what i saw around ohm was disarray of the opposition. they withdrew and were divided among themselves i know speaking to people back home there is bitterness about that withdrawal. some feel betrayed. >> paul was speaking to me earlier from brit. other news in breakfast, the u.s. attorney general says authorities would have the right to kill an american dissident if they were engaged in terrorist activities abroad. holder said it would be lawful if the senior ladder of al qaeda tried to kill americans and could not be captured. flooding in australia continues to cause havoc in three eastern states. almost 9,000 have been evacuated from homes in one town. it was hit by terrible floods last year. scientists have discovered puts of an area are being insraeutded by new plants and tiny animals. 70,000 seeds are carried on the ors clothes overwhelm ecology. rising temperatures are allowing them to germinate. >> not a surprise they confirm what we think. >> in the last few minutes we have confirmation the eurozone economy contracted in the last

for a cash transfer puree good -- a cash transfer, or charging 50 cents more as we tried to move he ohm -- move people from paying cash. finally, the bottom shows a little bit of good news from the joint report, and where would we get comes through on a formula, so where the general fund does better, we do better, so from the original estimates, they are improved, so this isn a possible revenue. this is one we will certainly take. as i mentioned in the beginning, we have a larger structural deficit to address commoso thisl is also looking at longer-term reductions. this shows what some of those are. the one folks think is the best fit for the mta is a vehicle licensing fee. in order to bring those to the voters, we would need authorization from the state, which has not been forthcoming. >> a signature from the governor? >> the legislature has approved this three times, and all three times it has been vetoed by the governor commoso i know senatorn now is looking to bring these forward again a. -- senator leno is looking to bring these forward again. gothere would be a strong nexus for th

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the showing again of will fix ability on the ohms control issues of them was us presidential election clements this isn't for his republican rivals back in the states once he's going to check on the ports come up the hill. the run up to the presidential election in the us. a perfect time to drag out the good old cold war skeleton from the closet. russia this is without question our number one geopolitical foe in the world of the presidential hopeful mitt romney russia is america's prime enemy while its president elect you should remember this. represents a real threat. to the. stability and peace. that's in the world of mitt romney what about well america there is no evidence of any popular support for bashing russia for hostility towards russia so this idea that somehow or another russia is a concern for americans it just doesn't add up at all with a very small sliver of people asked about romney's comments president medvedev and advised him to stop reverting to the olden days hollywood spirit types and take a look at the calendar. and you can in the end would advise all u.s. preside

to be think it's a very small effect it's not some ohms it will point through zero point three fifteen percent of it to be critical it's. it's absolutely needed for flaws a real position of the big. and stay with the markets many alice is saying that we're going to see a rally oh after this weekend the hawks sunshine from i have seen much poll says that although we might see a rally it's not necessarily dependent on who the next president will be. the rally could be quite significant next week but it really diplomas on the global background we see quite a significant rally in the russian market over the last week or two i think it would be a mistake to assume that this rally was seen over the last couple weeks as because of for increasing carbon it's about elections that could be part of it but a significant increase in the world price is also played a very material. and let's get out in the markets we'll see how oil is staring at a vista our as you can see both light sweet and brands are indeed down this hour in negative territory move on to europe and see how that part of the world i

. >> just go like this ohm. >> okay. >> so holding there now i just want you to do teeny tiny pulsesbaby just pulsing the baby they like that movement keep squeezing your knees together this is where the fun part comes in. >> is this kind of funny like this is the reason i am whacked out for swim suit season but now he is helping me get back in shape. >> let's just two more you have to walk tomorrow right. peel your spine down one vertebrae at the time, do whatever you need to do to feel good. try to relax. >> do you find really not only obviously is it great physically for you to be back at it, be active but the fact that you can do it with your child emotionally, it is an exercise as well that is beneficial. >> absolutely a lot of moms come here to meet other moms and their children are the same age and they are still together now years later they have mom groups and things like that. >> one last thing to fit in before we go. >> go ahead and keep your left leg down long on the mat and reach your right leg up in the air these are leg circles harder than they look so try to again rel

