murray state advances 58-41.er of this game that was just on before the syracuse game here on channel 9, byu and marquette, golden eagles playing some great defense. a loose ball, jay crowder tips it to himself and finishes with the jam. marquette wins. rick patino and louisville looking to end their streak of one and done taking on davidson. 2nd half cardinals up 10, rex smith has a layup blocked but georgie yang is there for the putback. louisville advances with a 69- 62 win. the georgetown hoyas have to wait a bit longer for their first game facing 14th seeded belmont friday in columbus that. is where we find our dave owens front and center following the team through the tournament. hey, dave. >> reporter: hey, what's going on? georgetown actually held a closed practice here this morning. john thompson, iii wanted his team to really hone in on belmont and start game planning for the bruins before they came over here to nationwide arena and took place in the open practice, more the pomp and circumstance where t

now, murray state and marquette. i'm looking forward to that game.y state is built guard-oriented. canen and those guys, shoot threes. marquette can play with that but i think the difference in the game will be jae crowder. kenny: john adams, please change the rule. we don't want charles' held to explode. charles: you're trying to foul. just to make it look not intentional. but to give the team a foul and the ball -- i hate that intentional call. greg a.: kenny made a great point too. i think one thing the officials should do, why don't they warn the players before the free throw is taken. because you shouldn't want to have to call a violation. charles: i have a bailout. get the officials with good common sense. common on, -- come on, man! kenny: clean it up inside, no more elbows. you say hey, you can't come in early. greg g.: among tonight's headline stories -- coming up for most of you, your local news and then dave has reece witherspoon, michael weatherly and "sports illustrated" swimsuit models, followed by the late late show with craig ferguson

now, murray state and marquette. i'm looking forward to that game.y state is built guard-oriented. canen and those guys, shoot threes. marquette can play with that but i think the difference in the game will be jae crowder. kenny: john adams, please change the rule. we don't want charles' held to explode. charles: you're trying to foul. just to make it look not intentional. but to give the team a foul and the ball -- i hate that intentional call. greg a.: kenny made a great point too. i think one thing the officials should do, why don't they warn the players before the free throw is taken. because you shouldn't want to have to call a violation. charles: i have a bailout. get the officials with good common sense. common on, -- come on, man! kenny: clean it up inside, no more elbows. you say hey, you can't come in early. greg g.: among tonight's headline stories -- coming up for most of you, your local news and then dave has reece witherspoon, michael weatherly and "sports illustrated" swimsuit models, followed by the late late show with craig ferguson

this year murray state could be the team. here's rob marciano. >> college basketball.ou think of kentucky basketball, the murray state racers aren't the first team that comes to mind. think again. >> we're trying to put murray state on the map for kentucky basketball. >> a roster of players whose resumÉs don't match those of the bigger programs is in the midst of what can be described as a cinderella season. they were ranked tenth in the coach's poll with 30 wins and one loss. now they're looking for the magic slipper in the ncaa tournament. it's all they can talk about in this small western kentucky town. where rudy's is murray's oldest restaurant. stop for lunch and get your basketball. >> it will be awesome. >> we believe in murray state. we believe they can g all the way. >> that sentiment fuels a team. >> it's motivation for us. >> the junior guard isaiah cannon leads the team in scoring. >> a smaller school or a bigger school, we're going to compete as if it's our last game. >> but does murray state have what it takes for a good showing in the tournament? >> we'r

so on saturday here, we will have murray state, a six seed, conquered colorado state earlier against marquette, the three seed as marquette is in the tournament for the second consecutive year. >> bill: interesting match-up. perimeter skills. they were solid. they were tough. tough minded. buzz williams practices hard. kids give everything they have every moment, today took the hits and bounced back. >> verne: the final score 88-68, marquette wins it by 20. they asker the last 10. our games continue on tnt, tbs and tru-tv. for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my next restaurant. when we all come together, my restaurants, my partners, and the community amazing things happen. to me, that's the membership effect. ♪ greet the day and the light ♪ it's time to go outside ♪ if you could keep steady ♪ get up and get ready ♪ it's time to go outside [ male announcer ] spring is in the air. lowe's. n

