. >> new hampshire has been a very pragmatic state. republicans have been pragmatic. do you think the tea party influence has pushed out a lot of the pragmatists? >> sure they have done everything from repeal compulsory education to pass the so-called right to work bill which repeels collective bargaining. they have really gone after things in a truly ideological way that is, just very differented than what we are used to in new hampshire. >> a polling policy shows new hampshire voters favoring president obama over mitt romney, 53 to 41%. i know new hampshire has been sort of slid into the swing-state mode. it's looking good now for the president. but can a democrat win in new hampshire without a strong showing by the president? >> well, as always new hampshire voters are very astute. they follow politics very very carefully. again, they are practicing mattists. i think what sher they are seeing nationally is the president is working hard to move this country forward, work on the economy, create jobs creating jobs every month, and the

we are the best tv station in new hampshire. we are the only tv station in new hampshire. we are technically part of the boston media market, but because new hampshire is not only prominent during our presidential primary, but we are also a swing state, we have been since basically '92, though adam climber can probably correct me if i'm incorrect. but bill clinton won that year and since republicans have only won one election barely george bush because of ralph nader. all of the races have been within single digits except for clinton's re-election in '96. john kerry won the state by two points, for example. right now the state is way too close to call. we just put out a poll showing basically that 90% of democrats are with obama, 90% are with mitt romney and independents within the margin of error. currently right now, we have the mitt romney super pac which is airing a fairly positive ad. we have crossroads, which i know politifact just put out a fact check on. and their ad about obama and debt. and then we're also having barack obama talking about his auto bailouts curre

new hampshire cast this vote this follow. gary johnson, 5, max abramson, two, and one for nine of the above. -- none of the above. [applause] >> the great state of new mexico, her home where the state question is red or green, celebrating its 100th anniversary as a stake in the united states of america, protests all seven of our delegate votes for gary johnson, the next president of the united states. >> new york, home of the statue of liberty, cast the following

[laughter] >> guest: that is not unhappy for my new hampshire neighbors to say stuff like that, when a guy in a beautiful, hand-tailored suit in a mahogany-paneled restaurant in new york, you know something is going seriously wrong. and we should have been thinking, you know, charlesst: krauthammer said a couple ofan years ago decline is a choice., and he's right. in a sense, it's a psychologicao condition. i but it's not an option for the united states. 's a psychological condition. but it's not an option for the united states. for pote-alms burg vienna, decline is a choice because it's cushioned by the united states. when the united states slides off the cliff, most to have funking parts of the planet -- most of the functioning parts of the planet are going to fall off with them. so this is no time to be making like a rat and getting on the ship to new zealand. stay on -- even if this ship appears to be sinking, the rats should stay on and try to save it here. >> host: don in corona, california, you're on with author mark steyn. >> caller: thank you, and good afternoon. peter, thank

you have seen it right here in new hampshire, right here in keene. you watch what happens when you give people an opportunity. you watch what happens when you create the environment to people to take advantage of new technology and re-invite companies and people who have new ideas to come in. you have seen it. ladies and gentlemen, the whole country is ready. the whole country is ready. all we have to do, all we have to do is level the playing field. not punish anybody. ladies and gentlemen, i get a kick out of it and i will conclude with this. you know, as i said, you read about me. i middle-class joe. i am a kid from scranton who climbed out of a coal mine with a lunch bucket in his hand. ladies and gentlemen, what i find and i resent are those people who talk about we are engaged in -- and class warfare. they don't understand in your house and mine, middle-class neighborhoods, we were raised by people who not only wanted to live in a decent neighborhood in baby on their home and not rent etc., they also had dreams for us. daydreamed that their kid

