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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill. of reaction on this. >> good evening. short time ago republican sources and democrat chuck schumer said it's nearly done. earlier, the top democratic negotiators sounded confident. >> i think we will get agreement today. it's important to the connecticut. >> but some are not happy that the extension is not paid for with spending cuts. today boehner emphasized other part of the package that will be offset. >> understand they are going to make sure that the extension of unemployment is under reform program and paid for. the doc specks are paid for as well. >> there are components that republicans do like, creating the job search requirement for everybody collecting federal and state unemployment benefi benefit. cutting maximum benefit from 93 to 63 weeks in september. the bill gets $15 billion in revenue by raising the amount the federal employees contribute to their pension. the washington area democrats don't like it. >> i have concern about using the federal workforce. >> with the pa

>> jon: mike emanuel, thanks, mike. mitt romney and rick santorum are duking it out as they head arizona and michigan primaries. romney is trying to prevent an embarrassing defeat on his home turf. he was raised in michigan and his father was governor there new rasmussen poll shows romney pulling ahead in michigan after wednesday's debate. he leads santorum by 6 points that still is a statistical tie. rasmussen is automated survey which does not include people that only have cell phones. romney has also jumped ahead in the latest real clear politics average of the michigan polls. still basically a dead heat. romney's chances are looking better in arizona. he leads santorum by 13 points there in the new rasmussen survey. in arizona the winner gets all 29 delegates. in michigan the candidates divvy up the 30 delegates. steve brown is live in detroit for us. romney gave what was billed as a big speech in a big venue today. only i guess they didn't look or sound so big, huh? not really in compare sob to be fair getting 20 m

>> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill. thank you. the dow continued its good run. gain of 46 to close at the highest point since may of 2008. the s&p 500 was up 3. the nasdaq lost eight. getting prominent supporters can be a big deal in a presidential campaign. keeping them in line is even bigger. we saw perfect illustration in the republican race. chief political correspondent carl cameron shows us. >> in the super tuesday battleground state of ohio, rick santorum showed misgivings with romney, announcing a top romney ens doreer, current attorney general mike dewine now backs santorum. >> i could not continue to be on record endorsing romney when i knew that santorum was the best candidate. >> i know how difficult it was for him to step forward here today. and endorse this. but it's a huge honor to me. >> another blow to romney who intensified attacks on santorum in idaho. >> the size of the federal government doubled during his time in office. he voted to raise the debt ceiling five times without compensating cuts. a big proappropriate of earmarks. if you want a

tomorrow, the house and senate expected to vote on the payroll package. >> bret: mike emanuel live on hill. thank you. president obama consumer watchdog agency taking aim at debt collectors. consumer protection bureau is proposing to add those to the list of industries the officials can supervise in person. stocks rebounded today. the dow was up 123. the s&p 500 gained 15. nasdaq finished ahead 44. house republicans today held hearings on a pair of bills to update the federal no child left behind law. they want to shift more control to states and local districts. they say the bill has the potential to turn the clock back decades. cyber security experts urge senators to close what they say are loopholes in legislation regarding the government's ability to force critical industries to harden their computers against attack. it currently limits regulation to industries where cyber attacks could turn number of mafatalities. >>> why some dog lovers don't love the coverage that romney >> bret: late this afternoon, the united nations general assembly overwhelmingly approved the resolution bac

mike emanuel live on capitol hill tonight. mike, what should we expect? >> well, shep, the top republic negotiator said the legislating is over. we expect the negotiators to meet tonight and a vote on this package earlier the top democratic negotiator explained the final issues that needed to be worked out. there are minor things who pays for what and what the combination of payments should be. in the whole scheme of things, they are very minor. that's why i think we will get an agreement today. >> what's needed with tonight's vote is a majority of the house members set, at least seven of 13 to vote in favor of it. and the majority of the senate investigators, at least four of seven, so be counting votes, shep. >> house republic leaders, mike are taking heat this evening for not paying for. this. >> well, that's right. the payroll holiday extension adds another $100 billion to the nation's debt. house speaker john boehner earlier today said it was important to move the talks forward and jump start the negotiations. >> we were not going to allow the democr

mike emanuel with the news on capitol hill tonight. s the number one issue in this report, mike? >> well, shep, essentially the concern that u.s. troops and intelligence officers may have to face these guys after they are released from guantanamo back out on the battlefield. here is the key lawmaker behind the report expressing his concerns. anything we can do to prevent them from reengaging, prevent them from endangering americans, endangering american interests and endangering allies we have to absolutely get that done. >> because these guys have been at guantanamo bay, those who want to get back into the fight, where the fact that they were at gitmo as a badge of courage if you will. there is some thought that they can quickly ascend the ranks of the enemy forces. shep? >> shepard: democrats did not sign on to this report. what are their specific complaints here? >> well, one example being essentially that this makes the guys who left guantanamo bay who are in the fight sound more numerous and more dangerous than they may be. democra