jackson puts down the three as murray state puts away colorado state, 68-41. the mexico coach knows something about national titles. they struggled early. long beach state. long beach is up three. in the second half, new mexico from the wing hits the three. the lobos up by five. from there, new mexico in control. new mexico knox of long beach state, 75-68. we will be back with your forecast >> seven days of above normal temperatures. we will see a couple of scattered showers in the area. maybe some fog in the morning. mostly cloudy skies. we will be dealing with cloud cover but the temperatures will be mild. it looks like dry weather through the middle part of next week. >> stepped into spring. >> it is amazing. >> thank you for joining girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he

thursday's coverage begins at noon eastern with murray state and colorado state.s at 7:00 p.m. eastern with wichita state and vcu. friday's coverage begins at noon in the east with that great cincinnati. while the night session kicks off with duke taking on. thanks for watching the bracket preview show. from tom, i'm otis livingston. we'll see you back here tomorrow night.

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. >> murray state and marquette at louisville. isaiah cannon. what a finish. marquette battles.ayo, the bullet bass to guard are -- gardner. marquette, hand the racers their second loss and the golden eagles advance to the sweet 16. >> the bay bridge sear today. as and and giants. for asks -- scoreless until the second. rbi double. a's one. giants answer with four in the fourth and from then on timmy was cooking. four strikeouts. bottom six inch, the panda, unloads. second jack of the spring. giants with three home runs. seven, brian wilson in the game. get twoz outs. striking out both. giants beat the as, 72-the final. >> big day at tat at&t park for soccer, earthquakes hosting houston. some young soccer fansed. houston is threatening,; a penalty kick and brad davis just past bush for the goal. the only one of the game. earthquake fall, 1-nil the final. >> a little tennis. in indian wells. isner, blazing serve. wineds the set. drops the second set in the third, his 20th a's -- ace will win it. he defeats the joker, and next up is roger federer in the finalsed. >> i wish you a h

. >>> marquette taking on murray state. the racers only lost one game this season.lf, marquette's van der blue goes up for a layup here. edward daniel, get that out of here. racers going the other way. isaiah cannon, check it out. it's the circus shot go. murray stayed up three. later, he scored six straight points for the golden eagles and marquette takes the lead. then jake you der, big east play over the year, knocks down. he finished 17 points, 13 rebounds. his dad didn't get to see the flight in person because his flight was canceled. he can start packing for phoenix bus marquette beats them earning a spot in the sweet 16. >>> in pittsburgh, joe biden watched the top seeded orange take on kansas state. first half, syracuse looking sharp. part of a 21-3 orange run. waders scored 18 off the bench. wildcats scored back. gets the rebound and the putback. k-state, 22 offensive rebounds. that's impressive. wildcats in the half on a 12-2 run. second half, orange up second. scoop jardine drives right past to jardin christmas. jardin, he hat syracuse wins 79-59 advancin

murray state, marquette in louisville. cannon what a finish. back to the basket. racers up three in the second. marquette battles back. todd mayo. pass to gardner underneath. crowder helps them pull away from downtown. he had 17 points, 13 boards, marquette hands the racers just their second loss. advance to the sweet 16. >> top seed in the east, syracuse, orange taking on kansas state, k-state hanging tough in the second. enriquez with the rebound. 14 points, 17 boards, wildcats down one. but the orange turn on the juice. jardine, the flowedder. -- floater. heir syracuse rolls and get wisconsin in the sweet 16. >> 49er head coach jim harbaugh won state honors for peyton manning. he sneaked away to north carolina tuesday night to watch peyton work out. denver has the first offer on the taicialtion five years, $790 million. they have more than 15 million in cap to sign manning. he is in tennessee today on his wedding-for-to work out -- wedding for his wedding anniversary. can okay work the salary cap around to afford manning? manning and alex smith have the same ag

