john ralston, do you first. it hasn't been a secret for some time that mitt romney has this nomination locked up. so what precipitated this announcement from the paul camp? >> well, i think he's out of money, judy. that's the real problem for him in terms of going forward. so he's going to do something that no other candidate in history has. he's going to run backwards. that is, he's going to go back to these states where he's been able to infiltrate the county and state conventions and grab as many delegates as he can for the national convention. that's what he's done in nevada long after he got crushed in the caucus here he went back, did just that and won a majority of delegates to the national convention. 22 of 28 here. >> woodruff: brian doherty, how do you see it? you've studied ron paul. can they actually go out and collect delegates even though they know he can't win the nomination? >> they absolutely can. one reason is to a lot of his fans they still actually believe he can win which i think is part of

>>> yeah southbound 101 ralston injury crash just reported. traffic app showing you the slowing now on southbound 101, heavy traffic reported a couple minutes ago by traffic spotter. i think we are going to see things slow as we head through this area southbound 101 at ralston is where this injury crash is. so far, highway 92 getting to 101 looking good now. we'll keep you posted. already slow westbound 580 as you head through castro valley approaching an accident at 238 on the shoulder. southbound 880 at whipple, a crash as well. that has created heavy traffic from highway 92. bay bridge toll, even though metering lights are on there's a minor back-up if that, you can even see it here at the toll, maybe just slow from the tolls to the metering lights. elsewhere some of the usual delays westbound 4 antioch, 680 good through wall creek. >>> muni adding special bus service this weekend for sunday's beta breakers race. it is going to be the best way to avoid the expected gridlock when thousands of runners and walkers flood san francisco. the bus

a billion dollars and we have oil majors of course losing we have a look well down just a bit and ralston that's down over a one the percent this hour now another reason russia's gasper on could change one of its partners in the company's most promising offshore projects according to commerce on daily newspaper it is considering abandoning this partnership with stacks of oil and that's to develop the gas rich soccer field in the barents sea gas from is in conflict with an old region for him overworking schemes and reportedly wants to replace it with. now the current partnership which also includes french toads how is expected to be discussed with pricing there president vladimir putin later today. like to look at currencies and see what the latest figures are if i could see them i would tell you there we go the euro is again against the dollar as you can see that when it comes to the ruble it's now losing against balls we've had the revised been losing again and has been flat or near today this is that make sure in this hour enough we move on second look at oil prices and see what's happe

that paul for decreased eighteen percent to four hundred thirty million dollars now when it comes to ralston that if the oil major you are in that country the government has just announced that have plans to prioritize seventy five percent of all the company now if we take a look at oil prices which always have a major impact on the russian economy we can see that they're heading higher as well after region seven month lows in the previous session lights and it is sitting at ninety one dollars a barrel when it comes to the broad blend it's out around six dollars per barrel now currencies the euro is still lower against the dollar when it comes to the ruble it's getting against both major currencies and in other news when it comes to a job china says that it will encourage private investment in energy railways and telecom sectors the pledge comes as the country's growth driver which is the export sector as we've heard by falling global demand and china's economy expanded by an annual rates of eight point one percent in the fourth quarter which was the slowest in almost three years. in a separ

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. >> lee miringoff, joy-an reid, jon ralston, we appreciate your being here today. >>> dona provides federal benefits to same-seks married couples. pete williams is live in washington with the latest on this. what more is it saying? >> okay. well a couple of thingss. it's important to note this is not about whether states must recognize the same-sex couple's ability to marry. it's the question where states have done so. can the federal government withhold benefits to the couples and to those states and it's that part of the law that this three-judge panel today unanimously found unconstitutional. here's what it said. korng has to be specifically clear when passing a law that's traditionally one of state jurisdiction, that is to say who is mairnd and who isn't. and it looks at the reason that congress offered for passing the law and it finds them all wants. first of all, one reason it was preserved scarce resources, that is to say, the kind of benefits that flow to couples but a more recent analysis suggests that dona may cost more than it saves. secondly it says congress has to have

leading off, julianne reed and jon ralston and the host of "face to face." let's get into this.rs as we break these down. the numbers truly have to be

we'll find out what's happening with aron ralston, the young man who had to cut off his own arm stuckk climbing accident. tom brokaw's doing that. it's a very compelling hour of television. >> those are some of my personal favorites. people and interviews. what -- i don't know how you do it, by the way, you're on "weekend today," weekend nightly news, substituting at times and still producing great stories on "dateline." >> i have to wax the floors. >> everything but. is date line a very special place because you have the opportunity to do these long form stories and dig into something? >> it is. jane pauley, a bunch of us were talking about the 20th and jane hit it well, the fun thing about doing date lean for journalists you get to take time on an interview. get to spend two, three, four hours interviewing one person for a story so you get to know them, draw the stories out and spend a lot of time, and that's something -- no offense to what we do during the day, we don't have that kind of time during the day. what i think has works at "dateline" is it's just good compelling storytel

leading off, julianne reed and jon ralston and the host of "face to face." let's get into this.rs as we break these down. the numbers truly have to be uncomfortable for obama to look at but there seems to be a bit of a dichotomy here because the majority in all three states say the worst of the economy is behind the country right now and the president, he inherited it, didn't create it. why isn't the president fairing better if that's the attitude? >> i think that's the mixed message here. clearly if you rook at any of the numbers in this poll, it's 40 something to 40 something. the president, he's in the mid-40s. if it's are a referendum on him, then he's got some work to do. romney's favorability, in the 40s. he needs some convince dochlg but clearly they're sending mixed messages here. they're upset about the economy, they think that it is -- the worst is behind us, but think

defense bill cohen, former vice chair of the joint chiefs of staff and supreme allied commander joe ralstono nato will tough, david ascher and provoker, and three great atlanta citizens in britain, david miliband, david manning, the former uk ambassador to the united states, and my former british colony at nato, we have widespread support for this report and offered grateful for the intellectual report and the personal support. so fred, that's what i want to say. i think the plan is, the order of battle is rest of the brief conversation and then we'll be happy to take any questions that you have. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, nic, very much for the. first of all, it's important to state the atlantic council is the council, doesn't take a point of view on anything because it would just be too hard to get all members of the council to agree on anything. i do think one thing we all agree on is a strong alliance and an enduring alliance, and certainly this report voices in the directions for the. let me ask probably just two questions and then go to the audience right away. and two of the

aaron ralston, remember the climber in 2005 had to cut off his own arm.r "dateline's" 20-year history. >> happy anniversary. happy all that stuff. nice to have you with us. you can catch the anniversary special tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central time right here on nbc. up next a live performance from the critically acclaimed band young the giant. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> the "toyota concert series on today" brought to you by toyota. >> back now at 8:51. young the giant has found critical success with their self-titled debut album. and their music has ever been even been featured on the episode of "glee". young the giant good morning to all of you guys. and welcome here. so, you've been -- you've been with this band since you were in high school. but a lot of people it feels like it just suddenly became popular. but in fact you've been working at it for some six years. >> yeah. we've been playing with each other since we were about 16. played small bars, and places we couldn't get in to ourselves, just kind of wait outside. we've been doing it fo