us >>you need to drive slowly need to watch the conditions >>conditions change rapidly off of lake michigan in the wee hours this morning near randolph and the drive we had multi car accidents and for a brief time southbound traffic on lake shore drive had to be shut down ... the department of trees and sanitation work through the night to stay on top of the problems but the flurry of snow caught everyone including the urologists by surprise the city had to react quickly at 4:00 in the morning received warnings and it took us 45 minutes to get those trucks deployed. >>conditions are vastly improved now but temperatures are expected to plunge again tonight bridges exit ramps and overpayasses are being addressed so they don't freeze over ... it was a quickly developing snow early this morning and once again the concern will be tonight that the roads to not freeze over >>you will pay more at some of the city's parking meters beginning today ... hourly rates will increase by about 25-50¢ this year and in the loopy will pay $5.75 an hour between 8 the morning and nine at night to pay $3 $50 an h

locals say the fish don't make good eating. >> once the asian carp -- once they're in lake michigan. there is nothing that will stop them from going into all of the great lakes and every city that touches the great lakes and the state's will be impacted. there is nothing stopping them. >> in a national emergency, the u.s. often calls out the armed forces. the army corps of engineers has set up electrical barriers, hoping to stop the invasion in the canal that connects the mississippi with the great lakes. >> they will swim upstream, hit that. it will knock them off their rockers a little bit, i guess, and they will stop. it will not kill them unless they continue to move upstream somehow. >> back on the illinois river. the asian carp are firmly entrenched in the waters around the town of havana, 250 kilometers southwest of chicago. biologists from the university of illinois use electro-fishing to try to get some idea of the carp's numbers here. it just so happens. i don't think so. with the electricity in the water, we get the huge display. it makes a good tool to show how many are in

there's a lake effect on the opposite side of lake michigan ... 2-4 in. likely here in the metro area we're looking at 35- 40 mi. per hour wind gusts ... the temperatures 28 degrees and falling tonight cloudy skies with more snowfall ... 8-14 degrees below temperatures overnight ... the total stewartsnow accumulation will be 7 in. by tomorrow ... temperatures will be in the mid to upper 20s ... the storm will move out quickly tomorrow but we have a good 12- 16 hours ahead of moderate snowfall this will accumulate and pose challenges for the evening rush hour as well as the morning rush tomorrow ... >>compared to last year's blizzard this is state tap on the cheek it's time now for today's trivia question: in which state is glacier national park? we will have that answerididide? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better little dancing tonight, you and me? dr. scholl's pro inserts relieve different types of lower body pain by treating at the source so you're a whole new you. go pro with dr. scholl's. id his career with a sprained toe. it was not

lake michigan is 33 degrees.s still part of the story they are coming from the southwest. blustery. along the canadian border things are deteriorating rapidly ... cold front locked in theirre we will remain mild until the weekend we will see a gush of cold temperatures saturday into sunday which will get into the 30's. for this afternoon the skies continue to be clear but clouds will increase this evening with a chance of showers by evening we are at near record warm temperatures ... the high temperature between 58 and 62 degrees. for the next day or two we're looking at temperatures substantially above normal. the high-temperature tomorrow should be 51 degrees ... we will have the weekend temperature declines next in the broadcast >>time for today's trivia question: which state is the only one to have a double ahhh. so soft. time out. sweet. [ female announcer ] with charmin ultra soft, you can get that cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft is designed with extra cushions that are

where a ninety acres lake michigan waterfront park a part of the commons that's enjoyed by mostly low income kids in a minority neighborhood has been sold off by want to governor snyder's financial dictators to real estate developers want to build a golf course resort for affluent white neighbors across the river to enjoy and worse these republican crony dictators can completely redo local budgets without any input by local elected officials just like what the greeks are afraid of so far rick snyder has put four cities in michigan under the control of his republican crony buddies benton harbor a course pontiac in flint and michigan's biggest city detroit is next on the list to be taken over and looted i asked a few michiganders on my show earlier this month what life is like in that state under the financial managers life is horrible this is a state takeover of the city of detroit flint been harbor. does not count it's not in void i mean we voted for our mayor we voted for city council we voted for city commissioners and now our vote doesn't count what's it like to live under tyranny