tied at 52 , murray state avoids the upset. the racers are now 30-1. unc, asheville and belmont earned spots in the playoffs. . >>> nearly 9,000 fans showed up in peoria to see the a's and mariners and got their first glimpse of parker, who pitched two perfect innings. offensively it was new additional, jonny gomes with the 2-run shot. jemile weeks deep for the as and and they beat the mariners, 9-2. >>> giants taking the field for their cactus league opener in scottsdale. tim lincecum with two strike- outs. brandon crawford's bid to be the opening-day shortstop is off to a good start. the diamondbacks beat the giants 9-6. >>> with mcclelum out, the sharks patrick marlowe is denied on the break away and back come the blues. shattenkirk jumps it in and antti neimi leads the crease to get it, but the blues win 3-1. san josi is now tied for 7th in the western conference. >>> still to come, tiger woods moves up the leaderboard, but falls further behind and the competition begins for andrew luck's replacement at stanford. more sports is next ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. >> if you don't have a team in the big dance, you certainly want to root for, you know, the murray state guys. >> sin der rel last. >> agencies actually. what you want. the men's ncaa tournament on friday, the little guys came up big, a pair of 15 seeds upset the two seeds. norfolk state beat missouri and lehigh defeated duke. today in the women's tournament, the little women did not come up big. number two seed maryland flexing its muscles against 15 seed navy. midshipmen making the short trip from annapolis is college park, first ever meeting between navy and maryland. first half, terps up six, acc play over the year alyssa thomas drives, goes up and under, she only had five points in the first half, but she turned it on in the second. maryland up by 15, off the navy miss. terps in transition, thomas out front, finished with a game-high 17 point, 10 rebounds, scored her 1,000th career point. later, drive, spin move, bucket, foul. maryland defeats navy 59-44. as for thomas, the coach said the summer sophomore was too arched so she challenged her at halftime. >> what is great is you can

murray state avoids the upset and wins, to punch its ticket to the big dance. the racers improve to 30-1. >>> usf is halfway to getting to the wcc's automatic bid to the tournament. but they will face their biggest hurdle tonight when they take on top-seeded st. mary's in the semifinals. >>> the dons have not beat the gails since 2006. st. mary's clinched the league's regular season crown last saturday at the hilltop. but as a team, that has been snubbed before on selection sunday. they know how important it is to get that automatic bid. >> everyone keeps talking about bubble teams, and all that. and we've been there in the past. and we know the only way that we can make sure we're there is by winning this tournament. and that is all our focus is on right now, is trying to get that done. and secure that spot in the dance. and make selection sunday a little easier on us. and especially coach bennet. >> on the women's side, st. mary's and top seed gonzaga in the semifinals. the gails kept it close but had no answer for kayla stanish with a career high 31 points.

murray state avoids the upset and wins 54-52 to punch its ticket to the big dance.prove to 30-1. >>> and the long time rival north carolina and duke, as if they needed extra incentive, the acc regular season title was on the line in durham. and the tar heels came out swinging. they led by 24 at the half. and kendall marshal made it look easy with 20 points and 10 assists. north carolina wins 88-70. >>> over on the women's side, st. mary's and gonzaga top seeded. kayla standish had a career high 31 points. zags win 83-78. they take byu on, in the championship game tomorrow. >>> mission high school needs to make more room in their trophy case. the bears won football's turkey game in the fall. and last night, they beat marshal 89-76 to win their third city championship in five years. >> we're number one! we're number one! we pounded them! >> andrew luck remains the favorite to be the number one pick in the draft next month. as you can imagine, it won't be easy to replace him at stanford. >>> the cardinals held the first set of spring practices this week. head coach dav

i lost my murray state. i don't even have that team. unc and syracuse. igible. and i have unc winning. if you can get michigan state to go all the way to the final two and win -- >> then i'm back in. >> you will win it. >> good. that's my dad's alma mater. >> sparty shows up all the time. you never know. they come to play. >> all right, thanks, chad and yeah, we will take a quick break before track talking with brooke baldwin on that one. today, we stand against the tyranny of meager travel cards. battle speech right? may i? capital one is issuing a venture double miles challenge. show us how much you spent last year and we'll give you 2 miles for every dollar spent on your travel reward card. up to 100,000 miles! hawaii, here we come. claim your miles at capitalone.com today! what's in your wallet? can you play games on that? not on the runway. no. can you play games on that? ♪ when your chain of supply goes from here to shanghai, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ chips from here, boards from there track it all through the air, that's logistics. ♪ ♪ clearing customs