. >>> this is a little bit ohm parting right? before a -- embarrassing right? before a new car is being unveiled shelby american acknowledged that the company faked photos of the new front end of the shelby 1,000 lifting off the ground. you can see them right there on the screen. two of the photos were distributed to the media and were being used on major websites. they showed the two front wheels of the customized mustang lifted several inches into the air presumably because of the car's immense thrust. now instead this is photo manipulation. the car is due to be unveiled monday in new york. oops. >> it's a big deal but if you've known the history of shelby cars over the years they are very powerful. yes, this is an exaggeration but it's not going to hurt the brand. >> they are very embarrassed by this admission. >> thanks jess. >> thank you jess. >>> the bad news this morning? you can't afford that shelby because you didn't win the megamillions jackpot. the good news? no one else did either. last night's jackpot was an estimated $363 million with no winner th

we have a sort of stew pen did you say abundance of oil and gas in america and we are -- we are the ohmrld that imposes unbelievable constraints on that. drilling isn't allowed off the mid atlantic coast if virginia wants to engage in that. ban on the florida gulf coast. you know who will be drilling this? cuba. the number of leases that obama administration has let under federal and the rockies is down by 30%. and, of course, there is anwar. it would be providing million barrels a day today had it opened any time in the last 20 years. that's a third of iranian production and we have shut it off. >> bret: china is expanding their drilling o all over the world. >> and the russians as well. >> bret: next, a double setback in afghanistan. >> the discussions that i just completed with president karzai and also with the other afghan leaders, we really did focus on strategy for the future and what needs to be accomplished as we move towards the end of 2014 and then beyond 2014. >> if we maintain a steady, responsible transition process, which is what we've designed, then i am confident that w

focused on georgia, which yes, has the most delegates of any of the states, but at the same time, it is ohm one state. i think it is his home state. so it starts to look like, okay. is this -- if you can only win this state and you can't really turn this around and overtake the santorum spot, do you really have a reason to keep running? >> bret: what's interesting, steve, in some of the early results, romney had a big lead and those were a lot of eastern counties of washington, which traditionally have been more conservative, which the romney campaign could look at that perhaps and say they see some good things. >> we didn't have exit polling tonight. the story -- >> bret: or entrance polling. >> the story of the campaign so far has been romney's inability to get above 35, 38% among very conservative voters, people who self-identified as very conservative or strong tea party supporters. we don't know whether he did that. but there are geographical indications that he might have done better than people expected. in he did that, it's a very good night for mitt romney. the fact that there is n

i think by mid-morning, you are ohms will jump well into the 50s.should start to feel a lot warmer. yesterday felt a little cool in the afternoon with highs in the upper 40s. 41 in washington. still? 30s there to the north and west. hagerstown, 38 degrees. 39 in winchester. to the south and east, ocean city, good morning. 41degrees. you know what we'll be talking about soon enough. >> what's that? >> beach weather. >> there you go. satellite-radar. >> so much excitement. >> we've got clear skies out there. just a few clouds to the west. should be nice and dry. today, mid-60s. tomorrow, upper 60s and low 70s. so there you go. a couple of nice days. sunshine, mild conditions, enjoy your afternoon. 64 by 4:00 p.m. >> you could even walk along the beach right now in this weather. >> not right now at this very time but later on in the day when it warms up. >> very soon, he will be doing the high tide reports. you were off camera. do the happy weather dance you just did. >> that's talent. >> julie, i bet after he got one too. >> don't encourage it, will.

focused on georgia, which yes, has the most delegates of any of the states, but at the same time, it is ohm one state. i think it is his home state. so it starts to look like, okay. is this -- if you can only win this state and you can't really turn this around and overtake the santorum spot, do you really have a reason to keep running? >> bret: what's interesting, steve, in some of the early results, romney had a big lead and those were a lot of eastern counties of washington, which traditionally have been more conservative, which the romney campaign could look at that perhaps and say they see some good things. >> we didn't have exit polling tonight. the story -- >> bret: or entrance polling. >> the story of the campaign so far has been romney's inability to get above 35, 38% among very conservative voters, people who self-identified as very conservative or strong tea party supporters. we don't know whether he did that. but there are geographical indications that he might have done better than people expected. in he did that, it's a very good night for mitt romney. the fact that there is n

focused on georgia, which yes, has the most delegates of any of the states, but at the same time, it is ohm one state. i think it is his home state. so it starts to look like, okay. is this -- if you can only win this state and you can't really turn this around and overtake the santorum spot, do you really have a reason to keep running? >> bret: what's interesting, steve, in some of the early results, romney had a big lead and those were a lot of eastern counties of washington, which traditionally have been more conservative, which the romney campaign could look at that perhaps and say they see some good things. >> we didn't have exit polling tonight. the story -- >> bret: or entrance polling. >> the story of the campaign so far has been romney's inability to get above 35, 38% among very conservative voters, people who self-identified as very conservative or strong tea party supporters. we don't know whether he did that. but there are geographical indications that he might have done better than people expected. in he did that, it's a very good night for mitt romney. the fact that there is n