grand rapids, i think some of the worst of it is coming off of lake michigan and lake superior. we've had blizzard conditions with the snow and gusty winds. the highest snowfall totals will be one batch here off of lake erie and another one in the favorite area north of syracuse, the tug hill plateau. so we have the gusty winds, the cold air arriving and the heavy lake-effect snow is on. if you're not near the lakes, it's a quiet day. yes, it's going to be chilly and windy out there from the central plains, but we don't have a lot of troublesome weather as long as you're away from the great lakes. that's a look at your national forecast. now here is a look at the weather outside your window. so, pittsburgh, you'll see snow showers on and off. i know chicago has been reporting light snow off and on over the last three hours. you'll probably have a little coating of snow on the ground there. minneapolis, very cold. one of the coldest days of the winter so far for you. we've got our first big lake effect. it's kind of interesting because, today, a lot of kids are still off from sch

off of lake michigan.ave that off of lake erie in to the cleveland suburbs, in to the if you have low area of the -- buffalo area of new york. snow showers back, wirnts storm warning, that will be so beneficial for the ski area. all the ski areas get benefit as we when he check it out, higher terrain, snow showers. the best chance will be north and west of the area, see the influence of that wind direction off of lake erie, carrying through central maryland tomorrow afternoon. we will try to break the clouds up a little bit on wednesday. we are stuck with the mostly cloudy, windy environment. 42 baltimore. briefly get back there. most of us spend the day in the 30s and winds gusting back to 35 miles per hour, with flurries and snow showers. that continues tonight at 25, highs tomorrow only near freezing. parts of the area may stay in the 20s in the afternoon. that's a shock to the system as kids go back to school. flurries and snow showers continue. highs in the 30s through thursday. we briefly warm back u

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there are some areas of snow, these are lake effect generated at this point, cold air over the lake michigan area bringing -- up state new york, but here in the mid atlantic we're still on the nice dry spot and that's keeping our skies clear right now. i think tomorrow we'll see increased clouds at time. i doubt we'll see any precipitation that it may be a stray snow flurry. the windiest of the area already pushing offshore. so tomorrow we'll still be breezy and cold but not as blustery, okay. and then as we look at the trend here, just, you know, some enhanced cloud cover at times tomorrow. right now looks like that will shut off into sunday, maybe some morning clouds or you're out there tailgating firing up the grill and then as you go into the afternoon sunshine come out and force. over night tonight 26, feel like teens obviously with that wind chill factor. tomorrow we'll go 36, partly cloudy. still blustery, not like today, but certainly -- tomorrow night, 22, even colder, but mercifully the wind will be gone tomorrow night at least. and 7-day forecast looking ahead, you know, after col

lake michigan, grand rapids got it pretty good. cleveland, ohio got it pretty good. northern indiana. you go right across every major lake and city and everyone saw some snow yesterday. syracuse, buffalo, rochester, even this morning in areas between cleveland and the areas you're still seeing snow. the big forecast is out in iowa. a lot of people wondering what the weather is going to be. it affects the turnout. and right now it's a cold morning. there's no doubt about it. zero in mason city. des moines has a wind chill of three. davenport, two. a lot of the big cities are cold. go through the afternoon, the winds are going to die down. there is no snow. by iowa standards, once we get highs in the 30s in most cases, des moines, 39, not bad at all. we're going to see a decent iowa day. so really turnout should be great and the weather should not cause anyone to stay home. as far as the forecast goes, we mentioned the cold over the great lakes. chicago right now, your wind chill is 4. actually, it was 1 last hour. now the cold air could rise on the east coast. d.c., 19

we also are with the arctic front blowing across lake michigan. we have snow showers, grand rapids, probably going to have an hour or two here. we have put down a quick inch or two. and all of michigan will see snow squalls in the period of light snow today, even chicago there is snow flurries around right now. so the snow forecast, we get the heavy snows in the mountainous areas of the northwest. a little piece of energy is going to sneak off of that tonight into tomorrow. during the day on friday, the quad cities could pick up significant snow, enough that you shovel. and then that could go right through chicago, northern indiana, southern michigan, northern ohio, areas like detroit, cleveland, toledo, you could have a little mini snowstorm on your hands as we go through friday late into friday night. so could be some shoveling there saturday morning and eventually i think some of that snow could make its way into areas like new york city during the day saturday, possibly even philadelphia and areas of southern new england. so just be prepared i