the march madness field of 64 is set and it starts today with colorado state and murray state at 12:15astern time. call in sick to work, my friends. last night in dayton, ohio, the last of those opening round games. south florida and cal. the bulls dominated this one with defense. early first, anthony collins with the steal. all alone later in the half a little more defense from south florida's steal. they find victor rudd for the slam. cal held to 13 points in the first half. they just sneaked into this tournament. looks like they didn't deserve to be there. south florida goes on to win 55-54. they take on five seed temple on friday night. earlier in the night vermont faces off with lamar university. lamar coached by pat knight, bob knight's son. vermont freshman foremcglin. the catamounts were hot all night shooting 50 percent ers from the field. vermont cruises 71-59. they get carolina on friday. according to president obama, north carolina and not missouri, bill karins, will be cutting down the nets at the end of the big dance. the president picked kansas to win it all the past two

you look at certainly murray state, i had their game, i went to razor nation and it was so special downer, he'll create march mayhem and he'll be an all-state march mayhem superstar, and wichita state defends well and they have a kid raglin that can shoot the ball and greg marshall's team knows how to win away from home and they defend. i think there are three major factors for people to look at. good play. they defend exceptionally well and they've got a star that can make big shots when the game's on the line. those are some of the factors i looked at in trying to analyze and evaluate a potential championship team. >> dick, i love hearing you say murray state. i picked them in my final four. i got kentucky, murray state, vanderbilt and a complete homer, i had to put them in there and north carolina. >> wow. >> i'm glad to hear you say that. >> hey, can you imagine the state of kentucky will be in a frenzy if those two ever play, kentucky and murray state. that state will be an unbelievable frenzy. >> unbelievable. all right, dick, we got mike barnicle with you, too. he wants to talk h

murray state up three. later, marquette down one. inside to davonte gardner.ts for the golden eagles and marquette takes the lead. then jake crowder, big east player of the year, knocks down the three. he finished with 17 points, 13 rebounds. crowder's dad, corey, didn't get to see the game in person because his flight was canceled. well, he can start packing for phoenix because marquette beats murray state 62-53, earning a spot in the sweet 16. >>> the women's ncaa tournament tipped off saturday morning, and while number two seed maryland is feeling the comforts of playing at home, the goal is to get out of dodge. to accomplish that, the terps would have to win at least two games, their first yesterday against 15th seed navy. midshipmen making the short trip from annapolis to college park, first ever meeting between navy and maryland. first half, terps up six. acc player of the year, alyssa thomas, drives, goes up and under. she only had five points in the first half, but she turned it on in the second. maryland up 15. off the navy miss, terps in transition.

the first of 16 games kicks off shortly after noon with colorado and murray state. it will go nonstop until about midnight. a pox >> pink slime and your child cafeteria food? the big change that could put an end to the controversial feller. >> the priest speaks up for the first time. why he said he would do it all over again. >> it is 6:10 on the ides of march, march 15. we will start the morning with the normal pattern of traffic. here we are in the beltway approaching the hospital. that is the scenario. headlights northbound in springfield, moving ok. we were looking at 6610 minutes ago. looking good at the beltway. the military road and beach drive, a motorcyclist down. not going to work for you. >> our mercury will be climbing again today. tuesday and wednesday, lower 80s. today is a repeat performance. today that puts us in record- breaking territory. i think we will break a record at reagan national. 46 right now in manassas. 56 in the district. that is our average afternoon high temperature. 54, gaithersburg. mostly sunny scattered clouds. record challenging

i have murray state and memphis and belmont going all the way to play kansas. do this sort of survey every year, like 2.5 million americans lose 90 minutes each and every day because we're watching the game at work. >> almost a billion dollars in lost revenue. we got something from richmond, virginia, some professors saying your firms, you're going to have such a good rapport with all employees now liking each other and talking about something in common, this is a water cooler subject. as soon as this gets

i have murray state and memphis and belmont going all the way to play kansas. do this sort of survey every year, like 2.5 million americans lose 90 minutes each and every day because we're watching the game at

. >> colorado state and murray state tip off at 12:15. after that it's byu and marquette. >> tonight 7:15 last year's cinderella virginia commonwealth faces wichita state. and then new mexico state andeanian. >> two teams are playing on tnt. 7:20 it's west virginia versus gone disaig ga -- gone diseg ga -- gonzaga. print out your brackets and learn where tnt, trutv are on your cable spoon in standard deaf and high def. >>> south florida taking on california last night. not even close in this one. the bulls ended 9 first half with a -- the first half with a 20-point lead over the bears. up next, they get a date with temple. in an early game vermont against lamar, this was another lopsided one. 71-59. that turns them the right to play unc coming up on friday. >>> national general manager mike rizzo says two big questions remain for the team and he doesn't know the answers. what will be done with extra starting pitcher john lannan and will bryce hopper make the opening day roster. stephen strasburg gave up two home runs in four innings. nats