rick perry decided to skip new hampshire. where he didn't think he would do very well as a candidate. and he was right. rick perry got less than 1% of the vote in new hampshire. specifically, 0.7% of the new hampshire vote. while he was ostentatiously not focusing on new hampshire while everybody else was up north, rick perry was focusing on south carolina and he was focusing there on his brand new message that he brought to the campaign starting that one lonely southern day. >> you go to gaffney and that little company down there that bain company shut down, they're handing out pink slips in gaffney, south carolina, there are people out of work down there because of what mitt romney and bain capital did. >> newt gingrich gets more credit than rick perry does for having gone after mitt romney's business career and all the american factories that he closed and all the people he laid off when he was at bain. newt gingrich gets more credit for that as a political tactic but rick perry pioneered it this year and pioneered it in s

new hampshire? all kinds of people are getting divorces and everything, marriages are falling apart because same-sex marriage is now -- >> it has imploded. >> i wasn't actually the governor when same-sex marriage passed in the legislature. that was governor winch. i applaud the legislature for doing that. >> bill: it wasn't a ballot measure. >> no, we don't have ballot measures. actually, there was an effort this year to repeal the same-sex marriage law and we have now an overwhelmingly republican legislature which we didn't when we passed it. and they actually refused to repeal the law which i felt was a very good sign. and shows that people really believe this is about equal rights and opportunity for all americans. >> bill: which is interesting coming from new hampshire because new hampshire has the reputation of being maybe because of the manchester union a pretty conservative state. >> i think a lot of people misread new hampshire's conservatism. fiscally, we are very conservative. we believe i

san was in new hampshire. ron paul was in hollis, new hampshire and rick perry was in greenville, south carolina. he decided to skip new hampshire where he didn't think he would do well, and he was right. he got less than 1%. he got 0.7%. while he was not focusing on new hampshire while everybody else was up north, he was focusing on south carolina. he was focusing there on his brand new message that he brought to the campaign starting that one lonely southern day. >> you go to gaffney and that little company down there that bain company shut down, they're people out of work because of what mitt romney and bain capital did. >> newt gingrich gets more credit than rick perry does for having gone after mitt romney's career for all the factories he closed and people he laid off. newt gingrich gets more credit for that but rick perry is the one that pioneered it this year. he pioneered it in sometimes gross terms. >> i will suggest they're just vultures. they're vultures that are sitting out there on the tree limb

new hampshire's law is less clear though. so in 2006, a republican majority legislature including bob clegg passed a bill that would clearly establish a castle doctrine in this state. ayotte and members of law enforcement opposed the bill and democratic governor john lynch vetoed it thus preventing it from becoming law. the second claim from clegg involves a series of arrests five years ago. >> she even stopped our local police from arresting illegals when they broke the law. >> so is it true or false? this one is false. in 2005, a new ip sich police chief made national headlines when he arrested illegal immigrants and charged them with trespassing in the country. a district court judge threw out the charge and rule the that it was unconstitutional for local police to enforce federal law. ayotte didn't appeal the ruling and issued a statement saying law officials should not make future arrests for criminal trespassing based solely on the defendant's immigration status. if we're getting into semantics in a highly produced 30-s

you have seen it here in new hampshire, right here in keene. you watch it happen, and you create the environment for people to take advantage of new technologies, when you have a nureturing environment when you invite companies and people who have new ideas to come in. you have seen it. ladies and gentlemen, the whole country is ready. the whole country is ready. all we have to do is is level the playing field. not punish anybody wealthy. ladies and gentlemen, i get a kick out of it, and i will conclude with this. as i said, you are going to read about me, and i am middle-class joe, like i am the kid from scranton who just climbed out of a coal mine with a lunch bucket in my hand. what i find and i recent is those people talk about we are engaged in wealth and class warfare. they don't understand that in your house and mine, middle-class neighborhoods, we were raised by people who not only wanted to live in a decent neighborhood, be able to own their own home, not rent, et cetera. they also had dreams for us. they dreamed that their kid could st