areas off lake michigan and chicago has a little snow.he windchills the coldest today in the northern plains. and the forecast in chicago, only 23 for a high today. many areas of iowa will have temperatures in the 20s. it's hard to complain. we've all been really spoiled with a warm and lack of snow winter. as far as the voters there are concerned, nothing they can't handle. >> might be a little chilly. no rain, no snow, no problem here in iowa. thanks so much. we'll talk to you in a little bit. >>> we turn to a little football last night. the 100th meeting ever between the giants and cowboys. last night at the meadowlands. and teams playing for the top spot in the nfc east. the team that wins into the playoffs. the team that loses, season caput. first quarter, giants on the board. eli manning, a pass to victor cruz. he is gone. giants put up 21 points in the first half. they were up 21-0. the nine minutes left on the clock, eli spins around. heaves the ball downfield. and it's cruz again to come down with it. look at the elusiveness by e

want i think going to have a chicago tea party in july for you capitalists i want to show up to lake michigan on a star orgon. testifying to the crossroads nature of the uprising the vast majority of tea partiers a middle class americans with little or no experience in political organizing i'm just i'm on that was tired of seeing what was going on in my country and i decided to do something about it. the day after rick santorum he had his way and there were about twenty thousand people that got together on a conference call and we decided to have around the tea parties one week from that day we had fifty tea parties with thirty thousand people in attendance. who thought they saw the brewing if we had on april fifteenth eight hundred fifty plus tea parties across this country would want point two million people in attendance. but if the tea parties began as a bipartisan are prizing against government weist they quickly morphed into an all out attack on president obama and his entire policy agenda you cannot be no right not caring to grand rapids and dr no to france during our writing our inter

if you're anywhere near lake michigan, ontario or erie, we'll get lake-effect snow also into friday. the forecast looks like this. we're watching the rain ending early today in many areas including atlanta, d.c. you should be fine. the rain will be moving out. philadelphia, you'll be fine. even new york city, the rain will end early this morning. this afternoon will be windy, warm and dry. all that cold air blowing through the middle of the country right now. 36 there in denver. our friends travel together west coast, you're the ones with the nice quiet weather conditions. veronica, overall, one of the snowiest winter type days we've had. >> and the voice is working for you, bill. i'm going to start calling you the voice. >> that's a show on nbc, isn't it? >> yep, i think you're right about that. "the voice." crocks take a bite out of holiday sales and trouble for twinkie makers and congress in omaha. >> the celtics and mavs go down to the wire. overtime in san antonio and kobe does it again. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ ♪ baby, baby, come along ♪ baby, baby, come along w

that perspective pulling out you can see fairly impressive is no bands to the immediate west of lake michiganher two-3 in. of snow coming down tonight before finally wrapping up a computer model kicks out nearly by 7:00 in the morning but there will be open during snow showers probably for another two hours beyond that this band of snow comes in on saturday not accumulating snow the way it looks at the moment but maybe we can add an inch. watch computer suggest the grid point numbers how much snow will finally fall across the area five-seven or 8 in. range. checking the forecast. first for tonight across the area snow continues 1-3 in. of additional blustery and colp looks like somebody cannot put that together. biting winter chill boat temperature 10-15 put this together it's now 5-7 in. totals 17-23 degrees and tomorrow night excuse me congested with the snow for-12 degrees expected to be overnight temperatures. into the weekend temperatures continue cold and of course it burst of snow we are watching. frankly i think the worst is behind us a couple of more inches of snow but very very cold

in wisconsin, dozens jumped into the frigid waters of lake michigan, all part of the annual polar bear plunge. each year these brave or crazy souls take to the water helping raise money for charity. organizers estimate the water at a frosty 40 degrees today. >> he got all the way wet. most of them didn't do that. >> they just kind of dip in. >> dip in, dip out. >> it is dangerous. >>> tomorrow is going to be so cold. >> we have been in the 50s, 60s, daffodils are blooming, crazy. we are going to have to take care of that. >> we are going to take care of that. >> let's start with temperatures because this is what it is without the wind and it's cold enough, 34 downtown, 28, though, up in gaithersburg, 30 in leesburg, 30 in manassas and 20s as you go up into hagerstown and cross the divide and 16 in oakland. factor in the winds. this is really a more important indication of how you're going to feel when you head outside. feels like it's 26 downtown, already feels like it's 18 in gaithersburg, upper teens in leesburg, martinsburg and hagerstown. dress for the wind chills. it's going to be