. >> let's take a look at the forecast -- >> -- murray state racers, all the way. >> cinderella. >> ron, i know, save my jet fuel. >> or your bus fuel. >> 76 degrees going to be the high, mostly sunny, gorgeous, a great afternoon not unlike yesterday. 83 yesterday at the science center, 80 degrees at bwi. life is really good these days, and particularly where you are it is a great local success story continuing. take it away pal. >> yeah, it really does. we are at walkenfuse chocolates, this is a huge deal employing a lot of people. we will tell you all about it when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. ,,,, >>> hi, my name is murf and i am from plano, texas, good morning, wjz. >> and good morning, from plano, texas. near san antonio. >>> you are looking at a beautifully clear day start here on first warning doppler weather radar. 54 right now, 74% humidity, a westerly breeze at five. the barometer is at 30.09. western maryland upper 50s cumberland, oakland, 58 haggerstown, 51 elkton, 52 easton, mid-upper 50s dc, pax river, solomon's island and ocean city, 53 annapolis and kent

. >> and i had murray state going to the final four so i'm done. >> you and one of my writers.were a cinderella story because they only lost one game all year but they didn't do so well after that. you are in good shape. i love these brackets. you can look at all the brackets. this is what it looks like if you go to the cnn leaderboard. >> that's another thing, too. i want to be on the record with this. everybody was saying how difficult it was to find it online. just go to cnn.com -- is it slash brackets? >> slash brackets. >> everybody was saying they were having a tough final finding it. >> soledad only has 104 more points possible because she's lost a couple teams, and harvard was one of them. she has harvard going a very long way. keep going, dave. keep going so you can find me. keep going. there's rob, don -- >> loser! lucky 13. we're now out of time. chad myers, thank you so much. >> i'm still ahead of carol costello. >> i know, and she's a basketball player. what's up with that? still ahead today, the republican battle for president obama's home state, tomorrow's crucia

except i have this team right here, murray state. look all these losses here.hance of actually getting anywhere. >> how about that wolf blitzer. >> mr. wolf blitzer, he's like in third place, but his difference is that he has syracuse, he has all four teams going in, but syracuse is his winning team and i wonder if he knew that the ineligibility of that center would play such a big role in syracuse's run to the final four. >> we'll see, wolf blitzer, coming up here on the sit room. >> i went with my gut, i went with my heart. i'm from upstate new york, syracuse is in upstate new york, i figured if i changed it and decided i was going to do something else, it would be bad. so i stuck with syracuse, i'm going with syracuse, i'm in it all the way with syracuse. so that's good, right, brook? >> i do have crazy love for you wolf blitzer. but i don't know about that. anyway, what are you talking about on the show today. >> we got a lot of hard news coming in at the top of the hour, two hours worth, including all the political stuff going on and there's a lot of polit

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. >> wins by kentucky, indiana, baylor, michigan state, louisville, duke, murray state are already outi also need wins by syracuse, wisconsin, the ohio state buckeyes and north carolina. >> the sports guy can keep scoring with kentucky, indiana, baylor, michigan state, louisville, marquette and florida. also syracuse, ohio state, north carolina and kansas. all his other teams have gone home. my picks, kentucky. forget about bcu. also need baylor, spartans and louisville and marquette. i have syracuse, ohio state, my tar heels and rock chalk those jayhawks from kansas. >> last but not least, carolina and david are pulling for kentucky and indiana. also wisconsin, ohio state and kansas for them to have any hope. they need the hawks to win it all and then they filled out their brackets. they didn't put university of florida. they put fu all the way. >> the final four team that remains, you, jamie and your kids, each have three. i have two teams left. and a big concern whether injuries to the tar heels may hurt their chances. could be a broken wrist. tune in for that. we'll have highlights

