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. >> meanwhile, rick santorum has taken a different southern strategy, campaign sent out a mailer to alabama voters highlighting praise for conservatives, including the quote from rush limbaugh. who says "i know that if rick santorum were elected president i wouldn't have one doubt any day what he would be fighting for, not one. and it would be great if he could get there." mitt romney is still trying to win any southern state besides florida. he's been trying to find his way in the hearts of southern voters. >> morning, y'all. good to be with you. i got started right with a biscuit and cheesey grit, i tell you, delicious. >> i'm joined by the host of politicsnation, reverend al sharpton here on msnbc and also the host of "hardball" chris matthews. chris, who has the most at stake tonight as you see it? it would seem to me that newt gingrich is kind of in one of those proverbial must-win situations. >> he will never be the nominee of any party again. he's a yesterday politician. may be freddy krueger but this is close to his last life. if he comes in third, nobody knows what will hap

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. >> democrats have started a full court press to reach out to women voters inclurding this mailer detailingow they benefit from the president's law. this is clear they think they have an issue here. >> a poll found when veters were asked which party care morz about issues there is a democrat was a 25 point advantage. >> spencer is tracking the next storm for us. >> that is right. and the storm is well north but will be in full force tomorrow, i'll give you a look in just a moment. >> also ahead take a look agent surveillance video. a man lucky to be wearing a helmet during this attempt. >> last thing i heard him do is cry. >> that woman about to be reunited with her son, who was kidnapped as a baby uk see it's foggy for drivers heading towards marin now. and more rain is on the way. stay with us. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. ñ ñ ñ ñ ñ bñbt >>> former illinois governor began serving a prison sentence on corruption charges today. he april rifed in denver before heading to middleton, colorado. authorities arrested him in 2008. they accuse the democrat of trying to sell the form

they sent out a million mailer s and calling it a war on women. it isn't a contraception issue. women's health issue. obama is counting on 10 million more women than men that voted. 56% went from obama. and they will work on this to try and turn the numbers around and get women on the site. it is the margin of victory. >> i didn't know they voted. >> here is the thing. how dare women like you think the way -- think the opposite of the democrats and the mainstream media? >> exactly. and you know, i want to point out what this says about the obama administration. when this whole contraception tau bach kill was brought to fruition, obama's poll numbers were dropping. he put this out as an attempt to garner out the female vote and it has done the opposite. women are smarter. they are smarter than that. they want jobs. they care does my husband have a job? is my social security going to be there? the answer is no and they are smarter than that. obama thinks we are naive and we are not. >> it is a fact and not as much of an opinion. >> and also women vote on american idol, sure. we ar

money raised here tonight will go toward polling, more yard signs like this and more campaign style mailersll to defend the mayor. live in oakland. >> the battle over a proposed sales tax increase in alameda going to court. opponents want it pulled from the june ballot after the city clerk said there was a one day delay for submitting their ballot argument. officials say their deadline to submit was thursday march 15th. opponents say the website listed it as friday march 16th. the increase would raise the sales tax to 9.25. >>> it's not just some san francisco 49 fan saying what if manning signed here in stead of with the broncos? the california tax player's association was rooting for the niners too. it worked out if he got the same salary, $96 million over five years california would have taken no nearly $9 million in income taxes. he will pay about 4 million in colorado. >> a piece of oakland's history is undergone a dramatic change. a new remodeled house is being sold for 400,000 glass and it's the same house where bobby seal grew up, the co founder of the black panthers. they are found

. >> short mailers can e-mail anyone with an e-mail account, but if that person replies with a message, they'll get a link back telling them to cut it back. >> short mail isn't your only option. here's another one. it's a service called unroll.me.com. the service promises to unsubscribe you from unwanted e- mail subscriptions. it may find new ones that you do want and organize messages in one place. like having a personal assistant for your e-mail. 9news now. >> sounds good. the creators of short mail launched their service last summer. they plan on adding support for platforms in the future. >> this is 9news now. >> super tuesday. the largest drive yet that could lead to the white house. >> none of the candidates will be delivering a knockout blow. >> but voters in the caucuses could dramatically change the landscape of the campaign for the gop hopefuls. gary has the latest. >> what you said is right. don't listen to the spins from the losers. this is a big and important day. ten primaries and caucuses that choose 419 delegates. >> the contest stretched from mitt romney's massachusett