>> shepard: mike emanuel on capitol hill. thank you. huge news out of detroit today. general motors is on a roll. we learned today that last year g.m. earned its highest profit in the history of the company. the car maker banked $7.6 billion in 2011. beating its old record by almost a billion bucks. the analyst credit strong sales here at home and in china along with the company's that rinking debt and much smaller workforce. the company's ceo says he expects another big boost this year with new cars, trucks, and higher prices. of course, our government still owns a big part of g.m. its stock has to double in value to get all that -- to get back all that's been lost. while taxpayers haven't gotten what they're due, 47,000 workers it was announced today are getting profit sharing checks. checks that average $7,000 each. well, hours ago, the new jersey state legislature passed a bill to legalize gay marriage. governor christie is expected to veto it. he says he wants for the gay marriage to go up for a public vote. but democrats argue that it's a civil right and that th

>> shepard: mike emanuel in d.c. tonight. mike, thanks very much.eenage girl -- i should say first, a controversial law aimed at discouraging women from getting abortions set to go into effect in the state of texas. a federal judge there who ruled parts of the law are unconstitutional now says he cannot block it because an appeals court overturned his decision. under this law doctors are required to show women the image of their fetus or embryo and have them listen to the heart beat at least 24 hours before an abortion. in his initial ruling, the judge said the act compels physicians to advance the ideological agenda with which they may not agree regardless of any medical necessity. supporters of law say women seeking abortions should be fully informed. a teenage girl reportedly abducted at gunpoint. just ahead, a father's plea for his daughter's safe return. and it was an unsolved murder that stymied police for years and decades and then the clues started pointing to one of their own. >> the leads were leading to a current member of the police forc

mike emanuel with the news live in washington. believed that maybe the rise of all these social issues for the right may have helped him. what was his strategy going into this night? >> well, shep, santorum campaign officials say he worked those states very hard. you might recall he didn't spend much time or energy in florida. so he was picking places where he thought his conservative message would be well received and they say where he went the candidate was rewarded tonight we had an opportunity to see what one candidate looks like when one candidate isn't outspent five or 10 to 1. negative ads impugning integrity or distorting record. this is more accurate representation of what the fall race will look like. >> experts say santorum won because of his personal appeal he hadn't been attacked for a while because rivals romney and gingrich have been slugging it out creating an opportunity, shep. >> shepard: before yesterday i didn't hear any analysts predicting a clean sweep here for santorum. did you? [ laughter ] >> no. you have

>> mike emanuel in washington. thank you. >>> one of america's most iconic companies shifting a big chunk of manufacturing back to the united states after years of production overseas. caterpillar themakers of the famous yellow farming and construction equipment now reporting it plans to build a new plant in georgia. the company reports it hopes to employ as many as 1400 workers once the new factory is fully operational and the plant could create another 2800 jobs at other such companies, suppliers. so why is caterpillar making the move? they report they want to move manufacturing closer to customers here in north america. south america and over in europe. and you better believe the governor of georgia is absolutely thrilled. john roberts live in atlanta with more. >> good evening. you bet the governor is thrilled about this. a governor presiding over a state with an unemployment rate near 10%, way above the national average. a housing market in the tank and a foreclosure rate that is the fourth worst in the nation

mike emanuel with the news. is he live in our d.c. newsroom. on the president to change course on energy. what's the word here? >> well, shep, those republicans say president obama could and should be doing more. they suggest he is too dedicated to clean energy of the future rather than focusing on more traditional energy. >> the fact is this president's policies are designed and intended to drive up energy prices. reduced domestic oil production, increase our demand on foreign sources of oil. and drive high paying american jobs overseas. those are the direct result of the policies of this administration. so forget the rhetoric. that's this president's record. >> house speaker john boehner sent president obama a letter today calling for him to approve the keystone xl pipe lion and meeting with the president to work on this energy issue. shep? >> shepard: senator mcconnell and other republicans speaking out and now the white house is firing back. what are they saying. >> white house press secretary jay carney says the president would be willing

