right there for us. >> good morning. no, that's toow eak. -- too weak. this is arbor day. all right. well, you know, arbor day is an internationally recognized efforts and a movement that we are all part of. if not, you should be. i am proud to stand on the stage with supervisor avalos, agencies from recon park to the environment department, puc, dpw, where a lot of you grew up on this effort. our clean team, so many agencies and housing authorities are with us today. they are in honor of our day. i want to recognize the great nabors with us as well. a wonder the -- the wonderful neighborhood associa