and i -- i know it is wrong, but i do have family in oklahoma and texas and kansas, and not to knock oklahoma, and texas and kansas, but there are a lot of folks who don't get that kind off policy as being in their interest and they feel distant from it. >> it is very, very difficult in this period of time, because as a number of speakers have said, the way that people feel about the e kconomy, they feel about government. we are in a painful and slow process of recovery and for most americans a truly awful period. it is important to recognize again and again that it wasn't that great before 2007. that 2002-2007 has the dubious distinction of being a recovery period where median real family income fell. where real median income for male workers fell. so you are not talking about a period where people were indeed borrowing a lot, and they were indeed trying to break through the budget constraints by borrowing which is part of the problem, and we can talk about the liquidity which allowed them to do it and all of the things that we have heard about today which in the nasty storm of things coming

rick santorum took knocked, oklahoma and tennessee. newt gingrich won his home state of georgia.on paul's best showings were second place finishes in three states. romney expressed confidence in the long haul he will get enough delegates to earn the right to face president bush coming up in the general election. >> we are counting down the days until november and it looks better. >> the other three candidates vowed to continue their quest for the nominations. next up contests this saturday in kansas, wyoming and the virgin islands and guam. >>> how about the president? president hitting the road to talk about the economy today. this afternoon, he will visit a truck plant in north carolina. the president expected to address signs of a rebounding economy. new york is a big swing state in the upcoming presidential election. we have complete campaign coverage on cbssf.com. first out the door with weather and traffic. >> very we still talking windy conditions? we are waiting for them to die down. it's keeping some of the temperatures from getting cold. beautiful sight though out over

and i know it's long but i do, i have family in oklahoma and texas and kansas, not to knock oklahoma, texas and kansas but there's a lot of folks who just don't get that kind of policy as being in the interest. >> i think it's very, very difficult industry to time, because as a number of speakers have said, the way people feel about the economy, the way they feel about government, we are in a very painful, very slow process of recovery from an awful, for most americans, a truly awful period. and i think it's important to recognize again and again that it wasn't that great before 2007, at 2002-2007 has the dubious distinction of being a recovered period where median real families income fell, where median real earnings for male workers fell. so, you're not talking about a period of people that were feeling they were indeed borrowing a lot, they were indeed trying to break through their budget constraints by borrowing, which was part of the problem. talk about the liquidity which allows us to do it and all the things you've heard about today, which in that very nasty storm of things com

the powerful storm system has been moving through parts of easternon -- eastern oklahoma. 50-mile an hour wind knocked over this tractor trailer near the dallas fort worth airport. the heavy winds also ripped an awning from the front of the strip mall. a few cars were damaged. no one was hurt. >>> we're hearing newly released 911 tapes from the night a florida teenager was shot and killed. 17-year-old trevon martin was walking through his gated community when george zimmerman gunned him down. zimmerman claims he shot the unarmed teen in defense. but a 911 caller said she could hear the panic screams. >> is it a male or female. >> it sounds like a male. >> and you don't know why? >> i don't know why. i think they're yelling help but i don't know why. >> reporter: police have not charged zimmerman. the fbi has just opened their investigation into the shooting. >>> a skilled hot air balloon pilot loses his life while trying to save his passengers. the body of edward bestena was found miles from where high winds took his balloon. as he wrestled with the craft he ordered passengers to perish into safety. t

nebraska was playing oklahoma years ago and we used to have these big knock down, drag out games. the game was in lincoln and the abc announcer interviewed one of our running backs. he was sitting there with his nebraska football helmet. it's pure white, nothing on it except one big n. i don't know why she asked this question. she said to him, i'm not going to say his name, if the n on your helmet didn't stand for nebraska what might it stand for? he thought. he really wanted to get it right and finally he said i'd have to say knowledge. that one follows you everywhere you go. i just changed some things to perfectly fit what i saw in the program. i changed them on here now and i don't know if this speech is going to work perfectly. i kind of wish i hadn't changed them but i did. let me hang some thoughts on you we have found from our polling and maybe they'll give you some ideas for the important discussions you're going to have. a good question to ask, i've had kind of the same job my whole life. dr. gallup, a famous iowan founded our company. he was more of an academic than a bu

