this year the obama group made plans to ease that fear.>reporter: they can to give you a fixed income for as long as you live, and for 01 k. it gives you a lump sum and that can vary with the stock market usually a choice of taking it all or turning it into a annuity giving you a monthly check the center do not know how long you will live more basically gambling. if you play it safe with an annuity, your money could last longer than you do if he take a lump-sum, just the opposite could happen. now the treasury department will make it easier to hedge my bet. say you're 65 and have about two with a thousand dollars in your 401k. you are able to take $30,000 out and purchase longer give the insurance this begins only a small lucky enough to live to the age of 70--85. it will pay you $17,000 per year. it is possible to buy that annuity but the treasury department will make a lot easier at the same time the labor department is tightening the rules for companies that want to funds and 401 k plans that workers can find out, to the companies are c

>> so why would a pro-democratic, a pro-obama group obviously be trying to influence the republican racemichigan primary is the same day as arizona's, next tuesday. trying to prolong it, trying to get santorum instead of romney? what's the goal here? >> you know, whenever you have an uncontested primary, on our side this time, just like george bush in 2004, you're trying to not only wake up your party, your faithful, but you're trying to help define the candidate who's likely to emerge as the republicans finish their process. so they're trying to define mitt romney as someone who's a quitter when it comes to american jobs in this country. and i think that's a pretty effective spot. >> a little mischief making. >> and four years ago the democra democrats ceded the state because mccain was the nominee. will this be a battleground in the fall? >> it could be, but it depends on whether or not the latino vote comes out. there was a little bit of a disappointment in '010 with the latino vote, because they thought that with the passage of sb-1070 and a lot of the animosity that was created, the

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in 2010 changed the rules and allowed for more money to flow into these types of outside groups, president obama was very forceful and aggressive in continuing to urge big donors not to give to these types of groups and as norah said, he spent a lot of time in 2010 railing against them. after the general election in 2010 during which republicans drove tens in millions to a land slide victory in which they took back the house of representatives, the white house started to back away from its opposition which you see yesterday evening and today is a step further still where they're saying not reasonable we not opposed to these types of groups coming in, raising money on our behalf but in fact, we are going to help them raise money so they can offset what the republican groups have done. >> bill burton is one of the key people behind the president's super pac. let me ask you about one analogy and maybe it's a fair one, maybe not. but in the 1980s, we saw the buildup towards the soviet union because the u.s. didn't want to the unilaterally disarm with the weapons that the soviet union had. in terms o

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president obama spoke to the group about the importance of, of course, science, technology, engineeringnd math. bacon says the opportunity was a dream come true. >> never imagined able to come to the white house, have president obama say great job, everything you guys have been doing, overwhelming how great this s. >> tomorrow's probably back to school. the president also looked at exhibits by the students that range from breakthrough research to new inventions. >> congratulations to him. >>> well, the san francisco boys and girls club exists for no other reason than to help children succeed. a lot of children. close to 17,000 young people each year make their way into one of the boys and girls clubs. so when the staff point to one young person and say, she is special, that means something. nbc bay area's garvin thomas joins us with that. >> a little story in jackie fuller's life that told me a lot about her. while living in hunters point, she chose to go to high school in san francisco's richmond district. it was only the first day of school she realized exactly what she had signed up

to avoid being swamped by the big money group, president obama has agreed to take the support of super pacs. they expect unlamented donations. because of the pregnant a hypocrite because he described it as a threat to democracy. they insist the president does not support current finance rules. it cannot be fair for him to live under the rules. >> four people including two children are being treated for smoke inhalation after a fire. >> this happened at a duplex. the fire started in the kitchen. we do not know the conditions at the time. >> a car crash sent one driver to a hospital. he went under a tractor trailer. the driver was taken to the hospital with severe head injuries. the crash is under investigation. >> jury selection almost finished in the trial of a former lacrosse player accused of killing his ex-girlfriend the prosecution and defense has agreed on 28 jurors. he is charged with killing her in her apartment may 2010. finding an impartial jury has not been easy. >> when you live in this area for that long and not your things and have an influence you in some way. >> the juro