. >> reporter: short mailers can e-mail anyone with an e-mail account but if that person replies with a message that's too long, they'll get a link back telling them to cut it down to size. >> short mail certainly isn't your only option. here's another one. a service called unroll dot me dot-com. it promises to unsubscribe fru all of those unwanted e-mail subscriptions. it's like having a personal assistant for your e-mail. >> like that. >> me too. i might try that. >>> this year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. the museum in northwest will put on a new exhibit about the history of the ship called "titanic: 100-year obsession." it will highlight the ship, its fateful voyage and the efforts to study it. it opens march 29 and will stay open through july 28. >>> staying prepare -- july 8. >>> staying prepared in the event of severe weather this spring. >>> with the deadly tornadoes inned midwest, how would you be notified if there's a twister in your neighborhood? i'll have answers on how to keep you and your family safe. >>> howard says it will be cool again to

money raised here tonight will go toward polling, more yard signs like this and more campaign style mailersll to defend the mayor. live in oakland. >> the battle over a proposed sales tax increase in alameda going to court. opponents want it pulled from the june ballot after the city clerk said there was a one day delay for submitting their ballot argument. officials say their deadline to submit was thursday march 15th. opponents say the website listed it as friday march 16th. the increase would raise the sales tax to 9.25. >>> it's not just some san francisco 49 fan saying what if manning signed here in stead of with the broncos? the california tax player's association was rooting for the niners too. it worked out if he got the same salary, $96 million over five years california would have taken no nearly $9 million in income taxes. he will pay about 4 million in colorado. >> a piece of oakland's history is undergone a dramatic change. a new remodeled house is being sold for 400,000 glass and it's the same house where bobby seal grew up, the co founder of the black panthers. they are found

. >> bill: pinheads in a moment and update on our wounded mailer auction. >>> check out the news andeekly q and. a just posted, as well. lots of good stuff for pm's. on ... >> bill: we don't do speculate. my reporting is documented. let me ask you this, is contraception a medical condition? does it treat an illness. is not good food central to the health of all people. of course it is. should the government provide knew triq meals to all 320 million americans? think about what you are saying. >> bill: bogus, brian. the worldwide oil market provides gross profits that exceeds anything seen on this planet. margins mean nothing, the dollar payoff is huge. >> bill: i appreciate it. we haved is a had had saturday matinee in chicago, on june 23 and bolder fresher show it's indianapolis on the 22nd and see everybody in tampa, florida this sunday night and talk about the presidential election. finally tonight. pinheads and patriots. as you may know we are auctioning off a unique piece of history. this wounded warrior poster is the only document we know of that contains you'll five last presi

looking to exploit by you know, launching initiatives whether it's nurse for obama or the one million mailerst they sent out in swing states earlier. steve, it bares mentioning that mitt romney has out spent santorum, 5 to 1, and gingrich, to 1. what happens if he loses? >> it confirms that there's sort of a demographic reality that is in the race. that mitt romney cannot win in the south. even under circumstance where is the vote could be split. that could suggest we are in for a very long spring where romney will gain delegates, getting close to the magic number but he will lose states like kansas and mississippi, it will be a long and bloody spring for him. >> the argument is that, don't worry, he will get a third of t the vote tonight. and do not worry because any republican is kbog to carry these states in the fall. so don't worry that i'm losing he's -- losing these states, i'm the guy that can win in the suburbs. >> romney came in second in tennessee and oklahoma, which surprised a lot of people. newt gingrich was third in both states and he can say, mike huckabee won alabama and missi