the senator from connecticut, the senator from new hampshire, who i know feel strongly about this. we have an all new england cast in the room with a little help from the midatlantic. but i hope they'll reconsider. i hope they'll reconsider because it's the -- it's better for the politics of this country to come together once again on a reasonable issue as we have done in the past few months. it's better, frankly, for their own politics. not wishing them ill. but most of all, it's better for the future of our country. so please reconsider. let us move forward and debate this bill and let us not let the high cost of going to college get unnecessarily higher. and with that, mr. president, i yield the floor. mr. blumenthal: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. mr. blumenthal: thank you, mr. president. i'm honored to follow my distinguished colleague from new york and his very powerful and eloquent words on a subject that concerns all of us not only in new england, but really across the country. i have heard from countless students in connecticut, where we

certainly we all have different viewpoints on it, and new hampshire in the last data out, 2009, is donor state, $25 million. so i commend you on the reform, and i do think it's important that you're slowing the growth of the money that's being held in the fund. so i think that the more we can get the money out it's important, but even donor states like new hampshire have rural areas that aren't, don't have broadband access. how do i continue to ensure my constituents with reforms being made that as a donor state, that that is going to be addressed in a better way for the return or investment for my constituents? >> look forward to working with you. our uniformed goal, joint goal is to make sure that unserved americans everywhere including new hampshire get the benefits of the money that goes into this fund. so if you're an unserved american, our commitment is in the years ahead, this money will be use efficiently to provide service to you and not wasted where it's not needed. >> great. real quick, you only have data from 2009 by each state. we've been trying to get data from you for 2010

virginia we can believe but new hampshire?or die. >> i guess that's right. >> we should say something about our mutual centuries. right? although it didn't rise to a constitutional level, saloons were not just places that union leaders, organized folks, i mean salons were where politicians walked in and treated -- >> the smoke filled rooms were? >> that was one of them. they treated everybody to a drink and of course the custom of drinking was if somebody treated you, you had to treat back, one beer led to another. and it's really where a lot of americans became familiar with the political machine. they didn't have fox news. they weren't smart enough. they didn't even have you know, internet. they got to know the political system literally through the mechanism of treating buying a drink. of course that happened on election day but it happened on a day-to-day basis. it's a way that constituents got to know their elected officials. >> we're not running for office so we're not treating. let's have another question. >> i'm philip

like iowa, virginia, and new hampshire. how do you read this? the battleground states will decide this in your view? >> i think they will decide it. somebody getting closely to president obama made an interesting point today which is in many of those swing states, not all of them but virginia, ohio, iowa. the unemployment rates are below where they are nationwide. that is not a overwhelming advantage, but it is something we should take into account. i can't resist going back to that bridge reverend that you mentioned at the beginning. and the idea that the federal government should not help build bridges reminded me of something rahm emanuel liked to say that the republicans are defined between small government and no government wing. they like to build bridges and they know you can't drive across the river on a tax cut. i think it's remarkable this is what he chose to highlight. if you're against bridge what's are you for? >> small government against no government, the small government is getting smaller every time the small government people t

here we are in the belt way at new hampshire avenue. everything is open. that long-term construction pulled out of your way past university boulevard. more on the traffic side, information about branch avenue and an intent northbound at the belt way but now we'll go to news. >> we'll check back in this a few minutes. the the c.i.a. has aparently foiled a plot to bring down an airplane from al qaeda. it was similar to the one the called underwear bomber used to try to blow up a flight to detroit on christmas day, 2009. this had a better detonation system and had no metal which means it could have passed through metal detectors and body scanners. >> if this happened before 9/11, it definitely would have succeeded. you would have had large numbers of americans killed. >> officials say the attack was to take place around the first anniversary of the raid that took out osama bin laden. >> it is 4:32 now. we're following a break in a fatal hit-and-run case in fairfax county. late last night police made an arrest. >> fairfax county police have arrested 32-year-ol