an energizing issue for republicans because their candidate will be in a position of saying now our ohm shot of repealing this is to get obama out, the supreme court is over. and on the other hand, if the statute is struck down by the court, then obama can energize his base by saying, you need me back in so we can change this conservative course. >> bret: the slickly produced 17-minute video. take a listen. >> when he faced his country who looked to him for answers, he would not dwell in blame or dreaming idealism. >> bret: naturateed by tom hanks, not a lot in he, brit, about the angst over obamacare, as you can imagine. >> and he said he would not dwell on blame. i'm surprised tom hanks was able to get the line out without coughing. this president has been notable -- look, politician december this. it's not the biggest crime that ever happened, but this president has been notable and as have his associates for blaming others, for the longest time, of course, it was former president bush who got all the blame for the problems. the administration never seemed to understand with regard t

about you, a former ohm administration adviser is now comparing rush limbaughing to bill maher. is that a fair comparison? plus, were bill maher is now defending rush. i'm tamron hall. the "news nation" is follow og the loudest calls yet for newt gingrich to get out of the race and let the two front-runners battle it out. romney took seven states and the most delegates last night but barely won in ohio by just one point over rick santorum. despite spending four times as much money as his rivals in that state. santorum picked up victories in other big races, that one being tennessee as well as north dakota and oklahoma. with just one victory for gingrich in his home state, by the way, santorum's super pac declared today it is time for mr. gingrich to step away saying "with gingrich exiting the race, it would be a true head to head race. newt has become a hindrance to a conservative alternative. let's bring in the political panel. michael smerconish is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and contributor, a.b. stoddard, columnist for the hill and we have with us steve days

clearly he was a boy going ohm, attending to his business, he was stalked, he was pursued, which he shouldhe was killed, he should not have been killed. martha: the yes that is being raised is what dr. martin luther king would think about what is going on right now surrounding this trayvon martin case, this is niece is with us. she says reverend jesse jackson and reverend alsharpton need to, quote, stop playing the race card. she is going to join us after this. call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. >> you cannot defend yourself with a pack of skittles and ice cream. don't talk to us like we stupid. don't talk to us like we ignorant. we love our children, like you love yours. martha: that was reverend alsharpton of course firing up the crowds, demanding justice for the shooting death of unarmed teenager trayvon martin. the niece of dr. martin luther king jr. now says that civil right activists like al sharpton and jesse jackson are raoeulg up americans with that type of language, and her quote, playing

hero on and off the battlefield as he helps tornado victims in one of the hardest hit areas in his ohmntucky. rick leventhal is live in liberty tee, kentucky with more. >> reporter: this town has been hit very, very hard as we know and is still in need of a lot of help. the home that was here is reduced to abou bits of rubble. you see trees mixed in here as well. this entire hillside was forested. all the trees were knocked down until dakota and his buddies came in and carved it up and cleared it out and helped the people who lived here. >> marines have given up their freedom every day. i wanted to find a way to give back. >> reporter: well this is one of the hundreds of homes that were either damaged or destroyed in west liberty, a small town that was in the direct path of that twister, took out about 60 miles across earn kentucky. blake hatch eris one of dakota's buddies. you loaded up a buzz saw and chainsaw, it's quiet right now. you've been doing incredible workout here. tell me why you decided to make this trip. >> i don't know. i seen on the news as soon as all the storms came t

make it such that innovators want to come here, that people from all over the world make this their ohm start companies here, hire people here. how do you do that? you make sure regulations are up to date and modern, minimized. you make sure that we take advantage of our energy resources, to use our coal and oil and gas. [cheers and applause] and by the way -- and by the way, you make sure that you pass the easiest test of all as a president. you say yes to the keystone pipeline from canada. [cheers and applause] you also want to have tax policies that encourage small businesses and big businesses to grow and invest. let me make a mention of a couple of things. this president should understand that most americans work in businesses that are taxed not as corporations, but as individuals. they call them flow-through businesses, where there's not a corporate-level tax. it goes right to the individual. his plan is to raise the taxes from 35% on those entities to 40%. if he does that, he will kill jobs. my plan is to cut taxes across the board by 20%, get more jobs in america! [cheers and ap

the panelisted will be dana, elizabeth, director of consumer and state affairs aarp, anyway ohm in the keep, jonathan rush, deputy chief forking extra and poll circumstance fraud section of the criminal division, department of justice. jeffrey steger, the senior litigation counsel from the consumer protection branch, department of justice. and abby, the director of consumer protection in the office of the indiana attorney general. and with that i give you michael bloom, our moderator. thank you. [applause] >> thanks, and good afternoon. this panel, i suspect, will be very interesting and informative and let's get to it. we're going to talk about fraud directed at the elderly, and a natural question is, why do we have a special panel on fraud on the elderly? and there is research that concerns particular vulnerabilities that older folks have that make them more susceptible than others to certain kinds of frauds. and i'd like to start with betsy, about some of the research that the aarp may have done concerning those vulnerabilities and if you could give us those factors that make older