the re-election campaign is touting the achievement with mailers and phone calls to supporters. chief white house correspondent ed henry explai explains why the president isn't going to his own party. >> he said this is a big bleeping deal. today, not so much. >> two years ago, it was not just vice president biden celebrating the signing of healthcare reform. today on the second anniversary, president obama was not ready to go on what was supposed to be the signature domestic achievement. he held a rose garden event, to nominate the new president of the world bank, dr. jim kim. in unusual move, president who dislikes shouting questions took one about the shooting death of martin. >> a little surprised there wasn't a birthday cake there to celebrate the second anniversary of obamacare. we have all noticed that not a lot is said about the new law. >> a lot is said, but by republicans from a birthday banner at the rnc to a new add from a conservative group run by former aides to house majority leader eric cantor showing uncle sam at the doctor. >> liberals in congress put governmen

after this issue has been pushed and pushed and millions of mailers going out today from the democrats in this re-election efforts, the numbers don't seem to have translated for the president in a great, you know, surge of female support. why? laura, we can all agree that every issue is a woman's issue. if you look at rising gas prices. if you look at the fact that for the past few weeks we have been all consumed with this potential war with iran there is a lot of issues that women are going to be focused on and concerned with. so, it's not a surprise that one month those numbers are going to reflect well for president obama and the next month another snapshot will be different. but at the end of the day this conversation about contraception is one the democrats want to have this conversation about contraception is reinvigorating women activists. when you look at his results in 2008, winning a larger margin of women voters than ever recorded in a presidential race, i think president obama is well on his way to repeating that. >> laura: right. gentlemen knew, -- jehmu, you believe the i

>>reporter: democrat started full court press to reach out to women voters including this mailer detailing they benefit from the president health care law. democrat think they have an issue to bring the women on to their side and a poll found that when voters asked which party cares more about women issues democrat had 25 point advantage over republicans. abc news washington. >> senator feinstein is defending the ad on to the violence against women act. bill expands to cover gay, less pweenl, indian tribes and illegal and says if a family comes to the country and the husband beats his 25 a bloody pulp do we say sorry you don't deserve protection or your immigration status. i don't think so. but congressional republicans say it is unfair to aattach these provision in an election year because voting them down would make them look back. alabama senator says i favor the violence against women act but there are matters put on the bill that almost seem to invite opposition. comments today about reauthorizing the violence against women act. >>> president obama says there is no quick fix for high

the obama campaign is now launching a -- they have sent out mailers to one million women across the countryere's a nurses for obama effort to be announced. >> he wrote a column that republicans draft an romney for the brokered convention, because that is what republicans need to be saying. she is the only republican literally the only republican i have heard say all year long. you can try and pandser a bit. act like you care about women. but you do not. so someone like ann romney is helpful, but it highlights what is missing across the republican field and across the party at every level, national, state, inside and outside the party. rush limbaugh, it's been a gathering of events that nobody planned but it's as if someone in the obama administration planned it. or paid for someone to do it. they are vulnerable to economy but republicans are not talking about the economy. >> if you looked at what happened in 2008, exit poll, obama won 56% of women and john mccain won 43%. he did not do well among men, women carried him over the top. 2010, house democrats narrow. but team obama understands w

even after sending out a mailer with a quote from rush limbaugh. karen, you were in alabama.an you explain this one? >> you know, i'm stunned. the only explanation that i can come up with is, and i think this would be a question i'd want to go back and ask these women, for these women, did race or in other words conservative values, that's the code, right, trump gender? you know, it's still a very conservative state. the racial issues are alive and well in alabama and mississippi. remember those polls that we saw where large percentages don't believe in interracial marriage and think the president is a muslim. so clearly there is some sort of racial stuff in there, and i wonder if that ultimately for white working women trumped their own gender issues. >> eugene robinson, i'd be curious to know if rick santorum wants to use rush limbaugh anywhere else around the country other than alabama and mississippi. what do you think? >> i kind of doubt it, ed. my theory i guess on why he did so well with working class women, those women might have decided that mitt romney was not a gen