it also knocked out power in the dallas area and in oklahoma.is under way, those areas are also bracing for widespread flooding in the forecast. people across virginia took part in an emergency tornado drill today. this was the scene in norfolk, where students learned how to huddle against a wall. fairfax county kicked off its own three-day drill yesterday. state officials say 51 tornados hit virginia last year. the second highest number on record since '04 when 87 twisters were confirmed. last april tornados were blamed for killing ten people and hurting more than 100 people across the commonwealth. >>> doug is here now with a check on our weather, which has been a little wet today. then we got a little sun. >> yeah, turned out beautiful. you talk about that tornado drill, it's really good they do that in the state of virginia. this could be another one of those springs where we do have the potential for severe weather across our region, just like most of the rest of the country, at least the eastern two-thirds. i'll take you on radar out towar

oklahoma on this last day of winter. >>> now to march madness. kansas jay hawks nearly become the third number two seed to get knocked out but survived to beat tentheeded purdue 63-60. purdue had a chance to win with time expiring but the shot was off the mark. how about the state of ohio? four sweet 16 teams. >>> first lady michelle obama is headed to new york today for a fund-raiser dinner. then she hits late night. >>> apple announced what it will do with part of its nearly $100 billion. apple ceo tim cook announced the company will initial naturete a dividend. okay. so could apple go to $700 this week? >> just when you think the stock can't go higher, it goes higher. this news is expected to have a positive impact on the stock. it's up in premarket session. apple is being seen here to do a little bit of everything. distributing some of the cash to shareholders. saving some for reinvestment and buying back stock. all in all it is good news. it was expected and might temper the kind of gains we see today. other stories we're watching here at cnbc. starbucks expanding from java to juice. "usa today" reporting the company is going to open its firs

knock at santorum? or at least a chip in his armor. >> gingrich has to win georgia to keep going. i think he has to make a push in oklahoma and tennessee too. these are the states with evangelical voters. he has to get past santorum and get into the ring. he's way behind now. he really has to get back in the game. >> we can't forget about michigan and especially what's going on there with the delegate count. it was an even 15-15. now it's 16-14 after romney was awarded the two at large delegates. i want to play what rick santorum said about it and get your reaction on the other side. >> the good old boy networks. they have to change the rules after the game so they can win. that's pathetic. >> that's a heavy spin at the romney camp. did michigan do the right thing? >> i think it depends how you look at it. the fact of the matter is mitt romney won the popular vote. as you talk about ohio though, it's a neighboring state and the same dynamics from michigan are playing in ohio. the auto industry politics, the bashing that mitt romney is doing of labor was very significant here in michigan. those same dynamics are at play in

oklahoma and maybe louisiana. if we get rain in the southeast that will help knock out the pollen in the atmosphere. >> i'm imagining summertime temperatures in the 90s and 100s. >> it's coming. >> in the 200s. >> you never know. >> what is harder for you? predicting march weather or march madness? >> to be completely honest i have to say basketball. yesterday the big difference with nc state and georgetown. a lot of people were expecting georgetown. >> great you can do it, weather, sports, sports, weather. >> easy transition because both are crazy. reining three-pointers. didn't go well for them but you got a lot of happy fans with nc state. another huge shocker duke and lehigh. hard to believe but typical for march madness. here is the big upset. lehigh did not make it to the next step but still knocking out the blue devils that early, hard to believe. >> i think the duke haters are happy about that. >> it's true. i love the acc. can't help it. >> tell us what the sweet 16 some of the surprises there. four ohio teams still in the tourney? >> one of them is ohio university. we have a lot of bobcats here at cnn. a l