groups. president obama had been a critic. >> all across america, special interests have poured millions of dollars into phony front groups. you've seen them. they're called americans for prosperity. moms for motherhood. >> reporter: but today, the president's campaign changed course. it will encourage super pac support. >> we're going to fight on the same playing field, we're going to level the playing field. >> reporter: super pac spending in the republican primary has exceeded $40 million and prompted the change of heart in the obama campaign. on sunday, mr. obama telegraphed the change in an interview with matt lauer. >> it is very hard to be able to get your message out without having some resources. >> reporter: the decision will also impact the battle for control of congress. >> the problem for democratic super pacss affiliated with house and senate races is that the titular head of the democratic party, barack obama, made it very clear in 2010 and all the way back to his 2008 race that he didn't approve of super pacs. now that he's giving the okay, that should turn on the spigot of outside

obama to reverse the mandate. critics are calling it a violation of religious freedom. the president recently offered a compromise, in which insurers would pay for the contraceptive instead of the relig out-- religious groups>> president obama says there is no more room for compromise on the issue. >>> jury questioning starts tomorrow in the trial of the rutgers student, accused of using a web cam to spy on his roommate, tyler clemente. the teen later committed suicide. darvin raffy could face a list of charges that could land him in jail for up to 10 jeers. >> reporter: years. >> reporter: like so many teenagers, darvin communicated mostly online. now, the e-mails, text messages and tweets he sent are likely to be used against him, as prosecutors try to prove he harassed tyler clemente because he believed his roommate was gay. according to the records, even before he met clemente, he chatted to a friend, "f" my life, he's gay. >> reporter: and he twice set up a camera when clemente had a man in the room. the second posting on twitter, yes, it's happening again. two days after he discovered that ra vi had spied on him, clemente took a train to new york city. at 8:42 p.m. that evening, he left this message

they do 20 or 30 some right wing groups against obama. they spend money against obama. >> do you think putting them in an ad is a smart thing to do? >> sure. >> really? that's going to -- >> i'm going to beat -- >> dana makes a fantastic point. bush wouldn't have done it. obama has -- he's so thin skinned. not only does he call out enemy, koch brother, et cetera, he calls out fox. he calls out other right wing groups that don't agree with his agenda. >> why don't you call soros? >> i'm not president! >> let's talk about the rich people that he does like. so his donors list was also revealed today and on it, former mf globele ceo jon corzine. advisors to solyndra, convince dense, bob. energy department advisor and steve wesley, venture capitalist. i thought they were bad people. my favorite, eva longoria is advising the president on immigration. gosh, i feel relieved she's driving that bus. go ahead, bob. >> what's wrong with that? i don't understand what's wrong with any of that. i can go through any of the republican list, i don't care w

led by senator whitehouse democrats in the senate are pushing for a vote on what president obama has your group referred to as the buffett rule it's a rule that will require anyone who pay makes more than a million bucks a year to pay a minimum of thirty percent in federal income taxes regardless of where their income comes from keep in mind the top tax rate now for rate right now for people like warren buffett's secretary is thirty five percent so millionaires and billionaires will actually still pay less than she does but with the buffett rule in place people like mitt romney and paris hilton will make their money sit on their butts around the pool waiting for the dividend checks to arrive will finally pay their fair share in taxes and not just the mac current maximum of fifteen percent senator white house is calling the legislation the ain't a fair share act so can such a proposal break a republican filibuster in the senate and actually get consideration in a bought off house of representatives here to offer his take on this is conservative commentator david selig from from our new york stud

contribute to a super pac supporting him the obama campaign changing its position on super pacs in response to the massive amounts of money raised by those republican groups president obama makes a u.-turn deciding now for his team to help raise campaign cash for his super pac the president's campaign manager says look we cannot fight this campaign with one hand tied behind our back was this inevitable i think it was chris. all right so the question here that they ask is was this inevitable and like i never said we see said yes personally i'm not so sure on one hand this is a big flip flop and a cave on the part of the president not like we are used to seeing that happen by now but if disconcerting nonetheless at the same time this is a sign of our political system and the problems within it right now there is so much money flooding in from the right that the democrats and obama's reelection campaign obviously felt that they have to play the game if they want to keep their jobs now i'm going to get chris hedges take on this in our first interview tonight but before we do that let me just delve into one more point that i think needs to be made here if you