. >> bill: pinheads in a moment and update on our wounded mailer auction. >>> check out the news anded, as well. lots of good stuff for pm's. on ... >> bill: we don't do speculate. my reporting is documented. let me ask you this, is contraception a medical condition? does it treat an illness. is not good food central to the health of all people. of course it is. should the government provide knew triq meals to all 320 million americans? think about what you are saying. >> bill: bogus, brian. the worldwide oil market provides gross profits that exceeds anything seen on this planet. margins mean nothing, the dollar payoff is huge. >> bill: i appreciate it. we haved is a had had saturday matinee in chicago, on june 23 and bolder fresher show it's indianapolis on the 22nd and see everybody in tampa, florida this sunday night and talk about the presidential election. finally tonight. pinheads and patriots. as you may know we are auctioning off a unique piece of history. this wounded warrior poster is the only document we know of that contains you'll five last presidents. top bid is $81,00

even after sending out a mailer with a quote from rush limbaugh. karen, you were in alabama.an you explain this one? >> you know, i'm stunned. the only explanation that i can come up with is, and i think this would be a question i'd want to go back and ask these women, for these women, did race or in other words conservative values, that's the code, right, trump gender? you know, it's still a very conservative state. the racial issues are alive and well in alabama and mississippi. remember those polls that we saw where large percentages don't believe in interracial marriage and think the president is a muslim. so clearly there is some sort of racial stuff in there, and i wonder if that ultimately for white working women trumped their own gender issues. >> eugene robinson, i'd be curious to know if rick santorum wants to use rush limbaugh anywhere else around the country other than alabama and mississippi. what do you think? >> i kind of doubt it, ed. my theory i guess on why he did so well with working class women, those women might have decided that mitt romney was not a gen

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balance the san francisco " chronicles says the campaign has already been mailed out thousands of mailers touting the mayor's accomplishments so far to potential opponents say they will run if the recall does qualify city councilmen and political science professor who is also a longtime political analyst for cbs five. >>> 612 now campaign 201220 more delegates in his pocket the morning. he won the primary and pr yesterday and now has more than twice as many delegates as rick santorum newt gingrich ron pollack piquancy far behind a candidate needs just over 1100 delegates to win the nomination. as for runyon santorum they've already started campaigning in illinois today the primary is set to go tomorrow is a lot of delegates. the republican national chairman said he believes the party will have a nominee within one or two months before the convention in august. did we did not it could be very interesting in tampa. >>> is the time now 612 winter is coming to an end to the this morning mother nature is packing her last punch of snow coming up and the 49ers are fighting hard to snap a command

after this issue has been pushed and pushed and millions of mailers going out today from the democratsthis re-electiono have translated for the president in a great, you know, surge of female support. why? laura, we can all agree that every issue is a woman's issue. if you look at rising gas prices. if you look at the fact that for the past weeks we have been all consumed with this potential war with iran there is a lot of issues that women are going to be focused on and concerned with. so, it's not a surprise that one month those numbers are going to reflect well for president obama and the next month another snapshot will be different. but at the end of the day this conversation about contraception is one the democrats want to have this conversation about contraception is reinvigorating women activists. when you look at his results in 2008, winning a larger margin of women voters than ever recorded in a presidential race, i think president obama is well on his way to repeating that. >> laura: right. gentlemen knew, -- jehmu, you believe the issue of getting free contraception from yo