michigan will see lots of moisture producing more snow ... it will be a messy afternoon rush hour thursday and friday morning as well parts of north-central indiana will see that lakeat will happen in michigan. fishwe're looking at 4-6 in. most of it will fall in wentparts of interior wisconsin where they will get the most snow ... for tonight we have cloudy skies temperature range will be 26-32 degrees. we expect about 4 in. of snow with 15-20 mi. per hour winds with gusts of 40 mi. per hour friday cloudy skies with the snow ending 2 in. on top of the four from thursday ... we will continue to watch that accumulation forecast closely ... it will be a prolonged steady snow shower over the 24 hours fest' it's time for today's trivia which two states are celebrating centennial set this year? the answer is still ahead i'm just a bit of residue left behind by some mop. why you... nobody's taken a shine to me in a long time. phooey. i don't need anybody...but you! ♪ i believe in miracles ♪ [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can push muddy water around. swiffer wetjet's new upgraded solution helps prevent streaks and residue to reveal more shine than a m

this evening things will be tapering off and we go into the lake effect on those counties along lake michiganstill seeing some snow activity ... >>total snowfall ... one model is showing eight nine, 11 in. totals that could be over estimating ... spencer iowa has 7 in. that's in the northwest of the state ... worthington minnesota has gotten 5 in. waterloo iowa has about just under 4 in. ... look at what will happen this weekend the snow could last through the afternoon tomorrow very light ... and then we see a changeover to rein for sunday and then possibly a changeover to lights know by monday there will be 30 mi. per hour wind gusts this weekend ... so to summarize there is a winter storm warning until 9:00 p.m. and the chicago land area steady snow fall during the evening rush-hour the high will be 19 degrees we may see wind gusts to 20 mi. per hour snow showers will continue through the lakeside counties until midnight temperatures will go into the teens tomorrow morning we will see some lake effect snow showers tomorrow afternoon overcast skies with a peak of sun in the afternoon temper

there are gayle storm watches on lake michigan there are winter storm warnings to the pacific northwest ... during the day the wind chill will not get above 20 below zero in the upper midwestern states. looking at the national map we see this no forming in seattle and some of the mountains the cascade mountains and possibly the rockies will be getting quite a lot of snow. here in chicago the clouds will increase today with a polar front forming ... the sun will be out during the day tomorrow. the snow will begin friday after nine oon continuing into the evening ... today the afternoon high will be 27 degrees the southwest wind is strengthening we woke up to single digits but temperatures ... blustery cold some flurries are expected this evening ... we will be at about 12 degrees much of the day tomorrow sunni and cold with subzero wind chill it will be cloudy and breezy friday with snow developing in the afternoon into the evening we will see an accumulation between six and 10 in. depending where you are i will have more on that forecast and what's up for the weekend later in the broadc

lake snow continuing over the no. indiana southwestern lower michigantures and wind chill low of tomorrow partly cloudy skies on tuesday high temperature around 25-patchy clouds cold indeed think 16-22 degrees lower temperature and wednesday temperatures to a closer 20 statistics said they should be looks like upper 20s to about 30 degrees only a tiny bit of this story because they went to continuing out of the south and southwest later in the week temperatures moving into the upper '40's on friday should finally erase a trace of snow for pause but all around the south bend indiana for a while talk more about that the next segment. major break in the investigation into a string of fires and los angeles and what is with this check this out hundreds of birds dropping from the sky and arkansas happening again. [ male announcer ] capri sun has 25% less sugar than leading regular juice drinks. because less sugar is a better way to fly. ♪ ♪ just not literally. capri sun. respect what's in the pouch. with the "name your price" tool you tell us what you want to

we have this huge body of water called lake michigan. so cold. literally, you have to lean into the wind sometimes. a great city. one of the greatest cities in all of the world. >> chicago is proud of you. >>> taking a dip new year's eve in the chilly north sea, a long-standing tradition for some hardy dutch folks. >> this year the event drew a record turnout. 10,000, thanks to slightly less than frigid temperatures in the high 40s. the crowd danced in the new year at a beach side party before making a mad dash to the water. most of those who took the plunge say they wouldn't start the new year any other way. i can only imagine how cold that walter was. >> nothing like a little shrinkage in 2012. you go, guys. >> had to go there, didn't you? >> welcome, sweetheart. welcome. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. back with more "world news now" after this. ♪ baby you know [ male announcer ] little owen wanted to play, but his nose was raw and sore. achoo! [ male announcer ] and com