obama campaign is not sitting still. the team is reversing super packed policy, for the first time urging big donors to give money to an outside group that supports president obama. newt gingrich knows all about the power of super packed money. in florida romney buried him under a blitz of negative ads as he rolled to victory. the former house speaker is in ohio today. newt gingrich did not do much campaigning in colorado or minnesota and not on the ballot in missouri. tara mergener, wjz, eye witness news. >> ron paul has a rally scheduled for tonight in minnesota. he has pumped time and money in to the state hoping for his first win there. >> still to come on eye witness news at noon, details about the case of a rutger student accused of spying on his roommate during a sexual encounter. why prosecutors want to upgrade the charges. >>> high flying circus act goes horribly wrong, the details coming up. >>> another sunny day out there. that could change, your forecast is coming up. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in a

they transferred $215,000 from priorities u.s.a., secret donor group backing president obama to priorities u.s.a. action, which is a super pac supporting president obama. i talked to the folks there. they said this is just for administrative expenses. as to whether it's going to be shut down, i don't see any political will on capitol hill for any type of significant campaign finance reform. certainly none that would be in effect to influence the money flowinging into the 2012 election. >> thanks very much to both of you. bottom line is why americans are so frustrated with congress. it's just something that just makes no sense. and perhaps should change. >>> next, what to make of reports that iran is planning an attack on american soil? peter king is chairman of the homeland security committee and he's "outfront," next. and who strangled the woman in michigan found dead in the back of her mercedes? her husband speaks for the first time tonight. and will congress get its act together, close a loophole and make a deal on the payroll tax? we've got a new word to introduce for you in washington

groups at the core of the modern coalition, what i called the coalition of the desceant, minorities, young people, ana college educated whites, they are among those being hit absolutely hardest by the recession. obama and need to those groups should turn out that have suffered in the last few years. as you point out, the most conservative elements of the republican party are dubious of romney. generally speaking, both campaigns are relying heavily on the concern about the party to generate a a turnout. what i would mean for the environment, spending on social programs and health care -- what that would mean for the environment, spending on social programs, health care, should mean turn out. older voters are rolled lead going to be more motivated to show up and vote against president obama. -- older voters are probably going to be more motivated to shop and go against president obama. tavis: mr. gingrich has certainly run a blueprint for how to run against mr. romney. i want to talk about the president running against congress, but let's talk about specifically mr. romney. it will not work for the obama campaign? >> i think they are going to use it. we think about the focus on his wealth and what lo

conference of catholic bishops is denounce iing barack obama's compromise. the groupproposal raises serious moral concerns. president barack obama will propose a budget on monday that forecasts a $91 billion deficit in 2013. the budget includes plans to invest in rebuilding infrastructure while hiking taxes on the rich. >> for the latest political news, you know where to go. cnnpolitics.com. >>> hard to believe valentine's day just three days away. so consider this. are you cheating on your spouse financially? if so, it's time to come clean. christine romans and ali velshi show how to have the money talk with your significant other. >> when it comes to money, my friend ali velshi and i speak two different languages. that's okay. thankfully, we are not married to each other. we just work together and wrote a book called "how to speak money." couples in debt, one of the topics we talked about in that book. it's a big strain on relationships. i want to look at this data. wives who had no debt were 12% more likely to be very happy in marriage than wives between $10,000 an

, labor groups contributed $206.7 million to obamademocrats during the 2008 campaign cycle. $68 million came from direct contributions, and the rest spent by outside labor groups with ties to 527 organizations, those numbers are only what was reported. enough of the real news, let's gather around the water cooler to reveal at long last the endorsement that just may change the face of this presidential race and, indeed, that of american politics forever. megadeath front man dave mustane has come out and endorsed rick santorum. megadeath for santorum. how does that sound? in an interview with musicradar.com, he admits he didn't know much about rick santorum until recently when the candidate announced his brief break from the trail in january to return home to his sick daughter. he admired that decision he said and believes santorum has "some presidential qualities." so rick santorum has megadeath of all groups in his camp. some other musicians who have endorsed candidates this go around, gene simmons of kiss is behind mitt romney, kelly