they were blitzing with ads, mailers and robo calls. they are hoping they can soften up, rick santorum in particular and newt gingrich enough that perhaps he can divide that vote and get a win in one of these states. >> rick santorum suggests it will be a two-man gop race after the primaries in the southern starts. is it santorum who will be one of those two? >> santorum has absolutely no reason to drop out. when you look at super tuesday, how close he came in ohio, won in tennessee. there are some in romney world that thinks it would be the best case scenario for newt gingrich to win in the southern states because it would keep him around for a while longer and divide the conservative vote. >> how much damage, molly, is newt gingrich doing to rick santorum? with that conservative vote split? >> he's doing a lot of damage. as james said, if this were a two-man race, rick santorum would have a much better chance of being right up there competitive with romney and santorum knows that. his campaign knows that. they certainly wish gingrich

united is enlarging bins on its airbus a320 jets, mailers' new 7 -- american airlines new 737s will hold more bags and older planes will get new bins that curve out more. when boeing was designing its 787, the company went to costco and other stores to buy roll-aboard bags to make sure they would fit in the bins. smart move. not that i travel much by plane anymore, but i shove everything in there possible. why do you want to spend $25 to check a bag? >> i'm with you. if you're traveling for a week, you can't stuff everything in the overhead bag. >> if you were a smart packer, you can. >> check the bag. >> how many shoes are you putting in that bag, aaron? >> then you got this bag that's bulging out. nobody else can get anything in there. check it. >> i'm going to have to teach you how to pack. >>> 5:11. time for weather & traffic on the 1s. let's check in with tom kierein. good morning. >> will you please stop fighting. this morning it is cold. you definitely need the warm winter gear. everything's in lavender. lavender means the 20s. in the teens and 20s throughout the region. elkins, w

they are sending out mailers, targeting voters.t anybody in the republican field is doing. >> on that point too, we talk a lot about just people being frustrated and not interested in the cycle. well, that hurt romney's ability to raise money at the end of the day. we think it will come, but really, if people don't think he has a chance of winning in the general, it's not going to hurt the fund-raising. >> he's not going to get money from the little people. he's going to get his money from people concerned about financial restructuring of the regulations, things that are the big ticket issues. >> rnc. >> the rnc has got to focus as i hope they are on those small dollar donors. when i was chairman we brought in a million new donors to help set up the 2010 finances. raising $198 million in total out of that pocket because the big donors had moved away. off year election, a lot of them went back with bush. you have to retool the financial operations. in a presidential, the big donors come to play. the small donors aren't as significan

no gun rights, hate mailers who are sending me right now, no, you do not need 31 uninterrupted handgun bullets for any legit, non-law enforcement use of a handgun. so in the wake of the massacre in tucson, it did not seem impossible, at least to the polyannas among us, it did not seem impossible that that relatively gun law could be brought back. it would have greatly lessoned the harm of that one gun massacre. there's no compelling reason to bring it back. weren't we shocked enough by what happened in tucson that we can make one little change? no, no, the proposed legislation by congresswoman carolyn mccarthy and senator lautenberg to fix just the extended magazine ban that lasted in 2004 to cause so much kindergarten nanlg the safeway parking lot went nowhere. the house had 111 sponsors and it was referred and never got a vote. in the senate it had ten co-sponsors but never got a vote. that's as far as it went. since the tucson shooting here's what actually has happened in terms of gun laws changing in the united states. in arizona the state legislature there passed a bill forcing co

. >> i assume people like norman mailer and george plympton and people like that. >> i think the author's name might be richard, i want to say greenberg, maybe, i'm not sure. i should know this but it is a spectacular piece of wraing. and you are there. and they, it's still ali is used in quotes and saying people check it out and i'm sort of like, i don't want to hear this. what is the reality. how much, you can look at the newspaper and assume that's on everybody's mind and are you doing the worst kind of research that there is. we talked about, like, fashion, you know. the way jones dressed, everybody is like look at vogue 1960 the first season. i'm like no one can get the clothes that are in vogue. she couldn't afford it. it's not even in the store. rachel mengin,-- had the department store, you know, she could get couture clothing. the most important part of it is, for me i want them to feel safe that it's in there and i love they are picking it apart and paying attention. i only go the other way. i only say like, if there was a snowstorm, can i use that for the story. if there was a