and 1,300 feet from lake michigan. of course this is lake michigan right there. part of the time what i have been doing is highlighting a location and looking at the states surrounding, the state of wisconsin has two nuclear power plants, both on lake michigan, similarly located. of course the stats for yucca mountain are the same. let me adhere that yucca mountain, we have already spent $15 billion to study this site. 20 years in the making. and we still wait. i'm not sure if this is still in the proper order that i have come down to the floor, but the next nuclear power plant that i wanted to highlight was a nuclear generating station. this one is in california and it's right next to the pacific ocean. kind of on the opposite side from where japan is. you can see the waves and how close it is to the pacific ocean. at this power plant there's 2,300 waste rods on site. the waste is stored above the ground and in pools. adjacent to the pacific ocean, as i said. and 45 miles from san diego. now, yucca is 90 miles to 100 miles from las vegas. it's almost in the -- t

my thinking if you have a chicago tea party in joe why are you capitalist i want to show up to lake michigan i'm going to start organizing and the rest as they say is history but what did we really see right there in that clip we saw a millionaire t.v. anchor on the trading floor of the c.m.e. group in chicago surrounded by millionaire banks toure's speaking to other millionaires at the anchor desk on c.m.d. c. and yelling and screaming about how terrible it is that our government would even consider helping poor people who were conned into buying an exploding mortgage by a bunch of millionaires that's what started the tea party millionaires mad about poor people getting bailed out about four months after wall street got a seven hundred million dollars bailout from congress and seven trillion from the fed sensing something was brewing billionaires like the koch brothers and multi-millionaires like dick armey seized on and using their enormous wealth these millionaires and billionaires duped low information voters across america in a boarding buses and attending rallies put on by other millio

chuck wahtola was fishing in lake michigan yesterday afternoon when he fell into the 33 degree water the 67 year-old scream for help and was likely heard by bill miller who was also fishing nearby he held up chuck wahtola until paramedics arrived and chuck wahtola was taken to the hospital where he later said that he thanked his lucky stars that firefighter billy miller was there to save his life >>chuck wahtola is expected to be released from the hospital today >>gov. pat quinn has signed into law a major crackdown on public pension abuses ... the reforms will stop union bosses from increasing their city pensions by basing benefits on a much higher yen in income it will also stop them from collecting to separate pensions for one job and lobbyists who worked briefly as substitute teachers will be denied lifetime teacher pensions the pension system abuses were uncovered by a wgn chicago tribune investigation >>the battle over a shooting range for chicago's southeast side may be settled today the fight is between the chicago police department and conservationists and they're arguing ov

michigan. that area it winter storm warning. continuous possibility of additional lakeow and that is the problem. computer models like affects no persisting. area of snow coming toward chicago falling apart as you saw. frankly not expecting anything from that may be a passing flurry or two beyond that rainfall expected on monday. chants before snow monday and tuesday. forecast chicago area for the clouds partial clearing but a very cold look at a low temperature between about 5 degrees at 12 degrees went out of the southwest 5-11 mi. per hour saturday mostly cloudy with possible flurries with the weakening and daytime high temperature mid-upper 20s saturday night not quite as cold light snow is possible 12-70 the great bulk temperatures by sunday morning look at the sunday high temperatures begin to warm up actually seasonable temperatures best day of the weekend. normally supposed to beat 30-31 degrees at this point looking a degree or two above normal in fact 9 degrees below normal today in chicago milder tried maybe 10 days. batt but maybe six months or so >> put a s

the water in constant state of evaporation over parts of, seay, lake michigan and lake erie. with the frontal boundary coming across, the story is very easy to tell. snowfall. we're seeing a little break in the action between kalamazoo and detroit with dryer air. you may get a bit of a break. detroit, light dusting and more snow developing farther back toward your west. and out beyond that we may see another installment. we go from 10:00 this morning. at least that's what our model has for you. there's the low drifting through with the center of circulation, but behind it comes part number two. second installment. chicago, snow early. you're going to see more of it as we fast guard into sunday morning. we're not done with the snow as of yet. something else we're going to be e sooing. not just wind in parts of the southwest and california, but in the northern plains in the rockies it's going to be roaring. 60, 07 miles an hour. a lot of cold air sliding down into the center of the u.s. with high temperatures. going to 54 degrees. 28 at minneapolis. 35 in chicago. a string of 4