that is not stopping republican groups from attacking president president obama. big-money attack ad tries to portray the president as a dirty politician. >> reporter: president obama and solindra under fire. >> a big government fiasco. >> reporter: it's at least the fourth hit on president obama and the administration's investment in the failed green energy company via republican outside spending groups. in november -- >>> wealthy donors with ties on solindra gives poim tens of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: in december -- >> a 5$530 million loan -- -- >> reporter: in january. cross roads gps spent $1 million on two of those ads. that's the powerhouse gop group advised by carl roev. the koch brothers backed americans for prosperity spent $8.4 billion on the other two. the ads challenge what the president's critics call reckless big government spending. listen closely. >> typical washington . >> typical washington. >> it's not about people. it's politics. >> reporter: it's an attempt to paint the president as part of a corrupt washington valuable. it's a theme

obama. analysts say whoever can convince florida's diverse group of voters has what it takes to take on obama. >> let's hand itvetote. it goes for france in an election year. >> and for sarkozy. he has enthusiastically get is news because it is good for france and his election chances. new delhi has entered into exclusive negotiations with france dessault aviation to build fighter jets. fesieeompetition from the year a fighter consortium, but now it is set to land a deal valued at over 7.5 billion eus. >> the fighter jet came out on top and landed the deal. the media is speculating that they won the contract because th oerheowt ic the news was warmly received in french capital paris. presidensaoz hailed the first international deal. >> wha been waiting for this for 30 years. 126 in the last days iia it goes well beyond the company that produces them at well beyond aeronautical industry. it is a sign of confidence for e olfrchcomy >> in december, france said it would start producing -st producing it in a decade if it did not win any export orders, but the deal means the company is stepping up

president obama spoke to the group about the importance of science, technology, engineering and math.acon says the opportunity was a dream come true. >> never imagined able to come to the white house, have president obama say great job, everything you guys have been doing, overwhelming how great this is. >> got a feeling he will be running some sort of company in about five years? the president also looked at exhibits by the students that ranged from breakthrough research to new inventions. >> i need him to come and tutor me. >> or tutor our newsroom. >>> a new side of tiger woods. his candid press conference at pebble today. >>> ahead, protecting your pry vass circumstance the potential new law inspired by actress demi moore's 911 call. >>> and why today's strong tide on the bay could be a sign of things to come. the potential danger to our coastline. >>> and good evening, i'm jeff ranieri in the nbc bay area weather center. if you slept in this morning, you may have missed this rare sight, yes exrain here across the bay area. a lot of it pushing to the south, but this did leave a qu

that is not stopping republican groups from attacking president obama. >>catherine: the president and solyndra are under fire in another attack ad. it is at least the forced-- the fourth hit on the president and his investment in the field agreed energy company by a republican all sides vending group. obama there is an attempt to paint the president as a part of a corrupt washington. it is the theme that the governor has picked up on. >> he practices something that i call its crony capitalism. it is kind of capitalism but instead of being driven by the market and consumers, it is driven by politicians. >> polling shows that most americans view the president as ethical and honest despite ads and democratic strategists are adamant that will not change. >>darya: 8:27 a.m., here is a live look, nice and friday light at the bay bridge. the approach is clear. it is an easy ride with plenty of sunshine. we will be right back. cough >>mark: more on the susan g., and as they have decided this week to ended the half million dollar grant they're giving each year to

they transferred $215,000 from priorities u.s.a., secret donor group backing president obama to priorities u.s.a. action, which is a super pac supporting president obama. i talked to the folks there. they said this is just for administrative expenses. as to whether it's going to be shut down, i don't see any political will on capitol hill for any type of significant campaign finance reform. certainly none that would be in effect to influence the money dpl flowinging into the 2012 election. >> thanks very much to both of you. bottom line is why americans are so frustrated with congress. it's just something that just makes no sense. and perhaps should change. >>> next, what to make of reports that iran is planning an attack on american soil? peter king is chairman of the homeland security committee and he's "outfront," next. and who strangled the woman in michigan found dead in the back of her mercedes? her husband speaks for the first time tonight. and will congress get its act together, close a loophole and make a deal on the payroll tax? we've got a new word to introduce for you in washin

obama administration. lobbyist to group inside the united states but i think they want to squeeze the pressure on iran they want to. national community and i think what we have seen some european talk. again. i think american trying. to go to the extreme by trying to destroy. the economy they've taken into consideration that you want to go through election. probably the thing this is kind of backfire. against. i think they go on very far in this in this because this is kind of an implication for the world economy especially this escalate to a military showdown between america and your job.