>> you have to feel good about the murray state racers. for much of the seasonment they're now 31-1. they're a sixth seed. they played great yesterday, blew out colorado state. they have an interesting kid, isaiah cannon. a guard from mississippi. but went through all the horrors of katrina. so the racers are a team, i think, they play marquette on saturday, number three seed. that should be a terrific game. >> they have cinderella written all over them. >> i picked duke. my son graduated from there. charlie is an alum. i picked duke. everybody tells me no. >> it's not a good idea. >> why, because kentucky is inevitably going to beat them? >> i think kentucky is the team to beat. but last night virginia commonwealth, if you remember last year, they were the 11th seed in the turp amount and they went to the final four. they've got a terrific young coach in shaka smart. he's 34 years old. third year with the team. they beat wichita state last night. which was a number five seed. i think if you're looking for a team, they have this havoc defe

>> i got four that i think is a chance to do a lot of damage, murray state, one came all year. behind doug mcdermott. the team is wichita state and the 11 seed will be in that part of the bracket. ready to defend. >> i have to ask about the power house. i wonder why. >> 66 years. go ahead. >> harvard is unusual. if you're watching championship week, and seeing all of these people celebrate on floor, harvard doesn't get to do that. they have to win the regular team in titles. harvard wasn't playing. they must have stormed the librar library. >> i have to ask you a question. a lot of people are paying attention. there's something around the office that takes up a lot of time. how many big sports events take place during the day while everyone is at work. here's the thing. there's a lot of people watching. 2.5 million unique visitors to march madness coverage spend on average 90 minutes a day watching the coverage. now, every year, they come out with this really funny estimate how much this will cost in loss productivity. 175 millions of dollars in loss productive. thats was last

you have murray state, you picked michigan state.n't have them going farther. >> you mentioned michigan state. this is where we should bring in ed. >> sparty didn't do well. >> ed, i'm sorry, ed became famous, the fed ex guy that said jeremy lin would be a star, that happened. but ed, ed, you're a wreck, what happened to your bracket? >> can we talk about jeremy lin, maybe? >> sure. >> yeah, go ahead. >> what have you done for me lately, that is what tv is. >> this was a bad year for me, yeah. i liked it going in but things didn't work out. as far as michigan state, they ran into a very good defensive team. >> do you feel confident going forward maybe possibly giving me some sort of prediction because you're still the man for picking jeremy lin we have to give you cred for that. one more chance, even though your bracket has tanked, to you want to make a call here live on cnn we can follow? >> how much worse can it get, right? >> start all over, go ahead. >> i think kentucky because they are sort of the last real good team standing, n

. >> i think you have to feel about about the murray state team right now. they're a six seed. sterday. they just blew out colorado state. they have got an interesting kid, isaiah cannon, who's their guard who's actually from mississippi but went through all the horrors of katrina. they play marquette on saturday. >> so they have cinderella wrip all over them. >> a lot right now. >> which team is going to ruin my brackets. i picked duke. i picked duke although everybody told me it's not going to be duke. >> that's not a good idea. >> because kentucky is inevitably going to beat them? >> i think kentucky is the team to beat. but last night virginia commonwealth, if you remember last year, they were the 11th seed in the tournament and went to the final four. they have a terrific young coach in shaka smart. he's 34 years old, his third year with the team. they beat wichita state last night, which was a number five seed. so i think if you're looking for a team, they have this havoc defense. you know, a young team. they're a cinderella team that i think you have to look at. they play

somehow if things don't look good in the traditional states like ohio and florida they have a path through the atlantic. >> we're talking with mark murray who is the senior political director for nbc news. let me say something that jim said in that posting at barack obama.com and something chuck todd has been talking about which is that these states are very different even from what we saw in 2004 and in 2000 when george w. bush narrowly winning the election against vice president al gore. >> a lot of it has to do with demographics. democrats never contested colorado all that much. john kerry make one stop through there but that was pretty much the end of the campaign during the general election. but you look at states like colorado, new mexico, nevada with the heavy latino votes and that's changed so much if you think about from 2000 or even 2004, and democrats really believe that those demographic changes helped them tremendously. >> mark murray of nbc news. thanks very much for being with us here on c-span radio. >> thanks, steve. >> this is "washington today" heard coast to coast on xm channel 113 and streemd at c-span.org and simul

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