. >> the republican primary has been a 24 hour news extravaganza for states like new hampshire and iowandidates and reporters flocked to local diners, newsstands, lunch counters, cafes, diner and greasy spoons drowning them with attention and pa lrnt i cheese. it was on to new york but with the early states making mitt romney the presumptive nominee no one is here. there were no tv cameras new york supporters. >> off to vote? no. >> voters like kevin hardwick were disappointed. those people in iowa and new hampshire. on my bucket list just once i want to cast a vote that matters. >> i knew i what i had to do you know what today we're going to tick something off that list and get you that much closer to death. >> it was time for "the daily show"'s show new york primary day fantasy-dream machine thing. you say you are frustrated by this process. you say your vote doesn't matter. today i want you to make your dreams come true. all right? bus driver move this bus. >> what did you say to me? (bleep) ah! there they are theç media. we were going to make kevin fel like a voter that actually m

overall delays begin near new hampshire avenue west to georgia avenue. that's just a volume delay.r so good 95 south coming out of baltimore out of laurel to make it to the beltway. 66 east heavier rain here as you can see getting past the rest area. the right side of the screen is eastbound traffic. more delays in centreville. in fair oaks toward very intake and stacking up inside the beltway at hov rules kick in at 6:30. the drive northbound 95 and 395 delays out of dale city into woodbridge, getting into newington, making your way to the beltway on 395. heaviest traffic is north of the beltway toward landmark but the pace at seminary road continuing to the 14th street bridge still in decent pace. only damp pavement right now heading up toward the 14th street bridge and downtown. your next check of traffic comes up at 6:43. back to you. >> thanks, bev. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg turns 28 today. later this week he's going to make a boat load of money when the stock goes public. >> another facebook founder is saying no to the united states before he even gets his big chec

. >> this happened at a 7-11 on new hampshire avenue in silver spring. autria godfrey has the latest it. >> the police are relying on the public's help, searching for the two masked gunmen who robbed this 7-11 in silver spring couple weeks ago. they were last seen fleeing on foot. montgomery county police want you to take a close look at the two men who stormed into the 7- eleven on new hampshire avenue on april 7 with guns drawn. >> all of these robberies and stuff. >> one robber demanded the employee and to register, the other stuff the bag with cigarettes. the person manning to register today said the cashier in this surveillance video being held at gunpoint is actually completing his first night on the job. >> when he got off of work, that is all he did. >> they made off with lots of cash and cigarettes. the employees say the area is typically safe, but one frequent customer remembered an armed robbery that turn fatal the couple years ago. >> i know that happened a couple years ago and the employee was killed. >> the police hope that the images will

>> it's an honor to be mentioned in that vein, but my focus is on serving new hampshire.e's so many good candidates out there. senator portman in ohio. we have a lot of great messages. >> she has to send, first of all, is he comfortable with that individual. is that person ready to serve for president of the united states. what does that person have in the ticket not only in terms of geography and qualifications and knowledge of the issues. >> are you ready to be vice president? >> i have great experience as a attorney general. i'm proud of that experience. i would say i have some would say better experience than barack obama when he was a senator having been the chief law enforcement officer of my state to serve on the senate armed services committee. again, what it comes down to me for me, it's serving new hampshire. >> another hot topic this week, is endorsements for romney appearing somewhat weak. newt gingrich and tom bow kau saying if it's a choice between a idea log and mitt romney, i'll go with mitt romney. >> having watched newt gingrich dribble this out for a lo

it is very hard for them to get to victory without winning the state of new hampshire.why that kind of trip is something we're going to see over and over again from mitt romney. >> mr. hamby you did great reporting in north carolina. while you were there moved to north carolina. a state representative in north carolina that had to apologize because she said this. she said this first. from what i understand about the mormon faith you can have multiple wives. that's sort of a contradiction. there are questions about who romney is and what he believes in in terms of that particular issue. she was commenting about the same-sex marriage initiative and trying to draw governor romney into it. i want to apologize on my comments on mitt romney. there's no place in public or political discourse for comments. i regret making them and sorry for any hurt or misunderstanding it may have caused. peter, did she decide to apologize on her own or was she pushed? >> that's a very good question. i strongly suspect and have heard the democratic national committee and obama campaign wanted t