of facts may be because the temperatures are so mild it is not below freezing around parts of lake michiganaround the upper peninsula. high pressure now still in control of our forecast because of the changes in the temperatures we may see a light shower or so tomorrow as clouds move in. we have a low pressure system very close to us moving across the south. it's really not going to bring much by way of rain. the next rainmaker comes tuesday into wednesday. wednesday primarily as the day for rain. that system comes into the south. temperatures are right back up into the 50s. we will see no -- next high tide around five a clock. highs around 49 degrees today. 35 tonight turning cloudy tomorrow. 46 degrees, and then look at the temperatures go right back up. 54 on tuesday with a chance of rain on wednesday. 56 on thursday, 50 on friday. we start to cool down by the weekend for temperatures are still not bone chilling cold. >> still to come. why waste money on the theater when you can buy one in your living room? >> our geek squad agent is here with a blueprint on how you can make your living

a lot of lake-effect snow is arrivaling from lake superior, michigan and ontario. and the cold is there in the season by far will be arriving in new england, as we go through the next two to three days. the heart of the cold air is up in central canada, at minus 45. a taste of what's coming our way. it won't be that extreme. but it will be cold. 3 in minneapolis. we have negative numbers in north dakota and minnesota. it's starting to feel chillier for cities in the east, after an unusually warm weekend. windchills in the low 30s. same for you in atlanta. and snow is flying off of about every lake. we have streams of lake-effect snow. many areas of indiana will have a coating on the ground. especially northern indiana, where we see two to four inches. chicago has been reporting light snow throughout the night. you probably have a little dusting there. and up towards grand rapid, michigan, some of the heavier snow. by the time we get to wednesday night, the heaviest of the snow will fall off lake erie. to cleveland the favorite snowbelt areas will probably pick up t

the wind blows across the unfrozen lake, lake michigan, picks up moisture.a snow machine. that's what they had today up in northern sections of indiana. all right, for us, all we have is a cold machine right now. temperatures primarily in the 30s. 37 in college park. these are straight temperatures. 35 in rockville. 34 in gaithersburg and 36 out in leesburg. it happens really pretty uniform. you get clouds coming in. you get the winds. temperatures are uniform inside and outside the beltway. you factor in the winds, this is the deal. feels like it's in the 20s in gaithersburg. feels like it's 29 out in leesburg. they will continue to fall all night and eventually in the single digits by dawn tomorrow. windchills, that's the key. windy and cold tonight. 5 to 15 above. still windy on tuesday, so even during the peek heating of the day, use the word heating loosely. windchills are going to be between 15 and 25. that's what you need to dress for. tonight, early flurries possible. partly cloudy, windy. much colder. lows in the 20s. winds west, northwest. snow wil

this is lakeshore drive along lake michigan.icials began plowing that road and detouring buses off the icy streets. they say last year hundreds of cars got trapped on the busy road when 20 inches of snow fell on the city. creating what residents called snowmageddon. after school activities were also closed. the students could make it home before the storm. >>> right now there are still minor delays in and out of chicago airport. the snow cancelled hundreds of flights yesterday, more than 300 flights were cancelled out of o'hare. and 70 flights were canned out of midway, which accounts for 15% of its traffic. this morning delays up to 15 minutes are being reported for arrivals and departures, and flights to philadelphia are delayed for almost two hours. so far, there are no weather- related delays at any bay area airports. >>> primary day in south carolina with a face-off between mitt romney and newt gingrich. both candidates are scheduled to be at the same greenville, south carolina barbeque restaurant in just about 30 minutes.

heartland, starting with pennsylvania and going all the way through ohio, iowa and up to the great lakes michigansconsin, and minnesota and the issue there is going to be the economy. and, mitt romney has something to say about that. probably better than the other republicans, i think this race is going to right down to the wire and i think he'll have to be careful, and he's got to make sure he has a good explanation, for the attacks that have been launched against him on the basis of bain capital, and this election is going to be as close an election as we have seen in a long time. >> maybe the bain capital story is really not a bad thing. that is all the talk now of newt gingrich pulling back on that a little bit, perhaps showing more hypocrisy to his advisors, saying, maybe you should soften the blow a little bit? >> that is true, who would have thought there would be too conservatives in the race going after the front-runner they have complained is not conservative enough. onbeing too pro free enterprise, a bizarre turn 0 events. but look at the numbers, 21% of the democrats, register democra