knocking over this semi. it comes a day after a pair of twisters damaged homes in nebraska. storm chaser there's also captured this video of fierce winds kicking up debris in oklahoma. they report no serious damage there. >> fortunately this tornado stayed away from the city and was just down open field. we definitely don't like to see tornadoes run into any small towns or cities in route there. this tornado we saw yesterday unfortunately did destroy some sheds out there in a field. but it stayed away from homes and businesses what we like to see. >> shepard: yes, we do. along with dangerous winds, emergency crews say they now have to worry about floods as the storms continue to bring very heavy ranget in the extreme weather center tonight. janice dean our meteorologist, what are you seeing there j.d.? >> we do have tornado watch including dallas. a severe thunderstorm watch that extends into portions of oklahoma until 12 a.m. taking a look at where we have tornado warnings, tornado watches meaning that conditions are favorable. tornado warnings meaning we have spotted strong rotation and this tornado warning for northern mesa county trained weather spotter. tornad

across kansas, missouri, and oklahoma, where rescue crews were called in to aid another stranded motorist. the damage is being felt all the way to minnesota where severe winds knocked out power and tore roofs off of homes in the southern part of the state. all of that is on the heels of a devastating tornado in the region stretching from nebraska to michigan. this morning the national weather service continues to issue severe storm and flood alerts. marvin hurst for "cbs this morning," divine, texas. >>> time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. britain's telegraph reports that the gunman who kill four people outside a jewish school in france may have videotaped his attacks. one witness said he had a camera around his neck. >>> children born outside the u.s. to american citizens through in vitro are not necessarily americans. the only way is if there's proof that the donor of the egg or sperm is also american. >>> the new search for missing amelia earhart. she disappeared over 75 years ago. "the wall street journal" reports they'll search a small island halfway between the u.s. and australia. they say there's new evidence. >>> and in

across kansas, and missouri and oklahoma where rescue crews were called in to aid another stranded motorists. the damage is being felt to minnesota where severe winds er a knocked off power and tore roofs hom off homes in the southern part hern par of that state on the heels of a heels devastating weekend of tornadoes in the region stretching from nebraska to michigan.ka this morning the national weather service continues to rvice co issue severe storm and flood for alerts. >> time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. brit britain's telegraph reports the gunman that killed four people who outside of a jewish school in a france may have videotaped his videotaped h attack. one witness said the shooter had camera around his neck. a rabbi and three children were h killed. a the gunman remains at large. >>> children born outside of theou u.s. to an american citizen through through in vitro fertilization new are not necessarily american art. citizens. >>> a new search for amelia earhart. the u.s. government and a private group says there's new evidence and investigating specifically a new photo. >>> in boston jacob clark got the first j

knocked that down. the second portion of the pipeline is the ease of glut of oil that needs to be refined down in the gulf coast in texas. this oil flows from cushing, oklahomadown to the gulf coast. that's what the southern part of the pipeline will do. that's something that the president has supported and in fact in february the white house put out a statement saying that they would expedite permitting for that portion of the pipeline. >> got it. dan lothian, we'll talk more about the keystone pipeline in the next hour of "newsroom." >>> the death of florida teenager is stirring up outrage across the country and the halls of congress. >> stand up for trayvon martin! stand up for justice! stand up for our children! >> congresswoman fredericka wilson on who needs to answer for trayvon martin's death. we'll talk to her after a break. well, online dating services can get kind of expensive. so to save money, i've found a new way to get my profile out there. check me out. everybody says i've got a friendly disposition and they love my spinach dip. five foot ten... still doing a little exploring. but... my sign is sagittarius, i'm into spanish cheese, my hairline

oklahoma at the time, and not in the airport. there's an investigation under way now to see if police used proper procedures in that incident. >>> in california, stormy weather is letting highways and knockinger to thousands of customers. nearly 2 inches of rain fell in parts of southern california. the nascar race was halted because of the conditions. >>> we're following a lot of developments in the next hour of the cnn "newsroom." let's check in first with martin savage. >> carol, we're anticipating thousands are going to be on hand for what is planned to be a demonstration. it will start with a protest march through the streets of sanford, this on the one month since 17-year-old trayvon martin was killed by george zimmerman. many people still angry he's not in custody. that anger is expected to boil over at a town hall meeting tonight. >>> i'm dan lothian at the white house. it's the president's signature accomplishment, but is it constitutional? that's the question before the supreme court. coming up at the top of the hour, i'll tell you what this all means for the obama administration. >>> and i'm rob marciano, the cnn severe weather center. the storm moving across southern california