columns about the new hampshire presidential primary. i spent a day following the then first lady barbara bush around. not as a stalker, but as a member of the press corps. it was a big press corps, lots of people. the motorcade of us going and around and all these dignitaries in various events. at the end of the day, mrs. bush had a press conference at a hotel ballroom. the place was packed. i was taking notes for my humor column. when i thought it was all over, the photographer brought the press corps that had been with mrs. bush up on the stage. maybe two dozen of us. they put me right next to barbara rush, first lady of the united states, for this picture. this is a situation where i know in my mind to say nothing. i knew that in my mind. [laughter] your brain does not always tell the rest of your body what the plan is. there was kind of a quiet moment with these high-powered journalists and this room full of people. i planned to say nothing, but for some reason my mouth came open, and i said to barbara bush, first lady of the united

there was an accident and new hampshire that has been taken care of. giving you the green light on all 66 miles of the beltway. >> that is good news this morning. on this monday morning d.c. police are looking for help try to find a missing 6-year-old boy. jayvon brown was last seen yesterday in the 1300 block of columbia road nw washington. he was wearing a green t-shirt at the time with a white t- shirt and predict t-shirt underneath, blue jeans, and red and black shoes. if you have a information about his whereabouts, call police. >> following a developing story from prince george's county. a police officer accused of driving drunk in his cruiser and crashing on the weekend. john gonzalez is live at police headquarters with more on this arrest. good morning. >> good morning. from hero to criminal, this off- duty police officer crashed is marked vehicle this weekend in an area that he has patrolled several years, on the wrong side of an arrest he has probably made hundreds of times. it was three months ago when officer daniel gonzalez received the val

republican of new hampshire senator kelly ayotte and chief economist diane s with wonk.rend tracker is on point here. if you look at the stories people are looking at this weekend. obama kicks off his campaign and romney sharpens his message. we're right on it in terms of what people are talking about. senator, let me start with you, between the president's big speech in ohio and virginia what you heard from the vice president this morning, how would you describe from the romney campaign this pitch for re-election you're hearing? >> i think overall with all due respect to the vice president, it's very, very sad that the candidate who ran on hope and change and uniting us in 2008 seems unrecognizable now. we've had a decisive president. we've had a president who is failing to lead on the fundamental issues starting first with the economy. we saw that jobs report on friday was very, very disappointing. the most disappointing aspect of it is that people are leaving the job market, and obviously, they feel hopeless in terms of where the economy is right now. its two signatur

here is the beltway at new hampshire avenue, that is clean and dry. back to you. >> thank you. we want to get started with breaking news from china. a diplomatic standoff over a blind activist is over. he left the u.s. embassy in beijing in order to receive medical care as well as be reunited with his family. escaped from house arrest last month. a u.s. official says that he will stay in china after being promised he will be treated as a normal citizen. the dispute threatens to overshadow high-level talks between the u.s. and china and china is now demanding an apology. >> president obama on his way home from his surprise trip to a afghanistan. the commander met troops at the airbase honoring their efforts in fighting the taliban and bringing osama bin laden to justice. hours earlier, the president visited kabul to sign a strategic partnership agreement with president karzai. it outlines the expected relationship between the countries after 2014 when the u.s. will complete a planned troop withdrawal. then the president called it a new day in the decade-long war in his address t

. >> police on the scene of a motorcycle accident on new new hampshire avenue. new new hampshire shut down in both directions. police are trying to figure out what happened. apparently a motorcycle collided with one other vehicle. the rider on the bike is said to be in bad shape right now. >> police say a child was inside the car used to kill a young fairfax county woman in a road rage incident this week. gloria mcmill lynn accused of hitting and killing, 21-year-old, last friday night in hybla valley. police had three numbers from the license plate as a clue. that turned out to bow just enough. >> one of or homicide detech ti -- detectives ran every conceivable combination involving the digits and came up with a list of potential suspects. >> she is charged with felony hit-and-run. records show she has been cited for reckless driving, speeding and driving on a suspended license. >> supporters and opponents of an ambulance fee squared off. those being helped by an ambulance would have to reimburse the county between $300 and $800. opponents say that could keep pe