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill to sort through some of this for us. already today, mike, lots of blame game going on in the struggle to come up with a full year extension of the tax cut, right? >> reporter: jon, that is right, and republicans are saying the idea of a millionaire surtax which the democrats have repeatedly thrown out there shows that the democrats are more interested in scoring political points over engaging and good faith negotiations. republicans have repeatedly called the idea of taxes millionaires more a nonstarter. here's more from republican leader mitch mcconnell, a short time ago: >> so let's allow the congress to fib their -- finish their work, get this payroll tax cut extended for the rest of the year. that's what republicans want, that's what the president says he wants. there's no reason we shouldn't be able to get this done. >> reporter: speaker john boehner says that the senate democrats never have come to the table with a pay for, an offset of new spending, so republicans clearly expressing frustration this morning wi

mike emanuel, mike, it really sounds like the president's getting almost what he has been asking for for months now. what are you hearing. >> reporter: shep, a lot of folks here are optimist that i can we are close to a deal. when the house republican leaders said last night that they would give up the battle over how to pay for extending the payroll tax holiday for the rest of the year that, seemed to free up negotiations on a more comprehensive package to extend unemployment and work on a dpeel for medicare reimbursement and paying for those key components. here's the key republican negotiator. >> we are very close. i don't have anything to announce right now, but we have been working all weekend. staff's been working all weekend. we are very close. we have a structure and a framework, but nothing i can announce right now. >> shepard: another key negotiator described as dotting eyes and crossing ts, but we know the house republican leadership had to sell it to its members and this is meeting tonight. >> democrats are on board, right? >> reporter: they are. we have heard from a numb

mike emanuel tells us what the candidates are doing today.u.s. troops. two of the dead are americans. president obama sends a letter apologizing for the burning of the books. cameron powell has the -- colin powell has the story. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. now have back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: i used to do -- >> bob: i used to do a lot of stuff to that song. and a pastor arrested two years ago. i will say this. i know i get upset on this issue. in this country, we were to put someone to death who converted from christianity and islam, we'd have uproar here. the iranians do enough bad things. the idea to pick on christians like this, the muslim world has to rise up and say we have a right to be christians, no matter where we are. you have to stop this stuff. >> dana: the saudis, there is no loved lost between saudis and the iranians. it would be interesting if somebody from saudi in the royal family stood up and said absolutely not. not to create more problems amongst sunni and shiaias but not a moderate choice bu

mike emanuel is following the action on capitol hill as lawmakers scram to believe do a deal before thert from carl cameron and steve brown as they prepare for super tuesday next month. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. i'm robin roberts. back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg: welcome back to "the five." a north carolina preschooler forced to eat chicken nuggets because the woman serving it told her mother's lunch didn't meet the mark. they billed the mom for the food. now we have another war, on the brown bag. the government assumes feeding your kid because you can't be trusted. it eliminates crucial charm of childhood like the joy of watching your hungover mom using ketchup to make your pg&j. i never told her. of course, the fun of trading a ho-ho for a ding dong. it has nothing to do with food. it has something we did in prison. but it reveals the maturity of the government justifying its life by controlling yours. the real hypocrisy is when the liberals say get the government out of our bedroom and then they stand by for this stuff. i want to guess what

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live from capitol hill for us with the very latest.e the support? >> reporter: that is a very good question, heather. in the end we do believe it should have the votes. those in favor like it for a variety of reasons, one, if you have a lot of unemployed people in your district, this extends unemployment benefits. if you have a lot of medicare patients that you represent you want them to be able to see their doctors without the doctors taking a 27% cut in fees. here is a california democrat on why she is yes. >> this by partisan will insure that 160 million americans will not see a tax increase at a time when so many families are still struggling to make ends meet. the payroll tax cuts provides american families an average of $1,000 annually to help pay their bills and for day-to-day necessities. >> reporter: so this congresswoman like many likes it because it provides tax relief for the rest of the year for 160 million americans. the house will go first and should it pass the house then the senate will go right after that, heather. he

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is following the story today from capitol hill.d evening. >> good evening. critical meeting is taking place this hour. house republican leader sell their members on extending the payroll tax holiday for the rest of the year without paying for it. this is congressional negotiators appear close to a broader deal including extending unemployment benefit and also the medicare reimbursement to doctors known as the doc fix. and paying for them by potentially selling off wireless band width, making some adjustments to federal worker retirement plans. and a few tweaks to the president's healthcare law affecting providers. earlier the president message to congress was get it done. >> just pass middle class tax cut. pass extension of unemployment insurance. do it before it's too late. i will sign it right away. [ applause ] >> g.o.p. sources suggested removing the fight on the payroll tax should help negotiators resolve remaining issues. house democrat leader nancy pelosi said if they don't reach a deal by friday, recess next week should be

tonight, chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel reports where we go from here. >> the documentdent's budget, it would be more likely described as his wish list and spending priority in the start of the process. the house and senate are supposed to set resolution for appropriation committee. they determine how much money the discretionary programs receive. it tripped up the white house chiechief of staff, former budgt director that tried to blame republicans. >> you can't be honest. you can't pass a budget without 60 votes. unless republicans are willing to work with democrats in the senate, harry reid won't get budget passed. >> did i want take simple vote. the republicans are hammering away at democrats for inaction. >> they haven't had a budget now past the senate for over 1,000 days. the democrat leader or the democrat controlled senate said we are not going to vote on the president's budget. >> democrats say the binding budget cap from the debt ceiling agreement was enough so they won't take up a budget next year. in the house, the republicans say they will propose and vote