there's also this makeshift memorial at the bridge on new hampshire avenue overtop the track where this accident happened. but later this morning the mayor will gather with relatives of the victims, first responders, and transportation officials as they honor the victims with the unveiling of a memorial plaque just feet from the accident site where the two trains collided near the station in northeast d.c. the train operator and eight passengers were killed that day. dozens were injured. it was later discovered that a faulty electrical circuitry. in that circuitry this plan will eventually be a centerpiece for a $1 million memorial park off new hampshire avenue and south dakota, which will include benches and artwork. many of the south manor residents in northeast d.c. oppose the idea. they say it will bring more noise, traffic, and crime. they say no disrespect to the families, but they have already sent a number of letters to city officials. again, the unveiling of this memorial plaque will take place at 10:00 this morning. reporting live, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> the d.c. teenag

only to iowa and new hampshire had made the inroads for support of marriage equality. i'll start with you. does the president risk alienating voters by taking a stance on this issue in digging in deep with six months to go. >> you have to take him at his word that he is evolving on his position. you look at the polls in the same states and you see the voters are evolving. virginia, a state that i've spent a lot of time working in. you see voters in poll after poll are much more open to the idea than they were a few years ago. so i don't think he risks alienating people. especially when he is able to point to this aggressive agenda he has of real accomplishments, whether it is on don't ask don't tell or hate crimes legislation or health care benefits for same sex couples. and i think in a lot of ways, that's what the vice president was getting at as well. making sure that same sex couples, regardless of the marital status, enjoy the same rights. >> the rnc chairman reince priebus addressed this. >> the president wants to be able to play both sides of this issue. he is o

and all through upstate new york, vermont new hampshire and maine. n to hartford to new york city. as far as the forecast, on-and-off downpours during the day, very humid air mass. we will get breaks during the day, when it does rain, though, it will likely rain hard. chicago area also to milwaukee back to the quad cities, a chance for strong storms today with large hail. but that will be very scattered. >> bill, thanks. >>> coming up, who's joins britney? who said no to the tanning mom? and why prince william is about to get millions? >>> plus, at 68 he's ready to go live from new york. your first look at entertainment is straight ahead. you're watching "fifrpt lorst l msnbc. ors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage

starting to swallow up vermont and new hampshire. in boston, showers. in maine, new hampshire, vermont, upstate maine, scattered showers further to the south. it won't be much in the way of sunshine today. hard to find from new york, philly, d.c. temperatures will warm up. the winds will be out of the south. you'll feel the added humidity. we will spark a few showers. heavy rain up into northern new england. look at what happens. it's once again like a two or three-day period in the middle of the week where it's cloudy and cool. then look at washington, d.c., thursday, friday, saturday, mother's day looks fantastic. we're going to be rewarded on the east coast for a two-day period with showers and rain. into the southeast, not an all day rain. sunshine followed by afternoon storms and the peak of tomorrow will show we'll dry it out in dallas and oklahoma. we're looking beautiful in chicago and minneapolis. showers and light rain lingering there in areas of boston down i 95. there's a rainbow. >>> we'll look forward to that. thank you, bill. >>> coming u

you have seen it here in new new hampshire, here in keene. ou watch what happens when you give opportunity, what happens when you create the environment for people to take advantage of new technologies, when you have a nurturing environment to invite companies and people with new ideas to come in. you've seen it. well, ladies and gentlemen, the whole country's ready. the whole country's ready. all we have to do, all we have to do is level the playing field, not punish anybody wealthy. ladies and gentlemen, i get a kick out of it, and i'll conclude with this. you know, i'm, as i said, you know, you read about me, i'm middle class joe, like i said, i'm the kid who climbed out of a coal mine with a lunch bucket in my hand. [laughter] ladies and gentlemen, what i find and what i resent is those people that talk about we're engagedded in class warfare. they don't understand. your house and mine, middle class neighborhoods, we were raised by people who not only wanted to live in a dement neighborhood, be able to own their home and not rent, ect.. th