tonight on "special report," mike emanuel reports on exhale on the republican effort -- on the republicanax cut through. president obama is resisting that. president obama met with chinese vice president. today, she is supposed to become party leader in the fall. and president next year. ed henry will tell us what they talked about. the leon panetta and chairman of the chiefs of staff were on capitol hill defending the administration cut in pentagon budget. and talking about some other world hot spots. jennifer griffin will have details. in the grapevine from russia with love on valentine's day. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern, now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." questions still swirling around the death of song bird whitney houston. after autopsy report, there is still no charges of criminal behavior. they don't expect that there will be. but they say it will be weeks before they get a toxicology report. the report they did get, xanax and a number of prescription drugs in houston's body. the question remains where did he

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is in washington. white house saying about all these protests, mike? >> reporter: obviously, great concern for american personnel, both u.s. military and civilians serving in afghanistan and americans working in pakistan. the protests have been angry, and in some cases deadly. here's how a spokesman at the state department described the u.s. view of what is happening on the streets and in the villages over this incident. >> no indication these are anything other than popular expressions of outrage over -- [inaudible] so, you know, i think we're fully recognizing that emotions are running high, we also again offer our apologies and our pledge that we're going to get to the bottom of this. >> reporter: u.s. officials have called it an inadvertent burning of religious materials by american persian them in afghanistan. there is an investigation underway, yet this issue has not died down. jon: the president has apologized, i know our top military leaders over there have apologized, what else are they planni

mike emanuel reports on how far the former pennsylvania senator has come and how far he still has to >> let me apologize for being late. we had television interviews we had to do. >> newly found mo me men tum -- momentum rick santorum started the race for the white house in june. last night he sounded like an underdog overrechieveer. >> tonight we had an opportunity to see what a candidate looks like when a candidate is outspent 10 or 5 to 1 by negative ads impugning their integrity. this is a more accurate representation of what the fall race will look like. >> it has been a strong struggle. >> you have been giving them a lot of time. >> the early strategy involved visiting all 99 iowa counties, emphasizing old fashioned retail politics. it included convincing the american people he could be a national candidate despite losing the last bid for re-election by 17 points. >> this is campaigning and scratching and clawing for every recognition we could get. i had to wave my hand and ask for recognition. this is the little engine that could campaign. >> even when his hardwork in iowa pai

mike emanuel has that story from capitol hill. to keep your big political supporters in libe. carl cameron tells us about two great examples of the presidential campaign. president obama wrapping up a three-day west coast fundraising trip. wendell goler reports from washington. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern now. back to new york and my tweeting friends with "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: that was nice. all week long we have been talking about the tragic death of whitney houston. and now her fun ral will be held on saturday. her former husband, very controversial fellow by the name of bobby brown has been invited to the funeral. our own geraldo geraldo rivera had something to say about that. >> they should do everything they can to keep bobby brown away from bobbi christina. the world's worst father has made himself close to daughter to get his hand on $20 million estate. bobby brown that got her hooked on gutter drugs including crack he is circle like a vulture around his daughter and the suspicion is he will try to cash

mike emanuel is live in washington. the numbers in michigan are fascinating when you consider mitt romney is from there. no matter how they spin this, if he doesn't win michigan, he's got trouble. >> interesting race, shep. the latest polls suggest it's heating up and tightening. the latest average of polls shows santorum leading, mitt romney six points behind, ron paul third and newt gingerich at 9.8%. santorum at 37, romney at 33, paul at 15 and gingrich at 10. the campaigns are trying to set expectations, santorum saying michigan is important but not the only state and noting romney's family history, romney folks are saying it's not a must-win but others believe it is. >> romney and santorum are in ohio. what are the talking points? >> santorum, emphasizing a lot of points from other stops but he's telling ohio voters how critical their state will be not only primary day but election day. check this out. >> you have an opportunity in a little over two weeks now, you've got an opportunity to do something about that in

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel shows us what is happening today. >> he explained why he voted to the bridge to nowhere, though that was against principles. >> i don't remember a politician saying why he voted against the principles. i'll abide by the principles. >> the day after the debate, romney went after santorum who last night tried to explain the vote through the education reform no child left behind and said he was supporting one of president bush's prioritie priorities. >> i have to admit i voted for that. when you are part of the team you take one for the team for the leader and i made a mistake. >> santorum took heat from ron paul who was asked why he is questioning santorum's credentials as a fiscal conservative? >> because he's a fake. >> i'm real. >> congratulations. >> gingrich saved his fire for president obama. >> this is a sober period. this is the most dangerous president on national security in history. this president says if you're oan enemy you're safe. we only worry about american ally. >> on social issues they criticized not asking about then se